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[Moonlit Reunion]

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[Adapted from Fuhua's novel,
Mrs. Mei's Way of Love]

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[Episode 33]

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Watch out.

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Good thing my face made it out okay.

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Sorry about that.

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You two had me standing way too close.

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A spark hit me.

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I couldn't help it.

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I knew something felt off.

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Turns out...

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It's a broom spirit.
[*Meaning a walking jinx]

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Talk about bad luck.

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Celestial Master, spare me!

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Please, I beg of you!

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I swear I didn't mean to disturb you.

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I'm a mere broom spirit.

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Please don't banish me!

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You haven't done anything

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to be banished for.

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Get up.

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Right.

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Have you been here long?

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Yes, I have.

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There's something I'd like to ask you.

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What would you like to know?

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Have you ever heard of
Zhuyu magical herb?

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Zhu...

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Zhu...

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Well...

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I get it.

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I'll get

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out of your way.

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I'm leaving.

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What kind of magical herb is that?
What's it for?

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It's a medicinal plant

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used to heal and save lives.

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I see.

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Are you sick?

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Come.

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Come on.

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Careful.

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Take it easy.

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Ma'am, are you alright?

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I'm fine, just a bit dizzy

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from the fall.

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Thank you.

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Are you going up
into the mountains for herbs?

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Yes.

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My family's lived here for generations,

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collecting medicinal herbs for a living.

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Have you ever heard of
the Zhuyu magical herb?

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Zhuyu magical herb?

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Sounds familiar.

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You know where it is?

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Ah, yes.

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A physician named Gu
lives up in the hills.

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Her garden is filled

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with all kinds of spiritual herbs
and rare medicinal plants.

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You might just find
what you're looking for there.

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Zhuyu, let's go check it out.

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Alright.

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Thank you, Ma'am.

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Much appreciated.

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Let's go.

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Wait.

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Why don't we give her a ride?

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You're here for the medicine, I presume.

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This way, please.

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Looks like quite a few people

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came here for her.

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Ms. Gu is truly remarkable.

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I even heard
she's become a half-immortal.

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To her, worldly matters

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are mere trifles.

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I'm not sure if she's a half-immortal,

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but I've heard
she possesses a divine item

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called the Zhuyu magical herb.

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So, you're all here for the herb, too?

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Isn't that

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why everyone comes here?

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Thank you all for coming.

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My master is inside.

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My wife and I came uninvited.

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If we've disturbed you,
please forgive us.

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No worries.

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Those with sincere hearts
will have their wishes granted.

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That was the old lady's voice.

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Be extra careful.

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You've all come for the medicine.

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Then you must understand
that everything comes at a price,

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and illnesses vary
in urgency and severity.

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I'll speak with each of you in turn.

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Please wait outside

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until we call you.

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Sir, with such bearing,

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I'd have thought you lacked for nothing.

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May I ask what brings you here?

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My family

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runs a silk shop.

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I was born into a life
of wealth and privilege.

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Truth be told, I have no real needs.

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Though I've reached middle age

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and have many in my household,

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I've only been blessed

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with daughters,

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no son to inherit my legacy.

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So,

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you're after the herb

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for a son.

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No matter the cost,

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I must secure the herb today.

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Sir, my master
would like to speak with you.

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Why is he going first?

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Exactly.

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We've been waiting

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just as long.

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Everyone,

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please be patient.

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My master said

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everything will be handled fairly.

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Whether a condition is curable

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or how it should be treated

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has nothing to do
with the order of your conversation.

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Sir, this way please.

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Fairness? In this world? Please.

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Some are born with silver spoons
in their mouths.

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And they'll do whatever it takes

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to pass that fortune down.

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Others...

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scrape through life in rags.

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Why did you say so?

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Sir, you look so radiant

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and healthy,

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not at all like someone
burdened by illness.

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My ancestors were all officials,

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but I failed the exams over and over,

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and didn't finally earn the title

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until I was middle-aged.

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Just when life started to look up,

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I watched myself grow old, fast.

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You think I'm ready to let go?

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No. I want more time.

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I want to enjoy

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the power, the wealth
I fought so hard to earn.

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But life doesn't wait.

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Even if you crave it,

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it runs out.

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Unless you seek immortality.

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Of course I do.

