E1 - The invisible NianHua

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[00:27] ---
    Hey, come have a look!
[00:28] ---
    Peaches, oranges, persimmons and pears!
[00:33] ---
    Make up, hairpins and hair oil!
[00:35] ---
    Have a look!
[00:35] ---
    Miss, we don't have much
    left of this premium silk.
[00:38] ---
    Can be sold uncut!
[00:39] ---
    Children, children!
[00:41] ---
    Hand drums and diabolos!
[00:43] ---
    Have a look!
[00:46] ---
    Fresh fish, live fish!
[00:48] ---
    Come and see! Buy now while they're fresh!
[00:50] ---
    Come, check it out!
[00:53] ---
    We've got everything! Available to everyone!
[00:57] ---
    As expected of the capital, it's so busy!
[01:03] ---
    Wait! Where's Tao Yao?
[01:18] ---
    No, Tao Yao.
[01:19] ---
    If you go in, you'll definitely regret it.
[01:25] ---
    I'll regret it if I don't go.
[01:26] ---
    If I take your bald head with me,
    I'll definitely lose money. Go away!
[01:29] ---
    If you don't take me, you'll also lose.
[01:37] ---
    Just accept it.
[01:39] ---
    Wait for her to lose all her money.
[01:40] ---
    She'll definitely sell you by the pound.
[01:43] ---
    Then you'll also be sold
    as snake soup by her.
[01:45] ---
    Me?
[01:46] ---
    That's right.
[01:47] ---
    By volume, you're the main source of income.
[01:51] ---
    I'm afraid that whoever buys me
    can't find a large enough pot.
[01:55] ---
    Why don't you sell this body?
[01:57] ---
    Talented, beautiful and refined.
[01:59] ---
    Isn't it also a rare treasure?
[02:05] ---
    Mr Liu.
[02:06] ---
    Enough. Feeding you is
    Tao Yao's responsibility.
[02:09] ---
    I want to eat a cookie.
[02:12] ---
    Let Tao Yao buy it.
[02:13] ---
    I want to eat a vegetarian bun.
[02:14] ---
    Let Tao Yao buy it.
[02:16] ---
    I want to eat a flower cake.
[02:18] ---
    Where'd you get one of those?
[02:20] ---
    You don't have any?
[02:22] ---
    Why do I smell something
    sweet, fragrant and flowery?
[02:27] ---
    Again, again, again!
[02:44] ---
    How weird.
[02:45] ---
    No flower cakes are being sold.
[02:50] ---
    What smell are you talking about?
[02:56] ---
    Moya! Mr Liu!
[03:03] ---
    Run! Go!
[03:04] ---
    This time, we part forever.
[03:06] ---
    Don't look back.
[03:07] ---
    If you get caught by Tao
    Yao, she'll definitely--
[03:09] ---
    Hey, what are you saying?
[03:11] ---
    I won money!
[03:13] ---
    What?
[03:16] ---
    I won money!
[03:20] ---
    How terrifying.
[03:22] ---
    Tao Yao actually won money.
[03:25] ---
    There must be something wrong with the world.
[03:28] ---
    What?
[03:29] ---
    Who dares to mock my bad character?
[03:31] ---
    Let's go! Follow me and I'll treat you guys!
[03:38] ---
    The money!
[03:38] ---
    Your money got snatched!
[03:46] ---
    Catch the thief!
[03:48] ---
    He stole my money!
[03:48] ---
    Fairies Album
    In the Capital
    [Episode 1] The invisible NianHua
[03:49] ---
    Catch the thief!
[04:02] ---
    It's so hard to make a move...
[04:18] ---
    M-Mr Liu...
[04:20] ---
    Why are you still invisible
    at a time like this?
[04:22] ---
    Help us chase him!
[04:23] ---
    None of my business.
[04:25] ---
    There's so much dust ahead.
[04:26] ---
    I'd get dirty.
