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(The Journey of Flower)

(Episode 1)

(Wan Fu Palace)

Goodness.

Dear Heavens, please bless us.

The baby is born!

This is bad.

The child was born following an unusual anomaly.

Could it be...

My beloved.

What happened to you?

This unusual fragrance caused flowers and plants to wither.

Who is this child?

This child was born with an unusual fragrance.

She is liable to incur calamities.

This Demon-Warding Brocade I have bestowed upon her...

can conceal her scent.

But it can only keep her safe...

for 16 years.

Sixteen years to this day,

you must take her to Mount Shu to become an apprentice.

You must bear this in mind.

Master Qing Xu.

This child...

doesn't have a name yet.

Would you please name her?

All the plants withered upon her birth.

This child shall be named...

Hua Qian Gu.

Hua Qian Gu?

I was born in Hua Lian Village.

I like this village that is like a paradise.

However, the villagers don't like me.

They say that I am a bearer of calamity.

I have to live with Father on the outskirts of the village.

I am almost 16 years old now.

My wish is to have a lot of friends.

However...

Drive her away! She's a demon!

- Drive her away! - Drive her away!

Will I really bring misfortune to others?

No.

As long as I don't lose hope,

there will come a day...

when I have friends at my side.

With great power...

comes great responsibility.

I am devoted to immortal cultivation under Chang Liu Sect.

I, Bai Zi Hua, only wish to uphold...

the righteous path,

guard the prosperity of Chang Liu and protect the peace in the world.

In Chang Liu Sect,

Mo Yan and Zi Hua have attained...

the highest level of immortal cultivation.

Although Mo Yan has staunch moral integrity,

he can't help but be a bit prejudiced.

Zi Hua,

though 16 years have passed,

you never told me...

what happened that year to you Five High Immortals.

As such,

I have no choice but to pass on my position to you.

Mo Yan and Sheng Xiao Mo,

the two of you must assist Zi Hua.

- Yes. - Yes.

Master,

I am wholly focused on immortal cultivation...

and do not know how to manage mundane affairs.

I can't accept this responsibility.

Zi Hua.

We are in troubled times.

Seven Murder Factions are stirring up trouble.

You must prevent them...

from collecting the Ten Holy Relics,

opening the Void Cave, and releasing the Primordial Force.

Or else, all living beings will be plunged into misery and destitution.

For the sake of all living beings...

and the true path of humanity,

you must take up this heavy responsibility.

I have learned that Seven Murder Factions...

have gathered around Mount Shu.

Before you take over as sect leader,

venture out for training experience...

and investigate while you're out there.

However, you must keep the sect rules in mind.

During your training, you must not use any magic.

Set out right away.

Yes.

Zi Hua,

back then, the five of us traveled around the world upholding justice.

We had such a carefree and easy life.

However, Dong Hua has disappeared and Wu Gou has retired.

Now, even you are going to take the position of the sect leader.

Have you considered Zi Xun's feelings?

Or my feelings?

This is Master's order.

I can't disobey it.

Zi Hua,

didn't you say...

you only wanted to roam the world and protect the people?

Why have you now decided to accept the position of sect leader?

Lord of Strange Decay, what's the matter?

Bai Zi Hua,

you Five High Immortals killed my father!

I will make you all live a life worse than death!

I have waited 16 years...

to avenge my father's death.

Bai Zi Hua,

you are unrivaled in this world...

when it comes to martial arts skills.

I can't kill you.

But look.

I have finally found your fate calamity.

No way.

I need to find Physician Zhang to save my father!

(Hua Lian Village)

Physician Zhang!

Physician Zhang, open up!

Physician Zhang...

Physician Zhang!

Physician Zhang!

Please help my father, Physician Zhang!

Physician Zhang?

Physician Zhang!

Hand me the sword!

What are you doing?

Fetching medicine for my father.

All right, that's enough.

This way.

Father!

Father!

Father, how are you feeling?

I have medicine for you!

- A Mount Shu barrier? - Wake up!

Father!

Father!

Wake up, Father!

Father.

You're awake.

Thank you.

My child, who...

Who is this?

He is...

I was chased by bad people while on the road.

Fortunately, he came to my rescue.

I am Mo Bing.

I am a traveler who is just passing by.

Mr. Mo?

Thank you.

- Father! - Don't get up.

Give me the medicine. I'll brew it.

Here.

Qian Gu,

I do not have much longer to live.

After I die,

you must take good care of yourself.

Father, don't say that!

You will be fine, Father.

Villagers, come with me!

Today, we must avenge Physician Zhang!

Enforce justice on behalf of Heaven!

Avenge Physician Zhang!

Burn her to death!

Burn the demon!

- Burn her to death! - Burn her to death!

Stop!

Stop setting fires!

Stop now!

Burn her to death!

Burn the demon!

Burn her!

Go take care of your father.

Father.

Careful.

Mo Bing, don't worry about us!

Escape quickly!

