E11 - Right and Wrong, Buried in the Sand

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[00:31] ---
    What's this?!
[00:35] ---
    Fu Yao! Use fire to block it!
[00:48] ---
    Thank you.
[00:54] ---
    You still claim these snakes
    don't obey you anymore, huh?
[00:57] ---
    If you're not the one controlling them,
    then why didn't they attack you?
[01:01] ---
    Maybe you were just unlucky?
    They didn't attack us, either.
[01:06] ---
    Is that so?
[01:09] ---
    Fu Yao, don't get angry.
[01:11] ---
    First, we need to figure out
    what's happening with these snakes.
[01:15] ---
    "What's happening with the snakes"?
[01:17] ---
    Either the Grand Preceptor lied to us,
    or this friend of yours set us up!
[01:21] ---
    I think they have nothing to do with it.
[01:24] ---
    Your Highness, don't pretend
    you don't understand!
[01:28] ---
    Do you remember who you actually are?
[01:30] ---
    This thing by your side--
    I think you know full well what it is!
[01:38] ---
    I know who I am better than anyone.
[01:42] ---
    Then how dare you stand by him?
[01:45] ---
    Because there aren't
    any snakes next to him.
[01:51] ---
    You!
[02:03] ---
    Don't move.
    They don't dare come this way.
[02:09] ---
    San Lang...
[02:10] ---
    Don't worry, he'll survive.
[02:17] ---
    Fu Yao, can you light more fires?
    Why don't you light some more?
[02:23] ---
    I can't!
[02:24] ---
    That thing by your side
    is blocking my magic!
[02:28] ---
    It's not me.
[02:29] ---
    I know, and that makes
    things even stranger.
[02:32] ---
    Half-Moon and Millstone are bound
    and can't cast any spells,
[02:35] ---
    and I'm out of magic, too...
[02:39] ---
    What if... there's someone else
    here in the pit with us?
[02:42] ---
    Impossible!
[02:44] ---
    No one else has jumped in.
    Who else could be here?
[02:46] ---
    Who's there?!
[02:47] ---
    What's wrong, Half-Moon?
[02:50] ---
    Is someone over there with you?
[02:51] ---
    There was someone...
[02:53] ---
    Half-Moon?!
[02:54] ---
    Watch out for her tricks!
[02:56] ---
    Let's try to save her first!
[03:00] ---
    All right!
[03:15] ---
    Huh?
[03:16] ---
    There does seem to be
    a sixth person. Interesting.
[03:19] ---
    Wait, Lian. I'll deal with him.
[03:36] ---
    Don't worry, stay calm.
[03:39] ---
    Half-Moon, are you awake?
    Can you answer me?
[03:45] ---
    Maybe she's the one you're fighting!
[03:47] ---
    It can't be Half-Moon.
[03:49] ---
    She is a small woman.
[03:51] ---
    Brute force and weapons are not her style.
[03:56] ---
    But that was quite a blow just now.
    Who on earth are we dealing with?
[04:01] ---
    When did they come here?
[04:02] ---
    Traitors like her and
    Xuan Ji are all the same.
[04:04] ---
    Why do you believe her?
[04:08] ---
    Fu Yao, what did you just say?
[04:10] ---
    I said, why do you believe her?
[04:13] ---
    No, before that!
[04:14] ---
    You mentioned Xuan Ji, right?
[04:17] ---
    So what? It's unrelated!
[04:21] ---
    I know what happened!
[04:23] ---
    What?
[04:24] ---
    Drop the act! I know who you are.
[04:34] ---
    General Pei the Younger,
    do you think I'm joking?
[04:38] ---
    Are you mad? What does
    General Pei have to do with this?
[04:44] ---
    I should have seen it earlier.
[04:46] ---
    For the past two centuries,
[04:49] ---
    heaven has studiously ignored
    the unrest in Half-Moon Kingdom.
[04:51] ---
    I'm sure someone has been
    trying to sweep it under the rug.
[04:55] ---
    Fu Yao, you brought up Xuan Ji.
