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♪The Upper Three hold the seals♪
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♪A valiant general, an opera star, and a ruthless cripple♪
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♪The Middle Three stir the clouds♪
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♪A fiend, a wandering hero, and a master of the blade♪
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♪The Lower Three deal in gold♪
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♪A beauty, a seer, and a scholar♪
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♪The Upper, Middle, and Lower Three♪
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♪Represent the nine houses of old Changsha♪
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♪Together, they are known♪
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♪As the Mystic Nine♪
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[Mystic Nine]
[Adapted from the novel of Kennedy Xu]
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[Episode 7]
[This story is purely fictional]
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I clearly saw 15.
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These wool balls really...
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Forget it.
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You never believe a word I say.
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I believe you.
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♪I was raised♪
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♪Amid cast-off bones and alleyways...♪
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What is that thing?
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Catch it, and we'll find out.
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Fine.
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It's your turn now,
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Master Zhang.
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Show me what you've got.
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♪And weathered every storm♪
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♪Through another life, I look back once more♪
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♪But who can I tell?♪
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♪Beneath the iron curtain, the rain leaves me blind and deaf for now♪
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♪The child with a dog has nowhere to call home♪
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♪One vow between kindred souls makes death worthwhile♪
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♪How could comrades standing side by side let loyalty grow cold?♪
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♪I'll shatter bone and sinew to make the show go on♪
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♪Fight on, fight on♪
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♪Till Heaven's Gate lies trampled and broken...♪
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Notice anything?
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It's like a crow.
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It likes pretty things.
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It stops when it sees something shiny.
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♪I was raised♪
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♪Amid cast-off bones and alleyways...♪
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How annoying.
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Why does it keep coming after me?
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Maybe it likes your pretty face.
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How annoying.
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It has excellent taste.
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♪I've turned to dust♪
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♪And weathered every storm♪
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♪Through another life, I look back once more♪
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♪But who can I tell?♪
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So it likes pretty things, huh?
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♪You're not like him, so don't choose to perish...♪
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I'll trust you one more time.
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You'd better catch it.
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♪I'll overturn the way this world works♪
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♪I'm not like him, so don't be deceived♪
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♪Let half a crimson sun light my broken form♪
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♪All that burns♪
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♪Is a lone flame beneath the brooding clouds♪
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Not bad.
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Your skills are passable.
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Open your hand.
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Why did it vanish?
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Master Zhang,
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I have to say,
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couldn't you have been gentler?
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We finally caught one alive,
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and you made it vanish with one grab.
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What exactly was that thing?
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Probably one of the three imps in the mural.
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Next time, you try, Fifth Master.
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Show me how it's done.
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I...
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I only gave you the chance
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because you love showing off.
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Then thank you for the opportunity.
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You're welcome.
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Don't overthink it, Laogou.
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If you're sure, do it.
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Women in this world
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have it far harder than men.
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They're often forced to do
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the most menial, degrading work.
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You see the people's suffering
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very clearly, Laogou.
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I've simply seen too much.
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Once we get out of here,
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I'll see that you're duly rewarded.
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Duly rewarded?
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The position of Changsha Defense Commander.
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You take Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
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I'll take Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
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How about that?
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Agreed.
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The son ends up a beggar
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and works Madam Wang to death.
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What nonsense, "Madam Wang's Lecture."
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The son should decide his own fate.
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Why should Madam Wang bear the burden?
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What kind of world is this?
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We may not be able to change the world,
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but I hope that one day,
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we'll all be masters of our own fate.
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I hope so.
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You're playing the bait next.
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Careful. There may be a new punishment.
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Come on,
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you little imps.
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Come and get me!
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Good.
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The imps are gone,
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and the mechanism is disabled.
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Let's take a break.
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You rest. I'll keep looking.
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Whoa.
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It vanished into thin air.
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And it was a new one.
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And it was skinny.
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It was this thin.
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Was it rolled out
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like a noodle in its last life?
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Where did this one come from?
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Probably another one from the mural.
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This thing
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can crawl into people.
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Did you see where it went?
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No.
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Let's check one by one.
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You scared me.
