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[Mysterious Lotus Casebook]

[Episode 26]

Where did all these people go?

After fighting, no matter the outcome,

they'd naturally have to leave.

Even if they left right after beating people up,

but this is an inn after all.

It has been deserted all these years.

You mean no one would have cleaned this up?

So many people died here.

There are also so many talismans downstairs.

They dare not come in?

Is there a ghost?

This place is weird and eerie.

Let's just go.

Wait.

Wait.

There seems to be a hidden door here.

There are only three of us here.

Why are there a pair of footprints here?

There really is a ghost, huh?

What was that?

After him!

Let's stop chasing.

What on earth was that?

I've never seen this kind of creature before.

This is not a normal creature.

That's right.

Its power and speed are both extraordinary.

We should be careful.

[Elder Shi of Shishou Village]

Who are you? [Elder Shi of Shishou Village]

Who are you?

-We're in the wrong place. -We're just passing by. -We're staying the night.

There's a ghost inside.

We all dare not come in.

So there is really a ghost after all.

S-so there really is a ghost.

Since it was getting quite late,

we wanted to stay the night here.

But we didn't expect that it was pitch dark in here.

It's really scary.

Yes, indeed.

Lots of people died in this inn many years ago.

You should hurry on out now.

I'm one of the elders of the village.

You are all guests.

If you are hungry or tired,

you can stay at my place tonight.

We'll take up your offer then.

It's no problem.

Useless!

A wandering doctor who doesn't know martial arts

and an ignorant rascal taking his first steps in the martial world.

If you can't even

kill them, then what do I need you for?

I’m incompetent. Please punish me.

Saintess.

If it was only the two of them,

we wouldn't have failed.

Who knew that the lord would be there,

and he even helped them.

The lord?

I've sent people to look for him everywhere these few days.

Why is he with them?

He didn't seem to recognize us.

What did you say?

The lord asked us who we were,

and who he was.

He was ruthless when fighting us.

Could it be that the Wuxin Huai

made him lose his memory?

That day when the man in black injected the Wuxin Huai into the lord's body,

I felt something was wrong.

After that, I sent people to look but couldn't find him anywhere.

I felt even more uneasy.

Looks like something really went wrong.

Where are you going, Saintess?

I was just about to settle things out with you.

You lied to me.

You didn't just give Di Feisheng any regular Wuxin Huai,

but the pure Wuxin Huai.

You're planning to overthrow him.

So what?

If you dare to hurt him,

I'll make you pay.

Di Feisheng only lost his memory for now.

He's not seriously hurt.

On the contrary,

you let the Rama Heavenly Ice fall into others' hands,

and caused our plan to fail terribly.

Saintess,

can you give me an explanation?

It was just a one-off mistake.

I'll take care of it.

It's none of your business.

Sure.

I won’t worry.

I came here today

to give you a surprise.

Do you want to know where Li Xiangyi is?

Li Xiangyi?

You tried so hard

to find out where Li Xiangyi is.

The spy I planted beside Qiao Wanmian

sent a message back recently,

saying that they discovered the inner breath of

Yangzhouman in Qiao Wanmian's body.

There was no such inner breath before.

It was after Qiao Wanmian was poisoned

by your Iced Cicada and got cured,

that it suddenly appeared.

Yangzhouman?

No.

The Iced Cicada in Qiao Wanmian's body

was cured by Di Feisheng.

Was it really Di Feisheng?

In this world, the Iced Cicada's poison

can only be cured by Yangzhouman's inner breath.

You know that best.

If it's not Di Feisheng,

then there's only one person who was in contact with Qiao Wanmian.

Li Lianhua.

It really is him.

Li Lianhua

is Li Xiangyi.

Di Feisheng is still trying his best to cover up for them.

I was devoted to him,

and tried to do everything to help him get rid of Li Xiangyi.

Not only did he not tell me anything,

but also helped him to lie to me and deceive me.

My beautiful Lady Jiao.

