♫ Never wished to get into dispute, ♫
♫ But things never go my way ♫
♫ The flower in my heart has wilted ♫
♫ And I can never turn back time ♫
♫ Memories come and go, ♫
♫ But nothing hurts my heart of steel ♫
♫ I only hope that I have no regrets ♫
♫ And to drift away with the flowers ♫
♫ A bottle of wine, a body covered in dirt ♫
♫ Memories come back and forth, still I have no regrets ♫
♫ A story of life and death, ♫
♫ Vanity and conflicts ♫
♫ Let's get drunk again when the flowers bloom ♫
♫ I hope these memories never fade ♫
♫ Let's get drunk again when the flowers bloom ♫
♫ I hope these memories never fade ♫
♫ As I taste the remains of the wine again ♫
♫ The memory of life and death is carved deep in my heart ♫
♫ As I taste the remains of the wine again ♫
"Ashes of Love"
EPISODE 11
FUXIANG RESTAURANT
Mister Lingguang, you've no idea that
the best dish to go with wine is duck.
One sip of yellow wine
with two bites of osmanthus duck.
This makes one's life perfect. Perfect.
Here.
That's too strong. Why is the mortal's wine so strong?
Speaking of wine,
the wine in the mortal world
when compared to the wine brewed by an immortal like Yanyou,
it's...
What do we call it?
It's just like diluted cat pee,
not presentable at all.
Three,
two,
one. Done.
Even when the rich are born into the mortal world,
they'd end up with a befuddled life but not a desired life.
The four greatest pleasures in one's life
are none other than eating, drinking, playing, and enjoying.
Mi, can you get used to life in the mortal world?
These past few days I've been in the mortal world,
Fish Fairy has been keeping me company.
He is on duty at night. Besides taking a nap during the day,
he'd play chess, zither or discuss books and poems with me.
It wasn't so boring.
Night Immortal is indeed careful and thoughtful.
He has been taking good care of you.
That's for sure.
But, Mr. Puchi,
you were talking about eating, drinking, playing and enjoying.
Let's put aside eating and drinking.
What's so special about playing and enjoying?
I'm new here,
I need you to teach me, Mr. Puchi.
Let me tell you.
Everything about heaven is good,
except that it's so boring. No fun at all.
Such a rare place is of course good.
But,
it's not as enjoyable as the fun in the mortal world.
I'll bring you to have fun now.
Thanks then.
Do you know what having fun means?
I...
I'll take you to experience the real fun today.
Okay. We're here.
Isn't... isn't this just a clothing store?
You'll know when you get inside.
Come on.
Boss,
any fresh fish to sell?
-Sirs, please follow me. -Come on.
Watch your step.
Please hold on,
-I'll get someone for you. -Okay.
To gamble in big amounts with many skillful people,
you have to find the right place.
An underground gambling house is the best.
Bingo.
GAMBLE
I won.
I won!
Just leave.
Go away.
Go.
Mister, we're a small business.
We can't withstand torture from a skillful person like you.
Please don't ruin my business.
Thank you very much.
This is weird.
Playing mahjong is so boring.
In a game, winning and losing makes it fun.
Like when I was playing chess with Fish Fairy,
he'd take two of my pieces,
while I captured five of his pieces.
It's more interesting if we take turns in winning.
But in mahjong,
I got whichever tile I wished for
and won every time.
Besides, getting these heavy objects,
in yellow and white,
is not interesting at all.
This is not fun. Let's go.
Hey, brothers!
Greetings to the God of Fire.
Your Highness, your presence
brought us great joy and happiness.
Save your pleasantries.
Qiwu Palace has lost a servant.
I'm here to look for her.
Did you see a very beautiful young lady
or a fairchild with grape vine?
-Have any of you seen her? -No.
Your Highness,
we have never seen the person that you're looking for.
This is weird.
Jinmi's scent is clearly strong around here.
Are all the Earth Immortals in this area here?
Your Highness, an Earth Immortal named Zhang Fude is not here yet.
