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[The Mystic Nine]
[Episode 30]
That's the chieftain?
Greetings, Tribal Chieftain!
Why is she here?
The choosing of porters to escort the heir apparent to his grave is my duty.
No need for Protector to toil on it.
Tribal Chieftain is grieving for the loss of your beloved son.
The village elders considered that your emotional health wasn't well,
so they especially ordered me to share your burdens.
Share my burdens?
Since time immemorial, the porters escorting the deceased heir apparent are from our own village,
while you deliberately chose Han people.
What is your ulterior motive?
What motive can I have?
Everything that I'm doing is for your sake.
Full of rubbish! You're doing this
clearly to insult me and my son!
Heir Apparent dying at such a young age
is a warning from Heaven. An ominous sign.
I then had Han people do the carrying of the casket. But you, do you still want to bring disaster to our tribesmen?
You...
Tribal Chieftain, just be at ease.
♫ The era of surviving amidst war ♫
♫ Unable to avoid the rivalries ♫
♫ In this big world, everyone, let's worship together ♫
♫ Life and death are destined, you can't do anything about it ♫
♫ Leaving when you still haven't done anything yet ♫
♫ You're here, I'm here, let's fight to have a future ♫
♫ Get up, get up ♫
♫ Get up, get up, upsurge of burning passion ♫
♫ Adversities and prosperity have caused us to lift our head high and not be afraid ♫
♫ No matter how many conflicts there would be ♫
♫ Moving forward or retreating, won't regret it ♫
♫ In a spurt of energy, preparing to give it all in this counterattack ♫
♫ Even if I have to abandon myself ♫
♫ If I'm not the battle addict, who else? ♫
♫ Who are we? A group of people who gets stronger as they meet someone stronger ♫
♫ No matter how exhausted we are ♫
♫ Moving forward or retreating, won't regret it ♫
♫ Bullets are flying around, using our own flesh to block it ♫
♫ Even if we're about to break down ♫
♫ Victory or defeat isn't definite ♫
♫ Just pursue your dream ♫
[The Mystic Nine]
Stop!
Unruly!
These Hans have been chosen to be the burial porters. You mustn't kill them!
Are you planning to disregard the warning of Heaven?
It's because of your poor care that the Heir Apparent died.
The only way to break this omen
is to bury the Heir Apparent in Death Valley
to appease the anger of Heaven!
Are you planning to foil this?
You...
This tribe chieftain has indeed lost power.
What do you mean?
With the heir apparent dying, the chieftain already lost huge prestige.
She even had to personally go to the valley to bury her child under a tree.
And got some sacred vines from the sacred tree to placate the citizens.
She initially was against taking Han porters into the valley.
She even wanted to kill us earlier.
But even if the lives of Hans aren't that valuable,
the Hans chosen to bury the heir apparent
are people that she can't touch.
Protector.
You must do well on the task that I assigned you to do.
Yes.
I must make this Chieftain Shi Huaichan
unable to return.
Everyone, quickly go back and pack your things. We'll set out tomorrow morning.
Yes!
Let's go.
Lieutenant, did you see that?
You'll know that those people aren't ordinary just by one look.
Indeed. I never thought that this place was this chaotic, too.
We're currently in troubled times. How can there be any peaceful place?
We came here to look for Fo Ye.
I never thought that we'd encounter this kind of a mess.
Ba Ye, what do you plan to do?
The internal strife here in Baiqiao Village isn't our business to begin with.
But the people around Fo Ye have deliberately set up deceptive formations.
We don't know where he's hiding.
I feel that this matter is connected with that chieftain.
The chieftain?
Looks like we must make this trip.
This burial parade is our only way to get near the chieftain.
Ba Ye, don't worry. I will ensure your safety.
Lieutenant Zhang, I know your skills.
It's just that this matter is quite fishy.
I can't understand what that protector wants to do.
Those people we saw by the door
must be investigated well.
Fatty!
