All language subtitles for 06-purity

[ Stream Bubbling ]

[ Snoring ]

What is it?

[ Groaning ]

Take it easy.
Take it easy.

What's happened to him?

Someone cut out his tongue.

He's a monk
from the Xiao monastery
in Chin.

[ Sighs ]

I hope that message was
important enough to die for.

Someone thought it was
important enough to kill for.

"The hawk and the dove
must be made one
with the wisdom."

Who wrote that?

[ Softly ]
Lao Ma.

Lao Ma?
Your old teacher?

Xena, she's been
dead for years.

That's right.

What does that mean?

The hawk and the dove,
I don't know.

But "the wisdom"
must mean her book.

And whatever it means,
somebody didn't want us
to find out.

[ Chattering ]

[ Joxer ]
Why can't we just get this
at a bookstore?

[ Xena ]
I left it in Chin,
in the safest place I knew.

The Xiao monastery.
Lao Ma's power
is in its pages.

[ Gabrielle ]
You had the power once.
Didn't you?

[ Xena ]
Yes, but I let it slip
through my fingers like sand.

This time I'm going to keep it.

[ Gabrielle ]
It's not a very warm reception.

[ Xena ]
The villagers must have
retreated to the monastery.

[ Joxer ]
Wow! Check out the size
of that pothole!

What weapon
could have caused this?

I don't know.
Whatever it is, it sure
packs a mean punch.

What did anybody
do to deserve it?

Nothing. Whoever did this
wasn't after the village,

they were after
Lao Ma's book.

- The Xiao monastery.
- That's right.

Come on. We don't
have much time.

[ Horse Whinnying ]
[ Rocket Whistling ]

Let's go!

[ Clamoring ]

[ Kiaiing ]

[ Screaming ]

You all right?
Yeah.

- Thanks for your help.
My name is--
- Xena.

- You're my mother's friend.
- Your mother?

I'm the daughter of Lao Ma.

[ Man Narrating ]
In a time of ancient gods--
[ Xena Yells ]

warlords and kings,

a land in turmoil
cried out for a hero.

She was Xena,

a mighty princess
forged in the heat of battle.

The power.

The passion.

-The danger.
- [ Kiaiing ]

Her courage
will change the world.

Hey! You guys! Look at
the size of this hole!

Can you believe it?

I mean, we really got those
guys on the run back there.

I mean, that must have been
some powerful Greek fire...

- to put a hole
in the wall like that.
- That wasn't Greek fire.

Whatever this is, it's
more powerful than that.

This is something different.

You can smell it.
[ Sniffs ]
Kung Pao Chicken?

It's black powder.
An ancient Chin formula.

So it exists. I've heard it
spoken of in legend.

The kings of Chin have
forbidden its production
for many centuries.

But now, an evil warlord
named Go Kun...

has rediscovered it
and broken the taboo.

A man who does not
honor his ancestors
is a man without morals.

And that makes him
most dangerous indeed.

Not half as dangerous as
he's going to be if he gets
his hands on Lao Ma's book.

Here.

The book!
Somebody's taken it.

Though not more than
an hour ago.

The soldiers never
made it in here.

Maybe one of the monks
escaped with it.
We must find it.

They couldn't have
gone far. Come on!

Hey, Joxer. Come here.

I want you to take
this book and put it in
one of Argo's saddlebags.

Don't let anyone
see you do it.
Okay. Right.

I'll explain later.

Twenty, maybe 30 horses
rode south for the attack.

Same number retreated
to the north.

But only one horse rode up
towards the mountains.

Doesn't look like it was weighed
down by weapons or armor.

Just a book.
[ Chuckles ]

Gabrielle,
I want you to take this.

Find out what's
in the black powder.

Legend says a Chinese cook
discovered it by accident.

- That's just a silly tale.
- Hey. Never underestimate
cooks.

What you smell there is
sulfur. There's charcoal in it,
but there's something else.

Something that
makes it explosive.

Something from a cook's kitchen.

