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GENTLE WINDS AND LIGHT CLOUDS

What's wrong?

You couldn't sleep well?

I had a bad dream and I couldn't fall asleep again.

So I decided to take a walk.

It's raining.

That explains the coldness in my dream.

Yes.

Winter comes after the first frost.

The Spring Festival comes after Laba Festival.

Zhou Xu,

it would be great if we could live

in Four Seasons Manor forever.

Why can't we?

I'll do it. You don't know where the coal is placed.

How about having some wine

since we can't sleep?

Sure.

Wait.

How secretive.

Don't you know

these things go well with wine?

You have it.

I'm fine with just wine.

Drinking without food will hurt your stomach.

This tin contains six kinds of nuts,

each of which has a special effect and is good for health.

This is Wolong's specialty which is popular all over the country.

You should have some every day.

Wen Kexing,

don't let the world of martial arts hamper you.

With such eloquence,

you should have been rich by doing business.

Come on. Try it.

No, I don't want it.

Zhou Xu,

look at you.

You are already this old,

but you are still a picky eater and a night owl.

How can you set an example for your disciple?

Do you think I want to stay up late?

Get some nails on your chest before you talk.

You slept well the past few days, didn't you?

That's because

of the Drunk Like a Dream I found in the manor.

I remember the night

when you smelt the scent of Drunk Like a Dream

and shouted the name "Zhou Zishu" for the first time.

Can you tell me now

what you saw?

I dreamed

of myself being seven years old.

The three of us in my family came to the Four Seasons Manor.

Mother and Father started a small clinic at the foot of the hill.

I practiced martial arts with Master at the manor during the day

and went home for dinner in the evening.

Those Drug Men in my dream

were like wild dogs,

chasing and biting me for no reason.

You appeared as Zhou Zishu

and sometimes as Zhen Yiguo,

standing in front of me and protecting me.

Zhen Yiguo?

Did you forget that?

The little dog that followed you around.

What's its name?

It is Yiguo.

Yiguo?

Wait for me.

Let me see it.

I kept it.

Hero Qin said

he was going to cook it in a pot.

So my parents gave it this name.

I knew that you have

a deep connection with the Four Seasons Manor,

I just didn't expect that…

The Four Seasons Manor has vanished for a long time.

I saw you using Swift Moving Steps

and just took it as a clue,

so I followed you.

Even when you drew the White Cloth Sword out,

I was not quite sure.

At last,

you said your surname was Zhou.

I guess…

Take a lover's hand and watch the clouds unfold.

What a good name!

Wen Kexing.

Your name, Wen Kexing…

My father's surname was Wen,

but he was an orphan

and later adopted the surname of the Healer Valley's old chief.

Since the old chief decided

to banish my father,

there were no more reasons to adopt his surname, right?

I'm a lone bird and a traveler of no root.

This new name

suited me well.

But now you…

Before meeting you and Chengling,

I was going to wander around the world

and drink myself to death

to end this miserable life.

I thought I was homeless,

but now it's good

that we are all back.

Come on,

I'll toast to you,

the lone bird and traveler of no root.

Take a lover's hand and watch the clouds unfold.

I'm going to stay here forever.

As long as Master Ye can heal me,

Chengling and I

will live here forever.

Wen Kexing,

you are welcome here at all times.

Traveling is fun,

but home is sweeter.

Gu Xiang.

What took you so long to get the water?

Let's go!

Gu Xiang, I think I saw Tao Hong and Lu Liu.

Who? Hua Hong and Liu Lu?

The old couple who attacked us

and abducted Xiaolian at Yueyang Sect.

Are you sure about that?

-Is it really them? -I'm sure.

I'm sure that the girl was Xiaolian in disguise.

When I was getting water,

I heard her voice.

I guess her acupuncture points were restrained,

so she can't move or speak but can only eat and drink.

Hanged Ghost's Soul Winding Box

broke each of Tao Hong's and Lu Liu's arms.

You were too far away to see clearly.

That old couple both have one of their arms broken,

covering them with their sleeves on purpose.

If it is really them…

Gu Xiang, I'm sure it is them.

