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[A Moment But Forever]

[Episode 19]

What is this thing for?

This? It's an iron chisel.

How do you use it?

The iron chisel is used like this.

May I try it?

Sure.

Thank you.

It's just a piece of iron.

What's so interesting about it?

Madam.

Tanyin.

This cabinet you made is really beautiful.

You have very dexterous hands.

This Pei Jiu,

he was supposed to come and try on his wedding outfit.

It's already past noon, and there's still no sign of him.

I bet that muddlehead forgot again.

Qian Lin.

Do me a small favor

and try on the wedding outfit for Pei Jiu.

Me?

Try on the wedding outfit?

Yes, you.

You carry on, Tanyin.

Let's go, let's go.

I'll go with you.

It fits you quite well.

Then, won't it be

a bit too large for Pei Jiu?

Turn around and let me see.

Turn this way.

He's taller than Pei Jiu.

Then the length should be fine, right?

The length seems fine.

But if the shoulders

could be taken in a bit,

it would be more suitable

for Pei Jiu.

I think so too.

He looks quite good in this wedding attire.

Isn't he fairer than Pei Jiu?

Fairer?

I think they look about the same.

About the same?

Why do I feel he's much fairer?

Can you just focus on the outfit?

Stand still and don't move around.

Alright, that should be enough.

Let's leave it at that.

Wait a moment.

The hat.

I was just teasing Pei Jiu for being forgetful,

but mine is just as bad.

I forgot to bring the hat.

Wait here. I'll go get it.

In a moment!

How old are you?

"How old are you?"

Only children are asked such questions.

Aren't you just a child?

I bet you're not even married yet.

I'm not young at all.

At my age,

if I were living in my clan,

I'd have several children by now.

I...

I just wanted to wait a bit longer.

I really wouldn't have guessed

that you come from a big family.

Where is your home?

A place far away.

You don't want to say it?

It's okay.

You don't have to say if you don't want to.

My home is also far away.

Probably even farther than yours.

I don't want to talk about it either.

What exactly is your relationship

with that Mr. Yuan?

Master and servant, I suppose.

If,

I mean if,

if he were in danger,

would you be... sad and upset?

In danger?

Like what happened on the tower ship before.

If he were to get hurt...

If he...

Then...

then I would definitely protect him.

[Yesterday's Inn]

You're still up so late?

I'm not tired.

I see you've been busy all along.

Have some water.

It's clean. I haven't used it.

Thank you.

No, I should be the one thanking you.

You saved my life.

You've already thanked me many times for it.

Then let me thank you once more.

You seem... upset.

How can you tell

that I'm upset?

Earlier, I wasn't completely unconscious

when I was in a coma.

I vaguely saw you.

At that time,

your smile was far more genuine than it is now.

What's making you upset?

Would you like to talk about it?

I have a friend.

She has a very good male friend.

But for some reason,

he seems to be angry.

Even though he's clearly in the room,

he pretends not to be there

and won't let her in.

It seems like

he's deliberately avoiding her.

Did they... have a fight?

A fight?

No, they didn't.

Some people

are just like that.

Moody and ruthless.

They can't change.

It's their nature.

That's not true at all.

I think it is.

Go tell that friend of yours

to be careful.

Or maybe...

you should find a new friend instead.

Forget it. Let's not talk about it anymore.

You wouldn't understand anyway.

Where did all these chicken feathers come from?

Did a weasel get in?

Hello, Jiu.

You're sweeping, Liu.

What good stuff are you holding?

It's a secret.

Go away, go away.

Who's Liu?

Yunniang.

Why are you here?

Aren't you busy today?

Of course, I'm busy.

But no matter how busy I am, I have to prioritize what's important.

Look.

Didn't you say

you wanted to follow the old tradition

of setting off fireworks the night before the wedding?

I brought some for you.

Quick, get me a bowl of water.

Why make such a fuss over these few things?

Don't get me started.

Just now, I don't know why,

but I couldn't find

the way to your inn.

Were you going in circles?

No.

I was just wandering around,

unable to remember how to get here.

