1
00:00:57,265 --> 00:00:58,808
You. Back off.

2
00:01:59,536 --> 00:02:03,206
ADAPTED FROM HEAVEN OFFICIAL'S BLESSING,
A NOVEL BY MO XIANG TONG XIU,

3
00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:05,583
PUBLISHED ON JINJIANG LITERATURE CITY

4
00:03:54,734 --> 00:03:56,361
Are you all right, Zhao?

5
00:03:56,361 --> 00:03:58,363
Did you get hurt?

6
00:03:58,363 --> 00:03:59,364
I'm fine.

7
00:04:07,997 --> 00:04:09,999
Could the two women be...

8
00:04:11,376 --> 00:04:14,212
Anyway, Nan Feng has drawn them away.

9
00:04:14,212 --> 00:04:15,463
It should take them a while to come back.

10
00:04:16,673 --> 00:04:18,007
It's getting late.

11
00:04:18,007 --> 00:04:19,092
We need to hurry up.

12
00:04:21,135 --> 00:04:22,220
Zhao,

13
00:04:22,220 --> 00:04:24,847
do you know where
Shanyue Fern grows in the city?

14
00:04:26,516 --> 00:04:27,767
I'm sorry,

15
00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:29,018
I only know how to get to the city.

16
00:04:32,021 --> 00:04:34,399
Shanyue Fern is said to be peach-shaped,

17
00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:36,901
has broad leaves, thin roots,
short, and loves shade.

18
00:04:36,901 --> 00:04:39,195
It usually grows near tall buildings.

19
00:04:39,195 --> 00:04:40,196
Tall buildings?

20
00:04:49,664 --> 00:04:52,417
According to legend,
the queen picked up the fern.

21
00:04:53,668 --> 00:04:55,795
Hold on. What's the legend about?

22
00:04:57,046 --> 00:04:59,966
Half-Moon Kingdom's king
killed two innocent venomous animals

23
00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:01,759
which were

24
00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:04,721
the ancestors
of the Scorpion-tailed Snake.

25
00:05:04,721 --> 00:05:07,140
What does it have to do
with the Shanyue Fern?

26
00:05:08,224 --> 00:05:11,144
After the two creatures died,
the queen, out of her kindness,

27
00:05:11,144 --> 00:05:13,938
picked up a Shanyue Fern
to cover their bodies.

28
00:05:13,938 --> 00:05:15,648
Since then, the fern has become
an antidote

29
00:05:15,648 --> 00:05:17,233
to the Scorpion-tailed Snake's venom.

30
00:05:18,818 --> 00:05:20,486
That means

31
00:05:20,486 --> 00:05:22,739
Shanyue Fern grows in the royal palace.

32
00:05:24,032 --> 00:05:25,450
Let's go to the palace.

33
00:05:38,546 --> 00:05:40,923
Time is ticking away.
Let's split up and find it.

34
00:05:40,923 --> 00:05:41,841
-Yes.
-Yes.

35
00:06:12,288 --> 00:06:13,748
Don't hit me, Priest!

36
00:06:13,748 --> 00:06:15,458
It's me!

37
00:06:15,458 --> 00:06:17,251
Why are you here?

38
00:06:17,251 --> 00:06:18,669
Are you really Tian Sheng?

39
00:06:18,669 --> 00:06:20,713
Yes! It's me!

40
00:06:20,713 --> 00:06:23,132
I'm here with some of the men.

41
00:06:23,132 --> 00:06:25,134
They're inside.
You can check if you don't believe me.

42
00:06:26,719 --> 00:06:29,222
Sir!

43
00:06:30,598 --> 00:06:31,516
Tian Sheng?

44
00:06:31,516 --> 00:06:32,600
I'm here!

45
00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:33,434
Tian Sheng!

46
00:06:35,311 --> 00:06:37,063
Why are you guys here?

47
00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:38,856
We don't know when you'll be back,

48
00:06:38,856 --> 00:06:40,817
so we followed you here.

49
00:06:41,818 --> 00:06:43,319
How reckless you are!

50
00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:44,779
Aren't you aware of the danger?

51
00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:47,698
Thank goodness you're all right.

52
00:06:47,698 --> 00:06:51,619
Anyway, how do you know
the fern grows in the royal palace?

