[Ever Night]
[Episode 03]
Thanks for earlier.
May I ask from whom you learned combat skills?
Combat skills are learned in combat.
From your age, no way you'd have killed more than we have.
To a soldier on the border, the biggest reward is killing bandits.
We call that 'cutting firewood'.
Boxwood bow? 3 horse-cutter swords?
He'd be...
Shubi Lake Woodcutter!
I chop down useless firewood troubling Tang borders.
You're friends. You got any?
Come here...
I'm asking if you have wine.
Here.
There's wine to drink.
It's famed Golden Horde wine.
We must drink some.
Here.
- Won't you drink with us? - No, no.
Take it.
Yes, Young Master.
Thanks for saving me before.
Where's your mom?
Looking at him is like seeing myself.
Though you saved Little Man, I still can't stand you.
Great.
She's so unlikeable.
What?
What did you say?
I said, if Princess did like me, it's troublesome.
- You knew who I am? - At first sight.
- Then I'm really a loser. - You said it yourself.
In Chang An, come with me.
I can give you a good future.
Thanks for good intentions.
But I'm going for the Academy test.
I likely won't see you again.
You saved my life.
- Father will summons you. - In truth, I most want to see Fu Zi.
He's Academy dean.
One year, Father wanted to be Fu Zi's disciple.
But Fu Zi later picked him to be Emperor and broke his dreams.
Why do so many people want to enter the Academy and be Fu Zi's disciple?
My mother, Empress Cui Shi, came from Qinghe county.
She died 15 years ago.
Before her death, she told me to care for my little brother,
to teach him to be like Father, a good Emperor.
One day, Father married a woman surnamed Xia and made her Empress.
Have you heard of Eternal Night?
That's a legend.
Yes.
It's just a legend
yet can ruin lives.
Your Majesty, I examined the skies and received Heaven's decree.
Night curtains the stars; the nation has unrest.
A female will destroy Tang.
That female is the princess.
Rot! Tang is rock stable.
What unrest?
Guards, publicly execute this delusional Soothsayer.
Your Majesty, have mercy!
Mercy! Your Highness!
You'll regret it!
This is an omen of Ever Night, Your Majesty!
You'll regret it!
Whoever dares to lie will be punished with him.
While with Golden Horde, I couldn't stop missing my little bro, Hun Yuan.
A few days ago, he wrote me a letter, saying he'd seek me in the plains.
I think he must need me.
I only have one bro.
Princess, Heaven protects the good.
Your mom in Heaven protects you two; Tang Emperor does too.
My mom called me Yu'er.
You can call me that, or 'Li Yu'.
"The fisherman caught fish and is content".
"The woodcutter gathered firewood and is happy".
Perhaps your name comes from this poem?
Yes.
That was my parents' expectations.
I'm to take good care of my little bro so Mother won't worry.
For a person to live isn't easy.
It isn't easy.
I heard from General Ma that you and he survived at Mount Min by hunting.
Why didn't you go to the authorities?
Tang compensation for orphans and widows has always been good.
Sometimes interacting with wild animals is easier.
Am I very dull?
Self-criticism is good.
Let me tell you a story.
There once was a little bird, very ugly, lacking pretty feathers.
But it was diligent.
It took fruit that fell off trees and hid them in a cave.
So I'm very dull too.
Princess. Imperial Guards Colonel, Hua Shanyue, is late. Forgive me.
Please forgive us!
Hua Shanyue.
It's me, Your Highness.
It's been 2 years. How are you?
Seeing you again is so nice.
All rise.
Thanks, Princess.
Insolence!
You held on all night and slept.
You snored.
My legs are sore.
I'll overlook this due to your protecting me.
Hua Shanyue, where's the carriage?
It's at the mountain foot.
Princess, wait a bit.
Hold it.
Princess, since I first saw you at Wei City...
I've wanted to tell you something.
Say it in the capital.
Fine. Off to the capital.
[Tang State]
Commander of Guards, Xu Zongshan
- General Xia Hou, it's been a while. - Commander Xu.
Seize him.
Hurry.
Everyone, leave us.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty...
You know she's my only daughter?
You sent out Mind Master and Sword Master, and even a Demonist.
Tell me, what are you planning against me?
All I've done is for your good.
Nonsense!
Your Majesty, my life belongs to you.
My family's lives are yours.
If anyone harms you or anyone you treasure,
Xia Hou will spare no effort to eliminate them!
Total rot! Princess is someone I treasure.
After the late Empress died, Yu'er married into Great Plain.
When her husband died,
those barbarians wanted to bury her.
She risked her life to escape.
You secretly tried to have her killed.
Tell me, don't you deserve to die?
Don't you deserve death?!
- Should you die?! - Your Majesty...
Your Majesty, please stop.
Your Majesty, I beg you, for me, let Xia Hou go.
