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=Candle in the Tomb: The Worm Valley=

=Episode 05=

Father.

What do we do next?

The wind is rising.

After the mist disperses,

we enter the Worm Valley.

Patriarch!

Patriarch!

Patriarch!

What hurt Brother Zha Long's eye may be...

What?

You've been working with your father.

Treat his eye!

The miasma was too toxic.

His eye can't be treated.

If we don't remove his eye now,

he might die!

Save his life.

Zha Long.

Your eye...

I know.

Do it.

Hang in there, brother.

This way.

Hurry up.

Does this look like a monkey to you?

These should be statues from King Xian's era.

Hu.

This is another monkey statue.

Good.

I see a glimmer of hope.

Comrades,

pull yourself together.

Let's meet King Xian himself.

Hu.

What are you doing?

This smells like bug repellent.

Do you mean this red soil?

Wait.

Are you saying King Xian

was afraid of bugs?

I wouldn't know about his fear.

But he could be protecting something.

I think we are almost there.

Blind Chen told me

that King Xian was a master of the occult.

His most impressive feat was changing the feng shui layout.

Assuming the Fowl-dust Orb is in this valley,

for that huge tomb

to become more akin to a sage's abode

from the geographical and spiritual aspect,

there must be some sort

of Abode Core to boost the effect.

The place we look for

must be somewhere near the Abode Core.

Can you tell where it is?

Of course.

The Sixteen-character Feng Shui Scrolls'

volume of "Transformation"

is about changing the feng shui layout.

To change the feng shui layout of the mountain range,

one must alter the nine key Abode Cores

around the ley lines.

The first Abode Core...

Hu.

It's to transform the living...

Can you stop talking in riddles?

Dumb it down to something I can understand.

In laymen terms,

if one could alter the locations of the nine Abode Cores,

the feng shui would be weaved closely together

and the terrain of the ley lines will remain strong for millennia.

Where are the nine Abode Cores?

The forest is too thick.

It's hard to spot them right away.

So you couldn't find them?

Then why did you talk like an expert?

You're just delaying our operation.

I'm checking as we speak.

Don't mess around.

Just sit tight.

Judging by the terrain of the valley,

this could be the ninth Abode Core.

The nine curves surrounding the mountainside.

The mountainside?

The nine curves surrounding the mountainside?

Hu.

I remember you once said

the end of this kind of layout

would have a shrine built on top of it

to boost the mountain range's power.

Could there be

a temple in the Worm Valley?

Impressive, Chief Yang.

That was brilliant.

The villagers here worship the mountain deity.

If my guess is right,

there is a mountain deity shrine

in the Worm Valley.

Chief Yang,

don't you have the map with you?

Let's check it.

It might be marked on the map.

Here?

That's the spot.

And I believe

the shrine was built with wood.

The red soil we saw just now

was meant to repel the bugs.

It's a barrier to protect the shrine

from being damaged by termites.

The toad marks the entrance to the ancient Dian Kingdom's ruins.

That means

if we can find the shrine,

we'll be within the range of the ruins.

Great!

What's wrong with you?

Listen.

I appreciate the analysis from you, the experts.

Hu, carry on with the explanation.

What does the inside of the ruins

look like?

How many burial gifts are in there?

Don't just stare at the map...

I didn't mean it.

Fatty.

Yes?

Stop interrupting.

Check out the surrounding area.

Yes.

If I am gone,

what will you two do here?

That is none of my business.

Show me your hand.

What?

Changing your bandage.

I hear nothing.

I hear nothing at all.

Don't worry.

I will capture them and make sure justice is served.

Zha Long.

Go home and rest well.

We'll bring good news.

You are my best friend.

When I become the patriarch,

you will be the second in command of Zhelong Village.

I still need you to deliver me the blade during my inauguration.

Pull yourself together.

Cousin.

I thought it through.

I'll go with you to the Worm Valley.

But your injury...

I lost an eye.

That's the reality.

Capturing them

is your best chance to earn the credit to become the next patriarch.

I must go with you.

Your wound is swelling very badly. It's infected.

Hang in there.

Chief Yang.

Men and women shouldn't be too intimate.

I know you're adventurous,

but you are still a woman.

It's a bad habit to keep holding

a man's hand.

You're lucky the wound wasn't deeper.

I think the fish that bit you

should have bitten your big mouth too.

Chief Yang,

everything is normal over there.

How are you holding up?

Is everything all right?

The wound got worse.

Stop fooling around.

You haven't slept in two days,

take a nap.

