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This drought looks
even worse than I expected.
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Right. The shops are all closed,
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and the townsfolk can barely get by.
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There's demonic energy
from Han Ba everywhere.
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He really is clever,
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spreading his demonic energy
all over the city.
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Now it's impossible to pin down
his exact location.
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Bai Ze said
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that as soon as Han Ba spoke,
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the searing heat inside him would escape
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and bring drought upon the land.
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That's why he always kept his mouth shut
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and cultivated alone.
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Judging by the scale of this drought,
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Han Ba's probably
turned into a chatterbox by now.
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By the way, did you tell You Chi
about Ji Ling?
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-Mother…
-Not yet.
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I'm hungry.
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I'm worried that if he finds out,
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every weasel in the streets will know too.
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That'll be no different
from posting notices all over the city.
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See? We've only been apart for a while,
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and Wu Shiguang already misses me.
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Obviously, Wu Shiguang
has ditched his friend
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now that he has a loved one.
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Why else did he dump you on me?
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Nonsense.
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I'm the unlucky one here,
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getting stuck with a scary brute like you
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to look for a place to stay.
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Look at this fierce face of yours.
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Even if we find an inn,
they might not dare take us in.
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-Have you heard of a saying?
-What saying?
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Weasel, meet your maker.
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There's not a soul in sight.
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How are we supposed
to find a place to stay?
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Let's look around first.
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Here.
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What,
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you don't like it anymore?
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It doesn't really go
with what I'm wearing today.
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And you think
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it goes well with me?
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Just hold it.
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Besides, I haven't seen
Ji Ling in a very long time.
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Ji Ling…
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-All you ever talk about is Ji Ling.
-Ji.
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Don't call me that
in front of the others later.
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You don't like it?
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It's not that. It makes me sound
like some half-grown kid.
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But it's cute.
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Fine. Call me whatever you like.
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Fair's fair.
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From now on, Ji, you can call me Wu too.
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Wu?
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Like the sound a fox makes?
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Awoo!
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Its name is Wu.
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Sorry, but the name's been taken.
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Master Dragon Deity,
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that kind of joke doesn't really suit you.
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Cut it out.
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Did Jiu Ying give you a hard time
back in the Formless Moon?
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I'm fine.
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On the other hand,
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you used to be
at each other's throats with Ji Ling,
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but now you two
are getting along pretty well.
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A hundred years on the divine throne,
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walking on thin ice,
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pretending to be someone else,
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and living like a shadow,
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never able to speak the truth,
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he doesn't have it easy.
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He lived in loneliness for a century.
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But now that he's met Wuyi,
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he's got some youthful spirit back.
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Even the way he dresses
has gotten younger.
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Wouldn't you call that an old tree
coming back into bloom?
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You and Lu Wuyi
are both thousand-year-old foxes.
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Compared to you two,
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Ji Ling and I are the tender shoots.
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You're siding with him already?
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People always say
fox demons are heartless,
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but Wuyi takes love
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more seriously than anything.
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It's a blessing
that he's won Wuyi's heart.
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Even if it comes with misfortune,
he should accept it without complaint.
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Then what about you?
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You're a fox demon too.
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Where's your heart?
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Vacant rooms!
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Clean and comfortable rooms
at fair prices!
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Don't miss out!
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A desert oasis
and a spring in the wasteland.
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-this is the perfect haven for travelers!
-With the whole city this desolate,
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someone's still drumming up business
for an inn?
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It's definitely a trap.
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A trap?
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The inn is brightly lit
and spotlessly clean.
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Don't go throwing that word around.
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Times are unusual right now,
so we're running a special promotion.
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We're collecting curious stories
from ordinary folk.
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If you two can offer us a good one,
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your stay is on the house.
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On the house?
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That sounds good.
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-Where's your inn? Is it far?
-Not far at all.
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It's right here.
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CHATTER INN
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-Wangyan!
-Wuyi.
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You're here too?
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What's going on?
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I scared him.
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Ji's all fair and pretty.
How could he have scared anyone?
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Didn't we agree you wouldn't call me Ji?
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What's wrong, Ji?
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Ji?
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It seems the innkeeper knows Ji Ling.
