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[The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils]

[Episode 5]

I really can't be your student.

I already have a master.

Nonsense!

Where's your master then?

Is he stronger than me?

You have no idea what my Master is capable of.

The Xici Commentaries of I Ching. Hexagram sequences.

Do they ring a bell?

Explain Darkening of the Light and Before Completion to me then.

You don't know these esoteric techniques, do you?

So... Old man.

I appreciate your offer but I'll seek your guidance after you bested my Master.

To hell with you!

Third-in-command Yue!

Did you hear that?

My brother is calling me.

I don't want to waste more time.

Tell me where your master is and where we should spar.

I...

Speak!

I...I have no right to speak on behalf of my Master!

Also, once you leave, they will kill us straight away.

How am I supposed to inform my Master?

Saw that?

One neck won't satisfy my appetite.

I want a second neck.

If you're slow on your feet, I'll break your neck.

Retreat!

My dear student, did you see how powerful my technique is?

Be my student now and I'll teach you straight away.

Third-in-command Yue!

Get off my back already!

My dear student, stay here.

Don't go anywhere.

Got it?

Chief Qiao. Commander-in-chief Han is waiting for you. Let me show you the way.

Here, please.

Yes!

Chief Qiao is here, sir.

Commander Han.

Chief Qiao. We've finally met.

I heard something's afoot by the border so I came to help with my sect.

[Commander Han, Defender of Song] Besides, Reverend Xuan Bei also brought his disciples and other heroes along.

They are in the city center now.

Wonderful news.

Truth be told, the sudden aggression from Liao caught us off guard.

I have requested backup from the imperial court

but the Liao army is strong and well-equipped.

Prince of Chu came to supervise too.

I'm afraid that we won't last until the backup's arrival.

Do have a look, Chief Qiao.

Within several days, the Liao army has advanced several hundred Chinese miles.

They have been stationed in Yanmen Pass.

Their cavalrymen attacked recently and we could only play defensively.

Chief Qiao. Do you want to have a look with me on the second floor?

I'd love to, Commander Han.

Here, please.

Wait.

My hand!

Okay.

Come, have this.

Have a look, Chief Qiao.

They have the number and gear advantage.

In this case, we won't last for three days.

Catch the ringleader and you get the whole gang.

To halt the Liao's advance, we need to take down their commander.

I know.

We did come up with the same idea.

However, the Prince of Chu is a powerful foe.

None of us can fight him.

Secondly, after you assassinated Yelv Bulu with your team,

the Liao army reinforced their guard.

Whenever the Prince of Chu leads the army, there will be four to five decoys.

It's hard to locate him, let alone capture.

Let's find a way to lure him out then.

Mister. Have a seat here.

Thank you, young man.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

Mister, why is everyone here in a hurry?

You must be an outsider, young man.

The land beyond the Pass belongs to the Liao now.

Most people have fled the place.

You can hardly find help here.

They are all refugees.

The Liao army is aggressive in their maneuver.

They might arrive at any moment.

The only way to survive is to get into the city.

That said, why is the city so calm and collected?

Because it's protected by ramparts and we have Commander-in-chief Han here.

Everyone living by the Pass knows him.

If he hadn't fended off the Liao for the past couple of years,

this city would have been long gone.

Find a place to settle down and gather more info about the city.

Our priority is to find out both Song's and Liao's military deployment.

Don't act alone unless it's necessary.

Noted.

And you, Young Master?

I have something to do.

Let's split up here.

Once I'm done, I'll meet up with you.

The Heartbreak Grass is still in my body.

That antidote must be a fake one.

If you die here, I'll disfigure myself with my sword.

I will not let anyone see my face again.

You shouldn't! Why did you take such a cruel oath?

I am an orphan.

My Master adopted me and raised me alone.

She taught me martial arts

and told me that men would only betray me.

So, when I was 14, I decided to cover my face with a veil.

I never left the mountain and never met anyone.

This spring, the junior of my Master, Gan Bao Bao, wrote me a letter.

Isn't she Zhong Ling's mom?

Yes. She is my martial aunt.

Get Zhong Ling off your mind!

Listen carefully. You are my husband.

You can only think and care about me.

For you, girls other than me are swines, dogs, animals!

But it's impossible.

My mom, your master, they are all girls.

I can't treat them like animals.

You're right.

What did Mrs. Zhong say in the letter then?

I don't know either.

I just know that my Master was very upset.

She cried for several days.

She wouldn't eat anything.

All she said was two women ruined her life.

That's why my Master and I left the mountain to kill that two witches.

My Master asked me to take a harsh oath before we left.

God be my witness,

I, Mu Wan Qing, swear with my life that

after I leave the mountain, I shall kill whoever sees my visage.

If not, I shall marry him.

