# 3 - Morphed Snake - Part 1
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G1XHJV2DX/fairies-album)
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
**[00:28] ---**
The evil spirit is in this well.
**[00:33] ---**
How can that be?
**[00:35] ---**
The temple is a sacred place!
**[00:37] ---**
Master, the reason you called us all here
**[00:40] ---**
is not to jest, surely?
**[00:42] ---**
If you don't believe me, Master Abbot,
**[00:44] ---**
then I shall show you.
**[01:12] ---**
That's…!
**[01:16] ---**
Beware.
**[01:33] ---**
I-It's an evil spirit!
**[01:35] ---**
He wasn't lying!
**[01:36] ---**
Master!
**[01:36] ---**
Please save us!
**[01:45] ---**
[Episode 15: Morphed Snake (1)]
**[02:12] ---**
Yo, how much longer until
we reach Mount Deergate?
**[02:15] ---**
Miss, I've said this so many times already.
**[02:17] ---**
I can't take you there.
**[02:18] ---**
I'll only do Snakehead Shoal.
**[02:20] ---**
Okay, okay.
**[02:21] ---**
I heard you the first time.
**[02:22] ---**
Young man,
**[02:24] ---**
why won't you take us there?
**[02:25] ---**
Not even for money.
**[02:27] ---**
Ha…
**[02:28] ---**
An evil spirit runs amok there.
**[02:31] ---**
An evil spirit? What kind?
**[02:33] ---**
One that can control water.
**[02:35] ---**
It's always storming on that mountain.
**[02:37] ---**
Who would dare to go?
**[02:38] ---**
Even the mountainside temple
there was almost flooded.
**[02:41] ---**
How do you know it's an evil spirit's doing?
**[02:43] ---**
What if it isn't?
**[02:45] ---**
Old Zhang from our village
saw it with his own eyes!
**[02:48] ---**
A few days ago, the temple
invited him to be a witness.
**[02:57] ---**
He was scared sick.
**[02:59] ---**
He said that, inside Deergate Temple's well,
**[03:01] ---**
hides a giant snake spirit.
**[03:04] ---**
How did he return alive from that?
**[03:07] ---**
It was all thanks to Master Kongming.
**[03:09] ---**
Master Kongming?
**[03:12] ---**
He's famously known as
Deergate Temple's living god.
**[03:14] ---**
He regularly refines pills
**[03:16] ---**
and casts rain spells.
**[03:17] ---**
It's all very effective.
**[03:19] ---**
As a child, I was once saved by him too.
**[03:21] ---**
If we didn't have him,
**[03:23] ---**
everyone in these parts would be suffering.
**[03:25] ---**
Alas,
**[03:27] ---**
Master Kongming has grown old.
**[03:29] ---**
Speaking of,
**[03:30] ---**
snake spirits are so ugly and terrifying.
**[03:32] ---**
Why must they exist?
**[03:34] ---**
There are charming snakes too!
**[03:36] ---**
You just haven't met one!
**[03:37] ---**
By the way…
**[03:38] ---**
Miss,
**[03:39] ---**
why do you guys want to go to Mount Deergate?
**[03:42] ---**
To pray at the temple.
**[03:43] ---**
If that's the case, you should turn back.
**[03:46] ---**
The weather's terrible,
**[03:47] ---**
and there's an evil spirit.
**[03:48] ---**
If it continues to be plagued like this,
**[03:50] ---**
that famed mountain will wither away.
**[03:58] ---**
To end that "plague,"
**[03:59] ---**
you'll need a doctor.
**[04:18] ---**
It's raining way too hard here!
**[04:22] ---**
My shoes are drenched!
**[04:26] ---**
Oh, how pitiful.
**[04:27] ---**
To think you could be reduced to this state.
**[04:30] ---**
Heh.
**[04:31] ---**
Heh.
**[04:32] ---**
You've got nerve!