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Of course he does.
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He is Han Ba.
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Is that so? Ji…
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I'm exhausted.
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I can't do this anymore.
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I can't.
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My legs are about to give out.
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You go find an inn.
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I'll just curl up
in some hole by the road.
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-No way.
-Then carry me.
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Listen.
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Walk on your own. I'm not carrying you.
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What?
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Listen. Don't turn around.
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There's a girl following me
and sneaking looks at me.
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Hey!
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Get back here. What are you doing?
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She's following me.
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What nonsense.
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She's not blind.
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It's obvious which of us is more handsome.
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Miss, I'm You…
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Are you the one who used to be
by Master Chi Wen's side?
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I'm Li Jie.
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Do… Do you still remember me?
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Master Chi Wen,
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please… please watch
over my great-grandmother.
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Please let her get better soon.
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Please… please let her recover quickly.
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Please.
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Master Chi Wen sent me
to pass a message on to you.
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Your long vigil and prayers here
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show a devotion
heaven and earth can witness.
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But birth, aging, sickness, and death
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are the ways of the world.
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Every mortal life has its end.
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The Dragon Deity's Power
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cannot be used
to reverse the laws of nature.
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Instead of wasting your time
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kneeling here in prayer,
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you should spend
more time with your family
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and cherish the days you have.
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Does the Master Dragon Deity know
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about all the suffering in this world?
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He does.
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Then does he just ignore it all?
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Master Dragon Deity said
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what carries us through suffering
and helps us overcome evil
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is not the protection of the gods,
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but the hope and courage
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that never fade
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from our hearts.
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He asked me to return this to you.
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Do you remember this?
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I do.
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Master Dragon Deity,
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have you come to take back
the Dragon Deity's Power?
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And you're telling me
this man is a dragon,
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and these two are foxes
over 1,000 years old?
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This is too much for me.
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I only wanted to run a small business
and keep an inn.
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Why send such a force to come after me?
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Luo'an is parched with drought.
Why do you think?
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Why did you run into the inn and hide?
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Did you think that door would keep me out?
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Why's the inn door busted?
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Did some bandit barge in
and start looting and killing?
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Don't be scared. I'll take care of them!
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You're all here?
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You beat us again.
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My eyes are quite alluring.
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What are you all doing?
Why is the mood so tense?
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Forcing…
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asking someone to hand
over the Dragon Deity's Power.
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Are you afraid that once
you hand it over, you'll die?
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These extra years I've lived,
propped up by the Dragon Deity's Power,
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were stolen to begin with.
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I'm not afraid of dying.
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What I'm afraid of
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is that once I hand over
the Dragon Deity's Power,
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the searing heat inside me
will spiral out of control,
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and drought will break out
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across the whole world.
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Once we gather
all of the Dragon Deity's Power,
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he can become a true dragon,
summon wind and rain,
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and end the drought.
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Helping him become a dragon
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was also Master Chi Wen's wish.
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Master Chi Wen?
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Is everyone talking about
themselves in the third person now?
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So you're the Tenth Dragon Son
we've all been waiting for?
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That's right.
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What is it? Don't I look the part?
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I wouldn't dare say that.
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I just didn't expect
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the Tenth Dragon Son
to look so utterly ordinary.
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You've hidden it well.
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See? I told you.
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You should've bought some nicer outfits.
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Look at Ji Ling. He dresses
so flamboyantly every day.
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I heard that.
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Both of my ears heard every word.
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These past years,
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my injuries have only worsened.
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The only thing that can suppress
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the searing heat inside me
is the Dragon Deity's Power.
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I didn't take back my power
to break the oath,
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but to suppress the searing heat.
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Are your injuries
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really incurable?
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That's why
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this drought befell Luo'an.
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I see.
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But Luo'an was doomed to drought.
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Even if you had kept your mouth shut,
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it wouldn't have changed anything.
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I only started talking
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to fulfill a young girl's wish.
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She's the girl I was talking about.
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Her name is Mu Long.
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These are all stories she and I collected
by waiving lodging fees.
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I want to help Mu Long
finish her story collection.
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All that's missing now is an ending.
