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=Candle in the Tomb: The Worm Valley=

=Episode 16=

All right. Kong Que.

We'll have to say goodbye at some point. You can just see us off here.

You can go back now.

Go on.

Kong Que,

take care of yourself.

I didn't see Da.

You don't know the current situation at all, Hu.

Da is quite revered now in his village.

Everyone goes to him

if they have a problem.

But don't worry.

I've said goodbye to him

on behalf of you two yesterday.

I was right.

A responsible person like him is good leader material.

Brother Hu!

Brother!

Da,

why did you come all this way to send us off?

You guys are leaving.

Of course, I have to see you off.

Come back and visit Zhelong Village again

when you have time.

Oh, right.

I forgot to give this to you yesterday.

This is my pager number.

Page me if you ever come to Beijing.

My good buddy.

Sister Yang,

this scent pouch is for you.

It's one of our customs.

I hope you and the one you love

will get together soon.

Thank you, Kong Que.

It's beautiful.

We'll be leaving now.

We'll leave now.

Goodbye.

See you.

Oh, go back now.

Remember to page me.

You too, Kong Que.

Go on now.

Go on.

Excuse me. Make way.

Chief Yang!

What did Kong Que mean when she gave you that pouch?

Get together with the one you love?

With whom?

You.

Me?

Why didn't I know about this?

No one told me about this...

I'll do it myself.

It's none of my business.

No matter what,

you brought your father back.

If he knew about this, I'm sure he would be able

to rest in peace in heaven.

Yes.

It's a good thing you brought him back.

Otherwise,

he would still be inside that tomb.

He would be a wandering soul then, wouldn't he?

But it's a pity.

I left the golden umbrella my grandfather gave me

inside the Bottle Gourd Cave.

It's a pity that you lost the umbrella.

But your life is more important.

The golden umbrella

is a tomb raider's weapon of defense.

It has served its purpose.

Right.

With the way you put it,

we left a lot more valuables back there too, didn't we?

The golden mask.

The dragon and tiger short staff.

Both of them are worth a lot of money.

What I meant was

that if we gave them to the museum,

they would have a lot of money...

Research value, too,

right?

Chief Yang,

do me a favor, please.

Could you

let me see that Fowl-dust Orb?

For research, of course.

Just one look.

Just take a brief look.

Hu.

Look at this orb.

How many lives

do you think we almost lost just to get it?

What are you doing?

I want to see if the eye is still there.

We need to know if the orb actually works.

Why is it still there?

Look at mine.

Is it still there?

It's fake.

Impossible.

I pried it out from King Xian's mouth.

Did I get the wrong person?

Could it be that the Fowl-dust Orb

needs to be used

with a special method for it to work?

A method?

It's not as if King Xian

left us a manual or something.

How would we know how to use it?

This is all for nothing then, isn't it?

It's no use.

What's the point of bringing it back with us?

We can't use it.

Hu,

what are you thinking?

I keep feeling as if there's something important

that I can't seem to remember.

Look at this.

What is this?

It was in King Xian's hand.

I took it with me.

Hey, you wouldn't

let me take anything, but you took something!

This is jade, right?

Is there something inside it as...

That's enough.

Take a look at it.

Based on the engravings,

it looks like something he would have used often.

King Xian sought to become a deity his entire life.

Could this be something he used

to conduct fortune-telling on a divination board?

Divination?

Would you use all of these for divination?

What if it was a set of instruments?

And the others were spares?

Or it could be

that he needs different jade bracelets

to observe the position of the stars.

This jade bracelet has 16 beads.

Could it

have something to do with the Sixteen-character Feng Shui Scrolls?

The Sixteen-character Feng Shui Scrolls.

Here's what we'll do.

When we get back to Beijing, we'll split up.

I'll take the Fowl-dust Orb

to the research labs to see what else I can find out about it.

You guys try to look up information

and find out the connection between the Fowl-dust Orb,

the black jade bracelet,

and the Sixteen-character Feng Shui Scrolls.

See

if we can find any other clues.

All right.

