Season 2

1 - The Respond - Part 1
2 - The Respond - Part 2
3 - Morphed Snake - Part 1
4 - Morphed Snake - Part 2
5 - Morphed Snake - Part 3
6 - Morphed Snake - Part 4
7 - The Sickness
8 - Lady Fate - Part 1
9 - Lady Fate - Part 2
10 - Lady Fate - Part 3
11 - Zhao Hai - Part 1
12 - Zhao Hai - Part 2

1 - The Respond - Part 1

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    So hungry.
[00:11] ---
    Does this road really lead to the capital?
[00:20] ---
    We're not lost, are we?
[00:23] ---
    Who's lost?
[00:25] ---
    As long as we keep walking north,
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    we'll get there.
[00:32] ---
    You're pointing to the south.
[00:36] ---
    Really?
[00:37] ---
    Why didn't you tell me earlier?
[00:39] ---
    Hmph.
[00:40] ---
    Didn't you say the path of
    Buddhism relies on fate,
[00:43] ---
    and where we end up is Buddha's plan?
[00:45] ---
    Ugh.
[00:47] ---
    If not for you obstructing my
    plans the farther you walk,
[00:50] ---
    I wouldn't interfere with this fate of yours.
[00:57] ---
    And you!
[00:58] ---
    You can't even tell directions at your age.
[01:02] ---
    I said it was the wrong direction,
[01:03] ---
    but you completely ignored me!
[01:14] ---
    Alright.
[01:16] ---
    I'm lost.
[01:17] ---
    Admitting defeat so quickly?
[01:19] ---
    That's rare.
[01:20] ---
    Shall we go back the way we came?
[01:23] ---
    What's that?
[01:32] ---
    I'm sorry!
[01:35] ---
    There's usually no one
    out in this wilderness,
[01:37] ---
    so I was hunting freely.
[01:39] ---
    But running into you, miss,
[01:41] ---
    is entirely my fault.
[01:42] ---
    Please forgive me.
[01:46] ---
    Hmph.
[01:47] ---
    Enough.
[01:48] ---
    Tell me.
[01:48] ---
    How'll you pay?
[01:49] ---
    Ah, um…
[01:51] ---
    I'll take you to the doctor.
[01:53] ---
    No.
[01:53] ---
    The injury to my stomach far
    exceeds the one on my flesh.
[01:58] ---
    Buddy,
[01:59] ---
    she's saying she's hungry.
[02:01] ---
    What's your name?
[02:01] ---
    Do you live nearby?
[02:03] ---
    M-My name is He Shan.
[02:05] ---
    The Crow's Head Village is nearby.
[02:07] ---
    That's where I live.
[02:08] ---
    So your name is He Shan.
[02:10] ---
    Don't worry.
[02:11] ---
    This girl has thick skin.
[02:12] ---
    She won't die.
[02:15] ---
    But since you did hit her,
[02:17] ---
    would it be alright for us
    to have a meal at your house?
[02:24] ---
    My home is simple and not
    suitable for receiving guests.
[02:30] ---
    Why don't I
[02:30] ---
    treat you to a meal in the village?
[02:39] ---
    Hey.
[02:40] ---
    How much longer until we're there?
[02:42] ---
    We're close.
[02:43] ---
    It's past the river
[02:44] ---
    that's up ahead.
[02:47] ---
    Fair warning!
[02:48] ---
    Don't think a few bowls of noodles
[02:51] ---
    or a roast chicken
[02:54] ---
    is enough!
[02:55] ---
    My damages are very high!
[02:58] ---
    Of course.
[02:59] ---
    But my household isn't very rich,
[03:01] ---
    so please have mercy on me, miss.
[03:03] ---
    He Shan,
[03:05] ---
    what do you do for a living?
[03:06] ---
    I work at an ironshop
[03:08] ---
    and sometimes hunt animals.
[03:11] ---
    But spring is a season of new beginnings.
[03:13] ---
    If you kill this bird,
[03:14] ---
    the nestlings won't be able to survive.
[03:19] ---
    I don't want to take lives,
[03:21] ---
    but a loved one is sick.
[03:23] ---
    The medicine is costly.
[03:24] ---
    What illness?
[03:25] ---
    We might be able to…
[03:27] ---
    You talk too much.
[03:29] ---
    It's not life-threatening.
[03:31] ---
    She just needs
[03:32] ---
    to stay indoors.
[03:34] ---
    That's all.
[03:35] ---
    Oh no!
[03:36] ---
    Someone's in the water!
[03:43] ---
    Oh gosh, he went in.
[03:46] ---
    Be careful.
[03:47] ---
    Hey.
[03:49] ---
    Move aside!
[03:51] ---
    Who is this?
[03:54] ---
    A girl? What a shame.
[03:56] ---
    Whose family is she from?
[03:57] ---
    Anyone know her?
[03:58] ---
    I don't.
[03:59] ---
    Excuse me.
[04:02] ---
    Lady Ma!
[04:03] ---
    Lady Ma!
[04:04] ---
    Kid, you know her?
[04:08] ---
    She's Lord Ma's wife, from our village.
[04:13] ---
    Let me thank you on behalf of the Ma family.
[04:17] ---
    It's fine.
[04:19] ---
    It's good that she's safe.
[04:20] ---
    Let's go.
[04:23] ---
    Lady Ma.
[04:24] ---
    It's me, He Shan!
[04:26] ---
    What's wrong?
[04:36] ---
    Hey! You still owe us a meal!
[04:39] ---
    I'm a useless person.
[04:41] ---
    Let me die.
[04:44] ---
    What happened?
[04:45] ---
    If the water drowns me,
    and the fish eat me…
[04:48] ---
    I'll be cleaner when I'm dead.
[04:51] ---
    So it was suicide.
[04:53] ---
    He Shan,
[04:54] ---
    who is this lady to you?
[04:57] ---
    She…
[05:40] ---
    When I was feeling down,
[05:42] ---
    she made me a meal out of kindness.
[05:44] ---
    And now,
[05:44] ---
    I can't leave her like this.
[05:46] ---
    Then what about our bird-related grudge?
[05:49] ---
    After she's settled,
[05:50] ---
    I'll rush back.
[05:51] ---
    Save it.
[05:53] ---
    If she really wants to die,
[05:54] ---
    you might not be able to save her next time.
[05:57] ---
    I'm a useless person.
[05:59] ---
    I'll be cleaner when I'm dead.
[06:01] ---
    But…
[06:02] ---
    Lady Ma doesn't
[06:03] ---
    seem like someone who'd kill herself.
[06:05] ---
    Shh. Listen carefully.
[06:12] ---
    Let the fish eat you.
[06:14] ---
    The fish ate me.
[06:15] ---
    The water drowned you, drowned me.
[06:22] ---
    What is this?
[06:23] ---
    Who's speaking?
[06:24] ---
    Not humans.
[06:28] ---
    Something parasitic is in her belly,
[06:30] ---
    constantly repeating
    words that hurt her most.
[06:33] ---
    Gradually,
[06:34] ---
    it'll turn into a curse for the heart,
[06:36] ---
    and destroy her mind.
[06:38] ---
    Right now, we can only
    use a potion to calm her,
[06:41] ---
    and chant sutras.
[06:43] ---
    Moya, the sutras.
[06:44] ---
    Ah? Oh!
[06:46] ---
    Namo Amitabha…
[06:59] ---
    Miss, are you…?
[07:01] ---
    I'm just a normal doctor.
[07:07] ---
    Hm?
[07:08] ---
    Then Lady Ma's illness...
[07:12] ---
    Of course I can cure it.
[07:13] ---
    But my services
[07:14] ---
    can't be paid for with a meal.
[07:16] ---
    Don't worry. I know to return gratitude.
[07:18] ---
    Please save her, no matter the cost.
[07:21] ---
    Okay.
[07:22] ---
    This illness is strange.
[07:23] ---
    If it breaks out, it'll affect others.
[07:26] ---
    Are there similar patients nearby?
[07:29] ---
    I don't know.
[07:31] ---
    I see.
[07:34] ---
    Then we can only send her back first,
[07:36] ---
    ask around,
[07:37] ---
    see if she's eaten anything special recently,
[07:39] ---
    and see where she's been.
[07:41] ---
    Only after we know these two things
[07:43] ---
    will I be able to find a cure.
[07:45] ---
    Okay. I understand.
[08:00] ---
    Tao Yao,
[08:01] ---
    I thought you didn't treat humans.
[08:03] ---
    She's been unprincipled for a while now.
[08:05] ---
    This time,
[08:06] ---
    she probably has her eye on
    the thing in the lady's belly.
[08:08] ---
    Hey, not bad.
[08:10] ---
    You've finally improved
[08:11] ---
    after being with me for so long.
[08:15] ---
    Hmph.
[08:16] ---
    What improvement?
[08:17] ---
    It's obviously because your
    nature doesn't change.
[08:21] ---
    What'd you say?
[08:23] ---
    If you didn't happen upon rare things,
[08:25] ---
    would you be so kindhearted?
[08:29] ---
    You dropped it!
[08:30] ---
    It's all your fault!
[08:32] ---
    So what exactly is in Lady Ma's belly?
[08:38] ---
    Doctor Tao, I'm back!
[08:42] ---
    You sent her back?
[08:43] ---
    Ah, I didn't.
[08:44] ---
    I just found out
[08:46] ---
    that she's divorced.
[08:47] ---
    What?
[08:50] ---
    Lord Ma said she cut all ties with him.
[08:53] ---
    And that he doesn't care if she dies.
[08:54] ---
    Hmph.
[08:55] ---
    Spouses yesterday,
[08:57] ---
    strangers today.
[08:59] ---
    Humans are so cold.
[09:01] ---
    Aren't they?
[09:02] ---
    Lady Ma is so gentle
[09:04] ---
    and not lacking in virtue,
[09:06] ---
    but she still ended up like this.
[09:07] ---
    What's the use in being gentle?
[09:09] ---
    A woman must marry
[09:10] ---
    someone of matching status.
[09:11] ---
    They were fine when they were betrothed,
[09:13] ---
    but after they married,
[09:14] ---
    her family declined.
[09:16] ---
    Lord Ma changed his mind
[09:18] ---
    faster than I can turn a page.
[09:20] ---
    Hmph.
[09:21] ---
    Not only that.
[09:22] ---
    A couple years ago,
[09:23] ---
    Lord Ma brought a concubine home.
[09:25] ---
    She died of sickness shortly after.
[09:26] ---
    He took out all his anger on Lady Ma,
[09:29] ---
    and kept blaming her stars,
[09:30] ---
    saying they clashed.
[09:31] ---
    Yeah. He also thought she was
    ugly, and he yelled at her
[09:33] ---
    for not bearing kids.
[09:35] ---
    Every day, he'd call her useless.
[09:36] ---
    I'd want to die, too.
[09:39] ---
    Waiter, our dishes.
[09:40] ---
    Slacking off?
[09:41] ---
    Coming, coming!
[09:45] ---
    She suffered so much.
[10:09] ---
    I should have helped her sooner.
[10:12] ---
    How could you help?
[10:13] ---
    She chose to bear it herself.
[10:14] ---
    Others can't be blamed.
[10:16] ---
    What about the things I had you ask about?
[10:18] ---
    Oh,
[10:19] ---
    afterwards, a nostalgic maid
[10:20] ---
