Once upon a Time in LingJian Mountain
Episode 26
And let me tell you.
He has a secret chamber.
That’s the only place I can’t go.
Secret chamber?
You know
I’m more sensitive than others.
Once I found out the chamber unintentionally.
But Boren told me
the secret prescription
for balms are stored in the chamber.
Then I couldn’t ask to go in anymore.
My goodness.
So there’s a chamber in this mansion
which you don’t have access.
And you still believe he hides nothing from you?
Ling, are you dumb?
Where’s the smart girl
selling turnips?
This is exactly another horrible story
like the carnivals.
I know it, too.
But I think
I hide even more things
from him.
You mean the seal...
I thought you’ve forgotten it.
It went worse.
Ling! Careful!
You’re too clumsy. Boren.
Ling! Careful! Slow down.
You can’t catch up.
Ling!
It’s slippery. Ling!
We just want to live a normal life.
What’s wrong with it?
Are you all right?
Ling, where did you get hurt?
Let me see.
Ling!
Ling, tell me where you’re hurt.
It’s OK.
I’m just tired.
Let me get you to your room.
So we demons
have no choice but to live under cover?
Who is it?
Who is there?
Ling!
There’s no one.
What do you hear?
Ling!
It’s OK. I’m here.
I’ve been too far and too long away
from Lingjian Mountain.
You just miss home.
So you mean
the restriction in your body looses up?
After that, I had another experience.
I saw things I’d never seen before.
I could feel there’s a strong power
inside me that wants to consume me.
Especially at night,
the headache goes terrible.
It’s a serious matter,
Why didn’t you tell me earlier?
Hey,
you’re Miss Suzu.
If you released the Nine-tail fox,
the whole world,
not just the city, would fall in turmoil.
You know?
I know.
I thought about
maybe I’ve been away from Lingjian Mountain for too long.
Or maybe
the environment didn’t suit me.
I was going to leave here.
But once I thought I had to leave Boren,
my heart hurt.
It was more painful than the loose of restriction.
I didn’t know
if I was performed some kind of magic.
You were not.
It is the power of love.
Ling.
I don’t want to get involved in your love.
But the restriction is critical.
Seriously, if the Nine-tail fox was freed,
the Five Sects could take care of it.
They sealed it once.
So they can seal it one more time.
It’s you whom I’m worried about.
She’s been locked up in your body for years.
Once freed, do you think she’d let you go?
She could smash you easily.
Then how are you going to love your Boren?
I’ve thought about
what you’ve said.
But on one hand,
I really don’t want to leave Boren.
On the other,
though I have these illusions
at night,
when it’s dawn,
I feel better.
If there’s something wrong,
my father will come to me immediately.
And the symptom doesn’t deteriorate for days.
So I drop the worries.
You mean
the symptoms are all the same.
It deteriorates at night
and recovers at dawn?
It’s weird.
Though it recovers,
the symptom never disappears.
All the symptoms
show after you met Xue Boren,
right?
Wang Lu.
You don't trust Boren?
I’m telling you.
Boren loves me.
I’m sure about it.
Really?
Then tell me. Is the secret chamber
for balms prescriptions in his bedroom?
What are you going to do?
Wang Lu, I warn you. Don’t make rash moves.
Boren and I agree
to respect our secrets.
Besides,
Boren will never hurt me.
I’m just wondering,
could the prescriptions be the reason
for your headache?
Look,
you’re different
from normal mortals, right?
How is it going?
Ling remembers every details
about the mansion.
But
I think I know why
Xue Boren sets the formation.
Why?
Look what I found.
Mr. Xue is amazing.
He makes stew in the kitchen.
I found a big wolf’s claw mark.
Um...
Wang Lu.
Why did you throw the meat away?
You wouldn’t want to know why.
I’m going to find out Xue Boren’s secret tonight.
Mr. Wang,
it’s late.
Where are you going?
Lihua, you’re still up?
It’s my duty to serve you.
You’re still up. How can I go to sleep?
Here is the thing. Miss Lihua.
The moon is beautiful tonight.
The three of us want to take a walk
and enjoy the views.
Right.
Do you have an idea
where you want to go?
Actually...
we want to ask Mr. Xue out
to share the joy with us.
Yes.
I’m sorry.
But Mr. Xue’s asleep.
It’s OK.
We’ll just
go back.
Right?
Yes.
