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(Back From The Brink)

(Episode 4)

(Liudong Town)

(When I get past this town, )

(I'll be in Yongzhou City.)

(Why does that evil dragon keep following me?)

(Freshly made buns!)

(It smells so good.)

(Perfume pouches! Take a look!)

Don't forget, mister.

No problem.

(Buns Stall)

(Homebrew liquor!)

What do you want, mister?

What did the woman

tell you just now?

Why do you want to know?

Who are you to her?

She's my betrothed wife.

So it's you.

What did she tell you then?

She...

(She said she loved buns.)

How many do you want?

Ten.

(And she said a man in black)

(was her sidekick)

(and that he)

(would pay for the buns.)

Don't forget, mister.

No problem.

Pay up now.

50 wen for ten buns.

Come and take a look!

(I bet he is penniless, )

(so I should run when he's occupied.)

(He's so fast.)

(Where did he get the money?)

(Yes, I made you pay for those buns.)

(But do you have to keep chasing me?)

I'm exhausted.

Too exhausted.

I'm not running anymore.

(Can this evil dragon give me a break?)

Go away!

No one gets to eat.

Yongzhou City

is beyond the woods.

They are not friendly

to spirits.

So stop following me.

I can't go anywhere else

other than following you.

(I shouldn't have thrown it away.)

(At every full moon, )

(my body will hurt like never before.)

Today is the night of the full moon.

This is my time!

(But...)

No.

If my heart is softened,

I'll fall victim to it.

(My power is too weak tonight.)

(I can't sense)

(the Heart Protecting Scale.)

(Wujin)

Oh, my.

This delicious dragon scent.

It seems like

my pet

will feast tonight.

Shebishi.

Go now.

Bring me this delicacy.

(This scent...)

This sudden surge of spiritual energy...

That evil dragon...

He's a Millennium Spirit Dragon.

He'll be fine.

He'll be fine.

The Millennium Spirit Dragon?

No wonder you smell this good.

What a shame.

You're a shell of your former past.

Shebishi.

Don't dally.

Kill him.

(She's right.)

(The current me)

(is too weak)

(even to take my own life.)

(I can only endure the endless humiliation, )

(rage, )

(and pain.)

(Surviving)

(instead of living.)

I will protect

his life today.

Are you all right?

Are you OK?

If you're already dead,

there's no point in saving you.

Why are you smiling?

I have never met

someone like you before.

Did it hit you in the head?

Stop talking. Get up now.

They say a Shebishi is tame.

How did you stumble upon

a violent one?

(It seems like the Spirit Realm has changed a lot.)

All right. Stop overthinking.

Let's go.

It's about to get back on its feet.

Let's run.

Go.

This dragon

has a Taoist disciple

by its side.

So he still has some power left.

Interesting.

Why did you come back?

Didn't you say you would leave me alone?

That was indeed what I thought.

But I couldn't help it.

I have a good conscience.

I can't just do nothing when you're in trouble.

He'll be fine.

You...

You saw me.

Thanks

to your Heart Protecting Scale.

How did you

get the attention of such a powerful monster?

My mortal vessel

contains dragon bones.

For monsters who snuck into the Central Plain,

consuming me can boost

their power substantially.

Poor you.

The Taoists want to kill you.

All monsters want to eat you.

Can you hang in there?

You know what?

Before you locate your other body parts,

you should try

to hide your scent.

Otherwise,

the dragon bones you finally found

would be devoured

by other monsters.

You're good

at fleeing.

Thanks.

They are here this soon?

We can hide our scent in there.

How long can you hold your breath?

If I regulate my inner qi,

I can hold it for two hours.

Do it, then.

Are you done?

No.

(It seems like my Taoist blood)

(can assuage his pain.)

(Oh, no.)

(They are still here.)

(But she...)

(Her life is more important.)

They are gone?

Shebishi.

Let's go.

What did you do to me just now?

Hush.

They are nearby.

My food is here.

Break your leg. Now!

What?

My leg.

Shebishi!

Think.

What else can we do?

Fend them off with spells.

Although I stayed in Chenxing Mountain for a decade,

I haven't unlocked my mind's eye.

And you want me to use spells?

Trust me.

One with the dragon soul.

Hearken to me,

the fire of sins.

Flame of Wrath.

Incinerate!

I can do that?

The brand on its forehead.

(Wu)

You are controlling it,

the master of Shebishi.

Scentless Twig.

No wonder we couldn't sense him.

That explains why this Shebishi was violent.

It was puppeteered by a dark practitioner.

Dark practitioner?

You don't know that?

In the past ten years,

many practitioners

shrouded in a dark aura

appeared in the Mortal Realm.

Some are spirits.

Some are humans.

No one knows where they come from

or why they pursue this path.

It is still

a mystery.

Let's leave this place.

Go back.

You're free now.

I didn't know you were so kind

to your clan members.

Don't.

This hook comes with a barb.

You will tear the entire flesh like this.

I thought

you didn't care about this.

You were asking me

to break my leg, weren't you?

Let me do it.

This spell

can relieve the pain for the moment.