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Why shouldn't I?

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It's the only thing
I've ever truly wanted.

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I must have it...

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at any cost.

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That's right.

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Fair? That's a luxury
most people never get.

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I was born beautiful

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and grew up to be the most admired woman
for miles around.

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Then this year,

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out of nowhere, a new bride shows up
in the next village.

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Apparently, she's the prettier one.

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And just like that,

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I lost my crown without a fight.

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Of course I'm not fine with it.

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I'd give anything to outshine her.

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Even my life.

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I'm going to have a son!

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A son, finally!

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Thank you, Ms. Gu.

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I can't believe
I'm really going to have a son!

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Sir, my master would like to see you.

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Childbearing is one thing.

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But that old man's wish...

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Can anyone truly live forever?

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We'll know once he comes out.

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Thank you.

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Though not eternal,

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my days

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shall stretch far and wide.

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That's enough.

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A long season of glory.

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That's enough.

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More than enough.

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Zhuyu,

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any idea what they're saying in there?

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Something about this just feels off.

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And what about me?

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It's almost dark.

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Am I next or not?

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Miss, there's no need to worry.

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Please, this way.

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Let's go.

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You seem rather calm.

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Everything follows its own rhythm.

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First come, first served.

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No use rushing it.

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Careful.

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- I'm the most beautiful now.
- Watch your step.

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That's right, I'm the prettiest.

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Careful.

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Are you okay?

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I'm fine.

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I outshine them all.

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No one compares to me.

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Watch the steps.

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Take care.

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Though you came together,

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my master only sees patients.

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So, which one of you
is here for treatment?

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Her.

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Me?

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Go ahead. I'll wait here.

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Please, come with me.

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Sir, aren't you afraid?

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Afraid of what?

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They say Ms. Gu's treatments

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always come at a price.

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Aren't you worried
your wife might decide everything

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without even telling you?

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No.

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Why not?

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Because the real danger is you.

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Ms. Gu.

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What is it you seek today?

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I'm not sure myself.

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I just found out I was sick,

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so I came to see you about it.

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You don't even know what ails you,

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and you're not asking for anything,

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so why did you come here at all?

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Fine.

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Let me take a look.

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Your condition is unusual.

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How so?

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You mean you can't tell what it is?

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Maybe this just wasn't meant to be.

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If that's true,

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why go through all the trouble

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of dressing up as an old lady

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just to bring us here?

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Young lady,

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digging too deep is not a good habit.

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Well, I've always been
the annoying type.

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And today, I want answers!

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What's going on here?

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What do you mean by that?

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That person in there is just a puppet.

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Harmless, really.

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You're the one behind it all.

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When did you figure it out?

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The moment I walked through the door.

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Sir, my master would like to see you.

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Using the name of the herb to mislead the world,

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what do you stand to gain?

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You've got it wrong.

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I never intended to deceive anyone.

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It was you who came looking for me.

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If not for your obsession

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with the herb,

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you wouldn't have walked so willingly
into this place.

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So you mean

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you do have the herb?

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I do.

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The herb is no myth.

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But as I've said,

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everything comes at a price.

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You want something rare?

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Then offer something even rarer.

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And what might that be?

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Remember that man who wished for a son?

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I'm going to have a son!

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A son, finally!

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Yes, he will have a son.

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But the day that child is born

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will be the day
his family begins to fall.

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And that old man.

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So what if he lives forever?

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That's enough.

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Plagued by illness,

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he'd be better off dead.

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As for

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that young lady
who wanted a prettier face,

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I took her eyes.

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Now she's stunning, sure,

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00:19:37,070 --> 00:19:38,790
but blind as a bat.

286
00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:41,480
You're insane.

287
00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:42,680
Am I?

288
00:19:43,510 --> 00:19:45,160
If I'm mad, what does that make them?

289
00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:46,790
Driven by desire,

290
00:19:46,830 --> 00:19:49,030
blind to their own madness.

291
00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:51,270
Everyone who comes here

292
00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,240
is willing to pay any price
to fulfill their wish.

293
00:19:56,110 --> 00:19:57,030
What about you two?

294
00:19:59,110 --> 00:20:02,000
If I cure your wife,

295
00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,070
what price are you willing to pay?

