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[The Unclouded Soul]

[Episode 6]

Mr. Liu,

could you let us make your two daughters as bait

to lure out the Demon King

and rid the people of this menace?

Absolutely not!

I...

The Feiyu Guard here,

so don't worry, sir.

We will make sure she's completely safe.

This great demon is way too rampant.

If we don't figure out a way to kill it,

-Xiao Yao, let's go. -more people will die.

There's still no way!

These are my only 2 precious daughters.

I can't just watch them go to their deaths!

How do you know your family won't be next?

My family will definitely not be next.

Tan'er wants to see you.

Tan'er?

Any updates on the great demon?

Hong Ye wasn't the one behind it.

You heard it all?

How do you know it wasn't him?

I just know.

You saw him today?

Nope.

You did see him.

Tan'er, why didn't you summon me?

Sir,

she's that female swindler from before!

She stepped on and damaged the tiles of my office in broad daylight.

This is illegal!

I came with good intentions to be bait in place of your daughters

to lure out the great demon.

Okay, step wherever you like.

Tell our men to fall back a bit.

Yes.

This mist

doesn't seem quite right.

Xiao Yao!

Xiao Yao!

Xiao Yao!

Come back quickly!

You go find boats now to cross

the river and catch up with me.

-Yes. -Yes.

Guys, take our time to look for boats.

No rush.

Hong Ye?

Xiao Yao?

Tan'er,

which direction is it exactly?

Lord Bingzhu!

Lord Bingzhu, this way!

Xiao Yao?

Come on!

There you are.

I have been waiting for you all this time,

waiting for you to find me.

You've been waiting for me?

Ever since you left Demons' Valley,

I've been waiting for you,

waiting for your return

to my side.

Why are you suddenly telling me all this?

I don't know why,

but seeing you

always makes me feel so happy.

The moment we part,

I just can't wait to see you again.

What about you?

Do you feel the same way?

I don't know why I like you,

but I know

that with you around,

I can't see anyone else.

Xiao Yao,

from now on,

we'll be together.

I'll stay by your side,

cherish you,

watch the sun rise and set with you every day,

and even reach for the stars and the moon for you.

Would you like that?

I want to be with you forever.

But,

there's one final condition.

What condition?

You have to become a complete demon,

feed on human blood

to increase your power,

and never return to the mortal world.

Xiao Yao!

Brother!

Brother!

Save me, please!

Brother! It hurts so much!

Tan'er?

Did you really

kill those women?

No, I won't eat humans.

Absolutely not.

If you don't eat them,

you just can't become a pure demon.

You'll also have to die like those women

at the bottom of the lake.

No.

You're not Hong Ye!

You're not Hong Ye!

Who are you?

I am Hong Ye.

-Let go of me! -Don't you recognize me?

You're not Hong Ye!

Bingzhu!

Help!

Bingzhu.

Hurry!

Save me!

It really hurts so much.

Bingzhu...

Help me.

Bingzhu!

Is that you?

Help me!

Tan'er?

Stop running.

You don't need to exhaust yourself on the run anymore.

Anyway, you're never needed as a human.

Why not just turn into a demon

and return all your sufferings

to those who bullied you?

Xiao Yao?

Xiao Yao!

You should call me

Ning'an.

Why are you afraid to look at me?

Hong Ye,

you once said

that you would

die for me.

If you love me,

then give me your life.

Xiao Yao!

My Lord!

My Lord!

My Lord!

Are you real or an illusion?

My Lord! My Lord!

It's me,

Ji Yan.

If you're real,

then retreat.

Go back the way you came.

Pardon?

Retreat!

Yes.

Xiao Yao!

It's me.

Don't touch me!

Don't touch me!

Go away!

I'm the real Hong Ye.

-You summoned me with the jade pendant, -Let go of me!

so I came to find you.

It's really me.

No matter what happened to you just now,

it was just a dream.

It's over now.

You're Hong Ye for real?

You are

the real Hong Ye?

No.

I'm the old demon.

There, there.

Don't be afraid.

I thought I was going to...

It's okay.

It's all over now.

This outfit was a gift from you.

I can give you another one.

I have plenty of money anyway.

Money, money, money.

All you think about is money.

Money can't get you everything.

At least it can get me clothes.

Fine.

Buy whatever you want since you're rich.

You might as well buy me several more outfits

for you mess up with your tears, huh?

This time, I really needed help to save my life.

I didn't summon you for no reason.

I wasn't blaming you before.

Where are we?

It looks like an ordinary forest,

but somehow everything feels so weird.

