The Untamed
Coca-Cola in Chenqing.. .. ..
In Cloud Recesses, Lan Zhan...
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Lan Zhan, a toast to you.
One true confidant is enough.
Episode 44
Whoever it is; it's some people, not some things.
You're Wei—
Mian Mian?!
You're Mian Mian!
Why'd you call my daughter's name?
Big Mian Mian. Little Mian Mian.
Miss Luo.
Light-bearer Lord.
Childe Wei.
Miss Luo, this time I finally know your real name.
This is my husband.
May I ask which sect you're from?
My hubby isn't from a sect. He was a merchant.
But now he goes on night-hunts with me.
You were night-hunting?
Yes, we were looking for Yiling Patriarch.
But I heard Yiling Patriarch eats kids.
You're afraid?
Not afraid. I...
Childe Wei, sorry. She's too young to understand.
This is my daughter. Her name is...
Mian Mian, right?
Very cute, looks like Miss Luo when she was little.
Childe Wei, don't you feel bad saying you recall me as a kid?
Of course, I remember. You didn't change much.
How old is she?
I'll give her lucky money.
- No need. - No need.
Don't be polite.
It's not my money anyway.
Here it is.
Mian Mian, quickly thank Light-bearer and Childe Wei.
Thank you, Light-bearer.
Mian Mian, I gave you money.
Why won't you thank me?
Miss Luo, any strange happenings here?
I heard of puppets outside the city.
But I searched all last night and found nothing.
Don't be afraid.
Miss Luo, protect Mian Mian. We'll handle it.
Please be careful.
Goodbye.
Qing Yang, you once faced perilous situations?
- Mm. - Ooh.
Right, you said Childe Wei saved your life before.
But I'd never heard you mention him.
Childe Wei...
He is a good person.
Let's go, Mian Mian. Come inside.
Slowly.
Wen Ning, though silent for years,
your scream is scary.
Sorry. Childe, did I scare you two?
It was shocking.
This, this. What's that?
Why are you in this get-up?
Were you robbed?
What's this on your face?
I rubbed mud on my face.
I saw you two go in but not come out. So...
You were following us?
See what you did to yourself.
What's wrong with your hand?
I'm fine.
Blood?
Not blood.
Yes, blood. But not human blood.
Not human blood?
What did you fight?
The whole way had many puppets.
The whole way had many puppets?
You mean you ran ahead of us
and cleared them out?
Mm.
When did you start following us?
Golden Koi Tower.
Wen Ning, didn't I tell you?
Find a place to hide.
Don't worry about anything.
But, Childe,
I... Where can I hide?
Let's go.
With us. Let's go.
Go.
Lan Zhan, remember this town?
I remember.
Recall you said you were going night-hunting?
I said I'd buy a meal. Remember?
- Young Master, Yiling fresh fruit. Buy some. - Here, here.
- Buy some? -Finest spices.
Look here.
- Take a look. - See.
[ Yiling Tea House ]
Remember.
You finally came to Yiling and I ran into you.
Let's catch up.
Let's go. My treat.
Let's go.
But it's a shame you ended up paying.
A-Yuan, A-Yuan!
- Come here, come here. - No. Don't want to. Don't want to.
Oh no. It's Burial Mound.
Lan Zhan, we must go.
But that was all long ago.
If that child had lived,
he'd be in his teens.
Don't bother with them. Go up the mountain.
The wall was pulled down. The mountain is breached.
Be careful.
[ Demon Subduing Palace ]
Childe Wei, I made wild fruit liquor.
Try it.
A-Yuan, slow down. Don't fall.
Childe, it's my fault.
Sorry. Thank you.
Childe Wei.
The past siege ruined it all.
Let it be ruined.
Actually, this is better for me
and Wen Qing, Wen Ning and the others.
It's our place of worst hardship.
Why relive it?
Wen Ning, stop looking.
Let's go.
I know, Childe.
I just want to see if anything was left.
Be careful!
Self-defence.
Thank you.
It's so long since I used a sword, I'm not used to it.
Fine, I'll say it.
Actually, this body has low spiritual energy.
So, with a first-class sword,
I can't show its full power.
So, Light-bearer Lord, protect this fragile man.
Wait!
