Original subtitles

♫ Wait a millennium for a return ♫

♫ Who was it who whispered in my ear ♫

♫ About an ever-unchanging love? ♫

♫ Just for that one sentence ♫

♫ I would not bemoan even if I become heartbroken ♫

♫ The rain is heartbroken and the wind is crying ♫

♫ With lingering dreams of a love faraway ♫

♫ Wait a millennium for a return ♫

[The Legend of White Snake]

[Episode 24]

This is Mount Emei.

Snake Valley is my home.

This is Shu?

You're amazing. We traveled a thousand li (about 500 km) in just the blink of an eye.

That's Snake Valley.

Shu is indeed beautiful and inspirational.

It's no wonder you're so intelligent.

Oh, that's right, My Lady. Jing Song is also a spirit of Mount Emei, isn't he?

Should we pay him a visit?

True, he's here.

- Then let's go see him. - Sure.

Tell me. Master Xu is so lovey-dovey with Miss Bai.

Why is Boss always nitpicking his faults?

You don't understand, right? She's jealous.

Although Boss has lived for more than five hundred years,

no one has loved her at all.

If you think about it, Boss is also quite pitiful.

It wasn't easy for her to change into a beautiful lady,

yet no one took a liking to her.

Since she was young, who else did she have by her side besides us?

We're the only ones that can stand her. Besides the four of us,

who else can love her as much as we do? There isn't anyone. Right?

Who said no one loves me? I have high expectations and none of those ordinary men are to my liking.

Yes, yes, yes! You're correct!

Boss, whatever you say is right.

That's right. Boss, you finding Master Xu to be an eyesore,

it's totally not because of jealousy.

No one appreciates your merits because your merits are too unique.

- Yes, you're too unique. - It's good to be unique.

All of you have poor taste. I can't be bothered with you.

♪ Keeping her company for five hundred years ♪

♪ West Lake created a perfect match ♪

♪ Pure, kind, and incomparable beauty ♪

♪ Four demons stay with her forever ♪

♪ Four demons stay with her forever ♪ Stay with her forever!

She laughed.

I can't be bothered with you all.

Jing Song was originally a golden rat who had already achieved the Dao.

But in order to help me steal the celestial grass,

he lost all of his cultivation, and his soul was scattered away.

I owe him too much.

Brother Jing, you sacrificed your life to help Suzhen and me.

I thank you for that.

With this petal as a cup, and the dew as wine,

Brother Jing, I toast to you. I will take good care of Suzhen.

I will not let you down.

Heaven is merciful.

I plead for Heaven to allow Jing Song's soul to return to Heaven and to recover his immortal body.

I hope that Heaven will answer my wife's wishes.

Tell me. They actually said no one loves me.

What do they know? Right?

Xiao Qing, be careful!

Xiao Qing!

Xiao Qing?

Xiao Qing!

That's strange. Were my eyes blurry?

That can't be. Could I be hallucinating in broad daylight?

Don't worry. I promised Physician Xu that I won't catch snakes anymore.

I'll find a secluded place to release you.

I...

Tell me. Master Xu is so lovey-dovey with Miss Bai.

Why is Boss always nitpicking his faults?

You don't understand, right? She's jealous.

How can I be jealous? I'm so happy living by myself.

I'm so bored. I don't want to be alone.

Anyone who comes by will do.

Xiao Qing!

Zhang Yutang?

What happened to you?

When I was out hunting yesterday,

I encountered a strange, inexplicable rain.

I got sick when I went back.

Where is Physician Xu?

He's not here.

You.. You really got sick because of the rain?

You... You go sit down. I'll prepare the prescription for you right now.

Sit down.

Sit down.

Sit. Wait a moment.

No way, he's normally such an energetic person.

How did he suddenly become so sick like this?

If he were to bite the dust, wouldn't I become a murderer?

That would be so unfair to me.

No... I have to save him quickly.

I have it.

A few blackberry lily rhizomes. How many is "a few"?

Bitter yam rhizome. A few bitter yam rhizomes.

Let's see, what else. This...

Why is there no sound when you walk?

What are you doing?

Didn't you catch a fever? I'm gathering medicines for you.

This figwort root can treat your fever.

Just wait. I'll go decoct the medicine for you right now.

Figwort root?

But from what I see... this is Asiabell root!

Asiabell root?

How about... waiting for Physician Xu?

I don't feel that bad anymore. There's no rush.

Are you not anxious or do you not trust me?

I'm not anxious. I'm really not anxious.

Is it really just an ordinary illness?

Ordinary illness?

Come here.

Let me tell you.