Hang in there.

The cut isn't deep.

It didn't reach the bones,

so you're fine.

You tore the hem of my robe

without asking for permission.

You have done many things

without my permission, either.

I found the Scentless Twig

from the dark practitioner.

It can hide my presence.

From now on,

I won't put you in danger anymore.

From now on?

Danger?

Since you're safe now,

let's

part ways here.

You have depleted your inner qi

and can hardly walk.

Come.

Wait.

If you dare to drop me,

you will be done.

You didn't do

anything

inappropriate underwater, right?

No.

I don't believe you.

Let's find a place

to take a break.

(Yongzhou City)

(Wangshu Manor)

(Suying's Abode)

Do you remember this place?

What is this place?

It was your home

where

we spent years together.

Don't waste your time.

What you said has nothing to do with me.

Please release my wife

and let us return home.

Mr. Lu.

After you left,

Master Suying forbade everyone

to touch anything here.

You should go in and have a look.

Perhaps

that will make you recall something.

(Back then, )

(Yongzhou City was plagued by spirits and monsters.)

(The temple worked with the Taoist clans.)

(You and I)

(fought)

(side by side.)

This is your sword from back then.

You killed many

monsters with it

and protected the citizens of this city.

General Lu.

Can't you recall a thing?

I'm but a scholar.

I cannot wield this sword.

I just want to return home with my wife.

Home?

She is a spirit. A spirit!

She is the reason why

we are like this today.

Don't make things up.

She isn't a spirit.

20 years ago,

I returned from my spirit-hunting quest.

Suying.

Nine-tailed fox.

(That nine-tailed fox abducted you.)

She saved me.

Saved?

Fox spirits don't save people.

She's avenging.

You have killed so many monsters.

She's just toying with you.

Don't you see?

Sect Leader Suying.

I know better than anyone

what kind of person my wife is.

We don't need your commentary.

You

separated us

and used this object

to fabricate my past with you.

What you are doing now

only makes me detest you further.

Detest.

What a strong word.

Bring me that perfumer.

Leader.

What perfume do you want

that perfumer to concoct for you?

Give him

the nine-tailed fox.

Noted.

And tonight,

you will come with me

to retrieve the dragon horns.

Why, ma'am?

The Dragon Bone Formation has been broken for a while now.

That evil dragon might be lurking

somewhere near it.

If we retrieve the dragon horns now...

I

want the dragon to show up.

(Juxian Inn)

One with the dragon soul.

Hearken to me,

the fire of sins.

Incinerate!

It was so powerful when I used it

against the dark practitioner.

Why can't

I use it again?

Can I come in?

Yes.

I'll bandage you up.

I have already done it.

Wait.

I have a question for you.

What was the spell

you taught me to use

against the dark practitioner?

Spirit Dragon Spell.

Spirit Dragon Spell.

How

do I use it?

Just activate the power of the Heart Protecting Scale.

(So the flame I unleashed)

(in Chenxing Mountain)

(came from his Heart Protecting Scale.)

(I could do it back then.)

(But why can't I do it now?)

How can I activate it, then?

You want to learn that?

Okay.

I'll unlock your mind's eye.

I trained in Chenxing Mountain for a decade,

but my mind's eye refused to be unlocked.

You think you can unlock it?

We can give it a try.

Wait.

You think I'm a fool?

Unlocking the mind's eye can be dangerous.

I can't just let you experiment on me.

Go away.

Without your mind's eye,

you can't use Spirit Dragon Spell.

Nonsense.

It had been sealed before, but I managed

to unleash a blast once.

Fine. Don't teach me, then.

I'll figure it out myself.

(It would help if I kept this evil dragon)

(by my side.)

(But he)

(is cunning and scheming.)

(He can be dangerous.)

(But we are about to arrive at Yongzhou City.)

(If I can lure him)

(into signing a pact of servitude with me, )

(he)

(will have to do my bidding.)

Wait.

Come.

I have something to talk to you about.

Come.

I admit

that I can't

get rid of you.

But

I'm going to visit Yongzhou City.

I know that.

Yongzhou City is a hub in Central Plain.

All merchandise to the West

and the South

will have to go through that city.

It is a populous place.

And to prevent any monster invasion,

every sect dispatches their disciples

there.

The majority of them

are disciples of the Guanghan Sect.

What is your point?

I...

Nothing.

Nothing at all.

I

think...

I

believe...

Well, it's just a suggestion.

You are a dragon.

Even though the Scentless Twig

can mask your dragon scent,

Taoist Cultivators

can see through it nonetheless.

So?

Therefore,

we should

sign a pact of servitude.

It's more practical.

No, thanks.

Don't turn me down

right away.

Think about it.

I heard

that monsters

without an owner

could not

enter Yongzhou City.

Make sure

no one finds you out, then.

Think about it, all right?

Your leg is healed.

Pack up.

We'll depart soon.

(Inspection by Guanghan Sect!)

(Fellow)

(cultivators, )

(we're here for an inspection.)

Owners.

Please make sure the brand

of your familiar is visible.