(Hu Ba Yi and the others have had)

(a long and perilous journey on their trip to Yunnan.)

(However, despite the lengths they went through)

(in bringing the Fowl-dust Orb back,)

(they remain clueless of what the orb actually is)

(and how to use it.)

(The red marks on their bodies)

(remain unchanged as well.)

(Hu Ba Yi had never expected)

(this outcome.)

(For a while, he thought he was at his wit's end.)

(He grew anxious)

(and despaired.)

Hu!

Chief Yang, you're back.

Did you get the results?

How was it?

I had at least

more than ten experts, both local and overseas, tested it.

What did they say?

Is the Fowl-dust Orb real or fake?

Of course, it's real.

Well... what's written on here?

I don't really understand.

It says

that the Fowl-dust Orb

does contain trace amounts of radioactive material.

But as for other things,

the current equipment

can't even detect what else is in it,

let alone

how to use it.

Well... that's all right.

What matters is that the orb is real.

Also, what did you say was in it just now?

Something about radio...

Radioactive material.

They are saying

that our symptoms might be caused by radiation.

It's just speculation.

Given our current clues,

it's too early to make any decisive conclusions.

Hu,

how is your research on the Sixteen-character Feng Shui Scrolls

coming along?

Did you find anything?

I'm still studying it.

You know we're missing the other half of the book.

The current half that I have

doesn't seem to mention anything about the Fowl-dust Orb.

The Sixteen-character Feng Shui

is adapted from the "Book of Changes".

And unfortunately,

I'm not too well-versed in the "Book of Changes".

How could I have forgotten this?

There's someone

who is well-versed in the "Book of Changes".

Who?

I run a business.

Recently,

- a lot of accidents have been... - Please make it quick. Thank you.

I was wondering if there was

something wrong with the feng shui

of our house and our ancestor's grave.

I would like to have my fortune told.

All right. I'll do that for you.

I'll ask you some questions now.

Do you have a dog in your house?

Yes, I do!

It's an adorable puppy.

Everyone in the family loves it.

I was right, wasn't I?

Why bother keeping this devil around?

I...

This dog had a blood feud

with you in a previous life.

It came to your family for revenge.

Well, I... What do you...

Why would a dog...

Don't worry.

Fret not.

I am kind and benevolent.

I will certainly not sit idly by and do nothing.

Let me think.

This is what you'll do.

After you go home,

pretend to sleep.

Pretend that you are going to sleep, understand?

So... Pretend to be asleep.

Clever boy.

Yes. Pretend to be asleep.

Once that dog is asleep,

make a dummy out of clothes

and put it beside it.

Then, hurry up and take your family away from the house for a while.

When the dog wakes up

and realizes that you are gone, it will die of danger.

You then take its body,

put it on top of an ancient tree in the mountains,

and let it rot away on its own.

Remember.

You must not bury it

or burn it.

In this way, you will be able

to resolve the long-standing grudge between you and it.

Understood, Master. Got it.

Thank you, Master. I wish you good health and long life.

You're welcome.

I'll do as you say right away.

You're most welcome.

Master, help us read our fortunes too.

Right.

All right.

Give me your hand. Let me feel it.

Hu Ba Yi!

Not bad, Mr. Chen.

It's me, Fatty.

You guys are back from Yunnan?

You were able to return from Yunnan safely.

I'm sure your trip must have been successful.

I am most impressed.

Thank you,

but no. We didn't get anything we wanted.

Both of us barely made it out alive.

I am impressed that we managed to get back in one piece as well.

So please leave the praises aside for now.

Let's talk about something serious.

Well...

Mr. Chen, you seemed awfully professional

when you told that man his fortune.

I'm sure you are well-versed in matters like this.

Why don't you tell me my fortune too?

Take a look and let me know

how I can get rich

and when I will find love.

Stop making fun of me.

I'm only trying to make a living.

All those things about heaven's will and divination

are all

but nonsense.

Then how did you know

that they had a dog?

Fortune-telling

has always been

about one's observation skills.

You say what the other party wishes to hear.

Everything depends on your adaptability.

It takes a lot of skills to master it.

