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♫ Unwilling to take part in something improper, how could I predict things would turn out against my wishes? ♫
♫ The flower in center of my heart has withered, time cannot turn itself back. ♫
♫ My memories are whirling and twirling, the pain is only in the depths of my heart. ♫
♫ My only wish is to live without regrets, and fly far away with the flowers’ fragrance. ♫
♫ A bottle of rice wine, a body covered in dust and ashes. ♫
♫ Memories go back and forth, a life without regrets. ♫
♫ From spring to autumn, life comes and goes. Is it right to be vain? ♫
♫ I’m waiting for the flowers to return and bloom again, intoxicating me. ♫
♫ Sincerely hoping that my lifespan is no longer withering away ♫
♫ I’m waiting for the flowers to return and bloom again, intoxicating me. ♫
♫ Sincerely hoping that my lifespan is no longer withering away ♫
♫ I want to go back to savor the aftertaste of the wine again. ♫
♫ In my memories, life comes and goes. I realize clearly in my heart. ♫
♫ I want to go back to savor the aftertaste of the wine again. ♫
Ashes of Love
Episdoe 11
Old brother...
Greetings, Your Highness Fire Deity.
Your Highness, you appearing here in our place has really brighten up the surrounding and made it shine.
Cut with the crap.
A subordinate of mine in Qiwu Palace has went missing.
I came to find him.
Have you seen a fairy-like beautiful young girl
or an immortal lad wearing a grape vine hairpin?
- Did any of you see one? - No...
Replying to Your Highness,
we all have never seen the person you're looking for.
Weird. Ji Min's scent is clearly very strong at this area.
Are all Earth Immortals in this area here already?
Replying to Your Highness, there's one lacking. His name is Zhang Fude.
Where is his assigned territory?
That part.
Since we're done with playing, let's now try
the last part of the four greatest fun in a mortal life.
I'll let you experience it.
This is the legendary 'Thousand Spring Brothel'.
Why don't I take you inside to try it?
I guarantee that you'll like it. Let's go.
- Let's go. - Let's go.
Look at these two handsome young men.
Hurry and enter...
Please enter...
It's time to welcome the guests!
- From where did you come from?! - So handsome...
What is that smell? It's too strong.
This is the smell of foundation.
Look at these women. They put it on their face.
It helps attract clients.
Young sirs, do you like any of our ladies?
Call your top girl to come here!
Sure!
Peony! Peach Blossom! It's time to welcome your guests!
Peony? Head Fragrance Chief is here!
Head Fragrance Chief is here!
Hey! Hey, don't go!
Young sirs, you're just leaving like this?
Come back! Quickly come back!
Why are you running?
If you are not satisfied, we still have Crabapple and Narcissus!
- What's wrong? - That scared me.
Didn't you hear her say earlier that Head Fragrance Chief...
Peony...
If I get discovered by Head Fragrance Chief, captured and taken back to our realm,
I'm dead. I surely will get punished.
Good thing, I reacted and ran fast.
It's a moment of negligence from me. I actually forgot that you're a woman. I should be punished.
I am a woman, but what does this got to do with that?
Of course it does.
I'll take you to one more place. Let's go.
What is that?
This opera is called 'Dong Xian'. It talks about Emperor Ai of Han
and his male lover, Dong Xian.
Let's go.
Young sir, you're here.
What are you doing? What place is this really?
Young sir, you really love to joke around. This place is of course an opera house.
Yan Ge, let me dote on you.
Jin Mi!
Phoenix?!
Why are you here?
Oh, I know. Did you come here to find some fun?
What fun? I'm looking for you.
What high quality! You're so god-like!
How did you know that he came from the Heavenly Realm? He knows.
Demons! Demons!
Your Highness Fire Deity, are you going to make things hard on Jin Mi again?
I remember that she doesn't owe you anymore spiritual energy. I also remember telling you
that if you dare extend your hand to my Qiwu Palace, I will never forgive you.