296
00:20:07,310 --> 00:20:08,920
Touch her and see what happens.

297
00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:09,960
Relax.

298
00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,550
I'm not interested in taking lives.

299
00:20:14,510 --> 00:20:17,200
But it's rare to meet someone clever.

300
00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,790
Care to play a round with me?

301
00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:22,270
Alright.

302
00:20:22,790 --> 00:20:23,590
What are we playing?

303
00:20:26,550 --> 00:20:29,350
I cared for every bloom here.

304
00:20:29,550 --> 00:20:31,030
Find the rarest one in the time

305
00:20:31,750 --> 00:20:34,070
it takes to finish a cup of tea,

306
00:20:34,350 --> 00:20:36,550
and her treatment is on me.

307
00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:38,680
Deal.

308
00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:42,760
[Case Records]

309
00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,510
You're more foolish than I thought.

310
00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,720
That's just an ordinary Gongshi Pine.

311
00:21:59,270 --> 00:21:59,750
No,

312
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,310
it's the most precious one
in the entire garden.

313
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,200
What do you mean by that?

314
00:22:07,790 --> 00:22:08,830
Aside from it,

315
00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,550
everything else is fake.

316
00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:50,720
You're a Celestial Master?

317
00:22:51,030 --> 00:22:52,400
That's right, demon.

318
00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,880
How many have you tricked
without a shred of guilt?

319
00:23:00,270 --> 00:23:02,640
[Herb Demon]

320
00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,160
If you dare, subdue me,

321
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,110
but it won't do you any good.

322
00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:08,030
Because...

323
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,680
Because he's no ordinary demon.

324
00:23:21,830 --> 00:23:22,640
Are you alright?

325
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:24,920
I found this.

326
00:23:25,270 --> 00:23:26,200
What is it?

327
00:23:26,550 --> 00:23:28,550
A scroll of his old remedies.

328
00:23:30,270 --> 00:23:31,720
Right, Zhuyu Magic Herb?

329
00:23:33,350 --> 00:23:35,000
That thing's useless to me now.

330
00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:36,750
Why bring it up?

331
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,160
Judging from your notes,

332
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,000
you once healed the sick,

333
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,350
and treated people with sincerity.

334
00:23:43,550 --> 00:23:46,790
So how did you become like this?

335
00:23:46,790 --> 00:23:48,200
Healed the sick?

336
00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:51,270
That's just a fantasy

337
00:23:51,270 --> 00:23:52,640
for fools.

338
00:23:53,550 --> 00:23:54,590
Sincerity?

339
00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:56,720
To them,

340
00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:57,960
it's not worth a grain of silver.

341
00:24:02,110 --> 00:24:05,310
Years ago, I was just an ordinary herb,

342
00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:06,920
tended by human hands.

343
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,830
My master nurtured me with care,

344
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,000
hoping one day I would awaken

345
00:24:13,310 --> 00:24:15,030
and heal the suffering.

346
00:24:17,750 --> 00:24:19,680
He said all life bears pain.

347
00:24:20,110 --> 00:24:21,350
If I've been given the chance

348
00:24:21,350 --> 00:24:22,750
to understand the cause
and heal what I can,

349
00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:24,680
then I must not waste it.

350
00:24:26,350 --> 00:24:29,030
But my cultivation was slow,

351
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,030
and I could not yet take human form.

352
00:24:31,830 --> 00:24:33,000
He told me it was fine,

353
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,070
that he would wait.

354
00:24:36,270 --> 00:24:37,590
And I believed him.

355
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:41,920
Yet when the day came,

356
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:43,790
when I finally took shape...

357
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,070
I was abandoned.

358
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:49,750
The courtyard stood empty.

359
00:24:51,110 --> 00:24:51,720
My master

360
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,480
never returned.

361
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,120
Heartbroken, I left Chang'an

362
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:04,920
and came to Qu.

363
00:25:06,590 --> 00:25:08,510
I had hoped to heal and help here.

364
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:11,400
But over time, I saw the truth.

365
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,200
They were never worth saving.

366
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,070
All beings suffer?

367
00:25:15,550 --> 00:25:17,750
No, it was nothing
but the fate they earned.

368
00:25:18,590 --> 00:25:19,400
Yes.

369
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:21,920
You saw it too.

