Original subtitles

~ Ask blade, knife, to cast off resentment ~

~ Grudges add to my troubles ~

~ Ask tactics, moves, who's more skilled ~

~ Life is unpredictable ~

~ Ask the road, journey, peaks, rivers ~

~ Where's my soulmate; I'm lonely ~

~ Ask rain, skies, about worries ~

~ Gaze at the moon every night ~

~ Ask flowers, leaves, of perfect colours ~

~ Spring nights too brief; how many are left? ~

~ Ask Autumn, Winter; snowstorm keeps blowing ~

~ Rainbow fades; days are hard ~

~ Flowers bloomed early, who knows why ~

~ Heaven won't mock us, it grew old ~

~ Jianghu is small, world is vast ~

~ I've forgotten those who've gone ~

~ Flowers withered, who knows why ~

~ Heaven feels no sorrow, it's grown old ~

~ Heroes all died; little time is left ~

~ I've forgotten those who are gone ~

Episode 11

Masters. Repairs are going well here.

When Heroes Assembly begins,

Five Lakes will witness your Wulin rulership.

Truly a Jianghu legend.

What Wulin Chief?

I put in effort just to

protect our heritage,

not for personal reasons.

Aye.

Wen Kexing, you're acting crazy again.

I'm always crazy.

When I'm not, you all fear more.

Why suddenly kill White Grim Reaper?

Why ask my girls to spread half that nursery rhyme?

What's your actual plan?

Don't take tolerance as forgiveness.

Wen Kexing!

Chief, be calm.

Master is mad because she cares.

We care about you and want to do better.

Qianqiao, get up.

You fear him, right?

I don't!

Glad Mourning Ghost, leave.

I've private orders for Alluring Ghost.

Wen Kexing.

Now you think you're all powerful.

Master.

Get up.

Chief.

Forgive Master's rudeness.

Your actions have intent.

We should follow orders.

Intent?

I just wanted to kill someone.

What intent?

Changeful Ghost planned to revolt.

Killing his trusted man, White Grim Reaper,

is a warning to him.

Alluring Ghost.

You know the outcome of guessing my intent?

One guesses for one's benefit.

I only want to work for you and Master.

I've nothing to hide.

Don't worry.

Everything's in my control.

I have a task for you.

Aye. I will obey.

Are your transformation skills from Four Seasons Villa?

Yes.

Never.

When little, I chanced to

do a favour for a Jianghu Senior.

Pitying my disfigurement, he taught me his skills.

That's all.

He must've been Four Seasons Chief, Qin Huaizhang.

It was him.

I heard Four Seasons Villa

has flowers in all seasons

and is very beautiful.

Since you met Qin Huaizhang,

why didn't you visit him?

I am part of Ghost Valley.

I have no nostalgia for the world.

I only want to be loyal to Ghost Valley and you.

That's right.

We are Ghosts.

Ghosts disappear in the light.

[ Yueyang Sect ]

The world is vast.

I am now alone and can go anywhere.

Why would I stay here

to watch fools put on an act?

Haven't I seen enough before?

What were these years for?

[Tonight 11:00PM, be at Lotus Pond - Xu]

Why are you sneaking around?

I...I'm hungry and can't sleep

so I came to find food.

Isn't that okay?

Fine, of course.

When you're Yueyang Sect leader,

do as you want.

But that's in the future.

What do you want? I'll tell the kitchen.

Wait in your room.

No need for bother.

I'll find kitchen leftovers.

If you don't go back,

I'll tell Master.

Sister Xiang? You came too?

Why are you out late at night?

Where are Master and Uncle Wen?

Didn't Master ask you to get me?

Get you?

I've seen him before.

He's an internal servant.

So he works for Master!

I'm here. Where's Master?

( Pretty Arhat - Scorpion )

- Who are you? - Not your business!

Idiot, leave!

- Sister Xiang. - Leave!

Stinky Girl.

Sister Xiang!

Chengling!

Qin, cover me!

( Qin Song, Magic Musician )

After all this time, I ended up with nothing.

Zhou Zishu.

You thought you were smart.

Did you leave Sky Window

to drown to death in wine?

This world has so many fools.

Who's more foolish than you?

Let go of me!

Chengling?

Find anything?

