01x05 - Episode 5

[bunniefuu]

[Love of the Divine Tree]

[Episode 5]

Is this what you meant by "alright"?

Just a bit of cold poison left.

No worries.

I'll be fine by tomorrow.

You've fully recovered?

I'm fine now.

Did you

guard me all night?

You got hurt because of me.

If I left,

and you got chronically ill,

I'd be the one to blame, right?

Shui, you're indeed

a nice person with a conscience.

Since everything is done,

let's hurry back now.

No rush.

Today is kind of special.

What?

Don't you remember what day it is?

It's your birthday!

I should celebrate it for you.

Don't bother.

I'm not interested

in boring things like this.

How about I let you out for a day off?

I don't want that either.

I'll release you from the jade tablet,

and you can have fun today!

Just go wherever you want.

Off you go.

[Meeting Hall, Mount Wester]

Qingge,

the disciple you said you were going to take in

is Su Yishui?

Yeah.

That boy's really talented.

I thought it'd take him five years to form a core,

but he nailed it in just three years.

Qingge,

he is the son of Prince Ping.

You don't allow

our Heavenly Sect to get involved in imperial affairs,

but why

did you take in Su Yishui as your disciple?

As my disciple,

he will no longer be related to the imperial family.

That's not true.

His Majesty hasn't named an heir yet,

while his condition has deteriorated.

My father and Prince Ping

will inevitably fight each other one day.

At that time, Su Yishui

will surely side with Prince Ping.

Someone who has struggled to survive like him

can't be easily controlled.

Struggled to survive?

Before falling out

with Prince Ping,

my father heard he found

his lost son and brought his son back to the mansion.

As fellow members of the imperial family,

my father chose a day

and brought me to meet him.

Greetings, Uncle.

Good boy...

Unexpectedly, Prince Ping

said his son who just returned home

was feeling under the weather

and bedridden for recovery.

So he couldn't meet us.

Then my father

just had tea and chatted with Prince Ping.

[Little Su Yu]

I was too young and restless to sit still,

so I snuck out to wander around Prince Ping's residence.

Then I accidentally stumbled into the back garden

and heard weird noises there.

[Be Righteous]

Out of curiosity,

I went to take a look.

Later I found out

that boy was Su Yishui.

Didn't expect Shui

to be such a poor little thing.

Having gone through all this,

no matter what kind of person he was,

he's definitely been ruined by Prince Ping.

Qingge,

I don't want you to be stabbed in the back

by the person you treat with kindness.

Qingge,

His Highness is right.

You should be cautious.

Prince Ping treated him this way

just in order to forge him

into a deadly blade.

But now,

since he is in Mount Wester,

I will sheathe this blade

and not let him harm others or himself.

What if he goes against your wishes?

[Little Su Yishui]

Young Master,

were you slacking off just now?

I saw you slacking off!

How dare you?

How dare you slack off?

How dare you?

Get out of here!

This is my home!

How dare you talk back?

How dare you?

How did I end up with

such a burden like you?

Don't ever come back again.

Understand?

Babe,

I got you a present.

Go and take a look.

Okay.

Go.

Come on.

Let's go.

[Jiang, Su Yishui's Mother]

What are you doing here?

I have squared up

with your father.

We're no longer related.

Today is my babe's first day at school.

It should be a happy day.

Who is it?

[Jiang's Lover]

Get out of here

don't come back to cause me trouble.

Well, well, look who's here.

Isn't this my son's biological father

who hasn't shown up for ten years?

What brings you here today

to finally acknowledge your son?

I've been feeding

and raising him with great effort.

You can't just take him away

as you want.

You should at least give some compensation.

Do you think I'm underselling my son?

This small amount of money

is nowhere near enough.

What else do you want then?

Let me go!



See?

He's this heavy.

You should at least give me



White jade,

enough for you to buy another house.

Fine...

This is enough now.

You can take him.

Mom!

I promise if you hit me and scold me,

I won't hide anymore.

Please let me go back!

Now

is the perfect time

for you to repay me!

Mom!

You have two choices now.

One,

stay out here and freeze to death.

Two,

be a good boy, get in the carriage, and come home with me.

Mom!

Mom!

