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[Outside Jinling City] [Yujiagou]

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Wan'er,

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come and eat.

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Keep the incense away

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from the firecrackers!

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Brat,

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are you trying to give me a heart attack?

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Wan'er,

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how can you set off firecrackers
inside the house?

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- I'll smack you!
- I'll stop!

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It's raining this heavily?

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I'd better bring the sheets in.

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Folks,

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what are you...

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Sorry,

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Wan'er was setting off some firecrackers.

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Sorry to disturb you.

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Look,

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what is that?

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Where did those fireballs come from?

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They're flying toward the village!

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Wan'er!

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- Find somewhere to hide!
- Mother!

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- My bamboo ball!
- Leave it!

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Fireballs are coming!

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[Yujiagu] [Back Hill]

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Have you heard?

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Butcher Zhang's had

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a few cattle and sheep go missing.

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When they were found,

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only the organs were left.

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Auntie Li told me

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she saw ghost soldiers late at night.

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No idea if it's true.

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There've been all kinds of
creepy things happening lately.

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Better stay away from the back hill
from now on.

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It gives me the chills.

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Today,

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I'm gonna have my fun with you first.

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Ye Bushou,

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what are you doing?

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We're almost done with
the border dispatches.

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Let's continue our journey.

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Chief,

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it's getting dark.

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Shall we stay tonight at Yujiagou?

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[Border Officer, Chief Li]

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The military situation is tense.

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We can't afford any mistakes.

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Get the horses.

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[Messenger, Ye Bushou]

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Blood?

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Where's the other horse?

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Impossible.

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Could it be the ghost soldiers

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that have appeared in the border areas?

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Has the infection spread here too?

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It's a ghost soldier!

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Ye Bushou!

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Where did he go again?

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Always jumping at every little thing...

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Have to tell the court immediately

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that the source of the infection

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is Brain-Eating Bugs...

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Ye Bushou!

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Chief,

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run!

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Jinling City is in danger...

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Ye Bushou,

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what are you doing?

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Let's go.

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Wan'er,

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stay close!

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Run!

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Uncle Li!

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This way!

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Mother!

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Ghost soldiers!

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They're coming out from the pit!

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My bamboo ball!

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Leave it, leave it!

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Father gave it to me!

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Wan'er, run!

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Mother,

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what's happening?

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Ghost soldiers are everywhere,

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we're doomed!

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I want my mother...

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Mother, don't scare me like this.

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Mother,

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is it all because
I set firecrackers off in the house?

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Mother,

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I'm sorry!

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Mother!

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[The Next Day]

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Commander,

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The villagers of Yujiagou

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were either dead

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or missing overnight.

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The bodies are burned all over.

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Don't know what happened.

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How should we report it to the court?

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Don't panic.

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Let's take a look first.

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The head was shattered.

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Commander,

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the The Tribute of Yu says:

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When the Nine Cauldrons quake,

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the Demon Star appears.

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Could last night have been...

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It's just a few rocks from the sky.

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What's to be afraid of?

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Sir, look!

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There's a sinkhole.

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Could it have been caused last night

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by those flying rocks?

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Earth Dragon!

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It's the Earth Dragon...

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Useless fools!

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You've ruined the reputation

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of the Beizhen Fusi!

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Annam

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is humid,

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full of poisonous creatures.

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Is this the messenger
for the border dispatches,

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Ye Bushou?

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Our soldiers

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Ye Bushou,

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are you crazy?

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Couldn't adapt,

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falling ill with strange diseases.

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We lost the battle.

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We lost the battle!

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The Ministry of War says

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border reports must be sealed
with fire wax.

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How dare you read it in public?

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Have you lost your mind?

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Run...

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The Earth Dragon is awake,

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Dacheng is done for!

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[Geomancer]

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[Youzhu Valley] [Bai Courtyard]

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In people's haunt I built my cot;

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Of wheel's and hoof's noise I hear not.

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How can it leave on me no trace?

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Secluded heart makes secluded place.

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I pick fence side mum flowers at will;

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Carefree I see the southern hill.

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The mountain air's fresh day and night;

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Together birds go home in flight.

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What revelation...

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The termites

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have hollowed out
this perfectly good table.

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[Bai Muye]

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Just killed some,

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more keep coming.

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Tiny as termites,
they dare to gnaw the wood,

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and bring down pillars
where they stood.

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Termites have their heads,

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orders have their pivot.

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Son,

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killing a few randomly won't help.

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Come,

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lift the table.

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Let me teach you a few lessons.

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Ignore the ones hauling grain.

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Look for a termite

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darker with twitching feelers.

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It's the sentry.

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Take its head,

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and the swarm loses its way.

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They have stopped!

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Good.

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Look at the corner of that wall,

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is there a worker

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not walking straight,

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but tracing a circle?

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Yes.

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The circling termite

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leaves liquid

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to mark its trail.

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Step on its path,

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and the formation falls apart.

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They're crashing into each other!

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By the window frame,
there's a big-jawed soldier.

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It's in charge of discipline.

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Take it out!

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They're in total chaos!

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Daddy you're amazing!

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Sentries, sever their heads.

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[Former Mystic Guard Commander,
Bai Yinchuan]

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Circlers, cut their trails.

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And soldiers,

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eliminate them all.

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I see.

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In the colony,

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there are always a few special termites

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that carry the orders.

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Take them out,

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and the colony

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collapses on its own.

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But what do we do

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if they come back, daddy?

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It doesn't matter how many we kill

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if we build new houses with rotten wood.

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[Zhou Ziling]

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Easy, easy, easy...

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What do you think you are?

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Loafing around all day,

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wasting time on useless thoughts!

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What is useful

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and what is useless?

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Mother,

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what father just taught me

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is very useful.

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Good boy,

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I didn't love you for nothing!

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Go get your work done!

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Okay,

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I'll chop firewood

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and water the vegetables for you.

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Yinchuan,

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how have you been?

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What brings you here, old sir?

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I

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Have a long history with Yinchuan.

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I happened to

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pass by today,

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and thought I'd pay my respects.

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Master State Preceptor.

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State Preceptor?

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[State Preceptor, Mo Chu]

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[Protect the People, Secure the Borders]

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Annam has fallen,

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soldiers are acting possessed.

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[Jinling City] [Fengtian Hall]

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Fireballs burned down a village,

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causing the ground to split open.

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The crack

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points straight toward
founding emperor's tomb

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[Emperor Dewu, Zhu Jing]

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At Nanlou.

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This could damage the Dragon Vein.

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Shut up!

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Nonsense!

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[Protect the People, Secure the Borders]

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Dare to spread lies before His Majesty,

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Slap yourself!

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[Captain of Royal Guards, Shi Lingyu]

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Anyone who trys to
undermine the morale again

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will be beheaded!

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[Protect the People, Secure the Borders]

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Your Majesty, please calm down.

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What the Beizhen Fusi reports

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is biased.

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But the matter is grave,

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and must not be taken lightly.

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The damage of the Dragon Vein

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concerns the hundred-year foundation
of our Dacheng Empire.

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You're not dead?

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Watch out, Your Majesty!

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[Eunuch Liu
of The Directorate of Ceremonial]

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The Imperial Cauldron has toppled,

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The Earth Dragon

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is rising!

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Eunuch Liu,

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summon the State Preceptor
to the capital immediately!

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State Preceptor,

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Bairichun.

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It was picked from the mountain.

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Please have a sip.

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Mm.

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A fine tea indeed.

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Although...

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Hidden away in deep mountains,

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it can never be known

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to the world.

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If this tea

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were known to the world,

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then there would be no place

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for it.

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But what if

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the world

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needs it to save lives?

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Tea only soothes your thirst.

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It's medicine that saves lives.

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Every plant has its own nature.

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It can't be forced.

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Once bitten, twice shy.

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Yinchuan,

291
00:13:16,830 --> 00:13:18,840
it seems you still can't let go

292
00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:20,570
of what happened back then.

293
00:13:21,230 --> 00:13:22,230
Mother, look.

294
00:13:22,370 --> 00:13:24,446
Dad taught me
how to use tung oil to trap termites.

295
00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:25,510
I caught a bunch!

296
00:13:26,250 --> 00:13:27,266
Once all the termites are caught,

297
00:13:27,290 --> 00:13:28,306
the first thing to be burned

298
00:13:28,330 --> 00:13:29,460
is this bamboo tube.

299
00:13:29,500 --> 00:13:30,800
Why?

300
00:13:30,950 --> 00:13:32,196
Wouldn't it be better to keep it?

301
00:13:32,220 --> 00:13:34,820
The imperial court is ruthless
above all else.

302
00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:41,620
Yinchuan,

303
00:13:41,910 --> 00:13:43,346
the matter of the Dragon Vein

304
00:13:43,370 --> 00:13:45,246
concerns the very foundation
of the empire.

305
00:13:45,270 --> 00:13:47,270
Even if you can retire in seclusion,

306
00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:50,250
what of your family?

307
00:13:54,580 --> 00:13:55,790
I wish to ask you

308
00:13:56,700 --> 00:13:58,176
to seek a pardon from the court

309
00:13:58,200 --> 00:13:59,200
for one person.

310
00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,397
Rumors are growing wild among the people.

311
00:14:03,421 --> 00:14:04,730
[Great virtue]

312
00:14:04,830 --> 00:14:06,450
They say that the fireballs

313
00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,780
were a sign
of the Earth-Demon Star descending.

314
00:14:11,330 --> 00:14:12,370
Only...

315
00:14:14,510 --> 00:14:15,350
Go on.

316
00:14:15,530 --> 00:14:17,210
I dare not.

317
00:14:17,450 --> 00:14:18,580
You are pardoned.

318
00:14:19,830 --> 00:14:20,830
Only by

319
00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:22,886
returning the throne to Prince Chengping

320
00:14:22,910 --> 00:14:24,556
can Heaven's wrath be appeased

321
00:14:24,580 --> 00:14:26,310
and the realm brought to peace.