This is the Misty Forest.

What you saw earlier were

all illusions created by the mist.

It can reflect the deepest desires

buried inside you

and manipulate your body and mind.

Xiao Yao,

from now on,

we'll be together.

I'll stay by your side,

cherish you,

watch the sun rise and set with you every day,

and even reach for the stars and the moon for you.

Would you like that?

What did you

see just now?

Nothing.

I saw nothing.

What about you? Did you see anything?

I...

I saw nothing but you as soon as I entered here.

Well, then,

perhaps we should...

We should get out of here first.

Mm.

Stay behind me.

Did you see anyone else

besides me in this forest just now?

-No. -Nope.

My Lord,

did we lose

that girl?

She must still be in this forest.

But this mist is so spooky

that it can manipulate one's mind.

We can't let our men take this risk again.

Yes.

Little kitty, why are you here alone?

Are you lost?

Flower Lady!

Flower Lady,

where did you go again?

I hear you.

Come on over.

Flower Lady!

Flower Lady.

You naughty thing, I told you not to run around.

Stop meowing.

Li?

Why are you here?

I've found Flower Lady.

[Li]

Let's go back.

Let's go.

We made it out.

Let me take a rest.

We're finally out of there.

What a creepy place.

That girl just now

seems to be the Qionghua Sect's heiress.

It's all your fault. I didn't even get to ask her properly

before you dragged me away.

This forest is so eerie that you are

lucky enough to have made it out.

Yet you're blaming me?

You're a man.

In the human world, even if women speak recklessly,

men shouldn't talk back.

Fine. I won't argue with you.

That masked one,

is he a human or a demon?

Why did you look

so alarmed?

I'm not quite sure either.

I could only sense

a very different aura around him.

He's not like a demon,

and even less like a human.

Neither human nor demon?

Isn't he basically the same as me?

By the way,

where are Luoluo and Dali?

In Pingjiang,

at the magistrate's office.

They've been caught?

Did you come here

because of them?

No.

Actually...

My feet fell asleep.

Six girls died in Pingjiang.

And the Qionghua Sect's heiress has gone missing.

They all say you're the culprit.

I just want to prove to them

that you're not.

Come on,

go back to Demons' Valley with me for now.

Hold on.

What about the blade? We haven't got it yet.

I had Xiao Mu mention stealing the blade

just in order to give you a chance to leave.

Demons' Valley is safe now.

You can do anything as you wish.

What about Luoluo and Dali?

Don't worry.

After ensuring your safety,

I'll go pick them up.

Also...

What about the charges I brought upon you?

Demons' Valley has its rules.

We can't risk our people's lives

just because of Hei Wu's assertion.

My body has fully recovered,

with my power greatly boosted.

If they dare disturb the order again,

I will definitely banish them from Demons' Valley.

By the way,

Bamboo is still young.

Don't take his behaviors personally.

When I return,

I'll make sure he treats you well.

Does this jade pendant

stop working in water?

No.

Then why didn't you come when I almost drowned

last time?

You came?

You did come!

So you were the one who saved me last time, right?

Mm.

That blade also attracted the Feiyu Guards.

I didn't want to fight them in the human realm.

Seeing you safe,

I just left first.

What about that time at the inn?

I summoned you in water at the inn, too.

Mm.

So that means you...

I didn't.

I saw nothing.

I just hid behind the screen.

I haven't even said what it was,

but you already know what I'm talking about.

That means you did see me!

-I... -You saw me!

Xiao Yao,

i-it was you who summoned me.

But...

But you did see me, didn't you?

Xiao Yao, I really didn't see anything.

I only saw you in the wooden tub.

No, I mean...

I-I didn't see the wooden tub.

I did see the wooden tub.

I just... I just didn't see you.

Then I totally freaked out

and hid inside the wooden tub...

I just hid behind the screen.

I really didn't see you.

I could only...

Not mad anymore?

Mm, not mad anymore.

Not anymore.

Stop!

Who allowed you to shoot?

There's still a human on the boat!

Xiao Yao!

You've already lured out Hong Ye,

proving that you're a human, not a demon.

Jump off the boat now!

My Lord,

give the order to shoot.

Forget about Xiao Yao now.

Lord Bingzhu,

Hong Ye is not the culprit.

It's someone else!

The Qionghua Sect Leader's daughter is still alive.

I saw it with my own eyes.

Who else could pull that off other than him?

Demons are always despicable.

Don't be threatened or bewitched by him!

Bewitched?

You say I'm the culprit. Where's your evidence?

Shoot!

Another round!

