The Taoism Grandmaster
Episode 32
I wonder if you still remember
the day when Loulan earthquaked,
my parents died at that time
because of the collapsed building.
And you appeared at that time.
Exactly.
That day was the first day I came to Loulan.
I saw the poor you and I adopted you.
Yes.
I would still be an orphan without you.
But from then on,
I've been having a very strange dream.
You just survived the big earthquake,
and your parents died,
it's normal to have the nightmare.
But,
it was really weird.
I turned into an evil in the dream.
Although I have no idea how I look like,
I know clearly that sand was all over my body.
Just like the evil being seen by someone
at the scene yesterday.
Really?
Maybe that's a coincidence.
Yes.
Maybe it's just a coincidence.
Why do you talk about the dream?
Nothing,
maybe it's just a coincidence as Empress Ling Yu said.
Well, father,
I will go and find the clue of the killer.
Okay,
Go.
Ke,
try your best.
Find the murderer.
Yes, father.
Please pack up quickly.
Loulan may be dangerous around 5pm to 7pm.
Everyone has to hide outside the city.
Is that evil making trouble?
Yes.
Okay,
I'll be prepared.
Go, quickly.
Go.
Muddling Worm,
is he who took Liuli away?
What did it say?
It said that it was him.
Adopted father of An Ke
is the doppelganger of General Sand!
Did you see someone suspicious these days?
No.
Is there anyone around acting weirdly these days?
No neither.
Thanks.
I found Yun Qi.
What do you want to do?
This is so great.
I love you so much, Xiaoyu.
Do you have any method to let him have illusions?
The balls may work.
Okay.
Watch the stall.
I'll go get some things.
Okay.
Why are you following me?
I just wondered
why sand keeps dropping from you while you're walking.
What do you think?
I think you are General Sand.
So what?
Can you catch me?
The stall owner is General Sand.
I found him.
I think it is him too.
Kunlun.
Yun Qi.
I didn't find anything in the east.
But Xiaoyu found something.
Xiaoyu, tell him.
I heard that
a man called Uncle Sand was very weird.
He is the adopted father of An Ke,
one of the participants.
This man always stays at home
and barely go out.
But before and after the case,
someone found that he was around the scene.
So,
I checked around his house,
and came across him.
To my intuition,
he is suspectable.
Intuition?
You're saying he is the killer just by your intuition?
What else did you find?
Do you have any evidence
to prove that he is the doppelganger?
No.
Yun Qi,
women's intuition is reliable.
Besides,
someone saw him around the scene.
Most likely he is the killer.
These can't prove anything.
Kunlun,
if we found the wrong one,
then we would not pass the test,
nor get the Armor.
Then we are done.
Kunlun,
Yun Qi was right.
But you're good enough.
Yun Qi,
did you find anything?
Yes,
I am sure I found the doppelganger.
Really?
There is a clothes store called Changxing Store.
I found many places there
were covered with sand,
which made me feel weird.
So I stalked the owner.
Surprisingly, sand dropped from his body while he is walking.
That's suspectable.
But,
Loulan is on the desert.
Isn't it normal to have sand on him?
Of course I can't affirm that he
is the doppelganger of General Sand.
But,
when he found I was stalking him,
he turned into sand in front of me and disappeared.
Really?
Then he must be the doppelganger.
Since you are so sure,
then forget what I said.
Believe Yun Qi.
Okay.
Yun Qi,
good job.
Maybe I was just a little lucky.
It seems that
we have good luck this time.
We get nothing today.
Let's go back, bro.
Actually it met our expectations.
Okay.
Loulan is so big.
It's impossible to find the doppelganger of General Sand in six hours.
Time is limited.
Just hope Gong can find something useful.
Gong is the cleverest.
He won't let us down.
My guests,
are you Han's brothers?
What's the matter?
A guest called Han Gong
left you a letter just now.
Where is he? He just left.
He left?
Shang, Yu,
I couldn't get into sleep last night.
I was thinking
if we three worked too hard
in order to become the Taoism Seeker.
Or if we are becoming geeky
in order to become the Taoism Seeker.
And we also hate ourselves.
Do you still remember?
If our master didn't adopt us,
and let us join Heavenly Music Palace,
we three would be dead already.
At that time,
we feel that our existence is valuable.
Render back to our master,
we three vowed to practice without distractions,
see it as our task to kill evils.
This
is our original intention.
But last night,
when I knew what Xiaoyu did at Ghost Valley,
I found that
since the Taoism Trial Competition started,
we three have been unscrupulously doing things
just for being the Taoism Seeker
and getting the greatest honor.
We forget the vocation of a cultivator.
We forget why we want to be the Taoism Seeker,
and our original intention.
Sorry,
my brother,
Xiaoyu,
I decide to go back to THE Alliance
and tell our master all about the Ghost Valley.
