Legend of Fu Yao (扶摇)

How did you get up here?

What are you doing here?

I just asked myself...

Am I addicted to being nosy?

Who on earth are you?

Why are you helping me?

I saved your life.

That's all you need to remember.

I'll ask you to repay me later.

Oh! This slave girl even brought someone along to help her!

Where did you come from?

You're not from our sect, there must be something amiss!

You asked for it!

Pei Yuan!

What are you doing?

Senior Yan, we all know that you're benevolent.

But the Warrior Hunt has always been a life-and-death contest.

If you keep acting so nice, it will only put us at great risk.

The contest might be important

but we're all disciples of the same sect, after all!

How can you take their lives?

You're the only one I care about.

No other lives matter to me.

Everything I do, I do to defend your honor.

I'm willing to devote all of myself to you.

I'll commit any inhumane or unrighteous deed on my own.

I only hope that you can stay safe.

We should get going.

Retrieve the Keel Umbrella.

I was waiting to hear you say that.

It's a red flame!

A red flame!

Chief, the candle spit out a red flame.

The Red Team has the bead.

Yan Jing Chen and Pei Yuan passed!

The descendant of the Yan family is truly remarkable.

It didn't take him long to win this round.

Young Master Yan teamed up with Commandery Princess Pei.

How can such a perfect pair not make it through?

Let's go.

- An orange flame? - Exactly.

Chief, it's an orange flame.

The Orange Team has the bead.

Gao He and Chen Yun Zhe, passed!

Disciples, Yan Jing Chen and Pei Yuan have retrieved the bead.

Chief, please advise.

Jing Chen, your junior didn't get hurt in this round, did she?

Thank you for your concern, Mentor.

With Senior Yan's assistance, I didn't get hurt.

Yuan.

Are you really uninjured?

Uncle, I'm really fine.

Little one!

What are you still waiting for?

Get the Keel Umbrella quickly.

You... you saved me.

What is it?

Are you moved?

Thank you.

How will you thank me?

Pledge yourself to me?

You--

Hold on tight!

Don't let go!

Can you swim?

Just a bit.

Chief, it's the blue flame.

The Blue Team has the bead.

Wang Yuan and Xu Ting Kai passed!

That's the fifth team.

There should be one more team.

I wonder how long we'll have to keep waiting.

It won't take much longer.

The Dragon Incense is about to burn out.

Chief Yan said that the second round ends when the Dragon Incense burns out.

So the round will end when it burns out.

The Red Dragon Candle is just a timer.

What matters most in this round is the bead from the Keel Umbrella.

As long as that bead is attained

whoever attains it will be given instructions

in the Projector of Scenes and Paths to move onto the next round.

What happens if a contestant attains the bead

after the incense burns out?

Elder Statesman, that will be determined by the projector.

The girl with the quintuple-color pebble has finally appeared.

Grand Mentor, Di Fei Tian...

The Five Kingdoms...

They will eventually be yours.

Chief, the Dragon Incense has burned out.

Father! Fu Yao hasn't shown up yet.

I think that--

I hereby announce the end of the second round of the Warrior Hunt.

That's a strange sight in the clouds.

What do you make of it?

A strange sight?

The cloud is lined with gold scales.

It looks like a dragon breathing out flames

with the potential to stretch across the lands.

A true incarnation of a dragon

must have caused such changes in the clouds.

The aura of a dragon...

Could it be the heir apparent?

I don't think so.

His Highness isn't present.

That's strange.

With such golden hue, the dragon should be close by.

Chief Yan, you even specialize in celestial phenomenon!

I'll certainly ask for more of your advice in the future.

You're too kind.

Father.

When you came out of there

why was Pei Yuan the one holding the bead?

Junior Pei and I descended with the Keel Umbrella.

I didn't think of retrieving the bead.

You didn't think of it?

You're lucky that Pei Yuan isn't an opponent.

Otherwise, you'd have lost your opportunity by now.

Yes.

Although you and Pei Yuan are engaged now

anything could happen before you get married.

You can only remain undefeated if you just consider your own interests.

Do you understand?

Yes.

Father!

What else do you have to say?

Father...

I'd like to know if Fu Yao...

Is this the time to bring her up?

I just want to know how Fu Yao is.

She fell.

It's unclear if she's dead or alive.

She is yet to be found.

Stop right there!

She is just a slave.

I won't let you off if you keep thinking about her.

Nor will I spare her.

Understood?

Yes.

It's been three days and nights.

The child has just slept without any food or water.

She screams day and night as if she's having a nightmare.

She fell from the sky.

Do you think her brain is damaged?

She's just a child from Xuanyou Division.

No one is willing to treat her.

What if she--

You should step outside.

Listen, she's very frail so you must not use strong drugs on her.

Even if she--

Who are you?

How did I get back here?

What can you remember?

I remember...

I remember that Senior Yan and I took part in the contest.

What happened then?

Your external injuries are fine.

You'll recover in a few days.

My head hurts so much.

I don't remember anything.

As for that, there's nothing I can do.

You're awake!

Thank you, Doctor!

Listen, if it weren't for that doctor, your brain would be done for!

What could you do if you really damaged your brain?

My head hurts so much.

I can't remember anything.

Do you know who I am?

You are...

Take a good look at me.

You really don't recognize me?

Uncle Zhou.

I was just teasing you.

Darn child! You gave me such a fright!

Here, lie back down for a while.

Lie back down.

Mentor!

Have you found her?

We did.

She fell into the deep pool in the valley.

She's alive. Doctor Zong took a look at her just now.

She's fine.

Who sent for Doctor Zong?

I don't know.

I heard that Your Highness went missing yesterday.

The guards panicked for some time.

I was too bored.

I went looking for crickets around the back of the mountain.

Oh?

Why didn't you join us in watching the contest?

What's the fun in fighting and killing?

It's not very classy either.

What's there to watch?

We met here at Mount Xuanyuan.

It was mere coincidence.

We need to stay here for a few more days.

Firstly, because you have yet to recover fully.

Secondly, I'd like you to watch the contest

and get to know more pugilists.

That way, you'll be able to select and recruit a few some day.

If we compare Taiyuan Kingdom to a boat