    took in Lady Ma.
[10:22] ---
    I took the chance to ask her.
[10:24] ---
    There was nothing special about what she ate,
[10:26] ---
    and the places she frequented
[10:27] ---
    were to pray for blessings
[10:29] ---
    and make the lord happy.
[10:30] ---
    Burning incense or divining
    sticks, worshipping Guanyin,
[10:33] ---
    wishing at the well,
[10:34] ---
    worshipping ancestors,
[10:36] ---
    buying clay dolls,
[10:37] ---
    picking orchids,
[10:38] ---
    going to the pharmacy,
[10:39] ---
    buying joyful incense,
[10:40] ---
    knotting red strings…
[10:42] ---
    Buying limited dishes,
[10:43] ---
    or confronting the Silk Village…
[10:45] ---
    Wait.
[10:46] ---
    Why does it feel like she was full of energy?
[10:48] ---
    Was she actually abandoned?
[10:51] ---
    It was desperation, caused by crisis.
[10:53] ---
    Any rumor she heard,
[10:54] ---
    she was willing to try.
[10:57] ---
    This is troublesome.
[11:00] ---
    Are there really
[11:01] ---
    no similar patients around here?
[11:04] ---
    W-What's wrong?
[11:05] ---
    Lady Ma went to too many places.
[11:07] ---
    When we're done looking,
[11:08] ---
    she'll already be dead.
[11:10] ---
    Remember the echoes in her belly?
[11:12] ---
    With this illness,
[11:14] ---
    the thing in her belly will grow larger,
[11:16] ---
    and she'll either die from being tortured,
[11:18] ---
    or the curse will come true.
[11:25] ---
    If there are other patients,
[11:27] ---
    we can find where they all went,
[11:29] ---
    and narrow down the search.
[11:31] ---
    What a shame.
[11:36] ---
    If there aren't any,
[11:37] ---
    I'm powerless.
[11:38] ---
    My apologies.
[11:44] ---
    Wait!
[11:47] ---
    I know
[11:48] ---
    one more patient.
[12:09] ---
    It's okay.
[12:10] ---
    It's okay.
[12:10] ---
    They're doctors I invited.
[12:27] ---
    Sorry about that.
[12:29] ---
    She's my sister.
[12:31] ---
    So the sick loved one you mentioned
[12:33] ---
    was her?
[12:36] ---
    Speak. What happened?
[12:41] ---
    My sister was always chubby,
[12:43] ---
    and people would laugh at her.
[12:44] ---
    But she's sincere
[12:46] ---
    and never fights them.
[12:47] ---
    Even when they mocked her,
[12:49] ---
    she just laughed along.
[12:50] ---
    I asked her why she didn't get mad,
[12:52] ---
    and she said she was afraid
    of not having friends.
[12:55] ---
    Then can friends be kept by being servile?
[13:00] ---
    Half a month ago, it was her 15th birthday.
[13:03] ---
    She made herself pretty in the morning,
[13:05] ---
    but returned shortly, looking untidy.
[13:07] ---
    Her face was bruised and
    her hairpin was broken.
[13:10] ---
    She said they'd called her a pig.
[13:13] ---
    I'd never seen her cry like that before.
[13:17] ---
    And then?
[13:19] ---
    And then…
[13:20] ---
    she had a high fever at night.
[13:22] ---
    After the fever left,
[13:23] ---
    there was an echo in her belly.
[13:25] ---
    Afterwards,
[13:26] ---
    her hands slowly became pig feet.
[13:28] ---
    And…
[13:29] ---
    And three days ago,
[13:30] ---
    she grew a pig's tail, too.
[13:32] ---
    Why didn't you tell us earlier?
[13:35] ---
    A girl getting such a strange illness
[13:37] ---
    isn't something to spread.
[13:39] ---
    Yes.
[13:41] ---
    She refused to see a doctor.
[13:42] ---
    I had no choice.
[13:43] ---
    I could only get detoxifying
    medicine for her.
[13:45] ---
    And in the beginning,
[13:47] ---
    I wasn't sure if you guys could cure her.
[13:50] ---
    So you used Lady Ma to test us,
[13:52] ---
    when you truly wanted to save your sister.
[13:55] ---
    I really do want to save Lady Ma!
[13:57] ---
    Relax.
[13:58] ---
    Since I can cure Lady Ma,
[14:00] ---
    I can save your sister, too.
[14:02] ---
    On her birthday,
[14:03] ---
    what did your sister eat,
[14:05] ---
    and where'd she go?
[14:07] ---
    She ate normal noodles and dishes,
[14:11] ---
    and went to a food stall in the village.
[14:13] ---
    And the garden!
[14:15] ---
    Only mention the places Lady Ma has been!
[14:21] ---
    Bamboo forest!
[14:22] ---
    On auspicious days,
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    if you tie a red string to green bamboo
[14:25] ---
    and write your birth info,
[14:26] ---
    the wind is said to send
    your wish to the Heavens.
[14:30] ---
    Looks like that's it.
[14:33] ---
    And I think…
[14:35] ---
    she may have gone to the Wealth God's temple.
[14:38] ---
    Wealth God's temple?
[14:39] ---
    It's just a guess,
[14:40] ---
    as she wouldn't tell me,
[14:42] ---
    but I saw some locust flowers
    that'd landed on her hair.
[14:45] ---
    There's a crooked locust tree at the temple.
[14:47] ---
    The well below the tree is said
    to contain the world's essence.
[14:50] ---
    If you make a wish there under the moonlight,
[14:52] ---
    it'll come true.
[14:53] ---
    Many people have gone.
[14:54] ---
    Lady Ma also went to that old well
[14:57] ---
    to make a wish.
[14:59] ---
    It sounds pretty interesting.
[15:01] ---
    How's the incense at the temple?
[15:03] ---
    It's suffocating.
[15:05] ---
    Then that's the place!
[15:10] ---
    Ow!
[15:12] ---
    Following the herd?
[15:13] ---
    You think it's that easy to find the truth?
[15:16] ---
    Then what do you think?
[15:19] ---
    Only two places left.
[15:21] ---
    Let's go one by one.
[15:22] ---
    So the bamboo forest and the old well.
[15:23] ---
    Which one should we go to first?
[15:27] ---
    The moon is bright tonight.
[15:28] ---
    Why don't we go to the
    old well to make a wish?
[15:37] ---
    The temple is two hundred steps to the north.
[15:39] ---
    Under the locust tree is an old well.
[15:45] ---
    North!
[15:49] ---
    You're pointing south again.
[15:52] ---
    Tsk.
[15:53] ---
    Of course I knew that.
[15:54] ---
    I just wanted to see if you
    would blindly follow me.
[15:59] ---
    Look, the locust tree is right over there!
[16:18] ---
    Dear customer, please be seated.
[16:26] ---
    Amitabha.
[16:28] ---
    Smells so good!
[16:49] ---
    What tasty things do you have?
[16:50] ---
    Tonight, we have vegetable
    porridge with minced meat.
[16:53] ---
    Sit.
[16:54] ---
    The porridge will be ready soon.
[16:56] ---
    Is there vegetarian porridge?
[16:57] ---
    Yes. We have everything.
[17:04] ---
    It's so late.
[17:05] ---
    Why are you working alone?
[17:08] ---
    I'm just an ordinary woman.
[17:10] ---
    I can't get business during the day,
[17:11] ---
    so I come out at night.
[17:13] ---
    Although it's a remote place,
[17:15] ---
    young ladies and lords
[17:16] ---
    often come to make wishes at that well.
[17:19] ---
    They say it's more effective
    when there's moonlight.
[17:22] ---
    It's cold at night, and after making a wish,
[17:24] ---
    it's good to come and drink a
    bowl of porridge for warmth,
[17:27] ---
    right?
[17:32] ---
    Does it smell nice?
[17:35] ---
    So nice!
[17:37] ---
    Auntie Yun's skills are pretty good, right?
[17:40] ---
    Let's get everyone a bowl.
[17:42] ---
    Alright.
[17:56] ---
    This little dog is half white, half black.
[17:58] ---
    How interesting!
[18:00] ---
    I have some leftover bones.
[18:02] ---
    Would he eat them?
[18:08] ---
    He would.
[18:09] ---
    My little dog
[18:10] ---
    eats anything.
[18:24] ---
    They really aren't picky at all.
[18:31] ---
    Eat as much as you like.
[18:32] ---
    Auntie Yun has more.
[18:37] ---
    Auntie Yun.
[18:39] ---
    Where are you from?
[18:40] ---
    How long have you had this stall?
[18:42] ---
    I'm from the north,
[18:44] ---
    I came to this village with my husband.
[18:46] ---
    I've had my stall here for almost a year now.
[18:49] ---
    You're working so hard,
[18:50] ---
    yet your husband doesn't help?
[18:56] ---
    He…
[18:57] ---
    He's very busy.
[19:00] ---
    Miss, my porridge has to be eaten warm.
[19:02] ---
    It's not good if it's cold.
[19:06] ---
    That's right. Hurry and eat.
[19:08] ---
    Don't let it get cold!
[19:09] ---
    Eat it warm. It's good.
[19:12] ---
    It's delicious!
[19:15] ---
    Miss, don't worry.
[19:18] ---
    People who've eaten this porridge
[19:20] ---
    have all said it's good.
[19:23] ---
    People who've eaten this porridge?
[19:31] ---
    Relax. It's tasty.
[19:35] ---
    It's tasty!
[19:36] ---
    Nobody says it's bad.
[19:38] ---
    Hurry and eat.
[19:41] ---
    Hmph.
[19:52] ---
    [Episode 13: Answer Bug (1)]
    [Lower, a little lower.]
[19:56] ---
    ♪ The wind slows ♪
[19:58] ---
    ♪ Music trickles through the windows ♪
[20:02] ---
    ♪ Who are these idle memories for? ♪
[20:09] ---
    ♪ The dust floats in the air ♪
[20:12] ---
    ♪ The water ripples like blossoms ♪
[20:15] ---
    ♪ Sighs of hindsight ♪
[20:18] ---
    ♪ No sign of stopping ♪
[20:22] ---
    ♪ Thoughts are always unfinished ♪
[20:29] ---
    ♪ Joy is often cut short ♪
[20:31] ---
    ♪ It's hard to wake up from
    a long night's dream ♪
[20:36] ---
    ♪ Evidence without reason ♪
[20:39] ---
    ♪ A farewell to love and hate ♪
[20:43] ---
    ♪ Searching in the haystack ♪
[20:45] ---
    ♪ Thousands of times ♪
[20:53] ---
    ♪ Starlight rains down the southern sky ♪
[20:56] ---
    ♪ My heart is layered with expired love ♪
[21:00] ---
    ♪ A journey across mountains
    for one promise ♪
[21:07] ---
    ♪ No shadows, no fate ♪
[21:10] ---
    ♪ Where there's love, there's promise ♪
[21:14] ---
    ♪ A dream comes to life ♪
[21:21] ---
    ♪ Stars disappear upon rainfall ♪