322
00:14:26,580 --> 00:14:27,580
How dare you!

323
00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:29,616
Please calm your anger, Your Majesty!

324
00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:31,926
This must be
the remnants of Prince Chengping's faction

325
00:14:31,950 --> 00:14:32,597
spreading rumors

326
00:14:32,621 --> 00:14:33,676
in the chaos

327
00:14:33,700 --> 00:14:34,960
to deceive the people!

328
00:14:35,370 --> 00:14:36,840
Meteors from the sky

329
00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,340
foretell the prosperity of the empire.

330
00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:43,870
Your Majesty should take comfort in this.

331
00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:46,120
State Preceptor,

332
00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:48,450
you're finally back.

333
00:14:48,750 --> 00:14:50,640
[Jinling City]

334
00:14:59,510 --> 00:15:00,846
[Butcher Shop]

335
00:15:00,870 --> 00:15:02,750
Welcome. Please come in.

336
00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:04,306
Feed them the best fodder.

337
00:15:04,330 --> 00:15:05,330
Right away!

338
00:15:11,830 --> 00:15:13,916
I had originally planned to
send troops to Mobei,

339
00:15:13,940 --> 00:15:16,556
but I didn't expect to encounter
the Ghost Soldiers in the south.

340
00:15:16,580 --> 00:15:17,636
We suffered consecutive defeats.

341
00:15:17,660 --> 00:15:19,346
And the earthquake
severed the Dragon Vein.

342
00:15:19,370 --> 00:15:20,307
Your Majesty,

343
00:15:20,331 --> 00:15:21,346
don't worry.

344
00:15:21,370 --> 00:15:22,556
I've selected

345
00:15:22,580 --> 00:15:24,556
an extraordinary talent

346
00:15:24,580 --> 00:15:26,110
to restore the Dragon Vein.

347
00:15:26,750 --> 00:15:27,727
State Preceptor,

348
00:15:27,751 --> 00:15:29,210
who are you recommending?

349
00:15:29,700 --> 00:15:30,950
Bai Yinchuan.

350
00:15:37,910 --> 00:15:39,000
Commander

351
00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:41,136
of the Mystic Guard?

352
00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:42,270
Prince Chengping

353
00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:43,846
established the Mystic Guard

354
00:15:43,870 --> 00:15:45,386
with this person at its core.

355
00:15:45,410 --> 00:15:46,346
Study Feng Shui,

356
00:15:46,370 --> 00:15:47,176
map the Dragon Vein,

357
00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:48,136
read the empire's fate,

358
00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:49,027
and exorcise evil spirits.

359
00:15:49,051 --> 00:15:51,850
They deal with
all manner of strange occurrences.

360
00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:55,560
Have you heard?

361
00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:57,590
That earthquake a few nights ago

362
00:15:57,660 --> 00:15:59,590
had broken Dacheng's Dragon Vein.

363
00:15:59,700 --> 00:16:00,770
Really?

364
00:16:01,370 --> 00:16:02,370
They say

365
00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,346
it's because Emperor Dewu
committed too many killings

366
00:16:05,370 --> 00:16:06,970
when he ascended the throne.

367
00:16:07,950 --> 00:16:08,950
Back then,

368
00:16:08,980 --> 00:16:11,280
he executed so many scholars

369
00:16:11,330 --> 00:16:13,460
under the banner of purging the court.

370
00:16:13,580 --> 00:16:13,846
So Heaven sent the Earth-Demon Star

371
00:16:13,870 --> 00:16:16,120
[Miao Jian'er from Miao Region]

372
00:16:16,950 --> 00:16:18,910
To open the gate of the underworld

373
00:16:19,370 --> 00:16:21,000
and take away

374
00:16:21,390 --> 00:16:22,576
an entire village.

375
00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,726
Even a great scholar like Fang Chengxuan

376
00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:26,426
had him and his entire family executed.

377
00:16:26,450 --> 00:16:27,650
How tragic!

378
00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,200
Back then,
when I purged the court,

379
00:16:31,540 --> 00:16:33,540
I wiped out the entire Mystic Guard.

380
00:16:34,330 --> 00:16:35,976
And he's still willing to help me?

381
00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,600
Your Majesty is indeed wise.

382
00:16:37,830 --> 00:16:39,080
Bai Yinchuan

383
00:16:39,660 --> 00:16:40,597
begs you

384
00:16:40,621 --> 00:16:42,726
to pardon his old friend

385
00:16:42,750 --> 00:16:44,226
who served with him in the Mystic Guard,

386
00:16:44,250 --> 00:16:45,250
Zheng Yuanbao.

387
00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:49,700
I heard

388
00:16:49,930 --> 00:16:50,677
that the Imperial Guards

389
00:16:50,701 --> 00:16:52,306
who went to Yujiagou to investigate
the next morning

390
00:16:52,330 --> 00:16:54,036
were all gone without a bone left.

391
00:16:54,060 --> 00:16:54,720
Do you think

392
00:16:54,950 --> 00:16:56,750
they encountered

393
00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,210
the Ghost Soldiers of the Underworld?

394
00:17:01,180 --> 00:17:02,350
Who knows

395
00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:04,700
what other strange things might happen

396
00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:05,477
in the future!

397
00:17:05,501 --> 00:17:07,170
Arrest anyone who spreads

398
00:17:08,270 --> 00:17:08,829
rumors!

399
00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:10,160
Yessir!

400
00:17:19,140 --> 00:17:20,380
It hurts!

401
00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:25,106
What were you talking about?

402
00:17:25,130 --> 00:17:26,329
A-About women.

403
00:17:26,410 --> 00:17:26,946
What's wrong with that?

404
00:17:26,970 --> 00:17:27,970
Really?

405
00:17:28,050 --> 00:17:29,050
Go on then.

406
00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:30,580
I want to hear about it too.

407
00:17:45,470 --> 00:17:46,670
Don't hurt the child!

408
00:17:54,250 --> 00:17:55,590
Thank you, thank you.

409
00:17:55,620 --> 00:17:55,976
Be careful.

410
00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:56,637
Thank you.

411
00:17:56,661 --> 00:17:57,886
Judging from your outfit,

412
00:17:57,910 --> 00:17:59,510
you're clearly not with him.

413
00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:01,440
Why did you help him then?

414
00:18:01,830 --> 00:18:02,727
The child is innocent,

415
00:18:02,751 --> 00:18:04,176
how can I just watch him die?

416
00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:05,806
If it can stop those rumors

417
00:18:05,830 --> 00:18:07,556
from claiming more innocent lives,

418
00:18:07,580 --> 00:18:08,980
then sacrificing a child

419
00:18:09,260 --> 00:18:10,320
is nothing.

420
00:18:11,660 --> 00:18:12,920
After all these years,

421
00:18:13,330 --> 00:18:14,620
the Imperial Guards

422
00:18:14,830 --> 00:18:16,360
are still so cold-hearted.

423
00:18:16,450 --> 00:18:18,226
This man is suspected of spreading rumors

424
00:18:18,250 --> 00:18:19,976
and helping his accomplices escape.

425
00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,000
Arrest him.

426
00:18:24,820 --> 00:18:26,386
[Jinling City] [Yingtian Prison]

427
00:18:26,410 --> 00:18:27,410
Easy.

428
00:18:28,290 --> 00:18:28,976
Get in there!

429
00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,000
Easy!

430
00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:36,290
Wait, sir.

431
00:18:37,330 --> 00:18:38,426
Not even a single dish?

432
00:18:38,450 --> 00:18:39,636
Consider yourself lucky
there's food at all!

433
00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:40,726
Think this is your home?

434
00:18:40,750 --> 00:18:42,350
At least get me some water...

435
00:18:50,950 --> 00:18:52,246
Where did you get this map?

436
00:18:52,270 --> 00:18:54,670
Found it on the rumormonger's accomplice.

437
00:18:55,810 --> 00:18:57,410
Bring him here immediately.

438
00:18:58,330 --> 00:18:59,330
So bland!

439
00:18:59,670 --> 00:19:00,670
So do people!

440
00:19:25,870 --> 00:19:26,870
Eat this!

441
00:19:26,910 --> 00:19:27,910
More flavorful!

442
00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:29,030
Eat this,

443
00:19:29,450 --> 00:19:30,450
newcomer.

444
00:19:32,330 --> 00:19:33,330
Brother,

445
00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:35,016
if you think it's too bland,

446
00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,090
I've got some pepper and salt.

447
00:19:37,150 --> 00:19:38,150
Wanna try some?

448
00:19:39,970 --> 00:19:41,136
You have seasonings?

449
00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:41,660
Yes.

450
00:19:41,900 --> 00:19:43,556
We grow them on the mountain
behind my house.

451
00:19:43,580 --> 00:19:44,580
Give me!

452
00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,580
Out there, you feast on meat and wine;

453
00:20:06,660 --> 00:20:07,790
In a cell,

454
00:20:08,540 --> 00:20:09,976
you chew on walls and whine.

455
00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,000
Out there,

456
00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:12,120
you feast on

457
00:20:12,540 --> 00:20:13,540
meat and wine...

458
00:20:13,870 --> 00:20:15,200
In a cell,

459
00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:17,850
you chew on walls and whine...

460
00:20:21,790 --> 00:20:22,790
Study Feng Shui,

461
00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:25,330
map the Dragon Vein,

462
00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:29,610
read the empire's fate,

463
00:20:33,340 --> 00:20:34,507
and exorcise evil spirits.

464
00:20:34,531 --> 00:20:36,460
[Former Mystic Guard General,
Zheng Yuanbao]

465
00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:38,040
Bai!

466
00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,720
His Majesty
summons Bai Yinchuan to the court!