53
00:06:51,619 --> 00:06:56,249
We figured that good stuff
must have been hidden in the palace. So...

54
00:06:56,249 --> 00:06:57,125
I found it.

55
00:06:58,876 --> 00:07:00,044
I think this is it.

56
00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:08,302
Does it work?

57
00:07:21,607 --> 00:07:22,775
I'm feeling much better.

58
00:07:24,193 --> 00:07:26,529
-That's it?
-That's amazing!

59
00:07:26,529 --> 00:07:28,531
-Hurry up! Let's look for more!
-Thank you, San Lang!

60
00:07:28,531 --> 00:07:29,407
All right.

61
00:07:30,575 --> 00:07:32,118
I'll check over there.

62
00:07:32,118 --> 00:07:33,286
I'll go over there!

63
00:07:44,672 --> 00:07:46,716
I found some too.

64
00:07:46,716 --> 00:07:47,884
It's huge!

65
00:07:47,884 --> 00:07:50,887
Where did you get it, Zhao?

66
00:07:50,887 --> 00:07:52,305
Come, let's go as well!

67
00:07:53,389 --> 00:07:54,640
Pick more and sell it!

68
00:07:59,854 --> 00:08:02,273
-Don't pick the ferns over there.
-Why?

69
00:08:05,276 --> 00:08:06,944
Was that you?

70
00:08:06,944 --> 00:08:08,988
Not me!

71
00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:10,156
Not me either!

72
00:08:10,156 --> 00:08:11,407
It was...

73
00:08:14,452 --> 00:08:16,871
Get off me! You're stepping on me!

74
00:08:31,636 --> 00:08:32,678
It's a monster!

75
00:08:33,888 --> 00:08:35,056
Don't panic.

76
00:08:35,056 --> 00:08:36,641
It's just a face.

77
00:08:36,641 --> 00:08:38,017
It's just like our own, right?

78
00:08:40,770 --> 00:08:42,104
Did I scare you?

79
00:08:43,606 --> 00:08:45,983
Actually, I scared myself
all the time too.

80
00:08:45,983 --> 00:08:46,817
Who are you?

81
00:08:47,443 --> 00:08:49,445
Who are you?

82
00:08:49,445 --> 00:08:50,613
We are a passing caravan.

83
00:08:52,823 --> 00:08:54,575
I was in a caravan

84
00:08:54,575 --> 00:08:57,119
five or six decades ago.

85
00:08:57,119 --> 00:08:59,163
How did you

86
00:08:59,163 --> 00:09:01,249
end up here then, sir?

87
00:09:01,249 --> 00:09:05,086
I was caught by the Half-Moon soldiers

88
00:09:05,086 --> 00:09:06,545
and buried here

89
00:09:06,545 --> 00:09:09,173
as the fertilizer for the Shanyue Fern.

90
00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:14,387
The one you used was fine.

91
00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:15,429
Thank you, San Lang.

92
00:09:15,429 --> 00:09:18,933
I haven't seen a living soul for years.

93
00:09:18,933 --> 00:09:20,893
Can you all come closer

94
00:09:20,893 --> 00:09:23,062
and let me take a good look?

95
00:09:23,062 --> 00:09:24,021
Well...

96
00:09:24,021 --> 00:09:24,981
What?

97
00:09:24,981 --> 00:09:26,899
You don't want to?

98
00:09:26,899 --> 00:09:28,818
What a pity!

99
00:09:28,818 --> 00:09:32,572
There's something that baffles me.
I want to confirm it.

100
00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:33,614
What is it?

101
00:09:37,952 --> 00:09:40,246
I've seen one of you

102
00:09:40,246 --> 00:09:43,874
five or six decades ago.

103
00:09:43,874 --> 00:09:46,836
Which one of us are you talking about?

104
00:09:46,836 --> 00:09:47,878
Come closer

105
00:09:47,878 --> 00:09:49,422
and I'll tell you.

106
00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:50,589
Everyone, back off.

107
00:09:50,589 --> 00:09:51,924
Don't listen to him.

108
00:09:51,924 --> 00:09:55,011
You really don't want to know who it is?

109
00:09:55,011 --> 00:09:57,430
He'll get all of you killed.

