E6 - Lost Crescentian

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[02:37] ---
    Are you awake?
[02:44] ---
    I... I just got out of there...
[02:45] ---
    I'm not going back! Master, help me!
[03:01] ---
    It's all right, you're safe.
    I'm the master of this temple.
[03:03] ---
    If you need something,
    I'll do what I can to help.
[03:06] ---
    You were saying you didn't want
    to go back? Back to where?
[03:10] ---
    H-Half-Moon Pass. I only just escaped.
[03:13] ---
    What happened there?
[03:19] ---
    You don't know?
[03:21] ---
    All I know is that it's an oasis.
    It owes its name
[03:23] ---
    to the beauty of the nocturnal
    landscape lit by the crescent moon.
[03:27] ---
    Oasis? Beautiful landscape??
[03:30] ---
    Two hundred years ago, maybe.
    Now they should call it "Half-Dead Pass."
[03:35] ---
    At least half of the people
    who go there disappear!
[03:40] ---
    Who told you that?
[03:42] ---
    I saw it with my own eyes!
[03:44] ---
    A caravan wanted to take the pass.
[03:48] ---
    Knowing it was haunted, they hired all
    the disciples at my temple to escort them.
[03:59] ---
    Then something terrible happened.
    More than 60 people entered the pass...
[04:06] ---
    And I'm the only one remaining!
[04:12] ---
    Sixty people?
[04:13] ---
    Even Xuan Ji only killed 200 or so over
    the hundred years that she was active.
[04:18] ---
    When did Half-Moon Pass
    become the Half-Dead Pass?
[04:21] ---
    I'm not sure.
[04:23] ---
    But people say it started 150 years ago,
[04:26] ---
    --when the pass was occupied
    by a demon Daoist.
    --Hold on.
[04:29] ---
    You say you ran all the way
    here from Half-Moon Pass?
[04:32] ---
    Yes, I escaped by the skin of my teeth.
[04:35] ---
    Ah.
[04:41] ---
    You must be thirsty
    after all that running.
[04:43] ---
    Here, have some water.
[04:45] ---
    Ah...
[04:49] ---
    Don't be shy, have a drink!
[05:12] ---
    Enough.
[05:15] ---
    You can't really drink, can you?
[05:55] ---
    It's soiled. I'll get you a new one later.
[06:05] ---
    He's just a puppet.
    No wonder he had no internal organs.
[06:07] ---
    Interesting fellow.
[06:09] ---
    It's hard enough to make an empty shell
    like this look so convincingly human.
[06:13] ---
    But this "Daoist"
    also gave off no ghost-aura,
[06:15] ---
    and was unaffected by the good luck charm.
    His creator must be powerful indeed.
[06:19] ---
    I didn't know you dabbled in these arts.
[06:22] ---
    Just a little.
[06:24] ---
    It's an odd affair, isn't it?
[06:29] ---
    Indeed...
[06:51] ---
    Your Highness has returned.
[06:55] ---
    How was your time in the Mortal Realm?
[06:59] ---
    Not too bad.
[07:00] ---
    What's going on here?
[07:03] ---
    The Wind Master is back.
    He's giving out merit points.
[07:06] ---
    --Those are my points! Give them back!
    --Too slow!
[07:07] ---
    That's right!
[07:09] ---
    One hundred merits! One hundred!
[07:11] ---
    How come I only got one?
[07:13] ---
    The Wind Master truly is generous.
[07:16] ---
    You're not going to join them?
[07:19] ---
    I'll leave them to it.
[07:21] ---
    Has anyone here heard of Half-Moon Pass?
[07:30] ---
    Is anyone familiar with Half-Moon--
[07:32] ---
    There's more, there's more!
[07:33] ---
    The Wind Master is giving
    out another 100,000 merits!
[07:35] ---
    ...Pass?
[07:38] ---
    Wait a moment, Your Highness.
    Why are you asking about Half-Moon Pass?