Lord Bingzhu, you can't kill the innocent.

Hong Ye, tell him

that you didn't harm those girls.

Say it now!

I don't need to explain myself to the Feiyu Guard.

I'll take that as a confession.

Let go of Xiao Yao

and fight me.

Okay.

Lord Bingzhu,

you keep saying he's the culprit.

Do you have any evidence?

What more evidence do we need?

The massacre in the imperial palace a century ago

and Princess Ning'an's death

both involved him!

My past is

none of your business.

If you dare say one more word,

I'll make sure you die the most terrible death!

Die!

Tan'er.

Tan'er!

Lord Bingzhu,

no matter how deep the enmity between humans and demons runs,

if Hong Ye is not the culprit,

he should not bear this unjust blame.

I hope you can judge fairly

and hurry to find the real culprit.

The real culprit?

Very well.

When I get to the bottom of it,

I'll make sure you die fair and square.

My Lord, you used retreat to advance.

What a wise move.

Retreat.

Are you alright?

My Lord.

See if you want the memorial to go like this.

"The Feiyu Guards surrounded

the great demon, Hong Ye, at the lake

and fought him for 4 hours.

Hong Ye was severely wounded.

Though he made a narrow escape,

he was already at death's door,

unable to harm anyone else.

The Feiyu Guards

have mobilized Zhou City's officials to pursue with full force

and will eliminate the demon soon."

Do you want to bring even more shame on us?

Commander Ji,

please tell our men to keep

what happened at the lake today

a secret.

Understood.

Give His Lordship some space.

Take a break, guys.

Tan'er,

what's wrong with you today?

Do you also believe

that Hong Ye is not truly an evil demon?

Princess Ning'an died because of you.

Is that true?

Xiao Yao,

don't ask.

I must look like her so much

so that you mistook me for her when you

saw me for the first time.

If I looked nothing like her,

would you still protect me like this?

You're not saying anything.

At first, I did mistake you for her,

but later I realized you're not the same person.

Now,

no matter who you are,

I will...

There's no "before" or "after" about my identity.

My name is Xiao Yao.

I've been called Xiao Yao my entire life,

not some "Ning'an."

I know you're only nice to me

because I look like Princess Ning'an.

I've accepted it to stay alive.

That's it.

I'm just curious

about what exactly happened between you two.

Just asking.

Looks like

this is really not something I can ask about.

Forget I said anything.

Just some bygones. There's

no need to bring them up again.

I suppose this jade pendant wasn't

meant to protect me, either.

In all my travels,

I never did anything I regretted.

But now, my greatest regret is

that I accidentally woke you up.

♪ Fear that the red thread that bound us, the vows we engraved ♪

Fine.

♪ The "forever" we swore are meant to miss their mark ♪

Since you regret it...

♪ Afraid of the exchanged life and death, the arrows blocking the way ♪

♪ The chains that are hard to break, hard to distinguish ♪

♪ Perhaps it's all for nothing ♪

♪ Love and hate are nothing more ♪

♪ Than a scene we rush through ♪

♪ Afraid of giving my true heart ♪

♪ The obsession that rises like magpies ♪

♪ Boiling hot ♪

Bad demon, shady demon.

Selfish!

Left without hesitation.

These are chaotic times indeed.

Demons have even infiltrated the magistrate's office.

Exactly.

No wonder they've failed to catch any!

Yeah.

Aren't they deceiving and betraying us?

Let's go to the magistrate's office.

Let's go!

-Go take a look. -Let's go.

Dali, Luoluo...

We've searched the entire city with talismans only to find nothing.

So the demons were

hiding in the magistrate's office!

Can't believe

the dignified government office harbored demons!

Were it not for the Qionghua Sect's intelligence,

how long would you plan to keep them hidden?

The Feiyu Guards ordered us to hide them.

It has nothing to do with our office!

Are you saying

that the Feiyu Guards,

whose job is to catch demons,

actually

keep minor demons?

I didn't say anything just now.

Kill him!

Kill him!

Slay the demons!

Kill him!

The Feiyu Guards have kept these 2 minor demons

to help investigate the case.

Master Jin, why make such a fuss?

Are there any discoveries?

Another day has passed,

and I still don't know whether my daughter is alive or not.

Since you, Feiyu Guards, are so out of your mind,

our Qionghua Sect will uphold justice

and execute them

right here and now!

Luoluo! Luoluo!

Luoluo.

Stop it!

I've found your daughter.

She's still alive.

Where is Yunyi?

Release my 2 friends,

and I'll take you to find her.

Your friends?