The sickness you have...

The sickness you have...

Be resigned to it.

Be resigned to it? What do you mean?

Don't tell me I-I've caught something incurable?

Hunter, my condolences.

Death is inevitable for humans.

Physician Xu! Physician Bai!

- Save me! - What's the matter?

Xiao Qing... Xiao Qing said that I've caught something incurable.

I hope Physician Xu can save me!

Hurry and get up.

My Lord, give Brother Zhang a proper examination.

Xiao Qing.

Physician Xu, please save me.

Brother Zhang, come with me.

Speak up. What happened?

I tried to treat his illness out of goodwill.

It's just that I accidentally got figwort root and Asiabell root mixed up.

And he was so skeptical!

I was angry, so I wanted to scare him a bit.

You tried to treat his illness? And even mixed up figwort root and Asiabell root?

Xiao Qing, is it that easy to be a physician?

Even if you want to play a trick on someone, you can't treat someone's life as a joke.

But Older Sister, he kills snakes.

Again? He doesn't know, so you can't blame him.

How about you? You're doing it knowingly.

You scared Brother Zhang out of his wits.

Go and explain it to him quickly. Let's go.

Let's go!

Physician Xu, can my illness be cured?

Go home and drink some ginger soup to dispel the cold in your body. No need for medicine.

No need for medicine?

Then... does that mean that there's no cure?

I'm still so young.

I've just started to have a better life.

How can I die right now?

Physician Xu, no matter what, please save my life!

Brother Zhang, this illness of yours

is indeed not easy to treat.

Not easy to treat... so that means it is possible to treat it?

Physician Xu, why didn't you say so earlier? You scared me to death.

Then... how should it be treated?

The mountains are cold and damp and many areas have miasmic toxins.

You hunt in the mountains and have absorbed much dampness over the years.

That's why you contracted this illness.

If you want a full recovery, I'm afraid you can't hunt in the mountains anymore.

No hunting?

But besides hunting, I have no other ability.

Then, how am I going to make a living?

Our Baohe Hall has been in need of an assistant recently.

If you don't mind, you can come help.

Have him work at Baohe Hall?

He doesn't know how to treat patients. If he prescribes the wrong medicine, wouldn't that be big trouble?

Physician Xu, I'm willing to work at Baohe Hall as an assistant. I will absolutely be modest and studious.

If I pretend to know something I don't and prescribe the wrong medicine to patients,

may I die a terrible death!

You!

This is great. Brother Zhang, if you have any questions in the future, feel free to ask Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing, teach him well.

Sure, but I'll make something clear first.

If you can't learn well, I won't give you your pay.

It's definitely right to look for Physician Bai.

That's right. Her prescriptions are remarkably effective.

Don't worry, Physician Bai's medical skills are extraordinary.

Once we see Physician Bai, everything will be okay.

All right

I'm relieved to have found you, Physician Bai.

This back of mine hasn't been well every day.

Could you tell me what's wrong?

So be it that Xiao Qing was mischievous.

Why did you team up with her to bully Brother Zhang?

Brother Zhang catches snakes for a living,

causing My Lady to grieve for her fellow beings.

It's something that even Xiao Qing cannot stand.

How can I just let him continue?

Moreover, I merely advised him to stop the killing.

Even then, we shouldn't have scared him with an incurable disease.

Knowing Xiao Qing's personality,

if we don't allow her to toot her own horn for once,

we don't know what other scary things she's going to plot against that honest fellow in the future.

Moreover, hunting in the mountains is a dangerous profession.

Working at Baohe Hall is much safer than going hunting.

What a great Master Xu,

such a glib tongue with reasons for everything.

I can't argue against you.

My Lady.

Let go... Let go of me!

Ruyi, don't be foolish anymore.

You're no match for that snake spirit.

Even if I have to die, I want Brother Hanwen to see that demon's true face.

Xu Xian has already awoken.

How can he not know that Bai Suzhen is the snake that scared him to death?

It's not enough that he knows. I want everyone to know.

Baohe Hall's Bai Suzhen is a snake spirit.

Ruyi!

Let go of me!

Let go of me! What are you doing?

Let me go! Let go of me.

Ruyi, even if you expose Bai Suzhen in public,

Xu Xian will still stand by his wife.

He won't take your side. Why must you embarrass yourself?

If it weren't for you, Brother Hanwen and I would've already become husband and wife.

Having Bai Suzhen take that position was all because of you!

I don't want to see you anymore. Hurry and disappear!

What in the world do you want to do?

Ruyi, if you want to leave me, kill me first.

Everything I did was for you.

