[Ever Night]
[Episode 20]
Alright.
Too bad I leave tomorrow.
I won't see you enter Second Floor.
Don't worry.
I will become Fu Zi's close disciple.
Good.
I'll await your good news at Cheng Capital.
Brother!
Take care.
~There is no absolute Light~
~Light is in my eyes in the dark~
~Victories and losses~
~wrap me intertwining~
~My soul feeds a deep river of desires~
~You have me, not anyone else~
~I won and lost, why do I do this?~
~Peach blossoms bloom~
~My heart leaves its guests~
~Evil night flees~
I wander the world in a mess~
~Death and life; I live to fight~
~Let this fear be the devil inside~
~No-one is in my heart~
~I make promises to no-one~
~Let me die or live in this place of danger~
[Tang Academy]
- Why are you here? - I...
Sang Sang made me soup with radish.
I ate too much
so I'm resting.
So your heart is unquiet.
I know I've little chance
but I still want to try.
If you give me pointers,
it's a battle weapon.
You'll try?
If you can give me tips, I'll learn a lot.
For your peace of mind, asking is unnecessary.
Though you like books, you're young and immature.
You can't be like me, sitting by the window,
copying books, arranging flowers.
A lot of things in the world don't depend on ability
but on imagination.
I need only know how strongly you desire to enter Second Floor
or how fervently.
If today you give up Second Floor,
I can introduce you to a Teacher no weaker than Liu Bai.
Liu Bai?
He set up South Jin Sword Pavilion.
Everyone calls him Sword Sage, Liu Bai.
He is accepted as strongest under Heaven.
That Teacher equals Liu Bai.
But Liu Bai is strongest. How can you find one as strong?
He is the strongest one under Heaven.
However, besides God, there's a sky beyond sky.
I can assure you with my writing hand
that the Teacher I'd introduce isn't weaker than Liu Bai.
A strong one nobody knows about...
But I still want to try.
I'll see if I have what it takes to enter Second Floor.
Must you try?
I boasted to Sang Sang. I can't reneg.
I toiled long on this
and thought a lot.
I'll regret not trying.
That's all?
Good. If you dare, go for it.
It's this simple.
People always overthink simple things.
Look at this sea of flowers. Even after storms, it prospers.
If it's yours, you already hold it.
No-one can steal it from you.
Just...
it's a pity.
Young Master, it's time.
Teacher Yu, I take my leave.
Princess has arrived.
Grand Prince has arrived.
Greetings, Princess.
Greetings, Grand Prince.
Uncle, please.
Princess, Grand Prince, the time has arrived.
Begin.
Yes.
Second Floor opens today.
Only one may enter.
Today's assessment was prepared by Fu Zi.
The exam is simple. Go along this path.
The one who reaches the peak first
and grabs the half-gourd, that Great Gentleman
strung to a tree in the past,
will become Fu Zi's Thirteenth Disciple.
What gourd?
I don't know.
Young Master, isn't this too simple?
Begin the mountain climb!
Academy rep, Xie Chengyun.
Academy rep, Chu Zhongtian.
Academy rep, Zhong Dajun.
Academy rep, Wang Ying.
We climb freely!
The Academy will win! Victory to Tang Empire!
Yue Lun rep, Dao Gu.
Yue Lun rep, Dao Feng.
We climb freely!
South Jin, Lou Bing.
South Jin, Lou Lun.
South Jin, Li Liang.
We climb freely!
Ahead is the mountain path.
There are rules.
Before climbing,
you'll receive a flare.
If something is amiss,
pull the plug. Staff will
find you. If you don't want to die,
hold onto it!
Thanks, Teacher Cao.
Xiling entrant,
Yan Prince Long Qing, climbs of my own accord.
Xiling won't perish, God is eternal!
Prince Long Qing will return victorious!
God is with Yan State. Victory to our prince!
I really can't stand Long Qing's haughtiness.
The world says he's a paragon.
We're all waiting to see how he'll do.
He sauntered out at the last moment.
From his picking lint off his sleeves and adjusting his gown,
I'd assume he wants to poop.
Your words are a bit harsh.
It is harsh. I entered the Academy with you.
Look at you. You already passed First Awareness
Without me.
How'd you know?
I didn't tell anyone.
You can't hide it from me.
You go to the library every day.
Who'd believe you didn't improve.
What's this?
It's normal for this to happen.
