"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 40
From today on,
you and the former Mysterious Lady of our tribe
are connected. So your blood is needed to summon the Vermilion Bird and Azure Blue Dragon.
I haven't answered your question yet.
You cannot die!
I've said it before,
I'm a ghost.
You cannot catch me.
Su Shui!
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I never thought that the Guest of the Magical Tone
would actually suggest working with me!
We are friends and confidants,
as well as enemies.
I can trust others, but I do not dare trust you.
So you have looked up to me like this.
But do you have any other choice?
To summon the Azure Blue Dragon, you two know nothing.
What are you going to use to work with me?
The blood of the Mysterious Lady.
Fu'er's blood?
No.
But I know who has it.
Fine.
Since we are all of the Azure Blue Dragon;
of course, we should work together.
But you must tell me,
who has the blood of the Mysterious Lady?
Su Mo.
Fu'er and I went to her village.
This tribe has once successfully summoned the Vermilion Bird;
in her, flows the true blood of the Mysterious Lady.
So this is how it is...
Baili Han, I already told you what I know.
Now,
it's your turn to show your sincerity.
What is this?
The Water Essence and Soul.
If you want to succeed, you need 3 treasures.
Other than the blood of the Mysterious Lady,
you need the Water and Tree Essence and Soul.
The Water Essence and Soul was hidden at the West Sea while the Tree Essence and Soul
was entrusted to the Yu Min tribe to be guarded for generations.
Where is the Tree Essence and Soul now?
Shangguan Jin took it.
So after taking these 3 things...
At the bottom of Kun Lun Mountain,
in the ice there is a seal.
Do you dare trust me again?
Yes.
You dare keep a person like me by your side,
aren't you scared I'll betray you again?
No way, you're my friend!
I have given my sincerity to you.
I like you.
Ah Su, remember,
you must continue to live well.
You must accomplish my dream.
No!
Continue to live well!
Sister Hong Ling!
Mo'er, it's getting late.
Go back and rest.
I can't sleep.
I feel so horrible.
But I know
Hong Ling won't want us to be sad.
Brother Shangguan,
I want to take a walk on my own.
Ah Su...
Go back.
Who is it?
I know it's you.
It's the same feeling.
I know you have been watching me
and following me.
Has Hong Ling really left?
I think this is a dream.
When I wake up,
Hong Ling will be beside me.
She will make fun of me
as she combs my hair.
I comfort myself like this everyday.
When I wake up,
you will return to me.
Everyone will return to me.
Chi Yu,
have you come back?
I must be dreaming, right?
Only in my dreams,
then you will look at me like this.
You will be so near to me.
You're looking at me like this.
I'm not dreaming, right?
I really missed you.
Chi Yu...
Have a good rest.
- She's sick.- I know.
If not, she would never have mistaken me for Chi Yu
and be so nice.
The things between you and Chi Yu,
I know. Su Mo has told me.
Although I sympathise with you,
but I hope you will stay further away from her.
And if I refuse?
What do you want?
I want Su Mo.
Relax.
Don't even think about having any designs on Su Mo!
I want her.
This whole way I've had too many chances.
Will your turn even come?
I always do things straightforward and upright.
But how about you, Shangguan Jin.
You look like a righteous person.
But you kept doing vile and repulsive things!
Was I mistaken?
Now that Chi Yu is no longer here,
- you're thinking of replacing him.- I never thought that way!
The position of Chi Yu in Su Mo's heart can never be replaced by anyone.
You already know that it's impossible, but you still do it...
So mighty.
Protecting her and guarding by her side
are all being done by me willingly.
If one day she willingly agrees to be with me;
of course, I'll be very happy.
But if this day will never come,
I will also have no resentment and regrets.
Shangguan Jin...
should I say that you're overly infatuated
or stupid?
I like Su Mo.
I like her very much.
There's nothing embarrassing in saying it.
If my liking
can bring her safety,
I will continue liking her.
If this liking will bring her pressure,
then I will make sure to store it within my heart well
and not let her know about it.
But how about you, Heart Moon Fox?
In your world, there's only possessing and robbing.
Do you know what respect means?
My world indeed only has possessing and robbing.
Because all of these are my choice.
To respect who and to be respected by whom,
these are what you care about.
