01x14 - Episode 14

[bunniefuu]

[Love of the Divine Tree]

[Episode 14]

[Grand Hall]

The Guardian has gone down
the mountain for business.

Has he already left?

Didn't we just get guests?

I even made some delicious food.

He said we should go down the mountain
for experience and accumulate merits.

But where exactly should we go?

Master left without giving any instructions.

Ranran,

where do you think we should go?

No way,

direct disciples

can't just be all show and no substance.

Don't you have any plans in mind?

How about we go to a place
with beautiful scenery?

The other day,

the Paired Wings Auspicious Cloud was
in the sky from morning until noon.

It was so beautiful.

Let's go to a place with such beautiful scenery.

The Paired Wings Auspicious Cloud?

Didn't it only appear for a moment
before being covered by other clouds?

Not at all.

I specially brought over a chair
and watched it outside for half a day.

You saw it too?

Yes.

The auspicious clouds
from the other day were so big,

just like a pair of birds flying wing to wing.

Many lovers must've

confessed their love successfully
under those clouds.

Why did I see something different?

Unless

someone used a Smokescreen on you.

But on our mountain,
there are only a few of us.

Who would use such tactics on you?

You must have seen it wrong yourself.

Could it be that Master noticed

my feelings for him

and deliberately wanted to discourage me?

Ranran,

why are you so jumpy?

I...

I'm tired of sitting.

I'll take a walk.

If

Master is deliberately avoiding me...

Then that time when the rocks collapsed,

the sword energy that protected
me must have been from Master.

Ever since I was affected
by the Peach Blossom Intoxication last time,

Master has been avoiding me for so long.

He didn't even show up to save me
and deliberately covered up the auspicious clouds.

Paired Wings Auspicious Cloud,
please listen to my wish.

With Master, I hope...

What does this mean?

It means...

Did Master

lose his focus too?

It must be so.

It seems I wasn't the only one
who lost composure last time.

Master did too.

Even the Unfeeling Mantra can be shaken.

Learn from this lesson.

Next time, I absolutely can't be so impulsive

to avoid scaring Master away again.

Xue Ranran, keep up the effort!

You still have a chance!

Ranran.

Why are you

hiding over there laughing?

Of course I'm happy to go down
the mountain for experience and good deeds!

As you ordered,

I will make sure Xue Ranran and Su Yishui

get entangled with each other.

This way,

we can discover the whereabouts
of the Spirit Spring.

May I ask if you are
the Immortal Masters from Mount Wester?

Indeed, we are.

That's wonderful!

We've been waiting for Immortal Masters
to come down from Mount Wester.

Recently, there have been soldiers

dying in the river where I fish.

Moreover,

their deaths are mysterious.

I beg you, Immortal Masters, to investigate.

I hope it's not some kind of

evil creature harming people.

We were just looking
for a place to gain experience.

What a coincidence!

Sir, where is

this fishing spot?

Wangxiang Pass.

We got it.

We will definitely go there.

Thank you very much, Immortal Masters.

There's hope now!

But to investigate the soldiers' deaths,

we need to enter the camp.

However, we can't just enter the military camp

without a reason.

How does the Wangxiang Pass camp
have such strange occurrences?

We were just about to
go there to entertain the troops.

That's right!

We four illusionists
have prepared some amazing tricks.

Yes, indeed.

We were hoping to earn some extra money.

Now with these strange events, should we still go?

Yes, troupe leader, should we still go?

Yes, should we still go?

This couldn't have worked out better.

You've been staring

at this compass for a while now.

What's the situation?

Su Yishui, I'm talking to you.

Where are you going?

There's a demonic aura on the compass.

I need to consult the Earth Immortal of this area.

Ranran, we're going to disguise ourselves
as illusionists to enter the military camp.

Won't we be exposed?

Soldiers are disappearing.

The officers fear it will demoralize the troops,

so they're keeping it quiet.

This is our only way
to continue the investigation.

Don't worry.

It'll be fine.

Let's go.

This is the morgue?

Why are there so many salted fish here?

Are we in the wrong place?

They need to hide the bodies
of the newly deceased soldiers.

Naturally, they use salted fish to mask the smell.

This is the place.

Let's go.

The corpses have turned pale
from being soaked in water.

