"Ashes of Love"
"Episode 21"
My medicine!
You're supposed to watch it, why did you fall asleep?
Luckily the coat has turned grey and cooled down.
It's been baked overnight, the inside of this aconite root is hollow,
which means most of the toxic has been reduced.
There're just a few portion of toxics left.
It needs to be steamed for 3 and a half hours more...
to clear the remaining toxic.
I've only realized today that being a healer is not an easy task.
People says that medical practitioner...
is to heal and save lives but the truth is we're snatching lives.
Snatching lives from the universe, death and time.
The essence of medical ethics lies in every creature on earth.
But that doesn't mean you can get all of it easily,
for example, poisonous material like aconite root, centipede.
I'll just do what I can, and hope for the best.
Why am I telling you all these?
You can't even hear me.
Crow, can you hear now?
Crow, can you hear?
What're you knocking for if you can't hear?
If you really like knocking,
why don't you become a musician instead?
What a waste for you to become a bandit.
You're really trying your best to help me.
After I've steamed out all the toxic in this aconite root,
I'll be able to create a new medicine for you.
Sound of the hooves, 3 are louder, 1 is softer, foot ranges are slower.
They are warmbloods.
They are Lord Nanping's Army of Chilian.
Search.
It's the army, let's go now.
Just leave it aside.
We'll take the trail, let's go.
- Go, search everywhere. - Yes.
You guys, over there.
What're you doing?
- Have you searched that side? - We have.
This area is secluded, no one lives here.
Only hunters and Holy Healer Tribe...
would come to hunt and look for herbs sometimes.
Search at the village nearby.
If you see the one that posed as king, execute on spot.
- Retreat! - Yes.
Posing as me?
Sounds just like an excuse to kill me.
Looks like poisoning my food,
conspiring with Liang Guo to set up the trap...
are most probably done by Lord Nanping.
What a savage ambition, I have to deal with this as soon as possible.
Why is my heart beating so fast? It feels sore.
I never feel this way.
It was critical, please forgive me for being rude.
There was my veil in between, you weren't being rude.
It's okay, never mind.
"Lake Dong Ting"
Young Master, Young Master.
Yong Er, Lian Er, it's been such a long time.
Please behave yourself, Young Master.
The Master has been waiting for a long time.
Still lack of sense of humor, nothing has changed.
"Yun Meng Lake"
Yan You is here to see Master. How have you been, Master?
Ever since Rat Immortal passed away, you never returned.
If I don't summon you today,
you might never come back...
to Yun Meng Lake in your lifetime.
I dare not to.
Dare not to?
You dare not to,
but you are thinking about it.
I am loyal to Master, the sky and the sun are my witnesses.
I know Rat Immortal's death has been a blow to you,
but the dead has left us forever.
Living in the past can't change anything.
You should move forward.
It's time to move on now.
Master, what orders do you have for me?
Get up off your knees.
I received news that the...
Immortality Destructing Arrow has reappeared in the world.
Bring it to me.
Kill Xu Feng.
Oh dear, mother is just acting on her own thoughts.
She sounds like Immortality Destructing Arrow...
is just a knife from her own kitchen.
And Xu Feng is just a household chick.
Mother, I'm afraid I'll have to let you down.
Rat Immortal and I were unable to kill Xu Feng...
during the last time even when we worked together.
Rat Immortal died for nothing.
I don't have the confidence to deal with Xu Feng alone.
He's just a mortal now，
even weaker than when he was in Nirvana.
Someone has to be sacrificed for the greater good.
Are you going to give up just because of the small risk?
Was Rat immortal just a pawn for Master?
I know you don't agree with me,
but we're stuck in the middle now.
Rat Immortal was loyal to me.
He had been casting net in the Heaven Realm for many years...
and collected so many intelligences for us.
If we give up now，
we're going to discredit all his effort.
Before Rat Immortal sacrificed himself，
he asked me to tell Master that...
overcome your impetuosity, everything will go smoothly.
