The Taoism Grandmaster
Episode 16
I don't like your attitude towards Feifei.
I was keeping distance from her, in case I lose my mind.
- Is it working? - How could I find out without trying?
Retarded.
There's an message from Han.
Would you like to hear it, Yun Qi?
Tell me about it.
Han said they got lost last night.
They were attacked by General Shadow, causing several casualties.
Now they're stuck in Ghost Valley.
Shang and Gong are missing, and badly injured.
Qianqiu, where's Ghost Valley?
Ghost Valley.
Ghost Valley is in name and in fact.
It's a desolate area with only one entrance.
One can hardly make it through once trapped there.
How long would it take to get there?
Two hours on foot.
But a round trip would take four.
There's over one and a half days left till the end of the mission.
Yet it takes more than one day to get back to Alliance
There would by only two hours left for rescue,
if we want to finish a round trip to Ghost Valley.
Otherwise, we are less likely to report to Alliance in time, which will get us knocked out.
We need to think about it carefully.
We do need to plan it thoroughly.
What's your idea?
Should we save them, or should we carry on?
There's no doubt.
We should save them first.
Are you going to leave them behind?
What's your idea, Zhang Ling?
Calm down first, please.
General Shadow have killed dozens of people.
Why would he trap them there alive?
There must be some reasons.
What do you mean?
You won't understand it.
General Shadow is using them as a decoy. He's trying to kill us all.
But we can't leave them behind merely because it's a trap.
Elf the first, can you reach Shang?
Please hold on.
Ghost Valley is now blocked by thick sinister fog.
= I can't reach them at all. - Unreachable?
Trapping them in Ghost Valley while sparing them,
sending their information yet blocking the vitality,
this could be nothing but a trap.
In a way, this means General Shadow is busying dealing with Shang. So he won't bother us.
It's the perfect time for us to get to Alliance and finish our mission.
I don't want to save brothers of Han, for I don't like them.
What about others?
I know there are other people.
So, I'm not saying no.
General Shadow has got us right here whether what we choose.
It's very likely that we'll get caught if we set off unprepared.
We might not even survive General Shadow's attack.
We might not even have the chance to fight in the Second War.
But if we don't save them, we'll be charged with leaving comrades in the lurch.
As a result, we can hardly trust each other in the future.
By that time, the Immortal's World will be undermined greatly.
General Shadow is destined to die.
But to our surprise, his swan song is too destructive.
What a terrifying enemy he is!
How much do you know about General Shadow, Elf the First?
Not much, because hardly no one survived his attack.
Alright, keep trying to contact them.
Fine, I've made up my mind.
We shall divide the force into two,
one of which keep heading for Alliance.
Those who volunteer to save partners come with me.
This could be a dangerous fight. Please think twice before making decision.
Anyway, it's the mission that matters.
I cannot guarantee your safety when facing General Shadow.
- Xiao Yu - It's us who should take care of ourselves.
Think twice, Senior Disciple.
Decided.
It's alright, if you stay here.
Ju Xiong, I'll follow you everywhere till death.
I'll definitely go with you!
Sword School is moving as a union. How could I run away?
This is destined to be a negative budget.
How could I leave my friends behind?
It's my duty to protect Qianqiu.
I won't shrink if he decides to fight.
As Immortal Medical Team, it's our job to save others. We're in.
- Xiao Yu. - I'm sorry, I'm really afraid of that.
Be brave, Xiao Yu.
We've said that we won't give up.
I've tried my best.
It's not only General Shadow that I'm afraid of, but being your burden.
- But... - Bu Dong, that's enough.
It's alright, Xiao Yu.
There's no right or wrong for anyone's choice under this circumstance.
Bu Dong, escort her back to Alliance.
Senior Disciple, I want to fight with you. I want to stay here.
I have some words for you, Bu Dong.
You're helping us by escorting Xiao Yu back.
Yun Qi, I didn't contribute much to our team,
from the battle of Five Great Mountains to the Taoism Trial Competition.
I do wish to fight with General Shadow.
I want to show my cultivation of magical arts.
What's more, we shouldn't allow Xiao Yu shrinking back.
It's time for her to sharpen the will.
We've already know about your cultivation.
I can assure you that this is not the right time for training.
This is the choice between life and death.
We must fight General Shadow without concern.
That's why I assign you with the task of escorting Xiao Yu.
I'm assigning you this task as an affirm to your cultivation.
- Is that clear? - Yes.
- Excuse us, guys. - It's time to go.
Bear in mind, do not get away from the path.
- Bu Dong, look after Xiao Yu. - I will.
- Take care. - Thanks. Let's go.
Alright, let's focus on the strategy against General Shadow.
Please share you idea without any conservation.
What's your idea, Zhang Ling?
I can't think of anything, because we hardly know anything about General Shadow.
