Original subtitles

Swords of Legends II

Episode 12

Uncle Xie, please let me follow you.

Mr Yue,

there' re still many things waiting for me to figure out.

And as for myself,

I still don't know the cause of my loss of memory.

I'm afraid to put you in danger

if I grant your request now.

Uncle Xie,

I don't care.

It's my dream

to have you as my master.

No matter what kind of danger is ahead,

I'd like to face it with you.

Sorry, Mr Yue,

my answer is still no.

However,

that doesn't mean

I won't teach you the Yanjia skills.

I need Mr Xia to stay here at the Jingshui Lake for a few days to treat him,

during which you're welcome to ask me

anything about Yanjia skills.

Also,

there' re some notes in the study room

when I was studying Yanjia skills.

Please help yourself.

Thank you.

Mr Xie,

since it was during the search of Juandu Kingdom's national treasure ring

that you lost memory,

why not go to Juandu Kingdom with us?

If we can find the ring,

then maybe it'll help you recall something.

He's right.

Yi,

no matter what,

I'll go to Juandu Kingdom with you.

Right.

How could I miss this?

Mr Xie,

the mark you left on me 10 years ago

may have something to do with the ring.

It'll make things easier

if you join us.

Mr Xie,

if you recollect something

about Liuyue City with your memory back,

it might help my master.

Please come with us.

What you said does make sense.

I...

Mr Xie!

Yi!

Mr Xie...

Uncle Xie...

Everybody,

please give me some time.

Yi, why are you still hesitating?

Don't you wanna remember the past?

Are you...

are you not willing to remember us?

It's complicated.

I can't make up my mind now.

But...

Please don't say more.

If you still want to live here,

make yourselves at home.

Uncle Xie...

Uncle Xie!

Let him be.

Too much has happened.

We can wait for a few more days.

My mother's in danger now.

I can't afford to wait.

If Mr Xie doesn't want to leave here,

I'll go back to Chang' an myself.

Uncle Xie will definitely join us.

10 years ago, he was willing to risk his life for a totally strange kid,

He will help us this time, too.

Ye is right.

I believe in Yi, too.

Let's hope you're right.

It is indeed my Yanjia work.

But how come I don't remember it at all?

What on earth happened to me 10 years ago?

Should I join them

and go to Juandu Kingdom?

Who should expect a slow-witted dumbhead like you

to be so depressed?

Why did you suddenly come out and scare me?

You're absolutely the weakest master of Hanguang sword ever.

Whining over nothing big deal.

A sword spirit like you

wouldn't understand human beings' sorrows.

All these years,

I've wanted to follow Uncle Xie.

Now I finally find him,

but...

Dumbhead,

do you know how Hanguang sword came into being?

No.

It took thousands of years,

during which millions of failures was repeated.

If the man who was forging it was like you,

there would be no Hanguang sword today.

Millions of failures?

You heard me.

But in the end,

Hanguang sword hasn't been completed.

How come?

If it is so,

why would a sword spirit be born out?

Right, that's you.

Sword spirits are not born out.

Dumbhead,

let me tell you.

A sword spirit appears only when a creature gives its life to the sword.

A creature? Gives its life?

Maybe this is why

Hanguang is evil in nature,

for more blood makes swords sharper.

Since ancient times, most of its masters

have been the generals who died in the battlefield.

Maybe that's karma.

For thousands of years, whoever owned Hanguang died a miserable death,

often without being remembered or any good reputation.

There's no exception.

I've heard from my dad

that despite the cruelty of wars,

the fight for powers in the army is more of a peril.

I don't think what happened to Hanguang' s old masters

is all its fault.

Don't be so harsh on yourself.

And because Hanguang sword never got to be completed,

instead of giving full play of its power,

it has to lean on the owner's spirit and strength.

No wonder.

Every time after using Hanguang,

I'd feel so weak.

For someone with advanced sword skills,

Hanguang could hardly impact him.

But for someone like you,

whose power is so limited,

it could cause you to die from exhaustion.

