E22 - The Desert Sun

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[00:15] Fei
    This... This is the Garuda Knife.
[00:42] Fei
    This sheen, and the way it removed
    the gaminess from these wild birds...
[00:55] Fei
    It's certainly a tremendous utensil.
[00:58] Fei
    But if I begin to rely on this,
    then I'll lose something.
[01:16] Fei
    So, that's how it is.
[01:18] Fei
    I suppose I'm meant to
    hold onto this for a while.
[01:23] Fei
    The final showdown against
    the Underworld can't be far off.
SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[03:07] Shang
    What's going on?
[03:09] Shang
    The gaminess of the lamb is gone,
    drawing out the flavors of the soup.
[03:12] Shang
    The flavor is flawless.
[03:14] Shang
    But, this unbearable sliminess...
[03:17] Shang
    What's going on?
[03:19] Shang
    Why did a chef as skilled
    as Lei En produce this dish?
[03:28] (Flashback) Leien
    There's no way soaking a sauteed
    dish would make it taste good.
[03:31] (Flashback) Leien
    My actual dish is this Sheep's Liver!
SIGN    Sheep's Liver
[03:36] Shang
    When did you cook that soup?!
[03:39] Leien
    The sheep's organs that I pretended
    to discard were actually main ingredient.
[03:45] Leien
    I delicately scored the organs so that
    they would fully soak up the flavor,
[03:51] Leien
    and pretended to discard them while
    actually throwing them in the pot at my feet.
[03:55] Leien
    While preparing shredded lamb
    with green pepper on top of the counter,
[04:00] Leien
    I poured soup and seasoning
    into my main dish in its blind spot,
[04:05] Leien
    simmered it beneath my stove,
    and completed my Sheep's Liver dish.
[04:13] Shang
    I don't believe it.
[04:15] Mila
    Shang.
[04:17] Mila
    Taste the dish.
[04:29] Shang
    I-I'm melting!
[04:32] Shang
    It feels like my body is melting!
[04:34] Luoke
    M-Ma'am?!
[04:35] Shang
    Sour, bitter, sweet, spicy, and salty.
[04:40] Shang
    The rich flavors of the sheep's
    organs melt and mix together.
[04:45] Shang
    The viscous flavor clings
    to the inside of my mouth,
[04:48] Shang
    making my tongue and body seem to melt.
[04:51] Shang
    He's pushed the essence of flavor
    to a level I've never experienced before.
[04:55] Luoke
    Impressive, that he prepared gamy organs
[04:57] Luoke
    so well under those circumstances.
[05:00] Leien
    The core tenet of my cooking is ensuring
    all ingredients to rest in peace.
[05:04] Leien
    In the first place, the deepest flavors
    of any meat are found within the organs.
[05:10] Leien
    There's no way that a soup containing all
    the parts of a sheep wouldn't taste good.
[05:18] Mila
    Shang, tell us your judgment.
[05:21] Mila
    Be impartial.
[05:26] Mila
    Shang!
[05:34] Shang
    The winner of the second lamb-themed
    Dunhuang-style cooking contest is
[05:39] Shang
    Lei En of the Seven Star Knives!
[05:47] Mila
    Impressive work.
[05:48] Mila
    You defeated the techniques
    of Five Tiger Star Mi La.
[05:52] Leien
    I have Xie Lu to thank for that.
[06:01] Leien
    Because Xie Lu left
    behind his Invisible Noodles,
[06:05] Leien
    I realized what your ability was
    before our contest began.
[06:09] Leien
    It's the reason I was able
    to use it against you.
[06:13] Leien
    Mi La, your ability to create
    perfect copies backfired.
[06:18] Leien
    But that's not all.
[06:20] Leien
    In preparing the sheep's organs,
[06:22] Leien
    I used fragrant vegetables to erase
    its gaminess and added flavor.
[06:26] Leien
    Tenaciously pushing a dish to its limit
    is a cooking philosophy I learned from Mao.
