[Ever Night]
[Episode 27]
If you call this 'flying',
this sword will feel ashamed.
Can you earn me merit?
The Seniors are watching me.
Try again. I must make you fly.
Very good.
Keep flying.
Ning Que!
Oh right. Sorry, I'll get it.
My apple, Ning Que!
Thanks, Tubby!
This time, fly well.
Come back.
Ning Que!
Hold it.
2nd-Senior Bro.
I'm truly so sorry. So sorry.
The sword isn't here.
Then...that's good. That's good.
Ning Que!
Fu Zi.
You don't trust Jun Mo
or don't trust Little Bro?
It's not that, Fu Zi.
Little Bro's Talisman study is hard.
Before drawing his first Talisman, time may be dark and painful.
At this time, if we let him learn Haoran Sword,
- won't he be anxious? - Slowly.
For shorter suffering, a little anxiety is good.
Can we aid Little Bro?
You'll cross miles to Mirror Lake to find his sword?
I understand.
7th-Senior Sister.
Help me retrieve my sword? I went in the lake 4 times today.
I've no more dry clothes.
Then wear none.
7th-Senior Sister.
I've no time for you.
Mighty Haoran Sword is a bee sting with your training.
This is so crafty.
Without our own self-defence methods,
we'd all be affected by your sword.
I don't mean to.
It doesn't listen to me.
How about you scoop it up
and beat it?
You're...weak...too weak.
If you can't control a flying sword,
your pitiful nascent energy
can try flying a needle.
How about embroidery with me?
I...
Embroider?
Pipi greets 3rd-Senior Sister.
Give this to Little Bro.
['Wu Shanyang's Treatise on Haoran Sword']
You made many annotations for Little Bro?
It's not much.
Just, as I read it, I had some insights.
Alright. It's not much. Quickly take it to him.
Don't tell him other matters.
Now he just needs to focus on practice.
Pipi thanks you on behalf of Little Bro.
- 4th-Senior Bro. - Move aside.
6th-Senior Bro. Have tea.
4th-Senior Bro.
Have some tea.
You stinky brat. Hurry, spit it out.
7th-Senior Sister's words got me thinking.
But a flying needle is too light,
hard to control.
I just want to ask you, is there a solution?
Right now, your level is low.
You're only in Doubtless Realm.
Please have more tea.
If you have your Life Item..
it may help you.
Life Item?
I feel strongly for silver
but I can't use money as a weapon, right?
Then I can make you silver needles.
Silver needles are too light. Anything a bit heavier?
Gold needles.
Gold needles are too dear.
4th-Senior Bro.
I'd like your help to make a special item.
I only make special things.
I don't do non-special.
Right! If it's not special, we don't make it.
Sang Sang, I'm spending this money, okay?
Alright.
What?
(silver taels and currency notes)
Why can Young Master waste money by the handful
and Sang Sang can't?
I'll go to Orchid Fragrance to buy the dearest rouge.
Orchid Fragrance rouge costs 50 taels.
Fifty taels can buy 8,333 bowls of spicy sour noodles.
And with two coins,
I can buy 21,739 kilograms of green vegetables
or 31,250 heads of cabbage.
No use. I still can't spend it.
This is for a flying blade?
Sure, I'm good with a blade. A sword can fly; so can a blade.
With you guys helping me mix silver and gold,
it should be stronger than a flying sword.
But, have you ever seen a big flying blade?
But it's unique!
Right. We only make unique things.
I used all my skills to make this sword.
This one here-
Here, Pipi, come.
Lift your arm.
[Heaven Dao South Gate]
(Wu = comprehend)
Mingchi, you study Cultivation. Pity you lack talent.
Being able to serve Master, I am content.
Cultivation is understanding the law between Heaven and Earth.
This is called the ability to comprehend.
Ning Que has utmost perception.
If you had half his ability, that'd be good.
I've followed you in Dao Cultivation since I entered South Gate.
It gave me opportunity.
Opportunity allows change.
If change won't come, nothing can be done.
Slowly apprehend. You'll comprehend eventually.
