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A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

EPISODE 33

What kind of gift

do you think can ever pique my interest and make me forgive you?

One of the masters of Yihua Palace, Yaoyue.

Eighteen years ago,

you were already

one of the few top martial artists in the martial arts world.

The Twelve Zodiac could run amok in the martial arts world

solely because of your presence.

However,

you suddenly went missing overnight.

Rumor has it

that was because you had offended Yihua Palace.

That your legs were taken by Yaoyue and you had become a cripple.

After that,

I heard the news that you lived in seclusion in Mount Gui

and was practicing peerless martial arts every day.

I guess you're going to seek revenge on Yaoyue for taking your legs.

I'm willing to lend you a hand

in bringing Yaoyue to you.

You know quite a lot.

Well, I would like to know

how do you plan

to bring Yaoyue to me.

To be frank,

Yihua Palace is also my enemy.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

If we work together,

I can guarantee I will defeat Yaoyue

and make her kneel and beg for her life in front of you.

As for my plan,

I have a wonderful plan lined up.

We are friends?

You think too highly of yourself!

If you had come here a few years ago,

I might have agreed to work with you.

But now...

Let me tell you something.

Before the sun rises tomorrow,

I'll have Yihua Palace

burned to the ground!

Mr. Wei, we...

You are in no position to talk.

Jiang Qin.

I will make you regret for deceiving the Twelve Zodiac.

Make sure they die a slow and painful death.

-Yes! -Yes!

Father.

Father, there are rats in here.

Father, why are there so many rats in here?

Father, we are going to die here!

Life and death lie in the lap of the gods.

There's no point in being afraid.

Father, there are grudges between you and Wei Wuya.

Why did you come looking for him?

Compared to Yaoyue,

the resentment between him and me is nothing.

Wei Wuya will find out very soon

that he can't possibly kill Yaoyue

with just his own strength.

He will return to us soon enough.

Who are you?

I am Wei Wuya,

the leader of the Twelve Zodiac.

I heard Yihua Palace's master has an extraordinary aura of elegance.

As the saying goes, "The beauty of autumn is nothing

when there is a beauty sitting in front of me."

Any hero in the world would lose their mind

the moment their eyes fall on you.

I had the honor

of seeing you once in the martial arts world many years ago.

At that moment, I swore to myself that when I have become successful,

I would come and propose marriage to you.

In the past few years, I have broken through all the obstacles

and brought the Twelve Zodiac to fame with my own strength.

We are now of equal standing with Yihua Palace.

Hence, I have come today with rare treasures from around the world

as betrothal gifts.

I hope that you will grant me your love and unite with me in marriage.

Let us not waste this match that has been decided by heaven.

"Decided by heaven"?

I think heaven must have been blind

to allow a thief with shifty eyes and hangdog look like you to be born

and offend my eyes.

Death before dishonor.

You can decline my marriage proposal,

but why must you insult me?

You think too highly of yourself.

How could I let rats sully Yihua Palace?

I may have the nickname Rat,

but when it comes to literature and martial arts expertise,

I am every bit as outstanding as the late Yu Lang Jiang Feng!

He had nothing but handsome looks,

while I possess knowledge and wisdom!

Jiang Feng is not a name to be uttered from your foul mouth!

Your martial arts skills are so bad.

How can you claim to be on par with Yihua Palace?

Crawl back to your rat hole!

Why did you stop?

Run! Keep going!

What are you doing?

You ungrateful bunch!

Come back!

My efforts to cultivate you for so many years are all wasted!

Death before dishonor!

Yaoyue!

Yaoyue!

Yaoyue.

You cut off my legs,

but I turned the other cheek

and built an underground palace for you that is an exact copy of Yihua Palace.

In this life,

I cannot lie in the same bed as you.

But in death,

you and I shall lie in the same grave!

YIHUA PALACE

He Lu, He Shuang, what are you doing?

Sir.

Please tread carefully when you speak with Master Yaoyue.

-Sir. -Sir.

Aunt Yaoyue.

Aunt Lianxing.

Wuque, why have you returned?

Have you completed the task I asked of you?

I returned precisely for this matter.

I only have one question.

Why must I kill Jiang Xiaoyu?

What grudge does Yihua Palace have against him?

Jiang Xiaoyu told me that Yihua Palace killed his parents.

If that is true, why must you kill him too?

Is that something you should question?

I beseech you to take back your command.

Do you remember what I taught you when you were a child?

Masters' orders are not to be disobeyed.

Look at who she is.