[06:33] Leien
    I wasn't fighting alone.
[06:36] Leien
    I had the support of my allies.
[06:44] Leien
    I won.
[06:45] Leien
    I used to be a mere Kirin Chef of
    the Cooking Underworld, but I escaped.
[06:50] Leien
    The time I spent with Mao and the others
    turned into strength and gave me luck.
[06:57] Leien
    I chose the right path.
[07:06] Mila
    The map of Dunhuang is yours.
[07:09] Mila
    Shang, as the judge of this Dunhuang-style
    cooking contest, please end the event.
[07:18] Mila
    Shang!
[07:24] Shang
    I can't!
[07:26] Shang
    If I step on this stone, you'll fall.
[07:29] Shang
    I can't take the life of a Five Tiger Star,
    pride of the Cooking Underworld.
[07:34] Shang
    I can't do it.
[07:35] Mila
    I see.
[07:46] Shang
    Lady Mi La, what are you doing?!
[07:50] Mila
    These are the rules of the contest.
[07:53] Mila
    And rules are rules.
[08:05] Mila
    The warm evening sun...
[08:12] Mila
    Finally, I'll be released from
    the cold spell of the Five Tiger Stars.
[08:37] Mila
    The years I spent honing my skill
    with spices day after day
[08:42] Mila
    transformed me into an empty
    and honed vessel.
[08:48] Mila
    Kai You taught me the inequality of
    the spices that I used in my contests.
[08:55] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    Someday these techniques will
    destroy the culinary world.
[09:00] Mila
    I copied the chefs cooking before my eyes
[09:03] Mila
    and used my skill with spices
    to finish them off.
[09:06] Mila
    Countless Underworld chefs
    were defeated and vanished.
[09:10] Mila
    And I came to be feared
    by all as a Five Tiger Star.
[09:16] Mila
    But...
[09:18] (Flashback) Xielu
    That makes me happy. I'm so happy!
[09:21] (Flashback) Xielu
    I feel like I've gotten
    an eternally glittering diamond.
[09:25] Mila
    What was that man's sun-like warmth?
[09:33] Mila
    Even after battling against
    and losing to me, he said...
[09:40] (Flashback) Xielu
    I'll tell you one thing, Green-Eyed Tiger.
[09:45] (Flashback) Xielu
    You may be a Five Tiger Star,
    but that doesn't change how I feel.
[09:59] Mila
    And what was that
    indescribable sense of loss?
[10:06] Mila
    I don't understand.
[10:07] Mila
    No, I don't need to understand.
[10:11] Mila
    After all, now that I've been freed
    from that frozen fate,
[10:15] Mila
    I can be embraced by the warm sun.
[10:18] Mila
    Xie Lu, I'm about to copy your fate.
[10:23] Mila
    So I...
[10:24] Shang
    Lady Mi La!
[10:25] Leien
    Mi La.
[10:45] Mila
    Xie Lu...
[10:49] Xielu
    Don't do it, Green-Eyed Tiger.
[10:52] Xielu
    I thought we agreed we'd eat
    dinner together again today.
[11:00] Mila
    Xie Lu!
[11:02] Xielu
    A fall from that height
    isn't enough to kill me.
[11:06] Xielu
    Ow, ow. Though, if you're going to hug me,
    could you be a little gentler?
[11:11] Mila
    Ah, I'm sorry.
[11:14] Mila
    I feel like I understand now.
[11:17] Mila
    This man might be the person
    who changes my destiny.
[11:21] Mila
    Someone irreplaceable.
[11:25] Leien
    I see.
[11:27] Leien
    If Mi La's copying ability had been
    operating at maximum effectiveness, then...
[11:39] Leien
    She would've copied the dish I was
    secretly cooking in the pot at the same time.
[11:48] Leien
    But she couldn't do that because...
[11:54] Leien
    Perhaps her regret over defeating Xie Lu
    unconsciously clouded her mirror.
[12:04] Shang
    We must return to Mount Liang
    to make our report, Luo Ke.