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We don't know what we're dealing with.
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We shouldn't split up.
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Stay close.
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Are you hungry?
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That smells delicious.
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Laogou.
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Did you find the skinny imp?
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No.
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Then why call my name?
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Keep looking.
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Something's wrong with you.
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Just keep looking.
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I'm perfectly fine.
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Laogou!
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Zhang Qishan,
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I think...
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I think...
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I'm all right.
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Zhang Qishan...
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Don't move!
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It's...
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I'm starving.
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Thank goodness.
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Better Zhang Qishan than me.
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I see.
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This thing
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can only possess one person at a time.
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I'm starving.
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Is this a hungry imp?
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When will it be your turn?
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I don't know.
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I can't eat any more.
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I can't eat any more.
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Hungry imp, switch hosts!
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Switch hosts!
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Switch hosts!
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Switch hosts!
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This is infuriating!
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Miss Huo, you call the shots.
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We'll do whatever you say.
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I don't know,
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but no one could be inside that hole.
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The gap inside is tiny.
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No person could possibly fit.
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Even if someone got in,
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they would've been crushed beyond recognition.
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They couldn't possibly be alive.
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Miss Huo is on their side.
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Bring out all the explosives.
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We'll blast open the ceiling.
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- Yes. - Stop.
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Didn't you say you'd listen to me?
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If the ceiling collapses,
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we'll all be buried in here.
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Juanlian.
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Juanlian.
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Are you trying to get Fifth Master killed?
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Give me the explosives.
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Tiezui.
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Take everyone
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somewhere safe and find cover.
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I'll handle the blast. It's safer.
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Wait, Xiangu, you... I...
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Fine.
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Master!
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Master!
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Master!
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Juanlian, it's a dead end.
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Did the blast send Master flying?
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Why didn't you say so earlier?
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I thought once he heard us preparing the blast,
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he'd get out of the way.
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It's sealed off above.
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But when you lit the fuses earlier, the smoke moved.
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There must be a mechanism up there.
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A narrow gap traps heat.
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The temperatures inside and outside differed,
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so the smoke naturally drifted toward it.
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Are you happy now?
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But we all saw that hand.
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Even if it wasn't Fifth Master's,
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there must be some explanation.
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Could there really be a ghost?
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Enough. Stop making wild guesses.
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This tower must have lured us here
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for some other purpose.
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What do you suggest we do, Eighth Master?
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Three words.
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Stick together.
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Isn't that two words?
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Master Zhang and Fifth Master aren't here,
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so we have to hold the line for them.
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We can't let this tower have its way.
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Zhang Qishan,
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I kept something from you.
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There were two characters on that red ball.
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I may not be able to read,
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but I recognized the shape.
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It should be "Peng Ju."
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Have you heard of the Three Worms?
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A folk healer
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once told me
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that everyone is born with three parasites inside.
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To live a long life,
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you have to kill all three.
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The Three Worms are
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Peng Ju,
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Peng Zhi,
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and Peng Qiao.
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Peng Ju is drawn to beauty
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and lavish finery.
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It dwells in the head.
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Peng Zhi
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craves delicacies
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and dwells in the belly.
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Peng Qiao
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dwells in the dantian
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and stirs up the heart-fire.
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The three imps in the mural
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are the Three Worms within the great ghost.
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That red ball was Peng Ju.
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The hungry imp haunting us now
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is Peng Zhi.
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If Peng Ju can be killed,
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then Peng Zhi can be killed too.
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Zhang Qishan,
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hurry up and find a way to kill it,
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or I might really eat you.
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Where are you going?
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I'm fishing it out.
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I'll lure Peng Zhi out of your belly.
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Could you hurry?
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Zhang Qishan,
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do you have anything else to eat?
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Yes.
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What are you doing?
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Desperate times.
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You'll have to make do.
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Come on.
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Wait!
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This is revolting.
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Master Zhang,
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it's finally your turn.
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Zhang Qishan,
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tell me,
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if I stab it now,
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will you die too?
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I don't know about it,
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but I certainly will.
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Then make do with this.
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You'd really eat that?
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Stop playing around,
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or I'll eat you too.