110
00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:00,766
You don't have to be so anxious.

111
00:10:00,766 --> 00:10:02,018
I'm a human too.

112
00:10:02,018 --> 00:10:03,436
I won't harm you.

113
00:10:06,397 --> 00:10:07,607
Don't pick it! Come back!

114
00:10:18,784 --> 00:10:20,745
It's so tasty!

115
00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:25,291
It's tasty! I'm starving to death!

116
00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:26,626
I'm starving to death!

117
00:10:55,363 --> 00:10:56,530
General!

118
00:10:56,530 --> 00:10:58,074
They're here!

119
00:11:00,409 --> 00:11:02,328
Half-Moon soldiers.

120
00:11:11,754 --> 00:11:12,797
Get them out of here.

121
00:11:16,425 --> 00:11:17,426
Calm down.

122
00:11:17,426 --> 00:11:19,470
They just want to take us somewhere else.

123
00:11:19,470 --> 00:11:21,263
They won't kill us for now.

124
00:11:21,263 --> 00:11:23,808
Don't make any reckless moves.
Let's play it by ear.

125
00:11:23,808 --> 00:11:25,976
General!

126
00:11:25,976 --> 00:11:27,770
I've helped you capture your enemies.

127
00:11:27,770 --> 00:11:29,397
Please let me go back home!

128
00:11:51,585 --> 00:11:53,504
What is this?

129
00:11:53,504 --> 00:11:55,131
It's your own body.

130
00:11:55,131 --> 00:11:58,092
Your blood and flesh
have been consumed by the Shanyue Fern.

131
00:11:58,092 --> 00:12:00,136
How is that possible?

132
00:12:00,136 --> 00:12:01,262
You are lying!

133
00:12:01,262 --> 00:12:03,013
My body doesn't look like this!

134
00:12:04,265 --> 00:12:06,684
You can't accept your own body?

135
00:12:06,684 --> 00:12:08,686
What about that thing
stuck out of your mouth?

136
00:12:08,686 --> 00:12:10,271
What's your problem?

137
00:12:10,271 --> 00:12:14,442
My tongue is just a bit longer
than most people.

138
00:12:14,442 --> 00:12:15,443
Yes,

139
00:12:15,443 --> 00:12:17,278
just a bit longer.

140
00:12:17,278 --> 00:12:19,947
Do you still deem yourself to be a human?

141
00:12:19,947 --> 00:12:21,490
Of course!

142
00:12:21,490 --> 00:12:22,491
I'm a human!

143
00:12:23,701 --> 00:12:25,244
Some men have longer tongues.

144
00:12:26,370 --> 00:12:27,371
Yes.

145
00:12:27,371 --> 00:12:29,540
It's just a bit longer.

146
00:12:29,540 --> 00:12:32,251
To survive, I had to stretch my tongues
to catch bugs.

147
00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:33,502
It became like this.

148
00:12:37,131 --> 00:12:39,008
These people from Central Plain.

149
00:12:39,008 --> 00:12:40,092
It serves them right!

150
00:12:41,677 --> 00:12:43,387
I'm going to go back!

151
00:12:43,387 --> 00:12:44,847
I can go back now!

152
00:12:55,816 --> 00:12:58,277
They call this Half-Moon man as "General."

153
00:12:58,277 --> 00:13:00,321
I wonder who he is.

154
00:13:00,321 --> 00:13:02,698
There was only one general
when the kingdom was conquered.

155
00:13:03,741 --> 00:13:06,702
His name, Ke Mo,
means "millstone" in Mandarin.

156
00:13:06,702 --> 00:13:08,162
"Millstone" ?

157
00:13:08,162 --> 00:13:11,123
Apparently, he used to be frail
and often bullied.

158
00:13:11,123 --> 00:13:14,168
Determined to be stronger,
he worked out with millstones.

159
00:13:14,168 --> 00:13:16,086
That's how he got his name.

160
00:13:16,086 --> 00:13:18,547
Why don't they
just call him "Strongman" instead?

161
00:13:20,549 --> 00:13:22,468
He's indeed incredibly strong

162
00:13:22,468 --> 00:13:24,970
and the most gallant general
in the kingdom.

163
00:13:24,970 --> 00:13:27,556
He's also loyal
to the Half-Moon Imperial Preceptor.