They have such large holes in their stomachs.

It must be the work of evil sorcery.

Here.

There's a demonic aura.

So it's the work of a demon.

What good does knowing all this do?

Anything can turn into a demon.

We still have no leads to investigate.

I have a way to see that demon.

Using the Seeing Sunflower
to trace what the corpse saw before death.

Ranran, you're really something.

I saw it.

The deceased was being controlled
and walked towards the riverbank.

There really was a demon behind him.

That monster

was completely black,
shaped like a tiger or leopard.

Senior Gao Cang, your hometown
is not far from Wangxiang Pass.

Are there such fierce beasts here?

Wangxiang Pass had many casualties
after the great battle of Fan Yao.

The netherworld opened up over a decade ago
and evil energy invaded again.

Add to that the years of border warfare,
and a death zone formed

not far from here.

Death zone?

Yes,

it's a valley filled with corpses.

It's very sinister.

The entire Wangxiang Pass has become
barren of birds and beasts along with it.

Livestock can hardly survive.

There aren't even any wild game to catch.

Fortunately, there are plenty
of fish in the river.

So if the nearby residents want to eat meat,

they can only eat fish.

I'm certain that the huge beast you mentioned

can't exist here.

That beast

had one yellow eye

and one blue eye.

If not a fierce beast,

it seemed more like...

A cat?

Perhaps that demon is hiding in the military camp.

Let's split up and look around.

There must be some clues.

- Okay. - Okay.

I use my blood to summon
the Earth Immortal of this place.

Come to me!

Who dares to summon me?

It's you!

Over there.

Such a powerful earth energy fluctuation.

In the military camp, there's
suddenly such a strong disturbance.

It must be that demon.

Let's go.

Quick, follow me.

There's a demon in the camp.

Aren't you the illusionists invited
to entertain the troops?

I'll explain later.

Come with me to catch the demon.

Hurry.

Let's go.

Follow me.

You, you, you...

More than a decade ago,

you stole the playmate I found

and that damned girl forced me
to lose 300 years of cultivation.

Now you have the nerve to summon me?

There are evil spirits running rampant here.

According to Heavenly rules, as a cultivator,

I can summon the Earth Immortal
of this place to inquire.

I'm not listening.

I don't care to listen.

I sacrificed a drop of my essence blood
to set up this Spirit Dispelling Formation.

It's precisely to deal
with uncooperative ones like you.

Since that's the case,
I'll send you to the subordinate position.

I'll take the main position and then command you
to follow me to find the demon.

You have no choice but to obey.

How dare you!

Shameless!

What demon is it?

M-Master!

Silly girl!

You're here too?

I'll leave this Spirit Dispelling Formation
for you two to play with.

Goodbye.

This strange and ghostly thing is indeed a demon.

And it's a pretty boy demon at that.

Catch him!

- It's a misunderstanding. - A misunderstanding!

Young lady, weren't you the one
who wanted to catch demons?

This...

This is a warm-up act.

This gentleman here is our

most famous illusionist.

What everyone just saw

was his warm-up trick.

That's right, that's right.

Everyone, please wait a bit for the main show.

Put away your swords first.

She already said it was a warm-up.

Disperse now.

Yes.

You are disciples from Mount Wester?

Yes.

May I ask who you are?

Qin Xuanjiu.

You're the one our founder

took as her last disciple.

Greetings, Mr. Qin.

So you're Su Yishui's disciples.

As expected, you're causing trouble.

You're playing tricks
to sneak into my military camp.

What are you up to?

Aren't there soldiers in the camp
who died mysteriously?

We came down the mountain to gain experience
and happened to investigate this case.

I've tried so hard to conceal this matter.

How did you find out about it?

Evil spirits hide well,
so of course we had to inquire carefully.

I detected

a trace of demonic aura on the corpses.

There's no need to investigate.

Go somewhere else for your training.

Leave immediately.

Why not investigate such a strange occurrence?

Why do we need to go elsewhere, Master?

Since when do I need to explain myself to you?

Still not leaving?

We're not leaving.

Master, you can't just make me leave like this.

Is that so?

Master?

Give me some water.

Xue Ranran!

The Spirit Dispelling Formation had the positions
of master and subordinate reversed.

