Legend of Chinese Zodiac
♫The twelve zodiac signs form a mystery♫
♫The grand thousands of worlds follow one order♫
♫Rat year, Ox year, Tiger year, Rabbit year♫
♫Dragon year, Snake year, Horse year, Sheep year, Monkey year, Rooster year, Dog year, Pig year♫
♫For generations, leaving countless legends behind♫
♫Who am I? You, who are you?♫
♫He isn't himself, you are not yourself♫
♫You disguise as me, I play you♫
♫Turning and tossing, the twelve signs can reach your inner self♫
♫The twelve zodiac signs form a mystery♫
♫The grand thousands of worlds follow one order ♫
♫Rat year, Ox year, Dragon year, Snake year, Horse year, Sheep year, Monkey year, Rooster year, ♫
♫Dog year, Pig year♫
♫For generations, leaving countless legends behind♫
♫Leaving countless legends behind♫
♫Who am I? You, who are you? He isn't himself, you are not yourself♫
♫Who am I? You, who are you? You disguise as me, I play you♫
♫Turning and tossing, the twelve signs can reach♫
♫Can reach your inner self♫
♫The twelve signs all put on a show♫
♫With the theme being the brewing of the taste of life♫
♫Rat year, Ox year, Tiger year, Rabbit year♫
♫Dragon year, Snake year, Horse year, Sheep year, Monkey year, Rooster year, Dog year, Pig year♫
♫Offspring multiply for myriads of generations in an endless chain♫
♫Men take law from Earth, Earth takes law from Heaven,♫
♫Heaven takes law from the Dao. The law of the Dao is its being what it is. ♫
♫Men take law from Earth, Earth takes law from Heaven,♫
♫Having the law of the Dao, this world can be well-behaved♫
Episode 9
Save me. Save me.
Zhi Shen!
Help us. Hurry up and save us.
If I won't go into the underworld, who will?
Zhi Shen.
Zhi Shen, stop what you're doing.
- Save me.- Help us.
Stop what you're doing.
Zhi Shen.
Help us.
Stop it, Zhi Shen.
Save us.
Zhi Shen, stop it.
Stop, Miss Zhi Shen.
Stop!
Miss Zhi Shen.
Stop! If you keep doing this you will die.
Miss Zhi Shen, stop it.
Elder Shennong.
Drop your tears onto those medicinal leaves.
It's raining. It's raining.
Wonderful! Wonderful!
- Look! Cured!- Our illnesses are completely cured.
Fantastic.
Look! Our ailments are completely cured. We're all cured.
- Thank heavens!- Thank goodness!
Hurry back and reunite with your families.
Thank you, God. Wonderul! Great!
Miss Zhi Shen, Miss Zhi Shen.
Do you know who I am?
You already told me.
This humble maiden respectfully thanks the great god Shennong for his kind assistance.
You have saved everyone who was suffering from the plague. Even going so far as to sacrifice yourself, your kindness is admirable.
You have to know who you actually are.
This Yaksha told me that I am the incarnation of the Zodiac sheep's spiritual essence.
Zodiac sheep, I command you,
Quickly enter into the Yaksha, open the seal, and go to medicine-king mountain to practice asceticism.
Wait until the 12 Zodiac animals gather,
Then you will be able to assist the Emperor Xuan Yuan vanquish the demon Chiyou,
and rescue the suffering common folk.
Inside this are my tears.
Save them carefully.
Perhaps there will be a day when you will need to use them.
Xing Hu.
Hey, Elder Shennong. How come you're still here? Hurry and take me back.
To take you back is precisely why I came.
There's still a more important matter I'm waiting for you to do.
What is it?
You will know when the time comes.
Take this bag of medicine.
Shennong!
Elder Shennong.
Shennong!
Xue Lian. Xue Lian.
Xing Hu, why are you here?
Death Demon. Where have you hidden Xue Lian?
