"Don't Ask 莫问 (Mo Wen)" by Zhang Han 张翰
♫ Within a picture, the characters appear strong. ♫
♫ Withered flowers dance lightly stirring up the water of emotions silently. ♫
♫ Don't ask who weighs more in the heart. ♫
♫ Take up a pen and tell a thousand turbulent stories. ♫
♫ The rainbow streak across the horizon. ♫
♫ Does it know your whereabouts? ♫
♫ Pain spread throughout the land. ♫
♫ How long do we have to wait until it turns cold? ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. ♫
♫ Don't ask why I broke up the relationship in an instant. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. ♫
♫ This hurdle is difficult for people to pass even in a thousand years. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. ♫
♫ Don't ask for whom this lonely zither is playing for. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. I sigh. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. ♫
♫ Don't ask for whom this lonely zither is playing for. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. I sigh. ♫
The Classic of Mountains and Seas - Legend of the Scarlet Shadow
Episode 9
Then how do I awaken the Vermilion Bird?
Your heart is the greatest weapon.
Finding the seven star mansions, this is all fate.
I like you.
Does Brother Chi Yu not have any feelings for me?
No.
Because you are Su Mo's sister.
The idiot that I like...
is you.
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Fu'er, don't force me!
I am also a Mysterious Lady.
Why should I be subject to your threats?
If you insist on leaving today...
Are you finally taking action?
You finally couldn't bear it any longer right.
Aren't you afraid that Su Mo will know?
If you want to blame,
you can blame me alone.
Miss Fu'er, I'm sorry!
-You really want to kill me? -Yes.
Just because of Su Mo?
I cannot let you awaken the Azure Dragon!
Shangguan Jin, you are too cruel!
Help! Help!
Shangguan Jin, what are you doing now?
I cannot let her awaken the Azure Dragon!
Calm down.
She hasn't become the Azure Dragon Mysterious Lady.
But as long as there is the possibility,
I cannot let it happen.
Brother Chi Yu, thanks for saving me.
I promised Tribe Leader that I would protect you.
Fu'er!
Baili Han, what are you doing?
You should ask Master Jin!
If I hadn't appeared in time,
your good sister would have died under Shangguan Jin's sword!
I am too innocent.
I even treated all of you as friends.
Just because I am the Azure Dragon Mysterious Lady, Shangguan Jin wants to kill me!
Fu'er, there must be a misunderstanding!
What misunderstanding! Just now,
he has been wanting to kill me!
Brother Shangguan, is this true?
Su Mo, I cannot stay here.
If I were to continue, my life would be gone.
I'm leaving with General Baili.
Fu'er!
General Baili, I don't want to see anyone from the Vermilion Bird.
Mo'er, listen to me!
She is my best sister,
but you want to kill her. What else do you have to say?
I don't want to,
but I have no other option!
What no other option? She is my sister, and she is also your friend!
Because she is the Azure Dragon Mysterious Lady.
Sometimes, for us to accomplish our goal, we
have no choice but to do things that hurt our conscience
or things that you think are wrong.
But all of this is for a better ending!
Fu'er is the Azure Dragon Mysterious Lady. I definitely cannot let her awaken the Azure Dragon!
But she has no intentions to do so.
If not for you,
would she go with Baili Han?
If she didn't insist on going to Dong Ling,
I definitely wouldn't treat her like that!
Until now, she had no intention to be the Azure Dragon Mysterious Lady.
She has told me before,
she never thought about fighting with us.
Why?
Why must the Vermilion Bird and the Azure Dragon be enemies?
Why can't we all be good friends?
Mo'er,
in this world there is no such thing as anything that is perfect.
If Dong Ling awakens the Azure Dragon and obtain its protection,
they can do whatever they want including swallowing our Jiu Li
and destroy Peach Blossom Hollow.
I'm sure you don't want such a thing to happen!
But Fu'er will definitely not do such a thing.
That time, to save us,
she was willing to be a prisoner in Dong Ling.
Do you distrust her so much?
Anyway, before awakening the Vermilion Bird,
I don't want any accidents.
I also don't want to leave any chances for Dong Ling.
Then, what if Fu'er and I were swapped,
and I was the Azure Dragon Mysterious Lady,
would you kill me?
I understand.
In your heart,
awakening the Vermilion Bird is most important.
Because of this you can do anything.
Then you are no different from Baili Han.
I will definitely awaken the Vermilion Bird.
But it is not because of you
or Jiu Li.
I want you to see
that no matter what happens,
the relationship between Fu'er and I will never change.
My father always said
that a person should always do things in line with their conscience.