    This isn't related to Half-Moon Kingdom--
[04:59] ---
    but she reminded me of the Generals.
[05:03] ---
    As for General Pei the Younger...
[05:04] ---
    Pei the Younger ascended
    only a few hundred years ago.
[05:06] ---
    He had just turned 20
    when he was promoted by General Pei.
[05:10] ---
    He is quite a nuisance,
    just like his forefather.
[05:13] ---
    Do you know what he was
    doing before he ascended?
[05:16] ---
    Massacring entire cities.
[05:18] ---
    Which cities did he wipe out?
[05:22] ---
    Do you mean...?
[05:24] ---
    Rumor has it that the Grand Preceptor
    would sic her snakes on people
[05:26] ---
    and feed them, live,
    to the ghost soldiers.
[05:29] ---
    But Half-Moon said...
[05:30] ---
    I didn't send the snakes.
    They disobeyed me and escaped.
[05:35] ---
    General Hua, that's the truth!
[05:37] ---
    Millstone is terrified of snakes,
    so it couldn't have been him.
[05:41] ---
    Who could have sent them? And why?
[05:46] ---
    Ever since Half-Moon Kingdom fell,
    plunging the population into misery,
[05:49] ---
    the spirits of the deceased have
    been harboring resentment.
[05:51] ---
    And so, to cover up the truth...
    General Pei fed people to the ghosts?!
[05:55] ---
    Impossible!
[05:56] ---
    Everyone would have seen
    a god like him coming down here!
[06:02] ---
    What if it wasn't really him?
[06:04] ---
    Huh?
[06:05] ---
    For years, I had never seen a single
    scorpion-tailed snake in the Kingdom.
[06:08] ---
    Yet these merchants were
    attacked by a swarm of snakes
[06:13] ---
    in the first cave they found.
    What are the odds?
[06:18] ---
    We only found Half-Moon
    Kingdom thanks to a guide.
[06:21] ---
    How did the merchants get here so fast?
[06:25] ---
    When the Half-Buried Face said he
    had met one of us fifty or so years ago,
[06:30] ---
    I thought he was lying just to
    lure us into coming close to him.
[06:32] ---
    On second thought,
    what if he was telling the truth?
[06:39] ---
    A local guide took us.
    He helped us go around the quicksand.
[06:43] ---
    As soon as the wind picked up,
    he took us and told us to hide here.
[06:46] ---
    Isn't that right, Zhao?
[06:49] ---
    It's easy to get to the Half-Moon Kingdom,
    we just need to walk in this direction.
[06:56] ---
    I've seen one of you before...
    Fifty or so years ago.
[07:02] ---
    Just now, at the top of the Sinners' Pit,
[07:04] ---
    I told you I would act if
    something came to pass.
[07:06] ---
    But you insisted on leaping in recklessly.
[07:10] ---
    General Pei the Younger,
[07:12] ---
    would you like to say anything in
    defense of this suspicious behavior?
[07:16] ---
    Or should I call you Zhao?
[07:23] ---
    My magic's back!
[07:32] ---
    Your Highness, did it ever occur to you
    that the Half-Buried Face may have been
[07:37] ---
    referring to this young man
    in red next to you?
[09:55] ---
    Who are you?
[09:56] ---
    Hadn't you plunged to your death?
[09:58] ---
    You haven't changed one bit
    after all these years.
[10:01] ---
    So it was you! Pei Xiu!
[10:09] ---
    Get this off me!
    He will pay for this!
[10:11] ---
    General Pei, how did you learn to
    control the scorpion-tailed snakes?
[10:16] ---
    I... I have my ways.
[10:19] ---
    Then how did you meet Half-Moon?
[10:23] ---
    General Hua,
    you still haven't recognized me.
[10:40] ---
    It was you?!
[10:41] ---
    It was me.
[10:46] ---
    Half-Moon, were you refusing
    to talk because of him?
[10:51] ---
    Did he force you to open the gate?
[10:54] ---
    She answers to me, so I don't
    need to force her to do anything.
