The Taoism Grandmaster
Episode 29
Senior Disciple, do you have something else to say?
Fei, are you still blaming me?
How would I blame you?
Haven't we talked about it?
I'm afraid that we only talked with words.
We can't let it go deep in the heart.
Is it me or you that can't let it go?
Maybe it's me.
I can't let it go, either.
Since you and Yun Qi regarded my father as your master,
we've been staying together and never been apart.
How could anyone ignore the feelings?
However,
I've been keeping your promise in my mind.
So I decided to fight for what I like
while waiting for you to fulfill your promise.
So, for our future,
even if you can't let it go, you must do it.
OK. I understand.
It's just without you by my side,
I'm a little not used to it.
Xiaoyu.
Xiaoyu is good.
She makes really rapid progress.
Her attitude is much more optimistic.
It seems you taught her well.
The progress she makes is really surprising.
However,
she's not you.
Well, don't think too much.
We, Uncommon Tao Team, are very awesome.
You shouldn't lose again.
I won't lose this time.
I should go, to prepare for meeting Princess Yaoyue.
OK.
Fight together.
Do you like Kunlun?
Does it make any difference?
He likes Donghuang Feifei.
Who said that?
He said it himself just now.
You can change him.
You're not the old Feng Xiaoyu any more.
As long as you want to,
you can be the best in all competitors now.
As long as you want to,
you can do whatever you want,
including get Kunlun's heart from Donghuang Feifei.
Can I?
Of course.
Everyone has his shortcoming.
So does Kunlun.
He also has a shortcoming?
His shortcoming is the responsibility he shoulders now.
The only thing he's thinking about now
is to win this round
and get the second piece of Saint Armor.
He wants to save his face
in front of his master and everyone else.
You only need to satisfy this wish,
and Kunlun will be in control.
But...
I'm afraid that I can't help him win.
I can help you.
And I will,
as long as you trust me.
I trust you.
Hang on.
- Bufan. - Ying.
Bufan.
I'm here to send you medicine.
Come in.
Ying, thanks.
You shouldn't say thanks to me.
You should thank Ju Xiong.
He was the one who got the medicine in city.
There's business between the ancient City of Loulan and the Central Plains,
so that we found much medicine we knew.
Have a seat.
Bufan, how are you feeling now?
I just did some exercise. Feeling much better.
I am really useless.
As a cultivator, I caught a cold in the desert.
It might be because the climate in the desert is so changeable.
Or maybe it's because you can't interact with the climate here.
That's why you caught a cold.
You would feel better after taking the medicine.
By the way, where's Ju Xiong?
He told me that he hadn't done breathing exercise
these days in the desert.
He's doing breathing exercise in his room now.
Ah, let me give you a Dazhu acupoint massage.
It helps to reduce your inner heat
so that you can recover soon.
Sounds great.
Bufun, do you feel comfortable?
Very comfortable.
Bufan, I have something to tell you.
But...
you can't be angry.
Am I that testy in your opinion?
It's not like that.
I know that you're an unsophisticated person.
You won't care about many things.
However,
you do look a little testy.
It's okay. Go ahead.
The three of us from Sword School
used to be happy and cooperative.
But for no reason,
we've had more quarrels recently.
I know, most of the time you and Ju Xiong don't share same opinion.
But this time, to get the second piece of the Saint Armor
is really important for Sword School.
So...
So I hope you can listen to Ju Xiong this time.
Let's finish this task to make Master proud.
No wonder you give me the Dazhu acupoint massage.
You want me to shut up.
It's not like that, Bufan.
I...
As long as you haven't recovered,
I'll give you a massage.
I just hope that you can promise me this time.
OK.
I promise you.
Really?
You haven't had lunch, right?
I'll prepare it for you.
Ying.
I know that I'm a little testy.
I'll try to change.
Great.
I'm gonna meet Princess Yaoyue with Ju Xiong.
Before the medicine get cold,
you'd better take it first.
Stop.
An Ke, get them out of here.
But their performance is good.
Really?
I don't think so.
Get them out of here, now!
OK.
Enough.
You can leave here.
Princess Yaoyue.
Congratulations!
For what?
Those invited princes have arrived here.
The Bridegroom Competition will go well tomorrow.
Are they here for me or for the Firebird?
The legend is that Firebird can bring peace to the world.
And those emperors in all ages of the ancient City of Loulan treasured it.
Why couldn't it protect me?
Making me unable to go out for 18 years.
Princess Yaoyue, don't think too much.
Three days later,
everything will change.
Do you think Empress Ling Yu will let me go that easily?
She just wants me to have the hope for 18 years
and then crash it to get me desperate.
She wants me suffered
to make up what my father had done.
But this is the only chance for you to get rid of the curse.
Princess,
you can't give up so easily.