[07:42] ---
    A puppet came to my door,
    claiming he'd escaped from the pass.
[07:46] ---
    He said that over the past 150 years,
[07:47] ---
    half of those who ventured
    there went missing.
[07:50] ---
    I found his story suspicious,
[07:52] ---
    so I came up here to
    find out what really happened.
[07:55] ---
    I advise Your Highness
    not to get involved.
[07:59] ---
    Then was the puppet telling the truth?
[08:04] ---
    We're really not at liberty to discuss it.
[08:08] ---
    Some heavenly affairs
    are better left untouched.
[08:17] ---
    San Lang, I'm going away for a while.
[08:20] ---
    To Half-Moon Pass?
[08:22] ---
    All right. Mind if I come along?
[08:25] ---
    The road is long.
    There'll be wind and sandstorms.
[08:27] ---
    Why do you want to come?
[08:29] ---
    Why do you want to meddle
    in the Half-Moon Pass affair?
[08:33] ---
    I... I used to collect rubbish
    in Half-Moon Kingdom.
[08:36] ---
    Hearing the name now reminds me
    that I wouldn't mind seeing it again.
[08:38] ---
    I see.
[08:40] ---
    Do you want to hear the story
    of the evil Half-Moon Daoist?
[08:43] ---
    Oh? You know the story?
[08:46] ---
    Two hundred years ago, Half-Moon Pass
    was still Half-Moon Kingdom.
[08:53] ---
    The Half-Moon people
    were strong and warlike.
[08:56] ---
    They often raided the
    people of the Central Plains.
[09:00] ---
    And that demon Daoist
    was their Grand Preceptor.
[09:19] ---
    You're going to Half-Moon Pass?
[09:20] ---
    How did you know?
[09:21] ---
    We heard you were asking
    about it in the Telepathic Matrix.
[09:24] ---
    What are you going there for?
[09:26] ---
    I have some business to take care of...
[09:28] ---
    Anyway, what are you two doing here?
[09:36] ---
    Let me guess, you "volunteered"?
[09:40] ---
    That's right.
[09:41] ---
    When do we set out?
[09:43] ---
    Right now.
[09:45] ---
    What's the rush?
[09:46] ---
    Then I'll draw a teleportation formation.
[09:47] ---
    Let's be clear on one thing first.
[09:48] ---
    If we come across something we can't
    handle, there's no shame in fleeing.
[09:52] ---
    Who are these people?
[09:56] ---
    Who are you?
[10:00] ---
    Don't worry, San Lang. They're my friends.
[10:02] ---
    Don't talk to him!
[10:03] ---
    Why? Do you all know each other?
[10:05] ---
    No.
[10:06] ---
    Then why are you so tense?
[10:08] ---
    Are these your servants?
[10:11] ---
    Not servants.
    They're more like my assistants.
[10:15] ---
    Really?
[10:17] ---
    Can you do me a favor, then?
[10:22] ---
    Wait, that's the only broom I have.
[10:29] ---
    Stop! Calm down!
[10:31] ---
    Heh... Very impressive!
[10:34] ---
    Who is this person, really?
[10:35] ---
    What's his name? Why is he here with you?
[10:38] ---
    I met him along the road.
    His name is San Lang.
[10:40] ---
    He had nowhere to go, so he came with me.
[10:42] ---
    And you let him in, just like that?
[10:44] ---
    What if he's plotting something?
[10:46] ---
    Let's all calm down.
[10:48] ---
    How are we supposed to calm down?!
[10:50] ---
    I have nothing worth plotting for.
[10:52] ---
    I'm still waiting for donations just
    to repair this shabby old temple.
[10:57] ---
    Enough. Let's go to Half-Moon Pass.
[11:01] ---
    If you fight here,
    I'll have to rebuild the whole temple.
[11:04] ---
    Move over. I need space
    to draw the formation.
[11:06] ---
    Hm!