At the Academy, climbing stairs is hard,
much less mountains.
Want to bet? Many will fail this year.
Wait. There are rules.
Prince, please take the flare. If something's amiss,
pull out the plug
so staff find you.
No need.
God is with Yan. Victory to Prince.
Look at him. He's so gross, really.
Xiling originated cultivation.
Long Qing is gifted.
Can others compare?
His Highness is blessed
but hiking is hard.
It's so lonely.
- How about I try? - Huh?
- You...you... you want to go up the mountain? - Shh.
Zhu, can you be any louder?
You...You want to enter Second Floor?
People queue to buy that.
The Academy will win. Tang Empire will win.
Why do you climb?
When Headmaster Huang He told us the rules,
there were none about timing.
No timing. I don't see why you'll climb.
No reason. I just want to.
Good answer.
But I ask again. Why climb?
Because the mountain is there.
Go. The path is dangerous.
If you get halfway and fold,
come back down.
Thanks, Teacher Cao.
Here.
Foolish. Ning Que just started cultivating.
His ability faces Long Qing at Knowing Destiny level.
Wanting to compete with him
No matter what, I still want him to win.
[Fourth Disciple, Fan Rui]
Let's go!
Go! Hurry, go!
This is the boundary between the rear and front mountain.
I recall a pavilion here. Why's there only mountain?
This is so strange.
Ning Que!
If you really can't climb up, don't force yourself.
Tubby.
Can't you be encouraging?
The path up rear mountain isn't easy.
Compared to Long Qing,
you're a kitten or puppy.
Tubby.
Is there really no backdoor?
Go die!
Pipi? Pipi?
Since you picked this route,
you must walk it yourself.
I remind you again,
don't force yourself.
The path ahead of you is called "Foot Pain".
Good luck.
I can't depend on Tubby.
I depend on your blessing to pass the test.
Young Master!
Looks like Yu'er will be disappointed today.
Is Uncle betting on Long Qin?
Is Yu'er betting on Ning Que?
After all, he's Tang.
Someone should win for Tang's dignity, right?
Let's wait to open the bet.
Okay.
I have one blade
to protect Sang Sang in her sleep.
I have two blades
to cut down mountain grasses.
I have three blades
to eliminate all that's unfair in this world.
The cliff talismans are previous scholars' work.
Barely anyone can bear the power of pain in those talismans.
It's just the beginning.
The path ahead is even harder.
Great Cloud Mist Formation!
4th Bro, why so cruel?
You scattered stones, then spikes? He's Pipi's friend.
What if he becomes our Little Bro?
- That's unknown yet. [Sixth Disciple, Tie Jung]
Right.
I have one blade
to protect Sang Sang's sleep.
I have two blades, to cut down all the mountain grass.
I have three blades, to wipe out all the unfair things in the world.
Fifth Brother, after Foot Pain Path,
should we let them taste something new?
Eighth Bro, is it appropriate?
If we destroy the stony path to the mountain rear,
Seventh Sister will get angry again
and we'll have to repair it.
Fifth Bro, you worry too much. (5th - Song Lian)
We'll soon have a little brother.
The repairs won't be our responsibility.
You're right.
Fifth Brother.
- Please. - Please.
Ning Que.
Let's go.
Go.
Long Qing is climbing the mountain. He'll succeed
and be Fu Zi's disciple.
I predict His Majesty will bounce in anger.
Junior Bro, do you want His Majesty to bounce or not?
Senior Bro, you're still in the mood to mock me?
Between Xiling and Tang, South Gate is in a hard place.
Now Long Qing represents Xiling in the test
but he's also Yan hostage prince. I just...
Fine, fine. I sympathise.
As Dao South Gate leader and State Preceptor,
you defend Tang honour
but delicately balance the two sides. That's hard!
Eternal Night is coming.
Why worry yourself?
Senior, I hear the author of that Chicken Soup Note is climbing.
How's that possible?!
Let's move forward a bit. Hold on.
I can't go on.
It's you.
Ning Que, how come you're here?
Give up when it's time.
It's no disgrace.
Wang Ying, come, let's go. I'll take you up.
Even if I die, I must go.
Don't lose face for the class.
Let's go.
What are you doing?!
You...
Thank me later for your life.
He clearly can't cultivate. How can he reach the peak?
This is important. Check again.
The army checked. Lu Qingchen checked.
Your apprentice checked too.
