( Pier closest to Yiling Town )
What's he want?
Why's Ghost General here?
He's going on our boat?
Who knows? Shouldn’t he be with Senior Wei?
He's coming over.
Y-you...have what name?
I'm a Gusu Lan disciple, named Lan Yuan.
Lan Yuan?
Then, do you know who gave you your name?
My parents named me.
Are your parents alive?
My parents died when I was little.
- Sizhui...is a courtesy name? - Correct.
Who gave you that?
Light Bearer.
(Sizhui = 'cherish the memory')
Ghost...Mister Wen.
My name has a problem?
No. Not at all.
His face seems familiar from long ago.
Childe Lan? Childe?
Can I call you A-Yuan?
You can.
A-Yuan, these years, how have you been?
I’ve lived well.
The Untamed - Special Edition
Episode 17 TRUTH
( Yunmeng Lotus Pier )
Childe.
I'll wait outside.
Sizhui.
Mister Wen.
I'll keep you company.
Y-you'll accompany me?
Yes. The seniors have business.
I'm not needed inside.
Let's keep chatting. Where'd we get up to?
Senior Wei really planted a 5-year old kid like a radish?
Just like this.
Let him be.
[ Yunmeng Lotus Pier ]
Sect Leader.
No visitors.
It can wait till later. Can't you see this situation?
I told them.
But the two women said it's why they came.
They brought rare herbs
as if they knew of our injuries.
Oh.
Everyone, help yourself. Pardon my short absence.
Leader Jiang, you're too polite.
Lan Zhan. Please sit.
[ Sword Hall ]
No misbehaviour.
Jiang Cheng's been gone a while. He's still not back.
Come in.
You two may speak here.
Leader Jiang, this is...
This matter is too shocking. I can't act rashly.
So I took time to question them.
Everyone, please be quiet and listen to them.
Who will talk first?
I... [ Bicao ]
I'll go first. [ Sisi ]
I'll speak of an old matter eleven years ago.
I am Sisi.
I was once a harlot.
I had fame for a while.
Ten years ago, I sought to marry a rich merchant.
I didn't know his wife was vicious.
She hired thugs to cut my face.
With my face ruined, no clients visited me.
My business came to an end.
One day, one of the call-girls got an unexpected job.
She called many of us.
We were taken in a carriage to some place.
Hurry.
Indeed ugly.
Take them in. Let the old man play.
Go.
- Where are we? - What to do?
- I don't know. - You go.
Why are you waiting?
No need to instruct you.
Yes.
Father, I brought women you like.
There are many of them.
Are you happy?
It was Jin Guangyao.
Well, you mean...
The man lying down was...
Keep talking.
What could we do?
The man yelled and struggled
but was too weak.
He let out a breath, and didn't breathe again.
He...!
He just died?
What else?
Who'd expect it?
We were so scared.
We wanted to stop.
But...but the one behind the curtain said...
He said...
Said what?
He said...
Don't stop if he's dead.
You mean...!
T-t-this, what the heck is this?
When the man died,
I knew we were doomed.
Afterwards, those call-girls were killed.
None was spared.
Why'd you survive?
I don't know.
I begged
and declined money and swore to silence.
I didn't expect not to be killed.
They locked me up
for eleven years.
Recently, someone saved me
and I escaped.
Who saved you?
I don't know.
I never saw my saviour.
He heard my story
and decided to stop that immoral man duping others.
However powerful,
his deeds will be exposed
with justice for victims.
For what you said, is there proof?
None.
Her details can't be lies.
Right.
Miss, have I seen you before?
I guess you have.
At Yueling Qin Sect Discussion Congress,
I accompanied Qin Sect's Madam.
Yueling Qin Sect?
You were Madam Qin's maid?
Yes.
You recalled correctly.
I was Madam Qin's maid.
My name is Bicao.
What I'm about to say occurred earlier.
It was 12 or 13 years ago.
I watched Young Miss grow up.
Madam doted on Young Miss.
After Young Miss wed,
Madam was sick at heart and her illness grew.
On her deathbed,
Madam couldn't hold back and told me everything.
Fragrance Lord Jin Guangyao and Lady Qin Su
shouldn't be husband and wife.
They were half-siblings.
At Koi Tower Discussion Congress, you met Qin Su?
I...
That night in Fragrance Hall, Qin Su and Jin Guangyao argued.
She'd met someone
who told her things
and gave her a letter. Qin Su said that person won't lie.
Was it you?
It was me.
You kept this secret for years.
Why suddenly tell her?
And why suddenly make it public?
Because...I wanted to let Miss know
her husband's true colours.
Oh, nice bangle there.
So, whoever sent these two— who can it be?
Why fuss over it?
We can be certain he’s a man of justice on our side!
- That's right! - He's on our side!
Many points of doubt.
What doubts?
There are a lot.
