01x11 - Episode 11

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♫ Ask the sword, the knife, to cast away resentment ♫

♫ I fear that new and old grudges will add to my troubles ♫

♫ Ask each tactic, each trick, to test who is more skilled ♫

♫ The ups and downs of life are difficult to predict ♫

♫ Ask the road and journey across remote lands ♫

♫ Where is my soul mate? I'm so lonely ♫

♫ Ask the rain and clear skies about the troubles on my mind ♫

♫ Face the moon every day and night ♫

♫ Ask the flowers and leaves, their colors are perfect ♫

♫ Happiness and pain are both short;
how many springs are left? ♫

♫ Ask autumn and winter, the snowstorm continues ♫

♫ The rainbow scatters easily but the days are hard to endure ♫

♫ No one knows why the flowers blossomed early ♫

♫ Heaven doesn't laugh, for it has grown old ♫

♫ The pugilist world is small, but the rest of the world is vast ♫

♫ I've forgotten those who are gone ♫

♫ No one knows why the flowers withered early ♫

♫ Heaven feels no sorrow, for it has grown old ♫

♫ The heroes have died and little time is left ♫

♫ I've forgotten those who are gone ♫

[Word of Honor]

[Episode 11]

Master. Repairs for the Five Lakes Monument are going well.

When the Heroes Conference begins here,

the Five Lakes Monument will witness you

become the chief of the martial arts world again.

It's ture that "there's a legend in the martial arts world".

[Five Lakes Alliance]

What chief of the martial arts world?

I put in all this effort just to

protect what our ancestors left us.

No need to mention my personal loss.

Yes.

Wen Ke Xing. Why are you being crazy again?

I'm always crazy.

You're probably more scared when I'm not.

Why did you suddenly k*ll the White Grim Reaper?

Why did you ask my girls

to spread the half of the nursery rhyme about the Ghosts on Mount Qingya everywhere?

What are you actually planning?

Don't take tolerance as forgiveness.

Wen Ke Xing!

Chief, please don't be angry.

Master is mad because she cares.

We all care about you,

and want do our work better for you.

Qian Qiao, get up.

You're scared of him, right?

I'm not!

Tragicomic Ghost, leave.

I have orders to give Beauty Ghost in private.

Master.

Get up.

Chief.

I'd like to ask you to forgive Master's rudeness.

All of your actions have deeper intentions.

We just need to follow orders.

Deeper intentions?

I just suddenly wanted to k*ll someone.

What deeper intentions?

Changing Ghost was unsatisfied and planning to revolt.

k*lling his trusted subordinate, White Grim Reaper,

is a warning to him.

Beauty Ghost.

Do you know the outcome of trying to guess your master's intentions?

One only guess a master's intentions for one's own gain.

and only want to work for you and Master.

I have nothing to hide.

Don't worry.

Everything is in my control.

I have something else for you to do.

Yes, please go ahead.

Did you learn your transformation skills

Yes.

Have you been there?

Never.

When I was little, I had an opportunity

to meet a martial arts master and did him a little favor.

The senior pitied me for being d*sfigured,

so taught me transformation skills.

That's all.

That senior must've been the leader of the Four Seasons Manor, Qin Huai Zhang.

It was.

I heard that the Four Seasons Manor

has flowers that blossom year-round,

and is very beautiful.

Since you and Qin Huai Zhang knew each other,

why didn't you go visit?

Since I am now part of the ghosts,

I won't reminisce about the prosperity of the living world anymore.

I only want to be loyal to

Ghost Valley and you.

That's right.

We are ghosts.

Ghosts disappear in the light.

[Fruits]

[Yueyang Sect]

The world is so vast.

I am now all alone and can go anywhere.

Why would I stay here

and watch these fools put on an act?

[Yueyang Sect]
Have I not seen enough before?

What did I spend all these years for?

[Xiangzhu Hall]

[Tonight at 11:00 pm, come to the northern garden - Xu]

Why are you sneaking around?

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

so I came to look for food.

Is that not okay?

Yes, of course it is.

When Master Zhang becomes the leader of the Yueyang Sect,

you can do whatever you want.

But that's for the future.

