"“Yun Jing Hall"
Master, you're going to practice playing the Chinese zither today.
As the dome-like heaven embraces the vast earth,
the Chinese zither's surface could be regarded as the heaven...
while its base could be seem as the earth.
It's said that Fu Hsi made the Chinese zither out of candlenut,
strings out of rope, harp out of mulberry silk.
The Chinese zither was 121.67cm long with five strings...
called do, re, mi, sol, la.
King Wen of Zhou Dynasty then added another string...
in memory of his late son, Bo Yi Kao.
Later, King Wu added another one when he defeated King Zhou...
and the Chinese zither has seven strings thereof.
As Rome was not built in a day,
you need to remember the place of each note,
together of which is 13 notes that played by both hands.
After that you may learn how to play the Chinese zither.
I wish nothing but that practice makes perfect.
Do you think you're the only one working hard here?
Oh please. I promise I will work even harder.
It's a bit late for you to learn this.
What you need is not a gradual learning approach,
but a more opportunistic one.
The reason why the master of Gui Hua City calls you as Wan Mei...
is because of your enchantment.
Enchantment is not mincement...
but the charm outflowing your body,
which lures others to approach you unconsciously.
While others take the Chinese zither as a friend, you take it as a foe.
While the Chinese zither was justice, then you would be evil.
While enjoying the Chinese zither feels like bathing in breeze,
you would only terrify the rest.
Playing the Chinese zither is not to get people's mind connected...
but to confuse and poison them.
Rather than relieving the uneasiness of mind,
it provokes people's soft side,
leaving them besieged on all sides and making them feel weak.
Therefore, it'd better to settle each tone...
on your enemy's weakest part and make no mistake.
Now, relax your shoulder and tighten your jaw.
Don't stare at the Chinese zither but your audiences.
When you're ready to play, play it softly...
like feathers dancing in the wind and snow melting in silence.
After years of homeless life and not eating enough,
you look pale now.
Your condition would get worse if you become gluttonous.
Different kinds of dance require corresponding dresses.
You're not graceful enough.
As Seven-Merit Dance requires the dancer to dance in armor...
and show her softness in solidness,
you may choose it to cover up your deficiencies in manners.
Show your slender waist and move in graceful manner.
Wave your arms with long sleeves floating and fingertips free.
Meanwhile, you must look aloof and detached...
but keep eyes gentle like water.
Follow the rhythm.
You need to keep one bell away from the other.
Master, you've entangled nine strings.
Therefore, I would call it a day.
We will continue tomorrow.
You'd better have some.
We will continue tomorrow no matter you eat it or not.
This is how you become my shadow?
I met with Sister Wan Xiang's shadow earlier...
and he's way more obedient than you.
You do this to me because I'm inexperience, don't you...
Don't you afraid of being replaced if I was angry?
I'm sorry.
I'm not an obedient person.
I'm also sorry that...
You may not choose me at the very beginning...
and now, no one can replace me.
According to Gui Hua City's rules, I can't be replaced unless I'm dead.
Also, you shouldn't call Master Wan Xiang as sister.
No one could be your sister here.
What's wrong?
Nothing. My vision's blurry just now.
It seems to happen from time to time lately.
Maybe I'm just too tired
You should rest earlier today.
But I haven't finished it.
You haven't made progress lately.
If you continue like this, you won't go far.
What a relief.
Why do you take me here?
Master, please jump into the water
- What are you talking about? - If you dare not to do so,
I can help you.
Are you crazy?
It must be a big crime if you plan to murder me.
You caught a cold.
You'll be fine after having good rest.
Why haven't you bandage your wound?
According to the rules in Gui Hua City,
Shadow has rights to teach his master...
and the master has rights to punish shadow.
Shadow can't bandage his wound without master's permission.
There're just too many rules here.
All rules are made by man.
If you become that man, you may set yourself free.
You sound ambitious...
but why would you end up become a shadow that takes order?
It seems that you feel much better now.
Would you like to practice sound source positioning tonight?
You've been left behind since you didn't feel well.
You don't really take other's life seriously...
for your own safety's sake, do you?
Don't move!
Come here!
Why don't you dodge?
Master, every shot should be fatal. If not, you will get yourself killed.
Drop it into your ear. It's good for you.
What is it?
Do you still remember the girl who fought for master's name with you...
on your first day in Gui Hua City?
Her fingernails were being plucked,
grilled until they turned into yellow colour and ground into powder.
Her fingernails were mixed with poisonous insect from Kunlun.
It's good for refreshing and sensitizes your ears.
What the hell is Gui Hua City? Can I just leave now?
Chang An, let go of me!
Don't pull me.
Why do you take me here? Let go of me!
Look at her legs.
First, heat the iron until it melts,
then, put her legs into the melting iron to ensure she couldn't run away.
She could only set herself free after she died.
She said she couldn't take it anymore 3 days ago...
just like what you said just now.
The master of the city didn't allow her to leave.
So, she tried to run away.
She was being arrested after running away.
She faced severe punishment.
After she was promoted,
she wanted to overthrow the master of this city.
That's why her hands and legs were being chopped off.
Once you enter Gui Hua City, there's no way to leave
There's an only ending for the dead Wan Mei.