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Fine.
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You said it yourself.
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I'll lure it out for you.
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Brace yourself.
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This thing
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can jump between us in an instant.
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I think...
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Better Zhang Qishan than me.
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Wait!
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It's the eyes.
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It moves back and forth through eye contact.
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So even if we lure it out,
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it'll just possess one of us again.
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Then wasn't that whole plan useless?
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What do we do?
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Since it came from the mechanism,
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we'll disable the mechanism.
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What if the imp
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still won't leave after we disable it?
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Then we'll find a way to kill it.
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Wait.
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What if we disable it
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and another imp appears?
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Then you can eat it.
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But the next imp
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is Peng Qiao.
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It stirs up the heart-fire.
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Zhang Qishan, you'd better hurry.
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I'm starving to death!
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A play often moves people
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in a single moment.
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The same goes for mechanisms.
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They may look complicated,
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but it's all misdirection.
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We need to simplify it.
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Bravo!
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I know how to solve it.
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Still hungry?
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Did you disable the mechanism?
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Yes.
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That wretched Peng Zhi.
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If I ever see you again,
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I'll starve you
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into a chopstick imp!
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Didn't you say you weren't hungry?
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What?
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After all we've been through,
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aren't you hungry too?
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Untie me!
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The son becomes the top scholar,
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00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,380
and Madam Wang can finally live in comfort.
334
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:03,330
Surely we got it right this time, right?
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00:28:19,070 --> 00:28:20,010
Of the creatures on that relief,
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we've encountered
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the giant serpent, Peng Ju, and Peng Zhi.
338
00:28:26,030 --> 00:28:27,420
So beyond this passage lies
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the great ghost.
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Xiangu,
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I know you're worried about Laogou.
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With him gone,
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you must feel unsettled.
344
00:29:08,030 --> 00:29:10,500
You can't hide it from me.
345
00:29:11,590 --> 00:29:14,420
I once read a book called "Strange Tales of Penglai".
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It said
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that feelings like yours and Laogou's...
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00:29:24,070 --> 00:29:25,140
At a time like this,
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00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:27,900
instead of worrying about everyone's safety,
350
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you're talking about that?
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00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:32,380
I'm the Eighth Master.
352
00:29:33,070 --> 00:29:34,180
I keep all eight sides covered
353
00:29:34,510 --> 00:29:35,810
and concern myself with everything.
354
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,350
What did the book say?
355
00:29:40,750 --> 00:29:43,940
"A lone goose flies east, with a corner to the west.
356
00:29:44,550 --> 00:29:46,250
Eastward, it may arrive.
357
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,330
A lone goose flies west, with a corner to the west.
358
00:29:50,030 --> 00:29:51,420
Westward, it cannot arrive."
359
00:29:52,110 --> 00:29:52,810
What does that mean?
360
00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:54,880
The book has been lost.
361
00:29:55,030 --> 00:29:56,700
I was only teasing you.
362
00:29:56,750 --> 00:29:59,900
That line can't be deciphered.
363
00:30:07,750 --> 00:30:08,780
That's Tu.
364
00:30:09,310 --> 00:30:10,860
Juanlian, that's Tu!
365
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,290
Madam Huo, Eighth Master, a picture from Fifth Master!
366
00:30:31,030 --> 00:30:31,860
Fifth Master says
367
00:30:32,550 --> 00:30:34,250
the place they've reached looks like the Underworld.
368
00:30:35,750 --> 00:30:37,250
If his picture reaches us,
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00:30:37,570 --> 00:30:38,490
the two places
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00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:39,620
must be linked by a mechanism.
371
00:30:40,310 --> 00:30:40,810
Keep looking.
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00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:41,770
If we can't find a way,
373
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,180
Eighth Master can perform another ritual
374
00:30:43,510 --> 00:30:44,250
and send us all over there.
375
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:44,980
Eighth Master,
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00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:47,330
please begin at once.
377
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:51,530
This place doesn't look
378
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:53,600
like the great ghost is here.
379
00:32:58,110 --> 00:32:59,660
What could be inside these vats?