[04:31] ---
    C-Catch the thief!
[04:54] ---
    Hey!
[05:24] ---
    Who's there?!
[05:30] ---
    Money.
[05:31] ---
    H-He stole my money!
[05:32] ---
    How dare you disrupt my source of income!
[05:46] ---
    My grandpa died long ago.
[05:52] ---
    What an ugly ass!
[05:58] ---
    Don't you dare go!
[05:59] ---
    Wait for me to get my guys to sort you out!
[06:01] ---
    Hurry up.
[06:03] ---
    I have plans this evening.
[06:06] ---
    Thanks.
[06:07] ---
    I thought people from the capital were cold,
[06:09] ---
    and no one would courageously help.
[06:18] ---
    The capital is good.
[06:20] ---
    Even some random guy is so handsome.
[06:24] ---
    A girl from a good family
    shouldn't go to the casino.
[06:28] ---
    How do you know I've been to the casino?
[06:29] ---
    You won five in a row.
[06:31] ---
    You were screaming the roof off.
[06:33] ---
    It's hard not to notice you.
[06:35] ---
    But I didn't see you.
[06:37] ---
    The gamblers naturally can't
    see those who aren't gambling.
[06:40] ---
    If you weren't gambling, what
    were you doing in the casino?
[06:43] ---
    None of your business.
[06:47] ---
    Don't misunderstand, I'm not a nosy person.
[06:50] ---
    See you. May we never meet again.
[06:52] ---
    Just treat me as if I'm
    a girl from a bad family.
[06:54] ---
    Don't miss me!
[07:05] ---
    Mister, if you have time, go see the doctor.
[07:08] ---
    I see that you're ill.
[07:10] ---
    I'm afraid you won't live long.
[07:20] ---
    Tao Yao.
[07:21] ---
    These are the best vegetarian
    meatballs I've ever eaten.
[07:24] ---
    Didn't I say that I'd treat
    you if you followed me?
[07:29] ---
    Finally a decent meal.
[07:31] ---
    If only I can also have a roasted
    field mouse, then it'd be perfect.
[07:35] ---
    Come on, you are a great spirit with
    a thousand years of cultivation.
[07:37] ---
    Would you please eat something
    that matches your status, okay?
[07:40] ---
    You know nothing.
[07:41] ---
    Snakes are supposed to eat mice.
[07:43] ---
    Big mice, big mice.
[07:44] ---
    Don't eat my millet.
[07:47] ---
    So fresh and tender...
[07:49] ---
    So soft...
[07:51] ---
    Enough!
[07:52] ---
    I'm not a snake. I'm going to throw up.
[07:53] ---
    If you dare to eat a mouse,
[07:55] ---
    from then on, you will never
    share a table with me.
[08:00] ---
    Fine.
[08:01] ---
    You mere mortals.
[08:03] ---
    You will never understand the
    beauty of field mice in your life.
[08:06] ---
    Let's change the topic.
[08:08] ---
    Let's talk about serious matters.
[08:10] ---
    It's been a while since
    we came from Tao City.
[08:15] ---
    You've tamed a pet,
[08:17] ---
    taken the elixir,
[08:18] ---
    met your friend,
[08:19] ---
    and teased the Thunder God.
[08:21] ---
    Even our Moya has gotten engaged.
[08:25] ---
    I-I was kidnapped.
[08:27] ---
    No, I got sold by Tao Yao.
[08:30] ---
    Anyway, there's a girl waiting for you.
[08:33] ---
    I...
[08:36] ---
    But only that thing...
[08:41] ---
    W-Which thing?
[08:43] ---
    What are you guys talking about?
[08:44] ---
    Adults are discussing business.
[08:46] ---
    Go eat your food.
[08:48] ---
    That's my vegetarian meatball.
[08:50] ---
    Don't play dumb.
[08:51] ---
    It's that thing.
[08:52] ---
    The important thing that decides the life
    and death of all the spirits in the world.