When Water Immortal risked everything to save...
your life from Heavenly Empress...
and provided you this place as a shelter.
You said it yourself just now.
Living in the past can't change anything.
So why do you choose...
to drown yourself in the endless hatred...
and drag more innocent people into this?
That's enough.
Don't you...
Don't you tell me stuff like...
there's never an end to the journey of revenge.
The world is big, being alive is no different than being dead.
There's no place for me in the world.
I have to live by other's mercy.
Have you been through it?
I owe Master a debt of gratitude for changing my life.
I would risk my life for you.
Ever since Rat Immortal passed away,
there's still me pledging my loyalty to Master.
After I leave,
I don't know whether there is others to pledge loyalty to Master.
Yan You, I have only you to depend on.
Take care of yourself when you deal with Xu Feng.
I can't lose you.
- Li Er. - Mother.
Greetings to mother.
I saw you, show yourself.
- Little guy, what are you? - I am Carp Fairy.
I don't believe you.
She's not going to adopt a real carp.
I'm a white loach, who are you?
I'm the other Li Er.
But I'm just like you, we both are fake.
Little loach, are you happy here?
I have food and new clothes here,
of course I'm happy.
But I want to go back to swamp more.
I can't let her go on with this madness.
I'll bring you back to the swamp.
Where is he? I can't find him anywhere.
Could he be captured by the King of Gucheng?
No one is allowed to enter the king's chamber without permission.
Even if it is Princess Sui He who wants to borrow something from here,
you have to inform me first, is that clear?
Yes.
Crow's not only good at fighting,
but also excelled in cooking.
Awesome.
Medical fee.
A favor shall not be taken for granted.
I have nothing to offer for you for saving my life.
I can only prepare some plain meals for you to express my gratitude.
Take it, I don't need your offer.
Although you're my patient,
I've taken you as a friend.
I grew up in the Holy Healer Tribe which is isolated from the world.
It's really nice knowing you.
If you can heal me, I will grant you a wish one day.
How would a bandit grant my wish?
Thank you for your offer,
but I'm afraid you might unable to grant what I wish for.
If you have a wish one day,
I might be the one who grants your wish instead.
That's a deal.
You really know how to look after yourself,
you got a promise from me instead.
But we still have a long time ahead of us,
we won't meet again for sure.
Bandits like you live your life in fighting and blood.
Although my life isn't surrounded by any violence or live in fear,
the truth is, my path leads to the same destination as yours.
Every day, I live my life without thinking about tomorrow.
Although I've been studying medicine for 15 years now,
I've mastered medical theories and medicines,
but you're actually my first patient.
Isn't that funny?
As the Saintess of Holy Healer Tribe,
the purpose of my life is to...
make the medicine of immortality for King Yi.
If I fail to make the medicine, the moment that King Yi...
closes his eyes and his soul goes up to the heaven,
it will be the time of my death.
I'm King Yi's medical kit when he's alive.
I will be King Yi's funerary object when he dies.
I'll be buried along into the king's tomb with his coffin,
to salvage his soul with my holy spirit.
But I heard that King Yi...
has fought a lot of wars, he has killed too many people.
He will probably die young.
It means there isn't much time left for me too.
Come.
Crow, using tea as alcohol, I would like to make a toast for you.
Thank you...
for making me realize the purpose of living...
for the first time in my little life.
I might not know whether you will recover...
but you made me realize...
how wonderful it is to help others while I'm alive.
Look at me.
I forgot that you're unable hear.
Anyway, Crow...
thank you.
What kind of person are you?
Jin Mi.
Lord Nanping has plotted for this all along.
It might be dangerous to go back to Palace Yi now.
Better go to Northern Garden Villa first.
It's the military camp of my trusted armed forces.
It's the safest, I shall have a plan after that.
Crow.
He just disappeared like like the evening dew.
Dear Lady, I've been sick for a month.
Under your good care,
I recovered yesterday. Please forgive me for leaving without...
bidding farewell as I have affairs to deal with back home.
We're strangers met by chance, we're from different worlds after all.