Nothing left, not even skeleton but floating dust.
Chang An!
Master, please take the hairpin that was used to stab me back.
You got it.
Master, please come back.
Tomorrow will be the day to elect Di Sha.
You can't see anything underwater, right?
The rouge you received on the welcome party was not an award but poison.
What are you talking about?
Since the rouge has been mixed...
with the corpse powder of poisonous winter cicada,
it would blind you once you are in the water.
The colder the water is, the worse your condition is.
Hence, the location of Di Sha election must be the cold pond.
That's why you asked me to jump into the lake day and night?
Why don't you let me know earlier?
You've been holding grudge against me in these days.
You got the right feeling.
Grudge would also bring up unimaginable power out of you.
I shouldn't have blamed you.
You don't have to feel sorry.
I did it for my own safety's sake.
What you need to do now is to run against the wind and stay alive...
so that the master of the city will know your value.
You all must know that your beauty face...
can't be used to protect yourselves all the time.
Therefore, the Di Sha election...
is neither beauty contest nor a battle of wits.
But to test your endurance and observation skills.
There is a cold pond under this cliff...
which has already existed even before the foundation of Gui Hua City.
At that time, Gui Hua City wasn't called as Gui Hua City yet.
It was owned by Empress Wu Zetian...
and managed by Shangguan Wan'er...
to murder the officials who tried to seize power.
So, the task for you all is to jump into the cold pond...
and find the stele that fell from this cliff years ago.
There are four words carved on it...
which was the original name of Gui Hua City.
Whoever finds it out first could become Di Sha.
As for the rest, it's up to the master of the city...
to decide your fate based on your value.
What's wrong with you, Miss Wan Mei?
Do you want to give up and let me decide your fate right now?
Four words? It must be another stele.
All right, girls. What's your answer?
Chong Er.
Just these two words?
There is only one stele in the water with two words carved on it.
However, there are words inscribed on the cliff.
It's Zang Qin Cliff.
You did a good job.
You are the best when it comes to appearance.
Who else has the answer?
What a pity.
The weather is so good today but you are all blind under the water.
Under this circumstance, may I announce that the winner is Wan Xiang?
Is it Feng Yue Wu Bian?
Chong Er is carved on the stele but indeed, it means Feng Yue Wu Bian.
Well done.
It's not the first time that we use this test to elect Di Sha.
However, Miss Wan Mei is the second person who got the right answer...
besides Master Cha Luo.
I must be a dead man now if you didn't teach me to read people's mind...
and sound source positioning.
When the master of the city said that the weather is so good today,
she was quiet proud of herself.
I was wondering why she described a good day with a good weather.
That must because of she knew the answer.
The words that carved on the stele, Chong Er actually means Feng Yue.
It wasn't easy.
Anyway, I survive by myself.
There are only twelve Di Sha in Gui Hua City...
and now there's only one vacancy with two candidates.
If nothing goes wrong,
there's only one survivor between you and Miss Wan Xiang.
Now that we have two Di Sha candidates,
would master arrange another test for them?
Since she has made her way out under today's special arrangement,
I'm afraid she could deal with any common task.
I have an idea but I'm not sure whether I should speak up or not.
Go ahead.
Master may assign Chief's task to both Wan Xiang and Wan Mei.
On one hand, the Chief wouldn't accuse you for favoring Wan Xiang.
On the other hand, it would be even better if Wan Mei fails.
Then, I could have a good reason to take her life.
By the way, does the investigator find anything?
Not yet.
Anyway, I believe we could find someone...
to fight against the Chief sooner or later.
Chief, I did whatever you told me to.
I was extremely careful when I cooked medicine.
I'm sure that no one would know it.
Are you all right?
Chief.
Don't worry.
I'm fine.
Don't have to check it out.
He's dead.
He must be Cha Luo's follower. His body will be taken away immediately.
They've gone too far.
When my mother took over Gui Hua City,
she helped Cha Luo to become the master of the city...
but she also destroyed Xing Feng.
Hence, Cha Luo hates my mother...
but she's not strong enough to fight against her
Since my mother has been supported by the former emperor,
she could barely do anything even if she plans to overthrow Ting Zhu House.
However, my mother has been missing for years...
and now I become the Chief of Gui Hua City.
She thinks it's a good chance for her to fulfill her wish.
So, she sends people to test my ability from time to time.
You should've used to it, right?
I don't think you should allow it to happen anymore.
I'm different from my mother.
Don't worry. I will surely take action if necessary.
Bi An Palace?
Don't ask anything after you enter Bi An Palace.
Just follow Miss Yue Ying's instructions.
Won't you go inside with me?
Shadow isn't allowed to enter Bi An Palace.
"Bi An Palace"
Miss Yue Ying.
Wan Mei.
Everyone has arrived.
These are your umbrellas.
Take it.
Is this Red Devil Umbrella?
Not until musella lasiocarpa blooms on it.
Do the umbrellas outside have no master?
Their masters are long gone.
All right, you both may leave to check out your mission.
Yes.
Take Guajian herb.
The great doctor Shen Mo.
February, Tianyou, year twelve.
What does it mean?
It means that your first mission...
is to kill the great doctor, Shen Mo and take Guajian herb.