Lately,

things have been quite strange for me.

I can't sleep well at night,

and when I do sleep,

I keep having lots of dreams.

They feel like they're about someone else's life

or maybe from my past life.

But when I wake up, I can't remember any of it.

I've been worried about forgetting things lately.

Look.

Now, I write everything

down in this little notebook.

Look.

The last one.

"Sending fireworks to Yunniang."

If it weren't for this note,

I'm afraid I would have forgotten about this entirely.

Oh, right.

Yunniang,

take a look at it and see if you like it.

Such a precious thing.

Where did you get it?

Well, I

saved money for a long time

to buy

the only pearl necklace in town.

And this.

We're getting married the day after tomorrow.

I'll leave this little notebook

with you for safekeeping.

It's now like

half my life to me.

I'm afraid

I might forget it too in the future.

I'll feel at ease leaving it with you.

You're not afraid of forgetting me too, huh?

What are you talking about?

Even if I forget myself,

I could never forget you.

Greetings, Young Mistress.

How is his injury?

Not good.

Has he regained consciousness?

Tanghua?

Tanghua.

♫I gaze into your deep eyes♫

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

♫Turning around, it's like a dream♫

Let me do it.

♫I have betrayed deep love♫

Go fetch a plum candy.

♫Heaving a long, helpless sigh♫

Mr. Tanghua

can't even swallow medicine right now.

How could he possibly eat candy?

♫Time flies too rapidly♫

It's for me.

Yes, Young Mistress.

♫Life is like a flying bird♫

♫Joining, scattering, no way back♫

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

♫When I brush past love, fate is set♫

♫I've used up my brush and ink♫

♫I couldn't describe♫

♫This lovesick path♫

Yunniang, why are you here?

Are you here to check on the furniture?

Not at all.

I trust your craftsmanship.

Then why are you here?

I'm here to drop this off.

What's wrong with it?

Originally, we only needed one box of fireworks.

But Pei Jiu actually forgot

that he had already sent one two days ago

and sent another box today.

Pei Jiu is not himself today.

His memory shouldn't be this poor.

Is he... is he sick?

At first, I thought so too.

But after thinking it over,

that doesn't seem to be the case.

This memory problem of his

seems to have started when he began learning martial arts

from your young master.

Tanyin, I don't think of you as an outsider.

I won't beat around the bush.

Could you ask your young master

if Pei Jiu's condition

has anything to do with learning martial arts?

I'm really worried about him.

Do you think

once Pei Jiu regains his memories,

his personally will completely change?

I wonder if the proprietress

will still like him.

Can they

still be together happily?

Recently,

my memory has been poor.

Look at my brain.

When I went to the government office today,

I couldn't even remember what the magistrate looked like.

The town hasn't been peaceful lately.

Near the abandoned temple,

several young beggars have gone missing.

[Yesterday's Inn]

Master,

why do I always feel that something is missing

when I use my spiritual power

to break through my Spirit Courtyard?

Did you...

What do you want to say?

Hold something back?

When we first started teaching you,

you acted like we were trying to harm you.

Now, you want to learn more.

I've taught you all the techniques

that I needed to teach you.

The last step—breaking through your Spirit Courtyard—

is something you must do on your own.

I can't help you with this.

Fine, I'll do it myself.

What's the big deal?

That's enough for today.

You can go back now.

Kai Shan!

Master.

I've noticed recently

that my memory has become very poor.

I keep forgetting things.

Do you think it might have something to do

with the technique I've been practicing?

If I keep practicing like this,

will there be any problems?

Yuanzhong.

What are you doing here?

Recently, Pei Jiu

has suddenly become very forgetful.

He seems to have forgotten

many people and things from his past.

Does this have something

to do with the technique

you taught him?

-Let's talk over there. -Don't go!

This concerns his future.

Why can't he listen?

What do you want to say?

If Pei Jiu

continues like this,

will he forget

everything about Pei Jiu

and regain his memories as Lu Chen?

By then, Pei Jiu will no longer be Pei Jiu

but will have become Lu Chen, right?