But what's more ironic is...
do you know that your respect only brought her pressure and pain?
Earlier, you told me to leave her alone.
I'm going to tell you now.
No way.
Because she wouldn't want me to leave in the first place.
Didn't you say that you respect her?
Then shouldn't you also respect her will?
Baili Han will probably be one step faster than us.
Let's try first to locate him
before planning on how to get the Water Essence and Soul.
But what we must be careful for is...
that he has very good martial arts and is very cunning.
Going head to head is not a good idea.
I'll go.
Pei Pei and Xiao Bing's kungfu are inferior to mine while you must take charge of the situation here.
Sure. But you must be careful at all times.
Then how about Su Mo?
I don't want her to know.
These past few days, she's been through a lot
and is deeply hurt.
I don't want her to worry about the Water Essence and Soul matter anymore.
Why did you guys hide it from me?
Why didn't you tell me?
Why are you letting Ah Su risk danger alone?
I'm just going to look for information. There won't be any danger.
Since it's not dangerous, why was I not informed?
You just recovered from your illness, we just don't want you to worry.
If you guys keep me in the dark like this, the more I'll be worried.
Could it be that you still feel that I'm that girl who can't bear any heavy burden?
We now have the Tree Essence and Soul while they have the Water Essence and Soul.
Even if we don't look for them, they will look for us, too.
Rather than waiting and doing nothing, it's better to be the first to act.
Okay.
Regarding Baili Han, I will think of a way to get the Water Essence and Soul back.
You don't need to worry.
I want to know everything. You're not allowed to hide anything from me.
As long as Mysterious Lady likes it, then it's already great.
Try it on.
Baili Han, oh Baili Han...
You must have never expected that
the chips in my scheme
have already been set up while we were in the North Sea Mud Carp Island.
Hey, Xiao Bing.
Pei Pei, why did you come?
I'm bored. I'm going to die from boredom soon.
Oh, right. Didn't you have the Tree Essence and Soul?
What does it look like?
Why? You want to see it?
Right. I'm so curious.
Didn't you go to look for that Water Essence and Soul?
What does the Water Essence and Soul look like? Let me see.
Don't mention it anymore.
I didn't even get to see it. That Liu Ruo Shuang summoned a very huge Primal Chaos.
It obstructed our path. That guy, what's his name?
Oh, right, Yu Yang. He took advantage of the situation and ran into the stone door.
He took the Water Essence and Soul and left.
Causing us to not even see what the Water Essence and Soul looked like.
Just let me take a peek of the Tree Essence and Soul.
Is it really a stone or some can or bottle-like object?
You really want to see it?
Beg me.
You petty rascal. I'm just going to take one look.
One look.
Hey, petty rascal, I haven't taken a good look yet.
It's just a common green precious stone.
You are very experienced and knowledgeable.
What haven't you seen yet? Making much fuss about nothing.
No, you...
How come we just didn't see each other for a little time, but you've already become weird?
I don't believe you!
- Let me see! Let me see!- Stop fiddling!
You...
Why are still thinking about Baili Han?
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I'm not thinking of him.
Go and throw that away for me.
Do you know that when I held Chi Yu's hands
and pierced his sword into my body?
That blood... That warm blood just all came out.
What's wrong?
Pei Pei!
Brother Shangguan!
He's not Xiao Bing.
He killed Xiao Bing.
- What did you say?- He's not Xiao Bing!
Pei Pei, what rubbish are you saying?
Pei Pei, what's wrong with you?
Ah Su, he's not Xiao Bing.
He really is not Xiao Bing.
Brother Shangguan, Su Mo, Ah Su, Pei Pei,
If I'm not Xiao Bing, then who am I?
I'm really is Xiao Bing.
You guys must believe me.
- No. This...- Pei Pei, are you sick?
I'm not. Look.
This small person said it very clearly.
Do you know that when I held Chi Yu's hands
and pierced his sword into my body?
That blood... That warm blood just all came out.
My entire hands were warm.
What did I feel when I looked at Chi Yu's reaction?
Funny. So funny.
I almost laughed and made a sound that time.
I can be anyone that I want to be.
I was Jiu Li's high priest. I was Green Hill's City Master. I was Yu Min's Zhong Mo.
And I will soon be you.
As long as I have a real facial skin, I can be anyone who I want to be.