I don't always make promise to anyone in my life.
Nothing can stop me once I make a promise.
Wishing you in the best of health. Take care.
Had to leave in night once recovered.
Not even a little time to bid farewell in person?
I didn't even charge you for the treatment.
Mu Dan.
Mu Dan?
Dan Dan.
I've planted some extra carrots. Do you want to eat carrot?
Lao Hu, what's wrong with you today?
Are you sick of living for too long?
Do you want to die?
Dan Dan, you're lack of sense of romance.
If I die beneath Mudan (Peony) Flower,
I shall be happy even if I become a ghost.
Does Moon Immortal want to be turned into flower mud?
Girls.
- Take him into the rabbit shed. - Yes.
Don't... No... no.
You... I don't want to go in! I don't want to go in!
Let me out! Let me out!
Help me!
Chief Zhang, I made a mistake.
Let me out!
Chief Zhang, I made a mistake.
Let me out! Let me out!
Hong Hong.
Don't cry, don't cry.
It's all your fault.
You sly old fox.
Instead of staying at the heaven to make fun of the fairies,
you have to come all the way to Flora Realm to play tricks on me.
Why?
Jin Mi and Xu Feng are not around.
I'm just so bored.
You played trick on me just because you're bored?
How dare to mess with Chief Zhang! Chief Zhang...
Chief Zhang...
How dare you mess with Chief Zhang?
How dare you? You... you...
You are the only man in...
this Flora Realm.
Who else should I tie the red thread to other than you?
You didn't see...
those rabbits bared their fangs and emerged towards me.
You didn't know just now the rabbit almost peeled...
Excuse me.
Just now the rabbit...
almost peeled me off.
Luckily I carried this weapon with me.
Lao Hu, since you don't dare to be tied be Chief Zhang...
What about...
Lian Qiao?
Are... Are... Are... Are you kidding me?
Are... Are you kidding me?
I'm Lian Qiao's great great great great grandfather's...
great great great grandfather.
This can't be, this can't be. That's a joke.
Strange love, strange love.
First it has to be strange to have the unforgettable love.
Isn't it?
Look at you...
tying red threads all the time,
now you're tying your brain into knots too.
I'm leaving.
Jin Mi, Xu Feng.
When are you coming back from your redemption?
I'm so bored.
Sister, are you worried about Jin Mi?
I wondered how is she doing in Mortal Realm?
Now she has become...
a mortal that has no power.
Sister, don't worry too much.
If something really happens to her in Mortal Realm,
then isn't she going to end the redemption early and come back early?
The mortals and affairs of Mortal Realm aren't horrible.
It's just for the practice of her cultivation.
I'm worried that those who want to harm her aren't mortals.
Jin Mi hasn't gotten in trouble with anyone,
the only one that has problem with her is Heavenly Empress.
Heavenly Emperor has specifically decreed that...
no immortal is allowed to interfere in Jin Mi trial.
It goes against the Heavenly Empress.
Yes, don't worry too much.
Plus, Night Immortal is looking after Jin Mi too.
So I think...
Not long after,
Jin Mi will return safely.
She's always like a child to me.
I've always afraid that she might get hurt,
I didn't dare to let go of her.
Looks like it's time to let go...
and let her explore the world and gain experience by herself.
Come and catch me! Come and catch me!
Stealing the Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng is a big sin.
It's unimaginable how aunt is going to punish me.
But I'm tough enough to take any punishment,
I'll just act according to the situation.
Aunt, Qiang Huo.
Saintess, you're back.
Have Jin...
Have Saintess eaten yet?
- Are there any leftovers? - I'll make an egg noodle soup for you.
Slow down, what're you rushing for?
You're always so careless.
Has she forgotten?
Come, give it to me.
Thank you, aunt.
Saintess has been to Mount Luo Ye for a month now.
How was it? What have you gained?
I've learnt a lot.
Soon, I'll organize what I've learnt...
and give lesson to the girls.
When I was away,
how has everyone in the tribe been?
Good, they have been good.
That's great, that's great.