Even though others may succeed,
but will there be peace in their hearts?
Master Jin, do you have anything else to say?
Fu'er, how did things come to this?
Chi Yu, say something!
I'm begging you. Say something that will make Fu'er stay.
Take care.
No! Say it again! You-
Su Mo stop talking.
I just want to be in peace.
I don't really want to be a Mysterious Lady,
and I don't want to fight with you.
I even more so don't want to become enemies with you.
Fu'er,
Peach Blossom Hollow will be left to you.
I think only the fire from the Vermilion Bird can rescue our parents and the tribe.
So hurry and awaken the Vermilion Bird then save our parents.
Fu'er...
Rest assured.
General Baili will take good care of me.
Fu'er!
Why didn't you say anything?
What do you want me to say?
Say that I like her?
You know the reason why I'm not saying it.
Do you have anything to say?
I want to say that the things you have done
are not something a good man should do.
I just
do what I am supposed to do.
Killing Su Mo's best friend is something you have to do?
Now Fu'er and Baili Han have left.
I also didn't ecxpect things to come to this.
If not for your interference I would have already accomplished my goal.
But you have accomplished your goal.
Su Mo will hate you for your entire life.
You mean I should turn around and thank you?
Shangguan Jin,
don't you think you are carrying too many things on your back?
It's fine.
In this world,
many people have their faces to the earth and their backs to the sky.
Suffering for an entire life
to sustain a family, but I am different.
I was born to a General's family. I had already carried my destiny earlier on.
It is to protect Jiu Li and prevent it from outsiders' attacks
so they can live a peaceful life!
Also I am the Vermilion Bird Ghost Mansion. Protecting the Vermilion Bird is my responsibility.
Fine.
Master Jin, Vermilion Bird Ghost Mansion,
these titles are restrictions!
You are Shangguan Jin.
You must know what you want in your heart.
At that same time, as you protect your country, you didn't feel like you were betraying Su Mo,
betraying all your friends?
Then Master Yu,
why don't you teach me a way to please both parties.
If not, should I be like you, running away, running away from your own identity,
refusing to become your real self?
You have no idea what has happened to me.
True. I don't know what you have gone through.
Originally we were not friends,
neither are we the same type of people.
I have no interest in your past.
So I will not expect you to understand my methods.
True reason is time immemorial; whatever time or space and whatever living things' natural path that they must follow.
When one reaches enlightenment (peak spiritual training), he will shine a light as bright as gold enveloping his whole body and can ward off evil and monsters.
What is this?
-Fire! -Fire?
You have practiced an entire afternoon and this is all you have?
You can still call it fire?
I have practiced very long already, okay?
This spell is hard to remember!
Fine, let me help you.
This..
Hit me back!
A rotten wood can't be carved.
I was good just now!
-Can you gather your attention?-I have been doing that!
Early in the morning three of you already came to watch me.
Mortal men are always troubled by mortal things.
What mortal things?
The heart isn't calm.
Our teacher has taught you for so many years.
He's here!
Mo'er!
Mo'er! Where are you going?
Indeed they are mortals.
Let's go.
What is it?
Are you planning to ignore me?
I know you are angry at me.
Are you not planning to forgive me?
Mo'er.
Mo'er!
At the same time as you protect your country,
don't you feel like you have betrayed Su Mo?
Betrayed all your friends?
What happened just now?
This move of Teacher's is too harsh.
This strange book... Just what exactly is it?
The Book of Silvery River Charts merges with a person's body.
It gives someone astonishing power.
As for the specifics of this,
it is because of another person.
Your cultivation is shallow; this Book of Silvery River Charts is indeed too harsh for you.
I feel like the inside of my body,
the spiritual energy is moving around without stopping.
Let me tell you, anyway this Book of Silvery River Charts you cannot digest it.
You can give up.
I can handle it. -If you are unable to withstand you will die.
Don't blame me for not telling you.
In order to awaken the Vermilion Bird, I can take any hardship!
This small thing, I can handle it.
Fine.
I still think your body won't be any better in half an hour.
If your body's spiritual energy is still moving around,
just follow the method written in this book to open up your blood vessels.
Understand?
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Still angry at him?
Actually he is different from you.
You grew up in Peach Blossom Hollow.
That place is small; less chaotic.
It also doesn't have that many mutual deceptions.
You know that those who grow up in a palace,
they must always defend against others.
They are scared of others having plans.
Those they have as friends are there because they are useful.
Also he is carrying the happiness or death of Jiu Li.
To him,
there is no room for mistakes,
Are you done talking?
I'm done helping him talk,
but I still have more to say.
I don't want to listen.
Let go of me!