Where is his area of jurisdiction?
Over there.
Since you've experienced playing,
Now we've come to the last thing in the four greatest pleasures of life.
Let you have a taste of it.
This is the legendary House of Springs.
Let me bring you there.
I'm sure you'll like it. Let's go.
-Let's go. -Let's go.
Look at these handsome men.
Please come in. Come in.
Come in.
Welcome the guests!
Where do you come from?
What is this smell? It stinks!
It's the scent of cosmetics.
Look at these girls.
They put cosmetics on their faces and receive the guests.
Gentlemen, do you know any girls here?
-Get us the most popular girl here! -All right.
-Peony, Peachblossom, welcome guests! -Peony?
Great Floral Fairy is here.
-Don't go! -Where are you going, sir?
Come back! Come back!
Where are you going?
If you're not fond of them, we have Begonia and Daffodils too.
-What's the matter? -They scared the heck out of me.
Didn't you hear what she said? Peony, Great Floral Fairy.
If Great Floral Fairy finds out and take me back, I'm doomed.
I will be punished.
Luckily I was quick. I ran straight away.
I was careless. I forgot that you're a woman.
-My bad. -I'm a woman.
Does this have anything to do with my gender?
Of course it does.
Let me bring you somewhere else. Let's go.
CONGRATULATIONS!
What is this?
This play is called Dongxian.
It is a story about Emperor Ai and his favourite official, Dongxian.
Let's go.
Gentlemen, we're here.
What are you doing?
What is this place?
You're funny.
This is the theater.
Yingge, let me take good care of you.
Jinmi!
Phoenix.
Why are you here?
I know.
Are you here to have some fun too?
Have fun? I'm looking for you.
Fabulous.
What a heavenly looking man!
How did you know he's from the Heaven?
He knows you're from the Heaven.
Demon!
God of Fire, are you trying to give Jinmi a hard time again?
I remember that she doesn't owe you any magical prowess anymore.
I also remember I told you that if you ever dare to advance to Qiwu Palace,
I will never let you get away with it.
Fairy Jinmi is my important guest.
Yanyou, you've always been a thief. What now?
Are you trying to steal my guest too?
How am I supposed to face it?
I wonder if I'm the influential one,
or this little grape is the influential one.
I get to see the God of Fire and the God of the Night
two supreme immortals get together.
Which show is the God of the Night performing tonight?
The Gathering Of Heroes? General and Premier Make Up?
Xufeng, leave with Fairy Jinmi first.
Yanyou and I would like to have a good talk.
-I... -Come with me.
Phoenix! Phoenix!
Why did you come to the mortal word?
Are you bored? That's why you've come here to walk around.
Walk around? I...
Don't beat me.
Beat you? I'd rather beat myself.
Fish Fairy.
That was quick.
I get to see two supreme immortals today.
I've lived a full life.
I couldn't find Jinmi anywhere. I didn't know that it was your trick.
You've put in so much effort in hiding Jinmi's scent in the town.
Why is that so?
Jinmi is an acquaintance of mine.
She was locked up.
I would definitely help her.
It's said that you live in seclusion,
and oblivious of your surroundings.
I didn't know that you'd be such a warm-hearted and considerate man.
You have become her guardian.
Yet I was wronged.
Great Floral Fairy of Floral Realm thought I kidnapped Jinmi,
caused havoc in Qiwu Palace.
Do you know about it?
I'd never expected it to cause such a great disturbance.
It's my bad to cause Great Floral Fairy misunderstood you.
If you really mean to take care of Jinmi,
it will be a great favor for me.
Who knows you'd even sent her to a brothel.
I wasn't aware that Jinmi had gone to the theater.
I was careless.
Great Floral Fairy's looking for me again. I mustn't let Phoenix sell me out.
You've been talking for a long time. You must be thirsty.
I heard that
the four greatest pleasures are eating, drinking, playing and enjoying.
If you're thirsty,
I've brewed some osmanthus-flavored wine.