Though they are demons,

they have never done any evil things.

The one who took your daughter isn't

Demon King Hong Ye.

I saw it myself.

-My daughter... Where on earth is she? -Nonsense!

This woman clearly has a demonic aura,

and she's even protecting demons.

Master Jin, please calm down

and don't hurt the innocent.

Qionghua disciples!

-Yes! -Yes!

Does your daughter have a cat

named Flower Lady?

Only I know

where your daughter is.

If you kill us,

you'll never see her again.

Honey.

You've already exhausted yourself

worrying about our daughter.

Don't force your core energy, or it'll hurt your meridians.

She's my only daughter.

If anything happens to her,

there would be no point in me living.

Put away your swords!

As long as Yunyi can return safe and sound,

I'll release your friends.

Good. It's a deal.

I'll give you 3 days. Three days at most.

Deliver meals twice a day.

Don't let any unauthorized persons

approach here.

Yes.

Luoluo has a big appetite.

Dali needs plenty of water

and sunlight.

Change the meals to 3 deliveries a day.

Prepare a large water tank in the room

and allow them out for half an hour daily.

Yes.

Follow me.

Move aside!

Xiao Yao,

be honest with me.

Do you really have

the confidence to bring her back in 3 days?

I think I can do it.

Do you know that your escape from that forest today was

pure luck?

[Pingjiang Prefecture] [Misty Forest]

Here is

the Misty Forest.

It's not large, only about 666 hectares.

But it's shrouded in mist all year round

with no sunlight.

Locals don't dare to enter it

because once they go in,

almost none can make it out.

Occasionally, some do escape,

but they never remember what happened inside.

It's not as terrifying as you say.

If I could escape once,

I can make it again.

By the way,

today you said

you saw the person who kidnapped the girl?

Yes.

What does he look like?

He has an iron hand

and also a mask on his face.

But strangely enough,

he seemed to mean no harm to the girl.

Instead, they appeared quite close.

Has this forest always been so peculiar?

Not really.

Twenty years ago,

a tribe called Hefeng from the Northern Prairie

grew increasingly powerful

and had frequent conflicts along our Tiancheng Kingdom's borders.

So they sent an assassination team

into our territory,

intending to assassinate His Majesty.

They were discovered by us

and pursued relentlessly.

Ultimately, they ended up being

eliminated in this forest,

with their bodies cremated.

Perhaps those assassins' resentment was so strong

that it gathered to form this mysterious mist

that never dissipates.

So this place became a forbidden area.

Is what you're saying recorded in books

or...

It's recorded in the confidential scrolls of the Feiyu Guards.

Fine, fine. The Feiyu Guards' records.

But when I entered this forest today,

it felt

like someone had set up a barrier.

This barrier is similar to...

It's like the one in Demons' Valley.

Where there's a barrier, there must be a passage.

That makes things easier.

[The news of the demon devouring humans has spread throughout Pingjiang.]

[Suddenly,]

[all the girls started fleeing from the city.]

[The families who didn't have time to escape]

[just had their daughters either hidden]

[or disguised as boys]

[to avoid being found by the demon.]

Dad!

Mom!

My dear.

I don't care!

Just listen to my advice.

Staying home every day is driving me crazy!

-Yeah! I want to hang out! -So boring!

It's still better to be bored

than get eaten by a demon.

You know what?

That demon

only goes after beautiful young ladies like you.

If you die,

handsome Lord Bingzhu

will belong to someone else.

Anyway,

crying and making a fuss won't help.

Honey,

nail these doors

shut completely.

From today on,

before the culprit is caught,

no one is allowed to step outside this room.

My Lord, you seem a bit out of sorts.

Did you

have a fight with Xiao Yao again?

"Again"?

I mean,

having a fight isn't a big deal.

The main issue now is that Luoluo and Dali

have ended up in human hands.

What should we do?

Their lives are not in danger for now.

And Xiao Yao

will work it out on her own.

With her half-baked demonic power,

she'll probably just get herself killed.

Miss, do you want to buy hemp ropes?

Are these all the hemp ropes you have? Do you have any more?

Yes, we have more! How many do you need?

I'll take all you have.

Please follow me to the back warehouse.

We have plenty.

Wait.

What do you need so many ropes for?

There's only one way to enter the Misty Forest.

Wait for me here.

No,

I must go to Pingjiang City myself.

No, you can't.

My Lord, you can go if you want to.

I'll wait for your return.

No...

See? I was right on the money.

I'll take them all.

Please deliver them to the magistrate's office.

No problem.

Who are you?