Death Demon. Speak!
Where did you hide Xue Lian?
It's Brother Hu's voice.
How would I know where I've hidden her?
Seems like she is very important to you.
Tell me now, where is Xue Lian?
On the summit of a snowy mountain, in the deep sea, in a muddy bog,
in a ferocious pond of poisonous insects, try and guess.
Where could I have hidden her?
However, I'm assuming that you won't be able to guess.
Because the place that I hid her you will not find even if you search your entire life.
If you dare lay one sweaty hand on her I will never be able to spare you.
If I were you I would wait obediently to be captured.
Otherwise, your little Xue Lian
may not be able to return.
You stinking demon!
Brother Hu.
- Xue Lian. - Brother Hu.
Brother Hu, save me!
- Let her go!- Let me down.
Brother Hu, save me!
- Brother Hu. Let me down.- Stinking demon.
Brother Hu, save me.
Xing Hu has come back.
Right in the middle of Yongjin Cave.
- That's great.- We'll go and meet him and bring back Xue Lian.
You two Elders, what's the problem?
Both our powers are already depleted.
We are therefore powerless to assist you in saving people.
These mountain spirit are earthly souls. they can live forever.
This thing is called the mountain spirits guide. By blowing it when being away from the mountain spirits central location
One may pull the mountain spirit that resides in a monster's body.
In times of great importance it might be of help to you.
Thank you, Elders. Thank you, Elders.
Thank you, Elders.
Xue Lian, don't be afraid. I'll definitely get you out of here.
He's helpless yet he talks of saving someone.
Stinky demon.The way I'm tortured by you now means nothing.
I'm telling you, sooner or later I will rip off your skin and pull out your flesh.
I'll also tear open your
Brother Hu.
You were saying? Keep talking.
You're going to tear out my what? I didn't hear you.
Talk. I'm just killing you.
Look how you rip off my skin, pull my flesh and tear apart my bones.
Demon, kill me.
Release my Brother Hu.
No. Kill me. Kill me first.
Kill me. Release my Brother Hu.
Interesting, interesting. Interesting indeed.
This is unprecedented. We actually have people fighting over who will die first.
Let's do this then. I'll make a bet with you. Do you dare?
Stinking demon, you still want to play tricks?
You already have us within the palm of your hand. Whether you slash or chop, is your call anyway.
Death is at hand, and you still dare to have a tough talk?
We'll bet! We'll bet!
Xue Lian!
This girl stil knows her place.
Brother Hu, are you ok?
Im fine.
You two seem to be lovers.
No.
Damn demon, if you want to bet, make a bet. If you want to kill, then kill.
Why talking nonsense now? Your Hu daddy can't wait much longer.
Ok, if you want to die quickly, I'll help you get there.
People say that two lover's hearts beat as one.
I will bet this heart corroboration with you.
And on the stake is: your life.
This is not true.
Heart corroboration, how do you bet on it?
Very simple. Of you two,
I will kill one and release the other.
And depending on the answer you give me,
I will know who I should kill and who should I release.
If the one you choose is the same person,
I will release the person you select.
But if you do not select the same person,
I shall kill both of you.
Do you understand? I'd like to see now whether your hearts really beat as one.
That's easy. But who can tell whether your words has any truth in them.
Even if you win you can still renege.
I am confident that I won't lose.
If I do lose, I'll definitely keep my promise,
and let the chosen person go.
Xue Lian, it's still too simple. Take note,
In a moment I'll call out to him to release you.
You call him to release yourself, and the damn demon will surely lose.
I won't do it.
Why not?
If you chose me, Brother Hu you...
Xue Lian, in this critical moment, only one may live.
I would rather die with you, and I don't want to live without purpose.
Stop talking nonsense, you fool.
Are you stupid or just playing stupid? When a person he's got nothing, you know that, don't you?
If you die, the demon is still going to eat you up.