Immortal Jin Mi is my important guest.
Yan You, you're so used to being a gentleman on the beam (a thief). What?
Even my important guest now, you have to steal?
How do you think will I tolerate this?
Don't know if it's because I have such great honor or its this little grape who has such kind of reputation,
that I'm able to see both Night Deity and Fire Deity together tonight.
May I ask what act is Night Deity playing for coming tonight?
Is it 'Gathering of Heroes' or 'The General and Premier Make Up'?
Xu Feng, take Immortal Jin Mi to leave first.
Lord Yan You and i must have a good talk.
Come with me.
Phoenix! Phoenix! Why are you also here in the mortal world?
Did you get bored, so you came here to stroll?
Stroll? I...!
You're not going to hit me, right?
Hit you? Why don't I just hit myself?
Little Fish Immortal!
You caught up quite fast.
Being able to see two supreme Heavenly deities today, I've already lived a full life.
I was unable to find Jin Mi everywhere. Never thought, that this is the doing of Eldest Highness.
What could be your purpose of exerting so much effort to hide Jin Mi's scent
among the mortal's urban atmosphere?
Jin Mi is my friend.
Since she got imprisoned, it's just right that I do my best to help her.
People say that Night Deity lives in seclusion and rarely comes out. Never listening about worldly matters outside his windows.
Never thought that you're this compassionate and warm-hearted, becoming someone's knight in shining armor,
but causing me, your younger brother, to bear all the blames.
Head Fragrance Chief from Flower Realm thought that it was me who abducted Jin Mi and caused a ruckus in my Qiwu Palace.
Does Eldest Highness know that?
I never thought that this would cause such huge trouble.
It is indeed my fault for letting Head Fragrance Chief falsely accuse you.
If Your Highness Night Deity did sincerely keep watch of Jin Mi in my behalf, you would have provided me a big help.
Who knew that in taking care of a friend,
she would end up being taken care of in places of carnal pleasures?
I indeed didn't know that Jin Mi has went to the opera house.
It is my negligence.
Head Fragrance Chief has come to look for me again. I mustn't let Phoenix hand me over to her.
After chatting for so long, are you two thirsty?
I heard that the four greatest fun in the mortal world is eat, drink, play, and pleasure.
If you two are thirsty, I made some osmanthus wine.
Why don't you two have a taste?
Eat, drink, play, and pleasure?
Who taught you that?
I came to apologize to both Your Highnesses.
- What crime did you commit? - I committed a sin.
I shouldn't have been greedy for that cup of wine
and let Lord Yan You took Sir Ling Guang away.
Eldest Highness, I heard that a thousand li from here, there is a stockaded village.
There is a group of bandit living there. It's not easy for us to be able to come down here in the mortal world.
Why don't we uphold justice in behalf of the heaven and eliminate them?
That would be great.
Don't... Those bandits living in that village
is the 36th generation descendants of my buddy from the mortal world.
Hope Your Highnesses can be merciful and spare them.
I'm so thirsty! Give me some water to drink!
I'll be back right away.
Quickly think of a way.
Let's drink.
Are you alright?
Quickly think of a way. Think of a way to get them drunk.
Let me escape out of here.
But will those osmanthus wine work?
Are you joking with me? I stole that alcohol formula from Alcohol Immortal.
When the son of heaven drinks it, he will refuse to board the ship. When the immortals drink it, they will fall into the clouds.
Don't worry. Leave it to me.
You're such a loyal friend.
Then starting tomorrow,
go to Elder Lord's pellet-making room and be an immortal attendant who will create and maintain the fire.
Your Highness Fire Deity,
that pellet-making room of Elder Lord is like steaming a dragon. I'm afraid of heat.
I fear that before the pellet is even made, I would have been steamed to well done.
Can my punishment be changed?
Change to another one?
Sure. The Biancheng Royal Palace of the Demon Realm is still lacking some soul catchers.
