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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The talented young herbalist named Xu Xian\Nwas in trouble.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It should have been a victorious moment–
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had just opened his very \Nown medicine shop.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he bought his supplies from \Nhis former employer,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the resentful man \Nsold him rotten herbs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Xu Xian wondered what to do with this \Nuseless inventory,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patients flooded into his shop.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A plague had stricken the city,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he had nothing to treat them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as he was starting to panic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his wife, Bai Su Zhen, produced a recipe\Nto use the rotten herbs as medicine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her remedy cured all the plague-afflicted\Ncitizens immediately.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xu Xian’s former boss even had to buy back\Nsome of the rotten herbs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to treat his own family.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shortly after, a monk named Fa Hai \Napproached Xu Xian,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,warning him that there was \Na demon in his house.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The demon, he said, was Bai Su Zhen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xu Xian laughed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His kindhearted, resourceful wife \Nwas not a demon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fa Hai insisted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told Xu Xian to serve his wife realgar\Nwine on the 5th day of the 5th month,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when demons’ powers are weakest.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If she wasn’t a demon, he explained, \Nit wouldn’t hurt her.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xu Xian dismissed the monk politely,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no intention of serving \NBai Su Zhen the wine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as the day approached, \Nhe decided to try it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as the wine touched \NBai Su Zhen’s lips,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she ran to the bedroom, \Nclaiming she wasn’t feeling well.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xu Xian prepared some medicine \Nand went to check on her.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But instead of his wife,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he found a giant white serpent with a\Nbloody forked tongue in the bed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He collapsed, killed by the shock.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Bai Su Zhen opened her eyes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she realized immediately what \Nmust have happened.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth was that Bai Su Zhen was \Nan immortal snake
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with formidable magical powers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had used her powers to take a \Nhuman form
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and improve her and \Nher husband’s fortunes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her magic couldn’t revive Xu Xian,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she had one more idea to save him:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an herb that could grant longevity \Nand even bring the dead back to life,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guarded by the Old Man of the South Pole
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the forbidden peaks of the \NKun Lun Mountains.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She rode to the mountains on a cloud,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then continued on foot passed gateways \Nand arches
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until she reached one \Nmarked “beyond mortals”
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hanging over a silver bridge.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other side,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two of the Old Man’s disciples \Nguarded the herb.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bai Su Zhen disguised herself as a monk
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and told them she’d come to invite \Nthe Old Man to a gathering of the gods.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While they relayed her message,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she plucked some leaves \Nfrom the herb and ran.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The servants realized they had been \Ntricked and chased her.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bai Su Zhen coughed up a magic ball \Nand threw it at one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the other closed in on her,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she put the herb under her tongue \Nfor safekeeping,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but its magic forced both of them \Ninto their true forms.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the crane’s long beak \Nclamped around her,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Old Man appeared.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why, he asked, would she risk her life \Nto steal his herb
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she was already immortal?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bai Su Zhen explained \Nher love for Xu Xian.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if he didn’t want to be with her \Nnow that he knew she was a demon,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was determined to \Nbring him back to life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two had a karmic connection dating \Nback more than a thousand years.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Bai Su Zhen was a small snake,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a beggar was about to kill her,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a kind passerby rescued her.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her rescuer was Xu Xian in a past life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Touched by her willingness \Nto risk her life for him,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Old Man permitted her to leave the \Nmountain with the immortal herb.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bai Su Zhen returned home \Nto revive Xu Xian.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he opened his eyes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the terrified look frozen on his face \Nbecame a smile.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Demon or not,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was still happy to see his wife.