Get some shut-eye.

Look at Fatty.

He sleeps the second his buttock touches the ground.

Now close your eyes

and get some sleep.

I thought you were asleep.

I woke up fast.

He is already asleep.

How can he sleep with his eyes open?

He got this condition when he was in the army.

When he was in the force,

the terrain was complex.

The enemy always attacked those who kept watch at night.

So he never sleeps well at night.

It's been years since then,

but he still sleeps with his eyes open.

I see.

He might seem carefree at times,

but he keeps the pain to himself.

You wouldn't know it, since you weren't in the army.

The war was harsh.

He told me the stories.

His brother in arms

died right before him

in a blink of an eye

before they knew what happened.

After going through so much trauma,

his mental health took a toll.

He's emotionally scarred.

Emotionally scarred?

You should see how drunk he was.

When he gets drunk,

he starts yelling

the names of his fallen comrades.

He still remembers them.

He was a major back then.

He always thinks

that he's responsible for

his men's death.

But people die in wars.

Yet, he always

keeps everything

to himself.

What should I tell you his stories?

I think he has PTSD.

Wait, what D?

Wait.

Chief Yang, don't sound so professional.

Say something I could understand.

PTSD.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Disorder? Hu?

No way!

No!

He's not married yet!

How do you know about his condition?

That's not what I meant.

PTSD is not a physical condition,

but a mental condition.

Many retired soldiers

suffer different degrees of mental disorder.

Mental disorder, right?

I see.

I'm glad it's not a physical disorder.

Not to mention

that his high awareness

of the surrounding is good for us.

Listen.

When he thinks

the people closest to him are in danger,

he will go into

battle station on one command.

You don't believe me, right?

Let me show you.

Let him sleep for a while.

His closest friend is here.

See? He's asleep.

Hu!

It's Fatty! Help!

Hu! Save me!

How come it's not working?

Hu.

Chief Yang has been taken to become the enemy's wife.

What happened to her?

Nothing, I am fine.

You chose her over your brother!

Is this the end of our friendship?

A so-called childhood friend!

Our bond has come to an end.

Listen.

This foreign lady is going

to end you with her fancy words.

What was that?

You know what I mean.

Fine.

You two stay here.

I'll leave.

I'm not your kin or anything.

I'll just go wandering around.

Maybe I could get a girlfriend too!

Fatty?

Fatty!

I'm out!

Are you really that upset?

Leave me alone!

What's got into him?

Hu, won't you talk some sense into him?

Hu?

Hu?

He's asleep again.

Hu,

you are nothing without me.

Without my keen insight,

you would never have made it.

I am always the bad guy

who lies for you.

When I get

my own girlfriend,

would you scratch my back and lie for me too?

This is outrageous.

As if you'd pay attention to this kind of matter.

Who was that?

Hu, is that you?

Who's there? Stop messing with me.

Fatty is in trouble.

Let's check it out.

Fatty!

Fatty!

Fatty!

Fatty!

Fatty!

This way.

Fatty!

Fatty!

Fatty, is that you?

Fatty!

Don't move!

Don't touch it. It's massaging me.

What is this thing?

It feels good.

Are you all right?

Perfectly fine.

See?

It's reaching for you too.

Don't get it off.

Let it wrap around you.

Let it use its strong leaves.

Just go with it.

Relax.

What's that?

See? It's so relaxing.

Look, it's on your left side.

Spread your arms open.

It's saying hi.

This is fun.

What is this thing anyway?

Does it sting?

No. It feels great.

See? It's fun.

This must be a dancing plant.

It's a species of plant.

It moves rapidly when it's stimulated.

It acts the same way a mimosa pudica does.

A gigantic mimosa pudica.

It's not a coincidence

these plants grow here.

Let's check the area ahead.

Honestly,

this is interesting.

Chief Yang.

You should try this out.

Be careful with these plants.

The plants

might be poisonous.

No, it's not.

Let's go.

Hu.

Let's make a deal.

Could I bring one of these

back to Beijing?

With this in my house,

I won't need a wife

to give me a massage.

Why would you bring it back?

You might as well just stay here.

No.

Okay, we're done here.

It's time to go.

Hu!

It slapped my behind.

Hu!

Stop that!

I think this is the entrance.

Let's go inside.

Oh my goodness.

This place is well hidden.

There really is a statue of the mountain deity.

But this place could use some renovation.

I don't understand the villagers' mentality.

They wouldn't let us pass.

They think we might disturb the deity.

But look.

The deity can barely save its own neck.