Ms. Tie!

Aunt Yaoyue.

Why did you do this to her?

Simply because she asked the same question as you did.

Master Yaoyue.

Who are you?

How dare you trespass on Yihua Palace!

Do you have a death wish?

May I ask both of you why Hua Wuque has to kill Jiang Xiaoyu?

They have become close friends.

Your order is as good as asking them to kill their own brother.

If you can take back your command, I would die without regret.

What a foolish woman you are.

Some people place grudges above all

while some people place friends above all else.

You are the former while I am the latter.

You know me so well, yet you have the audacity to meddle?

I just want to know why are you forcing Hua Wuque to kill Jiang Xiaoyu.

For what grudge? For what reason?

They were born into this deep-seated grudge.

They are archenemies.

Between the two of them,

one is destined to kill the other.

Hua Wuque won't kill Jiang Xiaoyu.

He has changed a lot these past few months.

Why must you put him in misery by forcing him to do this?

So you are the reason for the dramatic changes in him.

You are such a damned menace!

I would rather die than watch them kill each other!

Wuque.

Do not act rashly.

Aunt Yaoyue.

What is the unspeakable grudge?

Why did you have to hurt her?

Wuque.

You have indeed changed.

Yes, I have.

I no longer want to pretend to be the heartless perfect being,

nor do I want to be a puppet for others without a thought.

I want to start my life anew

and be a living human being

who experiences love, hate, sympathy, and mercy!

Wuque, how impudence you are!

Now that you are all grown up, have you forgotten that we raised you?

I wouldn't dare.

Hurry up and apologize to Aunt Yaoyue.

Aunt Yaoyue.

I didn't raise you so you could lecture me.

I don't need your apology either.

If you still acknowledge me as your aunt,

then kill Tie Xinlan.

The two of you raised me.

I should not disobey you.

But if you want me to kill her,

I cannot do it.

I'm willing to sacrifice my life to exchange for her life.

I only ask that you spare Ms. Tie.

You dare to threaten me?

Wuque, answer me.

Have Yaoyue and I ever treated you unfairly?

No, you have always treated me well.

Do you know that you have made Yaoyue feel sad?

We sent you down the mountain to experience the world,

but we never imagined that you would change so much in just a few months.

You only care about others now,

but view the aunts who raised you as enemies.

That's not true!

You and Aunt Yaoyue are the closest people I have!

Is that so?

Then why must you displease us?

I can't kill them.

Whether it is Jiang Xiaoyu or Tie Xinlan, I just cannot do it!

Foolish child.

Why must you give up on being the perfect Wuque whom everybody envies

to be like other senseless youths

and allow worthless emotions to cloud your mind?

If this is what it means to be perfect,

then I would rather live a life with flaws.

Wuque, you really have changed.

I still remember...

when you were a child, every word you said

could bring us boundless joy.

Wuque.

What are you doing?

I want that flower!

The biggest one!

Here you go.

Wuque, what's the matter?

Take the flower from Aunt Yaoyue.

Aunt Yaoyue, what happened to your arm?

Are you sick?

I pricked myself.

Why?

I have an enemy.

Every time I think of him,

my heart aches.

It hurts so much that I cannot eat or sleep.

The pain is so bad that sometimes I wish I were dead.

In order to forget him,

I can only prick myself with needles.

After pricking myself so many times,

it becomes like this.

There are so many pinpricks.

I can see how much you hate this person.

I must train martial arts diligently,

so that I can avenge you when I grow up!

How is Jiang Xiaoyu related to the person that Aunt Yaoyue hates?

Jiang Xiaoyu is that person's son.

But...

I know what you want to say.

Jiang Xiaoyu isn't the one who hurt Aunt Yaoyue.

But Wuque,

since you belong in Yihua Palace, you cannot pity Jiang Xiaoyu.

This is your fate.

My fate?

Yes.

Oftentimes, one cannot fight fate.

How is Ms. Tie?

You don't have to worry.

You can bear to hurt Aunt Yaoyue's feelings,

but she does not have the heart to hurt you.

Tie Xinlan has been brought to a guest room to heal.

When she recovers,

you can take her down the mountain.

Are you trying to drive me out?

Yaoyue wants me to tell you this.

You do not need to bid her farewell.

She doesn't want to see you again.

Is Aunt Yaoyue truly angry at me?

You know the martial arts we practice.

Pure Jade Skill demands transcendence beyond oneself and others.

Allowing emotions to be affected has detrimental effects.