Mr. Wang.
You’re still there?
I need some air.
Lihua watches too close.
We can’t get rid of her.
Let me strike her out.
I’ll strike you out.
It’s a spying mission, not a robbery.
Hai,
did you perform Invisible Charm
during Qingyun test?
Oh, god, pardon me.
I never do anything bad.
God, forgive me.
Forgive me.
What just happened?
The restriction in my body fluctuated.
It must be related to the room.
The restriction in your body is so...
I mean,
how do you know it’s related to the house?
There’s a strong smell
of stench around the room.
We can hardly come close.
Don’t you smell it?
No.
Is it your imagination?
Anyway, there’s something wrong for sure.
Let’s get in.
It has to be a powerful man
to have set the advanced formation,
like the Time Frozen.
Besides, he has Ling.
We can’t burst in.
In this situation,
it’s high time we ask my handy assistant,
the spirit scout,
Miss Liang Qiu for help.
I won’t help you
do such an indecent thing.
What are you thinking?
All I want is to save
the innocent girls from Jiyang City.
Look, you’re a girl, too.
But you live
inside Kunshan Sword
and have a wonderful time there.
But what about the other girls?
What did they do wrong
to be kept in the dark chamber
and even to be taken as sacrifices?
You mean
the missing girls are held up in there.
Just get in and find out.
Are you lying to make me do you a favor?
Am I such an untrustworthy man
in your heart?
Forget it if you feel hurt.
I’m going back.
You...
Mr. Wang.
The nimbus interference is strong.
I can’t hold the formation for long.
Miss Liang, I beg you.
I promise it’s of good purpose.
OK, I’ll help you this once.
You’re right.
The air around is abnormal.
Stop.
Miao is in there.
Xue Boren is going to hurt her.
What are we waiting for? Help her.
What are you doing?
You...This is Mr. Xue’s room.
- You can’t get in. - I’ll have to get you out.
You can’t get in.
I’ll do it.
Get out now.
This is Mr. Xue’s room.
Get out now.
Don't move.
You can’t get in.
Stop.
Yes.
What are you doing
in my bedroom?
You...
You’re supposed to be...
In there?
That’s where I put prescriptions from our balms.
Is it the prescription
you two are interested in?
What am I doing here?
Wen Bao, what are you doing here?
Mr. Xue,
we’re so sorry.
The Fengshui in your mansion is not good.
We two sleepwalked to your room.
Sleepwalk?
How strange!
What was it in your dream
that made you sleepwalk into my room?
I’m curious about it.
Please tell me.
I dreamed that you committed series killing.
You kidnapped young girls from Jiyang
and set formations in the chamber
to suck up their spirit.
I can’t continue. It’s horrible.
It is.
It’s indeed a nightmare you had.
I can’t even hear about it anymore.
Mr. Xue, you may not know.
I’m a timid man.
I won’t fall asleep
with this nightmare.
Can you please show me
what the chamber is like?
In case I dream
such terrible dreams again.
I see.
You mean,
if I didn’t let you get in the chamber,
I’d be convicted
of the murder, right?
OK.
Please.
Take a look.
Lu,
it seems there are only balms.
Mr. Wang.
This one is called Four Seasons.
The smell is light and sweet. It calms you down.
I think it may cure your wild imaginations.
I give it to you.
Do you have this kind of balm
that may clear up the scene
and hide your crimes?
I think it’s more practical. I want to buy some.
Mr. Wang.
Making balms
is my family business.
There are lots of fearless thieves
setting their eyes on the prescriptions.
That’s why I have to put them
somewhere safe.
Hope you understand.
I can hardly do that.
After all, the most fearless
thief in Jiyang City is you.
Mr. Wang, I know
we had a careless misunderstanding
when we first met.
And I understand
your worry about Ling’s happiness.
I think what happened today is another mistake.
I won’t tell Ling.
I hope we can forgive each other
and reach reconciliation for the sake of Ling.
OK.
Actually,
I really want to give you the best wishes.
But there are too many suspicious things
in your home that I can’t ignore.
Tell me what I should do.
Mr. Wang.
I promise you
my love to Ling is true.
Please stop making actions testing my loyalty.
OK.
If someone
tries to hurt my friend
in the name of love,
I will find it out
and kill him.
I’m aware of that.
When...
When did you get out?
Never mind.
You won’t remember it tomorrow.
