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[Eight years ago]

Jiaxian.

Did you

go see Mr. Du?

This is my business.

Stay out of it.

Since we've tied the knot,

we're husband and wife.

Your business is my business.

How can I stay out of it?

Tell me:

what's going on?

It's just spending 20,000 silver dollars to rebuild Immortal Temple.

As long as Jialiang and Jiashu

can come back safely,

there's nothing I can't give up.

That blind man Du told you this, didn't he?

Haven't you considered

that he might be lying to you?

I don't care if he's blind or deaf.

You were the ones who made me trust him in the first place!

Why is it doing a good deed when you believe him,

but being fooled when I do?

No...

These are two different things.

What if we lose our entire fortune

-and still can't save— -Jiang Feiyan!

Are the lives of my brother and sister more important,

or is our family's money?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean that.

I've been...

I've been...

Alright.

Everything's been counted.

If you want to help me,

take good care of Stepmother.

Jiaxian.

Jia...

[A Prophet]

[Episode 3]

You hit the nail on the head, Master.

Sure enough, Chen Jiarong

wasn't about to let me monopolize the gold mine.

It's to be expected.

Once we get our hands on that 50,000 silver dollars from the mine sale,

shouldn't we reel in the net?

You're too impatient.

This is just the beginning.

We must always finish what we start.

After all the work we put into this setup,

we have to stick the landing.

So you mean...

Play your role

as Lin Shengxiang well.

I'll keep you informed about the rest.

Uncle,

I've thought it through.

This mine...

should all belong to you.

What are you saying?

We agreed on half and half,

but now you're giving it all to me?

If word gets out,

what will people say about me?

Uncle,

this has nothing to do with you.

It's entirely voluntary.

What exactly happened?

Mr. Lin,

there's darkness between your brows.

It seems misfortune is upon you.

Your surname Lin comprises Wood.

You're born under the Fire element.

Wood and Fire are in bright harmony, and the Bing Fire is fierce.

If it were a tin mine, you could run it.

But a gold mine,

for you,

would be a disaster.

Oh, please.

That's sheer nonsense.

But what Mr. Song said before

all came true.

Anyway,

I wouldn't dare take on this mine no matter what.

How about this?

I'll take this mine

for now.

No matter what,

I'll refund

your principal to you in full first.

Thank you, Uncle.

Song Tiezui,

Immortal Song,

you're truly divine.

President Chen,

please don't make fun of me.

In our line of work,

we take people's money to ward off disasters for them.

I swear to the heavens

that helping you this time

will cost me 10 years of my life.

What do you mean?

I...

You're okay with deceiving others

for Hu Guangyuan,

but not for me?

No...

Listen up.

I saw right through you

the moment you took Hu Guangyuan's money

and recommended the tin mine to Lin Shengxiang.

Only Lin Shengxiang is stupid enough

to believe everything you say.

I did take Hu Guangyuan's money,

but from a feng shui perspective,

that mine is a treasure land.

I didn't lie,

and gold was indeed found.

Rubbish!

You're just a blind cat who found a dead mouse.

President Chen,

we agreed on 500 yuan.

Why did it become 100 yuan?

What?

You think 100 is too little?

It's 400 short.

Fine.

Let's go talk to Lin Shengxiang together

and see if he's willing to give you another 500.

You're leaving?

I'm leaving tomorrow.

So soon?

Back to Pujiang?

San Francisco.

That's far.

What about your business?

Something's been

bugging me about

that gold mine.

Do you want to reconsider?

There are other businesses besides gold mining.

We can open a factory.

I heard...

I just don't want this matter

to cause a rift between you and your father.

I'm sorry.

As you know,

Daddy's a businessman.

Actually, he didn't really cheat me out of anything.

Look, I haven't lost a single cent.

What about what you promised me?

Which is?

I'm still waiting...

for the ending of the story.

Sorry.

I haven't finished writing it.

Lin Shengxiang,

are you really stupid

or just playing dumb?

At the bar where we first met,

I left a gift for you.

First thing tomorrow morning...

remember to pick it up.

[Chen's Mining Plant]

Any gold?

Any gold?

Any over there?

Noticed any gold?

Are these all stones?

Where's my gold?

