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[Episode 12]

Let them through!

From now on, we'll open the city gates.

Anyone who wants to can pass through!

Yes, sir!

This way! After them!

We can't keep running like this.

How are you doing?

Are you wondering if they got away safely?

Don't ask me how I knew. I can see it on your face.

Say, if we can lure them all here,

do you have a way to...

How boring would it be if they all died.

Sounds like you have a way then.

Wait here. I'll lure them over.

You got us out of there. If I don't contribute something, I'll owe you a favor.

Go on.

After him!

This way!

Catch him!

This doesn't feel right.

Will there be an ambush?

What are you afraid of?

[Taoyuan Village]

Why hasn't the Young Master and the others come back yet?

Should we go in first? I don't think Yan Xi can keep it together anymore.

Young Master!

Hey. Good working with you.

Give everyone some time to catch their breath.

But, Young Master...

Let them bid farewell to Ting.

Young Master.

Everyone's settled down.

Crown Prince Zhen Lan and Princess Bai Ying each have a room.

Na Sheng is looking after Yan Xi.

Aunt Ru, thank you for your hard work.

You still allowed them to stay here.

Will you tell them to leave after Ting's funeral?

Let them at least rest for a day.

Ting died saving Na Sheng.

That's right.

It was her choice.

What's yours?

Aunt Ru, you agreed with me to let them stay here?

Young Master, you have your reasons.

It's just that I can't tell what they are.

Cangliu's troops and military equipment

are much more powerful than I imagined.

But, Young Master, you've also taken down one of their weapons.

They've also helped us in this battle.

Now that they're injured,

we cannot turn a blind eye to our comrades-in-arms.

Comrades-in-arms?

Aunt Ru, right now, our common enemy

is Cangliu, not Kongsang.

Cangliu is powerful.

We should gather all the strength we can get to fight back. This way we can return to the Biluo Sea sooner.

But seven thousand years ago, it was the Heavenly King of Kongsang

who sealed the entrance to Biluo Sea.

He took away our home. A hundred years ago,

it was also Prince Qing Chen of Kongsang, who was trading Merpeople as slaves.

This hate, how can we just forget it?

Aunt Ru, do you think it's more important to imprison our people in hatred,

or to give everyone hope?

Of course, it's for everyone to have hope.

Forming an alliance isn't to forget about the injuries inflicted on us.

Instead, it's to find a way out, while remembering the past.

We're fragile and not made for battle. Although I have this power,

but if it's just me,

I'm afraid it'll be too hard to fight the Cangliu army.

I can take down one weapon today.

But what about a hundred of them? A thousand?

Kongsang shares the same goal as we do.

Maybe one day,

we can create an ideal Yunhuang.

Young Master, you have great and far-sighted vision.

What the Quanxian people hope for,

is just to live a peaceful life.

That's what I believe, too.

I hope that it'll come true soon.

A'Ying.

Your Highness.

Are we leaving after we bid farewell to Ting?

It'd be best if we can rest here for a day,

since Na Sheng can't go back to Wuse City with us.

Now that Xi Jing...

But... what about Su Mo and the others?

Us staying here might bring them more trouble.

You're right.

The Heavenly Ring has brought quite a bit of trouble to the Quanxian.

Su Mo has a weird temper,

but he's helped us many times already.

We should thank him.

It's my fault. My powers are scattered.

I can't give you much protection.

Your Highness...

I'll talk to Su Mo and see what he thinks.

I won't force it on him.

Don't worry.

General, if you're going to fight against Cangliu,

I'm willing to give you my assistance.

I ask General, please let me stay.

Every year, I told you to leave, but you wouldn't.

It's been a hundred years.

General, I've told you a hundred times over the century.

Without me, who's going to take you home when you're drunk and lying in the streets.

Without me, are you just going to eat raw fish and vegetables every day?

Without me, who's going to pay your debts after you gamble away all your money?

What's the use of paying off my debts?

I'm already not the Xi Jing from a hundred years ago.

In my eyes,

General, you're exactly the same as a hundred years ago.

Nothing's changed.

It's been a tough life with me.

You should leave. Go back to Biluo Sea.

Ting... Ting turned into a star.

She really turned into a star!

Young Master said that

you were all injured in the battle of Taoyuan Province.

For the moment, you can get some rest here.

Sounds good. Then, I'll go look after Yan Xi right now.

Would this be too much trouble?

Young Master doesn't mind.

Let's go.

This was Ting's choice.

She never saw you as enemies.

Kongsang never saw the Quanxian as an enemy either.

Over the past hundred years,

Ting followed me all over.

I'd long forgotten...

if I was a part of Kongsang or the Merpeople.

I know...

Ting had never forgotten about the Quanxian.

She also never forgot that...

the Quanxian should return to Biluo Sea.

Not a single one of us will forget.

I want to promise you something.