Jin Mi, I didn't tell them.
If I tell them,
it's unthinkable what the elders in the tribe are going to do to you.
I thought about it afterwards.
You were right.
King Yi is not going to live forever anyway.
It's better to give the medicines to people who really need it.
I'd definitely choose you between you and the Snow Ginseng.
My dear Qiang Huo, I knew it.
You're my loyal and trusted best friend.
But you were too rash.
Please don't do it again next time.
I know, I know.
There isn't any Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng...
left for me to steal next time, anyway.
By the way, the person that you treated with the Snow Ginseng...
has he recovered yet?
He has recovered.
But...
I came into a rare illness during my first...
attempt of practicing my medical skills.
The book says that it can be cured within 3 days,
but I've spent one whole month to cure him.
My greatest feeling from this is...
you can't fully believe what's said on books,
the truth comes by practice.
Let's go.
A kingdom can't go a day without a king.
Xu Feng hasn't come back yet, odds are against his destiny.
The announcement of his death should be done at once.
Now that Huai Wu is having internal and external dilemmas,
I have no other options.
Cousin Xu Feng is still alive.
I will bring some men to find him in Mount Luo Ye.
There are many good men out there in the world.
You're my daughter.
You must be able to find a good husband.
Why do you have to be so obsessed with Xu Feng?
Father, you should know that in all my life...
I only wish to be Cousin Xu Feng's wife.
I belong to him when I'm alive or even when I'm dead.
I refuse to believe God would be so cruel...
to take away my only long-cherished wish.
I will find Cousin Xu Feng.
We mustn't announce his death at this moment.
You...
My Lord...
My Lord, My Princess.
Why are you panicking?
My Lord, King Yi has returned safe and sound.
What?
Has King Yi really returned safe and sound?
- Yes. - Where is he now?
He should be back in his residence by now.
Who is there? Why are you sneaking around?
Show yourself.
Stay away from her.
Hey kid, mind your own business.
Kill this guy first.
Be careful.
Are you okay?
Princess, the king is resting now.
I shall go in and visit him then.
The king has ordered that...
no one should go in without his permission.
How dare you to stop me?
Military orders must be obeyed, I beg for your forgiveness.
I'm not leaving without seeing him today.
Qin Tong.
Here.
Take care of it.
Yes.
Step away.
Princess, if we may have a word privately.
Good job.
Thank you, My Lord.
How did you get rid of her?
Although the king's getting a lot better now,
he has traveled for a whole day and night to come back.
He is exhausted now, he needs to rest.
It's really not a good time to visit him.
Princess, please come tomorrow,
the king shall meet you.
Since when are you allowed to make the decision for me?
Pardon me, My Lord.
Someone must've given out the...
information of my hunting trip to Liang Guo.
My Lord, you're suspecting that we have a traitor?
Alright.
Since I need to rest today, I'm going to leave it aside for now.
We'll talk about it tomorrow, off you go.
Yes, My Lord.
I'm almost fully recovered.
The poison must've taken effect.
My Lord, if it really is someone here...
who gave out news of your hunting trip to Liang Guo...
this matter shouldn't be taken lightly.
Please leave this to me to investigate.
I'll find out who the traitor is as soon as possible.
Thank you for the trouble, Lord Nanping.
Yes.
My Lord, looks like your body hasn't recovered yet.
The medical skills of the doctors in town are limited.
Why don't we summon the Saintess of the Holy Healer...
to the city to diagnose My Lord's condition?
The Saintess... Jin Mi?
She mustn't be dragged into this.
I'm getting a lot better now.
There's no need for the trouble.
My Lord, you're the core of Huai Wu.
It mustn't be taken lightly.
Moreover, the mission of Holy Healer Tribe is to...
assure My Lord's health in good conditions.
There's no better time than now to summon...
the Saintess of the Holy Healer.
My Lord, I concur with Lord Nanping.
Hope that My Lord can summon Saintess of the Holy Healer soonest...
to nurse My Lord's health.
I too concur with this proposal.