Do you know what Xia Hou did at Northern Pass?
I just heard. If I'd known beforehand, it wouldn't have happened.
Then don't plead for him.
Your Majesty! Xia Tian vows Xia Hou is loyal to you.
Events may be due to Xiling-
like Wei Guangming manipulated him to kill General Lin's family years ago.
Your Majesty, though I didn't birth Princess,
I love you and your loved ones.
Whether Princess is in the plains or Tang,
I treat her as mine; Hun Yuan too.
I assure you, whoever harms them again will be my mortal enemy.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
Trust me. I did it for you.
Do you know, Xiling people told me, Princess' return will turn the world to chaos.
Wei Guangming, that old fogie, has been locked up over 10 years
yet won't shut up.
Who else took part?
Your Majesty, all involved are dead.
If Princess can't return safely,
you'll die here.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty!
Quickly, rise.
Get up quickly.
You shouldn't have done that.
Promise me, never risk death for my sake.
Promise me!
Fine, I promise. Quickly, get up.
Hurry, get up.
If you can get out, go to Tuyang City. Don't come here again.
I've no idea how His Majesty will deal with me.
Okay, say no more. Hurry back.
Don't worry about me. Hurry, go...
Brother.
Divine Luminance? You are?
Wei Guangming of Xiling.
So it's Grand Priest of Light.
You're an envoy of God. What matter is vital in my barracks?
Please leave quickly.
I came for you.
Does General Xia consider that important?
For me?
20 years ago, Demon Sect barbarians were driven far north by Xiling Forces.
A young man and woman escaped from them.
They concealed their Demon Sect aura.
Maybe they've forgotten their past identities.
But they didn't think of this.
If a vagrant life began their destiny, devastation of their souls will end them.
It's their God-given fate.
Grand Priest of Light can sure make up a story.
Can you stay concealed?
In God's world, Demon Sect is everyone's foe.
So no-one finds out you and your kin hidden in Tang Palace are Demon Sect,
kill the Child of Hades, and Xiling will keep your dark secret.
"Since I first saw you at Wei City, I've wanted to tell you something".
Young Master, if Princess asks you what you were going to say, what will you answer?
"Since I first saw you in Wei City,
I fell deeply in love with you".
"Your Highness and I will be inseparable".
Young Master, you're being bad.
That's how to speak to a loser.
She'll like it.
Young Master, do you sometimes feel you're full of nonsense?
Sang Sang is really smart.
Young Master, in your heart, are all people losers?
Even me?
You're not a loser.
You're a lump of coal.
I knew you dislike my dark complexion.
Princess commands we camp here for the night.
Camp again.
Ning Que, Great Master Lu Qingchen wants to see you.
Lu Qingchen wants to see me.
Young Master, hurry and go.
- So you're Ning Que? - Yes.
You must know why I called you here.
Why?
Come.
Let me see if you have ability for cultivation.
Between Heaven and Earth
is the breath of 'qi' vital energy.
Bodily qi is in Qi Sea and Mount.
A practitioner can perceive the presence of Heaven and Earth's breath.
There's no movement of qi in your body at all.
It's empty between Qi Sea and Mount.
Isn't Psychic Power from the mind?
Saying that isn't incorrect.
Cultivation is containing mental energy in Qi Sea and Mount.
And around Qi Sea and Mount are 17 acupoints.
But, of your 17 acupoints, 11 are blocked.
So...
So you'll never be a Cultivator.
Don't be dejected.
Among the world's millions,
someone like you is normal.
I'm not dejected.
Years ago, I wanted to be a disciple of Zhou'er's Master.
He said the same thing.
Master, make us disciples.
Ning Que, your Qi Mount and Sea are blocked. You can't cultivate.
Master, accept me. Please teach me cultivation.
I'll work for you always.
Young Master, I'm back.
Princess sent wine.
to warm the cooling nights.
Princess also said, in the capital, she'll invite us to her residence.
We'll drink tea at Princess's home.
I think Princess is pretty
and kind.
Above all, Princess treats me well.
Actually, I don't think Princess is really a loser.
The sky is darkening.
I said the sky is darkening, but no-one believed me.
Young Master, what's wrong?
- You're ill? - I'm cold.
Since I was little, why do I dream of those two men?
A drunkard and a butcher.
And they keep repeating that sentence.
The sky is darkening.
Perhaps I'm connected to them.
What's the significance of it?
Why'd I dream of them again?
Them?
Who are they?
I don't know.
All losers.
I'll get rid of them sometime.
You needn't follow anymore. I can go alone.
Still following me?
Unless we follow you, you may die.
Just like him.
Him...and him.
Speak. Where's Demon Sect entrance?
I don't know.
It's your turn.
Bro, I'm scared!
Don't be afraid.
If you tell us where Demon Sect entrance is, we'll let you go.
That secret, only Elder knows.
I beg you, spare us.