I want you to go to a market.
Get every spice, every seasoning
you can find.

Wait a minute.
No offense, but, uh,

Gabby don't know
shallot from shellfish.
You know?

That's why you're going
with her, smart guy.

Meet me at Ming's palace.

All right, Pao Ssu.
Let's do some tracking.

[ Argo Nickers ]

What brought about your
devotion to my mother, Xena?

Your mother helped me
find a kind of peace that
I'd never known before.

And when she died,
it died with her.

Hmm. And you wish
to reclaim what you lost?

I'm not sure
I ever can.

Strange.

Why would she abandon her own
true daughter simply to become a
surrogate mother to a stranger?

Well, I'm sure if your mother
sent you away, it was because...

she felt she needed
to protect you.

I would have risked death to
know my mother as you did...

rather than live
as I have all this time,
without a place to call home.

But she did not give me
much choice, now, did she?

I guess not.

And you, Xena?

You'd never give up
this child, would you?

No, notthischild.

There, you see? You and my
mother are destined to walk
down separate roads after all.

We're being followed,
aren't we?

Since the head
of the trail.

Suggestions?
We lose 'em.

[ Chattering ]

Gabby. There you are.
Hey, look.

I found some excellent
huang mint.

You do know your spices,
Joxer, I'll give you that.

Hmm.
Right. So, for all this,
we'll pay--

No, no, no!
What are you doing?
What's this?

No, no. No, no,
no, no, no. Look.

We're only gonna pay three--
three hwan. Understand?

Three? Three? He don't speak
Greek too good, do he?

Three? Three.
Three, that's it.

Come on. Listen,
you gotta know how to
haggle with these people.

Especially since
I agreed to pay two.

Come on.
If we dress like locals,
we might learn more.

Pao Ssu, I want you
to give me the reins.
What?

Okay.

We're gonna send
the horses off.

That way, anyone who's
following us will think
that we rode west.

- [ Neighing ]
- Here you go, Argo.

That's pretty clever,
but I need that horse.

Argo will bring her back.
Come on.

[ Chattering ]

Mm-hmm.
That's good.

[ Softly ] Psst. Psst.
Hey! Come here.

Listen, my friend,
I have here, in my possession,

an assortment of
exotic local spices...

which I will give to you
for free--

Savvy? Free?--
if you can tell me exactly
what's in this powder.

Are you crazy?
What? How about I throw in
a kiss from the pretty blonde?

-He has the forbidden powder!
- No powder!

Joxer!
What are you doing?
Put that away!

Hey! Wait a minute!
I can explain!
I can explain!

The hoofprints head back
into the forest.

Yeah, but the rider--

The rider went on
on foot.

Up to there.

Hello, sister.

You wear the face of
innocence, Pao Ssu, but it
cannot hide your true nature.

Ironic that a creature
like you would accuse me
of having two faces.

- You will never have the book.
- I will take the wisdom
from its pages.

Even if I have to pry them
from your dead fingers.

I believe you have the fortitude
to do exactly that, my sister.

But we share the same blood,
thus the same will.

No, you are weak, K'ao Hsin.

You will never have
the strength to defeat me.

All right. This ends here.

If you want
to protect the book,
hand it over to me now.

[ Pao Ssu ]
She can't be trusted, Xena.

If you believe in what
my mother stood for,
you'll kill her.

I can tell you what
your mother didn't
stand for: murder.

- You don't
actually believe her?
- You know what I don't believe?

It's that the black powder army
would retreat so quickly.

Someone ordered them out--
someone like you.

So it's you who has forged
an alliance with Go Kun.

You were right about one thing:

A person without morals
isthe most dangerous
kind of enemy.

A lesson I intend on
proving to you again and again.

- Now give me the book.
- I can't do that.

[ Screaming ]

[ Kiaiing ]

Aren't you going after her?

No, I'm not.

[ Pages Rustling ]

What is this?

Prayers, remedies--

It's nothing--
a fake.

I was tricked by Xena.

Pao Ssu, if we ride south
at sunset, we could
reach Huangdi,

sweep up the coast and--
No!