467
00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:45,386
[Protect the People, Secure the Borders]

468
00:20:45,410 --> 00:20:46,410
Your Majesty,

469
00:20:46,580 --> 00:20:47,580
he's here.

470
00:20:52,570 --> 00:20:53,660
Your Majesty.

471
00:20:54,950 --> 00:20:56,266
My apologies for the offense.

472
00:20:56,290 --> 00:20:57,510
My apologies.

473
00:21:00,290 --> 00:21:01,290
Yinchuan,

474
00:21:01,580 --> 00:21:03,810
why put yourself through all this?

475
00:21:06,290 --> 00:21:07,350
As the saying goes,

476
00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:09,726
if you wish to know
whether an empire is well governed,

477
00:21:09,750 --> 00:21:11,266
take a bite of prison fare first.

478
00:21:11,290 --> 00:21:12,220
Though this cake

479
00:21:12,250 --> 00:21:12,910
is rough,

480
00:21:13,250 --> 00:21:14,790
it has no sand mixed in.

481
00:21:15,370 --> 00:21:16,700
Though heavy with bran,

482
00:21:17,270 --> 00:21:18,270
there is no dirt.

483
00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:20,870
It proves that Your Majesty rules wisely,

484
00:21:21,330 --> 00:21:23,476
even the jailers
are not without compassion.

485
00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:24,500
Although...

486
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:25,860
Although what?

487
00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,200
If the prison kitchen

488
00:21:27,250 --> 00:21:28,017
can add just a little more salt

489
00:21:28,041 --> 00:21:29,370
in this bread,

490
00:21:29,750 --> 00:21:32,330
I fear even a brute like Zheng Yuanbao

491
00:21:32,540 --> 00:21:34,670
would think twice about breaking out.

492
00:21:35,500 --> 00:21:36,500
Bread...

493
00:21:36,910 --> 00:21:37,910
Break.

494
00:21:38,580 --> 00:21:39,580
Nice touch!

495
00:21:39,750 --> 00:21:41,830
Indeed!

496
00:21:42,330 --> 00:21:43,330
Come on,

497
00:21:43,750 --> 00:21:45,810
tell me about this restoration plan.

498
00:21:49,410 --> 00:21:50,270
The Dragon Vein

499
00:21:50,330 --> 00:21:50,626
is a Feng Shui formation

500
00:21:50,650 --> 00:21:53,030
[Flow of the Earth's Veins]

501
00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:55,886
Born at the intersection
of mountains and rivers.

502
00:21:55,910 --> 00:21:56,557
The mountains

503
00:21:56,581 --> 00:21:58,060
are the dragon's spine;

504
00:21:58,120 --> 00:21:58,927
The waters

505
00:21:58,951 --> 00:22:00,600
are the dragon's blood.

506
00:22:00,700 --> 00:22:01,790
That's right.

507
00:22:02,380 --> 00:22:03,227
However,

508
00:22:03,251 --> 00:22:04,976
the earthquake caused a fissure

509
00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,526
that severed the dragon's neck.

510
00:22:06,550 --> 00:22:07,550
Your Majesty

511
00:22:07,700 --> 00:22:09,266
need only order the Ministry of Works

512
00:22:09,290 --> 00:22:10,806
to build a canal

513
00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:11,956
along the fissure,

514
00:22:11,980 --> 00:22:13,386
and channel the water through it.

515
00:22:13,410 --> 00:22:15,226
- This will—
- Direct water into the mountains

516
00:22:15,250 --> 00:22:16,596
and guide the dragon into the rivers.

517
00:22:16,620 --> 00:22:18,806
Again Dacheng will flourish
and the people will live in peace.

518
00:22:18,830 --> 00:22:20,136
Even ghosts and gods

519
00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:23,930
will fear Your Majesty's power!

520
00:22:25,330 --> 00:22:26,330
Your Majesty

521
00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:30,540
could one day forge this meteor

522
00:22:30,620 --> 00:22:32,740
into a Divine Cauldron.

523
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:34,660
You are right.

524
00:22:34,730 --> 00:22:35,600
However,

525
00:22:35,660 --> 00:22:36,766
the situation deep within the fissure

526
00:22:36,790 --> 00:22:38,466
is strange and unpredictable.

527
00:22:38,490 --> 00:22:40,156
If we are to restore the Dragon Vein,

528
00:22:40,180 --> 00:22:41,076
we must

529
00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:42,520
investigate first.

530
00:22:42,550 --> 00:22:43,550
Your Majesty,

531
00:22:43,870 --> 00:22:45,970
Lord Shi is exceptionally skilled,

532
00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,120
she could lend Master Bai a hand.

533
00:22:49,180 --> 00:22:50,180
Very well.

534
00:22:50,540 --> 00:22:52,330
I will pardon Zheng Yuanbao,

535
00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,490
and grant you an Inspection Token.

536
00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:58,060
You and Shi Lingyu
shall go at once and find out the truth.

537
00:23:20,660 --> 00:23:21,980
[Outside Jinling City] [Yujiagou]

538
00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,050
The meteors sparked a fire.

539
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:57,896
Hardly any of the villagers survived.

540
00:23:57,920 --> 00:23:59,380
Poor mother and daughter.

541
00:23:59,590 --> 00:24:01,190
Judging from her movements,

542
00:24:01,370 --> 00:24:02,570
it's not that simple.

543
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:04,727
This mother

544
00:24:04,751 --> 00:24:06,556
seems like she wants to kill her child.

545
00:24:06,580 --> 00:24:08,080
How could she be so cruel?

546
00:24:08,110 --> 00:24:09,190
Not necessarily.

547
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,010
Perhaps she couldn't bear

548
00:24:11,140 --> 00:24:12,560
to see her child suffer,

549
00:24:12,590 --> 00:24:13,820
and had no choice.

550
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,080
Could be!

551
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:34,200
Nevermind.

552
00:24:38,790 --> 00:24:39,790
It smells funny.

553
00:24:40,750 --> 00:24:41,750
Bai,

554
00:24:43,790 --> 00:24:44,790
could it be

555
00:24:44,910 --> 00:24:45,597
from

556
00:24:45,621 --> 00:24:47,020
a dragon-bound serpent?

557
00:24:47,370 --> 00:24:48,700
Dragon-bound serpent?

558
00:24:49,870 --> 00:24:50,386
Surviving Tribulations,

559
00:24:50,410 --> 00:24:51,306
becoming dragon,

560
00:24:51,330 --> 00:24:52,330
serpent,

561
00:24:53,010 --> 00:24:54,340
dragon-bound serpent.

562
00:24:54,770 --> 00:24:56,136
Stuttering is one thing,

563
00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,620
but can you at least
stop talking backwards?

564
00:24:59,780 --> 00:25:00,780
Gandu (Idiot).

565
00:25:00,830 --> 00:25:01,656
What's gandu?

566
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:02,680
Lord Shi,

567
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,137
please send people immediately

568
00:25:04,161 --> 00:25:05,356
to gather all the garlic,

569
00:25:05,380 --> 00:25:06,426
grind the corn into flour,

570
00:25:06,450 --> 00:25:07,596
and tear those sheets into strips

571
00:25:07,620 --> 00:25:09,020
and hand out to everyone.

572
00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:10,120
This

573
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:11,460
seems inappropriate.

574
00:25:11,790 --> 00:25:13,596
The Imperial Guards
are personally appointed by His Majesty.

575
00:25:13,620 --> 00:25:14,666
How can we be made
to do such menial tasks?

576
00:25:14,690 --> 00:25:15,556
[Token]

577
00:25:15,580 --> 00:25:16,427
This token

578
00:25:16,451 --> 00:25:18,226
carries the authority of His Majesty.

579
00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:18,700
Sir,

580
00:25:19,260 --> 00:25:21,320
he's clearly trying to humiliate us!

581
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:26,040
Master,

582
00:25:26,370 --> 00:25:27,370
may I ask...

583
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:28,440
Go ahead.

584
00:25:28,790 --> 00:25:30,906
Why waste time on these useless chores?

585
00:25:30,930 --> 00:25:32,136
Corn is the most yang of the grains,

586
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:33,476
and garlic is the nemesis of evil spirits.

587
00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:34,307
Together,

588
00:25:34,331 --> 00:25:35,346
they're perfect
for fighting dark creatures.

589
00:25:35,370 --> 00:25:36,307
This garlic is great.

590
00:25:36,331 --> 00:25:37,530
Stay away from me.

591
00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:38,266
Enough,

592
00:25:38,290 --> 00:25:38,957
cut the banter.

593
00:25:38,981 --> 00:25:40,726
Everyone,
tie the sheet strips around your waists.

594
00:25:40,750 --> 00:25:42,350
You'll need them down below.

595
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,000
One, two, three...

596
00:25:45,660 --> 00:25:46,660
Be careful.

597
00:25:51,820 --> 00:25:53,870
[Yujiagou Sinkhole] [Deep in the fissure]

598
00:26:13,670 --> 00:26:14,670
Be careful.

599
00:26:29,450 --> 00:26:32,066
This is the Earth-Demon Star
the rumor is talking about.

600
00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:33,950
This is what destroyed Yujiagou.

601
00:26:37,170 --> 00:26:38,096
The Spring and Autumn Annals record that

602
00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:38,996
"stars fell like rain,

603
00:26:39,020 --> 00:26:39,877
they were only rocks."

604
00:26:39,901 --> 00:26:41,320
This one fell with fire,

605
00:26:41,390 --> 00:26:42,836
burning the entire village.

606
00:26:42,860 --> 00:26:43,890
So the fissure

607
00:26:43,950 --> 00:26:45,126
was split open by its impact?

608
00:26:45,150 --> 00:26:46,150
Mm.

609
00:26:56,820 --> 00:26:57,820
Master,

610
00:26:58,060 --> 00:26:59,520
there's a hidden passage.