Seems we have no wise strategy but to fight straight.
But that's definitely the last thing we should do.
Let's figure out the plan on our journey.
Get ready to fight from now on.
Xia Yu and Ying have the best dodge skill.
You should be the rangers. Don't risk your life when encountered with enemy.
- Yes, Kunlun. - Yes. Let's move out.
Others separate into two to guard the team.
Alliance is the first shift.
We shall report every 200 miles in case the general sneak attack.
Yes, Kunlun.
Let's get ready to go.
I need to pee.
Go without me, I'll catch you up.
I can't hold it any longer. Move first.
There you are, Muddling Worm.
I've got a most important thing for you.
Could you find Zi Liuli for me?
I can't understand your language.
Sing twice if you could find her.
Sing once if you can't.
Excellent!
Please notify her that we're going to save partners in Ghost Valley.
We will fight against General Shadow. Please tell me how to conquer him.
Thank you! I'm counting on you.
Please get back soon.
I hope we could make it in time.
Gong, are you alright? Hang in there.
There's a cave ahead, Gong.
We could survive.
Hell is not opened for you, yet you're here for trouble.
Here starts the real horror.
We'll fight to death.
Gong!
Let's move!
Gong, Gong! Are you alright?
Don't give up!
I'll find Yu now.
Elf the Ninth, any news from Yu?
It seems not.
Is there or is there not? Why did you say it seems?
Ghost Valley is trapped by sinister fog casted by General Shadow.
I can't reach them through the fog.
What about Yun Qi? Can you reach him?
It seems not.
Unless we leave Ghost Valley.
I won't leave here without Yu.
There are some movements.
Where is it?
There are someone to the east-west.
It's you, Mei Kongyun.
- Where are others? - They are... dead.
What about Yu? Where is he?
Mei Kongyun, Mei Kongyun!
Why can't even the Change of Destiny figure out how to fight Bai Qianji.
We can't afford to have her outlaw for millenniums.
- Muddling Worm. - Master.
- Are you alright? - I'm fine.
It's just some tiny wound. It would heal with some time.
What's wrong? Did Zhang Ling send you for me?
Speak slowly, I can't hear you clearly
They are trying to deal with General Shadow.
What? They are about to fight General Shadow?
No! Please tell him.
Do not fight General Shadow unless I arrive there.
But I'm worried about you.
I know that Bai will punish me if I leave here alone.
But I have to. I've got no choice.
Watch out.
Aright. Hurry up.
But how would I tell him?
I get it. Zhang Ling doesn't speak your language.
I'll tell you what to do.
That's so called a real life.
It's so good to be here.
It's him!
Who? Who's there?
Do you think you could hide away by staying invisible?
My weapon is specially prepared against technique of invisibility.
Shrewd Toad.
- Liuli? - Good for you.
I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you.
- Release me now!. - Alright, sure.
Didn't you hear from the Commander?
Anyone who leaves Dead Ruins shall be executed.
Why are you out here?
- Here you are. - Keep it.
My mom made a lot of them for me.
- Mother? - Right.
She knows me perfectly. She prepared a lot of handkerchiefs for me.
I really admire you.
Are you all alone?
My parents left me long long ago.
- Sorry. - Don't be.
What are you cooking?
I dare say the flavor is one of a kind.
Really? I'd love to try.
Come and have a sit.
You are trying to leave Dead Ruins, aren't you?
You are not here to return my handkerchief.
How smart you are!
I find it so dull here. I want to go out for fun.
Off you go.
I wanted the same thing before.
But now I'm assigned here as guard, stuck.
You may go out for fun.
But there are only four hours for you.
I can't explain to the Commander if you're missing.
Aren't you afraid that I won't come back?
Not at all. We're friends. Friends shall never betray each other.
I'll get you some food.
I'm sorry, Dragon Pig.
You may drink.
Are you alright?
I've sent a message to Yun Qi for help.
They could be here any moment.
Have you seen Yu?
Where is he?
I don't know.
- What about others? - Killed by Yu.
Yu would never kill anyone.
Though he didn't execute it, it's his fault.
What happened?
Tell me!
You're asking for it.
We escaped to Ghost Valley as you ordered, when encountering General Shadow.
- Hurry. Move. - General Shadow is after us.
- He's coming. Hurry up! - Let's move!
Where are my brothers?
- Han! Gong! - Stop yelling!
Others are lost.
We shall hide first.
It's General Shadow.
He's here!
Let's hide inside.
Get in, quickly!
The Heavenly Music.
Anti-Magic Nail, seal!
Don't be afraid.
This post house is sealed.
General Shadow can not enter here.
But he takes the form of shadow.
How could the walls deal with that?
I'm not sure about that.
But it had stopped attacking.
But it's dark here. How could we know if General Shadow is here or not?