Xi Jing, the oldest disciple of Master Mo Yan of the Holy Sword Sect,

today, makes this promise to Su Mo, the Emperor of the Sea.

I will devote all I have

to assist the Quanxian in returning to Biluo Sea.

I promise on my honor as a swordsman.

I, Su Mo, will also promise you that

from today onward, General Xi Jing will be

Quanxian's most trusted ally.

Bai Ying, is that you?

They know everything that

you've been doing for the Quanxian.

They'll be grateful to you.

A hundred years ago,

I'd always stood quietly like this behind you.

I saw that there was a lot you didn't have control over in your life.

But it's only now do I understand

the enormous responsibilities you were shouldering.

Your power has strengthened greatly

in the past hundred years.

What magic exactly have you been studying?

Did you have to go through a lot of...

Are you concerned about me?

- At Ruyi Ganbling House— - At the gambling house, I didn't purposely mean to hurt you.

Did your power backlash and hurt you when we were at the gambling house?

It didn't.

Even if it's just for the sake of the Quanxian,

you should look after yourself.

It's getting late. You should get some rest.

If you didn't want to see me,

why are you concerned if I was hurt by my power backlash?

If you wanted to see me,

why do you keep saying things like that?

Since you don't want to say,

I won't force you either.

[Han Zhou - Quanxian - Commissioner of the Right]

[Ning Liang - Quanxian - Captain of Qianbu Battalion]

Who are you? There's a barrier around here. How did you get in?

This is the territory of the Quanxian. Of course, I can get in. Who are you?

- You haven't told me who you are first. - How did you get in here?

- Na Sheng! - How did you—

- What's going on? - A Kongsang.

Hey, stop that!

Hold!

Greetings, Young Master.

[Taoyuan Village]

Young Master, you've finally returned.

Young Master, the elders are waiting in the base camp.

When can we head out?

- Tonight. - Tonight?

Yan Xi hasn't woken up yet.

Should we wait until Yan Xi wakes up? Then we can head back to the base camp together.

Yan Xi's injured? Is it serious?

I've already treated him. You all don't need to worry.

Young Master, what about your injuries?

I'm all right.

It's just that during the fight in Taoyuan Province,

Yan Xi was hurt.

Ting...

passed away.

I won't forgive those people from Cangliu.

Don't be impulsive.

Cangliu's army is strong. They have many weapons, too.

We aren't strong enough to oppose them.

Now that Young Master is back, if we fight against them, why wouldn't we stand a chance?

How many people are left in the Quanxian camp?

Counting those who came back yesterday and those who heard of your return,

coming from different places around Yunhuang,

there's a total of 3,300 soldiers.

Even though there aren't many of them, they're all determined,

able-bodied elite.

We weren't good at military matters, to begin with.

Even if we have great generals, we aren't a match for the Cangliu's weapons.

During the fight in Taoyuan Province, we destroyed a Wind Falcon.

But if the sky is filled with them, it would be hard for me to handle them.

Young Master, what you want to say is, we should sit still

and continue to let the Cangliu keep bullying Quanxian,

and not open the way to return to Biluo Sea?

Of course not.

We must go back to Biluo Sea.

It's just...

the road home is long, we have to think long term.

Only by getting rid of the dragon deity's seal

and gaining the dragon deity's power,

then I can lead everyone and defeat Cangliu.

Therefore, before that happens, I don't want to see needless casualties again.

Young Master, you needn't worry.

Our Quanxian tribe has waited for 7,000 years to welcome the Emperor of the Sea.

Dawn is in sight.

We definitely won't make reckless moves.

The warriors that I need most are loyal,

steady, trusting,

as for everything else, just leave it to me.

Outside, just now, some merpeople came by.

They said they were your companions.

But they looked so vicious.

When I think about it, they looked a little like Brother Ice Cube.

They are all vicious.

But you're different from them.

You treat me the best.

When will you wake up?

Hurry and wake up.

Aunt Ru, we're about to return to Quanxian's main camp in Jing Lake.

- What do you plan to do? - I'll listen to whatever orders you have, Young Master.

I need you to return to Taoyuan Province

and stay by Gao Shunzhao's side.

Go back to stay by Gao Shunzhao?

Yunhuang is very large.

Cangliu's troops are also very strong.

If we can use Gao Shunzhao,

that would be the best.

Young Master, you want to do this to control

the troops in Taoyuan Province?

After such a disaster in Taoyuan Province.

Gao Shunzhao will be very dissatisfied

with what Cangliu did.

But, in the end, he's one of Cangliu's noblemen.

I'm afraid it won't be easy to persuade him.

I have a drug,

Aunt Ru, that can probably help.

- This is... - It's a mind control drug.

These are Cangliu's dirty tricks.

We're using their own methods against them.

But we can't let ourselves become like them.

Do you hear me?