Oh, Mr. Chen, stop messing with us.

Observation skills?

You are blind, Mr. Chen.

How would you even be able to see anything?

Now, just tell me

what the secret is.

Look.

I asked him if he had a dog.

If he said no, I would tell him

that he needed a dog to protect and guard the house.

If he did get a dog,

then the problem would lie with the dog. Not me.

Mr. Chen,

I thought you were actually going to talk about a special skill

or something,

but you are just playing both sides, aren't you?

That's just guessing, isn't it?

Well, you don't understand, do you?

In fortune-telling and divination,

if you are able to act pragmatically, see the wind, and set the helm,

then that is divine arts!

Even if that is divine arts, it...

That's enough, Fatty.

Don't forget what we're here for.

We came to ask him something.

Right.

Mr. Chen,

are you familiar with the "Book of Changes"?

Why did you suddenly bring that up?

Have you heard of the long lost

Sixteen-character Feng Shui Scrolls?

I used to make a living off raiding tombs.

And

I even lost my eyes because of it

and was forced to turn to tell fortunes instead.

I am familiar

with the ways of tomb raiding,

but not...

with feng shui.

Waitress,

a bowl of wontons, please!

All right. Coming right up.

Make that shrimp wontons!

Yes.

However, recently, I heard

there was a feng shui master,

Mr. Ma, who had come to the Baiyun Mountain not far away from Beijing.

He is said to be well-versed in the arts of feng shui.

Why don't you go to him instead?

It is said that he is a master of reading all the trigrams.

I'm sure

he must have capabilities beyond ordinary people.

Ma? A spiritual master?

Hu,

that Ma family said

their spiritual master

was here to read feng shui for a client, right?

But we've been walking for so long

and we haven't seen anyone.

If you asked me, I think we shouldn't have come at all.

We would've been better off at home.

Safe and sound.

Where are we going to find him

in the middle of nowhere here?

What if we run into a bandit?

If they want my body, I might just give it to them.

What if they want money?

What if a bunch of them...

Observe the mountains and the rivers.

Oh, there is someone.

Oh, how grand they are.

I think I heard it too.

Looking at them, I can't help but think

that life is unpredictable indeed.

Some

are swimming in wealth.

Some are barely managing.

And some have fallen so far...

Let's get back to the topic.

Looking east, west, north, south, and center,

look up, down, and around,

nowhere appears to be a blessed land,

except for the land beneath my toes.

Master Ma, what is the land beneath your toes?

The place where I'm standing at right now.

This spot here. Make a note of it.

I guarantee

that if you build a school here,

the students will excel!

I'm afraid

I will have to come back a few times.

I wonder if that is all right with everyone?

Of course! You are most welcome!

Let's go to the village then.

Please.

Are you

going to build a house here?

There are a lot of termites here.

If you build a house or a school here,

I'm afraid accidents might happen and people might get hurt.

Who was speaking just now?

Young man,

you look unfamiliar.

Judging from your accent, you don't seem to be a local either.

How are you so sure that there are termites here?

It's just my humble opinion.

It's fine if you

don't believe me.

One must first have a reason before they preach.

If you are right, then why do you run?

Young people nowadays.

They learn a few tricks of the trade

and come out to con others.

They do that just to cheat others to make a living.

I have

some words for people like that. It's...

The mountains in the east are uneven.

The mountains in the west are flat.

A sunken land-form as such forms a barrier in the northwest.

However,

it only has the form of a barrier

but is incapable of resisting the force of the wind.

The wind carries worms.

The traditional character for "wind" itself

carries a character for "worm" within.

So

when the wind meets the mountain,

there will be termites.

This land

is what we call a mountain and wind Gu

in the "Classics of Qingwu" and "I Ching".

Any building you build here is doomed to collapse.

Nonsense!

This is a beautiful land with mountains and rivers.

From where do you see such ill omen?

There are three worms

in the character for "Gu".

The three form a nest.

And there is a character for "dish" below it.

Judging from its form, it resembles an ant's nest.

So everyone, take a look.

Everything looks fine on the surface of the land.