We found them by luck and shouldn't lose them again.

Let's think of something.

Gu Xiang, what's wrong with you?

Gu Xiang, don't be afraid.

No matter how strong they are,

I'll give it my all to protect you and Xiaolian.

Who can you protect with your ability?

Cao Weining, how about just letting it go?

You almost lost your life last time.

Gu Xiang, how could you say that?

How could I leave Xiaolian like this?

If you're scared, just stay here. I'll go.

The worst case is to get beaten to death.

Even so, it's much better than being a coward.

Go then!

We'll see who you can save at the expense of your life.

Stop!

Cao Weining!

How dare you treat me like this?

You…

You promised my master that you would never abandon me.

Gu Xiang, I will never abandon you.

But loyalty is more important than love.

How could I leave my good friend behind?

I won't deserve your kindness if I do that.

Did I say I wouldn't let you go?

I'm just stopping you from dying in vain.

If we can't confront them by force, we need to outwit them.

Gu Xiang,

I'm sorry.

I misunderstood you.

Stop talking nonsense.

Let's save her first.

You have to follow them first,

tailing them and leaving marks.

We're not far from the Broken Sword Manor.

They're part of the Five Lakes Alliance.

I'll ask them for help to stop the old couple.

Gu Xiang, that's a good idea.

You are really smart.

Stop wasting your words.

I'll remember this grudge. We'll talk about it later.

Hurry up and go!

This fool.

He's really a big fool.

How can he live alone after I leave?

The thought of him getting bullied

makes me angry.

Elder Huang,

haven't we agreed

to meet at the ruined temple in Great Stone Town?

Why did you come in advance?

I was exposed in Great Stone Town

and was hunted by the Scorpion Sect.

I just got rid of them.

We were tricked by that bastard, Zhao Jing.

Both the righteous and the evil are hunting me.

The former wants to arrest me and the latter wants to kill me.

Ms. Gao,

do you know the relationship between Zhao Jing and the Scorpion Sect?

I've told you before

that Mr. Zhao would definitely come to save me.

Stop dreaming.

I sent him a message to exchange hostages,

but he didn't give any response.

I guess he hopes that we kill you

so there will be no more witnesses.

Darn him!

Perhaps the trap which killed Gao Chong

was also set by that bastard.

Huang He,

from what you just said,

we risked our reputation

to abduct this girl for you,

living in the wild and hiding our tails all the way,

but it turns out to be a waste!

No one can predict fate.

Who could foresee Gao Chong would just die like that?

Who could foresee that his brothers

do not care about his only daughter at all?

What's done is done.

Zhao Jing will not exchange the Glazed Armor for her.

Hey, girl.

If you can't find anyone to pay for your freedom,

then you are a worthless piece of rubbish.

Believe it or not,

I'll sell you to the worst brothel.

Huang He,

you're as old as her grandfather.

Don't you feel ashamed

for saying such dirty words?

Madam Tao Hong,

if not so,

how could vengeance be taken

for those valiant heroes who died at Mount Qingya?

The Five Lakes Alliance has caused so many deaths.

The demon Gao Chong's death alone is far from enough.

We can't let the demon's daughter get away from it.

My father is not a demon.

My father didn't kill anyone!

Shut up!

You know nothing.

This little girl doesn't know anything, does she?

Then I'll tell you now.

Twenty years ago,

the Battle of Mount Qingya caused numerous people to lose their lives

because they were deceived by the Five Lakes Alliance.

They besieged Rong Xuan

only for his Glazed Armor,

yet they did it in the name of slaying the demons.

Countless people were cheated to sacrifice their lives in the battle.

The only child of Tao Hong and Lu Liu

died from severe injuries in this battle.

The Five Lakes Alliance

owes its rise to those righteous ones who died miserably in this battle.

What a tragedy!

Those who were buried in Mount Qingya

had no idea what they died for until now.

You are lying!

Huang He, we are all smart foxes.

Do you think you can trick me?

Since she is worthless,

all right then.

Why don't we stop torturing this innocent girl

and just kill her?

-No! -Stop!

