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[A Moment But Forever]

[Episode 13]

Excuse me, you two.

How rude.

They didn't even greet me.

I'm back.

Thank you for your hard work.

Why don't we invite them over

to have roast goose together?

It wasn't really hard work.

I just couldn't buy any roast goose.

Couldn't get any?

I bought a live goose.

Why don't we roast it ourselves?

How do we roast it?

How to roast it?

Isn't it simple? We use fire to roast it.

Don't run!

Stop running!

Where are you running to?

Still running?

I thought you were really capable.

Didn't expect that you can't even catch a goose.

Isn't this what you said?

A big goose tastes better when stewed whole.

If I hack it down,

won't it become dumpling filling,

with feathers and all?

We can't eat that!

Alright then, carry on.

What are you doing?

Don't run!

I want to eat roast goose.

Zi Fei is negotiating with it.

The goose is charging at you!

It scared me.

Your legs have healed?

They really have healed.

You agreed I could leave or stay as you please.

You can't go back on your word.

You're so despicable.

Just to catch a goose,

you even used the Divine Left Hand.

Its disadvantage is

it can't speak.

Otherwise, it would have cursed you already.

Zi Fei has already

negotiated with it.

It's just that the goose didn't agree.

Can this even be negotiated?

When I was coming up the mountain earlier,

I met two scholars.

I originally wanted to ask

where to buy roast goose.

But those two

completely ignored me.

Oh, right.

Those two have already gone up the mountain.

Did you see them?

I saw them.

But they weren't living people.

Those were images

of what happened here before.

Images?

On Baitou Mountain, there's a kind of

special restriction.

Whenever the mist spreads,

it records fragments of images

from that time.

The images are suddenly released

when there's thunder and lightning.

People walking, lying down, laughing, and arguing…

They're all lifelike.

What were those scholars

doing on Baitou Mountain?

Because this used to be

a very famous academy.

Those who came here

were all students seeking knowledge.

How do you know all this so clearly?

I used to study here too.

I've been here

for 60 years.

How come I've never seen you before?

That was

a long time ago.

A long time ago?

How old are you?

Send this letter back to the clan.

Have Baili Xiang investigate

when Baitou Mountain ever had

such an academy,

who taught there,

and what students were educated there.

Will Baili Xiang listen to you?

He's eager

to do something for me now.

Just go ahead and send it back.

Alright, that's easy. I'll take care of it.

Have we

known each other for a long time?

Sir, your tea.

Please enjoy.

Thank you.

This is the Juque Sword.

Yes.

Why did you have it?

I found it.

Why were you looking for it?

It has saved me many times over the years.

It's truly a fine sword.

But it's not as

powerful as you said.

It's just sharp, that's all.

Why are you giving it to me?

It was meant for you in the first place.

Who are you really?

Sixty years ago,

at the foot of Guizang Mountain in Yaoguang County, Baicheng Prefecture,

I saw you for the first time.

I was 17 that year.

Thinking my saber skills were perfected,

I left home to wander the martial world.

I was determined to find

an equally matched opponent.

Unexpectedly,

I was defeated by you in one move.

I was furious,

so I clung to you.

I was truly ignorant of my own limitations.

This is really delicious.

Try some.

I'll try some.

Miss, your tea.

Enjoy.

Thank you.

Later, at the estate in Minzhou,

I found you again.

You were injured,

lying on the riverbank.

It snowed heavily that day.

My saber was frozen cold.

But I saw you again.

I was very happy.

I took you

to a nearby estate to recover.

You acknowledged my kindness

and taught me saber techniques in your spare time.

Although you weren't talkative,

I was truly happy

during that time.

Your wounds healed day by day.

I knew you would leave,

but I didn't expect it to be so soon.

I didn't know where to find you.

I didn't even know

your name.

I only knew about this sword.

I knew

you needed to find this sword.

I went to many places

and searched for many years.

I finally found this sword.

But I didn't know

how to give it to you.

So I went to look for you again.

Time flew by so fast.