Bite you mouthful by mouthful, you'll die painfully. Aren't you afraid?
I'm not.
Listen to me, alright?
Brother Hu, if we choose you then you can keep living.
No I can't. I'm a dignified 7-foot-tall man. How could I be greedy for life and afraid of death.
Brother Hu, just listen to me this once. I'm begging you.
Xue Lian.
No!
Listen to me.
- Listen to me!- But...
It seems that this is exactly what they call heart and mind printed the same. [T/N: Chinese idiom - Two hearts beat as one; soulmates; kindred spirits.]
I think you're done for.
I'll only count up to 3. Is that clear?
This silly girl, Xue Lian, just won't listen to me.
If I say to let her go, she'll just say to let me go.
Those two different answers mean that two people have to die.
One.
Brother Hu is wholeheartedly thinking of me. He'll certainly say to release me.
If I say to release him then the two answers will be different.
The demon will completely kill both of us.
Two.
Out of the question! We can't have two people die.
There's no choice but to let the demon release me first. Then I'll fight it out with him. At the very least I can delay him,
allowing Xue Lian to seize the opportunity to escape. Right, that's it.
I can't let Brother Hu die.
I can only go along with Brother Hu choosing me, and let the demon release me.
After that I will take the opportunity to stay alive for Brother Hu's sake.
This is all I can do.
Three.
Tell me, after all that, who will I be releasing?
Speak! Tell me. Speak now.
Speak now, tell me!
- Hurry, hurry.- Brother Mi.
If by chance that demon captured Brother Hu what should I do?
I already prepared for the worst. I've come up with the perfect plan.
As long as we don't make any big errors, the situation can only improve.
I'm going into the cave now. You wait for me outside.
If you hear me scream out "mountain spirit",
you should rush into the cave, playing and summoning the mountain spirit.
Speak. Tell me. Say it.
Who will I release?
- Release me.- Release me.
- Xue Lian.- Brother Hu.
Just as I expected. People are fundamentally evil.
When it's a matter of life and death, you're still at fault, and choose your own survival.
Soulmates. Who on this earth can achieve soulmate status.
Who can find their soulmate?
Admit defeat. Admit defeat, you two.
The wicked people of this world,
Is there anyone among them able to find their soulmate?
Qing Feng, Qing Feng! If you hadn't betrayed me that day,
I probably wouldn't be this way.
Who is Qing Feng?
Qing Feng. Who is Qing Feng? Who is Qing Feng?
Who is Qing Feng?
Why has this demon suddenly gone crazy?
Who is Qing Feng?
Qing Feng was the person that I loved most.
The two of us, we used to love each other, like you do.
- Chi Lian. - Wait for me.
- Wait for me. Watch me catch you.- Come on.
Come and catch me.
- Got you, got you.- Let me go.
Look, I'm giving you the flowers that I just picked.
Thank you. Really fragrant.
Qing Feng, you're really beautiful.
Chi Lian, can you promise to stay with me as long as I live?
And never leave me?
Of course I can.
I, Chi Lian, swear to God that Qing Feng and I will stay together our entire lives.
If I betray her, order me to smear my liver and brains on the earth. [T/N: Chinese idiom - take me as a sacrifice.] I must not...
You mustn't talk nonsense.
- Qing Feng.- Chi Lian.
I am afraid we will not be able to stay together our entire lives while becoming buddhas.
One day one might die in the mouth of these feathered beasts.
No fear. We are only five hundred years short.
Five hundred years more and we will become buddhas.
Five hundred years. How long must we wait?
Won't it be better off to steal Chi Mei's pill of immortal fate?
It is said that consuming one pill of immortal fate may compensate for five hundred year of practicing asceticism.
This Chi Mei is totally ruthless.
I'm just afraid that... if we go, we will not return.
Chi Lian, are you really unwilling to go through one danger for me?
You little worms. You want my pill of immortal fate?
You two are lovers?
