ADAPTED FROM BAI LU CHENG SHUANG'S LOVE IN THE CLOUDS
Immortal Ji.
HOU ZHAO, JIXING ABYSS FORMER CHIEF OF JUDGMENT HALL
You lost again.
-That's right. -As agreed,
Chief Hou Zhao, you may request that I do one thing as punishment.
I will do everything.
Sure.
How decisive of you. Immortal Ji, you are really decisive.
In that case, please answer me
whether the rumor out there is true.
Have you cultivated Golden Millet Dream before?
Yes. Tell us.
-That's right. -Tell us.
Tell us.
There has been a rumor in Jixing Palace,
saying that your spiritual veins
were obtained through Heavenly Grief.
You used Heavenly Grief, yet you still live.
Do you actually possess
the Golden Millet Dream?
To be honest,
I wasn't born with spiritual veins.
I only…
got it a bit later.
Lord Hanfeng, you know
that someone who committed a crime in Jixing Abyss
will be locked up in the Sunken Abyss to be enslaved.
I had been in the Sunken Abyss since I was young.
I was hungry and cold.
I even had to work all day long.
It was too exhausting.
In the end,
I couldn't stand living like that,
so I risked my life to avoid the supervisor
and escaped the Sunken Abyss.
Then, I passed out
because my injury was too serious.
When I woke up,
my spiritual veins
grew on their own
for some reason.
Perhaps
it was all a blessing in disguise.
Lord Hanfeng,
I'm not telling everyone about this
because I don't want to remember
my painful past.
My days in the Sunken Abyss
were truly a living hell.
You have been through a lot.
You've had…
a hard time.
You have no choice
but to tell such blatant lies.
I understand why.
Golden Millet Dream is a good thing after all.
LET THE MIND SOAR TO GREAT HEIGHTS
Everyone must keep it a secret.
However, let's look at it from another perspective.
If everyone can have a miraculous encounter like you,
wouldn't it be only a matter of time
before Jixing Abyss can rule the Six Realms?
If you know something about the Golden Millet Dream
yet won't share with other people,
won't that make you a wanted criminal of Jixing Abyss?
Why are there so many people who want the Golden Millet Dream?
Is Mu Qibai not going to give up?
Who is it?
Isn't she the fairy from Moonlit Blossoms?
Don't mind her.
Greetings, Lord Hanfeng.
I didn't notice you for so long.
You must not be an ordinary fairy.
Don't tell me…
Did you purposely choose
a fairy with spiritual veins to be by your side,
Bozai?
Lord Hanfeng, what's wrong with you tonight?
You asked me about the origins of my spiritual veins
and also suspect my people
of having spiritual veins.
DUAL CULTIVATION MANUAL
I asked her to come upstairs.
I didn't know you'd be here, Lord Hanfeng.
That was why I asked her to hide here.
A night together is worth a fortune.
Sorry to interrupt you both.
Bozai,
take care.
Wait. Let me send you off.
No need.
Lord Hanfeng, this is your first visit. I should send you off.
Wait for me to come back.
That's enough. This is good.
-You may return. -Take care.
Worms?
A bug!
How come Wugui Sea's lady-in-charge
is so afraid of a small insect?
Thank you, My Lord.
It's late.
Why were you hiding in my bed?
I am the lady of Wugui Sea.
Can't I be in your bed?
My Lord, I…
He…
He's touching me.
My Lord, why are you doing this?
It seems like the Dual Cultivation Manual is quite useful.
No. I must take back control.
My Lord, don't worry.
I know the rules.
Let me find it…
My Lord.
I'm prepared tonight.
After all,
I'm serious about you.
The Golden Millet Dream isn't on him.
Stop moving.
My Lord.
I don't like your outfit. I'll talk to you later.
What kind of outfit do you like?
Why don't you like…
Hold on.
Fairies with spiritual veins in the Six Realms
have Soul-hiding Nails planted in them when they were born
to seal their spiritual veins.
Just now,
he was checking if I had the Soul-hiding Nail.
Your Lordship, I've obtained Ruo Shui's Moonshade Grass.
Are you hurt?
-I'm fine. -Don't be stubborn.
With your level of cultivation,
I know you can go anywhere
without being noticed by her.
But you were almost found out when you were there today.
Forgive me.
It's all right.
Now that we've obtained the Moonshade Grass,
it's time to meet Hou Zhao.
Yes.
WUGUI SEA PRISON
Ji Bozai. Ji Bozai.
How dare you!
You dare imprison me here?
The chief of Judgment Hall is missing.
Let's see how you handle it
when the higher-up investigates this!
Do you think you are so important?
Moonshade Grass?
Moonshade Grass!
How did you get it? Where did you get it from?
Moonshade Grass can only be found in Mangfu Swamp once in a century.
Immortal Hou Zhao,
am I sincere enough?
Your daughter, Ruo Shui,
suffers from congenital Total Deterioration.
With it,
the wish of your life
can be fulfilled, right?
No!
Stop!
