1 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:17,500 ♪The Upper Three hold the seals♪ 2 00:00:17,540 --> 00:00:21,380 ♪A valiant general, an opera star, and a ruthless cripple♪ 3 00:00:21,980 --> 00:00:24,420 ♪The Middle Three stir the clouds♪ 4 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:29,140 ♪A fiend, a wandering hero, and a master of the blade♪ 5 00:00:30,540 --> 00:00:33,220 ♪The Lower Three deal in gold♪ 6 00:00:33,540 --> 00:00:37,500 ♪A beauty, a seer, and a scholar♪ 7 00:00:37,860 --> 00:00:40,780 ♪The Upper, Middle, and Lower Three♪ 8 00:00:41,620 --> 00:00:49,300 ♪Represent the nine houses of old Changsha♪ 9 00:00:49,900 --> 00:00:51,380 ♪Together, they are known♪ 10 00:00:52,060 --> 00:00:56,660 ♪As the Mystic Nine♪ 11 00:01:25,660 --> 00:01:31,900 [Mystic Nine] [Adapted from the novel of Kennedy Xu] 12 00:01:32,060 --> 00:01:34,980 [Episode 7] [This story is purely fictional] 13 00:01:35,310 --> 00:01:36,540 I clearly saw 15. 14 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:37,410 These wool balls really... 15 00:01:42,590 --> 00:01:43,050 Forget it. 16 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:45,050 You never believe a word I say. 17 00:01:49,430 --> 00:01:49,930 I believe you. 18 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:16,820 ♪I was raised♪ 19 00:03:18,100 --> 00:03:21,580 ♪Amid cast-off bones and alleyways...♪ 20 00:03:25,030 --> 00:03:25,890 What is that thing? 21 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:29,450 Catch it, and we'll find out. 22 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:31,780 Fine. 23 00:03:32,910 --> 00:03:33,660 It's your turn now, 24 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:34,380 Master Zhang. 25 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,010 Show me what you've got. 26 00:03:39,460 --> 00:03:43,060 ♪And weathered every storm♪ 27 00:03:45,220 --> 00:03:49,100 ♪Through another life, I look back once more♪ 28 00:03:50,140 --> 00:03:54,420 ♪But who can I tell?♪ 29 00:03:56,620 --> 00:03:59,140 ♪Beneath the iron curtain, the rain leaves me blind and deaf for now♪ 30 00:03:59,140 --> 00:04:01,740 ♪The child with a dog has nowhere to call home♪ 31 00:04:01,740 --> 00:04:06,460 ♪One vow between kindred souls makes death worthwhile♪ 32 00:04:07,260 --> 00:04:09,740 ♪How could comrades standing side by side let loyalty grow cold?♪ 33 00:04:09,740 --> 00:04:12,380 ♪I'll shatter bone and sinew to make the show go on♪ 34 00:04:12,540 --> 00:04:14,500 ♪Fight on, fight on♪ 35 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:21,540 ♪Till Heaven's Gate lies trampled and broken...♪ 36 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:34,410 Notice anything? 37 00:04:34,750 --> 00:04:36,140 It's like a crow. 38 00:04:36,630 --> 00:04:37,490 It likes pretty things. 39 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:39,250 It stops when it sees something shiny. 40 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:42,020 ♪I was raised♪ 41 00:04:43,460 --> 00:04:45,860 ♪Amid cast-off bones and alleyways...♪ 42 00:04:45,870 --> 00:04:46,490 How annoying. 43 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,340 Why does it keep coming after me? 44 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:51,370 Maybe it likes your pretty face. 45 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:55,460 How annoying. 46 00:04:56,190 --> 00:04:56,930 It has excellent taste. 47 00:05:00,860 --> 00:05:03,340 ♪I've turned to dust♪ 48 00:05:04,780 --> 00:05:08,380 ♪And weathered every storm♪ 49 00:05:10,540 --> 00:05:14,180 ♪Through another life, I look back once more♪ 50 00:05:15,460 --> 00:05:18,660 ♪But who can I tell?♪ 51 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:19,850 So it likes pretty things, huh? 52 00:05:21,940 --> 00:05:24,580 ♪You're not like him, so don't choose to perish...♪ 53 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:26,700 I'll trust you one more time. 54 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:29,260 You'd better catch it. 55 00:05:29,260 --> 00:05:31,620 ♪I'll overturn the way this world works♪ 56 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:35,220 ♪I'm not like him, so don't be deceived♪ 57 00:05:35,220 --> 00:05:37,860 ♪Let half a crimson sun light my broken form♪ 58 00:05:37,860 --> 00:05:39,860 ♪All that burns♪ 59 00:05:39,860 --> 00:05:48,020 ♪Is a lone flame beneath the brooding clouds♪ 60 00:06:03,070 --> 00:06:03,610 Not bad. 61 00:06:04,430 --> 00:06:05,810 Your skills are passable. 62 00:06:06,310 --> 00:06:07,140 Open your hand. 63 00:06:13,870 --> 00:06:14,610 Why did it vanish? 64 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:26,100 Master Zhang, 65 00:06:26,630 --> 00:06:27,460 I have to say, 66 00:06:28,430 --> 00:06:29,730 couldn't you have been gentler? 67 00:06:31,190 --> 00:06:32,220 We finally caught one alive, 68 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:33,460 and you made it vanish with one grab. 69 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:36,660 What exactly was that thing? 