2 - The Respond - Part 2

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[00:13] ---
    Oh, I know.
[00:15] ---
    The porridge must be too bland, miss.
[00:20] ---
    Some more soy sauce will make it better.
[00:22] ---
    More soy sauce.
[00:23] ---
    More soy sauce.
[00:40] ---
    Auntie Yun, your palm features are nice.
[00:43] ---
    You're blessed.
[00:46] ---
    Miss, you know how to read palms?
[00:48] ---
    Come, sit.
[00:50] ---
    My father tells fortunes,
[00:52] ---
    so he influenced me.
[00:53] ---
    I know a little about reading palms.
[00:57] ---
    That's great.
[00:58] ---
    Then, I'll trouble you to take a look.
[01:02] ---
    What would you like to know?
[01:04] ---
    Wealth?
[01:05] ---
    Marriage?
[01:10] ---
    Then… marriage.
[01:14] ---
    Okay.
[01:18] ---
    Auntie Yun,
[01:19] ---
    looks like you've had a rough life.
[01:21] ---
    I'm afraid your death looks grim.
[01:23] ---
    As for marriage,
[01:24] ---
    it dissipated long ago.
[01:28] ---
    Miss, what nonsense is that?
[01:30] ---
    My husband and I
[01:31] ---
    are harmonious!
[01:32] ---
    You're trying to curse me
[01:33] ---
    by saying that!
[01:35] ---
    Nonsense!
[01:36] ---
    Nonsense!
[01:37] ---
    You're cursing her.
[01:38] ---
    Cursing her.
[01:43] ---
    You ask for what you don't have.
[01:46] ---
    Your husband is there,
[01:47] ---
    but you're not anymore.
[01:56] ---
    Miss, you're so strange.
[01:58] ---
    You keep saying…
[02:07] ---
    I-I won't argue with you today.
[02:10] ---
    Leave, quickly.
[02:11] ---
    Leave!
[02:22] ---
    You deserved it, Mother Bug,
[02:25] ---
    so you guys can only shut up.
[02:35] ---
    Why does it hurt and itch so much?!
[02:37] ---
    W-What did you to do me?
[02:46] ---
    I just used some pesticide.
[02:51] ---
    Your food stall
[02:52] ---
    needs to be cleaned thoroughly.
[03:19] ---
    Stupid girl,
[03:20] ---
    why were you the only one who didn’t eat?
[03:32] ---
    Ah.
[03:33] ---
    Is this how you do business?
[03:35] ---
    A graceful me
[03:36] ---
    never fights with others.
[03:41] ---
    Because before they can make a move on me,
[03:44] ---
    the opponent is already dead.
[04:24] ---
    Wishing under the moonlight? Pfft.
[04:26] ---
    More like an evil aura under the moonlight.
[04:38] ---
    I finally got it!
[04:42] ---
    What is that?
[04:43] ---
    Answer.
[04:45] ---
    It's the Answer Bug you mentioned before.
[04:51] ---
    Yes.
[04:52] ---
    Let's say an extremely humble person dies.
[04:54] ---
    If their bones are buried under a sacred tree
[04:57] ---
    while soaked in groundwater,
[04:58] ---
    Answer Bugs will breed.
[05:00] ---
    This bug will do anything to multiply.
[05:03] ---
    Its victims must follow the Mother Bug
[05:06] ---
    and echo its words.
[05:09] ---
    Wait!
[05:10] ---
    So you're saying
[05:11] ---
    we all ate its eggs?
[05:13] ---
    No.
[05:14] ---
    It's larvae.
[05:21] ---
    Auntie Yun was obviously a decayed corpse,
[05:24] ---
    But you treated her as an living woman.
[05:27] ---
    She served bad soup,
[05:29] ---
    yet you all ate it with relish.
[05:31] ---
    Even when she said Rolly was a dog,
[05:33] ---
    none of you corrected her.
[05:36] ---
    This bug's toxicity
[05:38] ---
    isn't normal.
[05:40] ---
    If you knew that,
[05:41] ---
    then why did you let us?
[05:42] ---
    If I didn't,
[05:43] ---
    I was afraid she'd be alerted.
[05:45] ---
    You…!
[05:46] ---
    Only her unawareness
[05:47] ---
    allowed me to sprinkle the pesticide.
[05:51] ---
    You…!
[05:52] ---
    You…!
[05:53] ---
    Anyways, didn't you enjoy it?
[06:00] ---
    Tao Yao, that's too much.
[06:03] ---
    What will we do in the future?
[06:05] ---
    Don't worry.
[06:06] ---
    The larvae are wasted once the Mother dies,
[06:09] ---
    and only some will suffer from its toxins.
[06:11] ---
    The toxins would only activate for those
[06:13] ---
    who were already humble.
[06:15] ---
    They'll turn into
[06:16] ---
    whatever others say they are.
[06:30] ---
    Since it's so disgusting,
[06:32] ---
    why are you taking it?
[06:33] ---
    Disgusting?
[06:35] ---
    This is an extremely rare ingredient.
[06:37] ---
    It's too hard to find a sacred tree.
[06:39] ---
    No wonder you decided to save humans.
[06:41] ---
    So it was just for that!
[06:42] ---
    Of course.
[06:43] ---
    When I use it on the Thunder God one day,
[06:46] ---
    we'll be harmonious for 100 years!
[06:53] ---
    She's crazy.
[06:55] ---
    Keep your distance!
[06:59] ---
    Wait, look!
[07:05] ---
    That's…
[07:06] ---
    a UFO?
[07:08] ---
    Amitabha.
[07:10] ---
    I humbly apologize.
[07:11] ---
    The spirit is the culprit,
[07:12] ---
    and Auntie Yun is unrelated.
[07:14] ---
    Tao Yao, let's save her.
[07:16] ---
    Did you just meet me?
[07:18] ---
    I've only saved spirits, not humans.
[07:21] ---
    But if her resentment remains,
[07:22] ---
    and becomes a UFO,
[07:23] ---
    reincarnation won't happen!
[07:28] ---
    Scram, scram.
[07:29] ---
    How am I tied to this?
[07:30] ---
    You…
[07:31] ---
    If you ask me,
[07:32] ---
    it's better to clean it up thoroughly.
[07:38] ---
    There's
[07:39] ---
    a sacred tree right here.
[07:42] ---
    If we leave the UFO alone,
[07:44] ---
    something harmful might still happen.
[07:46] ---
    Hmph.
[07:47] ---
    What's more,
[07:48] ---
    if the Thunder God was going to marry you,
[07:51] ---
    and the corpse you abandoned became a spirit,
[07:53] ---
    wouldn't he strike both you
    and the spirit with thunder?
[08:02] ---
    Rolly,
[08:03] ---
    look at the UFO.
[08:05] ---
    Do you want to eat it?
[08:29] ---
    Then… marriage.
[08:32] ---
    So that's why you're shackled.
[08:36] ---
    I'll save her.
[08:37] ---
    I'll start chanting sutras.
[08:40] ---
    Go, go.
[08:40] ---
    Don't interfere.
[08:46] ---
    With a lingering regret
    comes a thousand knots.
[09:00] ---
    Tell me your story.
[09:02] ---
    Why are you trapped?
[09:06] ---
    I'm waiting.
[09:10] ---
    A phoenix's body, without its wings,
[09:13] ---
    our hearts are linked as one.
[09:19] ---
    The family is wealthy,
[09:20] ---
    and his uncle manages stonewares.
[09:22] ---
    This beautiful marriage
[09:23] ---
    isn't something anyone can get!
[09:25] ---
    Yes, yes.
[09:26] ---
    Thank you, Madam Wang.
[09:28] ---
    Yun, what do you think?
[09:30] ---
    Yun?
[09:33] ---
    Say something.
[09:34] ---
    Father, I have someone in my heart already.
[09:37] ---
    I won't marry anyone else.
[09:40] ---
    How disgraceful!
[09:41] ---
    Hey, landlord Xu,
[09:42] ---
    this time, it's not that I didn't help.
[09:45] ---
    She's a girl,
[09:46] ---
    you need to control her!
[09:47] ---
    Hey, don't leave!
[09:49] ---
    Madam Wang…
[09:50] ---
    Madam Wang!
[09:52] ---
    That merchant family's young lord…
[09:53] ---
    I…!
[09:58] ---
    He's
[10:00] ---
    the only one I trust in this life.
[10:02] ---
    I willingly gave him everything.
[10:31] ---
    I'm glad it's you.
[10:33] ---
    If the men Father hired came first,
[10:35] ---
    then I couldn't leave with you.
[10:37] ---
    Feiyun,
[10:38] ---
    are you really willing to home for me?
[10:42] ---
    When I become successful,
[10:44] ---
    I'll definitely marry you lavishly.
[10:46] ---
    Okay.
[10:58] ---
    The spring flowers and
    autumn moon enter a poem.
[11:01] ---
    During daytime, night is a free immortal…
[11:04] ---
    Ow.
[11:10] ---
    What's wrong?
[11:11] ---
    How'd it get like this?
[11:12] ---
    It's fine, just a small injury.
[11:15] ---
    Back then, the servants at
    home would do this instead.
[11:17] ---
    I've troubled you.
[11:19] ---
    Why don't we go out and eat?
[11:21] ---
    We can't eat out for every meal.
[11:23] ---
    The silver we brought is almost used up.
[11:26] ---
    Alright.
[11:27] ---
    Focus on your studies.
[11:28] ---
    Leave everything at home to me.
[11:39] ---
    Where does the butterfly land?
[11:42] ---
    Upon pavilions or the blooming flowers?
[11:47] ---
    Butterflies usually fly alone,
[11:50] ---
    so it is rare to see them together.
[11:54] ---
    The butterflies must fear the sparrow,
[11:58] ---
    but the bees they pay no heed.
[12:01] ---
    For where there is the
    sweet smell of flowers,
[12:04] ---
    in that direction they will go.
[12:08] ---
    Though beautiful, their nature is cold,
[12:11] ---
    but their beauty is heightened
    by flower's scent.
[12:15] ---
    They fly clearly amidst the flora,
[12:18] ---
    but they never rest upon any flower for long.
[12:22] ---
    Though darkness falls, they continue to fly,
[12:25] ---
    and though spring is ending,
    they flutter still.
[12:29] ---
    The fall wind blows, but the hibiscus remain,
[12:33] ---
    and as winter draws nears,
    they fly with vigor yet.
[13:01] ---
    Feiyun, why are you sighing?
[13:05] ---
    It's nothing.
[13:06] ---
    No need to worry.
[13:08] ---
    Hmph.
[13:42] ---
    You visited Landlord Liu two days ago.
[13:44] ---
    Did it go well?
[13:45] ---
    Hmph.
[13:47] ---
    I wish you didn't mention it.
[13:48] ---
    The two sons of the Liu family
[13:50] ---
    don't even deserve to study with me!
[13:52] ---
    Yet they want me to be a book boy?
[13:54] ---
    But you finally found something to do.
[13:56] ---
    They say Landlord Liu pays generously.
[13:58] ---
    Shut up!
[13:58] ---
    What does a mere woman know?
[14:00] ---
    I have proper talent,
[14:02] ---
    so why would I bow for buckets of rice?
[14:04] ---
    The shop won't sell us
    rice on credit anymore.
[14:06] ---
    Tsk.
[14:07] ---
    Deal with these trivial matters yourself.
[14:09] ---
    You're always annoying me.
[14:11] ---
    How will I ever excel?
[14:13] ---
    Don't you still have a gold hairpin?
[14:15] ---
    Pawn it!
[14:19] ---
    N-No.
[14:20] ---
    My mother left this behind.
[14:22] ---
    Didn't you cut ties with your family already?
[14:25] ---
    Have they even cared
    about us all these years?
[14:27] ---
    That year, my father was just angry.
[14:29] ---
    Now, he says if you have status,
[14:31] ---
    then maybe he'll acknowledge us.
[14:40] ---
    Status?
[14:41] ---
    Status again?
[14:42] ---
    Are you trying to force me to death?
[14:44] ---
    It doesn't have to be a big deal.
[14:46] ---
    Even if it's just a written
    marriage contract…
[14:49] ---
    I still value my pride, even if you don't.
[14:51] ---
    How can marrying a wife
    be done so carelessly?
[14:54] ---
    At least wait until I get results.
[15:22] ---
    Okay.
[15:24] ---
    I'll wait.
[15:37] ---
    Hmph.
[15:43] ---
    Showing yourself in public? How disgraceful!
[15:48] ---
    Hmph.
[15:50] ---
    Prepare a decent gift
[15:51] ---
    on the third of next month.
[15:53] ---
    If I win that person's favor this time,
[15:55] ---
    maybe I can get an official title.
[15:59] ---
    Finally… I've waited for so long!
[16:29] ---
    Would the wait be worth it?
[16:31] ---
    Of course.
[16:34] ---
    I've even prepared the gift.
[16:36] ---
    Will you get what you want?
[16:39] ---
    I can.
[16:40] ---
    I…
[16:45] ---
    Will you
[16:46] ---
    get what you want?
[16:49] ---
    Aren't…
[16:50] ---
    Aren't I…
[16:52] ---
    still waiting?
[17:12] ---
    So destitute.
[17:14] ---
    Sir, you've been through a lot.
[17:17] ---
    There's no joy in a life of studying.
[17:19] ---
    Don't worry. Now, it'll be different.
[17:21] ---
    Father has visited the
    Minister of Appointments,
[17:23] ---
    so if anything is missing…
[17:28] ---
    W-Why are you here?
[17:39] ---
    She's my maid who cleans and cooks.
[17:41] ---
    Usually, she doesn't come at this time.
[17:43] ---
    Auntie Yun, are you not
    opening the stall today?
[17:46] ---
    "Yun"…
[17:47] ---
    Oh, right.
[17:48] ---
    This is my fiancee.
[17:53] ---
    No!
[18:05] ---
    Turns out
[18:07] ---
    he wasn't going to come.
[18:12] ---
    But you're still waiting.
[18:18] ---
    I thought
[18:20] ---
    he would turn around to look at me once more.
[20:05] ---
    The Book of Life and Death says
[20:07] ---
    her name is Xu Feiyun,
[20:09] ---
    from Luoyang.
[20:10] ---
    30 years ago, she eloped with a talented man.
[20:13] ---
    That scholar memorized a bunch of holy books,
[20:16] ---
    but he deceived her of
[20:17] ---
    both her money and body.
[20:19] ---
    Upon her suicide,
[20:20] ---
    he already left to take office.
[20:22] ---
    Even her corpse was buried
    hastily by passing villagers.
[20:26] ---
    What happened after?
[20:27] ---
    Amitabha.
[20:29] ---
    That man surely received retribution.
[20:31] ---
    Retribution?
[20:31] ---
    Hmph.
[20:32] ---
    You're too naive.
[20:33] ---
    He's doing well now.
[20:35] ---
    How's that possible?
[20:36] ---
    Did your Underworld friends
[20:37] ---
    get the wrong person?
[20:39] ---
    No way.
[20:40] ---
    The info was correct.
[20:42] ---
    There's even a portrait!
[20:45] ---
    After abandoning her,
[20:46] ---
    he married into a rich family
[20:47] ---
    and became a high-ranking official.
[20:49] ---
    Now, he's so well off
    that he looks like this!
[20:58] ---
    Give it!
[20:59] ---
    Ugh.
[21:01] ---
    Eloping with a beautiful man
[21:03] ---
    is something I get,
[21:04] ---
    but after wandering for so many years,
[21:06] ---
    you were waiting for a pig's glance back?
[21:09] ---
    Tao Yao, Auntie Yun has been
    through so much already.
[21:12] ---
    Stop scolding her!
[21:13] ---
    But no one else will!
[21:15] ---
    If being an Answer Bug
[21:17] ---
    means you can keep what you want,
[21:20] ---
    then it's too easy
[21:22] ---
    to continue living.
[21:34] ---
    Thank you for saving her, Doctor Tao.
[21:36] ---
    You're welcome.
[21:37] ---
    Has your sister recovered?
[21:39] ---
    Yes.
[21:40] ---
    That's not all,
[21:41] ---
    she even lost over ten pounds.
[21:42] ---
    She's feasting for three days to celebrate.
[21:48] ---
    Careful that she doesn't gain 20 pounds back.
[21:57] ---
    She also said that
[21:58] ---
    she wants to find an ideal husband
    like Mr. Liu in the future.
[22:01] ---
    Hmph.
[22:02] ---
    Someone like me,
[22:03] ---
    who's even more omnipotent than a god,
[22:05] ---
    doesn't exist among mortals.
[22:09] ---
    This…
[22:17] ---
    Ignore him.
[22:18] ---
    Oh, right.
[22:19] ---
    How's Lady Ma doing?
[22:21] ---
    She…
[22:23] ---
    is much better now.
[22:27] ---
    Although she's still depressed,
[22:29] ---
    she's not going to kill herself.
[22:31] ---
    We'll give this some time first
    before deciding what to do.
[22:35] ---
    I told the boatman already
[22:37] ---
    to take you to the road leading to Bianjing!
[22:39] ---
    This time, don't get lost!
[22:44] ---
    Tao Yao,
[22:45] ---
    what did Benefactor He Shan
    say to you in the end?
[22:49] ---
    Hmm…
[22:54] ---
    He was worried
[22:56] ---
    and asked me what to do if
    his sister gets sick again.
[22:59] ---
    So I gave him an everlasting prescription.
[23:06] ---
    What kind of prescription?
[23:09] ---
    Stop talking.
[23:10] ---
    This delay took too long.
[23:12] ---
    Let's start heading north.
[23:13] ---
    To Bianjing!
[23:14] ---
    That's south.
[23:17] ---
    I'm just seeing if you'd blindly follow me.
[23:20] ---
    Very good.
[23:21] ---
    The Answer Bugs in your stomachs are dead.
[23:23] ---
    Congratulations!
[23:25] ---
    Keep bragging.
[23:31] ---
    [Why are you so humble?]
[23:37] ---
    [Episode 14: Answer Bug (2)]
    [Why be so humble?]
[23:41] ---
    ♪ The wind slows ♪
[23:43] ---
    ♪ Music trickles through the windows ♪
[23:47] ---
    ♪ Who are these idle memories for? ♪
[23:54] ---
    ♪ The dust floats in the air ♪
[23:57] ---
    ♪ The water ripples like blossoms ♪
[24:00] ---
    ♪ Sighs of hindsight ♪
[24:03] ---
    ♪ No sign of stopping ♪
[24:07] ---
    ♪ Thoughts are always unfinished ♪
[24:14] ---
    ♪ Joy is often cut short ♪
[24:16] ---
    ♪ It's hard to wake up from
    a long night's dream ♪
[24:21] ---
    ♪ Evidence without reason ♪
[24:24] ---
    ♪ A farewell to love and hate ♪
[24:28] ---
    ♪ Searching in the haystack ♪
[24:30] ---
    ♪ Thousands of times ♪
[24:38] ---
    ♪ Starlight rains down the southern sky ♪
[24:41] ---
    ♪ My heart is layered with expired love ♪
[24:45] ---
    ♪ A journey across mountains
    for one promise ♪
[24:52] ---
    ♪ No shadows, no fate ♪
[24:55] ---
    ♪ Where there's love, there's promise ♪
[24:59] ---
    ♪ A dream comes to life ♪
[25:06] ---
    ♪ Stars disappear upon rainfall ♪