- No. - Look there.

Okay.

You, there. The rest, here.

Okay!

Master Wen.

Excuse me. We're looking for an intruder.

Have you seen a man holding a lute?

He may not be holding it.

Magic Musician, Qin Song?

Great! You know him.

He and another intruder abducted Chengling.

The city gates are locked.

Master Wen, please help.

I advise you to face reality.

Tell me where Glazed Armour is

so you can stop the torture.

Tomboy.

Why can't you be tender?

If cutr Little Bro is tortured,

he won't be handsome.

Little Bro, does it hurt?

Shall I blow on it?

Stinky woman, don't touch me!

I want to touch you.

That dog is hot on my heels.

Why isn't my team aiding me?

Where'd your accomplice take him?

Will you tell me

or will I squeeze the answer out of you?

Little Bro, tell us now?

Kill me!

Want to die before telling us?

Baby, killing you favours you.

I have 100 methods worse than death.

Are you done?

You frivolous woman.

Master lacks the patience for you to use 100 methods.

This brat looks weak

but he's stubborn.

You'll force me to use my real skills?

Such a little brat.

If you accidentally kill him, we'll both die.

Leave him.

I'll do it.

Go see why Monster Jiang is taking so long to get Qin.

I won't go.

I don't care about those two.

I want to see what skills you have.

Then bring me a basin of water

and sheets of Xuan paper.

Your lute playing hand is now ruined.

I met another tough man before

and asked him a question.

He also wouldn't answer.

I had no choice.

I could only, one at a time, one by one, crush each bone,

slowly forcing the answer out of him.

My dad told me

the human body has 206 bones.

When I got to the 80th bone,

that tough man answered.

Qin Song. Tell me right now

where your accomplice took the boy.

Well?

I don't need your flowery skills.

Water and sheets of paper.

I've yet to meet a man who withstands water torture!

My admiration, Tomboy.

Cruelty sure succeeds.

I'm truly less skilled.

Well, want to tell us now?

I'll tell you.

Glazed Armour...

What did you say?

What other tortures? Use them all.

I can bear them.

My dad is Mirror Lake Hero, Zhang Yusen.

No son of his is a coward!

Who are you?

Dare attack Four Assassins?

Stinky Scorpion bunch don't deserve to know my name.

You know of Scorpion?

I do. I'm your forebear!

Master!

You're alone? Where's Qin?

Can't find him!

These damn Nails.

I can't drag out this fight.

Why's this dog here?

Don't talk. Kill him!

Master!

Who are you?

You know of Scorpion. You must also know

Scorpion King kills whoever

and gets whatever he wants.

Coincidentally,

I kill whoever I want and get whatever I want.

Monster Jiang!

Master!

Don't fear, I'm here.

He's at his limit. Attack together!

Capture him alive.

I'll get sweet revenge for Qin Song and Monster Jiang.

Handsome Bro.

I'll show you how it feels to want to die.

Uncle Wen!

Who hurt you?

Uncle Wen, they abducted me

and hurt my Master.

Don't follow them.

Get Chengling out.

No.

I'll destroy whoever hurt you!

Let's go.

Master, what...what are those?

Don't be afraid.

Take Chengling away.

It's fine if you don't go.

Dying with you is a fine ending.

Who wants to die with you?

Live and die together. How touching.

Pleased to meet you.

Sorry for a late welcome.

Those scum killed Jiang and crippled Qin!

You lost disgracefully yet shamelessly complain?

Leader Zhou.

Won't you introduce

your life-and-death friend?

Who are you?

Why send people to abduct Chengling?

Friend, I can tell you who I am

but first tell me who you are.

Let's bet.

The loser must tell the winner

who he really is.

He talks even more than you.

King, who are they?

Sky Window Leader; Ghost Valley Chief.

Ghost Chief?

How did those two devils

end up together?

( Yueyang Sect )

Big Brother.

It's fine. Don't be too anxious.

Four Assassins snatched Chengling

to find out where Glazed Armour is.

If Chengling doesn't talk, he won't be in danger.

Enough.

Master, Uncle Wen. You came to save me.

Sister Xiang was right.

You didn't leave me behind!

Little Idiot.

You call me Uncle Wen and him Master.