[11:07] ---
    Why don't you draw it on the door?
[11:10] ---
    That was just a misunderstanding.
    Don't take it to heart.
[11:12] ---
    If you say so, then I'm already over it.
[11:15] ---
    Maybe I look familiar to them.
[11:18] ---
    That's right.
    We mistook you for someone else.
[11:22] ---
    What a coincidence.
    You two look rather familiar, too.
[11:29] ---
    So you live in this dump?
[11:31] ---
    I've always lived in places like this.
[11:34] ---
    Where's the bed?
[11:36] ---
    Over there.
[11:40] ---
    So... you two slept in the same bed?
[11:42] ---
    What's wrong with that?
[11:46] ---
    It's ready.
[11:52] ---
    You're terrible at drawing.
[11:54] ---
    If I drew as well as the Earth Master,
    then he'd be out of a job!
[11:58] ---
    All right, all right.
[12:01] ---
    Let's go.
[12:06] ---
    With the heaven official's
    blessing, we fear nothing.
[12:20] ---
    It's written in an ancient book
    that when the moon begins to set,
[12:23] ---
    the North Star will lead you
    to Half-Moon Kingdom.
[12:27] ---
    Look. The North Star.
[12:29] ---
    It's so bright.
[12:29] ---
    Yes.
[12:31] ---
    The night sky in the Northwest
    is vaster than the Central Plains.
[12:36] ---
    He's still with us?
[12:37] ---
    Daoist divination is truly marvelous.
    I wanted to see it for myself.
[12:41] ---
    See it for yourself...?
    Did you think we came to sightsee?
[12:44] ---
    Forget it. We can't do much about him now.
[12:45] ---
    Besides, there's enough
    food for all of us.
[12:47] ---
    San Lang, stay close to us.
    Don't wander off.
[12:50] ---
    Got it.
[12:50] ---
    Do you really think
    food is the issue here?
[12:52] ---
    Come on, Nan Feng.
    You worry too much. Let's go.
[13:24] ---
    You know, we've been walking all night.
[13:27] ---
    Can't we draw another
    teleportation formation?
[13:30] ---
    Teleportation allows us to travel
    quickly, but the longer the distance,
[13:33] ---
    the more magic it requires, and
    the longer we must wait to use it again.
[13:38] ---
    Then why can't he draw one?
[13:41] ---
    Fu Yao has to save his magic,
    in case we need it later.
[13:51] ---
    Here, put this on.
[14:06] ---
    I don't need it.
[14:10] ---
    All right, let me know if you do.
[14:13] ---
    By the way, San Lang, what's the
    story behind this demon Daoist?
[14:16] ---
    You never finished telling me.
[14:18] ---
    If you're interested,
    I'll continue the tale.
[14:20] ---
    The Half-Moon Daoist
    is one of two demon Daoists.
[14:24] ---
    Two? Who's the other?
[14:27] ---
    Fang Xin, the Grand Preceptor
    of the Central Plains.
[14:30] ---
    Half-Moon Kingdom
    was strategically placed.
[14:32] ---
    It straddled the road from
    the Central Plains to the West.
[14:33] ---
    There were constant border skirmishes.
[14:35] ---
    Two hundred years ago, the Central Plains
    finally attacked Half-Moon Kingdom.
[14:41] ---
    The Half-Moon Daoist
    was from that Kingdom.
[14:44] ---
    An orphan, abandoned as a child
    and left to roam the streets.
[14:47] ---
    Later, the Daoist managed to learn
    black sorcery, goodness knows where.
[14:52] ---
    Fearful of that dark power,
[14:53] ---
    the people of Half-Moon made
    the Daoist their Grand Preceptor.
[14:56] ---
    At that point, the two states
    were at a stalemate.
[14:58] ---
    The Grand Preceptor set up an altar,
    supposedly to protect the soldiers.
[15:03] ---
    This greatly lifted the soldiers' spirits.