Why don't you do that job for a few years?
Thank you for your graces, Your Highness Fire Deity.
I am very willing to
just go to Elder Lord's pellet-making room to make some fire.
Okay then. You'll start work tomorrow.
Yes.
I'm also wrong!
How are you wrong?
I made a huge mistake of teaching Jin Mi to gamble!
I'm ignorant and inexperienced. I heard that there is this so-called 'four greatest fun of the mortal life',
but I don't know what they are.
I became an idiot this morning for drinking too much.
The four greatest fun in life is 'zither, chess, books, and painting'.
A slip of the tongue. All is just a slip of the tongue.
It means that we falsely accused you then.
No...I committed such huge mistake.
I shouldn't have brought Jin Mi in those sinful and dirty places.
Highnesses, magnanimous beings don't dwell on little mistakes.
Just let me go.
Good thing her immortal root is still stable and didn't get tainted by dirty spiritual influences.
But going back to it, this wine of Immortal Jin Mi was made very well.
Really?
If you like it, I'll teach you the secret recipe for making this wine.
It's a deal then. On the day that those midnight queens bloom,
I surely will sweep the steps to receive you. Respectfully waiting for you to come and teach me.
Okay. It's a deal.
Older brother, it's been so long that we sat and drank like this.
Come.
That's right. Before, we still could frequently drink together.
Now, we each have official duties to handle.
We indeed have fewer chances to have long drinks together.
Are you two about to run out of alcohol to drink?
I'll go get you some more wines.
Older brother seems to be very concerned about Jin Mi.
Fire Deity, what do you mean by that?
Jin Mi...is not someone that we both can desire to have.
Coming! Coming!
Tonight, let's get very drunk.
Here.
This wine is very strong. Don't drink anymore.
It's okay. Even mortal men know
that when drinking with a bosom friend, a thousand cups is still few.
Come... Let's drink...
Come, bottoms up.
Little Fish Immortal...
- He's drunk. - He's drunk?!
Okay. Let's drink then. Let's continue to drink.
There's no more wine.
You are also drunk.
Of course, I won't get drunk. I never get drunk.
How come you're still not drunk?
Phoenix...
You...
Hey! Who's going to untie me?! Do you have any heart?!
Hey! Hey!
Phoenix.
Which demon are you?
Phoenix, it's me.
Do you still remember
that you owe me 1,000 years of spiritual energy?
Since you're not refuting it, then it means that you approve.
Paying for one's debt is just right and proper.
I'll get it by myself then.
I'm getting it now.
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Hateful Phoenix, after drinking so much, he's still able to use his spiritual power to defend himself.
Forget it. The 36th rule of war, escaping is the best tactic.
Jin Mi!
I was just preparing to make you some fresh flower cake.
No need. I'm not hungry.
Since you're not hungry, shouldn't you give me the spiritual energy that you owe me now?
Oh, right. How much did I owe you?
1,000 years.
Okay. Come over here.
Wait a minute.
Phoenix, our spiritual yuan is antagonistic.
If you give me so much spiritual energy in bulk, won't it harm me instead?
This water spiritual pearl will dampen the fire character of my spiritual energy.
That's good then...
You are really so considerate.
The pure spiritual energy of Phoenix is really extraordinary.
Phoenix!
Could it be he wants to have some spiritual cultivation with me?
What good day is today that there are so many spiritual energies waiting for me?
In fox's comic book, there were a lot of methods for mutual spiritual cultivation.
It's really 'regretting to know so little knowledge when you need it already'. How come I didn't focus on reading it before?
How did that chubby man do it at the opera house?
Yan Ge, let me dote on you.
Second Phoenix, let me dote on you.
Even if you shout, there's no use.
Second Phoenix, just submit to me.
♫ The wind gently blows past. The heaven and earth are separate by an immeasurable distance. ♫
♫ But so what? The moonlight connects our yearning. ♫
I was wrong. Everything is wrong.