Burn her to death!

Demon!

The fire...

Father.

- Father, hang in there. - Go quickly.

Father.

I'll fetch some water.

All right.

Father, are you all right?

Zi Xun, thank you.

Don't mention it.

I was just being a busybody.

Qian Gu.

Don't blame them.

They're just afraid.

They don't know what they're doing.

Father, stop talking.

You must remember...

that you must go...

to Mount Shu.

Father, I know.

Go to Mount Shu to find Master Qing Xu.

Father, I will go once you recover.

Good.

Father!

Mo Bing!

Come and take a look at my father.

He can't hold out much longer.

- I won't help you save him. - Father.

Father!

Mo Bing, what should I do?

What should I do, Mo Bing?

According to Chang Liu's rules,

one is not allowed to use magic during the training period.

I would like to see this.

Bai Zi Hua, you are one who takes it upon yourself to protect the people.

Between the position of sect leader and saving a life,

which will you choose?

Zi Xun.

Father?

Father?

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father, wake up!

Father!

Father, wake up!

Father!

(Grave of Hua Zheng Wen)

Why do those villagers bear such hostility for you?

It's because my mother died as soon as I was born.

Not only does my blood cause plants to wither,

it also attracts demons.

The villagers think of me as a monster.

In order to avoid the villagers,

he has been living with me outside the village.

I am a bearer of ill luck.

Anybody who comes near me will meet with misfortune.

I see.

It's all right.

I have gotten used to it after all these years.

Sometimes,

I feel very sad.

It makes me want to cry.

But I was born without tears.

I can't muster up a single tear.

Do you hate them?

As my father said,

they are just afraid.

They're afraid of getting hurt.

They're afraid their family will be hurt.

They haven't done anything wrong.

I am the one at fault.

Perhaps...

Perhaps I should never have been born.

What do you plan on doing now?

Before he died, my father told me...

to go to Mount Shu to find Master Qing Xu.

Here is some money.

Take it.

Be safe in your travels.

Mo Bing!

My birthday is in three days.

Can you stay...

and spend my birthday with me before you leave?

I don't have a single friend.

In past years, my father celebrated my birthday with me.

But my father...

Mo Bing, I saw the peach blossoms blooming,

so I picked some and made peach blossom soup.

Try it.

What do you think?

Is it good?

Yes.

I'm giving you this sword for your defense.

It's for me?

Thank you, Mo Bing.

Consider it a birthday gift.

I have never received such a nice birthday gift.

I'll teach you a sword technique.

You might encounter dangers on the way to Mount Shu.

I'll teach you to use a sword so you can defend yourself.

This young lady has nobody to rely on now.

Who knows what will happen on her journey to Mount Shu?

I can only do what little I can to help her.

The future will be in the hands of fate.

Mo Bing, the food is ready.

Dig in quickly.

Ms. Qian Gu, today is your birthday.

It's not the perfect day until you eat a bun.

Mo Bing, where are you going next?

When I return from Mount Shu,

will I get to see you again?

We will meet again if fate allows it.

Ms. Qian Gu.

Every person has a path they must walk alone.

I must bear the heavy responsibility of my sect.

After we part today,

we will never meet again.

Mo Bing?

Mo Bing?

Mo Bing?

Mo Bing left.

Why?

Why didn't he say goodbye?

The inauguration of Chang Liu's new sect leader...

will now begin.

May the new sect leader come forth!

Read the Sect Leader's Precepts.

One, to guard against greed.

Two, to guard against anger.

Three, to guard against emotion.

Bestow the Sect Leader's Palace Plume.

(Heartless Hall)

Bear this in mind.

The burden on your shoulders isn't just one person,

but all living beings in the world.

(Mount Shu)

How strange.

Lately, I seem to be forgetting how Mo Bing looks.

Is it because I'm tired?

What's this?

There are radishes!

Leave!

Leave?

Yes, I'll leave.

Confucius said, "Look and listen not at what is contrary to propriety."

I am Dongfang Yu Qing. I didn't mean to offend.

Please forgive me if I have done so.

I can't stand to feel guilty.

If you bear ill feelings towards me, I will never be able to find peace.

Please punish me!

Well...

Since it was unintentional, I forgive you.

Farewell then.

Miss, where are you headed?

- I... - Listen.

The wilderness stretches for several miles in this area.

Bandits and outlaws roam the area.

You must be careful.

I know. Thank you.

Miss!

Stop blocking my way, sir.

I have to get on my way!

I have considered, contemplated, and mulled over it for a long time.

I finally decided on a surefire plan...

to make amends for my earlier discourtesy.

I swear to the Heavens...

that once I pass the imperial examinations,

I will return to marry you.

Miss, I still don't know what your name is or where you live.

I'll draft the marriage contract now to make it official. How's that?

Miss?

- Miss! - Stop following me!

Miss, wait up!

It's not what you think! Listen!

Miss, stop running.

Miss!

Wait for me!

Slow down, miss!

