♫ I thought that your purposes were simple ♫
♫ I thought that we'll eventually lose each other ♫
♫ I thought that friends like these would only plan for themselves ♫
♫ But every time I took a turn ♫
♫ And every time something unexpected happened ♫
♫ I realized that our friendship can no longer be replaced by others ♫
♫ It's like only you can understand my loneliness ♫
♫ And only I can feel your love and hate ♫
♫ Let's go through this craziness of the world together ♫
♫ Let's fight the absurdness of human heart together ♫
♫ Even though we had different dreams to start with ♫
♫ We are actually looking for the same heaven ♫
♫ As this road got harder, we are the only ones who are still staying with each other ♫
♫ We didn't lose each other ♫
Chinese Paladin 5: Clouds of the World- Episode 11 -
Gentlemen should be frank with each other. Mr. Long, please speak if you have anything to say.
Since you've asked that of me, then I shall be frank.
Your skills are near perfect;
moving like a dragon in the sky.
If you want to, you can become a sword saint
and accomplish extraordinary things. You don't have to work under others
and be the Huangfus' servant.
Brother Long is being generous with his praise.
My lord is an upright man who's willing to bear the burdens of his family
through thick and thin. His heart goes out to the common folk.
Even though he's facing the son of Jiang Shili,
his impartial judgement has never once been clouded by any previous animosity.
I believe Mr. Jiang has experienced this for himself.
It's my great honor to be working under My Lord.
That may be so, but
you should not let that detain you.
"The strong deserve to be king."
That is only natural.
"The strong bully the weak." That is simply the motto of those war-mongering tribes
and not the true Way of the world.
It's my good fortune to work beside a lord who understands me
and who treats me as an equal.
It is just a shame that I cannot share My Lord's burden.
Your words are strange to my ears.
You are a peerless sword spirit
who depends on strength to win his battles. So why do you disparage strength?
I heard this from a senior:
"The strength of the sword lies in the strength of the heart."
The strength of the heart?
Swords can kill but also save.
I've met countless souls whose lives perished under the sword
and so I know that "To be kind is to be strong."
"To be kind is to be strong"?
Mr. Long, the truly strong protect the weak instead of preying on them.
The stronger a person is, the bigger their responsibility will be.
Their heart will have to be kinder than anyone else's.
This world is full of injustice,
so who could have a heart broad enough to forgive it?
One day, when demons and humans will be able to live peacefully together,
you will understand.
Don't you want to create this world with your own hands?
Mr. Long does not yet understand.
That world will not be created through strength
but through kindness.
I do not have the ability to create it.
I can only better myself.
Where is this kindness you speak of?
You can't possibly be referring to Mr. Huangfu, right?
No matter what, Brother Xia
is indeed a peerless swordsman with the brains to match.
-You have my deepest admiration.-I'm honored to receive your praise.
Lord, the preparations are finished. We can set off any time.
Okay, I got it.
Yes.
Everything has been arranged.
We'll stop for a rest on our way to Broken Swords Heights.
It'll be at my family's mountain retreat.
Everyone will be able to get a good rest there.
But everyone will have to suffer for a little bit more before we reach there.
Well, we'll be fine as long as your retreat has good liquor and food.
It seems like Mr. Long's a good drinker.
Then let's hurry and go.
I am more than willing to drink with you when we reach!
Food-food-food, that's all you think about! I haven't even eaten yet!
I'll make you so dizzy, you won't be able to think about food!
Lord Huangfu, you said that this is the most populous city but
it sure doesn't seem like it.
It doesn't seem quite right.
Go! Hurry and go!
-Get up! -What's going on?
They refuse to leave.
You can't stay here! Hurry and leave!
Get up! Hurry and leave!
They're too much!
Stop it!
Stop! How could you beat up a defenseless person?
Miss, we are doing work right now. It has nothing to do with you. Hurry and get lost!
What do you mean it has nothing to do with me? We are all part of this city! Their business is my business!
These people are all sick.
If we don't drive them away, our entire city will die!
If they're sick then get them treated! If you kick them out now,
then that's the same as leaving them to die!
You keep defending them.
Don't tell me... Have you contracted the same illness?
Men! Capture her!
-Wait.-Let go of me!
What are you people doing?
I am Huangfu Zhuo.
Oh, I see that it is Lord Huangfu.
I am doing my job right now. These people must be driven out of the city.
What has happened?
My Lord, you are not aware. There is an epidemic in this city right now.
These commoners all caught it.
The doctors have no way to treat it.
