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[Episode 41]
Little Yan Shuang...
She's already a general now.
Time...
It really flies by.
They are all grown up now.
Unfortunately, I'm not old yet.
Although these young ones have great ideas and determination
the world and the throne will still end up in the hands of people like us
who have been around much longer in this world.
They might have grown up now
but I still think that they are just children.
They only play those tricks.
Tricks that we already conjured.
For instance, Prince Han.
He wanted so much to be the crown prince.
How could he leave such a huge flaw wide open?
Prince Han...
His Majesty left Han Prefecture in your hands with great trust.
What about you?
You simply had to return to Tian Qi City to seize
the position of the heir apparent.
Now the commanding officer, little Yan Shuang, is missing.
If Prince Jing of Yue Prefecture were to find his precious daughter missing
he would surely be very displeased.
He's not as civilized as I am.
When we were children, among the princes, it was that chubby prince
who was the most mischievous and fond of picking a fight.
He's also kept some capable military officers
under his personal troop.
If he were to hold His Majesty responsible for losing his daughter...
Mu Yuan...
Tell me.
His Majesty...
Who would he hold responsible for it?
Then there are also the people of Han Prefecture.
If they were to stir up some trouble while Commander Muyun is away...
our newly appointed Prince-Auxiliary would look bad.
You said it.
We've been supporting that Helan Clan for years.
It's about time they do something useful.
Indeed.
Your Highness, I understand what you mean.
I'll have it arranged now.
That young officer from Muyun Han's troop who delivered the letter...
What should we do with him?
Since he now works for us, we should treat him well.
After reading this letter, Prince Han surely needs to reply.
We can reply to this letter on behalf of Prince Han.
But we'll need someone to deliver this reply
back to the Muyun Silver Army's camp.
I'm just worried that this young officer can't hold his tongue.
He might tell others that he's met us.
Can't you find a way to have him killed after he's done his job?
Do I need to teach you how to get that done?
I understand.
Regarding the content of the reply
I'll need Your Highness to prompt me.
This is...
If this were to be given as an order with Prince Han's tone
Han Prefecture would surely be hurled into chaos.
If the world doesn't get thrown into great chaos...
how am I to play hero?
Go and get that done quickly.
If the handwriting doesn't resemble Prince Han's
I think you can find a way to punish yourself.
His Highness has just been promoted.
It's unsuitable for him to contact those in the army
so as to avoid being accused of having certain ambitions.
He's written a letter and asked the arch prince to hand it to you.
You are to bring it back to Han Prefecture immediately.
Can you recognize Prince Han's seal?
Yes.
This is Wan Prefecture's specialty wine.
The arch prince is grateful that you're loyal and thoughtful to Prince Han
so he's ordered me to give you some.
Prince Han will soon become the crown prince.
It can't be good for him that such an incident occurred in Han Prefecture.
We should settle it for him so as to ease his mind.
- Yes. - Get going.
Here they come.
Mighty Iron Wielder.
God Pandar has informed me of your return.
A-Mu, Su He is injured.
Please heal him.
Granny.
What are you going to do?
I am going to send the news of Iron Wielder's return
throughout the eight clans of Han Prefecture.
It's the Danyao Clan's utmost honor to do this for the mighty Iron Wielder.
Han Prefecture is so vast.
We don't have any swift horses.
It might take us a year by foot to send out messages one by one.
It probably will take even longer.
We have wind in Han Prefecture.
We can use the power of the wind.
The wind?
It's the gentian herb.
I know about it.
In summer and fall, blue flowers blossom from it.
Once the flowers wither, the plant has medicinal effects.
The lands of Han Prefecture aren't only beautiful, but also useful.
Have a seat and some milk tea that I'm going to make.
Here, try some.
It's so tasty.
Is it to your liking?
I've been in Han Prefecture for years.
I feel funny if I don't have these.
What do you do in Han Prefecture?
Which clan do you live with?
Here, give it a go.
It's actually this hard to make good milk tea?
This is not much work.
It's a lot harder to make yak butter.
You have to use all the strength in your body
to beat it thousands of times, and all you get is a small chunk of it.
Making food and drinks is so hard.
Why are you still always so happy?
It's not hard to make food and drinks.
Then why aren't you ever happy?
I never figured that out either.
My father has everything he wants.
But not even for a day has he ever been happy.
People in my family like to compete in fighting.
When I was little, I had small hands because I'm a girl.