Brother!
- Hold it. - Brother!
Brother!
I say, let this kid go.
And if I won't spare him?
You can try.
Brother.
Come, it's okay. Don't be scared.
Brother! Brother!
Brother!
- Run! - Bro! - Hurry, run!
Great Master.
I memorised this book by heart
but it's hard to process.
I beg you to kindly advise me.
Didn't I make it clear enough you can't cultivate?
So, such reading is unhelpful.
I can't cultivate, but can I at least understand it?
For instance, how many stages in cultivation?
What's the difference in stages?
Due to your perseverance, no harm in my advising you.
Thanks, Great Master.
Using the mind, wield the sword to master combat skills.
Sword Master.
Use Psychic Power to kill someone without engaging him directly
to master Psychic Power.
Mind Master.
Use qi mixed into ink to master signs.
Rune Master.
As for grand masters of Dao, who can control the forces of nature
they're Divine Masters of Signs.
Divine Masters of Signs.
There are five stages in cultivation.
The primary stage is First Vision.
The second stage is Sensation.
The third stage is No Doubts.
Fourth stage is Mystery Knowledge.
The fifth stage is Fate Seeker.
So called Fate Seeker knows celestial destiny.
Seeking Celestial Destiny.
Above Fate Seeker leverl are many more abstruse realms.
It's said one is Godsend;
one is Boundless.
Great Master, if one puts qi in a toilet, is it Toilet Master or Crap Master?
It's all just conventions. There's an unspoken cultivation rule-
An the same level, a Mind Master has more power than a Sword Master.
So, to defeat a Mind Master, you must interrupt his meditation.
Interrupt his meditation.
Great Master, I'll ask one more thing.
I often dream, and in my dream,
I sense a mysterious breath, warm, integrated drop by drop.
How wide a range can you sense in your dreams?
No, what's it like?
A cup of water, a creek?
Or a pond?
It seems like...
a big sea.
At the beginning of one's cultivation, one's mind projection is a cup of water.
Even if you're gifted, it'd only be a pond.
In today's world, even for the most powerful youngest, Sword Master Liu Bai,
it's a grandly flowing river like the Yellow River.
Do you often wet the bed?
It's clearly a sea.
Imperial Brother, calm down.
Imperial Bro, be calm.
Who dared assassinate an Official in the capital?
Investigation has begun.
The Official killed was in Military Transport.
Investigate the military too.
Yes. [Grand Prince, Li Peiyan]
But Military Transport is left with no head.
We must assign an Official.
Do you have suggestions?
Censor Zhang Yiqi is attentive to detail.
He's suitable.
Zhang Yiqi?
Zhang Yiqi is underused in Censor Department.
The Court doesn't keep idlers, but can't bury talented ones.
Alright. Transfer Zhang Yiqi to Military Transport Division.
Thanks, Your Majesty.
[Ichthyosaur Gang]
Second Bro!
An army transport Official was assassinated last night.
Another Official.
3 Officials were recently assassinated.
I encountered the killer last night.
He's an expert, with uncommon techniques.
Every move is deadly and vicious.
Any evidence left?
There is. I stabbed his left wrist.
- Keep investigating. - Okay.
- Hey. - Huh? - The cup.
Zhang Yiqi, what do you mean by this?
I recommended you for Military Transport to use your talents for our nation,
not for this.
You're wise about the nation.
You'd disdain material gain.
This is just in gratitude.
I'm sincerely loyal to you.
- Cui Delu. Pour Official Zhang tea. - Yes.
Prince, I heard Colonel Hua collected Princess
and will arrive in days.
The trip wasn't dangerous.
Very good, very good.
Prince, Princess will surely support her brother, Third Prince, as Heir,
but Scholar Officials, headed by Zeng Jing, prefer the Empress's child, Sixth Prince.
What do you think?
I think those people are short sighted.
They understand male lineage,
but they forgot our Tang nation firstborn inheritance tradition.
Scoundrel!
Your words can be suspected of insulting the Imperial Family.
[Ever Night]
~Hey, I can only say sorry~
~You, who have forgotten time, look a little lost~
~In front of me, yet faraway~
~Time blinks by~
~Take it easy~
~Life is still the same~
~Hey, let me change the ending~
~Yet I can cover it up only a short while~
~Don't obsess or say sorry~
~Loser just treats winner~
~Better not to meet rather than cry on parting~
~Night is long and dark~
Don't leave regrets~
~I've seen right, wrong, gratitude, grudges, words, acts~
~I risk danger, desperate for you~
~Umbrella in old Chang'an~
~Night is nearing, talismans burn~
~Fight till all is gone in chaos and darkness~
~See us blaze through darkness, changing Heaven and Earth~
~Spur the horse forward~
~Geese fly south before snow~
~Get drunk at a warm coast~
~Under slashes of the sword, we love each other still~