I stepped on the master's position
and you stepped on the subordinate's position,

didn't you?

Yes.

No more questions.

Master,

this isn't my fault.

Since things have come to this,
I want to investigate the case

and you can't drive me away, so

you have no choice but
to let me stay by your side.

You're an interesting little girl.

Stay here then.

Seeing Su Yishui at a loss

really makes me feel good.

However, when I asked Su Yishui earlier

about the compass, he mentioned demonic aura.

You also detected demonic aura, didn't you?

What kind of demonic aura did you detect?

Is the demon that k*lled the soldiers

the same one

that broke the compass?

Mr. Qin, do you have any cats in your camp?

There is one.

A stray I found.

It's wild in nature,

but Coal is thin and weak.

It's nothing like a demon.

Then are there scratches

on your arm?

Coal scratched me.

What's the matter?

Now this is interesting.

Ranran!

- Master. - Master.

Let's talk about this later.

It seems we really need
to perform some illusions now.

It was them just now
who warmed up the crowd with illusions.

It was quite a sight.

We're waiting for

your main performance now.

Mr. Qin.

This...

The commotion just now was too big.

I can't cover this up.

You guys,

figure out how to deal with it yourselves.

I'm going to watch the main show.

Ranran.

What should we do now?

I have an idea.

Gentlemen,

want to see some magic tricks?

Easy.

However, for the next performance,

I'll need your cooperation.

As long as it's good,
we're willing to do whatever

you want us to do.

Right?

Yes, yes, yes.

Everyone,

raise your hands high.

What's this?

Let's just do as she says. Then what?

Like this.

Raise it up.

Like this?

We've raised them.

Why are you making us raise our hands?

Yeah.

Don't tell me it's to catch an embroidered ball

for matchmaking?

Don't be impatient.

This performance guarantees that all of you

will have good luck in love.

Really?

Great!

I can't wait anymore.

How magical!

There really are peach blossoms.

Yes, it's beautiful.

It's true.

- These peach blossoms. - Are getting bigger!

Look, look!

Amazing, and there are more and more!

Is that all?

What's happening?

- Why did they disappear? - Are there more?

Yeah.

Oh no.

Ranran's spiritual power is insufficient.

This is bad.

I just used the Seeing Sunflower.

The spiritual power consumption was too great.

Look!

It got bigger, bigger!

- It got bigger, bigger! - It's even bigger!

Look!

It's amazing!

So beautiful!

I want one, I want one!

- I want one. - I want one.

I want one too!

There are peach blossoms!

Don't fight, there's enough for everyone!

I have some too!

Look how many I have!

Look, look at me!

How many do you have?

Amazing!

Bottoms up!

Come on, let's drink!

Come on, come on!

Ranran.

Mr. Qin.

What's the real reason behind

asking me to host this banquet?

Of course it's to mingle and investigate the case.

Investigate?

Come, come!

Come, let's drink together!

Well, do as you see fit.

Pour him a drink!

You drink with him.

Come, come!

Come on!

Keep drinking!

Master,

I'll go over there first.

Come on, bottoms up, bottoms up!

Come on, drink, drink, drink!

Gentlemen.

Come on, come on!

Alright, thank you.

Let's play finger-guessing!

Young lady, Drinking
and playing finger-guessing now

has become boring.

We play cards while drinking now.

Immortal Master cards.

Immortal Kaiyuan?

That's right.

All the famous immortal masters
are engraved on the back.

Draw cards and compare their ranks.

The loser drinks.

We can bask in the aura of immortals

and have fun at the same time.

Come on.

Let's play a round together.

Let's play a round.

Alright.

Yan Liangyu, the senior disciple of Eternal Sect.

I play the female Immortal Master
of Hollow Sect, Wen Hongshan.

It's higher than yours.

Eternal Sect is the top
Heavenly sect in the universe.

And Yan Liangyu is the senior disciple.

How can your Wen Hongshan be higher?

Well, Immortal Master Yan has feelings
for Immortal Master Wen.

With love in his heart,

he's naturally under her control.

Well...

That makes sense.

I play the sovereign of Scud Sect, Lu Yun.

A sect sovereign!

There can't be anyone higher than him, right?