It seems that your way to win people's hearts

isn't anything worth mentioning.

And you don't know a thing about

what they're doing by joining forces.

You're really useless as

the Saintess of Jinyuan Alliance.

How dare you say anything about me?

If it weren't for your master's sake,

you would have been long dead.

Please calm down, Saintess.

It was my mistake.

Actually, I'm doing this

for your sake too.

Di Feisheng has found out about us working together.

He couldn't tolerate you.

Isn't it better for him to lose his memory now?

He won't pay attention to both of us,

and after you bring him back in the future,

you can train him however you want.

According to Master's orders,

what is most crucial now

is to first confirm if that person is Li Xiangyi.

Then, take back the Rama Heavenly Ice.

Your master only asked me to help

and work together with him.

Who is he to order me around?

I'll take care of my own matters myself.

Since you are his dog,

go back and tell him this.

When I come back,

I will settle scores with him properly.

All of Wansheng Clan is at your disposal.

Thank you for letting us stay here tonight, Elder Shi.

No one has come to our village for years.

It’s a fateful coincidence that you three are here.

Elder Shi,

have the villagers always been living in seclusion here?

It has been more than a hundred years.

Our ancestors moved here back then

when fleeing from war.

It was only when an outsider came in more than ten years ago

that our village had contact

with anyone from outside the village.

Come this way.

Please have a seat.

This is the wild donkey meat that we usually eat in our village.

I don't know if you will like it.

I didn’t expect the food in the village to be so abundant.

Thank you, Elder Shi.

But I’ve been praying to Buddha recently.

I heard that wild donkeys in the mountains

understand humans very well.

I really can't bear to eat them,

so I'll politely decline.

I see.

In that case,

please try this Rouchang wine

brewed with cold spring water from our village.

This young hero here, why don’t you sit down?

Elder Shi.

To be honest with you,

my two brothers here with me

are also fasting just like me.

So we won't be able to partake in the delicious food and wine.

I see.

Yes.

It is indeed a pity.

Elder Shi,

This Rouchang wine you just mentioned.

Is it the legendary wine that will

boost the inner power of

martial arts practitioners after drinking it?

You are right.

The person who accidentally

entered the village more than ten years ago

found that this Rouchang wine

could enhance his power.

So,

it attracted many people to come.

But when they knew

the Rouchang wine was made from the cold spring in the village,

they started to fight for the cold spring

and cut down fruit trees to make wine.

The spring dried out,

all the trees were cut down,

and the village was left in a complete shambles because of them.

After they left,

we blocked off the road to the village.

All these years, besides the three of you today,

no one else has ever been here.

If the cold spring has dried out for so many years,

[Rouchang wine]

where is this bottle from then? [Rouchang wine]

where is this bottle from then?

After so many years,

no one is fighting for the cold spring anymore.

So the spring water in the mountain

slowly revived a little.

The inns in the village were built

back then for those martial arts practitioners.

After they left,

no one has stayed there since,

which is why it's been deserted.

I see.

Elder Shi,

what happened in this inn?

To be honest,

more than ten years ago,

those people from the martial arts world

started a fight in the inn

over a little bit of cold spring water.

Much blood was shed.

It's been so long.

Why did no one clean it up?

There's a ghost inside.

The villagers were intending

to collect the bodies for burial.

But who knew,

all the bodies disappeared overnight.

It must be those people who transformed.

They will hurt people.

So no one dares to go in.

So that was what happened.

Fortunately we left fast then.

By the way,

among the people who came here then,

was there someone who often wore a mask

looking like the King of Hell

and was called the Lord of the Netherworld?

Lord of the Netherworld?

There were too many of them coming here back then.

It's been so many years.

I can't remember.

Are you looking for someone?

That man is an old master that

my brother here has admired for a long time.

He hasn't met him before either.

Yes.

I heard that Master Lian Quan

also drank the Rouchang wine here before.

I want to pursue his footsteps,

so I'm just taking the chance to ask.

I can't help you much there.

It's getting late.