70 00:06:37,190 --> 00:06:38,900 Probably one of the three imps in the mural. 71 00:06:43,830 --> 00:06:45,370 Next time, you try, Fifth Master. 72 00:06:45,430 --> 00:06:46,170 Show me how it's done. 73 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:47,020 I... 74 00:06:48,950 --> 00:06:50,850 I only gave you the chance 75 00:06:51,310 --> 00:06:52,170 because you love showing off. 76 00:06:52,830 --> 00:06:54,170 Then thank you for the opportunity. 77 00:07:02,510 --> 00:07:03,340 You're welcome. 78 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:52,460 Don't overthink it, Laogou. 79 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:53,930 If you're sure, do it. 80 00:08:00,070 --> 00:08:01,460 Women in this world 81 00:08:02,750 --> 00:08:03,730 have it far harder than men. 82 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:06,220 They're often forced to do 83 00:08:06,830 --> 00:08:08,020 the most menial, degrading work. 84 00:08:08,950 --> 00:08:10,340 You see the people's suffering 85 00:08:10,830 --> 00:08:11,660 very clearly, Laogou. 86 00:08:15,830 --> 00:08:16,700 I've simply seen too much. 87 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,050 Once we get out of here, 88 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:21,410 I'll see that you're duly rewarded. 89 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:23,930 Duly rewarded? 90 00:08:29,190 --> 00:08:30,220 The position of Changsha Defense Commander. 91 00:08:31,390 --> 00:08:32,300 You take Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 92 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:34,610 I'll take Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. 93 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:35,730 How about that? 94 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:38,700 Agreed. 95 00:09:10,870 --> 00:09:12,980 The son ends up a beggar 96 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:15,370 and works Madam Wang to death. 97 00:09:18,510 --> 00:09:20,300 What nonsense, "Madam Wang's Lecture." 98 00:09:20,790 --> 00:09:22,850 The son should decide his own fate. 99 00:09:23,390 --> 00:09:24,700 Why should Madam Wang bear the burden? 100 00:09:25,630 --> 00:09:26,530 What kind of world is this? 101 00:09:28,910 --> 00:09:30,490 We may not be able to change the world, 102 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:33,180 but I hope that one day, 103 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,010 we'll all be masters of our own fate. 104 00:09:38,270 --> 00:09:39,610 I hope so. 105 00:09:48,270 --> 00:09:49,180 You're playing the bait next. 106 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,420 Careful. There may be a new punishment. 107 00:10:16,510 --> 00:10:17,340 Come on, 108 00:10:18,390 --> 00:10:19,490 you little imps. 109 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:08,100 Come and get me! 110 00:11:13,510 --> 00:11:13,940 Good. 111 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:16,610 The imps are gone, 112 00:11:17,390 --> 00:11:18,370 and the mechanism is disabled. 113 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:20,370 Let's take a break. 114 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,100 You rest. I'll keep looking. 115 00:12:02,210 --> 00:12:02,680 Whoa. 116 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:05,460 It vanished into thin air. 117 00:12:06,630 --> 00:12:07,700 And it was a new one. 118 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:10,530 And it was skinny. 119 00:12:13,790 --> 00:12:14,580 It was this thin. 120 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:17,370 Was it rolled out 121 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:19,370 like a noodle in its last life? 122 00:12:22,390 --> 00:12:23,490 Where did this one come from? 123 00:12:24,270 --> 00:12:25,580 Probably another one from the mural. 124 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:31,010 This thing 125 00:12:32,550 --> 00:12:33,700 can crawl into people. 126 00:12:36,270 --> 00:12:38,420 Did you see where it went? 127 00:12:38,910 --> 00:12:39,490 No. 128 00:12:41,870 --> 00:12:42,580 Let's check one by one. 129 00:12:53,030 --> 00:12:53,850 You scared me. 130 00:12:54,550 --> 00:12:55,730 We don't know what we're dealing with. 131 00:12:56,670 --> 00:12:57,580 We shouldn't split up. 132 00:12:58,270 --> 00:12:58,940 Stay close. 133 00:13:19,630 --> 00:13:20,340 Are you hungry? 134 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:39,730 That smells delicious. 135 00:13:50,510 --> 00:13:50,940 Laogou. 136 00:13:59,270 --> 00:14:00,580 Did you find the skinny imp? 137 00:14:01,630 --> 00:14:02,180 No. 138 00:14:03,270 --> 00:14:04,300 Then why call my name? 139 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:06,610 Keep looking. 140 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:12,700 Something's wrong with you. 141 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:14,340 Just keep looking. 