Would you like to give it a try?
Eating, drinking, playing and enjoying?
Who taught you that?
ALCOHOL
I have come here to apologize to Your Highness.
-What did you do wrong? -I was wrong.
I...
shouldn't have hankered after wine,
let Yanyou took Mister Lingguang away.
Brother.
It's said that there's a stockaded village a thousand miles from here.
A gang of bandits lives there. It's not often that we come here.
Why don't we enforce justice on behalf of Heaven and put an end to it.
-Good idea. -No. No.
Those bandits are the 36th generation heirs
of my great grandson's children of my mortal brothers.
Your Highness, please forgive me.
I'm so thirsty, give me some water.
I'll be right back.
Find a way!
Here. Drink up.
Are you alright?
Hurry and find a way. Make them drunk and help me to escape.
Is just a little of osmanthus-flavored wine enough?
Are you kidding?
I stole the wine recipe from the Wine Immortal.
Even the Emperor wouldn't be able to get on the boat.
The immortals would fall on the cloud.
-Don't worry. Leave it to me. -What a righteous person.
Starting from tomorrow,
go to Lord Lao's elixir chamber and be the servant who makes fire.
Your Highness.
Lord Lao's elixir chamber is hot as an oven.
I'm afraid of heat.
I'm afraid, before the elixir pill is cooked,
I will be cooked first.
-Can I have a different punishment? -Different one?
Alright.
The Bian City Mansion in Demon Realm
still needs a soul hunter.
Why don't you work there
for a few years?
You's so kind, God of Fire.
I'd rather make fire
in Lord Lao's elixir chamber.
Great. Go there tomorrow.
Yes.
I was wrong, too.
What did you do wrong?
I shouldn't have taught Jinmi to gamble.
I have limited knowledge.
I heard something about the four greatest pleasures in life.
But I don't know what it is.
I was drunk.
The four greatest pleasures in life
are lyre-playing, chess, calligraphy and painting.
That's a slip of the tongue.
So we misunderstood Yanyou.
No.
My biggest mistake was to have brought Jinmi to that filthy place.
Supreme Immortals, great men like you rarely stoop to pettiness.
Please let me off.
Luckily her immortal root is still secure.
She wasn't polluted by the filth.
By the way, you've done a great job in brewing this wine.
Really?
If you like it, I can give you the secret recipe of brewing.
Deal.
When night-blooming cereus blooms,
I will definitely clean my palace,
-wait for you to come and teach me. -All right. Deal.
Brother, it's been a long time,
since we last got together and drink wine.
Here.
You're right.
Before, we always drank together.
Now that we're occupied with duties,
we rarely have chance to drink together.
Are you running out of wine? I'll get you some.
Brother, you seem to pay much attention to Jinmi.
What do you mean?
Jinmi is not someone that we can hope for.
Coming! Let's drink until we're drunk.
Here.
This wine has a strong delayed effect. Stop drinking.
Don't worry. Even the mortals know,
no amount of wine is enough when drinking with buddies.
Here. Drink up.
Cheers.
Fish Fairy. Fish Fairy.
-He's drunk. -Drunk?
Alright, let's drink. Continue drinking.
There's no wine.
You're also drunk.
I won't get drunk.
I never get drunk.
Why are you still sober?
Phoenix.
You...
Release me! You're vicious!
Phoenix.
Who are you, little demon?
Phoenix, it's me.
Do you still remember
you still owe me thousand years of magical prowess.
If you have no objection,
that'd be a silent consent.
It's compulsory to return things that you borrow.
I'll take it myself.
I'll do it.
Darn Phoenix, he drank so much wine,
yet still guarding his magical prowess.
Forget it. Of all strategies, retreat is the best.
Jinmi.
I was going to make you Flower Biscuits.
There's no need. I'm not hungry.
If you're not hungry,
should you give me the magical prowess that you owe me?
-You're right, how much do I owe you? -One thousand years.
Alright. Come here.
Wait.
Phoenix, our prowess contradicts each other.
