The Untamed
Coca-Cola in Chenqing.. .. ..
In Cloud Recesses, Lan Zhan...
.. .. .. .. ..
It's our secret.
- Big brother! - Get back!
Don't go over! He knows no-one!
Episode 42
Lan Sect values conduct.
Looks like rumours are only rumours.
Is barging into Leader's bedchamber good conduct?
Su She.
Light-bearer Lord.
Su She, you betrayed Lan Sect
yet imitate Light-bearer.
He uses a qin; you use a qin.
How are you entitled to scold Gusu Lan Sect?
You! Who are you?
Leave it.
Sect Leader Su.
It's not like there are disreputable things inside.
Second Bro is intent on this.
I must open it for viewing.
[ Fragrance Palace ]
Why is Madam Jin here?
We share our possessions.
A-Su often comes in to look.
Second Bro, everyone, this place isn't so large.
Since you want to see, this way.
Jin Guangyao didn't transfer her elsewhere or kill her?
He's not afraid Qin Su will blurt?
Madam Jin.
Madam.
So Childe Mo led us inside to see Madam Jin.
A-Yao.
What is that?
This is a rare weapon.
This dagger killed countless people.
It's extremely sharp.
Look at its blade closely—
The reflection in it isn't yourself.
Sometimes it's a man, sometimes a woman;
sometimes an elder.
Each is a spirit of an assassin's victim.
Its resentful energy is strong.
So I hung a curtain to seal it.
That's right.
It belonged to Wen Ruohan, and later to Wen Qing.
Madam Jin!
A-Su!
A-Su...
A-Su, wake up!
A-Su...
A-Yao, I am sorry.
Second Brother.
What is happening here?
Why'd A-Su suddenly kill herself?
Also...
Why'd you all turn up and insist I open this treasure room?
Is there something you haven't told me?
What happened?
A while ago, some Lan Sect disciples were night-hunting.
At Mo Manor, they ran into a sabre spirit.
This spirit's killing intent and resentful energy were heavy.
Our disciples couldn't dismiss it and rushed to tell us.
So Wangji has been investigating this matter.
In Yi City, he found the body of the sabre spirit's owner.
But the headless corpse was unidentifiable.
The sabre spirit showed itself.
Its shape is...
the appearance of Baxia.
Is the body Big Brother's?
How can it be?
Big Brother has been missing for years.
How can it be?
Brother Xichen.
You mean the Big Brother who's my big brother
and your Big Brother.
Sect Leader! Sect Leader!
Call the doctor!
Dismembered?
The body was decapitated.
Who'd carry out that insane act?
I don't know.
As we sought the head, clues discontinued.
Clues discontinued.
That's why...
you came here to search.
You wanted me to open the treasure room because you suspect
Big Brother's head is at my place?
Never mind.
Drop the matter.
But, Second Bro and Light-bearer,
how'd you know a treasure room is in my bedchamber?
And how'd you decide
Big Brother's head is with me?
What to do?
How to say I saw Mingjue's head by sneaking in.
How to explain that odd letter now Qin Su died?
Xuanyu.
Did you tell this to Second Bro and others?
What use are easily exposable lies?
Mo Xuanyu.
You pestered Madam Jin
so Jin Sect expelled you.
From hearsay, you somehow got Light-bearer's favour.
He keeps you by his side, taking you everywhere.
Why's graceful, righteous Light-bearer
keep a person of poor conduct close by?
I won't bring up the past
but please explain.
A-Su's death—
Were you involved?!
Hands off.
Get your hands off, Light-bearer.
Lan Zhan, step aside.
Yiling Patriarch?
You're really Yiling Patriarch!
You...you're really him?
I didn't know Yiling Patriarch returned.
A surprise visit. Excuse my lack of greeting.
Third Bro, what did you call him?
Isn’t he Mo Xuanyu?
A-Ling, get here.
Everyone, be careful. He drew that sword.
He must be Yiling Patriarch, Wei Wuxian.
Whoever unsheathes this sword is Yiling Patriarch?
Third Brother. Light-bearer.
You two have a misunderstanding?
No misunderstanding. He is Yiling Patriarch, Wei Wuxian.
The simplest proof is to unmask him.
Wait, Uncle Jin.