Stop being alarmist!
We've suffered enough.
She's right.
Master told me once that the general's shadow is visible under light.
We should light here up.
Does anyone has any treasure that bloom?
- Anyone? - I've got Glowing Pearl.
Spirit-Bound Ghost Shadow!
Don't come any closer!
Where's Yu?
Unleash the seal!
He could haunt on us.
Kill him!
It's the wrong guy.
I'm here again.
Yu! Get up! Let's go!
No! General Shadow is killing! It's murder!
That's why we need to flee! Move!
Get rid of the seal. Quickly.
The Heavenly Music, release!
Let's go.
Open the door!
Seal!
Open up!
- Don't close it. - Open the door!
Are you crazy?
Release the seal!
There are others inside.
No, I won't. Or the General Shadow will come out.
What about others?
No, I can't! It can't be released!
- Open the gate! - Open up!
- Open it! - The door!
- Open it! - Help us!
Han Yu!
No! He won't kill others!
You're lying.
He's your little brother. You know perfectly well what he would do.
It's a serious crime!
I can't imagine the consequence if Chief finds out.
- Those in this Competition should be prepared to die. - But not set up by allies.
That's enough! Who else knows about this?
I'm the only one for now.
What do you want?
Are you Mei Kongyun for real?
What do you mean? Of course I am.
You said that anyone haunt by General Shadow will lose their mind.
How could I know if you're haunted or not?
You're not thinking about being haunted, but killing me!
- Han! Gong! - It's Yu.
I''ll give you some advice, if you're Mei Kongyun for real.
I'll take care of Yu. I hope that you won't tell anyone else.
Why should I take it?
Take it as I owe you once.
Gong! Han!
- Han! - Yu.
Han!
- Han! - Are you alright?
I'm fine.
I've done something wrong.
Don't say anything about it.
Does anyone else know about what happened in stage, except Mei Kongyun?
- You've heard about it.. - Tell me.
Does anyone else know about it?
She's the only one.
Alright, I'll deal with her.
- Understood? - Yes.
It has all gone.
I won't let you suffer again.
Is he the real Han Yu?
Of course, he is.
How would you testify that?
What about others?
What's going on?
General Shadow could haunt us, controlling our mind and behavior yet looks normal.
We're in great danger if one of us is haunted.
Why won't he kill us now if he's here?
Maybe he's waiting for all the competitors.
I'd trust no one from now on.
There isn't any movement from the entrance.
Is there any other entrance here?
There's only one way in or out.
Elf the First, could you contact other competitors?
I can hardly reach them. But it's vague.
I couldn't tell the identity or quantity.
The minister fog here is so called Ghost Miasma.
It could block anything including my vitality.
At least there's someone alive.
Elf the First, will you sense them better if we get close?
I suppose so.
- Alright, keep reaching Han. Tell me once succeed. - Yes.
There's no need to sneak as there's only one way.
- Tie Lang and Ling, clear the path using Thunder Beads. - Alright.
Ju Xiong and Yun Qi cover us in the back. Others, stay alert.
- We're entering Ghost Valley. - Yes, Kunlun!
My right hand hurts again.
The Magical Egg is about to work again.
Me, too.
(Do not rush, wait for Liuli)
- Anything? - Nothing, let's move.
This is the Anti-Magic Nail used by Han's brothers.
But it's no longer functional.
What are they trying to seal?
Could it be General Shadow?
General Shadow! It must be him!
Don't hush, General Shadow could still be inside.
- Yun Qi, Fei, Ling, Tie Lang, come with me. - Yes, Kunlun!
- Ju Xiong and Qianqiu, wait here with others. - Yes.
- Open up! - Open the door.
- Open the door! - Help!
It seems General Shadow has left here.
I do hope he's still here.
There are nine competitors killed in all.
But Han's brothers and Mei Kongyu are absent.
There are Anti-Magic Nails on the rooftop, floor and walls.
But there's only one on the door.
It's more than a massacre commit by General Shadow.
Let's focus on what happened here.
The most important thing is to dig out the intelligence obtained by sacrificing lives.
We knew nothing about General Shadow.
But now, we could deduce his method using bodies here.
We could only win by knowing more about General Shadow.
Only then could we revenge for our allies.
Time for autopsy.
It's weird. They are wounded by different weapons.
This is Li Yan from Kongtong School.
He is killed by exclusive weapon of Chong-Ling School.
Mo Gan is the only competitor from Chong-Ling School.
Mo Gan? He's here.
He's killed by Black Iron Sword.
There only one who uses that weapon, Han Zhongzheng from Immortal Crane School.
Are they fighting against each other rather than with General Shadow?
Wait, they're not fighting each other.
Han Zhongzheng is killed by Black Iron Sword as well.
Yet the sword is held in his hand.