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I've watched Mu Long grow up.
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Since childhood, she's had a stutter,
kept to herself,
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and struggled to get along with people.
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The only thing that can make her speak
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is when it concerns
this collection of stories.
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I have to help her finish it.
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Masters and madams,
please give me one more day.
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Just one more day.
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Tomorrow, I will return
the Dragon Deity's Power.
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Do you…
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Do you really have good stories?
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All right!
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Based on how good your stories were,
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I've assigned your rooms.
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From the most luxurious
to the most modest,
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they're divided into Heaven, Earth,
and Human tiers.
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Sleep well, everyone.
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Han Ba, how dare you put
Master Dragon Deity in a Human-tier room?
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An Earth-tier room?
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Got a problem?
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-We need two rooms.
-Yes.
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As I recall,
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this lady didn't tell a story just now.
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00:18:50,905 --> 00:18:52,745
Are you planning to sleep
on the street tonight?
266
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I only tell my stories to the one I love.
267
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Go on. I don't mind
being the one you love.
268
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But I do.
269
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I already have someone I love.
270
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He is the one I love,
271
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and that's settled for life.
272
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I already have someone I love.
273
00:19:14,345 --> 00:19:17,705
He is the one I love,
and that's settled for life.
274
00:19:23,025 --> 00:19:25,825
Then the most comfortable
Heaven-tier suite belongs to you.
275
00:19:29,385 --> 00:19:30,585
Thank you, sir.
276
00:19:39,705 --> 00:19:40,745
Here.
277
00:19:41,945 --> 00:19:43,505
I don't accept charity.
278
00:19:45,905 --> 00:19:47,225
Drop the act.
279
00:19:48,185 --> 00:19:49,745
Could you show me some respect?
280
00:19:52,225 --> 00:19:53,465
Hey you!
281
00:20:17,985 --> 00:20:19,225
What are you doing?
282
00:20:20,025 --> 00:20:23,185
Someone's unhappy. I need to cheer him up.
283
00:20:24,905 --> 00:20:25,745
I'm good.
284
00:20:29,385 --> 00:20:30,585
Why are you being petty?
285
00:20:31,265 --> 00:20:32,945
I am broad-minded.
286
00:20:33,665 --> 00:20:35,745
I just think this wine tastes
287
00:20:37,865 --> 00:20:38,705
very sour.
288
00:20:40,985 --> 00:20:42,145
Sour?
289
00:20:45,465 --> 00:20:46,345
How is it sour?
290
00:20:46,425 --> 00:20:47,665
You're way sourer.
291
00:20:49,225 --> 00:20:51,465
Well? Is it sweet?
292
00:20:52,785 --> 00:20:53,665
It is.
293
00:20:56,625 --> 00:20:57,865
I think it's sweet too.
294
00:21:00,945 --> 00:21:02,185
A Heaven-tier room.
295
00:21:06,305 --> 00:21:09,745
Yunjin brocade, silk bedding, and incense.
296
00:21:11,065 --> 00:21:12,265
Who would've thought
297
00:21:12,785 --> 00:21:15,105
that gaudy, flashy stuff like this
298
00:21:15,625 --> 00:21:17,385
would be enough to make you so happy?
299
00:21:20,985 --> 00:21:23,305
Back at the Shilin Sect,
300
00:21:23,385 --> 00:21:25,705
someone prepared all this for me too.
301
00:21:25,785 --> 00:21:26,625
Who was it?
302
00:21:31,425 --> 00:21:33,745
And I remember someone saying…
303
00:21:33,825 --> 00:21:35,385
-I don't accept charity.
-I don't accept charity.
304
00:21:36,025 --> 00:21:38,145
Don't think you can wear down my resolve
305
00:21:39,505 --> 00:21:41,585
-…with fine clothes and good food.
-with fine clothes and good food.
306
00:21:42,825 --> 00:21:44,065
Who was that?
307
00:21:45,345 --> 00:21:46,825
Why do you know everything?
308
00:21:47,945 --> 00:21:50,505
Does everyone in the Shilin Sect
have special sight and hearing?
309
00:21:51,945 --> 00:21:53,065
Take a guess.
