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=Love Game in Eastern Fantasy=

=Episode 24=

Did you see it clearly?

Without the barrier talisman,

what kind of thing is he?

Sister.

He's clearly a demon,

but he's hiding his true form.

What are your intentions?

Do you think you are well hidden,

pretending to be a human?

Master, Sheng…

Mu Sheng did not do it intentionally.

It was my fault for concealing this matter.

Sister Mu,

you must trust Ziqi.

- He… - Miaomiao.

She is my sister.

Let me handle it.

The Mu Family is famous for catching demons.

How could its reputation be tainted by a demon?

Little girl,

this creature has been hiding by your side for many years.

Now his behavior has been exposed.

Why don't you kill him quickly

to uphold your family's honor?

Will you kill him or not?

Will you?

Master,

I know I was wrong.

Master!

Sister…

I deceived you.

I deserve

to die.

No!

So what if my brother is a demon?

He grew up with me since childhood.

We are as close as siblings.

Nothing he has done

has ever violated the Mu Family's instructions.

Even if there were mistakes,

it's not your place as an outsider

to lecture at my brother like this.

I originally thought

Mr. Wenxin was a reasonable and understanding person.

I didn't expect you to be so narrow-minded and arbitrary

in judging others with such a trivial status.

Since that's the case,

we'd better not enter

the Liaoran Valley.

Sheng,

follow me.

Be careful!

- Sheng! - Don't you have divine power?

Help him.

I... I still don't know how to use it.

Let's go first.

Yao.

Miaomiao, you try it.

- Are you okay? - No, I can't do it.

Sheng!

Ziqi!

Sheng!

Come.

Look over there.

How has the shadow changed?

Lotus?

So this is Sheng's nature.

Old man,

you're playing with me!

You tricked me first.

If you hadn't played tricks,

nothing would have happened,

but you had to be sneaky,

there must be something in your heart.

So it would be revealed.

Master, you are correct.

I thought I was clever

and made a wrong decision.

Young man,

keep more good thoughts in mind

and play fewer tricks.

This way you won't get beaten for nothing.

Do you understand?

I'm leaving.

Ziqi…

Sister…

Sister Mu Yao,

have you eaten?

Sister Mu Yao,

I brought you your favorite crystal cake.

It's still warm.

Yao,

about today, Sheng…

Stop talking.

Sister Mu Yao,

we didn't mean to hide it from you,

and Mu Sheng…

You too.

All of you, please leave.

Sheng, stay.

Sister Mu Yao is still angry.

Now putting them together,

is it good?

I think it should be done this way.

This is

a matter

between siblings

and should be resolved by themselves.

That's right.

I believe Sister Mu Yao.

I think

after we have gone through so much together,

she is no longer the person

who was merciless towards demons.

It's just that I feel

what is making Sister Mu Yao angry now

is not Ziqi's identity.

What else?

Us.

You see, all of us kept it from her.

Everyone knew the identity of her brother except her.

She was the only one kept in the dark.

Anyone would feel bad in her place, right?

Sister.

I'm sorry.

Others have only known you for a few months,

yet they already know your secret.

We've been siblings for so many years,

but I knew nothing about it.

As your sister,

I've been so negligent.

♪Memories come out to converse with me♪

♪Do you remember the promise♪

All along,

I think about everything,

I worry about everything,

but I only overlook you.

No.

Sister,

it's not like that.

You are very good to me.

♪We passed by each other again♪

I thought

you were introverted since childhood

because you are immature

and willful.

I thought you didn't have friends

because you don't like making friends.

But today I just know,

all these years,

what kind of life you've been living.

Sheng,

I'm sorry for that.

♪I hope you'll be truly loved♪

♪Don't listen♪

♪Love is separated by a word in the galaxy♪

♪Don't look♪

♪Flowers bloom quietly in the dark♪

♪It's left a mark in my heart♪

♪A moment is eternal♪

♪I hope you'll be truly loved♪

Sister Mu Yao.

How is it?

It's fine now.

It's fine.

I told you so.

You're family.

What can't be resolved,

right?

Sister Mu Yao,

I'm sorry.

Yao,

please forgive us.

Sister Mu Yao,

we will never hide anything from you next time.

You are thinking about a next time?

It's all right now.

Let's agree first.

No matter what happens in the future,

you can't hide it from me.

Actually,

I've thought about it myself.