[Yunlai Relay Station]
Fatty, here, let me pour wine for you.
Fatty.
Earlier, I saw a few formidable brute men.
When did you start to have those people by your side?
Those are not my men. They were hired by the boss.
Tell us then.
Why did boss hire such formidable men?
This...
Aren't we escorting the chieftain into the valley?
It's good to hire a few good fighters.
Is it really to protect the chieftain into the valley,
or send her to her death?
You want to die? What nonsense are you saying?!
What? If you dare to do it, then you should dare to say it.
Just one look and we know that those people are assassins.
Letting them escort you is sending you to your death.
- Your dish is here. - You two were even able to guess this?
No, this, who are you two really?
Don't worry. We just want to know what protector wants to do.
We won't hurt you.
Moreover,
aren't we entering the valley with the chieftain?
I don't know much about the details.
I also just accidentally learned that
Protector asked the boss to find some assassins.
The reason most likely is similar to your guess.
Protector wanted to use this chance to take away the life of the chieftain.
Actually, it's unnecessary. The valley has experienced successive torrential rains lately.
The environment is very dangerous. As long as the chieftain enters it,
her chances of coming back alive are very low.
But if, I'm saying "if."
If this chieftain was lucky to survive,
she then will surely be killed.
Protector has thought of things so thoroughly.
Looks like he's hell bent on taking the life of the chieftain.
Also, it's even through a justified manner.
Oh, right. Tell me. How did that heir apparent die?
This, I really don't know.
Rumor has it that it's because this chieftain is not virtuous,
and it's a warning from Heaven.
Nonsense.
I know that you two are highly skilled.
But these assassins are harboring evil intentions.
I reckon that they will act upon just entering the valley.
After all, no one wants to enter Death Valley.
By then, you two must act according to the circumstances.
Escape when you can. Don't lose your life in vain.
Sure. Come. Let's drink.
Come, drink.
Set out!
Are those assassins deliberately staying at the end of the line?
The sight from the farthest back is the best. No moves can escape their eyes.
Then it means they are really good fighters.
Protector is hell-bent on getting what he wants this time.
Quickly, think of a way. I don't want to die here.
Wait.
What are you doing?!
Chieftain has ordered that no Han people can approach her! Go back!
Bro! Bro! Don't get agitated. Sorry. It's just a misunderstanding.
I thought you could come up with some good ideas.
What way can there still be?
How would I know?
Stop your nonsense. Go.
Be careful of those people behind us.
- Are they making any move? - Not yet.
Er Ye, let me help you.
Sanniang, why are you here again?
Er Ye, let's go out of the city first.
I'll leave once you find Ba Ye and the others.
Just send me out of the city. Ba Ye...
I'll look for them myself.
I'm willing to do so.
You're already like this. What else can you do?
I don't want to let you risk danger by yourself.
Sanniang! I—
Er Ye, are you blaming me for making a move against Fo Ye?
Looks like in your heart, I'm even inferior to Fo Ye.
Fo Ye has never thought of breaking the rules of the Mystic Nine Families.
He just wanted to see who had been tampering with the underground tomb.
Er Ye, I don't want to argue with you about this matter.
Toward Fo Ye, I just want
to topple him and get his territories.
I never thought of taking his life.
You don't believe me?
I believe you.
Since you trust me, then I'll accompany you.
Sanniang.
It's decided as such.
Lu Jianxun has sealed every exit in the city of Changsha.
Do you have a way to escape?
Escape?
Do I still need to escape?
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What are you doing?!
So sorry. So sorry.
Go.
So sorry.
With the chieftain being this vigilant, even if you tell her who the assassins are,
she will never believe you.
That's right. Looks like we can only keep watch of these assassins.
I thought we'd be able to resolve this matter quickly, but I never thought it would be this difficult.
It's been so long since I've returned to Changsha.
Don't know how the situation is now in the city.
[Chen Manor]
You said that the head of the Huo house secretly went out of the city?
