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=Candle in the Tomb: The Worm Valley=

=Episode 12=

I spent so much effort getting up there.

That rag doll looked really creepy up close.

I was afraid,

but at that time,

a thought went off my mind,

and guess who I thought of?

Don't give me that nonsense.

Get to the point.

After that,

I closed my eyes

and decided to open it up.

(After opening it up,)

(I discovered an item.)

(I wondered what it was.)

Then I remembered

what you did back in the caverns at Long Ridge.

You had me smelled

the jade.

(So I did the same.)

(There was no smell.)

(So I)

(licked it.)

(And then I realized)

(that it was definitely a piece of ancient jade.)

Good stuff.

And after that,

I ran into trouble.

My tongue kept itching,

and I couldn't speak.

And I tried

to bite everything I could get my hands on.

I couldn't control myself.

It looks like my analysis was right.

The jade

was coated with a drug that could cause hallucinations.

Fatty.

You got what you deserved.

How many times have I told you?

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Look what happened to you this time.

Don't just

simply take everything you see.

Ba Yi.

Chief Yang.

I've realized my mistakes.

I'll change. I promise.

I'll turn over a new leaf.

I swear to the heavens.

If I take everything I see from now on,

I'll...

Oh, be quiet.

If you could really change,

I'll write my surname Hu upside-down.

Is that so?

Chief Yang.

I think

some people just can't seem to learn their lessons.

When we get back to Beijing,

I should gather everyone

and host a reflection session.

No, no. Don't.

I'll invite

Goldy Tooth,

Blind Chen, and Mr. Qiao

to give you a proper lecture.

No, you can't, Hu.

I was just fooling around.

You can't let everyone know about this.

Goldy Tooth

has a big mouth.

If he finds out,

that means the entire Beijing will know too.

Right?

If that happens,

I won't be able to show my face

in the antique business anymore.

Let me ask you something.

Sure.

Did it taste good?

You seemed to enjoy it.

Chief Yang, come over here, please.

Is this an oil trench?

It looks like it was used to store corpse oil.

We'll know if it's oil or not if we light it up.

Be careful.

Hu.

Get over here.

This looks like a door.

Let's check it out.

(Heaven's Gate)

This King Xian

is quite shameless, isn't he?

This is just an old stone door, but he calls it the "heaven's gate".

Don't say nonsense.

The heaven's gate is no ordinary door.

If my guess is right,

this is the door King Xian wanted to use to have his body

descended to immortality.

And usually, according to the designs of mausoleums,

doors like this wouldn't be locked.

It wouldn't?

Why?

It seems

he was confident that no one

would be able to find out

that his underground palace would be underneath the water.

All right.

Since King Xian left the door open for us,

let's help ourselves

and get inside.

Be careful.

I really wouldn't have known what to do

if this door was unlocked.

Chief Yang, you guys move...

What's wrong?

If the Fowl-dust Orb is really located behind this door,

what will happen

after we enter the door?

Will we be able to make it out alive?

What's wrong with you, Chief Yang?

You're usually not afraid of anything.

But now you're actually worried.

Your clan has been searching for this orb for years.

Now that we've finally reached this far,

you're hesitating?

Don't worry. You have both of us here with you.

Nothing will happen.

And if the orb isn't inside,

we'll keep searching for it with you until we find it.

And I promise everything will be all right.

Right.

I'm sorry.

I got you guys involved in this.

Now that's uncalled for, Chief Yang.

We're a team

that has gone through life and death together.

Right?

Besides,

if I take you as a friend,

you're my friend for life.

Besides, ever since we joined you on this venture,

we've had a lot of fun.

People should have fun

and enjoy every day of their lives.

Right.

This is much more fun than messing around with tapes.

Now, come on.

That old King Xian is wasteful indeed.

It's such a small space,

yet he built a bridge here.

This must be the Three Lives Bridge.

It represents the three lives.

According to ancient legends,

when one dies, one must first cross the Three Lives Bridge

before they can become a deity.

Only by getting rid of one's worldly desires

can one be free

and enter the void

and become a deity.

You sure know a lot about this.

This King Xian is obsessed with becoming a deity.

Even his entire tomb was designed

according

to the feng shui patterns and Taoist beliefs of ascending to immortality.

If my guess is right,

we should reach the underground palace

after crossing the Three Lives Bridge.

Well, what are we waiting for then?

Let's head to his lair.

You guys go first.

Be careful.

What's wrong?

It's high.