Where is Hai?
The air is dry.
Watch out for fire.
Watch out for burglary and...
Miao!
Miao is back!
Miao! Miao comes back!
We have to save Hai even it’s critical danger.
You deal with Lihua.
I’ll burst into Xue Boren’s chamber.
Hai!
I saw it.
Xue Boren kidnapped Miao.
When you rushed into the chamber,
I could feel the formation is close by.
So I kept the Invisible Charm.
And I saw
that Xue Boren entered into another chamber.
What did you see?
There was a strange fragrance
in the formation.
It was the fragrance I found
on Miao’s handkerchief at the teahouse.
So the kidnapper of young girls in Jiyang City
is Mr. Xue?
We know that Xue Boren disappears
on the 15th day each month.
When did you first come to Xue Mansion?
On May 18.
Xue Boren hadn’t been to the academy for 3 days.
I was worried about him. So I came to find him.
The Xue brothers have a keen sense of smell.
Making balms
is my family business.
The Xue brothers have a keen sense of smell.
They can even tell
the most subtle smells.
There are the fragrance of Miao’s handkerchief
and animal’s hair.
Xue Boren sets a Time Frozen formation.
I read about the formation
in an ancient book.
It’s an evil magic
first practiced by demons.
So Xue Boren’s real identity is...
Tastes good.
Did you hear wolf howling last night?
I found
a big wolf’s claw mark.
Then let’s catch him.
We can’t.
We don’t know
where he keeps the girls.
And we burst in just now.
It has alerted him.
Moreover,
Ling is in his hands now.
So you mean
he may devour Ling?
The way he treats Ling
is different from the others.
I don’t know if it’s because of
Ling’s superb Kungfu,
or some evil plot against Lingjian Sect.
Lu, what’s your opinion?
Ling has a demon restricted in her body.
And Xue Boren is a demon.
It can’t be such a coincidence.
It’s a critical issue.
Let’s pay a visit to Miao tomorrow
and see if there’s any clue.
Morning.
We’ve found Miao.
I know. Thanks.
What’s going on?
She was so anxious yesterday
about her daughter.
Do you know
the night patrol, Zhang,
saw Miao coming back last night?
Impossible.
So many girls went missing.
How come she’s the only person coming back?
I don't know.
Is it because, last night,
we broke into his formation,
which saved Miao?
If that’s the case,
it’ll be great!
We can find out
what happened last night from her.
But we’re not even invited to her home.
Your turn.
I...
Morning.
I’m Hai Yunfan,
Lingjian Sect’s disciple.
Lingjian Sect has been combating demons
to serve the society.
In this missing girls case,
your daughter, Miao,
is a key witness.
We would be delighted
to get her help.
Meanwhile,
you also make significant contributions
to the peaceful development of the world.
The world citizens will remember you.
Thank you.
Come in with me.
She’s been like this since she came home.
Never said a word.
What did we do?
Miao!
Can you hear me?
Miao!
She must have been shocked by the yellow dog.
I’ll kill the dog now.
I can’t allow you to do it.
Miao, you wake up.
I’m so worried about you.
Are you all right?
You must be hungry.
Let me get you something to eat.
You...
You come all the way to my home?
You were on the street just now.
We...
I won’t talk to you.
You just murdered Dazhuang and its family.
Miao,
your last memory is the dispute
with us on the street?
I remember what just happened.
But, where are Mr. Xue and his brothers?
Miao,
we had a dispute on July 15.
It’s July 18 today.
You were missing for a day and a night.
July 18?
I know you have doubt
and you’re probably afraid.
But, Miao,
the information you know
may help us save the rest missing girls
from Jiyang City.
Can you please think harder
what happened during that day?
Today...
No.
In the morning of July 15,
I went to Beastmastery Sect’s temple as usual.
The priest
gave me a cup of charm ashes water.
Then I went back from the temple
to the city
and saw you kill Dazhuang and its family.
You just can’t forget it, right?
Please go on.
And then,
Mr. Xue and his brothers came.
When you left...
I couldn’t remember anything after that.
How could it be possible?
Think harder, please.
Hai.
I remember there’s a formation called Flashback.
Create an illusion in time
and let what happened unfold in it.
I only read about it in book.
And the person must
have a strong will to go back in time.
Miao!
Actually...
there’s a thing I think you should know.
It’s about the dog.