[10:58] ---
    What is this about?
[11:01] ---
    What else could this be about?!
[11:03] ---
    You have no shame!
[11:04] ---
    He was using Half-Moon,
    collaborating with an insider!
[11:07] ---
    They massacred my people
    and laid waste to my country!
[11:11] ---
    Is that true, General Pei?
[11:16] ---
    What an unusual way for
    the heavenly officials to act.
[11:20] ---
    You live and learn.
[11:22] ---
    No!
[11:29] ---
    You don't understand!
    It was my own choice.
[11:33] ---
    Everything is my fault.
[11:40] ---
    What happened? Be straight with us!
[11:48] ---
    Actually, I-I...
[11:53] ---
    You mixed-blood! Get out of here!
[11:56] ---
    Out!
[12:17] ---
    Are you all right? Were the
    Half-Moon kids bullying you again?
[12:29] ---
    Unbelievable!
[12:31] ---
    One day, I will run them
    out of the kingdom!
[12:35] ---
    But I am Half-Moon myself.
[12:39] ---
    If they bully you again, fight back.
[12:43] ---
    But General Hua said...
[12:45] ---
    General Hua?
[12:49] ---
    General Hua!
[12:59] ---
    General Hua!
[13:05] ---
    General Hua!
[13:30] ---
    General Millstone not only let
    the mixed blood into the palace--
[13:34] ---
    he also recommended her for
    the position of Grand Preceptor!
[13:36] ---
    How could he do such a thing?
[13:38] ---
    Shhh! The war is about to start.
[13:41] ---
    We should talk less
    and rally our morale instead!
[13:43] ---
    My Half-Moon brothers,
    victory will be ours!
[13:47] ---
    Let us destroy the Central Plains
    and raze Yong An to the ground!
[13:50] ---
    Yeah! Destroy the Central Plains;
    raze Yong An to the ground!
[13:54] ---
    General Millstone.
[13:57] ---
    Do we have to fight?
[13:58] ---
    Don't worry, Half-Moon Kingdom
    has the most valiant soldiers.
[14:02] ---
    You will see them return triumphant!
[14:07] ---
    --Return triumphant! Victory is ours!
    --Return triumphant! Victory is ours!
[14:20] ---
    The war will be over soon,
[14:22] ---
    putting an end to the
    suffering on both sides.
[14:27] ---
    I think this is what General Hua
    would have wanted.
[14:40] ---
    Those scoundrels from the Central Plains!
[14:49] ---
    If our city falls tomorrow, we will
    scatter and converge on Yong An!
[14:53] ---
    We shall perish together!
[15:00] ---
    What are we going to do?
[15:02] ---
    There's a way... but whether
    we use it or not is up to you.
[15:11] ---
    The city gates are open!
    Go in, kill them! Slaughter them all!
[15:15] ---
    Kill them!
[15:23] ---
    I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
[15:28] ---
    I'm sorry!
[15:30] ---
    Half-Moon!
[15:33] ---
    It's all right, she's just worn out.
[15:39] ---
    Let me go!
    I'll fight and kill this villain!
[15:43] ---
    First, you already died after
    our battle 200 years ago.
[15:47] ---
    Second, why do you call me a villain?
[15:51] ---
    If you hadn't ganged up with Half-Moon,
    we would never have lost!
[15:57] ---
    Though I only had 2,000 men, I was going
    to break through the gate sooner or later.
[16:03] ---
    I didn't plan to massacre
    the city residents,
[16:05] ---
    but you brought it upon yourselves.
[16:07] ---
    If you people from the Central Plains
    hadn't surrounded us from all sides,
[16:09] ---
    why would we have resorted
    to taking you down with us?
[16:14] ---
    Fine, then let's start from the beginning.
[16:16] ---
    How often had the Half-Moon people
    caused trouble at the border,
[16:19] ---
    robbing caravans, massacring
    civilians, and sheltering bandits?
[16:22] ---
    It serves you right!
[16:23] ---
    You occupied our territory,
    so we had to fight back!