But the ground underneath

has long been devoured by the termites.

I am just a passerby.

I only said these things because I don't wish to see accidents happen.

If I offended you in any way,

please forgive me.

You used the character for "Gu" to infer that there are ants.

How ridiculous.

Trying to justify yourself by such nonsensical means.

I have a few words

for someone like this,

a fool...

Are you leaving or not?

I'll leave after I say this.

Go on.

The art of fortune-telling and feng shui have always been intertwined.

That is why it is known as the art of feng shui.

Where are we right now?

We are on the banks of the Juma River.

The river runs around the mountains in the west.

Wherever there are termites, there must be water nearby.

That is why the Hexagram Gu in "I Ching"

is also known

as "the merits of the river".

The mountain and wind Gu are connected to that.

You have come to my territory then.

For eight generations, my ancestors have all been fortune-tellers and feng shui masters.

I can even recite the "I Ching" backward.

Yes, yes.

The so-called Hexagram Gu of the "merits of the river"

simply means that the feng shui in an area is poor.

Disorders must be restored

and chaos must be set straight.

But the way you are interpreting it right now

is laughable.

Come over here.

You'll know

if there are termites or not if you just dig a hole here.

In the saying of the merits of the water,

it refers to a specific Hexagram Gu.

Within it, a Gen as a good omen and Xun as an ill omen.

It was supposed to be Xun, a good omen,

yet there is wood in Xun.

For the Gen, there are mountains, but there is also a riverbank here.

The lower bank refers to water.

Now the wood has met water.

That is what is meant by "the merits of the river".

Master,

I think he has a point.

Be quiet.

I found the termites.

Yes. Me too.

Nests of them.

The mountains and rivers speak.

The feng shui master has gained nothing.

There are indeed

blessed lands in this world.

But it needs a skilled feng shui master to tell where they are.

You shouldn't

be too bothered about this.

You are already at this age.

Let me give you a few words as well.

What?

"It's too late".

Mister,

I think what you said makes a lot of sense!

Why don't you tell us more?

That's all I know.

How dare he.

Liu!

Yes, Master. I'm here.

You brought me all the way here

on a tractor

just to humiliate me, didn't you?

Yes, yes.

No, no.

I don't know where that insolent brat

came from as well.

I have some words for you too.

To heck with you!

Mister!

Wait, Mister!

Mister,

we are

very interested in the arts of feng shui.

After hearing your speech earlier,

we can tell that you are an expert.

Could you please give us your guidance?

The arts of feng shui are deep and profound.

I only know the surface of it.

I don't dare to mislead others.

Please ask someone else instead.

Do you know the Sixteen-character Feng Shui Scrolls?

Have a seat.

What would you like to drink, Mister?

I'm good with just this.

You...

Have some.

Oh, that's a strong spirit. I'm not good with that.

Ma'am, give us a pot of your finest tea.

All right.

Thank you.

Look, Mister,

this is what happened.

During the late Qing Dynasty,

there was a tomb raider who had washed his hands of tomb raiding.

They called him Zhang San Lian Zi.

It was said that he found the entire set of scrolls

of the "Sixteen-character Feng Shui" in a burial mound

and combined it with the Xunlong Technique

to create the "Sixteen-character Feng Shui Scrolls".

But unfortunately, half of the book was lost

when it was passed down to later generations.

Only someone of the same trade

would know the name of this book.

However...

the missing half of the book was never lost.

It wasn't lost?

That means the other half still exists, right?

There is

a reason for it.

This book

captures the secret of heaven and earth.

It might cause one to lose his life.

That is why

Mr. Zhang San tore apart the half that contained the Yin-Yang Technique

and only left the other half

to his disciple,

Sun Guo Fu with the Yin-Yang Eye.

So that's what happened.

Supposedly,

there should only be a few people in this world

who know about that book.

How did both of you know about it?

Actually,

the Sun Guo Fu with the Yin-Yang Eye you mentioned

was my grandfather, Hu Guo Hua's mentor.

Mister,

how do you know

so much about this matter?

