The Untamed
Episode 04
( Clothing should not... Do not enter Cold Spring...)
( Vanquish evil, establish rules, set a righteous path )
Oh, no. The Ceremony's starting.
(Propriety suggests reciprocity. It is impolite not to reciprocate.)
The natural world gives what is needed.
Lan Clan has founding rules.
Know basics. Enquire to clarify.
State opinions. Be diligent.
These four principles underpin the school's doctrine.
We heed Teacher.
[ List of Rules ]
Lan Sect has over 3500 rules—
No deviant Cultivation.
No concealed weapons. Don't accept random disciples,
misguiding them with improper teaching.
No hidden sharp objects. Change clothes after bathing.
The headband ribbon symbolises self-restraint.
Don't touch another's headband. Don't use it for other purposes.
No bells, beads or noise-making accessories.
No more than three waist accessories.
No alterations of your clothes.
Over three thousand sect rules.
It'll take hours to finish reciting.
No envy or suspicion of others.
Discipline words and behaviour; do not criticize others.
No slander.
No vulgar language. No unruly behaviour.
Do not sow discord.
Do not go back on your word.
Honour teachers.
Respect the aged and peers.
Stand when an elder is standing.
Sit only when an elder sits.
Follow teachers of knowledge and moral integrity.
Hey, what rare bird are you hiding?
Frugality is a virtue.
Do not be ostentatious.
Do not live in dissipation.
Do not fawn on powermongers.
Don't toady to the rich and powerful.
What's that?
I found a canary on my way here.
It took me three days to catch it! Well, wonderful, right?
It's great! Nice!
- It's golden feathered! - Right?
I'll tell you why it's so great. For example—
Do not treat others with contempt.
Do not be overly competitive.
Do not look down on the poor.
Do not bully the weak.
Be courteous and modest.
Regulate speech and actions.
Don't flaunt your wisdom.
Don't show off your skills.
That fuddy-duddy really holds a grudge.
Do not neglect your studies.
[ Orchid Room ]
Lanling Jin Sect, pay respects.
Lanling Jin Sect, Jin Zixuan,
greets Teacher.
You disdain worldly things.
My father especially sought this heavenly Classic.
This book is 'Conduct of Matters',
bound with gold thread. We hope you appreciate it.
How rich and magnificent.
Flashy but useless.
Quit it.
Qinghe Nie Sect, pay respects.
Qinghe Nie Sect, Nie Huaisang, greets Teacher.
On behalf of Nie Sect, I present Teacher with a red-clay cauldron.
Meng Yao.
Qinghe Nie Sect aide, Meng Yao,
presents this ceramic cauldron on behalf of Sect Leader Nie.
The terracotta is ancient and sombre, simple but profound.
It befits Teacher's lesson style.
- Who's that? - I hope it's favourable.
He's Meng Yao.
He's the love-child of Jin Sect Leader.
He went to Jin Clan but got kicked down Golden Koi Tower.
So he joined Qinghe Nie Sect.
Those two are Leader Jin's sons; one's in heaven, one's in hell.
Quiet.
I heard of Leader Nie's capable aide.
Today, your speech was elegant indeed.
This ceramic pleases the eyes.
It is to Teacher Lan's liking.
Thank you, Lord Zewu.
[ Wen Chao ]
[ Wen Ning ]
Childe, please show your invite.
- Invite? - No invite, no entry.
No jade token, no entry. Coming late, no entry.
This is Qishan Wen Sect's invite.
Save me!
Chief ordered me to investigate secretly.
Don't raise the alarm. Let's not make a scene.
Wen Qing, Wen Qing.
All you minor sects are fearful and over-cautious.
I tell you.
For Qishan Wen Sect,
this isn't making a scene.
I'm Yumeng Jiang Sect's Jiang Cheng, Jiang Wanyin.
- Under Father's orders— - We come from afar!
Today I learned how easy it is to get into Gusu Lan Sect.
Unaware of your coming far, I'm sorry we're unprepared.
In the last 100 years, Wen Sect never attended your Lectures.
What news from Immortal Chief did you bring?