[12:06] Luoke
    Y-Yes, ma'am.
[12:08] Yanxian
    That won't be necessary.
[12:11] Shang
    That voice. Could it be?
[12:13] Shang
    Five Tiger Star Lord Yan Xian the Wanderer!
[12:17] Leien
    Yan Xiang? I don't believe it.
[12:20] Leien
    I never thought you'd appear on
    the frontier here in Dunhuang.
[12:28] Luoke
    Lord Yan Xian, thank you
    for coming all this way.
[12:33] Yanxian
    No need for pleasantries, Luo Ke.
[12:40] Mila
    Yan Xian.
[12:43] Yanxian
    Mi La, I never thought you'd lose.
[12:48] Yanxian
    Now that you've handed over the map,
    Dunhuang's utensil is theirs.
[13:06] Yanxian
    I've carefully observed the masterful
    dim sum techniques
[13:09] Yanxian
    of the Steel Staff and the Seven Star
    Knives' transcendent knife skills,
[13:13] Yanxian
    Xie Lu and Lei En.
[13:16] Yanxian
    Yan Xian the Wanderer has
    seen through your techniques.
[13:22] Leien
    The only man Kai You ever feared,
    Five Tiger Star Yan Xian the Wanderer!
[13:32] Yanxian
    Come, let's have a drink.
[13:54] Yanxian
    Come on, I'm not Kai You.
    I didn't poison it.
[13:59] Yanxian
    Now that Mi La has been defeated
    and you've taken the map,
[14:02] Yanxian
    you can keep the utensil in Dunhuang.
[14:05] Yanxian
    But I acquired the utensil
    at Mount Tai before you.
[14:11] Yanxian
    That makes us even.
[14:12] Xielu
    You what?
[14:14] Leien
    You acquired the utensil at Mount Tai?
[14:17] Shang
    Nonsense! This hardly makes us even!
[14:25] Luoke
    Lord Yan Xian, what are you doing?
[14:27] Yanxian
    You two idiots are useless.
[14:31] Yanxian
    You'll suffer worse than this
    once you return to Mount Liang.
[14:34] Yanxian
    Ya Kan's iron fists are waiting for you.
[14:40] Shang
    Lord Yan Xian!
[14:42] Luoke
    Are we really going back?
[14:45] Yanxian
    Mi La...
[14:47] Yanxian
    The next time we meet, I'll kill you.
[14:53] Yanxian
    The invincible Five Tiger Stars
    must never be defeated.
[15:02] Yanxian
    By the way,
[15:04] Yanxian
    having failed to acquire the utensil,
    Liu Maoxing and his companions
[15:06] Yanxian
    are headed towards the Underworld's
    headquarters in Mount Liang.
[15:09] Leien
    What was that?
[15:11] Yanxian
    I left a message for them at Mount Tai.
[15:15] Yanxian
    I told them to come to Mount Liang
    if they want the utensil.
[15:21] Yanxian
    They're probably witnessing
    the horrifying strength
[15:24] Yanxian
    of head Underworld Five Tiger Star Kai You.
[15:30] Leien
    Kai You?
[15:33] Xielu
    Mao!
[15:56] Old Woman
    Finally, I'm the last one.
[16:00] Mao
    This village seems to be deserted.
[16:03] Mao
    Did something happen?
[16:08] Old Woman
    Last year, this village
    was hit by a major famine.
[16:17] Old Woman
    Many villagers suffered. Some died.
[16:22] Old Woman
    Dragon in the Clouds Kai You
    descended from Mount Liang
[16:27] Old Woman
    to bring us massive quantities
    of rice and ingredients.
[16:31] Mao
    Kai You?
[16:32] Meili
    Dragon in the Clouds Kai You?
[16:35] Old Woman
    Ever since those noble bandits settled
    on that mountain during the Sung Dynasty,
[16:39] Old Woman
    for 700 years their descendants
    have lived in that terrifying castle.
