Original subtitles

♪ Ask the sword and knife, and do away with resentment ♪

♪ I fear that new and old grudges will add to my troubles ♪

♪ Ask each tactic and move to see who is more skilled ♪

♪ Fate changes and cannot be predicted ♪

♪ Ask the road and journey ahead ♪

♪ Where is my soul mate? ♪

♪ Ask the rain and clear skies about the troubles on my mind ♪

♪ Face the moon every day and night ♪

♪ Ask the flowers and leaves, their colors are perfect ♪

♪ Happiness and pain are both short, how many springs are left? ♪

♪ Ask autumn and winter, the snowstorm continues ♪

♪ The rainbow scatters easily but the days are hard to endure ♪

♪ No one knows why the flowers blossomed early ♪

♪ Heaven doesn’t mock us, you’ve also grown old ♪

♪ The pugilist world is small, but the rest of the world is vast ♪

♪ I’ve forgotten those who are gone ♪

♪ No one knows why the flowers withered early ♪

♪ Heaven feels no sorrow, you’ve also grown old ♪

♪ The heroes have died and little time is left ♪

♪ I’ve forgotten those who are gone ♪

[Word of Honor]

[Episode 26]

Why are you bullying Zhen Yi Guo?

This is your dog?

My senior brother left it to me.

Yi Guo,

what a good name.

Let me cook it

and see if it can fill a pot.

Give it to me.

No.

No? We’ll take it!

No way to escape now?

Stay back!

Give it to me.

Hold him.

Cute dog, run!

Run back home and find Mom.

Zhen Yi Guo?

Release me!

Go home.

Thank you.

My little friend,

is your family name Zhen?

It’s not.

You are mistaken.

Why did Ah Xu’s Drunk-Like-A-Dream

lead me to such a weird dream?

Little brat.

Uncle Wen,

you woke up so early.

What time is it now?

I’ve practiced Eight Trigram Palm more than fifty times

It’s about seven in the morning.

Why did you wake up so early?

I woke up at the first crowing

and failed to get back to sleep.

So I decided to practice my martial arts.

What are you trying so hard?

I keep having dreams and can’t sleep well.

Every time thinking of the evil deeds the Ghost Valley has committed,

and the people lost their families like me,

I just can’t eat and sleep well.

I do hope that in one night,

I can have good skills like you and my master.

to kill those bastards.

If there is no Ghost Valley in this world,

there won’t be so many

miserable happenings.

More haste, less speed.

No matter how hard you try,

martial arts skills can’t be acquired in one night.

Your master has some incenses that can help you sleep.

I’ll get some for you tonight.

You are still growing now.

Sleeping is necessary for you.

You exert your strength wrongly

so your arms are not forceful.

Eight Trigram Palm emphasizes the central waist and qi (energy).

This is also the key for most martial arts skills.

Little brat,

free your shoulders, lower your elbows,

and strengthen your belly.

Someone said he was an outsider,

and refused to teach my disciple, didn’t he?

None of your business.

Master, I’ll go answer the door.

Who are you?

I come from the Bank of Ping An.

Mr. Ye ordered me to

deliver a letter to Four Seasons Manor.

Scorpion King

on that Ghosts Book,

there are appearances of many of us,

from the Chief of the Valley to the Ten Devils.

Even our skills, schools,

origins,

and all the things we’ve done are on it.

It’s just like ripping our pants off

and sowing them to everyone.

If it was spread to the martial arts world,

we could hardly do anything.

What... what Ghosts Book?

The Five Lakes Alliance is distributing Ghosts Books to each sect.

What is this?

If this is the case,

how could we

work for Chief Zhao?

I have recalled,

there is such a thing.

But what’s wrong with this?

Just find someone

who is good at making disguise

and ask him to disguise you.

Perhaps,

you’ll look much better.

Happy!

Besides,

as a bad-ass,

you want to be as notorious as possible.

Foster-Father has helped you to be more famous.

Isn’t it good?

You!

The alliance of two powers,

if they work well, it sustains.

If not, it breaks.

If Chief Zhao is trying to use this kind of despicable means

to force us to the corner,

isn’t it too nasty?