You made Yaoyue so incensed that her qi was disrupted.

She already vomited blood several times today.

I make this oath with the sun and moon as my witness.

I, Hua Wuque, swear to forgo love and affection,

spurn Tie Xinlan,

and kill Jiang Xiaoyu.

From now on, I belong in Xiuyu Valley

and my heart belongs to Yihua Palace.

I will not fail to live up to your expectations.

Mr. Hua.

When did you get back?

Were you the one who saved me?

The wound on your neck...

You shouldn't have come here.

Outsiders are never allowed to meddle in Yihua Palace's affairs.

Moreover, you challenged my two aunts outright.

I'm not afraid of them.

I told you before.

Even if it's a mountain full of knives, one will eventually reach the peak.

Even if it's a sea of flames, one will eventually cross it.

Enough.

Don't say it anymore.

When you have recovered, I will ask someone to send you down the mountain.

Mr. Hua!

Mr. Hua!

Wait!

Mr. Hua!

Your two aunts love you dearly.

Can you go and beg them, please?

Ask them not to make you kill Xiaoyu'er.

They will grant you your request.

Why don't you tell me where they are?

Take me to them.

The masters of Yihua Palace won't see you.

Besides, they are in seclusion for cultivation.

You should leave soon.

When they return, I will not be able to protect you.

Why are you suddenly so cold and detached?

Did returning to Yihua Palace

turn you back into the Hua Wuque who is above everyone else?

Did they force you to?

Stop questioning me.

If we had never met,

everything would be much simpler.

Do you regret knowing me?

Yes.

Yaoyue.

Are you feeling better?

My qi remains unsettled.

Mastering the ninth level of Pure Jade Skill

is indeed very difficult.

It seems you are really angry at Wuque.

During my trip off the mountain, I also learned that Yan Nantian is not dead.

If he makes a comeback,

he will surely come to seek revenge.

If I don't master the Apex, the ninth level of Pure Jade Skill,

it won't be so easy to deal with Yan Nantian.

The eighth level of Pure Jade Skill

is called the Unruffled State.

Both of us have never been able to forgo affection.

I'm afraid the ninth level is beyond our reach.

You are the one who can't forgo affection.

Wuque eventually yielded to us and didn't leave Yihua Palace.

You must have breathed a sigh of relief.

Yaoyue, Wuque was raised by us after all.

But we raised him to make him suffer

and make him kill his own brother, Jiang Xiaoyu!

Isn't that true?

You're right.

Rats!

-Rats! -There are rats!

Rats!

There are rats!

Is this all there is to Yihua Palace?

Why aren't Yaoyue and Lianxing here?

Search around.

Find out where they suffocated to their deaths!

How dare you! Your impudence will not be tolerated!

Are you the men of Wei Wuya?

You're not too dumb.

You are trespassing on Yihua Palace.

-I won't show you mercy. -Attack!

Mr. Hua!

I didn't wish to take any lives,

but you had poisoned and killed so many people.

Kill me if you want.

Enough with the talking!

Who are you people?

What grudges do you have against Yihua Palace?

You shouldn't have opened your mouth.

I can't kill Hua Wuque,

but I can kill you!

Mr. Hua.

I was so scared.

I saw bodies everywhere.

I thought

you were killed by those bandits too.

I promised my aunts

I would spurn Tie Xinlan and kill Jiang Xiaoyu.

I can't do this.

I can't.

You're awake.

I knew you didn't cover your face because you're ugly.

You called me a fairy.

How could I disappoint you?

But I've heard that fairies are kind.

They wouldn't keep someone tied to a tree.

I'm a fairy who likes using living humans as fertilizer.

Keeping you tied up one day and night is good for my flowers.

With one foot in the grave, what are you still laughing at?

Lady.

You are so lousy at scaring people.

I'm about to skin you alive and cut out your bones.

Are you thinking that I'm just trying to frighten you?

You obviously like me.

How could you bear to kill me?

-Is that so? -Isn't it?

If you're so smart,

why couldn't you tell that there was a trap on the floor?

How do you know I didn't see it?

-Does that mean you purposely fell for it? -Of course.

I didn't want to die in Wei Wuya's hand.

Don't you know this throwing star is coated with poison?

Even so,

it is preferable to Wei Wuya's claws.

I bet those are armed with deadly poison.

When it comes to clever resourcefulness and ingenious strategies,

there is really no one who can surpass you.

There is a reason why others call me the smartest person in the world.

What are you doing?

You only saved me after tying me for so long.