I've arranged those princes to meet you.
No meeting.
- But. - No meeting.
Princess. Calm down, please.
Shut up!
You're only a guard of mine.
Why would I listen to you?
Princess, this is about your marriage.
You can't be so capricious.
I am capricious!
What else can I do other than be capricious?
Get out! All of you.
Princess,
I'm already very old.
My only wish is to see you
leave this room with smile.
To let
the deceased emperor and empress feel relieved.
Princess.
Please.
You can't give up at this crucial moment.
Don't give up.
But what can I do?
Princess,
just leave those to me.
I'll arrange everything for you.
Have a look! New Arrivals!
Have a look!
New Arrivals!
It's so beautiful!
Good taste!
This is new style.
Do you wanna try it?
I can disguise myself as a girl in the ancient City of Loulan.
This stone figure is so vivid!
You!
How dare? Touching Immortal Soldier in Stone?
It's so disrespectful!
It's just a stone figure.
Why can't I?
A stone figure?
This was transformed from a real immortal.
It's not a common stone figure.
Leave here now!
- Leave here. - Get out of here.
- Go away. - Leave here.
Is it that marvelous?
So annoying!
Let me check whether it's a real immortal.
It's real!
It's a real immortal!
Of course it is real.
Who are you?
It's none of your business.
So annoying.
You came from far to remove curse on me.
You're willing to take risk of taking a test from Empress Ling Yu.
I, Yaoyue, express my sincere appreciation to you.
Princess Yaoyue, among all the invited princes,
I'm the only one who came here for you.
The others came here just for the treasure of the ancient City Loulan, Firebird.
You don't need to express your appreciation to them for the purpose.
I understand that Prince from Cheshi Kingdom
really likes Princess Yaoyue.
But Empress Ling Yu has been raging here for 18 years.
Even though other princes might not like Princess Yaoyue that much,
they must came here out of moral indignation.
It's not necessarily an ulterior motivation.
Prime Minister Jill,
look, they dare not to be against me.
They must be ashamed.
Princess, don't worry.
However hard Empress Ling Yu's test is,
I'll do my best to remove the curse on you.
Then,
the ancient City of Loulan and Cheshi Kingdom can have marriage alliance
and enjoy peace.
Thank you.
How sweet!
But princess,
you've been here for long and didn't come to the real world.
You can't believe in sweet words easily.
It may not be sincere.
Cheshi Kingdom, according to what I know,
kept declaring wars towards neighboring countries
to enlarge their kingdom.
They really wants to absorb the ancient City of Loulan.
Were it not for Firebird,
I'm afraid the ancient City of Loulan would have belonged to them.
You're talking nonsense!
Aren't you here for Firebird?
Even if we're here for Firbird,
we want it to protect ourselves from Cheshi Kingdom.
- You... - Enough!
Whether you're here with ulterior motives or love,
I don't care why you're here.
As long as you can break the curse
and take me out of here,
whether it's Firebird, me or even the ancient City of Loulan,
you can take anything.
I mean it!
Princess Yaoyue.
I'm tired.
This is what I want to say.
My future
is on you, all princes.
Prime Minister Jill,
see them out.
Yes.
Princes,
this way, please.
Princess, why did you say handing over the ancient City of Loulan?
It's ruining the hundreds of years' hard working on City of Loulan!
An ke.
You told me not to give up.
I did as what you said.
- But, we... - Shut up.
This is my only chance.
I have to do this.
I have to hand over all!
Don't bother me.
Get out!
Princes.
These days,
Princess Yaoyue hasn't been in the mood.
She may offended you just now.
I'm very sorry for that.
We can understand.
But what she said and promised should count.
Of course.
I'm gonna see you out.
Please.
Prince of Yutian, wait a second, please.
Is your name Zhang Ling?
You know me?
I don't.
But I know your Cloud Umbrella.
Is Zhang Dashun your father?
Do you know my father?
I not only know your father,
but also held you when you were young.
It was 20 years ago.
I was a Town Watch of the ancient City of Loulan then.
One day, a young couple from the Central Plains came here.
The man was called Zhang Dashun.
The woman was called Leng Cui, with a baby in her arm.
That baby must be you.
Why did my parents came here?
Your father said that they two were cultivators from the Central Plains.
They knew there was a fierce monster near the ancient City of Loulan.
That's why they came here from far away to kill the monster.
Because you were newly born,
they asked me to take care of you for a few days.
They would get you after they killed the monster.
Your parents looked upright and their words were sincere.
They came here for no fame or fortune.
I believed them and put you in my house.
Your parents felt a sense of relief.
They went into the ancient City of Loulan.
But they were lost.
Until seven days later...
An earthquake!
Let's go! Hurry up!
Hurry up!
Leave here.
Thanks.
Thanks for helping us.
No.