3 - Morphed Snake - Part 1

4 - Morphed Snake - Part 2

5 - Morphed Snake - Part 3

6 - Morphed Snake - Part 4

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[00:04] ---
    You want me to kill you?
[00:08] ---
    Yes.
[00:10] ---
    On the day of the exorcism…
[00:12] ---
    I wish to take Snowy's place.
[00:16] ---
    That snake spirit bears no relation to you.
[00:19] ---
    It's my fault he ended up this way.
[00:22] ---
    If it weren't for my severed
    tail, left behind in that well…
[00:25] ---
    Snowy wouldn't have lost himself.
[00:29] ---
    The intermingling of our auras…
[00:32] ---
    is the reason for Mount Deergate's disaster.
[00:41] ---
    This has been my home for
    the past thousand years,
[00:43] ---
    and I am a senior monk here.
[00:45] ---
    I can't possibly ignore this.
[00:47] ---
    To end a disaster caused by the
    intermingling of two auras,
[00:50] ---
    only one needs to be destroyed.
[00:51] ---
    If you kill Snowy,
[00:53] ---
    Mount Deergate will return to normal.
[00:55] ---
    But I don't wish to take an innocent life.
[00:58] ---
    Oh?
[00:59] ---
    When'd you become this soft?
[01:05] ---
    Well…
[01:06] ---
    Much has happened over the years.
[01:12] ---
    Morphed snakes like me
[01:14] ---
    have always been regarded as ominous.
[01:26] ---
    We are at the world's mercy.
[01:28] ---
    I hated my fate,
[01:29] ---
    but I was helpless to change it.
[01:41] ---
    Just when I thought I would die there…
[01:46] ---
    Someone…
[01:47] ---
    appeared by my side.
[01:55] ---
    Her name was Bai Suyi.
[01:57] ---
    She was a white snake who had
    just attained a human form.
[02:00] ---
    Why…
[02:01] ---
    did you save me?
[02:04] ---
    You're also injured…
[02:17] ---
    If I didn't,
[02:18] ---
    I'd be ridden with guilt.
[02:25] ---
    But…
[02:26] ---
    I'm a morphed snake.
[02:28] ---
    Aren't you afraid
[02:30] ---
    of the consequences…?
[02:31] ---
    If you become strong enough,
[02:33] ---
    you won't have to fear them.
[02:37] ---
    She was right.
[02:38] ---
    Only by becoming stronger
[02:40] ---
    could I have a foothold in this world.
[02:46] ---
    I followed her,
[02:47] ---
    and we cultivated together.
[02:52] ---
    After I attained a human form,
[02:54] ---
    my powers grew stronger than ever before.
[03:01] ---
    So strong
[03:03] ---
    that they surpassed hers.
[03:19] ---
    It's you…!
[03:25] ---
    Wait!
[03:38] ---
    I should've known it was you.
[03:40] ---
    Why did you kill so many innocents?!
[03:44] ---
    Speak!
[03:47] ---
    Survival of the fittest.
[03:50] ---
    If I didn't kill your kind,
[03:51] ---
    I wouldn't have a foothold in this world…
[04:04] ---
    Must I kill…
[04:06] ---
    to have a foothold in this world?
[04:10] ---
    Don't listen to him!
[04:12] ---
    Your strength…
[04:13] ---
    should be used for good…
[04:16] ---
    not for killing people!
[04:33] ---
    Charge!
[04:50] ---
    That man was dead,
[04:53] ---
    but what he said continued to plague me.
[04:57] ---
    Over time,
[04:58] ---
    it became my greatest inner demon.
[05:08] ---
    You want me to stop?
[05:10] ---
    You…!
[05:10] ---
    Please stop!
[05:11] ---
    You didn't cultivate so
    you could kill people!
[05:17] ---
    You hold no regard for others,
[05:18] ---
    so you can never truly become "strong."
[05:23] ---
    If you keep doing this,
[05:24] ---
    you'll be the same as those who hurt you!
[05:27] ---
    Tch!
[05:41] ---
    Kill!
[05:43] ---
    Kill!
[05:44] ---
    Charge!
[06:01] ---
    Run!
[06:12] ---
    He commanded an entire city
[06:13] ---
    and even the skies.
[06:15] ---
    But his mistakes…
[06:17] ---
    caused the people to revolt
    and cost him his territory.
[06:20] ---
    His lover
[06:21] ---
    also died in that battle.
[06:23] ---
    Although he survived,
[06:25] ---
    he lost himself in his fury.
[06:27] ---
    In the end,
[06:28] ---
    it caused a great flood,
[06:30] ---
    and the city was destroyed.
[06:32] ---
    Just like that, he lost everything.
[06:35] ---
    I thought…
[06:36] ---
    with greater strength
[06:38] ---
    comes greater privileges.
[06:40] ---
    But
[06:41] ---
    I was wrong.
[06:44] ---
    Spirit Doctor Tao Yao!
[06:45] ---
    Tao City sent you here
[06:47] ---
    not to save me, but to kill me, right?
[06:52] ---
    Heh!
[07:14] ---
    I want to try living a
    life without my powers!
[07:19] ---
    I left.
[07:20] ---
    I didn't take his life with me.
[07:24] ---
    When I saw him again,
[07:26] ---
    his appearance was that of a legless monk.
[07:31] ---
    For a thousand years,
[07:32] ---
    he lived at Deergate Temple as a monk,
[07:35] ---
    secluded from the world.
[07:36] ---
    As years passed, he aged and "died,"
[07:38] ---
    returning each time with
    a different appearance.
[07:42] ---
    His Buddhist name
[07:43] ---
    always contained "Hui," for regret.
[07:47] ---
    He severed his tail and hid it in the well,
[07:50] ---
    giving up the powers that
    had taken countless lives.
[07:54] ---
    Even so…
[08:08] ---
    Juehui…
[08:10] ---
    You've been here for nearly a year now.
[08:12] ---
    Have you found any insight?
[08:15] ---
    You hold no regard for others,
[08:17] ---
    so you can never truly become "strong."
[08:20] ---
    If you keep doing this,
[08:21] ---
    you'll be the same as those who hurt you!
[08:25] ---
    Master…
[08:25] ---
    Do your regrets continue to plague you?
[08:29] ---
    I feel like I'm still missing something.
[08:32] ---
    Amitabha.
[08:34] ---
    Don't dwell on it too much.
[08:35] ---
    It will come to you naturally.
[08:39] ---
    Master!
[08:39] ---
    Master, the rain stopped!
[08:41] ---
    Can I go play outside?
[08:42] ---
    Wunian,
[08:43] ---
    please quiet down.
[08:44] ---
    Don't disturb your senior brother.
[08:48] ---
    Juehui.
[08:49] ---
    You need not stay inside all the time.
[08:52] ---
    In the world outside,
[08:54] ---
    you may find something new.
[09:05] ---
    Master's words came true.
[09:07] ---
    But I didn't realize
[09:09] ---
    the thing I was looking
    for… had already come.
[09:16] ---
    It was a weak snake spirit.
[09:18] ---
    I believe it only came to the temple
[09:20] ---
    because it was attracted by my tail.
[09:29] ---
    Nonetheless,
[09:30] ---
    I knew the intermingling of our
    auras would lead to disaster.
[09:35] ---
    Thus,
[09:36] ---
    I had no choice but to kill it.
[10:01] ---
    Snowy!
[10:04] ---
    I've failed this time,
[10:05] ---
    but I can just try again.
[10:25] ---
    Afterward,
[10:27] ---
    I often went to observe them,
[10:28] ---
    looking for an opportunity.
[11:10] ---
    Must I kill…
[11:12] ---
    to have a foothold in this world?
[11:14] ---
    Don't listen to him!
[11:16] ---
    Your strength…
[11:17] ---
    should be used for good…
[11:20] ---
    not for killing people!
[11:22] ---
    Please stop!
[11:23] ---
    You didn't cultivate…
[11:24] ---
    so you could kill people!
[11:27] ---
    I suddenly realized…
[11:28] ---
    They were right.
[11:35] ---
    Oh, thank you!
[11:47] ---
    I don't think I've seen that
    monk in the wheelchair before.
[11:50] ---
    From what I've heard,
[11:52] ---
    he sponsored all this!
[11:53] ---
    Ah,
[11:54] ---
    what a generous man.
[12:17] ---
    S-Senior Juehui!
[12:18] ---
    You're amazing!
[12:20] ---
    No. It's a trifling matter.
[12:23] ---
    No way! You've saved countless people!
[12:25] ---
    That's what the strong do!
[12:26] ---
    Wunian!
[12:27] ---
    I'm coming!
[12:35] ---
    It turns out…
[12:36] ---
    I don't need to wield a sword
[12:38] ---
    nor don armor
[12:39] ---
    to be "strong."
[12:47] ---
    It looks like…
[12:48] ---
    You've found your way?
[12:51] ---
    Thanks to your guidance,
[12:53] ---
    I was enlightened, Master.
[12:55] ---
    Oh?
[12:56] ---
    Strength is not about how much power one has,
[12:59] ---
    but what they do with it.
[13:00] ---
    As long as I am open-minded
    and compassionate,
[13:03] ---
    I will have a place in this world.
[13:06] ---
    Well said.
[13:08] ---
    But with this rain, many are suffering.
[13:11] ---
    It seems there is little we can do.
[13:13] ---
    We are quite helpless.
[13:15] ---
    You need not worry about that.
[13:17] ---
    As Master Kongming said,
[13:19] ---
    all of this was caused by the
    snake spirit inside the well.
[13:24] ---
    He will exorcise the evil spirit
    and save Mount Deergate.
[13:28] ---
    What?
[13:29] ---
    Amitabha.
[13:31] ---
    At last…
[13:33] ---
    This rain will end.
[13:45] ---
    I've lived for countless years already,
[13:49] ---
    but Snowy's life has just begun.
[13:51] ---
    If I don't save him,
[13:53] ---
    I'll be ridden with guilt.
[13:55] ---
    But you don't need to go that far.
[13:58] ---
    If you live another thousand years,
[13:59] ---
    you can save more people.
[14:01] ---
    No.
[14:02] ---
    My tail will remain
[14:04] ---
    for as long as I am alive.
[14:06] ---
    It's just Snowy this time,
[14:07] ---
    but my tail will continue to attract others.
[14:10] ---
    There's no telling
[14:12] ---
    what might happen then.
[14:16] ---
    Please fulfill my wish, Lady Tao Yao.
[14:22] ---
    You should know
[14:24] ---
    what my rules are.
[14:26] ---
    But my body would no longer be usable…
[14:28] ---
    Yes, it's a bad deal for me.
[14:33] ---
    But even so, you agree.
[14:34] ---
    Am I right?
[14:37] ---
    You've really changed
[14:39] ---
    over the past thousand years.
[14:41] ---
    Change is inevitable.
[14:48] ---
    And…
[14:50] ---
    I have another small request.
[15:24] ---
    Seeing that Master Kongming once saved Snowy,
[15:26] ---
    please don't kill him.
[15:28] ---
    And as for Snowy…
[15:30] ---
    Please let him forget everything.
[17:09] ---
    Many thanks.
[17:16] ---
    This is my first time seeing a
    spirit buried in a monk's robe.
[17:20] ---
    Amitabha.
[17:22] ---
    I hope he wasn't in too
    much pain when he died.
[17:25] ---
    It didn't hurt.
[17:26] ---
    I cast a spell on the sword.
[17:27] ---
    Oh?
[17:28] ---
    That's thoughtful of you.
[17:31] ---
    I see.
[17:32] ---
    By the way,
[17:33] ---
    what happened to Snowy?
[17:37] ---
    The day before,
[17:38] ---
    Snowy was completely ignorant to his plight.
[17:41] ---
    He obediently stayed in the well,
[17:43] ---
    trusting his companion's lies.
[17:45] ---
    Snowy.
[17:46] ---
    When you see my sword,
[17:47] ---
    don't dodge!
[17:49] ---
    I won't actually stab you,
[17:50] ---
    okay?
[17:52] ---
    Perhaps…
[17:53] ---
    his ignorance was for the best.
[18:02] ---
    Snake spirit!
[18:03] ---
    Someone asked me to give you a name.
[18:06] ---
    It'll help you attain a human form quicker,
[18:09] ---
    so you better be grateful.
[18:11] ---
    Don't make it random.
[18:12] ---
    It should fit his looks.
[18:13] ---
    You should keep it plain too.
[18:16] ---
    How about…
[18:17] ---
    Daisy?
[18:18] ---
    How does that suit him at all?
[18:20] ---
    Then… Stormy?
[18:22] ---
    I said plain…
[18:24] ---
    Why don't you name him, then?
[18:26] ---
    I got it!
[18:30] ---
    Your name will be…
[18:35] ---
    What kind of name is that?
[18:37] ---
    Shut up.
[18:38] ---
    I think it's pretty good.
[18:39] ---
    Right, Bai Su…
[18:47] ---
    He's gone.
[18:51] ---
    Oh, well.
[18:52] ---
    Let's head to Bianjing.
[18:53] ---
    You didn't forget about that?
[18:55] ---
    Of course not.
[18:56] ---
    This place was just on the way.
[18:58] ---
    Hmph!
[18:58] ---
    Says the one who has no sense of direction!
[19:02] ---
    Okay, okay!
[19:03] ---
    Don't fight!
[19:04] ---
    I have the final say, not you!
[19:05] ---
    But I'm the one who pays for our meals!
[19:09] ---
    [Episode 18: Morphed Snake (4)]
[19:12] ---
    ♪ The wind slows ♪
[19:15] ---
    ♪ Music trickles through the windows ♪
[19:18] ---
    ♪ Who are these idle memories for? ♪
[19:26] ---
    ♪ The dust floats in the air ♪
[19:29] ---
    ♪ The water ripples like blossoms ♪
[19:32] ---
    ♪ Sighs of hindsight ♪
[19:34] ---
    ♪ No sign of stopping ♪
[19:39] ---
    ♪ Thoughts are always unfinished ♪
[19:45] ---
    ♪ Joy is often cut short ♪
[19:48] ---
    ♪ It's hard to wake up from
    a long night's dream ♪
[19:52] ---
    ♪ Evidence without reason ♪
[19:56] ---
    ♪ A farewell to love and hate ♪
[19:59] ---
    ♪ Searching in the haystack ♪
[20:01] ---
    ♪ Thousands of times ♪
[20:10] ---
    ♪ Starlight rains down the southern sky ♪
[20:13] ---
    ♪ My heart is layered with expired love ♪
[20:16] ---
    ♪ A journey across mountains
    for one promise ♪
[20:23] ---
    ♪ No shadows, no fate ♪
[20:27] ---
    ♪ Where there's love, there's promise ♪
[20:31] ---
    ♪ A dream comes to life ♪
[20:38] ---
    ♪ Stars disappear upon rainfall ♪
[21:00] ---
    Namo Amitabha, Namo Amitabha…
[21:04] ---
    So annoying.
[21:06] ---
    We're still far from Bianjing.
[21:08] ---
    Can't you stop for a bit?
[21:09] ---
    I'm saying a prayer for Senior Juehui.
[21:12] ---
    Ack!
[21:14] ---
    Did you sprain it?
[21:16] ---
    Tch.
[21:17] ---
    Praying for others?
[21:18] ---
    Worry about yourself instead.
[21:20] ---
    Just look at you.
[21:22] ---
    Your sprain may only be the
    start of your bad luck.
[21:25] ---
    Tao Yao!
[21:27] ---
    Moya,
[21:28] ---
    can you walk?
[21:29] ---
    I can carry you.
[21:31] ---
    Lord Liu, you're the best.
[21:33] ---
    Tch.
[22:22] ---
    Sir.
[22:23] ---
    Judging by your clothes,
[22:24] ---
    you aren't bandits.
[22:25] ---
    We're only passing through here.
[22:28] ---
    You have the wrong people.
[22:30] ---
    Y-yeah!
[22:30] ---
    Sir, look closely at us.
[22:32] ---
    We don't know you.
[22:47] ---
    How could you hit him?!
[22:49] ---
    Be careful.
[22:50] ---
    I want them alive.
[22:52] ---
    Sir,
[22:53] ---
    that's my monk and my fox.
[22:55] ---
    You can't just take them, you know?
[23:02] ---
    If this is trapped,
[23:04] ---
    you're dead meat.
[23:05] ---
    I'm not looking to take any lives today.
[23:10] ---
    These are…
[23:15] ---
    Luminous Pearls!
[23:17] ---
    Where'd you get such treasure?
[23:19] ---
    Two pearls…
[23:21] ---
    for the monk
[23:22] ---
    and the fox.
[23:25] ---
    Sure, sure.
[23:26] ---
    Take them both!
[23:28] ---
    Tao Yao!
[23:29] ---
    Hey!
[23:30] ---
    He wants Moya for the pearls!
[23:31] ---
    And Rolly, too!
[23:34] ---
    Yeah,
[23:35] ---
    I know.
[23:36] ---
    Wha…
[23:37] ---
    For Moya!
[23:38] ---
    Moya!
[23:39] ---
    It's worth.
[23:41] ---
    You're…
[23:42] ---
    You're really going to sell me?
[23:47] ---
    One pearl is enough to
    cover 20 years of expenses.
[23:49] ---
    Now I have two.
[23:51] ---
    Am I dreaming?
[23:53] ---
    The deal…
[23:54] ---
    is done.
[23:56] ---
    Help!
[23:57] ---
    Save me!
[23:58] ---
    Tao Yao!
[23:59] ---
    Lord Liu!
[24:01] ---
    Save me!
[24:03] ---
    Tao Yao,
[24:03] ---
    are you serious?
[24:05] ---
    What?
[24:06] ---
    They took Moya away!
[24:07] ---
    I know.
[24:09] ---
    Like I said, bad luck.
[24:11] ---
    Alright,
[24:11] ---
    let's go.
[24:14] ---
    You can go on your own.
[24:16] ---
    I'm saving Moya.
[24:18] ---
    Please take your time.
[24:20] ---
    I could use some peace and quiet.