611
00:26:59,910 --> 00:27:00,770
It seems

612
00:27:00,830 --> 00:27:03,500
someone dug it a long time ago.

613
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:15,360
Master, over there...

614
00:27:20,830 --> 00:27:21,676
Burned shoe.

615
00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:22,346
It stinks.

616
00:27:22,370 --> 00:27:23,370
Take a sniff.

617
00:27:25,580 --> 00:27:26,556
Could you stay away from me?

618
00:27:26,580 --> 00:27:27,580
Thank you.

619
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:30,160
Look over here!

620
00:27:33,730 --> 00:27:35,130
The villagers' clothes?

621
00:27:35,190 --> 00:27:36,330
Why are they here?

622
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,486
It must be the clothes
of the missing villagers.

623
00:27:38,510 --> 00:27:39,886
They weren't burned,

624
00:27:39,910 --> 00:27:40,757
and covered in slime.

625
00:27:40,781 --> 00:27:42,516
If they had taken them off themselves,

626
00:27:42,540 --> 00:27:44,340
maybe some villagers survived.

627
00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:46,656
The stench of serpent saliva.

628
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:47,896
It's a the dragon-bound serpent.

629
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:48,887
Everyone be careful.

630
00:27:48,911 --> 00:27:51,510
There might be a giant serpent
down in the cave.

631
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,120
There's a symbol on the wall.

632
00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:55,566
I don't know what it means.

633
00:27:55,590 --> 00:27:57,120
It looks like an eye.

634
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:58,926
As if someone's watching us.

635
00:27:58,950 --> 00:27:59,950
Keep moving.

636
00:28:00,170 --> 00:28:01,180
Okay, Bai.

637
00:28:02,190 --> 00:28:03,690
Zhuque, Xuanwu, hurry up!

638
00:28:14,570 --> 00:28:15,570
Xuanwu!

639
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:21,956
The ground's slippery.

640
00:28:21,980 --> 00:28:22,980
I fell.

641
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:24,590
Take it.

642
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:25,720
Be careful.

643
00:28:44,170 --> 00:28:45,050
Baby crying?

644
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:46,540
Where's that coming from?

645
00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:49,660
It's coming from over there.

646
00:28:54,620 --> 00:28:55,500
A ghost?

647
00:28:55,530 --> 00:28:56,530
Of course.

648
00:28:57,660 --> 00:28:59,160
My child is dead...

649
00:29:00,230 --> 00:29:01,760
My family is dead...

650
00:29:02,870 --> 00:29:04,016
The later account of Yingning records that

651
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:04,517
My child is dead

652
00:29:04,541 --> 00:29:06,056
a widow who lost her child
mourned for three months,

653
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,360
crying day and night

654
00:29:07,750 --> 00:29:10,680
until she could produce the sound
of an infant's cry.

655
00:29:10,710 --> 00:29:13,266
In truth,
it was because her grief was so extreme

656
00:29:13,290 --> 00:29:14,556
that her vital energy
was thrown into chaos,

657
00:29:14,580 --> 00:29:16,780
and her vocal cords altered as a result.

658
00:29:17,430 --> 00:29:18,430
Do we save her?

659
00:29:18,890 --> 00:29:20,220
Let's wait a bit longer.

660
00:29:29,390 --> 00:29:30,430
They're all dead.

661
00:29:31,870 --> 00:29:33,700
My family is dead!

662
00:29:34,540 --> 00:29:35,950
My child is dead!

663
00:29:36,410 --> 00:29:38,050
I shall die too!

664
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:40,120
What's going on?

665
00:29:49,570 --> 00:29:50,630
Watch out, Master.

666
00:29:53,180 --> 00:29:55,140
Why can't I die?

667
00:29:59,630 --> 00:30:00,630
Let me die.

668
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:03,100
Let me die!

669
00:30:03,580 --> 00:30:04,580
Let me die!

670
00:30:04,950 --> 00:30:05,746
Let me die!

671
00:30:05,770 --> 00:30:06,770
Watch out!

672
00:30:07,620 --> 00:30:08,620
She's gone?

673
00:30:12,050 --> 00:30:13,510
Where did those fall from?

674
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:16,760
Is there something up above?

675
00:30:38,330 --> 00:30:39,450
Please.

676
00:30:40,780 --> 00:30:42,110
Let me die.

677
00:30:44,330 --> 00:30:45,500
Please.

678
00:30:45,910 --> 00:30:47,200
Let me die.

679
00:30:49,090 --> 00:30:50,090
Behind you!

680
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:03,040
Don't kill her!

681
00:31:08,870 --> 00:31:10,040
Why not?

682
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:13,290
Look at her wound.

683
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:30,720
Step back!

684
00:31:35,830 --> 00:31:36,556
Dragon-bound serpent.

685
00:31:36,580 --> 00:31:37,250
So big!

686
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,500
I've never even heard of such a thing!

687
00:31:39,890 --> 00:31:40,970
Sir, what do we do?

688
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:43,016
Step back slowly.

689
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:44,017
Don't provoke it.

690
00:31:44,041 --> 00:31:45,176
Good thing we have the garlic.

691
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:45,807
Chew the garlic

692
00:31:45,831 --> 00:31:46,926
and spit it on the ground.

693
00:31:46,950 --> 00:31:48,916
- Are serpents afraid of garlic?
- Here.

694
00:31:48,940 --> 00:31:49,940
Chew it.

695
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:56,597
It's so spicy.

696
00:31:56,621 --> 00:31:57,950
I can't take it anymore.

697
00:31:58,040 --> 00:31:59,040
Keep chewing.

698
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:06,080
Garlic works.

699
00:32:06,750 --> 00:32:07,750
It's gone.

700
00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:08,660
Bai.

701
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:10,886
Serpents favor darkness and fear heat,

702
00:32:10,910 --> 00:32:12,676
They are most repelled by pungent scents.

703
00:32:12,700 --> 00:32:13,736
The strong scent of garlic

704
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:14,786
can drive it back,

705
00:32:14,810 --> 00:32:16,316
confusing its sense of direction.

706
00:32:16,340 --> 00:32:18,200
Thus it dares not come any closer.

707
00:32:18,660 --> 00:32:19,660
Master Bai,

708
00:32:19,950 --> 00:32:21,726
you carry the responsibility
of restoring the Dragon Vein.

709
00:32:21,750 --> 00:32:22,687
Why don't we return for now

710
00:32:22,711 --> 00:32:24,370
and investigate another day?

711
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:25,976
Where is Zhuque?

712
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,000
Where is she?

713
00:32:28,330 --> 00:32:29,806
She was right ahead just now.

714
00:32:29,830 --> 00:32:30,830
When did she...

715
00:32:38,580 --> 00:32:39,780
Sir, do we follow him?

716
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:42,260
Buyigenlao (Follow him).

717
00:32:53,290 --> 00:32:55,226
This is the center of
Dacheng's Dragon Vein.

718
00:32:55,250 --> 00:32:56,930
Who would dig such a big tunnel

719
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:58,690
and bury so many stakes here?

720
00:32:59,330 --> 00:33:00,890
Could it be

721
00:33:00,990 --> 00:33:03,686
tomb raiders
who accidentally broke into this place?

722
00:33:03,710 --> 00:33:05,960
These are not just ordinary stakes.

723
00:33:06,010 --> 00:33:07,756
They look more like part of a formation.

724
00:33:07,780 --> 00:33:08,510
What is that?

725
00:33:08,620 --> 00:33:09,300
Zhifu.

726
00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:10,500
Tengshe.

727
00:33:10,830 --> 00:33:11,620
Changyin.

728
00:33:11,650 --> 00:33:12,650
Liuhe.

729
00:33:12,940 --> 00:33:13,940
Taichang.

730
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:14,920
Azure Dragon.

731
00:33:15,070 --> 00:33:15,926
Black Tortoise.

732
00:33:15,950 --> 00:33:16,680
Nine places.

733
00:33:16,790 --> 00:33:18,306
This is
the Nine Palaces Dragon Binding Formation.

734
00:33:18,330 --> 00:33:21,456
It's for restraining the throat
of Dacheng's Dragon Vein.

735
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:22,930
Who would be so bold

736
00:33:23,660 --> 00:33:25,486
to dig a passage and build a palace

737
00:33:25,510 --> 00:33:26,846
beneath the Dragon Vein of Dacheng?

738
00:33:26,870 --> 00:33:27,400
Exactly.

739
00:33:27,790 --> 00:33:29,236
If the meteor hadn't fallen

740
00:33:29,260 --> 00:33:30,486
and created this sinkhole,

741
00:33:30,510 --> 00:33:31,696
who would have discovered

742
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:32,900
such a conspiracy?

743
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:35,720
Then we must hurry back

744
00:33:36,050 --> 00:33:37,066
and report this to His Majesty!

745
00:33:37,090 --> 00:33:37,620
Let's go.

746
00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:38,870
Help!

747
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:41,200
Help!

748
00:33:41,330 --> 00:33:42,330
It's Zhuque!

749
00:33:42,660 --> 00:33:44,820
Help me! Help me!

750
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:50,800
Help me!

751
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,000
Zhuque!

752
00:34:07,430 --> 00:34:08,030
Qinglong,

753
00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:09,000
don't move.

754
00:34:09,250 --> 00:34:10,250
Get down slowly.

755
00:34:11,210 --> 00:34:12,210
Qinglong, dodge!

756
00:34:24,449 --> 00:34:25,386
Has this beast

757
00:34:25,410 --> 00:34:26,635
already become a true dragon?

758
00:34:26,659 --> 00:34:27,557
The villagers died

759
00:34:27,581 --> 00:34:28,635
and the smell of blood
attracted this giant serpent.

760
00:34:28,659 --> 00:34:30,590
It's not a dragon transformation.

761
00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:46,596
Let me show you the power of corn flour!

762
00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:47,620
Yuanbao!