370
00:25:23,070 --> 00:25:23,960
In those years,

371
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,270
I gave my all

372
00:25:25,270 --> 00:25:26,790
to every soul I treated.

373
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,110
Yet what did I earn?

374
00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,000
[No Fee]

375
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:38,790
- No fee?
- No fee?

376
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:40,640
Can we trust him?

377
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,030
What if he's just a fraud?

378
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:44,350
How skilled is this young physician?

379
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:45,920
Didn't you see him before?

380
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:47,270
I was just tagging along.

381
00:25:47,270 --> 00:25:48,240
He doesn't charge anyway.

382
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:49,440
Might as well see what he does.

383
00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:52,200
Did he cure

384
00:25:52,510 --> 00:25:53,640
that sore on your tongue?

385
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:55,920
Not necessarily.

386
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:57,200
Not like I needed his help.

387
00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:58,680
It would've cleared up anyway.

388
00:25:58,720 --> 00:25:59,590
Let's have a drink.

389
00:25:59,790 --> 00:26:00,750
Let's go.

390
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:01,880
Come on.

391
00:26:03,030 --> 00:26:04,830
I came to offer aid,

392
00:26:04,830 --> 00:26:06,160
not to chase coin or gain.

393
00:26:06,590 --> 00:26:08,240
But who would've thought
they never believed me?

394
00:26:08,590 --> 00:26:10,510
I wandered from place to place,
treating each one.

395
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:12,310
I thought if they were cured,

396
00:26:12,310 --> 00:26:13,480
they'd come to believe in me.

397
00:26:13,790 --> 00:26:15,550
Word would spread like ripples in water,

398
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,160
and I'd be known across the city
as a physician.

399
00:26:23,350 --> 00:26:25,000
Yet even when I gave my all,

400
00:26:25,590 --> 00:26:27,200
they remained insatiable.

401
00:26:38,270 --> 00:26:40,160
My child took your medicine yesterday

402
00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:41,270
and threw up all night.

403
00:26:41,270 --> 00:26:42,880
Hey, is there something wrong
with that stuff?

404
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:43,590
Is there?

405
00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:44,790
No way.

406
00:26:44,830 --> 00:26:47,030
Did the child eat something cold?

407
00:26:47,030 --> 00:26:48,110
And my old man.

408
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,350
You said he'd get better
at the start of the year.

409
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:51,640
But yesterday,

410
00:26:52,270 --> 00:26:53,640
he passed away!

411
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:54,590
You're just a quack.

412
00:26:54,590 --> 00:26:56,720
- Pay up!
- Pay up!

413
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:57,830
No, that's not true!

414
00:26:57,830 --> 00:26:59,680
The old man was already in his nineties.

415
00:26:59,790 --> 00:27:01,240
Even life has its limits.

416
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:03,640
Give me back my father!

417
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,030
- You lied to us.
- You fraud!

418
00:27:05,030 --> 00:27:07,640
- Quack!
- Quack!

419
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:09,480
Let's go.

420
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,030
Life and death are written by fate.

421
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,070
Even a physician cannot defy it.

422
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,030
I gave my care with sincerity,
never once seeking reward.

423
00:27:24,070 --> 00:27:26,510
But what did they do? They turned on me.

424
00:27:27,350 --> 00:27:28,480
Only then did I understand

425
00:27:29,070 --> 00:27:32,000
what they truly seek
is unchecked desire.

426
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:33,720
So I laid a trap,

427
00:27:34,270 --> 00:27:36,270
made them pay a heavy price.

428
00:27:37,350 --> 00:27:38,750
They knew the cost,

429
00:27:38,750 --> 00:27:39,920
but for their greed,

430
00:27:40,350 --> 00:27:42,110
they still rushed in

431
00:27:42,110 --> 00:27:43,550
and thanked me for it.

432
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,000
They treated you that way,

433
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:47,200
and that was their fault.

434
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,440
But you shouldn't let it blind you.

435
00:27:50,030 --> 00:27:51,440
Can you truly say no one who came after

436
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,640
was ever sincere with you?

437
00:27:54,070 --> 00:27:55,830
Why must the blameless

438
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,750
bear the burden of others' wrongs?

439
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,070
The blameless?

440
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,720
They've yet to reveal
who they truly are.