Boss, she openly went out. It's not covertly.
She went out last night and you just tell it to me now?!
I deserve to die. I deserve to die. It was an oversight.
I thought that since she was one of us, I didn't give it much thought.
I never thought that she still hasn't returned up to now.
This didn't sit well with me, so I came to report it to you.
Why don't you just die from stupidity?
- After them. Pursue them! - Yes!
- Where are you going? - Pursue Er Yuehong.
You found him?
It's all thanks to your clever plan of using the beauty tactic to trap Er Yuehong.
I think you've been deceived.
Huo Sanniang has already taken Er Yuehong out of the city, fleeing from you.
I know that Huo Sanniang left the city.
She went out to invite a great master that can help us in going down into the tomb.
How is there still a greater master outside of the Nine Mystic Families? You believed such a lie?
I'm in a hurry to pursue Er Yuehong, so I won't talk to you anymore.
Boss Chen.
If Huo Sanniang escaped overnight,
I fear that you won't be able to catch up to her now.
No need to rush things. Let's discuss this matter at length. Please go inside.
I know that you are anxious to find Zhang Qishan,
but we can't do so blindly.
The people I sent to pursue them have returned to report
that they haven't found any clues on the whereabouts of Zhang Qishan or Yin Xinyue.
Hence, it's very possible that they didn't go to Beiping.
In this vast world, if he wants to hide,
you can never find him.
What you mean then is...
Just do the strategy of waiting by the stump for the rabbit to come.
As long as we have something that Zhang Qishan wants,
why be afraid that he won't appear?
Are you referring to that ancient tomb?
Correct.
Zhang Qishan almost died in that tomb.
He even bombed the mine shaft. Meaning, there must be an object inside it that he wants.
As long as we enter the tomb again and find that item,
are you still afraid that Zhang Qishan won't obediently come to us?
Then, regarding the matter with the head of the Huo family, what's your arrangement?
If Huo Sanniang indeed colluded with Er Yuehong,
since the fourth member of the Mystic Nine Families can be changed,
the seventh can be changed as well.
Chief, be careful.
It's hard to travel down this mountain path to begin with, and it's even raining now.
Protector knew that it was raining here and he still forced me to enter the valley.
He really has wild evil intentions. I can't let him succeed.
Everyone, be careful! Let's continue onward.
Yes!
Is that chieftain crazy? It's raining.
Enough. Shut your mouth.
I think the people behind us are planning to take action.
Looks like it.
What do we do?
Not do anything to adapt to the changes.
I'm relying on you later.
Don't worry. I'll hide far away and not be a disturbance.
Okay.
I'm clarifying it beforehand that I'm not a disloyal friend.
Let me tell you that as long as you don't drag me down, I'm going to thank Heaven for it. Seriously.
Okay.
I saw them drawing their sword. What do we do?
I also saw it.
You must persist until the end.
Once I... see Fo Ye, I will thank you handsomely.
Be quiet first.
I also want to, but I can't help it.
There are so many of them. Can you handle them all?
Leave a few behind to protect the Heir Apparent. The others, come with me.
Yes!
Let's go.
Go.
Such bad luck. Heiqiao and Baiqiao are archenemies.
How could we bump into people from the Heiqiao Village here?
Lower down your voice. This is the territory of Heiqiao. They might ambush us.
Also, there are a lot of traps set up here. It would be safer to keep close to them.
- If we got discovered, we wouldn't even know how we died. - Let's quickly go.
That scared me. Good thing, these Heiqiao tribesmen appeared just in time.
Or else, those assassins would have made their move.
They indeed got interrupted by these Heiqiao people, but these people are also bearing evil intentions.
You're right.
It was indeed strange that people from the Heiqiao tribe would appear here.
Could it be their target is the chieftain?
That's very possible. Let's just continue walking.
You make it sound so simple. I'm a person who doesn't know any martial arts.
These assassins are already enough of a problem for me. If you still add those Heiqiao Village people, won't I be dead?