Sovereign Su Yishui of the Wester Sect.

Even the four major
Heavenly sects can't match him.

My card is the highest.

You all

better get ready to drink.

You just got lucky.

You even managed to draw

a monster card like Su Yishui.

Young lady.

It's your turn.

With Su Yishui already drawn,

I guess you're not far
from having to drink as punishment.

I won, I won!

The one I drew is

Sovereign Su's master,

Mu Qingge.

Time to drink!

Alright, alright.

I'll drink, come on.

- Come on, come on! - Alright, alright, let's go!

I've heard there are many
strange happenings at Wangxiang Pass.

Has there been anything strange recently?

Tell me about them.

Speaking of strange things,

isn't it our mean captain

treating us all to drinks?

Right.

It's a pity those patrol brothers

missed out on this

once-in-a-century fun.

Haven't seen him come back yet.

Wonder what kind of tough assignment it is.

Do those on patrol

have anything in common?

Not much,

but those who go on patrol

all come from the Elite Armored Guard.

Come on.

Young lady, you're really good

at cards.

Winning every round

is so boring.

Besides,

you're so pretty.

Why don't you drink

with us two?

That's right.

The rule at the table is
you drink when you lose.

Won't drink with us?

If you won't,

then you'll have to keep
us company with your smile.

Gentlemen,

have you had too much to drink and fallen?

Put away your swords first.

How about this?

I'll toast you both a bowl of wine.

Have you forgotten that after you drink,
plants will grow wildly?

One bowl won't hurt.

We need to investigate the case after all.

Master, your alcohol tolerance...

I'm fine.

A great drinker!

Goodbye.

Did Master

drink on my behalf?

As soon as the Spirit Spring stirred,
you, Su Yishui, indeed eagerly

rushed to Wangxiang Pass.

It seems

I don't need to work hard.

Waiting to reap the benefits is enough.

Mr. Qin.

We don't keep outsiders in the military camp.

Follow me to stay at an inn.

But

Master hasn't woken up yet.

Don't look at me.

He's your master.

I don't care.

I'm sorry, Master.

Get up.

Okay.

Su Yishui, Su Yishui.

You deserve this.

Ranran.

If Master finds out

after he wakes up,

you're definitely in for it.

[Madam Wu's Inn]

Godmother.

Godmother.

[Owner: Madam Wu]

Xuanjiu,

are you

bringing friends to stay at the inn?

A friend who gets drunk after one cup.

This is the inn run by my godmother.

You can stay here.

Put it on my tab.

When your Master came down the mountain,

he was in such a hurry,
as if fleeing from the plague.

It's possible

he didn't even bring money.

Master was in a great hurry
to come down the mountain?

Yes,

he was in such a rush, as if he was on fire.

Since you're Xuanjiu's friends,

you're like family.

Please make yourselves at home.

Please, come in.

Let's go.

Mr. Qin said you were
in a hurry to come down the mountain.

Why?

Could it be that you really knew about my feelings

and rushed down to avoid me?

He avoids me

but can't help being nice to me.

I must find a way

to see through Master.

Master,

you're awake?

After a year of cultivation,
you've made quite some progress.

You've learned to oppose me at every turn.

Do you really think

that I can't send you away
because you have the Spirit Dispelling Charm?

Master, I didn't intentionally

step into that formation.

I didn't mean to make you angry.

I'm also investigating
the mysterious case at Wangxiang Pass.

If I give up halfway like this
an can't accumulate virtue,

it would be a shame.

Master,

I specially made some delicious food for you.

Please try it

and calm down.

Please taste it, Master.

Xue Ranran.

It's delicious, isn't it?

This is my newly developed almond crackers.

It's all based on your taste preferences.

Whichever dish you took an extra bite of,
whichever soup you had an extra spoonful of,

I remembered it all.

It must suit your palate.

So, Master, considering how
much effort I've put into this,

please let me stay.

You're only allowed to stay until
the Spirit Dispelling Formation loses its power.

Thank you, Master.

Master,

there's one thing I don't understand.

Why did that Earth Immortal know me?

Is it

related to my past life?

Since you've already said it's
about your past life, why ask more?

But when I entered the small vine,

in my memories,

I saw

that the vine master wanted to k*ll me.