Today, I

have heard something so ridiculous.

You evil ghosts

say someone else is despicable?

This is so funny.

Fine.

If this is the case,

we’ll leave now.

The world is large,

we’ll have our place.

How dare you!

What not?

I think it makes sense.

If they work well, it sustains.

If not, it breaks.

If you guys don’t want to stay,

then

why should I keep you?

Let’s go!

See you.

Your Majesty.

What are you planning with the king?

Be respectful.

Yes, Your Majesty.

By the way, Your Majesty,

Liu Qian Qiao’s letter has arrived.

It’s about how to make the Water of Lethe.

Please read it, Your Majesty.

Brother.

The server of your bank told me

I have a letter at your place.

Just a moment, please.

Greeting from Ping An, Leader Zhou.

Ping An, why are you here in Kun Province?

Are you running this bank?

That’s beyond what I’m capable of.

Please have a seat, Leader Zhou.

I’m just overwatching the 56 sub-branches

in the Central Plain for Prince Jin.

There are four or five more branches in South Xinjiang,

overwatched by Ru Yi.

The Bank of Ping An is all over the world.

I’d never expected that your master owns it.

How could a man like him

do business related to money?

That’s what you don’t know.

Although our bank deals with financial businesses,

it mainly focuses on gathering information of the Central Plain for the Grand Wizard.

We are using the mechanical birds

that you taught us to make in the past.

Thanks to this precious gift,

I’m able to immediately know

that Prince Jin is coming to Kun Province.

in advance.

Prince Jin is coming to Kun Province?

Leader Zhou,

didn’t you send Mr. Ye to visit the Grand Wizard?

Prince Jin was told that you had been in poor health.

So he decided to come to Kun Province, along with the Grand Wizard at once.

Nonsense.

how could he come to the Central Plain?

It’s fine.

Leader Zhou,

Prince Jin is coming with the Grand Wizard and many bodyguards.

Moreover,

Kun Province is a remote place,

far beyond the reach of Prince Jin.

What does it mean?

Ah Xu, are you familiar with

the person invited by Ye Bai Yi?

More than familiar,

it’s a friendship of life.

Leader Zhou, honestly

all these years,

you didn’t leave any messages to my master.

Now you need help.

Why did you ask someone else to deliver the message?

You should go to South Xinjiang yourself.

My master misses you all these years.

By the way,

this is the letter from Mr. Ye.

What is Senior Ye intending to do?

Why did he write a letter to scold you?

[See you in the winter solstice.]

[I want to eat dumplings,]

[stuffed with cabbage and pork.]

This letter...

What does it mean?

Prince Jin and the Grand Wizard

are collecting some precious medicine in South Xinjiang.

Mr. Ye can’t wait that long,

so he decided to come back earlier

and sent this letter through the sub-branches in the south.

Thanks for what you’ve done, Ping An.

Master,

who is the Grand Wizard?

And who is Prince Jin?

Did Senior Ye

invite these two to heal you?

He invited?!

If I knew that his old friend

is the Grand Wizard,

I’ll spare him a trip here.

You haven’t explained

who these two people are.

These two are my old friends in Jin Province.

Both of them used to work for Prince Jin.

But later, they were so disappointed at Prince Jin,

so they decided to go to South Xinjiang

and never come back.

So these two can heal your wounds?

The Grand Wizard is good at medicine,

and knows many secret venom practice.

Prince Jin usually think several times before he acts.

If they decide to come to Central Plain,

then there must be a chance?

Isn’t this a good thing?

If you are old friends,

then why don’t we go find them sooner?

Earlier,

I didn’t want to try for my life.

Master,

why did Senior Ye blame you in the letter?

Silly brat,

don’t you see?

That old monster

went thousands of miles away to the south to look for doctors.

After seeing the Grand Wizard,

he found out that

the legend that he barely invited

still owes your master a favor.

The gorgeous Sword Immortal of Mount Changming

eventually became an errand messenger.

A man like him

would feel so ashamed.

Getting scold is already a kind of mercy.

What’s the matter?

In the end, Senior Ye is

the one manage to invite the Grand Wizard here.

