Dashing Youth (2024) s01e07 Episode Script

♪Overcoming the boundary of confusion♪
♪Holding onto my life
in the face of death threats♪
♪I look into this dark night♪
♪Never once has my soul
been extinguished♪
♪With this passion♪
♪My spirit is growing
to reach full swing♪
♪Slashing the mountain
and the ocean apart♪
♪Answering the true call on a sword♪
♪I'm the chosen one
in this turbulent world♪
♪Keep my distance from the world♪
♪Who can understand my loneliness♪
♪A single thought, looking down♪
♪Blades unsheathed,
frost flies everywhere♪
♪A belief that cuts through the world♪
♪Soaring towards the sky,
the sword reigns all♪
♪Striding across the land
with a drunken gait♪
♪I will protect the people
whenever I'm needed♪
♪Atop the summit, you and I shall
battle for the world's best♪
[Directed by Chen Zhoufei]
[Dashing Youth]
[Based on "Zhou Munan's
Juvenile Martial Arts Series"]
[from fanqienovel.com and bkneng.com]
[Episode 7]
I'm wondering
about one thing.
If you know
who I am,
what makes you think
that you can capture me?
Back then,
you fought 10,000 soldiers
with one sword.
After Western Chu fell,
everyone thought
you died too.
Given that circumstance,
even if you survived,
you must have sustained
heavy internal injuries.
If you are as powerful
as you were,
why didn't
you reveal yourself to the world?
Why didn't you avenge Western Chu?
Hence,
while you're still breathing,
you must have been greatly
weakened.
You think so?
That's just a gaudy move.
I haven't drawn my sword
in a while now.
Father.
What are you doing here?
I'm here to rescue my master.
Do you know who your master is?
It doesn't matter who he is.
What matters is
he will always be my master.
I was indeed heavily injured.
But in the past decades,
I mended my meridian system.
Today, I unsheathe my sword
for a fight.
Scholarly Deity.
Death awaits you today.
So quit bluffing.
Scholarly Deity.
Just come with us already.
I am the bully of Qiandong City.
Now, who dares hurt my master?
You
You're injured.
He spared me.
I'm fine.
Don't mind me.
I am Wen Hujiu from the Wen Family.
Pardon my tardiness.
You two again.
Why are you always around?
Sirs,
he is
the innate martial artist.
Well,
we sure are lucky today, then.
Dongjun.
Back off.
You're
not strong enough to defeat them.
Wait, Scholarly Deity.
Those two are powerful.
You might fool others
with your health,
but not me.
After this battle, you might
Thank you.
But perhaps
this is the best solution.
At this stage,
allow me to recall the strength
of my young self.
Dongjun.
You've already mastered Heaven's Path
of the Western Chu's Sword Song.
And now,
I'll teach you the other half of it.
Watch carefully.
It's called
Cosmic Path.
The moon shines upon my clothes,
donning me a robe of divinity.
Where should a deity dwell?
He points at the haven of Penglai.
It's a land of everything.
Beautiful gems,
ethereal glazed lanterns,
and mesmerizing beauties.
You will have what you desire.
When the deity sees it,
he looks around and feels lost.
Sirs!
My sword trembles with rage
as the sunset is dyed with blood.
So this
is the so-called
supreme technique.
When I was young,
I thought I could rule the world
by mastering the strongest
sword technique.
And then, I realized,
to master the strongest technique
is to shoulder
the greatest responsibility.
Regretfully,
I couldn't
defend my country.
Dongjun.
This is the Cosmic Path.
You must
walk your own path.
Once you find your own path,
you will
achieve what you want
and be famous
in all corners of the world.
♪With young bravado♪
♪We stride through
the martial arts world♪
Master.
♪Seeking light in shadows♪
♪Shoulder to shoulder♪
♪We explore the world♪
♪Despite the dangers on our way♪
♪As our dark hair turns white♪
♪Time passes by♪
♪We have traversed
all corners of the world♪
♪I slash my hopes under the moonlight♪
♪In my youth, I once had
a moment of bliss♪
♪I was alone in the past♪
♪People gather and part ways
on this long journey♪
♪The sun is setting,
the landscape is blurring♪
♪The cold bright moon
shines upon the nebula♪
You will not be able
to restore your strength
within the next five years.
Scholarly Deity,
is it worth it to perform
this slash?
I might have enough strength
for another slash.
♪With young bravado♪
♪We stride through
the martial arts world♪
♪Seeking light in shadows♪
♪Shoulder to shoulder♪
♪We explore the world♪
♪Despite the dangers on our way♪
Let's go.
♪As our dark hair turns white♪
♪Time passes by♪
Sirs.
♪We have traversed
all corners of the world♪
♪I slash my hopes under the moonlight♪
♪In my youth, I once had
a moment of bliss♪
You have shown me
how insignificant I am, sir.