Your memories are indeed starting to recover.

Master,

was I a bad person in my past life?

No.

You were very good.

How good?

I've said there's no need to ask again.

Perhaps you want to settle
the score for your disrespect today

all at once

and punish you properly?

Fine, I won't ask.

Anyway, you can't hit me

with your ruler.

Mr. Qin.

You get drunk quickly

but sober up slowly.

Have you found anything?

May I ask if your cat

has injured one of its paws?

How do you know that?

You have three long and

one short scratch marks.

It must be from a cat with an injured paw.

I just saw that quite a few people in the camp

have similar scratch marks.

In my camp,

there's only one cat.

When everyone plays with it, they get scratched.

What's so strange about that?

The scratch marks on those dead soldiers,

though larger in size,

are also three long and one short.

If that monster

also has an injured paw,
it would be too much of a coincidence.

Combined with the merging
of demonic aura, we can deduce that

your cat is most likely a demon.

It can't be.

I've raised Coal for so many years.

It wouldn't harm anyone.

The disappearance of soldiers in the camp
has only happened in the past six months.

If Coal were a demon,

why didn't it act earlier?

Even if we take a step back,
if it wanted to harm people,

there are so many people in my camp.

Why would it specifically go to the riverside?

Becoming a demon

and harming people are not the same thing.

You're right.

Becoming a demon and harming
people are not the same thing.

The cat being a demon is certain,
but whether it will harm people

is another matter to consider.

Thank you, Master.

Mr. Qin, take this demon-revealing talisman.

When you see the cat, stick it on it.

Whether it's a demon or not
will be immediately clear.

If it's all for nothing,

you don't need to concern yourselves

with the affairs in my camp tomorrow.

Ranran, you just said
that harming people and becoming a demon

are not the same thing.

Then what about harming people?

How do we investigate that?

During my performance,
I used the conjured peach blossom petals

to place a Spirit-tracking Spell
on every soldier in the camp.

Whether the culprit is the cat or not,
if it likes to control people

to k*ll them by the river,

then once a soldier falls under its spell,

this tree branch

will help us go there

and catch it.

Master, where are you going?

Just focus on investigating your case.

There's a faint trace of resentment.

I couldn't sense it
without approaching the riverside.

The compass was damaged by demonic aura.

But there's resentment in this river.

Maybe I can find something
by investigating the resentment.

Coal.

I'll give it a try.

It's also to shut others up.

I knew it.

How could Coal possibly be a demon?

[Madam Wu's Inn]

Su Yishui!

Su Yishui!

Su Yishui!

Mr. Qin?

Where's Su Yishui?

Master went out last night.

Mr. Qin, what's the urgent matter?

I...

Mr. Qin,

did the black cat touch
the demon-detecting talisman?

It turned into a huge creature.

But it didn't hurt anyone.

Coal didn't hurt anyone.

Mr. Qin, it has revealed its true form.

How can you still say it won't hurt anyone?

If I say it won't, then it won't.

I—

Xuanjiu.

- It's so early in the morning.
- What are you shouting about?

Godmother,

I got anxious.

Don't argue with your friends.

Come down,

it's time for breakfast.

Let's eat and talk.

Come on...

If you were any later, you wouldn't get any.

This is the last batch for today.

Lucky you.

The buns made by my godmother
are the best in Wangxiang Pass.

My bros and I

often come for the buns.

Stop bragging about this for me.

Enjoy your meal.

Ranran, you can have the porridge.

I'll ask my godmother to make some more tomorrow.

Mr. Qin,

may I ask

why you made Madam Wu your godmother?

Madam Wu

is the mother

of my comrade.

Unfortunately, he died during patrol
and can't come back.

Since I've also lost my mom,

it's not bad to have

a godmother.

Ranran,

does your demon-revelation talisman

really work?

Could it be malfunctioning?

No way.

But it might not be what k*lled the soldiers.

Really?

The black cat was sleeping
peacefully in Mr. Qin's room,

but the Spirit-tracking Spell showed no response.

This indicates that nothing happened.

Moreover, those forced
to reveal their true forms by that talisman

will surely run wild
and unleash their beastly nature.

But right in front of Mr. Qin,

the black cat just ran away.

It means it suppressed its animal nature.