Are you serious?

Even I can't stop it.

And only when I rest within the sword,

would the evil nature be weakened a little.

So that's why dad said

Hanguang was an evil sword.

So you wouldn't allow me to touch it

in order to protect me.

Protect?

You?

Ungrateful and uncourteous.

Unskilled and unambitious.

Do you have any quality

that deserves my protection?

So you just came out to scold me?

Despite the many abject failures

and boring repetitions,

its forger has never thought of giving up.

You humans always say that

honing gives a sharp edge to a sword.

If all had went smoothly,

and without the repeated honing,

Hanguang wouldn't be so sharp as it is today.

Without any difficulty,

how can you make something in the field of Yanjia skills?

Or

You only study it to follow Xie Yi?

I...

I study Yanjia skills

because I like it.

That's right.

If that's the case,

why don't you ask for Xie Yi' s guidance while we're here?

But instead, you're self-pitying,

obsessed with some empty titles,

which is beyond stupid.

Well... Yu Qi,

if Hanguang' s forger never gave up on it,

how come it didn't get to be completed in the end?

It's a long story.

In ancient times,

God Fu Xi asked divine blacksmiths to forge some swords.

One of them gathered the spirits of stars and jades

and forged the sword Zhaoming.

Later, the sky pillar of Mountain Buzhou fell down,

causing a huge flood.

In order to save human beings,

God Fu Xi cut off the legs of a giant turtle with Zhaoming,

and used them as four pillars to hold the sky.

Thus peace was returned to the world.

Sword Zhaoming was that amazing?

And the forger. Amazing.

However, after that,

Zhaoming was broken into pieces.

That was the end?

The pieces of sword Zhaoming

was scattered across the world.

Their whereabouts

is known to nobody.

What a pity.

It was such an amazing sword.

The forger wouldn't let it go.

To find out why Zhaoming was broken in the first place,

he went so far as to disobey Fu Xi,

and secretly went to the human world out of rage.

Later, he forged sword Hanguang.

Then what happened?

Obsessed with sword-forging skills,

and accidentally,

he forged Hanguang with forbidden dark methods.

He was punished by god accordingly,

and he died before finishing his work.

I can understand him.

His proudest work was suddenly broken.

If I were him,

I would do the same thing.

But he spent his entire life on one thing,

which he didn't get.

What a poor man.

Why is he poor

if he had followed his heart?

Hanguang would be forever incomplete?

Maybe.

When he was alive,

the divine blacksmith must be so eager to finish his work on Hanguang.

Okay.

I'm tired.

See you.

Hold on.

Well?

Yu Qi,

thank you.

I'm much enlightened.

I was not helping you.

Were it not for you noisy sighing which stirred my sleep,

I wouldn't talk to you at all.

But you did say all this to encourage me.

Stubborn.

Uncle Xie,

are all these books about Yanjia skills?

Except those on the shelf in the southeast corner,

you can read all of them.

Uncle Xie,

why can't I read them?

Because those are my works from 10 years ago,

most of which are failures

without any value.

Okay, I got it.

I'll leave you here.

Isn't this the Yanjia glider?

Glide freely with the help of the wind...

And this must be the prototype of Yanjia bird.

Wow, this one is amazing.

How did he come up with the idea

of cooling the ankles with the ice from flying?

Why would uncle Xie put this book

under so many bamboo tubes?

This can't be true.

There's such a Yanjia skill like this in the world?

Wuyi.

What' re you reading?

Nothing.

What?

I have to go out now.

If Master Xie Yi asks...

You're not going to Langde Village, are you?

Uncle Xie has warned us

not to come back there again

in case of meeting someone from Liuyue City.

I want to visit Ba Ye' s mother.

After all, Ba Ye died because of us.

I need to do this.

I'll go with you.

Auntie!

Ba Ye' mom?

Auntie?

Are you home?

Hello?

Auntie,

it's us!

You finally come back.

Auntie,

is everything okay?

Silly girl, of course it is.