Xiaolian.

Cao Weining?

Elder Huang,

I've always respected you as a senior,

but I can't believe you're doing such an evil thing.

Is your master here?

Better late than never. Come to the righteous side now.

Help me kill them and save Ms. Gao.

Where did this idiot come from?

Old man, are you hearing this?

He asked Huang He to come to the righteous side.

Stop laughing!

Young man, are you her lover?

Risking your life to save her, don't you fear death?

No. I'm not afraid as I am doing the right thing.

Let go of her now and you won't be held responsible for this.

Otherwise…

All righteous clans are looking for her.

What?

Huang He, your cover is blown, isn't it?

You were trying to trick us

to leave her to you,

so you could take all the benefits alone.

We've done all the dirty work,

now you want to get rid of us?

That won't be so easy!

Let's just see who's better.

Xiaolian, let's go!

Quickly!

Where are you going?

Elder Huang has died in our hands.

Girl, come with me.

Xiaolian, run. I'll stop them.

Let's go together.

Run!

Weining!

Tao Hong and Lu Liu, how dare you!

Mr. Shen.

I'm warning you.

Leave Xiaolian alone.

Scram!

Gu Xiang.

Weining.

Weining, are you all right?

Are you all right?

Shen Shen, stop your nonsense.

We're taking this girl today.

My dear.

Mr. Shen.

My dear.

-My dear. -My dear.

-Leave. -My dear.

A couple is just like birds in the woods.

They run for their lives as disaster comes.

Run.

Shut up!

Shen Shen, do it now.

Shen Shen,

please let go of my wife.

I…

-I-- -There's no need to beg them.

My dear,

isn't it good for us to die together?

I'll be your husband

in our next life

to let you bully me.

Fine, I'll give you what you want.

Mr. Shen, wait.

Sir and madam.

Elder Huang said

that back then,

it was the Battle of Mount Qingya led by the Five Lakes Alliance

that caused the death of your child.

Is that true?

Why are you asking us?

Ask Hero Shen.

The Five Lakes Alliance

cost us our child,

hurting us both mentally and physically.

I live only to seek revenge!

If I can't get my revenge while I'm alive,

I'll be a ghost

haunting Gao Chong.

So…

they were telling the truth.

That's why my father, all these years…

Mr. Shen.

-Please let go of them. -Xiaolian.

You were kidnapped for so long.

It was Elder Huang's conspiracy.

They were used by him.

Although she kidnapped me,

she has a good nature.

Every time Elder Huang tried to abuse me,

she would stop him.

Mr. Shen,

when can the circle of revenge be stopped?

We, the Five Lakes Alliance,

owe them a life.

We should return it today.

Stupid girl, we don't need your pity!

Is that the way to make things even?

My son died at a young age.

-Shut up, dear. -I--

Chief Shen,

we have been out in the martial arts world for 20 years.

Although we aren't considered kind or righteous,

we never lie.

Today,

if you spare us,

we will

quit this martial arts world.

Shut up.

You can't decide for me.

Shen Shen.

He's afraid,

but I'll never stop taking my revenge against the Alliance.

Kill me if you dare!

When the Battle of Mount Qingya happened,

Xiaolian was not born.

The resentment of the last generation

shouldn't involve the kids.

Considering that you kept Xiaolian safe,

I'll let you go.

If you still want to take revenge on the Five Lakes Alliance,

just come for me.

I'll wait.

Get out of my sight!

You…

Wait.

Sir.

Madam.

Take care of yourselves.

Is Weining all right?

You've been together all the way?

You found Mr. Shen, right?

All right.

I'm relieved as they are safe.

Hero Shen,

just kill me as you want to.

Gu Xiang, what are you talking about?

Why would Mr. Shen kill you?

Where is Wen Kexing?

I said I didn't know.

I still don't know if you keep asking.

People won't lie when they are about to die.

I'm not lying.

Gu Xiang, what are you talking about?

Xiaolian,

considering that I've never hurt you but have helped you,

please promise me

that you won't tell Cao Weining,

-I am-- -Tell him what?