What would you like to eat?

I'll tell the kitchen,

and you just wait in your room.

No need for the trouble.

I'll go and find some leftovers in the kitchen.

If you don't go back,

I'll have to tell Master.

Sister Xiang? You came too?

Why are you out in the middle of the night?

Where are my master and Uncle Wen?

Didn't Master ask you to come to get me?

Get you?

Sister Xiang, I've seen him before.

He's an internal servant.

It turns out he works for my master!

I'm here. Where is Master?

How are you related to Beauty Ghost?

None of your business!

Little idiot, hurry up and leave!

Sister Xiang.
-Leave!

You little brat.

Sister Xiang!

[Diecui Pavilion]

Cheng Ling!

Qin, cover me!

[Chongwu Palace]

[After all this time, I ended up with nothing.

Zhou Zi Shu.

You always thought you were smart.

Did you try everything to leave the Window of Heaven

just to drown to death in wine?

[There are so many morons in this world.

Who could be more foolish than you?

Let go of me!

Cheng Ling?

How did it go? Find anything?

- No.
- Search over there.

Okay.

You guys, go over there. The rest over here.

Okay!

Master Wen.

Apologies. We are searching for a thief.

Have you seen a man holding a pipa?
[T/N: Chinese string instrument]

He might not be holding it.

You mean Phantom Musician Qin Song?

Great! You know him.

This is what happened.

He and another thief kidnapped our Young Master Zhang Cheng Ling.

But we already asked the castellan to lock the city.

Master Wen, please help us.

I advise you to take note of the situation

and tell me where the Glazed Armor is, so you can stop being tortured.

Tomboy.

Why can't you be more tender?

If a cute little boy like him gets tortured,

he won't be handsome anymore.

Little boy, does it hurt?

Do you want me to blow on it?

You disgusting woman, don't touch me!

But I want to touch you.

Those dogs are following so closely.

Why aren't the three of them coming to my aid?

Where did your friends take him?

Are you going to tell me,

or do you want me to squeeze the answer out of you?

Little boy, can you tell us now?

Just k*ll me!

You want to die before telling us where the Glazed Armor is?

Baby, k*lling you would be doing you a favor.

I have over one hundred ways to make you feel worse than death.

Are you done or not?

You frivolous woman.

Master doesn't have the patience for you to use all one hundred methods.

This boy looks weak,

but he's quite stubborn.

Are you forcing me to use my real powers?

He's such a little brat.

If you accidentally k*ll him, we're both going to die.

Leave him.

Let me do it.

Go and see why it's taking so long for Monster Jiang

to meet with Qin.

I'm not going.

I don't care what happens to those two.

I want to see what kind of skills you have.

Then bring me a pail of water

and a stack of Xuan paper.

Your hand for playing pipa is now destroyed.

I met another tough man before

and asked him the same question.

He also wouldn't answer.

I had no choice but to crush his bones inch by inch,

and slowly squeeze the answer out of him.

My father told me

that the human body contains 206 bones.

When I got to the 80th bone,

that tough man answered.

Qin Song...Tell me right now

where your friends kidnapped the boy to!

How is it?

I don't need your delicate and weak t*rture skills.

A pail of water and a stack of paper.

I have yet to meet a man who can withstand this water t*rture!

I admire you, Tomboy.

No wonder that one has to be cruel to be successful.

Compared to you, I'm truly not as skilled.

Do you want to tell us now?

I'll tell you.

The Glazed Armor... Glazed Armor...

What did you say?

What other t*rture methods have you got? Use them all.

Guess whether or not I can bear them.

My father is Chevalier of Mirror Lake, Zhang Yu Sen.

None of his sons is a coward!

Who are you?

You dare attack the Four Assassins?

A bunch of stinky scorpions don't deserve to know my name.

You know about the Scorpion?

I do. I am your ancestor!

Master!

Why did you come back alone? Where is Qin?

I couldn't find Qin!

These stupid nail wounds.

I can't drag out this battle.

I need to end it as soon as possible.

Why is this b*stard here?

Stop talking. k*ll him first!

Master!

Who are you?