Ba Ye, don't worry. You will be fine.
Blades don't have eyes. Your two fists can't go against their four limbs.
Moreover, if a fight really breakout, could you still care about me?
Say, why are we so unfortunate to get involved in this mess?
This Baiqiao is really quite chaotic, with both internal and external strife.
Inside the village, there's a protector with wild ambitions who's planning to rebel.
Outside, there's still the Heiqiao Village eyeing them covetously.
That's being completely surrounded by enemies.
Can't do anything about it. Just take care of yourself by then.
What can we still do? We can only take a step at a time and leave our fate to Heaven.
Sorry.
Be more cautious of that person.
That person has great fighting skills. Take note of him more.
Yes.
Let's go.
Earlier, that move of yours was so beautiful!
How come those Heiqiao people disappeared?
That's right.
Dead people! Dead people!
Aren't these the Heiqiao people dancing earlier? Why are they here?
- The ghosts led us to here! They are ghosts and they led us here! - Ghosts!
Ghosts! Ghosts!
The ghosts are here to ask for our lives. Hurry and run!
Everyone, withdraw!
Yes! Protect Chieftain!
Keep watch of the chieftain. Something's fishy about this.
It's hard for a cripple to walk. One gets crippled if he breaks his leg.
Such a calculation means that this place is very ominous.
One can see that.
- Quickly go. - Go. Go.
Chief, we seemed to have gotten lost.
I don't know.
- That's right. Where's the road? - We seemed to be going in circles.
How come there's no more path?
It's the Heiqiao people coming to get our lives!
Could we really have encountered some ghosts?
No way. Are there ghosts here?
Not right. Something's not right.
The eyes are the mirror of the heart. Everything in this world is just an empty mass.
Ba Ye, what fortune did you calculate?
Aren't you awesome? You look at it yourself?
Wh-When was I able to see it?
Just earlier. You told me to stop calculating, for you can see it.
Ba Ye, what time is it now? You still are in the mood to joke around?
Once you have a way, you'll be in a good mood.
What way?
What the Heiqiao Village used is black sorcery.
It will only manipulate a person's heart.
But it originated from Fu Xi's Eight Trigrams. Everything may change but it will not deviate too far from the origin.
I surely can break their magic.
The darkening of the light led to fights in the dark. There's fire under the ground and procuring it won't be an upright path.
This is an omen of harm, so avoiding it will make you well.
What do you mean, Ba Ye?
Let's go out following the water route.
No! There are Heiqiao tribesmen by the water waiting to take our lives. If we approach its shore, we'll get dragged into the water!
That's right!
Right! You want to harm us!
It's because you don't understand the scheme of the Heiqiao Village people
is to hide this survival path under the pretense of it being a death path.
- Letting us unable to notice it. - But what if...
what if we take the wrong path?
- What to do? - He seems to be saying the truth.
We also don't understand such a situation!
- What should we do? - What if we lose our lives because of it?
This, we're already standing here for a half a day. Are you taking the part or not?
Why must I believe you?
Tribal Chieftain, I know the way out.
This marsh covertly combined the five elements of the Eight Trigrams. The survival path is at the east.
Are you going or not? If you still don't, once it gets dark, you won't be able to get out.
Let's go.
This... Forget it. Let's just follow them.
Go. Go. There's no other way. Let's go.
What do we do?
Let's go out first.
Logically speaking, they won't leave the chieftain behind.
If we stay here, I fear that we will die. Let's go.
Okay. Let's go.
They have all left.
Chieftain, let's follow them out here first.
If there were to be any changes, it would be more convenient to act in a safer place.
Okay. Let's go.
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We really got out.
Are you joking? The Five Elements and Eight Trigrams are my expertise.
If I say that we can get out, we then can get out.
Yes. What Ba Ye says is right.
We're out! We're out! We don't need to die!
After we bury the casket, we can go back home and live our good days!
If not because of you, we would have died!