Come on inside.

This way.

Yes, auntie.

Come on.

Here's some tea.

Help yourself.

Auntie,

do not hesitate to tell us if there's something we could do for you.

Nothing.

Your presence is enough.

Well, actually...

We're here to see if everything's okay.

And it's a relief to know that you're alright.

Auntie,

you must haven't eaten food.

We won't bother you then.

We'll come back another time.

What's the rush?

Dinner will be ready in a minute.

Well...

aren't these for the dinner?

I almost forgot my business.

I'll go make dinner.

Ba Ye loves the pancakes most.

Auntie.

We're not hungry.

Please don't bother.

Ba Ye,

you don't like the dishes I cook?

Ba Ye?

Auntie,

he's not Ba Ye.

R...right.

Auntie, what are you talking about?

I'm not Ba Ye.

Silly boy, that must be hunger talking.

I'm not Ba Ye, really.

Have a seat!

I'll go make dinner for you.

Wenren,

what's wrong with her?

Amnesia.

You are...

Big brother, I'm Xiao Sanzi, Ba Ye' s friend.

I was there when you cut down the tree.

Xiao Sanzi,

come have a seat.

May I ask you something?

Since when did Ba Ye' s mom behave like this?

Ba Ye' s mom...

she has been acting in this way since waking up.

Liuyue City.

She would mistake anyone for Ba Ye by day,

and cry alone by night.

The whole village don't know what to do with her.

Wenren,

is this disease curable?

It's caused by mental anguish.

Unless Ba Ye rose from the grave,

or...

nobody can cure it.

But Ba Ye is dead.

Said who?

Is it you?

How dare you!

Not me!

I didn't say anything!

I didn't!

My Ba Ye is alive!

He's not dead, is he?

Is he? Answer me!

My Ba Ye is not dead!

Yes, that's right...

he's not dead.

Auntie,

please calm down.

My boy's not dead. He's alive.

He's not dead...

Sir,

where is Ba Ye?

Why hasn't he come back yet?

Auntie,

don't worry.

Ba Ye is not dead.

He just got wounded.

The minute he's recovered,

I'll bring him back.

Did you just say that my Ba Ye is alive?

Wuyi...

Yes.

Rest assured.

I will bring him back.

Well, look at me.

If Ba Ye sees me now,

he must be very concerned.

Xiao Sanzi, I'm sorry to have yelled at you just now.

Please forgive me.

I was too worried about Ba Ye.

Auntie, I'm so glad.

You know who I am now.

Yes, I do.

Sir,

please bring my Ba Ye back.

Do promise me.

I promise.

Wuyi,

how could you make such a big lie?

I didn't have the heart to tell her the truth.

So...

How can you possibly

bring Ba Ye back to her?

Wenren,

I found a notebook on Yanjia skills

at Uncle Xie' s study.

I've never expected

Uncle Xie' s Yanjia skills

to reach such a high level.

What do you mean?

He can make a Yanjia robot

exactly like a real person.

What?

Exactly like a real person?

Yes. So I want to make a Yanjia Ba Ye.

Wuyi, are you insane?

Even if it's true,

how do you know you can pull it off?

The note contains a detailed account.

I think I can do it.

No.

It's too risky.

I'm gonna tell her the truth.

Wenren.

You can't tell her.

Ba Ye' s mother has no doubt about what I said.

If you go back and tell her what really happened,

she'll be devastated.

But this is no joke.

Wenren,

even if I can't manage it,

we have uncle Xie,

whose Yanjia skills is second to none.

I don't know.

Wuyi,

if what's kept in the note is feasible,

why isn't there a Yanjia robot at Master Xie' s home?

Well...I don't know.

But uncle Xie is a good guy.

He will help me if he knows

what Ba Ye' s mother is going through.

Wenren, just trust me on this one.

Uncle Xie...

what are you reading?

Langde Village has suffered years of drought.

But my investigation shows

there' re several underground springs.

So I'm thinking of contriving a Yanjia

to help the villagers pump out the water

for agricultural irrigation.