How is it going to protect the mountain?

The villagers live on the mountain and rely on it.

It's normal for them to worship a mountain deity.

Their belief won't do them any good.

Nowadays,

one should only

believe in himself.

Hu.

This statue is holding a toad.

I found a bottle gourd here.

This must be the place marked with a toad on our map.

We found the right place.

The toad and the bottle gourd are placed in obvious spots.

Do they bear a special meaning?

The meaning is pretty clear.

The mountain deity wants to have some wine.

So it stored the wine inside the bottle gourd.

And then it snacked on the toad after the drink.

Right?

Goldy Tooth would love a snack like this.

The entrance marked on the map is here.

I think we're at the right place.

Let's look around.

Someone was here before us.

Judging by the clothing,

it wasn't a local.

A tourist.

It's normal to be in Yunnan for a vacation.

Why would one come to the Worm Valley?

And the guy came alone.

And the guy died here.

Do you think

the person died from King Xian's miasma?

Stop fooling around.

This is a hidden shrine.

If one could explore Zhelong Mountain and make it

through the white mist to reach here,

it couldn't have been an ordinary person.

You have a point.

Not an ordinary person.

There is a bag here.

Something must be inside it.

I'll see if he took some souvenirs.

This is a tag.

It's pretty.

There are some writings on it.

"S".

"H".

Is this written in pinyin?

"H".

"I".

"R".

"H, i, r".

Does it mean"drinking all day"?

All you think of is alcohol.

It's English.

Chief Yang.

Can you translate this for us?

♪ The path ahead ♪

♪ Is shrouded by mist ♪

♪ It's full of perils, but we never give in ♪

♪ We search ♪

♪ For the answer ♪

♪ Eventually, we wipe away ♪

♪ Our sweat and tears ♪

♪ Disperse the mist ♪

♪ That's blocking our way ♪

♪ The cheers of victory ♪

♪ Will permeate the rocks ♪

♪ We'll reach ♪

♪ The shore of hope ♪

♪ Break free from gravity ♪

♪ Break free from destiny's ♪

♪ Shackles ♪

♪ With my strength ♪

♪ The blossom will bloom ♪

♪ Even on the cliff ♪

♪ There could be setbacks ♪

♪ But we fall for no trick ♪

♪ The mysterious tracks ♪

♪ Through the dark and moist ♪

♪ Realm of dream ♪

♪ The dark night ♪

♪ Will be torn open ♪

♪ Daybreak ♪

♪ Will be pulled apart ♪

♪ We walk in a circle ♪

♪ My fear ♪

♪ Is overcome by my belief ♪

♪ Over the hills and mountains ♪

♪ We drink heartily in the wind ♪

♪ Eventually ♪

♪ Life will surprise us ♪

♪ The rainbow ♪

♪ Arrives after the storm ♪

♪ Who can feel my lonely ♪

♪ The eerie noises next to my ears ♪

♪ The peril ♪

♪ Could be lethal ♪

♪ I strive to see the truth ♪

♪ It's all right ♪

♪ We never believed in destiny ♪

♪ When we cross paths ♪

♪ We keep a level head ♪

♪ And survive the morass ♪

♪ We work as one ♪

♪ And move forward ♪

♪ By marching together ♪

♪ The evil brings pain ♪

♪ And fill us with hate ♪

♪ We must keep the beckoning at bay ♪

♪ Through the woods ♪

♪ We speak to the gods ♪

♪ Weapons are forged with courage ♪

♪ We will not back down ♪

♪ My gaze ♪

♪ Will punish the evil ♪

♪ With the worst torment ♪

♪ The dark night ♪

♪ Will be torn open ♪

♪ Daybreak will be pulled apart ♪

♪ We walk in a circle ♪

♪ My fear ♪

♪ Is overcome by my belief ♪

♪ Over the hills ♪

♪ And over the mountains ♪

♪ We drink heartily in the wind ♪

♪ Eventually, life will surprise us ♪

♪ The rainbow ♪

♪ Arrives ♪

♪ After the storm ♪

♪ The dark night will be torn open ♪

♪ Daybreak will be pulled apart ♪

♪ We walk in a circle ♪

♪ My fear ♪

♪ Is overcome by my belief ♪

♪ Over the hills ♪

♪ And over the mountains ♪

♪ We drink heartily in the wind ♪

♪ Eventually, life will surprise us ♪

♪ The rainbow ♪

♪ Arrives ♪

♪ After the storm ♪

♪ The rainbow arrives after the storm ♪