I should thank you for taking care of Ling.
The Arche War is not over,
I'll come back.
Hang on. Where's your wife?
She...
She'll wait for me at the City of Loulan.
My mother is still here?
Did my father say that?
Right.
Did my father come to find her?
Yes.
It was shortly after Empress Ling Yu cursed Princess Yaoyue.
It was about 14 years ago.
Your father came back.
14 years ago.
It was when I was eight,
the year when my father left me.
He came here to find my mother.
That was what your father said.
He came into the ancient City of Loulan.
Then...
he was missing.
You mean he was in City of Loulan...
He was in City of Loulan when he was missing.
I don't know.
I asked the soldiers and searched the whole ancient City of Loulan.
But I didn't find your parents.
If they already left,
I would know it.
So, they got missing mysteriously
in the ancient City of Loulan.
Adopted father, I'm back.
Ke. You're back.
Sorry, I'm late.
Are you hungry?
Let me cook for you.
What?
Princess called your names again?
Princess might not be in the mood today.
She isn't in the mood everyday.
Or you can't be called names everyday.
Adopted father.
You can't judge her like this.
Anyone wouldn't feel good if trapped in a room for 18 years.
She finally has the chance to break the curse.
Those so-called princes are all here for interest,
not for princess,
They can't bring her happiness.
Why don't you participate in the Bridegroom Competition?
I...
I'm only an imperial bodyguard.
How dare I participate with the princes?
Why not?
Although I'm not your biological father,
I brought you up since you're little.
Talking about martial arts, no one can surpass you.
Talking about characteristic, everyone here praises you.
What matters most is that
you're the one who can treat Princess Yaoyue well and bring her happiness.
Ke.
Princess was trapped in her room.
She can't pursuit happiness,
but you can.
What?
Your father's still in City of Loulan?
Possibly.
City of Loulan is not small,
but not big, either.
If he's here,
why couldn't Prime Minister Jill find him?
Is it possible that there's a secret tunnel in City of Loulan leading to other places,
and Zhang Ling's father already left there?
A secret tunnel?
Impossible.
If there was a secret tunnel leading to other places,
my father wouldn't tell Prime Minister Jill that my mother was still in City of Loulan
or find her eight years later.
I guess there must be a secret
which even Prime Minister Jill doesn't know.
Will it be related to what I found today?
What did you find? Tell me.
Do you remember that Immortal Soldier in Stone?
Of course!
It was so vivid!
How could I forget it?
That Immortal Soldier in Stone isn't a stone figure,
but a real immortal.
Let me check whether it's a real immortal.
You mean that Immortal Soldier in Stone is a real immortal soldier.
No.
I mean that Immortal Soldier in Stone is an immortal soldier.
But I don't know why that immortal soldier was transformed into a stone.
If there's a way to turn an immortal soldier into a stone,
the whole Immortal World can be destroyed.
Was it the monster mentioned by my father
which needs to be destroyed?
We don't have much information now.
Stop guessing.
It's already late.
We should have a rest.
You go to take Empress Ling Yu's test tomorrow morning,
and I'll stay in City of Loulan to keep checking.
Alright?
OK.
Whoever it is,
just get me out of here.
I can give up everything,
as long as I can leave here.
No matter who it is,
just take me away.
Adopted father,
why don't you sleep?
You go to sleep now.
Why are you sharpening my sword at this time?
Haven't you decided?
Haven't you decided to participate in the Bridegroom Competition?
Adopted father,
how do you know that?
I knew it.
So I'm gonna sharpen your sword for you in advance.
Ke.
You must pass the test of military skills.
You know,
you're my last hope.
I will pass.
I will.
Good.
How strange!
Isn't here my home?
How did I come back to home?
Oh,
this is the day my father left me.
Ling.
Dad.
Ling.
I'm gonna do something.
I don't know when I can come back,
Are you going to the ancient City of Loulan?
Is mom also there?
Dad, just tell me.
I can't tell you.
Why?
Why did you never tell where you're heading for?
You left me in hometown for about ten years and you didn't want me to find you.
Do you know how I want to meet you?
Every time I opened the door,
I imagined you'd be at home.
I imagined that I can be with you and mom many times.
Daddy.
Do you know how disappointed I was?
Ling.
I did as what you told me,
including taking the Taoism Trial Competition.
It's really hard to go through all these things.
Daddy, I really miss you and mom.
Where are you now?
I am...
What's that?
Ling,
be the Taoism Seeker.
This is the only thing I want you to do,
Dad!
Dad.
Where are you now?
This is the birthday present from me.
Dream Candy.
Although you can't leave this room,
you can watch the whole process of Bridegroom Competition in your dream
if you take one Dream Candy on that day.
You can see how the hope vanishes in your dream.
Empress Ling Yu.
The time limit of 18 years is today.