Please rest early.

I'll send you out of the village tomorrow morning.

Thank you.

Are you hungry?

I'm fasting.

I had to find an explanation you know.

On our journey here,

don't you think it's strange?

Yes

It's strange indeed.

The villagers hide when they see us

and avoid us.

But yet they prepared so much food for us now.

It's better not to touch it.

So in my opinion,

this must be...

A clip joint?

You're not being serious again.

A clip joint should be located in a place with people,

not in this kind of secluded corner.

Fang Duobing.

Have you heard?

Many mountains are inhabited by cannibalistic tribes

who only eat humans.

Then the villagers here...

This won't do.

Let's go to the kitchen to have a look.

There's nothing here either.

Where did they hide the meat?

Since there's something wrong with the food in the village,

do you think the Lord of the Netherworld

got ambushed after eating the meat

and drinking the wine here?

I remember Su Xiaoyong said

they found his last tracks in Shishou Village.

We haven't heard any news about him since then.

Did something happen to him here?

Indeed, many highly-skilled people

were in that inn earlier,

and there were traces of a fight.

But I didn't find any traces of Lian Quan's martial arts.

Maybe,

he never entered the inn.

People usually stop in the inn temporarily.

If someone was really

cutting trees and making wine here,

they'd have to stay here for a while.

But when we entered the village this afternoon,

there were only houses where long-time villagers lived.

I didn't see any new houses built

by any outsiders.

Could it be the elder that's making things up?

In reality, no one was willing

to stay and fight for the spring water to make wine.

Why would she lie?

We've all heard stories about this Rouchang wine.

But have you ever thought about

whether someone really drank this wine

and came to this Shishou Village?

You're right.

In this world,

there's only ever been tales of this Rouchang wine.

But I've never heard anyone claim that

he drank this wine.

If Elder Shi is speaking the truth,

and many martial artist practitioners have been here,

there should be many people going around

bragging about it.

The Rouchang wine can boost your internal power.

Where did this saying come from?

Many people came here in search of it,

but no one has ever returned successfully.

I have heard that

Tianying Gang once sent disciples

to look for this Rouchang wine.

But we don't know what happened after that.

Think about it.

Everyone who came to this village disappeared.

Where did they go?

This won't do.

We'll have to be more alert tonight.

We can't sleep.

I've always stayed awake in an unfamiliar environment.

Fang Duobing.

I'll leave standing guard tonight to you.

I'm going to bed.

Not like I can do anything if I stay awake anyway.

If something really happens,

please act smart.

Wait.

Earlier at the inn,

you could tell at a glance

the different martial skills from each sect.

You're very well-versed in martial arts.

Stop pretending to be modest.

Stay and guide me.

Maybe you can even protect me.

If you really want to hear about

the secret martial art manuals of sword-fighting

of all the sects,

pick a time when the sun is out

and I'll recite everything for you.

As for martial arts and fighting,

and protecting everyone's safety, I'll leave it to you.

You're the best at this.

This sly old fox.

Stop badmouthing me behind my back.

You darned fox!

Here.

I soaked it in water before.

Just make do with it for now.

It's edible.

Forget it if you're not eating.

Thanks.

You actually took it.

I thought a dark-faced fiend like you didn't need any care from others

and didn't care about others.

You're better after losing your memory.

You better not touch anything here.

Thanks.

He's not that bad at heart.

Maybe we can change him for the better

while his memory is lost.

Fei,

do you have any aspirations in your life?

Martial arts.

Martial arts aren't an aspiration.

Practicing the highest form of martial arts.

There are two types of martial arts practitioners.

One of them helps the weak,

and the other takes advantage of the weak.

You can become a hero everyone admires,

or become a demon

that everyone wants to get rid of.

Which one will you choose?

It doesn't matter.

Let me rephrase my question then.

What will you do if someone

accidentally offends you?

I will kill him.

How can you do that?

As the old saying goes,

the best thing a gentleman is to be kind to others.