Mingchi, in the future you must forget
your hope of a high post.
Being elevated looks elegant.
In fact, it's lonely and dangerous.
Mingchi, where's your home town?
You forgot?
I settled in Tang with my mother as a child.
I've long forgotten my home town and father's face.
Today, Master is my only family.
Today, go to Princess's Residence to accompany Third Prince to study.
Be cautious.
Don't let down His Majesty's trust in you.
Rest assured, Master.
It's getting late.
I must go now.
Go on.
Ning Que! Ning Que!
Have you gone crazy?
Who's crazy?
Is it flying blade, flying sword, or flying needle?
Everything.
You've no skills in Haoran Sword or Yan Se's Dao of Symbols.
You lack time to play with weird things.
12th Senior, more studies, not skills, get good results.
Why rush?
Cultivation needs subtlety.
Foundation is vital.
My foundation is bad. Building on it is useless.
In my eyes, you should
focus on Dao of Symbols, based on comprehension.
Talent isn't important.
Besides, keep this up
and all the Seniors will be troubled by you.
While hunting at Mount Min, I learned something.
Don't be greedy.
Little Bro, I just found out
you're so stupid.
More stupid than 2nd-Senior Bro.
Thanks for the compliment.
I'll pass your words to 2nd-Senior Bro.
Little Bro! Little Bro, wait.
Wait a sec.
I'll treat you to crab porridge.
Think crab porridge will shut my mouth?
So what do you want?
Give me money.
Why do you want money?
My house silver went fast recently. Sang Sang isn't happy.
How much have you spent?
200 taels.
200 taels made into needles?
Learning acupuncture?
Got an opinion?
No.
Well, I still have a question.
You used to run away on hearing 11th Senior's voice.
Now you go everyday to hear his philosophies?
At first I didn't like it; now I like it.
Isn't that okay?
I just don't think you want daily torture.
You benefit somehow. Spit it out.
Truthfully, listening to 11th-Senior expound Dao mysteries
helps me quickly relax and enter meditation.
11th-Senior Bro knows hypnotism?
Go hear him.
11th-Senior Bro! 11th-Senior Bro!
I want to learn hypnotism too, 11th-Senior Bro!
Don't you think Little Bro is wretched?
His Haoran Sword is a bee sting.
That can't be his wish.
He smiles everyday.
I feel tears in his smile, a shadow in his heart.
He must resolve problems.
Right now, 2nd-Senior oversees Rear Mountain.
Perhaps 2nd-Senior can give Little Bro a small compliment.
Maybe he'd regain confidence in learning Haoran Sword.
I won't lie.
So called confidence is immeasurable.
Little Bro can't master Haoran Sword with 10 open Qihai Xueshan acupoints.
If this isn't resolved,
even Fu Zi and Big Bro
can't miraculously help Little Bro enter Knowing Destiny
because then he'd be the weakest Cultivator.
Fourth and Sixth Seniors.
Help him make those weird items.
He'll value your help greatly.
Yes, 2nd-Senior.
Say, Little Bro could learn flute and zither with Ximen and me.
He'd make a living from it.
Little Bro recently came to me.
He can learn with me. It helps his state of mind.
Eleventh, will he swing with you?
What if he starves?
Seniors, aren't you overthinking?
Though he's useless in study, he's not an idiot.
He doesn't need us to overthink for him.
Even if every human died,
he won't die, let alone starve to death.
True. When Little Bro wants to hear a tune,
he'll come to the woods.
He only listens if he wants.
Why do we feel we're selling him songs.
He plays chess on whim.
If Eighth and I play,
he inserts a move.
He still insists we teach him patiently.
Or else he'd throw the chess pieces.
In his eyes...
We're nothing more than chess teachers in the countryside.
Little Bro treats me well
though his thinking is baffling.
He helps Sixth carry water for forging, saving me work.
Ning Que is youngest Brother.
We Seniors should take care of him.
As for his mischief, let him be.
Yes, Big Bro.
I look down on Xiling
but Yan Se is peerless,
a formidable Talisman Expert.
