Fairy!
Lan Zhan, help me!
I'm glad you're here on time.
Moral degeneration!
How flatulent the disciples of the big clans are!
Flatulent!
Friend,
thank you for what you did just now!
Please accept these as my reward.
You can have a discount.
Three cents per paper. They're still worth a lot.
What kind of rewards are these?
If you really want to reward me,
please draw him better.
Well...
However you speak of these, they are all yours now.
Wait a second.
I want to ask you about something.
Since you said you've been doing business here for a long time,
did you hear of anything strange recently
or see anything strange?
You're wise to ask me.
I've settled in here for many years.
People call me Mr. Know-It-All of Qinghe.
What kind of strange things do you want to ask about?
Something like evil haunting,
dismemberment murder,
family massacre, and so on.
There's none here.
But if you proceed five or six miles further,
there's a place called Walker Ridge.
But I would advise against going there.
Why?
This Walker Ridge
is also being called Man-eating Ridge.
You tell me why.
So it's because there are cannibal monsters along the road?
Come closer.
It's said that there's a Man-eating Bunker in the Ridge.
Monsters there only eat humans.
If someone wandered in there,
he would definitely be eaten up
with no bone remains to be found,
no corpse would even be found.
No exception.
Isn't it horrible?
It sounds really horrible.
But if there are no remains,
how did you know they were eaten?
You're...
Somebody saw it anyway.
But you just said that
since intruders were all eaten up
with no corpse found
and no exception,
then who was this powerful guy
that could walk in and out with the information?
You are... Anyway, that's what the rumors say.
I don't know for sure.
Do you know how many people were eaten there,
when they were eaten,
their ages and genders, their family names and surnames,
and where they lived?
I really don't know that.
Mr. Know-It-All of Qinghe?
Please don't.
Please don't go.
One last question. Last.
Isn't Walker Ridge in Qinghe?
And isn't Qinghe under the administration of the Nie Clan?
If there are man-eating monsters in Walker Ridge,
how could the Nie Clan ignore that problem?
Nie Clan?
If it were the Nie Clan in the past,
they would surely attend to it immediately.
They would rush over where
monsters are haunting and destroy them
the second the news came out.
But nowadays, Clan Leader Nie
is Mr. Know-Nothing.
I don't know.
I really don't know.
Please.
Please don't ask me.
I really don't know anything.
What can he accomplish?
Mr. Know-Nothing?
I can hardly imagine
that Huaisang could be the clan leader of Nie.
And he also got a nickname of Mr. Know-Nothing.
But how could that courageous and mighty Red Blade Master
die without a clear account?
I didn't witness it.
I just know his cultivation went wrong.
He dropped dead in public.
Dog!
Wei Ying. There are no dogs here.
Don't look at me like that.
Why are you afraid of dogs?
Don't ask me why either.
Lan Zhan.
All right, I'll tell you.
I'll say it.
I...
I used to be a tramp when I was little
and often fought with dire dogs for food.
Luckily, Clan Leader Jiang came to take me to Lotus Pier.
But it also
made Jiang Cheng send away Little Love, Princess, and so on.
Just like what I made Jin Ling do...
They really live up to their blood.
He hates me so much,
just like Jiang Cheng.
Lan Zhan,
let's go.
That really is a dog. Right?
It's still far. Why are you hiding?
It doesn't matter.
Just let me hide.
It sounds like Jin Ling's wonder dog.
It's barking. Something must have happened.
Let...
Let's take a look?
Hanguang Jun, move.
How can I move if you don't?
Let go of me first.
This is the Disorientation Trap.
It should have been set by a human.
It seems like legends of Walker Ridge
are not groundless.
Lan Zhan, look.
Why can I only hear the barking,
but don't see it?
No matter how wonderful that dog is, it can't breach the wards.
It might be kept out of the Disorientation Trap.
What about Jin Ling?
He might also be kept out of the trap?
If Jin Ling is out,
it can't be so restless.
It makes sense.
But how can we get in?
Lan Zhan, wait for me.
Jin Ling must have cracked the stone bunker,
but something happened after he entered.
Let's go.
How is it?
Noisy.
There are spirits.
Jin Ling.
BLADES SHRINE
Jin Ling.
Jin Ling!
Weird.
Why are they all blades?
You're associating with the spirit?
He's here.
Ask him for me.
Where is this place?
What is this place for?
Built by whom?
What did he say?
"I don't know."
He said
he doesn't know.
Good for you, Lan Zhan.
You even know how to make me speechless now.
I know the answer!
He still said he doesn't know. Right?
What did you ask?
How did he die?
But if he was assassinated,
he surely doesn't know how he died.