If you ask me, you shouldn't have just stabbed him.
Why didn't you slit his throat?
They left us 2 days ago.
What's their aim?
Just beat or kill us.
I'd rather a monster ate me than starve.
What else?
Like at Nevernight, he'll turn us into puppets
and use us to fight our sects.
They'll hesitate and be killed.
Dirty Wei-dog, so inhuman.
Shut up!
What do you mean?
You're deaf or stupid? Shut up means 'don't talk'!
Who'll shut me up?
Why talk rubbish?
Will it untie ropes? So noisy.
- You! - Quit arguing.
We're trapped. Puppets may rush in.
Must you argue?
He started it.
You yell, I can't? Jin Ling, who are you?
Think you'll be Immortal Chief like your Uncle?
I won't shut up. What can you do?
Wanna fight? Fine, let's.
I'm in the mood to fight a motherless brat.
Don't fight.
Calm down. Calm down.
- Must you fight? - Calm down.
- Break it up. - You're still fighting?
Stop fighting.
Don't fight.
Jin Ling!
Hey!
Look here.
- Light-bearer Lord! - Light-bearer Lord!
Why be so happy? They're on the same side.
Ghost General! Ghost General! Ghost General!
So, in intimidation,
I can't measure up to Wen Ning.
Run! Run!
You can't! Puppets are outside.
Mo...Senior Wei.
You came to save us, right?
You didn't order men to capture us, right?
Me?
You know how poor I am.
Where'd I get money to hire them?
I knew you were really poor.
Good boy. How many foes?
- Any traps or ambushes? - Several people came.
They were wearing ghost masks.
They caught us and left us here,
unconcerned for our fate.
Oh yeah, a lot of puppets kept yelling outside.
Well done.
It was well done.
Sizhui even fights now.
Just now, I acted on impulse.
Master Jin.
What are you guys doing? Hemming him in?
Lan Zhan.
Wanna stab him again?
- I... - Jingyi.
Enough.
Can we first get out?
Yes.
Well? Want to stay here?
Many puppets are outside.
You want us to go out to die?
Childe, I'll chase them away.
The Deity Binding Ropes were cut.
We can push our way through.
If we don't go now, puppets may surround us.
Staying in this cave
traps us as prey.
Let's go.
Lan Zhan, let's go.
- Wen Ning, what happened? - Nothing.
Jin Ling, get here.
Uncle Jiang.
Uncle.
Wen Ning, don't go out for now.
Dad!
Jin Ling, why still standing there?
Want to die?
- Mother! - Uncle!
- Senior Bro! - Dad!
Dad, you came.
Wangji, come here.
Light-bearer, what's up?!
You're not yourself.
He was your bitter foe.
How'd Yiling Patriarch dupe you
so you oppose us?!
If so, your name is undeserved.
Here you go again.
For sure!
Yiling Patriarch, you revived with no welcome
so you made puppets and kidnapped disciples.
Otherwise we won't visit your lair so quickly.
I clearly saved these sect disciples.
Why don't you thank me,
not accuse me.
But, isn't your gathering shabby?
Two players are missing.
I ask, on this grand occasion,
why Lord Zewu and Fragrance Lord didn't come?
Two days ago, an unknown assailant badly hurt Fragrance Lord.
Lord Zewu is trying to save him. You know, so why ask?
Why smile?!
Huh?
Nothing. I think he's hurt easily.
Dad, I think it really wasn't him.
At Yi City, he saved us.
This time he saved us.
Silly kid, don't talk rot. Know what sitution this is?
Know who these people are?
Why isn't Qinghe Nie Sect here?
Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me.
Eh, well, Brother Wei, I really don't know anything.
I came to add to the numbers.
Wei Wuxian, remember me!?
Don't remember.
You don't remember, but my leg does.
You crippled my leg in Nevernight battle!
I wanted you to see it.
In this siege, I, Yi Weichun, am a participant!
What goes round comes round!
- Right! - Right!
Wei Wuxian, I won't ask if you remember.
My parents died in your hands.
You owe so many blood debts,
you'd have forgotten my parents.
But I, Fang Mengchen, won't forget!
I made you lose a leg?
So I killed your parents
or your whole sect?
So may I ask why you're here?