**[04:33] ---**
If you hadn't used a spell,
you'd be drenched too!
**[04:36] ---**
A fine snake spirit such as myself
**[04:38] ---**
cannot be dirtied.
**[04:39] ---**
Unlike a certain someone.
**[04:46] ---**
But why do I smell
**[04:47] ---**
something really foul?
**[04:55] ---**
Don't tell me…
**[04:56] ---**
You didn't wash yourself?
**[05:04] ---**
It's not coming from me!
**[05:05] ---**
Just admit it!
**[05:07] ---**
Tao Yao,
**[05:08] ---**
are we here to treat a spirit?
**[05:20] ---**
Senior Juehui!
**[05:22] ---**
A female visitor wishes to see you!
**[05:38] ---**
Long time no see, Tao Yao.
**[05:42] ---**
You know him?
**[05:45] ---**
I guess.
**[05:53] ---**
Senior Juehui asked to be
alone with the female visitor,
**[05:56] ---**
so we must ask you both to wait here.
**[06:08] ---**
Weird.
**[06:09] ---**
I didn't know Tao Yao was
acquainted with someone here.
**[06:17] ---**
What?
**[06:18] ---**
Are you curious?
**[06:19] ---**
I remember her clamoring
about going to Bianjing.
**[06:22] ---**
But now we're here at Mount
Deergate for a crippled monk.
**[06:25] ---**
Aren't you curious?
**[06:27] ---**
Hm…
**[06:28] ---**
You were Tao Yao's neighbor for many years.
**[06:30] ---**
Do you know that monk?
**[06:31] ---**
When I lived in Tao City, I was
busy writing poems and cooking.
**[06:34] ---**
So how would I?
**[06:37] ---**
Oh…
**[06:40] ---**
Ah!
**[06:41] ---**
Done.
**[06:42] ---**
Perfect!
**[06:47] ---**
Deergate rains all day,
**[06:49] ---**
makes things rot away.
**[06:51] ---**
Tao Yao meets an old friend,
**[06:54] ---**
whose legs had met an end.
**[07:13] ---**
I haven't seen rain this heavy in years.
**[07:16] ---**
If the rain continues,
**[07:18] ---**
it will deluge the mountain.
**[07:20] ---**
Everything will die.
**[07:31] ---**
Whether or not everything dies
**[07:32] ---**
has nothing to do with me.
**[07:39] ---**
So many years have passed,
**[07:40] ---**
but you're still the same.
**[07:42] ---**
I can't say the same for you.
**[07:44] ---**
You're a crippled monk now.
**[07:47] ---**
Humans are always changing.
**[07:48] ---**
Just like this weather,
**[07:50] ---**
once so sunny.
**[07:52] ---**
But before we knew it,
there was torrential rain.
**[07:54] ---**
What a pity.
**[07:55] ---**
I deal with spirits, not weather.
**[07:57] ---**
Tao Yao…
**[07:59] ---**
Do you know where this rain came from?
**[08:06] ---**
The rain is only getting heavier.
**[08:08] ---**
Time is running out.
**[08:10] ---**
Master Kongming,
**[08:11] ---**
seven days have passed.
**[08:13] ---**
Have you found a way to
eradicate the snake spirit?
**[08:19] ---**
Rest assured.
**[08:21] ---**
I have scoured many ancient texts
**[08:23] ---**
and divined that in three days, at dawn,
**[08:25] ---**
the spirit will be at its weakest state.
**[08:27] ---**
That's wonderful!
**[08:29] ---**
The rainfall on Mount Deergate
will soon come to an end!
**[08:31] ---**
Anything you require, Master,
**[08:33] ---**
we can give it to you,
**[08:34] ---**
so long as the snake spirit is eradicated!
**[08:37] ---**
Your kindness is already enough.
**[08:41] ---**
That's…
**[08:42] ---**
20 years ago,
**[08:44] ---**
I suppressed the snake spirit
with only a peach-wood sword.