It's really high up here.

Didn't you say you could go to the heights of the moon

and dive deep into the sea?

Well, there was a jade up there last time.

Hu, slow down. Don't shake the bridge.

Gosh.

Everything is too high here.

Slow down.

It's too high.

It's way too high.

Be careful.

I need a break.

It's too high.

Guys, slow down.

Slow down.

It's too high.

Too high.

Be careful.

That was such a long way.

It's finally over.

Why are there three coffins here?

And one that's hanging up there.

What's going on here?

The material of that coffin looks good.

My legs are still shaky from crossing that bridge.

What is this coffin made of?

Don't touch it.

There's no paint on this coffin.

From the patterns,

it's made of fine quality wood.

Then...

What sort of wood is this?

Cellar wood.

It's a rare plant that grows in deep mountains

out of the sun.

It takes hundreds of years for it to grow a tree ring.

It's an extremely rare type of wood.

Cellar wood?

I think I've heard Blind Chen mention it before.

A bronze outer coffin

and a cellar wood coffin.

Those who aren't fortunate enough should never go near either of those.

Right. That's what he said.

A bronze outer coffin.

A cellar wood coffin.

I knew

I felt something sinister

surrounding these three coffins.

What?

Are you scared?

What are you saying, Chief Yang?

When have I ever been afraid?

If you aren't, why are your legs numb?

That's because of my fear of heights.

It's a natural reaction.

It's not the same.

Hu, I've heard about this.

According to prices in the market,

if this coffin was indeed made of cellar wood,

it's worth much more than a golden one.

Gold?

You can't get a cellar wood coffin like this

even if you had 10 golden coffins.

There's an appellation

which is

"Cellar wood and gingko wood slab which is eight inches thick."

Look at this coffin.

Only a ten-thousand-year-old cellar tree

would have such a thick trunk.

Ten-thousand-year-old?

Even

Empress Dowager Cixi

could not get her hands on this.

Because this thing

went extinct by the Han dynasty.

You can't find

such thick wood nowadays.

Hu,

if this coffin really is worth that much,

then I think King Xian's body

must be inside it for sure.

If you ask me,

I think we should just bring

the coffins back with us too.

Right?

It's the best of both worlds.

Chief Yang,

I think someone

is really eager to have that reflection session.

No, no, no.

I was just kidding.

Fatty.

That's enough.

Hu.

Among the three coffins here,

which do you think contains King Xian's corpse?

And who would be inside

the other two?

I can't be sure either.

Bronze coffins are typically an anomaly too.

Usually, only those who have committed terrible crimes

or

a nobleman with a serious infectious disease

would be buried inside a bronze coffin.

There's another saying as well.

That it is to prevent a corpse

that has shown signs

of turning into a zombie from breaking out.

There are nine locks on this bronze coffin.

I think it must have been to prevent the corpse from getting out.

I can't be sure if King Xian

is inside.

I guess

we'll have to keep looking.

Hu,

check this out.

This coffin is clearly shorter than those other two.

Could this

contain King Xian's son?

He was a little prince.

One that was made to accompany his father in death

before he finished middle school.

Impossible.

Even wild beasts wouldn't harm their cubs.

I've never heard

of anyone making their children join them in their death.

Chief Yang is right.

It can't be any of the royal heirs inside there.

The reason that this coffin is smaller

is possibly that

there's an incomplete body inside.

An incomplete body?

What?

Like putting pork in the fridge?

You put half inside and use the other half?

Times are different, and so are burials.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a kind of commingled burial.

They would bury different bodies together.

This might be a stone coffin

used in a commingled burial.

Look up here.

It's made of a rare cool stone

that's as cold as ice.

I think the body inside

used to be a person of status as well.

Since we can't be sure which of these

contains King Xian's corpse,

let's open up all of them.

That's awesome.

All right.

I guess we have to use the exclusion method.

Fatty.

Light the candles.

Let's start

from that cellar wood coffin over there.

All right.

Hu,

you've always been the one to handle this in the past.

Today, I'll do it.

Two, four, as the shoulder.

Six, eight, as the feet.

Three on the left, seven on the right.

Nine at the top, and one at the bottom.

Three on the left, seven on the right.

The southeast of this tomb

should be...

Over here.

How did you know?

Right.

That way.

The southeast.

Right.

This way.

How is your injury?

It's fine. The bleeding has stopped.

We've lost

our brothers,

and many are injured.

Even Patriarch is...

