"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 39
If not for you,
I wouldn't have been all alone for these years.
For over ten years,
you'll never understand what I went through!
You'll never know that sort of pain!
Don't summon the Extort Beast.
Your body now...
can't take another summoning!
But I must get the Water Essence and Soul!
Not good, they set off the Water Essence and Soul's trap mechanism!
Hurry and run!
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There's no time!
You must fulfill my dream for me!
Live on for me!
Don't!
Live well!
Big Sister Hong Ling!
Xiao Ju!
I said I don't like you!
I've never liked you before!
That woman forced you to say it, right?
That woman definitely forced you to say it, right?
She wants to watch you spurn me!
She wants to watch you put me in pain, right?
She's right here.
I know she's here right now!
-Su Mo!-Stop it!
She came looking for you without caring for anything else!
Are you going to treat her like this?
You really are a loyal guardian.
If I spurn her,
-shouldn't you be very happy?-Su Mo.
Su Mo, I'm going to kill you!
Su Mo!
Shun Hua, kneel down.
Come, hold out your hand.
Come.
Shun Hua,
from today on,
you share a bloodline with our Green Village's previous generations of Mysterious Ladies.
So your blood...
is a crucial treasure to summon the Vermilion Bird and the Azure Dragon.
From now on,
a lot of people will want to have your body.
And you must love your own body.
-Do you understand?-I got it.
I finally found you.
So you hid here?
What is it?
You still want to summon the Vermilion Bird?
Who is she?
Grandma, she's my-
Sister.
The closest sister that grew up with her.
This is your grandma?
So the child of the river found her family.
Fu'er, what do you want?
You calamity star!
Ever since you appeared, Peach Blossom Hollow didn't have a single day of peace.
You destroyed my family.
My parents and fellow tribesmen are still trapped there. Who knows if they're dead or alive?
And you?
You destroyed Peach Blossom Hollow and found a new place to live comfortably.
That day you said you wanted to summon the Vermilion Bird to save my tribesmen.
Have you forgotten about all that?
Fu'er, I will summon the Vermilion Bird!
I will save our tribesmen!
-You must believe me!-Why should I do that?
I am going to depend on myself now.
I only believe myself!
And I want to kill you!
Your existence will only get in my way.
Fu'er, let go!
Whatever it is, come at me!
Okay, I can let go of your grandma.
But I want your life in exchange!
Shun Hua, don't listen to her!
Grandma!
Okay, I'll exchange!
Fu'er, why are you being like this?
We are good sisters that grew up together!
We haven't been sisters since long ago!
I hate you.
Do you know?
I'd rather you die a thousand times,
ten thousand times!
-I never wanted to steal anything for you.-But you did!
You repeatedly stole what belonged to me!
If not for you, I wouldn't have gone so far;
never able to turn back!
Fu'er, let go.
No matter when you turn back,
there's still time!
Fu'er,
the one you want is me.
Let go of her.
You're still helping her now?
She's going to summon the Vermilion Bird; she is our enemy!
I know.
You know and yet still won't kill her?
You are an Azure Dragon Star Mansion!
And you're going to protect her?
I am just waiting for her to finish the ceremony,
because we need her blood.
But the words you said just now...
You said you like her!
I was just momentarily jealous,
jealous that you were with Bin Ying.
Did you know?
Everything I did was for you.
Did you know?
After that time, I kept looking for you.
I looked for so long, so long!
I know about all of it.
Let go of her now.
Let's go back together.
Wait!
I still have to kill her!
I want to see her die in front of me!
I'm afraid you'll be seduced just like Chi Yu was!
Fu'er...
For her,
you actually attacked me?
Today is the Mars Guarding the Heart Day.
It's the day when your power is the weakest!
You can't block me!
Even if I am even weaker,
my power is still more than enough to face you.
Then give it a try!
Run!
Let's help!
Bin Ying, what are you doing?
These people are innocent.
They are all Su Mo's tribesmen.
They all deserve to die!
What you want is Heart Moon Fox; the one you want to kill is Su Mo!
What does that have to do with these innocent people?
I already lost him.
He won't return to my side again.
I have a way to have him fall in love with you again.
What way?
It's a type of magic from Dong Ling called the Art of Deceive and Concealment.