What's wrong?
I know about your feelings towards me. I also feel the same.
But fate has fooled us. This is ethically unacceptable. If we insist on being together,
we surely will suffer the wrath of heaven and turned into ashes and smoke.
Just get turned into ashes and smoke then.
I'm so sleepy.
♪ Auspicious time and beautiful landscape ♪
♪ but too bad ♪
How come you're still hanging here?
Fire Deity have you become muddled? None of you untied me.
Your Highness, when do you plan to put me down?
Just continue hanging there.
You opted to not embrace such a beautiful woman
and came here to fritter away time that flows like water. Even making those long sighs.
You really are making waste of resources, wasting this spring night.
Because you're a thief, you see everyone as being like you.
Let me ask you,
why won't you disappear and instead kept pestering Jin Mi?
Jealous? Envious? Curious?
Do you want to know about my old love story with Jin Mi?
If you want to know, put me down first and I'll tell you.
Since you care about Jin Mi this much,
don't you want to know why she is too obsessed with spiritual powers?
Good thing my face is fine. Or else, the women in six realms will really be having regrets for the rest of their lives.
If you dare say any lie, I'll let you never embrace another woman.
The child has a mother. The story is quite long.
Rou Rou...
Jin Mi...quickly run...
I'm going to go all out with you!
Rou Rou!
Look. The great deity is here. He came to save you.
Great deity, did you come to save my friend, Rou Rou?
It's fine now. Great deity has come to save you, Rou Rou.
Your friend got hurt by Qiong Qi's plague needle and her vital channels have been shattered.
My spiritual power is limited. I fear...
Impossible. How could your spiritual energy be limited?
You surely came to save my friend.
You surely can save her, right?
You surely can save her.
I can give you my spiritual energy. I don't want any spiritual energy.
I can even die, as long as you save her.
I beg you, save her, okay?
You mustn't. With your spiritual energy,
it's hard to preserve your life already, so don't talk about saving others.
I don't want my own life! I just want her saved!
Great deity, I beg you to save her!
Save her! You surely can save her, right?!
I'm here, Rou Rou.
With you accompanying me these thousands of years, I am happy.
If...there is a next life,
let's still be friends.
No, Rou Rou, you surely will be fine.
Rou Rou.
Rou Rou!
How are you doing?
Life and death are fated.
If she has the fate to become an immortal, your friend will eventually turn into human form to find you again.
The you by then shouldn't disappoint her again.
The reason she has a very strong desire for spiritual energy is because she wants to pay me back as soon as possible.
She also has put her heart into saving Immortal Rou Rou. That stubborn girl,
no matter how I urged her against it, she insisted on paying back.
But that is also her adorable side.
Or else, I won't be friends with her.
If you're inflicted with Qiong Qi's plague needle,
your spiritual yuan will get devoured and destroyed. How then can you be revived?
I just made that up.
I just wanted her to have something to continue living for.
Never thought that she has such a painful past.
Why didn't she tell me?
Sometimes, she's quite thoughtless and heartless.
Sometimes, she likes to overthink.
With my understanding of her, she probably is treating you as a close family.
She can't bear for you to be sad with her.
Okay, I won't disturb you lamenting on how short the spring night is. I'll take my leave. (lamenting on how time flies when having fun)
Immortal Jin Mi is indeed a person of affection and loyalty.
You're awake.
When the night wind blew, I got sobered up.
I head everything that you two were talking about.
Do you feel that what he said is true or not?
I'll believe it for now.
This Lord Yan You is not simple.
Yes. Although 900 years ago,
Lord Doumu has sealed 80% of his power,
the remaining 20% is still quite an invincible strength.
Yan You was able to drive him away with just by himself.
I deliberately tried to test him once. His spiritual power is perfectly pure and deep.
It's far powerful than the other 11 Chinese zodiac immortals.
Don't know from where he cultivated them.
That's weird.