Makes it seem I'm younger.

Aren't I the elder?

Four Assassins tortured you and you didn't cry.

Why cry after seeing us?

Alright, act like a man.

I'd rather die than give in to their torture.

But when I saw you, I...

Master, Uncle Wen.

I've many things to tell you!

Really yummy.

A'Xu.

Chengling, hungry, right?

Eat first.

Master, I know only you two are truly good to me.

Little Idiot. Don't those Uncles treat you well?

I heard Gao Chong will wed his daughter to you.

I've no daughter, just Xiang.

I can't offer, as you can't handle her.

They just want Glazed Armour

and don't care about me or my family's revenge.

At the start,

I thought they saw me as their Nephew.

Later I realized

they never treated Dad as a Brother, much less me.

Little Idiot, elaborate.

Uncle Gao's concern isn't revenge.

He used that as an excuse to hold Heroes Assembly.

At Yueyang Sect, nobody truly cared about me

or asked what I wanted.

Then what do you want?

I want to learn wugong.

I want revenge.

I can't be a useless kid,

letting others protect me.

I want to continue Mirror Lake's heritage

as Dad and my brothers wished.

Chengling, what happened to make you

strongly suspect Five Lakes?

Do you want to tell us?

Eat first. No rush to tell us.

No. Master, Uncle Wen.

The day my family was killed,

Dad had little time to tell me much

except for one thing.

"Trust no-one; no-one is trustworthy."

But Master, Uncle Wen, I trust you.

Little Idiot. Don't rush to trust anyone.

Master, I should've trusted you from the start.

Back then, Uncle Li (boatman)

didn't know about Dad and Five Lakes

and wanted to take me to Uncle Zhao.

I didn't know what to do or whom to believe.

Master, I'm sorry.

I should've trusted you from the start.

Glazed Armour is with me.

Dad was in a rush

and cut my gut to hide it.

The wound healed over it.

I'll give it to you now.

Little Idiot.

Did I say I wanted it?

Little Idiot, why rush?

Slowly get to know outsiders.

Your dad must've been cautious because he guessed,

even if Li safely took you to his Brothers,

they would search you.

Seems he lost trust in his Brothers long ago.

Yes. Others don't know they were at odds for years.

Do you know why their ties turned sour?

I know. He gave me a letter.

Where is it?

I hid it under the derelict temple's Buddha.

I thought you're an idiot yet you're shrewd.

You managed to hide it in that situation.

Dad said only the addressee can have the letter.

I didn't know what to do so I hid it there.

I figured at least I can tell the addressee.

Who's the addressee? You recall the letter's contents?

The letter is for Mt. Everbright Sword Immortal.

It said Gao, Zhao, Lu, Zhang and Shen

were friends with Rong Xuan.

Uncle Rong qi-deviated due to the five Brothers.

The six had a sword fight over Six Harmonies Cultivation.

Uncle Rong won but had a poison cut.

He went crazy.

Someone had poisoned their sword.

And then?

Uncle Rong turned demonic.

The five were responsible

but none defended Uncle Rong

when Jianghu attacked him. (Mt. Green Cliff)

Dad aimed to go to Mt. Green Cliff to fight to the death.

But Dad's Master broke his legs and locked him up.

He regretted living.

Who poisoned the sword?

I...I don't know.

But it was Uncle Gao's sword.

[ Brother Zhang Yusen - memorial tablet ]

[ Zhen Ruyu and Madam Ruyu ]

Yusen, I'm sorry.

I lost your son.

I waited twenty years

to uncover the truth

but only heard of deaths.

( memorial tablets of close friends )

My close friends died one by one.

What 5-Lakes Wulin leader? They're just titles.

I explained to others but who truly listened?

They disbelieved me, fine.

But you didn't believe me.

[ Zhang Yusen ]

Our kids are as old as we were when we first met.

Now I'm old but you're dead.

Big Brother Rong.

My life's biggest regret is meeting you!

[ Rong Xuan ]

Yusen.

Taichong. [ Lu Taichong ]

You two reunited in the Netherworld.

You're cursing me, right?

Go on cursing.

A'Xu, let me have wine.

Give it to him.

Master. Uncle Wen.

You two argued?

Don't...don't be angry.

Good pals solve issues.