There's no other way. The magistrate ordered us to do this,
so we had no other choice.
We can only drive them out of the city.
Aren't you the local guards?
Isn't it your job to help them?
Besides, this young lady is right. If the people are sick,
you should think of a way to treat them! Why drive them away?
Buddy, haven't I already said that
the doctors in this city have no way to treat it?
Miss, what's wrong?
According to Miss Yurou,
there are only 2 possible reasons
to explain this mass poisoning.
What are they?
Someone put poison in the water or in the food.
But... if it was like that,
then the entire city should have been poisoned.
Lord, I examined that young woman just now.
She was only slightly poisoned. This poison isn't very strong.
Some people's symptoms are fairly visible, and they have yet to manifest for others.
It has to do with an individual's physical disposition.
Just who poisoned them?
I sent people to every water source
and food storage areas to investigate.
My Lord, someone reported seeing a monster near a river in the valley.
A monster? What does it look like?
They didn't give any details, but it has the form of a horse.
They also found this nearby.
You are excused.
Could it be... a demon from the Netherworld?
That's possible.
That river is this city's most important source of water.
I'm going to go take a look.
If that is the source of the poison, then it'll be easier to figure out the antidote.
I'll go with you! Nothing has ever been able to poison me before, and I can also help.
Lord Huangfu, may I go?
I guarantee that I'll definitely come back.
Mr. Jiang, you are being too courteous.
I trust you. Go on.
Since it involves a demon, I also want to go take a look.
Yurou, are you tired?
I'm okay; just a little tired.
How about this? You should return and rest.
You haven't been able to get much rest throughout this journey.
And now here you are, scaling the mountains with the both of us.
It's okay!
How can it be okay? How can we place a girl in danger?
If this gets out, my reputation will be ruined. That would be terrible.
I guarantee that this matter won't get out. Then it'll be okay, right?
It should be up ahead.
Is that little girl a demon?
It's possible.
Yunfan. Yunfan!
Little Girl, stop poisoning the waters.
If you continue, everyone in the city's going to be dead!
It's an Ice Kirin.
How do you know that?
Yurou, can you nullify the poison?
However, we need its blood to save those who're poisoned.
She's injured. She can't have gone far.
Let's split up to search for her. Ice Kirins are not aggressive.
Let's go.
What're you doing?! Who are you?!
Miss, she's but a little girl. Why're you trying to kill her?
She's a demon. Who cares if she's little?
-Let go of me!-Hurry and go!
Why're you trying to stop me? Who the hell are you?
I'm also here to search for the Ice Kirin.
Since she's already injured, why must you try to end her life?
She's not human! She's a low beast that will harm humans!
Don't be deceived by her appearance!
Miss, you're such a ruthless person.
How are you any different from the bloodthirsty demons?
Junior Master! Mr. Long! Please stop! *(lit. Master's junior)
Junior Master? Long You! She's one of us! Stop fighting!
I won't fight a woman. For Yurou's sake,
let's just call it quits.
Junior Master!
Yurou. This man protected the demon. He must have some relationship with the Netherworld.
As a disciple of Shu Mountain Sect, how can you befriend this kind of people?
Yurou, you're a disciple of Shu Mountain?
And who the hell are you?
I'm Miss Yurou's friend.
He's more than a friend.
Who are you? Why did you save the demon?
Because I felt like it. Did you think you could've stopped me?
Junior Master! Long You did not mean to rescue the demon. We're also after it ourselves.
There must be some misunderstanding.
Yeah! Senior, Long You is a good person actually.
It's just that he... was dumped by his date!
That's why he vented his anger on you, so please don't misunderstand.
We're all guests of Lord Huangfu.
Junior Master, you should follow us back and let us explain everything to you.
Miss Ling Yin, I'm sorry that I did not go out and receive you, one of the Seven Sages of Shu.
Please don't be, My Lord.
Miss Yurou, how come you never mentioned that
your master is one of the Seven Sages of Shu?
I've been sickly since birth, yet they still accepted me as their disciple.
How could I damage the reputation of my master by letting people know?
I thought that all the Seven Sages were old seniors.
Never would I've thought that your Junior Master will be so young.
What's the use? She's as stubborn and unyielding as those older.
Mr. Long and the others have given their utmost
in solving the mystery surrounding the poisoning. They're upright people.
There must be some misunderstanding
for Mr. Long to take arms against Miss Ling Yin.
The demon was poisoning the waters, and must be exterminated!
He aided a demon; he's no friend of ours!
Lord, the Ice Kirin was simply washing her wounds by the river.