310
00:21:54,745 --> 00:21:55,985
Take a guess?
311
00:21:59,105 --> 00:22:00,185
You tell me.
312
00:22:01,425 --> 00:22:02,345
Are you going to tell me or not?
313
00:22:04,065 --> 00:22:05,505
It won't tell me.
314
00:22:06,945 --> 00:22:07,865
Then don't force it.
315
00:22:08,825 --> 00:22:10,025
Then you tell me.
316
00:22:10,105 --> 00:22:12,385
Then go on and ask it.
I don't remember either.
317
00:22:13,625 --> 00:22:14,785
Tell me!
318
00:22:15,305 --> 00:22:17,585
Yes, you. Say it!
319
00:23:57,825 --> 00:23:59,385
May I have a look?
320
00:24:00,265 --> 00:24:03,825
No. Not even Mr. Yan
has read any of these.
321
00:24:03,905 --> 00:24:07,505
No one gets to read my stories
until I've finished all of them.
322
00:24:10,705 --> 00:24:12,705
Why do you like writing stories?
323
00:24:13,825 --> 00:24:17,705
My great-grandmother used
to tell me stories all the time.
324
00:24:18,785 --> 00:24:21,425
She… She always said
that since I stuttered,
325
00:24:21,505 --> 00:24:25,225
writing stories suited me better.
326
00:24:26,545 --> 00:24:27,985
Too bad
327
00:24:28,505 --> 00:24:31,105
she… she'll never get to read them.
328
00:24:34,105 --> 00:24:37,265
Everything in this world
fades away eventually.
329
00:24:37,345 --> 00:24:39,185
But there's a saying,
330
00:24:39,865 --> 00:24:42,705
"Writers never truly die."
331
00:24:43,345 --> 00:24:44,585
As long as their stories are read,
332
00:24:45,265 --> 00:24:48,425
the days they wrote down
can be relived again.
333
00:24:49,705 --> 00:24:51,825
Your great-grandmother
must be in your stories, right?
334
00:24:52,345 --> 00:24:55,345
Then she will always exist in this world.
335
00:24:56,945 --> 00:24:59,305
She said that too.
336
00:24:59,385 --> 00:25:02,945
Stories can weave the wishes
337
00:25:03,665 --> 00:25:06,145
people dare not speak of
338
00:25:06,665 --> 00:25:09,225
and their regrets
339
00:25:09,865 --> 00:25:12,865
into dreams of fiction.
340
00:25:12,945 --> 00:25:14,545
The people in stories
341
00:25:15,065 --> 00:25:16,665
never die.
342
00:25:17,185 --> 00:25:18,305
I wonder whether my regret
343
00:25:20,385 --> 00:25:21,865
will ever have a happy ending.
344
00:25:25,985 --> 00:25:27,025
Here, Miss Mu.
345
00:25:27,665 --> 00:25:29,185
Th… Thank you.
346
00:25:32,745 --> 00:25:34,745
Your regret?
347
00:25:35,265 --> 00:25:37,065
Do… Do you mean
348
00:25:37,145 --> 00:25:39,185
the girl in your story today,
349
00:25:39,705 --> 00:25:42,065
the one who made you a bracelet?
350
00:25:48,025 --> 00:25:49,105
Yes.
351
00:25:49,625 --> 00:25:50,705
It's a pity.
352
00:25:51,825 --> 00:25:53,345
My bracelet broke.
353
00:25:54,465 --> 00:25:55,745
I'm waiting for her.
354
00:25:56,385 --> 00:25:57,665
And I hope that one day,
355
00:25:58,225 --> 00:26:00,865
she'll be willing
to make me another bracelet.
356
00:26:03,065 --> 00:26:05,505
No… No, that's not right.
357
00:26:06,665 --> 00:26:07,865
Why not?
358
00:26:10,145 --> 00:26:13,305
Because this is your story.
359
00:26:13,385 --> 00:26:14,665
You… You can't just wait.
360
00:26:14,745 --> 00:26:18,585
You need to write it yourself
to get the ending you want.
361
00:26:19,585 --> 00:26:23,225
You… You can make a bracelet yourself.
