Old man, would you like some?
How much?
It depends on
which kind you want.
What do you mean?
Even the flour has various grades and ranks.
It looks the same,
but has different origins.
For example, the flour of the first rank
is from fairy mountains and for immortals only.
Not available for common people.
The flour of the second rank
is generated from the spirit on the plateau close to the heaven.
Specially for honorable men.
The flour of the third ranks rises from canyons
and is for heroes only.
Fine. Tell me.
What rank is your flour of?
The last rank.
How interesting you are!
Others always boost,
but you’re depreciating yourself.
Then how can you
sell your flour?
I have the flour of the first rank,
but ask for the price of the last rank.
If I can’t sell them,
I’ll have to wait
until someone can recognize its value.
Good point!
Dude.
We’re alike in temperament.
You want my flour?
Don’t rush.
Turn around and have a look.
Look at the wall!
Awesome!
Awesome?
What do you mean awesome?
On the wall,
they are all guys who will be on the Deification List.
It’s a murderer list.
How can it be the Deification List?
It’s a murderer list in your eyes.
But in my eyes, it’s the Deification List.
What do you mean?
Wait.
When the time comes,
you will understand.
Maybe…
he’s right.
Grandpa Jiang, look!
Your wife is looking for you.
Doomed!
Dude!
Where is my wife?
Where is she?
Look to the right! Look to the right!
Even you know
my wife beats me?
Watch out or I’ll lash you with my broom.
Come on. Come after me!
What a naughty boy! You deserve a good beating!
Apologize to him.
No need.
It’s not her fault
when my wife beats me.
Sorry.
I’ll settle with her later.
Go.
Sorry.
Go!
What a girl!
Do I look like a beggar?
Ji Chang.
Excuse me, are you going to get accommodation
or get a room?
- Accommodation. - A room.
Wait.
What do you mean getting accommodation?
And what do you mean getting a room?
Shouldn’t it be having dinner
or getting accommodation?
Sorry.
Our cook is duty off.
Now…
We don’t serve dinner.
What’s the difference between
getting accommodation or getting a room?
Aren’t they the same?
Obviously, they’re not.
If you want to get accommodation,
you’ll have two rooms.
If you want to get a room, you’ll get one.
So are you going to get accommodation
or a room?
Accommodation, of course.
I want a room.
What the hell
are you thinking of?
Why do you have such a dirty idea
at such a young age?
You’re dirty!
I’m thinking seriously!
If I don’t live with you,
who can take care of you?
Besides,
Master taught me that
we must be frugal as far as we can
when away from home.
But we can’t be frugal on this.
Why not?
I insist!
I…
What?
Come on! Stop quarrelling!
Which of you take care of the money?
I do, of course.
Whoever takes care of the money will call the shots.
Isn’t that obvious?
Get out of the way!
Whoever takes care of the money will call the shots.
What a beautiful room!
Manager!
I didn’t see
you had such a good test.
Enjoy yourselves.
Can we have another room?
Uh…
Sorry.
All our rooms are full.
This is the last one.
Just make do.
Are you blind? How?
This is obviously a wedding room.
Brother.
Don’t embarrass him!
Manager.
You can leave.
It feels so comfortable.
So comfortable!
My bed! My dear bed.
You’re back to me again.
Get up.
You mustn’t sleep here.
I’m not going away.
I’m not going anywhere.
I’ll stay here.
Brother, how heartless you are!
How selfish you are!
You only care for yourself!
If you sleep in the bed, where will I sleep?
Get up.
Where is the flour?
Sold!
Where’s the money?
Two baskets of flour!
You sold it for only a coin?
I…
Dear.
The bowl costs more than a coin.
You…
Dear.
Today,
I got only one coin.
But I met an honorable man.
Honorable?
How honorable? Worth only one coin?
Ji Chang.
Famous West Marquis Ji Chang.
Impossible.
How will he talk to you?
You don’t believe it? Look!
He wrote
the two words.
You bastard.
You know I can’t read.
Do you make me angry on purpose?
It’s okay when you can’t read other words.
But these are majestic.
I won’t learn them.
Ji
Chang.
It’s fine with others.