Please open the door!

I won't leave!

I'm not patient and won't wait.

I'll count to three.

Mom!

One.

Mom!

I promise

I'll only eat one bite of food every day.

I promise I won't waste much money.

Two.

Three.

Mom...

Mom!

Mom, please open the door!

Mom!

Mom!

Mom, please open the door! Mom!

Mom...

He's got something in his hands!

Grab it!

Give it to me...

Give me that!

It's mine, mine!

It's mine!

It's mine!

Give it to me!

Give it to me!

Here, take this.

Mom.

Come on.

Here, put this on.

It's chilling cold.

Come on, hang in there.

We're almost home.

Almost there.

Mom...

Mom!

Welcome back!

I'm back.

What's this?

Take a look.

Dried longan?

It's a pity they were pickled after going bad.

But the taste is still not bad.

Try some.

Thank you, Mom!

Mom has abandoned me.

I don't have a home anymore.

[Prince Ping's Residence]

It's on fire here!

Fire!

Get some water! Hurry!

Hurry up...

[Wester Sect]

I told you not to close the door.

We should leave it open for Shui.

It's windy and pouring rain.

Go open the door.

♫After parting, the black silk-like hair turned snow-white♫

♫In secret, I've been missing you, dreaming about you for years♫

You're finally home

♫Awaiting the destined love, a déjà vu so real♫

♫I'd trade three lifetimes of grandeur for your one fleeting bliss♫

♫Gradually gravitate toward you by love♫

What are you looking at?

Let's go.

♫Words are too weak to tell the whole story♫

♫Only after I met you♫

♫Did I realize there are heaven-like places all because of you♫

♫Maybe a lifetime is too short, too fleeting♫

♫So we were granted a second chance♫

♫Using the unfinished fate♫

♫To exchange for endless reunions♫

♫Maybe we have not only the past♫

♫But also the future with passion never fading away♫

♫With endless time to write our story♫

♫We fulfill the vow forged though many lifetimes♫

♫From now onwards♫

it's still warm.

Just grab a bite.

I made you birthday noodles.

I'm not hungry.

What about the gift?

Do you want it?

What's this?

Come on.

Toss it into the soil.

Hurry.

How is it?

Do you like it?

It's just a tree.

Shui,

you're wrong about that.

Trees are more valuable than you think.

In spring, it grows green leaves.

In summer, it's a shelter from wind and rain.

In autumn, it bears fruits for us to pick.

In winter, it provides branches for firewood.

In the morning, birds chirp on top.

At noon, it provides shade from the heat.

At night,

we listen to the wind rustling through the leaves,

drinking and chatting under the tree.

With a tree in front of a house,

it's not just a house

but

a home.

How's that?

Feeling better now?

Appreciate the tree.

Have a drink.

I don't drink.

Wine is the best thing in the world.

Have a sip.

Fine,

I'll drink alone.

This first sip

is a toast to the present,

wishing Shui

a happy birthday.

Nice wine.

This second sip

is to the past.

May we not be stuck in the past

with each day a brand-new beginning.

Freshly picked sweet fruit.

From now on,

we'll only taste sweetness, not bitterness.

I don't need sweetness.

Sweetness makes people forget,

yet bitterness has things engraved in your mind.

I only need bitterness.

It reminds me to never forget.

It's not worthwhile.

Everyone's got their limits.

In the past, you had no choice.

It was filled with bitterness. You can't change it.

Now you can choose on your own.

Why make things difficult for yourself?

How about this?

Next time when something gets you down,

let's just open a jar of good wine

and call our fellows

to get rid of all the unhappiness.

We can call them now.

Mu Qingge!

You know nothing about my past,

and neither do you know

what kind of person I really am.

I don't need

anyone to help me.

Stop being kind to me.

Then tell me

what kind of person you were?

And what kind of person

do you want to become in the future?

I want to become

the most powerful being in the world.

I want those who once despised me

to kneel before me one by one,

begging me to spare their lives.

If you were really

as ruthless as you say,

you wouldn't have let

Prince Zong's second son survive.

I didn't k*ll him

because I wanted to defy my father's manipulation.

I have my own plans.

So are you planning to scheme against Prince Ping?