Uncle Jiang, at Mt Dafan, didn’t you use Zidian on him?
He was fine.
If a body is possessed,
won't Zidian verify it?
So, maybe he isn’t Wei Wuxian?
Mt Dafan.
Right. A-Ling just reminded me.
I recall, that time on Mt Dafan, what thing appeared.
The one who summoned Ghost General, Wen Ning,
was him, wasn’t it?
You're all unaware when Xuanyu was at Koi Tower,
he saw a Yiling Patriarch manuscript I had.
That manuscript recorded an evil technique, Sacrificial Curse.
A person pays his body and soul to call a vengeful spirit.
With such sorcery,
Leader Jiang's Purple Lightning can't expose it in 100 strikes.
Yiling Patriarch.
When you plunged off Nevernight cliff,
your sword was taken by Jin Clan.
Soon after, it sealed itself.
What's a sealed sword?
I’m sure I needn't say much.
This sword has a spirit.
It accepts only Wei Wuxian.
So it sealed itself.
Other than Yiling Patriarch,
no-one can draw it out.
Sealed sword?
And this "Mo Xuanyu", in front of you all,
drew a sword sealed 16 years!
Chief, go after them?
Chase them.
A-Ling.
Never thought he'd be Yiling Patriarch, Wei Wuxian.
He tricked all of us.
No wonder you befriended your father's killer
and accompanied him.
Pursue them.
Pursue.
Go after them!
Capture Wei Ying.
Capture Yiling Patriarch alive.
They're ahead. - Don't let him go.
Lan Zhan, keep away.
Yiling Patriarch.
At this time, you still won’t unmask?
Yiling Patriarch is indeed Yiling Patriarch.
Returning after 16 years, you played us for fools.
Not only Jin Ling—
Even Light-bearer was duped.
- That's right. - Not right.
I knew he’s Wei Ying.
Lan Zhan.
Lan Zhan, don’t. I’m used to this.
Go! Say I duped you.
No-one will reproach you.
Wei Ying.
Recall what you asked me at Cloud Recesses?
Lan Zhan.
But back then...
did you truly believe me?
The feeling of walking a single-plank bridge in the dark…isn’t so bad.
Who cares about the crowded, broad road?
I’ll walk a single-plank bridge in the dark!
Lan Zhan, oh Lan Zhan.
Lan Zhan.
Give you one last chance. Think carefully.
If you walk out this door, your reputation will be ruined.
Fight or not?
Too much talk.
Fight!
Let’s go.
You’re Wei Ying!
You’re really Wei Ying, Wei Wuxian?!
Jin Ling.
I’ll explain to you in future.
How are you?
This brat even stabs the same spot as his uncle did.
I'll cope. Let’s go.
Tiger Seal is not orthodox.
If the mind is unstable, control will be lost.
Lan Zhan, you fear I'll be like Wen Ruohan under Stygian Iron control.
But Tiger Seal isn't Stygian Iron.
And I am not Wen Rouhan.
Wei Ying!
Why laugh?
Nothing.
It's just funny.
In the past, when everyone feared and flattered me,
only you scolded me.
But now...
when they all want my death,
and loathe and spurn me...
only you stand by my side.
[ Jingshi / Silent Room ]
Your abdominal injury?
Injury? It's fine.
Sacrificial Curse left this?
How to undo it?
But now I know who is Mo Xuanyu's last enemy.
As soon as he dies,
this curse will dispel.
It is Jin Guangyao.
Now, in any case, I won't believe Mo Xuanyu
was kicked out of Koi Tower for pestering Madam Jin.
I'm afraid he found out Jin Guangyao's secrets
and tried to tell Qin Su.
But Jin Guangyao got in first.
Why did he do that?
But I'm sure whoever told Mo Xuanyu the secret
is whoever wrote that letter.
And this person most likely
is the one leading us to trace Red Blade Lord's death.
This person seems to know Jin Guangyao's dark secrets
and hates him deeply.
Do you think...
this person is Jin Guangyao's lover?
Love turned to hate.
Your sword.
[ Suibian / Whatever ]
Thank you.
It really sealed itself?
This is Jingshi!
Yes.
You brought me to Cloud Recesses.
What if your brother finds out?
I already found out.
Sorry for the bother, Lord Zewu.