[16:26] ---
    Our countries have always
    been mired in border disputes,
[16:28] ---
    so how can you just claim
    the land as your own?
[16:30] ---
    We had already agreed on the boundaries,
    it was you who broke your promise!
[16:32] ---
    You decided on them unilaterally.
[16:34] ---
    Deserts for us, oases for you.
    That's how you split things, huh?
[16:38] ---
    Generations of Half-Moon people
    had lived peacefully on the oases.
[16:41] ---
    Of course they belonged to us!
[16:45] ---
    See, arguing about this is pointless.
[16:47] ---
    We just have to fight it out.
[16:51] ---
    I agree with the first part.
[16:53] ---
    And I agree with the second.
[16:55] ---
    Pei Xiu, stop this farce.
[16:57] ---
    You didn't massacre us
    for the sake of your people!
[17:03] ---
    Your forefathers had been exiled,
    so you needed to win this battle in order
[17:07] ---
    to get a foothold in Yong An
    and climb your way up to the top.
[17:10] ---
    Exiled?
[17:12] ---
    I thought he was descended
    from General Pei.
[17:13] ---
    He's not a direct descendant--
    he comes from one of the side branches.
[17:18] ---
    If he hadn't ascended to heaven,
[17:20] ---
    he wouldn't have enjoyed
    the same privileges as his ancestor.
[17:23] ---
    Who would have thought that someone
    like you could take advantage of Half-Moon
[17:26] ---
    and lead her to betray us!
[17:28] ---
    She worked for me. Half-Moon
    had infiltrated Half-Moon Kingdom.
[17:32] ---
    There is some Yong An blood in her,
[17:34] ---
    so of course she would
    be loyal to Yong An.
[17:36] ---
    You malicious Half-Moon people,
    I have no regrets about killing you all!
[17:41] ---
    No regrets, huh!
[17:43] ---
    What about all these innocent
    people languishing in this pit,
[17:48] ---
    you don't regret killing them, either?
[17:52] ---
    Who's there?
[17:56] ---
    Watch out!
[18:26] ---
    Nan Feng?
[18:30] ---
    What happened?
[18:31] ---
    Where are Tian Sheng and the others?
[18:36] ---
    What happened to you?
[18:38] ---
    Looks like he wasn't skilled enough
    and took a beating from those two women.
[18:42] ---
    Your Highness.
[18:51] ---
    Hello, Master.
[18:55] ---
    Wind Master.
[18:57] ---
    She's the Wind Master?
[18:59] ---
    Nan Feng, why didn't you say anything?
[19:00] ---
    How was I supposed to know
    she was the Wind Master?
[19:02] ---
    Before, she was
    obviously... Never mind.
[19:08] ---
    Pei, are you the one who's
[19:11] ---
    been luring people into Half-Moon
    Pass for the last two centuries?
[19:14] ---
    I am.
[19:15] ---
    The restless souls are
    evidence of your bloody deeds.
[19:19] ---
    You didn't want them to get
    in the way of your promotion,
[19:22] ---
    so you fed them people to appease them.
[19:26] ---
    This is no trivial matter...
[19:32] ---
    Why didn't he just get rid of the spirits?
[19:36] ---
    He couldn't.
[19:37] ---
    Many eyes in heaven are watching.
[19:39] ---
    That is why this can't
    be done in the open.
[19:42] ---
    He had to send Zhao,
    his clone, instead of himself.
[19:45] ---
    You lured people into the city,
    let the snakes bite them,
[19:48] ---
    and fed them to the angry spirits.
[19:50] ---
    Killing people--
    that's really crossing a line.
[19:55] ---
    I know.
[19:56] ---
    Good. Think about it some more,
    and we can talk about it after we go back.
[20:02] ---
    Your Highness, I'm terribly sorry.
[20:05] ---
    The sandstorm in which you found
    yourselves--I was the one who started it.
[20:07] ---
    What?
[20:15] ---
    So it was you?
[20:17] ---
    I wanted you to stay away
    from Half-Moon Kingdom.