Does Han Zhongzheng commit suicide after killing Mo Gan?
But why would Mo Gan kill Li Yan?
The nine people died here were killed by the three of them.
What spell did General Shadow cast last night?
We could find out how General Shadow kill others, as long as we decode the spell.
We might even find a way to deal with that.
This is our only chance of winning.
Message from Elf of Mirror of Han.
Tell me.
It's vague.
Elf the Seventh, repeat again. I can't hear you.
I've lost contact again.
- How is it? Did anyone receive your message? - I can hardly tell.
It's related to all the competitors lives.
The most important thing is to transfer to others anyhow.
But... I've tried hard enough.
- Han. - Yu.
- Can you reach Kunlun? - Not yet.
It's dangerous to be left behind.
But Ghost Valley is now trapped by Ghost Miasma. It's blocking Elf the Seventh's vitality.
We need to find a place with less miasma.
That might be our only chance to reach him.
I'd rather not seek help from them, if it's not Gong's injure.
Gong has waken up. Let's have a check.
Sure. You've suffered a lot. Have some rest first.
Only with good vitality, can we fight our way out.
Don't you find Mei Kongyun acting strangely?
What's your idea?
She stares at us in a strange way.
It feels like she's ready to kill.
Maybe she's just worried that we might be haunted.
What if she's the one that's haunted?
I don't know. We should watch out.
We can't trust anyone right now.
It's a good thing to be with my trustworthy brothers.
Don't get too far, or we can't contact with you.
Alright, get back.
I've changed my mind, Eld the Seventh.
Tell Kunlun, one of us might be haunted by General Shadow.
It's extremely dangerous. Do not save us.
What?
Don't come for us.
I don't want to sacrifice all the competitors.
Send out the message by all means.
I'll try, but I can't guarantee.
Message from Han.
Is it clear?
I could only identify one sentence.
But it's kind of weird.
Tell us.
It's do not save us.
What?
Do not save us?
Do not save us.
Is that asking for help?
Maybe they already beat General Shadow.
Or is it they are safe now?
Or if it's that Han finds it's impossible to save them.
Or Han knows that it's a trap by General Shadow.
Should we save them or not?
Of course, we do.
But we know nothing about General Shadow. How could we?
What's your idea, Zhang Ling?
I haven't figured it out.
But there's an assumption.
Share with us.
It all become reasonable if General Shadow could not only be invisible, but control who he haunted.
Would you be more specific?
If Li Yan was haunted and killed others, Mo Gan had to kill Li Yan.
At that time, General Shadow shifted to Mo Gan and kept killing.
Then Mo Gan is killed by Han Zhongzheng.
That's when General Shadow haunted Han Zhongzheng to kill the rest of them.
At last, he ordered Han to commit suicide.
Thats's a reasonable one.
Exactly. No one would suspect partners.
That could be why General Shadow never miss any shot.
Now that there's no other assumption, let's accept it as the only clue to General Shadow.
We shouldn't do that.
What if one looks normal when being haunted?
Now that he's hiding beside Han.
We're selling ourselves out if we hush to meet them.
That means we might not succeed rescuing them, even if it goes like the assumption.
Han and others are in great danger if it's true. We have to save them quickly.
Let's think out how to deal with them on the way.
That's the only choice.
Fellows, we will revenge for you.
We will take care of you if we make it.
Let's go.
Don't talk.
What's that?
Take a guess.
- Zhang Ling! - Stealth!
Hi, Tie Lang!
What are you doing?
What could I do?
I was too obsessed when thinking.
It's fine. It's nectar from Moonlight Mandala.
I'm only visible to you.
Alright. I'm terrified.
Who are you talking to? Are you haunted by General Shadow?
Or are you cursed with spell?
No way. Of course not.
I was murmuring.
Nevermind.
We've set off. They are waiting for you.
Sure, but I need to use the bathroom.
Not again.
Of course I do. Look at the beautiful scene today.
He's right!
Time for bathroom.
I'll be right back.
See you, Tie Lang.
Watch out, General Shadow could be nearby.
Don't get haunted!
- Did you find the solution to conquer General Shadow? - I didn't at first.
That's why I want to have Muddling Worm bit you. Then I could send you to the Alliance.
I can't have you killed by Genenral Shadow.
Now I get it.
What about others?
I told you, they are not my concern.
Don't forget about our deal.
I saved Feifei and Tie Lang for you.
You have to be the Taoism Seeker.
That's why I can't have you died.
But how could I leave them behind and flee away?
Don't worry. Your assumption might save their lives.
Are you telling me that the assumption is true?
Of course! No wonder you're the one I picked. You're smart!
What are you doing?
I kissed you as a reward.
What kind of reward is that?
I didn't agree to that.
Can I refuse your reward?
Sure, give it back to me.