It's my prejudice and obsession

that almost caused a rift among us.

Sister Mu Yao, please don't say that.

It's really great that you can reconcile.

As long as we are united as one,

no matter what happens in the future,

we can get through it.

What's wrong?

Why do I feel like

everything today

seems to be arranged in advance?

That Mr. Wenxin seems

quite knowledgeable.

This time, Mr. Wenxin helped us

resolve our inner conflicts.

We should thank him.

Thank him?

That person is all bluster.

He's very suspicious.

Besides, didn't Liu Fuyi say that

even he doesn't know his Master's identity?

Are you all planning to continue chatting

until I finish cooking

and eating?

Come over and help!

Okay.

Fuyi,

rinse the rice and start steaming it.

- Okay. - Girl,

wash these vegetables too.

- Okay. - Good.

Senior, are you using this to cut vegetables?

- Yes. - Isn't this your magical weapon?

It can be used for subduing demons and cutting vegetables.

Come.

Go and bring me that tofu.

Tofu, give me tofu.

Mind the blades.

Come, give it to me.

Alright, you two, don't just sit around.

Pick some mushrooms over there.

I'll make stewed chicken with mushrooms

- for you. Go. - Okay.

But I like eating stewed chicken with Cuicui, you little shoot.

Let's go.

We'll be back soon.

They all left.

You are

full of strength.

Chop all that firewood.

You…

Stop saying a word.

I know you have a lot of questions.

Whatever questions you have, wait until we're full.

The stewed chicken with mushrooms needs a strong fire

to taste good.

Hurry up.

No.

Ziqi, Ziqi,

quick, try this cake.

Where did it come from?

I made it myself.

Master Wenxin taught me.

He even praised me for learning quickly.

Aren't you going to eat?

Then I'll eat it myself.

It's really delicious.

You've been won over so quickly.

The true identity and purpose of that old man

remain a complete mystery.

He appears kind and benevolent,

but surely has some plans.

His true identity is

something we do not know,

but right now,

doesn't he just want us to trust him?

If he is a good person,

what he plans must not be anything bad.

But if he is a bad person,

we should now make him believe us,

so that we can know his final purpose.

That's right.

But I don't know why,

every time I see him, I get annoyed

and just want to argue with him.

Help!

Back mountain!

What's wrong with the back mountain?

Back mountain!

I…

I saw...

Come here now.

So many little demons.

Brother Liu,

have they always been residing here?

Liaoran Valley is rich in earth energy.

It's suitable for demons to live.

My Master never disturbs or drives them away.

So the Senior

does not truly dislike demons.

In front of the Mirror Formation,

he intentionally tested me,

asking about my nature.

For the first time, I saw demons and humans

staying together so harmoniously.

This is how the world should be.

It's wonderful.

Since there is nothing at all,

why are you screaming?

I… Who said there is nothing?

I just came to pick mushrooms.

These guys suddenly surrounded me,

asking me this and that,

such as how old I am, what tier I've reached,

where I'm from and what my name is.

They have no sense of boundaries.

I was scared out of my wits.

They were just welcoming you

to say hello.

Cuicui, look,

there is a large bamboo forest over there.

Aren't you looking for your grandfather?

Go to ask your peers.

Maybe there's some information.

That bamboo forest is really big.

It must be several hundred years old.

It really looks like my grandfather.

No.

This is my grandfather.

Grandfather!

Grandfather!

Grandfather!

Grandfather!

Is that you, grandfather?

Is it you, grandfather?

Is it you, grandfather?

Which family's child

(Qingqing, Old Bamboo Demon) is disturbing my sleep?

Grandfather!

Grandfather!

- You… - Grandfather!

It's really you.

I finally found you.

Wait.

Are you calling me grandfather?

Grandfather,

don't you recognize me?

I am your grandson.

Take a good look.

I think I have a grandson

called Huahua.

It's Cuicui, my name is Cuicui.

Cuicui?

Why does Cuicui's grandfather not seem to recognize him?

I remember I had been looking for my grandson for a long time

until I forgot.

You've grown up.

It seems not right.

Could it be that tall?

We haven't seen each other for many years.

How come you

look like a bamboo shoot?

- This… - Cuicui,

did you mistake someone else?

Is he really your grandfather?

Could it be a mistake?

No, this is my grandfather.

He is getting old.

His memory isn't good.

He has never gotten my name right.