[20:19] ---
    But you found it anyway.
[20:22] ---
    Your Highness, please don't ask
    about this affair again.
[20:28] ---
    The heavenly officials
    have quite a social circle.
[20:30] ---
    If Wind Master takes
    Half-Moon up with her,
[20:32] ---
    it would take just one word for someone
    to blame her for Pei Xiu's crime.
[20:41] ---
    I have been handling this situation.
    How could I let it go now?
[20:45] ---
    Your Highness, don't worry.
    We know all about the case up there.
[20:51] ---
    Though the Grand Preceptor is
    a Wrath, she hasn't hurt anyone.
[20:53] ---
    She locked in the Half-Moon soldiers
    with her magic formation
[20:58] ---
    and set the merchants free.
[21:01] ---
    Half-Moon set Tian Sheng
    and the others free?
[21:04] ---
    We will only take Millstone and
    General Pei the Younger with us.
[21:08] ---
    Sorry for being so suspicious.
[21:12] ---
    I don't blame you.
    Heaven's way of doing things isn't ideal.
[21:15] ---
    Are you done? Can we go now?
[21:19] ---
    What's the rush?
    I'm going to take my time.
[21:23] ---
    Your Highness, if that is all, I will go.
    We will see each other up in heaven.
[21:30] ---
    See you there.
[21:34] ---
    Let's go.
[21:56] ---
    We have been exiled.
    We've lost everything.
[21:58] ---
    I have a young child, please let us go!
[22:07] ---
    Why don't you fight back?
    The Half-Moon people have gone too far!
[22:18] ---
    The Half-Moon people have attacked
    our border, harassed our people!
[22:22] ---
    Kill the Half-Moon wretches;
    restore peace on the border!
[22:27] ---
    That's right!
[22:29] ---
    Now I will assign you to a position.
    You, squadron on the left!
[22:33] ---
    You, squadron on the right!
    As for you...
[22:36] ---
    Officer, why wasn't I assigned a position?
[22:39] ---
    The military also considers
    your family background.
[22:42] ---
    You'll need to work twice as hard
    if you want to catch up to your peers.
[22:53] ---
    What a beautiful victory!
[22:55] ---
    Pei killed the most enemy soldiers.
    A promotion surely awaits him!
[22:58] ---
    Pei, we will follow you
    and slaughter them all!
[23:01] ---
    Your career is about to take off.
[23:02] ---
    But I heard it wasn't Pei...
[23:04] ---
    What?!
[23:10] ---
    Starting today,
    I will serve as your Deputy Lieutenant.
[23:15] ---
    That's no surprise.
[23:17] ---
    His father is an imperial official.
    Surely, he will work his way up.
[23:20] ---
    You, however, are doomed
    by your family background,
[23:25] ---
    unless you are lucky and
    score a major military victory.
[23:45] ---
    Things turned out exactly
    as Pei had planned.
[23:46] ---
    The Half-Moon soldiers
    walked right into our trap!
[23:47] ---
    We won again!
[23:49] ---
    If we continue to win,
[23:50] ---
    Pei will certainly edge out the guy
    who got in through connections.
[23:52] ---
    True! It was all thanks to Pei!
[23:53] ---
    Yes, yes!
[23:57] ---
    Pei Xiu, did I really do the right thing?
[24:01] ---
    If we continue on like this,
    the war will be over soon,
[24:04] ---
    putting an end to the suffering
    of people on both sides.
[24:09] ---
    I think this is General Hua's
    wish as well.
[24:13] ---
    Deputy Lieutenant, everything is ready.
[24:14] ---
    The day after tomorrow,
    we fight the last battle.
[24:16] ---
    We'll conquer Half-Moon Kingdom
    and finally set things right.
[24:19] ---
    Excellent. If you secure victory,
    you will be generously rewarded.
[24:24] ---
    You are too generous, Deputy Lieutenant.
[24:25] ---
    We must win, and we can't make mistakes.