When I saw you again,

more than 20 years had passed.

Only then did I realize

that the one I liked was an immortal.

No wonder he could

break through my saber technique with one sword strike.

No wonder his wounds

healed so quickly.

It turned out he wasn't human.

It made sense.

It was such a simple thing,

yet it took me so many years

to understand.

I'm so stupid.

Why didn't you call out to me back then?

I've heard that the immortals of the Youhu Clan

have long lifespans.

Even without practicing any immortal techniques,

they can easily

live for several hundred years.

You're in your prime, Sir.

You probably don't know

what aging is like.

It's like

teeth falling out,

skin sagging,

ears going deaf, eyes blurring, and back hunching,

gradually losing the sense of taste,

unable to distinguish near from far,

memory slowly fading.

and unable to lift a knife or hold a sword anymore.

Every breath will feel

like there's a huge rock

pressing on your chest.

Every moment, you can feel

your body dying.

You don't know, do you?

This is aging.

It's irreversible,

growing older day by day.

I know everyone is different.

The divine race rules the Six Realms,

the War Demons are stronger than the Youhu Clan,

and the Youhu Clan lives longer than humans.

But we humans

are not entirely useless.

We are numerous

and can reproduce more easily.

We are intelligent

with dexterous hands.

Compared to livestock and wild beasts,

we are much stronger.

Many humans

envy the divine race's longevity

and the immortal race's ability to fly and traverse the earth.

But I didn't.

I thought I was detached

and clear-headed,

but at that moment,

the moment I saw you again,

I suddenly felt an overwhelming

hatred for myself.

I hated being human,

hated being so old and ugly,

hated my foolish delusions,

and my overestimation of myself.

Can you understand this feeling?

I couldn't face you.

I didn't dare to face you,

but I didn't want to leave either.

I found a town at the foot of the mountain

and settled down there.

It was next to Fangwai Mountain.

Occasionally, you would come down,

sometimes alone,

sometimes with attendants.

I knew you were doing well.

Time passed,

day by day.

You never changed,

but I...

I was about to die.

♫I gaze into your deep eyes♫

♫For whom do you take apart the word "love"?♫

Ten years ago, when my time was almost up,

I wanted to go home one last time.

On the way, I encountered heavy rain

♫Turning around, it's like a dream♫

and found a temple

to take shelter.

♫I have betrayed deep love♫

People say the gods have disappeared,

♫Heaving a long, helpless sigh♫

but when I saw

♫Time flies too rapidly♫

that statue of the goddess,

I felt she was alive.

So,

♫Life is like a flying bird♫

I asked her a question.

♫Joining, scattering, no way back♫

The question

was…

I asked her,

"They say gods love all beings,

♫Unable to get what I yearn for, I sink in sadness♫

but why aren't all beings equal?"

Did she answer you?

♫When I brush past love, fate is set♫

Yes, she did.

What did she say?

♫I've used up my brush and ink♫

She asked me...

♫I couldn't describe♫

"Do you want to change all this?"

♫This lovesick path with you♫

♫After the farewell, where are you now?♫

♫Who do you spend your days with?♫

That beam of light

gradually enveloped me.

I regained my former youth.

♫Do you know I'm willing to wait for you until the end?♫

Later, I went to Fangwai Mountain.

♫Sighing that the world is too lonely♫

After that, nothing else mattered.

♫They laugh at me for being foolish♫

What I want to say

♫Longing is in my song; the people are not as before♫

has all been said.

I use a saber,

so I'll leave this sword to you.

♫Can't get what I yearn for, I sink in sadness♫

Since you went up the mountain,

why didn't you come to see me?

Were you very disappointed in me?

♫When I brush past love fate is set♫

You never promised me anything.

You're an immortal with a long lifespan.

♫I've used up my brush and ink♫

So many people

have passed through your life.

♫I couldn't describe♫

You can't possibly remember them all.

It's not your fault.

♫This lovesick path with you♫

But I wasted my entire life,

being just an insignificant passerby

♫After the farewell, where are you now?♫

in your life.