But why he?
You know what?
You must stay away from him.
Everyone in Zhaoge knows that
he’s a hostage.
He’s living a such dangerous life
that he may get killed at any time.
What a shallow thinking!
Do you know
he’s destined to be a king.
Shut the fuck up!
Losing face doesn’t matter.
But who will you find if you get killed?
I’m warning you!
You mustn’t go to find him.
If you dare,
I’ll put up a desperate fight with you.
Even if I have to die,
I must do it.
I have the duty of deification.
You’re not doing well as a human.
And you still want to be an immortal?
Jiang Ziya.
You’re the most useless man
in the world.
Look into the mirror!
Deification. Deification. Deification.
Deifi…
Sell flour. Sell flour. Sell flour.
Old madman!
Xiao’e.
I’ll kill you!
Brother.
It wasn’t me!
I didn’t eat it.
How dare you still deny it?
If you didn’t,
where did you get the cake residue
at corners of your mouth?
Brother, don’t scare me.
I don’t know anything.
How come?
I know.
It must be like this.
I had an illness since I was little.
As long as I’m hungry
when sleeping,
I’ll get up and sleepwalk.
Sleepwalk?
Xiao’e, you have guts!
You really dare to make it up.
Go on! Making up more!
Why didn’t you say
you fell into a basin when sleepwalking
and were drowned?
The basin is too small.
Brother, I’m not lying.
I swear I’m not lying.
It’s been only a few days after we come
and you have ruined
the only clue Master gave us.
How will we go on with our task?
Why do you sound like
you’ve got the clue?
What did you say?
Nothing.
I said nothing.
I mean
it’s not ruined.
I ate it.
Any difference?
Yes.
A pancake should be eaten,
shouldn’t it?
You still argue, huh?
Shut up!
Oh, God.
Why didn’t I
control your mouth?
Really!
I really didn’t expect that!
I take all precautions.
But why didn’t I fail to
keep an eye on your mouth!
I see.
What should we do now?
I ate it.
I can’t spit it out.
Even if I can,
I…
Shut up!
You mustn’t talk
from now on.
I have to think about it.
I must think of a solution.
Shut up.
Put it on your head.
Hurry.
Stand still! Don’t move!
I feel dizzy
when I see you walking around.
Hold it up!
Damn!
What should we do now?
Should I
go back to Zhaoge
and tell Master about it?
If he knows it,
he will mock me.
He will laugh his head off.
Then I’ll be humiliated.
No way.
I can’t go back.
I don’t want to be humiliated.
You can’t even hold this.
What can you do?
I get an itch! A bad one!
It’s not my fault.
I get such a terrible itch!
What’s wrong with you?
I don’t know, either.
Maybe bitten by a mosquito.
Come and check me, Brother.
Bah! Who will check for you?
You made such a mess
when bitten by a mosquito.
What have you done
all the way here?
What the hell
are you thinking of?
You made nothing, but trouble.
I wonder
why Master sent you
with me.
Did he want you
to make trouble for me?
What’s wrong again?
Do you believe it?
If you keep getting nervous and jumpy,
I’ll put my fist into your mouth
And ask you to swallow it!
Brother, what a strong mosquito!
What a big swelling!
Brother, save me!
Am I dying?
Shut up!
Don’t you see?
A character on it!
Fire!
The mosquito isn’t only poisonous,
but can also read?
Brother.
We met a mosquito demon!
Oh, that explains.
Marvelous! Marvelous!
What are you laughing at?
What should I do now?
A mosquito demon is after me!
Why is it after me?
Is it going to
suck my blood?
No. No.
No mosquito demon.
You know what? Look!
You ate the pancake
Master gave us, didn’t you?
Yes.
But…
Didn’t we get over it?
No, we didn’t get over.
Instead, I should thank you.
After you ate the pancake
Master gave us,
the magic weapon was open.
Look!
The character of fire
gives us guidance.
It tells us
the first General of Five Element
we’re looking for
is General of Fire.
And possibly,
he’s not
far away from us.
General of Fire?
According to you,
I’ll be your magic weapon
from now on, won’t I?
That’s right.
You’re one of…
my magic weapons.
