"Don't Ask 莫问 (Mo Wen)" by Zhang Han 张翰
♫ Within a picture, the characters appear strong. ♫
♫ Withered flowers dance lightly stirring up the water of emotions silently. ♫
♫ Don't ask who weighs more in the heart. ♫
♫ Take up a pen and tell a thousand turbulent stories. ♫
♫ The rainbow streak across the horizon. ♫
♫ Does it know your whereabouts? ♫
♫ Pain spread throughout the land. ♫
♫ How long do we have to wait until it turns cold? ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. ♫
♫ Don't ask why I broke up the relationship in an instant. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. ♫
♫ This hurdle is difficult for people to pass even in a thousand years. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. ♫
♫ Don't ask for whom the lonely zither is playing for. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. I sigh. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. ♫
♫ Don't ask for whom the lonely zither is playing for. ♫
♫ I wish. I hope. I sigh. ♫
The Classic of Mountains and Seas - Legend of the Scarlet Shadow
Episode 36
Let's split into two groups first
to find the Water Essence and Soul and the Tree Essence and Soul.
Then take them to Mt. Kun Lun to open the seal.
Twenty-two years ago, I used the blood of the foreign tribesmen and made a special barrier spell.
As long as a person of the You Wu tribe comes in, they will lose all their strength.
Why can't we give him a chance?
Grandma, as long as you promise me this,
I will do whatever you want me to do in the future.
If even our Green Village ancestors can't forgive him,
then you can't have any objections in the future.
Only this way,
so that when they successfully pass thorough this,
it can shut all those criticisms.
Only this way,
will my granddaughter in Green Village in the future,
have a place to stand!
Su Shui!
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Why have you come?
At Soup Valley, you saved my life. I'll repay you now.
We don't owe each other anything.
Hurry and move it. I don't want to put my life on the line.
Grandma, not so hard! It hurts!
You know how to feel pain now? When you first went to save Su Shui,
why didn't you know how to when you rushed forward?
What if... What if something bad happened to you?
How can I answer to your parents?
I was wrong, Grandma. Don't be angry.
Grandma, I don't dare to do it next time!
Will there still be a next time?
There won't be!
Then... this.
Go take it to that person.
Is it for Su Shui?
Thank you! Thank you for forgiving Su Shui, Grandma.
Did I say that I forgave him?
Killing him ten times won't pay for his tribe's crimes.
He can only make it out alive because of you.
Also, because of that Heart Moon Fox, you can only say that his life was born good.
I really don't understand.
Why did you have to go save him while risking your life?
Okay-okay, I don't want to hear anything about him.
Is that Heart Moon Fox also a part of your Vermilion Bird group?
No. He is an Azure Dragon Star Mansion.
Why did he have to save a Vermilion Bird's person and you?
I don't know either. He's very hard to understand.
He always has this appearance of despising worldly conventions.
He wanted to kill me before, too! Now he's coming to help me.
I don't know what he's playing at either.
Then are you still going to go summon the Vermilion Bird?
Of course!
The road to summoning is full of obstacles.
You may have gone through much,
but the path to come is still very difficult.
I know.
Even if you don't go, your friends can still summon the Vermilion Bird.
Let them go save the world.
You are just a girl, not a hero.
Stay here with me and your tribesmen.
Grandma, I know you're worrying about me,
but there are some things that I must go do.
My friends are still waiting for me.
I want to summon the Vermilion Bird with them.
There are also my foster parents in Peach Blossom Hollow.
I can't let them continue to be trapped under the tree roots.
They raised me for so many years.
I can't forsake them.
But I promise you, after the Vermilion Bird is summoned,
I will definitely come back here to be with you!
Very well then.
Come with me. I'll take you to a place.
Okay!
Shen Hua, since you are the Vermilion Bird Mysterious Lady,
do you know what a Mysterious Lady lives for?
Mysterious Lady is an envoy of the Heaven Emperor, who came from the unbound immortal realm.
She is reincarnated every 60 years
and is born within the four lands that are unbounded in all directions.