You must have fed me the antidote earlier to counteract the poison.

When the poison faded away,

you extracted the weapon with a gold blade.

You are smart indeed. You can say you guessed it right.

Hey.

Aren't you afraid that I'll run away when I'm not bound?

You can leave at any time you wish.

Then I'm not going anywhere.

It's quite comfortable here.

Without me,

you would have died even if you are the smartest person in the world.

That's not necessarily.

Even if you didn't save me, somebody else would.

Which fool would rescue you?

You're right.

-Only a fool would rescue me! -You...

But even if nobody came to save me, I wouldn't die either.

Haven't you heard this phrase before?

"The good die young while the bad never die."

Your cheekiness is really infuriating.

Open up.

Hey.

With the way you're treating me,

don't tell me you fell for me.

That's right.

What's wrong with you?

Why didn't you even try to deny it?

If I like you, I should express my feelings.

Especially when the one I like doesn't care about his life.

You could die at any moment.

I would miss my chance if I didn't say it out.

Women are so much trouble.

Why do you like me?

I live at Cherry Creek alone.

I never saw someone as smart as you,

or someone as reckless as you.

Were you surprised that I could tell you didn't know martial arts

and even more surprised that I could get through the traps?

I didn't think you had it in you to get into Wuya Palace.

Even if you managed to get in, you would regret it.

But not only did you have no regrets,

you even smiled at me when you were hit by a poisoned weapon.

How could I bear to let such an interesting person die so soon?

It seems my smile worked.

Did you do it purposely to make me save you?

Why else?

Why else do you think

I would exert the effort to smile at you when I was dying?

Can't you just tell me a white lie?

You could have said you were struck by my beauty

and smiled without realizing it.

You already saved me.

I don't need to lie to you now.

Besides, haven't you realized

you are far cuter when you're angry?

Actually,

as far as I can remember,

I've never smiled so happily before.

Of course you couldn't smile.

With such a ghastly rat as an adoptive father,

who could smile?

He may be ugly,

but he treats me very well.

He taught me how to play the zither, how to read,

the art of designing traps,

medicine, and acupuncture.

He has always been eager to teach me anything I wanted to learn.

Did he pick your name for you?

It's my own name.

Of course I picked it myself.

What's your name?

There's finally something I know that you can't guess.

It's just a name.

Do you have to be so delighted?

There's one more thing you haven't guessed.

What is it?

Devilish Girl!

Show your face!

Or else...

-Or else I will-- -I'm here.

You're so impatient.

Do you think I'm impatient?

This is who I am.

If you don't like it, you can leave.

There's a nice saying.

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder."

If I didn't miss you, I wouldn't be calling you so eagerly.

Your sass will be the death of me.

That won't do.

If you die, who will drink with me?

Do you want me to drink with you?

Then bring me a cup.

If you want to drink with me, why don't you come in?

Drinking out here is just the same.

How can it be the same?

You have to sit by my side and chat with me

for this wine to go down smoothly.

Didn't I tell you I missed you?

You can still see me out here, don't you?

Devilish Girl, is something wrong with your head?

Who wants to drink with you? I don't want to see you anymore!

I won't go inside even if you butter me up.

Angering me won't work either.

Why won't you come in?

Are you afraid I'll eat you?

I'm not Li Dazui!

I know you're not a cannibal.

But once I go in, you'll take the chance to escape.

Right?

I know you have a good heart

and you treated me well.

You don't get mad even when I raise my voice at you.

But why must you keep me imprisoned here?

I thought the world's smartest person

would not ask such a question.

You like me so much.

Of course I had to ask you this to delight you.

Now that you're locked up here, I'm already very happy.

You mischievous girl,

you're even more wily than what I imagined you were.

Did you want to take a page from Xiao Mimi

and hold a man captive as your pet?

If I do that,

would you like that?

I'll just tell you.

Xiao Mimi once kept me captive,

but she lost her life for that.

Nobody in this world can keep me locked up.

I know I can't keep you imprisoned forever.

I'll be content to have you locked up here for half a month.

What exactly goes through your mind?

I'll tell you everything I'm thinking about.

Men will grow annoyed at guessing women's thoughts all the time.

So tell me!

You're very impatient.

You haven't fully healed yet.

If I don't confine you, you could easily lose your life.

So that means you had good intentions?

But your good intentions

are wasted on me.

Because whether I live or die is none of your concern.

Don't assume I'll be grateful to you for saving my life!

I didn't ask for your gratitude.

Subtitle translation by Jia Yuan