[08:59] ---
    You mean the Fairies Album
    which went missing?
[09:03] ---
    It was you who lost it!
[09:09] ---
    Quiet down!
[09:11] ---
    That is the Fairies Album.
[09:13] ---
    It records all the different
    types of spirits in the world.
[09:15] ---
    If the name of any one type were erased,
[09:16] ---
    then all of that type would disappear.
[09:19] ---
    Yeah, I know, I know.
[09:21] ---
    Because you lost it,
[09:23] ---
    people of noble bloodline like me, who have
    gathered the essence of heaven and earth,
[09:26] ---
    are left at the mercy of others.
[09:30] ---
    For what reason?
[09:32] ---
    You think I've been treating spirits
    all along just to find medicine?
[09:35] ---
    In fact...
[09:38] ---
    Okay.
[09:39] ---
    All living things are equal.
[09:41] ---
    Amituofo.
[09:43] ---
    That's why we have to stay in
    the capital for a while longer.
[09:47] ---
    This is the heart of the Song Dynasty.
[09:49] ---
    It must be faster to find than anywhere else.
[09:50] ---
    Really?
[09:51] ---
    Then I can eat vegetarian
    meatballs every day!
[09:54] ---
    You're dreaming.
[09:55] ---
    From tomorrow, you'll go out and fundraise.
[10:00] ---
    Well, if it's like this,
[10:02] ---
    it's possible to quietly
    study poems and songs.
[10:05] ---
    I'm going to be world famous.
[10:08] ---
    For that day to come might be less
    likely than me quitting the monastery.
[10:12] ---
    Hey, I heard that.
[10:17] ---
    And you!
[10:19] ---
    You illiterate fox who can't even read.
[10:21] ---
    Why are you following us?
[10:27] ---
    Picking a fight with me?
[10:28] ---
    You're still a couple
    of thousand years early!
[10:40] ---
    Water!
[10:41] ---
    Water!
[10:41] ---
    Where's the water?
[10:44] ---
    Water's over there!
[10:46] ---
    Amituofo.
[10:48] ---
    Rolly, you're growing up!
[10:58] ---
    Thankfully, everything has been eaten.
[11:00] ---
    Feel free to fight!
[11:01] ---
    Tao Yao!
[11:02] ---
    You have no compassion!
[11:06] ---
    Compensating you for the
    room door and stairs.
[11:19] ---
    It's him.
[11:23] ---
    What do you actually want?
[11:24] ---
    Hasn't all the money been refunded?
[11:26] ---
    What's it got to do with me
    if you can't find that thing?
[11:29] ---
    I don't care about money.
[11:31] ---
    I just hate liars.
[11:33] ---
    How did I lie to you?
[11:35] ---
    I told you the method,
    but you couldn't use it.
[11:37] ---
    Why are you blaming me?
[11:39] ---
    I told you earlier that I'm
    sincerely asking for help.
[11:43] ---
    If you fooled me,
[11:45] ---
    I will take your tongue.
[11:47] ---
    I-I really didn't lie to you.
[11:59] ---
    It's you again.
[12:04] ---
    Don't come any closer!
[12:05] ---
    If you get any closer, I'll take her life.
[12:08] ---
    Tao Yao!
[12:10] ---
    It's you.
[12:12] ---
    Mister, save me!
[12:15] ---
    So you know each other.
[12:17] ---
    This is great.
[12:18] ---
    Miss, I'm going to need
    you to open a path for me.
[12:21] ---
    Please don't do anything rash.
[12:23] ---
    Definitely don't kill.
[12:25] ---
    Get lost!
[12:26] ---
    I'll kill her if anyone comes close.
[12:34] ---
    I'm afraid that Tao Yao will kill you.
[13:05] ---
    Little girl, be honest with me.
[13:08] ---
    Wait for me to heal.
[13:09] ---
    I'll let you go at dawn.