If you ask me,

we should have never gone after them.

What's worse

is that we're trapped here now.

Will we be able to get out of here?

Brother Zha Long,

will we be able to make it out alive?

If we keep following those outsiders,

I think none of us will make it to survive.

Then

why did you stay?

I only stayed because you did.

I stayed

to make you guys rich.

Brother Zha Long,

what do you mean by "rich"?

Do you know why they entered the water?

Weren't they looking for some sort of herbal medicine?

Only a fool would believe that.

They dived into the water

because the legendary treasure is under it.

They're thieves.

They want to steal the treasure get rich.

That's why they tried so hard to get here.

Why don't we use them

to find the treasure?

Let me tell you guys ...

Hu.

You said the Three Lives Bridge

represents the three lives of King Xian.

Could it be possible

that King Xian is not inside any of these coffins?

That he had taken these bodies from somewhere else and placed them here

because he thought

these corpses could represent his three lives?

You certainly reminded me.

None of these coffins are from the same era.

They might just represent

King Xian's three lives in the moral world.

Chinese Taoists have always

believed in the legend of the three lives.

The former three lives

represent three lives of suffering.

And usually, they would have all died of a tragic death.

That's why

they are encased in such special coffins.

In that case,

the real King Xian

isn't inside any of these coffins

but somewhere else

in this tomb instead.

I guess

we have to keep searching

for other possible secret tunnels and passages.

Fatty.

Fatty.

What was that sound?

I don't know.

I think that sound came from here.

You didn't touch anything, right?

No.

You better remember your lesson.

I really didn't. I swear.

Fatty.

How many candles did you light up just now?

Three.

Three candles for three coffins.

Look.

There are more behind there as well.

This is weird.

Why are there six more?

What the heck is going on?

Let's go and check it out.

Be careful.

What the heck is this?

Is it dead or alive?

They should be black-scaled sirens.

They're dead. Don't worry.

Black-scaled sirens.

Legend has it that in ancient times,

these monsters lurk in deep waters

and attack passing ships.

Their victims would be devoured

without any bones left behind.

I never expected

that they would actually exist.

Are they what we call mermaids in the legends?

They're quite different

from what we imagined.

They're way too creepy.

Hu.

The Beijing Museum of Natural History

lacks a specimen of this, right?

Oh, you're thoughtful indeed.

You are thinking of your country at a time like this.

I think

you can bring one of them back

and donate it to the museum.

You might even get a certificate.

Forget about the certificate.

I think

we could bring two of them back with us.

We'll donate one and sell the other.

Chief Yang,

why do you think

King Xian is using them as candles?

The fat content from black-scaled sirens has a low burning point.

And a single drop can keep it burning for months.

So in ancient times, many nobles would use them

in their tombs as infinite candles.

But when were they lit?

I don't remember seeing them when we came in.

It's nothing strange.

When we came inside,

we changed the air conditions here.

Flint ignites when it meets air.

That's why these ghost fires were suddenly lit.

Fatty.

What did you do just now?

No... Nothing.

Nothing?

If you didn't do anything, why would something like this happen?

Did you touch something?

No, I didn't.

Tell me the truth!

Do you want to get all of us killed?

No...

If you took something, take it out now!

Look.

I saw this thing here,

so I thought I would take a look at it.

I wasn't going to steal it. Seriously.

What is this?

It's a bronze mirror.

It's an item used to suppress corpses in ancient times!

To suppress corpses?

No, no... I didn't expect this!

You just don't learn, do you?

I only put it inside my pocket out of habit.

It's fine if I just put it back, right?

Get back inside!

Oh, no!

I can't put it back in!

I guess that thing inside

is determined to come out and get us.

Leave this to me. Light the candles!

All right.

No, wait. Hu.

If we light the candle up again after it was blown out,

won't we be cheating?

The Fowl-dust Orb is our priority.

We can't be bothered about everything else.

All right.

What do we do?

It didn't work.

We have to make sure it stays.

Hu, I have lit up the candles...

How come they went out?

Did you light them?

Yes, I did.

They went out just like that.

The thing inside

must be powerful indeed.

Shall I light them up again?

Why are there three more of them?

"The candle lit by man

will be blown out by evil spirits."

"Those who raid the tombs must first observe the feng shui."

The sky is dark and enshrouded in clouds today.

The corpse spirit inside King Xian's tomb is strong.

Everything in here is strange indeed.

Make sure you stay on guard, everyone.

♪ 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 ♪