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"Adapted from Priest's novel of the same name, Drowning Sorrows In Raging Fire on jjwxc.net"

"Drowning Sorrows In Raging Fire"

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"Episode 8 Truth"

Who's there?

A puppet? Was it the same kind that murdered the old leader?

You sure are observant.

Who planted this puppet at Aluojin's side?

Was the old leader really killed by the flying mouse clan?

You said Aluojin gave the letter to his most trusted person. Who was that?

My tutor. Is there record of him in history books?

Of course. He appeared in many adaptations of period dramas.

"The Emperor's Tutor has a face akin to a beautiful lady."

That description alone ensures

that he will remain a hot topic for another 500 years.

But, what kind of person was he?

He excelled in both academics and martial arts, and predicted everything accurately.

Your Majesty.

Teacher.

His hatred toward fiends will become a problem.

Your Majesty, I've told you this before.

I know, but fiends killed his father.

Teacher, what are you doing?

Your Majesty, I have to tell you the truth behind the old leader's death.

So he was Dan Li?

Young fiend, let me tell you: there is no coincidence in this world.

Dan Li told me everything.

He sent me to the Wu people's valley because they'd rescue a child in trouble.

And when I rescued Aluojin from the fiends,

I'm sure Dan Li had people nearby protecting me.

Also, he had the old leader killed and blamed it on the fiends.

Thus the Wu people had no qualms with joining hands with the humans.

What about now? After all his scheming,

now he treats them like a threat and wants to kill them off?

We've searched the whole city, but there were no survivors.

Two cities and dozens of villages. They were all unarmed. Did they deserve death?

The treacherous Aluojin and his men deserted the army,

leaving the people to fend for themselves.

Your Majesty, please order us to deal with the traitor!

Your Majesty, please order us to deal with the traitor!

Hurry and get out of here! Move it!

The entrance is on fire! Leader, save us!

Didn't you want to know about the origin of the mutated butterflies?

That was it. It's a curse that even the magical flame can't eradicate.

So, you were too late?

No, I arrived just in time.

Your Majesty.

You came.

We've been waiting for you for a long time.

Brother Lingyuan, how did my dad die?

Your Majesty, don't get close to him!

Was it him?

Or was it you?

Your Majesty, Aluojin has become a demon.

All the dead bodies here have become puppets of his butterflies.

There is no one left alive here.

No one alive? Are living people more important than the dead?

Stop!

Your Majesty, Aluojin is full of hatred and extreme in his actions.

If they were to leave here, would you let them kill off everyone outside?

Where are you, Dan Li?

You liar! Where are you? You'll die a horrible death!

Your Majesty, your indulgence made him into what he is today.

How much longer are you going to indulge him?

One day, I'll bring peace to the damned,

and bury all the graveless dead.

This... is the dagger with the protection spell.

I stole it from my dad when I left Dongzhou.

Brother...

I gave it to you as a gift...

Young fiend, you asked me if I knew your ancestor.

Dan Li's white magical flame burned this valley for seven days straight.

It was called the Nanming Fire.

Since you're the Nanming Firekeeper, you must have some connection with him.

You...

Your Majesty, I'm sure I have not offended you.

Then why did you have the Fiends' Handbook?

It was made by Dan Li himself.

I knew it!

Sorry, I wasn't trying to harm you. This is an emergency, after all.

Damn you!

Why are you staring at me? I can't believe there's a demon as stupid as you.

He was using me as bait to lure you out! I'm sure Dan Li was not as handsome as me.

Aluojin!

Clever, how did you notice?

I've had my doubts from the moment you appeared to be stuck in past memories,

asking me to ask you questions.

You're not a sentimental person.

You know me well.

When you came to the Wu people's valley, you were unconscious.

That means the very first memory actually came from Aluojin, the spell caster.

You noticed that, so you secretly planted a third person's memories.

The memory about the puppet was from Dan Li's viewpoint.

I guess you're the one who made them up, right?

That wasn't difficult, I just need to imagine myself as him.

He's the one who taught me everything, after all.

Right. There were only three people stuck in Retrospection.

You knew the Wu people getting annihilated was a serious trauma for Aluojin,

so if you framed me as Dan Li's descendant,

he'd think of me as his enemy and come out of hiding.

Dan Li has always lived in secrecy, hiding his face behind a mask made of human skin.

Even when I threw him into jail and had him executed,

I still never saw his face.

So I borrowed your face. You have my thanks for that.

The flames in Chiyuan have long been extinguished.

Dan Li has been dead for thousands of years, and so have you and I.

Now people can hardly distinguish between human and fiend,

and there has been no war for a century.

Aluojin.

Brother Lingyuan, you did it again.

You'd still kill me to protect humans.

You're no different from them.

With the mountain gods and my ancestors as my witnesses,

and on behalf of the Wu people,

I, Aluojin, wish the great Human Emperor a long life.

As long as embers remain in Chiyuan, your spirit will never perish.

You'll have an immortal body with inexhaustible blood.

With an infinite life span, you'll become greater than any demon.