No matter whose favor it is,

as long as Master can be healed,

it’s perfect.

Right, Uncle Wen?

Madam,

do you have any other colors for this cloth?

Come.

Look at this.

It’s pretty good.

Ah Xu, it’s rare to go down the mountain.

I have to look around

and see if there’s a painter that’s good at repairing.

Can you take Cheng Ling back first?

Sure, come back early.

Otherwise, we won’t have dinner.

Bullshit.

Am I your servant?

Aren’t you?

Cheng Ling,

rest a while longer and we’ll leave soon.

Valley Chief is coming.

Valley Chief is coming.

I’ve found the Valley Chief.

Valley Chief is coming.

I’ve found the Valley Chief.

I’ve found the Valley Chief.

Valley Chief.

Valley Chief.

Chief Valley, I’ve finally found you.

Do you know

how we spent these days recently?

It’s like rats on the street,

chased by everyone.

Show me the Ghosts Book.

At the moment,

almost everyone

in every sect has a copy of this book.

The whole martial arts world is investigated.

Ghosts hiding everywhere

are revealed.

I’m so lucky

to save these brats,

hiding in this wilderness,

and looking for the whereabouts of Valley Chief.

I’m getting skinny due to starvation.

If Miss Gu didn’t take in Yun Zai,

who is pretty clean

and can get around,

Old Ghoul won’t be able to see you again.

Ten Devils, how many are left?

What?

Valley Chief, don’t you know?

I heard that this sect is killing that one,

that sect is killing another one.

This is all done by the Ghost Valley.

I, I thought it was done by you,

with the Ten Devils.

So it wasn’t you?

Do you know where the Owner of the List of the Unfaithful is?

No, no.

Not since

Tragicomic Ghost was abducted

before the Heroes Conference started.

I haven’t heard about her or Beauty Ghost.

That’s right, Valley Chief

I heard that those famous dogs

are trying to re-host

that shitty Heroes Conference.

They really don’t know their places,

like monkeys claiming the throne of wilderness.

Thank goodness that you appeared in time.

Let’s return to the Ghost Valley now

to prepare the defense

and give those suckers a lesson.

Kill them! Kill them! Kill them!

Martial Uncle.

What is it?

Martial Uncle, you’ve finally returned.

I’m almost starved to death.

You just wait when I’m not back?

Can’t you just get yourself some noodles first?

No.

How did it go? Did you find a painter?

Not at the foot of the hill.

I heard that a painter has just returned from Chang’An to Qingshui Town.

I’ll visit him with the painting in a few days.

Ah Xu.

do you want to learn how to cook?

In case I can’t prepare the meal for you that day.

No, thanks.

A saint once said a nobleman should stay away from the kitchen. (Lit: Mencius’s words)

Don’t worry.

Us two won’t be starved.

If there’s no choice,

I’ll take Cheng Ling to the town for food.

Fine.

Call me when dinner is ready.

Okay, Master Zhou.

Take your time.

Martial Uncle, what is it?

Nothing.

It’s getting dark.

“The sunset is so sublime

yet sadly it’s in its demise.” (Lit: From Li Shang Yin’s Ascending to Mount Leyo)

Cheng Ling,

what do you want for dinner tonight?

Uncle Wen will cook for you.

Greetings, Scorpion King.

Didn’t I send someone

to tell you the solution to the venom?

Why do you come back?

I have changed my mind.

Scorpion King is ingenious.

It’s an honor to serve you.

I am willing to be your servant,

as long as....

As long as you are willing to release my master, Tragicomic Ghost

and...

And Yu Qiu Feng.

Scorpion King, I’m begging you.

Stop.

I don’t want to hear empty words.

No merit, no reward.

I can promise you not to kill them,

but I can’t release them

just because of your words.

Of course,

if you can prove your loyalty,

I will not treat loyal people badly.

Rise now.

Thank you.

However,

if it weren’t for your recipe,

I wouldn’t have found out that

the Water of Lethe is made up of Nepenthes.

Scorpion King, what do you mean?

Have you heard of

something called Drunk-Like-A-Dream?

There’s a plant in Kun Province named Nepenthes.