♫Who do you spend your days with?♫

I neglected my family and friends,

and neglected myself too.

♫Do you know I'm willing to wait for you until the end?♫

I was just

disappointed in myself, that's all.

Fortunately, I received divine favor

♫Sighing that the world is too lonely♫

and regained my youth.

I still have time.

♫They laugh at me for being foolish♫

♫Longing is in my song; the people are not as before♫

I'm leaving.

♫Can't get what I yearn for, I sink in sadness♫

Sir, take care.

♫When I brush past love, fate is set♫

You too.

♫I've used up my brush and ink♫

♫But I can't describe♫

♫This lovesick path♫

♫People are not as they were in this lifetime♫

Master, Master!

You've come to disturb me again.

What are you doing here?

This is a memory lamp made by Lei Shi.

It can release

images of what

happened here before.

I suspect the formation's core is here.

Look.

Let's go in and take a look.

[Human Race, Xie You]

What's wrong?

The lamp went out.

Just now, we walked

too slowly,

so for a long time,

there wasn't enough friction to power it.

It automatically turned off.

See,

it's lit up again, isn't it?

Are you scared?

Don't be ridiculous.

What do I have to be afraid of?

This is called the Thousand Mechanism Door,

also known as the Eight Trigrams Door.

The bricks

are the key to opening this door.

Only by correctly arranging

all the bricks on it

can this door be opened.

Do you have a way to open it?

Of course.

If you have the way to open the door,

why didn't you say so earlier?

I saw you studying it for a while,

so I thought you knew.

Let's go in.

What is this?

This is a test.

It asks for a pattern.

Its size should be equal to a given circle.

You seem quite familiar with this place.

I used to study here in the past.

Before officially entering the mountain to become a student,

I was tested here.

This is the first question.

If I'm not mistaken,

the restriction on Baitou Mountain

should have been set by my master.

This restriction is quite powerful.

The spellcasting is also extremely sophisticated.

Even I can't break it immediately.

Your master is this skilled?

Of course.

My master is incredibly powerful.

He knew everything, from astronomy to geography.

These restrictions are nothing

to him at all.

I can't tell at all.

Then please take a closer look.

Why did this door close?

It's alright.

As long as we answer the question correctly,

it will open automatically.

We can then

directly enter to the next level.

What if we can't answer it?

That door will appear again,

but it won't lead to the second level.

Instead, it will take us back to the starting point.

So,

this door will lead to different places

based on the results

of the test?

That's right.

You can't solve it?

I can.

You can ask me.

Yuanzhong!

Hallucination?

Yuanzhong.

Are you afraid?

Whether you succeed or fail,

you are a hero of our clan.

But if you run,

you will die.

How could this happen?

Will you go voluntarily,

or should I have someone help you?

Guards!

-Yes. -Yes.

Let me go!

Let go!

Let me go!

Father, save me!

Who dares to hurt my son?

Dingxu,

you're tyrannical and cruel to your own people.

You have no ability yourself,

so you force these children to go to their deaths.

You're utterly shameless.

What I'm doing

is all for the Youhu Clan.

Now, the War Demons are unstoppable,

our clan is in grave danger.

If we can't obtain the Divine Left Hand,

our clan will eventually be destroyed

by the War Demons.

Rather than waiting for slaughter,

we might as well take a chance.

If you want to take a chance, you or I can go.

We can't gamble with these

children's lives.

You're so stubborn.

Seize him!

Yuanzhong, come with me.

Yuanzhong, if you leave,

have you thought about

what will happen to your clansmen?

If you can't learn to use the Divine Left Hand,

your family and friends,

your clansmen,

will all die horribly

under the blades of the War Demons.

You can escape now,

but how long can you escape for?

And how far can you go?

Are you going to wait until they're all dead

to regret your choice today?

You can save them,

can't you?

Don't listen to his nonsense.

Even if you learn to use the Divine Left Hand,

what then?