Who is Lu Chen?

Why would I no longer be myself?

Chief, we've brought back two more.

It's almost time.

It's almost time.

Beautiful.

You're such a good boy.

So scared, yet still so good.

Good, good, good.

You guessed right.

He will indeed forget

everything about now,

become Lu Chen again,

and leave this place with me.

M-Master.

What do you mean by that?

It means

you are not Pei Jiu

but Lu Chen.

I'm helping you find your true self.

What about Yunniang?

She has been waiting for so long

just to marry Pei Jiu.

She has even prepared her wedding attire.

In two more days,

she will get married.

And now, you're making Pei Jiu forget Yunniang

and everything.

How is this any different from killing him?

For him, this place is

nothing but a grand dream.

When the dream ends,

he should return to who he truly is.

This is not a dream.

So what?

You should at least give him

the right to choose.

Who do you think you are?

What right do you have to interfere in my affairs?

I don't think this is

just your affair.

It's also about Pei Jiu and Yunniang's

lifelong happiness.

How kind of you to care so much for them.

I'm kind to everyone.

You know that.

Sometimes,

excessive kindness

is its own form of cruelty.

Do... do you...

do you know something?

You didn't hide it very well.

I wasn't trying to hide from you.

It's just that earlier I...

These past few days,

I've been thinking about one thing.

Why did you

come to my side?

Is it also because of this?

You also want to kill me

and then take it?

I don't.

I never wanted to harm you.

Then what do you want?

To change me? Influence me?

To make me become like you

to save all living beings and spare the War Demons?

You're overthinking it!

I just want to...

I don't care what you want.

It doesn't matter to me.

Ji Tanyin.

Perhaps I should

call you the Mute Lady of Wu Mountain.

I'm curious about one thing.

Would someone who has lived for over a thousand years

still consider

themselves human?

Or do they believe they've

already ascended to immortality,

transcended all living beings,

and become a god?

You and I have different positions.

I have no right to criticize you for anything.

But likewise,

don't try to influence me

or change me!

You've never been in my position,

seen what I've seen, and felt what I've felt,

so naturally, you won't understand

why I do what I do.

I know exactly

what I want

and what I'm doing.

No one

can change my decision...

not even

a god.

Very well. Very well.

Very well. Very well.

Why not draw blood from the forehead?

The children of the human race

don't have as much power

in their blood as we do.

Taking blood from the forehead won't work.

Come on.

Come on, come on.

Ji Tanyin.

Give up.

You can't influence me,

much less change me.

I am not a good person.

The path I walk

is also completely different from yours.

Let's part ways forever

and leave each other alone.

It's good

for you

and for me.

Miss... Miss Ji?

Possessing technique.

Die!

Ghost Ancestor of Darkness, Fallen Ruler of Tombs.

With the blood of battles, I command the spirits of war.

Take my body, seize my soul.

With my hatred as your blade, strike down my foes.

Restrain her!

Wake up!

Take my body, seize my soul.

With my hatred as your blade, strike down my foes.

With my hatred as your blade, strike down my foes.

We can't hold back anymore!

Zi Fei, stop!

You're the War Demon from the tower ship?

That's right. It's me!

Yuanzhong!

I can't believe they failed.

I told you long ago.

If they were truly capable,

they wouldn't have ended up

in this sorry state.

The stupidity of the War Demons

is beyond redemption.

You'd better say something useful.

Something useful?

That little goddess

is no longer under your control.

You've practically

sent Yuanzhong a helper.

No matter what you want to do,

as long as she's around,

everything will be twice as difficult.

So,

kill her.

Eliminate Ji Tanyin

or hand her over to me.

Hannv, how dare you!

I dare to do even more.

Would you like to try it?

Who are these people?

And who are you?

What's going on here?

It's a long story.

Then tell me from the beginning.

Come on, tell me!

Jiu!

Something terrible has happened!

Madam is missing.

Missing?

I just got up to use the bathroom

and saw her room door wide open.

I went in to check

and found this.

"I'm going after the thief.