Sect Leader Lan, you're wrong.
I'm not here to study, but to deliver a person.
Besides, Qishan Wen Sect always educates others.
Naturally, we needn't come to Lan Sect Lectures.
How arrogant.
In that case,
why did you come here?
Who's this scoundrel?
'Scoundrel' ill-suits me.
Yunmeng Jiang Sect, Wei Wuxian.
A nobody butts in.
My Junior, Jiang Cheng, was about to bow to Teacher.
Who are you to mess up?
Is this how Qishan Wen Sect educates you guys?
Okay.
Today I'll show you how Wen Sect
handles those who don't listen.
Childe Wen, it's a simple spat. Why be aggressive?
Yunmeng Jiang Sect is rude.
If I don't teach you a lesson, others will say I disregard rules.
[ *Liebing flute - *cracked ice ]
Two Jades of Lan indeed deserve their reputation.
Childe Wen.
Today is Cloud Recesses Greeting Ceremony for new students.
I hope you restrain yourself.
I'm Qishan Wen Sect, Wen Qing, here to study on Chief's orders.
It's my brother, Wen Ning's, and my first time at Cloud Recesses.
We don't know the rules.
We hope Teacher and Leader Lan are forgiving.
In that case, I accept the gift.
Childe Wen, the greeting is over.
Please go and rest.
Please come on time to Orchid Room
for tomorrow's lesson.
[ Orchid Room ]
It's rare for Qishan Wen Sect to send people here to study.
Wen Chao even escorted her.
Wen Chao is usually disrespectful and arrogant.
Today he was even more so.
So, Bro Wei, you're impressive, confronting Wen Chao.
Other than you, no-one else has.
Why fear him? Fighting an evil person
gives me great joy.
Bro Wei, if I had your guts, that'd be great.
His courage isn't something common people can match.
I say, before growing guts, first know how to play.
- Play? What? - I can teach you.
We can explore things to do
at Cloud Recesses.
There's a stream to catch fish.
Seriously?
Of course.
Enough, don't mislead him.
Tomorrow is first study day.
Don't forget. You must still copy sect rules 260 times.
Here it comes again. Can you not remind me?
Bro Wei, I heard Lan Sect...
Bro Ji! Bro Ji!
It's me. It's me.
He didn't hear me. Bad hearing.
Bro Wei.
You dared to provoke the famous Second Childe Lan?
While I'm at Lan Sect, I avoid him.
It's no big deal.
Let me tell you.
Last night, I duelled with him.
You duelled with Lan Wangji?
Bro Wei, you're really bold.
You've no idea.
Last night was intense.
In dark night, I climbed over the wall
with jars of Emperor's Smile...
[ Soughing Pines, Moon Reflection ]
Uncle.
Since Lan Sect's first Lectures, Wen Sect never sent any disciples.
Though it's a pair of siblings now,
I fear an ulterior motive.
Xichen, whoever comes is a guest, regardless of motive.
We need to treat them as such and be on guard.
Uncle is right.
Xichen, you still have worries?
Yes, Uncle. I'm thinking Wen Sect knows fire arts.
And those puppets...
I wonder if there's a connection.
Since Wen Sect leader became Chief, they've acted weird.
Their residence, Nevernight,
has countless retainers.
These past few years, they're rampaging and bullying the weak.
If the spirit-snatching events...
really relate to Immortal Chief,
it's not something you and I
could resolve on our own.
Lord Zewu.
Esquire Meng.
Esquire Meng, the Ceremony's over. Why aren't you resting?
I especially came to farewell you.
Farewell?
Esquire Meng, why not go in a few days?
I'm just a Nie Clan guest. I should return soon.
If so, I won't urge you to stay.
Esquire Meng, Leader Nie is frank, forthright, fair and just.
If someone has merit, he won't treat them badly.
I'll remember.
At the Ceremony, thanks for help.
That's too much. We're peers. No need for such gestures.
I'll take my leave.
- Today was interesting. - Sure was.
Just watch.
Brother Wei!
You scared the fish!
Go on, go on.