My name is Zhang Ying Chuan.

Mr. Zhang San is my great-grandfather.

Technically,

that makes us both disciples under the same founding master.

Hu,

it's not just that, right?

If we go by seniority,

he should be your nephew.

Please don't mind him, Senior.

Here. Let me give you a toast.

I'm Hu Ba Yi.

This good-for-nothing is my buddy, Wang Kai Xuan.

I'm sorry, I'm not very well educated.

I never expected

to meet another fellow disciple

in the middle of nowhere.

It must be fate.

Yes, it must be.

I knew

we would get along from first sight.

It turns out

that you are my senior.

Let me give you a toast

with tea in place of wine too.

I'll finish this glass, you do as you like,

all right?

You do as you like.

Bottoms up then.

Senior,

I thought I knew a bit about feng shui.

But after hearing your speech earlier,

I realized

that my skills and knowledge

are nothing in comparison.

It is, as they say,

beyond mountains, there are mountains.

We are all brothers.

Don't bother with the formalities.

I know

you want to learn the Yin-Yang Technique.

But you can't ask for everything.

Even if my great-grandfather

had not destroyed the other half of the book,

it might not be a good thing for you to discover it either.

You misunderstood, Senior.

I am not obsessed with feng shui.

It's just that...

we are in a difficult situation where we need it right now.

Here. Let me help you refill that.

I see.

So both of you are facing such a difficult situation right now.

How peculiar.

Another Hexagram Gu of the mountain and wind Gu.

A good omen.

The merits of the water.

One needs to be reformed before something new can be created.

Senior, say something I can...

This method

is the Mother of Gu Divination.

The merit of the water

is a sign of a good omen.

You will find what you seek.

The wind blows from the west.

Therefore, the source lies in the west.

With a fellow disciple in trouble,

I should offer my help.

But my skills are not good enough

and I'm afraid I can't do much.

However,

there are plenty of omens and readings in the "I Ching".

A certain degree of fate is always at play

when it comes to fortune and misfortune.

Whether this reading is accurate or not

depends on if your thoughts

align with heaven's will.

I wish you good luck,

brother.

Senior...

What's going on, Hu?

Why did he leave just like that?

Are all of you tomb raiders like that?

Acting all mysterious.

Saying half of your words and leaving the other half unsaid.

What does it mean?

The wind blows from the west.

Therefore, the source lies in the west.

Head to the west.

West?

Where is the west?

Hu...

Are all of you tomb raiders like this?

Acting all mysterious.

Saying half of your words and leaving the other half unsaid.

What is with...

Ma'am, the bill, please.

- To the west? - Have a safe trip.

If we head west, we'll be heading to Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.

Mr. Jin,

you bought a lot of dough today.

Well, it's not like you guys

would go easy on me if I bought any less.

Well, you are rich.

Mr. Hu,

you've got the Fowl-dust Orb.

What are you planning to do next?

Do you still remember

the mural we saw inside King Xian's tomb?

I thought I had seen it somewhere before back then,

but I just couldn't remember.

But I happened to run into a senior of mine

who read our fortunes.

He said we should head west if we want to solve our problem.

West.

I remembered

seeing a similar mural

before

in an ancient tomb in Tibet.

Tibet?

Well,

that's a bit far from here.

But it is at least in the west of Beijing.

Is this fortune accurate?

It doesn't matter if it's accurate or not.

What matters

is that the word "west" enlightened me.

Tibet?

Hu,

he wasn't referring

to the time when you were undergoing

military training in the Kunlun Mountains, was he?

More than ten years ago.

A tomb in Tibet?

It has been 15 years since.

It was a cold,

frostbitten winter.

Hu Ba Yi,

a telegram for you!

What is it, Second Brother?

A letter for you.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

This is all written in a foreign language.

Chief Yang,

help me take a look at this.

Is it about Professor Chen?

Uncle Chen's illness has worsened again.

Never mind Professor Chen,

I've been feeling strange these past few days too.

Hu, help me take a look.

See if anything changed.

The color became darker.

No, I...

I only hit my thirties.

Is my life going to count down now?