Aunt Ru, please do your best. If you can persuade him,

it'll definitely reduce Quanxian's unnecessary deaths.

Young Master, I'll definitely persuade him.

Young Master!

Let her speak.

We shouldn't have any discord amongst ourselves.

If I may ask, Young Master, what should we do about the Kongsang people in Taoyuan Village?

Let them continue to stay here?

They're only resting for a while. They'll leave tonight.

The battle in Taoyuan Village was more or less related to the Kongsang people. If the Kongsang people stay here

and are discovered by Cangliu people, then Taoyuan Village won't be safe. Please consider carefully, Young Master.

They're leaving tonight. It should be fine.

Our original enemy has been Cangliu,

not Kongsang.

What the Kongsang people are experiencing now is what we've experienced.

How can we ignore them and not help?

But what Kongsang did to Quanxian 100 years ago,

is Young Master pretending that it never happened?

Will they regard us as friends?

A hundred years ago, it was the Qing clan that enslaved Quanxian.

The one who blocked us from returning to the main camp in Jing Lake at the city gate was also Prince Qing.

For each grievance, there's a proper culprit.

- We cannot harm the innocent. - Excuse me, Young Master.

It's just that, for the past hundred years,

Quanxian army's soldiers have experienced too many injuries and deaths,

and too many farewells.

So we're afraid something like this will happen again.

Everything I'm doing now

is because I wish to avoid repeating past mistakes.

Ning Liang, I hope you have some confidence

in me as the Emperor of the Sea.

Young Master, you need not be so serious.

I wasn't thinking thoroughly.

I hope Young Master won't take it to heart.

We originally aren't people who are good at fighting.

We only wish to be peaceful and stable.

This has been our constant wish for 7,000 years.

You won't even give me a sip of wine.

So stingy.

It's just plain water.

I don't believe it.

Goji berries?

So nurturing.

I promised Ting

not to wallow in drinking again.

I'll do what I promised.

My condolences.

I didn't get a chance to reminisce with you in Taoyuan Province.

You helped a lot and worked hard.

Why is Your Highness suddenly so courteous?

I'm not used to it.

I'm the one not used to...

how casual and informal you are.

Your mouth is even more glib than before.

Then I should... still thank you.

I've been drinking and sleeping for the past hundred years.

It's time I do something more serious.

I haven't wanted to interfere with anything in Yunhuang,

didn't matter if it was with Kongsang or with Quanxian.

When my wife died, I can at least tell you

that she died without regrets.

But now...

Ting is dead.

I can't keep lying and telling myself

that anything in Yunhuang has nothing to do with me.

Because everyone that I cared about...

is gone.

I don't want anyone else to suffer again.

Therefore...

you've decided to interfere?

Are you really ready

to draw your sword to fight for Kongsang again?

I'll do my best.

You're truly my good general.

My capability is limited after all.

But there's too much that I want to safeguard.

Your Highness,

I'm not just thinking about Kongsang,

I also want to help the Quanxian return to Biluo Sea.

Is this too ambitious?

I know what you're thinking.

I know it well.

Regardless of whether you're doing it for Kongsang

or for Ting who's now gone,

I'm happy that you can stand tall again.

[Cangliu - Royal Prison]

If you don't cooperate with us,

you'll be whipped to death.

What do you...

want me to cooperate over?

As long as you sign this confession of guilt

to testify that Yu Huan deliberately released the Heavenly Ring's holder.

Do you think there's nothing I can't do to you?

You're not afraid of dying. Very good.

But I have ways to make you yield.

- Deliver her to Xin Zhui. - Yes.

If you confess right now, your life can still be saved.

If you fall into the king of the prison, Xin Zhui's hands, your skin and flesh will...

What? Scared now?

You acknowledged him as your master and served him loyally.

But in his eyes, you're simply a weapon.

Whether you're alive or dead, whatever inhuman treatments you suffer,

he won't care about at all. He won't even bat an eye.

If you confess, I'll release you.

I'll even bestow gold and treasures on you,

and send you anywhere you wish to go.

Just identify Yu Huan as the one who released the Heavenly Ring's holder.

Identiy him as Cangliu's traitor.

Then you'll be free.

I... am a traitor.

I want you to say it's Yu Huan.

What kind of place is the hard labor camp? Do you really not know?

It's a place to punish me.

He's clearly injured, but he still has to act strong.

I wonder how he is right now.

She should be safe inside the room.

Young Master, you were looking for me?

I want to ask you something. Having Aunt Ru drug Gao Shunzhao,

was it your own idea or the entire Quanxian army's idea?

The Cangliu has used drugs to control many people in our tribe.

We only wanted to use their method to repay them.

Has Gao Shunzhao ever used this drug to control us?

No.

These are Cangliu's dirty methods. We cannot use them.

If we use them, how are we any different from Cangliu?