If I can't return in time,

quickly inform Pei Jiu."

When did she leave?

I don't know.

Pei Jiu!

[Turn Around]

What's this?

It's one of the pearls from the necklace

I just gave to Yunniang.

Then she must be

dropping these as a clue for us.

Let's go quickly.

[Zi Ke; War Demon]

How is it?

The High Priest of the Youhu Clan is coming after us.

We should go. Help here.

Let's go.

Gushan?

I was thinking of making an embroidery piece

as your birthday gift.

I need your birth date and time for that.

Why don't you write it down for me?

It seems

that it's Hannv

who leaked my birth date and name

to the War Demons.

She wanted to use the War Demons and me

to kill Yuanzhong.

It's only been a few miles of mountain road,

b-but why is it so cold up here?

Gushan is covered in snow all year round.

It has always been so.

Miss Ji,

have you been here before?

War Demons. Let's go.

Where's that woman?

We've already locked her up.

Kill her.

Yes.

Chief, someone is trespassing on the mountain.

Halt, intruders.

Why do you still move forward?

Young lady,

all beings suffer.

It's better to turn back now.

You two are not my enemies.

Don't throw your lives away by moving forward.

[Elder Ku Sheng; War Demon]

How interesting.

You're clearly not cultivators,

yet you speak

like them.

We have been practicing meditation for 60 years.

Although we have no intention of becoming cultivators,

we have attained the mind of dharma.

If you have attained the mind of dharma,

why do you still trouble the people of the mortal realm?

You're here for

that human child, aren't you?

[Elder Duo Nan; War Demon]

This is also a necessary measure.

Everything comes at a price.

Our clan wishes to slay demons and eliminate evil

to pull out the poisonous tumor from this world.

And they are the price for that.

You...

Without bait,

how can we lure the snake out to kill it?

Sometimes,

killing is also a form of good.

What a price to pay.

What a form of good.

May I ask, who is the snake

you are referring to?

The person we want to kill.

That's right, that's right.

That person is

the biggest venomous snake under heaven.

[Elder Bei He; War Demon]

Sixty years ago,

this fiend almost wiped out our entire clan.

Half of our Twelve War Generals

also fell by his hand.

Twelve halved leaves six,

but there are only three of you.

This is precisely his cruelty.

He allowed his Youhu Clan to reign supreme,

making our clan hunted by everyone in the mortal realm.

We had no choice

but to hide in this desolate mountain.

For 60 years,

we were powerless to seek revenge.

We could only sit in meditation,

waiting for our lives to fade away.

The years of meditation have flown by.

Of the six brothers from back then,

now only

we three old fools remain.

Time has grayed our hair

and withered our flesh.

But the one thing that has never changed is our hatred for him.

That's right.

All these years,

it's been the deep-seated hatred for that fiend

that has kept us three alive.

Hearing that the Chief wanted to deal with that person,

we are here to guard the mountain

and protect her

in case he becomes desperate

and comes seeking revenge.

Understood.

Since you understand,

why not turn back?

The person you want to kill

will not come.

Why is that?

He's a snake that has long grown weary of life.

Your insignificant lives

won't startle him from his hibernation.

But your wait will not be in vain.

The debt he owes,

I'll repay.

Who are you?

I'm the one who wants him alive.

Yuanzhong.

They've brought quite the crowd.

It's not surprising.

After all, we've reached

the territory of Gushan.

The possessing technique that Ji Tanyin fell victim to

must be their doing as well.

Impressive.

Even I couldn't figure out

Ji Tanyin's background,

yet they already know.

So what should we do now?

What to do?

If they have gotten a death wish,

then I might as well grant it to them.

If you want to kill us,

just do it.

Do you really want to die that much?

Can the abyss of resentment carved open by killing

ever be filled by more killing?

It seems you truly don't understand.

As expected, your sixty years of cultivation have been wasted.

Let's go.

Don't go.

Don't go. Kill me.

Your sword is right beside you.

If you truly have no will to live,

you can end it yourself.

But don't blame your death

on others.

