# 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!