441
00:28:04,110 --> 00:28:05,960
What's wrong with striking first?

442
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:07,510
Everyone has obsessions.

443
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,550
Some spend their whole lives
chasing them.

444
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,640
But that's no excuse to harm others.

445
00:28:16,510 --> 00:28:18,790
Sharp tongue, aren't you?

446
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,240
A pity you saw through my trap.

447
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,680
Otherwise, I'd have taken
that mouth of yours as payment.

448
00:28:25,750 --> 00:28:26,550
Prepare to die!

449
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:44,160
Wu Zhen.

450
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:45,360
Wu Zhen.

451
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,240
That power came from the Cat Lord.

452
00:28:54,830 --> 00:28:55,640
Who is she?

453
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:57,480
How do you know about the Cat Lord?

454
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,840
He was the one who raised me.

455
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,320
You mean the previous Cat Lord.

456
00:29:09,030 --> 00:29:09,920
Previous?

457
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:11,720
Where is he now?

458
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,830
He passed away eighteen years ago.

459
00:29:20,070 --> 00:29:21,160
He passed away?

460
00:29:27,750 --> 00:29:28,880
He's dead?

461
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,680
A great fire swept through Chang'an,
taking countless lives.

462
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,600
He died trying to save them.

463
00:29:43,550 --> 00:29:46,590
No wonder the house was empty,

464
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,550
and he never came back for me.

465
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,310
So he didn't abandon me.

466
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,400
He was already gone.

467
00:29:57,750 --> 00:29:58,920
It's my fault.

468
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:00,200
Why blame yourself?

469
00:30:01,830 --> 00:30:03,310
Because I was too weak.

470
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:05,790
I couldn't do anything.

471
00:30:06,110 --> 00:30:07,480
If only I had taken human form sooner,

472
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,110
maybe I could've saved him.

473
00:30:13,510 --> 00:30:14,480
It's all my fault.

474
00:30:17,030 --> 00:30:18,000
Some things can't be changed.

475
00:30:18,590 --> 00:30:20,030
They unfold as fate intended.

476
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:21,440
Even if you had been there,

477
00:30:22,270 --> 00:30:23,400
nothing would have
turned out differently.

478
00:30:24,790 --> 00:30:26,270
But the road ahead is still long.

479
00:30:27,110 --> 00:30:28,400
Some things are beyond reclaiming.

480
00:30:29,070 --> 00:30:29,750
Yet some

481
00:30:30,350 --> 00:30:31,960
can still be made right.

482
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:13,680
Where is the herb demon?

483
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:18,240
He knows he was wrong

484
00:31:18,590 --> 00:31:19,750
and he's returned to his true form.

485
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,160
Once I'm better,

486
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,680
you won't need to worry.

487
00:31:58,330 --> 00:32:03,450
♪Holding the lamp, I pierce
the night's veil to see where it hides♪

488
00:32:04,290 --> 00:32:09,410
♪Amidst the flicker of a few gazes,
attempts have been made♪

489
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:10,720
Sir,

490
00:32:11,830 --> 00:32:13,830
there's something I must tell you.

491
00:32:14,550 --> 00:32:15,240
What is it?

492
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,640
I can't save your wife.

493
00:32:19,310 --> 00:32:20,510
She's not ill.

494
00:32:21,590 --> 00:32:22,790
This is her fate.

495
00:32:23,580 --> 00:32:25,030
♪I gaze heavenward,
treading the starry river♪

496
00:32:25,030 --> 00:32:25,040
I'll give you my true form.
♪I gaze heavenward,
treading the starry river♪

497
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:26,720
I'll give you my true form.

498
00:32:27,510 --> 00:32:28,750
If danger comes one day,

499
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,200
it may serve you well.