If I have to lose you, I might as well die by your hands.

If you're not afraid of death, why don't you go fight against Bai Suzhen?

What good is it for me to fight with her? I'm not her opponent.

She has a thousand years of cultivation and has Xiao Qing to help her, too.

Don't mention killing her; it's difficult to even injure her.

Since she has a helper, we can have a helper, too.

Let me ask you. If we have a spy, how confident are you to eliminate Bai Suzhen?

A spy from the inside?

If Sister Xu knows that Bai Suzhen is a demon, she'd be the first one to oppose her.

With her help, we'll have a chance to succeed.

What you mean is...

Borrow someone else's knife to kill.

Hanwen, you just recovered from a serious illness and should nourish your body more.

Here, have more meat.

Sister, I caught a cold today and should avoid greasy foods.

Then eat a piece of fish.

Songsao fish is delicate and tasty, sweet and sour.

It's especially appetizing. Let me give you some.

I can't eat fish either. Fish is a type of stimulating food.

After eating it, I'll fall ill more easily.

Then, what will you eat in the future?

- Vegetables. - Vegetables?

Vegetables? How can vegetables be nutritious enough?

Elder Sister, I'm afraid of dying.

Chickens, dogs, crickets, and ants all cling to life.

After the big illness last time, I made an oath to be a vegetarian for the rest of my life.

I shouldn't kill other lives for the sake of my desire for delicious foods.

This...

Since you're going to be a vegetarian, wouldn't you have to give up a lot of delicious foods?

Only by giving up little desires will we store up big blessings.

Glib-tongued. Tell me. Is it because of me that you became a vegetarian?

Only after I'd visited Snake Valley recently, I understood

what it meant by "all creatures have spirits."

Having seen them alive, I'm reluctant to see them dead.

How can I harm other living things for the sake of satisfying my taste buds?

You're not religious, yet have such a merciful heart.

My Lady, from today onward, I'll cultivate together with you.

Will the two of us be able to bear fruit together?

My Lord also wants to become an immortal?

Being able to be together with you, I only envy those who can walk hand in hand, rather than being immortal.

But it's a pity, a mortal's life is short.

If one day, I can no longer be by your side,

how can I bear to have you go on alone?

In the past when I was cultivating, a thousand years were only an instant to me.

I wasn't afraid of loneliness and also wasn't afraid of the long years.

But after being together with you,

I don't want just one day and one night, I want day after day, night after night.

My Lord, even if we can't help but be separated in the future,

whether it'll be in heaven or hell,

I'll still find you for sure

and continue our ties together. Do you believe me?

I believe you. Even if it takes a thousand years to return,

I'll also always be waiting.

My Lord, you are truly my soulmate.

My Lady, then how do you plan to repay your soulmate?

That? Come with me.

Come.

Hanwen.

Hanwen?

Could there be something wrong with my eyesight?

I am in the mortal world, but don't know how beautiful it is.

Only now that I'm standing here looking at the lights of many homes, do I understand

that the most common things in the world can actually be

the most beautiful.

It's such a pity that there's no moon and no stars tonight;

otherwise, I could share the view with you.

My Lord, you don't need to be sad. I stored a flask of moonlight previously.

Let's borrow these lights from the mortal world so we can share a view of the stars and moon.

Hanwen. Hanwen!

Instead of sleeping, why are you coming here in the middle of the night?

Hanwen doesn't eat any meat now.

I'm afraid that he'd be hungry, so I brought some food for him.

I called out so long, but they didn't answer.

I don't know what they're doing in the house.

A young married couple extinguished their lights. What can they be doing?

They must have gone out.

They are out? I didn't see them leave.

Our residence is so big, how can you...

- Elder Sister! - Look, look!

Why are you here?

When did you guys go out?

How come I didn't see you leave?

After we finished dinner, we took a walk outside. You were in the kitchen and probably didn't see.

Look!

This... I bought some fashionable flower patterns. If you like them, please take them.

Look, look! This sister-in-law. What did I say to you?

Such a big courtyard, how can you see people come and go?

It's fine now. Give Suzhen the food. Let's go back to our room.

Allow me, Sister.

Then... we're going back.

Go back! Rest early!

This is not bad; take a look.

Let's go. Return to our room. I'm giving you the flower patterns; take them quickly.

Watch under your feet.

Fire! Fire! Fire! Is there a fire?

- There's no fire. - What's up?

I can't sleep. I'm telling you.

Don't you feel that the two of them have been a bit strange recently?

I don't feel that the two of them are strange.

I feel that the two of us are a bit strange.

Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night?