Acts of kindness need to be accumulated,

and acts of evil...

What are you trying to say?

I just want to tell you

martial arts practitioners

should be righteous.

You shouldn't kill for your own selfish desire.

We should help the weak,

and get rid of...

I know you once went astray.

But who hasn't erred in their life before?

The most important thing is to turn over a new leaf.

It's fine if you don't want to listen.

But how can you attack me like this?

What's that smell?

It's the candle.

Something is hidden in the candle.

It's too late.

We inhaled some of it.

It's the Wuxin Huai.

Are you okay?

How are you?

What are these things?

I don't know.

It's the Jade Cloud Bagua Mirror.

Could it be the Chief of Cuihua Mountain

who went missing ten years ago?

It's the Iron Door.

Blue Wolf Whirlwind Shu Tianhua,

and Redface Flying Dagger Zhu Mofei!

Are we having a martial arts showdown?

How do you know them all?

They are martial art experts who've been missing for years.

I can still fight them if it's one by one.

But they're coming in hoards.

We'll be ripped to shreds.

Channel your energy to force out the poison.

Li Xiangyi?

Li Xiangyi.

Li Lianhua!

Li Lianhua!

It's really him.

Fang Duobing.

I was scared to death just now.

Luckily I hid in time.

A few monsters came here just now.

Who are they?

Are you okay?

What could happen to me?

No, you...

What are you doing?

Stop getting your hands

all over me.

Ridiculous, seriously.

You're like a lunatic.

I'm just worried about you.

There's something wrong with the candle.

Luckily you didn't light it.

Luckily for Fei and I...

the master in white from last time helped us.

Master in white?

What master in white?

Have you seen the master in white?

What master in white?

When those monsters came over earlier,

I was scared to death.

I immediately hid behind this door

and didn't even dare to look.

Why didn't you come earlier?

Oh, I see.

When those people ran away earlier,

they were shouting.

I'm afraid he's summoning his companions.

We'd better leave now.

[Shishou Village]

[Mysterious Lotus Casebook]

Is your mouth jinxed?

Cut the crap.

Fight!

Do you think the master in white

will reveal himself again?

Li Lianhua!

Help us!

Did I guess wrong?

He can't even hold a sword.

He can't be the master in white.

I really can't hold up after

just a while of using my internal power.

Li Lianhua!

Young Hero Lu.

So it's you all.

Let's kill off these monsters first.

Stop chasing.

Wrap up your wounds first.

They are more excited after smelling blood.

Thank you for your help earlier, Brother Lu.

I was passing by

and heard sounds of fighting.

So I came to take a look.

I didn't expect it was you all.

This village is very secluded.

Why are you here, Brother Lu?

To be honest,

three years ago, I made plans with a friend of mine,

Kunlun Sect's Cosmos Fortune Palm, Jin Youdao,

to compete in the tournament at Bahuang Hunyuan Lake nearby.

But I waited for him here for a month,

and still haven't met him.

After going to Kunlun Sect to find him,

I found out that there was no news of him for a month.

I've been looking for him since then.

Was the old friend you were reminiscing about

at the Girls' Mansion Jin Youdao?

The day we agreed to compete together

is exactly three years ago from today.

From then, on this day every year,

I would come here to wait for him.

I believe he's not a person that will break his promise.

Competition?

Cosmos Fortune Palm has always been a renowned hero.

Good people are always blessed.

When I came here before,

it was surrounded by cliffs here.

But today I found that

a path opened up at the original location of the cliff.

I thought it was strange, so I walked in,

and found this village.

A path that suddenly opened up?

I don't think it's a path that suddenly appeared.

I'm afraid this village has always

kept a path to contact the outside world.

It's not any hidden place.

They even have the Wuxin Huai.

Could this be related to Nanyin too?

Nanyin?

The foreign tribe that's been extinct for over a hundred years?

If that's the case,

it would be worse.

I don't know where Lianhua is brought to now.

He can't even hold a sword now.