380
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:02,510
Don't touch them.
381
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:06,120
The lids
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00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:07,290
bear Daoist symbols.
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00:33:09,090 --> 00:33:10,900
They seem to be suppressing something.
384
00:33:13,830 --> 00:33:14,730
Zhang Qishan,
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00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:17,060
don't tell me you're afraid.
386
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:20,250
Then open one.
387
00:33:21,750 --> 00:33:22,900
I should be able to protect you.
388
00:33:24,830 --> 00:33:25,770
I think
389
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:27,460
we should understand the situation
390
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,330
before deciding what to do.
391
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:56,980
What's written there?
392
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:06,140
They seem to be notes
393
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:08,260
on herbs and alchemy.
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00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:12,900
They may have been studying magic.
395
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:14,340
Magic?
396
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:22,860
Why would that require so many vats?
397
00:34:25,030 --> 00:34:26,820
Could they all be filled with magic pills?
398
00:34:29,550 --> 00:34:30,280
But there isn't
399
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,020
a single alchemy furnace in this room.
400
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,390
They could be the alchemists' test subjects.
401
00:34:42,510 --> 00:34:44,380
Looks like another dead end.
402
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,690
Why is there hair on this mural?
403
00:35:23,510 --> 00:35:24,980
All this hair has rotted away.
404
00:35:44,510 --> 00:35:45,010
Laogou!
405
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:53,340
In this place,
406
00:35:54,230 --> 00:35:56,380
alchemists experimented on people and animals.
407
00:35:57,110 --> 00:35:58,820
The vats contain people and animals of all kinds.
408
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:08,420
So that's what happened.
409
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:11,690
The alchemists fed their pills
410
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:13,260
to people and animals,
411
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:15,570
causing them to mutate.
412
00:36:15,590 --> 00:36:16,740
This place is a prison.
413
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:19,820
They locked all their mutated creations
414
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:22,940
inside these vats.
415
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:25,610
Were all these monsters
416
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:27,340
created by the Otherworld Patriarch?
417
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:28,690
If he was so powerful,
418
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,010
why did he need to be a fraud?
419
00:36:31,590 --> 00:36:32,050
No.
420
00:36:32,710 --> 00:36:33,530
The things here
421
00:36:34,230 --> 00:36:35,130
are clearly much older.
422
00:36:36,550 --> 00:36:37,090
I understand now.
423
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:40,780
When the Otherworld Patriarch built the tower,
424
00:36:40,790 --> 00:36:41,560
he uncovered this place
425
00:36:43,110 --> 00:36:45,490
and linked it to the tower through mechanisms.
426
00:36:47,230 --> 00:36:48,840
He also wanted to use these monsters
427
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:51,760
to make his followers believe he had magic powers.
428
00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:54,850
But his plan failed, and the monsters escaped.
429
00:36:55,550 --> 00:36:56,990
So he had to abandon the Otherworld Tower.
430
00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:58,820
Now we have to deal with what he unleashed.
431
00:37:00,190 --> 00:37:01,340
Can we even handle them?
432
00:37:02,230 --> 00:37:03,980
That shadow alone had us running in circles.
433
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:05,980
Even the darkest evil
434
00:37:06,310 --> 00:37:07,290
follows a pattern.
435
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:09,460
Once we see the pattern,
436
00:37:09,790 --> 00:37:10,770
it won't be hard to handle.
437
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:13,730
We've come all this way
438
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:15,060
without finding a single clue.
439
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:16,570
But perhaps
440
00:37:16,590 --> 00:37:18,020
the key clue already appeared,
441
00:37:18,750 --> 00:37:19,900
and we simply overlooked it.
442
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:38,170
Zhang Qishan, come with me.
443
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:46,770
Look at this.
444
00:37:47,150 --> 00:37:48,060
Could this be what we missed?
445
00:37:59,790 --> 00:38:00,290
Zhang Qishan,
446
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:01,500
what do you think it means that a man
447
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:03,170
was hidden beneath this hair?
448
00:38:04,710 --> 00:38:05,340
I don't know.
449
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,090
But he outranks even the great Underworld King.