-What are you talking about, Gu Xiang? -Xiaolian, come here!

Don't stand with her.

Mr. Shen,

there must be some misunderstanding.

We can resolve any misunderstandings.

What misunderstanding?

She's a henchman of the Ghost Valley's chief.

Just ask her.

Is Gu Xiang her true name?

This is truly my name.

I'm not changing my name no matter what.

I'm the Amethyst Fiend, Gu Xiang.

That Brochure of Ghosts

even records a small ghost like me?

I feel respected.

Why did you leave Wen Kexing

and stay with Cao Weining?

Just tell me the truth.

Even if I tell you,

you wouldn't believe me.

I don't want

to be a lone ghost anymore.

I want to find a way back to the human world

and spend my life

with him.

Can you believe it?

Since you knew that your identity had been exposed,

why did you still come to me?

Weren't you afraid that I would kill you?

I had no choice.

As the saying goes,

"A woman should follow the ways of the man she marries."

I could only do that

since I have found myself a man of righteousness.

I have to follow his ways.

Chief Shen,

taking into consideration my good deeds,

please tell me,

am I on the Brochure of Ghosts?

No.

No. That would be great.

Weining will never know then.

Chief Shen.

Xiaolian.

I have a favor to ask.

After killing me,

can you not tell Weining the truth?

Just tell him I was killed by Huang He

so that he won't know I lied to him.

Can you do that for me?

No, you are not!

Mr. Shen, Gu Xiang is a good girl.

Don't kill her.

Don't kill her, please.

Silly girl, don't be such a fool like me.

I have lived half of my life,

but still can't tell ghosts from men.

Come with me.

Master, are you going to teach me how to fight?

Since I finished my learning,

I haven't spent much time on fighting skills.

If your Master Wen can teach you a thing or two,

you will benefit a lot from it.

Nonsense.

Is it right not to teach your disciple, but let an outsider do it?

Are you an "outsider"?

Of course not.

Mr. Wen, may I call you Master Wen now?

If you don't answer, I'll take it as a yes.

Little brat,

you were a simple-minded obedient boy.

But now, you're as cunning as a monkey after getting familiar.

Dear Master Wen,

where did you learn your skills?

Little brat, stop it!

He became so naughty thanks to you.

Chengling,

you've just begun to learn martial arts,

advanced ones are too hard for you.

Today, I'm teaching you the most basic one,

the Eight Trigram Palm.

Your grand master

introduced martial arts to me with this one.

Master, speaking of which,

we have been back for days

and the rooms are cleared up.

I haven't paid my respects to Grand Master.

Before you teach me today,

how about paying tribute to him?

You have to tell him

you have a good disciple like me

and have found Master Wen.

He will be relieved in heaven.

Chengling, I…

I owe Lord Qin a lot.

I should have paid my respects to him.

Fine, we'll go together.

Grand Master and Master Qin,

I, disciple Zhang Chengling, am finally here to kowtow to you.

Please rest assured.

I will try my best

to bring glory to the Four Seasons Manor.

Grand Master,

I guess you would have already seen my father and Master Long.

The addresses are a little messed up.

But it doesn't matter. We are a family.

Please tell them

that Chengling is doing well and making progress every day.

I'm devoted to learning the secret technique of Longyuan Cabinet

taught by Master Long,

although it is hard.

Little brat,

you have been so long-winded since you were young.

I can't imagine how you would be when you grow up.

I have a lot to say

to Grand Master and Master Qin.

My father told me that

the dead still maintains consciousness.

They are always watching over those they love.

No.

They can't.

They can.

Mr. Wen, say something to Grand Master.

Chengling,

even if spirits can maintain consciousness,

one doesn't have to speak out.

Sometimes,

it's better to say it in your heart.

Right.

Fine, I'll say it in my heart.

TOMBS OF QIN HUAIZHANG AND HIS WIFE

Chengling,

stop that.

If you continue,

Grand Master will be annoyed.

If you have anything else to say,

save them for next time.

We will come to visit them often.

Wen Kexing.

Zhou Xu.

Can you leave first?

I need some time alone.

Fine.

Chengling.