[15:04] ---
    They staunchly defended the city gates.
[15:06] ---
    It was chaos. Arrows, catapults, flaming
    oil, soldiers fighting hand-to-hand.
[15:12] ---
    But then...
[15:13] ---
    At the very height of the battle,
[15:16] ---
    the Grand Preceptor suddenly
    threw open the city gates.
[15:18] ---
    Tens of thousands of enemy
    soldiers flooded into the city.
[15:21] ---
    The massacre turned
    the city into a blood altar.
[15:23] ---
    With this heinous blood offering,
    the Grand Preceptor was at last able
[15:28] ---
    to gain greater powers
    and transform into a Wrath.
[15:33] ---
    As for Half-Moon Kingdom, nothing
    is left of it now but Half-Moon Pass.
[15:36] ---
    Where are the kingdom's ruins?
[15:38] ---
    After its destruction,
    the city was eroded by evil spirits,
[15:42] ---
    and the oasis and dwellings
    gradually sank into the desert.
[15:45] ---
    And the rumor that half of those
    who attempt the pass disappear,
[15:48] ---
    where did that come from?
[15:51] ---
    Well, I've heard that the demon Daoist
    would feed the souls of passersby to
[15:54] ---
    the ghosts of Half-Moon's soldiers,
[15:56] ---
    so that they don't consume
    themselves out of hunger.
[16:00] ---
    Hm. You sure know a lot.
[16:04] ---
    Not at all, it's just that
    you all know so little.
[16:07] ---
    What did you say?
[16:11] ---
    Who are you, really? Reveal yourself!
[16:16] ---
    It's just a story from some ancient book.
    What are you so angry about?
[16:20] ---
    You--
[16:21] ---
    Your story may be just a legend,
    but Half-Moon Kingdom did exist.
[16:25] ---
    Look! Over there!
[16:31] ---
    It's already noon, and it'll only
    get hotter. Let's rest for a bit.
[16:35] ---
    I'll go on ahead and scout the way!
[16:39] ---
    Your Highness, don't you
    think that fellow's a bit odd?
[16:43] ---
    Certainly.
[16:45] ---
    Then why do you keep him around?
    What if he's dangerous?
[16:48] ---
    Nan Feng, you shouldn't say that.
[16:51] ---
    He may be strange, but that
    doesn't mean he's dangerous.
[16:53] ---
    Others may think I'm strange.
    Would you two say I'm dangerous?
[16:57] ---
    Besides, I've tested him.
[17:01] ---
    And?
[17:03] ---
    There's nothing suspicious about him.
[17:05] ---
    If he's not human,
    then there's only one other possibility.
[17:10] ---
    He's a Devastation-level demon king?
[17:11] ---
    Do you really think a
    Devastation-level demon king would
[17:13] ---
    have nothing better to do than to
    collect junk with me in some village?
[17:16] ---
    San Lang and I get along well,
    and he has nothing to gain from me.
[17:19] ---
    So there's no need to worry.
[17:21] ---
    That's not enough.
    We need to test him some more.
[17:24] ---
    All right then. But remember,
    the two of you are heavenly officials.
[17:27] ---
    He's probably just a young man
    who's run away from home.
[17:30] ---
    So be nice. Don't bully him.
[17:31] ---
    --But--
    --Hm.
[17:32] ---
    Lian! Hey, Lian! Come quick!
[17:35] ---
    It's nice and cool here.
[17:59] ---
    Any water left?
[18:03] ---
    Wait! I have some water here.
[18:06] ---
    Is this... Truth Water?
[18:09] ---
    Go ahead, help yourself.
[18:10] ---
    It's all right,
    I can drink from Lian's flask.
[18:12] ---
    He's almost out of water.
[18:14] ---
    Oh really? Then you two drink first.
[18:18] ---
    You're our guest. You drink first.
[18:20] ---
    You're a servant;
    you've been working hard. I insist.