It can control a person's heart. You can use this magic
to make him return to your side.
As long as you let them go,
I will teach you.
Really?
Really.
You can control anyone.
You can make them stay by your side.
I only want Heart Moon Fox.
You will definitely obtain him.
Okay.
Remember what you told me.
I want to obtain Heart Moon Fox.
I want to obtain his heart!
I promise you.
Fu'er!
Grandma!
I can let go of everyone else,
but her grandma must die!
-Grandma!-Run!
Grandma!
-Grandma!-Grandma, wake up! Don't scare me!
It's so cold...
Chi Yu...
Chi Yu...!
Shun Hua, you're awake?
Grandma.
Child, it's good that you're alright.
Let me tell you.
Your friend the Heart Moon Fox gave you spiritual power all night.
Grandma, what about our tribesmen?
Are they okay?
They're okay.
-Where's Su Shui?-He...
Su Shui!
I'm here; I'm okay.
Su Shui, it's so great that you're okay!
Bin Ying took Fu'er away.
They won't come look for us for now.
Fu'er hasn't given up on Heart Moon Fox yet.
We have to be more careful.
Xiao Bing used spiders to send us a message.
They have already gone to Kun Lun Mountain.
You can meet up with them there.
Su Shui,
-then let's go together to find Big Brother Shangguan---No! Your body just recovered.
You have to rest some more!
I'm okay, Grandma!
Su Shui...
What is it?
He's already dead.
That's impossible!
He's right here!
If I didn't guess wrong,
this is his last remaining spiritual power.
What Grandma says is wrong, right?
His hand is right here!
I can hold him!
Grandma can be saved.
Help me find three triangular stones and a bottle of water.
Ancestors of Green Village above,
I want to borrow your power
to bring Green Village Granny back to life.
I know that this will have a huge price.
I will give up all my cultivation.
I ask that all you ancestors help me.
With a sincere will,
you can split open metal and rocks.
Winter trees, spring flowers...
The tree has its roots, the water its source.
Flowers reflected on water.
The flowing water will never stop.
One hates to live in a place where one has lived happily.
As the stone breaks the heavens shudder.
I said it before.
I am a ghost.
You can't catch me.
It's really you! Did you know? We've looked for you for a long time!
Su Shui!
We, of the You Wu tribe, believe we were trees in our past life.
If one day, we meet someone we love,
we will have them drink milk tree serum.
The tree god will protect them.
Su Shui!
I still haven't answered your question!
You can't die!
You will definitely find your answer.
I can't find it!
If you leave, how can I find it?
Su Mo,
you must follow your heart.
Your heart is the most sincere and kindest one I've ever seen.
As long as you follow your heart,
you can definitely find your answer.
No!
Su Shui!
I know you can do everything.
But since you're a ghost,
how can you have a day when you die?
Su Mo,
I won't leave you.
I will be by your side.
I will always be here.
No matter if you find new friends,
or whatever you do,
I will know about it.
If there comes a day when you find your answer,
and you want to tell me,
then just lift your head
and look at the stars in the sky.
Find the Vermilion Bird Wings Mansion.
You can just tell him.
I will always bless you from the heavens.
I don't want you to die!
Su Shui!
Grandma, what are you doing?
Shun Hua, your body just healed!
You are still weak! Where are you going?
She killed Su Shui!
I want to kill her!
-I want to kill her! Don't stop me!-Shun Hua!
Shun Hua! Shun Hua!
Shun Hua!
Water Essence and Soul?
Where is Shuang'er?
Shuang'er,
to be able to get the Water Essence and Soul,
your death was worth it.
Shangguan Jin,
we are even now.
Is Miss Fu'er's room ready?
It has been ready since long ago. It's in the East Wing.
It's very close to your library.
I should just stay in my original room.
The old room is in the villa.
Then... isn't it a bit far away?
That's why it's good.
Yes.
Wang Bao arranged to put you in the East Wing,
because he hopes we can be closer and take care of each other.
Since I have to learn the secret technique,
naturally it's best if there are minimal people around.
After going through so much, I thought we had become friends.
I won't make any more friends.
So our relationship should be more ordinary.
This is beneficial to both of us.
Then you won't have to worry about your benefits.