- Yes.- Yes.
I can give you a chance.
Qing Feng!
But you have to make a bet with me.
I bet that you two lovers don't have hearts which beat as one.
Very simple, I can kill one of you two,
release the other, and give that one the pill of immortal fate. All according to your selection.
Tell me, who should I kill after all
and who should I give the pill of immortal fate to.
If your hearts beat as one, and you select the same way, than you will be the winners.
But if you have different selections,
Not only would you not get the pill,
but also both of you will deserve death!
Chi Lian, Among us, it doesn't matter who dies.
The one left alive will surely live a life of pain.
We should select two different answers and attend death together.
Ok. Dying with you will be the happy fate I have been cultivating myself for.
Did you two think it through?
Release Qing Feng.
Ok.
Your turn.
I choose you... to release me.
Qing Feng! Qing Feng!
Qing Feng!
Qing Feng! You have wronged my bitter love for you!
How could you fail me like that?
How could you desert me?
Chi... Chi... Chi Lian.
I give... give... give it to you
Qing Feng!
Why? Why? Why does it have to be like that?
Qing Feng! How could you desert me?
The lovers of this world should all die! They should all die!
Brother Hu!
- Xue Lian, I'm Ok, this injury is meaningless.- Brother Hu!
Why did she have to desert me?
You still want to keep on living?
Her! If you kill her I'll let you go.
Release me? that's bullshit!
Am I, your Hu daddy, afraid of death? Kill me or dismember me, that's up to you!
Demon! Kill me first! Release my brother Hu!
Ok! I'll give your stupid loved one a ride.
Slowly, slowly. Wait a moment. Did you forget?
We had a deal.
A deal? I had a deal with you?
Your memory must be weakening.
Didn't we agree that I'm transfering Xing Hu to your hands,
while Xue Lian and the jade plate go back to me?
He dropped in by himself. I captured him myself, what do you have to do with it?
Nonsense! If I haven't sent him into the cave, how could you catch him?
You sent him into the cave?
As things are, I can give up Xue Lian. Give me the jade plate.
This jade plate you are talking about, where is it?
It is on Xing Hu's body.
Despicable little man!
Give me!
What you were talking about, is it this strange thing?
What use is there for this jade plate?
You don't use it...
Could it be that back then, This jade plate saved Xing Hu?
Correct. This jade plate is fierce.
It is called the sky lacking jade plate. It was created by the ancient great god Fuxi.
This utility has the amazing ability to turn over heaven and earth, and shuttle thrugh time and space.
Does the Sky lacking jade plate really have this amazing ability?
Well, honestly, I am just looking for the jade plate, Chi Lian.
If you will give me the jade plate, then I'll go away. Having nothing to do with these two.
However you want to dispose of them, go for it.
You shameless friend selling glory-seeker.
You've got a problem with that?
If this jade plate indeed has these godly powers,
I'll be able to use it to go back to a time when Qing Feng was still alive.
Interesting!
You know, I cannot give you such a treasure.
Without knowing how to make it work, will it be of any use to you?
In your hands it will be a piece of waste.
Since you know, you can surely tell me.
I won't tell you.
Brother Mi!
What are you doing to him?
You have two options.
One is to tell me how to make this jade plate work.
And I'll show mercy to your petty life.
The other is that you remain tight-lipped, and I'll send you to the underworld.
If I were you, I'd choose the first option.
- Ok...- A bit louder, I can't hear you.
- Ok!
You see, If it was so from the start,
This whole thing would be much easier. Speak!
I'll tell you. But...
You have more tricks you plan on?
Three sheeps for five rice plants, no store runs on losses.(T/N: Rice plants are the same character as "Mi")
If this jade plate goes back to you,
At least you have to give me Xue Lian.
Or else, I would rather to happily take the jade plate's secret into the grave.
I did not realize you have such a romantic addiction.
Interesting, interesting. But,
why do I have a sudden feeling that you are hiding your intentions?