Your obsession with that book
has made our enemies stronger...

and put us at a disadvantage.

As long as you continue
to hunt for it, you keep us...

from taking full advantage
of the black powder!

The concerns of my enemies
are irrelevant.

If Xena masters
the powers of the book,

she will end our campaign
with little more than a breath.

And all of Chin
will bow to her.

We will continue our search.

You replaced the book
with a fake. That's why
you let Pao Ssu escape.

It's all in the wrist.

You move with the agility
of a panther.

It's an impressive feat,
given your condition.

As long as your sister
doesn't have the book, her
army's mission will be simple:

to find it.

In the meantime,
they won't be conquering
any more towns or villages.

A word of caution.

Before you cut off the dragon's
head, you must be sure it cannot
grow another more deadly.

The trick will be not to kill
Pao Ssu, but to make sure
she can't do any more harm.

I fear these two things
are mutually exclusive.

The ancient warriors of Chin
believed that, in order
to achieve ultimate victory,

you must annihilate
your enemies completely.

Do you agree?

I cannot, in good conscience,
call for the death of my sister.

But I fear her vengeance.
I know she will not stop
until the world is hers.

People who want the world
end up their own worst enemy.

I learned that myself.

The truth is, we won't
have to destroy Pao Ssu.

She'll destroy herself.

Hello?

Joxer?
What?

I want to thank you for today.
You were a great help.

You know, Gabrielle, I've been
around long enough to recognize
sarcasm when I hear it.

- But at least we're together.
- See? There it is again!

[ Choking ]
Hey! Would somebody please
fix the gutter up there?

- The leak is driving me crazy!
- It's not a leak!
That's the whole point.

What did you do with
that pouch of black powder?

Down my pant leg.

- All right. Joxer, hold still.
- All right.

Hmm?

Gabrielle? [ Chuckles ]
We're in public!

[ Grunts ]
Ooh. What is that?

Oh. Say--
It's-- [ Coughs ]

It's, um--
[ Clears Throat Forcefully ]

Oh. Remind me to cut off
my foot when we get out of here.

- [ Grunting ]
- Gabrielle! Where did you
learn to do that?

[ Sighs ]
Would you be quiet?
I'm trying to concentrate.

- Oh.
- [ Grunts ] Got it!

Okay.
[ Grunts ]

Hey, that's not gonna work.
You're gonna need a spark
for that.

Oh, yeah. Here we go.
[ Grunting ]

[ Rock Striking Metal ]

- [ Gasps ]
- Good, Gabrielle.

You know, uh,
that's the first time...

I ever had three feet
in my pants.

[ Sighs ]
You tell anyone
and you're dead.

- [ Barking ]
- [ Gasping, Moaning ]

What is it?

I've been here before.

- [ Whimpering ]
- [ Barking, Growling ]

This is where
I first met Lao Ma.

You're very like her,
you know.

I have walked in her
shadow all my life.

Now, it seems,
is no exception.

But I wonder, Xena,
why do you look so troubled?

There are people you meet
who move in and out
of your life like ghosts.

And after they're gone,
you find that they've left
a part of themselves with you.

It's as if
in some small way...

that their spirit helps define
who you are or what you want
to bring to the world.

Then it seems that my mother
is still alive in us both.

Your mother
taught me compassion.

It's a lesson that I want
to pass on to this child.

But you. How did you learn that
without the benefit of her love?

Every day that passes
in Chin without bloodshed...

passes because my mother
played a part in the destiny
of our homeland.

Just look around, Xena.

Her lesson is her legacy.

She speaks to me even now
through the whispering wind.

You wish to know where
I learned compassion?
All you have to do is listen.

You are your mother's daughter.
[ Chuckles ]

It must have
been beautiful.
Yes.

I was cornered here,
and your mother hid me
in her bath, underwater.

She gave me her breath
to keep me alive.

She died in this palace,
didn't she?

That's right.

Then this is
the perfect place to study.

In the presence of her spirit.