500
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,780
♪With flesh and blood,
I'll slay all evil spirits♪

501
00:32:34,980 --> 00:32:37,580
♪Just as it should be,
tempered in the flames of karma♪

502
00:32:38,460 --> 00:32:41,500
♪Only then is it deemed worthy of me♪

503
00:32:42,460 --> 00:32:46,540
♪Will it be pure, or stained?♪

504
00:32:47,020 --> 00:32:49,780
♪You and I, amidst the melody♪

505
00:32:50,420 --> 00:32:53,260
♪Become midnight wanderers♪

506
00:32:53,980 --> 00:32:58,620
♪Our figures merging
into a blaze with those around♪

507
00:32:59,380 --> 00:33:02,060
♪At this restless moment♪

508
00:33:02,660 --> 00:33:06,140
♪Wandering through
three thousand glowing lights♪

509
00:33:07,140 --> 00:33:10,900
♪Watch me quell these upheavals♪

510
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:20,280
♪Watch me quell these upheavals♪

511
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:26,240
I heard

512
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:28,800
sorting out the Massage Parlor
and hot springs

513
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,400
took some serious effort.

514
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:32,880
And now you're learning arithmetic?

515
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,160
Ms. Liu, you really get me.

516
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:37,480
Just trying to be prepared,

517
00:33:37,590 --> 00:33:38,790
in case something like that
happens again.

518
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:40,600
Wouldn't want to mess up your plans.

519
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:42,030
There won't be a next time.

520
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:50,110
You were waiting for me here?

521
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,000
Care to hang out with me?

522
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:56,160
No.

523
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:57,240
Come.

524
00:33:58,720 --> 00:33:59,880
Please.

525
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:06,480
Ms. Liu,

526
00:34:06,550 --> 00:34:07,480
this is the place.

527
00:34:11,030 --> 00:34:12,640
What exactly are you showing me?

528
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:15,710
Something fun.

529
00:34:16,030 --> 00:34:16,840
Please, have a seat.

530
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:25,360
Ms. Liu,

531
00:34:25,510 --> 00:34:27,320
I've learned a new magic.

532
00:34:27,710 --> 00:34:28,510
Let me show you.

533
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:44,440
I...

534
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,360
I did learn a new magic!

535
00:34:52,230 --> 00:34:53,150
Let me try again.

536
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:24,510
Isn't it lovely?

537
00:35:32,710 --> 00:35:33,480
Come out.

538
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,150
What do you mean?

539
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:39,560
Xuan Hui.

540
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:41,120
Xuan Hui?

541
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:42,600
He's not here.

542
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:44,400
Did you see him?

543
00:35:45,110 --> 00:35:46,510
It's nearly winter.

544
00:35:46,710 --> 00:35:48,000
How could there be fireflies?

545
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,070
These must be Undying Fireflies,

546
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,110
spirits with a trace of demonic power.

547
00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:55,880
If not for Xuan Hui,

548
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:57,710
how could you command them?

549
00:36:00,630 --> 00:36:02,070
Told you she's not that easy to fool.

550
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:11,440
Besides, the Snake Lord

551
00:36:11,550 --> 00:36:13,440
has always been frosty.

552
00:36:13,590 --> 00:36:15,190
You really think she'd fall
for your little tricks?

553
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,320
Well, Ms. Liu seems to like them.

554
00:36:20,710 --> 00:36:21,960
On a night like this,

555
00:36:22,070 --> 00:36:23,880
it's no wonder the mind plays tricks.

556
00:36:25,230 --> 00:36:26,510
I do like them.

557
00:36:46,590 --> 00:36:49,000
Are you two...?

558
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:54,120
Xuan Hui.

559
00:36:55,630 --> 00:36:56,440
Come here.

560
00:36:57,880 --> 00:36:58,670
What is it?

561
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:00,590
Hey,

562
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:02,480
Mr. Xuan.

563
00:37:03,110 --> 00:37:04,480
You shouldn't be sitting here.

564
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:06,150
Stand up.

565
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:10,480
You're making me stand? Seriously?

566
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:14,550
You...

567
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:16,800
Xuan Hui.

568
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:19,680
You've been in Chang'an for months now.

569
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,400
You can't keep drifting
through your days like this.

570
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:24,440
A few days here,

571
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:25,880
a few days there.

572
00:37:26,630 --> 00:37:28,190
You've yet to find anything
worth your time.

573
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,000
Who's drifting?

574
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,710
I haven't missed
a single day of training.

575
00:37:35,550 --> 00:37:38,440
I've been training for a hundred years.

576
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:40,720
If you hadn't thrown me
into the Demon Prison,

577
00:37:41,030 --> 00:37:42,710
I'd be a Ying Long by now,

578
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,150
rising through the heavens,
diving into the depths,

579
00:37:44,150 --> 00:37:45,280
commanding storms and shadows,

580
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:46,590
and basking in glory.

