VIHARA
Wen Ning.
Wen Ning?
Wen Ning.
I'm coming in.
He's gone.
Little rabbit.
Pets are not allowed in Cloud Recesses.
Thus I can only hide you here.
Are you happy living here?
"Happy."
Okay. I'm pleased to hear that.
Little rabbits,
should I take you back to Lotus Pier?
No.
If Lan Zhan feels lonely one day and comes here,
he won't be able to find you.
However...
Wangji. Take care of yourself.
Little rabbits,
where will he go by himself?
Will he go search for the Yin Iron alone?
You think so?
Lan Zhan, you stubborn guy.
You were all present that day.
You should have seen it all.
In the name of my grand master,
we found the Yin Iron together!
Now he is going to search for it,
leaving me alone.
You guys judge it for yourselves
Isn't he being disloyal to his friends?
Wuxian.
Yanli.
How cute!
What are you doing here?
None of your business.
As an upright gentleman, it's embarrassing for you to hold rabbits.
Yes.
As an upright gentleman,
how embarrassing for me to hold a rabbit!
What the hell?
Little rabbit.
Why do you keep these little ones?
Is it because
you want to eat them?
What are you talking about, Jiang Cheng?
They shouldn't hear such words.
I found them accidentally.
You can't keep pets in Cloud Recesses.
Where did you find them?
None of your business.
Yanli, if you like, we can take one back.
If we take one back,
we will separate it from its family and loved ones.
How can it be happy then?
Right.
Well, it's getting late. Let's go back.
All right.
Little rabbits,
we have to go now.
Let's go.
-Okay. -Go.
Wait for me!
Farewell.
Young Master Wen.
Since you are here, please come in.
Amazing hearing, Clan Leader Lan.
You came at such a late hour, what can I do for you, Young Master Wen?
Wen Qing told me the back hill of Lan Clan is strictly guarded.
Is there any treasure hidden there?
The back hill is where our ancestors lay.
We guard it in case it is offended by strangers.
If so, I'd like to offer some sacrifices for your ancestors.
May I be allowed in, Clan Leader Lan?
Young Master Wen.
Please leave.
Lan Xichen,
don't think we can't do anything because your spiritual power is high.
Although I can do nothing now,
don't forget that Lan Wangji just set off without any company.
Lan Xichen,
turn in the Yin Iron as soon as possible so that your clan will survive.
Wangji,
please take care.
Gone for the night hunt.
Wei Wuxian, you fool!
Bastard!
How can he leave without saying goodbye?
What happened?
Father, look at this.
Father, I'll go and bring him back.
No need.
Let's head back to Yunmeng first.
Why?
How can we leave him alone?
Don't worry.
Wuxian knows what to do.
He left without saying goodbye.
There must have been an urgent situation.
What could be so urgent?
Get ready.
Let's leave first.
Lan Zhan.
How boring.
Lan Zhan.
How could you break your promise?
We promised to share our chivalric duty.
How could you leave alone?
Could it be that you're afraid
I'd steal your spotlight in punishing the evil and aiding the weak?
I didn't expect that you people from the Lan Clan could be so petty.
How boring.
What did you say?
I'm boring?
Lan Zhan. Wait for me!
Lan Zhan.
This is my self-made talisman.
It can keep people within four meters.
How about it? Is it fun?
What should I name it?
Should it be "Binding"
or "Bonding"?
Maybe neither.
How about calling it...
Boring.
Lan Zhan! Wait!
The Yin Iron is responding.
Maybe it has sensed something.
There may be another Yin Iron shard nearby.
You mean here?
What?
Never mind.
TANZHOU
Lan Zhan!
Scared?
Wei Wuxian.
Nie Huaisang.
Why are you here?
Upon hearing that laughter,
I knew it was you, Wei Wuxian.
Nie Huaisang,
didn't you tell your Clan Leader Nie
you would return to Qinghe once the lecture was over?
Wei Wuxian, you are the same.
Shouldn't you have returned
to Lotus Pier with your Clan Leader Jiang?
-You arrogant guy. -You arrogant guy.
He...
Don't be nervous. It's okay.
-He is the-- -Let's talk along the way.
LOTUS PIER
Cheng.
Be careful.
Wei Wuxian,
why are you with Second Young Master Lan?
I thought you two were incompatible.
It's a long story.
I got it.
This must be a punishment from Grand Master Lan.
You must have violated their family rules again.
Our relationship is much better now.
What does it say?
Don't push.
What's over there?
Let's have a look?
Let's go.
Lan Zhan, why aren't you going there?
No way. It's too crowded.
It's okay. It's not that crowded.
Come on. Let's have a look.
Let's go.
Come on.
Hey, sir, what are you looking at? What happened?
You don't know?
This is an invitation.
Lately, the seclusive Lady Florist
has been inviting all the cultivators
to her mansion for a verse party.
If any cultivator who is elegant and brilliant in poetry attends,
Lady Florist will greet and treat him in person.
Lady Florist...
I remember that I read about her in The Florist Lady and The Flower Phantom.
In a garden in Tanzhou,
lives a lady florist who often recites poems by the moonlight.
If someone's poems can move her, they will be granted a flower.
The flower lasts for three years and its aroma will remain forever.
Nie Huaisang,
you are so talented.
But as for the homework assigned by Grand Master Lan,
you couldn't even recall a word of that.
However, you are really good at such things.
Wei Wuxian, aren't you the same?
So beautiful!
Wei Wuxian, look!
Second Young Master Lan
is nothing but an unparalleled,
gorgeous, and elegant gentleman.
I agree.
