Original subtitles

We talked about craftsmen in Tientsin last time.

Axe Liu, Kite Wei and Clay Figure Zhang.

Speaking of clay figures,

we must mention something that every family in Tientsin has.

That is the Brother Clay Doll.

It's a tradition in Tientsin.

In old times, married couples who wanted babies

would get the doll from the Goddess in Tianhou Temple.

There was a mountain of dolls in the temple.

Couples would look at the mountain after worshiping the Goddess.

They would tie a red rope

around the waist of their favorite doll and bring it home with a nickname.

From then on, the doll becomes the eldest child of the family.

Babies hereafter would have to be younger brothers or sisters.

That's why the first child of a family is usually regarded as the second.

The doll should be repaired every year.

It will be brought to the clay sculpture shop

for repair and enlargement.

The doll gets bigger as years go by.

Some families even hold weddings for the doll.

The doll remains as long as

the family is able to support it.

The doll has been popular since Tianhou Temple was built.

People in Tientsin think highly of traditions,

so the Brother Clay Doll is worshiped

in every family until now.

The underworld.

Science.

Punch and kick.

The truth.

A great swimmer.

Forensics.

Sorceress.

Reporter.

Weak body.

Special detective.

Mother.

Secretary of municipal government.

An individual with unsurpassed and exceptional abilities.

Young Master.

Belongs to the Great God.

The heiress.

Neither a smoker nor a drunkard.

What is the use of having power and money?

Can't stand the sight of you.

Not bad. Reasonable and fair.

Take a bath.

Are you kidding me?

Not finicky.

There are clues.

Germany.

Spirit channeling.

Big news.

Chamber of Commerce for Water Transportation.

Master.

De-you!

Father.

Not messing things up. Not afraid of things.

Inference.

Evidence.

Childhood sweetheart.

The people of Tientsin.

Mao Ding.

De-you Guo.

-River God. -River God.

-River God. -River God.

EPISODE 23

De-you, what are you doing?

De-you!

Why are you coming down? Wake up!

Wake up, De-you.

What's wrong with you, De-you?

Wake up, De-you.

De-you, wake up. I'm right here!

Can you hear me?

De-you!

De-you.

De-you!

De-you!

Interesting.

I don't focus.

I don't think or ponder.

I think of nothing and stare blankly.

I hypnotized you twice.

You can't be completely hypnotized,

but you can't control your own consciousness either.

Why?

There are always unexpected changes.

But changes are the most interesting.

Why?

I don't focus.

I don't understand what you mean.

Don't you know who you really are?

-A young master? -What do you want?

A sorceress?

Come out!

Or a corpse salvager?

Are you the River God or the River Monster?

Finally.

I finally found you.

It's really you.

The one-in-a-million kind of body.

The holy child.

Are you scared?

Have you forgotten

everything I taught you

in such a short time?

You're born to stay underwater.

You make a living on water.

Although I raised you,

it's the water that made you who you really are.

All your fortune relies on water.

Do you know where you are?

Nobody can control you underwater.

How did you wake up?

Nobody can control me underwater.

It's me.

Lan-lan, it's me.

San Xiao?

What happened to you?

It's retribution, I think.

I’ve done so many evil things.

It's bound to happen sooner or later.

How do you end up like this?

How are you related to the Ancient Evil Gang?

We've underestimated Hua-qing Lian.

Hua-qing Lian.

Finding the holy child isn't his only purpose.

He has a bigger and more horrifying plan.

Go find Mao Ding.

Tell him to stop...

Stop Hua-qing Lian.

Also, De-you Guo...

De-you Guo is no longer reliable.

The River God

is turning into the River Monster.

San Xiao!

De-you.

De-you.

De-you!

De-you.

Mom?

Mom?

Mom?

Mom?

Honestly,

I'm quite worried about leaving the Brother Clay Doll to you.

But I can't think of anyone else.

A clay doll can't protect itself in the water.

You never learn to protect yourself.

I get into all kinds of trouble

because you don't know how to protect yourself.

Which one do you think is my fate?

The River God or the holy child?

I have been striving for the River God for 20 years,

but was stopped by my master.

The Ancient Evil Gang showed me the way to be a holy child.

I have to give it a try.

I have to thank you anyway.

I wouldn't have figured it out

if it wasn't for the trouble you gave me.

Maybe we'll never meet again.

Here's my last word to you.

Don't give me any more trouble.

Check, please.

Why so early, Mr. Guo? It's not the end of the month yet.

It's time to clear everything I should.

You have meat congee at the beginning of a month and noodles in the middle.

You have soup on early sunny mornings.

You have seafood snacks on rainy nights.

Whatever happens,

you'll never miss your noodles.

I never treat my mouth shabbily.

Why did you save me?

I did it in passing.

You should have let me die.

You'll follow me even if you're dead, won't you?

De-you Guo.

Are you sure

you don't want to lead a good life?

How?

With whom?

Then make yourself clear in front of the Brother Clay Doll.

What are you going to do today?

Sorceress.

Enough with your tricks.

Trains and ships are traveling around.

Some go to Germany and learn to be a coroner.

What you and your mother do

no longer works.

De-you.

De-you, you must be kidding.

I get it.

There's something you have to do.