♪With young bravado♪
♪We stride through
the martial arts world♪
♪Seeking light in shadows♪
♪Our hearts may bleed♪
♪On a cold moonlit night by the window♪
♪Our raging blood
will flow into the seas♪
♪As we stride through life at peace♪
♪Our youth will eventually shine
in this mortal world♪
Master.
Master.
Are you all right, Master?
Everyone.
Can I spend some time
with Dongjun
alone?
Sir.
Farewell.
Baili,
tell your mother that I'd be going.
Next spring,
I'll come and drink with you again.
Take care.
Master.
Dongjun,
come and drink with me.
Thank you
for keeping me company all these years.
Dongjun.
Go to Tianqi City for me, will you?
Brew a pot of Peach Blossom Moonfall
and hang it at the tallest point
of Tianqi City.
No, Master.
I'll bring you with me.
We'll go together.
You can
You can hang it yourself. Okay?
Why are you crying?
I
should have died long ago.
Back then,
my senior brother prolonged my life
with his.
Even then,
I am but on my last breath.
I've only lived
because of medicinal liquor.
Dongjun.
When we
carry a lot of things on our shoulders,
we won't be that free.
My wish is rather contradictory.
I want you
to be free
and carefree.
Yet I hope you can
make a name for yourself
and be a true hero.
Sure.
I promise you.
But you must live
till that day arrives.
Dongjun,
a dragon
will have to soar to the sky one day.
A hero
will shine wherever he goes.
It doesn't matter
whether I'm there or not.
No.
Master.
Remember
the first time
you barged into this courtyard?
I took a liking to you immediately.
And decided
to take you in as my disciple.
Who would've thought
that you are the grandson
of Baili Luochen.
But it's too late
to regret anything now.
I've never
acted
on my impulses in my whole life.
That day was an exception.
Who are you?
How did you come in here?
Sorry.
I didn't mean
to intrude upon this place.
I am trying to hide from my family.
For some reason,
they hire another tutor to teach me.
I kept running
until I came here, mister.
Now that I think about it,
perhaps this is fate.
Master.
This is a royal poinciana.
The national tree of Western Chu.
However, phoenixes
only reside on parasol trees.
People may call me a deity,
but as Western Chu fell,
I shall have no place to stay.
You know liquor?
In the future,
I want to become the Liquor Deity!
Dongjun.
Life is full of partings.
You will encounter
many more
partings like this.
Please be my tutor.
Please teach me how to brew liquor.
Farewell, my dear disciple.
Master.
Master.
Master.
Master.
Master.
Master.
Master!
Father.
Master.
Master!
Dongjun is
Don't worry.
He has now
experienced
Master.
the true taste
of the martial arts world.
The glamorous Eight Young Masters
are not the real martial arts world.
The romanticism of a swordsman
in Sword Forest
is not
the real martial arts world either.
Master.
Master!
Today,
he saw the true face
of the martial arts world.
Master.
Let's head back and cure the wound.
We'll wait for him
to come home.
[Marquis of Zhenxi's Mansion]
From now on,
the Scholarly Deity
who charmed everyone
with his genteelness
ceased to exist.
To his friends and foes,
it is
a tragic loss.
In fact, he could have lived.
Yes.
He could have lived.
He was surviving on his last breath.
If he hadn't performed that slash,
he might have lived
for several years more.
However, he didn't want to start a war
or betray his home country.
He didn't want
to implicate Marquis of Zhenxi either.
Therefore, he sacrificed himself
as
a solution.
Or we can follow a simpler
and
romantic interpretation.
Perhaps
this is the final lesson and love
from a master
to his disciple.
You often babble
but what you said just now
was good.
Was that sarcasm?
No, it wasn't.
Anyway, Ruofeng,
you were tasked to investigate this.
Now that the Scholarly Deity
passed away,
I'm sure you're smart enough
to come up
with a message
that can put
your father's worries to rest
and allow
Qiandong City to stay peaceful.
Which means we
We're done
with the imperial court.
Now, it's about the Academy.
[Seven Days Later]
Have you reached a conclusion,
Sir?
You must take Dongjun with you?
Yes.
But he's my only grandchild.
Sir.
I understand your concerns.
But like I said,
I came
on behalf
of the Academy.
This is different
from my visit
to Mr. Gu Chen.
I want Baili Dongjun
because I merely think
that
he is the final disciple
my master has been looking for.
My grandson is the one
I favor the most in this world.
My wish is to keep him away
from conflict and war.
I want him to live like a carefree
and pampered kid in Qiandong City.
Why must you
push him into the abyss?
I think only an idiot
can be carefree.
Insolence!
What did you say?
I told you not to say anything.