[13:12] ---
    If you dare to escape,
[13:14] ---
    I'm only one stone away from--
[13:22] ---
    I'm not escaping.
[13:23] ---
    I don't know the way.
[13:25] ---
    But I think the guy will come after me.
[13:27] ---
    Are you sure you're not running?
[13:29] ---
    When it comes to leg power,
[13:31] ---
    not many people can beat me.
[13:37] ---
    How much money did you cheat out of him
[13:39] ---
    to get beaten up like this?
[13:41] ---
    I said I am healing.
[13:43] ---
    Also, I never cheated him in the slighest.
[13:46] ---
    Really?
[13:48] ---
    I've been travelling the world for decades.
[13:52] ---
    The gods are above, and the souls are below.
[13:55] ---
    How can you confuse me with a common cheat?
[14:00] ---
    So you're in the business of religious scams.
[14:02] ---
    Then you can show people feng shui,
[14:04] ---
    pick the right house and call it a day.
[14:05] ---
    Why bother provoking someone like him?
[14:08] ---
    It was him who begged me.
[14:09] ---
    I didn't provoke him.
[14:13] ---
    Girl, you know that with feng shui,
[14:16] ---
    you can see those places that
    are invisible to the naked eye.
[14:19] ---
    And there are spirits with magical powers.
[14:24] ---
    Could it be that you can see spirits?
[14:26] ---
    He came to beg me because of that.
[14:31] ---
    Mr. Xugu.
[14:33] ---
    If you can really help me find this spirit,
[14:35] ---
    I would be extremely grateful.
[14:38] ---
    Since you're the number one
    swordsman in the world,
[14:41] ---
    I'll do my best to help you.
[14:46] ---
    This spirit isn't hard to find,
[14:48] ---
    as long as you follow my method.
[14:50] ---
    Write a letter,
[14:51] ---
    use black thread to tie it up,
[14:53] ---
    and wrap it in talisman paper.
[14:55] ---
    Yellow letter tied with black thread,
[14:57] ---
    with none less than 99 turns.
[15:00] ---
    Could it be that the spirit
    he's looking for is...
[15:03] ---
    ...NianHua?
[15:05] ---
    How do you know?
[15:07] ---
    You're an unusual girl.
[15:09] ---
    Hey, I just like to listen to stories.
[15:12] ---
    What happened after?
[15:15] ---
    It's strange.
[15:16] ---
    I definitely taught him the summoning method.
[15:19] ---
    I don't know what he got wrong,
[15:21] ---
    because he just couldn't see it.
[15:22] ---
    What can I do?
[15:24] ---
    Couldn't see it?
[15:28] ---
    It looks like you are a liar.
[15:30] ---
    Nonsense!
[15:30] ---
    A-Although I can't really see spirits,
[15:34] ---
    but the summoning method is correct.
[15:36] ---
    What's more,
[15:38] ---
    even if I really wanted to cheat money,
[15:39] ---
    I wouldn't dare to cheat
    Feng Wule out of his money.
[15:42] ---
    So his name is Feng Wule.
[15:44] ---
    Don't you know him?
[15:47] ---
    I just met him once before.
[15:51] ---
    It's better not to get involved
    with people like that.
[15:55] ---
    Feng Wule.
[15:56] ---
    The number one swordsman in the world.
[15:59] ---
    There's no head that he can't take.
[16:02] ---
    For someone like that to come to me,
[16:03] ---
    how would I dare to not speak the truth?
[16:05] ---
    Who would've thought that it
    would still lead to death?
[16:09] ---
    In the end, I had to rely on a
    little girl like you to escape.
[16:24] ---
    You see?
[16:25] ---
    I said he would come after me.
[16:27] ---
    Feng Wule, you...
[16:30] ---
    I recognise your skill, seeing
    as you've caught up with me.
[16:34] ---
    If you kill me, I...
[16:36] ---
    I'll have this girl buried with me.