If anything happens,

he won't be able to fight.

I won't let anything happen to him.

Why are you suddenly caring about his safety?

In any case, he can't die.

We made such a big ruckus.

But yet the elders and villagers

didn't react at all.

Are these villagers hiding from these monsters?

Kiddo.

Let me ask you.

It's dark now,

I told you not to run around!

No wonder they never go out after dark.

It was to avoid these people.

These monsters are all martial experts

who suddenly disappeared.

I can't believe they're all here.

Jin Youdao also disappeared suddenly.

He even made plans to meet you around here.

Could it be related to this village too?

That inn is full of traces of

martial experts fighting.

It must have been moves made by them

when they were still sober.

But those people obviously already lost their consciousness.

Could they have been lured to this village

and got poisoned

or came down with some illness,

that caused them to be like this?

If that's the case,

did that also happen to Brother Jin?

This is bad.

Looks like Lianhua also...

Since the people who fought in the inn are still normal,

something must have happened.

Is the monster you fought with earlier

the same as those in the inn?

Let's go take a look.

We should be able to find some clues.

Heaven never bars one's way,

or there'd really be no way out.

Now it seems that

there are so many talismans here.

These were probably placed by the people living here

to chase away those who lost their consciousness,

and repel the evil spirits.

Those people are covered in blood,

and they're even faster than humans.

It's likely that they're treated as ghosts.

Could it be that the martial experts staying here

suddenly got attacked by those who came previously

and already lost their consciousness?

So that's why

such a fierce fight happened here.

That means that

people kept coming here

and kept getting turned into monsters.

Li Lianhua once said

there are traces of Kunlun Sect's martial arts here.

It's him.

I recognize it.

The heavens as palms, and the earth as claws.

Is this really Brother Jin's unique skill,

the Cosmos Fortune Palm?

Did he really come here?

Where is he now?

Brother Lu.

there are rumors that you are an alcohol fanatic.

Do you like drinking?

Yes.

But what does it have to do with this?

Have you ever heard of

the Rouchang wine in Shishou Village?

This is the legendary Shishou Village?

If not?

I once told Brother Jin about this Rouchang wine.

Although I don't believe that

the wine can boost internal power,

but I heard this wine was made with spring water.

It must be fragrant and delicious.

I've always wanted to taste it.

Brother Jin!

I'm here

to remind you

[Cosmos Fortune Palm, Jin Youdao]

about the competition next month. [Cosmos Fortune Palm, Jin Youdao]

about the competition next month.

Next month, at the Bahuang Hunyuan Lake at Mount Chrysanthemum.

I'll see you there.

Bahuang Hunyuan Lake.

Why there?

You'll know when you get there.

After the competition,

I'll gift you something good.

Could it be that the gift

Brother Jin wanted to give me

was this Rouchang wine?

So he ran into an accident here

because of this Rouchang wine.

This Rouchang wine

is actually a trick to lure people here.

The reason why no one has said they came to this village

and drank this wine

is because everyone who's come here before never made it out.

I remember there was a secret door here.

There must be something fishy if they have a secret room here.

Maybe we can find some clues.

The mechanism is up there.

Fei...

I already knew you were good friends with Brother Li.

I didn't expect you and Brother Fei to work together so well too.

I don't know him well.

Me neither.

Suiyan.

It's Nanyin again.

Looks like he died after being decapitated.

These clothes are covered with dust.

There's no blood on them

and they are dressed neatly.

There are obvious tearing marks where the head was severed off.

This corpse was decapitated

after it dried out.

There's no trace of blood around.

And the part where the head was severed is also like torn paper.

What is this?

A ghost entered my house.

These are my last words.

They didn't manage to

finish writing this last word.

This handwriting...

is the same as that in the room she hung herself.

Looks like this female body was moved here.

But she's already dead.

Why did they dry out her body,

cut her head off,

and hide her body here?

And where did her head go?

Is this some kind of Nanyin sorcery again?

It's the monster from before.

I seem to have seen this monster somewhere.