I'm telling you the truth.

That day,

I saw the two of them finish eating dinner and enter their room.

After that, Hanwen also told me that they left.

So, who did I see enter the room?

So what? After the two of them finished eating, they entered their room. Right?

When you weren't watching, the two of them left.

When you were watching, the two of them came back.

Fine, fine, fine. I know, I know.

Even if I was mistaken, a few days ago, I went to their room to do some cleaning.

I wasn't careful and broke a vase.

Guess what happened?

Right now, that vase is sitting there just fine.

Tell me. Is that strange or not?

Not strange at all! A few days ago,

when you weren't paying attention, when you didn't notice,

I broke your porcelain statue of Guan Yin.

When you didn't know, I secretly bought a random one

and placed it there. You didn't even know about it up until now, right?

When did you break my Guan Yin?

That's a Guan Yin I requested from the Hidden Spirit Temple, you know!

You-You even randomly bought me a Guan Yin?

I was wondering why things haven't gone smoothly lately.

It's all right. It's fine.

I'll go find Hanwen right now to give you some calming medicines.

- Sleep after you take the medicine. - No, no, no! I don't want calming medicines.

I'm telling you! After the Dragon Boat Festival, our family has been really strange.

Tell me. Is our home haunted?

I'm telling you. Our home is not haunted at all.

You really... you've been too tired lately.

Just sleep properly. Everything will be fine tomorrow.

Come, come, come! Sleep, sleep!

Let's sleep.

Xiao Qing, have some tea.

What did you call me?

Xiao Qing.

You don't have any manners! Mister Xu already said

in the future, you need to follow me and learn the rules.

Tell me. What should you call me?

Master!

What Master?

You take us for some theatrical troupe?

Call me "Boss."

Boss!

Louder!

Boss!

Then...

as a junior, you have to have the awareness of a junior.

In the future, you need to be the first to arrive at Baohe Hall.

Got that?

Then, you have to make this Baohe Hall

sparkling clean from inside out.

Yes!

Also, if someone is here for medicine, you need to be the first to help.

Yes!

But I don't know medicines, Xiao Qing.

Boss!

How about you teach me?

This... is sweet basil!

Its effect is to stimulate the appetite and invigorate the spleen.

It is used to cure anorexia and bloating.

That's not right. This is Resurrection Grass.

When I went hunting before, if I had minor injuries, I would crush it to treat my wound.

Actually, I purposefully said the wrong answer to test your knowledge.

This is licorice root.

Boss, this is pseudo-ginseng!

This is Gastrodia elata.

Boss, this is the white radish that I purchased at the market today.

I randomly threw it in there just now.

I planned to cook it for dinner tonight.

It's a radish, you're absolutely right. You've done well this time.

That's true. I knew it! You were purposefully testing me.

Boss, you're so formidable!

How could you not even recognize a radish?

Zhang Yutang!

I'm telling you! You're not getting paid this month, not even a single coin!

I was merely joking with you.

Why are you like this? Aren't you bullying people?

I'm indeed bullying you!

So what?

Xiao Qing, don't make trouble.

Physician Xu. Physician Bai. You two be the judge.

Xiao Qing taught me the wrong medical ingredients and even wanted to dock my pay entirely.

Who told you to criticize me? You deserve it!

I wanted to be a good disciple, but you don't have the sincerity to be a good teacher.

- I-! - Xiao Qing!

I'm really sorry.

Xiao Qing hasn't had any parents since she was little. She suffered quite a bit alone.

We indulged her a lot.

That's why her temperament is like this. May Brother Zhang be magnanimous.

Xiao Qing, she also lost her parents?

Xiao Qing, your leg is so vicious. Have you vented your anger?

What vented anger?

It was this stool. It recognized its owner on its own.

Right, right. It's this stool that didn't allow me to sit.

Who told me to offend the biggest boss in Qiantang County?

I'm not going to fall for your tricks.

Who was it? Who told Elder Sister on me?

It was my fault.

I apologize. I thought of a way to make up for it.

I heard that there is a fair on Yu Street.

How about I accompany you to take a look?

I've watched it for several hundred years; nothing interesting.

Several hundred years? Boss, you really know how to joke.

Then, have you ever tried Aunty Zhang's honey-shaved ice?

Sweet and sour lingering in the mouth.

A single bite,

during these hottest days, can invigorate you from your mouth straight to your heart.

Moreover, it's even paired with sweet wine inside.

Want to give it a try?

Since you want to eat it so much,

as your boss, I'll reluctantly go with you.

[Fu's Lanterns]

Be careful. Be careful!