Listen, miss!

My goodness.

I finally ditched him.

I'm exhausted.

Does the radish taste good?

Of course it tastes good.

Miss, are you going to Mount Shu?

Do you have an idea?

Mount Shu is protected by Taoist wards...

which forms a barrier.

You can't enter unless you are a sect member.

But all the locals know this.

Why don't you know this?

Where are you from?

That means there is no way I can get in.

That's not necessarily so.

In Yao Ge City at the foot of this mountain,

there is a place called Pavilion of Strange Decay...

which has a reputation for knowing everything in this world.

As long as you pay an equivalent price,

he will point you in the right direction.

Why don't I go with you?

What do you say?

Miss!

Miss!

What have I done now?

(Pavilion of Strange Decay)

- Someone is coming out! - Someone is coming out!

I brought something!

Lord of Strange Decay, there is nothing he doesn't know!

Anything about this vast universe, you may ask!

(Radish)

Who is it?

- What is it? - What does he want?

- Radishes? - Go fetch radishes!

Go get radishes!

If you have the gift prepared, then come on in.

All right!

I am Ni Man Tian, the daughter of Peng Lai Island's sect leader.

I need to see the lord of the Pavilion of Strange Decay.

I heard that he likes to receive gifts upon meeting.

These are rare treasures from Peng Lai.

It's just a little something. Please accept it.

Lord of Strange Decay is only accepting radishes today.

Miss, please be on your way.

If there's something I want to do,

a servant is in no position to dictate to me.

Lord of Strange Decay, come out!

Pavilion of Strange Decay?

This place is so secretive and suspicious.

I'll go home and tell my father to level this place to the ground!

Hey.

- Young lady? - Yes?

Go inside.

Miss,

are a few radishes sufficient to meet with the Lord of Strange Decay?

This is the rule at Pavilion of Strange Decay.

Are you going inside or not?

I...

Is anyone here?

Is anyone here?

Is anyone here?

Hey, don't run!

Is anyone here?

He saw it. He saw it all.

Don't open your eyes.

Don't stick out your tongue!

How scary!

That ravenous wolf ate him!

How pitiful!

I want to go into the water!

It's best in the water!

Don't go!

Are you a human or a ghost?

Why are you trespassing...

on Pavilion of Strange Decay's forbidden grounds?

So you're not a ghost.

That's good.

I'm sorry.

I'll leave right away.

You have seen...

the greatest secret of Pavilion of Strange Decay.

Do you think you can just leave?

I won't tell anyone.

If I do,

I'll die a horrible death!

Whether you die a horrible death or not,

do you think it will still be up to you?

You trespassed in Pavilion of Strange Decay.

The price will be this drop of blood.

Then I'll take my leave now.

Leave?

I have already received your gift.

I have also received what I wanted.

You're rushing to leave without asking a question first.

How nice of you.

Are you...

Are you Lord of Strange Decay?

Have you just figured that out?

Who did you think I was?

I want to go to Mount Shu, but I...

- Don't go there. - Exactly.

- It is off-limits. - Yes, it won't end well if you go.

- Definitely. - She really mustn't go.

Definitely not.

When you go to Mount Shu,

no matter what your objective is,

you are bound to be disappointed.

What?

If you gain nothing from going to Mount Shu,

will you still go?

Of course.

It was my father's last wish.

I must do my best to fulfill it.

This is the Heavenly Water Droplet.

It is made from the tears of a phoenix.

A drop of your blood is in it.

It can help you cross Mount Shu's barrier...

without being hindered.

Really?

This will let me go up Mount Shu?

This treasure of Pavilion of Strange Decay...

can do more than just help you go up Mount Shu.

You may go.

Then...

Can I ask you another question?

What do you want to ask?

I have a friend.

I want to know...

when I can see him again.

A friend?

A lover?

No!

Aside from my father,

he was the first person in this world who treated me well.

I want to see him again...

and say thank you.

I can tell you,

but Pavilion of Strange Decay has a rule.

Every question answered...

comes with a price.

What do you want?

Originally,

your secret should have been the price.

"Secret"?

Never mind.

Consider this a favor.

I will demand payment from you later.

Really?

Thank you.

You have yet to know what the price is.

Anyway, this person won't be hard to find.

Just go to Chang Liu.

Chang Liu?

Will I be able to find him in Chang Liu?

Yes.

This is great.

Once I go to Mount Shu and fulfill my father's wish,

I'll go to Chang Liu to find him.

Thank you for your advice, Lord of Strange Decay.

- Guardian Shan! - Guardian Shan!

He really didn't lie to me.

Seven Murder Factions are on a killing rampage at Mount Shu.

It seems they are targeting the Heavenly Chain of Restraint.

Who is this girl?

Should we send disciples to Mount Shu to provide assistance?

I'm afraid it's already too late.

I'll head to Mount Shu first.

Why have all these Taoist masters been murdered?

Where is Taoist Qing Xu?