Therefore, she was not poisoning the citizens on purpose.
I can see that she feels remorse for her actions.
We should be more forgiving with this matter.
Remorse?
I think that she's pulling the wool over your eyes!
Her wounds were inflicted by me
because she was trying to harm a citizen.
How can this be?
She entered the city, then tried to harm a citizen, and was discovered by me.
I tried stopping her, but I was too late.
He had already been killed by the Ice Kirin.
At the time, she was also in the guise of a little girl.
She escaped with injuries. This time, I was so close to ending her life,
but Mr. Long had the audacity to get in my way.
I'm afraid that this is the start of more troubles to come.
I really don't get it.
Had the Ice Kirin really wanted to harm people, why must she go to the effort of disguising herself as a little girl
and infiltrate the city? Unless she's extremely stupid,
otherwise, there must be more than meets the eye to this matter.
You're always defending that beast! Just what're your intentions?
I'm just afraid that Miss Ling Yin's good intentions will cause you to take an innocent life.
Your stubbornness may blind you
to the truth.
Blind me? Innocent? How laughable!
You're trying to take a life without prior investigation!
She's a demon.
It's my mission to exterminate them in order to return this world to peace.
If I ever see her again,
I'll butcher her!
Junior Master, she can't die just yet.
Her blood is both the poison and its antidote.
We need it to save the citizens.
Yeah. How about this? Let's capture her and ask her
why she did what she did. And then come to a decision.
Miss Ling Yin, we should prioritize the lives of the citizens.
-We need her blood to do that, but we don't need her alive!-Junior Master!
Save your breath.
I'll never let any demon escape from my clutches!
Even if she's a demon, there's no reason why we can't show her mercy.
Yurou, if the Ice Kirin runs into your junior master, she's dead meat.
She'll not get her way. Your junior master's too stubborn.
Her inflexibility is making her so hateful.
Well, she has her reasons for being so.
And what're those?
I'm not privileged to discuss her private matters.
Miss Yurou, Long You and your junior master are already at odds with each other.
I think you should come right out and say it.
She hates demons to the bone.
It feels rather unreasonable.
If you don't explain, then their misunderstanding will only get greater and greater.
This may also jeopardize the reputation of the Seven Sages of Shu.
Junior Master has an older sister
named Ling Bo. She's also from Shu Mountain.
However, she fell in love
with a boy from the Netherworld.
Just like my mom?!
She knew it was against the rules
but she couldn't control her feelings.
She even stole the Sage Cauldron for the boy.
What did you say?
Not only that. In the end, she went against the Seven Sages
to protect him, even at the expense of her life.
A forbidden love...
will only hurt you in the end...
Ling Bo left and never returned.
Ling Yin believes that the demon was only using her sister.
And how would you know that the boy did not return for her?
Well, if he did, then Junior Master wouldn't hate demons this much, would she?
Nor would she have sworn to eradicate them.
That's right. Shu Mountain have always despised demons.
Plus her sister was abandoned by one. No wonder she hates demons to the core.
Abandon?
I think it more likely that someone from Shu orchestrated this misunderstanding.
Why do you say that?
I'm heading back first.
Long Ming has been missing for years.
I'm afraid that he's no longer alive.
The Nether Tribe mustn't go any longer without a leader!
Long You,
I hope that you'll inherit the throne
and replace your brother as the leader of our tribe.
Before Brother's disappearance has been thoroughly investigated, I won't do so.
Long You!
Oh, right. Didn't you say that Brother went to the human world in search of the Sage Cauldron?
He even fell in love with a girl from Shu Mountain?
He mysteriously vanished in the human world...
I suspect that... Well, it's only a suspicion
but I think that he was involved with a girl from Shu.
I'll get to the bottom of everything.
-Alright then. -I'll get to the bottom of everything!
What a coincidence.
That you'd be her sister...
Junior Master!
-Yurou.-Junior Master!
I want to discuss with you over how best to treat the citizens.
Herbs will only alleviate the symptoms, but they can't cure the poison.
We need the Ice Kirin's blood to do that.
Don't worry. I'll be able to get her blood within 3 days.
Thanks Junior Master... but the Ice Kirin looked really remorseful.
Couldn't we just spare her life for now?
I've already made my decision, so you don't have to say more.
Junior Master!
Everyone's waiting for the antidote,
yet you're worrying about a beast?
This is unacceptable behaviour for a disciple of Shu!
Miss Yurou, don't worry.
I'll stick around your Junior Master
and help her capture the Ice Kirin.