The four lands that are unbounded in all directions?
In the vast heaven and land, beyond the unbound,
she will return to the unbound (land). But in the middle of the land,
there are four mysterious villages.
They constantly receives the guidance of the four lands with unbound in all directions.
Green Village is one of them.
Then... there's four villages like this one?
These four villages receive the guidance energy of the four lands with unbound in all directions.
Every sixty years, one Mysterious Lady is born from it.
Because the mysterious ladies are being born in different days;
hence, receives the effect of different constellations.
Therefore, they show different physique.
Those that belong to the fire power is the Vermilion Bird.
Those that belong to the water power is the Azure Dragon.
Because of the continuous birth of the Mysterious Lady,
every sixty years, something terrible will happen to these four villages.
Green Village was like this.
Mei Shan was already lost.
Zi Gui was lost as well.
Then... there is still one more?
Peach Blossom Hollow. The village of Peach Blossom Hollow
has lasted the longest out of the four villages and is the most peaceful.
The reason is that Peach Blossom Hollow's land belongs to Jiu Li
and has been lead by a good king.
So, it has always been peaceful and safe.
I never thought that Peach Blossom Hollow would now also be under a dark magic spell.
Experiencing such bad luck... it's really so unfortunate.
The four lands with unbounded in an all directions force sounds like it's some magical energy.
But if there is no such supernatural power, then these four villages
will go back to normal and won't be faced with bad luck?
Shen Hua, you are right.
This is all because people live greedily.
To quiet the heavens and the earth, the four symbol calming magical chant.
In the beginning, the emperor lives within the royal city, located within forbidden closure in the ninth Heavens,
with all the thousands of immortals.
All those that become immortals already have their hourglasses at their ends.
Unending worries.
The high ones raise their form and ascend to the void and are called the sky immortals.
The middle ones tour the famous mountains and are called the land immortals.
The low ones die first then cast their skin and are called dissolving corpse immortals.
At that time, the Emperor was surrounded by 8 crowds.
Being given offerings. Being revered.
Being respected. Being praised.
At this time, becoming pure because of the essence of the water fire.
Becoming fragrant because of the essence of the flowers and trees. Boiling because of the Mysterious' lady's blood. Grandma...
To quiet the heavens and the earth, the four symbol calming magical chant
was created by the great Emperor Pan Gu.
It's only recorded in Nv Wa's protected mountain, Mt. Bu Zhou.
This copy was stolen by our ancestors
who risked their lives to go to Mt. Bu Zhou.
Look here, too.
The Water Soul and Essence is hidden in the West Seas.
The Tree Soul and Essence is commanded by Yu Min.
Teachings protected for generations. The sealed location is
beneath the chilly ice of Mt. Kunlun.
Three treasures are needed to summon the mythological beast.
Water Essence and Soul, Tree Essence and Soul,
These are the sources that great Emperor Pan Gu used
to summon the different world beings when he split heaven and earth apart.
The most important thing
is the blood of the Mysterious Lady.
-My blood?-Yes.
But... before I have summoned the Vermilion Bird, I don't have it's power.
I can't be considered a true Mysterious Lady.
That's right. You are just a regular girl right now.
However, in the past,
our village indeed was able to summon the four mythological beasts.
So, you already have the Mysterious Lady's bloodline in your body.
Your blood is the best thing to use to summon the mythical beast.
During the full moon when we'll have the grand offering ceremony,
after you've drank the sacred water,
only then will Green Village's ancestors
acknowledge your identity as a member of Green Village.
At that time, the Mysterious Lady's blood
will truly activate.
If you go to Bu Zhou Mountain now, it'll be useless.
Then when is the grand offering ceremony? I can wait.
Of course, you can wait.
Because you are a daughter of Green Village. But Su Shui cannot.
We may have forgiven him,
but it doesn't mean that we have to treat him respectfully.
The You Wu tribe will always be our enemies.
Su Shui must leave.
The people of Green Village are afraid that they'll be in danger again,
so they put an enchantment in.