Wow, Yanjia can serve agricultural purpose?

It's a shame that I only put it into military use.

Mr Yue, can I help you with something?

Uncle Xie,

do you recall Ba Ye' s mother?

How can I not?

Today... Wenren and I

went to visit her.

You went to Langde Village?

Sorry, uncle Xie.

We were worried about her, so...

I understand.

Uncle Xie,

Ba Ye' s mother is not well.

She would mistake whoever passing by for Ba Ye,

and she believes Ba Ye is still alive.

Wenren says it is amnesia.

No medicine can cure heart anguish.

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that

Ba Ye' s mother won't recover from it for a while.

Uncle Xie,

I'm thinking of making a Yanjia Ba Ye.

What?

I want to make a Yanjia Ba Ye.

Mr Yue,

Yanjia skills are no trick.

It serves for the purpose of helping people,

not replacing them.

However great a Yanjia skill is,

it can never compare to a creature.

Not to mention

the fact that there's no such Yanjia skill at all.

But Uncle Xie,

I don't want to leave Ba Ye' s mother

grieving like this forever.

Just drop it.

I...

Well? Does Master Xie agree?

He gave me a good talking-to before hearing me out.

What did he say?

That Yanjia skills are no trick,

and it can't replace a creature.

I don't understand.

Uncle Xie' s notes keep

a very detailed account on how to make a Yanjia man.

Why did he say that

there's no such Yanjia skill at all?

I think what we need to think about now

is how to tell Ba Ye' s mother the truth.

We'll make it on our own.

On our own?

That's impossible.

Uncle has taken down in the notes

every step in great detail.

We can give it a try.

What if we fail?

We can't fail.

Wenren,

will you help me?

Good.

Let's go find some dragon bamboo.

Dragon bamboo?

It's the key material for the bones.

Come on! Let's go now.

Do you know where to find it?

According to the notes,

there's a place called Mount Lingjian,

where the dragon bamboo grows.

I've studied the map.

It's about 300 miles southwest of here.

Should we ask Yize and Ruan?

No.

It's better not to tell them now.

Let's go.

Well, well!

Want to have fun without me and Yize?

Miss fairy, we're not here to have fun.

Liar.

If not so,

why didn't you tell us?

By the way, Yue,

what are you going to do with the dragon bamboo?

To make a long story short,

it's for a Yanjia work.

I'll tell you the details when we find it.

The dragon bamboo is a shade-loving plant which grows in dark places.

How about we split up to search?

Okay. Let's go.

Wuyi,

how long do you plan to keep it from Master Xie?

I don't know.

But I don't really have a choice now.

The good thing is that uncle Xie goes to bed at a set time.

So I can do the work in the midnight.

And you have to learn Yanjia skills from Master Xie by day.

This way,

when will you get some rest?

It doesn't matter.

What concerns me most now

is we fail to make a Yanjia Ba Ye,

which would disappoint auntie.

If there's anything else you need,

I'll help.

That's rare.

When did you change your mind?

I can't talk you out of it anyway.

Perhaps

this is the only thing I can do for Ba Ye' s mother.

Yize,

there' re so many trees but no bamboo at all.

Well, look!

It's dragon bamboo.

It's said that dragon bamboos

are so rare that you're lucky to find one in a forest.

And its shape resembles a green dragon.

So we're lucky.

What are you waiting for? Let's go get it.

Ruan...

Miss Fairy, you're our lucky star.

Amazing how you found it in such a short time.

So wherever you go in the future,

you'll take me and Yize.

Here' re you are.

This lily

is for me.

Iris...

Ye,

you take it.

And a rose for Miss Wenren.

Ruan,

you should give the rose to Wuyi.

He loves it.

Does he?

Okay. Ye,

give the iris to Miss Wenren.

Wenren,

you're quite a grudge-holder.

I do have a good memory.

Then do you remember you still owe me a drink?

No.

You wanna cheat?

Yize,

azalea for you.

Here.