Keep digging!

Dig with all your might!

I must see gold, even if we have to

hollow out this mountain!

Dig!

Don't stop!

Keep digging!

Where's my gold?

Mr. Chen,

we've sifted 10 buckets in a row.

It's all stones.

Not a single grain of gold was found.

Mr. Chen!

Search thoroughly!

Don't let anyone escape!

Director Zhao,

I'll leave this matter to you.

You must catch those three swindlers.

I'll reward you handsomely.

You're too kind, President Chen.

I've sent people to

all the places you mentioned—

Hu Guangyuan's house,

Song Bingzhang's fortune-telling parlor—

but there was no one there.

Everything's been emptied out.

If those three aren't caught,

I, Chen Jiarong, will become the laughingstock of Pangzhou.

Don't worry. I'll deploy more men to

keep a close watch on all the stations and docks in the city.

They can't escape.

[Guanghe Warehouse]

Get off.

Right here.

Fine feathers make fine birds.

Go pick out an outfit.

How is it, Senior?

This photo's good.

His eyes look great.

You have to call him Master too.

Song Bingzhang is my senior.

[Song Bingzhang of Tianxiang Sect]

Alright, time's up.

Everyone, please go back.

Song Tiezui,

Immortal Song,

you're truly divine.

I didn't lie.

100,000 silver dollars

all turned into gold bars.

We made a fortune this time.

Junior,

it's all thanks to your strategic vision

and impeccable foresight.

Chen Jiarong is hunting us down all over the city.

Is this warehouse we prepared in advance safe?

I've arranged for the Chen family

to head to the docks and stations.

This place is remote.

No one will think of coming here.

Do you think

that old fart would fall for it so easily,

believing there's gold in the mine?

He's one of us.

[Zhu Wangfu of Tianxiang Sect]

I thought of finding one of our own to

disguise as a miner

and ask around at the Hu family's mine.

You really think ahead, Master.

I'm very impressed.

You did a decent job too.

Come on. How much do I owe you?

100 silver dollars a day,

for a total of 10 days.

Plus a bonus of 1,000 silver dollars,

that makes a total of

2,000 silver dollars.

Gui,

give it to him.

Here.

For you.

Take it!

Master,

what's this about?

Originally,

we didn't have to kill you.

But you've caused us trouble time and again,

always acting on your own.

Besides, you know too much.

Keeping you alive is a threat.

Am I right?

Master,

according to Tianxiang Sect's rules,

killing fellow disciples

is a capital offense.

We are fellow disciples.

You are not.

You're just a nobody.

What are you laughing at?

Before I left home today,

I told my own fortune.

The hexagram said

I'm not destined to die today.

Whoever tries to kill me

will also end up dead.

You can even tell fortunes?

Then let's see how accurate

your fortune-telling is.

Alright,

enough nonsense.

Gui.

You

are just a big idiot!

Freeze!

Things are getting tense! Let's bail!

Freeze!

Freeze!

Freeze!

Freeze!

Don't shoot!

Freeze!

At the bar where we first met,

I left a gift for you.

First thing tomorrow morning,

remember to pick it up.

Miss Chen.

Miss Chen?

Mr. Lin asked me to give this to you.

[Chen Qingying]

[Target Profile]

Hello.

I was hired for 100 silver dollars a day

to win you over.

I've never heard this pickup line before.

I'm serious.

And I agreed to it.

You're quite interesting.

Saving the damsel in distress?

So cliché.

It is a bit cliché.

But...

there are always fools who fall for it.

[East Suburb Warehouse 405]

Wait.

Officer.

I have something to report.

Why isn't he arrested?

He's a fraud too.

We're accomplices.

His real name isn't Lin Shengxiang.

It's Lyu Ruhui.

I brought him back from Pujiang.

In this situation,

you're still trying to frame Mr. Lin.

You really won't quit until the bitter end, huh?

Take a good look at this.

His passport and ID document

were found at the hotel.

It's been verified.

There's no doubt about it!

I hunted eagles all my life,

only to have my eyes pecked out by a house sparrow.

Young fellow,

you're good.

Take them away!

Director Zhao.

Gentlemen,

look here.

Those two ID documents

are fake.