7 - The Sickness

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[00:00] ---
    [Episode 19: Sickness Demon]
[00:03] ---
    You haven't paid yet!
[00:04] ---
    Stop!
[00:23] ---
    Get down here!
[00:24] ---
    I'll count to three.
[00:26] ---
    Get down, or I'll blow this tree up!
[00:29] ---
    Hey, your porridge is pretty good.
[00:33] ---
    Sir, have mercy!
[00:34] ---
    I don't know what grudge you have with her,
[00:36] ---
    but...
[00:36] ---
    I'm just a porridge seller.
[00:38] ---
    This grudge has nothing to do with me!
[00:42] ---
    Scram!
[00:46] ---
    Wait.
[00:48] ---
    I'll cover the damages.
[00:51] ---
    Tell no one
[00:52] ---
    what you saw today.
[00:55] ---
    R-right!
[01:00] ---
    A secret stash of money?
[01:01] ---
    A good amount, too.
[01:03] ---
    One!
[01:04] ---
    Wait.
[01:06] ---
    Two!
[01:09] ---
    Let's talk this out.
[01:11] ---
    Three!
[01:20] ---
    I'm just a doctor.
[01:22] ---
    And you...
[01:23] ---
    What?
[01:24] ---
    If even a peerless being like
    you is unable to do anything,
[01:28] ---
    what can I possibly do?
[01:31] ---
    Moya, Tao Yao!
[01:33] ---
    Moya, whom you raised!
[01:35] ---
    You sold him for a pair of pearls!
[01:37] ---
    You can get some, too,
[01:38] ---
    and make me happy.
[01:39] ---
    His life is in danger,
[01:41] ---
    and you're thinking about that?!
[01:43] ---
    What danger?!
[01:44] ---
    It's just a marriage.
[01:46] ---
    A monk, getting married?
[01:50] ---
    What's so bad about that?
[01:52] ---
    Hide your fangs.
[01:53] ---
    Be civilized.
[01:56] ---
    If I hadn't come for you,
[01:57] ---
    you really would've left?
[01:59] ---
    Yeah?
[02:00] ---
    You're the one who wants to eat him.
[02:01] ---
    Why would I worry?
[02:03] ---
    To honor your contract!
[02:06] ---
    I am honoring a contract.
[02:08] ---
    I accepted their pearls.
[02:10] ---
    I don't care!
[02:11] ---
    If something happens to him,
[02:12] ---
    I won't forgive you!
[02:14] ---
    Tch.
[02:15] ---
    Won't forgive me?
[02:18] ---
    Look what you did.
[02:20] ---
    Tao Yao,
[02:21] ---
    if our friend in Tao City
    finds out about this...
[02:24] ---
    It'll be fine.
[02:25] ---
    Moya survived the Golden Buddha Temple,
[02:27] ---
    so this is nothing.
[02:28] ---
    Hard to say.
[02:29] ---
    Even I can't get close to that place.
[02:31] ---
    I'm afraid Moya...
[02:32] ---
    Wait.
[02:33] ---
    You're a snake spirit who
    can travel between realms.
[02:36] ---
    Yet there's a place in the
    human world you can't enter?
[02:40] ---
    That place...
[02:41] ---
    Is it because you're hungry?
[02:42] ---
    Want some porridge?
[02:44] ---
    That place smells strange.
[02:45] ---
    I got nauseous.
[02:47] ---
    Nauseous?
[02:48] ---
    Did you throw up so much...
    that you couldn't get close?
[02:55] ---
    There's something more disgusting
[02:56] ---
    than the poems you write
    and the food you cook?
[03:06] ---
    You...you dare hit me?!
[03:08] ---
    Hmph.
[03:09] ---
    And so what?
[03:11] ---
    You...!
[03:15] ---
    Come on,
[03:16] ---
    How could you hit me?
[03:18] ---
    It hurt~
[03:19] ---
    You're so fat.
[03:20] ---
    It can't have hurt!
[03:21] ---
    Anyways!
[03:22] ---
    Let's go!
[03:23] ---
    Wait,
[03:24] ---
    I want some more porridge!
[03:35] ---
    How old is he?
[03:38] ---
    He'll be five next month.
[03:40] ---
    But I fear...
[03:41] ---
    Enough.
[03:46] ---
    This...
[03:47] ---
    What, is it too little?
[03:50] ---
    No, no.
[03:52] ---
    Besides us,
[03:53] ---
    who else would take this sickly child?
[03:57] ---
    True, true...
[03:59] ---
    Please let him enjoy a few good days...
[04:03] ---
    so as his father, I can rest easy.
[04:15] ---
    Dad...
[04:32] ---
    Come with me.
[04:35] ---
    Have a look!
[04:37] ---
    Have a look!
[04:53] ---
    Look at this!
[04:57] ---
    On sale!
[05:04] ---
    Just look at you.
[05:05] ---
    Are you pregnant?
[05:06] ---
    Shut up.
[05:06] ---
    Do you not smell it?
[05:14] ---
    Calamus. Bamboo tip. Borneol.
[05:18] ---
    But since when could snakes smell?
[05:20] ---
    Something as simple as a sense of smell
[05:22] ---
    is easy to cultivate.
[05:23] ---
    Then why can't you smell the realgar?
[05:25] ---
    Realgar?
[05:26] ---
    Impossible.
[05:27] ---
    You don't believe me?
[05:28] ---
    I'm the spirit doctor of Tao City.
[05:30] ---
    I don't believe you.
[05:32] ---
    This incense was made by experts.
[05:34] ---
    It's layered,
[05:36] ---
    and the realgar is concealed.
[05:38] ---
    But it can't get past my nose.
[05:41] ---
    With my current cultivation...
[05:42] ---
    even if I ate realgar,
[05:44] ---
    I wouldn't be harmed at all.
[05:46] ---
    Something was added to this realgar,
[05:48] ---
    so it's stronger.
[05:50] ---
    Makes sense.
[05:51] ---
    What a pure place this is.
[05:55] ---
    Pure place...?
[06:02] ---
    Sir!
[06:03] ---
    One skewer, please!
[06:04] ---
    If it's pure,
[06:06] ---
    why'd they kidnap a monk?
[06:08] ---
    I'm not talking about that.
[06:09] ---
    This aroma
[06:10] ---
    is worth the world!
[06:12] ---
    Spirits stay away,
[06:13] ---
    so that's why this place is pure.
[06:16] ---
    Good thing you're you.
[06:18] ---
    If you were a weaker spirit,
[06:19] ---
    you'd already be dead!
[06:21] ---
    Open your mouth!
[06:24] ---
    What?
[06:29] ---
    What is this?!
[06:30] ---
    A homemade traveling
    essential, anti-nausea pill!
[06:33] ---
    Anti-nausea, anti-bad breath!
[06:35] ---
    I don't have bad breath!
[06:36] ---
    Judging by your vigor,
[06:38] ---
    nausea's gone, right?
[06:46] ---
    Well?
[06:47] ---
    Let's go save Moya!
[06:49] ---
    Where is he?
[06:50] ---
    Just up ahead.
[06:51] ---
    The Wen residence.
[06:52] ---
    Up ahead?
[06:53] ---
    All I see is empty land.
[06:55] ---
    It's strange.
[06:57] ---
    The Wen family is wealthy,
[06:58] ---
    but they settled on barren land.
[07:00] ---
    The vicinity
[07:01] ---
    is devoid of life.
[07:05] ---
    Interesting.
[07:06] ---
    Who leads the family? Do you know?
[07:09] ---
    Supposedly, the widowed Madame Wen.
[07:12] ---
    She came here over ten years ago.
[07:15] ---
    Wait.
[07:16] ---
    Moya isn't getting married
    to Madame Wen, is he?
[07:19] ---
    Her age...
[07:20] ---
    What are you talking about?
[07:21] ---
    There's a girl named Wen Shanhai.
[07:23] ---
    She's 17 years old.
[07:25] ---
    Madame Wen wants a husband for her daughter.
[07:27] ---
    Wow.
[07:28] ---
    Moya's marrying into a rich family, huh?
[07:31] ---
    As his "relatives,"
[07:33] ---
    we can ask for a dowry, right?
[07:37] ---
    Okay, I'll shut up.
[07:55] ---
    I'm hungry.
[07:56] ---
    How about we eat first?
[07:58] ---
    You've eaten enough already!
[07:59] ---
    Then I'm not saving Moya.
[08:02] ---
    What do you want to eat?
[08:04] ---
    Let's eat here!
[08:09] ---
    Hurry up, waiter.
[08:10] ---
    Coming!
[08:11] ---
    Steamed pork!
[08:14] ---
    Braised chicken, please!
[08:16] ---
    Okay!
[08:21] ---
    Another one.
[08:26] ---
    That's enough.
[08:27] ---
    Dear guests, please come inside!
[08:35] ---
    Come, come.
[08:36] ---
    Please sit.
[08:40] ---
    I haven't seen you two before.
[08:42] ---
    Are you visiting relatives or passing by?
[08:44] ---
    Passing by.
[08:45] ---
    Two chef's specials.
[08:46] ---
    We're in a rush.
[08:47] ---
    Yes, yes.
[08:48] ---
    Our little restaurant is
    famous in these parts!
[08:51] ---
    Don't worry.
[08:52] ---
    Hurry and tell the kitchen!
[08:54] ---
    Hey, manager.
[08:55] ---
    Is anyone here seriously ill?
[09:02] ---
    What makes you ask that, miss?
[09:03] ---
    The restaurant is in good condition.
[09:06] ---
    That's good.
[09:07] ---
    This guy is a clean freak,
[09:09] ---
    and he hates being near sick people.
[09:12] ---
    I can't speak for our customers,
[09:13] ---
    but the staff are all healthy.
[09:16] ---
    Please don't worry.
[09:17] ---
    That's enough. You may go.
[09:19] ---
    Alright.
[09:23] ---
    The aura here
[09:24] ---
    is familiar.
[09:26] ---
    What do you mean?
[09:28] ---
    When I chased the Wen family's riders,
[09:30] ---
    I thought it would end quickly.
[09:33] ---
    But for some reason,
[09:34] ---
    I just couldn't catch up.
[09:38] ---
    I could only watch as they
    brought Moya into the residence.
[09:44] ---
    You should really keep some
    anti-nausea pills on you.
[09:46] ---
    The aura there was different from the town's.
[09:49] ---
    I repeatedly tried to enter.
[09:51] ---
    This restaurant...
[09:52] ---
    smells the same as that residence.
[09:55] ---
    There's more to it.
[09:59] ---
    What...?
[10:01] ---
    This is why
[10:02] ---
    I asked the owner if anyone was ill.
[10:05] ---
    It's a Sickness Demon.
[10:06] ---
    Incurable illnesses are how they come to be.
[10:09] ---
    The fiercer the demon,
[10:11] ---
    the worse the illness.
[10:12] ---
    Why is there a Sickness Demon here?
[10:15] ---
    I don't know.
[10:16] ---
    There has to be more than one sick person
[10:18] ---
    for it to be born.
[10:19] ---
    But this demon is still small.
[10:21] ---
    It means the sick are dying.
[10:24] ---
    A Sickness Demon... and the
    same aura as the Wen family.
[10:28] ---
    This restaurant
[10:29] ---
    is related to the Wen family?
[10:31] ---
    Did you think I'd choose a random restaurant?
[10:33] ---
    That sick child outside.
[10:35] ---
    Remember him?
[10:39] ---
    This isn't just a regular restaurant.
[10:42] ---
    However...
[10:44] ---
    Manager, we're hungry!
[10:45] ---
    Our food, please!
[10:47] ---
    Coming, coming.
[10:51] ---
    It's strange.
[10:52] ---
    What?
[10:53] ---
    That young lady and young man...
[10:55] ---
    are very odd.
[10:57] ---