I joined today's battle to make you see,
one who defies the world
will be punished by all!
Whatever dirty tricks you play, however often you return,
we'll send you back!
Nothing else but justice!
- Right! - Vow to kill Wei Wuxian! Vow to kill Wei Wuxian!
Vow to kill Wei Wuxian!
Justice still exists!
No tolerating evil!
Nothing else but justice!
No tolerating evil!
At Qiongqi, that Wen Ning-dog broke my son's neck!
Vow to kill Wei Wuxian!
You owe 3000 lives!
3000 lives?
At Nevernight, there were 3000 Cultivators.
That included Sect leaders
and elites of each clan.
They're present here, so how'd I kill 3000?
You think too highly of me, or you look down on them?
Wei Wuxian! Think we're in a discussion!
Can blood debts be bargained?
I don't want to bargain on this.
But I won't accept double charges due to someone spouting words.
I won't bear deeds not mine.
Not yours? What didn't you do?
For Qiongqi and Nevernight, I still lack proof.
But I can tell you,
I did not harm Fragrance Master.
At Koi Tower, I did not cause Madam Jin's death.
I did not control puppets you met coming up the mountain.
Patriarch, you’re arrogant. Now you're humble.
I can't think of anyone else who can control so many puppets,
forcing us to fight hard.
You can’t think of anyone?
With Tiger Seal, anyone can.
Isn’t Tiger Seal your weapon?
Now it’s time to ask just who treasures it so much.
Like Wen Ning.
Back then, sects scared of Ghost General
said they’d kill him
but secretly hid him for 16 years.
How strange?
Who said his ashes were scattered back then?
Don't make up stories.
Everyone, be careful!
Another wave of puppets is coming!
My power's gone!
Me too. It's a trap.
Everyone, rush inside here!
The floor has a big Array.
We can mend it to deter them.
Nobody go in!
It must be a trap!
There'd be greater traps inside!
Die outside, or die inside.
Dying is delayed inside.
Leader Su, why are you in a rush for them all to die?
What's your intent?
Hey! Going in or not? If you won't, I will.
Hurry. Go, go, go!
Dad, let's go!
Go. If they aimed to harm us, they'd have done so!
Hurry inside!
There really is a big floor Array!
Leader Su, not going inside?
Fine, fine, stay outside.
Commendable courage.
Lan Zhan, hurry inside!
How do we fix this Array?
Uncle.
- What do you want? - Nothing.
But since we're here, let's chat.
Nothing to say to you.
Right! Nothing to say to you!
How's there nothing to say?
I doubt it. Don’t you want to know how you got poisoned?
Poisoned?
I swear by Heaven, I'm incapable of
poisoning you undetected.
Right, he makes a lot of sense.
Well? I bet before coming, you didn't share a meal.
So, not food poison.
It's not poison. No poison causes spiritual energy loss.
Such poison would be coveted by Cultivators
if news spread.
Oh yes. The doctor. Where is he?
Doctor, come test me.
Is my power loss temporary?
- Yeah. - Everyone's Core is safe.
- Relax. It's temporary. - Good, good.
Temporary? How long to restore it?
Likely 4 hours.
4 hours?
4 hours! What to do?
4 hours.
How can this patched up Array last 4 hours?
Brother Wei, what do we do now?
I said not to look at me.
Right now, only two groups have spiritual energy.
I and Lan Zhan are a group.
The kids captured and put here 2 days ago are a group.
The rest are powerless,
right? If I want to harm you,
can kids stop me?
Cut the crap. Kill us if you want.
Anyone who utters a sound is no hero.
Right. Well said!
We won't beg.
- Let me ask. Who are you? - You!
And so?
Not poison. And so?
And so, one won't suddenly lose spiritual energy.
There'd be a method or moment.
Can anyone recollect
what you did so far?
Right. On the mountain, did we drink water?
I forget. I don't know.
No-one drank water. Who'd dare on Burial Mound?
- Agree. - Who dares?
We all breathed in mountain fog.
- Right. - Could be it.
Impossible.
Fog up here is denser.
We've been here two days
yet our power is intact.
Enough.
Everyone is talking with him.
He led you on.
Is that fun? He—
Keep talking. Why'd you stop?