Such as, given Guangyao's cruelty,
why'd he kill call-girls
but spare Sisi's life?
Now we have witnesses, how about proof?
It may take a while to sort it out.
Jin Guangyao fawned over Red Blade Lord and Lord Zewu
to rise up.
Or how'd a harlot’s son reach his position?
He dared lay hands on Red Blade Lord!
Lord Zewu is with him now.
Hope nothing happens to him!
Sworn and natural brothers suffered.
Jin Guangyao got rid of his dad's love-children
for fear of rivalry.
Seems Mo Xuanyu got off.
If he hadn't gone mad, he might've disappeared
like the others.
Jin Zixuan’s death must be related!
Don't forget Xue Yang escaped back then.
That'd be Guangyao's doing!
Yes, Xue Yang's Tiger Seal controlled puppets.
From this, Jin Guangyao
killed his father, wife, son,
master, friend...
How horrifying!
As for today, I think Jin Guangyao
noticed other sects expanded and strengthened
and he felt threatened.
So he feared ending up like Wen Sect,
attacked and overthrown!
He likely made up his mind to trap us and get rid of us!
In that case, let’s turn his fears into reality.
Let's attack Koi Tower!
Right! Attack Koi Tower!
Capture Jin Guangyao alive!
Lan Zhan, what do you think?
We know who gave the letter, not who wrote it.
He saved Sisi and persuaded her to testify.
He bribed Bicao to tell Qin Su.
He timed it right
for the two to publicise Jin Guangyao's dirty deeds.
This guy planned every step meticulously.
He's on a par with Jin Guangyao.
But I assume this guy led us to Red Blade Lord.
There is no proof.
Whether friend or foe, his intent is unclear.
But evidence on Guangyao
nailed everything on him.
I'll write to brother to caution him.
What is wrong?
Nothing.
That's Jiang Clan Ancestral Hall.
[ Jiang Clan Ancestral Hall ]
Want to go in?
No.
Uncle Jiang, Madam Yu, Senior Sister.
It's me, here to disturb you.
[ Yu Ziyuan ]
[ Jiang Fengmian ]
[ Jiang Yanli ]
I frequented this place.
Madam Yu punished me a lot.
Heard a few things.
If it reached Gusu, how's it a "few things"?
But over years,
I never saw any woman as irritable as Madam Yu.
However small the matter, she made me kneel here.
My fault, my fault, my fault.
Will you tell Jiang Cheng?
I don't know.
At least not now.
After all, you are Brothers.
Jiang Cheng's and my deep grudges aren't easy to mend.
Besides, Tiger Seal is my creation.
Whether Jin Guangyao was involved won't undo that.
Wei Wuxian!
Really don't act like an outsider.
Come and go as you want.
Bring whoever you want.
Recall whose house this is?
Who the owner is?
I didn't take Light Bearer to private places.
I brought him to light incense
to greet Uncle Jiang and Madam Yu.
We'll go now.
You should kneel to them—
for coming to dirty their eyes
and dirty their peace.
Leader Jiang, decorum.
My decorum?
Someone should mind his.
You got expelled long ago.
You shame my parents
and my sister.
- Jiang Wanyin. - Lan Zhan.
Lan Zhan, let's go.
Go as far as possible.
Don't let me see you awful people in front of the departed.
Jiang Cheng.
Scold me, not others.
Need I be polite to him?
Wei Wuxian.
Your memory is bad. I'll remind you.
Because you played hero
and saved Childe Lan,
Lotus Pier and my parents went down.
It wasn't enough? You saved Wen Clan.
My sister died for that.
You're so great!
What's more, you're so generous—
Bringing those two to Lotus Pier,
giving my family and me pain.
Childe Lan, you opened my eyes.
Gusu's Twin Jade ignores Lan Sect repute
to cavort with Yiling Patriarch, Wei Wuxian.
Really honour your uncle and brother.
Jiang Wanyin!
- Apologize now! - Apologize? Why should I?
I insulted your togetherness?
- Are you done? - If you want to fight, let's.
Wei Ying.
Lan Zhan, let's go.
Okay.
Stop!
You were so tough.
Don't want to fight? Fight!
Let go of him.
Wei Ying!
Lan Zhan, let's go.
Okay.
- Stop. - Scram!
Who let you inside?
How dare you?
What do you want?
Draw the sword.
I warn you. If you don't want to turn to ashes,
get your feet off Lotus Pier.
Do it. Draw it!
So what if I do?
It unsealed?
It didn't unseal.
Even now, it's sealed.
If you sheathe it and ask another to pull it out, whoever it is
can't pull it out.
Why? So why can I draw it?
It sees you as Childe Wei.
How's it see me as Wei Wuxian?
Why me?
Because, in your body,
the revolving Golden Core
is his.
Sister, he won't wake?
He won't.
Come out.
Transfer the Core.
