YI CITY - THE PAST ( A-Qing, Xiao Xingchen, Xue Yang )
The Untamed - Special Edition
Episode 16 YI CITY / COFFIN TOWN
Disperse!
Bind him.
Severed tongue. My God, who's so vicious?
Did any of you learn 'Inquiry'?
Me. I have.
- Brought your qin? - I did.
First question.
- Ask his name. - Mm.
What did he say?
Song Lan.
Ask the second question.
Who killed him?
Impossible.
What did he say?
He said...Xiao Xingchen.
You erred.
No way. "Who are you", "who killed you",
are easiest to play.
Learning 'Inquiry' starts with those. I practised.
I reviewed it before playing. It wasn't wrong.
Song Lan went to find the missing Xiao Xingchen,
but now he says Xiao Xingchen killed him.
Why would he kill his good friend?
Sizhui, ask him a third question.
Who controls him?
The. One. Who. Is. Behind. You.
Freeze! Stay back.
In sword skills, all of you together can't match Song Lan.
Adults will talk to adults. Kids can go outside.
You all go outside.
You can't help here.
Your performance was great—
You put in effort for us.
Not for all to see, only for you to see.
I bet you didn't tell them your true identity.
So I didn't expose you.
Talk privately. Thoughtful?
Tiger Seal puppets are yours?
You two came; you played flute. I found you out.
Light-Bearer is a bother but my 'pals' distracted him.
Enough.
I've no time to chit-chat.
Talk straight.
You used the kids as hostages to make me do what?
I want you to help me.
A small favour.
Whose spiritual cognition is it?
It's shattered. Glue can't fix it.
If it was easy to mend it,
why'd I ask you?
No offence—
There's not much left.
If a soul has no will to live,
it can't be saved.
If I'm not wrong,
this guy died.
You will help! Senior, don't forget—
those kids outside look to you
to take them out of danger.
Xue Yang, you hooligan.
Why pose as another?
You found out.
You played a martyr
and gained sympathy.
You acted a virtuous Xiao Xingchen.
Such good acting.
Not so, not so.
My friend acts superbly.
I can't compare.
Alright. Stop talking rot.
You're Yiling Patriarch, Artful Path Founder.
As my senior, you must aid me.
The nails controlling Song Lan and Wen Ning
are yours, right?
Since you can recreate half a Tiger Seal,
why need my aid?
It's not the same. You're the Founder.
Without your Seal, I couldn't make half a Seal.
So you did hide Chang Clan's Shard.
Wrong. I hid a Shard
but not Chang Clan's.
Oh?
Chang Clan was so weak, how'd they have a Shard?
I hid a Shard before I went to Nevernight.
"All energy of 4 directions belongs to Xuanwu."
Xuanwu of Slaughter?
So, Senior Wei, you were lucky—
You accidentally found the sword sealing
the last Stygian Shard.
So, you always knew there were five Shards.
You're impressive.
You hid a Shard for years with no word. I can't compare.
No, no. You're more impressive than me.
I found out Stygian Iron secrets
but you taught yourself to make Tiger Seal.
You're modest.
It isn't modesty. It's truth.
I never exaggerate when I talk.
If I say I'll kill a clan,
I'll kill all the clan.
I won't let even a dog live.
Like Yueyang Chang Clan and White Snow Temple.
Guess who'll win.
I needn't guess. Of course, Wen Ning.
You sneak-attack while talking?
Sure, I'm a hooligan.
I don't want to kill you, just immobilise you.
- Fix this soul slowly. - I'm powerless.
Don't refuse.
You're powerless, but we can work together.
"Better upset a hero than a rogue"—that's you.
I won't fight you. Let another come.
Isn't this "better to be on time than early"?
Mm.
Give it back.
You do not merit it.
Jiangzai. (Looming Disaster)
The sword's name matches you.
Step back. No need for you here.
Senior Mo!
Seems I'm not needed here either.
Let's go.