Then I’ll be useful,
won’t I?
Of course, you’re useful.
I can’t do anything without you.
In this way,
you won’t leave me, will you?
No, I won’t.
Unless…
Unless what?
Unless I’m not going to complete the fate.
Awesome!
My dream has come true!
I’ll be with you…
Don’t get fresh with me.
I’m warning you.
Let go of me.
I told you…
The pancake
should be eaten.
How many times have I told you?
But you refused to believe me.
You’re right.
How did you know that?
I’m clever.
So you mean
I’m stupid?
Wait.
Didn’t you say you sleepwalked?
Fool!
I was lying!
Last night,
I dreamed of nine dragons
flying around in the sky
and diving into the burning torture pillars.
I wonder if it’s propitious or not.
Ministers.
Does anyone of you
can divine
for me?
Yeah, Your Majesty.
Don’t you remember him?
Who?
West Marquis, Ji Chang.
Fine.
Bring him in.
Bring West Marquis in.
Wait. Wait.
Bring him to the burning torture platform.
Warriors, leave us.
How dare you! Who told you to look up!
Ji Chang.
I know you can divine.
I order you to divine for me.
If you dare to tell a lie,
you’ll be punished with due severity.
I wonder what you want to divine, Your Majesty?
I built the burning torture pillar
to hold our people and city in awe.
Is this propitious or not?
I don’t need to divine it.
Why?
With dragons guarding,
it can hold the whole world. It’s obviously propitious.
Within three years,
people are subservient and nothing changes in Zhaoge.
What about three years later?
Three years later,
the country will be prosperous, and the people will be at peace.
Really?
Write them down
and copy them to the prime minister.
Tell all ministers about it, too.
I’ll see how they’ll argue.
Your Majesty, congratulations on seeing the future.
Long live Your Majesty.
Long live our country!
Ji Chang.
I can no longer underestimate you.
I’m tired.
Let’s get back.
My dear must be waiting anxiously.
Today is her birthday.
Wait. Wait.
I almost forgot.
I should award Ji Chang,
shouldn’t I?
What do you think
I should award him?
He looks
so shabby.
Why don’t you
award him with some new clothes?
But that will waste much cloth.
Why not a pair of straw sandals?
That’ll be perfect.
No.
I’ll give him a good job.
Ji Chang.
I think
you match well with the burning torture pillar.
Why don’t you
stay here and guard it?
Wash the pillar and sweep the ash.
Yes. Thank you, Your Majesty.
It’s a royal job, anyway.
That’s good for you.
What a cruel world!
West Marquis.
Prime minister.
You stood in the darkness for long.
Don’t you feel cold?
I come to visit you.
I’m so powerless that
I let you suffer.
It’s not your fault.
This is my fate.
Besides,
I’m a mere hostage.
It’s my great luck to survive.
How dare I complain?
But you.
You’re honorable.
You shouldn’t have come here.
This is a dirty place.
I’m afraid it’ll stain your eyes
and pierce your heart.
My Lord.
Do you think I won’t feel grieved
when I don’t come here?
In the palace and royal court,
everything I see and hear
hurts me.
Every case
makes me grieved.
Do you think I don’t hate it?
But you’re the prime minister.
All your organs
belong to our country.
You shouldn’t hate it.
Good point.
Ji Chang.
You can divine
and see people through.
But I don’t understand.
Why can an honorable man like you
bear with
such humiliation?
Don’t you hate?
Yes, I do.
But I hate myself
when I can’t change my fate
or solve it a.s.a.p.
You only hate the fate?
Don’t you hate the king?
With this pillar,
His Majesty has become more unreasonable
and cruel.
Ji Chang.
Why did you lie?
Why didn’t you stop him?
If I were you,
I would have kept advising him with my life!
How do you know I wasn’t telling the truth?
You know His Majesty more than I do.
Can you stop him?
You shouldn’t have asked me.
You should have asked the pillar
and those loyal ministers who died as a victim of injustice.
If you didn’t lie,
why don’t you dare to look back at me?
You can see the fate of the king.
Why don’t you
divine mine?
Prime minister.
I’m not hardhearted enough to look back at you.
