# E9 - Evil Taoist Scourge
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S-San Lang!
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I'll be fine.
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Wait! Stay right there!
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Don't be afraid.
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Stop!
**[00:41] ---**
Don't worry.
I'll only be gone a little while.
**[01:00] ---**
San Lang!
**[03:23] ---**
I need to ask you something. Don't move!
**[03:26] ---**
How about you come with me?
**[04:36] ---**
It's that hag again!
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Entangle!
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Oh no...
**[05:36] ---**
San Lang?
**[05:44] ---**
Is it you?
**[05:45] ---**
Are you all right?
**[05:46] ---**
Are you hurt?
**[05:54] ---**
I'm fine.
**[05:56] ---**
Good.
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Thank you. You can put me down now.
**[06:00] ---**
That's a bad idea.
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Why?
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It's dirty here.
**[06:14] ---**
Brothers, what happened?!
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Who did this to you?
**[06:20] ---**
Who was it?!
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He's not breathing and has no pulse?
**[06:34] ---**
I want my men back!
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You must die!
**[06:41] ---**
San Lang, watch out!
**[06:42] ---**
Just ignore him.
**[06:48] ---**
San Lang, why don't you put me down?
**[06:50] ---**
Don't worry, I got it.
**[07:09] ---**
You can't just keep carrying me like this!
**[07:11] ---**
Why not? Hold on tight!
**[07:14] ---**
You killed my men! That's unforgivable!
**[07:55] ---**
San Lang, all these men...
You killed them?
**[07:59] ---**
I did.
**[08:02] ---**
Next time you see this kind of pit,
think twice before jumping in.
**[08:07] ---**
I couldn't stop you.
I didn't know what to do.
**[08:14] ---**
Is there anything else
you'd like to ask?
**[08:16] ---**
Is there anything I should
ask you about?
**[08:18] ---**
For example, whether I'm human.
**[08:21] ---**
Whether you're human or not--
it doesn't matter to me.
**[08:25] ---**
Huh? And why is that?
**[08:28] ---**
When we interact with others, what
matters most is how we get along.
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Do we feel a connection?
Who we are is not important.
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If I like you, I couldn't care less
if you were a beggar.
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And if I hated you, it wouldn't matter
if you were the emperor himself.
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It's as simple as can be.
So I don't need to ask you anything.
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That makes sense.
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San Lang, watch out!
**[08:55] ---**
Entangle!
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You... two against one! Not fair!
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Even if it were one on one,
you wouldn't stand a chance.
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You are all minions of that witch.
And you will die like dogs!
**[09:13] ---**
San Lang, don't kill him.
**[09:15] ---**
If we want to make it out of here,
we'll need to ask him how to do it.
**[09:19] ---**
San Lang, why don't you set me down?
**[09:22] ---**
Hold on.
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Thank you.
**[10:00] ---**
I wonder how the others are doing.
**[10:02] ---**
Will they also be dragged
down by that corpse in black?
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Watch out!
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I warned you the floor is dirty.
**[10:12] ---**
Since you work for that hag,
**[10:14] ---**
there's no way Half-Moon Kingdom
will ever let you go!
**[10:19] ---**
General Millstone,
who are you talking about?
**[10:25] ---**
The demon Daoist, who else!
**[10:29] ---**
The Half-Moon Grand Preceptor?
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Aren't you the one loyal to her?
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Hah! I, Millstone!
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I will never pledge
my allegiance to her again!
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She will pay for what she's done!
**[10:40] ---**
But, General...
**[10:42] ---**
You've killed my men,
so I won't answer your questions!
**[10:45] ---**
Come on! Let's fight!
**[10:48] ---**
I killed them.
He had nothing to do with it.
**[10:51] ---**
You can answer his questions,
and then you and I will fight.
**[10:53] ---**
You're both the witch's puppets;
what difference does it make?
**[10:57] ---**
General Millstone, I think
there has been a misunderstanding.
**[11:00] ---**
We're here to kill the Grand Preceptor.
How could we be her underlings?
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If she is not your boss,
then why did you kill my men?
**[11:09] ---**
You threw us down there,
we had to defend ourselves!
**[11:13] ---**
Nonsense! You jumped into
the pit yourselves!
**[11:18] ---**
All right, fine.
**[11:20] ---**
But since we're stuck here together,
why don't we just call a truce.
**[11:25] ---**
Why do you have an axe to grind
with the Grand Preceptor?
**[11:32] ---**
General Millstone?
**[11:34] ---**
For the sake of your men,
you had better answer truthfully.
**[11:38] ---**
You've already murdered them;
don't you dare threaten me!
**[11:43] ---**
Hm! But their bodies are still here.
**[11:46] ---**
What are you scheming?
**[11:48] ---**
That depends on you.
**[11:50] ---**
You, the Half-Moon people, believe
that how one spends the afterlife
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depends on the condition of the body.
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Do you want them to live
their afterlife in good health or...?
**[11:59] ---**
You, you!
**[12:05] ---**
Don't worry.