Who on earth are you?

Since you know they're fake,

why did you save a fraud like me?

What did you cheat me out of?

My money,

my body,

or my feelings?

Don't be fooled again.

You're luckier than me.

At least you didn't lose anything.

I want to know how the story ends.

The real ending.

Fine.

I'll tell you now.

[Eight years ago]

Mr. Du, Mr. Du,

here's 20,000 silver dollars.

I've wiped out my entire life savings.

Please save my brother and sister.

I've already told you

that the money isn't for me.

It's for you to rebuild the temple

and worship the Immortal Elder.

I understand.

I understand.

Please take action as soon as possible.

Being in seclusion for 7 days,

I've heard some divine whisper in the mist.

But I still have to ask the founder

if I can tell you this information.

Come forward and take a look.

A moonlit night on the 15th

by the Nanxi River,

the immortal children descend.

Against the current...

Against the current...

I can't see the last few words clearly.

A moonlit night on the 15th?

Isn't that tonight?

Since the founder answered the prayer,

go to Nanxi River

at midnight tonight,

and you'll see your brother and sister.

What does "immortal children descending"

mean?

Go,

and you'll know.

The river's flowing backwards,

and the corpses are drifting from downstream to upstream.

I've never seen such a spooky thing before.

Mr. Du said it's the sins

committed by the Wangs...

Jialiang!

That angered the Immortal Elder.

Jiashu!

We'd better pool our money quickly

to repair the Immortal Temple.

Mr. Du said that

restoring the gold-leaf statue is the only way

to appease Immortal Elder's anger.

Jialiang!

Jiashu!

Jialiang!

Jiashu!

The immortal children descend. Against the current, the corpses go.

The immortal children descend. Against the current, the corpses go.

The immortal children descend. Against the current, the corpses go.

The immortal children descend. Against the current, the corpses go.

The immortal children descend. Against the current, the corpses go.

The immortal children descend. Against the current, the corpses go.

Jialiang!

Jiashu!

Jialiang!

Jiashu!

Jialiang.

Jiashu.

Wang Jiaxian!

Your lack of reverence

enraged Immortal Elder!

Now the whole town has to live in fear!

Get out!

Get out now!

Get out, you jinx!

Immortal Elder wants the lives of you Wangs!

We're innocent! Don't drag us down!

Get out!

Your brother and sister died in your place!

The corpses floating upstream is Immortal Elder manifesting to take lives!

You're next!

Get out now!

Feiyan.

Feiyan!

Feiyan!

Feiyan!

Feiyan?

Stepmother.

Stepmother.

Stepmother.

Jiaxian.

Jialiang...

and Jiashu...

are dead!

Stepmother!

Stepmother.

Talisman.

Talisman.

Stepmother.

Stepmother!

What are you doing?

Jiaxian.

It was me...

who killed your father.

Stepmother.

What are you talking about?

That blind man Du made me do it.

He gave me all these talismans.

He told me

to burn them to ashes

and secretly feed them to your father.

Stepmother...

Are you out of your mind?

Only by doing this

would your father love me and only me.

All these years,

had my father not treated you well?

Your father...

did treat me very well.

You also treated me like your own mother

and doted on your brother and sister.

I've been married into the Wang family for so many years,

had two children,

managed the household,

and raised you three.

But I've always...

remained an outsider.

Stepmother!

What are you saying?

Your father thought I didn't know.

He only married me

because I look like your mother.

Your mother

has been dead for 20 years.

But in this house...

I'm just her replacement...

her shadow.

Do you know that

when your father got drunk,

he only called your mother's name?

I'm a woman.

I have no other desires.

I just wanted your father to love only me,

to stop seeing me as just a replacement!

Is it wrong of me to have just this

one little selfish wish?

I didn't expect that

this tiny bit of selfishness...

would result in your father's death.

Your father

hated my guts.

So,

he took Jialiang and Jiashu away.

He's punishing me.

Stepmother,

please come to your senses.

I didn't take good care of this family.

I let the Wang family down.

I also let your father down.

Your mother too.

When I get to the other side,

I will

kowtow to them

and apologize.

Stepmother.

Stepmother.

Stepmother.

Stepmother.

Stepmother.