    The two in the corner?
[10:58] ---
    The lady asked me
[11:00] ---
    if anyone here was seriously ill.
[11:04] ---
    Why did she ask that?
[11:06] ---
    Yeah.
[11:06] ---
    A normal customer
[11:08] ---
    wouldn't worry about that.
[11:09] ---
    Even a clean freak
[11:11] ---
    would only care about his vicinity.
[11:13] ---
    But she asked about it right away.
[11:17] ---
    Was she... sent by the authorities?
[11:20] ---
    Not likely.
[11:21] ---
    But I doubt they're good news.
[11:23] ---
    I just sent a letter.
[11:24] ---
    The delivery's at dawn.
[11:26] ---
    We can't let things be ruined now.
[11:29] ---
    Why don't we…
[11:30] ---
    Yes.
[11:33] ---
    Yes.
[11:43] ---
    So good.
[11:45] ---
    More.
[11:46] ---
    One more plate.
[12:02] ---
    She's pretty heavy.
[12:04] ---
    I checked the man.
[12:05] ---
    He has nothing special on him.
[12:07] ---
    What about her?
[12:10] ---
    I didn't notice anything.
[12:18] ---
    Don't…
[12:20] ---
    Don't take my food!
[12:23] ---
    W-what?
[12:24] ---
    Meat… my meat…
[12:28] ---
    This girl! She scared me!
[12:30] ---
    I thought she woke up!
[12:32] ---
    Impossible.
[12:33] ---
    The drug will keep them
    sleeping until tomorrow!
[12:36] ---
    What's on her waist?
[12:43] ---
    We've searched where we can.
[12:44] ---
    There's nothing.
[12:46] ---
    But if they're passing by,
[12:47] ---
    why don't they have any luggage?
[12:49] ---
    You're overthinking it.
[12:51] ---
    Fine.
[12:52] ---
    Anyhow, these goods will
    be delivered at dawn.
[12:54] ---
    After that, we can sit back and relax.
[12:56] ---
    Wait.
[13:01] ---
    What are you doing?
[13:06] ---
    Huh?
[13:06] ---
    What's happening?
[13:08] ---
    I-it's this...!
[13:12] ---
    There's itching powder
[13:14] ---
    in the bag!
[13:19] ---
    So itchy!
[13:23] ---
    Didn't you drug our food?
[13:25] ---
    This is payback.
[13:26] ---
    Who... who are you?
[13:28] ---
    People you can't afford to cross.
[13:30] ---
    Tell us.
[13:32] ---
    What shady business are you running?
[13:34] ---
    Thieves! We'll never tell you!
[13:36] ---
    This thief's powder...
[13:38] ---
    will slowly,
[13:39] ---
    slowly get beneath your skin.
[13:42] ---
    And before you know it,
[13:44] ---
    your bodies will start to decay,
[13:46] ---
    and your organs will crumble.
[13:47] ---
    If you still won't talk,
[13:48] ---
    you're dead for sure.
[13:49] ---
    If you want money, take it!
[13:51] ---
    If you want our lives,
[13:52] ---
    just kill us!
[13:54] ---
    We're not like you two,
[13:55] ---
    willing to do anything for money.
[13:58] ---
    You're a restaurant owner,
[14:00] ---
    but instead of poultry,
[14:01] ---
    you cage the severely ill?
[14:03] ---
    It's counterintuitive, isn't it?
[14:06] ---
    If I talk, will you give us the antidote?
[14:08] ---
    You can't!
[14:09] ---
    Those people will kill us!
[14:11] ---
    But at least we won't die like this!
[14:13] ---
    Right?
[14:15] ---
    Just a tiny bit
[14:16] ---
    can give you immediate relief.
[14:21] ---
    Your wounds
[14:22] ---
    are almost bleeding.
[14:25] ---
    Madame Wen wanted these sick people!
[14:28] ---
    Hmph.
[14:28] ---
    The rich Madame Wen?
[14:31] ---
    You collect the severely
    ill and sell them to her?
[14:34] ---
    Yes, yes.
[14:35] ---
    Antidote!
[14:36] ---
    Hurry and give me the antidote!
[14:46] ---
    Normally,
[14:47] ---
    traffickers prefer to go
    after the young and strong.
[14:51] ---
    Why do you only sell the old or sick?
[14:53] ---
    W-we only act according
    to the Wen family's needs.
[14:58] ---
    Do you want some more itching powder?
[15:01] ---
    We really don't know!
[15:02] ---
    The Wen family only wants the severely ill,
[15:04] ---
    so we provide them!
[15:05] ---
    We don't dare ask more!
[15:08] ---
    This Madame Wen
[15:09] ---
    is quite a unique human trafficker.
[15:11] ---
    We once asked the person
    who picks up the goods,
[15:14] ---
    but we were told to not be curious,
[15:16] ---
    and to just take the money.
[15:17] ---
    Otherwise, our days would be numbered!
[15:20] ---
    Then why you two?
[15:22] ---
    Um…
[15:24] ---
    Not gonna talk?
[15:25] ---
    D-don't!
[15:26] ---
    We'll talk.
[15:27] ---
    Please don't tell anyone else.
[15:31] ---
    Okay.
[15:33] ---
    We're not from Tianshui Town,
[15:35] ---
    and we trafficked people
    when we were younger.
[15:38] ---
    We separated families,
[15:40] ---
    and we were never able to have children.
[15:43] ---
    It was probably karma.
[15:45] ---
    If you regretted it,
[15:46] ---
    why return to this?
[15:48] ---
    Some things are just out of our control.
[15:51] ---
    20 years ago,
[15:52] ---
    we stopped living as outlaws,
[15:54] ---
    and we came to Tianshui Town
    to open this restaurant.
[15:57] ---
    We were living well,
[15:59] ---
    until one day…
[16:05] ---
    I want to see the owner.
[16:08] ---
    My apologies, sir.
[16:09] ---
    We're already closed.
[16:11] ---
    I want to see the owner.
[16:14] ---
    I'm sorry. Please come tomorrow morning.
[16:18] ---
    Call the owner.
[16:21] ---
    What's going on?
[16:24] ---
    You're the owner?
[16:26] ---
    I am.
[16:26] ---
    You…
[16:29] ---
    W-what are you doing?
[16:32] ---
    I know you have ways.
[16:34] ---
    What are you talking about?
[16:36] ---
    My mistress intends to buy
    severely ill individuals,
[16:38] ---
    and she'll pay well.
[16:39] ---
    She'll take all ages.
[16:41] ---
    This is just a deposit.
[16:44] ---
    If you accept the work,
[16:46] ---
    you can have as much of this as you want.
[16:51] ---
    Are you still open?
[16:55] ---
    I'm sorry,
[16:56] ---
    we're closed.
[16:57] ---
    Please come tomorrow!
[16:59] ---
    This place is really good.
[17:01] ---
    Let's just come tomorrow, then.
[17:07] ---
    As you can see,
[17:08] ---
    we're proper business people.
[17:10] ---
    I don't know what you mean.
[17:16] ---
    You, Sun Er, and your wife, surnamed Huang,
[17:19] ---
    are from Huayang.
[17:21] ---
    You used to traffic people in
    Zhongli, Jingzhou, and Xiayang.
[17:25] ---
    You are wanted by the local governments.
[17:31] ---
    Even if you've come to Tianshui Town,
[17:33] ---
    starting anew
[17:35] ---
    is not that easy.
[17:37] ---
    Please, have mercy!
[17:38] ---
    We just want to live a peaceful life!
[17:40] ---
    Please let us go!
[17:41] ---
    I won't force you if you aren't willing.
[17:43] ---
    However...
[17:47] ---
    Your peaceful life ends here.
[17:50] ---
    For if you're arrested,
[17:52] ---
    death would be certain.
[17:54] ---
    Isn't this forcing us?!
[17:56] ---
    What do you want us to do?
[17:58] ---
    It's simple.
[18:00] ---
    I need you to find your old channels
[18:01] ---
    and spread news
[18:02] ---
    that you're looking to buy
    severely ill individuals.
[18:06] ---
    That's it?
[18:07] ---
    That's all you need from us?
[18:09] ---
    Yes.
[18:18] ---
    They're seriously ill to begin with,
[18:20] ---
    and were already distant with family.
[18:22] ---
    They may as well be sold
    to help their loved ones.
[18:25] ---
    How's business?
[18:27] ---
    Better during disasters, worse during peace.
[18:29] ---
    Whenever we have ten,
[18:30] ---
    the Wen family comes to pick them up.
[18:32] ---
    Your pay?
[18:33] ---
    The Wen family is generous,
[18:35] ---
    and we earn a lot.
[18:37] ---
    They're humans, not livestock.
[18:39] ---
    Does the money not burn your hands?
[18:41] ---
    We only buy the willing.
[18:42] ---
    We never force anyone.
[18:44] ---
    Many of them are sold by their
    immediate family members.
[18:47] ---
    They all say they're too poor
[18:49] ---
    and can't support them,
[18:50] ---
    so selling is the best option.
[18:51] ---
    This is a good thing for everyone!
[18:55] ---
    I thought you actually felt regret.
[18:57] ---
    Looks like you weren't being serious.
[19:01] ---
    We've already said what we can.
[19:04] ---
    And we're not the ones who gave up the sick.
[19:06] ---
    Please spare our lives!
[19:09] ---
    How?
[19:11] ---
    We swore on our lives to the man in black
[19:13] ---
    that we'd never expose this.
[19:15] ---
    If you can eliminate the Wen family,
[19:17] ---
    that would save us from being killed.
[19:21] ---
    You've calculated it well, huh?
[19:23] ---
    You talk about killing like it's nothing.
[19:26] ---
    No, no!
[19:27] ---
    We're willing to donate our wealth
[19:29] ---
    to pay for our sins!
[19:30] ---
    Please, help us!
[19:33] ---
    Thoughts?
[19:34] ---
    Up to you.
[19:36] ---
    If you want to live, help me with something.
[19:38] ---
    Just tell us what you need.
[19:40] ---
    When will the Wen family come?
[19:42] ---
    They'll come at dawn.
[19:46] ---
    [How much is a human life worth?]
[19:50] ---
    ♪ The wind slows ♪
[19:52] ---
    ♪ Music trickles through the windows ♪
[19:56] ---
    ♪ Who are these idle memories for? ♪
[20:03] ---
    ♪ The dust floats in the air ♪
[20:06] ---
    ♪ The water ripples like blossoms ♪
[20:09] ---
    ♪ Sighs of hindsight ♪
[20:16] ---
    ♪ No sign of stopping ♪
[20:20] ---
    ♪ Thoughts are always unfinished ♪
[20:23] ---
    ♪ Joy is often cut short ♪
[20:25] ---
    ♪ It's hard to wake up from
    a long night's dream ♪
[20:30] ---
    ♪ Evidence without reason ♪
[20:33] ---
    ♪ A farewell to love and hate ♪
[20:37] ---
    ♪ Searching in the haystack ♪
[20:39] ---
    ♪ Thousands of times ♪
[20:47] ---
    ♪ Starlight rains down the southern sky ♪
[20:50] ---
    ♪ My heart is layered with expired love ♪
[20:54] ---
    ♪ A journey across mountains
    for one promise ♪
[21:01] ---
    ♪ No shadows, no fate ♪
[21:04] ---
    ♪ Where there's love, there's promise ♪
[21:08] ---
    ♪ A dream comes to life ♪
[21:16] ---
    ♪ Stars disappear upon rainfall ♪