I said,
only an idiot
could be carefree.
We all have to grow up.
When we grow up,
we cannot live our lives without worry.
He witnessed the passing of his master
not long ago.
Do you think he can pretend
that nothing has ever happened?
He can't.
Besides, he is the only heir
to the Western Chu's Sword Song.
All swordsmen in the world
are targeting him.
Can you
protect him forever?
When it comes to swordsmanship,
I fear no one even if
a powerful individual from the Academy
is here.
My spouse inherits
the art of toxins from the Wen Family.
In the martial arts world,
not many are a match for them.
If Dongjun wants to study martial arts,
he can study it here.
Even if he only masters 80% of it,
no one can hurt him.
What about Mr. Li of the Academy?
Ask him to come here
to talk to me personally.
He's being unreasonable.
If I were a reasonable man,
my son wouldn't be like this.
Sir,
I think
my senior brother makes some sense.
If Dongjun studies swordsmanship here,
he will always
be a noble young master.
He can be powerful
but not
hardened.
Without experiencing life or death,
he falls easily.
Furthermore,
Baili Dongjun is now
the target of a group
of unidentified people.
Yesterday,
we were ambushed by them
at Mr. Gu Chen's abode.
They are of dubious background
yet strong.
Not only
did they want
to take away Mr. Gu Chen,
but they also wanted
to take Dongjun away.
You are surrounded
by enemies.
You can protect him once,
but how many more times?
I also heard
from Chengfeng yesterday
that those people fought
with unseen techniques.
What a pickle.
Sir,
you have traveled far away
to hone your skills back then.
Why? Were there no more
skilled individuals in this vast mansion
to tutor you?
Tianqi City
is certainly a competitive city.
However
It is also the best stage
for the young to make achievements.
I have faith in Baili Dongjun.
You are right,
but I do not agree with it.
How about this?
We'll ask Dongjun about his opinion.
Father.
Wise choice, Sir.
Sirs,
bad news.
Young Master took a horse
and ran away.
Great!
Well done!
Sir.
If I did not
want him to head to Tianqi City,
I wouldn't have wasted your time here.
Where did he go?
Did he leave the city?
No.
He said he wanted
to travel around Qiandong City.
Forgive me.
Never mind.
Let's take a look.
[Pastries]
Young Master Baili,
where are you going?
Nowhere.
I just want to ride a horse.
I have fresh red date cakes.
Catch it.
Young Master Baili,
how long will you ride for?
Till sunset,
till the stars appear,
till this steed
explores
the whole of Qiandong City.
Sir, should we go after him?
Yes.
Do it slowly.
Don't catch up to him.
Come on, sir.
You have never caught up to him either.
I don't care about those times.
But this time, we can't catch up to him.
This time,
we're tailing him
to protect him.
He's a steed
that will not be easily tamed.
It seems like he already knows
if he's heading to Tianqi City or not.
Some people are like that.
He joins the army and becomes a general.
He studies hard
and becomes the top scholar.
And if he practices martial arts,
he will become
the strongest martial artist.
No need to ask what he can do.
It all depends on what he wants to do.
With a promising heir like that,
what are you afraid of,
Sirs?
Your Highness.
Are you sure you're taking
Dongjun away
for the Academy only?
Yes.
All right.
Dongjun is heading to Tianqi City.
But I don't want him
to be involved in state affairs.
Can you give me that promise?
Fret not, Sir.
I'll swear with my life.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Not bad. He's decisive.
Just like that time
when Gu Jianmen
and I went to Tianqi City by horse.
Madam?
What brings you here?
Madam.
What are you doing?
I invented this poison myself.
Its name is Pleasant Death.
If Dongjun comes back
safely,
I'll give you the antidote.
If something bad happens to him
Worry not.
Victims of Pleasant Death
will die in a very pleasant way.
Here I go.
Tianqi!
Young Master, I, Chen Sheng,
wish you a triumphant return!
- The Pofeng Army
- The Pofeng Army
- wishes you a triumphant return!
- wishes you a triumphant return!
- The Pofeng Army
- The Pofeng Army
- wishes you a triumphant return!
- wishes you a triumphant return!
Sikong Changfeng.
People might think you went
to the mountains to fight someone,
if they don't know what's happening.
Look at you.
You don't look
like a physician apprentice at all.
I'm not a physician apprentice.
Xin Baicao.
If you call me that again,
I'll knock you out
with my spear.
The herbs you want are here.
You can take a look.
You have a talent for studying medicine.
You gathered the exactly right herbs.
Now, brew the broth
using the prescription I gave you.
What?
I gathered the herbs.
And now, I have to brew it on my own.
I am the most hardworking patient
in this world.
Did you pay me?
No.
Then,
you have to brew the medicine yourself.
Do it yourself.