Lan Zhan, ask the spirit
who killed him?
A spirit confined here
doesn't know where he is,
how he died,
or who killed him.
It's the first time I've ever seen a spirit like this.
Lan Zhan,
could it be Nie Huaisang?
I was joking. Please don't mind me.
Lan Zhan, how about asking its gender?
He should know this.
Male.
Finally, a decent answer.
Lan Zhan, ask him,
was there a teenager aged 15 or 16 who entered here?
Yes.
Where is he now?
Spirit says he's here.
You mean he's in this stone bunker?
But we've searched carefully already.
Nothing was found.
Lan Zhan. Can the spirit be lying?
I'm here. He can't lie.
What did you ask again?
I asked how old he was and where he was from.
And?
He's 16, from Lanling.
He is Jin Ling?
Jin Ling.
Jin Ling!
Lan Zhan, where is he?
Stand where you are. Face towards the southwest.
Listen to my music.
One sound. One step forward.
When the music stops,
he'll be in front of you.
He's in the wall?
Jin Ling.
Jin Ling!
Lan Zhan. Look.
Above the head.
Beneath the feet.
Southeast, northwest.
Standing.
Sitting.
Lying.
Crouching.
What is this place?
Jin Ling.
Lan Zhan. We can't stay here long.
There's something strange outside
Let's go out.
Lan Zhan. Catch up!
I'll go.
You and Jin Ling...
I'll take him down the ridge.
You can find a place to stay in Qinghe.
Right, there's a tavern where we met the doctor.
Wait for me there.
Catch up now!
He'll be gone any second.
I will be there.
Lan Zhan!
Take care!
Young as you look, you're quite tough.
Traces of an evil spell.
Who would cast an evil spell on him?
Or was it left when we were in the Man-eating Bunker?
Luckily, it hasn't reached his chest yet.
What are you doing? Why were you taking off my clothes?
Where is my sword? And my dog?
Why are you so nervous?
I made a great effort to get you out of the wall.
You don't know how to say thanks?
You would have been dead a million times if it weren't for this.
Don't.
Listen.
One death is enough for me.
Be good. Put the sword down.
Jin Ling.
The jade pendant...
My mother left it to me.
Don't touch it.
Xian.
This is what I found
in my father's study at home.
It should have been prepared for you.
Take it.
What are you doing? Why are you running?
Jin Ling!
Outrageous!
What an outrageous boy!
I just scolded you for a little while.
Are you a defiant lady?
Look how bad your temper gets.
Oh, no. It's Jiang Cheng.
I have come back safely.
Can you stop your lecture?
Safely?
Look at yourself.
I don't think you're safe since you're covered in mud.
Wearing the uniform of your clan. How shameful!
Go change it when we get back.
Who did you run into today?
I told you, I didn't run into anyone.
Just a fall and a vain trip.
Don't hold me like this. I'm not a three-year-old child.
You think I can't discipline you now?
Even if you're 30 years old,
I can still discipline you.
If you dared to run off without saying anything again,
you would taste my whip.
Just because I don't want any help
either control,
I went there alone.
Except for other comments,
Jiang Cheng is quite right, saying he has the temper
of a defiant girl.
So what did you
catch there?
Where is the black-mane wonder dog your uncle gave you?
Lan Zhan must have driven it away.
You... Please don't.
Do you want to take that off yourself
or do you want another whip from my Zidian?
Don't you
have any words to say?
I really don't know what to say to you.
You really didn't repent even a bit.
You're the one who made no progress!
Well,
let's find out
who really made no progress.
Yanli! Drive it away!
Yanli!
What did you say?
How dare you mention her before me?
Right,
you're that Yiling Patriarch who has no taboo.
And you never mind associating with those decent clans.
Sixteen years...
Lan Wangji still wants to protect you.
However, he might not be doing this to protect you.
No one from the Lan Clan of Gusu
has forgotten what you and Wen Ning have done.
A person
whose integrity is highly praised by everyone like him
can tolerate you in no way.
Maybe he had a deal
with the guy who saved you.
Jiang Cheng!
Watch your language!
I never did.
You forgot about that?
You got that right.
And what's your place to tell me to watch my language?
That day at Dafan Mountain,
did you watch your language when facing Jin Ling?
I can see you lack in some maternal education.
You!
"Lack in maternal education"?
You really know how to curse.
How smart you are.
It's all your fault that Jin Ling is always getting picked on.
Great wits have short memories. Right?
You forgot what you said.
You forgot your pledge.
But don't forget
how his parents died.
I didn't! I just...
Just what?
I just...
Can't say it out loud?
