Wait.
Yue Ying,
Are you trying to offend me?
I dare not.
It's just that Wan Mei was sent by our chief.
There won't be any objection if the mission had failed.
You may do anything you want with her. But Wan Mei got the Gua Jian Herb,
at least half the mission is done.
Shouldn't you take our chief's opinion into consideration?
His Highness hasn't said anything yet,
who are you to lecture me?
- You... - Nothing can accomplish without norms.
My words...
can never be delayed or revoked.
Unless...
it snows on a sunny day.
It snows on a sunny day.
Please revoke your demand.
Wan Mei and Chang An,
will continue their work with sin.
Please have some tea, Master
This is one of my favourite teacups.
Please spare me, please spare me...
Eat them up.
I will spare you after you're finished.
Eat!
Get out.
Yes.
Did you ask my permission?
Get out now!
No one had done this to me before.
You've seen how strong his Kung Fu is.
Now is not the right time go against him now.
When is?
People have their weaknesses.
For him, it's in his father.
Everything will be fine if he behaved himself.
Otherwise, his father will not forgive him easily.
I say...
he's not holding himself aloof from the world.
There must be some conspiracy.
All we have to do now...
is to disclose his whereabouts
He won't be living a comfortable life in the future.
Hurry.
Take a rest first, Master.
I'll get you some firewood...
Chang An!
Chang An, have some rest.
I'll go get some medicine for you
Our customs in Gui Hua City is that...
you don't deserve to be treated if you failed the mission.
So many rules just to slaughter the innocent wilfully?
- How ironic! - Please don't say so.
Although Shen Mo saved my life,
we still can't tell whether he's good or bad.
At least he's good enough to be willing to help?
Everything in this world are very complicated...
as there are no rules to follow.
You may only outrank others...
by focusing on a bigger picture but not on the details.
I don't care about the ranks,
but I cannot go against my conscience.
Conscience is the most useless things in life.
Neither can it save your own life...
nor others' lives.
Tell me, what is the most useful thing?
Continue to live...
to silence the critics from those who despised you...
and scare away those who bullied you.
You may choose to punish them,
or to let things drift away.
Requite grudge with fairness and honesty, on the premise that...
you must have the right to choose.
Let's talk about this later, your health is more important.
Doctor!
Doctor.
I'm not a doctor.
Call me Old Gao.
My Shadow is poisoned and wounded, I'm here to get some medicine.
I knew it.
I was wondering why would a girl run errands?
What's your name, girl?
- Wan Mei. - I see...
Wan Mei?
You're the Di Sha candidate who failed the mission?
Then I can't give you any medicine.
Chief ordered not to prescribe any medicine to you.
Please, doctor. Give me some medicine.
Wan Mei...
Why would I risk my life for you to offend the chief?
So naive.
Then I'll have to find it by myself.
Since I know them all.
Do you think an old pharmacist like me is good-for-nothing?
Doctor! Doctor!
Yuan Er...
Yuan Er, mum will find a way for you to live on...
but you will have to suffer a little. Is that okay?
As long as you're fine with it, mum.
In that case, move your head over the basin...
What's this?
I've thought about it...
We have to give the impression of weakness now.
Yuan Er, you must hang on tight...
and never scream out loud.
And also...
please don't blame me.
My eyes! I can't see...
Mother!
Let's go back.
What's wrong?
A heart attack again?
I just had a nightmare.
It's just some medicine. Don't be so nervous.
Take it easy
This is the last Gua Jian Herb in the world.
Now, it belonged to me...
because it finally came to my hands.
Such an important mission,
how could you let 2 Di Sha candidates to handle for you?
I don't get it.
Cha Luo will feel suspicious if I sent you.
You should have more patience at Chui Xing building today.
You might be able to see again with this herb.
How can I be patient?
So you had to take liberties to save Wan Mei?
No, I didn't.
I just felt unhappy about Cha Luo's biasness.
How childish.
The medicine will be ready within 6 hours.
Why don't you get some rest?
I've been blinded for 7 years.
Do you think I can get some sleep now?
It's okay...
I'll stay up with you.
I'm Wan Mei. I want to talk with the Chief and Yue Ying.
Why is she here?
She came to beg us...
to save her Shadow.
Yue Ying.
We won't save your Shadow.
Please leave now.
Those who were poisoned by Qisha will die a painful death.
Cut his trachea open if you dare not kill him.
He will feel much more comfortable.
How did you know it was Qisha?
There are no secrets in Gui Hua City.
I cannot let him die.
You would get the antidote if you had killed Shen Mo.
If you have to blame, then blame yourself for being too merciful.
Please save him, Yue Ying
You may have prayed to God many times before.
Did He help you once?
Kneeling down is the least thing that I would do.
Yue Ying
Your Highness...
It's quite hot, bear with it a little.
Sorry for the trouble.
I would do anything as long as you can see things again.
You don't even know what you are talking about.
I'm blind for so many years,
the first thing I'm going to see...
is a rainy night.
Wan Mei is still waiting outside kneeling on her knees.