8 - Lady Fate - Part 1

9 - Lady Fate - Part 2

10 - Lady Fate - Part 3

11 - Zhao Hai - Part 1

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[00:00] ---
    [Episode 23: Zhao Hai (1)]
[00:03] ---
    I'm a Lady Fate.
[00:07] ---
    I can eat the dead
[00:08] ---
    and foretell death.
[00:10] ---
    From the day I was born,
[00:12] ---
    I was isolated from the world
[00:13] ---
    and lived here peacefully.
[00:17] ---
    But who knew…
[00:18] ---
    Lady Fate! Lady Fate!
[00:21] ---
    Lady Fate!
[00:23] ---
    Move out already!
[00:24] ---
    Are you just waiting to die?
[00:25] ---
    But…
[00:26] ---
    But where can I go?
[00:28] ---
    Come on!
[00:29] ---
    Anywhere is better than
    next door to the magician!
[00:31] ---
    Hurry, hurry!
[00:38] ---
    Suit yourself! I may never see you again!
[00:55] ---
    His name is Jing Zhe.
[00:56] ---
    He's said to be the strongest
    magician in Xingyang City.
[00:59] ---
    He kills spirits easily,
[01:00] ---
    and other magicians fear him.
[01:05] ---
    Why would such a person
[01:07] ---
    come live near the burial mounds?
[01:12] ---
    He's definitely here to kill spirits!
[01:14] ---
    I-I should run!
[01:16] ---
    Do you drink wine?
[01:23] ---
    I've suddenly realized
[01:25] ---
    the osmanthus flowers smell so sweet tonight,
[01:27] ---
    and the moon is so big…
[01:30] ---
    I asked you a question!
[01:31] ---
    Do you drink or not?
[01:33] ---
    Ahh!
[01:39] ---
    A spirit's aura…
[01:47] ---
    Please, don't kill me!
[01:49] ---
    I'm just a Lady Fate.
[01:50] ---
    I don't eat people or do evil,
[01:51] ---
    I can't fly or fight,
[01:53] ---
    and I'm afraid of pain!
[01:55] ---
    If you don't want me here,
[01:56] ---
    I…
[01:57] ---
    I'll move away immediately!
[02:00] ---
    I only asked you if you drink or not.
[02:06] ---
    It's alright if you don't.
[02:07] ---
    There's always a first time.
[02:42] ---
    Is it good?
[02:43] ---
    It burns!
[02:45] ---
    It tastes so bad.
[02:47] ---
    But you're the only person
[02:48] ---
    who's willing to drink with me.
[02:51] ---
    Do your friends not drink?
[02:54] ---
    This is my only friend,
[02:56] ---
    but he has no mouth.
[02:59] ---
    What a shame,
[03:00] ---
    Zhao Hai.
[03:02] ---
    You're lying.
[03:03] ---
    How can a human not have friends?
[03:24] ---
    Tsk.
[03:25] ---
    What's so scary about a stupid drunkard?
[03:46] ---
    I'm not moving!
[03:47] ---
    This neighbor
[03:49] ---
    stayed for ten years.
[03:51] ---
    Jing Zhe would occasionally
    go out on short trips.
[03:57] ---
    When he returned, he either drank, slept…
[04:02] ---
    or stared at the sky in a daze.
[04:06] ---
    And me?
[04:07] ---
    I learned to drink
[04:11] ---
    and dared to mess around with him sometimes.
[04:14] ---
    Although things were stagnant,
[04:16] ---
    it was a peaceful life.
[04:23] ---
    But it was only peaceful
[04:25] ---
    under his care.
[04:30] ---
    A spirit! Catch the spirit!
[04:45] ---
    D-don't hurt him!
[04:55] ---
    They say that Lady Fates feed on the dead,
[04:58] ---
    but actually,
[04:59] ---
    we only consume humans' last breaths.
[05:02] ---
    My eyes can see the date of someone's death,
[05:04] ---
    so when the time comes,
[05:06] ---
    I conceal myself and take
    in their last breath.
[05:09] ---
    But this time…
[05:28] ---
    Father! Father!
[05:40] ---
    Spirit!
[05:41] ---
    Catch the spirit!
[05:46] ---
    Laugh at me, then!
[05:48] ---
    I lost my food because my concealing
    abilities are too poor,
[05:51] ---
    and I even scared them.
[05:52] ---
    It's really not his fault.
[05:53] ---
    I didn't think you'd be so kind.
[05:55] ---
    But a kind person is easily bullied,
[05:57] ---
    and you're even a spirit, too.
[05:59] ---
    But I…
[06:00] ---
    have always lived this way.
[06:04] ---
    Have you ever considered
[06:06] ---
    that maybe your concealing
    abilities are fine,
[06:08] ---
    and it's because your jar smells of alcohol?
[06:12] ---
    R-really?!
[06:13] ---
    Why don't I help you find a new one?
[06:15] ---
    No can do!
[06:16] ---
    This one's from my mother!
[06:18] ---
    In the blink of an eye, ten years passed.
[06:20] ---
    I thought Jing Zhe and I
[06:22] ---
    would always just be happy neighbors.
[06:24] ---
    I never imagined…
[06:29] ---
    Stop.
[06:31] ---
    This Lady Fate is mine.
[06:34] ---
    What do you mean?
[06:36] ---
    We caught her.
[06:37] ---
    I know you're having a
    spirit killing contest.
[06:42] ---
    But hunt them somewhere else.
[06:44] ---
    This one isn't participating.
[06:46] ---
    Why?
[06:52] ---
    Because you can't beat me.
[06:54] ---
    Bye.
[06:58] ---
    If you dare save this spirit,
[07:00] ---
    you'll become enemies with
    all of Xingyang City!
[07:03] ---
    It's that serious?
[07:04] ---
    Jing Zhe!
[07:05] ---
    Killing spirits is a magician's job.
[07:07] ---
    Why are you sparing her?
[07:10] ---
    Why?
[07:13] ---
    What if I told you… she's my wife?
[07:20] ---
    Anyone who dares to touch my wife…
[07:22] ---
    will have me to answer to!
[07:26] ---
    He's gone insane!
[07:27] ---
    Let's report to Master!
[07:28] ---
    We'll show this guy what for!
[07:31] ---
    You're leaving?
[07:32] ---
    Remember to bring wedding gifts!
[07:36] ---
    Wife…
[07:38] ---
    How can a spirit
[07:39] ---
    be a human's wife?
[07:43] ---
    If I hadn't come back today,
[07:45] ---
    what would you have done?
[07:46] ---
    I don't have friends because I'm too strong.
[07:48] ---
    You don't because you're too weak!
[07:53] ---
    Forget it. There's no use scolding you.
[07:55] ---
    Drink!
[07:58] ---
    Why are you angry?
[08:03] ---
    Calling me your wife was
    just an offhand lie, right?
[08:07] ---
    Thank you, Jing Zhe.
[08:09] ---
    If not for you,
[08:11] ---
    I'd probably be long dead.
[08:12] ---
    Do you hear yourself?
[08:14] ---
    So if I died,
[08:16] ---
    what would you do?
[08:21] ---
    What? All humans die.
[08:23] ---
    That's right.
[08:25] ---
    How could I forget that?
[08:26] ---
    He's human
[08:27] ---
    and can live for a hundred years at most.
[08:31] ---
    Aren't you able to see the
    date of someone's death?
[08:34] ---
    What's mine?
[08:36] ---
    No!
[08:37] ---
    Why?
[08:38] ---
    No, no!
[08:39] ---
    I definitely won't look!
[08:40] ---
    Come on, don't hold back!
[08:42] ---
    A magician's last breath
[08:44] ---
    should be very nutritious, no?
[08:48] ---
    I don't want to eat yours!
[08:49] ---
    Stop talking nonsense!
[08:53] ---
    Since when could you handle that much wine?
[08:56] ---
    Tomorrow,
[08:57] ---
    come home with me and meet my parents.
[08:59] ---
    After all, you're my future wife.
[09:02] ---
    Wife?
[09:04] ---
    Wasn't that a joke?
[09:06] ---
    Wasn't that a joke?!
[09:12] ---
    I've been away for a while,
[09:13] ---
    and it'll be messy,
[09:14] ---
    but don't mind it.
[09:16] ---
    Wait!
[09:17] ---
    I'm not ready yet.
[09:18] ---
    I don't even have a gift!
[09:20] ---
    I should at least change my clothes!
[09:40] ---
    Father. Mother.
[09:42] ---
    Your son is back to see you.
[09:46] ---
    When I was born,
[09:47] ---
    a monk came to tell my fortune.
[09:49] ---
    He said that I was fated
    for violence and conflict,
[09:51] ---
    so I couldn't stay with my parents.
[09:53] ---
    I had to leave as soon as I could,
[09:54] ---
    or I'd bring disaster.
[09:56] ---
    But my parents wanted me to stay.
[09:58] ---
    And in the end…
[09:59] ---
    The monk's words came true.
[10:01] ---
    Ten years ago,
[10:03] ---
    a fellow magician poisoned our well.
[10:05] ---
    He wanted to get rid of me,
[10:07] ---
    but my parents died instead.
[10:09] ---
    After I killed him,
[10:11] ---
    I planned to turn myself in,
[10:13] ---
    but prison is uncomfortable.
[10:14] ---
    so I went to the burial mounds instead.
[10:18] ---
    In so many years,
[10:19] ---
    no one's dared to look for me.
[10:20] ---
    I didn't fear my own death,
[10:23] ---
    but who knew…
[10:25] ---
    I still shouldn't have…
[10:27] ---
    denied my fate.
[10:29] ---
    A human did it,
[10:30] ---
    so don't blame fate.
[10:32] ---
    The way I see it,
[10:33] ---
    the worse they say your life will be,
[10:35] ---
    the better you should live.
[10:36] ---
    Live every day happily,
[10:38] ---
    wonderfully,
[10:39] ---
    and make them mad.
[10:42] ---
    You little spirit.
[10:43] ---
    You couldn't even beat a fox,
[10:44] ---
    yet you want me to defy Heaven's will?
[10:46] ---
    Is Heaven's will always correct?
[10:53] ---
    You're right!
[10:55] ---
    I want every day from now on
[10:56] ---
    to be a happy day.
[10:58] ---
    Will you be my wife?
[10:59] ---
    Wife?
[11:00] ---
    Again?
[11:04] ---
    With the world as my witness,
    and my parents above,
[11:06] ---
    I, Jing Zhe, am willing to take
    this Lady Fate as my wife.
[11:10] ---
    To protect her, in life or death.
[11:13] ---
    What about you? Are you willing?
[11:15] ---
    What kind of joke is this?!
[11:16] ---
    I'm a spirit!
[11:18] ---
    How can a magician
[11:19] ---
    marry me?
[11:20] ---
    But I only know you well.
[11:22] ---
    Don't lie to me!
[11:24] ---
    You're joking, aren't you?
[11:26] ---
    You're so silly.
[11:26] ---
    So it is a joke!
[11:28] ---
    Of course not!
[11:31] ---
    Ridiculous, isn't it?
[11:33] ---
    Someone who's supposed to hunt spirits
[11:35] ---
    took a spirit as his wife, just like that.
[11:38] ---
    Our days were peaceful
    under the chimney smoke.
[11:42] ---
    We were as happy as any newlywed couple.
[11:52] ---
    The second year,
[11:53] ---
    Shanhai was born.
[11:55] ---
    Turns out humans and spirits
    can have children together.
[11:58] ---
    It was like a dream.
[12:00] ---
    Shanhai,
[12:01] ---
    look here.
[12:06] ---
    Why did you give her that name?
[12:07] ---
    It's like a boy's name.
[12:09] ---
    Its meaning invokes hope and perseverance.
[12:11] ---
    That's why.
[12:14] ---
    Very impressive!
[12:15] ---
    Right,
[12:16] ---
    little Shanhai?
[12:18] ---
    Alright, alright.
[12:19] ---
    Since you like it,
[12:20] ---
    Shanhai it'll be.
[12:22] ---
    With her name's meaning in mind,
[12:24] ---
    I embroidered something.
[12:25] ---
    Um…
[12:26] ---
    Come on!
[12:28] ---
    I know how to embroider, okay?
[12:39] ---
    Do you like it, little Shanhai?
[12:42] ---
    What are you doing?
[12:43] ---
    That's almost too much affection.
[12:47] ---
    If my life can keep being this happy,
[12:49] ---
    even the worst pains will be as nothing.
[12:52] ---
    If only we'd gotten married
    soon after we met.
[12:55] ---
    We could've been a married
    couple for an extra ten years.
[13:00] ---
    I never would have thought
[13:03] ---
    that that early winter's afternoon
[13:05] ---
    would be one of our last moments as a family.
[13:09] ---
    Why?! Why?!
[13:11] ---
    What did I do wrong?!
[13:12] ---
    Tell me!
[13:14] ---
    You wanted to marry me back then,
[13:16] ---
    and you said it wasn't a joke.
[13:19] ---
    How can humans be so deceiving?
[13:21] ---
    You left, just like that.
[13:22] ---
    What will Shanhai and I do?!
[13:25] ---
    Why?! Why?!
[13:27] ---
    Come out and tell me!
[13:29] ---
    Jing Zhe!
[13:39] ---
    Please head home, Benefactress.
[13:41] ---
    He's made up his mind.
[13:44] ---
    Impossible.
[13:45] ---
    Our daughter is still so young.
[13:46] ---
    How can he leave everything behind like this?
[13:49] ---
    I need to see him.
[13:50] ---
    I want to ask him in person!
[13:52] ---
    I don't believe it!
[14:03] ---
    Jing Zhe!
[14:08] ---
    It's already been seven days and nights.
[14:10] ---
    She won't leave,
[14:12] ---
    and she wanted me to give you this.
[14:47] ---
    [Humans and spirits walk different
    paths. Our bond ends here.]
[14:52] ---
    What does this mean?
[14:54] ---
    What does he mean?
[15:01] ---
    I understand.
[15:02] ---
    His heart must have softened.
[15:04] ---
    He can't bear to return Shanhai's blanket.
[15:06] ---
    I just want to say something to him
[15:08] ---
    and see him one more time…
[15:10] ---
    He said…
[15:11] ---
    He said the blanket has
    traces of a spirit's aura.
[15:14] ---
    To keep the temple pure,
[15:16] ---
    he already burned it.
[15:37] ---
    Humans and spirits…
[15:38] ---
    walk different paths?
[15:41] ---
    Such disdain, even for Shanhai's things…
[15:48] ---
    I understand.
[15:49] ---
    I fully understand.
[15:52] ---
    Don't worry.
[15:54] ---
    Your daughter
[15:56] ---
    won't be a spirit any longer!
[16:06] ---
    He used to be so affectionate,
[16:07] ---
    but he suddently became a stranger.
[16:10] ---
    How interesting.
[16:13] ---
    You saw it all.
[16:14] ---
    Ever since,
[16:16] ---
    Madame's been searching
[16:17] ---
    for a way to remove spirit blood.
[16:20] ---
    And made her daughter end up like this?
[16:23] ---
    Yes.
[16:24] ---
    At this point,
[16:26] ---
    I'm afraid the knot in Madame's heart
[16:27] ---
    will eventually become a noose.
[16:29] ---
    So please, Miss Tao Yao.
[16:30] ---
    What knot in her heart?
[16:32] ---
    Didn't she make up her mind already?
[16:34] ---
    What?
[16:34] ---
    She remarried while she was still young
[16:36] ---
    and enjoyed a life of luxury.
[16:38] ---
    This gave her money to
    spend on her daughter, too.
[16:41] ---
    So this decision
[16:42] ---
    was smart and thought-out.
[16:43] ---
    No!
[16:44] ---
    That's not it! She…
[16:45] ---
    You don't understand.
[16:46] ---
    That Jing Zhe was crafty, too.
[16:48] ---
    First, he led a carefree life.
[16:50] ---
    Then, he enjoyed romance.
[16:51] ---
    When a child came along,
[16:52] ---
    he became a monk.
[16:54] ---
    Love and cultvation don't go together, huh?
[16:56] ---
    Don't slander them!
[16:57] ---
    They're not that heartless or callous!
[16:59] ---
    Not heartless?
[17:00] ---
    Then why did he abandon his wife?
[17:02] ---
    He…
[17:03] ---
    Not callous?
[17:04] ---
    Why did she remarry?
[17:06] ---
    She…
[17:07] ---
    Splitting up
[17:08] ---
    and going their own ways.
[17:09] ---
    Didn't they live quite well afterward?
[17:11] ---
    You keep yapping about a broken heart,
[17:14] ---
    but it's mostly your heart that's broken, no?
[17:15] ---
    Shut up. Shut up!
[17:17] ---
    Is this necessary, Steward Qin?
[17:19] ---
    She's not your wife,
[17:21] ---
    so why are you so invested?
[17:23] ---
    What's more,
[17:24] ---
    you have no evidence.
[17:25] ---
    How can you refute me?
[17:27] ---
    I've been a steward here
[17:29] ---
    for only a few years.
[17:31] ---
    But a long time ago,
[17:33] ---
    I'd already met Madame.
[17:35] ---
    And even longer ago,
[17:36] ---
    I was Jing Zhe's close companion.
[17:39] ---
    That's why
[17:40] ---
    no one understands them more than I do.
[17:43] ---
    Actually,
[17:44] ---
    you already know who I am, right?
[17:48] ---
    You're…
[17:50] ---
    Zhao Hai.
[17:52] ---
    I personally witnessed
[17:54] ---
    everything they experienced.
[17:56] ---
    I swear on my life
[17:58] ---
    that Jing Zhe…
[17:59] ---
    no, that Master…
[18:02] ---
    until the day he died,
[18:03] ---
    loved his Lady Fate.
[18:18] ---
    [Mistakes and foolishness.]
[18:21] ---
    ♪ The wind slows ♪
[18:23] ---
    ♪ Music trickles through the windows ♪
[18:27] ---
    ♪ Who are these idle memories for? ♪
[18:34] ---
    ♪ The dust floats in the air ♪
[18:37] ---
    ♪ The water ripples like blossoms ♪
[18:40] ---
    ♪ Sighs of hindsight ♪
[18:42] ---
    ♪ No sign of stopping ♪
[18:47] ---
    ♪ Thoughts are always unfinished ♪
[18:54] ---
    ♪ Joy is often cut short ♪
[18:56] ---
    ♪ It's hard to wake up from
    a long night's dream ♪
[19:01] ---
    ♪ Evidence without reason ♪
[19:04] ---
    ♪ A farewell to love and hate ♪
[19:08] ---
    ♪ Searching in the haystack ♪
[19:10] ---
    ♪ Thousands of times ♪
[19:18] ---
    ♪ Starlight rains down the southern sky ♪
[19:21] ---
    ♪ My heart is layered with expired love ♪
[19:25] ---
    ♪ A journey across mountains
    for one promise ♪
[19:32] ---
    ♪ No shadows, no fate ♪
[19:35] ---
    ♪ Where there's love, there's promise ♪
[19:39] ---
    ♪ A dream comes to life ♪
[19:46] ---
    ♪ Stars disappear upon rainfall ♪

