Once upon a Time in LingJian Mountain
Episode 6
There was a very shallow wound
on the left shoulder of the deceased,
which was caused by a sharp blade.
And it is the same as
the dagger in Wang Lu’s hand.
But,
the reason of the death
is not the wound,
but the poison on the dagger.
Poison?
Yes.
And the dagger
matches the scabbard of the deceased.
I guess,
it belongs to the deceased.
Wang Lu must have drawn
his dagger in a hurry,
and stabbed…
Stop!
After that, the poison spread in his body.
When Liuli arrived,
he has already died.
And,
this is Nine…
Nine Beast Frost poison!
It is refined with nine kinds of poison
and then put into the cold ice pool
for three years.
It’s very famous and valuable.
Go ahead.
Look at his bone,
it’s so different from others.
And his teeth and hands are all badly worn.
Are these like what people of Lingjian will do?
I have also heard some rumors that
some people in Beirong abduct babies
and destroy all of their
physical features.
They have had special assassination training
for decades.
They’re called
men of sacrifice.
Do you know what “men of sacrifice” is?
As the term suggests,
born to die.
They would rather die
if the mission fails.
If he is really a men of sacrifice,
is he here to kill Wang Lu?
How could I know it?
Was I at the scene?
How could I know his target only by assumption?
Wu is right.
She was not at scene.
So it’s very strange.
Their mission failed this time,
but I can’t be sure that
there is only one of them here.
Since we don’t know their intention,
I hope you can be more careful,
wait and get ready to defend the attack.
Don’t act rashly and alert the enemy.
I agree.
Wu's apprentice has done well in killing enemies,
how about we reward him with some magic weapons?
You’re being biased so obviously,
can’t you just cover it up a little bit?
He killed someone, and we will reward him?
This is so unfair to others.
Then what should we do?
He is still kneeling in the square.
What a poor thing.
Your apprentice is also kneeling,
what about him?
Alright, stop the comparing.
Let me decide it.
It’s an accident.
No punishment, no reward.
Wu,
what do you think?
I’m asking you.
He should deal with it himself.
None of my business.
You…
Oh, no.
What’s wrong?
What?
I got something important to do.
See you.
Wu!
Are you mad at me?
Definitely yes.
You cut in her talk.
It’s all your fault.
Enough.
Do you know how to say
when you see your master?
Don’t worry.
Since you gave me the second rank Rongyun Elixir,
I will praise you as a good man.
What are you doing?
What’s wrong with you?
Did you get your brain hurt?
How dare you to take mine?
How about we come another day?
Wait.
You’re the Seventh Master,
you should keep your words.
And, you have given me the elixir,
if I don’t help you,
I can’t forgive myself.
But she seems to be so mad.
It’s all my fault.
I always piss her off.
She is such a person of love and righteousness.
She must be so sad that
her apprentice was wronged.
But she won’t tell you.
She could only keep it in her mind
and bear it on her own…
Alright, enough.
Let’s get in there first.
Come on! Do it again!
Can you get more power or benefits
by taking my elixir?
Are you looking for death?
They are playing mahjong.
You said that you need us
to play mahjong with you.
How could you scold him now?
Don’t protect him.
All my good ones were all taken by him,
I guess both of you are cheating on me!
Green dragon.
Wu, the important thing you said
is playing mahjong?
Isn’t it important?
At least it’s
more important than
my stupid apprentice.
Master, I still have dignity.
Could you please show some respect?
You’re here?
I though our leader
has kicked you out.
Eight character.
You…
You don’t care about me,
and you don’t even allow other to.
Wu,
I didn’t know that he is your apprentice.
Now I know that,
I shouldn’t punish him.
Since you’re always so kind to me,
then your apprentice is also mine.
No, ours.
Look,
I sent our apprentice
back to you, safe and sound.
Kong.
Great job, master.
Sure.
Who asked you to send him back?
You should punish him.
Non-Phase Peak
is not a place for such a rascal.
Master,
isn't our business philosophy
a rogue business?
It makes sense.
Then what are you doing here?
Why don’t you go to take a bath?
How could a master let his apprentice
practice in the bath every day?
I guess
she was interested in my handsome face
and my eight abdominal muscles.
Nonsense.
You are just one weak bamboo.
You must have seen my body.
Five dot.
Go on.
Stop arguing.
It’s all my fault.
I’m here to apologize to Wu.
Why should you?
He did wrong things, and you apologize?
He will be spoiled!
West wind.
Then what do you plan to do to him?
How could you say that?
I’m here to plead for you.
Now you stand on my master’s side?
How could you do this to me?