Normal people will find it hard to discover the exit.
I wonder how Big Brother Shangguan and the others are doing.
I wonder if they went to Bu Zhou Mountain. If they went,
they probably found the way to summon the Vermilion Bird.
Don't worry, I will find them.
This is the herbal medicine my grandma made just for you.
She wanted me to give it to you.
Can my tribe's wrongdoings really be forgiven?
They can.
But it needs time.
I will definitely find Shangguan Jin.
After you're finished with the grand offering ceremony, I will be here waiting for you.
-You must be careful of Heart Moon Fox.-Okay.
He may have saved us this time, but he still belongs to the Azure Dragon.
If he knew about the way to summon the Azure Dragon,
I'm afraid he might harm you.
I know.
After his injuries heal, I will ask my grandma to ask him to leave.
Also, this is Green Village's territory. He wouldn't dare to be rash.
You want to drive me out of Green Village? I only got hurt for you.
My injuries haven't even healed yet.
And you want to send me away?
You eavesdropped on my conversation with Su Shui?
I just happened to pass by.
I just happened to hear that using the Water Essence and Soul, Tree Essence and Soul ,
and your blood, the Azure Dragon can be summoned.
What do you want?
I don't want anything.
There's a reason why I have to summon the Azure Dragon.
But based on my ability right now,
it would be difficult to gather everything.
Summoning the Azure Dragon isn't a simple task.
So I don't have any plans right now.
But I can guarantee that while I'm in Green Village,
you are safe.
I don't know why you want to summon the Azure Dragon.
But I definitely won't let you succeed!
Is that so?
But you shouldn't say these words too surely.
Until the last moment,
no one knows how the ending will go.
This is what you told me.
Why can't we value this short time?
Let's once again throw aside the fight between the Azure Dragon and the Vermilion Bird.
As long as you live well together with me,
I will tell you about Chi Yu.
This is the only chance you have to know the truth of the matter.
How do I know your words are the truth?
I guarantee with my reputation
that I won't lie to you.
Okay. Then while we're in Green Village, let's call a truce.
Okay. Then it's a promise.
Speak. What do you want to know?
-Chi Yu--Wait.
I got hurt for you but you don't even ask after my well being.
That makes my heart too sad.
Wasn't your injury bandaged long ago?
But the medicine I'm using now isn't good.
I want granny's medicine, too. You should come and bandage it for me.
-You-!-What is it?
Didn't you say that we'd live in harmony?
We are friends now.
Friends?
Fine. Then wait here, I'll go get medicine.
Be more gentle.
I won't.
You were the one who wanted me to bandage it for you. Just endure it.
When Chi Yu got hurt from fighting the python demon,
why were you so gentle then?
I told you before.
I know a lot about you and Chi Yu.
What do you want to know about him?
Chi Yu... how did he die?
He chose himself to die.
Impossible!
You don't believe me?
His closest friend died in front of him.
He also personally killed his biological father.
How do you expect him to face it?
So he chose to go die and left this body for me.
That's right. I'm not your enemy.
I just got back what belongs to me.
This body.
Chi Yu and I were born on the same day.
We existed together inside one body.
I grew up with him since childhood.
We met the same people and went through the same experiences.
But no one knew I existed.
Even Chi Yu didn't know!
The wrongdoings that he has done now,
he had no way of facing them.
So he left.
He disappeared.
I became this body's master.
You're lying.
What tricks are you playing now?
I won't trust any of your words.
You can choose not to believe my words.
But the scar that the python demon left behind,
you can't not recognize it, right?
Enough, stop talking!
You know what I'm saying is the truth.
You just don't want to believe it.
Chi Yu may not be here,
but I will always be by your side.
Mo'er,
you know I will always be by your side to protect you.
I've never left you.
Do you still remember?
From Mt. Plume, to Peach Blossom Hollow,
and then to Jiu Li.
I was always by your side.
You just didn't know.
Do you still remember the night before the trip to Green Hills,
when you came to say goodbye to me?
"I like you."
Big sister, I came to help big brother change his medicine.