When I fought with him earlier, I was able to capture him just after a few exchanges.
I thought that his cultivation is just average. Could it be he held back most of his spiritual power from me?
Could it be that he deliberately hid his strength from you?
He didn't hide it from the God of War, but he hid it from a measly night watcher like me.
That is indeed strange.
Not long before, he went to my Qiwu Palace to look for Jin Mi.
He seemed to know the topography very well.
His technique is water-related,
but he isn't afraid of my fire-elemental power.
Could it be him?
- I'm going after him. - Wait!
Let's not alarm the enemy first. It's easier to do this since he's an immortal.
Let's first observe and adapt to the situation. See who the person behind him is.
For a dangerous person like that, we must not let him get near Immortal Jin Mi again.
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This is the last thing that I can do for you.
From now on, you must protect yourself well.
Phoenix!
Little Fish Immortal.
Immortal Jin Mi, did you sleep well last night?
Yes, very well.
Did the osmanthus wine last night cause you to be drunk?
The wine you made is pure and not strong, quite top-grade.
Too bad, my alcohol tolerance has always been poor. I've embarrassed myself in front of you.
You just came in time. I have just set up our unfinished game last time.
Why don't we finish it while the morning light is this good?
Okay...
Oh, right, Little Fish Immortal, where did Phoenix go?
Mother Empress' birthday party will be happening soon. When I got off duty at yin hour (3 to 5 am), I saw him leaving in a rush.
I reckon that he went to the Heavenly Realm to greet Mother Empress.
Your hairpin is quite unique.
I just casually picked it up. If you like it,
since we all are friends, I can gift it to you.
I instead think that phoenix feather is too eye-catching.
Your usual grape vine hairpin looks more graceful.
You are indeed my bosom friend. I also think that grape vine hairpin looked better.
Within its classic style, there's simplicity.
Low profile but emits a sense of splendor.
If you like it...
I'll gift you one.
I'm greatly honored.
Thank you for letting me win.
Why don't we do this? I'll treat you to eat some breakfast.
I won a lot of yellow and white stuff yesterday. I heard that it's very useful here in the mortal world.
You can use it for eating, drinking, daily needs, and transportation.
You can even buy an official or nobility position.
I heard that you can even buy a wife and children with it.
Right...I forgot. You are engaged to be married.
Or else, I could buy a few wives to gift to you.
Too bad.
Thank you for your good intention. This breakfast thing is indeed a nice idea.
It's just that, you can forego with the wife.
Highest Elder Lord's urgent command. Change!
It worked.
Create a bun... Change!
Create a bun... Create a bun!
Never thought that instead of a bun, you get a hail.
He totally got stunned by my magic.
Earth Immortal, do you still need anything?
Greetings, Your Highness Night Deity.
I'm going to Elder Lord's manor today to report for work.
Before I leave, I especially came to say goodbye
to Your Highnesses and Sir Ling Guang.
But too bad, I am not seeing His Highness Fire Deity and Sir Ling Guang.
May I ask how I should address this female immortal?
The birthday party of Motherly Empress will be starting soon. All the immortals have gone there to greet her.
If you rush there now,
maybe you can catch the grand pardon before the party starts.
Thank you for Your Highness Night Deity's guidance.
Your Highness Night Deity, you are indeed like what they say in rumors, is an extremely kind immortal—
Enough. Enough. No need to thank me.
As for this female immortal,
I'm sure that the sunlight is too bright today, hence, it glared your eyes.
Right...my eyes are old and blurry.
I didn't see anything...
If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave.
Go now.
I'll take my leave.
Little Fish Immortal, today is the birthday party of Her Highness Heavenly Empress. Don't you need to go?
No rush.
It's still too early from the start of the party.
Moreover, there are thousands of immortal and deities in the heaven and earth, from north, south, east, west.
One less me isn't a big deal.
But Phoenix has left to greet Her Highness Heavenly Empress early this morning.
