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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.97,0:00:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The talented young herbalist named Xu Xian\Nwas in trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.48,0:00:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It should have been a victorious moment–
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.42,0:00:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had just opened his very \Nown medicine shop.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.21,0:00:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he bought his supplies from \Nhis former employer,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.13,0:00:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the resentful man \Nsold him rotten herbs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.25,0:00:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Xu Xian wondered what to do with this \Nuseless inventory,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.72,0:00:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patients flooded into his shop.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.89,0:00:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A plague had stricken the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.50,0:00:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he had nothing to treat them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.75,0:00:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as he was starting to panic,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.50,0:00:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his wife, Bai Su Zhen, produced a recipe\Nto use the rotten herbs as medicine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.24,0:00:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her remedy cured all the plague-afflicted\Ncitizens immediately.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.11,0:00:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xu Xian’s former boss even had to buy back\Nsome of the rotten herbs
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.50,0:00:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to treat his own family.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.19,0:00:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shortly after, a monk named Fa Hai \Napproached Xu Xian,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.79,0:00:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,warning him that there was \Na demon in his house.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.88,0:00:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The demon, he said, was Bai Su Zhen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.50,0:00:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xu Xian laughed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.93,0:01:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His kindhearted, resourceful wife \Nwas not a demon.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.51,0:01:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fa Hai insisted.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.92,0:01:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told Xu Xian to serve his wife realgar\Nwine on the 5th day of the 5th month,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.12,0:01:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when demons’ powers are weakest.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.05,0:01:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If she wasn’t a demon, he explained, \Nit wouldn’t hurt her.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.31,0:01:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xu Xian dismissed the monk politely,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.29,0:01:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no intention of serving \NBai Su Zhen the wine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.15,0:01:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as the day approached, \Nhe decided to try it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.25,0:01:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as the wine touched \NBai Su Zhen’s lips,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.90,0:01:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she ran to the bedroom, \Nclaiming she wasn’t feeling well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.12,0:01:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xu Xian prepared some medicine \Nand went to check on her.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.26,0:01:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But instead of his wife,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.71,0:01:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he found a giant white serpent with a\Nbloody forked tongue in the bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.95,0:01:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He collapsed, killed by the shock.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.51,0:01:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Bai Su Zhen opened her eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.48,0:01:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she realized immediately what \Nmust have happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.29,0:01:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth was that Bai Su Zhen was \Nan immortal snake
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.52,0:01:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with formidable magical powers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.79,0:01:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had used her powers to take a \Nhuman form
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.36,0:01:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and improve her and \Nher husband’s fortunes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.21,0:01:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her magic couldn’t revive Xu Xian,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.41,0:02:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she had one more idea to save him:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.82,0:02:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an herb that could grant longevity \Nand even bring the dead back to life,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.05,0:02:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guarded by the Old Man of the South Pole
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.40,0:02:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the forbidden peaks of the \NKun Lun Mountains.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.25,0:02:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She rode to the mountains on a cloud,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.54,0:02:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then continued on foot passed gateways \Nand arches
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.30,0:02:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until she reached one \Nmarked “beyond mortals”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.10,0:02:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hanging over a silver bridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.78,0:02:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other side,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.01,0:02:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two of the Old Man’s disciples \Nguarded the herb.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.29,0:02:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bai Su Zhen disguised herself as a monk
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.75,0:02:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and told them she’d come to invite \Nthe Old Man to a gathering of the gods.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.88,0:02:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While they relayed her message,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.38,0:02:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she plucked some leaves \Nfrom the herb and ran.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.58,0:02:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The servants realized they had been \Ntricked and chased her.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.60,0:02:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bai Su Zhen coughed up a magic ball \Nand threw it at one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.72,0:02:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the other closed in on her,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.70,0:02:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she put the herb under her tongue \Nfor safekeeping,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.48,0:02:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but its magic forced both of them \Ninto their true forms.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.92,0:02:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the crane’s long beak \Nclamped around her,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.36,0:02:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Old Man appeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.98,0:02:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why, he asked, would she risk her life \Nto steal his herb
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.12,0:03:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she was already immortal?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.100,0:03:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bai Su Zhen explained \Nher love for Xu Xian.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.74,0:03:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if he didn’t want to be with her \Nnow that he knew she was a demon,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.24,0:03:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was determined to \Nbring him back to life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.72,0:03:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two had a karmic connection dating \Nback more than a thousand years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.58,0:03:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Bai Su Zhen was a small snake,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.62,0:03:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a beggar was about to kill her,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.68,0:03:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a kind passerby rescued her.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.96,0:03:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her rescuer was Xu Xian in a past life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.40,0:03:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Touched by her willingness \Nto risk her life for him,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.88,0:03:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Old Man permitted her to leave the \Nmountain with the immortal herb.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.90,0:03:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bai Su Zhen returned home \Nto revive Xu Xian.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.83,0:03:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he opened his eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.03,0:03:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the terrified look frozen on his face \Nbecame a smile.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.51,0:03:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Demon or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.41,0:03:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was still happy to see his wife.