On the surface you are careless, but you actually want to save these two and run away.
Every man for himself, heaven and earth be my witness.
Having reached that far, what is there to consider so much?
I have a better idea. If you will do some small thing, due to your good will
I will release the girl and give her to you.
What is it?
I want you to break his arms and legs!
Do you dare?
Quick! Quick!
Why didn't brother Mi call me by now?
Could it be that something happened?
Or maybe... I'll go in and take a look.
No. Brother Mi told me to guard outside. He must have a plan.
And I have no idea what use this attracting of a mountain spirit have.
- Break his arms and legs?- Yes, quick!
- Break his arms and legs?
Quick! Why don't you act already?
- Do you really want to make me break his arms and legs?- Quick!
That's not hard.
- Come.- Hit me.
Quick.
Ok.
- Quick.- You've asked for it.
Brother Hu!
Brother Mi, how can you be so cruel?
Listen, Xue Lian, it is high time you realize who I am.
Now you are already mine.
Look at this fine skin and plumpy flesh.
That really tickles my heart. The moment of the spring night is worth a thousand golden coins. (T/N: "spring night" means the wedding night)
Lady, I will take you away immediately
Mr. Mi! I'll kill you for sure!
If I won't manage to kill you now, I'll become a ghost after my death and kill you then!
- Kill me?
Brother Mi!
Kill me?
If you have the guts, get up and kill me!
Mountain spirit!
Coming!
My tears are inside. Guard them well.
Maybe one day they will be of use to you.
- Brother Mi!- Don't worry, Xue Lian.
Are you playing with me?
Finally it's your daddy Hu's time to balance our account.
Prepare to die!
i'm coming!
What are you doing?
What kind of devilish thing is this?
What is this?
Mountain spirit? Brother Mi, what is this about?
This thing is called "Mountain spirits guide".
The elders told us that mountain spirits are ground spirits, and cannot die.
And when swallowed by this demon, they are simply hidden within it's body.
By using the mountain spirit guide, we can call out the mountain spirit out again.
And what about brother Hu?
Look at you now. You kill me!
Quick, I'm carrying a bottle.
Take it's content and drip them on my body.
Hit me to death! Kill!
Oh! You've had a plan all along! It was all pretending. You scared me to death!
Otherwise how could the acting fool this sinister demon?
Painful, huh? serve you right!
Ok!
Mission accomplished.
- Great, really! excellent!- Brother Hu! You're so fierce!
Everything is fine.
Breath a bit! Breath a bit! Breath a bit!
Great! great! Great!
Today, for the sake of the people of phoenix city, I'm getting rid of you, Monster!
Brother Hu!
Don't kill him.
I'm begging you. I'm begging you to spare my life.
I'm begging you to spare my life. I'll do whatever you want me to.
Cut the crap.
Brother Hu, the heavens has a virtue of loving life.
- You rascal!- I beg you, don't kill him.
If performing a massacre will be the reason for which we kill him,
a measure for a measure, when will it end?
Besides, he has actually fell by mistake into the wrong path.
Xue Lian, did you forget how vicious he is?
And morover, he is a demon. Thats no wrong path. That's a crave for killing.
Brother Hu! Do you still remember the story he just told us?
Chi Lian and Qing Feng
Correct.
Chi Lian, you were mistaken all along.
Qing Feng did not fail you at all.
♫Oh, world♫
♫We are born and die within your bosom♫
♫Our sorrow and joy dance freely upon your body♫
♫You are our home, from antiquity till now.♫
♫We cherish you forever.♫
♫You are the most intimate source of nourishment.♫
♫Please don't reveal your dark side randomly.♫
♫We should make your regions of land become a peaceful and fertile place,♫
♫and get the fruits of endless happiness,♫
♫spread their fragrance freely.♫
♫Satisfying, ripening♫
♫Our endless hopes. ♫