You're doing this on purpose

because you think I'll get you in trouble, right?

Calm down.

Tell me patiently. I'll be good.

I promise.

I won't bother you, okay?

So you know you're annoying.

Get out of my way.

Where are you going at this hour?

Let's go home, okay?

Home?

The Dragon King Temple?

I'm sick of that small place.

I've had enough of corpse-salvaging.

I've also

had enough of your face.

I have a favor to ask.

Just one.

Do promise me, please.

Leave immediately.

Never show yourself in front of me again.

Do you remember this?

Shun Quan's buffalo

had its hoof stuck in the stone crack.

Its leg was broken.

It was crying all day long.

It couldn't eat or work.

Shun Quan's family couldn't sleep because of the noise.

So they went to Mr. Guo for help.

Hoping to let it go in peace.

Mr. Guo made a potion

and fed it to the buffalo.

It died

in a few minutes.

Later,

Mr. Guo sealed

all dangerous potions with black covers

and stored them in a place we can't reach.

De-you Guo.

I don't care what the Holy Child is.

I don't care how the Ancient Evil Gang bewitched you.

If you must leave today,

then I'll drink it first.

Go ahead.

Drink it.

I've always been curious

about the taste of the potion.

De-you Guo!

Hello, holy child.

What will the Ancient Evil Gang become once they have the holy child?

Don't tell me your ultimate goal is to cure your followers.

I'll show you a miracle.

You'll like it.

Tientsin is a geomantic paradise, right?

Of course.

A geomantic paradise

should be at least a peaceful place.

Definitely.

But lately, the troubles in Tientsin

are serious cases that should only happen once in a hundred years.

All of them are major cases.

-Here's another one. -What happened?

De-you Guo defected to the Ancient Evil Gang.

Secretary-General Xiao enjoined us to solve the case in three days.

-The Little River God? -Not anymore.

He's now De-you Guo, the River Monster.

He's on the wanted list now.

Secretary-General Xiao told us

that if we couldn't solve the case in three days,

he would hold us responsible for it along with the incidents

at the Consulate and Xiaoxiguan.

We will all lose our jobs if we can't catch him.

Isn't that the Little River God?

Yes. There are notices everywhere.

What did he do?

WANTED

EXECUTE ONCE ARRESTED

What do you mean by this?

Even if the military warrant wasn't issued by you,

you must have approved this.

"With the staff that is in my hand

I will strike the water of the Nile

and it will be changed into blood.

By this, you will know that I am the Lord."

Why are you hunting De-you Guo?

It's because

I worried too much 20 years ago.

So the Ancient Evil Gang revived.

The dangerous Junior Immortal is dead.

It's time to strike while the iron is hot

and exterminate the Ancient Evil Gang.

What does it have to do with De-you Guo?

De-you Guo

reached an agreement with Hua-qing Lian.

What?

He betrayed me

after I gave him the Geomantic Map of Golden Hook and Silver Sword

I obtained from the Ancient Evil Gang.

I don't understand.

Although San Xiao hasn't been arrested,

there was accurate information that showed

that De-you Gou

has sided with the Ancient Evil Gang.

That's impossible.

De-you Guo

is the holy child they have been looking for.

I'm telling you because I want to warn you

to mind your own business.

I won't make the same mistake I made 20 years ago.

The military has been assembled.

If you insist on interfering,

the Chamber of Commerce

will disappear with the Ancient Evil Gang.

My father is dead.

Mr. Hu is the only one left in his family.

Now he is locked up.

The Chamber of Commerce is already falling apart.

It's all because of the Ancient Evil Gang.

I lost my whole family because of them.

But I still have a senior fellow disciple.

Who else can I believe

if I can't believe him?

The Ancient Evil Gang must be destroyed.

But anyone who wants to hurt De-you Guo will have to deal with me first.

It seems like every time I want to tell you something,

I can't say it.

It seems unnecessary now.

Perhaps there won't even be a chance to say it in the future.

If serving the Lord seems undesirable to you,

then choose for yourselves whom you will serve.

Be it the gods your forefathers served beyond the river,

or the Gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living.

But as for me and my household,

we will serve the Lord.

Mao Ding.

Mao Ding!

-Predecessors built channels... -To facilitate the water transportation!

All right.

Let's go.

You go first, Young Master.

Go.

Come on!

There are really haunting ghosts.

It's better to kill them all

since they weren't in time for the evolution.

Run!

Do you know why am I showing you how to discern grievance

by burning tobacco today?

Are you planning to teach me?

Don't you think about smoking with a body so weak.

Then are you making fun of me?

Originally, people smoke while salvaging corpses to cover

the smell of dead bodies.

Once you've had a lot of experience,

you'll roughly know the cause of death with just a look at the body.

Victims' families came to ask for help.

It was a habit to smoke in front of them.

It became grievance-discerning by burning tobacco

through inaccurate word of mouth.

Why would I raise you in a shabby temple if I were so capable?

Come on.

Are you saying

the Old River God that the people of Tientsin trust more than the police

is a cheater?

Listen to my words.

Don't do things that lessen your fortune.

Don't answer when someone calls you River God.

Okay. I won't be the River God then.

Isn't the River God a turtle?

It's late. It's time to rest.

Subtitle Translation by Ming-ching Chu