Give it to me! Throw it! Give it to me!
Bro Nie, it's fine if you can't help.
It wasn't easy to catch you a fish, yet you let it go.
I say, Bro Wei, Qinghe has more mountains than streams.
It's unlike Yunmeng with lakes and rivers everywhere.
Besides, with magic, we needn't go in the water to catch fish.
You use magic to catch fish? What fun is that?
I took you to play around Gusu.
Aren't climbing mountains and wading in rivers part of that?
What you said makes sense too.
So keep going.
Quiet. Shh.
Oh my. There's lot of fish, Bro Nie!
Save me! Save me! Bro Wei, save me!
Save...
Wei Wuxian, I...
Hey, a fish is behind you!
Look behind. A fish.
- On the left, left. Beside you. - Shh.
Bro Wei. Bro Wei...
Brother Wei!
Lady Wen.
Lady Wen, why are you here?
Your needle looks good.
Don't touch.
No-one told you never to touch a physician's needles?
I only heard Wen Clan has a female doctor
who's cruel, merciless and unapproachable.
Lady Wen.
You haven't said why you're here.
The mountain rear is out of bounds.
If you have no business here, you can't be taking a stroll?
And what's your business here?
My business is serious.
Catching fish.
A-Cheng, don't tire yourself. Tomorrow is the Lecture.
While in Gusu, there's no time Wei Wuxian hasn't worried me.
A leisure day will be seldom. Let him be.
When will he consider Jiang Sect?
A-Cheng, our Jiang Clan ancestors were free wanderers
advocating frank action and free minds.
A-Xian's nature is like that.
Don't be too worried.
That's why Dad favours him.
A-Cheng, if any sect disciple
has integrity, won't Dad favour them?
You're not really like this.
You nag him, but inside you worry about him.
I don't.
- You're all here. - Again, you...
Keep it down.
Sister, see.
I...
Sister, this fresh vegie soup goes well with roast fish.
Here.
If you won't eat it, I'll eat it all.
Here, damn duck.
Last chance. Eat or it's gone.
Who'd you call a duck?
Whoever's mulish is a *duck. (*male prostitute)
You...!
Enough, you two.
A-Cheng.
A-Xian, tomorrow studies begin. No more playing around.
I promise. As Madam Yu said, I can't make trouble.
Have the soup.
Childe Jin.
Please go ahead.
Get in.
Rules: Accumulate virtue and merit.
Be compassionate, loyal in brotherhood, and dutiful.
Care for the lonely. Respect the aged.
Don't harm insects or plants.
Be sad for others' suffering; rejoice in their blessings.
Aid others in need; save those in danger.
See other's gain like your own.
See other's loss like your own.
Do not criticise others' lack. Do not brag.
Resist evil, promote good. Give more, take less.
Do not resent an insult. Be grateful for praise.
Do not expect rewards or others' remorse.
Good people will be esteemed.
Nature gives blessings. Good fortune will come.
Subdue ghosts and monsters to enlighten them.
Why are you laughing? No laughing!
( turtle = cuckold )
Eliminate evil demons. Establish just laws.
Those who enter Lan Sect must follow rules.
No sitting improperly. No rushing. No making a racket.
No bullying and teasing.
No ignoring others. No indulgence.
No borrowing money. No being late.
Wei Ying!
Here!
Since you don't need my lecture, let me test you.
Are imps, demons, ghosts and monsters the same?
- No. - Why not? Distinguish them.
Imps form from living non-human beings.
Demons form from living humans. Ghosts form from dead humans;
monsters from dead non-humans.
Imps and monsters can be confused. Give an example.
Easy. See the tree behind you.
If it absorbs spiritual energy, cultivates consciousness,
and troubles others, it's an imp.
If I take an axe and hack it to leave a dead stump,
and it forms into a being, it's a monster.
- What was Nie Clan founder? - A butcher.
Lanling Jin Sect motif is a white peony.
- Which type? - Sparks Amid Snow.
Which Cultivator promoted his sect, not his clan?
Qishan Wen Sect founder, Wen Mao.