Great.
Now we're lost.

I told you we should have
followed that big brick wall
back there.

It's the Great Wall, Joxer.
It's a thousand miles long.
I know where I'm going.

Mm-hmm.
Maybe I can help.

- Pao Ssu.
- Thank the gods.

- Where's Xena?
- She sent me to find you.

Come. We must hurry.

[ K'ao Hsin ]
"The entire world
is driven by a will--

"blind and ruthless.

"In order to transcend
the limitations
of the physical world,

one must cease desiring,
and become what we desire."
"And become what we desire."

"To conquer others
is to wield power.

But to conquer ourselves
is to know the way."

Lao Ma's power came from
her purity of thought.

Then with purity on our side,
Pao Ssu will be easily defeated.

No. Pao Ssu has her
own kind of purity.

The purity of hatred.

[ Pao Ssu ]
Xena!

Stay here.
I'll take care of this.

You have something that
belongs to me, Xena.

Give me the book.

You can't reach them both
in time, Xena.

[ Muffled ]
Save Gabrielle! Save Gabrielle!

Hand over the book.
It's the only way
to save your friends.

Why do I get the feeling
that even if I do
give you the book,

you'll drop the torch anyway?
Only one way
to find out.

Wait.
K'ao Hsin, no!

Our mother would not
have wanted blood spilled
over her writings.

K'ao Hsin, don't.
I'm sorry, Xena.

But our mother
determined our destiny when
she sent you the letter.

- "The hawk and the dove must
become one with the wisdom."
- [ Repeating ]

- And so it shall be.
- K'ao Hsin, this is not
what she meant!

- [ Cries Out ]
- [ Laughs ]

Lao Ma's powers would
have been wasted on you.

And you, Xena, were right.

I would have dropped
the torch anyway.

- [ Muffled ] Xena!
- [ Kiaiing ]

[ Continues Kiaiing ]

[ Joxer Screaming, Muffled ]

- [ Screaming ]
- Hyah! Hyah! Whoa!

[ Cackling ]

[ Horse Whinnying ]
Go!

[ Groans ] Ooh! Xena,
you won't believe it.

It was incredible.
I was like a bird.
I could see the trees.

The ocean! I--
You weren't high enough to see
the top of my socks, dummy.

Xena, I'm sorry.
Pao Ssu now has
the black powder army...

and access
to Lao Ma's wisdom.

It makes her the most
dangerous person in Chin.

Somehow, we've got to
level the playing field.

I have tried every combination
of spice, and so far, nothing.

Except for a fabulous
Moo Shu sauce.

Hey, Joxer. What's this?

Oh, that? That's just
a meat curative. They pull it
from the ground in India.

[ Gasps ]
Really crude.
No good cook would use it.

Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

Whoever said black powder
was invented by a good cook?

Let me see that.

Are you sure?
Yeah, yeah.

Well--
[ Giggles ]
Here goes nothin'.

[ Explosion ]

- Hmph.
- It works.

[ Crying ]

Hey, K'ao Hsin,
what do you think? Huh?

- What's wrong?
- I'm plagued
with doubt and fear.

I can't still my mind.

Fear of what?

My sister's hate.

I hear her words
echoing through my mind,
telling me that I am weak.

And she's right! I'll never
have the strength to defeat her.

Wrong.
It takes great strength
to show compassion.

Lao Ma taught us
both that.

That's what we're going
to need to beat Pao Ssu.

- I don't understand.
- Yes, you do!

[ Softly ]
You do.

You said yourself.
Lao Ma lives on
in her legacy.

And each of us
holds a part of that.

Her blood is in your heart.
Her lessons are in mine.

If we focus together,
we don't need the book.

"The hawk and the dove must be
made one with the wisdom."

All this time, I thought
it was Pao Ssu.

But it's you.

This may be the only thing
you ever gave me, mother.

But believe me.
I'm going to put it
to good use.

"Knowing the way is like
being a child."

"Laughing and crying all day
without being hoarse."