Any minute facial expression,
I can imitate it to perfection.
I got discovered by you guys so quickly.
I haven't had enough with my disguise yet.
You mentioned earlier Green Hill's City Master.
What's that all about?
Since I've already been discovered by you guys, then I also don't need to hide it from you anymore.
Why?
My acting's quite good, isn't it?
Shangguan Jin,
you didn't even notice all throughout our travel
that the comrade you're with everyday was fake.
- Where's Xiao Bing?- Xiao Bing?
Isn't he here?
You think about where he could be?
Heart Moon Fox,
didn't you ask me about the Green Hill City Master?
Do you know
that when I held your hands and pierced your sword into my body...
that blood, that warm blood came out.
All of my hands were warm.
What did I feel when I looked at your reaction?
Funny. So funny!
I almost laughed and made a sound that time.
All of that were arranged by Baili Han.
If you guys want to seek revenge, then you should look for Baili Han and not me!
General Baili, I trust that you have been well since we last met.
Ms. Fu'er, we already know each other well.
- Why must you talk like we are strangers?- Really?
How come I feel like I just met General?
I also seem to have just met you.
A lady really changes a lot as she grows up.
Mysterious Lady now can already take charge.
Where's the Water Essence and Soul?
You want to see it?
I not only want to see it.
General Baili was able to get the Water Essence and Soul in front of Shangguan Jin.
How will you make me continue to believe
that the one you have won't be stolen?
Fu'er,
don't be greedy and never satisfied.
Or else, we won't have anything to play with anymore.
Really?
Fu'er!
Isn't using him as a training tool more better?
Bring out the Water Essence and Soul.
- Baili Han, you're sinister!- You're the one who's sinister!
You took advantage of my unpreparedness and used the technique I taught you to attack me sneakily.
It's just that your skills are inferior to mine.
Don't know if it's you who's not a proficient learner or I'm not a good teacher?
Even the Forbidden Spell of Feed Absorption, you used it in a very inexperienced way.
Oh, right. And also,
you even used the Ignorant Art.
Bingyi...
You even taught her your family's ultimate technique.
This is really... being too in love.
You can keep the Water Essence and Soul.
Fu'er and I only need the power of the Azure Dragon.
Fu'er.
I was not a proficient learner. I don't have anything more to say.
But Baili Han...
do you plan to retire or have a vacation here?
Could it be that you're waiting for Shangguan Jin to chase into here and take the Water Essence and Soul from you?
Sharpening a knife won't delay the cutting of the firewood.
The sky is now dark. It won't be easy to travel.
And also, Shangguan Jin most likely is arguing with your lover right now.
How can he attend to me still?
Where is Heart Moon Fox?
He's probably at the mountain's base with your love rival.
It's that slut again.
It's too dangerous right now to go down the mountain.
I must kill her.
You will but not now!
When is that?
The most important thing now is not the conflict between the two of you!
But instead, it's the summoning of the Azure Dragon.
If you dare to destroy again my plan,
I will not hesitate to kill you.
Control you woman.
Let's stay here tonight. You will be able to find your Heart Moon Fox.
No need to act with undue haste.
I am just not willing to see him and Su Mo being together.
I guarantee to you that they will not be together.
How can you guarantee it?
Ignorant Art.
Brother,
I finally found you.
Was it Shangguan Jin who sent you here?
Brother... Brother, what are you saying?
Look.
I brought you the Tree Essence and Soul.
Brother, I thought about it thoroughly.
No matter what,
we are real brothers.
Blood is thicker than water.
Do you know that
you're the only family I have left in this world?
I... I don't have a reason to help Shangguan Jin to harm you.
You were able to realize that this fast?
When we were at Cha Sea,
didn't you even persuade me to stop what I'm doing already?
Brother, then I...
I was just bewitched by Shangguan Jin.
Shangguan Jin...
always having this dignified look,
as if he's the most noble person in the world.
But actually, he was just doing all these for personal reasons, to protect his Shangguan family,
and for that he wants me and you to become enemies.
But he never considered, how about our Baili family?
Brother, no matter what,
I will never become your enemy.
From now on, let us brothers be together forever.
Never separating. Okay?
Good that you even remember our Baili family.
Brother...
Brother, what are you doing?
I'm your little brother.