Stop fighting.
You know you can't walk away.
You're just stronger than me!
Barbarian.
Go away.
I don't want to see any of you.
It is because of you that's why Fu'er left!
Not just because of me.
It has to do with you as well.
What are you doing?
Do you know why the Extort Beast can so easily deceive people?
It is because the things they say
have some truth in the lies.
Why are you telling me this?
Because you have said it before,
you like me.
I never!
That was the Extort Beast.
That was the Extort Beast seeing into another side of your heart.
You're crazy!
What are you worried about?
Is it Shangguan Jin?
Or Fu'er?
One day,
you will tell me your true feelings personally.
General Baili, you indeed have many connections.
So far away from North Sea Mud Carp Fish Island
and you could still find such a comfortable place to live in.
How is my friend's villa?
It's pretty comfortable right.
It's Miss Ruo Shuang!
Do you have any good news?
General, they are preparing to come down the mountain.
Now they should have gone to look for the other Star Mansions.
Sun Ju.
I already wanted to go back.
This time, eating has been bad; sleeping has been difficult.
Such days are not suitable for me.
I would prefer to go back to the palace to enjoy.
Ruo Shuang, you and
Yu Yang follow Sun Ju to the palace. Listen to him.
Listen to him? Then, General, what will you do?
Of course, I will stay here to look after the Mysterious Lady.
Seems like Ruo Shuang still has things to say to the General.
You two can slowly chat.
I'll go accompany the Mysterious Lady.
Ruo Shuang,
do you know why I want you to go with Sun Ju?
It is because I only trust you.
Among all these people, only you understand me best.
Sun Ju, this person, till now, I can't see through him.
With you by his side watching him,
I will feel more at ease.
I will.
General, you, by yourself...
Rest assured.
I will take good care of myself.
You must look after yourself, too.
Master Sun Ju?
Mysterious Lady.
Come in.
Is there something you need?
I came to say goodbye to you.
Say goodbye?
Are you leaving?
I've been out all this time.
Recently, I keep feeling like my ears are turning red.
Do you know why?
Why?
I've been like this since I was young. As long as my mother calls my name,
my ears turn red.
You see, my ears are red again!
It must be my mother calling my name and
crying. Seems like her tears can fill a bucket.
Master Sun Ju is filial, I'm sure your mother can feel it.
But Azure Dragon Mysterious Lady,
I might be leaving here;
but, no matter what, you just need to scream for me,
I will immediately appear in front of you.
I think you should quickly return home to see your mother.
Here, I have General Baili to look after me, you don't have to worry,
However...
This...
I am not that talented, I just know a little bit of magic.
I hope you accept this.
It's beautiful.
Just that, what must I do so I can keep it longer?
As long as you like it, it will be fine.
Put it on and try!
It's so pretty!
Master Sun Ju, thank you.
Mysterious Lady is happy, so I'm relieved.
Does it look good?
Of course, it does!
Miss Fu'er!
General Baili.
Miss Fu'er, you seem so happy.
Master Sun Ju came to say goodbye to me.
Your hairpin is really pretty!
This was made by Master Sun Ju using his spiritual energy.
I just don't know how long it will last.
Since it is on Mysterious Lady's hair,
it will be able to continuously receive spiritual energy.
It can be maintained longer than when it's on my hand.
Also, it will turn brighter.
I think you can definitely take care of the Mysterious Lady.
Then I'll leave first.
You don't need to see me off.
If you do, I will cry!
I think Sir Sun Ju is quite interesting.
He's always so happy.
He just talks too much.
Yes.
When he came in until he left, I wasn't able to say a thing!
That's right.
I heard that Sir Sun comes from a rich family.
That's right.
His father is Dong Ling's head minister.
It's not the same as me.
He was born with a gold key in his mouth.
Then... General Baili...
What is it? You're curious?
General Baili, you are a phoenix among the people.
Of course, I want to get to know you better.
Do you know that in our Dong Ling,
there is a old tribe called Ze Luo?
I think I heard the servants talk about it in the palace.
The Ze Luo now
is not the same as in the past.
I was still very young then.
I was just a little boy that didn't know a thing.
-Let's go, or else it'll get dark.-But what happened that day,
every second, every moment, I remember it all clearly.
I can still feel that summer day's
pain of being roasted under the sun.
Big brother, let it go.
When little brother caught that cricket,
I saw that there were two babies next to it.
It should be a whole family.
Look, your brother is so kind. You only know how to play.
Hurry and eat some. I traded for them on the street today.
-Take it.-I don't want it!
It tastes really good. Here, I'll peel it for you.