I don't need your help with capturing a tiny demon like this one!
Based on my knowledge, that tiny demon
has already twice escaped from you.
That's because you interfered!
There won't be a third time!
Let's wait and see then.
♫ I tried so hard to see through the darkness of night ♫
♫ But I can no longer understand the brightness of light ♫
♫ I no longer care about what's right and what's wrong ♫
♫ But I still want to know where the line is between those two ♫
These hundreds of years, I've been surrounded by carnage..
...until I met you.
You taught me what love is... and what the heart's capable of.
You must recover.
As long as we capture the Ice Kirin, we'll be able to cure you.
No matter how difficult it'll be, I must try.
Miss Lin, this is the Huangfus' retreat.
The place that you've dreamt of returning to for so many years.
You must hold on. Don't tell me you're going to give up so easily?
Everything has just begun. You must hold on.
Please be fine.
Mr. Xia.
So you're here.
I was in the area, so I came in to have a look.
I'll be off now.
Yurou, do you need my help with anything?
How's Miss Lin?
Her pulse is very weak. Others would have died a long time ago.
That serious?!
We must find the Ice Kirin soon.
If not, Miss Lin will probably not last for long.
Yurou, don't panic. Your junior master and Long You have already went in pursuit of the Ice Kirin.
Let's think of what else we can do for her.
There's nothing to do except wait.
Let's go pick herbs!
Herbs can only alleviate the symptoms, but they can't cure the poison.
I know that, but it's still better than sitting around and doing nothing. Maybe we'll be able to find another cure?
Nothing can cure this except the Ice Kirin's blood.
Yurou, do you remember...
Fatty?
Why're you mentioning her now?
Fatty told me that she has a terminal illness which may cause her to die any time.
She has been through a lot of suffering because of her illness.
But she still has hope that her illness will be cured one day!
She's just trying to comfort herself in order to carry on living.
No! That's optimism, that's hope! It's an attitude towards life.
She deserves our admiration and respect.
You said that Miss Lin has a weak constitution and she's poisoned.
Others would have given up the fight a long time before,
yet she's still holding on.
I think she's just like Fatty.
Since they haven't given up hope,
why must we despair?
"We mustn't lose hope as long as we live."
How could I have forgotten that?
This is what I always tell myself.
You didn't forget. You were just anxious, and it slipped your mind.
Fatty looks up to you.
So you mustn't let her down.
Let's go pick some herbs!
So you're indeed a demon!
If I'm one, then so are you.
RUBBISH! If you aren't a demon
then explain why your body's saturated with Vent energy!
I'm not the only one. You're saturated with Vent energy
from head to toe, too.
This entire forest is blanketed in Vent energy as well.
Obviously the demons are trying to cover their tracks by doing so.
I don't even know why you bothered to chase after her.
Maybe everyone from Shu is foolish and stubborn...
Or did you think that you're a dog and could sniff her out? How cute.
Damn you. You're the demon that did this!
You've wanted to get rid of me the very first time we met.
Looks like you'll even accuse me of being a demon
in order to do so.
You ARE a demon!
Go on. Finish me in one blow.
You—!!
I forgot to mention this. Looks like you've let her escape again. This is the third time now.
You—!!!
I'll kill you if you don't stop following me!
How many times must I repeat myself? Stop following me!
I'm not following you. But there's only one door we can go through.
How about this? I shall enter first, then—
It looks like you're still angry with me because the Ice Kirin escaped.
Even if I have additional reasons for wanting to help the Ice Kirin,
I must still have the ability to stop you.
Look at me. Do I look like I'm capable enough to do so?
It'll be even harder to capture her since she has escaped from us once again!
Now that we can't save the citizens, how can we rest easy?!
And here I was thinking that you just wanted to exterminate her.
I do want to exterminate her. But I want to save the citizens, too.
Relax. She can't be far away.
Why do you say that?
She unknowingly polluted the river because she was washing her wounds.
She wasn't trying to poison them on purpose.
Besides, she's remorseful about what she had done.
I believe that she'll turn herself in to resolve the situation.
You must be dreaming!
Demons are only capable of evil! They have no heart!
-Stop.-You—!
Let's find out what she wants first.
I believe she's not about to run away since she came to us of her own accord.
I wasn't trying to harm anybody.
And I most definitely wasn't trying to poison the citizens.
My blood can serve as the antidote.
Please draw as much as you want.
This is the heartless
demon that you speak of?
Come on. Follow me in.
Don't worry. I won't let anyone harm you.
Come.
You don't have to be afraid.