362
00:27:25,425 --> 00:27:28,665
Ji Ling, you've really got a petty streak.
363
00:27:29,425 --> 00:27:32,505
I shared good food and wine with you,
and you're still ignoring me.
364
00:28:21,985 --> 00:28:23,905
Big drumstick. Big drumstick.
365
00:28:23,985 --> 00:28:25,385
Big drumstick.
366
00:28:27,025 --> 00:28:28,105
Miss Mu?
367
00:28:29,825 --> 00:28:31,105
She's asleep.
368
00:28:36,585 --> 00:28:37,705
Let me take a look.
369
00:28:44,025 --> 00:28:46,505
"The Great Demon and Little Pomegranate."
370
00:28:46,585 --> 00:28:47,665
What kind of writing is this?
371
00:28:48,225 --> 00:28:49,225
It's so ugly.
372
00:28:53,185 --> 00:28:56,105
-Miss Mu Long…
-What are you doing? You…
373
00:28:56,185 --> 00:28:59,065
-You've stained my manuscript!
-I'm sorry.
374
00:28:59,145 --> 00:29:00,305
I forgot my hands were covered in grease.
375
00:29:00,385 --> 00:29:01,265
Don't worry…
376
00:29:02,585 --> 00:29:04,145
Hey, don't cry.
377
00:29:04,225 --> 00:29:06,345
I know. I'll go find Wangyan.
378
00:29:06,425 --> 00:29:08,705
She knows magic.
I'll go get her right now.
379
00:29:08,785 --> 00:29:11,145
Wangyan! Help, Wangyan!
380
00:29:11,225 --> 00:29:13,345
Wangyan, where are you?
381
00:29:13,865 --> 00:29:16,385
Wangyan, help! Wangyan!
382
00:29:16,905 --> 00:29:18,025
Wangyan!
383
00:29:19,585 --> 00:29:20,505
Wangyan!
384
00:29:24,385 --> 00:29:25,505
Wangyan!
385
00:29:40,105 --> 00:29:41,345
Wangyan…
386
00:30:01,825 --> 00:30:03,025
Ji Ling,
387
00:30:03,545 --> 00:30:05,305
why did you do this?
388
00:30:10,545 --> 00:30:12,185
You can go kill Chi Wen now.
389
00:30:35,865 --> 00:30:37,105
Wu Shiguang is under Jiu Ying's control.
390
00:30:39,345 --> 00:30:41,545
You really did keep your promise.
391
00:30:42,305 --> 00:30:43,905
Now you can sit
392
00:30:45,225 --> 00:30:49,105
on the Dragon Deity's throne forever.
393
00:30:54,905 --> 00:30:56,665
You killed my sister.
394
00:30:58,665 --> 00:31:00,585
I'll never forgive you.
395
00:31:17,305 --> 00:31:18,425
It was a dream.
396
00:31:29,145 --> 00:31:30,305
Mu Long.
397
00:31:40,985 --> 00:31:41,825
How?
398
00:31:54,865 --> 00:31:56,425
Not even the Dragon Deity's Power could…
399
00:31:56,505 --> 00:31:57,745
This person doesn't seem to fear magic.
400
00:32:10,665 --> 00:32:11,865
Who was that?
401
00:32:11,945 --> 00:32:13,465
Why did they know my bladework so well?
402
00:32:13,545 --> 00:32:14,825
They didn't know it,
403
00:32:15,345 --> 00:32:16,985
but they could predict
every strike you made.
404
00:32:17,625 --> 00:32:18,665
What in the world is going on?
405
00:32:20,545 --> 00:32:21,665
There's only
406
00:32:22,505 --> 00:32:23,945
one person I know
407
00:32:25,585 --> 00:32:26,705
who's capable of that.
408
00:32:30,945 --> 00:32:31,825
Where are Ji Ling and Lu Wuyi?
409
00:32:35,465 --> 00:32:36,585
Master Dragon Deity.
410
00:32:37,825 --> 00:32:38,945
Master Dragon Deity?
411
00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:55,265
Wuyi.
412
00:32:55,905 --> 00:32:56,905
Wuyi?
413
00:33:01,425 --> 00:33:02,545
Master Dragon Deity isn't in his room.