If he refuses to marry me

or abandons me after marriage,

I shall kill that heartbreaker.

If I break my oath and my Master finds out, she'll kill herself.

But that's a weird oath.

Who would do this to themselves?

My Master is a woman of her words.

After we left the mountain, we went to Suzhou to kill that witch, Wang.

We didn't expect her to have a lot of minions with her.

We were outnumbered and we got separated like that.

And so, I came to Dali to look for Martial Aunt Gan.

She said that I could stay in her place.

Once my Master arrives, we'll kill Wang together again.

Unfortunately, Granny Rui and her cronies arrived before my Master did.

You already know the rest of the story.

I thought you're just an ingrate, like all other men.

But who would have thought that you, who borrowed the Black Rose, would come back to me.

I'm not someone heartless either.

If you treat me nicely,

I'll be grateful for it.

It's okay, Miss Mu.

Back then, you were forced to do it.

So, it's not like you broke your oath intentionally...

An oath is an oath!

If you do not wish to marry me, tell me now.

I'll kill you with my arrow so that my oath remains intact.

Will you marry me or not?

Miss Mu. I'm about to die.

What's the point of discussing this?

As long as you don't mind, I can marry you.

Really?

Are you okay?

Does it still hurt?

Dear student!

Dear student! Dear student!

Oh, you're here!

My brother is right.

Be quick and you win the battle, be slow and you lose your life.

If you see something good, grab it.

Boss is stronger than me.

I have to obey his orders.

Come, call me Master now.

Your boss blew the whistle just now to have a duel with you?

How do you know?

You must have won, right?

You hit him so hard that he fled. Am I right?

We haven't seen each other for many years.

I thought we could fight for 120 rounds.

However, after a few punches and kicks, I was already on the ground.

Boss was like: "Third-in-command Yue, you have improved a lot."

No, no!

You have to remember that you're Second-in-command Yue, not Third-in-command Yue.

My brother must have forgotten about it.

Kiddo, do you not know how to ask someone to be your Master?

I can teach you.

Kneel down.

And then, very sincerely,

you ask me to take you in as my disciple.

Of course, since it's only the first attempt, I'll say no.

And then, you'll kowtow to me and ask me again thrice.

After that, I'll say yes reluctantly.

Memorize it.

This is the rule of Nanhai Sect.

You'll do the same thing when you find an apprentice in the future.

Don't ever forget it.

Kneel down now!

Hurry up!

Can you change the rule?

What?

I mean, can you change the rule?

Of course not.

Hurry up!

So, Second-in-command Yue, I have a question.

If you change the rule, then are you the stupidest, dumbest fool in the world?

Of course! Hurry up!

Great. Wonderful.

In this case, I won't kowtow to you.

I won't beg you so that you can be my Master.

If you force me to be your apprentice,

then you're the stupidest, dumbest fool in the world.

I can break your neck now, you know?

Break it then.

I can't fight back anyway.

If you kill me, who will you be?

The stupidest, dumbest fool in the world!

Good.

What are you doing?

You will be my student.

But now, there are several people waiting for me on the opposite mountain.

I don't have time to play with you.

Think hard and clear how to beg me to be your Master.

If not, your wife will go...

poof.

Duan.

Miss Mu!

Miss Mu!

Here then.

You. You are my disciple's wife.

- I won't harm you for the moment. - My son...

Stop wailing already!

I've been waiting for half a day.

Your mom is here?

No, you!

She's No Evil Left Undone, Ye Er Niang.

I'm Third-in-command Yue, also known as, Malevolent Deity and Evil Devil.

Our ranking will swap one day!

What's the First Evil and the Fourth Evil called then?

[Ye Er Niang, No Evil Left Undone] Boss is called Overflowing with Evil.

The Fourth Devil is called Thoroughly Cruel, Utterly Evil.

So Young Sis, where is the Fourth Devil?

You're ranked third.

You don't have the right to call me Young Sis.

If you continue, I will show you no mercy.

Show me then.

And? You wish to fight?

Come at me. Anytime.

My baby. Don't cry.

Mommy's here.

Shut up!

- There, there. - Boss wants me to tell you to wait for him here.

If he doesn't return within seven days,

we'll head to Zhong Wan Chou's abode in the Wanjie Valley.

Mommy is with you.

- Did you hear me? - You are my baby, my love.

- Hush. - Show me your baby then.

My baby is not for you.

Young Sis, you're weird.

You keep stealing someone's child.

You steal from this house in the morning, then return him to another house in the evening.

You know. I can help you to strangler him to death.

Come!

My, my. Third Devil.

Why are you attacking my baby?

My baby. You're adorable.

Once I have had enough of you, I'll find you a nice home tonight, okay?