We're all good people.
Thanks. I like people,
and I like hanging out with them.
If that's the case, why did you sneak into the city and harm that little boy?
Little Ice Kirin, tell us the reason why.
We believe that you would not harm anyone on purpose.
Well, besides her.
Were you forced to?
He was my good friend whom I'd known for a while now.
I wasn't trying to hurt him, I was trying to save him.
Save him?
I like humans, and I like to be friends with them.
But it's a shame that human lives are short, and my friend was terminally ill;
hence, his life was even shorter. I didn't want him to die,
so I snuck him away, and was trying to resuscitate him with an elixir
but it didn't work. Instead, I was mistaken for a murderer.
Who could've thought that she snuck into town
to save her friend?
If you had questioned her before trying to kill her then she wouldn't have been hurt.
All of this could've been prevented.
Then how do you know if she's speaking the truth?
If she's lying, then she wouldn't have turned herself in.
I believe her.
Me, too.
Me, three.
It won't be as easy to convince me,
but I won't do anything to her because the citizens still need saving.
However, if she tries anything funny, I'll slaughter her without hesitation.
Don't be scared. She has her oath, just like you have your principles.
If she goes against her oath, murdering the innocent,
I'm sure her Master won't forgive her.
Then I'm not afraid of her anymore!
I'm going back to my room. I'll leave her in your hands.
She's finally gone! That female Yaksha sure is scary!
Yaksha?
Don't let her hear that! Do you know who she is?
She's one of the Seven Sages of Shu, Yurou's Junior Master!
If she hears you, she'll chop you into mincemeat!
Yurou.
Yurou!
Why're you in a daze?
It's nothing.
Are you tired?
Maybe. I'm going to clean her wounds for her
then draw blood.
I'm going to go help.
Why should you? There's me.
Then... what're you still doing here?
Aren't I on my way now?
Miss Yurou, here.
Let me collect the blood first.
Then is there anything I can do to help?
Don't bother me first.
Alright. This should be enough.
If it isn't, I'll have to trouble you again.
It's no trouble! I'll be here whenever you need me.
Then let me bandage your arm.
Have some tea.
Leave it there first. I'll drink it later.
Are you afraid it's too hot? Let me cool it down.
Here.
I said later! Can you stop bothering me?
I'm sorry. You're constantly moving in front of me.
I can't concentrate!
Then I'll just not move then.
You should go first. I'll call you if I need anything.
I said go!
Got it. Then I'm off to my room.
Remember to call me if you need anything.
Remember!
Got it!
He's so good to you. He must be your closest friend.
The stronger your feelings are, the more painful the loss will be.
-Come on, come on! -Don't run!
Hurry!
Aw, quit running!
-Come on!-I'm gonna catch you!
Life and death are two sides of the same coin.
We can't escape either.
But he shouldn't have give me false hope! I hate him, I hate him!
Are you referring to your friend?
He's gone but here I am, pining over him everyday.
Thinking of him... feeling sad and crying over him...
He knew he was terminally ill, he knew that he did not have long to live,
then why did he agree to be my friend, and treat me so well?
Does he know how much pain I was in
as he lay there, dying in my arms?
It's as though someone ripped my heart out from my chest.
The sky no longer seems blue, the flowers no longer smell nice.
If he knew that there wasn't going to be a future,
then why did he make me fall in love with him?
It's better not to have it in the first place then to have it at all!
I'm sorry that I made you so upset with my story.
After this incident, I'm never going to make friends with humans again.
I don't want a lifetime of regret in exchange for a brief moment of happiness!
Her situation describes Yunfan and me...
perfectly.
What should I do? What should I do?
Yurou!
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♫ I tried so hard to see through the darkness of night ♫
♫ But I can no longer understand the brightness of light ♫
♫ I no longer care about what's right and what's wrong ♫
♫ But I still want to know where the line is between those two ♫
♫ How should I choose to start so that I could end it well ♫
♫ How should I change my fate so that I won't leave any regret ♫
♫ Will the different roads we chose lead to the same destination? ♫
♫ Who are those people we found ourselves to be? ♫
♫ So much joy; so much sorrow ♫
♫ Whether we laugh or cry, we'll miss them all ♫
♫ How many are awake; how many are drunk ♫
♫ Does it matter whether or not our dreams are real ♫
♫ No matter how I choose to start, I must end it well ♫
♫ No matter how I change my fate, I have no reason for regret ♫
♫ It doesn't matter whether or not our roads will lead to the same destination ♫
♫ At least I've already let go of who I am ♫