763
00:34:57,330 --> 00:34:58,830
Not bad, Miss Shi.

764
00:35:06,450 --> 00:35:07,046
Don't be afraid.

765
00:35:07,070 --> 00:35:08,070
I'm here.

766
00:35:12,740 --> 00:35:13,740
Yuanbao!

767
00:35:15,250 --> 00:35:16,227
Watch out, Master.

768
00:35:16,251 --> 00:35:17,406
It's dangerous ahead.

769
00:35:17,430 --> 00:35:18,096
We can't go any further.

770
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:19,120
Master!

771
00:35:44,690 --> 00:35:46,420
It's the missing villagers...

772
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,246
These villagers

773
00:35:51,270 --> 00:35:53,000
seem to have lost their sanity.

774
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,226
How do we get through here?

775
00:35:54,250 --> 00:35:55,137
Cover your face with the cloth.

776
00:35:55,161 --> 00:35:56,220
Don't make a sound.

777
00:35:56,620 --> 00:35:57,620
Stay close to me.

778
00:35:57,720 --> 00:35:59,450
Don't let those bugs get on you.

779
00:36:07,910 --> 00:36:08,910
Master, look.

780
00:36:09,540 --> 00:36:10,826
These bugs are extremely similar

781
00:36:10,850 --> 00:36:13,120
to the one we found

782
00:36:13,830 --> 00:36:15,490
in that mother's ear earlier.

783
00:36:16,370 --> 00:36:19,170
They don't seem to be native
to the Central Plains.

784
00:36:20,050 --> 00:36:22,780
Are they connected
to the villagers' condition?

785
00:36:24,450 --> 00:36:25,710
For now, it's unclear.

786
00:36:30,410 --> 00:36:31,790
Qinglong, slow down.

787
00:36:38,710 --> 00:36:41,370
They're just
like that female villager before.

788
00:36:46,630 --> 00:36:47,780
Master, be careful!

789
00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:52,910
Thank you.

790
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:01,540
We're almost through.

791
00:37:29,540 --> 00:37:30,540
Go!

792
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:45,950
Go!

793
00:37:46,020 --> 00:37:47,020
Qinglong!

794
00:37:47,870 --> 00:37:48,616
Run! Now!

795
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:49,700
I'll hold them off!

796
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:52,200
Go!

797
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:55,500
Run!

798
00:37:56,830 --> 00:37:57,830
Go! Now!

799
00:37:57,910 --> 00:37:58,980
I'll cover you!

800
00:38:39,540 --> 00:38:40,540
Qinglong.

801
00:38:40,870 --> 00:38:41,870
Qinglong!

802
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:47,960
Qinglong!

803
00:38:52,410 --> 00:38:53,010
Qinglong!

804
00:38:53,390 --> 00:38:54,390
Qinglong!

805
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:07,160
Qinglong!

806
00:39:09,620 --> 00:39:10,056
Hurry!

807
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:11,080
Go!

808
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,160
Go!

809
00:39:12,250 --> 00:39:13,250
Go!

810
00:39:14,290 --> 00:39:15,290
Hurry!

811
00:39:26,770 --> 00:39:28,230
Why are they act like this?

812
00:39:30,910 --> 00:39:31,910
Just like

813
00:39:33,110 --> 00:39:34,550
that mother before.

814
00:39:34,950 --> 00:39:37,410
They're all being controlled
by these bugs.

815
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:39,710
Such a tiny bug,

816
00:39:40,060 --> 00:39:41,990
yet it can control the human brain.

817
00:39:42,390 --> 00:39:43,390
This bug

818
00:39:43,660 --> 00:39:45,306
comes from the Southern Borderlands.

819
00:39:45,330 --> 00:39:47,596
Its scientific name
is the Brain-Eating Bugs.

820
00:39:47,620 --> 00:39:49,126
Once it enters the human brain,

821
00:39:49,150 --> 00:39:50,716
the host becomes a living corpse.

822
00:39:50,740 --> 00:39:52,940
Blocking the Dragon Vein of Dacheng...

823
00:39:53,780 --> 00:39:55,710
Spreading the Brain-Eating Bugs…

824
00:39:56,030 --> 00:39:57,760
Who could be behind all of this?

825
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:03,960
[Netherworld]

826
00:40:04,460 --> 00:40:05,990
Netherworld?

827
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:14,920
[Netherworld]

828
00:40:19,890 --> 00:40:20,890
Are you alright?

829
00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:27,400
Could the rumors be true?

830
00:40:27,630 --> 00:40:29,886
That Heaven
sent down the Earth-Demon Star

831
00:40:29,910 --> 00:40:31,970
to open the gates of the netherworld.

832
00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:34,000
What Earth-Demon Star?

833
00:40:34,740 --> 00:40:37,200
That's clearly Wang-style cursive script.

834
00:40:37,250 --> 00:40:38,147
Are ghosts supposed

835
00:40:38,171 --> 00:40:39,830
to practice calligraphy now?

836
00:40:44,870 --> 00:40:46,556
Up ahead is Xiaoling Mausoleum
of the Founding Emperor.

837
00:40:46,580 --> 00:40:47,710
Once we step inside,

838
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,090
our entire families will be executed.

839
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:52,200
Lord Shi,

840
00:40:52,580 --> 00:40:54,696
we're not just here to uncover the truth.

841
00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:56,226
We must rescue my close friend...

842
00:40:56,250 --> 00:40:57,250
Zheng Yuanbao.

843
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:01,040
If you're afraid,

844
00:41:01,300 --> 00:41:02,500
you can turn back now.

845
00:41:10,210 --> 00:41:11,596
[Xiaoling Mausoleum
of the Founding Emperor]

846
00:41:11,620 --> 00:41:13,040
[Broken Bridge]

847
00:41:27,580 --> 00:41:28,580
Master,

848
00:41:29,510 --> 00:41:30,610
do we continue?

849
00:41:31,910 --> 00:41:32,910
Yes.

850
00:42:01,260 --> 00:42:02,260
Kill him!

851
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:20,300
Master Bai, watch out!

852
00:42:20,750 --> 00:42:22,080
It's the Ghost Soldier!

853
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:43,840
Master Bai!

854
00:42:56,830 --> 00:42:57,840
I'm sorry.

855
00:43:06,650 --> 00:43:09,040
[Xiaoling Mausoleum] [Underground Rift]

856
00:43:21,370 --> 00:43:23,300
Why are there so many coffins here?

857
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:15,650
Lord Shi.

858
00:44:17,510 --> 00:44:18,510
Master Bai?

859
00:44:19,030 --> 00:44:21,490
Why didn't you kill Bai Yinchuan?

860
00:44:22,870 --> 00:44:23,870
Lord Shi,

861
00:44:24,140 --> 00:44:25,590
you dare betray me?

862
00:44:25,830 --> 00:44:26,446
No.

863
00:44:26,470 --> 00:44:27,916
I was trying to save the both of them!

864
00:44:27,940 --> 00:44:30,230
Why didn't you kill Bai Yinchuan?

865
00:45:01,030 --> 00:45:02,030
Yuanbao!

866
00:45:02,250 --> 00:45:03,250
Yuanbao!

867
00:45:03,330 --> 00:45:04,330
Yuanbao!

868
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:12,910
[Outside Jinling City] [Yujiagou]

869
00:45:47,210 --> 00:45:48,210
Bai.

870
00:45:48,910 --> 00:45:49,500
Here.

871
00:45:49,830 --> 00:45:50,830
Mugwort soup.

872
00:45:51,500 --> 00:45:52,546
Mugwort for the outside,

873
00:45:52,570 --> 00:45:54,030
decoction for the inside...

874
00:45:54,250 --> 00:45:55,120
Both together

875
00:45:55,190 --> 00:45:56,650
to purge that bug from you.

876
00:45:57,160 --> 00:45:57,910
Where are we?

877
00:45:58,090 --> 00:45:59,090
Bai,

878
00:45:59,150 --> 00:46:00,320
where's Miss Shi?

879
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:01,960
I fell into the ravine

880
00:46:02,630 --> 00:46:04,560
and got separated from Shi Lingyu.

881
00:46:04,970 --> 00:46:06,636
Luckily, I landed on the corpse
of a giant snake.

882
00:46:06,660 --> 00:46:07,886
It cushioned the fall,

883
00:46:07,910 --> 00:46:09,120
or I would've died.

884
00:46:09,430 --> 00:46:10,510
Later, I found you...

885
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:12,886
You'd cut your way
out of the snake's belly.

886
00:46:12,910 --> 00:46:14,676
When I saw the Brain-Eating Bugs
in you,

887
00:46:14,700 --> 00:46:16,096
I carried you back to the village.

888
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:17,120
I see.

889
00:46:17,660 --> 00:46:18,936
We need to reunite with Miss Shi.

890
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:19,960
Let's go!

891
00:46:20,700 --> 00:46:21,960
You still don't see it?

892
00:46:22,230 --> 00:46:24,386
She was sent by higher-ups
to keep an eye on us.

893
00:46:24,410 --> 00:46:26,070
Her background isn't simple.

894
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:27,726
How did you know?

895
00:46:27,750 --> 00:46:28,810
That jade pendant...

896
00:46:29,430 --> 00:46:30,560
Do you still have it?

897
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:36,120
The missing one.

898
00:46:36,150 --> 00:46:37,450
Miss Shi.

899
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:41,640
This jade pendant

900
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:43,746
was originally a gift
I gave to Fang Chengxuan,

901
00:46:43,770 --> 00:46:44,966
the Grand Tutor Fang.

902
00:46:44,990 --> 00:46:46,350
Do you remember him?

903
00:46:46,500 --> 00:46:47,387
Fang Chengxuan

904
00:46:47,411 --> 00:46:48,910
is a man of integrity.

905
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:50,886
Prince Chengping trusted him
more than anyone.