I... I'm Xiao Bing.
Brother...
Baili Han...
Tell me...
Where did I go wrong?
Sun Ju...
I initially thought that
when you saw your little brother,
you would at least have some hesitations.
You want to take advantage of my hesitation
and use that chance to kill me?
That is where you made a mistake.
Yes, I indeed made a wrong calculation.
Baili Han...
you are inhuman!
Anyone in your eyes
are only tools.
In your heart,
you really don't have any feelings.
You've been with me for so long,
but I actually don't know
how many faces do you really have.
I'm really very curious!
No! No!
I'm... I'm alright.
I still have a lot of faces.
No...
This is not mine. This is not me.
This is the real me. This is the real me.
I can be whoever I think I am.
I can be whoever I say I am.
This is not me.
Who do you really want to be?
Baili Han...
I am Baili Han.
Because of your incompetence,
you then vainly attempted to be someone else.
So sad... Really so sad.
I want to become Baili Han.
I want to become Baili Han...
It's already been quite long that you have been removing people's facial skin.
You don't even know who you are anymore.
Lamentable.
General Baili!
Heart Moon Fox?
This man...
leave him to me.
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Green Hill City Master...
was killed by him.
Right.
You're the one who ordered him to do it.
That's right.
Hong Tai's death was set up by you.
You even personally arranged everything for me to kill my dad.
Yes.
You're not even avoiding it.
Why?
Want to get payback from me?
On the road to Soup Valley,
I was already aware of all of these.
Just to draw me out,
you did not hesitate to start a war between Jiu Li and Green Hill.
And this Sun Ju always had this weird smell on him.
If I didn't guess it wrong,
Jiu Li's High Priest and Green Hill's City Master
also had the same scent on them.
Since you had already noticed it ever since,
why didn't you get to the bottom of it?
For the schemes and exploits that you did to me, it's enough for me to kill you 100 times!
But...
all of these are thanks to you.
I was able to see the light of day again.
You came here to see me just to tell me these?
No.
I can give you
the blood of the Mysterious Lady.
- You want the Azure Dragon?- General Baili is a smart person.
But I heard that
you have been staying by the Vermilion Bird Mysterious Lady's side.
And also,
it was you who saved her from Fu'er.
This doesn't hinder me from wanting the Azure Dragon.
I want to make Chi Yu disappear forever.
Only the Azure Dragon's power can do this.
It's just catching a lady.
I can do it by myself.
I don't need your help so why must I work with you?
If you don't want to work with me,
then I'll join the Vermilion Bird group.
At worst, let's have a life and death struggle.
If you're willing to work with me,
I'll let you have the Azure Dragon.
I just need a very minute amount of power.
This debt...
you do know how to compute it, right?
You're threatening me?
I am indeed threatening you.
Su Mo...
will willingly give me the Mysterious Lady's blood.
When will you bring her?
Don't be hasty in asking for the person first.
Give me the two stones
that's with you.
You trust me that much?
Because I'm like you.
We are both heartless.
For our motive, we can be unscrupulous.
The Vermilion Bird people will be here soon.
It's already very late.
Can't sleep because you're thinking of me?
You seem to be unafraid of me already.
I've already understood your way of talking.
Got used to it.
And also...
I think that you're not going to harm me.
So all of these,
were actually Baili Han's scheme.
You want to say
that Chi Yu didn't do as what the prophecy said.
Killing of his father?
He had always said that he wanted to change his destiny.
Change the prophecy.
He did it.
He indeed was able to do it.
But he still fell into Baili Han's trap.
It's already useless to say anything.
You're still feeling sorry for him.
Can't let go of him.
I can never let go of him.
You should never let Shangguan Jin hear those words.
He will definitely be very hurt.
Say, he did these so many things for you,
but you instead kept thinking about another man.
If...
I'm just saying if,
during the first time you were looking for the Ghost Grass,
the one you bumped into wasn't Chi Yu
but me,
would you--
If there are so many if's in this world,
then there won't be these things now.
If I didn't go to the Offering Altar,
if Fu'er and I were not Mysterious Ladies,
if there's no mythological beasts in this world in the first place,
if all of these are just our imagination
and didn't really happen...
Rather than thinking about a lot of what if's, better to just think about now.
At the very least,
we have already become friends.