414
00:33:04,625 --> 00:33:05,465
Is Lu Wuyi gone too?
415
00:33:14,665 --> 00:33:16,745
Li Jie, what are you doing?
416
00:33:28,785 --> 00:33:30,225
Were you two
417
00:33:30,745 --> 00:33:32,345
in the room the whole time?
418
00:33:32,905 --> 00:33:33,825
Wangyan…
419
00:34:02,705 --> 00:34:03,745
Wu,
420
00:34:05,065 --> 00:34:06,905
what in the world is going on?
421
00:34:09,264 --> 00:34:10,625
What are you trying to do?
422
00:34:20,665 --> 00:34:21,545
Mu Long?
423
00:34:23,304 --> 00:34:24,264
Mu Long?
424
00:34:32,065 --> 00:34:34,264
If Mu Long can't go back to normal,
425
00:34:35,985 --> 00:34:37,784
none of you are getting
the Dragon Deity's Power.
426
00:34:38,824 --> 00:34:40,344
Are you threatening us?
427
00:34:41,105 --> 00:34:42,065
I know.
428
00:34:42,585 --> 00:34:43,985
There's no way I can beat
429
00:34:44,505 --> 00:34:46,824
two foxes from the Formless Moon
and two dragons.
430
00:34:47,824 --> 00:34:50,625
But I've already hidden away
the Dragon Deity's Power.
431
00:34:51,425 --> 00:34:52,625
If you don't save Mu Long…
432
00:34:53,344 --> 00:34:54,665
We will.
433
00:34:57,985 --> 00:34:59,105
I can try.
434
00:35:00,305 --> 00:35:01,865
She's under Word Magic.
435
00:35:12,985 --> 00:35:13,945
Master Dragon Deity,
436
00:35:14,025 --> 00:35:15,705
a person in black
attacked Mu Long just now.
437
00:35:21,225 --> 00:35:24,145
Go investigate with Wu Shiguang
and the others.
438
00:35:25,425 --> 00:35:26,505
What about you?
439
00:35:27,025 --> 00:35:28,145
Don't you need me with you?
440
00:35:29,865 --> 00:35:31,705
I have something more important to do.
441
00:35:34,865 --> 00:35:35,825
Understood.
442
00:35:57,185 --> 00:35:59,745
I can't wake her.
443
00:36:02,585 --> 00:36:05,385
Whoever cast the spell
is stronger than I am.
444
00:36:05,465 --> 00:36:07,305
But Word Magic
is the Formless Moon's specialty.
445
00:36:07,385 --> 00:36:08,625
Besides someone from the Formless Moon,
446
00:36:08,705 --> 00:36:10,425
who would know this spell?
447
00:36:13,025 --> 00:36:13,985
Xiaowei.
448
00:36:14,625 --> 00:36:15,705
Xiaowei?
449
00:36:17,105 --> 00:36:18,225
You mean Ji Ling?
450
00:36:18,825 --> 00:36:20,825
How dare you suspect Master Dragon Deity?
451
00:36:24,025 --> 00:36:26,505
He can use Xiaowei's spells
through his Spirit-Binding Ring.
452
00:36:26,585 --> 00:36:27,865
Of course I suspect him.
453
00:36:27,945 --> 00:36:29,945
But didn't you just say
454
00:36:30,745 --> 00:36:32,185
Ji Ling was with your sister?
455
00:36:33,705 --> 00:36:36,665
Maybe Wuyi was helping
Ji Ling cover it up.
456
00:36:37,425 --> 00:36:39,545
With all that fighting
in the front courtyard,
457
00:36:39,625 --> 00:36:40,825
how could the Dragon Deity
458
00:36:40,905 --> 00:36:42,785
not have heard anything?
459
00:36:44,465 --> 00:36:47,545
Wangyan, why do you suspect
Ji Ling so much?
460
00:36:48,465 --> 00:36:49,785
Do you know something?
461
00:36:57,025 --> 00:36:58,185
No.
462
00:36:59,025 --> 00:37:01,345
I just think the person in black
was too strong.
463
00:37:01,945 --> 00:37:03,265
Even together, we couldn't beat them.