Oh, this lady here has quite the dazzling eyes.

It's as if they can reach into your soul.

Why?

Are you saying that I shouldn't kidnap someone's child?

Young Sis!

My dear student!

Oh no.

I have to find that man quickly and ask him to be my Master.

Or else, Miss Mu will be in danger.

But he insists on teaching me that neck-breaking trick of his.

I don't want that.

Xin...

Branch Leader Xin.

Branch Leader Zuo is here too.

Chief Sikong.

Don't...Don't come near me!

The Sacred Envoys are here.

Greetings.

Sacred Envoys?

You may stand up.

Who are you?

Why are you here?

Do you mean me?

I'm Duan Yu.

I visited the Sword Lake Palace with a friend some days ago

and we bumped into Chief Sikong Xuan. And Mr. Zuo too.

There seems to be a misunderstanding.

I really wanted to be the mediator

but somehow I made everything worse.

Later, Chief Sikong Xuan asked me to retrieve the antidote.

And then, I met a villain on my way.

His name is Third-in-command Yue, the Nanhai Crocodile.

He said I had great potential and wanted to take me in as his disciple.

He brought me here without giving me the chance to say no.

Is he telling the truth?

Your Highness. He is telling the truth.

He doesn't know any martial arts yet he's messing around.

And you said the two persons impersonating my sister fled to this mountain peak.

Where are they?

Mr. Duan, have you seen two girls with a black cloak dressed like us?

I'm Sikong Xuan. Welcome, Sacred Envoys.

Not at all.

I've been here for several days and I haven't seen someone who dressed like you, Sacred Envoys.

- Sikong Xuan.- Yes.

You've worked under the Lingjiu Palace.

Yes, for eight years.

And you couldn't tell us apart?

How careless.

And here we thought you could help Madam Tonglao.

I suppose you won't find the antidote to the Mortality Talisman this year either.

I...

Have mercy, Sacred Envoys.

Have mercy!

You two. Bring Mr. Duan back down.

I will leave capturing those two impersonators to your sect.

If the Four Evils have issues with it,

ask them to find me at the Lingjiu Palace, Piaomiao Peak.

Sacred Envoy Fu!

Please write to Madam Tonglao and tell her that I've failed her terribly.

Master!

Master!

Master!

Bring me down there.

You can't imprison me for no reason!

You. Shut your mouth.

If you keep yelling, we'll be even rougher.

Que sera sera.

I shall submit myself to my fate!

Thank you for your help, fellow heroes.

It is only right.

Commander Han. Based on what you said,

we cannot confront the Liao army directly.

In that case, we can create a scene

when they let their guard down.

Once the Liao army has been alerted, they will consult the Prince of Chu.

And then, we just have to trail them to locate the Prince of Chu.

Mr. Qiao, do you have another idea?

In fact, I do have another idea.

But I can't do it alone.

- I require your assistance. - Definitely.

As long as it's within our capacity, you can ask us to do anything, Mr. Qiao.

- Yes, go ahead. - Chief Qiao.

Just give us the word.

Chief Qiao. Please.

Is any of you an expert in flintstones?

Me.

May I know your name?

I'm just a nobody.

I heard that the Liao army is invading and so I came to help.

May I know why you need flintstones, Chief Qiao?

As the saying goes, full tummy

before fighting an army.

To sow panic among the Liao army, the best way

is to burn their food.

And then, my sect mates will attack during the chaos

with machines and assassination tools.

That way, the Liao army will think that

our backup has arrived.

And so, I plan to invade at night.

(Oh well.) (I'm stuck here anyway.)

(Too many things have happened recently.)

(I might have neglected the task from Miss Deity.)

(I should probably learn the Divine Art of the Northern Darkness)

(like she asked me to.)

(This technique) (goes against the techniques from other sects.)

(If you have learned another technique before, )

discard it away and focus on this technique.

(Should you mix them up, )

(their contradictory nature will result in shocks and internal bleeding.)

(Your meridian system will be paralyzed.)

(It is very dangerous.)

I don't know any martial arts anyway.

How convenient.

Who's there?

Quick!

Come, have some meat.

Fire! Fire!

- What's happening? - No idea.

(Human has four seas. One in the stomach, the sea of sustenance.)

(One in the Penetrating Vessel, the sea of 12 standard meridians.)

(One in the chest, the sea of qi.)

(One is the brain, the sea of essence.)

(In less than a day, the sustenance we ingest)

(will be secreted out of our body.)

(Drain someone's power using your Shaoshang Point and store it in your sea of qi.)

(The more you store, the more it grows.)

(Just like the Grand Northern Darkness Lake)

(can hold a great fish of a thousand miles.)

I love it!

This step technique is like a riddle!

It's so fun!

Coward.