But I don't want to be friends with you.
The weather is getting cold.
Just go back and rest early.
I just want to continue to live.
Just to continue living,
a person should strive hard for it.
Right?
Of course.
Living, for anyone, is only once.
We must work hard to continue living.
That's why to continue living,
one has no choice but to do some things that's against one's will.
I don't understand what you're saying.
I just want to tell you
that there are things that you have to do against your will.
Fu'er...
What's wrong, Fu'er?
She's here.
- She's here!- Who? Who's here?
It's Su Mo.
She's going to kill me.
There's no one here.
You're having hallucinations again.
I've been frequently like this for the past few days.
I can't sleep peacefully
and will frequently have nightmares.
It's the Ignorant Art.
Almost all have varying degrees of these side effects.
If you can control your spiritual energy enough, then you will feel better.
We will be summoning the Azure Dragon soon.
You will be better soon.
For the past few days,
I frequently dream of Peach Blossom Hollow.
Once I have the Azure Dragon's power,
I will definitely save my parents.
Perhaps, we can still live like we used to.
But there must be no Su Mo.
There must be no Su Mo.
There will definitely be no her.
After the seal is opened, this world will not have a Su Mo anymore.
Let's go.
Baili Han,
didn't you say that you still haven't obtained the Tree Essence and Soul?
If we go up the mountains now, won't we also be unable to open the seal?
Don't worry. When that time comes, someone will voluntarily deliver her.
Who did you arrange now to be with them?
Was it Sun Ju?
Who is he disguised as now?
You don't need to worry about that.
Anyway, we will definitely summon the Azure Dragon.
When that time comes, each of us will take what one needs.
It was I who didn't protect Xiao Bing well.
Brother Shangguan, you're not to blame for this.
If there's someone to blame, it's that Sun Ju.
He's too despicable and cunning.
What should we do now?
The Water Essence and Soul and Tree Essence and Soul are now all in our hands.
We can move out anytime.
I saw on the stone tablet in Green Village about
the four symbol calming magical chant to quiet the heavens and the earth.
It was written there that the sealed location
is the Ice Field beneath Mt. Kun Lun.
But Mt. Kun Lun's peak has been frozen for thousands of years.
What place does the Ice Field mean?
If my guess is right, what the Ice Field is referring to
- must be the Mirror Domain.- Mirror Domain?
When I was still at Jiu Li, I was able to read an ancient text.
Within the strange annals, I had previously read
that at the side of Mt. Kun Lun, there's Cha Sea.
Within Mt. Kun Lun, there's a Mirror Domain.
The Strange Annals most likely are just legendary folk tales, right?
Can we trust it?
We indeed found the Tree Essence and Soul that time
at Cha Sea on the western side of Mt. Kun Lun.
It shows that what this book says is not fake.
That's why, I think that within Mt. Kun Lun, there's really this Mirror Domain.
But... the name Mirror Domain is so weird.
What the Mirror Domain refers to is the mirror
that Great Emperor Fu Xi previously made using ice.
It has a total of 72 sides.
It can darken one's heart and confuse one's intention.
I think that what was written in Mt. Bu Zhou,
'within the Ice Field' is referring to the Mirror Domain.
Then... can we summon the Vermilion Bird if we go there?
I think that we can only know what will happen once we're there.
Just don't know if how many among you
can see the Vermilion Bird.
What do you mean by that?
Vermilion Bird Star Mansions plus the Mysterious Lady
are 8 people in total. But now, only you guys are left.
The future road will be more difficult.
But I can guess
that the Mysterious Lady will be safe.
Because even if you guys must risk your lives,
you guys will still protect her.
As long as we do things carefully,
there will definitely be nothing bad that will happen.
Do things carefully?
You shouldn't forget that your opponent is Baili Han.
Can you defeat him?
Maybe I alone can't defeat him. But don't forget.
There are four of us while Baili Han is only one person.
Then I can only wish you guys good luck.
Take another good look of your companions.
Maybe you will discover some time in the future
that his maybe the last time you will see them.
- Brother Shangguan...- Mu'er,
Ah Su and Pei Pei went to prepare the things we will be needing on our travel already.
When will we leave?
Tomorrow, once there is light, we'll set out.
You're still worrying about the words said by Heart Moon Fox?
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