You can show up!
Look! There.
Empress Ling Yu,
those in front of you are warriors
who'll break your curse and marry Princess Yaoyue.
Really?
Are they here for the test?
Do you think they really want to marry Princess Yaoyue?
Whether they love Princess Yaoyue or not,
you'll find out after your test.
Have you thought about
how Princess Yaoyue would feel
when they leave her one by one?
Empress Ling Yu.
Start your test now!
OK.
Let's start.
Wait a second!
Prime Minister Jill,
please allow me to take this test.
An Ke,
you're only an imperial bodyguard.
You're not qualified to take this.
Prime Minister Jill,
I swore in front of the Emperor's tomb
that I'd sacrifice myself to protect Princess Yaoyue.
These princes, although with a high position,
I don't believe they can treat princess with their heart to break the curse.
Prime Minister Jill,
please allow me to join the test.
You...
Let him join.
I promise that he'll give up.
In my test,
everyone here will give up.
Prime Minister Jill,
I'd sacrifice myself in exchange of Princess Yaoyue's happiness.
I'll never give up.
Get up.
OK.
Empress Ling Yu. Let's begin.
To break the curse,
you have to pass three tests.
Anyone who still lives in the end
can take Princess Yaoyue out of the lonely room.
The first test begins now.
The first test is very easy.
You only need to answer three questions.
The first one.
From which direction does the sun rise?
There are four answers on the Jade Plates in front of you.
You only need to show what you think is the right answer.
Can that be a question?
Is that true?
You didn't follow me, did you?
I'll repeat.
From which direction does the sun rise?
Is that a question?
It's too easy.
Is it?
Fine, I'll make it harder,
and more thrilling.
If you abstain,
you can take this box of jewelry in front of you.
But if you give the wrong answer,
you'll have nothing.
This is a real Night-luminescent Pearl.
This big one must worth much.
As long as I abstain,
I can take them all?
Yes.
You can take the jewelry as long as you abstain.
Of course,
you'll fail in your test.
So filthy!
This is really the easiest
and the most difficult question.
We don't need to make the choice.
Right. We don't need to think too much. Let's get the answer.
Whenever or wherever,
the sun rises from the east.
Nothing can change it.
He's right!
What a shame!
You all got the right answer.
Great!
- Great! - Wonderful!
Next question.
You can take the two boxes of jewelry as long as you abstain.
But if you give the wrong answer,
you'll have nothing.
The second question is,
from will direction does the sun go down?
I abstain.
Can I take these all?
Of course you can.
You can take them all.
Hurry up.
Take these.
You don't know where the sun goes down.
How would you tell people in your kingdom about this?
I was nervous. I forgot.
The last one.
You can take all of the jewelry as long as you abstain.
Of course.
You'll have nothing if you give the wrong answer,
The third question.
How many stars are there in the sky?
This...
Don't! I don't want to.
I don't want to stay here anymore.
I must leave here.
I don't want to be trapped here.
I want to leave.
I don't want to stay here and die alone.
How ridiculous this question is!
Do you know the answer?
It doesn't matter whether I know it or not.
Whether you answer it or not matters.
Empress Ling Yu.
You're making things difficult!
No one can answer this unanswered question.
It's unfair.
I didn't force them to participate in this competition.
How could it be unfair?
Besides,
anyone who abstains can get much payment.
Is there such unfair thing in the world?
But this is not even a question!
It's like the question
that how much sand there is.
I think that no one can answer this question.
It's wrong whatever we do.
We can't pass if we give the wrong answer.
We can't pass if we abstain, either.
You just don't want us to break your curse.
You want to break the curse.
Not me.
Will you answer it or not?
There's no right answer.
I give up.
So do I.
I give up.
There's no choice other than giving up.
I give up, too.
You...
Princess Yaoyue.
I'm sorry.
I give up, too.
Princes.
The happiness of Princess Yaoyue is up to you.
Don't give up.
Please.
Don't give up.
I've done my best.
I give up.
Princes.
Please.
Don't give up.
Don't quit.
Please don't give up!
What about you?
What?
Have you decided it?
I'll give you a quarter to think about it.
Stop saying it's unfair.
What can we do?
Han Shang, what should we do?
Let me think about it.
But if we answer,
we'll be kicked out.
I know.
Give me a sec.
Ju Xiong.
Have you figured it out?
I don't want to give up.
Bufan.
Ideas.
I'll do as what you tell me.
I don't think we can pass.
How about giving up?
Alright.
At least we can take the jewelry.
No.
We won't give up.
Why not?
Have you got the answer?
Or do you know what to do?
Neither.
I just don't want to give up.
You...
Yun Qi, what do you think?
We might have a chance if we answer it.
But this is an unanswered question.
I have no idea.
OK. Let's do it this way.