After killing all the War Demons and saving the entire clan,

they'll have no more worries.

Do you think they'll trust you

to possess the powerful force

of Divine Left Hand?

When the birds are gone, the bow is put away.

When the hare is caught, the hound is cooked.

When the time comes,

they'll scheme against you despicably.

They'll seal you away,

keep you under house arrest,

and subject you to endless humiliation.

Will you regret it?

Yuanzhong,

no matter what,

they are your brethren,

connected to you by blood.

Come.

Come with Father.

I've finished answering.

Let's go to the next level.

Yuanzhong.

Oh no.

Wake up, Yuanzhong.

You're in a hallucination.

A hallucination?

Yes.

You're not fighting against anyone

but the fear deep inside your heart.

The past cannot be changed.

Whether right or wrong,

it was your own choice.

Since you've chosen it,

you must face it bravely.

Escaping is useless.

The hallucination looked quite real.

Of course.

Otherwise, how could it deceive people?

What's this crappy painting?

It's the "Angry-Eyed Demon."

This should be my master's work.

How can it forcibly

pull people into a hallucination?

The demon's eyes

are probably made of

a very simple restriction.

It makes people unconsciously

think of

what they least want to remember,

mainly fears and desires.

What are you doing?

Tearing it up, of course.

Should I leave it here

to harm others?

This is my master's

tool to test disciples.

Although it traps people in hallucinations,

it's not fatal.

At worst, they'll fall into a deep sleep.

You can't destroy it.

What did you see in this painting?

I haven't looked at the painting.

I came here to solve the puzzle.

I don't have time to appreciate art.

Finished answering?

Yes, finished.

We can go directly to the second level now.

Old man,

let's see who's really got the skills.

Zi Fei, beat him up.

You old geezer,

haven't seen you in so many years.

I thought you were long dead.

Quick question,

have you picked out your grave yet?

Did you see

this auspicious spot of mine

and want to die here?

I'll grant your wish today.

Mei Shan.

Master!

What's the background

of Ji Tanyin's master?

I don't know.

Didn't you

fight with him before?

You must know something about him.

Yes, I do know something,

but

my knowledge is very limited.

Tell me about it.

Back then, Kai Shan chose this place

to seal himself.

I was entrusted by Yuanzhong

to come here and protect Kai Shan.

But I had only been here for a few days

when this old guy suddenly showed up.

He attacked me without a word.

With my temper, how could I tolerate that?

So you drove him away?

I was the one who got driven away.

But I fought my way back later.

I have to say,

that old guy's swordsmanship

was truly terrifying.

I was fortunate enough to break through my limitations,

and a big part of the reason

was because I defeated him

and got rid of that frustration.

Later, I fought with him for several years.

I had a sudden enlightenment.

When I faced the heavenly tribulation after that,

I obtained divine abilities.

My own cultivation also greatly increased.

So...

You defeated him!

No.

But if you think about it, I didn't lose either.

This seems to have had quite an impact

on that old fellow.

He never came back after that.

Then why do you seem

so resentful whenever you see him?

Because he looks down on me.

Now that you mention it,

I feel like he seems to

look down on me too.

He does look down on you.

Where's Yuanzhong?

He went back to his room to sleep.

Ji Tanyin has gone off

to curry favor with someone else.

How can he still sleep?

Have some water.

Ji Tanyin and her master

talked all night.

The master and student reunited.

It's normal to have a long conversation by candlelight, isn't it?

Although it's a master-student relationship,

they're still a man and woman alone together.

I want to eat milk cake for breakfast.

You know

I only know how to make soy milk.

Would soy milk and steamed buns be okay?

I also want to eat lotus flower with blood duck

and drink soft-shelled turtle soup.

I don't know how to make those either.

Ji Tanyin can make them.

Go ask her.

Are you sure she can?

She's a quick learner.

Master.

I don't dare to accept such a title.

You are already a god.

while I am just a mortal.

I can't be your master anymore.

Once a master, always a master.