It doesn't seem like a harmful monster.

So none of those possibilities

make sense.

What now?

Just wait without doing anything?

We just need to wait.

Wait until someone else in the camp is bewitched.

It will surely activate my Spirit-tracking Spell.

Then

everything will become clear.

Something's wrong.

Another soldier in the camp has
been bewitched and left the camp.

Follow the Peach Blossom
and we'll definitely find

that evil demon.

But

Master hasn't returned yet.

How can we wait for

such an urgent matter?

It's alright.

It's definitely not Coal.

There's the soldier who has been bewitched.

The evil demon is nearby.

Once it appears, we'll form
the Four Qi Condensation Formation,

and I'll be the formation's core.

Wake up.

Do you hear

a strange sound?

What sound?

You don't hear that?

It's like the sound of a river flowing by my ears,

and it's very close.

Try covering your ears.

It doesn't work.

It sounds like

it's coming out of my head.

Form the formation.

No, wait.

Xue Ranran,

form the formation.

If the cat demon wanted to k*ll,
it wouldn't need to come to the riverside.

Something's not right.

You...

Transform Kun into Qian and exchange Kan for Li.

I'll be the formation's core.

This is Master's spiritual power.

This branch

will help us get there

and catch it.

Master added immortal power to protect us.

The resentment

went to Ranran.

Xi'er.

This is bad.

If I protect myself,
I won't be able to save them.

One wisp of qi

to break the galaxy!

One Wisp of Qi to Break the Galaxy.

Someone just used the

"One Wisp of Qi to Break the Galaxy"
to extract my spiritual power

along with the Soul-Devouring Lock.

She's really still alive.

Qingge...

You just won't leave me alone.

Everything in this life

must be mine.

Are you hurt?

I'm just a bit weak.

It's nothing.

This technique...

you learned it from
the Vine's consciousness, didn't you?

You'll gradually remember

everything from the past, right?

Don't use

this technique again in the future.

Isn't it a technique

I used in my past life?

All magical techniques

depend on the practitioner.

Your current cultivation is not enough.

Using this technique that
borrows external power will harm you.

External power?

Where did I borrow external power from?

You only need to know
that before forming your Golden Core,

you're not allowed to use it again.

Also, don't mention anything you saw

in the Vine to others.

Understood.

What just happened?

Where did all those fish go?

The fish demon was injured and fled.

Master.

It was a half-human, half-fish demon
controlling the school of fish.

Demons are bound by the laws of nature.

They can never transform into human form.

How could there be a half-human,
half-fish creature?

Ranran,

you must have seen it wrong.

I saw it clearly when I fought it.

I couldn't be mistaken.

Moreover...

It's human blood.

This doesn't make sense.

Resentment?

That's right.

What's on that fish monster
isn't demonic aura, but resentment.

At least we were right about one thing.

The fish demon harmed people,
while the cat demon was saving people.

That cat demon

did indeed shield us from a calamity.

The cat demon had already discovered the truth
about the fish demon harming people long ago.

Each time it rushed to the riverside,
it was trying to wake up

the soldiers under control.

That's why there were

scratch marks left on the deceased.

Then the strange bell sound we heard—
was it the fish demon's evil technique?

It was also resentment.

When did we also get affected by the resentment?

How come Ranran is fine?

We've always been together.

The only difference is...

The steamed buns.

It's the steamed buns.

Mr. Qin said the soldiers
in the camp also loved eating steamed buns.

If the resentment was infused
into the buns before they were eaten,

strange water sounds
would ring in their ears,

controlling them to walk to the riverside.

If there's something wrong with those buns,
then wouldn't that mean...

Let's wake up the soldier and ask him first.

- Wake up! - Wake up!

Half-human, half-fish...

Resentment...

It must have something
to do with the Spirit Spring.

But how did it manage to do this?

It's you, the immortal masters.

Thank you for saving my life, immortal masters!

It's our duty.

Let me ask you,

have you eaten

Madam Wu's steamed buns recently?

Yes, I have.

In the past few days,
what connection do you have

with those missing Elite Armored Guards?

Five years ago, we all served

in a small border patrol unit

for half a month.

In that unit,

besides you,

how many are still alive?

There's one more...

Captain Qin.