142 00:14:15,670 --> 00:14:16,460 I'm perfectly fine. 143 00:14:21,030 --> 00:14:21,370 Laogou! 144 00:14:34,510 --> 00:14:35,100 Zhang Qishan, 145 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:37,730 I think... 146 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:39,060 I think... 147 00:14:47,790 --> 00:14:48,530 I'm all right. 148 00:14:48,870 --> 00:14:49,370 Zhang Qishan... 149 00:14:49,510 --> 00:14:49,980 Don't move! 150 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:56,980 It's... 151 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:58,730 I'm starving. 152 00:15:00,510 --> 00:15:02,610 Thank goodness. 153 00:15:02,910 --> 00:15:03,890 Better Zhang Qishan than me. 154 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:11,940 I see. 155 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:13,490 This thing 156 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,010 can only possess one person at a time. 157 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:25,100 I'm starving. 158 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:26,770 Is this a hungry imp? 159 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,130 When will it be your turn? 160 00:15:34,030 --> 00:15:34,700 I don't know. 161 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:36,220 I can't eat any more. 162 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:37,300 I can't eat any more. 163 00:15:52,030 --> 00:15:52,940 Hungry imp, switch hosts! 164 00:15:53,510 --> 00:15:54,460 Switch hosts! 165 00:15:55,750 --> 00:15:56,650 Switch hosts! 166 00:15:58,550 --> 00:16:00,470 Switch hosts! 167 00:16:12,510 --> 00:16:13,650 This is infuriating! 168 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,460 Miss Huo, you call the shots. 169 00:16:21,030 --> 00:16:22,220 We'll do whatever you say. 170 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:33,940 I don't know, 171 00:16:35,510 --> 00:16:37,300 but no one could be inside that hole. 172 00:16:38,670 --> 00:16:39,820 The gap inside is tiny. 173 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:41,490 No person could possibly fit. 174 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:42,980 Even if someone got in, 175 00:16:44,030 --> 00:16:45,890 they would've been crushed beyond recognition. 176 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:47,340 They couldn't possibly be alive. 177 00:16:48,870 --> 00:16:50,250 Miss Huo is on their side. 178 00:16:50,750 --> 00:16:51,890 Bring out all the explosives. 179 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:53,100 We'll blast open the ceiling. 180 00:16:53,150 --> 00:16:53,730 - Yes. - Stop. 181 00:16:54,870 --> 00:16:55,940 Didn't you say you'd listen to me? 182 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:57,250 If the ceiling collapses, 183 00:16:57,550 --> 00:16:59,180 we'll all be buried in here. 184 00:17:01,870 --> 00:17:02,460 Juanlian. 185 00:17:02,630 --> 00:17:03,100 Juanlian. 186 00:17:07,790 --> 00:17:09,220 Are you trying to get Fifth Master killed? 187 00:17:09,790 --> 00:17:10,530 Give me the explosives. 188 00:17:11,590 --> 00:17:11,980 Tiezui. 189 00:17:14,110 --> 00:17:14,980 Take everyone 190 00:17:15,310 --> 00:17:16,700 somewhere safe and find cover. 191 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,140 I'll handle the blast. It's safer. 192 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:19,980 Wait, Xiangu, you... I... 193 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:22,810 Fine. 194 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,330 Master! 195 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:18,220 Master! 196 00:18:19,550 --> 00:18:20,140 Master! 197 00:18:22,070 --> 00:18:23,770 Juanlian, it's a dead end. 198 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,250 Did the blast send Master flying? 199 00:18:25,550 --> 00:18:26,860 Why didn't you say so earlier? 200 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,290 I thought once he heard us preparing the blast, 201 00:18:28,310 --> 00:18:29,330 he'd get out of the way. 202 00:18:29,550 --> 00:18:30,460 It's sealed off above. 203 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,330 But when you lit the fuses earlier, the smoke moved. 204 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:35,330 There must be a mechanism up there. 205 00:18:35,510 --> 00:18:37,900 A narrow gap traps heat. 206 00:18:38,830 --> 00:18:39,660 The temperatures inside and outside differed, 207 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:41,090 so the smoke naturally drifted toward it. 208 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:42,980 Are you happy now? 209 00:18:47,750 --> 00:18:49,420 But we all saw that hand. 210 00:18:49,750 --> 00:18:50,660 Even if it wasn't Fifth Master's, 211 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:52,050 there must be some explanation. 212 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:54,810 Could there really be a ghost? 