[16:39] ---
    Be gentle with your hands.
[16:40] ---
    If you hurt my face,
[16:41] ---
    how can I meet my beloved?
[16:43] ---
    Besides, my throat is here.
[16:45] ---
    You just grabbed the wrong one.
[16:46] ---
    Shut up!
[16:47] ---
    Looks like you're quite
    happy being held hostage.
[16:51] ---
    Because you'll come and save me.
[16:55] ---
    I'm here for his tongue.
[16:58] ---
    I said I didn't lie to you, Feng Wule.
[17:00] ---
    Don't you have principles?
[17:03] ---
    I am the principle!
[17:05] ---
    Help! Don't kill me!
[17:13] ---
    You're very fast.
[17:14] ---
    If I hadn't held back my sword faster,
[17:17] ---
    your brain would have been pierced.
[17:21] ---
    Golden bell?
[17:22] ---
    Could it be that you're
    Tao City's Spirit Doctor?
[17:28] ---
    What did he just say?
[17:30] ---
    Nothing. He was rambling.
[17:31] ---
    My drug will make him sleep for three days.
[17:38] ---
    You really aren't a good person.
[17:39] ---
    Carrying a drug with you,
[17:41] ---
    and helping a cheat.
[17:44] ---
    As the world's number one swordsman,
[17:46] ---
    why bother killing an old man?
[17:49] ---
    Let's just scare him and forget it.
[17:51] ---
    No one who has lied to me can live.
[17:55] ---
    Although he is a liar,
[17:57] ---
    he didn't dare lie to you.
[18:04] ---
    Mister, besides damage to your heart,
[18:07] ---
    you might also have rhinitis.
[18:08] ---
    Have you never smelled anything?
[18:12] ---
    Calm down and have a sniff.
[18:15] ---
    Do you smell something sweet and
    flowery that comes and goes?
[18:19] ---
    Yes.
[18:21] ---
    Is it your drug again?
[18:24] ---
    People have regrets, a sea of regrets.
[18:27] ---
    NianHua...
[18:29] ---
    ...is a name given to those who have regrets.
[18:32] ---
    Didn't you summon it?
[18:36] ---
    What did you just say?
[18:38] ---
    NianHua... is right there.
[18:47] ---
    Nonsense!
[18:48] ---
    If the spirit is really beside me,
[18:50] ---
    why can't I see it?
[18:52] ---
    It seems like... it's stuck.
[18:55] ---
    Actually, it was summoned
    by you a long time ago.
[18:58] ---
    There's an invisible thread
    binding you guys together.
[19:00] ---
    Wherever you go, it follows.
[19:08] ---
    Where's the thread?
[19:10] ---
    How can I see it?
[19:11] ---
    I can help you.
[19:13] ---
    But first you have to tell me what happened.
[19:16] ---
    What's it got to do with you?
[19:17] ---
    It's fine if you don't tell me.
[19:19] ---
    Anyway, it's not like I'd regret it.
[19:20] ---
    But this type of summoning is time limited.
[19:22] ---
    You wasted too much time before.
[19:25] ---
    There's still...
[19:28] ---
    ...less than four hours left,
[19:30] ---
    until NianHua disappears.
[19:32] ---
    Could it be that you mean...
[19:33] ---
    You won't be able to summon NianHua anymore.
[19:37] ---
    There's not much time left.
[19:39] ---
    I'm the only one who can
    connect you and NianHua.
[19:41] ---
    Only I can help you fulfill your wish.
[19:43] ---
    What is there to hesitate about?
[19:45] ---
    Why on earth do you have to
    get involved with my business?
[19:48] ---
    Don't worry about that.
[19:50] ---
    I have plans.
[19:52] ---
    Little girl, if you dare lie to me,
[19:55] ---
    don't blame me for not
    holding back with my sword.
[20:22] ---
    Mister...
[20:27] ---
    I...
[20:29] ---
    ...betrayed someone.