Seems I'm needed there.
Awesome!
Surely! Light Bearer is terrific. He dislikes showing it.
Right?
You ask me?
Think Light Bearer isn't awesome?
Awesome. Surely awesome, most awesome.
Light Bearer!
We'll go ahead. We leave this to you.
Let's go.
Last night she tried to tell us something
but couldn't express it.
Once Xue Yang came, she avoided him.
She and Xue Yang are at odds.
Xue Yang? Chang Clan's killer isn't dead?
Why's it Xue Yang? Wasn't it Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan?
Tell you later.
Anyway, Light Bearer isn't fighting Xiao Xingchen.
It's Xue Yang posing as him.
We came this far. Come in.
It's a Coffin Home for bodies?
Right. Unclaimed corpses are stored here.
Why'd she lead us here?
Will puppets surround us?
Where'd she go?
( A-Qing )
Be reassured.
Senior Mo, as she can't speak,
shall I play Inquiry?
No need.
We might not ask what she wants us to ask.
And her reply may be hard to interpret.
What to do?
'Empathy'.
No! Too perilous.
This trick can backfire. You might not emerge.
- Unless one— - Enough, no time.
Form up. Begin.
After, we'll find Light Bearer.
Let's begin.
Jin Ling, supervise.
Jiang Sect silver bell calms the mind.
Use it as the code.
[ 10 years ago ]
It's a girl.
- She's blind? - Yes.
Miss!
A tree is ahead.
Slowly.
- Miss. - Thanks. - Be careful.
Are you hungry?
Eat this.
How can I accept?
- I... - Take it.
A-Qing thanks Sister.
- Pitiful. - Yes.
Blind so young.
Pity she can't see.
Sorry, sorry. I can't see.
I'm fine.
Miss, you can't see?
Yeah.
So don't walk fast.
You won't bump into others.
This way is less crowded.
A-Qing is thankful to Brother.
Since you called me Brother,
return my money pouch.
Miss, take care.
- I'll follow you. - Why? To Cultivate?
I've no parents. I'll follow anyone anywhere.
- Skipping can cause falls. - Okay.
What is it?
Nothing. My ankle twisted.
Let's rest at a town ahead.
Didn't you twist your ankle? Shall I carry you?
Yep.
[ Yi City ]
Wait!
I smell blood.
What is it?
Someone's lying here.
He's dead?
Must we bury him?
Not dead, just badly injured.
[ Yi City ]
( Coffin Home )
A-Qing. Look for a basin.
There's a pot.
- Find a stove to boil water carefully. - Okay.
A-Qing, quickly.
Coming.
Don't move.
You...
Don't move and open wounds.
Don't worry.
I saved you. I won't hurt you.
Who are you?
You've eyes to see— a Wanderer.
He made effort to carry you and give you medicine.
So mean.
Don't sit there. Your leg is bleeding.
If it's not treated, you may be crippled.
Thank you.
Did I hurt you?
No. I bumped my wound.
You don't ask who I am?
Or why I was injured?
If you don't say it, I won't ask.
I met you by chance and helped you.
It's not difficult.
After you heal, we'll part.
In your place, I won't wish to be asked.
Thanks for saving me.
Hey! Little Blindie!
What?
I'll give you candy.
I won't eat it. Not coming.
You don't want it?
Scared to come over?
I'll come.
A-Qing.
Where'd your White Brother go last night?
I think he went hunting.
What? More like Night-Hunting.
So? It's similar.
It's fighting evil beings for free.
How's he Night-Hunt blind?
At it again. So, even blind, he's powerful.
His sword swishes. In a word: fast!
You can't see. How'd you know it's fast?
If I say so, it is. Daoist is fast.
I can't see but I can hear.
What did you mean?
You're biased against us blind.
Where'd you go?
I got wood and straw to fix the roof
in case you're cold at night when I go out.
You'll still go out at night?
Night-Hunting again?
Helping.
I'll help.