**[12:10] ---**
Don't you touch them.
**[12:12] ---**
These brave soldiers had already
spent years stuck in this pit.
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Now that they are finally free,
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I will not allow them
to be desecrated.
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Did you really come to kill
the Grand Preceptor?
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Yes, you have my word.
**[12:36] ---**
Outsiders know so little
about the Grand Preceptor.
**[12:39] ---**
You have dealt with her in the past,
so we wanted to ask for your help.
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She despised Half-Moon Kingdom!
**[12:48] ---**
But wasn't she from Half-Moon Kingdom?
**[12:50] ---**
Yes, but not entirely.
**[12:54] ---**
This demon Daoist was of mixed blood.
**[13:00] ---**
Her mother was Half-Moon,
but her father was a Yong An scoundrel.
**[13:05] ---**
That good-for-nothing,
tired of his harsh life on the border,
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abandoned his wife and
daughter and returned to Yong An.
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The poor Half-Moon woman died of grief,
**[13:21] ---**
leaving her six-year-old
daughter to fend for herself.
**[13:27] ---**
She became the demon Daoist.
**[13:31] ---**
In Half-Moon culture, we pride
ourselves on our physical strength,
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but because of her mixed heritage
the girl was scrawny and bullied.
**[13:38] ---**
She became more
and more strange as a result.
**[13:44] ---**
Later, during a deadly uprising
at the border, the girl disappeared.
**[13:48] ---**
No one knew where she had gone.
**[13:52] ---**
When she returned, she possessed
the evil magic of Yong An.
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She even managed to land a position
at the Half-Moon imperial palace.
**[14:01] ---**
Your Majesty, this sorceress is evil!
We can't appoint her!
**[14:06] ---**
Evil? Why do you say so?
**[14:09] ---**
The scorpion-tailed snakes
she controls are terrible.
**[14:12] ---**
If, one day, she decides
to use them against us,
**[14:14] ---**
we won't have time to get
our hands on the antidote!
**[14:15] ---**
You're right, she is evil.
**[14:19] ---**
Exactly!
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Not to mention that she is half Yong-An!
Their filthy blood runs in her veins!
**[14:25] ---**
She is a demon sent by the scorpion-tailed
snake to wreak havoc in Half-Moon Kingdom!
**[14:30] ---**
Sorceress, what do you
have to say for yourself?
**[14:34] ---**
Your Majesty, her silence
says it all! Let's hang her!
**[14:37] ---**
Yes, hang her!
**[14:40] ---**
Silence!
**[14:42] ---**
Millstone, what do you think?
**[14:46] ---**
I felt sorry for her and
begged the king for mercy.
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Come with me.
**[15:11] ---**
Good job, boys!
**[15:13] ---**
We've finally rid ourselves
of these desert bandits!
**[15:15] ---**
When I go back to report on your
performance, you'll get your fair share!
**[15:19] ---**
Great!
**[15:21] ---**
What's happening?
**[15:22] ---**
What's going on?
**[15:23] ---**
General!
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Bad news!
**[15:26] ---**
What's gotten into you?
**[15:28] ---**
General!
**[15:29] ---**
A storm's upon us! Our sandy hideout has
no support beams--it's going to collapse!
**[15:34] ---**
What?
**[15:41] ---**
How could this happen?
What is this?
**[15:43] ---**
--Out! Follow me! Let's go, hurry!
--Go, go! Get a move on!
**[16:00] ---**
In that situation, men who got buried
had little chance of survival.
**[16:05] ---**
I had no choice but to lead out
those who were still alive.
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Let's go.
**[16:17] ---**
Let's take our brothers' bodies home.
Every single one of them!
**[16:21] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[16:23] ---**
General, look! Over there!
**[16:49] ---**
--General?
--The General is here!
**[16:51] ---**
Everyone, wake up!
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We are saved!
**[16:53] ---**
The General is here to rescue us!
**[16:55] ---**
She dug out a cave for the
wounded soldiers to hide in.
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Then she dug out the
bodies of the dead,
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all with her own bare hands.
**[17:08] ---**
At this point, I felt she had proven her
loyalty to Half-Moon Kingdom.
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I vouched for her, ignoring
all those who disagreed.
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She was so reliable, capable, discreet--
so I kept recommending her
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until she was promoted all the way
to the position of Grand Preceptor.
**[17:41] ---**
The Grand Preceptor! Where is she?!
**[17:44] ---**
General, as soon as the battle began,
she just vanished into thin air!
**[17:48] ---**
Wh-What's she playing at?
**[17:51] ---**
General!
**[17:52] ---**
General, the Grand Preceptor
has flung open the city gates!
**[17:55] ---**
What?!
**[18:25] ---**
Why on earth...?
**[18:26] ---**
How could she do that to me after
I placed so much trust in her?
**[18:31] ---**
The demon Daoist is a traitor.
**[18:33] ---**
She deserves to be
hanged over the Sinners' Pit!
**[18:38] ---**
General Millstone, try to stay calm!
**[18:40] ---**
Shhh!