Miss, are you all right?

Ruyi? Why is it you?

Ruyi, wait for me!

Younger Sister Ruyi! Sister Ruyi, don't run!

Sister Ruyi, wait for me!

Younger Sister Ruyi,

why did you run when you saw me? Are you all right?

I injured Brother Hanwen during the wedding.

I really am ashamed to see you.

Don't mention what's already happened in the past.

In this matter, my Xu family has also wronged you.

Hanwen and I had looked for you afterward, but we couldn't find you.

Tell me. Where are you living now?

Are you doing well?

I'm just fine. You don't need to worry about me.

It's just one strange thing that

I always wanted to tell you.

Tell me. What is it?

I think that even if I say it, you still won't believe it.

Just say it.

On that wedding day, I felt that there was someone

grabbing my hand. That's how I stabbed Brother Hanwen.

I also felt that it was unimaginable.

But I really couldn't control myself that's why I injured Brother Hanwen.

Most likely I've encountered some evil demon.

If not, it's the house. The house might be haunted.

Think about it. First, a huge python appeared in Brother Hanwen's room for no reason.

Immediately following that, he suffered from amnesia.

Then afterward, I was forced to stab him out of the blue.

I heard that there are some evil spirits, that once they are provoked,

they can end the line of the family.

If there's really a demon haunting our home,

then what should we do?

If there's really an evil spirit haunting,

you can only invite a godly immortal to eliminate the spirit.

An immortal?

Where can I find this immortal?

Elder Sister, do you still remember Luzu Shrine?

Are you referring to Lu Dongbin, Master of Pure-Yang? (T/N: Lu Dongbin is also referred as Lu the Progenitor (Luzu))

Every year during his birthday, we all go visit the Luzu Shrine to greet the godly immortal.

This temple has a large number of followers.

They also say that this Luzu likes to be disguised as a human when he comes to the mortal world,

and help all of us solve pressing problems.

Okay. Then... Then should we go there or not?

I think it's better to be safe than sorry.

As long as we're sincere,

he will surely be willing to help us.

Maybe we should go right now.

- Go. - Go.

- Good. - Good.

Great!

- Good! - Excellent.

Good!

Hurry. There are meat buns! Get me ten!

Ten of them? Boss, will you be able to finish them?

I can finish them.

- You don't want to pay for me? - No, no.

I'll buy them for you. Wait here.

- Good. - Good.

- Do it again. - Do it again.

Thank you.

Shopkeeper, make ten candies with his face on them!

Xiao Qing!

Boss, I already got the buns.

Boss, look! This is the honey-shaved ice. Lots of people are standing in line.

Go. Stand in line for me.

Only after visiting this Luzu, my heart is a bit calmer.

I hope that he can protect Hanwen from harm.

Tell me... Do you think that he would transform into a mortal and visit Lin'an City?

Sincerity works miracles. If there's karma, he'd definitely help us.

Good, good, good!

Elder Sister, look. This little snake seems to be leading us somewhere.

Maybe this is a sign from the godly immortal.

Xiao Qing, are you full yet?

Half full.

- Shopkeeper, one more bowl! - Wait, wait!

You've eaten more than ten bowls already. This honey-shaved ice is cool-natured.

Normally, I eat three bowls at most.

Zhang Yutang, you can't bear to buy it for me?

I'm not... Buy, I'll buy.

Hurry and go!

- Shopkeeper, one more bowl of honey-shaved ice. - Isn't that Jin Ruyi?

Why is Sister Xu walking together with her again?

Something's not right. What are they up to?

Hold it firmly.

Here comes the honey-shaved ice.

Xiao Qing!

Shopkeeper, I'd like one, too.

Xiao Qing, wait for me! Xiao Qing!

Careful. Over there.

There!

Older Sister, look!

- Daoist priest. - Stop there!

The demonic aura on your body is too strong. Don't come forward.

Is there really demonic aura on my body? What should I do?

Is Immortal Lu giving guidance?

Then, he must be here to help Elder Sister Xu.

Since it's like this, then why must you keep us at a distance?

As long as you're willing to help, I, Jin Ruyi, am willing to pay any price.

What if I want you to jump from this cliff?

- I'm willing! - Ruyi!

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♫ What a beautiful scenery the West Lake is on a day in March! ♫

♫ The spring showers taste like wine and the willows look like mist! ♫

♫ If we would be blessed with good fortune in a millennium ♫

♫ Growing old together with one heart would be in sight ♫

♫ If we would be blessed with good fortune in a millennium ♫

♫ Growing old together with one heart would be in sight ♫