Since you know about Scorpion, you must also know

that no one can stop the Scorpion King from k*lling whoever

and getting whatever he wants.

What a coincidence.

No one can either stop me from k*lling who I want

and getting what I want.

Monster Jiang!

Master!

Don't worry, I'm here.

He is almost tired out. Let's attack together!

Capture him alive.

I'm going to get my sweet revenge for Qin Song and Monster Jiang.

Handsome boy.

Let me show you what it feels like to want to die more than to live.

Uncle Wen!

Who hurt you?

Uncle Wen, they kidnapped me

and hurt my master.

No need to follow them.

We have to get Cheng Ling out of here.

No.

I will destroy whoever hurt you!

Let's go.

Master. What... what are those?

Don't be scared.

Take Cheng Ling and leave.

It's fine if you don't leave.

Dying together with you is also a fine ending.

Who wants to die with you?

In life and death will you never part.

What a touching moment.

Glad to have you,

and apologies for not welcoming you earlier.

These two b*stards were the ones that k*lled Jiang and destroyed Qin!

You lost and disgraced me,

and you're not embarrassed to complain?

Leader Zhou. Are you not going to introduce

your fast friend?

Who are you?

Why send people to kidnap Cheng Ling?

I can tell you who I am,

but you have to tell me who you are first.

Let's wager a bet.

The person who loses should tell the person who wins

his true identity.

He's even more talkative than you.

Your Majesty, who are they?

A leader of the Window of Heaven,

and a leader of the ghosts.

Ghost Leader?

How did those two devils

end up together?

[Profound Expectations]

Big Brother.

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

The Four Assassins definitely took a risk to kidnap Cheng Ling

in order to find out where the Glazed Armor is.

As long as Cheng Ling doesn't say anything,

his life won't be in danger.

Enough.

Master, Uncle Wen. You both came to save me.

Sister Xiang was right.

You didn't leave me behind!

Little idiot.

You call me Uncle Wen and him Master.

You make it sound like I'm younger than him.

Am I not older than you?

The Four Assassins tortured you and you didn't even cry.

Why are you crying after seeing us?

Alright, act like a man.

They tortured me, and I'd rather die than give in.

But when I saw you, I...

Master, Uncle Wen.

I have so many things to tell you!

Smells delicious.

Ah Xu.

Cheng Ling, you're hungry, right?

You eat first.

Master, I know that only you guys are sincerely kind to me.

Little idiot. Don't your uncles treat you well too?

I heard that Gao Chong even wanted to betroth his only daughter to you.

I don't have a daughter, just Xiang.

I don't really care, but I'm afraid you won't be able to handle her.

They just want the Glazed Armor,

and never actually cared about me

or my family's revenge.

In the beginning,

I thought they actually saw me as their nephew.

But later on,

I realized they never even treated my father as a real brother, much less me.

Little idiot, what do you mean?

Uncle Gao isn't worried about getting revenge at all.

Instead, he's using that as an excuse to carry on with his Heroes Conference.

Ever since I came to the Yueyang Sect, nobody truly cared about me

or asked what I wanted.

Then what do you want?

I want to learn martial arts.

I want to get revenge.

I don't want to be a useless child anymore,

waiting for others to sacrifice themselves to protect me.

I also want to continue the Mirror Lake Sect's heritage.

That is the wish of my father and brothers.

Cheng Ling, did something happen that caused

your strong suspicions of the Five Lakes Alliance?

Do you want to tell us?

Eat first. There's no rush to tell us.

No. Master, Uncle Wen.

The day my family was k*lled,

my father didn't have time to tell me much

except for one thing.

"Never trust anyone, no one is trustworthy."

But Master, Uncle Wen, I trust you!

Foolish child. Don't rush to trust anyone.

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

Back then, the fisherman

didn't know what happened between my father and the Five Lakes Alliance,

and wanted to take me to Uncle Zhao.

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

Master, I'm sorry.

I should've trusted you from the beginning.

I have the Glazed Armor with me.

My father was in a rush,

and thus he cut my stomach to hide it in there.

The wound healed, and it's been with me since.

I'll take it out for you now!

Little idiot.Did I say I wanted it?

Little idiot, why are you in a rush?