How you helped me,
I know very well in my heart, and I'm very thankful.
But...
since I have no way of repaying the favor,
we should keep our distance.
You mind Heart Moon Fox's words, right?
Indeed.
I don't want him to misunderstand that there is something between us.
The Art of Deceive and Concealment
is a type of magic used to control people's hearts.
Even if he thinks anything now,
he won't think so in the future.
However you want him to think,
he will think that way.
Then when are you going to teach me?
Tonight, at the hidden library.
Grandma,
why won't you let me get revenge?
Child, if you go now, you will only go die.
I will use the Art of Manipulating Fire.
Water defeats fire.
Also her forbidden spell of Feed Absorption has reached a point of no return.
She hates you to her bones, and looks for you everywhere.
If you send yourself over to her this time,
isn't it just doing exactly what she wants?
But Su Shui died because of me!
Am I supposed to not do anything?
Even if it's just a little!
You are a Mysterious Lady now.
You can go summon the Vermilion Bird
-to get revenge for him.-Is it useful to summon the Vermilion Bird?
Would Su Shui come back to life because of that?
He won't.
But if you don't go summon the Vermilion Bird,
then many more innocents will die!
Also, logically speaking,
the hatred between you and Fu'er
cannot be settled by revenge.
This is what I learned from Su Shui.
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For you to have such mastery on the first day is no simple task.
Fu'er, hurry and go back to rest.
Just like this?
Let's stop here today.
I still have strength!
I want to learn this magic quickly.
The Art of Deceive and Concealment takes a lot of energy!
If you go overboard, you risk losing your spirit!
You cannot face that danger!
Ah Su, slow down! I can't keep up!
Ah Su, Ah Su!
I know your mood.
You want to fulfill Big Sister Hong Ling's wish.
You want to hurry and meet up with everyone to summon the Vermilion Bird!
But you really can't keep going like this!
You won't eat or wash.
You won't even sleep; it's not normal!
If Sister Hong Ling sees you like this, she'll be heartbroken!
I feel like an old grandma talking like this!
Look at how stinky you are now!
Anyone would avoid you!
Did you think that for Sister Hong Ling,
you are the only one that is sad, and I'm not?
We are already good brothers that have been through life and death together!
If you are in pain, don't keep it inside, tell me!
Instead of being angry alone, why not let two people share it together, right?
Ah Su! Ah Su!
Ah Su! If you keep not eating,
I won't eat either!
If you die of hunger on the side of the road, I'll starve with you!
If we go for another two hundred miles, we'll reach Kun Lun Mountain.
Big Brother Shangguan,
will we still meet Baili Han in the future?
We definitely will.
Baili Han will definitely not give up on summoning the Azure Dragon.
We can't avoid a violent battle at Kun Lun Mountain.
Xiao Bing, you-
Big Brother Shangguan, you don't need to worry.
I've completely thought things through.
It's just...
Having to fight against Big Brother,
my heart still feels a little...
Don't worry.
You have me.
Big Brother Shangguan, what do we do about Su Mo and the others?
Su Shui is with her.
Nothing should happen.
Su Mo has already found her family now.
We should be happy for her.
Then she should come meet up with us soon, right?
Looking at the time, I think it's about time.
But... Pei Pei and Hong Ling should arrive a bit faster.
Brother Shangguan!
-Pei Pei! -Brother Shangguan...
Where are Hong Ling and Ah Su?
Sister Hong Ling... she...
So it's like this. Ah Su refuses to eat or drink everyday.
Just now I forced him to take a bath.
Now...
he's being sulky outside.
The Water Essence and Soul has been stolen by Liu Ruo Shuang.
Then she called a bird to take it away.
Now it should be in the hands of Baili Han.
I'll go see him.
I know everything.
Until the end,
I never got to speak a single word to Hong Ling.
Between people,
sometimes there are ways to communicate without needing words.
Although you never spoke to her,
but the love you gave her,
it's not something other people can give.
Out of all the girls I know, Hong Ling
is the most generous and daring.
Her life
had color amidst the darkness;
she was always frank and open.
I think, to her,
her biggest regret is not regretting what she has done,
but what she has not done.
Ah Su,
thousands and millions of words
cannot compare to having a companion once.