906
00:46:50,910 --> 00:46:52,320
I gave him the round jade

907
00:46:52,580 --> 00:46:54,620
hoping he'd learn to be flexible.

908
00:46:55,330 --> 00:46:56,840
But he never listened.

909
00:46:57,250 --> 00:46:58,250
Later,

910
00:46:58,380 --> 00:47:00,026
Emperor Dewu seized the throne

911
00:47:00,050 --> 00:47:00,807
and made him

912
00:47:00,831 --> 00:47:00,806
[Imperial Edict]

913
00:47:00,830 --> 00:47:01,727
Write the accession edict,

914
00:47:01,751 --> 00:47:03,280
to proclaim it to the world.

915
00:47:03,620 --> 00:47:05,080
Grand Tutor Fang refused,

916
00:47:05,700 --> 00:47:06,760
and his entire clan

917
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:08,290
was exterminated.

918
00:47:12,580 --> 00:47:13,656
That jade pendant

919
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,180
was lost from then on.

920
00:47:15,370 --> 00:47:16,370
Yet now,

921
00:47:16,410 --> 00:47:18,200
it has turned up on Shi Lingyu.

922
00:47:20,290 --> 00:47:22,090
Could Shi Lingyu

923
00:47:22,330 --> 00:47:23,226
be a descendant of the Grand Tutor.

924
00:47:23,250 --> 00:47:24,250
It's possible.

925
00:47:24,620 --> 00:47:26,536
She occasionally slips
into a local dialect...

926
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:27,766
Almost identical

927
00:47:27,790 --> 00:47:28,926
to Fang's hometown speech.

928
00:47:28,950 --> 00:47:29,707
Gandu (Fool).

929
00:47:29,731 --> 00:47:30,726
I'm not going along with that.

930
00:47:30,750 --> 00:47:33,180
Why wasn't she implicated?

931
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:35,000
Could it be…

932
00:47:35,500 --> 00:47:36,500
Back then,

933
00:47:36,580 --> 00:47:38,286
when Prince Chengping
was fleeing the chaos,

934
00:47:38,310 --> 00:47:39,177
he ordered Fang

935
00:47:39,201 --> 00:47:41,136
to build a secret underground passage.

936
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:44,146
If Fang valued Shi Lingyu,

937
00:47:44,170 --> 00:47:45,766
not only would he give her the jade,

938
00:47:45,790 --> 00:47:46,387
he might've told her

939
00:47:46,411 --> 00:47:47,426
the location of the passage.

940
00:47:47,450 --> 00:47:49,156
To save herself,

941
00:47:49,180 --> 00:47:49,956
Shi Lingyu could've
leaked the passage's location

942
00:47:49,980 --> 00:47:50,980
to someone else

943
00:47:51,190 --> 00:47:52,516
in exchange for survival.

944
00:47:52,540 --> 00:47:54,600
To whom?

945
00:47:54,630 --> 00:47:55,630
That,

946
00:47:56,090 --> 00:47:57,580
we don't yet know.

947
00:48:00,540 --> 00:48:01,600
What's happening?

948
00:48:01,870 --> 00:48:03,270
They've made their move.

949
00:48:14,700 --> 00:48:16,096
Bai Yinchuan,

950
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,780
you've robbed the Xiaoling Mausoleum
by night.

951
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:20,700
Treason!

952
00:48:21,170 --> 00:48:22,750
You shall be executed.

953
00:48:41,590 --> 00:48:42,590
Mu Ye!

954
00:48:47,020 --> 00:48:48,020
Let's go.

955
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:12,430
He's not dead.

956
00:49:13,330 --> 00:49:14,330
Come out.

957
00:49:32,730 --> 00:49:34,630
Go in and check.

958
00:50:09,110 --> 00:50:10,906
He's really still alive!

959
00:50:10,930 --> 00:50:11,510
Hurry!

960
00:50:11,540 --> 00:50:12,920
Protect me!

961
00:50:15,790 --> 00:50:16,246
Bai,

962
00:50:16,270 --> 00:50:17,680
leave the fighting to me!

963
00:50:38,240 --> 00:50:39,900
Mercy, hero!

964
00:50:45,410 --> 00:50:47,010
Your Excellency is too kind.

965
00:50:47,710 --> 00:50:49,000
I boldly speculate...

966
00:50:49,340 --> 00:50:50,596
The underground passage

967
00:50:50,620 --> 00:50:52,480
was revealed to you by Shi Lingyu.

968
00:50:53,300 --> 00:50:55,520
You built the Netherworld.

969
00:50:55,700 --> 00:50:56,886
And Brain-Eating Bugs...

970
00:50:56,910 --> 00:50:59,306
You obtained them from people
of the Miao Region.

971
00:50:59,330 --> 00:51:00,590
The rumor-mongers

972
00:51:00,620 --> 00:51:02,230
I met at the tavern

973
00:51:02,700 --> 00:51:05,680
were part of a setup
you arranged with Shi Lingyu.

974
00:51:06,580 --> 00:51:07,750
Spreading rumors

975
00:51:07,780 --> 00:51:08,860
is to weaken morale

976
00:51:08,910 --> 00:51:10,136
and stir the people into rebellion.

977
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:11,490
Bai,

978
00:51:11,910 --> 00:51:13,306
instead of

979
00:51:13,330 --> 00:51:15,540
reading my mind,

980
00:51:17,610 --> 00:51:19,590
you should be worrying

981
00:51:19,620 --> 00:51:21,200
about your wife and kids.

982
00:51:37,610 --> 00:51:38,210
Sir,

983
00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:39,580
think about it.

984
00:51:39,810 --> 00:51:41,776
I knew this was dangerous from the start.

985
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:44,060
Do you really think I'd come unprepared?

986
00:51:49,510 --> 00:51:50,640
Impossible.

987
00:51:51,580 --> 00:51:53,100
You're lying.

988
00:51:53,290 --> 00:51:53,950
Eunuch Liu,

989
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:55,870
what are you really after?

990
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:03,950
Back then,

991
00:52:04,510 --> 00:52:06,766
Emperor Dewu
invaded the Southern Frontier,

992
00:52:06,790 --> 00:52:08,620
wiped out the Kingdom of Annan.

993
00:52:10,870 --> 00:52:12,800
And slaughtered my entire family.

994
00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:16,386
I castrated myself and entered the palace.

995
00:52:16,410 --> 00:52:18,320
I lay low all these years

996
00:52:19,500 --> 00:52:21,000
for one reason...

997
00:52:23,290 --> 00:52:24,870
Revenge.

998
00:52:25,240 --> 00:52:26,320
It's quite tragic.

999
00:52:26,410 --> 00:52:27,250
It is said that

1000
00:52:27,330 --> 00:52:28,750
It's said Anan sorcerers

1001
00:52:28,870 --> 00:52:30,806
used animal blood as nourishment,

1002
00:52:30,830 --> 00:52:32,346
combined with ghost-vine roots,

1003
00:52:32,370 --> 00:52:33,386
to breed the Brain-Eating Bugs.

1004
00:52:33,410 --> 00:52:34,307
Those bugs survive

1005
00:52:34,331 --> 00:52:36,000
by feeding

1006
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:37,490
on the sap of ghost vine.

1007
00:52:38,180 --> 00:52:40,096
No wonder you're from the Mystic Guard.

1008
00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:41,450
Anan was small,

1009
00:52:41,650 --> 00:52:42,980
with little manpower.

1010
00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:45,960
This was the only way
we could control others

1011
00:52:46,540 --> 00:52:47,890
and make use of them.

1012
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:49,680
I see.

1013
00:52:50,110 --> 00:52:51,110
Shi Lingyu

1014
00:52:51,330 --> 00:52:52,660
sought revenge as well,

1015
00:52:52,750 --> 00:52:55,010
and the two of you joined forces to rebel.

1016
00:53:11,090 --> 00:53:14,890
Anyone who stands in my way...

1017
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:16,636
Kill them!

1018
00:53:16,660 --> 00:53:17,660
Leave him to me.

1019
00:53:41,260 --> 00:53:41,696
Yuanbao,

1020
00:53:41,720 --> 00:53:42,720
take this!

1021
00:53:52,660 --> 00:53:54,520
Looks like

1022
00:53:55,340 --> 00:53:57,260
I was outmatched.

1023
00:53:57,410 --> 00:53:58,410
Tell me...

1024
00:53:58,750 --> 00:54:00,610
What exactly is the relationship

1025
00:54:00,770 --> 00:54:02,946
between Fang Chengxuan and Shi Lingyu?

1026
00:54:02,970 --> 00:54:07,750
She is the last surviving bloodline
of the Fang family.

1027
00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:11,850
So that's it.

1028
00:54:12,380 --> 00:54:14,006
Her identity was hidden all along...

1029
00:54:14,030 --> 00:54:15,480
She is Fang by blood.

1030
00:54:17,260 --> 00:54:19,460
The Fang family was wiped out back then.

1031
00:54:19,870 --> 00:54:21,526
So how did she alone escape death?

1032
00:54:21,550 --> 00:54:24,060
She's just a bait.

1033
00:54:24,630 --> 00:54:25,986
The State Preceptor used her

1034
00:54:26,010 --> 00:54:28,300
to lure out the remnants

1035
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:31,950
of Prince Chengping's power.

1036
00:54:32,390 --> 00:54:33,590
The State Preceptor?

1037
00:54:34,840 --> 00:54:35,840
The truth

1038
00:54:36,750 --> 00:54:38,080
is about to be revealed.

1039
00:54:48,170 --> 00:54:49,780
Before Fang Chengxuan died,

1040
00:54:50,180 --> 00:54:51,930
he told Shi Lingyu

1041
00:54:52,070 --> 00:54:54,070
where the underground passage was.

1042
00:54:54,500 --> 00:54:55,996
To avenge her family,

1043
00:54:56,020 --> 00:54:57,420
she endured everything.