Bigan.
However loyal or pure
you are,
you can’t wipe or erase
the crimes the king has done.
Ji Chang, you really have changed.
You really have changed!
Now you’re so afraid of risking your life.
Prime minister.
Can’t you still
understand?
The old West Marquis
is gone.
He’s dead.
He was dead
when he entered Zhaoge.
Then who are you?
Why are you still
living in this world?
Why don’t you kill yourself?
Why are you still
living in this world?
Go kill yourself!
My Lord. You can’t die.
You must live.
When you live, you’ll have the chance.
Only when you live can you revenge us!
Revenge us!
Ji Chang.
I was busy in the noodle shop,
but you stared at the stars instead of working!
You ungrateful guy! I’ll beat you!
Husband.
Why didn’t you dodge?
Did I hurt you?
Dear, look.
Characters in the sky!
Characters?
Why don’t I see any?
Ji Chang.
These two characters.
Ji Chang. He’s in the heaven?
Why is he?
What is he doing there?
Isn’t he in Zhaoge?
You’re right.
He isn’t in the heaven.
He can’t be a god.
He must survive,
however miserable he may be.
Because he’s the king of the secular world.
King of the secular world?
If he is the king,
what is the existing one?
The Star of King goes west with Stars of General around.
The Zhou shall rise, and the Shang shall be destroyed.
The destiny has come.
The fate can’t be modified.
How can you have
such rebellious remark?
Ji Chang
will change the world,
destroy the Shang and build his own state.
The Star of King moves, and other stars become dim.
People will suffer and the war is coming.
My Lord.
When will you rebel?
Your Highness, why are you asking?
The Bureau of Astronomy fell into chaos today.
They said the Star of King went west.
Someone in Xiqi
will rebel and usurp the throne.
You can divine.
You must know about the abnormal stars.
The world doesn’t have a boundary.
There’s still other area to the west of Xiqi.
Why can you confirm that it’s Xiqi?
The Bureau of Astronomy just guessed
and had a distorted conclusion.
Do you believe it?
Star of Bane!
That was the Bewilder Star.
Will there…
Will there be great disorder?
The Star of Bane went against the Star of King.
It’s an evil sign.
My Lord.
Sorry I was rude.
I wait here in the middle of night,
just want you
to ease out my anxiety.
Please kindly enlighten me.
I’m guilty.
I don’t dare to talk nonsense.
You’re a sage.
You must be as generous as a sage.
If the world is in chaos and people are suffering,
will you just remain indifferent?
Your Highness.
Why are you pushing me?
Don’t you know
a ready tongue is an evil?
Fine.
I’m dying.
If I still care for this,
you’ll laugh at me.
From the astrology,
The Star of King goes west with the Star of Bane going against it.
It’s the sign
that loyal ministers are killed, and state affairs are in chaos.
You mean our country is dying out?
It’s hard to predict the fate.
It can’t be that simple.
The waxing and waning and change of stars
are natural rules.
You don’t need to be surprised.
With abnormal astronomical observation, the will of the people shakes.
It’s wise of you, Your Highness.
The astronomical phenomenon is just like a mirror,
reflecting the change of the will of the people.
It stabilizes as the will of the people stabilizes.
And it shakes as the will of the people shakes.
The fate is the will of the people.
Please kindly explain.
You’re the crown prince
and the future king of Shang.
If you can step forward bravely
and help your father
to get rid of tyranny and evil ministers,
you’ll regain people’s support
and prosper the country.
Get rid of evil ministers.
I heard
His Majesty built the burning torture pillar
to warn people not to commit crimes.
But such torture harms the harmony.
It’s not benevolent.
How can ministers or people be convinced?
Your Highness, if you want to reassure the public,
you must think carefully about it
instead of acting rashly.
My Lord, you may not know it.
My father built the burning torture pillar
because Consort Su advised him.
She’s the bane to our country
and the evilest guy.
If I want to keep our country forever prosperous,
I must kill Consort Su first.
Your father is the king.
He also rules the country
and assumes personal command.
Whatever Consort did,
she’s a mere consort.
A man should examine himself.