- I mean the roof. - No need.
Know how?
Sorry, I never tried.
I'll do it.
I grew up on the streets. I'm not unable.
You're injured. Are you able?
Moving is a cure. It's one leg.
I'm used to injuries. I grew up beaten a lot.
I'll help.
Don't go.
He's your peer.
I said hunting, not 'Night-Hunting'.
He corrected me.
It's a Cultivators' term.
He hid his identity. He can't be a good guy.
You ate his candy. Don't chase him away.
Once healed, he'll go.
No-one will stay with us in this Coffin Home.
- Take me tonight. - No. You're hurt.
And when you talk, I laugh, wobbling my sword.
I won't talk. I'll assist you.
Don't desert me.
Alright.
This village had puppets only.
Right. It's good your sword points at puppets
or we couldn't break through.
That baddie helped Daoist.
Look, blindies and a cripple.
How funny.
[ Three Years Later ]
Miss.
- Miss. - What?
Have you met a white-clad Daoist swordsman?
You...want him for what?
You met him? Where is he?
I may have met him or not.
Miss, how may you have met?
Well, answer my questions. Maybe I met him.
Okay.
You're this Daoist's friend?
Yes.
You really know him?
How tall? Nice looks or ugly? What's his sword look like?
He's about my height.
Fine looks. Frost flower sword.
Fine, you're no baddie.
Follow me.
Thank you, Miss.
[ Yi City ]
[ Coffin Home ]
What's wrong? Why aren't you coming?
That baddie is back.
How is he here?
You know him?
A bad guy!
Never said his name. How'd I know?
White Brother saved him. He's an annoying leech.
Here, Xiao Xingchen. Old rules.
Pick one.
This one. Sure?
Yours is short. I win.
- Go buy food. - Fine, I'll go.
Come back.
I'll go.
Why will you go?
Are you stupid?
Mine was longer as I hid it.
I'd always pick a longer one.
Picking on your blindness.
Enough talk. I'll buy vegies.
Wait for my return.
Don't. Don't.
What's your scheme?
So you held back to ask this.
Answer! Scum, why stay near him this long?
Why don't we wake them? This is perilous.
Wait. Wait a bit.
Do you know what your best friend did?
He killed many evil things for free.
So touching.
He gave you his eyes.
Luckily Shuanghua points him to resentful auras.
Even better,
if I cut out the tongues of corpse-poisoned people,
Shuanghua can't tell living from dead. So...
Beast!
You used his blindness to deceive him terribly.
Ring the bell. Ring it now!
Senior Mo... - Wake!
He's blind?
Who'd he dig his eyes out for?
You said to never see him again, Daoist Song.
He gave you his eyes and left.
Why'd you seek him, making things difficult?
Xiao Xingchen, you agree?
( corpse-poison dust )
Is it a puppet?
Guess so. It was just shouting but it stopped.
[ Fuxue / Brushed Snow ]
Senior Mo.
- Wake up now. - Senior Mo.
- No response. He lost his mind? - Empathy is risky.
You didn't ring the bell on time.
Stay here for now.
Puppets won't come to this Coffin Home.
- I'll be back soon. - Senior Mo.
What did Empathy show?
Too long to tell. Talk later.
Shorten it. No suspense!
Easy. Xue Yang must die.
Lan Zhan.
Wen Ning, hold him.
His two nails were thinner than ones in Wen Ning's head.
It's different material.
Song Lan's cognition is restorable.
Return it to me!
Senior Wei, you show no mercy.
Sure, I show no mercy.
Think I don't know what you did these years?
After foes hunted you,
Xiao Xingchen saved you.
You made the living into puppets and duped Xiao Xingchen.
You made Song Lan like this.
You didn't even spare Miss A-Qing.
Laughing!
You can still laugh?
You disgusted him.
Yet you want to revive him to play stupid games.
Who said I'd play with him?
So why beg me to mend his soul?
Why?
He aimed to be virtuous.