That wife of yours

isn't coming back.

By the river,

I saw her walking away...

alone.

♪ Under the old city wall, that year the rain fell gently ♪

This story is very tragic.

But it's not over yet, is it?

♪ You walked by with an umbrella, saying loneliness didn't scare you ♪

I don't know.

Maybe it's already over.

♪ Later, a blade lay hidden within a smile ♪

Maybe it's just begun.

♪ An impulsive, spiteful remark cut deep into my heart ♪

♪ You know full well how weak I am ♪

Shengxiang,

I know this story

♪ Yet you always turn around ♪

doesn't belong to me.

♪ Shielding me from harsh words and cold daggers ♪

But the scenery I saw with you

while listening to it...

♪ May you journey toward your future ♪

I will always remember.

♪ Leave this stormy sea behind ♪

♪ Let the toxic love we shared ♪

♪ Be the moss that helps you grow ♪

♪ May you find your way out of the haze that is us ♪

♪ Leave me out of your story ♪

♪ Should freedom be your ultimate desire ♪

I will, too.

♪ I shall bloom for you in silence ♪

I spent some money

to buy those two scoundrels

back from Director Zhao.

Fraud will

get them three years at most.

I'm not letting two bastards get off that easy.

I see.

But you know what?

The one I hate the most...

is actually you.

If Qingying hadn't pleaded for you,

you'd be down there right now too.

After going around in such a big circle,

my money is still my money,

and the four swindlers are still four swindlers.

What are you after?

It's them you're after.

You could say that.

Even so,

you shouldn't have lied to me,

let alone deceive Qingying!

You scumbag!

Qingying's a good woman.

I let her down.

But you being scammed...

You deserved it.

If I'm not mistaken,

when Qingying first approached me,

you were pulling the strings behind the scenes, right?

After that,

you were the one playing both sides,

and you were the one who wanted the gold mine to yourself.

If you hadn't been greedy,

who could've scammed

a single penny from you?

You're not the first scammer

I've met.

But a scammer

so self-righteous is really a first.

But I've seen plenty of

hypocrites like you.

Whatever.

Whatever.

What are you doing here?

I'm here to ask you about someone.

Who?

He's surnamed Du,

in his early fifties,

and he's blind.

Who exactly are you?

I'm the one asking questions.

You just have to answer me.

Then...

Don't say a thing.

If... If I tell you,

what's in it for us?

That old fart Chen Jiarong

gave me this authority:

whoever answers my question,

I'll let him go.

But

I can only let one person go.

Don't believe him, Senior.

Don't say anything.

Neither of you will talk?

Then

you'll both have to die.

Goodbye.

Can you give us some water to drink?

The person you're looking for

is Du Binghui!

Shut up!

Junior, this is unbearable.

Song Bingzhang!

Don't speak!

Shut up!

He's my master!

He's the grandmaster of Longxuya Branch!

He's currently in Qianshan.

I'm his eldest disciple.

He trusts me the most!

Take me out of here,

and I'll help you kill him!

Song Bingzhang!

Use your brain!

The one we offended is Chen Jiarong.

Our lives

are not up to him!

He's right.

Your lives

are indeed not up to me.

Goodbye!

Come back!

You dirty liar!

Oh, my lord!

Don't show up in Qingying's life ever again.

Come back here!

You dirty liar!

Turn on the machine.

Send these two fine fellows

on their way.

H-Help!

Help!

Spare me!

I don't want to die!

How's his health been?

He's much better.

Lately, I've been asking him to take a walk after meals.

Mr. Jin is waiting for you inside.

Mentor.

Looking at your mother's fate blueprint,

I'm afraid she won't survive this time.

Master, I beg you.

Please save my mother.

If you don't help me,

my mother will die!

Master, please help him.

Please help him.

If you believe him...

your mother will really die.

Do you have a grudge against me?

Why target a fortune teller like me?

I have no grudge against you.

But I know...

you fortune-telling bastards

are all frauds!

You've gone too far!

I'll fight you!

He's bullying an old man!

Sir.

Sir, are you okay?

What are you waiting for?

Get him!

Hit him hard!

Wallop him!

Hit him hard!

We're done here!

This ruined temple is quite eerie.