-Then you go ahead and change it.-Okay.
I definitely will.
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Big Brother Shangguan, how do you know that we will find Yu Min if we keep going south?
Yu Min is a unique tribe.
Although they have a human form but they are covered with feathers.
Freely moving around the different places in the human realm.
This type of tribe can't be accepted by the people in the Great Plains.
So many years ago, they went south to
a warmer and humid place,
and created the Yu Min State.
When a Yu Min individual is born, he looks like an immortal.
I only know about this much.
Su Mo found her grandma!
Is this news from Mo'er?
No. It's Su Shui.
He said... that Su Mo's blood is the most important Mysterious Lady blood to summon the Vermilion Bird?
Then is Mo'er okay?
He didn't say that. But if they're together,
nothing bad should happen.
Tell Su Shui that we are looking for Yu Min.
Have them meet us at Kun Lun Mountain. We will meet up at the Ice Field.
A sky human has five weaknesses (trials?). We can't change that.
All of you leave!
Zi Yuan, you don't need to stay with me either.
Teacher!
Big Brother Shangguan,
could this be a place where the Yu Min live?
It should be here.
Zi Yuan! Stop!
Who comes? Why did you start fighting?
-Whoever harms my Teacher can only die!-Zi Yuan!
I am Shangguan Jin from Jiu Li.
Greetings, Mister Yu Min.
You can just call me Zhong Mou.
My disciple was rude just now.
I hope you two will be forgiving.
Zi Yuan didn't hurt us.
It's not a problem.
Then, please come in and sit.
Ghost Mansion. Extended Net Mansion.
I have been waiting for a long time.
You knew long ago, Mister?
The lord of Jiu Li personally coming to my abode makes me feel very honored.
Mister, you are too courteous.
I came this time with a request.
The Tree Essence and Soul.
Precisely.
All the trees in this world have their ancestor.
The soul is at Kun Lun while the essence is at Cha Sea.
The Cha Sea?
The summit of Kun Lun is also called Cha Sea.
It's the portal to the Heavens.
Thank you for your hint, Mister Zhong Mou.
Sir Jin, I have kept the secret of the Tree Essence and Soul.
Others know this, too.
But, I once promised the heavens not to be biased.
So, I will also tell this secret to the Azure Dragon's Star Mansion.
But if the Azure Dragon Star Mansions knew of this secret,
they will definitely become my enemy.
The fight between the Vermilion Bird and Azure Dragon cannot be avoided.
Mister, do you not want to avoid this fight?
Sir Jin,
I've already been here for two thousand years.
The fights of this world had nothing to do with me long ago.
How do I know that giving the secret to you won't be wrong?
Cha Sea is a very dangerous place. I wish Lord Jin will be able to get as one wishes.
Okay. Then we will first leave.
I will definitely not dishonor your high hopes.
Goodbye.
Zi Yuan, you can go, too.
Teacher!
I want to stay by your side!
One must not go against the situation.
I have already made my decision.
After this separation, I won't surely see you anymore.
Leave.
Teacher!
Mister Room Mansion, you can show yourself. They have left.
They say that the Yu Min people have very keen sense.
They are indeed not lying.
Room Mansion is also here for the Tree Soul and Essence?
Not only for that.
The Tree Soul and Essence is on that Cha Sea.
And also, it is a very dangerous place.
I'm afraid; hence, I won't dare to go there.
I can know the future.
Is Room Mansion interested?
I don't have anything to do anyway.
Mister, please speak.
Stop when there's still time and you'll have a chance to live.
If you continue to insist on it, then your future is bleak.
Mister Zhong Mo's words are not nice to hear.
Ever since, wealth and fame are obtained thru danger. Mister has been on the mountains for so long.
I'm afraid you've excessively cleansed your heart and limited your desires.
You say that you can know the future.
Then you also do understand that everything is closely linked to each other.
Maybe, you only need to do a little change,
and the future will become completely be different.
Mister was able to know my future.
Don't know if you've also predicted your own future?
Or maybe not-so-far future?