"Small people hate loneliness.
But the master makes it
her home.

"Her source. Her mother.

For she knows it allows her
to be one with the universe."

"The master knows
no expectation.

Therefore,
no disappointment."

"And thus, she stays
young... forever."

"To conquer others
is to have power.

To conquer yourself
is to know the way."

[ With K'ao Hsin ]
I've had a vision.

Of Lao Ma.
So did I.

When Pao Ssu and I were infants,
she saved our lives.

At great risk to
her own to protect you
from your brother.

The Green Dragon.

She knew that
he would see any siblings
as rivals to his throne.

She couldn't risk
a battle with him...

till she knew
you were safe.

That's it.

That's how
we defeat Pao Ssu.

We have to dilute
her purity.

"The entire world
is driven by a will--

blind and ruthless."

Pao Ssu.
In the time you've wasted
pursuing the powers...

of a dead woman, we could
have every enemy faction
under our boot heel by now!

I say
this idiotic experiment...

is finished!

[ Yells ]

There we go.
Gentle, gentle. That's it.

Ah-ah!
Sulfur. A little sulfur.

Okay.

Roll. Pinch and roll.

That's it.
Put it in there.

What do you think?
Uh--
[ Sighs ]

Fuse.

We need a fuse.

Bam.
There it is.

[ Explosions ]

It's working. The army's
moving out to where
the explosions came from.

[ Neighing ]

[ Sighs ]
Pao Ssu is not with them.

Is Joxer ready?
Yes.

You know what to do.

This way.

I have something wonderful
to share with you both.

You've been studying
your mother's book?

Yes! And I've made
a wonderful discovery.

I don't need anyone.

Not allies.
Not my army.

Or my family.

[ Screams ]

[ Screams ]

- Hurry, Joxer!
- What is this, an arms race?

I have a bead
on that munitions tent.

We're gonna blow it
sky-high.

I don't think so.

Kill them!

[ Men Screaming ]

- Light 'em up. Now!
- Oh! Okay!

Oh!
[ Grunting ]

I want you to launch
a rocket attack
against Xena.

[ Screaming, Shouting ]

- [ Growling ]
- Oh! Wait!

Hwah! You see, I, too,
have studied the art.

Mine is Hoong Heng Huang.
[ Grunts ]

- [ Groans ]
- [ Birds Chirping ]

- Oh, oh!
- [ Rocket Roaring, Exploding ]

[ Gabrielle ]
Joxer, run!

We've seen into
your past, Pao Ssu.

How perfectly symmetrical.
In my meditation, I saw
into my future.

I am to follow in
the footsteps of one who
is called the Green Dragon.

Then you'll be walking
the path of a dead man.

[ Screams ]

The Green Dragon was
our brother, Pao Ssu.

He would have killed us both
if Mother hadn't sent us away.

Lao Ma risked her
own safety so that you
might live a full life.

- And what have you done
with her gift?
- Shut up! Ha!

Her heart was breaking
as she let you go.

And when she died,
she died without regret,

because she knew that
she had saved your life.

I saw the tears our mother shed
when she handed you off
to the fisherman, Pao Ssu.

[ Crying ]
Stop it!

I heard the wails of anguish
as she said good-bye.

Pao Ssu, you're losing
your purity of hate...

because you're having
a loving thought of your mother.

[ Weeping ]
Don't fight it.

If you do,
you will end up dead.

At least I'll have you two
to keep me company.

[ Screams ]

[ Xena And K'ao Hsin ]
"To conquer others
is to have power.

To conquer yourself
is to know the way."

[ Screaming ]

[ Rockets Whistling ]
[ Screaming ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Exhales ]

I feel perfectly still.

I do not feel the power
inside me anymore.

We were just its vessel.

If you call it back,
it will come.

Xena, Kun's army is moving
to the northern mountains.

As far as I can tell,
all the black powder
has been destroyed.

Thank you, Xena.
You are the strongest woman
I have ever met.

You never knew your mother.

But you're
a worthy successor to her.

As you are, my sister.

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