Immortal Samsara (沉香如屑·沉香重华)

Miss Yandan,

what's this?

I'm going to leave the mountain in a few days.

I've been under your care,

Eldest Senior Brother.

I am very grateful for your help.

So,

I brought two jugs of fine liquor.

I came to thank you

and bid you farewell.

Tangzhou is under confinement.

But I'm still available.

If you marry me,

then you can stay.

You're right.

But he...

I'm indebted to him.

Right now,

he is serving his punishment.

I don't think I'll be able to marry you

without his nod of approval.

Let's leave the unpleasant topics aside for today.

It's a beautiful night with splendid liquor.

You shouldn't let them go to waste, Eldest Senior Brother.

You're right.

Fate is destined.

Tonight, we drink.

We'll leave everything else for tomorrow.

That's the right attitude!

Come on!

Fine liquor this is!

Another!

Danshu,

hurry up and go back.

No, Yandan,

let's leave together.

Danshu,

be good.

There is something else I need to do.

I can't leave with you.

How about this?

You head back to Yelan Mountain first.

If I don't return in two weeks,

have Yumo come and rescue me.

I'm not leaving you behind.

I won't be able to explain it to the Mountain Chief

if I don't bring you back.

I'm not leaving without you.

Danshu.

I will keep myself safe.

Your birthday is coming up soon.

I'll make sure to return before your birthday

and give you a proper celebration with Yumo.

I'll have Bailing prepare your favorite foods

and wait for you to come back and celebrate with us.

All right.

Go now.

Be careful!

Thank you.

Don't mention it.

Please get up.

In fact...

It was thanks to someone

that I was able to save you guys.

I owe him a favor.

Can you guys help me?

Why are you still here?

This is no place for you to be.

You shouldn't be here.

We spirits know to repay our debts.

You were punished because of me.

How could I leave?

Listen.

The Spirit Suppression Hall is on fire.

Some spirits took advantage of the situation and launched an attack.

If you swoop in and save the day,

you'll be able to redeem yourself.

The Chief won't be able to make things hard for you anymore.

Hurry! There's no time to waste!

You are reckless.

Remember.

You must never use your power.

If your identity is exposed,

I won't be able to protect you even at the cost of my life.

One more thing.

Go and alert the Chief now

and hide somewhere.

I'm going to make up for my mistakes now.

I underestimated you that day.

I was careless and let you catch me off guard.

Now, I finally have the chance.

So much of my spiritual power was drained from me.

I'll devour a few Taoists to regain my strength.

Qin Qi!

Qin Qi!

Are you all right?

Watch out!

Didn't I tell you to stay inside?

I don't want your fellow sect members

to die because of me.

Don't mind me.

Hurry up and take care of the spirits!

Why are you helping them?

You're a...

That was manly of you.

A few days ago,

a rainstorm broke the magical array of the Spirit Suppression Hall.

The tiger spirits gathered in numbers to rescue their members.

Before they left, they set the place on fire in retaliation.

I led the disciples to capture all the evil spirits

and restored the magical array.

Such a thing

will not happen again.

You sought to protect the sect and your brethren

despite being in confinement.

I am pleased by your devotion.

You did well subjugating the spirits tonight.

You've redeemed yourself.

I'll let

the previous matter go.

Thank you, Chief.

Chief!

You are most wise, Chief.

Chief,

it wasn't Tangzhou's fault to begin with, actually.

He only did it to protect me.

On our way back,

I was curious

about what the spirit looked like.

So I opened the jade calabash

when he wasn't looking.

But the spirit took the chance and escaped.

It wasn't Tangzhou who accidentally let the spirit go.

It was me.

He promised he would help me keep it a secret.

He is a man of his word,

and he kept his promise.

Just now, he even saved my life.

I can't bear to see him suffer anymore because of me.

I was so focused on the fight last night,

and I forgot that I had dropped my hairpin.

Thanks.

This is odd.

I saw the petals on this hairpin glimmer

just now.

Back then, when Master gave me this hairpin,

he said it was made of very rare material.

Perhaps it's because you're a spirit,

the color changed

when being influenced by your spiritual power.

Actually...

Actually, I didn't mean it

when I said I hated you.

I only said it in the heat of the moment.

I can tell

that you're different from the other Taoists.

You're not sanctimonious.

You're...

a good guy.

A good guy?

I did all that rescuing the entire night,

and that's all I get from you?

How's your injury?

Let me see if it's better.

It's fine. I'm fine.

I'll take care of it myself.

All right.

You were wrong about spirits,

and I was wrong about you.

But after all of this,

you know that there are good spirits now,

and I know that there are bad spirits too.

Let's call it even.

From now on,

you won't be just a good guy to me.

You'll be a friend too.

Give me a chance.

Let's start over.

Who would want to be friends

with a clumsy lotus spirit who is full of lies?

I only heard

"smart, brave, beautiful, and generous!"

So narcissistic of you.

You solved the crisis last night.

Not only did you get the Chief to forgive you,

but you also earned the respect of the entire sect.

Most importantly,

you profited from a disaster.

Shouldn't that merit me a reward?

Maybe this bangle,

for example?

You acted recklessly,

and you dare ask for a reward?

I'm not interested in the position of chief at all.

I didn't take on the path of cultivation for these facile titles either.

You do not want to be the Chief?