I hope Brother Shangguan's words will have some use.
These few days I've always been with Ah Su,
but I never knew what to say to him for him to feel better.
If you don't know what to say
then you can drink together. Drinking a little, everything will pass.
What are you saying? Have you forgotten?
Ah Su cannot drink! After one cup he is drunk already.
This...
How could you have forgotten.
Stupid.
What happened?
Nothing.
Everything is going well.
You were cultivating your spiritual energy, why did you suddenly stop?
I just remembered the past.
Everything in the world has its own spiritual energy.
If you can use some of it, you can do half the work with twice the effect.
Not long ago,
it was here that Baili Han taught me all this.
Using spiritual energy to manifest a flower,
or to create a dream sequence,
it naturally is beauty that can't be imagined.
But these were never the goal of my practicing.
The goal of practicing
is to make ourselves stronger.
But it seems like everyone,
has a limit to there spiritual and mental energy.
But a true expert
knows how to make use of the spiritual energy from nature.
Like this,
he will than have unlimited power.
His spiritual energy will never see the day when it is depleted.
So when you learned the Speed Absorption Spell, it was here?
That day when I learned it,
I didn't know how dangerous it would be.
I just thought that wanting to become stronger was nothing wrong.
Now that I think about it,
the Speed Absorption Spell was the start of Baili Han making use of me.
And this forest,
has caused me to fall deeper and deeper.
Baili Han taught you the Forbidden Spell of Feed Absorption while I'm teaching you the Ignorant Art.
It all took place in my house.
I wonder if this was fated by the heavens.
I only know that it doesn't matter if I go to heaven or hell.
Since I already started,
I only have this one path to darkness.
Come, come.
After you absorb a little you will be ok.
Bin Ying!
The Art of Deceive and Concealment
was never tried to be learned by a lot of Dong Ling high priests.
With your spiritual energy, if you try to rush
you could endanger your life.
You must know how to be patient and take things slowly.
But I cannot wait for so long.
I cannot see the Heart Moon Fox get stolen by that woman.
There is one more way.
That can speed up the process of cultivating your spiritual energy.
It is to awaken the Azure Blue Dragon.
But there is only us two.
Have you forgotten what the Granny of Green Village said?
The blood of Su Mo
is the key to summoning the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird.
This is another way.
A way that does not need all eight of us?
Right.
But now we only know about using Su Mo's blood,
we don't know what else is needed.
Su Mo will definitely know.
Let's just follow her.
Let's use the Celestial Bodies Pursue-Patrol Technique.
We will be able to find her.
Seems like we're not too far off from Kun Lun mountain.
You haven't spoken much during this journey.
When people die, they cannot be revived.
No matter how sad you are, there is no use.
Since it is like this,
why don't you think of ways to ensure such situations
will not happen again?
The next time I see Fu'er,
what should I do?
Kill...
or be killed.
-But...-She is your old friend,
but she now wants to kill you and your current friends.
What you should do is obvious.
If you continue to hesitate,
more of your friends will be hurt.
Why aren't you wearing a coat?
Aren't you cold?
I'm cold.
But I like the feeling of coldness.
It lets me feel like I'm still alive.
Have you not felt cold before?
I can see and hear,
but I could never feel anything.
So be it cold or pain,
to me,
it is better than nothing.
Wait for me.
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Do you want to try
the feeling of warmth?
You-
What's wrong with you?
Has your injury from Green Hills not fully recovered?
It's the day of Mars Guarding the Heart.
When Green Village was attacked,
it was the day of Mars Guarding the Heart.
I get affected by it
and it will last for several days.
Then do you know how to stop it?
It's astrology.
How can I defy it?
Miss Su,
let's just keep moving.
Brother Shangguan and the rest have not arrived.
You agreed to meet here?
What are you doing?
It's me. You were asleep,
I was worried you would catch a cold.
Why are you looking at me like that?
What's happening?
You've never looked at me so kindly.
Did he come back?
So you were looking at me like that?
Answer me!
What on earth are you saying!
I had a dream.
So it seems that I always have the same dream.
I dreamed that I lived in the sunlight.
But everytime I woke up,
I was waiting alone in the dark.
In the past I didn't care about it.
Now...