Since your Little Bro's talents suit Dao of Symbols path,
let him follow Yan Se in study.
Yes, Fu Zi.
2nd-Senior had it tough teaching Little Bro Haoran Sword. Right, Fu Zi?
Jun Mo, pretty good.
Thanks, Fu Zi. Thanks, Big Bro.
Jun Mo, compliment Little Bro sometimes
to incease his confidence.
Yes, Big Bro.
Did you all hear?
Yes, 2nd-Senior Bro.
Grandmaster Yan Se stood up for you. It's alleged
he's deadlocked with Xiling now.
That so? Why haven't I heard?
Yan Se, for you,
swore not to return to Xiling.
He no longer accepts South Gate pay.
Other Teachers with disciples get 20kg of rice.
Why'd he have to meet you?
If you don't train, won't you let him down?
You won't heed me?
You don't think I'd give you a swift kick? Loser.
Teacher, 2nd-Senior said
I can train with you anytime.
No constraints.
This is where I admire Fu Zi.
His Disciples are open-minded, putting aside sect bias.
I first saw your Talisman in Spring Breeze Pavilion.
Godlike.
The Well Sign.
Big Bro Chao is a Great Cultivator in Knowing Destiny?
You must've seen his swordsmanship.
Notice anything special?
It's fast. Lightning fast.
Anything else?
Chao...
Keeping his secret?
A swordsman's secrets can't be known to foes.
- Chao was good to me. - 'One sword into five'; I knew.
The link between the 5 swords
depends on an Array.
The Array is a Dao Symbol.
Symbol again.
It's a shape-changing Great Talisman,
more reliant on materials.
Then won't all Cultivation sources be Symbols.
The way you talk is too...
Too what? Too what?
Too egoistic.
Egoistic.
Cultivation temperament emphasises boldness.
If a Cultivator lacks confidence to reach a long road's end,
how can he overcome perilous peaks on the way?
The greater a Cultivator, the greater his confidence.
His confidence level
must be exceedingly outrageous.
Perhaps as you said-
Egoistic.
Egoistic!
You know my virtue now.
Big Bro, give it back to me!
Big Bro!
Give it to me!
Tang Xiaotang, what are you doing?
No! I'll raise it.
- Give it back. - I want it.
No, Pipi lost its mom. I'll raise it.
- Pipi? - I named it.
It'll be called Tang Pipi.
Big Bro, Big Bro, please give it back.
Its pack fled from the far North. Its mom died.
With no family, it's pitiful.
Tang Xiaotang, don't forget.
We fled from the far North. Even snow wolves can't survive there.
Night will grow longer. We must protect ourselves.
Big Bro.
I know. I'll care for Pipi.
Tang Xiaotang. Survival of the fittest is nature's law.
It's a wolf; we're human.
In the end, the strongest will live. Understand?
Tang Xiaotang, we came south because Sect Chief
disappeared over 20 years ago.
I must find him.
Only Sect Chief can save us.
Our people scattered.
There's no news of Chief.
Could he be dead?
He's not dead.
It's been 23 years. I must find him.
23 years? Sect Chief hid out for 23 years?
Why?
It's something major. I can't tell you now.
Before we find Chief, I've one task.
What?
I must eliminate the traitor in Demon Sect.
Who?
Big Bro!
[Vermilion Bird Avenue]
Come.
This Vermilion Bird sculpture
is a must-see for all provincial visitors.
Everybody raves about its eyes.
Look well. Wherever you stand,
those eyes stare at you.
Teacher. I feel it's a monster with a milennium of trials.
And it's alive, see.
Looks like the one who revived Vermilion Bird that day was you.
Don't worry. I don't want to know.
I just want you to...
close your eyes; feel it above.
Tang established its capital here 1,000 years ago.
Vermilion Bird Divine Talisman was already here then.
How do you feel, lad?
I'm fine, Teacher.
Ning Que. Would you say
you're lucky, or unlucky?
Teacher, how do you mean?
What every Cultivator looks up to most
is entering Dao South Gate or Rear Mountain.
Now, you train in both
so you're lucky.