The disciples of the Guanghan Sect are here for an inspection.

Come.

They

are seven-star disciples of the Guanghan Sect.

Just one of them

is enough to defeat

ten Shebishi we met yesterday.

That's your familiar?

Yes.

That's my familiar.

Are you sure?

Senior, she's not a familiar.

Take her away.

Come.

No!

-How dare you lied to us. -Don't take her away.

Take him away, too.

Come.

Continue!

Let's go.

I don't want to rush you,

but you should realize

we don't have

much time.

We often

have to make choices in our life.

You just have to do it.

And fortunately,

I know how to sign a pact with a familiar.

(Yan)

I'm not coercing you.

A palm brand?

Do you know how to do that?

Inspection from Guanghan Sect!

You sure are enjoying yourself.

Your familiar?

Inspect him.

Go ahead.

It is a familiar. All is good.

What spirit is this?

I can't

pick up any scent at all.

Show me his spirit token.

Hurry up.

From Chenxing Mountain?

You're from Chenxing Mountain?

I performed poorly,

so I was expelled.

The token is so blurry.

What is this spirit mark?

No idea.

He is...

A koi.

A koi spirit?

Yes.

Look.

Look.

This fishy eye.

These fishy lips.

And the gills!

It's a koi spirit!

Yes.

This koi spirit

is so weak

that its spiritual energy is almost non-existent.

Well.

I'm also weak,

so I can only catch weak spirits,

unlike all of you here

who are smart enough

to be seven-star disciples

of the Guanghan Sect.

Needless to say.

I envy you.

We all have our journey.

No need to envy us.

Take care, my friend.

Here, keep it.

Let's go.

A koi?

Aren't you

auspicious like a koi,

Doofus Fu?

Anything unusual?

Not at the moment.

(I want buns!)

(And some napa cabbage too.)

I'm your master. You're my familiar.

You walk behind me.

(Yan)

I should have done this earlier.

I wouldn't have had to avoid you for a month

and worried that you might gouge my heart out.

I wasn't planning to do that.

Look.

Dragon horns!

Are these the legendary

millennium dragon horns?

Yes.

Indeed.

How cruel.

Who hung it

on top of the city gates?

Who else?

Only Master Suying,

who killed the dragon 20 years ago,

can do that.

(She knew Tianyao would come to retrieve them, )

(so she hung)

(those horns above the city gates)

(to humiliate him.)

Tianyao.

(Indeed.)

This is...

I walk in front of you.

Are those horns above the city gates

the real ones?

Yes.

You are much more resilient

than I imagined you to be.

She wants to lure me into the trap.

I shall uproot the trap, and the entire city,

for her.

Using

your current power

and my current power?

Don't look at me like that.

You think I'll say yes

if

you look at me with those eyes?

No way.

It won't work.

Retrieving the dragon horns now

is akin to a suicidal attempt.

But perhaps we can come up with

a win-win solution.

A win-win solution?

I have your Heart Protecting Scale.

You feel unsafe,

and so do I.

Because someone might come after my heart one day.

I just want to be alive.

And I'm willing to return

your Heart Protecting Scale

as soon as possible if it means I get to live.

Do you have a solution?

I don't.

But I know a place

that does.

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Yongzhou Qijue Agency.

Welcome.

Come in.

To ensure

our clients have a good experience,

no familiar is allowed in.

Please wait outside.

Come in.

Wait for me here

for a while.

You

will come with me.

(Qijue Agency, the Seven Don'ts)

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Qijue Agency, Advisor Mao.

At your service.

How

may I help,

deary?

I have a friend

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I came here on her behalf

to seek a solution.

Yes, deary.

Really?

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Is this the

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No, deary.

The seventh Don't

is only privy to our business owner.

If I may ask,

which defect

applies to your friend's heart?

Is she, one,

lack of heartfulness?

Two,

lack of heart blood?

Three,

lack of heart flesh?

Four,

lack of the entire heart?

Three,

lack of heart flesh.

But I don't know

if her heart is still missing something else.

Which one should I pick, then?

The fifth option is all of the above, deary.

We have the solution

to your problem,

but it will be very pricey.

Will this be enough?

(Fortunately, I came prepared.)

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Congratulations.

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Poorest Clients Leaderboard?

How do you know my name?

Qijue Agency.

Your guide to everything, everywhere.

What kind of ranking is that?

Don't you only do that

for the richest ones?

Why did you do it for the poorest ones?

You are absolutely correct, deary.

We have the Richest Clients Leaderboard, too.

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Wang...

Wang Pengyuan is the richest person.

You are several zeroes away

from his wealth.

Shut up.

Take my name out.

Sure.

For a price of 88 gold, we can remove your name,

deary.

What is wrong with you?

Are there laws here?

There are.

To lodge a complaint, turn left at the entrance.

However,

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deary.

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What patronage?

You haven't even answered my question!

Refund!

I beg to differ.

I have answered four

of your questions.

As for your main question,

you need an additional 100,000 gold taels

for the answer.

The Qijue Agency

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Thank you for your compliment.

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