Grandfather,

where have you been all these years?

I waited for you at home for so long.

I thought I would never see you again.

You were right.

Where have I been?

I just remember

I had lived in this valley for a long time,

spending every day with my little friend Wenxin,

drinking tea and playing chess.

How did I end up here?

Senior Bamboo,

when you were in hibernation,

you were taken away by a Demon Catcher.

At that time, you were deceived by him.

That person said he would take you

to find someone you haven't seen in a long time.

You believed it and followed him.

Fortunately, you met my Master on the way.

I remember now.

That young rascal is really vicious.

He lied to me

that Yanyan was waiting for me.

Yanyan?

Who is that?

- I was really tricked. - It was Cuicui's grandfather's first love.

It was a Photinia Serrulata Demon.

If it weren't for Wenxin,

I might have already been turned into a staff.

Liu Fuyi,

did you know long ago

that Cuicui's grandfather was in the valley?

Why didn't you say it earlier?

I asked him not to say it.

Wouldn't saying it in advance ruin the surprise?

Surprise?

I think it's just an excuse.

You hide everything.

What exactly do you want to do?

I don't want to do anything.

The meal is ready.

Let's eat first.

Here I come.

Delicious.

Eat up.

Pick up your chopsticks.

You've been busy all day and not eating?

This stewed chicken with mushrooms

and this fried bacon with bamboo shoots

were your father's favorites back then.

Come, have a taste.

Senior,

you knew my father?

Master,

all these years you have always been letting me

keep an eye on the whereabouts of the Mu siblings,

but never told me the reason.

I wonder if you are an old acquaintance of the Mu Family.

What old acquaintance?

It's been seven years since the Mu Family incident.

My sister has been searching the enemies.

Everyone who had a connection with the Mu Family

knew it.

How come you never showed up?

Instead, you played quite a few tricks secretly.

What's your purpose?

You…

They are asking all sorts of questions.

You have arrived at Liaoran Valley.

Don't you want to ask anything?

I do want to ask.

Senior, I want to ask,

what does the nature's form and shadow

in the Mirror Formation mean?

You ask about everything,

but why does no one ask about the catastrophe of heaven?

Master,

Sheng drew out the Crescent.

After reading the Prophecy, the Astronomical Bureau said

that the Blood Moon in the sky indicates the catastrophe of heaven.

The catastrophe will occur in three years,

but it is uncertain whether this is true or false.

Those fools

at the Astronomical Bureau are

so unreliable.

Within three years?

In three months

there will be a Blood Moon in the sky.

Three months?

What is a Blood Moon in the sky?

Could it really mean the end of the world?

Scary.

The end of the world is scary.

Eat!

Come on.

Eat now.

Brother Bamboo has lived for 1,000 years.

900 years ago,

he experienced the catastrophe of heaven.

Now let him

take you into his memories to have a look.

Brother,

go.

Run!

The catastrophe of heaven really exists.

It is not a mere illusion.

If it truly occurs,

wouldn't living beings be in misery?

Not only would they be in misery,

but all humans, demons, creatures, and plants in the world

would perish.

Even this world would cease to exist.

Senior,

more than 900 years ago,

how was the catastrophe of heaven stopped?

Finally, someone asked the right question.

Brother Bamboo,

you tell them.

I remember now.

Back then, both demons and humans were at a loss.

There was a young female cultivator

about your age.

She brought hope to all of us.

Was she the ancestor of our family, Mu Qingshi?

Yes.

So you are one of her descendants.

I have met her before.

But it was just a brief encounter.

I was about his age at that time.

I will take you

to have a direct look.

Come.

Miaomiao?

Why does this person

look exactly like me?

Miaomiao,

why is it you?

How could the Mu Family's ancestor

be so similar to Miaomiao?

Grandfather,

did you remember it wrong again?

You used to always mistake

the neighboring birch sapling for me.

How could that be?

When I saw her on the back mountain,

I felt she looked familiar.

I started to think about who she resembled.

After listening to what you said,

I became uncertain.

An old and confused bamboo

might have a bad memory.

He just saw it 900 years ago,

how could he still remember it now?

I think after meeting Miaomiao,

he fabricated it out of thin air.

But Senior Bamboo has never seen

Miaomiao's inner core and frontal mark.

It is indeed identical.

The pattern on the cloak just now

is the ancient family emblem of the Mu Family.