Then I'll do what master tells me to do.
This...
maybe the only way to help us
find the original intention back.
What can we do?
Gong must be out of the city.
If master knew what I did at Ghost Valley,
she must expel me.
What can I do, brother?
Take this.
Elf the Seventh,
help me find Gong quickly.
Okay.
Gong is not using the Bright Moon Mirror.
If you have anything to tell him,
just let me know and I'll tell him.
Tell him.
Tell him that...
What?
I don't know.
Brother.
Han Shang,
are you leaving?
Are you?
If Empress Ling Yu didn't lie to us,
Loulan will become a dangerous city around 5 pm.
If not now,
when?
If you leave,
you'll give up the second Armor.
Do you have the confidence to
pass the trial of Empress Ling Yu?
It's impossible to find General Sand in six hours.
Empress Ling Yu didn't want us to pass the trial.
But,
others are not giving up.
Zhang Ling won't quit
because he wants to save his parents.
Kunlun didn't get the first Amor
which had made him lose face.
He will carry on although chances are slim.
Or what can he say to Chief?
As for Ju Xiong,
disciples of Sword School work together.
They always work hard and never stop.
It's normal for them to stick to it.
As for you,
if you have the confidence,
then you can go on.
I won't stop you.
What are you waiting for? Go.
Even though we can pass the second trial,
we have no confidence to beat General Sand.
So under this circumstance,
we decide to give it up,
and catch up after.
You can also do as we do.
Where there's life there's hope.
Brother,
what should we do?
Let's find Gong back.
The adopted father of An Ke
is the doppelganger of General Sand.
This is quite unexpected.
Muddling Worm won't be wrong.
Liuli must be hided away by him.
We have to find a way to save Liuli.
I am thinking that my parents
can't even beat General Sand.
But what if we three together
fight with him?
If we fail to deal with it,
not only Liuli and us would be in danger,
the whole Loulan and the Three Realms
would be destroyed as well.
But we have to do something.
The thought of Empress Ling Yu is so weird.
General Sand is a disaster per se.
As the Empress of the Evil,
how can she just watch this and do nothing?
How can you conjecture a woman
with grudge from common sense?
Besides, since ancient times,
the Evil World is out of the Three Realms.
and never cares about it.
She telling us the crisis through the trial this time
makes an exception for her.
And this means that
Empress Ling Yu wants to torture Princess Yaoyue
and also prevent the plan of General Sand.
It is a paradox.
It's hard to tell what the Empress of the Evil thinks,
which is harder than flying to the sky.
Maybe Empress Ling Yu wants
to see someone saving Princess Yaoyue
without falling into temptation,
and even dares to sacrifice his life.
To let her believe that
there is true love in this world.
Maybe it is.
But I still don't understand.
I know.
The first time Empress Ling Yu tested us
was to force us to give up everything for Princess Yaoyue.
If this time we give up everything,
maybe we will have a chance to win.
But what can we give up?
The second chance to get the Saint Armor.
Can we?
Yes.
Me too.
Great.
I have confidence with your words.
Eighteenth,
Are you up?
Not yet.
Talk to me later.
No.
It's urgent.
Please inform all the teams to
gather at Peacock Guest House.
I have something urgent to tell them.
Zhang Ling,
what so urgent?
Where is others?
They gave up.
Give up?
How could that be?
Not only did they give up,
they had left already.
Only three teams are here at Loulan.
Why?
We just met Han Shang who was leaving.
He said that
he had no confidence to finish this trial,
nor had confidence to beat General Sand.
So he decided to give up.
This is not only a mission,
but also affects many people's lives.
Are they cultivators if they act this way?
They are right on strategy.
I can only say that each has its own choice.
We should do what we should do.
We...
consider to...
give up.
Ju Xiong,
you can't quit!
We have no other choice.
We've been searching for a long time,
but we failed to find the clue.
We have to quit if
we can't pass the trial.
If you stick to it.
we will tell you the truth.
Why would you do this?
It's quite simple.
There is no way for we three
to beat General Sand.
Only by getting together
can we remove the disaster.
Don't you afraid of we getting the Armor?
The only thing we worry about is General Sand.
If General Sand dies in your hands
and you pass the third trial,
then you deserve the Armor.
We Uncommon Tao
have no objection to that.
Yes.
Ju Xiong,
I think it's quite fair to us.
What do you think?
We will stick to it,
and never give up.
Kunlun,
what about you?
Now it is near six hours.
Since Zhang Ling's idea is good to all,
then he is worth to be trusted.
No matter what,
we won't quit.
Okay.
Thank you for your trust!
General Sand
is An Ke's adopted father,
Uncle Sand.
-An Ke? -An Ke?
The princess's bodyguard?
Yes.
Why are you so sure?
I can't tell you that.
But,
please believe me.