I’d rather be punished.
OK. I will.
Don’t you like to fight?
Ao Guanhai,
arrange an open contest between Wang Lu and Liuli.
Live or die.
Wu! Are you kidding me?
Liuli is my apprentice,
she is a tough one.
But Wang Lu is still a fresh man.
What?
Do you look down upon Wang Lu as a junior body?
Body?
I thought he should be at power stage at least.
Hey, I’m still here!
Then, that’s it.
Open contest in ten days.
Lu Li,
help me.
Or it’ll be a matter of life!
Wu,
I think…
I think you’re right.
Open contest,
it’s fair.
Feng Ling,
I can only trust you here.
Help me.
You’ll get benefits.
What?
Do you want to bribe me?
Save it.
I won’t betray my bestie
for such a little money.
Let’s go on.
Please think carefully.
There are many ways to teach your apprentice,
but this should be the last one to use.
Stop it.
It’s up to Wang Lu now.
Do or not,
think it over.
Fine.
I’ll do it.
OK.
Since you’ve made up your mind,
good luck.
Wait a second!
Ladies and gentlemen,
self-drawn!
Full-flush and catching the moon!
Three hundred and twenty points!
Give me your money!
Are you going to
take all my money away?
Master,
you asked me to play with you.
Master, enjoy your time.
I’m leaving now.
I have to prepare
if I will have a contest with Liuli.
See you.
Wang Lu,
you should think it over.
- Lu! - Wang Lu!
Come on!
Lu!
I will leave now as well.
But, don’t worry,
I’ll remind Liuli to be merciful.
They have all left,
why are you still sitting here?
You’re so shameless.
How could I move like this?
That’s right.
But, you should still pay your debt.
Fine, just tell me,
what did you say to him
secretly just now?
Why did you change your mind so suddenly?
Do or not,
think it over.
If you refuse, I’ll tell Master Fang He
that an outer disciple
often sneaked into Scripture library.
I wonder what bad things
he was doing.
Fine.
I’ll do it.
Shame on you.
That’s really who you are.
You know me so well.
We can still play this.
Come on.
Wang Lu, the apprentice of Non-Phase Peak,
deliberately provoked a fight,
which was extremely serious
and bad in nature.
Now the punishment is announced as follows:
instruct Wang Lu, the apprentice of Non-Phase Peak,
and Liuli, the apprentice of Qingyun Peak,
to compete in public in ten days,
regardless of life or death.
Regardless of life or death?
The winner can stay in Lingjian for further cultivation.
No appeal is allowed.
No appeal is allowed?
The winner can stay in Lingjian?
What does that mean?
The loser will be kicked out.
Kicked out?
No way!
Liuli has been here for eight years,
and she is at virtuality stage now.
But Wang Lu has been here for only two years,
and he is the only one of us
who doesn’t know magic.
He doesn’t even reach the power stage.
He will definitely lose!
Yes,
this punishment…
is so…
good.
Your hair looks so good today!
Wang Zhong,
let’s go.
Support?
You’re not an attack damage carrier,
why do you need support?
Then how can I win
a real successor?
Aren’t you a real one?
Then we have to be determined to win.
People will win their destiny,
and you will win Liuli.
No.
You have to leave something to me.
But I have nothing
except my clothes.
What do you want to do to me?
Master,
it’s a matter of life. Can you be serious?
OK,
I’ll teach you the first lesson now.
Firm stance.
Calm down.
Hands behind your head.
Jump up and squat heavily.
This is the mental method.
And the pithy formula is…
Please spare my life!
I won’t do it again!
I’m done with it!
You! Wang Wu!
I knew that
from the beginning, you tried your best
to take away the Xiaoyun coin,
just to stop me from passing the customs.
Later, you stole the leader's gold seal and framed me.
You forced me to be your apprentice
in order to get rid of your debt.
For two years,
you have not taught me any martial arts
except to let me take baths again and again.
The third Master is right.
You are a disgrace to Lingjian
for your misdemeanor,
neglecting of duty and drunkenness.
You’re closely reasoned and well argued.
You still have ten days,
it’s enough for you to write a suicide note.
That’s what you really think, right?
You'd like him to kill me in the contest,
so that
you can get rid of me forever,
right?
No.
What?
I was going to play you before I get rid of you.
You want me to feed others?
In your dream!
It’s fine that you’re a bug in workplace,
just don’t bury me with you.
I don’t believe that
I can’t become a immortal on my own.
What’s that sound?
What are you doing?
You were killed by my master before?
She is in the next room.
Goodbye.
Wang Lu.
Feng Ling?