Only today, right now.
After hearing Mister's words, the benefits I got are quite plenty.
Thank you.
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I'm Dong Ling's Bai Li Han who especially came here to visit you.
General Baili, I'm Zhong Mo and I've been waiting for you.
Been waiting for me?
How did Mister know that I was coming?
Everything in this world is closely linked to each other.
The coming of General to this place already had clues since 10 years ago.
It's just that majority of clues are just ideas and are not visible to others.
Mister Zhong Mo is able to know what others don't. You're indeed the god of the Yu Min people.
I wouldn't dare. General, please have a seat.
Please.
Then since Mister knew that I'd be coming,
then you must know the purpose of my visit.
No rush. No rush.
Drink some tea first.
Bamboo leaf green tea.
This is indeed a good tea.
What General wants to ask about is the location of Tree Essence and Soul.
Mister indeed can predict things.
Where really is this Tree Essence and Soul?
I can see that this Yu Min Country does have a lot of natural resources.
But you guys advocate an extremely simple kind of life. It's really admirable.
If Mister can tell me the whereabouts of this Tree Essence and Soul,
I am willing to command 100,000 Dong Ling people
to help your country renovate your homes
and build some water dikes. These will give long lasting benefits.
Those are indeed good things.
I'll thank General on behalf of my countrymen first.
It's just that I have one thing I don't understand.
I hope General can enlighten me.
Please say it.
To summon the Azure Dragon, General
did not hesitate to work one's heart out. What's the real reason for it?
The summoning of the Azure Dragon will benefit the country, the citizens, the world.
As it was said, worldly responsibilities, of course, must be bore by an able person.
I cannot refuse big matters concerning Dong Ling.
General Baili's reply seems to be treating me as a 3 year-old child.
For your knowledge, I've been guarding the Tree Essence and Soul for 2000 years already.
How can I possibly be fooled by General's lies
that easily?
Then what reason does Mister think I have for summoning the Azure Dragon?
General is willing to risk everything just to summon the Azure Dragon
just to prove your cultivation, courage, and intellect
as all the world's no. 1. Am I right?
Looks like Mister will never tell me where this Tree Essence and Soul is located, right?
I'm just afraid that even if I tell General now, General won't be able to go there anymore.
It is indeed you.
I never planned to hide it from you,
General Baili.
Xiao Yang!
Baili Han, I've been waiting for you for a long time already.
You should accept my challenge now.
I want to have a duel with you fair and square.
Don't you want to be the world's no. 1?
I'm the first one who won't allow that!
Xiao Yang,
I heard that the Dong Ling king has bestowed you the title of Minister of the War Office.
So what?
Why are you still this stupid despite already being a government official?
Didn't you want to have a duel with me fair and square?
But you must know.
This person only wants to use you to deal with me.
This cup
clearly contains poisoned tea.
Lord Sun, how can you break your word?
I'm representing the Kang Hui Shi tribe in asking Baili Han for a fair and square duel.
You doing such tricks, won't that cause others to make fun of me?
Xiao Yang,
don't believe Baili Han.
I don't have many talents. But being in Jianghu,
I still know if there's poison or not.
Hey, Baili Han, I'll take you now to seek treatment.
You must not die. If you die,
how am I supposed to have a duel with you?
Xiao Yang, this it the best chance we have in subduing Baili Han.
Are you going to treat him now?
I dare not shame the name of the Kang Hui Shi.
Since I knew that it was Lord Sun just disguising himself as Zhong Mo,
why would I dare drink the tea that you gave me?
You... When did you see through my disguise?
Your disguise was perfect. But unfortunately,
it was those birds in the sky that betrayed you.
Zhong Mo of Yu Min country is always accompanied by the Qin Yuan birds. That should be a very harmonious scene.
But these birds in the sky are grieving.
This can only point to one reason, that is the real Zhong Mo is already dead
and you are the fake Zhong Mo.
Give me back my Teacher's life!
Where do you think you're going?!
Baili Han,
so you're not poisoned?!