Unless you get another answer,
or we can try it later.
Right.
Everyone...
Sorry for my interruption.
Zhang Ling,
I have something to tell you in secret.
Can I?
Of course.
We have to trust each other.
Only to be united as one,
can we overcome all the difficulties.
Let's go.
We need to discuss again.
See you at the second trial.
Okay.
Let's go.
Ying,
are you okay?
Why don't you say anything?
I'm fine.
At harsh times.
Let it go,
if you are confused.
Bufan,
is he reliable?
This is the only way.
What about you? Ying?
I have no idea.
It's up to you.
We have no choice.
It's decided.
An Ke,
can you repeat what you have said?
I doubt that
my adopted father is the murderer.
What?
You suspect your adopted father
is the doppelganger of General Sand?
Why?
Because...
so many coincidences can't be explained.
Fourteen years before,
when Zhang Ling's father appeared at Loulan,
Loulan earth quaked just like Empress Ling Yu said.
My parents left me since that time.
Then my adopted father
suddenly appeared at Loulan,
and adopted me.
Since than,
I've been having a weird dream.
I turned into a monster
just like General Sand.
Once in my dream,
I not only turned into a monster,
but also saw a man being killed.
What is more weird is that
when I woke up,
I saw many sand around me,
especially around my father's door.
I shouldn't suspect him.
Adopted father.
My adopted father is my benefactor.
He treats me like his own child.
But,
I can't help suspect him.
Why are you telling us this?
Because,
I am afraid that is true.
I hope you can give me some advice.
We have the same suspicion.
The same?
Now the only one who can give you the right answer
is Empress Ling Yu.
She set the question.
she must know the answer.
Right.
If it's true,
we will kill your adopted father.
If you want an advice,
I hope you can help us beat him.
Originally, we are confident to the second trial.
The doppelganger of General Sand
is the owner of Changxing Store.
But according to Zhang Ling,
things have changed.
Although Zhang Ling is not an unreliable man,
he might also be like Xiaoyu.
He heard that
someone saw Uncle Sand at the scene,
so he suspect him.
He has no certain evidence either.
But what worries me the most is that
if three teams all agreed on Zhang Ling,
and if it's wrong,
we'll not only lose the chance to get the Armor,
nor can we stop the disaster under Loulan.
Yun Qi is right.
If we insist on using
Yun Qi's answer,
and the answer is right,
then only our team can pass the trial.
Then we will surely get the second Saint Armor.
But,
don't forget General Sand is waiting for us.
Pass the test first,
then think about General Sand.
Okay.
Yun Qi,
we will use your answer.
Commander,
are you okay?
I just dreamed of something interesting.
Let's go.
Okay.
Go.
An Ke,
do you have the confidence?
Prime Minister Jill,
did you arrange people to leave?
I have already arranged that.
We will evacuate all the people in Loulan
as soon as we verify who is the doppelganger.
Why only you stay?
Where is others?
They gave up.
Really?
My poor princess,
even if you survive in this disaster,
you may be alone to death this life.
Isn't there anyone in this world
can bring happy to you?
The second trial is not finished yet,
why do you say that?
It seems only you truly love Princess Yaoyue.
What a pity!
What if you pass the trial?
I'm afraid this is the start of your nightmare.
Start.
Write down your answers
on the Jade Plate in front of you.
You will know whether
your answer is right or not.
They are finished.
What's the right answer?
The answer is
Uncle Sand, Sha Mantian.
You lose.
Others can come into the next trial.
How can you lose?
Kunlun,
I'm sorry.
Father...
An Ke,
it seems you are not a good boy.
Who are you?
Don't you know that?
And didn't you want to kill me?
Kill this evil.
The third trial starts.
Others who are irrelevant,
get away from here.
Empress Ling Yu,
You Evil
never interfere with the Three Realms.
Do I have anything to do with you?
This Bridegroom Competition was set by me.
You old evil,
you are too greedy.
You want to wipe out the Immortal World,
and get the Firebird.
You even dare to kill the competitors.
Did you pay respect to me?
You stew in your own juice.
It seems we have nothing to say.
Kill General Sand,
then you will pass the trial.
Start.
Stop!
I won't let you kill him.
An Ke,
we are sure he is the doppelganger.
Why do you protect him?
I don't care.
I don't care who he is.
He is my adopted father who brings me up.
Adopted father,
please stop being bad.
Don't hurt anyone.
Adopted father,
I cover you.
Go.
He confuses right and wrong.
Let's control him first.
Wait...Zhang Ling,
Don't you save your parents?
An Ke,
if you let him go,
Princess Yaoyue would be killed.
You can't stand with an evil!
Zhang Ling,
if you were me now,
if you were here now,
can you do it?
Ke,
there's no pity of
bringing you up these 14 years.
And teach you to be a righteous and kind boy.