213 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:58,770 Enough. Stop making wild guesses. 214 00:19:00,590 --> 00:19:01,770 This tower must have lured us here 215 00:19:02,310 --> 00:19:03,420 for some other purpose. 216 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:06,810 What do you suggest we do, Eighth Master? 217 00:19:07,790 --> 00:19:08,620 Three words. 218 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:09,490 Stick together. 219 00:19:10,110 --> 00:19:11,090 Isn't that two words? 220 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:12,900 Master Zhang and Fifth Master aren't here, 221 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:14,660 so we have to hold the line for them. 222 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,380 We can't let this tower have its way. 223 00:19:23,790 --> 00:19:24,490 Zhang Qishan, 224 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:26,220 I kept something from you. 225 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,330 There were two characters on that red ball. 226 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:30,310 I may not be able to read, 227 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:32,050 but I recognized the shape. 228 00:19:32,550 --> 00:19:33,780 It should be "Peng Ju." 229 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:37,390 Have you heard of the Three Worms? 230 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:39,670 A folk healer 231 00:19:40,790 --> 00:19:42,400 once told me 232 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,810 that everyone is born with three parasites inside. 233 00:19:48,190 --> 00:19:49,700 To live a long life, 234 00:19:51,350 --> 00:19:52,850 you have to kill all three. 235 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:54,500 The Three Worms are 236 00:19:54,910 --> 00:19:55,740 Peng Ju, 237 00:19:56,190 --> 00:19:56,980 Peng Zhi, 238 00:19:57,670 --> 00:19:58,500 and Peng Qiao. 239 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:00,570 Peng Ju is drawn to beauty 240 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:02,690 and lavish finery. 241 00:20:03,250 --> 00:20:04,370 It dwells in the head. 242 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:05,780 Peng Zhi 243 00:20:06,190 --> 00:20:07,090 craves delicacies 244 00:20:07,590 --> 00:20:08,570 and dwells in the belly. 245 00:20:09,150 --> 00:20:09,890 Peng Qiao 246 00:20:11,590 --> 00:20:12,700 dwells in the dantian 247 00:20:13,910 --> 00:20:15,170 and stirs up the heart-fire. 248 00:20:22,350 --> 00:20:23,780 The three imps in the mural 249 00:20:24,170 --> 00:20:25,940 are the Three Worms within the great ghost. 250 00:20:26,830 --> 00:20:28,890 That red ball was Peng Ju. 251 00:20:29,630 --> 00:20:32,650 The hungry imp haunting us now 252 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:34,500 is Peng Zhi. 253 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:36,940 If Peng Ju can be killed, 254 00:20:37,430 --> 00:20:38,740 then Peng Zhi can be killed too. 255 00:20:45,420 --> 00:20:46,260 Zhang Qishan, 256 00:20:47,650 --> 00:20:49,650 hurry up and find a way to kill it, 257 00:20:50,910 --> 00:20:52,810 or I might really eat you. 258 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:57,220 Where are you going? 259 00:20:58,070 --> 00:20:58,810 I'm fishing it out. 260 00:20:59,310 --> 00:21:01,860 I'll lure Peng Zhi out of your belly. 261 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:03,330 Could you hurry? 262 00:21:10,110 --> 00:21:10,900 Zhang Qishan, 263 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,330 do you have anything else to eat? 264 00:21:16,270 --> 00:21:16,730 Yes. 265 00:21:25,110 --> 00:21:25,860 What are you doing? 266 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:27,050 Desperate times. 267 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:28,570 You'll have to make do. 268 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:45,490 Come on. 269 00:21:54,510 --> 00:21:55,090 Wait! 270 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:02,460 This is revolting. 271 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:10,330 Master Zhang, 272 00:22:11,350 --> 00:22:12,900 it's finally your turn. 273 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:30,620 Zhang Qishan, 274 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:32,530 tell me, 275 00:22:33,790 --> 00:22:35,490 if I stab it now, 276 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:38,380 will you die too? 277 00:22:40,270 --> 00:22:41,290 I don't know about it, 278 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:43,570 but I certainly will. 279 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:49,490 Then make do with this. 280 00:23:05,270 --> 00:23:06,180 You'd really eat that? 281 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:07,860 Stop playing around, 282 00:23:09,070 --> 00:23:10,940 or I'll eat you too. 283 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:14,380 Fine. 284 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:17,490 You said it yourself. 