Add seven kind of venoms into it,

then the Water of Lethe is made.

It will make you forget your most infatuated things.

If you add seven kinds of flowers to it,

Drunk-Like-A-Dream is made.

These two are two sides of one secret,

mutually enhancing and opposing.

A large dose of Drunk-Like-A-Dream

may counteract the effect of Water of Lethe

to reveal sealed memories.

Scorpion King, are you going to...

Tragicomic Ghost doesn’t have a complete psyche now.

To avoid using large doses

which might damage her brain,

I decided to use incense

so the medicine can be absorbed gradually

and reach the level we need.

You are here about time.

She’s been in the medical room for seven days.

I think she’ll be awake soon.

Then I’ll know the truth soon.

All those sayings are rumors.

Foster-Father will not deceive me.

Right.

After Tragicomic Ghost tells the truth,

his name will be cleared.

What I’ve done

is just to clear my father’s name.

Your Gentle Wind Sword Sect

stays in a desolate place like this.

How smart of you!

If I was a thief,

I wouldn’t bother to come here to steal.

Ah Xiang, don’t talk nonsense.

Who is the one saying

that Mount Qingfeng is desolate?

Little brat bunny.

Martial Uncle.

Brat.

Martial Uncle.

Martial Uncle, Senior Brother, you guys are all here.

I finally get to meet you!

I really miss you.

You’ve finally returned,

just in time for the New Year.

Is everyone fine there?

How is Master’s health condition?

Did everyone miss me?

I’m asking you.

Be honest.

How did you trick this little girl?

I...

My name is Gu Xiang.

Nice to meet you.

Ah Xiang.

Nice to meet you.

My name is Mo Wei Xu,

Cao Wei Ning’s senior brother.

This is the Elder of our sect, Fan Huai Kong.

You may call him Martial Uncle Fan as Wei Ning does.

Martial Uncle Fan.

Martial Uncle Fan, nice to meet you.

Senior Brother Mo, nice to meet you.

Everyone, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, Miss Xiang.

I’m asking you,

where did you find her?

So naive.

I’m not naive.

If you’re not naive,

why would you be abducted

by my naive nephew?

He’s calling you naive.

- Me? - You’re naive!

Senior Brother Cao,

This this your fiancee that you mentioned in the letter?

Great, good for you!

I am not.

Cao Wei Ning, what did you tell them?

Nothing.

A fierce fiancee.

Wei Ning.

You will be suffering in the future.

Stop it, Martial Uncle Don’t make fun of her.

She’s timid.

Miss Xiang, don’t mind it.

We make jokes like this all the time.

Girl,

Martial Uncle was just teasing you.

Wei Ning said you are really nice in his letter.

We knew that you are coming this morning,

and cleaned a small courtyard for you

at the hillside.

Martial Uncle,

can’t Ah Xiang live with us in the mountain?

Sorry for this, Miss.

Our leader just gave an order of solitude.

So we can’t receive guests.

We can go down the mountain to pick you up.

Solitude?

Martial Uncle, is it because of...?

Miss, come and check the courtyard

to see if you like it.

Let’s go.

- Go. - Go.

- Come. - Go.

- Go. - Go.

The problem with the Eagle Claw Clan and the Mount Hua Sect

is on your shoulder this time, Old Sha.

Fine.

If the Water Transport Gang this time...

Leaders, we’ll call it a day.

Thanks for your work.

- Bye. - Bye.

How many times have I told you,

not to come to the front hall?

Why?

Those running dogs

knows my existence anyway.

Are you afraid of them barking?

Never get yourself more business to attend to.

Foster-Father,

when your status was insecure,

you had to cover your connection with the Scorpion.

I understand that.

But now you are in power,

why can’t I stand by you now?

It’s not settled,

there still are variables.

Then when will it be settled?

Such bullshit

maybe enough to fool those idiots of the Ghost Valley.

But now you evade me with that cliche.

Are you insulting me?

Scorpion,

what’s wrong with you today?

Did you hear something?

Or did I make a mistake?

Scorpion,

I know that

the situation requires

you to support me in the dark.

I have wronged you.