She's a stubborn girl, isn't she?
She thought she was driven to the wall.
There's nothing else she can do now.
What about you?
What would you do if you were her?
I would never drive myself into that place.
Besides, I've got your back up.
Is the bandage tight enough?
It's perfect. Go get some rest first.
No.
Very well then.
Then I will take some rest.
You may wait here for me.
If this medicine really works,
you'll be the first person that I see after I open my eyes.
No matter what, you still want to save your Shadow, right?
Yes, I do.
What if it costs your life?
Yes, I do.
Good.
Follow me to the Bi An Palace.
Your Highness.
Detoxify her Shadow immediately or he will not survive today.
And also...
compared to your childhood, you look much better now.
Feel any warmer?
You may try the water here.
It's warm.
It's so beautiful.
So it will be great to live and die here.
Usually...
how do people die?
Throat cutting...
and sunk them at the pond.
With so many bugs in the pond,
the corpses would be eaten up within 5 days.
There'll be nothing left.
It's clean, isn't it?
No wonder it's called the Death Pond.
I'm ready.
Ready to die now?
You think it would be that easy?
Chang An told me...
if I want to stay here,
I must be useful.
Useless people like me,
will end up dead.
Chang An is smarter,
he's also good at Kung Fu, so he's more useful than me.
I'd like to trade my useless life...
for him.
No one's life can be traded.
If you want to live,
go fight for yourself.
I shall give you another chance...
since you're so loyal to your friends.
You have half a day's time to catch these bugs and find me.
1 or 2 bugs are fine,
I'll spare you if you manage to catch them.
It cost me 2 bugs to save your life.
Your life is so valuable!
Thank you, Yue Ying.
Lie down,
It'll need some time for the wound on your chest to be healed.
May I ask...
where is Wan Mei?
She went to beg the Prince...
to let her trade lives with you.
The Prince is not Cha Luo,
she'll be fine.
In case she comes back, remember...
that you owe your life to her.
Is it because he's blind?
With so many bugs in the pond,
the corpses would be eaten up within 5 days.
Are they all bloodthirsty?
Come in.
You're giving up so soon?
She went to beg the Prince...
to let her trade lives with you.
In case she comes back, remember...
that you owe your life to her.
All the bugs from the Death Pond?
Within an hour?
How's that possible?
It's true.
No matter how talented...
or lucky she is,
she wouldn't be able to get it in such a short period of time.
Not to mention catch all bugs.
But she really did it.
No matter what, as long as you're able to see things again,
then all of my efforts are not wasted.
Maybe God is merciful to to let you spare her life.
Think of it as a redemption.
How do my eyes look?
Much better.
After all the poison are drawn out, you should look normal again.
But my plan has just started.
I need to be blind...
if I want things to go without a hitch.
Chang An...
Chang An!
Are you okay?
I've been through worse.
Whether being hurt or poisoned.
I manage to return from the gates of hell.
I'm good now.
Anyhow, you were almost dead
You should take care.
Master
We're being abandoned in Gui Hua City.
As for supplies,
we're not allowed to get any rice or firewood.
Not to mention, the killers hiding outside.
From now on,
you must pay attention to your words and behaviours.
We cannot let others spot our mistakes.
The rice we have now...
is enough for three meals if we're frugal enough.
I'll find a way before we finish them.
What about you?
I'm used to starvation.
During the Shadow training, I survived 5 days without food and water.
I managed to make it out alive.
But you're still recovering, you mustn't try to be brave.
Why don't we go pick some wild fruits from the mountains?
At least we can get through some days.
Good idea.
My lady, it's time to go home.
Just a moment, please?
Just a while.
This is the most light-hearted moment ever since I came to Gui Hua City.
I know that you must be really tired.
Before this, I always lose my appetite...
and I never felt that life was hard.
But after I came here,
I've got everything.
However, I'm always on tenterhooks everyday.
I really don't know which life is better?
You're thinking too much.
It's not easy to even handle our own problems...
You're right.
Let's just proceed with caution.
What's wrong?
Someone's been here.
The rice are not edible anymore.
We're lucky to have the wild fruits.
Why?
I paved a layer of silver sand at the doorway before we left...
and placed a hair in the door slot.
Now, there are footprints and the hair was gone.
Someone must have been here.
But the Chief promised to leave us alone.
You were spared,
but he can't control other Masters.
What can they do to me? Poison me to death?
I'm not afraid of them, no one can starve me to death...
even if it's the end of the world.
There's a Tian Sha in our city who knows how to use a type of bug.
The bugs were said to be made from mandala's nectar...
which can penetrate your body within one night...
destroying all vital organs.
That person becomes a puppet,
and will be used to work for Tian Sha.
And this Tian Sha,
prefers to target pretty young ladies.
I've witnessed his puppet...
going through hell for him...
with blood and tears...
warding off 39 arrows through her body.
I'm not scared of him.
My lady, leave this to me
Don't worry,
as long as I'm here,
I'll surely protect you and keep you safe and sound.