What happened to him?
The dog has...
The day you disappeared,
your mom found your handkerchief in his kennel.
The officers believed that he took you
and kidnapped you.
So they hung him up.
It couldn’t be him.
But what’s the point?
You don’t remember.
Nobody can prove his innocence.
They must have made a stew of him.
Well...
Let me think harder.
We have to save him.
I agree.
Hai, I know you can help her.
This is all I can find in her memory.
Let’s have a look.
Are we real in this world?
So this is the world of flashback.
You’re right.
This is Jiyang City two days ago.
How do you know?
You look feckless today.
I’ll get another cabbage
for you.
Vegan dog? Sure he’s feckless.
What’s going on?
I don't remember there’s an earthquake or rain.
Something wrong with the formation?
You murderer!
You killed Dazhuang and its family.
It’s unforgivable!
Miss,
do you have the wrong person?
Stop it.
You’re sitting on them.
We can see what’s in her mind?
It’s Miao’s memory we’re in.
It’s full of her subjective consciousness.
I never thought that in her consciousness
we could be so ugly.
Trust me.
When she falls into my arms later,
she’ll love me.
Are you guys from Jiyang City
insane due to Beastmastery Sect’s rules?
Meat is not allowed.
Why? Are they your families?
I got it.
You’re the so-called rotten bastard.
I have no more to say to you.
Get out of the way.
I’m going to bury Dazhuang and its family.
Moment of truth.
Mr. Wang.
Your presumption is so close to the truth,
despite of the tiny mistake.
She just couldn’t admit it.
Young idols?
Are you kidding me?
We two are more handsome, OK?
I’m not bad.
Lu, Hai.
Did we come back?
It’s weirdly quiet.
Look, Lu.
She’s sleepwalking?
She is...
A cat demon.
This is Xue Boren’s secret chamber.
The formation was set here.
Xue Boren is so devilish.
Don’t get closer to Beastmastery Sect anymore.
Stop.
Miao forgets the most important part.
What are we going to do now?
Why did you keep it from us?
Hai, what’s going on?
What’s it with Lu?
You knew Xue Boren is a wolf demon, right?
What are you talking about? Let go.
What’s up?
The hair we saw on the claw
in Miao’s memory
just now is the same with
that in Miao’s handkerchief
and that in the formation.
What we heard in the teahouse is true.
Miao was kidnapped by wolf demon.
And that wolf demon is Xue Boren.
Xue Boren’s a wolf demon?
Keen sense of smell?
Balm business?
They’re just a wolf’s nature.
And the Time Frozen formation.
He’s a demon.
That’s why he can perform such formation.
No wonder...
No wonder everyone in Jiyang City is vegan,
while Xue can have meat.
Hold on.
Are you implying that the meat I ate is...
So you knew it at that time.
That’s why you didn’t let Wen Bao eat it.
I just wanted to wait until I got enough proof.
But I never thought it could turn into such chaos.
In Miao’s memory,
there’s only one person, Xue Boren.
Don’t you think that’s enough?
But there’s a lapse in Miao’s memory.
It’s quite suspicious.
But you saw it.
In Xue Boren’s formation,
he prevented her from transformation.
We saw he was performing magic on Miao.
Miao transforms between human
and cat.
We can’t be sure now
whether he was saving her or hurting her.
Why do you speak for the demon?
I’m speaking for the truth.
As to what we saw,
I can say that
Xue Boren helped Miao
and restored her human figure.
Answer me then.
Do you deny
that Xue Boren is a wolf demon?
No.
That’s it.
Then we should kill him.
Hai!
I never expected that
you may make those devilish remarks.
Do remember what Xue Boren
said to Miao?
He said
don’t get closer to Beastmastery Sect anymore.
Yes.
Why did he say that?
If he was the kidnapper,
why would he say that to Miao
to warn her to stay away?
But Beastmastery Sect is a decent sect.
Decent?
The word “decent” at present
is no longer a symbol of righteousness.
We thought Almighty Sect
was a decent sect, didn’t we?
So you mean
you’d rather believe the wolf demons
than the decent sect.
I believe only in evidence.
But you shouldn’t have trusted a demon.
Not even kind demons that save people’s life?
No demons are kind.
Hai,
you think
all demons should go to hell?
Yes.
What if the demon is your friend?
What if the demon is me?
Will you kill me without hesitation?
Are you?