It's been 100 years since the Battle of Liejing.

Although our Quanxian army fought hard,

but due to the disparity in strength, we frequently suffered from Cangliu poisoning us with drugs.

We really couldn't help but use it as a last resort.

Now that Young Master has returned,

we won't ever be easily controlled by Cangliu again

and won't use those methods again.

I know about the suffering you've all endured.

Go ahead and take your leave for now.

Yes, Young Master.

Young Master, I still have something to say if I may dare.

- Speak. - Today, Young Master...

Today, I took care of Kongsang's Princess Bai.

Perhaps some of the officers and soldiers may worry

that I'd repeat the same mistake from 100 years ago because of my personal feelings.

I've already explained the reason for letting the Kongsang people stay here.

As to what was right or wrong from 100 years ago,

it's useless to explain any further.

But we need more trust among ourselves in the Quanxian tribe.

Yes, Young Master.

Brother Crown Prince. Uncle Xi Jing.

Aunt Ru gave me this. You can satiate your hunger a little bit for now.

Look at how you gobble things up, you probably ate a lot.

Then, you go ahead and chat. I'll go find some herbs

- to treat Yan Xi. - All right, all right.

I don't think Aunt Ru would have sent this here on her own.

She must have been ordered to.

Even though Kongsang claims to have 100,000 citizens,

but the only ones who can really counter Cangliu

are only Your Highness, the six princes, the High Priest, and I.

Our most urgent need right now is to unseal the Six Direction Seals

to restore the Power of Heaven.

Who sealed the Power of Heaven 100 years ago?

I don't know. Cangliu is controlled by the Five Masters.

But do the Five Masters really have the power to seal the Power of Heaven?

Your Highness, do you know where the seals are right now?

After finding the Heavenly Ring in Tianque,

I could sense that tje three seals were located

separately in Jiuyi Mountain, Ghost and Deity Abyss, and Jing Pagoda.

Jiuyi Mountain makes sense.

It's the location of the royal mausoleum of generations of Kongsang's kings. The force is strong there.

It's not easy to enter unless you're Kongsang.

The Ghost and Deity Abyss, however,

runs deep into the ocean for 64,000 che. (T/N: 1 che is about 1/3 of a meter)

That's exactly the place.

How do we break the seal then?

They say only merpeople can reach the Ghost and Deity Abyss.

I'm afraid we'll...

Need to ask for the Quanxian's help.

The Jing Pagoda is an important place in Cangliu.

Unsealing the seal in the Jing Pagoda won't be any easier than in the other two places.

I already know everything that you're saying.

You know it all?

What do we do then? We only have the few of us left. Can we unseal the seals?

As of right now, with my great general's help,

the probability of success has increased somewhat.

What? Is General Xi Jing...

scared?

What a joke. What's there for me to be afraid of?

If you dare to go, then I'll dare go with you.

But to go recklessly would be to die for nothing.

Of course, we wouldn't go recklessly.

As for Jiuyi Mountain, myself and the six princes can go into the mountain to fight.

As for the Jing Pagoda, we have some chance for success as well.

But the Ghost and Deity Abyss,

there's no chance for us to get down there.

Young Master, I still have something to say if I may dare.

Today, Young Master...

Today, I took care of Kongsang's Princess Bai.

Perhaps some of the officers and soldiers may worry

that I'd repeat the same mistake from 100 years ago because of my personal feelings.

- Did you need something? - Are you going out?

The sun is too strong outside. Let's talk inside.

I wanted to see how you were. The sun is strong outside.

You shouldn't go around randomly.

I... I was coming to look for you.

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Wanting to Return by Zhou Shen

♫ Among the frosty clouds is the cold moon ♫

♫ A strange light in the night ♫

♫ In the dream, there is longing and fear ♫

♫ The layers of waves build up ♫

♫ Repeating the promise ♫

♫ Yet they disappear in the end ♫

♫ We've met several times ♫

♫ Yet it is hard to mention our fated relationship from the past ♫

♫ Sighing over the past is as frivolous as smoke ♫

♫ Split open the cocoon in my heart ♫

♫ You live in there ♫

♫ and have never been discovered by anyone ♫

♫ Ask time to borrow a chapter ♫

♫ The unforgettable memories ♫

♫ have disappeared, disappeared ♫

♫ I once thought there was a deep bond ♫

♫ Using ten fingers to painstakingly ♫

♫ play the ancient chords ♫

♫ In exchange for only a moment of your smile ♫

♫ Use a lifetime to love only one person ♫

♫ How do you calculate the debt between each other? ♫

♫ Yet unwilling, unwilling ♫

♫ to make an exchange for a promise and apology ♫

♫ Our next lives are too far away ♫

♫ I would rather turn into ash and be lost in a reverie ♫

♫ When I want to return, it will be time for my dream to come true ♫