Wu Xin The Monster Killer (无心法师 / Wu Xin Fa Shi / WuXin)

Episode 2

What's wrong?

Let me take a look.

Where did you get that?

I don't know.

Get in. I'll clean it up for you.

Clean it all up.

Yes, I understand.

Dharma Master, that thing...

Did you get rid of it?

It ran away back into the well.

Do you know that if I continued to fight with her then

I'm afraid that you'd be dead by now?

Wasn't it so? Listen up.

If I held my breath for a little while longer, I'd have suffocated.

You didn't have a clue how vicious that evil spirit was.

If I continued to fight with her, even I would have lost my life.

You're very powerful!

You will be just fine!

But if anything should happen to you, rest assured that

your sister is in good hands!

Once this matter is resolved, I'll be sure to reward you heavily!

I'll pay whatever price you name!

A hundred yuan?

That's nothing.

A thousand yuan?

That's nothing!

What does that mean? Could you mean ten thousand yuan?

Are you trying to put the bite on me?

Do you think that the wind blows me money?

I can build you a temple with that money! You should be content!

Commander Gu, since we can't agree on the price

why don't you hire someone else?

No, Master! Wait a minute!

Stop bullshitting me!

Are you really going to abandon me? That's not very righteous! Listen!

What should I do if the monster comes out at night?

It's great that it's out.

You can explain to her that I was the one who injured her

not you, Commander Gu.

If she seeks you out for revenge, tell her to come to me.

Listen up! You don't think that I'll have your sister killed?

You don't think that I'll summon that monster and have you killed?

What an unreliable monk!

Commander Gu! Put some clothes on! Don't catch a cold!

Reconsider that price!

Please come in.

This is the place.

This is the guest room that Commander Gu instructed us to prepare for you.

- Please have an early night in. - Thank you.

This...

Your clothes look quite nice.

Commander Gu gave them to me.

Did you get the splinters out from your hand?

I did! It's all right now.

Who knew that a monk would be so fierce in attacking a monster?

Of course, that's a monster.

Only one of us gets to survive

so I had to be vicious.

But I'm not like that when it comes to people.

I think you aren't that compassionate to Commander Gu.

Are we really going to spend the night here together?

Are you uneasy about this?

That's fine. I'll get some blankets and sleep outside.

You don't have to sleep outside.

Why?

Commander Gu was told that we're siblings.

If he sees you sleeping outside, won't our lie be exposed?

It's all right. He can't do anything to me anyway.

It's still not all right.

It's cold outside.

Why don't you sleep on this side and I'll take that side?

We'll put a bowl of water in between us.

- Master... - Why do you call me Master?

Do you have to make me sound so old?

Address me as a brother.

Brother.

I'll take your clothes off for you?

Don't be so anxious. I'll do it myself.

Master...

Get lost!

Master!

Dharma Master!

Open the door!

Wu Xin!

Open the door, Wu Xin!

Dharma Master, open the door!

Save me!

- There's a ghost in my room! - Gu Xuan Wu!

Why did you go crazy in the middle of the night?

Am I that ugly?

You're not ugly. You're especially pretty.

Dharma Master, save me! I touched a monster!

Gu Xuan Wu, you...

Did you get it wrong? She's not a monster!

You got it wrong! Get rid of her right away!

Gu Xuan Wu! You're such a heartless jerk!

You can say it directly if you don't like me!

- Dharma Master! - Why did you call me a ghost?

Get rid of her right away!

Ten thousand yuan it is! Just get rid of her!

- I'll give you ten thousand yuan! - Ten thousand.

Gu Xuan Wu! You're a bastard!

Let go of me! I can walk on my own!

Gu Xuan Wu, you're a jerk!

You're a heartless womanizer!

Bastard!

Are you all right, Commander?

Get your hands off me!

Am I that timid?

No...

That Commander Gu...

Go to bed.

- Are you asleep? - Not yet.

Those two talismans that you gave me really did work.

Didn't you say you don't know how to draw them?

I really don't know how to draw a talisman.

But it wasn't those few strokes that worked.

It was my blood.

Blood?

Your blood can fend off evil spirits?

More or less, I suppose.

Who are you exactly?

Who am I?

Anyway, I'm not a monk.

I only dress up as a monk to make a living.

Think about this. If I were to exorcise and kill monsters

don't I look more persuasive as a monk?

- But... - What about you?

Who are you?

Me?

I'm just a girl from the countryside.

Countryside?

Countryside.

It's not far from Wen County.

You said that you didn't want to go home. Why?

No one cares about me.

Why would I stay there?

Did everyone in your family pass away?

No.

My father is still alive.

My mother passed away five years ago.

My father married another woman.

She gave him a son, so he obeyed her every word.

My stepmother wanted to sell me off to an old landlord as his mistress.

He's already 62 years old.

He's all wrinkled, spotty, and has a mouth full of stained teeth.

Why would a fine young woman like me marry him?

I escaped from my home at night because of that.

I'd rather starve to death than spend my life with a man

who has one foot in the grave.

I see.

You've had a hard time as well.

That's nothing.

It's already very fortunate that I got to escape from it.

Moreover, I have a place to settle in now

and I get to chat with you.

What's there to complain about my life?

I'm so sleepy. You should sleep now as well.

Or it will soon be dawn.

All right, go to sleep.

So you're Yue Ya's mother?

Are you worried about your daughter?

It's also been hard on you all these years.

But you have to leave.

Everyone has their own fate.

Why would you be so persistent?

All right. You can stay if you aren't willing to listen to me.

Stay... until you can no longer stay on.

Here, let's dig in first. We won't wait for him.

Commander Gu, we started without you.

Dharma Master.

Are we going to capture that monster tonight?

Dharma Master, listen to me.

- I... - As for capturing the monster

I have to know my enemy in order to defeat it.

- No, I... - Commander Gu.

Get someone to bring me the records of Wen County.

I have to do some research.

Here, eat this quickly.

Where did you get this from?

I nicked them from the kitchen.

Finish it quickly so that no one will know.

How is the investigation?

I already figured out what that evil spirit is.

- Really? - I'm pretty sure.

That evil spirit has to do with a woman named Yue Qi Luo.

Yue Qi Luo?

That's quite a lovely name.

Did she become a ghost?

No, not a ghost.

That's...

What exactly is she?

I don't know either.

So who on earth is Yue Qi Luo?

Look.

Yue Qi Luo was born at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

She was born into a family of officials but fell in love with

Duan San Liang, who was poor.

Due to her family's objections