I finally can have a duel with you.
You better not hold back. I don't want to fight a one-sided battle.
You're really so stupid. If you want to win against me,
you could have made your move when we were at the Soup Valley.
Because that time, I didn't have any chance of winning.
If that's the case, what meaning will there be?
Even if I win, it will not prove that I'm the most formidable person.
Stupid...
If you want to win, then you must exhaust all means.
That is not the doings of a real man.
If you want to win, then you must do it in a straightforward and upright manner.
I never thought your martial arts were this great.
I really can't understand.
Where the hell did those fair and square principles come from?
I was originally a Dong Ling noble.
The eldest son of Kang Hui Shi.
If not because my father was framed
and our whole family was exiled to a far away place.
I definitely wouldn't be suffering a reversal of fortune,
and end up living in the streets.
Although I've never really studied that much,
but I've known since I was little
that whatever one does, one must always be upright.
I must not let my family be shamed.
Even if I'm going to die, I will still not disgrace
the name of the Kang Hui Shi.
Do you know that
you nobles
lose because you have your limits.
I admit that my skills are inferior to yours.
One must be willing to accept losing when one gambles. Baili Han, thank you
for giving me this fair chance.
Sun Ju!
He has already left.
Your Zhong Mo's disciple?
That person who harmed Teacher...
will you be able to find him?
He went to where the Tree Essence and Soul are.
It must be that your Teacher has told him the location of the essence and soul.
My skills are inferior to him. I can't seek revenge for my Teacher.
You can't
but I can.
All the trees in this world have an ancestor.
The soul is at Kun Lun. The essence is at Cha Sea.
Don't worry. I will definitely kill Sun Ju
and seek revenge for your teacher.
Yao Li!
General!
Yao Li...
you came quite fast.
I never dared to make General wait.
That's right.
It's true that you won't dare to make me wait.
But you dared to betray me!
I... I didn't.
Then let me ask you,
how did Sun Ju know about my whereabouts?
Sun Ju?
Sun Ju is in Dong Ling.
I went to send a message to Ms. Shuang'er.
I never really thought
that such a small guy like you
can destroy my plan.
You actually connived with Sun Ju.
No, I didn't.
Or else, why would Sun Ju be at Yu Min waiting for me?
Only you know about this thing?
You and Sun Ju want to steal my tree essence together?!
Yao Li...
I was quite good to you, right?
Come, tell me.
What bribe did Sun Ju give you?
I don't know what General is talking about.
You're quite hard-mouthed.
I... What I wanted was freedom.
You think Sun Ju will give you freedom?
Lord Sun said that after everything, I can marry a wife.
I only wanted a family.
Marry a wife?
That's so funny.
Yao Li...
let me tell you.
You're really too pitiful.
People like you who are so gullible
can only be fooled continuously.
Be used and be betrayed by others.
I really can't bear
to see you be disappointed.
Come, let me help you be free from it.
There.
Come. Come.
Hey, Pei Pei. There's another big one behind you.
Behind me?
Right, behind you.
Hurry. Come.
1, 2...
This is almost done.
- That...give me salt.- Okay.
Honey... and also scrub.
Little Ghost... you know quite how to enjoy life.
Of course.
Because this one is for Sister Hong Ling.
Of course, it should be delicious.
Look. This one is for Ah Su.
You eat this one.
Sister,
are you still angry with Ah Su?
He's a real man.
What does a small woman like me have to be angry about?
That... Ah Su said that he's apologizing to you. He also said that he won't drink alcohol anymore.
Then tell him.
Don't drink if he can't drink.
I hate men who gets wild when they're drunk the most.
But that Brother Shangguan also drinks alcohol.
I even saw you guys last time drinking.
Can he compare with Shangguan Jin?
Shangguan Jin has control
despite drinking alcohol. Not like somebody else who gets carried away when he's drunk.
Kept saying irresponsible words.
That... Ah Su said that he'll definitely be responsible.
Only saying but without proof.
He can write a guarantee letter.
What use does that have? It can be destroyed by just one fire.
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