Liar! You haven't even eaten it yet, how can you know that it tastes good?
It's the best to eat loquats in the summer.
Mother, you're playing favorites! Big brother likes to eat loquat,
so you traded for loquat. I want to eat cherries!
Cherries?
Someone did bring cherries to trade on the street today.
I had to use three papayas to trade for these.
It's not as cost-effective as these loquat.
There were clearly cherries, yet you didn't trade for them! You're playing favorites!
I'll get cherries for you next time, okay?
No, no, no! I want to eat cherries! I want to eat cherries!
I can't deal with this child anymore.
I want to eat cherries! I want to eat cherries, right now!
Okay, okay, stop crying.
I'll go switch them for cherries right now.
-I'll change them for you right now, okay?-I want to eat them right now!
I want to eat cherries right now, eat cherries!
You must be the older brother.
No. That immature little brother was me.
Then what about afterwards?
Did your big brother trade for cherries for you?
He did.
But...
Save us!
Where are you escaping to?
Save us!
Hurry and run!
Save us!
Let go of me!
Go over there!
Let go of me!
Let's go!
Father! Father, you cannot die!
Mother! Mother! Mother!
-Mother!-Hurry and run!
Mother, I won't go! Mother!
-Mother!-Hurry and run!
Mother, I won't go!
Mother! Mother, you cannot die!
Mother! Mother!
Big brother!
Let's go!
Then those cherries were the ones your brother exchanged for you?
Only when those bandits left
did I dare to look in front of me.
He was covered in blood.
He still had some breath left.
Big brother! Big brother!
-Big brother! You can't die!-It was very hot that day.
Big brother's blood stained my body.
Along with my sweat,
it dripped onto the earth and mixed together.
The scent of that blood,
I'll never forget it.
-Hurry and go!-Big brother!
-Big brother, I won't go! I want to go home with you!-Go!
Big brother!
Big brother, wake up!
Big brother, don't go!
I want to go home with you!
If I knew
that that was our last day,
I definitely wouldn't have stubbornly asked my mother for cherries.
And I wouldn't have used a stubborn tantrum
to spend our last time together.
Sometimes I wonder,
if that day I didn't want to eat cherries,
if my big brother didn't go to trade cherries for me,
then would the outcome be different?
General Baili,
you shouldn't think like that.
If you think that way, you'll be very sad.
In the entire village,
I was the only one left alive.
Until now I don't know
who came to massacre our Ze Luo Tribe.
Just who should I get revenge against?
I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Miss Fu'er.
I shouldn't tell you such sad things.
No! General Baili,
I'm very honored that you're willing to share your thoughts with me.
I am willing to be a listener.
Do you really think that I've done wrong?
What do you want to say?
The matter of trying to kill Fu'er.
I only wanted to go protect Su Mo.
To protect all of us.
Your responsibility is to protect the Vermilion Bird and Jiu Li.
But to her, the most important thing
is the safety of her family and friends.
And Fu'er is just a woman.
No matter what conflicts Dong Ling and Jiu Li have,
she doesn't even know a thing.
I always thought that the heavens gave me power
for me to protect the weak better.
To prevent Dong Ling from summoning the Azure Dragon,
I even wanted to kill Fu'er.
I thought that was what I should do.
I never thought that I went against my original intention.
It looks like I really did do wrong.
You should go say those words to her.
What?
She still won't talk to you?
Aren't you the same?
Don't you think that the heavens gave us power
almost like a curse?
But we cannot choose our birth.
Despite how much we complain about it,
it will never change.
All things of this world are split by Yin and Yang.
With gains will definitely come loss.
Instead of seeing the bad side and sighing,
why not instead go be thankful
and value the good side?
What you mean is
for me to take pleasure in this?
Do you know the meaning of this word?
The supposed responsibility
isn't the matter of if you want to take it
or don't want to take it.
It is how much power you have, that is how much responsibility you have.
I won't let an old woman
go protect the country.
This is our responsibility as men.
Neither of us are normal men.
How about we give it a try?
Let's see if we can do something big together.
Then let's give it a try.
But I'll say this first.
I won't act against my conscience.
I also won't hide my heart's intentions.
Okay.
I won't either.
I'm talking about any matter.
I know what you want to say.
Okay.
Let's have an equal competition.
Regarding that matter,
I won't go easy on you.
I don't feel like I will lose either.
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When are you all leaving?
Teacher kept you here to recuperate, not stay for a long time.
If you're done recuperating, then leave.
That...
Idiot. The two that are seriously injured have recovered.
You, the Mysterious Lady,
you think it's okay to not leave?
You are given until tomorrow's you hour (5-7 pm) to hurry and go down from here. You understand?
