3 - Morphed Snake - Part 1

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    The evil spirit is in this well.
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    How can that be?
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    The temple is a sacred place!
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    Master, the reason you called us all here
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    is not to jest, surely?
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    If you don't believe me, Master Abbot,
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    then I shall show you.
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    That's…!
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    Beware.
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    I-It's an evil spirit!
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    He wasn't lying!
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    Master!
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    Please save us!
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    [Episode 15: Morphed Snake (1)]
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    Yo, how much longer until
    we reach Mount Deergate?
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    Miss, I've said this so many times already.
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    I can't take you there.
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    I'll only do Snakehead Shoal.
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    Okay, okay.
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    I heard you the first time.
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    Young man,
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    why won't you take us there?
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    Not even for money.
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    Ha…
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    An evil spirit runs amok there.
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    An evil spirit? What kind?
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    One that can control water.
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    It's always storming on that mountain.
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    Who would dare to go?
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    Even the mountainside temple
    there was almost flooded.
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    How do you know it's an evil spirit's doing?
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    What if it isn't?
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    Old Zhang from our village
    saw it with his own eyes!
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    A few days ago, the temple
    invited him to be a witness.
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    He was scared sick.
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    He said that, inside Deergate Temple's well,
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    hides a giant snake spirit.
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    How did he return alive from that?
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    It was all thanks to Master Kongming.
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    Master Kongming?
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    He's famously known as
    Deergate Temple's living god.
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    He regularly refines pills
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    and casts rain spells.
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    It's all very effective.
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    As a child, I was once saved by him too.
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    If we didn't have him,
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    everyone in these parts would be suffering.
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    Alas,
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    Master Kongming has grown old.
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    Speaking of,
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    snake spirits are so ugly and terrifying.
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    Why must they exist?
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    There are charming snakes too!
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    You just haven't met one!
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    By the way…
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    Miss,
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    why do you guys want to go to Mount Deergate?
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    To pray at the temple.
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    If that's the case, you should turn back.
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    The weather's terrible,
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    and there's an evil spirit.
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    If it continues to be plagued like this,
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    that famed mountain will wither away.
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    To end that "plague,"
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    you'll need a doctor.
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    It's raining way too hard here!
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    My shoes are drenched!
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    Oh, how pitiful.
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    To think you could be reduced to this state.
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    Heh.
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    Heh.
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    You've got nerve!
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    If you hadn't used a spell,
    you'd be drenched too!
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    A fine snake spirit such as myself
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    cannot be dirtied.
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    Unlike a certain someone.
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    But why do I smell
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    something really foul?
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    Don't tell me…
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    You didn't wash yourself?
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    It's not coming from me!
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    Just admit it!
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    Tao Yao,
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    are we here to treat a spirit?
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    Senior Juehui!
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    A female visitor wishes to see you!
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    Long time no see, Tao Yao.
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    You know him?
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    I guess.
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    Senior Juehui asked to be
    alone with the female visitor,
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    so we must ask you both to wait here.
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    Weird.
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    I didn't know Tao Yao was
    acquainted with someone here.
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    What?
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    Are you curious?
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    I remember her clamoring
    about going to Bianjing.
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    But now we're here at Mount
    Deergate for a crippled monk.
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    Aren't you curious?
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    Hm…
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    You were Tao Yao's neighbor for many years.
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    Do you know that monk?
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    When I lived in Tao City, I was
    busy writing poems and cooking.
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    So how would I?
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    Oh…
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    Ah!
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    Done.
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    Perfect!
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    Deergate rains all day,
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    makes things rot away.
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    Tao Yao meets an old friend,
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    whose legs had met an end.
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    I haven't seen rain this heavy in years.
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    If the rain continues,
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    it will deluge the mountain.
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    Everything will die.
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    Whether or not everything dies
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    has nothing to do with me.
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    So many years have passed,
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    but you're still the same.
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    I can't say the same for you.
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    You're a crippled monk now.
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    Humans are always changing.
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    Just like this weather,
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    once so sunny.
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    But before we knew it,
    there was torrential rain.
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    What a pity.
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    I deal with spirits, not weather.
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    Tao Yao…
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    Do you know where this rain came from?
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    The rain is only getting heavier.
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    Time is running out.
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    Master Kongming,
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    seven days have passed.
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    Have you found a way to
    eradicate the snake spirit?
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    Rest assured.
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    I have scoured many ancient texts
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    and divined that in three days, at dawn,
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    the spirit will be at its weakest state.
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    That's wonderful!
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    The rainfall on Mount Deergate
    will soon come to an end!
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    Anything you require, Master,
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    we can give it to you,
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    so long as the snake spirit is eradicated!
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    Your kindness is already enough.
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    That's…
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    20 years ago,
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    I suppressed the snake spirit
    with only a peach-wood sword.