[18:23] ---
    No, you go ahead.
[18:24] ---
    No, no, you two drink first.
[18:26] ---
    Why won't you drink this water?
    Are you hiding something?
[18:30] ---
    Why are you two so hostile?
    Are you hiding something?
[18:35] ---
    Perhaps... there's poison in the water?
[18:38] ---
    Ask him if there is.
[18:41] ---
    Brother, is the water poisoned?
[18:43] ---
    No. But...
[18:45] ---
    All right then.
[18:51] ---
    Tastes awful.
[18:55] ---
    It's just plain water. It's all the same.
[18:57] ---
    No, this one tastes much better.
[19:00] ---
    Young friend,
    this journey will be dangerous.
[19:04] ---
    Here's a sword you can
    use to protect yourself.
[19:06] ---
    Red Mirror, the demon-revealing sword?
[19:08] ---
    I thought it had been pawned off long ago.
[19:11] ---
    Where did you get this?
[19:13] ---
    It belongs to General Nan Yang.
[19:15] ---
    He went back down to earth after his
    ascension and brought the sword back.
[19:18] ---
    I borrowed it from him.
[19:21] ---
    Oh? Let's have a look!
[19:41] ---
    Lian, are they joking with me?
[19:43] ---
    Who's joking?
[19:46] ---
    This sword is broken.
    How could it protect me?
[19:56] ---
    You...!
[19:58] ---
    Then again, you wouldn't have
    given me a broken sword on purpose.
[20:01] ---
    Maybe it broke along the way.
[20:03] ---
    It's all right.
    I can make do without a sword.
[20:09] ---
    Look at that sky.
    There's a sandstorm coming.
[20:12] ---
    If we don't leave now,
    we might not find shelter on the road.
[20:25] ---
    Your Highness, aren't you
    going to resolve this matter?
[20:28] ---
    Yes, but...
    I think there's someone out there.
[20:41] ---
    Who's that?
[20:42] ---
    I don't know.
    But it's definitely not a caravan.
[20:45] ---
    Ordinary people wouldn't be here,
    especially at this hour.
[20:50] ---
    San Lang, is that Demon Half-moon
    Daoist of yours a man or a woman?
[20:54] ---
    They say it's a woman.
[21:08] ---
    Could that woman...
    be the Half-Moon Daoist?
[21:11] ---
    Let's follow her.
[21:25] ---
    Ah, looks like we've lost her.
[21:28] ---
    The wind is rising. Strange!
[21:31] ---
    Fu Yao! Let's see
    if we can shelter somewhere.
[21:36] ---
    Fu Yao? Nan Feng?
[21:50] ---
    San Lang?
[21:51] ---
    San Lang!
[22:03] ---
    Careful.
[22:37] ---
    Thanks.
[22:42] ---
    Everyone, be careful!
[22:43] ---
    Something isn't right about this storm.
    It could be sorcery.
[22:46] ---
    It's just sand being blown about.
    What else could it be?
[22:49] ---
    It's not the sand I'm worried about.
    There's something hiding behind it.
[22:53] ---
    Maybe it's the doing of those two we saw?
[22:57] ---
    In any case,
    we have to find shelter first.
[23:00] ---
    If there was a demon in that sandstorm,
[23:02] ---
    it was probably trying prevent us
    from continuing onward.
[23:04] ---
    In which case, we should keep going.
[23:07] ---
    What's so funny?
[23:09] ---
    Does it make you feel special
    to always be so contrarian?
[23:13] ---
    What did you say?
[23:15] ---
    You two can hash this out later.
[23:17] ---
    We won't want to be out here
    when the wind really rises.
[23:20] ---
    It's not like it could blow us away.
[23:25] ---
    --Your Highness!
    --Your Highness!
[23:37] ---
    Entangle! Catch on something sturdy!
[23:53] ---
    I didn't mean San Lang!
[23:59] ---
    No!