- Don't! Don't! - Thank you, my savior!
We are all Hans here. No need to be so courteous.
Yes. Yes.
Thanks.
How come Tribal Chieftain hasn't come out yet?
Don't worry.
Isn't she here now?
Where then are we going next?
Of course, to look for a place to settle in.
Ba Ye, it looks like this village has been abandoned.
Ba Ye,
this is a stone guarding the souls.
Legend says that touching it will invite evil spirits and a fatal disaster.
Everyone, don't touch it!
How come it's so evil? Could there be a ghost?
Everyone, be quiet!
There must be an ancient tomb nearby. This soul guarding stone safeguards the ancient tomb.
As long as no one touches it, there won't be a problem.
Why don't we look for a place to settle down first?
Yes!
Chief! We've checked it. The dilapidated temple is very safe.
Okay. We'll rest here for the night.
- Yes. - Yes.
Let's go.
This chieftain is so vigilant.
She's sitting at the place nearest the exit.
Smart.
Even if it's smart, it won't work.
Too inferior compared to them.
What's to brag about knowing martial arts?!
Wasn't I the one who found the path earlier?
That's why everyone was able to get out.
Yes. It's all thanks to you.
Ba Ye,
how come you were sure
that the chieftain would go with you?
Chieftain, right now, is like a bird that gets startled by just the mere twang of a bow.
The more you tell her, the more she'll doubt you.
That swamp was so dangerous.
If she stays, she would have surely died.
Hence, no matter what, she would follow me out of there.
So that was it. Fo Ye once told me
that "When Ba Ye calculates a person's fate, he's actually calculating the human heart."
Fo Ye really praised me like that?
He even said,
"It's exactly because Ba Ye is so great in reading the human heart;
hence, there are some things that you don't need to reason with him about.
Just directly... use force."
I thought he was praising me. That was clearly criticizing me!
You think I couldn't understand good words from bad?
You are even laughing?
If Fo Ye were here, I'd be willing to be bullied by him.
But now, we don't know where he is.
Don't even know how his health situation is now.
Say, what kind of illness did Fo Ye contract?
I also don't know it very clearly.
The situation of Fo Ye is quite weird.
Fo Ye, drink some water.
Fo Ye!
Could it be Fo Ye isn't sick?
It's been days. What situation is Fo Ye really in,
I can only assess once I see him.
We must grab hold of time then.
Thank you, Mister. It was really so dangerous today.
No need to be so courteous...
This valley is so full of strange things. No wonder it was called Death Valley.
I heard that those Heiqiao people are very demonic.
We must have met ghosts today.
Nonsense!
I heard a lot about ghosts.
But who among you has really seen one?
Let me tell you all that in this world, only people
are the ones pretending to be ghosts or deities.
If it wasn't a ghost, how come the Heiqiao people suddenly disappeared?
Also, they suddenly died in this place.
This... we saw all that with our own eyes.
What you see may not be the truth.
Sometimes, one's eyes can also deceive you.
In short, we never bumped into any ghosts today.
Or else, we wouldn't have walked out of that swamp.
It's just that the appearance of those Heiqiao people is indeed very strange.
I fear that they will be doing something next. Everyone must be careful.
Chieftain, don't get anxious first. Those Heiqiao may not be targeting us.
Based on their appearance, they seemed to be conducting some kind of ceremony.
That's right.
But today isn't a ritual day.
Why did they come here?
Moreover, why is it so coincidental that we would bump into them?
We must guard against it.
Can you guys be calmer? I'm just setting up a trap.
Do you people need to be that nervous?
[Wanhong Temple]
Attack!
Thanks! Thanks!
Quickly get up! Quickly get up!
Quickly get up.
Like I told you,
talks about ghosts and spirits are just lies.
These things are just small tricks I used
when I was still doing some Jianghu business. All are just the work of imagination.
It's just that these Heiqiao Village people firmly believe in dishonest and evil practices.
That's why they were so panic-stricken.
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