It doesn't matter.
You can go back to Lotus Pier.
Kneel down before my mother
and say it slowly.
Who doesn't want to go back?
I want to go back to Lotus Pier even in my dreams.
What are you mumbling about?
Nothing.
Where is he?
Who?
Where is Wen Ning?
Where is he?
I don't know.
You don't know
where your dog is?
You think I'll buy that?
Believe it or not,
I really don't know where he is.
Well...
That day at Dafan Mountain, a lot of people saw you with him.
Jiang Cheng.
It's been so long.
You still hate him so much?
Wei Wuxian,
are you asking me if I hate him?
Do you have to ask me if I hate him?
But if it wasn't for him,
would Jin Zixuan have died?
Would my sister have died?
If it weren't for you...
What have we, the Jiang Clan, done so wrong
to deserve all that you did?
Jiang Cheng.
Please calm down.
Have you ever thought about
why Wen Ning can live until now?
Jiang Cheng.
I told you to stay where you are.
What are you here for?
I have a very important thing to tell you.
What is it?
Why didn't you tell me when I was scolding you?
Just because you were scolding me.
Do you want to hear it or not? I'm leaving.
Say it and leave.
I indeed found a troublesome thing today.
I think I saw Wen Ning today.
When? Where?
This afternoon.
Dozens of miles away in the south,
there is a shabby house.
I went there because it was said to be quite weird.
But actually, somebody was living there.
Why didn't you tell me earlier?
I wasn't sure.
That guy was so fast.
In the blink of an eye,
I could only see his back vaguely.
But I heard
the chain sound like it sounded back at Dafan Mountain.
So I guess maybe it was him.
If you hadn't scolded me despite whatever I said,
I could have told you when I got back.
So if you can't
catch him this time,
your bad temper is to blame. Not me.
I'll talk to you about this later. Now get lost.
Okay.
You didn't go to Lotus Pier when you were revived.
On the contrary,
you went to find that murderer who killed Jin Zixuan first.
He's already a puppet.
And I can somehow count as having died once.
What do you want from us?
What do I want?
Let me tell you.
Even if both of you could die a thousand times more,
my hatred still wouldn't be quenched.
The Jin Clan had failed back then.
Well...
I'll catch him by myself today.
I'll bring him to you.
Then I'll burn you
and scatter your cremains.
-Clan Leader. -Clan Leader.
Jiang Cheng.
Keep a close eye on the guy upstairs.
Don't listen to a single word he says.
And don't let him make any sound.
If he dares to whistle or play the flute,
you just gag him.
I know.
Can't I guard a single guy?
You must keep him here.
If I find him gone when I get back,
I will break your legs.
Come with me.
-Understood. -Understood.
You two guard the gate.
You two guard the stairs.
-Understood. -Understood.
I will guard him myself.
Let's go.
Dog!
How shameful.
Fairy never bites people.
You think he's an ordinary dog?
Wait a second.
What did you call him?
Fairy.
It's his name.
You named him that?
What's wrong with that?
It used to be Little Fairy when it was a puppy.
I can't still call it like that since he's all grown up.
The problem is not if he's big or little.
The method of naming...
You must have gotten it from Jiang Cheng.
A man should not stick to trifles.
Why do you care so much?
You've offended my uncle. It should cost you half of your life.
But I'll let you go for now.
And we're even.
Jin Ling.
Do you know why your uncle wanted to catch me?
Yes.
He suspects you're Wei Wuxian.
What about you? Don't you suspect me?
My uncle is always catching those who could probably be him.
And Zidian has tested you.
I can say that you're not the one for now.
I don't care who you are.
Yet...
What?
If you want to wear a mask, you'd better not wear Mo Xuanyu's mask.
He's really...
barefaced.
He also pestered...
No.
Anyway, we're even now. Just go.
Why don't you go now?
Are you waiting for my uncle to catch you?
I'm telling you,
you have saved me indeed,
but I won't thank you.
And don't expect me to say something mushy to you.
Young man.
In a person's life,
he must learn to say two sentences.
What are they?
"Thank you" and "sorry."
I just don't want to. What can you do about that?
You will say it while crying someday.
Jin Ling.
I'm sorry.
For what?
For what I've said
to you back at Dafan Mountain.
Sorry.
No problem.
You're not the first one who said that to me anyway.
That's right.
I truly lack in some maternal education.
But that doesn't make me inferior to anyone else.
Instead,
I'll make them open their eyes and see
that I'm much more powerful than any of them.
Jiang Cheng! Please! I can explain!
Luckily,
I might not be able to erase some kind of traces of an evil spell,
but I can transfer it to myself.