Come down.

Let's chat.

Your facial features indicate

you have a long life ahead of you.

You won't die today.

Come down and talk to me.

You think? Watch me die

right in front of you today then.

Come on.

Warm up by the fire.

You clearly have no experience.

How could such a thin rope

hold the weight

of a grown man like you?

What?

Have you hanged yourself before?

In these chaotic times,

who hasn't seen a few folks hang themselves?

Why is it that you want to

end it all?

Aren't you a fortune teller?

Take a guess.

What else could it be?

Loved ones passing away,

one's family falling from grace,

losing people and assets,

or a broken romance.

Life inevitably boils down

to these few things.

Old man...

do you believe in fate?

Of course I do.

Then tell me:

what sins could a person commit in their past life

to simultaneously experience

his loved ones passing away,

his family falling from grace,

losing people and assets,

and a broken romance?

It seems you're determined to die.

I've been wandering the world for years

and heard many stories of the living.

But the stories of the dead...

I've really never heard.

Tell me about it.

You've been set up.

Set up?

There are many swindlers out there,

but judging from your experience,

it should be

the work of Tianxiang Sect.

Tianxiang Sect?

What is that?

The Tianxiang Sect

is a band of con artists

who use fortune-telling

as a front.

From the moment you met Jiang Feiyan,

you'd already fallen into their trap.

But Jiang Feiyan's an opera singer.

She has nothing to do with this.

The Tianxiang Sect has many members,

and one of their branches is all female.

They don't tell fortunes,

but they use their looks to seduce men

to fleece them.

How do you know so much about Tianxiang Sect?

I used to be in Tianxiang Sect.

You...

Look,

I have the Tianxiang Sect to thank

for this lame leg.

I slaved away for them,

only to be backstabbed.

Now I've ended up like this.

At my worst,

I was only a breath away

from death.

The only thing keeping me alive

is one thought:

destroy Tianxiang Sect.

Destroy Tianxiang Sect?

With that lame leg of yours,

how can you destroy them?

Physical strength isn't needed for my revenge.

I know all the tricks of Tianxiang Sect.

They're nothing but charlatans putting on a supernatural show

to delude people.

Then how did

the Immortal Elder recruit

the child attendants?

Saving countless souls!

The child attendants you saw

must've been living people.

They were alive when they were

sealed into clay statues.

They couldn't speak or move,

and would die

in a few days.

Then...

how did the words materialize

in the incense ash, becoming a prophecy fulfilled?

It's a little ruse of theirs.

They coated the surface with a solution and wrote words with their finger,

causing the sprinkled

incense ash to stick and reveal the text.

[Silly]

Then how did they make corpses drift against the current?

It's very simple.

They had two good swimmers

[Lyu Ruhui]

dive into the water,

using reed stalks to breathe.

The reed stalks are very thin,

so people on the shore can hardly see them.

This creates the illusion of corpses drifting against the current.

What are they hoping to achieve...

by doing all this?

Fearmongering.

The blind man Du used

the tragic deaths of your family

to scare the villagers.

His goal was to raise money under the guise of

carrying out justice for heaven

and rebuilding the Immortal Temple.

The villagers were beyond terrified

and rushed to donate money to rebuild the temple.

They couldn't have imagined

that Blind Du

had already fled with the money.

Who is the mastermind...

behind this?

He should be...

Zhang Dancheng.

Zhang Dancheng.

So...

what should I do

to take revenge on Tianxiang Sect?

If you want to take revenge,

you must understand Tianxiang Sect

better than anyone else.

They're ruthless,

but you mustn't fear their ruthlessness.

They're evil,

but we must face their evil head-on.

You must accurately

calculate their every move

and see through their every scheme.

Only in this way

can you get revenge.

Sir,

please accept me as your apprentice.

As long as I can get revenge...

I'm willing to learn anything.

Okay.

From now on,

I, Jin Buhuan, am your mentor, and you my apprentice.

[In the next episode]

May I ask what manner of hero I'm dealing with?

Let's talk it out.

This fanfare isn't necessary.

Turf?

Your fate is dominated by a fierce element of Fire.

Within a month,

your entire family will perish.

Take him out.

Chop him up to feed the dogs.