You should talk slower and take time to get to know someone.

Your father must've been careful because he guessed

that even if Li safely brought you to his brothers in the Five Lakes Alliance,

they would still carefully search you.

It seems like he lost trust in his brothers a long time ago.

Yes. Other people don't know,

but they've been at odds for many years.

Do you know why their relationship turned sour?

I know. He gave me a letter.

Where is the letter?

I hid it under the Buddha statue in the abandoned temple.

I thought you were an idiot, but who knew you're quite scheming?

You even managed to hide it in that situation?

My father said that besides the receiver,

no one else can have the letter.

I didn't know what to do, so hid it when I went to the restroom.

I figuredthat worst comes to worst,

I can at least tell the receiver in person.

Who is the receiver? Do you remember what the letter said?

The letter is for Elder Changming Sword Immortal.

The letter mostly said

that the Five Lakes brothers, Gao, Zhao, Lu, Zhang, and Shen

were all friends with Uncle Rong Xuan.

Uncle Rong became evil because of a mistake the five of them made.

Once the six of them had a sword battle after arguing over the Combined Six Cultivation Method.

Uncle Rong won the battle, but was heavily poisoned

and went crazy.

Someone had put poison on the sword.

And then?

Uncle Rong became possessed and went crazy.

The five of them should have been responsible,

but no one stood up for Uncle Rong

when he was attacked by other martial arts artists.

My father was going to go to Mount Qingya

and fight to the death with Uncle Rong.

But his master broke his legs and locked him up

until it was too late.

He could only regret living.

Who was the one that put poison on his sword?

I... I don't know.

But the sword belonged to Uncle Gao.

[Late Brother Zhang Yu Sen's memorial tablet]

[Memorial tablets of Zhen Ru Yu and his wife]

Yu Sen. I'm sorry.

[Late Brother Zhang Yu Sen's memorial tablet]
I lost your son.

I waited for twenty years

to uncover the truth, but I only

heard about death after death.

[Memorial tablets of all the close friends]

All of my close friends have passed away one by one.

What Chief of the Five Lakes Alliance, Supreme Leader of the Martial Arts World?

Those are just titles!

I explained to them,

but who truly understands what I'm thinking?

It's fine if they don't believe me,

but why didn't you believe me?

[Late Brother Zhang Yu Sen's memorial tablet]

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

Now I'm old, but you are all dead.

Big Brother Rong.

My biggest regret in life is meeting you!

[Late Brother Rong Xuan's memorial tablet]

Yu Sen.

[Late Brother Lu Tai Chong's memorial tablet]
Tai Chong.

You must've met again in the netherworld by now.

You're swearing about me, right?

Then go ahead.

Ah Xu. Let me have some wine.

Give it to him.

Master, Uncle Wen.

Did you argue?

Don't... Don't be mad anymore.

There's nothing that confidants can't resolve.

Uncle Wen, hurry up and comfort Master.

He looks cold on the surface, but his heart is softer than anyone's.

He'll be fine after you comfort him.

Didn't you teach me?

Tough women can't resist clingy men.

Shut up.

What nonsense did you teach him?

Who's softhearted?

You brat, speaking nonsense.

Master, I know. Your heart is softer than anyone's.

Tell me, how did Uncle Wen upset you? I'll apologize for him.

Don't be mad at each other anymore.

Alright.

The Yueyang Sect is heavily guarded.

How did the Four Assassins kidnap you?

I... I received a letter telling me

to go for a chat at the lotus pond at 11:00 pm.

Sister Xiang helped me avoid the guards along the way.

Master. The letter was signed with a "Xu, "so I believed it.

Was it not from you?

Of course not.

The world is dangerous right now.

The Yueyang Sect is the safest place for you to stay.

Is your internal injury acting up again?

Internal injury? What injury?

Master, what's wrong?

Right. If it wasn't for this internal injury, how would I get a chance

to help a master like Ah Xu?

Cheng Ling. Did you know that when I first saw your master,

I could tell he had transformed his appearance

by his exceptional build.

There must be a world-class master

under the mask of a sick man.

Stop boasting.

How am I boasting?