As a Jiang Sect disciple,
you should already know these by heart.
Your answering correctly is nothing to be proud of.
I'll ask more. An executioner has parents, a wife and children.
He executed over 100; drops dead in public; lies there 7 days.
With resentful energy, he begins to kill.
What to do?
Don't look in books!
Think for yourself!
Wangji, you tell him.
There are three ways.
First, liberate; second, suppress; third, eliminate.
First get the family to grant his dying wish, to set him free.
If that fails, suppress him.
If his resentment is not dissipated, exterminate him.
All Cultivators should follow this order unfailingly.
Not one word is wrong.
Whether in Cultivation or conduct,
you should be as steady as him.
If one subdues a few minor spirits and monsters in one's clan,
thence becoming proud and puffed up,
one will end up disgraced.
Teacher.
I've a question.
Speak.
Though 'liberation' is first, it's often impossible.
To 'grant a dying wish' is easy to say.
If the wish is for new clothes, it's fine.
But if his wish is to kill many for revenge,
then what?
Suppression supports liberation.
If that fails, eliminate him.
Such a waste.
It's not that I didn't know that answer.
I'm just thinking of a fourth way.
I've never heard of a fourth way.
Explain.
Since the executioner died abruptly, he became a ghost.
As he executed over 100 people while alive,
why not dig up those 100 graves,
evoke resentment, and use the heads to fight him?
Shameless!
The essence of exorcism is to liberate!
You'd evoke more resentment! You'd reverse the natural order
unethically!
Teacher, some things can't be liberated. Why not use them?
When Yu the Great tamed the flood, obstruction was inferior, redirection was superior.
Suppression is obstruction, so isn't it inferior...
Spiritual energy is energy; resentful energy is energy.
Spiritual energy stored in our body can split mountains and drain seas.
Why not resentful energy too?
How can you guarantee it won't harm others?
I haven't thought of it yet.
If you do, Cultivators won't let you exist.
Get out!
Go to the Library Pavilion and copy Chapter of Conduct 1000 times.
Okay.
Xian Xian.
Wangji, go. Take him there.
Without 1000 copies, he can't leave!
Yes.
Master Wen, great skills!
I'm sorry. I startled you.
Brother Wen, your archery is impressive.
Why didn't I see you at the Ceremony?
Childe, you flatter me.
My talents are dull. Please give me more advice.
More advice is too much.
I see you have an incomparable gift.
Why don't we practise and learn together.
Oh, Bro Wen, why aren't you at studies?
You're practising archery where no-one comes.
I...I'm young. I don't qualify for classes.
Childe Wei, why are you here?
About that...
The truth is, I just got kicked out by Teacher.
It's a long story. Let's not discuss it.
I watched you shoot the arrow.
You had enough strength, but your posture was a bit off.
How about this! I'll help you fix it.
Okay.
Come, lower your arm a bit.
Straighten your forearm. Relax this shoulder.
Bend your leg.
Aim for the target.
A bit lower.
Up a bit.
Good, aim well.
Wen Ning.
Sis!
Why are you with him?
Childe Wei is a nice guy.
He's teaching me archery.
Lady Wen, I haven't asked you yet.
Why do I always see you when I come to the mountain rear?
Are you following me?
Or... looking for something in the mountain rear?
Wei Wuxian, stop talking nonsense.
Does the mountain rear really have secrets?
Brother Ji, so it's you.
~Listen to the lonely, disconsolate flute~
~In endless night deep in cloud~
~Right or wrong is in the past~
~On waking, how can I take it as a dream~
~How to measure praise and blame, gains and losses, in this world~
~Blood whistles hot on cold blade~
~On peaks or rivers, hear the guqin~
~The story isn't over, like buds under moonlit frost~
~Stir a cup of life's joy and sorrow to toast the lad~
~Why's the bright moon still listless~
~Why not face all hardships carefree~
~Sharing a melody however far away~
~Stir a cup of life's joy and sorrow to toast the lad~
~Moon is bright, why be sad~
~Why not face all storms unrestrained~
~Playing a melody together afar~