**[08:47] ---**
The sword is still with me.
**[08:49] ---**
Thus…
**[08:50] ---**
You're telling me…
**[08:52] ---**
This has happened before, 20 years ago?
**[08:54] ---**
Yes.
**[08:55] ---**
That year, it was Master
Kongming who stopped the rain.
**[08:58] ---**
In that case,
**[08:59] ---**
he can do it again.
**[09:01] ---**
If that's all,
**[09:02] ---**
I'm leaving.
**[09:04] ---**
No!
**[09:05] ---**
Only you can stop this rain.
**[09:08] ---**
I told you,
**[09:10] ---**
I only deal with spirits, not weather.
**[09:16] ---**
Then…
**[09:18] ---**
Would you save a spirit?
**[09:24] ---**
In three days,
**[09:25] ---**
I shall approach the well
**[09:27] ---**
and eradicate the snake spirit.
**[09:34] ---**
Master Abbot.
**[09:36] ---**
Ah.
**[09:38] ---**
Could I ask you to recite a
prayer during the eradication?
**[09:43] ---**
The white snake is also a living being.
**[09:45] ---**
You are kind, Master.
**[09:46] ---**
Naturally, I will do all I can.
**[09:49] ---**
Many thanks.
**[10:24] ---**
You're…
**[10:28] ---**
Oh?
**[10:29] ---**
The master's back?
**[10:38] ---**
Wow!
**[10:39] ---**
This roast chicken smells great!
**[10:41] ---**
It's fresh from the market.
**[10:43] ---**
Are you here for treatment, miss?
**[10:44] ---**
I apologize,
**[10:46] ---**
but I am busy today.
**[10:47] ---**
You'll have to wait.
**[10:49] ---**
No! Fluffy is sick!
**[10:51] ---**
It can't be delayed!
**[10:55] ---**
Fluffy?
**[10:56] ---**
Yeah! He's my pet goose!
**[11:04] ---**
I grew up orphaned and wretched,
**[11:06] ---**
disdained by everyone.
**[11:08] ---**
In all these years,
**[11:09] ---**
Fluffy remained by my side as my only friend.
**[11:12] ---**
He can understand human speech.
**[11:14] ---**
He would do whatever I told him to.
**[11:22] ---**
During my darkest hours,
**[11:24] ---**
only Fluffy was there for me.
**[11:27] ---**
He's my companion
**[11:29] ---**
and my family.
**[11:30] ---**
I can't lose him!
**[11:33] ---**
Right now, he's on the verge of death!
**[11:36] ---**
Please save him, Master!
**[11:39] ---**
In this world…
**[11:40] ---**
There isn't a goose who could replace him!
**[11:43] ---**
That's…
**[11:44] ---**
Where is Fluffy right now?
**[11:47] ---**
Long River Town!
**[11:49] ---**
If we leave now,
**[11:50] ---**
we'll be back by tomorrow!
**[11:53] ---**
Tomorrow…
**[11:56] ---**
Rest assured.
**[11:57] ---**
I have scoured many ancient texts
**[12:00] ---**
and divined that in three days, at dawn,
**[12:01] ---**
the spirit will be at its weakest state.
**[12:04] ---**
Hmph.
**[12:05] ---**
Foolish girl!
**[12:06] ---**
The eradication of an evil spirit
**[12:08] ---**
cannot be deferred for the sake of a goose!
**[12:35] ---**
Alright, as you wish.
**[12:36] ---**
But…
**[12:38] ---**
Don't regret it.
**[13:28] ---**
Let us begin.
**[13:54] ---**
The evil spirit!
**[13:57] ---**
Evil spirit!
**[14:36] ---**
Amitabha…
**[14:54] ---**
That's…
**[14:55] ---**
That's not a snake spirit!
**[15:05] ---**
It's a morphed snake.
**[15:07] ---**
A tailless one now.
**[15:09] ---**
A morphed snake?