12 - Zhao Hai - Part 2

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[00:00] ---
    [Episode 24: Zhao Hai (2)]
[00:04] ---
    Sir.
[00:06] ---
    If I had come here earlier,
[00:09] ---
    would the people beside me
[00:10] ---
    have lived better lives?
[00:12] ---
    Fate is fixed.
[00:14] ---
    But you knew you would
    only live for 30 years.
[00:19] ---
    Why get involved with that Lady Fate?
[00:27] ---
    Amitabha.
[00:32] ---
    Master.
[00:33] ---
    She left with Shanhai.
[00:35] ---
    Do you want me to go?
[00:36] ---
    Zhao Hai.
[00:38] ---
    You've been with me for 20 years, right?
[00:40] ---
    22 years.
[00:42] ---
    You saved me from a clam
    spirit when you were eight.
[00:50] ---
    You once said
[00:52] ---
    you can provide a path to life.
[00:54] ---
    One life,
[00:55] ---
    one person,
[00:56] ---
    one path.
[00:58] ---
    Alright.
[00:59] ---
    That's enough.
[01:03] ---
    Master, what are you doing?
[01:06] ---
    From now on,
[01:08] ---
    you'll look after them for me.
[01:10] ---
    But…
[01:25] ---
    If I had more energy,
[01:27] ---
    I could make you look better.
[01:32] ---
    Master!
[01:35] ---
    Hide the news of my death
[01:37] ---
    for as long as you can.
[01:40] ---
    Why?
[01:45] ---
    She's too weak.
[01:47] ---
    I fear that knowledge of
    my death would make her…
[01:51] ---
    But hatred,
[01:52] ---
    intense hatred,
[01:55] ---
    will let her carry on with our daughter.
[01:57] ---
    But she'll know eventually.
[02:02] ---
    That's alright.
[02:04] ---
    You'll be there.
[02:05] ---
    Also…
[02:11] ---
    Master!
[02:29] ---
    It's so lively! Let's watch!
[02:44] ---
    It's a joyous day for Boss Wen!
[02:46] ---
    He's giving out money!
[02:47] ---
    As expected of the richest man here!
[02:50] ---
    I hear the bride is gorgeous!
[02:52] ---
    No wonder Boss Wen was
    willing to spend this much!
[02:54] ---
    But I heard she has a daughter
    from a past marriage.
[03:12] ---
    Taking off my veil now
[03:14] ---
    isn't very polite, is it?
[03:18] ---
    I just couldn't resist coming to see you.
[03:23] ---
    You agreed to wait.
[03:24] ---
    100 days.
[03:26] ---
    Why wait?
[03:28] ---
    After the ceremony,
[03:29] ---
    you'll belong to me!
[03:30] ---
    But you already promised.
[03:33] ---
    Are you not afraid
[03:34] ---
    of divine punishment?
[03:37] ---
    Um…
[03:38] ---
    Does that mean
[03:39] ---
    she married him because…
[03:41] ---
    Don't worry.
[03:42] ---
    Once 100 days have passed,
[03:44] ---
    [98 days]
[03:45] ---
    I'll know what I should do.
[03:49] ---
    Fine!
[03:50] ---
    100 days it is!
[04:10] ---
    Mother!
[04:17] ---
    What's wrong, Shanhai?
[04:18] ---
    They said
[04:19] ---
    you won't want me anymore
[04:21] ---
    after you marry him.
[04:23] ---
    Silly goose.
[04:25] ---
    I would never abandon you.
[04:27] ---
    Really?
[04:28] ---
    When have I ever lied?
[04:30] ---
    But you lied to him.
[04:33] ---
    Who?
[04:34] ---
    Lord Wen.
[04:35] ---
    He won't be able to wait 100 days.
[04:39] ---
    You looked again?
[04:40] ---
    Did you look again?
[04:41] ---
    Didn't I tell you to not to do that anymore?
[04:44] ---
    It… it wasn't on purpose.
[04:47] ---
    You're human, Shanhai.
[04:49] ---
    Remember. You're human!
[04:51] ---
    With blood and flesh,
[04:53] ---
    eating grains
[04:54] ---
    and experiencing the seasons.
[04:56] ---
    And you'll one day be a
    lady of the Wen family!
[05:01] ---
    Never use your powers again.
[05:03] ---
    Promise me!
[05:06] ---
    Okay.
[05:09] ---
    I'll definitely think of a way
[05:11] ---
    for you to leave your life as a spirit.
[05:14] ---
    I promise. I promise.
[05:18] ---
    She hasn't changed.
[05:19] ---
    She…
[05:21] ---
    hasn't changed at all.
[05:24] ---
    A Lady Fate's eyes are never wrong.
[05:27] ---
    Three months later,
[05:28] ---
    Boss Wen died in an accident,
[05:30] ---
    leaving behind a widow
    who inherited his riches.
[05:36] ---
    Don't run!
[05:38] ---
    I'll kill you!
[05:40] ---
    This is it, Madame!
[05:41] ---
    There are too many bandits!
[05:42] ---
    We can't get away!
[05:43] ---
    Let's beg for mercy!
[05:44] ---
    Little lady,
[05:45] ---
    there's no road ahead!
[05:46] ---
    Just stop!
[05:50] ---
    These criminals are ruthless!
[05:52] ---
    They won't show mercy.
[05:53] ---
    Throw everything off!
[05:54] ---
    Okay!
[05:58] ---
    Come play with us, little girl!
[06:00] ---
    Stop running!
[06:15] ---
    Damn!
[06:29] ---
    Mother, you're bleeding.
[06:31] ---
    Shh, don't make any noise.
[06:33] ---
    Turn invisible right now.
[06:35] ---
    But Mother, didn't you say…
[06:44] ---
    Remember.
[06:45] ---
    No matter what happens,
[06:46] ---
    don't make a sound.
[06:48] ---
    They may not look like monsters,
[06:50] ---
    but human hearts are sinister.
[06:56] ---
    Look! The Wen family's beauty.
[06:59] ---
    Wow,
[07:00] ---
    she does look like a treat.
[07:03] ---
    Boss Wen sure knew how to live well.
[07:05] ---
    This is a fantastic haul.
[07:06] ---
    Wealth and pleasure both!
[07:08] ---
    Wait.
[07:09] ---
    She's supposed to have a daughter.
[07:11] ---
    Search!
[07:12] ---
    Don't let the girl get away and report us!
[07:21] ---
    Tell us where she is!
[07:27] ---
    Mother!
[07:28] ---
    Shanhai!
[07:36] ---
    It's… a spirit!
[07:39] ---
    Hmph.
[07:44] ---
    She's a spirit, huh?
[07:46] ---
    Then this woman must be as well!
[07:48] ---
    Kill them!
[07:51] ---
    [Death]
[08:00] ---
    What was that?
[08:01] ---
    Come on, kill them!
[08:24] ---
    Mother!
[08:27] ---
    We can't stay here.
[08:29] ---
    Do you know how to ride?
[08:30] ---
    You…
[08:32] ---
    won't ask about our identities?
[08:37] ---
    Whatever you are,
[08:39] ---
    it doesn't matter to me.
[08:40] ---
    Be careful from now on.
[08:43] ---
    Otherwise,
[08:44] ---
    someone will worry.
[08:48] ---
    And who would that be?
[08:52] ---
    Savior,
[08:53] ---
    we came here unaccompanied
[08:56] ---
    and want to live near Xiangyang City.
[08:58] ---
    I'm in need of a careful, faithful steward.
[09:02] ---
    Would you
[09:03] ---
    be interested?
[09:10] ---
    I finally got a chance to stay by their side.
[09:14] ---
    Madame Wen soon sold her property
[09:17] ---
    and brought Shanhai to live in Tianshui Town.
[09:21] ---
    It's Xiangyang City!
[09:27] ---
    Hey, Steward Qin,
[09:29] ---
    you should talk Madame Wen out of this.
[09:32] ---
    Why would anyone build a residence here?
[09:34] ---
    It's bad luck.
[09:35] ---
    She doesn't care about such things.
[09:39] ---
    Luck, wealth, and what others think
[09:42] ---
    are all unimportant.
[09:44] ---
    She moved to Tianshui Town
[09:46] ---
    to avoid Xiangyang City itself
[09:49] ---
    but still be close to Cloudsea Temple.
[09:52] ---
    Master!
[09:54] ---
    Zhao Hai…
[09:56] ---
    Bring my soul incense to her.
[10:00] ---
    No!
[10:00] ---
    When the incense burns out,
    your soul will be destroyed,
[10:03] ---
    never to exist again!
[10:07] ---
    And so what?
[10:10] ---
    As long as I can stay with
    her for a little longer,
[10:12] ---
    I can be satisfied with living just one life.
[10:17] ---
    No!
[10:20] ---
    Master!
[10:26] ---
    In the days that followed,
[10:28] ---
    I heeded my master's wishes
[10:30] ---
    and protected the two of them.
[10:57] ---
    I hid master's incense
[10:58] ---
    deep within the residence.
[11:00] ---
    That way, other spirits kept their distance,
[11:03] ---
    and the remnants of Master's soul
[11:05] ---
    could stay for a long time
    with the one he loved.
[11:11] ---
    I couldn't bear to shatter her dream.
[11:14] ---
    Until…
[11:15] ---
    Cleansing her blood…
[11:20] ---
    I have a way.
[11:23] ---
    That stupid incense
[11:24] ---
    stopped even me!
[11:26] ---
    Soul incense can ward off evil,
[11:28] ---
    but it only works on spirits.
[11:30] ---
    That crone is a human,
[11:31] ---
    so she wasn't affected.
[11:33] ---
    Soul incense?
[11:34] ---
    Those with superior skills
[11:36] ---
    can sacrifice themselves
[11:38] ---
    by burning their bodies
[11:39] ---
    to create soul incense,
[11:41] ---
    also called life incense.
[11:43] ---
    They burn their souls
    while they're still alive?
[11:45] ---
    Yes,
[11:46] ---
    so such incense is very rare.
[11:48] ---
    Too few are willing to sacrifice
    themselves for others.
[11:52] ---
    But in the end,
[11:53] ---
    our Lady Fate didn't know
    that the man she hated
[11:55] ---
    actually never left.
[11:57] ---
    Jing Zhe also wouldn't know
[11:59] ---
    that the one he loves, because
    of his last decision,
[12:02] ---
    would end up like this.
[12:04] ---
    She didn't change.
[12:05] ---
    She used money to buy lives.
[12:07] ---
    How is that similar to the
    kind spirit she once was?
[12:10] ---
    Kindness doesn't put food on the table.
[12:12] ---
    But Madame would never hurt
[12:13] ---
    those who had long lives left.
[12:15] ---
    She would even find treatment for them.
[12:17] ---
    If even that is wrong,
[12:18] ---
    then what about the sellers?
[12:21] ---
    At the very least,
[12:22] ---
    Madame worked hard for Shanhai
[12:24] ---
    to change her fate as a spirit.
[12:26] ---
    But…
[12:28] ---
    But she never asked Shanhai
    if she was willing.
[12:32] ---
    So what if she's a spirit?
[12:34] ---
    Who says you must be human to be happy?!
[12:37] ---
    She said she doesn't think
    it's shameful to be a spirit,
[12:40] ---
    and foreseeing death
[12:41] ---
    only makes her treasure life more!
[12:44] ---
    But because Madame Wen's
    feelings ended in failure,
[12:46] ---
    she forcibly distorted Shanhai's life!
[12:50] ---
    Shanhai's father also wronged her.
[12:52] ---
    If he loved them,
[12:53] ---
    why did he use such a cruel
    method to make them strong?
[12:56] ---
    Couldn't he have just spent
    his last days with them?
[13:00] ---
    You might think he was being merciful,
[13:02] ---
    but actually,
[13:04] ---
    he was just a selfish bastard!
[13:10] ---
    Shanhai had so many things she wanted to do,
[13:14] ---
    places to go,
[13:15] ---
    and people to see.
[13:18] ---
    But you made her lose everything.
[13:28] ---
    I'm a Zhao Hai.
[13:30] ---
    I know.
[13:31] ---
    Born in the deep sea and able to grant life.
[13:34] ---
    By shattering and consuming
    you, even death can be reset.
[13:37] ---
    You're a rare spirit.
[13:39] ---
    So…
[13:40] ---
    Are you willing to help me save Shanhai?
[13:44] ---
    The final use of a Zhao Hai
[13:46] ---
    is to give life to someone else.
[13:48] ---
    But only one person in one life.
[13:51] ---
    If it's for Shanhai,
[13:53] ---
    I'm willing.
[13:55] ---
    But I'm not willing.
[13:57] ---
    You're so rare that even
    I can't bear to use you.
[13:59] ---
    Though you want to sacrifice yourself.
[14:02] ---
    I won't do it.
[14:13] ---
    You love her?
[14:16] ---
    I love all three of them.
[14:19] ---
    Jing Zhe is my master,
[14:21] ---
    Shanhai is like my daughter,
[14:23] ---
    and Madame Wen…
[14:26] ---
    Lady Fate…
[14:31] ---
    Why kick us out?
[14:32] ---
    What are you doing?
[14:32] ---
    Little monk,
    What are you doing?
[14:33] ---
    Don't worry.
[14:34] ---
    Go save Rolly.
[14:38] ---
    But…
[14:39] ---
    Let's go.
[14:40] ---
    Rolly's definitely hurting.
[14:41] ---
    You're his owner, but you
    don't seem worried at all.
[14:44] ---
    That's not true!
[14:45] ---
    Of course I'm worried!
[14:46] ---
    It's just…
[14:47] ---
    Come on.
[14:56] ---
    I'm sorry, Shanhai.
[14:59] ---
    I'm sorry.
[15:01] ---
    It's all my fault.
[15:02] ---
    This is… Shanhai?
[15:05] ---
    May I hold her?
[15:10] ---
    Shanhai,
[15:12] ---
    you'll grow up again soon.
[15:14] ---
    Make sure you become a happy girl.
[15:15] ---
    Who cares if you're a spirit or a human?
[15:18] ---
    Don't worry.
[15:19] ---
    This time,
[15:20] ---
    I won't make such a mess again.
[15:22] ---
    Otherwise, I would disappoint Zhao Hai.
[15:26] ---
    Also,
[15:27] ---
    about taking care of them…
[15:29] ---
    Enough.
[15:29] ---
    If after all this,
[15:31] ---
    they still don't know how to live on,
[15:33] ---
    nobody can help them.
[15:35] ---
    Alright.
[15:36] ---
    Then that's that.
[15:42] ---
    Going back in time
[15:43] ---
    to the beginning.
[15:44] ---
    Steward Qin said he's caged in the bedroom.
[15:45] ---
    Not everyone has such good fortune.
    Steward Qin said he's caged in the bedroom.
[15:47] ---
    Steward Qin said he's caged in the bedroom.
[15:47] ---
    Live well.
[15:49] ---
    Thank you, Miss Tao Yao.
[15:51] ---
    How can I repay you?
[15:55] ---
    I heard you donated your
    wealth to a hospital.
[15:58] ---
    Most of it.
[16:00] ---
    But please,
[16:01] ---
    help yourself to the rest.
[16:02] ---
    It's fine.
[16:04] ---
    Raising a child is hard. Keep
    it and buy good food for her.
[16:08] ---
    But…
[16:09] ---
    Alternatively,
[16:10] ---
    just treat it as an early
    betrothal gift from Moya.
[16:15] ---
    Let's go.
[16:16] ---
    You'll have to wait a bunch
    of years before you can marry.
[16:20] ---
    So why dawdle right now?
[16:22] ---
    Tao Yao, watch what you say!
[16:25] ---
    What is this?
[16:28] ---
    This is…
[16:53] ---
    I don't understand part of it.
[16:55] ---
    Which part?
[16:57] ---
    That crone's spells were perfectly cast.
[16:59] ---
    How did Moya get out?
[17:01] ---
    Fortune favors fools.
[17:04] ---
    I'm being serious.
[17:06] ---
    The caster was connected to both worlds.
[17:09] ---
    If she died,
[17:11] ---
    Moya's soul could've gotten stuck forever,
[17:14] ---
    so I couldn't dare make a move
[17:15] ---
    until she undid the spell on her own.
[17:18] ---
    But there was a second approach,
[17:20] ---
    creating backlash from the inside.
[17:22] ---
    As long as the caster's world
    is destroyed in one go,
[17:26] ---
    the source of the backlash
    can be forcibly expelled.
[17:28] ---
    Understand?
[17:29] ---
    So you mean…
[17:31] ---
    Moya was the source of the backlash?
[17:33] ---
    He has that ability?
[17:34] ---
    Moya has nine lives' worth of blessings.
[17:36] ---
    That's nothing to sneeze at.
[17:38] ---
    Otherwise, you wouldn't
    be so intent on eating him
[17:40] ---
    to improve your cultivation,
[17:41] ---
    right?
[17:43] ---
    What a joke.
[17:44] ---
    He's been a monk in nine lives, that's all.
[17:47] ---
    If not for his purity,
[17:48] ---
    what use would he be?
[17:50] ---
    Have you ever wondered
[17:51] ---
    why Moya has always looked like a child?
[17:54] ---
    That person once said
[17:56] ---
    that beneath Moya's nine lives as a monk,
[17:59] ---
    something else may be hidden.
[18:01] ---
    But all this is just conjecture.
[18:03] ---
    If the backlash had failed…
[18:05] ---
    Then I'd be left on my lonesome.
[18:07] ---
    Tao Yao!
[18:08] ---
    This boatman says he can give us a free trip!
[18:17] ---
    Don't just go talking to strangers!
[18:19] ---
    Have you already forgotten
    about getting kidnapped?
[18:32] ---
    What's wrong?
[18:32] ---
    The Hundred Spirit Record's aura
[18:34] ---
    has never been so strong.
[18:36] ---
    What?
[18:37] ---
    It's close by?
[18:38] ---
    No.
[18:39] ---
    In that direction.
[18:40] ---
    Five hundred miles or so.
[18:43] ---
    Isn't that Bianjing?
[18:45] ---
    Sir, sir!
[18:46] ---
    Can you take us to Bianjing for free, too?
[18:50] ---
    We have to pay?
[18:51] ---
    That much?!
[18:52] ---
    Wasn't it free just now?
[18:54] ---
    Sir, don't leave!
[18:56] ---
    20! Is 20 okay?
[18:58] ---
    30, then!
[18:59] ---
    50, 50!
[19:00] ---
    50, deal!
[19:01] ---
    Come on, we're already friends!
[19:03] ---
    Let's do 50, okay?
[19:06] ---
    Rolly, let's go.
[19:07] ---
    Forget her.
[19:08] ---
    [Please cherish life this time.]
[19:21] ---
    ♪ The wind slows ♪
[19:23] ---
    ♪ Music trickles through the windows ♪
[19:27] ---
    ♪ Who are these idle memories for? ♪
[19:34] ---
    ♪ The dust floats in the air ♪
[19:37] ---
    ♪ The water ripples like blossoms ♪
[19:41] ---
    ♪ Sighs of hindsight ♪
[19:47] ---
    ♪ No sign of stopping ♪
[19:51] ---
    ♪ Thoughts are always unfinished ♪
[19:54] ---
    ♪ Joy is often cut short ♪
[19:56] ---
    ♪ It's hard to wake up from
    a long night's dream ♪
[20:01] ---
    ♪ Evidence without reason ♪
[20:04] ---
    ♪ A farewell to love and hate ♪
[20:08] ---
    ♪ Searching in the haystack ♪
[20:10] ---
    ♪ Thousands of times ♪
[20:21] ---
    ♪ Starlight rains down the southern sky ♪
[20:26] ---
    ♪ My heart is layered with expired love ♪
[20:33] ---
    ♪ A journey across mountains
    for one promise ♪
[20:45] ---
    ♪ No shadows, no fate ♪
[20:50] ---
    ♪ Where there's love, there's promise ♪
[20:58] ---
    ♪ A dream comes to life ♪
[21:10] ---
    ♪ Stars disappear upon rainfall ♪