Very few people have seen it.

And the inner core and the frontal mark

are only vaguely mentioned

in ancient books and records of the Bureau.

In the memory of Senior Bamboo,

they were so clear.

If it weren't for seeing it personally…

We should ask

whether what he let us see

was deliberately orchestrated by someone.

Impossible.

You all know,

we bamboos simply cannot lie.

Exactly.

How could I, an old bamboo, deceive you?

Even if someone instructed me,

I can't remember it.

Senior,

the Prophecy said that only the one who draws out the Crescent

is destined to be the Heavenly Demon Catcher.

But now,

the rainbow inner core is inside my body.

Could it be that the Astronomical Bureau made a mistake?

Is it possible that the Guardian Master is actually two people,

not just one person?

No.

In the same era, the Heavenly Demon Catcher

can't be two people.

There will only be one person.

Those people from the Astronomical Bureau,

even if they are muddling through,

have never interpreted the Prophecy wrong.

So in that case,

the one destined to save the world

is still…

You are talking about him?

When he entered the valley,

he sparred with me using that ancient artifact,

but his moves were weak and powerless.

He didn't even show

a tenth of the ancient artifact's

full potential.

How could he face

that great demon who can tear open the sky?

If you rely on him to save the world…

I don't have high hopes for you.

Don't joke around.

It's too funny.

Ziqi!

I said I won't practice.

I don't care about any great demon or sky crack.

If it falls right in front of me, I'll care.

But why should I listen to that old man?

But we don't have any other advice

to listen to now.

Why should I listen to others?

Will you listen to me?

Why do you stop practicing?

I've been practicing for so long.

How about taking a break?

Get up.

Take a rest.

Do you want to eat some fruit?

No, I don't.

The weather is nice today.

Let's go to the back mountain to watch the sunset.

It must be beautiful.

The weather is nice?

I'll stand with you for a while.

Ever since we entered the valley,

we haven't had a proper conversation.

Don't be lazy, keep practicing.

Isn't this something I said to you?

Are you trying to get back at me?

That's right.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Hurry up and practice.

Okay.

Young man,

in Liaoran Valley, if you use force like this,

you won't make it through.

Old man,

you're shutting yourself in here,

are you trying to trap all of us

in the valley?

You are here as a guest.

If you want to come or leave,

just let me, the host, know.

Do you want to leave?

Alright.

It's open.

You are known as Mr. Wenxin.

I have a question.

I want to ask you.

Go ahead.

You have a good foundation,

but your skill is insufficient.

Here it comes!

My question is,

why are you afraid

to enter this Mirror Formation?

♪The sky in my eyes is always a dazzling blue♪

♪The departing ship raises its sails, waiting for the wind♪

♪It says breaking through layers of obstacles♪

♪Will lead to the stars and the sea♪

♪The fledgling bird at the cliff's edge spreads its wings♪

♪How high must it fly to meet the expectations♪

♪The waves say the breeze will come naturally♪

♪So fly♪

♪Even if I encounter storms and crash into flames♪

♪Even if the thorns cover me♪

♪I was meant to♪

♪Embrace every surging wave♪

♪This world♪

♪Has both spectacular and ordinary moments♪

♪Giving it my all is brave enough♪

♪The next stop♪

♪Is calling me from ahead♪

♪A flower breaking through the stone, pure and soft♪

♪Open up an umbrella on a long journey♪

♪No matter where the wind comes from, I'll look forward to it♪

♪So fly♪

♪Even if I encounter storms and crash into flames♪

♪Even if the thorns cover me♪

♪I was meant to♪

♪Embrace every surging wave♪

♪This world♪

♪Has both spectacular and ordinary moments♪

♪Giving it my all is brave enough♪

♪The next stop♪

♪Is calling me from ahead♪

♪As the wind blows open the folded crane-shaped letters♪

♪The yellowing paper reflects forgotten wishes♪

♪I want to talk to the passionate persistence I had back then♪

♪Thank you for not retreating♪

♪Thank you for always guarding your beliefs♪

♪So fly♪

♪Even if I encounter storms and crash into flames♪

♪Even if the thorns cover me♪

♪I was meant to♪

♪Embrace every surging wave♪

♪This world♪

♪Has both spectacular and ordinary moments♪

♪Giving it my all is brave enough♪

♪The next stop♪

♪Is calling me from ahead♪