464
00:37:04,505 --> 00:37:06,745
Commander Li, aside from Ji Ling,
465
00:37:06,825 --> 00:37:09,105
who else knows your bladework that well?
466
00:37:19,945 --> 00:37:21,745
Why don't you suspect Lu Wuyi?
467
00:37:25,265 --> 00:37:27,785
You said she was covering up for Ji Ling.
468
00:37:28,305 --> 00:37:29,865
Why couldn't it be Ji Ling
covering for her instead?
469
00:37:33,305 --> 00:37:34,305
You also said to me…
470
00:37:34,385 --> 00:37:35,225
There's only
471
00:37:35,905 --> 00:37:37,145
one person I know
472
00:37:38,745 --> 00:37:39,865
who's capable of that.
473
00:37:41,105 --> 00:37:42,585
Were you referring
474
00:37:43,985 --> 00:37:45,545
to Lu Wuyi?
475
00:37:48,025 --> 00:37:50,745
Listen. Is it possible
476
00:37:51,745 --> 00:37:53,825
that both of you are wrong?
477
00:37:54,625 --> 00:37:55,825
What if the two of them
were working together
478
00:37:56,945 --> 00:37:58,825
and covering for each other?
479
00:38:01,905 --> 00:38:04,105
What secret is hidden
in the first chapter of this manuscript?
480
00:38:04,905 --> 00:38:07,065
Why would the person in black
go to such lengths over it?
481
00:38:10,265 --> 00:38:11,625
I haven't read it either.
482
00:38:12,345 --> 00:38:15,385
Mu Long said no one was allowed
to read it until it was finished.
483
00:38:17,665 --> 00:38:19,305
Maybe it has something
to do with my memories.
484
00:38:22,985 --> 00:38:24,585
Do you know me?
485
00:38:31,425 --> 00:38:33,065
So you're finally willing
to talk about this.
486
00:38:34,145 --> 00:38:35,705
I thought you were pretending
not to know me
487
00:38:36,745 --> 00:38:38,425
because there was something
you couldn't say.
488
00:38:39,065 --> 00:38:40,785
I even played along with you.
489
00:38:44,705 --> 00:38:45,945
You really don't remember?
490
00:38:48,185 --> 00:38:50,345
Jiu Ying tampered with my memories.
491
00:38:50,425 --> 00:38:53,225
Any memories I had of you are gone.
492
00:38:55,465 --> 00:38:56,665
Little Pomegranate…
493
00:38:58,145 --> 00:38:59,745
Little Pomegranate…
494
00:39:00,545 --> 00:39:02,025
Little Pomegranate?
495
00:39:02,105 --> 00:39:03,185
What did Miss Mu say?
496
00:39:05,345 --> 00:39:06,985
Little Pomegranate?
497
00:39:08,825 --> 00:39:10,265
-What was it again?
-What,
498
00:39:10,785 --> 00:39:12,025
itching for a beating again?
499
00:39:12,625 --> 00:39:13,545
Want me to scratch you with my blade?
500
00:39:13,625 --> 00:39:14,945
Be quiet.
501
00:39:15,465 --> 00:39:16,865
I'm almost remembering it.
502
00:39:18,985 --> 00:39:20,625
Let me show you a place.
503
00:39:20,705 --> 00:39:23,465
Maybe it will clear things up.
504
00:39:25,465 --> 00:39:26,585
And maybe
505
00:39:27,385 --> 00:39:28,705
it'll help you remember something too.
506
00:39:52,225 --> 00:39:53,625
Thank you.
507
00:39:59,705 --> 00:40:00,985
Sister, higher.
508
00:40:02,025 --> 00:40:04,105
Sister, higher!
509
00:40:11,505 --> 00:40:12,625
What is it?
510
00:40:14,985 --> 00:40:15,985
Nothing.
511
00:40:36,705 --> 00:40:38,985
This used to be
Mu Long's great-grandmother's home,
512
00:40:39,625 --> 00:40:41,385
where she lived as a child.
513
00:40:44,025 --> 00:40:45,225
Where she lived?
514
00:40:49,265 --> 00:40:50,305
I remember now!