[24:29] ---
    Since you are the one
    leading your troops into battle,
[24:32] ---
    you will be punished under
    military law if you lose.
[24:37] ---
    Also, since you're so talented,
    I think 2,000 men should suffice.
[24:46] ---
    What are we going to do?
    If their city is taken,
[24:49] ---
    the Half-Moon people will use explosives
    to destroy Yong An out of revenge.
[24:52] ---
    Countless people will die.
[24:59] ---
    The city gates are open!
    Go in, kill them! Slaughter them all!
[25:02] ---
    Kill them!
[25:09] ---
    Found her!
[25:10] ---
    The Grand Preceptor is here!
    Let's kill her first!
[25:13] ---
    Traitor! Kill the traitor!
[26:13] ---
    What's this?
[26:17] ---
    You've done enough. Now we just
    need to report this to the emperor.
[26:22] ---
    You don't need to worry about this part.
[26:25] ---
    Is this because of General Pei?
[26:27] ---
    Yes, you have made an enemy of him.
[26:31] ---
    I knew this would happen with the Peis.
    I was bound to offend one of them.
[26:39] ---
    General Pei values Pei Xiu
[26:41] ---
    and wants him to replace the
    martial god of the West, Yi Zhen.
[26:44] ---
    I wonder if Pei Xiu
    will be demoted upon his return.
[26:48] ---
    If he's demoted, you'll be in trouble.
[26:51] ---
    Don't worry, Pei Ming is a proud man.
    He wouldn't do such a thing.
[26:57] ---
    Right--where is Fu Yao?
    It's been a while since I've seen him.
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    Don't worry, Lian. He must be embarrassed
    about being wrong, so he went back.
[27:04] ---
    Huh? What happened while I was gone?
[27:08] ---
    It's a long story. I'll tell you later.
[27:12] ---
    Let's take Half-Moon up with us
    and then return to save the others.
[27:21] ---
    Half-Moon? Half-Moon?
[27:24] ---
    Brother, I seem to recall that you could
    use your magic to collect things.
[27:32] ---
    Thanks, San Lang!
[27:35] ---
    Collect!
[28:12] ---
    He's awake, finally!
[28:13] ---
    Yes.
[28:19] ---
    --We can set off now.
    --Yes.
[28:21] ---
    --That's great.
    --Are you ready?
[28:23] ---
    Yes, here you go.
[28:27] ---
    Master, I have a question.
[28:32] ---
    You're a god, right?
[28:34] ---
    I saw you using magic!
[28:38] ---
    Don't worry. I won't tell anyone.
[28:41] ---
    If it hadn't been for you,
    I would have ended up in the pit.
[28:45] ---
    When I go back, I'll erect a big
    temple and dedicate it to you!
[28:51] ---
    Thank you.
[28:54] ---
    Of course! See you later!
[29:04] ---
    Goodbye!
[29:05] ---
    Right, Wind Master
    asked me to stay out of things.
[29:08] ---
    Does this mean she's
    in charge of reporting it?
[29:11] ---
    What if she's next to
    make an enemy of General Pei?
[29:14] ---
    Don't worry about her. General Pei
    dares mess with you but not with her.
[29:19] ---
    She's younger than you,
    but she's a lot more savvy.
[29:23] ---
    Of course she is. She has connections.
[29:27] ---
    You mean the woman
    in black by her side?
[29:30] ---
    No, but she is famous, too.
[29:34] ---
    She must be one of the five masters
    of wind, water, rain, earth, and thunder.
[29:38] ---
    Try not to offend her.
[29:40] ---
    I agree. Thank you, everyone.
[29:44] ---
    Nan Feng, will you stay for dinner?
[29:46] ---
    I'll cook something up
    as a token of my gratitude.
[29:49] ---
    Huh? What? Did you say it's urgent?
[29:52] ---
    Your Highness, something has
    come up in my palace, and I must go.
[30:00] ---
    All right, since he's not coming,
    let's go. What would you like eat,
[30:05] ---
    Hua Cheng?
[30:18] ---
    I still prefer the name "San Lang."