Miss Ruan...

Don't!

Miss Ruan,

this flower and I don't match.

I don't think so.

You look quite handsome to me with it.

Yize,

you look like a maiden.

I think flower thief is more appropriate.

Yue, Miss Wenren,

please don't make fun of me.

What is a flower thief?

Is it someone like me,

who likes picking flowers?

Ruan, it's cute of you to say that.

It's not what a flower thief means.

Then what does it mean?

A flower chief

is a man who picks flowers

for girls in order to court them.

Miss Wenren,

that's such an interesting explanation.

Why are you laughing?

Am I not right?

Well, Wenren,

who told you that?

My Senior Brother.

You are two idiots.

What did you say?

No.

The gold kylin.

Wuyi, what's wrong?

Something fall off?

Well...no.

Nothing.

But I just saw...

It was a small ingot of silver.

No big deal.

Should we go look for it?

No, it's really okay.

Just a silver ingot.

Don't bother.

Yue, you're quite optimistic.

Ye,

I can get it back for you with my magic.

Miss Fairy, please don't!

Why?

Because...

because according to ancient wisdom, money buys safety.

Maybe something bad

is waiting for me originally.

Now I lost some money,

maybe it will offset that bad thing.

Right?

That makes sense.

You really live up to the reputation of a squanderer.

It's all your fault.

Because you made fun of me.

I...

Still,

you haven't told me

what is a flower thief.

I don't really know about it.

But maybe Yize knows.

Yue, where does this come from?

You've traveled so many places.

You must know what a flower thief is.

Yize,

tell me.

I...

well...

Sorry, I can't tell you this.

Yize.

Where have you been?

It's quite late now.

We went to look for the dragon...

We went to have a picnic.

Everybody,

dinner is ready.

Please follow me.

Yi is so serious now.

But he used to be so funny.

Let's go.

Why is he going outside at this time in the night?

You are two idiots.

What did you say?

Wuyi, what's wrong?

Something fall off?

It was a small ingot of silver.

No big deal.

Should we go look for it?

No, it's really okay.

Just a silver ingot.

Don't bother.

This dumbhead.

He's not seriously going to look for it in the lake?

Where is he?

Get drowned?

Stupid!

Wuyi!

Wuyi!

Wuyi!

Can you hear me?

Where are you?

Wuyi!

Wuyi!

Wuyi!

Can you hear me?

Wenren!

What are you doing?

Bathing?

Why are you here?

I thought you were in the water.

I...

why would I be in the water?

Forget about me.

What are you doing in the water this late at night?

I thought you were drowning, so I panicked and...

And you went there to save me.

Because I was afraid that if you died,

nobody would pay me.

You have promised

a daily salary of 10 taels of silver.

Whatever.

Wenren, thank you.

By the way,

why are you hanging out this late at night?

Looking for what fall off earlier today?

Oh...well...

Did you find it?

Yes.

That's good.

Let's go back.

Now?

It's already midnight.

The defence spell should've been activated.

It only allows leaving.

But to get in, we have to break it.

Let's not do that.

If they are awake,

and see us...

You're right.

Can't let me ruin your reputation.

That's not funny!

How about this?

We find a place, make a fire and get warm.

Wenren,

come and sit here.

Get closer to warm yourself.

Wenren,

are you cold?

No.

Not at all.

Play tough again.

The gold kylin?

There is a small one?

Well...

You didn't come to look for this, did you?

Here's the story.

The pedlar told me that

the gold kylins were in pair.

Two lovers, each for one,

and their love would last forever.

Do...don't take me wrong.

It's just that since I have given one of them to you,

if another was lost,

that would be bad luck.

If nobody wants to marry you...

Well...I said if.

I would feel so guilty.

Wenren,

the pedlar also told me a story

about the gold kylin.

Want to hear it?

What is it?

According to him,

if each one of a couple has one gold kylin,

then...

they will...

I'll keep it for the time being.

Wenren,

why did you smack me?

There was a mosquito.

Mosquito?