Placate Master.

He looks cold but he's soft-hearted.

You said "tough lady can't resist clingy man".

Shut up.

What rot did you teach him?

Who's soft-hearted?

Brat, talking rot.

I know. Your heart is soft.

How'd Uncle Wen upset you? I'll apologize for him.

Don't be mad at each other.

Alright.

Yueyang Sect is heavily guarded.

How'd Four Assassins snatch you?

I...I got a note to go to Lotus Pond at 11:00PM.

Sister Xiang helped me avoid guards on the way.

The note was signed "Xu" so I believed it.

It wasn't from you?

It wasn't.

The world is dangerous now.

Yueyang Sect is safest for you.

Your internal injury is acting up?

Internal injury? What injury?

Master, what's wrong?

Right. This injury is my only chance to aid A'Xu.

Chengling. Do you know, on first seeing your Master,

I knew he'd changed his looks

by his bone structure.

*That sickly mask must hide an exquisite Beauty.

Don't boast.

How'd I boast?

My knowing bone structure is peerless.

You're great.

I didn't spot Master's transformation.

In my life, I've never made a mistake.

Years ago, I saw a corpse.

Messy hair; blood covered face.

A long spear pierced the chest.

I looked closely at the shoulder blades

and knew she was a Beauty when alive.

Guess what happened?

Let the past stay in the past.

My condolences.

Old Wen, who are you?

Who am I?

I am Well-doer Wen—

doing virtuous deeds, aiding the poor and weak.

Kind, wealthy; surrounded by Beauties.

*Among 10,000 flowers, I'll only pick this one.

Master. Drink some.

Chengling. You truly want me as your Master?

Yes, Master.

You barely know me yet trust me fully.

I reciprocate with sincerity.

But first hear who I really am, then decide.

My real name is Zhou Zishu.

I am current Chief of Four Seasons Villa

and its last descendant.

Previous Chief, Qin Huaizhang, was my beloved Master.

Our clan was known for flowers in all seasons

and knowing all in the world.

But now, very few in Jianghu

know Four Seasons' name.

all due to my one mistake and helplessness.

When I was 16, my Master suddenly died.

I couldn't protect Four Seasons Villa

so I took disciples to Jin,

where our clan had long served,

and I founded Sky Window.

I didn't expect all my Villa Brothers

would become slaves to power.

All 81 Brothers of the Villa

died one by one

till only I was left.

"Leader Zhou" refers to Sky Window.

Yes.

It's why Scorpion knows me

and how I know of their base.

Master.

Scorpion...what's Scorpion?

It's an assassin group,

rooted in Jiangnan and highly secretive.

Four Assassins who snatched you

are a Scorpion trump card.

But they've much more power than that.

Previously, Sky Window wanted to expand into Jiangnan

and had conflicts with Scorpion.

Jiangnan Scorpion power equals Northwest Sky Window power.

Then is your Sky Window an assassin group?

It's no longer my Sky Window.

Now, I am a normal person.

I spent half my life alone,

acting and killing against my wishes.

I wanted to wander until I died

but seems God has other plans

for my destiny.

Now you know who I am,

you want me as Master?

I do, I sure do!

I long ago considered you to be my Master.

Little Idiot, it's decided. Finish formalities.

Kowtow. Hurry.

Master, accept my bow.

Good. You're my clan's

sixth generation, first disciple.

With such a good disciple, Four Seasons will live on.

I...

I am very happy.

Thank you.

Master, I'm happy.

Very, very happy!

~ The sky was gray as I crossed the cold river ~

~ The moon in my cup reflects sadness in my smile ~

~ Who let me roam Jianghu on horseback? ~

~ Who wakes from a drunken dream of his hometown? ~

~ In desolate autumn, rain kisses my windows ~

~ I can bear hate and slander, but my melancholy persists ~

~ Spring breeze on river greenery ~

~ can't warm my cold heart ~

~ Out of nowhere, is that our light? ~

~ I regret we met late ~

~ Don't let seasons pass ~

~ Give up adventures on horseback for a quiet life ~

~ Across miles, lights of home; the past fades like smoke ~

~ I'll enjoy wine and tea with you all my days ~

~ On high peaks or far seas, I'll be with you always ~