515
00:40:50,385 --> 00:40:51,465
You scared me.
516
00:40:51,545 --> 00:40:53,545
The manuscript!
The first chapter of that manuscript
517
00:40:54,145 --> 00:40:55,585
was Little Pomegranate's story.
518
00:40:56,105 --> 00:40:58,145
The moment I heard the words
"Little Pomegranate",
519
00:40:58,665 --> 00:41:01,225
I felt like I'd seen them
somewhere before.
520
00:41:02,305 --> 00:41:04,785
"The Great Demon and Little Pomegranate."
521
00:41:04,865 --> 00:41:06,185
What kind of writing is this?
522
00:41:06,265 --> 00:41:07,225
It's so ugly.
523
00:41:07,745 --> 00:41:10,745
The handwriting was all crooked.
It was ugly.
524
00:41:12,545 --> 00:41:13,545
Really ugly.
525
00:41:14,665 --> 00:41:16,545
But still, I recognized the words
"Little" and "Pomegranate".
526
00:41:17,185 --> 00:41:18,105
But
527
00:41:18,785 --> 00:41:20,185
Mu Long's handwriting is very neat.
528
00:41:20,265 --> 00:41:21,505
How could it be crooked?
529
00:41:22,545 --> 00:41:23,785
She had too much to drink.
530
00:41:23,865 --> 00:41:25,145
Shut it.
531
00:41:48,865 --> 00:41:51,185
Little Pomegranate.
532
00:41:57,785 --> 00:41:58,985
Little Pomegranate?
533
00:41:59,065 --> 00:42:01,265
Why does Little Pomegranate
look like she's crying?
534
00:42:05,505 --> 00:42:06,905
Isn't that Wangyan?
535
00:42:16,385 --> 00:42:17,425
This…
536
00:42:18,385 --> 00:42:19,545
This really is me.
537
00:42:21,465 --> 00:42:23,545
But why would I be in this painting?
538
00:42:24,665 --> 00:42:26,945
And that tall, handsome fellow in the back
539
00:42:27,705 --> 00:42:28,625
is Mr. Yan.
540
00:42:29,665 --> 00:42:31,785
The painter is Cui Jun.
541
00:42:33,745 --> 00:42:34,585
Who's Cui Jun?
542
00:42:36,585 --> 00:42:37,545
Maybe
543
00:42:38,785 --> 00:42:39,705
I can try something.
544
00:43:04,385 --> 00:43:05,425
Where did Wu Shiguang and Wangyan go?
545
00:43:05,505 --> 00:43:06,945
How did they disappear
in the blink of an eye?
546
00:43:08,465 --> 00:43:09,985
They've gone into the painting.
547
00:43:10,585 --> 00:43:11,465
Why did they leave me behind?
548
00:43:12,465 --> 00:43:13,385
What good would you do?
549
00:43:13,465 --> 00:43:14,985
What good would I do?
550
00:43:15,065 --> 00:43:15,905
I figured it out already.
551
00:43:17,225 --> 00:43:19,425
The girl in the painting
is Little Pomegranate.
552
00:43:19,505 --> 00:43:21,905
And this story must have
something to do with Mr. Yan.
553
00:43:21,985 --> 00:43:23,625
As for the great demon,
554
00:43:24,145 --> 00:43:26,465
that's you, Han Ba!
555
00:43:27,345 --> 00:43:28,225
Am I right?
556
00:43:29,905 --> 00:43:31,145
Pretty sharp, aren't I?
557
00:43:32,745 --> 00:43:34,025
Good for you.
558
00:43:34,665 --> 00:43:36,105
You've figured out
what everyone already knows.
559
00:43:39,985 --> 00:43:41,385
Your story with Little Pomegranate
560
00:43:41,465 --> 00:43:42,905
must've been full of longing
and heartbreak.
561
00:43:43,625 --> 00:43:44,585
Come on, tell us already.
562
00:43:50,905 --> 00:43:53,105
My name is Su Jian. What's your name?
563
00:43:54,945 --> 00:43:56,305
Why won't you say anything?
564
00:43:56,385 --> 00:43:58,345
You won't even tell me your name?