I cannot agree
if you blame a girl
for all the crimes.
Your Majesty.
Memorials to the throne are all about state affairs.
How can you ask
Consort Su, a woman,
to take care of them?
Are you calling me here
just to quarrel with me?
The minister of the Bureau of Astronomy has something to report.
Your Majesty.
Stars changed abnormally last night.
Ill omens occurred frequently.
It’s our duty
to report to you.
So we went to see you in the middle of the night.
Unexpectedly, the imperial harem was closed.
Consort Su stopped the eunuch from reporting it to you…
Enough. Enough.
She meant good for you.
If you woke me up in the middle of the night,
I would have
executed you.
Tell me.
What’s the abnormality?
The Star of King went west with the Star of Bane against it.
It’s bad for the king and the people.
Be specific.
How bad it will be?
Your Majesty.
The Star of King lied in west,
means Xiqi will declare war
and the world will be in chaos.
The Star of Bane came,
meaning the king would be cheated by evil guys.
Loyal ministers will not stay, and the country will not lie in peace.
The crown prince wants to say something.
Jiao’er, you’re the crown prince.
Say anything you want.
Father.
I think
stars always change in the sky,
which reflects the will of the people.
It stabilizes as the will of the people stabilizes.
And it shakes as the will of the people shakes.
As long as you make vigorous efforts to build a strong country,
trust royal ministers and gather people’s support,
our country will be always prosperous.
He’s far-sighted.
Yeah.
The crown prince is far-sighted
and lives up to your expectation.
Jiao’er. Go on.
I think
the Bureau of Astronomy
made an arbitrary decision
that Xiqi would declare war.
The world has no boundary.
There is more space to the west of Xiqi.
If we guess casually,
we’ll drive a wedge between you and ministers.
Besides,
fortune and misfortune are interdependent.
We don’t know
if it meant something else.
Your Highness.
Who did you hear this from?
Your Highness, you really have a unique sight
and hit the nail on the head.
Your Majesty.
I changed the stars.
It’s not an ill omen,
but a propitious one.
You did it?
Bullshit!
Your Majesty.
Do you know
why I left without saying goodbye?
I felt sorry for you
when I saw you
worrying about state affairs
and sparing no efforts on them.
So I flew to the heaven
and advised the gods to help me,
use my power
to gather all good luck in Zhaoge.
Your Majesty, as long as you take my advice
and conform with the fate,
you will live a long life
and our country will always be prosperous.
Shen Gongbao, how dare you lie to His Majesty?
Grand Priest.
Are you really that powerful?
Sure.
I used my lifelong power
to gather the good luck.
I’ve been hurt
and I don’t even know when I can get recovered.
Why would I lie to His Majesty?
Your Majesty, I’m not lying to you.
Well, I trust you.
But how should I conform to the fate?
Please kindly enlighten me.
Your Majesty, don’t you remember?
The Star-picking Pavilion.
1,500 meters wide and 333 meters high.
Your Majesty.
Don’t think about that.
Building the Star-picking Pavilion
will definitely wreck the country and bring ruin to the people
Your Majesty.
There are many wars on the front line.
We’re short of
food and soldiers.
How can we get
enough food or soldiers
for such a great construction?
Yeah. We can’t afford it.
Alarmist talk!
Who said
I couldn’t afford the Star-picking Pavilion?
My national treasury
is filled with priceless treasures
which are almost overflowing.
I don’t have a place to store them.
Build the Star-picking Pavilion
and I can decorate it
with all my treasure
and show them to the whole world.
I’ll see
who dares to
suspect our national power
by then.
To show our national power
by building the Star-picking Pavilion with a sheer waste of energy and money?
Your Majesty.
Where did you get
such heretical ideas?
Absurd!
If you insist,
you will never see
the completion of the Star-picking Pavilion.
Lord Wucheng.
Are you curing His Majesty?
Do you dare to make a bet?
Evil priest! Get out of the way.
Don’t go beyond your depth.
Enough. Enough.
I’ve made my mind.
I must build the Star-picking Pavilion.
My will is the will of the heaven.
No one shall go against me.
Whoever dares to argue again
will be executed on the burning torture pillar.