I can't breathe.

Mr. Fatty!

No...

I can't breathe.

Don't be anxious.

We just found a new clue, didn't we?

Hu.

You said

the mural inside the Ghost Mother of the Demon Kingdom's tomb

looked like the one inside King Xian's tomb.

It has been so long since.

Could you have remembered it wrongly?

It's true that it never came to mind

because it was so long ago.

But the more I think about it,

the more similarities they seem to have.

That means the Fowl-dust Orb

must be connected

to the Ghost Mother of the Demon Kingdom somehow.

I think

we need to make a trip to Tibet

to solve the mystery

of the Fowl-dust Orb.

(Without a clue or a thought,)

(the three tomb raiders were at a loss.)

(However, Hu Ba Yi was enlightened)

(by Zhang Ying Chuan)

(and recalled a memory from over ten years ago)

(that seemed to be connected)

(to the Fowl-dust Orb.)

(Now,)

(there is a chance to find a light at the end of the tunnel.)

(The three tomb raiders quickly recuperated themselves)

(and vowed to head to Kunlun.)

♪ The path ahead ♪

♪ Is shrouded by mist ♪

♪ It's full of perils, but we never give in ♪

♪ We search ♪

♪ For the answer ♪

♪ Eventually, we wipe away ♪

♪ Our sweat and tears ♪

♪ Disperse the mist ♪

♪ That's blocking our way ♪

♪ The cheers of victory ♪

♪ Will permeate the rocks ♪

♪ We'll reach ♪

♪ The shore of hope ♪

♪ Break free from gravity ♪

♪ Break free from destiny's ♪

♪ Shackles ♪

♪ With my strength ♪

♪ The blossom will bloom ♪

♪ Even on the cliff ♪

♪ There could be setbacks ♪

♪ But we fall for no trick ♪

♪ The mysterious tracks ♪

♪ Through the dark and moist ♪

♪ Realm of dream ♪

♪ The dark night ♪

♪ Will be torn open ♪

♪ Daybreak ♪

♪ Will be pulled apart ♪

♪ We walk in a circle ♪

♪ My fear ♪

♪ Is overcome by my belief ♪

♪ Over the hills and mountains ♪

♪ We drink heartily in the wind ♪

♪ Eventually ♪

♪ Life will surprise us ♪

♪ The rainbow ♪

♪ Arrives after the storm ♪

♪ Who can feel my lonely ♪

♪ The eerie noises next to my ears ♪

♪ The peril ♪

♪ Could be lethal ♪

♪ I strive to see the truth ♪

♪ It's all right ♪

♪ We never believed in destiny ♪

♪ When we cross paths ♪

♪ We keep a level head ♪

♪ And survive the morass ♪

♪ We work as one ♪

♪ And move forward ♪

♪ By marching together ♪

♪ The evil brings pain ♪

♪ And fill us with hate ♪

♪ We must keep the beckoning at bay ♪

♪ Through the woods ♪

♪ We speak to the gods ♪

♪ Weapons are forged with courage ♪

♪ We will not back down ♪

♪ My gaze ♪

♪ Will punish the evil ♪

♪ With the worst torment ♪

♪ The dark night ♪

♪ Will be torn open ♪

♪ Daybreak will be pulled apart ♪

♪ We walk in a circle ♪

♪ My fear ♪

♪ Is overcome by my belief ♪

♪ Over the hills ♪

♪ And over the mountains ♪

♪ We drink heartily in the wind ♪

♪ Eventually, life will surprise us ♪

♪ The rainbow ♪

♪ Arrives ♪

♪ After the storm ♪

♪ The dark night will be torn open ♪

♪ Daybreak will be pulled apart ♪

♪ We walk in a circle ♪

♪ My fear ♪

♪ Is overcome by my belief ♪

♪ Over the hills ♪

♪ And over the mountains ♪

♪ We drink heartily in the wind ♪

♪ Eventually, life will surprise us ♪

♪ The rainbow ♪

♪ Arrives ♪

♪ After the storm ♪

♪ The rainbow arrives after the storm ♪