You have to be more ruthless and callous than others

to stay on top.

In this world,

if you don't want to be manipulated,

this is the only way to go.

No other choice.

Actually, when I was young,

I almost went astray too.

In that year of the famine,

some bandits wanted me

to put poison into the well of a rich household in the village.

They promised to give me food if I did it.

I didn't want to do it,

but my little sister had already

been starving for days.

It snowed heavily that night.

I pondered over it all night.

If I put the arsenic,

innocent people would die.

If I didn't,

my sister and I would die.

So you put the poison into the well?

I carried my sister on my back

and fled away on that snowy night.

I thought we would die,

but unexpectedly, after we left,

we survived.

Shui,

sometimes people

are like

bugs trapped in a box.

They think they're trapped in dead ends,

but once they break out,

they'll realize how vast the world is.

There are always choices.

You've already left Prince Ping's residence.

I will definitely help you

find another path.

I've asked around.

In the Wester Sect, except for me,

no one else was brought here by force.

You care about me so much.

Is it because of Su Yu?

You two used to be so close.

As I told you before,

it's because you have Five Spirit Roots.

I want you to teach disciples

and build up a reputation for me.

This way, I can just

lead a carefree life,

lying down and enjoying offerings.

You're indispensable

to make my dream come true.

You are indeed so boring.

Have a drink.

No wonder he doesn't drink.

He's such a lightweight!

Junior Su's playing a gentle and soothing melody today.

He's almost like a different person!

Those rabbits and chicks in the cub zoo

are getting along very well with Junior Su.

Really?

Focus on meditation.

Why so talkative?

Weird,

you're about to form your core,

but something's obstructing

the flow of spiritual power in your heart.

Have you ever been seriously injured

or

been hit by any weird spells?

I'm planting this drop of Spirit Spring

into your heart.

No.

Perhaps there's

a trace of innate impurity in your body

that's affecting your cultivation.

The Westerly Valley in the west

can stabilize spiritual power.

Go there

and wait for me.

Take this pill

and focus on meditation.

This pill I just made is extremely bitter.

Take it with the dried longan.

I've added some licorice to it.

Stabilize your spiritual power.

I'll help you form your Golden Core.

It's done!

The Golden Core!

Shui has finally formed a Golden Core

instead of a Demonic Core.

Shui,

you're now a Golden Core cultivator.

Helping me form my core depleted your core energy.

It's nothing.

What happened to your hands?

Just got hurt while picking the immortal herb for that pill.

The Nine-ganoderma Immortal Herb is quite difficult to pick.

Thank you.

Well, well, wonders never cease.

Shui actually said thank you.

Honestly,

what I want to hear now

is not "thank you."

Then what is it?

After so many years here,

isn't it about time

for you to call me master?

Despite my injured hands

and drastic power decline,

-I still can't get you to call me master.
-Master.

Yes,

good boy.

Junior Su,

you advanced to the Golden Core realm just a few days ago.

Yet instead of consolidating your cultivation,

you've been grinding medicine here

and making this scar-removing ointment.

What's the use of that?

I...

I injured my hands.

Is it serious? Let me see.

Nope.

Shui,

what's the matter?

It's medicine for your hand injury.

[Prince Zong's Residence]

Su Yishui?

Yes.

Can't believe someone like Su Yishui

would personally make an ointment for Qingge

and lose composure at her doorstep.

He must have feelings for Qingge.

No wonder Qingge

was willing to offend the Eternal Sect

just to take him in as her disciple.

And she even allows him to do whatever he wants

on Mount Wester.

Treating him like this

would make him fall in love, of course.

However,

what's most concerning is...

What?

Qingge is nice to all her disciples.

But her exceptional care for Su Yishui

is indeed uncommon.

Could it be that

Qingge also has feelings for Su Yishui?

With Qingge's free-spirited nature,

how could she be bound by feelings?

Otherwise, I would have

proposed to her already.

I've always kept the position

of the legitimate son's wife for her.

One can never get love by force.

As the saying goes,

the person by your side

is the one most worthy of cherishing.

Guards!

Yes, Your Highness.

Give my order.

Starting today,

recruit skilled craftsmen to Mount Wester.