My master killed you?
I’m just exhausted after
playing mahjong with your master.
You can follow me
from tomorrow.
My master sold me?
Not that.
I just think that you’re talented
to learn martial arts.
So I want to teach you my Whirling.
You’re still at the age of body,
and you haven’t start the cultivation.
Follow me, you can
not only strengthen your body,
speed up your practice,
but also learn more skills to protect yourself.
How do you think?
Great! Master!
But, the ordinary…
The ordinary martial arts…
Can it defeat Liuli?
Will it be too late
to run away at that time, master?
Do you want to learn?
I’ll go back to sleep if you don’t want to.
Of course I do!
Take a bath, change your clothes,
and wait for me on the mountain.
Why bath again?
If you break it, you will get weight.
You even ask others to teach your apprentice.
Look at you.
Did you force Ao Guanhai to arrange the contest
on purpose?
No!
You know what,
I used to see
people doing cricket fighting in the world.
It was interesting.
So I want to ask them to fight for us.
Wang Lu is getting stronger
and more energetic.
Obviously, the medicine baths you asked him to take
has begun to work.
But you asked him to be beaten now…
I won’t believe you.
I know it even if you don’t answer.
Feng Yin told me that
you asked him to beat you
when you were learning the spirit of Wuxiang Sword.
The heavier he beat, the happier you were.
It was really hard for the old man.
He had to spend
so much energy and physical strength every day.
It cost a lot for him to recover.
They have enough medicine for him.
You ask me to teach him the basic skills,
and let Liuli open his mind.
Look at you.
You’re too calculating to be a master.
Cut the crap.
I need to leave now.
Right,
it’s a full moon night again.
Can you make it through?
I’m so tired now.
Come to me if you want to win back your money.
Hai?
You followed me?
Tell me,
you agreed to compete with Liuli.
Are you doing this for me?
For you?
Yes, you look pretty.
But I don’t know you are more narcissistic than me.
I promised to compete
because I bet with my master that
if I win,
she will give me Magic Treasure.
Lu,
I’m not kidding.
If your master takes me to blackmail you,
I can personally admit my mistake to leader.
Sneaking into the Scripture library,
I’ll be kicked out at most. I won’t die.
You don’t have to
risk your life for me.
Alright, you may go back first.
I got something important to do.
Important thing?
Since you’re here,
stay and be his training partner.
Feng Ling?
She promised to teach me Whirling.
I promised her that when I win,
I would split the bill with her.
Cut the crap
and let’s start.
Whirling,
as the term suggests,
a footwork like whirling.
It’s both offensive and defensive.
Attack,
it’s treacherous
and changeable.
Defense,
it will overcome the hardness with softness.
To master the Whirling skillfully,
we must break through the
four realms one by one.
The first realm is?
The first realm
is that heaven and earth are both in your heart,
and everything in the world has its place.
The so-called attack
is to attack its place.
In short,
when you close your eyes…
Close your eyes!
When you close your eyes
and can’t see anything,
you can still feel the distance between
you and your enemies
and their positions.
Then defeat the enemy in one move precisely.
OK, let’s start to practice.
Seriously? Hopscotch?
Do it or not?
OK.
Hai,
you first.
Hurry up. You.
Close your eyes.
Jump.
Hai!
Are you all right?
Wang Lu!
I’ll die!
Good.
I need you to assist each other
to break through the second realm.
Sun and moon in your mind.
If I’m not wrong,
the first realm is about attack,
then the second should be about defense.
Sun and moon in your mind,
that means, when we defend ourselves,
although the attacks of the enemies are changeable,
we should learn to adapt to the circumstances,
right?
You’re really clever.
Since you’ve known it,
let’s start it.
Are you kidding me? Throwing sandbags?
Play it yourself!
You want to hurt me with only the fireballs?
Hai, let’s go.
It hurts!
Now what should we have in minds?
Nothing.
Except for yourself.
You…
Myself in my mind?
Yes.
The highest realm of adaption is to
respond to all changes with constancy.
It's like the sun and the moon keep changing,
but the heaven and the earth stay still.
No matter what the enemy does,
we should still focus on it.
This is so-called
concentration.
Chicken game?
Play with him, I quit.
Good,
you barely passed
the first three realms.
If I'm not wrong,
the fourth level is that no me in my heart.
Yes.
Since you’ve broken through the first three realms…
Let’s trust her one last time.
Heaven and earth, sun and moon, and yourself,
When they are integrated,
you will reach the fourth realm.
The real highest level of martial arts practitioners,
when fighting,
cannot be dominated
by fear or anger.