581
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:48,760
So you failed to become a Ying Long,

582
00:37:49,190 --> 00:37:50,630
and somehow I'm to blame?

583
00:37:51,670 --> 00:37:52,920
It is your fault.

584
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:58,160
You wronged me,

585
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,320
yet you won't admit it.

586
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:02,760
But I was meant to become a Ying Long.

587
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,480
One day, I'll ride the clouds,
leave Chang'an behind,

588
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,320
and I won't be bickering with you,
you sneaky little thing.

589
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:10,150
Isn't that right?

590
00:38:10,590 --> 00:38:11,230
Fine then.

591
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,070
I'll be waiting to see you

592
00:38:15,150 --> 00:38:16,360
ride the clouds.

593
00:38:17,150 --> 00:38:17,630
Mr. Xuan,

594
00:38:18,190 --> 00:38:20,190
I believe you'll become a Ying Long.

595
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:25,280
Xuan Hui,

596
00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:27,880
did you just call me
a sneaky little thing?

597
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:29,070
I did.

598
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:55,510
It's beautiful.

599
00:39:31,230 --> 00:39:33,630
If you're tired, get some rest.

600
00:39:34,710 --> 00:39:37,000
You've been up all night.

601
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:38,710
It's only natural to feel worn out.

602
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:39,670
I'm fine.

603
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:41,880
I can manage.

604
00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:51,920
Ms. Liu, you must be thirsty.

605
00:39:53,150 --> 00:39:53,960
Have some water.

606
00:40:00,550 --> 00:40:01,150
Here.

607
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,840
♪A sigh for mortal dust♪

608
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:07,040
♪As blossoms burn to dusk♪

609
00:41:07,620 --> 00:41:10,620
♪Memories tint the heart♪

610
00:41:11,140 --> 00:41:14,100
♪Carved in silence, fading unseen♪

611
00:41:14,780 --> 00:41:17,580
♪Candle shadows carve through grief♪

612
00:41:18,060 --> 00:41:21,780
♪Seasons turn in silent thief♪

613
00:41:22,220 --> 00:41:24,620
♪Night rain murmurs, faint and slow♪

614
00:41:25,060 --> 00:41:27,460
♪Tears fall quiet, lost below♪

615
00:41:28,980 --> 00:41:31,780
♪I drift away with scattered stars♪

616
00:41:32,420 --> 00:41:35,980
♪Glancing back at time's worn scars♪

617
00:41:36,740 --> 00:41:42,660
♪You're the longing
that defies the end of days♪

618
00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:46,380
♪If the tale could turn anew,
and reshape the skies♪

619
00:41:47,140 --> 00:41:50,860
♪I would spend my life on you,
in patient sacrifice♪

620
00:41:51,180 --> 00:41:54,140
♪Let fate rise through the storm,
as love begins again♪

621
00:41:54,620 --> 00:41:57,980
♪Never could I forget♪

622
00:41:58,300 --> 00:42:01,140
♪When oaths dissolve into oceans,
drifting through the years♪

623
00:42:01,860 --> 00:42:05,300
♪Memory walks beside me,
ever close, forever clear♪

624
00:42:05,700 --> 00:42:07,460
♪A will that never falters♪

625
00:42:07,900 --> 00:42:12,900
♪Fading beneath time's quiet hush♪

626
00:42:27,540 --> 00:42:30,460
♪If the tale could turn anew,
and reshape the skies♪

627
00:42:31,300 --> 00:42:34,940
♪I would spend my life on you,
in patient sacrifice♪

628
00:42:35,300 --> 00:42:38,260
♪Let fate rise through the storm,
as love begins again♪

629
00:42:38,820 --> 00:42:42,060
♪Never could I forget♪

630
00:42:42,300 --> 00:42:45,260
♪When oaths dissolve into oceans,
drifting through the years♪

631
00:42:46,100 --> 00:42:49,380
♪Memory walks beside me,
ever close, forever clear♪

632
00:42:49,780 --> 00:42:51,580
♪A will that never falters♪

633
00:42:52,740 --> 00:42:59,900
♪Fading beneath time's quiet hush♪