All said he can't cultivate. I checked too.
The results were the same.
We'll check one last time.
~No need to talk~
~Night's curtain is open~
~Despite success or failure~
~Don't fear to look at the future~
~Face obstacles~
~Peach trees bloom outside~
~adorning eternal night~
Why do I keep ending up at this tree?
What idiotic method is this? This is a test?
~Looking to the border~
~Looking to red dust and sky~
~See, everything is pale~
~I've seen a sea of clouds~
~as changeable as dreams~
~I've called a lot of stars~
~They're dim and dazzling~
~I've been to oases~
~They have no borders or shores~
~I've kissed rivers~
~Spring passes and returns~
~I've seen a sea of clouds~
~as changeable as dreams~
~I've called a lot of stars~
~They're kind of dim and dazzling~
Xie Chengyun.
Give up when you must. No shame in that.
Ning Que, your hiding your talent is fine.
I don't want to know why.
But don't forget.
You and I are in Doubtless Realm.
Only those in See-through level know nascent energy principles.
You want to go to the peak.
It'd need a miracle.
Someone once told me
the Academy is where a miracle can happen.
My being alive is a miracle.
~I've kissed rivers~
~Spring passes and returns~
Ning Que! No way you'll get ahead of Long Qing.
He walked into the clouds a long while ago.
At least I passed you.
Young Mast-!
Let's get to work.
- You bit me! - Why'd you hold me back?
No-one can hurt me on this mountain.
Then bite me back. That'd settle the score.
Who are you? Why come here?
I'm Sang Sang, here to see Young Master.
Who are you?
I'm Jun Mo.
How'd you...
climb the mountain?
I just walked up. This mountain is easy to climb.
Why's it look hard for Young Master and others?
Which is your Young Master?
The one behind.
It's him.
Sage, teach me to cultivate.
Make me your disciple.
Your Qihai Xueshan is blocked.
You can't cultivate.
Why's everybody say the same thing?
Why must I listen to Heaven? You're not God.
Their minds are crowded. They can't see clearly.
You're right. Young Master has a lot on his mind.
You can't go there.
- Why? - There's danger.
Last summer there was a report
of a Cultivator in a South Town casino.
Investigation says it was
Ning Que.
I told you to check the other day.
Master Uncle. I found nothing.
Ning Que really wasn't able to cultivate.
Master Uncle asked you.
Then Revelation Institute investigated.
Why didn't you tell Senior?
This person is special.
So if Revelation Institute knew,
no-one told me.
What's so special?
He and Chao Xiaoshu are close.
Seems he works for the Emperor.
His Majesty's Secret Agent.
That kid really cultivates?
How's that possible? He really couldn't.
Senior Brother.
As long as we confirm Ning Que has the gift
to inherity your legacy,
whether he works for the Emperor or Princess,
we must bring him to our side and make him
your successor.
[Firewood Gate]
'A gentleman cannot be'
A gentleman cannot be cowardly.
[A gentleman cannot be]
A gentleman cannot be delusional.
[A gentleman cannot be]
A gentleman cannot be distressed.
[A gentleman cannot be]
A gentleman cannot be...
Not be sluggish...not love.
[A gentleman cannot be competitive.]
Competitive. A gentleman cannot be competitive.
[A gentleman cannot be competitive.]
A gentleman cannot be competitive.
How can't one be competitive?
Such ones all died.
How were they gentlemen?
Fu Zi gave this Prince
the word 'competitive'.
Run!
Up to Firewood Gate, every step
represents each day of growing up,
being 4,106 steps for 12 years.
Reliving it in illusion
multiplies the demons in your heart.
To pass through smoothly
will be hard.
Is Young Master in danger?
Don't worry.
Second-Senior Bro.
Pipi? Why are you here?
Why are you here?
He brought me here.
Him? He's 2nd-Senior Bro.
Quickly bow, quickly bow.
Second Senior.
Get up.
[Ever Night]
~Hey, I can only say sorry~
~You, who've forgotten time, look a bit lost~
~You seem faraway, in front of me~
~Time blinks by~
~Take it easy~
~Life is still the same~
~Hey, let me change the ending~
~Yet I can cover it only a short while~
~Don't obsess or say sorry~
~Winner just treats loser~
~Better not 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 horses forward~
~Geese fly south before snow~
~Get drunk at a warm coast~
~Under slashes of the sword, we love each other still~