If you don't go, won't Her Highness Heavenly Empress get mad?
Xu Feng and I are different. If I go greet her very early,
I fear that she'll instead get mad.
Why so?
I am not her biological son.
Forgive me for being too talkative. Which Heavenly Royal Consort is your mother then?
My mother was never conferred as a royal consort.
I heard that she was just an enlightened sprite, very ordinary.
Even if she was so ordinary,
like all the people in this mortal world, she couldn't escape death.
I don't have any child memory of her and I don't know who my real mother is.
I only know that after my biological mother died,
I got taken in by Her Highness Heavenly Empress.
Before, we actually could harmoniously co-exist.
But as time passes by,
Heavenly Empress became more worried that I will compete with Xu Feng for Father Emperor's favor and being his heir.
Hence, our relationship slowly became distant.
May I ask who your parents are?
Old Hu said that I'm a grape vine that was transformed into a sprite by Head Fragrance Chief.
Grape vine?
But you clearly created a hail earlier, summoning a water element item.
Phoenix said that my constitution is suitable to be nourished with water.
Hence, I trained in water type of elemental magic.
Since I'm unable to create a bun and I'm a man of my words,
let me treat you to eat some buns.
Sure.
- Customer, your buns. Please enjoy. - Okay.
Little Two (waiter)! Give us an order of buns!
Sure! Customer, please wait for a while.
Little Two? What kind of address is that?
I'm even little three, little four, and little five.
Little Three! Little Three! Serve us the menu! (Little Three or xiao san is a derogatory term for mistress)
Are you crazy?!
- Are you going to let us eat or not? - Don't pull me!
- Eat... - What's her problem?
What's wrong with them? Are they afraid that I'll steal their food?
Immortal Jin Mi, while in the mortal world, you shouldn't casually use the term 'little three'.
Customers, please look at what you want to order.
People are strange. You can say 'little two',
but how come you can't say 'little three'?
So pedantic.
[Fried fruit pancake]
Fried fruit pancake?!
Aren't you being too cruel?
Immortal Jin Mi, the fruit their doesn't pertain to a real fruit.
That is actually just 'youtiao', a friend dough.
So, it's that.
That scared me.
Then, give us one order of this.
Add 2 bowls of soy milk.
Okay.
Immortal Jin Mi, do you know that the breakfast of humans is very abundant and veried?
Compared to those in the Heavenly Realm, it won't lose. It can be superior and not inferior.
I must taste the beautiful flavors here in the mortal world later.
Customers, your crab roe buns. Please enjoy.
Little Fish Immortal, so sorry. I didn't mean to do it.
It's fine.
Little Fish Immortal, you're so great. I actually feel
that you should attend the birthday party of Her Highness Heavenly Empress.
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♫ My left hand holds the ground, my right hand holds the sky. ♫
♫ Lightning bolts erupt out of my palm print and go in ten directions. ♫
♫ I quickly turn time into years. ♫
♫ In three thousand lifetimes, I’ve seen it all. ♫
♫ My left hand picks flowers, my right hand wields a sword. ♫
♫ Between my brows, an entire ten thousand years’ of snow has fallen. ♫
♫ One teardrop. ♫
♫ That is who I am. ♫
♫ My left-hand’s finger touches the moon, my right hand is selecting Red Threads ♫
♫ to bestow upon you and I our desired and predestined love. ♫
♫ In the moonlight. ♫
♫ You and I. ♫
♫ My left hand transforms into feathers, my right hand becomes scales. ♫
♫ Some of my lives are spent in the clouds, some are in the forests. ♫
♫ I’m willing to follow you and become a speck of dust ♫
♫ in order to emerge in this mortal life. ♫
♫ My left hands picks you up, my right hand lets go of you. ♫
♫ When I clasp my palms together, you are completely drawn back into my heart. ♫
♫ In the time it takes for one incense stick to burn. ♫
♫ You and I, we become inseparable. ♫