450
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,130
Is this mural identical
451
00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:12,900
to the relief outside?
452
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:17,380
No.
453
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,290
This man isn't on the relief.
454
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:22,340
There, the great ghost rides the serpent.
455
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:23,540
But in this mural,
456
00:38:24,110 --> 00:38:25,500
it has swallowed the serpent into its body.
457
00:38:26,190 --> 00:38:26,900
What does that mean?
458
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:29,500
Look.
459
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:31,130
The man above
460
00:38:31,310 --> 00:38:32,250
is the true master of this place.
461
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,650
Don't think of the great ghost as a ghost.
462
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:36,900
Think of it as a map.
463
00:38:38,110 --> 00:38:39,770
The ghost's head beneath its master is one room.
464
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:42,340
The serpent in its belly is another.
465
00:38:43,630 --> 00:38:45,130
What place does the map formed by this great ghost
466
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:47,020
represent?
467
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:50,900
The Otherworld Tower itself.
468
00:39:09,060 --> 00:39:09,930
In the zaju version of "Journey to the West,"
469
00:39:09,930 --> 00:39:10,780
there's a scene
470
00:39:11,190 --> 00:39:12,530
where Sun Wukong alters the Book of Life and Death.
471
00:39:13,190 --> 00:39:13,940
He passes Pingdu Mountain
472
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:14,940
in the Underworld
473
00:39:15,510 --> 00:39:16,380
and meets an immortal
474
00:39:17,150 --> 00:39:18,530
wearing an exceptionally tall hat.
475
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,820
The immortal's abode is built upon a great ghost.
476
00:39:23,110 --> 00:39:23,900
His name is...
477
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:27,090
Yin Changsheng.
478
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:29,780
Look.
479
00:39:31,630 --> 00:39:32,690
That's Yin Changsheng.
480
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:41,690
I understand now.
481
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:43,370
The master of this place
482
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:45,460
is Yin Changsheng.
483
00:39:46,590 --> 00:39:47,980
He practiced alchemy and mystic arts here,
484
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:49,650
then imprisoned all the monsters
485
00:39:50,110 --> 00:39:51,170
he created through his arts.
486
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:52,820
Yes.
487
00:39:53,230 --> 00:39:53,860
That's it.
488
00:39:54,550 --> 00:39:55,210
Yin Changsheng
489
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:57,740
knows tricks that can manipulate
490
00:39:58,230 --> 00:39:59,260
and reverse time,
491
00:40:00,030 --> 00:40:01,490
and make the sun set in the east and rise in the west.
492
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:04,380
Every detail along our way makes sense now.
493
00:40:05,190 --> 00:40:06,130
Tiezui once said
494
00:40:07,110 --> 00:40:08,340
these were the divine powers
495
00:40:08,670 --> 00:40:10,090
the Otherworld Patriarch claimed to possess.
496
00:40:11,030 --> 00:40:12,650
Now it seems
497
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:13,900
all his deceptions
498
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:15,340
began only after he
499
00:40:15,590 --> 00:40:16,690
broke through into this place.
500
00:40:17,630 --> 00:40:19,050
This was where he found his inspiration.
501
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:20,400
Perhaps they weren't deceptions.
502
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:21,980
The Otherworld Patriarch
503
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:23,430
may truly have believed
504
00:40:23,430 --> 00:40:24,340
these feats could be achieved.
505
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,460
So after he found this place,
506
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:28,490
he genuinely tried to learn them.
507
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,260
To learn Yin Changsheng's methods.
508
00:40:34,670 --> 00:40:35,210
Exactly.
509
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:40,420
He found a way into this place,
510
00:40:41,110 --> 00:40:42,170
but he never expected
511
00:40:43,030 --> 00:40:44,010
that once he entered,
512
00:40:44,510 --> 00:40:45,090
he would find it
513
00:40:45,110 --> 00:40:46,440
filled with monsters created by Yin.
514
00:40:47,510 --> 00:40:48,420
He got the methods wrong,
515
00:40:49,510 --> 00:40:50,980
and his followers paid the price.
516
00:40:51,550 --> 00:40:52,420
It ended in tragedy.