I don't know why I am suddenly afraid of the darkness.
Seems like you didn't sleep well.
I'm just thinking.
Why does Fu'er hate me so much?
Since even I have fallen for you,
how can she not hate you?
Don't try to be funny.
You think I'm joking with you?
Because Chi Yu likes you,
does that mean I cannot?
Do you feel that, if you were to have fallen for me,
you are betraying Chi Yu?
I was right.
I don't want to argue with you.
I still have a question for you.
If this body can only belong to one person,
do you want it to be Chi Yu's or mine?
If only one person can survive,
then the other must definitely return to the darkness.
I don't wish for you to disappear.
If I could,
I want the two of you to exist.
You have to choose one.
Why are you forcing me to answer this?
My answer is not something you will like.
Even if I don't like it,
you have to answer me honestly.
Then I will give up.
Chi Yu.
I have done so much for you.
In the end I cannot be compared to him.
I think if a day comes when I disappear,
you will not cry for me.
I don't need it.
Neither do I like it.
Mo'er!
Brother Shangguan!
Heart Moon Fox?
Brother Shangguan,
Su Shui... he...
Su Shui has always been looking for a way to get rid of his hatred.
In the end he used his own life to do so.
At least, now your tribesmen will not hate him so much.
He left without any more burden in his heart.
Don't feel too bad.
Brother Shangguan, why is it only you?
Where is everyone else?
They are waiting at the foot of the mountian.
If we want to go up the mountain,
we need both the Tree and Water Essence and Soul.
But the Water essence and Soul is in the hands of Baili Han.
So we are going to meet the rest first,
then we'll think of another way. Let's go.
You're leaving like that?
What else do you want?
You have Shangguan Jin now,
so you don't need me?
But if I were to miss you sometimes,
I will look for you.
Let's go.
We are going to reach Kun Lun Mountain soon.
What do you plan to do in the future?
Now, other than knowing about the blood of the Mysterious Lady,
we don't know anything else.
Baili Han.
Only him.
Let's cooperate with Baili Han.
He treated you so badly in the past. You don't mind?
Of course, I do.
I remember it clearly.
But that was then, now is now.
We don't know the requirements to summon the Azure Blue Dragon.
We only know about the blood of the Mysterious Lady,
but it is still Su Mo's blood.
So this further cements the fact that we must become enemies with the Vermilion Bird.
Now there is only the two of us.
They outnumber us.
Although I am still unclear about what plans Baili Han has,
but from what I know about him,
he cares the most about
information.
But he is a dangerous person, on the surface he acts like he will work with us,
but he will harm us secretly.
If he can,
does that mean we can't?
Pei Pei!
Pei Pei! Ah Su, Xiao Bing!
Country girl, you're here.
Where's Hong Ling?
What's wrong with all of you?
Su Mo, I have things to tell you.
Am I hearing things?
You're talking to me?
You can talk now!
Follow me.
Why are you being so secretive?
Does that mean that Ah Su and Hong Ling...
You know, right? Tell me!
Let Ah Su tell you.
Quickly go.
What do you want to say, being so mysterious?
Don't say first, let me guess.
Don't tell me... you and Hong Ling are together?
Yes.
I will definitely marry her.
I knew she liked you.
She just refuses to admit it. Where is she?
Did she go into hiding?
Hong Ling! Come out!
I won't laugh at you!
Hurry and come out. Hong Ling!
Stop shouting.
She has left.
Left? Where did she go?
What? Why are you so serious? Did she return to Mu'er Town?
She has died.
Seems like some people have the same goal as me.
The Vermilion Bird people are on the way.
Were you planning to face them alone?
That extremely loyal Miss Shuang'er,
-where is she? -Liu Ruo Shuang has died.
But it's still okay.
At least her death was useful.
Between you and me, we needn't beat around the bush.
You alone cannot face the people of the Vermilion Bird.
Why don't we work together?
I never thought that the Guest of the Magical Tone
would actually suggest working with me.
Who asked us to have similar goals.
But you have two people.
How can I guarantee that in the end you will not kick me out?
When has Baili Han lost so much confidence?
He is actually afraid of people betraying him?
We are friends and confidants,
as well as enemies.
I can trust other people, but I wouldn't dare trust you.
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