Will giving me so much in such a short time harm me instead?
This Magic Water Pill will ease the fire in my magical prowess.
That's great.
That's very kind of you.
The purity of Phoenix's magical prowess is outstanding.
Phoenix.
Could it be that he wants to cultivate with me?
What an amazing day!
There are so many magical prowess waiting for me.
In Fox Fairy's art book, there are a lot of methods of cultivation.
One always wishes to have read more.
I should have studied them.
What did the man in theater do?
Yingge, let me take good care of you.
Phoenix.
Let me take good care of you.
It won't help even if you shout!
Phoenix.
Just do as I say.
♫ The wind has blown us apart ♫
♫ Separated from the heaven and earth ♫
♫ They can't do anything to us ♫
♫ As the moonlight has linked our feelings ♫
Wrong. All is wrong.
What's wrong?
I know your feeling for me.
I feel the same.
But destiny fools people. This is against the virtues.
If we insist to be together,
we will be punished by heaven and perish like smoke.
Just perish like smoke then.
I'm so sleepy.
In spite of...
the beautiful natural view
Why are you still hanging here?
Are you confused, God of Fire?
None of you untied me.
Your Highness, when are you going to release me?
Just stay here.
There is a beautiful girl in your room.
But you come here to waste your time,
and let out long sigh.
You've wasted a great gift and a wonderful night.
A thief thinks everyone else is a thief too.
Let me ask you.
Why do you still stick around Jinmi?
Are you envious? Jealous? Or curious?
Want to know the relationship we had?
If you want, put me down. I will tell you.
You care so much about Jinmi.
Don't you want to know
why she's so persistent when it comes to magical prowess?
Luckily my face is fine.
Or all the girls in six realms will be sorry.
If you lie to me,
you won't have any girl for life.
That's a long story.
Rourou.
Jinmi, run!
I will fight it out with you!
Rourou!
Look! A great immortal is here.
He will save you.
Great immortal. Are you here to save my friend?
Don't worry. The great immortal will save you, Rourou.
Your friend was hurt by Qiongqi's plague needles.
He also crushed her heart vessels.
I have limited magical prowess, I'm afraid...
That's impossible.
Why is your magical prowess limited?
You are here to save her.
You will save her, right? You must save her.
I can give you all my magical prowess. I don't need mine.
Even my life.
As long as you can save her.
I beg you. Can you save her?
You should never do that.
Your prowess can hardly keep your own life,
not to mention saving other people.
I don't care about my own life!
I just want to save her!
Great immortal, please save her!
Please save her!
You will save her, right?
I'm here, Rourou.
I'm very happy to have you by my side by the past thousands years.
If...
If there's another life,
let's be friends again.
It's okay, Rourou. You will be fine.
Rourou.
Rourou!
Are you okay?
Life and death is predestined.
If she's destined to be an immortal,
your friend will cultivate and gain a form to see you.
By then
don't fail her again.
She's always eager for magical prowess
because she wants to return my favour as soon as she can.
Also wish to rescue Succulent Fairy.
She's stubborn.
She insists to pay me back no matter what I say.
But that's what made her cute.
Otherwise I wouldn't be her friend.
She was attacked by plague needles. Her spirit has perished.
How can she revive?
I just made it up.
I just wanted to give her a hope to live.
I didn't know she had gone through such a tragedy.
Why didn't she tell me?
Sometimes she seems heartless,
but sometimes she's very considerate.
As far as I know, she's considered you as her kin.
She doesn't want you to be sad.
I won't interrupt your night. Bye.
Fairy Jinmi is so impassioned.
-You're up. -The night breeze has made me sober.
I heard your conversation.
Do you think what he said is true?
Just trust him for now.
Yanyou isn't an ordinary man.
You're right.
Although 900 years ago
eighty percent of Qiongqi's power had been sealed by Lord Doumu,
he was still unbeatable with the remaining power.
Yanyou managed to chase him away on his own.
I tried to test him earlier.