I will always remember

the kindness of your teachings.

The reason I have

achieved what I have today

is all because of

your constant guidance

and generous teachings.

Without your kindness,

how can I be where I am today?

Are you angry with me, Master?

I left without saying goodbye back then.

It was indeed my fault.

It was because…

Because the process

was just too sudden.

I ascended to heaven in an instant.

I really

had no preparation at all.

You know me, Master.

If I had known beforehand

that I would have such good fortune,

how could I not have

informed you in advance?

You made a heavenly oath?

If you break that oath,

you will die.

Then I just won't break it.

Stand up and speak.

Thank you, Master.

Please have some tea, Master.

How have you been these past few years, Master?

Getting by.

Before I knew it,

over a thousand years have passed.

I never imagined

I would meet you again, Master.

You mean you didn't expect

that I'd still be alive, right?

No, that's not it.

Of course, as your student, I hope

that you will live

a long and prosperous life.

When I was there,

I often prayed for your well-being.

Lies.

It's true.

I truly wished for you

to live a long and prosperous life.

Only in this way

could I see you again.

Praying for me?

Often?

Not often,

but

I still did it occasionally.

In any case, I've always

remembered you in my heart.

Master, have you been using a sword recently?

I am now a sword cultivator.

You're not studying craftsmanship anymore?

I'm slow-witted and have made no progress.

I've given up on it.

How can that be?

Master, you're knowledgeable in both ancient and modern matters.

Your talent is unparalleled

and your disciples are spread all over the world.

Even after a thousand years,

your craftsmanship has been passed down to this day.

It's still widely used by many people.

In this world,

no one is more skilled than you.

If

I'm really as good as you say,

then why are you the God of Craft?

That's because

you don't care about becoming a god.

Since you're my master,

it proves that you

are even more powerful than gods.

I didn't expect

for your personality to still be the same

after becoming a god.

Not only that,

my reverence for you

has never changed either.

Are you not content being a god?

Why come down to the mortal world?

To find someone.

Who?

Ji Tanyin.

Yuanzhong wants to have lotus blood duck,

turtle soup,

and also milk cake.

He wants you to prepare breakfast.

Got it!

I'll go prepare breakfast first.

I'll catch up with you later, Master.

Such a sumptuous breakfast.

Miss Ji, thank you for your hard work.

It's no trouble. Please, have a seat.

Time to eat!

Please sit down, Master.

According to your past preferences,

I've prepared a few dishes.

I'm not sure if your tastes

have changed.

Please try them.

How impressive.

After all these years,

you still remember my preferences.

No matter what,

I'll never forget your preferences.

Eat.

I heard you are

the master of my handmaiden.

May I ask your name?

My master's name is Xie You.

He specializes in the art of craftsmanship.

He's the pioneer of mechanical engineering.

He's also skilled in water management,

casting, and creation.

He has taught many

renowned master craftsmen.

So, may I ask,

which famous master craftsmen has he taught?

There's Yu Wenjing,

who's an expert in hydraulics.

And there's Ma Xian, known for

his water-powered automata.

They are all my master's disciples.

I've never heard of any of them.

I guess they're not that famous after all.

That just shows how ignorant you are.

If you dare call them famous,

then everyone should know their names

and their deeds.

I don't know them,

which means they're not that famous yet.

Alright, Yuanzhong.

Let's eat.

The soup has such a strong fishy smell.

How can one swallow it?

Is it strong?

Let me taste it.

It's quite fresh.

Go make me another bowl.

Didn't you say you wanted to stay with me?

Now I want

a new bowl of soup.

You're weak and deficient in qi.

Soft-shelled turtle is very cooling.

If you eat too much,

you'll die even sooner.

As for me,

I have quite a bit of knowledge in medicine.

Observing your appearance,

it's like a lamp running out of oil.

When your lungs are deficient and you cough a lot,

and when you have trouble sleeping and many dreams,

you two can start arranging his funeral.

No need for your concern.

I see you're not young either.

Who knows which of us

will die first?