TOMBS OF QIN HUAIZHANG AND HIS WIFE

Does the netherworld

indeed exist?

Master.

No, I mean…

Mr. Qin.

Elder Qin.

If you are in heaven,

have you seen my parents?

I hope there are spirits after death.

But I also fear that if you see…

If you see the path

I have taken,

you'll find me disgracing the name of the Four Seasons Manor.

In the beginning,

when I couldn't take it,

I would pretend

that I wasn't the one suffering,

and that was just Zhen Yan's nightmare.

When I woke up,

I would find myself still in the yard.

Time stopped

at the moment when you accepted me as your disciple

and never went forward.

TOMBS OF QIN HUAIZHANG AND HIS WIFE

TOMB OF QIN JIUXIAO

But I found out later

that it wasn't Zhen Yan in a nightmare,

but it was

me in a sweet dream as Zhen Yan.

God doesn't carry out justice

and karma isn't paid.

If this is the case,

I would rather be a devil

and find my justice against fate.

It wasn't blood in my veins for the past 20 years,

but hatred.

The thought of revenge is the only thing

that supported me to crawl up from hell

and become the lord of all ghosts

and the king of venom.

That old bastard didn't expect

that 20 years later, I would carry out

the curses Zhen Yan made before his death one by one.

-Kill them all. -I will turn into the fiercest ghost

and hunt all of you down!

All of them.

But after killing all of them,

my hatred hasn't been alleviated.

All those who betrayed,

abandoned,

and forced us

are stained with the blood of my parents.

They are demons under human skin.

I will not spare any one of them.

The world has abandoned me

and I shall kill them all.

When I left the valley,

I had sworn to myself

that I would end this world of hypocrisy with fire

and drive these devils back to hell.

If this is a sin,

be it countless death or flagrant crime,

I will take all the blame alone.

If I have to die in this filthy world,

I am willing to do so.

But…

But…

Since fate has thrown me into hell,

why did it give me a way back to the human world?

My life as Wen Kexing is ruined.

I'm not qualified to call you master.

If there is a next life,

I will do anything to repay your grace.

If there isn't,

even if I'm destined to hell,

I will still thank you for giving me

a moment of brightness.

Gu Xiang.

You fool, you're awake?

Gu Xiang, where is Xiaolian?

Don't worry.

Have some water first.

You fool!

I told you to just watch and not show yourself.

Luckily, I brought people of the Broken Sword Manor

and arrived in time

or you would lose your life.

You've saved her?

Where did they go?

Xiaolian fainted out of shock

and was taken back to the Five Lakes Alliance by Chief Mu.

That's all right.

Nothing has been delayed.

It's better not to tell him anything.

Gu Xiang, you're so smart.

Smart?

No, not really.

Someone said I was a coward.

No, Gu Xiang.

I'm sorry for that.

I was confused.

And I was impatient and stupid.

Just hit me, all right?

Don't be angry.

You…

You fool.

Just stay where you are.

Who wants to beat you?

I'll keep my hands clean.

Gu Xiang.

Hey.

Is it that

we have conflicting fates?

Ever since you met me,

you have been injured very often.

It's not your fault. My martial arts aren't good.

That's why I often get beaten up.

But don't worry.

After we're back to Mount Qingfeng,

I will enhance my skills

so I can protect you and never let anyone hurt you.

Who dares to do that except you?

No. How dare I?

Moreover, my master treats girls very nicely.

The girls from other sects

who came to visit us

were all treated like treasures.

If my master knows I teased you,

he will surely break my legs.

And Kexing…

Wait, Gu Xiang,

how could I tease you?

You made me go off track.

What if we really have conflicting fates?

What shall we do?

What are you talking about, Gu Xiang?

It's impossible.

I'm serious about it.

What if we really have conflicting fates?

Then I would give my life to you.

Gu Xiang.

But before that,

can you give me something to eat?

I'm starving to death.

Sure, here you go.

Be careful, it's hot.

Here, have one first.

I'll just watch you eat.

The bigger one is for you.

The buns roasted by you taste so good.

It's the tastiest food in the world.