You. Back off.
ADAPTED FROM HEAVEN OFFICIAL'S BLESSING, A NOVEL BY MO XIANG TONG XIU,
PUBLISHED ON JINJIANG LITERATURE CITY
Are you all right, Zhao?
Did you get hurt?
I'm fine.
Could the two women be...
Anyway, Nan Feng has drawn them away.
It should take them a while to come back.
It's getting late.
We need to hurry up.
Zhao,
do you know where Shanyue Fern grows in the city?
I'm sorry,
I only know how to get to the city.
Shanyue Fern is said to be peach-shaped,
has broad leaves, thin roots, short, and loves shade.
It usually grows near tall buildings.
Tall buildings?
According to legend, the queen picked up the fern.
Hold on. What's the legend about?
Half-Moon Kingdom's king killed two innocent venomous animals
which were
the ancestors of the Scorpion-tailed Snake.
What does it have to do with the Shanyue Fern?
After the two creatures died, the queen, out of her kindness,
picked up a Shanyue Fern to cover their bodies.
Since then, the fern has become an antidote
to the Scorpion-tailed Snake's venom.
That means
Shanyue Fern grows in the royal palace.
Let's go to the palace.
Time is ticking away. Let's split up and find it.
-Yes. -Yes.
Don't hit me, Priest!
It's me!
Why are you here?
Are you really Tian Sheng?
Yes! It's me!
I'm here with some of the men.
They're inside. You can check if you don't believe me.
Sir!
Tian Sheng?
I'm here!
Tian Sheng!
Why are you guys here?
We don't know when you'll be back,
so we followed you here.
How reckless you are!
Aren't you aware of the danger?
Thank goodness you're all right.
Anyway, how do you know the fern grows in the royal palace?
We figured that good stuff must have been hidden in the palace. So...
I found it.
I think this is it.
Does it work?
I'm feeling much better.
-That's it? -That's amazing!
-Hurry up! Let's look for more! -Thank you, San Lang!
All right.
I'll check over there.
I'll go over there!
I found some too.
It's huge!
Where did you get it, Zhao?
Come, let's go as well!
Pick more and sell it!
-Don't pick the ferns over there. -Why?
Was that you?
Not me!
Not me either!
It was...
Get off me! You're stepping on me!
It's a monster!
Don't panic.
It's just a face.
It's just like our own, right?
Did I scare you?
Actually, I scared myself all the time too.
Who are you?
We are a passing caravan.
I was in a caravan
five or six decades ago.
How did you
end up here then, sir?
I was caught by the Half-Moon soldiers
and buried here
as the fertilizer for the Shanyue Fern.
The one you used was fine.
Thank you, San Lang.
I haven't seen a living soul for years.
Can you all come closer
and let me take a good look?
Well...
What?
You don't want to?
What a pity!
There's something that baffles me. I want to confirm it.
What is it?
I've seen one of you
five or six decades ago.
Which one of us are you talking about?
Come closer
and I'll tell you.
Everyone, back off.
Don't listen to him.
You really don't want to know who it is?
He'll get all of you killed.
You don't have to be so anxious.
I'm a human too.
I won't harm you.
Don't pick it! Come back!
It's so tasty!
It's tasty! I'm starving to death!
I'm starving to death!
General!
They're here!
Half-Moon soldiers.
Get them out of here.
Calm down.
They just want to take us somewhere else.
They won't kill us for now.
Don't make any reckless moves. Let's play it by ear.
General!
I've helped you capture your enemies.
Please let me go back home!
What is this?
It's your own body.
Your blood and flesh have been consumed by the Shanyue Fern.
How is that possible?
You are lying!
My body doesn't look like this!
You can't accept your own body?
What about that thing stuck out of your mouth?
What's your problem?
My tongue is just a bit longer than most people.
Yes,
just a bit longer.
Do you still deem yourself to be a human?
Of course!
I'm a human!
Some men have longer tongues.
Yes.
It's just a bit longer.
To survive, I had to stretch my tongues to catch bugs.
It became like this.
These people from Central Plain.
It serves them right!
I'm going to go back!
I can go back now!
They call this Half-Moon man as "General."
I wonder who he is.
There was only one general when the kingdom was conquered.
His name, Ke Mo, means "millstone" in Mandarin.
"Millstone" ?
Apparently, he used to be frail and often bullied.
Determined to be stronger, he worked out with millstones.
That's how he got his name.
Why don't they just call him "Strongman" instead?
He's indeed incredibly strong
and the most gallant general in the kingdom.
He's also loyal to the Half-Moon Imperial Preceptor.
Even after he died?
So he's sending us to the Imperial Preceptors now?
Perhaps.
It's...
This is...
The Sinner's Pit.
My fellow brothers!
Throw two of them into the pit
and lock the rest up.
Don't worry. I'll step forward should anything happen.
Zhao!
Help!
Leave me alone!
Wait a minute, General!
Let me go!
You can speak our language?
Where are you from?
The Central Plain.
The Central Plain?
A descendant of Yong'an?
No.
-Yong'an is long gone. -Let me go!
There are no Yong'an people now.
Those from Central Plain are descendants of Yong'an!
That makes you our enemy!
-You're despicable! -You're despicable!
-Liars! -Liars!
-Throw him down! -Throw him!
Our kingdom has been gone for 200 years.
You're not a Half-Moon man,
yet you can speak our language.
Who the hell are you?
Let me go!
-Help! -General.
-Let me go first! -Let me go!
You want to go first?
Why?
General.
They're just innocent merchants
-Help! -and some are just kids.
-Let me go! -When the Yong'an army
slaughtered my people,
they didn't care about our merchants and kids.
-You can't be trusted. Stay here. -Let me go!
I want to question you.
Throw someone else down!
I have no choice. I'll just jump off.
San Lang?
I'm fine.
San Lang, wait!
-Don't move! -Don't be afraid.
No!
Don't worry. Excuse me for a moment.
San Lang!
Subtitle translation by: Li Xue and Yin Xiaowen