My skill at recognizing people by their build is truly amazing.

Uncle Wen, you're so cool.

I never knew that Master transformed his appearance.

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

Many years ago, I saw a dead body.

The hair was a mess and face covered in blood.

A long spear was stuck from the front of its chest to its back.

I looked at the shoulder blades in detail,

and realized that this person was a rare beauty when she was alive.

Guess what happened after?

We should let the past stay in the past.

My condolences.

Lao Wen, who are you actually?

Who am I?

I am Philanthropist Wen,

doing kind deeds for good karma, and helping the poor and the weak.

I'm kind and wealthy, with many beauties around

which I shall never reject.

Master. Drink some.

Cheng Ling. Do you sincerely want me to be your master?

Yes, Master.

You and I barely know each other,

but you trust me fully. I can only repay you with sincerity.

But let me tell you who I really am first, and then you can decide.

My real name is Zhou Zi Shu.

I am the current leader of the Four Seasons Manor,

and also the last.

The previous leader, Qin Huai Zhang, was my beloved master.

Our clan used to be well known for our flowers that blossomed in all seasons,

and knowing everything in the world.

But now, there are not many left in the martial arts world

that know about Four Seasons Manor.

All because of my one mistake and helplessness.

When I was 16, my master suddenly passed away.

I couldn't save the reputation of the Four Seasons Manor,

so took the skilled disciples of our clan to follow the Jin Military Governor,

whom the Zhou family had served for generations,

and founded the Window of Heaven.

I didn't expect that all of the fellow disciples from the Manor

that all of the fellow disciples from the Manor

would become sl*ves to power.

All eighty-one previous followers of the Manor

slowly died one by one,

until when I was the only one left.

"Leader Zhou" refers to the leader of the Window of Heaven.

Yes.

This is why the Scorpion knows me,

and how I know where their base is.

Master.

Scorpion... what's the Scorpion?

It's an assassin organization.

They are rooted in Jiangnan, and are highly secretive.

The Four Assassins that kidnapped you

are one of Scorpion's trump cards.

But they have much more power than that.

Previously, the Window of Heaven wanted to spread our presence to Jiangnan,

and had a few conflicts with the Scorpion.

The Scorpion's power in Jiangnan

is no less than the Window of Heaven's power in the Northwest.

Then is your Window of Heaven also an assassin organization?

It's not my Window of Heaven anymore.

Now, I am just a normal person.

I spent half of my life alone,

doing things against my will and k*lling people I didn't want to.

I wanted to wander the world until I die,

but it seems like God have other plans

for my destiny.

Now that you know who I am,

do you still want me to be your master?

I do, of course I do!

Master, regardless of whether or not you accept me,

I thought of you as my master since long ago.

Little idiot. Since you know, hurry up and finish the formalities.

Kowtow. Hurry up.

Master, please accept my bow.

Alright. Now that you are in the clan,

you are the first disciple of the sixth generation.

With a superb disciple like you, the heritage of the Four Seasons Manor will live on.

I...

I am very happy.

Thank you, Master.

Master, I'm very happy too.

Very very happy!


♫ The sky is gray as I cross the cold river,
my duties taken care of ♫

♫ Smiling at the absurdity of the moon's reflection in my cup ♫

♫ Who allowed me to roam around the world on horseback? ♫

♫ Who is drunk in their dreams but can't find
the homeland when they wake? ♫

♫ The cold rain of autumn kisses my windows ♫

♫ I don't mind hate and slander, but my melancholy persists ♫

♫ The spring breeze brings greenery along the river ♫

♫ But can't warm the ice in my heart ♫

♫ Is that our light that appeared out of nowhere? ♫

♫ I resent being unable to meet you earlier, but it is not too late ♫

♫ Don't let the flowers of the seasons down ♫

♫ Give up the adventures on horseback for a peaceful,
quiet life by the stream ♫

♫ The lights of thousands of families light up thousands of hills ♫

♫ The past disappears like smoke waves in a sandstorm ♫

♫ I will clear away my cold past and happily spend the rest
of my life making wine and tea with you ♫

♫ No matter the height of the mountains or distance
of the sea, I will be with you ♫