It never comes to me that
you can protect me even at this time.
Adopted father.
My 14-year hard work returns me.
I need a righteous and pure body
just like you to be my second Core.
I wasn't wrong,
I was right.
Watch out, An Ke!
Phantom Doppelganger.
The secular world
isn't worth me leaving Eternal Palace.
Why don't you kill him now?
When?
But,
An Ke is in his body.
You are not willing to kill An Ke,
then I will leave.
An Ke,
An Ke. An Ke.
An Ke.
Anyone?
I need to see Prime Minister.
Are there...
An Ke is the second Core
being refined for years by General Sand.
If it combines with the real body underground,
it would get much more stronger.
At that time,
not only Zhang Ling's parents will die,
but the Mortal and Immortal World.
It's almost five o'clock.
The seal of Leng Cui will lose efficacy.
To win or to lose
is totally up to your thought.
Be heartless.
Do it.
Let's go.
Yun Qi,
I was wrong.
Yun Qi,
stop blaming yourself.
This isn't what you want.
Yun Qi.
Don't blame yourself.
This is also my choice.
Transmit orders.
Evacuate all the people in Loulan now.
Yes.
You three can leave now.
No.
We'll stay.
We'll see what we can do to help them beat him.
Okay.
Be careful.
Yun Qi, Xiaoyu.
Let's help people to evacuate.
Okay, go.
Go.
Be quick.
This way.
Don't be panic. Catch up with us.
Hurry.
Watch out!
Are you okay?
We are okay.
Thanks for saving my grandson.
Thanks, go.
Go.
Thanks.
Everyone don't fall behind!
Hurry, hurry up!
Run south
as soon as you run out of the gate.
The faster, the better.
The old, weak, women and children who can't move fast
can find soldier for help.
The faster, the better!
Quickly!
Be in order!
Don't be panic!
Hurry up!
Be quick.
I'll help him.
Kunlun,
let's go. Be quick.
Go.
Let's go. Kunlun, go!
Are you okay?
I'm okay.
Don't disperse our power.
Let's focus on one point.
On his chest.
Okay.
Go to hell!
Quickly! The Wrapping Rope!
Ying.
Ju Xiong, hold me tight!
Ying,
let me go.
No.
Sorry, Ying.
I can't follow you this time.
Hands off!
No, let me go!
No, Ju Xiong!
Do you remember what
you said to me when I was ill?
What?
Feifei, give me your hand.
Come on, hold me!
Zhang Ling, Tie Lang!
Tie Lang, grasp my hand.
Tie Lang!
Zhang Ling. Tie Lang. Tie Lang!
Zhang Ling. Zhang Ling!
Tie Lang. Tie Lang!
Let me go!
Feifei, hold me tight!
Hands off!
Feifei!
Feifei. Feifei.
Feifei!
Are you okay?
Be quick!
Go to south once you get out.
The faster, the better.
Don't worry, and don't be panic.
Don't be afraid.
Don't worry.
They will protect you.
Calm down.
They will send you to the safe place.
Thank you.
Hurry up.
Don't be panic.
Prime Minister Jill,
Princess was kidnapped by the Prince from Linrong Kingdom.
Prince want you be at the bedroom of Princess now.
But you should go there alone.
Why did he kidnap Princess?
He wanted the Firebird.
You guys,
you all have heard that.
Would you like to go with me?
Of course.
Kunlun and Yun Qi,
let's help Prime Minister save Princess.
Here.
Hurry up. This way.
Be quick.
Don't be panic.
Hurry up.
Stop.
Jill,
how is An Ke?
He is not so good.
Princess,
forget An Ke.
Prince,
let Princess go!
As long as you give me the Firebird,
I'll let her go.
Or,
even if someone passes the trial today,
Princess can't be alive.
It isn't a hallow to protect people as you think.
It's useless to you.
Yes.
He is right,
Prince.
I don't care.
It's just because Loulan has Firebird,
so no other nations dare to attack you rashly these years.
I must get the Firebird today.
I found that it is
right here in the back room of Princess's bedroom.
Open the door,
or I'll...
Don't hurt her!
Okay,
come with me.
The Firebird is here,
go and get it.
I know that
only someone has royal blood of Loulan can take it away.
Princess,
although you can't leave the room,
you can enter the back room, can't you?
Then please, my Prime Minister,
take me there.
You stay here and don't move.
Go.
Let's go too.
Go.
It is a fork in the road.
Which should we go?
Let's separate.
Contact on Bright Moon Mirror if necessary.
Okay.
Xiaoyu,
is that okay?
Okay.
Don't worry about me.
How long will it take?
We're almost there.
I nearly forgot that
only the royal blood of Loulan can get the Firebird.
Princess,
please.
No.
Go, Princess.
The array won't hurt you.
Be quick.
Hurry up.
Open it.