The Crimson Toad hasn't appeared for a long time.

It croaked tonight suddenly.

I wonder if it's a good or bad sign...

The Crimson Toad is the most venomous creature.

It is aggressive and its poison is potent.

I heard that if you see a Crimson Toad,

its poisonous fog will blind you.

The poison then strikes your brain.

I'm sure before you can see clearly how it looks like, you'll be dead already.

Senior Yu.

Sacred Envoy Fu is a man-hater

but she treats the kid inside so nicely.

She even calls him Mr. Duan.

How friendly of her.

I mean, a young lady

treats a handsome man in such a coquettish way...

What else can it be?

Are you saying that Sacred Envoy Fu is into him?

I see.

Sacred Envoy Fu was just being courteous to me.

You can keep me here until my young face is no more

and it still won't serve any purpose.

Bring more water!

Coming!

- I need two more people. - I'm here!

Check that side.

What's happening?

Calm down. Don't panic.

There. Don't let them run!

Go!

They are behind the wagons.

Surround them!

Go!

Your highness!

What's happening?

[Nie Lugu, Prince of Chu in Liao] How did it come to this?

Powerful heroes invaded our camp.

Some brutes are all it takes to make you soil your pants?

Where did the Liao bravado go?

Our invasion will be a successful one.

Even if the Song's backup is here, I am not afraid,

let alone some local pugilists.

Your Highness, if you fight,

I'm sure they will fall like flies.

However, pugilists are a reckless bunch.

You are of noble stature.

You don't need to fight them yourself.

We lost some of our resources but it is not a huge loss.

If something were to happen to Your Highness, then it'd be a different story.

I concur.

They are strong.

Some of our good men died in their hands.

Thank god we already planted decoys in the camp.

Retreat first, Your Highness.

Better safe than sorry.

Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms?

You're Qiao Feng.

Don't move! Don't move!

This step technique...

It starts from Darkening of the Light, then Grace

After Completion, Clan, crossing all 64 hexagrams

and ends at Innocence.

That's a full cycle.

Amazing!

He's making noise this early in the morning.

What is he doing?

Let me check.

What are you yelling about?

I said that whenever you speak, I'll give you a slap.

Did you forget?

You dodge my slap and so you eat my punch.

- That's how we do it. - You...

Weird.

I only gave him a punch and somehow I feel exhausted already.

How uncivilized!

All I said was a few "Amazing!"

It's not like it will cost you something.

I got a punch for no reason at all.

Thank god it doesn't hurt at all.

Just a bit out of breath, though.

Untie the prince.

Yes.

Do you know the consequence of kidnapping me?

I do.

In fact, I know you quite well.

Like?

You two are dismissed.

Noted.

When Emperor Shengzhong passed away,

his will stated that his eldest son, Xinzhong, will succeed as the Emperor.

However, the Dowager Empress favored the second child, Chongyuan.

She plotted to get Chongyuan the throne but Chongyuan revealed

and foiled her plan.

Later, as a token of gratitude,

Emperor Xingzhong made Chongyuan the Crown Prince

and promised to give him the throne.

When Emperor Xingzhong fell sick, he reneged on his promise

and passed the throne to his son,

your current Emperor, Yelv Hongji.

After Yelv Hongji became the Emperor, he felt guilty,

so he gave his uncle, Chongyuan, the title of Crown Prince again

and the title of Grand Marshal.

He also made Chongyuan's son,

Nie Lugu,

which is you, the Prince of Chu.

You handle the affairs by the South and are now the Ruler of the South.

Your Highness, you have no ordinary background.

You're well respected in the Liao empire,

but everyone only knows your royal lineage.

They don't know the full picture.

You're not from Liao.

How do you know this?

The Beggars' Sect is all over the world.

It is not hard to get a hold of such information.

I also know that many Liao people

support you and your father.

They said Yelv Hongji cheated his way up.

Your dad is the rightful emperor.

So what?

Your Highness,

you're a smart person.

You know your situation better than me.

We hold you prisoner now.

Your dad, your tacticians, or your soldiers want to save you

but those people in the Capital City

might not think so.

You sure they won't prolong the negotiation

so that you can't return to the Liao empire

or instigate an incident that results in your death?

Some Liao regions support the current Emperor

and some support you and your father.

This deep-rooted divide

cannot be solved within a day.

The Song and the Liao signed a peace accord.

From what I know, you breached the accord and deployed the army yourself

without the consent from the Liao Emperor.

If you win this war, then everyone can look past that.

But you're here now.

And as time passes,

do you think you will still hold the military power?

You... What do you want?

It's simple.

Peace by the border so that the civilians can live worry-free.

Chief Qiao.

Come in.

Chief Qiao.

Your Highness, let's see how much

the Ruler of the South is worth.

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