- What rot are you saying? - No rot.
Shut up!
My Golden Core...
Baoshan Sanren fixed it.
How'd you know? He told you that?
No. Childe Wei never told this to anyone.
- I saw it myself. - Liar!
You were there? How could you be?
Only I went up the mountain. How'd you follow?
- I didn't follow. - Liar!
Then listen. See if I'm lying.
Your blindfold was black.
You held a long branch.
Near the top, Stone Forest took an hour to pass.
A tolling bell set birds into flight.
You gripped the branch
like a sword.
As tolling faded, a sword pressed your chest.
A woman's voice said to stop going forward.
You looked very nervous and almost excited.
The woman's low voice
asked who you were, why you came.
- You replied... - Shut up!
You replied you were Cangse Sanren's son, Wei Ying.
You told her of Jiang Sect massacre, Lotus Pier chaos,
Wen Zhuliu melting your Core.
She asked about your parents.
As you answered,
a fragrant smell
made you lose consciousness.
How'd you know? How do you know?
I told you. I was there.
Not only I was there. Childe Wei was there.
My sister, Wen Qing, was there.
Leader Jiang, did you think
that was Baoshan Sanren's secluded home?
It was a deserted Yiling mountain.
No way. There's no way!
You talk rot.
Liar! So, how was my Core fixed?
- Your Core was never fixeded! - No.
No! No...
Can't you guess?
You think it was mended because of my sister,
Qishan Wen Clan's best doctor, Wen Qing.
She pulled out Childe Wei's Golden Core
and put it in you.
Why'd you think he no longer used Suibian?
Just youthful arrogance?
Did he like others, to his face, behind his back,
criticising him for no manners, no discipline?
Useless for him to carry it.
He lost his Core, with little power left.
If he drew his sword, he'd not last long.
As for crafty tricks,
why would he suddenly switch to demonism?
He was hated Patriarch
because he had no Core
to Cultivate the sword.
- Jiang Cheng! Don't be mad— - Scram!
What's wrong? So drunk your power is lost?
Look at yourself! Even said you'd assist me.
Stay away!
Childe Lan.
What is it?
Please, don't tell Childe Wei
I revealed the secret of his Golden Core.
He told me never to tell a soul
yet he'll find out I did.
- But I— - Do not worry.
Was it painful?
What?
Core excision. Was it painful?
If I say it wasn't painful,
you won't believe me.
I thought Wen Qing would have a way.
Before the mountain ascent, my sister made anesthetics
to ease Core removal pain.
But she found out anesthetics weren't of use.
Because, in excising the Core from the body,
if a person is anesthesised,
the Golden Core is affected.
So?
So, the Core donor must be awake.
He watched his Golden Core peel away from connected meridians.
He had to feel his surging spiritual energy subside,
die down, little by little,
until no movement ever again.
Constantly awake?
Two days, one night, constantly awake.
At the time, what were the chances?
About half.
Half?!
After all, no one had tried transferring a Core.
No-one would willingly donate their Core to another.
Because in doing so,
he'd become someone who'd never reach the top,
a useless person.
So...
when Childe Wei begged,
my sister refused.
But he nagged,
said half is good. Half and half.
If it failed, ruining the Core,
he wouldn't regret it.
But Leader Jiang is different.
He's too driven,
cares about gain and loss.
Cultivation is his life.
If Leader Jiang could only be
a mediocre person,
his life would be over.
Why did you give up the sword for tricks?
What are you angling at?
This evil path exacts a price.
History has had no exception.
This evil path harms body and heart.
How can others know my heart?
Wei Wuxian!
Lan Zhan, how'd we get out?
We fought.
I knew Jiang Cheng won't let me off.
That brat,
really unbelievable.
Lan Zhan, don't mind what Jiang Cheng said.
It's his habit.
When he's angry, he says really harsh things,
giving up discipline and grace.
As long as it upsets whoever,
he talks hurtfully.
These years, he hasn't improved.
So, don't take it to heart.
We just...
Childe, we paddled to Lotus Lake.
I know.
When young, I played here with Senior Sister.
A-Xian.
Here, eat lotus seeds.
Senior Sister.
Childe Wei.
Childe.
In this world, we three are closest.
Senior Sister.
I'm hungry.
Why act like a child?
Childe, what's wrong?
I'm hungry.
Lan Zhan.
Wen Ning.
It's good timing.
Wei Ying.
What?
Does this lake have an owner?
Of course not.
I heard lotus lakes here have owners.
Light Bearer, you heard a lot of things. I didn't know.
Okay, fine.
Wen Ning, let's go.
There is no next time.
Golden Message Butterfly?
What is it? What's it say?
Jin Guangyao is in Yunmeng.
He's not healing in Lanling but is in Yunmeng?
Jin Guangyao's movements
are hard to fathom.