[16:44] Old Woman
    Using the ingredients he
    brought, he cooked for us
[16:47] Old Woman
    and saved all the villagers from starvation.
[16:51] Old Woman
    The villagers worshiped him as a god.
[16:57] Old Woman
    However...
[17:00] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    All right. Take them all to Mount Liang.
[17:04] (Flashback) Man
    Yes, sir.
[17:09] (Flashback) Woman 1
    No!
[17:10] (Flashback) Woman 2
    What are you planning to do
    with our children?!
[17:13] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    If they're lucky, they'll
    survive as Kirin Chefs.
[17:17] (Flashback) Man 1
    Kirin Chefs? They'll become cooks, then.
[17:20] (Flashback) Man 2
    And what if they're unlucky?
[17:24] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    They won't die right away.
[17:29] (Flashback) Man 3
    You fiend...
[17:31] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    They'll become noble
    sacrifices paving the way
[17:34] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    towards a happy world ruled by chefs.
[17:47] Shirou
    Isn't Dragon in the Clouds Kai You...
[17:50] Meili
    The head of the Five Tiger Stars
    and brains of the cooking Underworld
[17:55] Meili
    who Lei En and Xie Lu feared.
[17:59] Mao
    Kai You...
[18:00] Mao
    So you're the ringleader of
     China's Cooking Underworld.
[18:11] Kaiyou
    This soup I cooked at the village
    at the foot of the mountains...
[18:15] Kaiyou
    His exceptional sense of smell confirmed it.
[18:19] Kaiyou
    You were my ultimate and final guinea pig.
[18:24] Kaiyou
    My Devil's Eight Trigrams is complete.
[18:27] Kaiyou
    It's time for our final plan
    to be put in motion.
[18:31] Kaiyou
    My 1,108 elite Kirin Chefs have grown up.
[18:37] Kaiyou
    I have granted them the ultimate
    techniques and knowledge,
[18:40] Kaiyou
    as well as the Devil's Eight Trigrams.
[18:45] Kaiyou
    The time has come
    to dispatch them across the land!
[18:57] Xielu
    I'm sorry, but our friends are in trouble.
[19:01] Xielu
    We need to find the utensil shown
    on this map and head to Mount Liang.
[19:06] Mila
    All right.
[19:07] Xielu
    You should leave this place immediately
    before the Underworld comes looking for you.
[19:12] Mila
    I will.
[19:13] Leien
    Let's go, Xie Lu. There's no time.
[19:16] Xielu
    Yeah.
[19:20] Mila
    Xie Lu.
[19:22] Mila
    Will you find me again?
[19:26] Xielu
    Yeah, of course.
[19:29] Xielu
    I'll keep our dinner date until then.
[19:33] Mila
    I'll be waiting, Xie Lu.
[19:37] Xielu
    Yeah. Let's go!
[19:46] Mila
    Until we meet again someday,
    somewhere in this land,
[19:53] Mila
    please keep me warm.
[20:03] Leien
    You could've stayed behind.
[20:06] Xielu
    Given the circumstances, I can't afford to.
[20:09] Xielu
    As long as I'm Mi La's sun, I can keep
     her warm no matter where I am.
[20:16] Leien
    You're right.
[20:19] Leien
    Let's find that legendary utensil!
[20:21] Xielu
    Yeah!
[20:36] Kaiyou
    Liu Maoxing.
[20:40] Kaiyou
    Welcome to my stronghold.
[20:42] Kaiyou
    The labyrinth of darkness, Mount Liang.
[22:23] Meili
    Lei En once passed through these gates.
[22:32] Mao
    The Cooking Underworld.
    Mount Liang. 700 years.
[22:38] Mao
    How many tragedies have
    played out during that time?
[22:56] Kaiyou
    Welcome to Mount Liang.
[22:59] Mao
    Are you Kai You?
[23:01] Kaiyou
    You must be Master Bei's son, Liu Maoxing.
[23:21] Meili
    What?
[23:22] Shirou
    Could it be?
[23:25] Mao
    Zhu Qi!
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