But I didn’t expect

you are so capable

that you manage to make the Scorpion

an assassin guild as influential as the Window of Heaven.

I’m so glad.

And,

I feel that I’m in your debt.

I’ve worked hard,

with caution and conscience,

for our cause.

I have no children,

and you are my closest kin.

All of my businesses,

if not for you,

whom could I entrust with?

In the future,

if you are angry,

just tell me, I can take it.

But just don’t

hurt my heart with those cold words.

Okay?

Foster-Father,

why did you lie to me?

How did I lie to you?

What is if you don’t disappoint me,

I won’t disappoint you?

How did you get this?

Yu Qiu Feng sent it to me.

Foster-Father,

is this your writing?

Yu Qiu Feng,

is cornering me.

Come and eat more.

- Thank you, Senior Brother. - Thank you

Here.

Thank you.

Have more.

You must be tired on the way.

Don’t be nervous.

Make yourself at home.

Right, make yourself at home.

Girl,

I think you have some martial skills,

just like one of us.

Which sect do you belong to?

I don’t have a sect.

I’m a servant.

Just that my master

taught me some basics.

Ah Xiang, don’t be so humble.

Martial Uncle, her master is...

Have more.

Fine, I’ll eat.

Forgive me for this, Martial Uncle.

My master is a reclusive senior

with a strange temper.

I am not allowed to say his name.

Martial Uncle,

there are all kinds of people in the world.

Not so strange, right?

Right.

Is there anyone else in your family?

No.

I am an orphan,

adopted by my master.

But,

he doesn’t need me now.

It doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter.

You are an orphan

just like our Wei Ning.

You both had a miserable life.

Although you don’t have a family,

but in the future,

you both will be dedicated to be one mind.

It’s just a bad timing.

If there’s no order of solitude,

I’ll choose a day

for you to get married

after the New Year.

Martial Uncle, why did we seal off the mountain?

Finish dinner first.

Ah Xiang, have some more.

Right, eat.

I did have an affair

with Tragicomic Ghost, Luo Fu Meng.

At that time, she was the Princess of Neon Palace.

Yet I was just a poor boy from Zhao family’s side branch,

Her family naturally refused to let her marry me,

and locked her up.

This blood letter

was sent by her at that time

to show her will.

You two

once loved each other.

Then why did you fail her?

It was all because of that vicious Li Yao.

Foster-Mother?

I’ve said you are not allowed to call her that.

She’s just a bitch.

You don’t know what she has done.

Back then, she was from a noble family and loved me deeply.

I really appreciated that.

I must be blamed for

not refusing her in time.

So when

Fu Meng and I were about to overcome all the difficulties

and get married,

she threatened me with my involvement

in stealing in the Armory.

She demanded that I must go with her

and break up with Fu Meng.

Scorpion,

if I was the only one behind that,

I would not have compromise.

But it involved so many people

that I couldn’t get my friends in trouble.

So I endured this humiliation

and married into her family.

Do you know that

on the day of your wedding,

Luo Fu Meng went crazy and carried out a massacre in the Neon Palace?

Do you know why

no one heard from her since then?

It was because I tried my best

to find her crazy

and sent her to the Heal Valley secretly.

But when I was trying to subdue her,

I was badly hurt by her unique martial arts.

I have been unable to make any progress in martial arts since then.

I have ruined her life.

If it wasn’t me,

she wouldn’t end up in

such a poor condition like this.

Scorpion,

this is the most painful memory

and the biggest shame of my life.

I planned to take this to the grave.

But since you want to know,

I’ll tell you now.

There’s another reason

for my hesitation.

I killed Li Yao as well.

I figured.

I was obsequious and genuine.

But not anymore.

The Zhao Jing in front of you

is someone who killed his wife,

murdered his brothers,

and scourged the martial arts world,

who will not be forgiven.

The world fails me,

I will do the same to the world.

But to you,

my son...

The old me has mostly died.

But if I maintain a little kindness

and a little affection for my family,

they are for you.

This is the last piece of pure land in my life.

Promise me

that you will guard it well.

Do not abandon it.

Foster-Father.

it’s my fault.