Is there even carrier pigeon
in the Drug King Valley?
Of course.
But this missive
is for you.
For me?
"Are you still alive, Sikong Changfeng?"
How straightforward.
"If you're alive,
don't meet me at Qiandong City.
I left for Tianqi City.
Do drop by one day
to try my new liquor."
That's all?
What an interesting person.
Who is he?
Well,
he's the man I told you about.
He's Marquis of Zhenxi's only grandson,
Baili Dongjun.
But why
did he leave Qiandong City this soon?
I thought his family
didn't allow him to go to Tianqi City?
He didn't explain anything
in the missive.
It seems
you care a lot about him.
Of course.
He's a good friend of mine.
All right.
Once you inherit half of my knowledge,
you may head to Tianqi City.
Young people
all want to head there.
In fact, everyone should
visit there once.
It's a city full of talents.
It's also a place
where the young
make a name for themselves.
Does that mean
you too went to Tianqi City
when you were young?
Back then,
the Emperor fell sick.
No one from the Imperial Academy
of Medicine could cure him.
Within three days,
more than ten physicians were killed.
My master sent me to treat him.
Inside the chamber
was a near-death emperor.
Outside
was arms-wielding guards
ready to drag me out and decapitate me.
But my hand with an acupuncture needle
inside it
did not tremble.
I cured the Emperor.
And I said,
as long as the person still breathed,
I could
heal him.
Interesting.
I will
head to Tianqi City too.
Do you know why
he refused to sit inside here?
Didn't he explain already?
He's made a pact with someone
to admire the landscape
on the journey.
Really?
You actually believe that?
Isn't it obvious?
Imagine.
You came all the way
from Tianqi City
to arrest his master.
And now, his master is dead.
Naturally, he'll put
the blame on you.
In a way,
you're the reason
why his master died.
Arresting his master
and his master's passing
are two different things.
If he cannot distinguish them,
then he isn't
who I'm looking for,
nor is he the disciple
Master has been looking for.
Fine.
Now, look.
He's
just
a young and inexperienced boy.
Do you think
everyone is
as ruthless as
I mean, As shrew as you
at the age of 18?
After crossing the hill ahead there,
we won't see Qiandong City
again.
When I was little,
I thought Qiandong City was huge.
That I could never see every part of it.
When I grew up, I thought
Qiandong City
wasn't that big.
Travel half a day on horseback
and you'll see everything.
And now,
I truly feel
that Qiandong City is small.
It's so small that if I venture further,
I won't see it again.
Then
Did you bid
your parents farewell properly?
They refused to see me.
They said they'd only greet me
once I came back triumphantly.
My grandfather said something to me.
He said that if I was bullied,
I should write to him.
Then, he'd bring his Pofeng Army
to raid Tianqi
and vindicate me.
Your grandfather is indeed heroic.
But I won't ask him to do that.
That would be rebellion, right?
Therefore,
I'll take care of myself
in Tianqi City.
When news
travels back to Qiandong City,
it'd be news
of me being famous.
[Jixia Academy, Tianqi City]
[Jixia Academy]
[No animals were harmed
during the filming of this drama.]
[Some animals were created
using bionic props and 3D effects.]
♪A gentle breeze♪
♪Intentionally touching the heart♪
♪Moored by the lake, ripples spread♪
♪Feet covered by spring mud♪
♪Branches softly murmur in the wind♪
♪Whispering secrets♪
♪Drawing your silhouette under the moon♪
♪As if destined,
gazing at your graceful silhouette♪
♪Restlessly searching♪
♪I stay with you even if the twilight
turns to a clear evening♪
♪Listening closely to the drizzle
in the shadows♪
♪Who can I lean on now?♪
♪Roaming the world together
like a pair of lovebirds♪
♪Deeply in love,
two hearts in perfect harmony♪
♪A red note as our boat,
we navigate with heartfelt devotion♪
♪A folding fan swaying
among the stars and clouds♪
♪In this perfect moment♪
♪To meet you♪
♪A gentle breeze♪
♪Intentionally touching the heart♪
♪Moored by the lake, ripples spread♪
♪Feet covered by spring mud♪
♪Branches softly murmur in the wind♪
♪Whispering secrets♪
♪Drawing your silhouette under the moon♪
♪As if destined,
gazing at your graceful silhouette♪
♪Restlessly searching♪
♪I stay with you even if the twilight
turns to a clear evening♪
♪Listening closely to the drizzle
in the shadows♪
♪Who can I lean on now?♪
♪Roaming the world together
like a pair of lovebirds♪
♪Deeply in love,
two hearts in perfect harmony♪
♪A red note as our boat,
we navigate with heartfelt devotion♪
♪A folding fan swaying
among the stars and clouds♪
♪In this perfect moment♪
♪To meet you♪