517
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:53,820
As for him,
518
00:40:54,630 --> 00:40:55,340
he could only flee.
519
00:40:56,510 --> 00:40:57,380
Once outside,
520
00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:58,650
he built high walls,
521
00:40:58,960 --> 00:40:59,860
hoping to keep every monster
522
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:01,460
trapped inside the Otherworld Tower.
523
00:41:01,670 --> 00:41:02,300
That's impossible.
524
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:04,920
It makes sense,
525
00:41:05,150 --> 00:41:07,210
but there must be more to it.
526
00:41:09,030 --> 00:41:09,690
What about the shadow?
527
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:11,570
How do you explain that?
528
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:14,530
If I were writing this play,
529
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:16,170
the shadow would be this man,
530
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:17,860
Yin Changsheng himself.
531
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:22,340
He probably took one of his own pills
532
00:41:23,110 --> 00:41:24,650
and became neither human nor ghost.
533
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:29,980
Quite a show
534
00:41:30,510 --> 00:41:31,610
has unfolded in this tower.
535
00:41:54,660 --> 00:41:57,260
[Yin Changsheng]
536
00:42:14,540 --> 00:42:18,700
♪The past fades like smoke♪
537
00:42:19,060 --> 00:42:21,780
♪A choice is made in silence♪
538
00:42:22,060 --> 00:42:24,860
♪In this labyrinthine puzzle♪
539
00:42:25,260 --> 00:42:29,020
♪Who can reach the shore?♪
540
00:42:29,260 --> 00:42:32,700
♪Just an ordinary farewell♪
541
00:42:32,980 --> 00:42:36,380
♪The sun seems to shine bright over our heads♪
542
00:42:36,460 --> 00:42:43,740
♪But this could be our last trip together♪
543
00:42:44,180 --> 00:42:47,460
♪The spring breeze continues outside♪
544
00:42:47,740 --> 00:42:50,980
♪Who was it who left in such haste?♪
545
00:42:51,140 --> 00:42:55,180
♪Caught in the game, the raging waves fall silent♪
546
00:42:55,380 --> 00:42:58,740
♪Who believes in fate?♪
547
00:42:58,980 --> 00:43:02,340
♪For my home and my country, the years pass like a dream♪
548
00:43:02,580 --> 00:43:05,860
♪When the song ends, who will still be waiting?♪
549
00:43:06,180 --> 00:43:09,860
♪With a nod, we bid farewell and set out again♪
550
00:43:10,060 --> 00:43:13,300
♪Take care♪
551
00:43:13,300 --> 00:43:15,860
♪We once raced♪
552
00:43:15,940 --> 00:43:17,860
♪For the dawn♪
553
00:43:18,020 --> 00:43:21,300
♪Ever-lasting bond, a satisfying vindication♪
554
00:43:21,420 --> 00:43:24,700
♪In the web of fate♪
555
00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:27,900
♪No one can escape♪
556
00:43:28,900 --> 00:43:30,740
♪Life and death cut like a blade♪
557
00:43:30,900 --> 00:43:32,460
♪We too were young once♪
558
00:43:32,540 --> 00:43:35,980
♪Fortunate to brave the raging waves together♪
559
00:43:36,180 --> 00:43:38,500
♪Keep the ember lit♪
560
00:43:38,620 --> 00:43:43,140
♪To illuminate the journey ahead♪
561
00:43:43,260 --> 00:43:46,220
♪The spring breeze continues outside♪
562
00:43:46,460 --> 00:43:49,980
♪Who was it who left in such haste?♪
563
00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:53,860
♪Caught in the game, the raging waves fall silent♪
564
00:43:54,180 --> 00:43:57,660
♪Who believes in fate?♪
565
00:43:57,820 --> 00:44:00,820
♪For my home and my country, the years pass like a dream♪
566
00:44:01,060 --> 00:44:04,820
♪When the song ends, who will still be waiting?♪
567
00:44:04,980 --> 00:44:08,700
♪With a nod, we bid farewell and set out again♪
568
00:44:08,820 --> 00:44:20,260
♪Please, do take care of yourself♪
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