1044
00:54:57,580 --> 00:54:58,227
On the surface,

1045
00:54:58,251 --> 00:55:00,026
she obeyed the State Preceptor.

1046
00:55:00,050 --> 00:55:01,100
In secret,

1047
00:55:01,260 --> 00:55:02,790
she allied with Eunuch Liu,

1048
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:04,906
plotting to topple Emperor Dewu

1049
00:55:04,930 --> 00:55:06,660
and put a new king on the throne.

1050
00:55:07,710 --> 00:55:09,660
From start to finish,

1051
00:55:09,860 --> 00:55:11,860
she never betrayed the Fang family.

1052
00:55:11,930 --> 00:55:14,460
I was wrong about her.

1053
00:55:25,530 --> 00:55:26,070
Here,

1054
00:55:26,540 --> 00:55:27,940
drink this mugwort soup.

1055
00:55:31,620 --> 00:55:32,620
Master,

1056
00:55:32,750 --> 00:55:33,880
you're still alive.

1057
00:55:34,660 --> 00:55:35,557
Now everything makes sense.

1058
00:55:35,581 --> 00:55:39,250
We now know the full story.

1059
00:55:39,990 --> 00:55:41,450
You're a Fang descendant.

1060
00:55:41,870 --> 00:55:43,210
When we first met,

1061
00:55:43,240 --> 00:55:44,636
you showed me the jade pendant

1062
00:55:44,660 --> 00:55:46,260
to reveal who you really are.

1063
00:55:50,110 --> 00:55:52,110
My uncle trusted you like a brother.

1064
00:55:52,900 --> 00:55:54,900
How could I bring myself to hurt you?

1065
00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:58,230
The reason I didn't save that child

1066
00:55:58,450 --> 00:55:59,720
was to test

1067
00:56:00,150 --> 00:56:02,220
whether you still had compassion.

1068
00:56:02,680 --> 00:56:04,480
But Eunuch Liu feared exposure.

1069
00:56:05,390 --> 00:56:06,846
He was worried that you might find out.

1070
00:56:06,870 --> 00:56:09,176
He stockpiled Ghost Soldiers
through the passage.

1071
00:56:09,200 --> 00:56:10,870
He ordered me to kill you all.

1072
00:56:11,640 --> 00:56:12,886
I stopped it again and again.

1073
00:56:12,910 --> 00:56:14,626
I kept you
from going deeper into the fissure

1074
00:56:14,650 --> 00:56:16,456
so you'd stay out of the fighting

1075
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:17,480
and survive.

1076
00:56:17,540 --> 00:56:18,790
But I never expected

1077
00:56:19,350 --> 00:56:20,350
Eunuch Liu

1078
00:56:20,450 --> 00:56:22,660
to harm innocent villagers

1079
00:56:23,610 --> 00:56:25,540
and turn them into Ghost Soldiers.

1080
00:56:26,170 --> 00:56:27,380
That's on me.

1081
00:56:27,810 --> 00:56:28,810
Eunuch Liu

1082
00:56:29,250 --> 00:56:29,830
is dead.

1083
00:56:29,870 --> 00:56:33,440
We're already
under someone else's control.

1084
00:56:34,370 --> 00:56:35,177
It's no longer necessary now.

1085
00:56:35,201 --> 00:56:36,510
Yinchuan,

1086
00:56:36,850 --> 00:56:38,480
you didn't disappoint.

1087
00:56:38,730 --> 00:56:41,340
You've purged the court of its poison

1088
00:56:41,660 --> 00:56:43,096
and wiped out those pests

1089
00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:45,390
gnawing at the foundation.

1090
00:56:49,340 --> 00:56:50,340
State Preceptor?

1091
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:54,830
Shi Lingyu,

1092
00:56:54,890 --> 00:56:55,597
back then,

1093
00:56:55,621 --> 00:56:57,276
I felt sorry for you being all alone,

1094
00:56:57,300 --> 00:56:58,846
so I persuaded His Majesty

1095
00:56:58,870 --> 00:57:00,070
to spare your life.

1096
00:57:00,700 --> 00:57:01,960
Who would have thought

1097
00:57:02,040 --> 00:57:03,990
not only did you show no gratitude,

1098
00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:05,386
but you also played along

1099
00:57:05,410 --> 00:57:06,596
while secretly protecting Eunuch Liu,

1100
00:57:06,620 --> 00:57:08,136
committing treason in the process?

1101
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:09,876
That foolish tyrant
committed unforgivable crimes.

1102
00:57:09,900 --> 00:57:11,350
To silence the masses,

1103
00:57:11,500 --> 00:57:12,766
he wiped out my entire clan.

1104
00:57:12,790 --> 00:57:14,220
Such blood hatred...

1105
00:57:14,250 --> 00:57:15,850
How could I not seek revenge?

1106
00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:18,250
Eunuch Liu is ruthless,

1107
00:57:18,290 --> 00:57:19,530
killing innocents.

1108
00:57:19,790 --> 00:57:21,716
You're only helping him commit his crimes.

1109
00:57:21,740 --> 00:57:22,906
So tell me, State Preceptor...

1110
00:57:22,930 --> 00:57:24,100
How did you

1111
00:57:24,820 --> 00:57:25,840
end up here?

1112
00:57:29,220 --> 00:57:31,980
I suspected Eunuch Liu long ago.

1113
00:57:32,160 --> 00:57:33,696
This time I had you come out,

1114
00:57:33,720 --> 00:57:35,990
ostensibly to repair the Dragon Vein,

1115
00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:39,016
but in reality,
it was to draw out the snake in hiding.

1116
00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:40,040
Oh?

1117
00:57:40,220 --> 00:57:41,300
I don't think

1118
00:57:41,790 --> 00:57:43,540
it's that simple.

1119
00:57:43,630 --> 00:57:44,630
Oh?

1120
00:57:44,940 --> 00:57:46,096
Yinchuan,

1121
00:57:46,120 --> 00:57:47,280
what do you mean?

1122
00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:48,450
You said

1123
00:57:48,500 --> 00:57:50,346
Eunuch Liu and Miss Shi were allies.

1124
00:57:50,370 --> 00:57:51,556
Then why did he

1125
00:57:51,580 --> 00:57:53,180
lock her inside that coffin?

1126
00:57:54,330 --> 00:57:55,660
That doesn't add up.

1127
00:57:55,760 --> 00:57:56,680
Exactly.

1128
00:57:56,710 --> 00:57:58,460
He used her,

1129
00:57:58,510 --> 00:57:59,676
then discarded her like a tool,

1130
00:57:59,700 --> 00:58:02,116
feeding her to the Brain-Eating Bugs
as a host.

1131
00:58:02,140 --> 00:58:04,020
You couldn't tell that?

1132
00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:06,210
I only said

1133
00:58:06,660 --> 00:58:08,736
he locked her in a coffin.

1134
00:58:08,760 --> 00:58:10,130
So how did you know

1135
00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:12,470
she was meant to be a host?

1136
00:58:12,710 --> 00:58:13,576
Could it be

1137
00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:16,330
that you already knew Eunuch Liu's plan
to rebel,

1138
00:58:16,410 --> 00:58:18,140
yet deliberately let it slide?

1139
00:58:19,580 --> 00:58:20,580
Interesting.

1140
00:58:20,890 --> 00:58:21,890
Go on.

1141
00:58:22,170 --> 00:58:24,430
Liu dug into the palace to breed bugs

1142
00:58:24,460 --> 00:58:25,570
and create chaos,

1143
00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:26,890
and your goal

1144
00:58:27,410 --> 00:58:29,010
was to swoop in and take over.

1145
00:58:32,120 --> 00:58:33,460
Impressive.

1146
00:58:36,850 --> 00:58:38,776
There's only one thing I don't understand.

1147
00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:41,430
You're already State Preceptor,

1148
00:58:41,830 --> 00:58:43,556
second only to the emperor.

1149
00:58:43,580 --> 00:58:46,500
Why go through all this?

1150
00:58:46,620 --> 00:58:48,710
It was me pulling the strings,

1151
00:58:48,740 --> 00:58:51,410
helping Dewu seize the throne.

1152
00:58:52,220 --> 00:58:54,020
But once he held absolute power,

1153
00:58:54,570 --> 00:58:56,320
he tried to sideline me.

1154
00:58:56,410 --> 00:58:58,136
So I'll sever the Dragon Vein—
His very foundation,

1155
00:58:58,160 --> 00:58:59,490
crush his authority.

1156
00:58:59,660 --> 00:59:00,990
What can you do about it?

1157
00:59:02,310 --> 00:59:04,240
You brought me back for one reason...

1158
00:59:04,510 --> 00:59:07,460
To get me killed.

1159
00:59:08,540 --> 00:59:09,540
Zheng Yuanbao!

1160
00:59:10,120 --> 00:59:11,540
What are you waiting for?

1161
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:13,000
Do it!

1162
00:59:15,080 --> 00:59:15,597
Wait...

1163
00:59:15,621 --> 00:59:16,780
Bai...

1164
00:59:19,260 --> 00:59:20,260
Yuanbao!

1165
00:59:20,750 --> 00:59:21,790
You think

1166
00:59:21,940 --> 00:59:23,050
mugwort soup

1167
00:59:23,120 --> 00:59:26,370
can completely
remove the Brain-Eating Bugs?

1168
00:59:28,230 --> 00:59:31,250
Watch Bai Yinchuan closely.

1169
00:59:31,280 --> 00:59:32,450
When this is over,

1170
00:59:32,620 --> 00:59:37,540
you'll revive the Mystic Guard.

1171
00:59:39,250 --> 00:59:40,250
Revive

1172
00:59:42,470 --> 00:59:43,540
the Mystic Guard.

1173
00:59:44,950 --> 00:59:45,950
Zheng Yuanbao!

1174
00:59:46,540 --> 00:59:47,070
Yuanbao!