They should enjoy it
and achieve the state of selflessness.
Smoothly,
and no trace.
Then,
you’ll really master
the Whirling.
You don’t understand?
OK.
Let me show you.
Magnolia flower, 21,
28256, 28257,
28,29,31.
38356,38357…
Magnolia flower, 21,
28256, 28257,
28,29,31.
38356,38357…
Good.
Watch your steps.
Congratulations.
You will finally succeed.
It all thanks to your cooperation.
Don’t say that.
In fact, I can see your changes
in the past two years.
Both physical and mental strength,
you’re very different from when we first came.
Master Wu has taught you so well.
Save it.
What I’ve achieved
all thanks to myself.
It has nothing to do
with my unreliable master.
Anyway,
it’s wise of her to teach you
the Whirling.
It’s both offensive and defensive,
at least you can protect yourself
in danger now.
Are you praising me
or insulting me?
I…
I’m happy for you.
Alright,
the practice today is over.
Come with me to a place.
Where?
Lu,
Liuli is a Successor Disciple,
pure,
and pretty.
You shouldn’t do this.
We’d better go back now.
Lu.
Lu!
A gentleman shouldn’t do this.
I’m sorry I stay here anymore.
Who is that?
Lu,
I really can’t help you this time.
But you shouldn’t do this.
Liuli is beautiful.
But you can’t defile her.
What’s more, she is great in martial arts,
if she had not been busy dressing,
both of us would have been killed by her
even if we can do Whirling.
Lu,
don’t get yourself killed
and get the guilt
of philanderer
before the contest.
Lu,
only you and me know this,
no one knows it.
We won’t do it again,
you don’t need to write self-criticism.
Today’s journal,
had fried rice, pancakes, and noodles.
Practiced.
Had roasted cakes, meats, and chicken.
Took a bath.
Are you investigating her?
Know your enemy, win every battle.
There's no harm in knowing more.
Weakness one,
she suffers from indigestion.
Weakness two,
she suffers from losing hair.
Weakness three,
she doesn’t want others to know her waistline.
So,
you were not doing bad things there,
you were finding out here weakness?
The book of war says,
make a plan first,
and attack the soldiers,
then attack the city at last.
If I don't preview before class or review after class,
what's the difference
between me and you mortals?
I got it.
You didn’t give up.
And you want to win her by tricks.
The book of war also says,
if you can win them without attacks,
that’s what kind ones should do.
If I can win her by my talents,
why should I fight with her?
You really surprised me a lot.
Now you can relax.
Although Liuli is already an adult,
she is slow in development,
both in intelligence
and business.
It’s impossible for people to have evil thoughts.
Business?
What does it have to do with business?
You don’t understand.
Right, follow me to a place.
Where?
Go downhill.
What?
Why?
Why are you always so hesitant?
Are you afraid that the leaders
will know and blame you?
No.
I’ll go with you.
Don’t worry.
I’m with you.
I’ll protect you.
I’ve already found that
you two are following me.
Tell me!
What are you doing?
The ones who wanted to
steal my snacks
are also you, right?
I’ll tell my master
and kick you out!
I can’t believe there can be scapegoats for us.
I’m so touched.
Liuli is always so cute.
I didn’t expect that she could be
so scary when she is angry.
She will be cuter soon.
Liuli, you misunderstood.
We just passed by.
We didn’t follow you.
Are you making fun of me?
Liuli,
let’s have a meal together.
Who wants to have meal with you two?
And Feng Ling is not here,
I don’t have money to have meal.
Don’t say that.
It’s our duty
to treat you a meal.
The bill is on us today!
Is that delicious?
Yes!
Is that delicious?
If you like,
I can always treat you here.
Really?
You want me to help you for something?
Lu,
what’s the cuter thing
you said?
Let’s wait and see.
The two of them
will be so happy today.
Happy?
Why do you have my Dongshi charm?
This is a Dongshi charm,
and this is a Xishi charm.
They need to be matched together to have an effect.
Stick the Xishi charm on yourself,
and the Dongshi charm on the target,
then he will say and
do the same things as you.
Why are you learning from me?
I didn’t!
I acted it myself,
so it had a little lag.
I took it just now.
Do you adore me?
It’s OK.
I also adore myself.
How could I be so perfect?
Lu,
what are you doing?
Let’s start the show.
Why are you still eating when you are so fat?
You need to lose weight.
What’s going on?
- What happened? - Please don’t get mad!
Liuli, what’s wrong?
What’s wrong with this meal?
Assassins!
Let’s go!
Six Lights Prison!
Zhu Qin!
Breaking Eye now!