[ Title Deed ]
Yunmeng, Yunping City.
I know.
Lan Zhan, I know.
Know what?
I know where Jin Guangyao went.
- Where? - Yunping City.
What place?
I don't know.
I recall the address. Jin Sect is rich.
Unless Jin Guangyao valued that place,
he won't put the deed with Red Blade Lord's head.
So, I think if Jin Guangyao is in Yunmeng,
he'd go to Yunping City.
Scented sachets. Come see.
Scented sachets. Sir, look.
[ Temple of Guanyin - Goddess of Mercy ]
Jin Guangyao's property is a Guanyin Temple.
[ Hall of Guanyin ]
Well?
An Array! Suppressing something.
I knew Jin Guangyao won't casually put a deed in his secret room.
Is this Array hard to break?
Not easy. Wait till night to break it.
Let's leave to avoid notice.
[ Temple of Guanyin ]
There is a ward.
Enter by the courtyard.
Wen Ning, stand guard.
If Lan Zhan and I don't come out, find Jiang Cheng.
Childe.
It's just in case.
I'm half-wrecked,
yet there's Light Bearer.
Fairy, quiet!
It's late at night. Wanna wake the street?
Fairy!
Lord Zewu.
Fairy!
Stop or I'll cook you!
Where to?
Jin Ling's here?
Wen Ning didn't block him?
Why take me here?
Anyone there?
Anyone?
Anyone there?
Open up!
Don't hurt him.
Hey! Anyone there?
Fairy! Why'd you run off?
Little brat, follow the dog, I beg you.
Jin Ling, run!
I advise Childe Wei not to whistle.
A broken flute is fine.
Losing a finger or tongue would be tragic.
You make lots of sense.
This way.
Light Bearer, mind your actions.
Wangji.
Brother.
I'm ashamed I was trapped
and lost spiritual energy.
My sword, Shuoyue, and Liebing flute are useless.
No need for shame.
Lying is Fragrance Lord's forte.
Childe Wei, I underestimated you.
I haven't asked yet. How'd you know of this place?
Don't say sightseeing with Light Bearer
brought you by chance.
Fragrance Lord, you forgot your secret room
hid a deed?
I was careless not to separate them.
Anyway, we're at your mercy.
So can you satisfy my curiosity?
What treasure is suppressed in this temple?
Your curiosity has a big price.
Sure you want to know?
Seriously—
Uncle.
How are you, A-Ling.
What's up with this kid?
Why run here at night?
Not your business.
That wonder dog is fierce and bites. Sorry, it ran off.
Chase and kill it.
It's smart and may alert people.
Aye.
Uncle, you gave me Fairy.
You'll kill him?
A-Ling, why are you here?
Leader Jin, A-Ling is a kid.
I know.
And your nephew.
What are you thinking?
I know he's a kid and my nephew.
You think I'd do what?
Kill him?
A-Ling, hear?
If you run off or shout,
I may do something scary.
It's up to you.
Not dug up yet?
Tell them to speed up.
Aye.
Dig up what?
Tunnel. Tiger Seal. The suppressed thing.
Close, so close.
I can see a good show like in the past.
Back then, you two— Yiling Patriarch,
and a righteous paragon—
were a sight for the times.
But you ended up contending.
Isn't today the same?
Light Bearer, lower Bichen.
You really want Childe Wei to die?
Lan Zhan, don't heed him.
I've never blamed you.
Lan Zhan, go now for backup.
This is great!
Next step, please sheathe Bichen.
Lan Zhan, don't!
Jin Guangyao, don't go too far.
Call this too far?
Then next, I want Light Bearer to seal his spiritual power.
- What's this called? - You—
Lan Zhan.
Lan Zhan, no need to do that. That year...
You owe me nothing.
I did not think I owed you.
Why just do that?
It should be done.
Who is it?
Leader, it's me.
Enter.
What happened?
I ran into him. He may be of use so I caught him.
Why seize Huaisang?
With another sect leader,
others will be cautious.
But don't worry.
You know how I treat Huaisang.
When time comes, I’ll let you two go unharmed.
Should I trust you?
Who is it?
(NOTE: Sizhui = 'cherish the memory'; from the verse, 'I think of the man who cannot be pursued; when will the man I yearn for return')
~Listen to the doleful flute~
~in cloud deep night~
~Right or wrong is in the past~
~On waking, how to take it as a dream~
~How to gauge worldly praise and blame~
~Blood sizzles on cold blade~
~On peaks or rivers, hear the qin~
~The story isn't over, like buds under moonlit frost~
~Stir a cup of life's joy & sorrow to toast the lad~
~Why's the bright moon sad~
~Why not face hardships carefree~
~Sharing a melody however far~
~Stir a cup of life's joy & sorrow to toast the lad~
~Moon is bright, why be sad~
~Why not face storms unrestrained~
~Playing a melody together afar~