1175
00:59:47,290 --> 00:59:48,290
Yuanbao!

1176
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:52,770
Yuanbao, what's wrong?

1177
00:59:55,120 --> 00:59:56,120
Back then,

1178
00:59:56,450 --> 00:59:58,110
you nearly crippled yourself

1179
00:59:58,270 --> 01:00:00,490
to save him.

1180
01:00:00,830 --> 01:00:03,760
And you still believed
he'd revive the Mystic Guard?

1181
01:00:03,830 --> 01:00:05,510
He hid in the mountains,

1182
01:00:05,830 --> 01:00:07,346
living peacefully.

1183
01:00:07,370 --> 01:00:08,700
No, that's not the case.

1184
01:00:12,450 --> 01:00:13,450
Zheng Yuanbao!

1185
01:00:13,490 --> 01:00:14,510
Zheng Yuanbao!

1186
01:00:14,700 --> 01:00:15,700
Yuanbao!

1187
01:00:16,420 --> 01:00:17,570
I'm not going to die.

1188
01:00:26,110 --> 01:00:26,790
Yuanbao!

1189
01:00:26,950 --> 01:00:28,020
Ridiculous!

1190
01:00:31,100 --> 01:00:32,930
Why did you lie to me?

1191
01:00:33,050 --> 01:00:34,100
Yuanbao, wake up!

1192
01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:35,780
Don't let him control you.

1193
01:00:47,780 --> 01:00:48,640
Zheng Yuanbao!

1194
01:00:48,790 --> 01:00:49,870
Snap out of it.

1195
01:00:50,430 --> 01:00:52,490
Don't listen to the State Preceptor.

1196
01:00:52,750 --> 01:00:53,557
The Mystic Guard...

1197
01:00:53,581 --> 01:00:56,180
You really think
it can be rebuilt that easily?

1198
01:00:56,590 --> 01:00:57,590
Watch out!

1199
01:00:59,560 --> 01:01:00,560
Zheng Yuanbao!

1200
01:01:07,050 --> 01:01:08,930
Don't listen to their nonsense.

1201
01:01:09,330 --> 01:01:10,500
Do it. Now!

1202
01:01:11,290 --> 01:01:12,290
Yuanbao!

1203
01:01:12,330 --> 01:01:14,330
I never stopped thinking about you.

1204
01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:20,370
Bai Yinchuan,

1205
01:01:20,970 --> 01:01:24,530
this is the old friend
you risked your life to save.

1206
01:01:24,910 --> 01:01:26,320
One bug,

1207
01:01:26,780 --> 01:01:29,960
and all those old ties are gone.

1208
01:01:30,750 --> 01:01:31,750
So tell me...

1209
01:01:31,950 --> 01:01:33,150
Isn't the human heart

1210
01:01:33,580 --> 01:01:35,680
even easier to control

1211
01:01:36,040 --> 01:01:37,960
than that bone flute?

1212
01:01:39,910 --> 01:01:40,647
The human heart

1213
01:01:40,671 --> 01:01:41,870
is not your bug!

1214
01:01:41,910 --> 01:01:43,570
Enough talk.

1215
01:01:45,160 --> 01:01:46,160
Kill him!

1216
01:01:48,800 --> 01:01:50,600
- Zheng Yuanbao!
- No more words.

1217
01:01:56,120 --> 01:01:57,120
Yuanbao!

1218
01:01:57,490 --> 01:01:58,550
What are you doing?

1219
01:01:59,500 --> 01:02:01,110
He's lost control.

1220
01:02:01,910 --> 01:02:03,700
You killed the wrong person!

1221
01:02:08,830 --> 01:02:09,830
Yuanbao!

1222
01:02:13,450 --> 01:02:14,510
I didn't lie to you.

1223
01:02:15,080 --> 01:02:16,786
For the past 10 years,
all I wanted was to save you.

1224
01:02:16,810 --> 01:02:18,020
Live...

1225
01:02:19,540 --> 01:02:22,000
For yourself.

1226
01:02:23,340 --> 01:02:27,680
Forget the Mystic Guard.

1227
01:02:27,780 --> 01:02:28,910
Studying feng shui,

1228
01:02:30,920 --> 01:02:32,250
mapping the Dragon Vein

1229
01:02:32,790 --> 01:02:34,450
divining the country's fate,

1230
01:02:37,470 --> 01:02:38,930
and slaying evil spirits.

1231
01:03:11,910 --> 01:03:12,910
So it turns out

1232
01:03:13,260 --> 01:03:14,720
Your Majesty had already

1233
01:03:15,500 --> 01:03:17,500
seen through the Preceptor's plot.

1234
01:03:18,900 --> 01:03:20,360
It's just a trivial trick.

1235
01:03:20,870 --> 01:03:21,870
Then why send us

1236
01:03:21,980 --> 01:03:23,530
to investigate?

1237
01:03:25,820 --> 01:03:27,550
I knew exactly what you wanted...

1238
01:03:28,410 --> 01:03:29,940
Solve the case, earn merit,

1239
01:03:30,650 --> 01:03:32,110
rebuild the Mystic Guard.

1240
01:03:33,650 --> 01:03:34,760
So Your Majesty

1241
01:03:35,070 --> 01:03:37,560
knew my intentions
from the very beginning.

1242
01:03:37,870 --> 01:03:39,040
The Mystic Guard

1243
01:03:39,910 --> 01:03:41,310
hides secrets

1244
01:03:41,620 --> 01:03:42,910
and sees through fate.

1245
01:03:43,720 --> 01:03:46,460
I need it and I fear it.

1246
01:03:47,330 --> 01:03:48,460
It can be destroyed.

1247
01:03:50,830 --> 01:03:52,090
It can also be rebuilt.

1248
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:56,440
But without testing you,

1249
01:03:56,770 --> 01:03:59,430
how could I trust your loyalty
and your ability?

1250
01:04:03,880 --> 01:04:05,800
I'm sending you to guard Annan

1251
01:04:07,230 --> 01:04:07,776
[Imperial Pardon Xuanji Elite Guard]

1252
01:04:07,800 --> 01:04:09,930
Granting you a secret imperial edict.

1253
01:04:13,070 --> 01:04:14,500
As for Shi Lingyu,

1254
01:04:14,590 --> 01:04:14,716
[Imperial Pardon Xuanji Elite Guard]

1255
01:04:14,740 --> 01:04:16,940
For her role in quelling the rebellion,

1256
01:04:17,080 --> 01:04:18,347
all past crimes are forgiven.

1257
01:04:18,371 --> 01:04:25,020
[Graves of the Yujiagou Villagers]

1258
01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:28,960
With His Majesty's word,

1259
01:04:29,190 --> 01:04:30,650
you may lay down your armor

1260
01:04:31,080 --> 01:04:32,540
and return to a quiet life.

1261
01:04:35,070 --> 01:04:36,070
What about you?

1262
01:04:36,950 --> 01:04:38,810
You withdrew from the world once.

1263
01:04:38,970 --> 01:04:40,830
Now you return to serve the court.

1264
01:04:41,420 --> 01:04:44,310
Everything has gone exactly
as you planned.

1265
01:04:44,770 --> 01:04:46,010
You did all this

1266
01:04:47,270 --> 01:04:49,030
to revive the Mystic Guard.

1267
01:04:50,890 --> 01:04:52,770
Then serve the court well.

1268
01:04:53,570 --> 01:04:54,570
Remember,

1269
01:04:55,790 --> 01:04:57,330
harbor a heart of a demon,

1270
01:04:57,410 --> 01:04:59,140
strike with thunderous force.

1271
01:05:03,200 --> 01:05:06,130
Look at this national treasure forged
from a meteor.

1272
01:05:07,040 --> 01:05:09,970
Yu once forged the Nine Cauldrons
to guard the realm.

1273
01:05:10,700 --> 01:05:14,230
Today, I have the Earth-Demon Star
pressing down on the nation!

1274
01:05:18,870 --> 01:05:21,640
Poison with poison, right?

1275
01:05:28,750 --> 01:05:32,340
His Majesty never truly cared
about the truth.

1276
01:05:34,410 --> 01:05:37,350
Only whether people obey.

1277
01:05:40,020 --> 01:05:41,400
Everyone thinks

1278
01:05:41,610 --> 01:05:43,140
protecting the Dragon Vein

1279
01:05:43,250 --> 01:05:44,820
guarantees prosperity.

1280
01:05:48,290 --> 01:05:49,390
They're wrong.

1281
01:05:49,910 --> 01:05:51,080
The real Dragon Vein

1282
01:05:52,040 --> 01:05:53,390
is the human heart.

1283
01:05:59,210 --> 01:06:00,230
Do you remember

1284
01:06:00,590 --> 01:06:02,450
that burned mother and daughter?

1285
01:06:02,740 --> 01:06:04,730
One hand on her daughter's neck,

1286
01:06:04,920 --> 01:06:07,610
the other looked like it was holding her.

1287
01:06:07,900 --> 01:06:09,976
I guess she was controlled
by the Brain-Eating Bugs at first.

1288
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:11,600
But at the very end,

1289
01:06:11,710 --> 01:06:13,960
it was a mother's love that freed her.

1290
01:06:14,480 --> 01:06:17,410
That's why she used her body
to protect her daughter.

1291
01:06:17,450 --> 01:06:18,140
Wan'er!

1292
01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:19,620
I misjudged them.

1293
01:06:20,720 --> 01:06:23,120
I was wrong
about that mother and daughter.

1294
01:06:33,010 --> 01:06:33,700
Master,

1295
01:06:33,950 --> 01:06:36,006
I hope you can revive the Mystic Guard

1296
01:06:36,030 --> 01:06:38,290
and not become the next State Preceptor.

1297
01:07:01,560 --> 01:07:05,360
Imperial Pardon Xuanji Elite Guard