If you give the Moonshade Grass to Ruo Shui,
I will promise you anything! Anything!
Such a good father who loves his daughter a lot.
Even I think
-I'm doing something despicable now. -Sure.
Ji Bozai.
I promise you.
Just like you said,
I'll give you my memory.
Divine souls of all realms,
Immortal Hou Zhao has permitted me
to obtain all his memories.
Immortal Hou Zhao, thank you
for giving me all your memories.
Otherwise, I will have to spend more effort
to find the people I want to get rid of.
Buxiu, give the Moonshade Grass to Ruo Shui.
Yes.
How do you know that it's him, Your Lordship?
Have you cultivated Golden Millet Dream before?
Everyone in the world
thought Golden Millet Dream was a kind of pill
or a medicine.
He was the only one who used the term cultivated.
That's right. Have you investigated Ming Yi's background?
Ming Yi is indeed the youngest daughter
of a herb-gathering family in Freezing Hot Waters.
After her parents passed away,
she came to the divine capital and joined Moonlit Blossoms.
There's something else I found.
Ming Yi's parents used to gather herbs
near the Sunken Abyss when they were alive.
I investigated their deaths. They were poisoned by Blood Pearl Bloom.
Blood Pearl Bloom?
The worm is rare and hard to cultivate.
It can break barriers to find what its master wants.
I'm sure Mu Qibai wants the worm to find the Golden Millet Dream.
Unfortunately, Ji Bozai killed it.
It's fine.
There's one more.
A bug!
You're up next.
Your Lordship.
He still found out in the end.
I've severed the connection of the worm with its master.
From now on, it only obeys you.
It will bring us to the Golden Millet Dream.
You fool!
-Lord Chengyun, forgive me. -You fool!
The Search Mirror was calibrated with Ming Xian's mask.
It will never malfunction.
I failed to capture him and deserve to die.
However,
the Search Mirror reacted to a fairy.
It was a woman.
It's impossible for her to be Ming Xian.
A fairy?
Where is she in Jixing Abyss?
-What is her name? -She's in Jixing Abyss' Moonlit Blossoms.
Her name…
I don't know her name.
I only know that the fairy is probably serving Ji Bozai.
Ji Bozai?
In five days, Shouhua Academy
will begin choosing warriors for the next Qingyun Tournament.
His Lordship wants you to attend the tournament too.
Please learn the rituals and rules
of the divine capital from me this afternoon.
Don't be late.
Granny Xun is obviously testing you.
If you slip up, all our hard work will be in vain.
She is trying to test me on purpose, which is why I should go.
But this is too dangerous.
We have released the worm.
We will find the Golden Millet Dream soon.
Give me five days. I'm sure we can endure it.
Today, I'll give you a test.
Do you know what the Qingyun Tournament is?
A millennium ago, the Six Realms
have been fighting to get the Nine Heavens' Blessed Rain.
To reduce the number of casualties,
the six emperors formed an alliance in front of Zhuojin Tower.
They agreed to organize the Qingyun Tournament every year
to decide who gets the Blessed Rain.
WANGXING COURT
With Hou Zhao's memory,
we can find out the murderer who killed Fairy Bo that day.
I've been waiting so long for this.
-Granny Xun, why are you hitting me? -Give me your hand.
-What did I do to deserve this? -Give me your hand?
No hiding.
Granny Xun, stop hitting me. I…
What is this about?
My Lord, save me.
Granny Xun is beating me to death. Look how swollen my hand is.
I can't even wear the thumb ring.
Granny Xun, what's going on?
Your Lordship,
I was asking Ming Yi a few questions about the Qingyun Tournament.
However, I realized her knowledge of the Qingyun Tournament
has far exceeded ordinary fairies.
I think her identity is very suspicious.
Please investigate, Your Lordship.
My Lord, don't you trust me?
Now that Granny Xun mentioned it,
I've been curious about it as well.
Freezing Hot Waters
is located at the border of Yaoguang Mountain and Jixing Abyss.
Most of the residents there are herb-gathering attendants.
They gather herbs all day long
and work extremely hard.
You also told me
your family was poor,
yet you have the appearance of someone who is privileged.
The Qingyun Tournament is a grand event among the Six Realms,
but there are only a few ordinary fairies
who have witnessed the tournament,
let alone understand the history of it.
There are 365 days in a year.
My father gathered herbs for 360 days.
His hands were bruised and pink.
They didn't even resemble hands.
I could never wash the dirt off him.
I only hoped for him to hug me with his hands since I was young.
My mother did embroidery to make a living.
She did it for a few decades.
Her hands were full of calluses and more kept growing.
However, she still wouldn't let me help her.
That was how
I became someone who looked privileged,
like you said just now.
When they were alive, I couldn't repay them properly.
So, I tried to learn more about the Qingyun Tournament
because I don't want to have any more regrets.
It's also because
you are the most important person to me right now, My Lord.
I want to know more about you. Is it wrong to do that?
Both of you may continue.