Using your lives to fish for fame and honor

is truly despicable.

Chief,

it's a man and a woman.

Their blades are very sharp.

Elder Ku Sheng and the other two were no match.

Activate the mountain protection formation.

Since they dare to come,

we should make sure they never leave.

Yes.

What's that?

It's the War Demon's mountain protection formation.

It seems the War Demons

have indeed abducted many children of the human race

and brought them up here.

Yunniang must have found out

their whereabouts,

and that's why she followed.

Let's split up.

I'll go break the formation

to divert their attention.

You go find Yunniang.

Okay.

But remember:

no matter what dangers you encounter,

don't fight hard.

If Yuanzhong returns

and finds we're not there,

he will surely come for us.

Once he arrives,

everything will change for the better.

Miss Ji,

was everything you and my master said

last night true?

If I continue

practicing that technique,

I'll forget myself

and become someone else entirely?

Yes.

But Pei Jiu,

Lu Chen is Yuanzhong's friend.

They're friends for life who have been through

thick and thin together.

If you were gone,

Yunniang would be heartbroken,

and so would I,

because we only know

the current you.

But looking at it from their angle,

if Yuanzhong lost his friend,

he would be just as upset.

In this matter,

everyone has their own stance.

There's no right or wrong.

You only need to remember one thing:

whether you're Pei Jiu

or Lu Chen,

you're not alone.

We all care about you.

I understand.

Thank you, Miss Ji.

Let's go.

How did you get here so quickly?

Any slower,

and you'd have become wolf chow.

Don't underestimate me.

Why are there so many vicious wolves?

Where there are vicious wolves, there must be a vicious master.

The High Priest of the Youhu Clan has personally arrived.

What an impressive display of skill.

Indeed, the vicious master has appeared.

Who is she?

The new chief of the War Demon,

Li Chaoyang.

Surname Li?

What's your relation to Li Changtian?

He was my father.

I see.

If we're speaking in those terms,

she should call you uncle.

How dare you!

Yuanzhong.

You are the sworn enemy of our clan

and the lifelong hatred of my father.

Today, if I take your life,

it'll be heaven's justice.

With just you?

And these few rabid dogs of yours?

I'm afraid you're the only one who'll be meeting your maker.

Such arrogance.

This won't do.

We must find a way to break their formation.

That move is not bad.

And then?

Then?

Wait for me to gather my strength and break out.

Little one?

Little one?

Can you hear me?

What's wrong with you?

I know you heard me.

What happened?

This is not up to you.

Come and meet me.

Yuanzhong?

Don't move.

He seems to be in a meditative trance.

Meditative trance?

With an enemy at the gates, he meditates?

This wasn't his choice.

Something's off here.

I'm going to check.

Check?

How?

This barrier should be able to be

reinforced with magical power.

You stand guard.

Yuanzhong?

You're injured.

Injured, yes.

But I'm not the person you're looking for.

You're not Yuanzhong.

Yes and no.

This is Yuanzhong's Cave of Spiritual Consciousness,

and I am the essence of his spiritual consciousness.

You're the essence of his spiritual consciousness?

Then... why are you injured?

Demon Dragon.

Demon Dragon?

During the war between gods and demons,

the Demon God had a demon dragon as his mount.

When the Demon God was defeated,

his demon dragon also fell to the mortal realm.

Although its physical body was destroyed,

its spiritual consciousness

fell into a slumber in Orange Lake.

It might have never seen the light of day again.

However, Lu Chen's arrival

awakened it.

It then took the opportunity

and entered Lu Chen's body.

This was also the reason

why Lu Chen was severely injured and lost his memory in the first place.

So that's what happened.

Later, when Yuanzhong was teaching Lu Chen,

the Demon Dragon thought

that Yuanzhong would be an even better

vessel to possess.

So it transformed into a wisp of demonic energy

and entered Yuanzhong's

sea of consciousness.

I fought against it for days,

but in the end, I was no match for it.

It severely wounded me

and then entered the cave.

The Demon Dragon entered

Yuanzhong's Cave of Spiritual Consciousness?