285 00:23:18,550 --> 00:23:19,420 I'll lure it out for you. 286 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:21,620 Brace yourself. 287 00:23:48,830 --> 00:23:49,570 This thing 288 00:23:50,310 --> 00:23:52,180 can jump between us in an instant. 289 00:23:56,030 --> 00:23:56,660 I think... 290 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,220 Better Zhang Qishan than me. 291 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:04,810 Wait! 292 00:24:08,510 --> 00:24:09,180 It's the eyes. 293 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,330 It moves back and forth through eye contact. 294 00:24:13,310 --> 00:24:14,700 So even if we lure it out, 295 00:24:15,590 --> 00:24:16,940 it'll just possess one of us again. 296 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,290 Then wasn't that whole plan useless? 297 00:24:19,750 --> 00:24:20,330 What do we do? 298 00:24:26,510 --> 00:24:28,330 Since it came from the mechanism, 299 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:30,420 we'll disable the mechanism. 300 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:32,810 What if the imp 301 00:24:33,310 --> 00:24:34,980 still won't leave after we disable it? 302 00:24:35,550 --> 00:24:37,530 Then we'll find a way to kill it. 303 00:24:38,830 --> 00:24:39,420 Wait. 304 00:24:40,510 --> 00:24:41,530 What if we disable it 305 00:24:42,110 --> 00:24:43,810 and another imp appears? 306 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:45,810 Then you can eat it. 307 00:24:46,790 --> 00:24:47,730 But the next imp 308 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:50,240 is Peng Qiao. 309 00:24:52,750 --> 00:24:53,860 It stirs up the heart-fire. 310 00:24:59,070 --> 00:25:01,230 Zhang Qishan, you'd better hurry. 311 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:02,980 I'm starving to death! 312 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,180 A play often moves people 313 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,330 in a single moment. 314 00:25:15,830 --> 00:25:16,700 The same goes for mechanisms. 315 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:19,180 They may look complicated, 316 00:25:20,110 --> 00:25:22,290 but it's all misdirection. 317 00:25:23,590 --> 00:25:25,140 We need to simplify it. 318 00:25:45,750 --> 00:25:46,660 Bravo! 319 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:53,620 I know how to solve it. 320 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:43,330 Still hungry? 321 00:26:56,350 --> 00:26:57,180 Did you disable the mechanism? 322 00:26:58,400 --> 00:26:58,770 Yes. 323 00:27:12,750 --> 00:27:14,050 That wretched Peng Zhi. 324 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:15,770 If I ever see you again, 325 00:27:16,310 --> 00:27:17,570 I'll starve you 326 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:19,140 into a chopstick imp! 327 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:23,530 Didn't you say you weren't hungry? 328 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:27,180 What? 329 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:29,290 After all we've been through, 330 00:27:30,070 --> 00:27:31,010 aren't you hungry too? 331 00:27:34,550 --> 00:27:35,570 Untie me! 332 00:27:54,110 --> 00:27:55,490 The son becomes the top scholar, 333 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? 335 00:28:19,070 --> 00:28:20,010 Of the creatures on that relief, 336 00:28:20,750 --> 00:28:21,620 we've encountered 337 00:28:22,550 --> 00:28:24,050 the giant serpent, Peng Ju, and Peng Zhi. 338 00:28:26,030 --> 00:28:27,420 So beyond this passage lies 339 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:29,290 the great ghost. 340 00:28:59,270 --> 00:28:59,860 Xiangu, 341 00:29:00,830 --> 00:29:02,610 I know you're worried about Laogou. 342 00:29:03,510 --> 00:29:04,160 With him gone, 343 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:06,730 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". 346 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:16,110 It said 347 00:29:19,750 --> 00:29:22,290 that feelings like yours and Laogou's... 348 00:29:24,070 --> 00:29:25,140 At a time like this, 349 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:27,900 instead of worrying about everyone's safety, 350 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:29,180 you're talking about that? 351 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, 369 00:30:37,570 --> 00:30:38,490 the two places 370 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. 372 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, 376 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 382 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:07,290 bear Daoist symbols. 383 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, 385 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. 394 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♪