It's time to build

a proper palace for Qingge.

It shall be called

Consonance Palace.

Understood.

Being close is good,

but having consonance is even better.

Mu Qingge...

[Wester Sect]

What is this all about?

Prince Zong's legitimate son, Su Yu,

is going to build

the Consonance Palace for our Wester Sect.

Unsolicited favors

are always suspicious.

Yu has already spent the money.

It would be improper to reject his goodwill.

During this time,

Zeng Yi, you stay here and watch over the place.

You

go down the mountain with me.

Go down the mountain?

We're going to the capital

to handle an emergency.

[Fair, Capital]

Snacks from Dewei Restaurant.

Have some while they're hot.

So this is your "emergency"?

Isn't eating, drinking, and having fun important?

This is really tasty.

Yu said

it's even better than what the imperial chefs make.

Why should I eat

things recommended by others?

Well,

what about a recommendation from your master?

This collection of entertainment

contains the essence

of your master's lifelong research.

Let me take you to try them one by one.

For cuisines and having fun,

you even wrote a book?

Cuisines are worthy of delving into!

Only by tasting all the flavors in the world

can you comprehend the essence of the great way.

Come on,

after finishing all these,

I'll take you on a proper tour of the capital.

Sir,

one set of fried silkworm pupae, please.

Fresh out of the wok.

Enjoy your meal.

Here,

It's so good!

Take a look, everyone!

Tossing the flower ba*ls!

Come and take a look!

Try it.

Bravo!

Waist drums, waist drums for sale!

Waist drums for sale, waist drums for sale!

Young lady,

come take a look at the waist drums.

This is the best-selling one in my shop.

[Enrollment Dept. of Wester Sect]

Turn around and let me see.

Is this also what you called an emergency?

After the Consonance Palace is built,

Mount Wester will expand greatly.

Won't it be too empty with just us there?

So we need to enroll a few disciples with various talents,

and good looks.

The point is being good-looking, right?

How about that one just now?

He has good potential

as well as

good looks.

I don't know.

Where are you going?

To buy some fruit.

Why are you suddenly going to buy fruit?

I am Wei Jiu.

I have

admired you for a long time, Master Mu.

In what way do you admire me?

Master Mu, you've reached

the Transcendence Realm at such a young age.

I heard that your new disciple, Su Yishui,

formed a Golden Core within just three years.

There must be a shortcut to advancement.

I'm willing to give up

the position of the Scarlet Sect's young lord

to join the Wester Sect instead.

Sorry,

our Shui is exceptionally talented.

There's no shortcut to advancement.

Your aptitude

seems just so-so.

Joining our Wester Sect wouldn't help you much.

Forget about it.

Master Mu, I've heard that

you prefer handsome disciples.

I'm not bragging,

but I think I'm quite a handsome man.

Besides, I've learned many special tricks.

If you take me in,

the Wester Sect will

surely stun the world in the future.

Wei Jiu, right?

Let's put aside everything else.

Just in terms of beauty,

you are nowhere as handsome

as my disciple Su Yishui.

Stun the world? Seriously?

Master Mu,

my beauty is well-known to all.

How could Su Yishui possibly beat me in that?

Are you intentionally embarrassing me, Master Mu?

Shui,

come over here.

Guys,

please tell me.

How does this man look?

Quite good.

Not bad...

Yeah, not bad.

Decent enough.

And how about this one?

Really handsome!

Look at his jaw-dropping beauty!

Well, then compare this person

with decent looks

to this one with jaw-dropping beauty.

Which one do you think

looks better?

The latter one, undoubtedly!

That's right!

Just leave!

Get down!

Go home!

See?

Comparison of goods isn't scary,

But comparison between people is frightening.

You can go home now.

Mu Qingge,

you'll surely regret this one day.

Just you wait!

Shui,

I'm so proud of you!

This is for you.

What's this?

The most important thing during this trip down the mountain

is this.

Take it.

It's a gift for your Golden Core formation.

Shui,

did you have fun in the past few days

in the capital?

Yes.

There is

much more fun

everywhere in this world.

In the future,

I will take you to explore and enjoy them

one by one.

Take this sword

and protect

this interesting mortal world together with me.