I asked Wangji to bring you here.
Before this matter is cleared up,
please stay, Childe Wei.
As long as I'm here, they won't seek you at Cloud Recesses.
Lord Zewu, may I ask where Red Blade Lord's body is?
Many sects have seen Big Bro's body in Huaisang's keeping.
I sent trusted men to guard it.
Jin Guangyao's reaction?
Flawless.
He said he'd get to the bottom of this.
And give everyone an explanation.
But, now Childe Wei awoke,
well, Wangji, it's time you explained to me.
Brother.
What more need I say to you?
Brother. Jin Guangyao has the head.
You saw it yourself?
He saw it himself.
- You trust Childe Wei? - Trust.
And Jin Guangyao?
Cannot trust.
Wangji.
How do you decide to trust someone or not?
You trust Childe Wei but I trust Jin Guangyao.
In regard to Big Brother's head, we two didn't see it.
We judge based on how much we know and believe of someone.
You know Childe Wei, so you trust him.
Likewise, I know Jin Guangyao so I trust him.
You think you're right. Can't I think I'm right?
Sect Leader Lan.
Childe Wei, please relax.
Before the truth is revealed, I won't be biased
or reveal your whereabouts.
Else I wouldn't have let Wangji bring you and treat your injury.
Thank you, Leader Lan, for this opportunity.
Red Blade Lord's head was in Jin Guangyao's secret room.
That's utter truth.
I also saw other things.
Don't know if it can offer proof.
Childe Wei, even if you saw things,
you can't prove you saw them in Koi Tower's secret room.
That's true. Then I'll talk of something else.
Red Blade Lord's cause of death
is definitely qi-deviation.
But, Leader Lan, don't you think the timing was too coincidental?
The sabre spirit agitation was a factor.
But did you consider
another factor could be behind it?
What other factor was there?
Song of Lucidity.
Childe Wei, do you know Song of Lucidity
was taught by me to Jin Guangyao?
Then, Leader Lan, please listen
for anything strange in this song.
[ Jingshi ]
Is this composition the one you taught Jin Guangyao?
Yes.
This music is obscure and difficult.
Did Jin Guangyao choose this piece to learn?
That's right.
Since this song is very difficult,
why'd Jin Guangyao choose it,
not easier ones?
Because I told him
Lucidity is hard to master, but has excellent effect.
The song is difficult.
Childe Wei, you played one section wrong.
I played it wrong?
A section was wrong.
Wrong?
Could it be...?
Wei Ying.
That's right, it's wrong.
I wasn't wrong. Jin Guangyao was wrong.
When I was in Empathy, he played it like that.
I promise I repeated his song with no mistake.
Did he learn it wrong?
Impossible.
Indeed impossible.
Fragrance Lord is clever. His memory is uncommonly good.
How can he remember wrongly?
Likely, it was on purpose.
I'll play it again.
Would you two please listen to the section I played wrong.
Stop.
It's that section.
As I expected, it's this part.
But it doesn't sound out of place.
It doesn't sound out of place but it's not part of Lucidity.
Follow me.
[ Library Pavilion ]
Leader Lan, will we find the the melody's source here?
Not here.
But here.
This is...
Forbidden Room.
These are all strange music.
[ 'Collection of Turmoil' - Luan Po Chao ]
What's the origin of 'Collection of Turmoil'?
It's music from Dongying (Japan).
It's believed a Gusu Lan Sect Cultivator travelled the seas.
During years in Dongying, he gathered these dark songs.
If played with spiritual energy, the songs in this book
harm others—
weaken the body, irritate the mind,
agitate the spirit, shut the senses.
And those with great spiritual power can take a life in three notes.
This is it..
Leader Lan, is there a piece
to disturb one's temperament, making one irritated,
easily agitated, violent, angered?
There should be.
Take a life in three notes?
That's too obvious.
He likely wouldn't choose such powerful music.
But if he played Lucidity for Red Blade Lord
to supposedly calm his mind—
over three months,
would the dark tune act like slow poison
to catalyze the Lord's outburst?
I tell you, Cloud Recesses clearly knew.
You will feel great. "I like you...to drink this."
Mm. Like Wei Wuxian, enjoy this drink.
~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~
~Hot blood whistles 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~