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    The sword is still with me.
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    Thus…
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    You're telling me…
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    This has happened before, 20 years ago?
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    Yes.
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    That year, it was Master
    Kongming who stopped the rain.
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    In that case,
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    he can do it again.
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    If that's all,
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    I'm leaving.
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    No!
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    Only you can stop this rain.
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    I told you,
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    I only deal with spirits, not weather.
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    Then…
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    Would you save a spirit?
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    In three days,
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    I shall approach the well
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    and eradicate the snake spirit.
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    Master Abbot.
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    Ah.
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    Could I ask you to recite a
    prayer during the eradication?
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    The white snake is also a living being.
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    You are kind, Master.
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    Naturally, I will do all I can.
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    Many thanks.
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    You're…
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    Oh?
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    The master's back?
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    Wow!
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    This roast chicken smells great!
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    It's fresh from the market.
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    Are you here for treatment, miss?
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    I apologize,
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    but I am busy today.
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    You'll have to wait.
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    No! Fluffy is sick!
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    It can't be delayed!
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    Fluffy?
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    Yeah! He's my pet goose!
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    I grew up orphaned and wretched,
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    disdained by everyone.
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    In all these years,
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    Fluffy remained by my side as my only friend.
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    He can understand human speech.
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    He would do whatever I told him to.
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    During my darkest hours,
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    only Fluffy was there for me.
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    He's my companion
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    and my family.
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    I can't lose him!
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    Right now, he's on the verge of death!
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    Please save him, Master!
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    In this world…
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    There isn't a goose who could replace him!
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    That's…
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    Where is Fluffy right now?
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    Long River Town!
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    If we leave now,
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    we'll be back by tomorrow!
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    Tomorrow…
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    Rest assured.
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    I have scoured many ancient texts
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    and divined that in three days, at dawn,
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    the spirit will be at its weakest state.
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    Hmph.
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    Foolish girl!
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    The eradication of an evil spirit
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    cannot be deferred for the sake of a goose!
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    Alright, as you wish.
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    But…
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    Don't regret it.
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    Let us begin.
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    The evil spirit!
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    Evil spirit!
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    Amitabha…
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    That's…
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    That's not a snake spirit!
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    It's a morphed snake.
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    A tailless one now.
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    A morphed snake?
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    I read about one in an ancient text.
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    Human's face, jackal's body, snake's tail,
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    and its wings can summon floods.
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    To think I would see one myself
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    in this life.
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    Master!
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    Your arm!
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    Don't mind me.
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    They're stubborn creatures.
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    They often transform into normal
    snakes to deceive others.
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    When they lose control of themselves,
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    a flood is inevitable.
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    This one's cultivation was weak,
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    so it was only able to affect this mountain.
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    It was unfortunate
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    to have encountered me here.
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    You risked your own life
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    to eradicate an evil for the people.
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    On behalf of everyone who resides here,
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    I thank you, Master.
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    There is no need.
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    However…
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    I have a request.
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    My robe?
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    May I ask for what reason?
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    It has a purpose.
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    I have another request.
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    If you would,
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    please leave the morphed snake's body to me.
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    I'll leave you here.
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    You'll be able to see your temple.
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    Ugh…
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    My arm? Where's my arm?!
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    You're awake? Don't bother.
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    You won't be able to move.
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    Who are you?
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    Why are you inside my body?
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    Who are you?
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    Are you an evil spirit or a ghost?
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    Don't look so disgusted!
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    You think I wanted to be in there?
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    It was so stinky and uncomfortable.
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    Just who are you?!
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    That's not important.
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    What's important is…
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    who you are.
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    Master Kongming?
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    Or…
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    Zhang
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    Er
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    Gou?
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    [Just… Who are you?]
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    ♪ The wind slows ♪
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    ♪ Music trickles through the windows ♪
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    ♪ Who are these idle memories for? ♪
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    ♪ The dust floats in the air ♪
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    ♪ The water ripples like blossoms ♪
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    ♪ Sighs of hindsight ♪
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    ♪ No sign of stopping ♪
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    ♪ Thoughts are always unfinished ♪
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    ♪ Joy is often cut short ♪
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    ♪ It's hard to wake up from
    a long night's dream ♪
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    ♪ Evidence without reason ♪
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    ♪ A farewell to love and hate ♪
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    ♪ Searching in the haystack ♪
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    ♪ Thousands of times ♪
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    ♪ Starlight rains down the southern sky ♪
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    ♪ My heart is layered with expired love ♪
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    ♪ A journey across mountains
    for one promise ♪
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    ♪ No shadows, no fate ♪
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    ♪ Where there's love, there's promise ♪
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    ♪ A dream comes to life ♪
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    ♪ Stars disappear upon rainfall ♪