164
00:13:27,556 --> 00:13:28,766
Even after he died?

165
00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:34,480
So he's sending us
to the Imperial Preceptors now?

166
00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:35,314
Perhaps.

167
00:13:42,571 --> 00:13:43,822
It's...

168
00:13:43,822 --> 00:13:44,949
This is...

169
00:13:46,617 --> 00:13:47,618
The Sinner's Pit.

170
00:14:48,137 --> 00:14:49,680
My fellow brothers!

171
00:14:54,476 --> 00:14:56,562
Throw two of them into the pit

172
00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:58,397
and lock the rest up.

173
00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:02,026
Don't worry. I'll step forward
should anything happen.

174
00:15:11,619 --> 00:15:12,536
Zhao!

175
00:15:24,715 --> 00:15:26,008
Zhao!

176
00:15:37,895 --> 00:15:39,188
Help!

177
00:15:39,188 --> 00:15:40,230
Leave me alone!

178
00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:44,860
Wait a minute, General!

179
00:15:46,111 --> 00:15:47,279
Let me go!

180
00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:49,365
You can speak our language?

181
00:15:49,365 --> 00:15:50,908
Where are you from?

182
00:15:50,908 --> 00:15:52,743
The Central Plain.

183
00:15:52,743 --> 00:15:54,161
The Central Plain?

184
00:15:54,161 --> 00:15:55,829
A descendant of Yong'an?

185
00:15:55,829 --> 00:15:56,747
No.

186
00:15:56,747 --> 00:15:58,457
-Yong'an is long gone.
-Let me go!

187
00:15:58,457 --> 00:16:00,250
There are no Yong'an people now.

188
00:16:01,543 --> 00:16:04,463
Those from Central Plain
are descendants of Yong'an!

189
00:16:04,463 --> 00:16:05,756
That makes you our enemy!

190
00:16:05,756 --> 00:16:06,674
-You're despicable!
-You're despicable!

191
00:16:06,674 --> 00:16:08,175
-Liars!
-Liars!

192
00:16:08,175 --> 00:16:09,551
-Throw him down!
-Throw him!

193
00:16:09,551 --> 00:16:12,638
Our kingdom has been gone for 200 years.

194
00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:14,848
You're not a Half-Moon man,

195
00:16:14,848 --> 00:16:16,892
yet you can speak our language.

196
00:16:16,892 --> 00:16:18,477
Who the hell are you?

197
00:16:22,898 --> 00:16:24,900
Let me go!

198
00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:27,111
-Help!
-General.

199
00:16:27,111 --> 00:16:28,570
-Let me go first!
-Let me go!

200
00:16:28,570 --> 00:16:29,655
You want to go first?

201
00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:30,614
Why?

202
00:16:30,614 --> 00:16:31,573
General.

203
00:16:31,573 --> 00:16:33,575
They're just innocent merchants

204
00:16:33,575 --> 00:16:35,911
-Help!
-and some are just kids.

205
00:16:35,911 --> 00:16:37,538
-Let me go!
-When the Yong'an army

206
00:16:37,538 --> 00:16:38,622
slaughtered my people,

207
00:16:38,622 --> 00:16:41,667
they didn't care
about our merchants and kids.

208
00:16:43,127 --> 00:16:45,879
-You can't be trusted. Stay here.
-Let me go!

209
00:16:45,879 --> 00:16:47,506
I want to question you.

210
00:16:47,506 --> 00:16:49,383
Throw someone else down!

211
00:16:49,383 --> 00:16:51,802
<i>I have no choice. I'll just jump off.</i>

212
00:16:56,181 --> 00:16:57,641
San Lang?

213
00:17:06,316 --> 00:17:07,693
I'm fine.

214
00:17:07,693 --> 00:17:09,111
San Lang, wait!

215
00:17:09,111 --> 00:17:10,738
-Don't move!
-Don't be afraid.

216
00:17:15,325 --> 00:17:16,285
No!

217
00:17:17,411 --> 00:17:19,413
Don't worry. Excuse me for a moment.

218
00:17:49,026 --> 00:17:50,861
San Lang!

219
00:19:32,629 --> 00:19:35,757
Subtitle translation by:
Li Xue and Yin Xiaowen