Are you doing this to make him doubt you on purpose?
That's right.
He will feel very guilty for letting down someone
who treats him sincerely.
You even know about that?
Do you think I stayed in Moonlit Blossoms for nothing?
You are good at crying.
Come here.
Your Lordship. What happened out there?
It's nothing. Continue.
Your Lordship.
I asked you
to prepare a Blessing Cake
as a tribute to the Emperor.
Are you planning
to make me a Funeral Cake instead?
Your Lordship.
During every festival in Jixing Abyss,
every family will prepare a Blessing Cake to pray for blessings.
But Fairy Ming Yi doesn't know how to make it at all.
Something's wrong about this.
It's just a pastry.
Blessing Cake. First, steam Chinese yam and mix it with a starch mixture.
Add sugar, milk,
and different types of flowers.
Let it cool before shaping its form.
As before,
-you didn't mention one-- -There's one more crucial ingredient.
Meteor's Night.
It is a type of dew
condensed on the Blessing Flower, endemic to Jixing Abyss.
How will I not remember the recipe of Blessing Cake
that every soul in Jixing Abyss knows?
So,
did you make a mistake on purpose?
Yes.
I know you and Granny Xun
don't trust me.
So, both of you did many things
and worked together
to test me multiple times.
I want to find an opportunity to make things clear.
Did many things? We didn't work together.
Get along now.
I…
Blowing up the issue is a trick to resolve the issue.
Of course. If I want to resolve the issue once and for all,
I must throw in a small benefit.
-You can clean up for me. -Granny Xun.
So, you know how to make Blessing Cakes.
What are you up to this time?
I didn't know at first.
I learned how to do it after you taught me.
Besides, you are so tired.
I must offer you something in return.
I will never be duped.
You are a moth, Granny Xun.
You like leafy vegetables and flower petals.
I added rose and bay leaf
in these Blessing Cakes. What do you think?
I'm not eating. Go out.
Granny Xun, come on.
SHEDDING THE OLD AND EMBRACING THE NEW
Granny Xun.
I'm sincere about being friends with you.
Look.
Lord Ji allowed me to stay here.
You find me suspicious
and report to him as soon as I make a small mistake.
Won't that distract Lord Ji a lot? Why don't we get along
with each other peacefully?
You can observe me more.
If I do things right, all is well.
If I make a mistake,
catch me in the act and chase me away immediately.
Doesn't it solve the problem once and for all?
Granny Xun.
I only want to serve Lord Ji well.
Lord Ji was a criminal.
He doesn't have a confidant by his side.
I'm sure you began serving him in the middle of his journey.
Why are you so loyal to him?
I don't mind telling you the story.
I owed His Lordship a great favor.
My former husband treated me badly.
I wanted to kill him and commit suicide after that.
His Lordship passed by and saved me.
He even offered me a new path in life.
So, I will never betray His Lordship.
It's my first time hearing you say so many things.
Lord Ji has good taste.
He only keeps people like you and me by his side.
They are all yours.
Are they delicious?
Just all right.
Your Lordship,
I'm sure we won't be interrupted
when we view Hou Zhao's memory this time.
BO'S MEDICAL CLASSICS, PART 1
Your Highness.
We used every way possible,
but Bo Yulan
wouldn't admit to anything.
Is that all you can do?
I was the one who made you the chief.
Tell me.
How should you be punished for dereliction of duty?
Your Highness.
Let me show you the rope.
Do you know what to do next?
Your Highness, give me another chance.
I'll surely find out the whereabouts of the Golden Millet Dream formula.
He's hard to please, isn't he?
Look at me. Do you think he's happy?
Bo Yulan is really stubborn. Even now,
she still won't reveal where the formula is.
A member of an apothecary family that can't fight at all
endures everything
with her stubbornness.
No wonder the group of men who besieged Zhangwei Mountain…
BO YULAN, JI BOZAI'S MASTER
…only obtained the first part of Bo's Medical Classics 22 years ago.
Without the second part to complete the whole book,
we will never make the Golden Millet Dream successfully.
Enough.
Don't be so pessimistic.
How can we face him if we can't get anything out of her?
All of us will suffer.
I still have one more move.
Soul-seizing
Technique.
This is an evil move.
Seizing away her soul to bring out her inner demon
and force the truth out of her.
If we can't find out anything after that,
it can only mean that Bo Yulan
doesn't know the whereabouts of the Golden Millet Dream formula.
I only need you to give me an answer.
Your Highness,
the General used the Soul-seizing Technique on Bo Yulan.
She couldn't endure it,
and her primordial spirit was destroyed.
Master.
Your Lordship.
TO HARBOR ALL WITH GRACE
-The Golden Millet Dream? -No.
I think he has a nightmare.
Buxiu.
Master died
from their torture.
If Hou Zhao hadn't slipped his tongue,
I would have never caught him.
Thanks to him,
I finally know
who Master's murderers are.
Hou Zhao is just the beginning.
I won't…
spare any of them. e beginning.