Elder!

Elder!

Elder.

We only caught one of the Head God's emissaries.

We didn't manage to get rid of all of them at once.

I didn't expect these people to be so capable.

But don't worry.

The inn is the site of nirvana for the Head God.

We kept it there for so many years

to lure these people in.

We have already prepared the Head Bane there.

Once these people come into contact with the Head Bane,

they will become the Head God's emissaries

just like those martial artists from before.

Is this the Head Bane

that you're talking about?

Nothing happened to you three?

What is this?

So disgusting.

It's human skull bone.

The brown liquid on the ground

outside is this.

Mind control bugs?

Once they breed these bugs successfully,

they will use it to create all kinds of sorcery.

Nanyin people are good at these things.

So they cut off the corpses' heads

to breed these bugs?

Mind control bugs...

The mark of the fiend.

This is indeed Nanyin's sorcery.

Did they become monsters

after getting attacked by these things?

First, it was the Rama Heavenly Ice,

then the Karmic Bugs.

And now it's these things.

What exactly are the Nanyin people up to?

In any case,

we must find those villagers behind this

and quickly save Li Lianhua.

When we were surrounded by those monsters,

they seemed to avoid the heads that were severed.

It's also the human heads that turn people into monsters.

Are they afraid of human heads?

I got it.

Do you remember those skeleton shadows

we saw at the Bahuang Hunyuan Lake?

The reflection of the strange stones on the cliff?

Yes.

We always thought

those were just stones that looked like skeletons.

I suddenly realized something.

They're using monsters to attack us.

But these monsters can't tell what are humans.

How can they be sure

they won't get hurt by mistake?

Of course they have to hide.

And they have to hide in a place

where these monsters are afraid of.

Seems like it's not a coincidence.

Those stones

are not naturally occurring strange stones,

but are actually human heads covered in mud

and hung on the cliff

to ward off the monsters.

Yes.

They must be hiding nearby.

You didn't get struck by the Head Bane?

Do you want us to also become neither human nor ghost?

You...

How dare you insult the Head God!

Head God?

It's just a corpse that breeds the mind control bugs,

and yet you worship it as a god.

How foolish.

Go!

Get back the Head God!

Get it back now!

Looks like you're really afraid of these ceramic pots.

If the emissaries of the Head God find you here,

they will tear you apart.

Let us go now!

Those Head Gods of yours

are afraid of the human skulls here.

They won't come in.

Am I right?

Tell me.

Where did you take Lee Lianhua?

What's the point of asking that now?

As long as they are captured by the Head God's emissaries,

they won't live for more than two hours.

I'm afraid he's already dismembered by now.

You...

If you want to know where the Head God's emissaries are,

dream on.

If you don't tell me,

I'll put this on you

and make you the Head God's emissary too.

What do you think?

Wait.

Don't go any further.

Don't go any further.

That is where the Heaven and Earth Pit is.

It's where they make the Head Bane.

The Head God's emissaries have taken over the place.

How can we control them?

There's nothing we can do.

Only when the sun shines into the cave,

they'll become dull-witted.

Otherwise...

Otherwise, there's no way.

Just wait for a bit more.

When the sun shines into the cave,

you can go in.

This is Li Lianhua's bag.

With every minute of delay,

Li Lianhua will be in even more danger.

Let's go.

Li Lianhua!

Li Lianhua, wake up!

Li Lianhua!

Why is there so much blood?

Please be okay.

I still have a lot to ask you.

Lianhua,

don't die.

I still have a lot to ask you.

Stop making so much noise.

I'm not dead yet.

I'm just sleepy.

You're fine?

You even fell asleep?

Why are you sleeping here?

Don't shout. Come on.

Help me up.

Where's all the blood from?

How can there not be blood when I was dealing with so many monsters?

Come on.

Help me.

Thank you.

Thank you too.

What's wrong with your hand?

It's wrapped up so terribly.

If I knew you were fine,

who would come save you?

Be careful.