Leader. Leader. What's wrong?
Wei Wuxian! What evil sorcery is it?
This isn't evil sorcery.
- This is— - Silence Spell.
Continue.
So weird.
Senior Wei, what's weird?
This Sect Leader Su acted weirdly from the start.
When puppets closed in,
he appealed to powerless people not to shelter, and just die.
Now he tries to stop me
from investigating, and provokes me.
He fears you'll survive. That makes no sense.
How's an ally like that?
Seems Moling Su Sect
and Gusu Lan Sect have a poor relationship.
Our relationship is bad.
Moling Su Sect branched off from Gusu Lan Sect.
What's the story?
Senior Nie is unaware— Moling Su Sect
was set up by Leader Su after he left Lan Sect.
Their skills are similar, including music.
Leader Su's spiritual weapon
is like Light-bearer's 7-stringed guqin.
What branch?
He was expelled for betraying Lan Sect.
And it gets more peculiar.
This Leader Su—
Fine. I should be quieter.
Leader Su copied everything
but hates anyone saying he imitates Light-bearer.
He gets mad.
- Jingyi! - How's his sort exist?
So much for disciplined, refined Gusu Lan Sect.
Famed Cultivators teach disciples in this way!
Leader Su.
Facing strong foes, don't clash with allies.
That's right.
Allies?
Look at Lan Sect, siding with Wei WuXian.
What allies?
Su Minshan, even if you're no longer in Lan Sect,
watch your words!
Leader Su left Lan Sect. You dare say that?
Your leader achieved his position from Lan Sect teaching.
Can't we refute your smears?
So any of Lan Sect's disciples can't set up a sect?
So arrogant!
Arrogant? Who's arrogant here?
Wonder which sect played exorcism melodies wrong
without realizing?
It’s not food or fog!
You forgot,
coming up the mountain, you all did one thing.
What?
Kill puppets.
Enough.
We sensed no difference after killing puppets.
It really is about killing puppets.
But the problem isn't puppets,
but persons killing them.
Elder Lan, I have a question for you.
If you have questions,
why not ask him? Why ask me?
Then I will.
Lan Zhan.
Moling Su Sect branched off from Lan Clan,
but Moling Su Sect techniques derive from Lan Sect.
- Is that so? - Yes.
Lan Sect's 'Sound of Vanquish' skill exorcises evil.
7-stringed guqin is powerful
so many Cultivate with it.
Moling Su Sect imitates,
so they commonly Cultivate guqin. Right?
Correct.
Moling Su Sect leader took Lan Sect skills.
He had imperfect guqin skills
so disciples he taught make mistakes, right?
Yes.
That means, when killing puppets on Burial Mound,
if Moling Su battle music
sounded wrong in parts,
Lan Clan won’t find it unusual—
but see it as poor playing
and confusion of music scores, not wondering if it's unintended,
or a deliberate mistake.
Is this the case? Sect Leader Su?
What are you doing?
Recall you lost spiritual energy.
Will this threat work?
Aiming your talk at me, what are you implying?
Did I understate it
so you think I'm "implying"?
Fine.
I’ll be clearer. All of you who lost spiritual power
had been killing puppets. While you killed them,
Leader Su came along.
He feigned playing battle songs
and altered a section to a melody
that robbed your power.
You fought in a bloodbath. He seemed to aid you
but backstabbed you.
This is slander!
Lan Sect guqin Cultivators are here.
Coming up the mountain,
weren't there mistakes in Moling Su Sect battle tunes?
There were!
Leader Su, you knew Gusu Lan Sect scorned you and your sect.
You used their scorn. If you play wrongly,
only Gusu Lan Sect notice.
But Lan Sect can't be bothered about you.
If they notice your error, they think you lack skill.
Is there really a song to rob spiritual energy?
Why not?
Guqin repels evil. Why not conjure evil?
There's a Dongying music book, 'Collection of Turmoil'.
It records a dark melody killing with no trace.
If you disbelieve me, ask Elder Lan
if it's in Cloud Recesses Forbidden Room?
Even if it exists,
I was never allowed in Lan Sect Forbidden Room.
Who said you had to go in?
Your master can come and go.
I guess he taught you to tamper with music.
~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~