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(Phantom Love)

(Episode 22)

Someone put a spell on you.

Once the spell activates,

it's very powerful. It harms innocent people,

including you too.

You really need to be careful.

(I have to find a way to break the spell as soon as possible.)

Your Highness.

This is Qing Lan. Greetings, Your Highness.

No need for formalities.

I'm no longer the Prince of Xian.

Qing Lan follows only you, Your Highness.

No matter who you are,

I'll stick with you through life and death.

You've suffered a lot.

I was also hurt by others.

There are still some things I haven't figured out yet.

So I have to take some risks.

Don't worry, Your Highness.

I'll stay outside the door at all times.

This item can track people.

It will help Your Highness defeat Meng Li.

(The Shadow-Seeking Talisman)

(can track the target's whereabouts.)

(It follows them like a shadow.)

(But it's extremely volatile.)

(It goes off when you touch it.)

(Once triggered,)

(everything within a hundred lis turns to scorched earth.)

(Nothing survives.)

(The talisman looks like a small wooden tag.)

(But it must be planted behind the ear.)

(Its effect starts from the ear,)

(and spreads to the chest.)

(The curse breaks only when flesh and bone are torn apart.)

(Blood must spill)

(or it will stop for nothing.)

(Mu Fei Shuang really had other motives.)

Li,

I, Shen Dao Zhi,

will never let you down in this life.

If I ever fail you,

may my life and soul perish.

(The bonds between people)

(come and go,)

(and I never cared about any of it.)

(But when you showed up,)

(you made me look forward to something,)

(to yearn for something.)

(A bond that lasts through lifetimes)

(should be the most precious connection.)

(But I've let you down again and again,)

(It's truly unforgivable.)

(There's no way to make up for it.)

By the water, among the clouds,

lies the hidden nest of a thousand spirits.

It's where the faint light hides.

It looks like we need to find a place with water,

a nest, and some kind of mysterious light.

Li,

do you know where this could be?

A place with water and a nest

is easy enough to imagine.

But there are plenty of places that fit those two conditions.

We probably don't have time to search them all.

The meaning of 'faint light'

is something I just can't figure out.

It's where the faint light hides.

The hidden nest.

Could it be Youming Mountain?

Youming Mountain only got that name in recent years.

You Wen Cai wrote this poem a hundred years ago.

So it can't be based on the mountain's name.

That's true.

So where exactly is the place hiding the Shui Yun Xi?

Li,

someone's here to see you.

He's the one who killed Bell Demon.

How does he even have the nerve to show up here?

Kill him! Avenge Bell Demon!

- Yes. - That's right.

Kill him!

Avenge Bell Demon!

Kill him!

- Kill him! - Don't act recklessly.

What are you doing here?

I'm here to repent.

I let you down.

I let down the whole demon clan too.

No matter what you ask of me,

I will do it even if it costs me my life.

I just want to make up for even a tiny part of what I've done.

You kept putting the demon village in danger over and over.

Now you show up with all these fancy excuses.

Don't think being a demon means you can do whatever you want.

I brought you along before

because you gained demon power from devouring nightmares

and I could use it.

I don't have time to play games with you anymore.

Just leave.

What tricks are you trying now?

This is

a tracking talisman placed on me,

the Shadow-Seeking Talisman.

It's meant to wipe out the demon village.

Earlier,

we met at Xiyue Mountain

because of this talisman.

Now,

I'm taking it out.

I just hope you'll believe me.

So what?

My fallen kin can't come back to life.

Who knows what you're really after?

Get out!

Leave!

- Get lost! - Leave!

He's already a demon.

We can't just stand by and watch him die.

Get him some herbs.

As for everything else,

it's up to his own fate.

(They)

(treated my wounds.)

(It looks like)

(demons are kinder than humans)

(after all.)

Come chase me!

Slow down!

Wait for me!

- That way? - Yes!

Come catch me!

Hurry up!

I'm sorry,

Bell Demon.

You died because of me.

I know no matter what I say now

or do

won't achieve anything.

No matter how many times I apologize,

I can't bring you back.

Now I've seen everything

that happened before,

I know I brought this on myself.

This pain

is what I deserve.

You think acting all pitiful

and apologizing

will fix anything?

Some mistakes, once made,

can never be undone.

I'm sorry.

I also know

everything we've been through.

The one you love killed your best friend.

Your heart must hurt so much.

The one tied to my past is already gone.

You killed the innocent Bell Demon with your own hands.

This hatred,

I'll never forget.

I know you hate me.

Everyone saw me

kill Bell Demon that day,

But that final strike wasn't what I truly wanted.

My mind was foggy then.

I didn't know what I was doing.

Even now,

you're still making excuses.

I swear on my life

that every word I say next

is the absolute truth.

(On the day Bell Demon was killed,)

(I cast the immobilizing spell on her.)

It freezes the mind and soul, like water stilled with no ripples.

(I wanted to find a way to break the barrier.)

(But I never meant to kill her.)

When I finally came to,

she was already...

So you're saying

you were being controlled?

You think a few words will fool me?

What did you just do?

This is a secret technique from Qingdu Temple.

It makes its target

lose their mind for a while

and become a puppet to the caster.

You were

under my control just now.

I just want you to stay alert,

so tragedy

doesn't happen again.

Bell Demon, you're still so kind.

Even as a bell,

you're still so soft-hearted.

Bell Demon died because of me.

No matter what I say,

I can't make up for even a fraction of it.

Let her rest here by the flowing water,

in this deep, quiet cave.

May she rest in peace.

What did you just say?

I said I couldn't make up...

Not this one.

Let her rest in peace here

by the flowing water.

Honestly, it's pretty good now.

The demon clan's flowing streams

shine with gentle light.

To be able to protect such a beautiful place,

I'm already content.

(Yun Xi turned to a horn, hidden without a trace.)

(By the water, the clouds linger with meaning.)

(Where countless spirits nest and stars fall,)

(in hidden light, the sacred horn appears.)

(Broken dreams, lingering feelings,)

(the world overturned.)

(Black jade sinks deep, fate comes to an end.)

Flowing water.

By the water, among clouds.

That's Xianyin Spring

Countless spirits nest,

that's the demon village.

Gentle light shines,

and where the light hides is...

It turns out that what I've been searching for

is but right

in front of me.