His magical prowess is pure and profound.
Greater than the other 11 Zodiac Immortals.
I wonder where he learned that.
That's odd.
When I was fighting with him earlier,
he surrendered himself after a few moves.
I thought he didn't have much skill.
Could it be that he had withheld most of his magical prowess?
Could it be that he purposely withheld his true capability?
He didn't hide it from the God of Wars,
but he hid it from God of the Night.
That's very strange.
He came to Qiwu Palace a while back to look for Jinmi.
He seemed to be familiar with the surroundings.
He practices Water Spell
but he wasn't afraid of my unrefined fire magical prowess.
Could it be him?
I'll go get him.
Don't alert the enemy.
Now that we know he's an immortal. It's easier.
We'll wait and see. See who is behind all these.
Dangerous man like him can never go near Fairy Jinmi.
This is the last thing that I can do for you.
From now on,
you must protect yourself.
Phoenix.
Fish Fairy.
Have you slept well?
Very well.
Did the Osmanthus wine make you suffer?
The wine that you brewed is rich but not strong. It's great wine.
Too bad I have low alcohol tolerance.
That's embarrassing.
You came at the right time, Fairy Jinmi.
I was organising the last match that we didn't finish.
The weather this morning is good. Why don't we finish it?
That'd be great.
By the way, where is Phoenix?
Our mother's birthday is coming soon.
When I finished my duty at 5am,
I saw Xufeng left in a hurry.
I think he must have returned to Heavenly Realm to greet mother.
Fairy Jinmi, your hairpin looks very unique.
I found it out of nowhere.
If you like it,
we are friends anyway, I can give it to you.
But I think this phoenix feather looks striking.
It's not as elegant as the grape vine that you used to wear.
You're really my confidant.
I think the grape vine is pretty too.
It's classic yet simple.
It doesn't draw attention. It's splendorous.
If you like it,
-I can give you one. -My pleasure.
Thank you for letting me win.
How about this? Let me treat you to breakfast.
I won some money yesterday.
I heard that it's very useful in the mortal world.
We can use it to buy things that we eat, wear or use.
We can pay to be an official.
We can also use it to get a wife and kid.
Oh, I forgot.
You're already engaged.
Otherwise I'd get you some wives.
What a waste.
Thank you for your kind offer.
Breakfast sounds like a good idea.
But no wives for me.
In the name of Grand Supreme Lord Lao, I command you! Change!
It works.
Turn into a bun. Turn into a bun. Change!
Turn into a bun. Turn into a bun.
Turn into a bun!
It seems that the bun has turned into a hail.
He's definitely startled by my spell.
Earth Immortal, how may I help you?
Greetings to the God of the Night.
I'm going to report myself to Lord Lao.
I've come here to bid farewell to Your Highness
and Mr. Lingguang.
Unfortunately, God of Fire and Mr. Lingguang are not here.
And this fairy is?
♫ My left hand holds the ground, my right hand holds the sky ♫
♫ Lightning bolts erupt out of my palm print and go in ten directions ♫
♫ I quickly turn time into years ♫
♫ In three thousand lifetimes, I've seen it all ♫
♫ My left hand picks flowers, my right hand wields a sword ♫
♫ Between my brows, an entire 10,000 years' of snow has fallen ♫
♫ One teardrop ♫
♫ That is who I am ♫
♫ My left-hand's finger touches the moon, my right hand is selecting Red Threads ♫
♫ To bestow upon you and I, our desired and predestined love ♫
♫ In the moonlight ♫
♫ You and I ♫
♫ My left hand transforms into feathers, my right hand becomes scales ♫
♫ Some of my lives are spent in the clouds, some are in the forests ♫
♫ I'm willing to follow you and become a speck of dust ♫
♫ In order to emerge in this mortal life ♫
♫ My left hands picks you up, my right hand lets go of you ♫
♫ When I clasp my palms together, you are completely drawn back into my heart ♫
♫ So fragrant ♫
♫ You and I, we become inseparable ♫