**[15:11] ---**
I read about one in an ancient text.
**[15:12] ---**
Human's face, jackal's body, snake's tail,
**[15:14] ---**
and its wings can summon floods.
**[15:16] ---**
To think I would see one myself
**[15:18] ---**
in this life.
**[15:25] ---**
Master!
**[15:26] ---**
Your arm!
**[15:27] ---**
Don't mind me.
**[15:28] ---**
They're stubborn creatures.
**[15:30] ---**
They often transform into normal
snakes to deceive others.
**[15:33] ---**
When they lose control of themselves,
**[15:35] ---**
a flood is inevitable.
**[15:45] ---**
This one's cultivation was weak,
**[15:46] ---**
so it was only able to affect this mountain.
**[15:49] ---**
It was unfortunate
**[15:50] ---**
to have encountered me here.
**[15:54] ---**
You risked your own life
**[15:55] ---**
to eradicate an evil for the people.
**[15:57] ---**
On behalf of everyone who resides here,
**[16:00] ---**
I thank you, Master.
**[16:02] ---**
There is no need.
**[16:04] ---**
However…
**[16:06] ---**
I have a request.
**[16:22] ---**
My robe?
**[16:23] ---**
May I ask for what reason?
**[16:25] ---**
It has a purpose.
**[16:29] ---**
I have another request.
**[16:30] ---**
If you would,
**[16:31] ---**
please leave the morphed snake's body to me.
**[16:43] ---**
I'll leave you here.
**[16:44] ---**
You'll be able to see your temple.
**[17:07] ---**
Ugh…
**[17:10] ---**
My arm? Where's my arm?!
**[17:14] ---**
You're awake? Don't bother.
**[17:16] ---**
You won't be able to move.
**[17:18] ---**
Who are you?
**[17:19] ---**
Why are you inside my body?
**[17:32] ---**
Who are you?
**[17:33] ---**
Are you an evil spirit or a ghost?
**[17:37] ---**
Don't look so disgusted!
**[17:39] ---**
You think I wanted to be in there?
**[17:41] ---**
It was so stinky and uncomfortable.
**[17:43] ---**
Just who are you?!
**[17:45] ---**
That's not important.
**[17:46] ---**
What's important is…
**[17:48] ---**
who you are.
**[17:50] ---**
Master Kongming?
**[17:52] ---**
Or…
**[17:53] ---**
Zhang
**[17:54] ---**
Er
**[17:55] ---**
Gou?
**[18:10] ---**
[Just… Who are you?]
**[18:12] ---**
♪ The wind slows ♪
**[18:14] ---**
♪ Music trickles through the windows ♪
**[18:18] ---**
♪ Who are these idle memories for? ♪
**[18:25] ---**
♪ The dust floats in the air ♪
**[18:28] ---**
♪ The water ripples like blossoms ♪
**[18:32] ---**
♪ Sighs of hindsight ♪
**[18:34] ---**
♪ No sign of stopping ♪
**[18:38] ---**
♪ Thoughts are always unfinished ♪
**[18:45] ---**
♪ Joy is often cut short ♪
**[18:47] ---**
♪ It's hard to wake up from
a long night's dream ♪
**[18:52] ---**
♪ Evidence without reason ♪
**[18:55] ---**
♪ A farewell to love and hate ♪
**[18:59] ---**
♪ Searching in the haystack ♪
**[19:01] ---**
♪ Thousands of times ♪
**[19:09] ---**
♪ Starlight rains down the southern sky ♪
**[19:12] ---**
♪ My heart is layered with expired love ♪
**[19:16] ---**
♪ A journey across mountains
for one promise ♪
**[19:23] ---**
♪ No shadows, no fate ♪
**[19:26] ---**
♪ Where there's love, there's promise ♪
**[19:30] ---**
♪ A dream comes to life ♪
**[19:37] ---**
♪ Stars disappear upon rainfall ♪