I thwarted his wish.
This hooligan has high vitality,
as if he can't feel pain.
Must provoke him to talk more.
But I'm really curious.
Though you hold Stygian Iron,
I doubt you could've recreated that half Tiger Seal.
Let me guess. Someone aids you, right?
Speak up.
Lan Zhan, quick! Strike where the pole taps!
Rotten wench. I cut out your tongue and ruined your eyes.
You hid all these years. Now you dare to come out.
Not afraid I'll cut you up?
Die!
Lan Zhan. Ghost-Face...
He took away their Tiger Seal.
I stabbed him three times yet he fled in the fog.
At least, we know Xue Yang and Ghost-Face are linked.
They may share a master.
Lan Zhan, what are you thinking?
Ghost-Face's sword style
originated from Lan Sect, yet has Jin Sect skills.
They're here.
Light Bearer, you're back.
Senior Mo, this is...
It's fine. He regained cognition.
Senior Mo, they...
I'll tell you all later. The rest...
is for them to clean up.
Was it fun?
Fun. Such fun.
Chang Cian ruined your finger. To take revenge,
take one of his fingers.
If not enough, cut off 2 or 10 fingers,
or even an arm.
But why kill all his clan?
Is a finger worth 50 lives?
Sure! My finger, their lives.
Lives taken weren't enough. How'd 50 repay a finger!
And the rest?
Why wipe out Snow Temple and blind Zichen?
Why block and hinder me?
Why'd you aid Chang Clan?
Xiao Xingchen, it's your fault from the start.
You shouldn't meddle in others' business.
Who's right or wrong, kind or hateful. Would you know?
You shouldn't have left the mountain. Your Teacher Baoshan is wise.
Why didn't you obediently Cultivate on the mountain?
If you're unworldly, why come?!
Xue Yang, you're disgusting.
Xiao Xingchen, this is why I hate you.
I most, most hate
people like you, righteously, virtuously,
doing good to save the world. Stupid,
naive, dumb idiots!
I'm disgusting?
Do you qualify to be disgusted by me?
These days, didn't we go out to kill fierce corpses?
What's that mean?
No meaning. Just a pity—
You're blind.
You dug out your eyes.
You can't see who you killed—
As you stabbed them, so much fear and pain!
Some cried, begging you to spare old and young.
If I hadn't cut out their tongues,
they'd have shouted and wailed, "have mercy".
You lied to me...
You lied to me. You're lying!
Yeah.
I duped you. I always lied to you.
I never thought you'd believe my lies
but disbelieve the truth.
Shut up. Shut up!
Okay.
I'll shut up.
If you disbelieve me, take the strike from behind.
Let him tell you if I lied or not.
[ Fuxue ]
Zichen.
Zichen, it's you?
What happened? Speak.
Say something.
Say something!
Well? Meeting an old pal made you cry?
You want to hug him?
Save the world? What a joke.
Xiao Xingchen, you're incapable,
a miserable failure. Blame yourself. You deserve it.
Spare me!
You just stabbed me?
Why beg now?
Xiao Xingchen!
If you don't get up, I'll make your pal, Song Lan, kill people.
Xiao Xingchen!
Spirit Sealing Pouch.
Okay, I need a Spirit Sealing Pouch...
There was a kiddie
who really liked sweet things.
But orphaned and penniless, he couldn't have any.
So each day he dreamed,
if someone gave him candy each day...
how nice it'd be?
How can this be?
A-Qing, Miss A-Qing...
[ Maiden Qing ]
Lan Zhan.
Fortunately.
Fortunately what?
Go back. Yi City.
Finally it reacted.
Brother Song.
This is his soul fragment.
What do you intend on doing?
( Roam the world with Shuanghua )
( Purge evil alongside Xingchen )
'Bright moon, gentle breeze' Xiao Xingchen.
'Distant snow, cold frost' Song Zichen.
I wonder if the two can meet again.
~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~