But your bodily Qi is low.
You're the weakest successor in history.
I'm very worried
you will lose faith.
Teacher, don't worry. I'm thick-skinned.
The things you worry and fret about,
like ruin from one setback,
never happen with me.
Just look at me.
Thick-skinned is like me.
You have your Teacher's style.
From now on,
I'll let Vermilion Bird get to know you anew.
You also need to get to know it anew.
Come.
[Gate of Vermilion Bird]
Teacher.
This Vermilion Bird Avenue is like a straight-edged sword.
This city is like its sheath.
A milennium left this city
with history's vicissitudes.
This whole city is an Array.
An Array?
Absorbing Cultivators' knowledge,
it's the strongest Array yet.
It's the Astounding God Array.
The Astounding God Array
can't be seen with the eyes.
Only when it opens, can you see the reality.
But I can tell you now
that...
below the Palace is the Array's core.
Regarding this Avenue,
the Array path continues under our feet to Southern Gate.
Then it spreads via city walls
and returns through all openings to the city.
With only the opening of the Array Eye,
this vast Talisman is activated,
protecting this city
and all its residents.
I can't imagine what it's like.
If it's opened,
it means enemies are at the city gates
and Tang is at death's door.
So it's better we never see this Array activated.
Teacher, how do you know such a secret?
Because I'm the Protector of Astounding God Array.
What's that expression?
With my abilities, guarding this top Formation
is no big deal.
No, Teacher. Telling me this secret
isn't good, is it?
Without a command, I'd die before telling.
You can't beat me.
Whose command?
Astounding God Array.
Astounding God Array?
May as well tell you.
Astounding God just chose you as its Protector heir.
When I die, protect it with your life in my place.
Don't scare me.
Why would I joke?
Astounding God chose me to be successor to guard it.
What? Can't do it?
What qualification? What merit?
Exactly. How'd you merit it?
I had an insight on seeing your random writing
in Chicken Soup Note.
I mindlessly insisted on you as my Student.
Everyone thinks it's odd.
Even I think it's weird.
You brat with problems,
how'd you deserve it?
That's right.
This is the mysterious power of Astounding God Array.
When it picks its Protector,
it never uses normal people to view it.
Like when it chose me,
I still don't understand why.
Regardless, whenever I die,
you'll be master of this Astounding God.
Teacher, you...
Don't keep scaring me. I can't bear it.
There are unknowable things
you needn't understand.
Some people always seek to understand this or that.
The more you do this,
the less you understand.
Astounding God Array.
Slowly...!
Think.
You have big responsibilities to protect this city.
It's a long way down.
Whichever fly touched my cakes, find it for me.
Or you won't get to eat.
Watch it, useless idiots.
Can't even chase a fly?
Bunch of losers!
Who?
Trickster!
I thought of finding you; you came yourself.
All dismissed.
Yes.
Don't forget, you ate my medicine.
I came to help you.
If you don't heed me,
what happens may make you lower than a fly.
Third Prince, are you okay?
Your face is red.
Fly.
If you listen obediently,
however hard it is,
I'll get rid of all the flies.
Or else...
Alright. But you can't disappoint me.
Fine, fine, I know you won't disappoint me.
Third Prince, your whip.
[Ever Night]
~Hey, I can only say sorry~
~You, who've forgotten time, look a bit lost~
~You seem faraway, in front of me~
~Time blinks by~
~Take it easy~
~Life is still the same~
~Hey, let me change the ending~
~Yet I can cover it up only a short while~
~Don't obsess or say sorry~
~Loser just treats winner~
~Better not meet rather than cry on parting~
~Night is long and dark~
~Don't leave regrets~
~I've seen right, wrong, gratitude, grudges, words, acts~
~I risk danger, desperate for you~
~Umbrella in old Chang'an~
~Night nears; talismans burn~
~Fight till all is gone in chaos and darkness~
~See us blaze through darkness, changing Heaven and Earth~
~Spur the horses forward~
~Geese fly south before snow~
~Get drunk at a warm coast~
~Under slashes of the sword, we love each other still~