I shouldn’t have asked you this.

I won’t ask again.

Scorpion,

you should know that

you are the only one I have,

and I’m the only one you have.

If you don’t disappoint me,

I will not disappoint you.

If you don’t fail me,

I will not fail you.

Master.

Don’t call me that.

Don’t you have a new master already?

How did it go?

Did you find an answer?

He said

it was his wife Li Yao

who threatened him with the secret of the Armory.

I can’t believe that

his ability to make up stories

i still so good.

It was my dad who threatened him first.

Why did he frame Li Yao?

Because he killed Li Yao later.

Li Yao was just a stupid girl.

Although we were rivals in love,

I didn’t hate her.

If I was the one

who married Zhao Jing,

I would be the skeleton

buried in the ground instead.

“He dallied with me

and he forsake me in the end.” (Lit.: A saying from Yingying’s Biography)

I have given up everything for Zhao Jing.

But I couldn’t believe

that he went for Li Yao, a high-born girl.

My dad saw me cry all day

and he couldn’t bear it.

So he used the secret of the Armory

and the leadership of the Neon Palace

to make him marry me.

But I never expected

he could be that ruthless.

He conspired with the traitors of our palace

and massacred the Neon Palace

on the day of our wedding.

Master, it wasn’t you?

The past cannot be retrieved.

Both of you have no evidence.

If he is indeed cold-blooded

as you said,

why would he spare your life?

And why would he

keep and value your blood letter?

You really...

You really have

little understanding of Zhao Jing.

Do you know that all his life,

he is most proud of

his ability to fool everyone around.

He keeps one trophy

for each of his plots.

I assume

he has the ring of his master’s

and the sword that poisoned Rong Xuan.

If you don’t believe me,

go and check for yourself.

There should be something left

by that stupid girl, Li Yao.

It’s very likely to be their love token.

If I’m not wrong,

Zhao Jing has also given

a very special token to you

to prove his sincerity,

right?

Martial Uncle, tomorrow is the winter solstice.

Will Senior Ye be here on time?

Yes, tomorrow is the winter solstice.

Are we going to make dumplings?

Senior Ye said

he wanted dumplings with cabbage and pork stuffing?

What else do you know besides eating?

Senior Ye requested it in his letter.

Besides,

I’ve worked so hard every day.

Why can’t I eat?

Little brat, shut up.

Now you’re talking back!

Fine, fine.

I’ll buy some ingredients tomorrow.

What else do you want?

You’re not going against his will this time?

Old Monster is in his late years.

He’s gone through this tough journey for us.

I’ll just fulfill

his appetite.

It’s reasonable.

But for him to have such a good appetite,

we should double the ingredients.

The wine being sold down the hill is not good.

How about this, Lao Wen?

You hire a carriage to Qingshui Town,

and buy some dishes.

Great.

Uncle Wen, I’ll go with you.

No.

One round trip takes a whole day.

Don’t even think about it.

Stay and practice.

That’s not it.

I have never slacked off.

Shut up.

Go to bed now.

Lao Wen,

get some rest.

Do you want to talk?

And some drinks?

No drinking.

We have a big fight in two days.

We need to have a good rest.

That’s right.

Then go ahead.

Go, Cheng Ling.

Go.

♪ The sky was gray as I crossed the cold river ♪

♪ The moon in my cup at night reflects the sadness in my smile ♪

♪ Who allowed me to roam around the world on horseback? ♪

♪ Who is drunk in their dreams but can’t find home when they wake?

♪ The cold rain kisses my windows ♪

♪ I don’t mind hate and slander, but my melancholy persists ♪

♪ The spring breeze brings greenery along the river ♪

♪ But can’t warm my cold heart ♪

♪ Is that our light out of nowhere? ♪

♪ I regret not meeting you earlier, but we’ve finally met now ♪

♪ Don’t let the seasons pass in vain ♪

♪ Give up the adventures on horseback for a peaceful quiet life ♪

♪ The lights of ten thousand families light up the world ♪

♪ The past disappears like smoke in a sandstorm ♪

♪ I will spend the rest of my days enjoying my life with you ♪

♪ I will be with you forever ♪