But he's always in white, it's like someone died.
The Yin Iron.
It seems we are late again.
The Dire Owl.
It's Wen Chao.
Wen Chao has been here.
THE FLORIST'S MANSION
Now I see.
The Yin Iron
depraved the peony, the leading flower,
and the true Lady Florist was held in captivity.
The fake one invited all the cultivators
to find other shards of the Yin Iron.
True.
Wei Wuxian,
is the Yin Iron really so powerful?
Of course.
How about letting Second Young Master Lan show you his?
No. No need.
Wei Wuxian,
we have a shard of the Yin Iron.
Isn't it very dangerous?
Not "we."
It's Lan Zhan and I.
-Wei Wuxian. -Lan Zhan and I.
You should at least return to Qinghe with me.
Look how dangerous it is along the road.
I'm...
Wei Wuxian!
The Dire Owl.
Again.
Hurry.
Wei Wuxian!
Are you going to Qinghe or not?
Wei Wuxian, wait for me!
Young Master, His Excellency has ordered that,
since nothing's been happening in Yueyang for days,
we should hurry there as soon as possible to help Xue Yang.
Help?
Xue Yang is nothing.
He is not worthy of my help.
I'm just transmitting the order.
Don't put on an act before me.
You think I don't know?
You just don't want me to cause trouble for Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji.
Why?
After months of lecturing, you got attached to them?
A word of advice.
Don't intimidate me with His Excellency!
Once I get the Yin Iron from Lan Wangji,
plus the one I got from Lady Florist,
I'll contribute the most to His Excellency.
Xue Yang, who only has one shard, is no match for me.
Oh, I might have forgotten if you weren't here.
Dafan Mountain
is where you were born, right?
What do you want?
I want nothing.
But on their way to Qinghe,
Wei Wuxian and his companions will definitely pass by this place.
His Excellency has promised me.
None of my people will be harmed again.
Don't worry.
As long as you listen to me, nobody will get into trouble.
Let's pay a visit to that cannibal monster.
-Not bad. -It's pretty good.
Let's eat.
Lady Wen.
The alcohol is overflowing.
Waiter, is there any fine room left?
Yes.
Lady Wen, why are you here?
Sit, please.
-Waiter, two buns, please. -Okay, please wait a second.
Waiter, two buns too, please.
Got it, please wait a second.
Waiter, a pot of White Pear Flower.
Okay, hold on.
Waiter, a pot of White Pear Flower too.
Understood.
Waiter, hurry up.
Serve ours first.
This is...
Waiter, let them have that then.
-This is-- -We don't want it now. Throw it away.
What do you mean? Are you making fun of me?
Sir, look at them.
The Wen Clan of Qishan is deliberately making fun of you.
So what?
Stop there.
Dafan Mountain. Wei Wuxian is in danger.
Much obliged.
Never mind him.
The fairy statue brings disaster and takes souls.
Look, there is an old woman.
Let's ask her.
Maybe we can stay somewhere for the night.
The fairy statue brings disaster and takes souls.
Madam.
MADAM WEN
We are passing through, and we're in need of a place to rest.
Can we stay at your place for the night?
Madam?
We need to find a place to sleep here.
Sleep.
Do you understand sleep?
Sleep.
Madam.
Let's go.
What?
It's hard to say.
I just have a bad feeling about this place.
Madam.
The fairy statue brings disaster and takes souls.
Spirit snatch.
Soul taking.
Spirit snatch.
Soul taking.
What is she talking about?
What disaster? What fairy?
Soul taking.
Spirit snatch.
Soul taking.
That's the dancing fairy?
Isn't it an ordinary statue?
Except for the ugly smiling face, nothing seems special about it.
Can she really snatch someone's spirit?
No one has seen it
snatch any spirit.
Who are you?
When did you arrive here?
I'm here all the time.
I should be the one doing the interrogation.
Who are you guys?
Sir,
we are passing though here to get to our relatives in Qinghe.
So we want to find a place to stay for the night.
Pass through quickly
and leave soon, then.
Sir,
when was the statue built?
The dancing fairy was once a blessed stone born between heaven and earth.
Somehow,
it was gradually shaped into the image of a fairy.
It's been served for long.
But twenty years ago,
the dancing fairy statue started to cause trouble.
It can snatch someone's spirit.
It was repressed by a grand clan.
But too many people died.
This place has been getting bleaker since then.
A grand clan.
Sir, who is the clan leader?
I'm old.
I can't remember.
WEN
Sir, is it the Wen Clan of Qishan?
I said I can't remember.
You want to stay for the night?
You may stay here, then.
Maybe you will understand everything then.
Wei Wuxian,
I don't feel good about this.
The dancing fairy statue's smile scares me.
Do you think she can really snatch souls?
Calm down.
Even if she was as mighty as a god, I'd...
The night is cold.
Make a bonfire.
It won't be cold with a bonfire.
Thank you, madam.
TIANNU TEMPLE
What happened?
I just had a nightmare.
We were...
How can she suddenly come to life?
This is the fairy's soul snatch.
Lan Zhan!
Lan Zhan.
She has probably developed a crush on you.
Shut up.
Is she sealed?
What now?
What now? Run!
Stay alert.
Thank god.
Thanks to your presence, Hanguang Jun.
What happened out there?
Many puppets are coming for us.
What are they?
Shouldn't their souls have been snatched?
Why are they increasing in number?
There is no spirit snatch at all.
It was a lie!
All gods, all immortals.
Please come save me.
All gods, all immortals.
Lan Zhan!
The Dire Owl!
The damn bird again.
Did we fall into a trap?