Actually, Shuang'er and Yu Yang are the same as me.
They both lost their families to war.
They did, too?
So,
when there is a chance, let them tell you themselves.
I hate war very much.
If there is one day where I have the ability,
I will definitely find a way to stop all of it.
Am I very useless?
Why would you think that?
To stop war, you've already done so much.
And I have always been running away from the responsibility of being the Mysterious Lady of the Azure Dragon.
Then what about now?
Do you still want to run away?
General Baili,
if Su Mo and the others summon the Vermilion Bird,
they definitely won't treat Dong Ling as an enemy.
When that happens, using the Vermilion Bird's power,
we can still get peace.
Is that how you think?
I really am very useless, right?
Compared to the Azure Dragon,
I care more about you.
Your safety, your mood.
I've already lost my family.
Right now, you are my family.
The family whose heart is united with mine.
Miss Fu'er,
if you're not willing to be the Mysterious Lady,
is there a place you want to go? Perhaps, to go find your friends?
No!
What is it?
You're still mad at them?
If you don't mind, I can take you to some interesting places.
Dong Ling, Jiu Li, they're both very big.
There are a lot of fun things you haven't tried yet.
There are a lot of interesting people you still don't know.
Okay!
Teacher has gone immortal traveling.
He told me you don't need to say goodbye.
You already have the answers to what you want to know.
The path ahead is very uncertain.
You must take care.
Thank you.
Thank you, little brother.
What did you say?
We're older than your grandpa's grandpa's grandpa's grandpa!
Is that so?
But from what I can see, you guys are quite young and short.
Hurry and leave! Leave!
Hurry and leave, idiot!
Hurry and go down the mountain.
Alright, let's go.
Humans.
The strongest and weakest is their own hearts.
It's just a shame that a lot of people can't see their hearts.
Even if they see it,
they won't dare to admit it or face it.
By accepting your inner heart, not only can you set yourself free,
you can also achieve everything.
They will have to face the future dangers alone.
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Even though,
I don't know what happened.
But ever since you came down the mountain,
you three have been a bit off.
That idiot and I,
haven't we always been this way?
If it was in the past,
you definitely wouldn't stand here
and keep watching her room.
Shangguan Jin wanted to kill Fu'er.
Miss Fu'er? Why?
Because Fu'er is the Mysterious Lady of the Azure Dragon.
Shangguan Jin wants to summon the Vermilion Bird.
Her existence will create danger for the Vermilion Bird.
Then... what about Miss Su?
They've been fighting.
I can understand Mr. Shangguan's actions.
Fu'er is still the Mysterious Lady of the Azure Dragon.
One day, a fight will break out.
When that happens, perhaps even more people will die.
That may be the logic,
but Fu'er and Su Mo are old friends.
How can she accept her closest friend getting harmed?
In Su Mo's eyes,
this world is split between black and white.
She won't believe
that one day, she will become enemies with her closest sister.
How could she accept Shangguan Jin's actions?
Young Master, isn't Miss Su angry at Mr. Shangguan?
Why is she fighting with you, too?
I just said some things to her.
Perhaps she didn't like hearing them.
So annoying!
Miss Su.
Brother Hong Tai, I'm sorry.
I didn't scare you, did I?
It's fine.
Is your heart in a mess?
There are some words in my heart I want to say to you.
On this entire journey,
I can see Mr. Shangguan's care for you.
The Young Master is the same.
Miss, do you intend to be like this,
and never care about anyone again?
Don't mention those two to me.
I have said too much, but I can't avoid saying it.
What can harm a person most,
is not his enemies, but his friends.
I don't care what grudges you all have between each other,
but you still are acquaintances.
To be able to take care of and care for each other,
to be able to become friends, this is already great fate.
If between friends there is suspicion and jealousy,
isn't that forsaking this fate?
Hurting your dear ones, making your enemies happy.
But he wanted to kill my best friend!
That has already forsaken this fate.
I think Mr. Shangguan
must have had his secret reasons.
Are you not startled or angry at all?
You trust him so much?
Miss Su,
why don't you choose to trust Mr. Shangguan?
Mr. Shangguan!
Brother Shangguan! Brother Shangguan!
What's wrong with him?
His energy is running amok in his body!
If it goes on like this, he'll die!
What's wrong with him?
How is Brother Shangguan?
The Book of Silvery River Charts?
Didn't you say that the immortal child opened Brother Shangguan's pulse?
Why is he still like this today?
He has too many burdens.
He cares too much about success.
I've never been impressed by anyone before.
If I had to name one,
then that person is Shangguan Jin.
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