I could never defeat those boys.
I often hid away and cried.
You'd even fight within a family?
For us, family members are also our enemies.
Then...
who are you?
I just have a surname.
As for who I am, I am still searching for an answer.
I came to Han Prefecture so I could find an answer to it.
What should I do to become happy?
There is no remedy in this world that can make anyone happy.
All I know is that when I feel drained of strength in my mind
I'd like to have a bowl of milk tea.
A-Mu, you must teach me how to make milk tea.
There's no secret to it.
If you want it to taste good, the butter and tea must emulsify.
But tea is tea and butter is butter.
If you want two ingredients that can't blend to emulsify
you can only use your strength.
Just keep beating it hard.
Can A-Mu cure you?
The Scarlet Cloud Pill is actually very effective.
Besides, Granny has also concocted some medication for me.
I should get well very soon after taking it for a month.
Then...
Don't rush me.
You're in the wrong yurt.
Yours is next to ours.
I am in the right one.
I have come to see you.
Show it to me.
This really is a good sword.
So you... really are the legendary Iron Wielder?
You are the man
who will lead Han Prefecture to attack Zhong Prefecture.
There are generations of blood feud between
the Muru family and the eight clans of Han Prefecture.
The people of Han Prefecture...
We always seek vengeance.
What about the Muyun family?
I'll kill them all and rejoice over it.
My surname is Muyun.
Why do you like Han Prefecture?
The land is vast.
People are forthright.
Is it not good to turn Zhong Prefecture into Han Prefecture as well?
It isn't that it won't be good...
But it's impossible.
The Iron Wielder...
He is the man... who can do the impossible.
The eight clans of Han Prefecture are fragmented.
What can you do all by yourself?
One man with a clear goal surpasses hundreds of those who fight blindly.
When I left my friend, Helan Tie Yuan, he only had four youngsters with him.
Yet now...
he already has a clan that can fight.
So will I.
Helan Tie Yuan...
Do you know how he came to own such a strong clan?
What he did was totally against your belief of overcoming
estrangement between the right clans.
I don't believe in defamation behind one's back.
I am just informing you of the news I heard in the army.
Believe or not, it's up to you.
He fights ferociously like a wild beast on the verge of death.
He's as swift as an eagle swooping down on his prey.
He storms up a temper just like the hurricane.
This is how the people of Han Prefecture describe Helan Tie Yuan.
He would barge into a clan at night.
Then he would kill the women and children first.
As well as the elderly.
Then he'd retreat.
Men left in sorrow would cry all night.
The day when they are burying the corpses of their loved ones...
Helan Tie Yuan would then launch another attack with full power.
He would first kill men who resisted him.
He then would keep those in hiding chained up.
These men would be his puppets.
When he goes to kill the next clan
he would send his puppets out front.
As his human shields.
And shooting targets.
However, those puppets who manage to survive a few battles
would also receive tents and goldlings from Helan Tie Yuan.
And women.
He would make those men who fight for him feel honorable.
They are fearful of him...
They respect him...
All the more so, they can't leave him.
It was later that all those with the surname Helan started following him.
I don't believe you.
He's been living in Han Prefecture.
He can prove if my words are nothing more than lies or not.
Who would have known that
our enemy knows the people of Han Prefecture so well?
Who are you calling the enemy?
The Murus and Muyuns are the enemies of Han Prefecture.
Could I ask you for a favor?
Ask away.
When we meet on the battlefield...
don't look into my eyes.
Can you promise me that?
Yes, I promise.
Good.
Tomorrow, Su He will break the spell for me.
Can you keep me company for a day?
Just one day.
Just pretend that the spell was never cast on me.
Just pretend that I really am fond of you.
Men of Han Prefecture shouldn't be so timid.
Are you scared that I would steal you away for life?
A-Mu, do I look pretty?
I shouldn't be the one to answer that.
If only you were born on the prairie, that would have been great.
Indeed.
If it were so, how wonderful it would be.
I could then be his woman.
For a lifetime.
We could rides horses across the prairie.
We could fight hand in hand on the battlefield.
We could drink under the moon.
I could whisper words of love to him in bed.
I have so many words of affection to say to him.
In our next life...
may you be born on the prairie.
May we born of the same clan.
Then I can meet you sooner.
Hold on to you.
Be with you.
For a hundred years...
A-Mu...
Did you hear that?
He likes me.
He has made me a promise.
Silly child...
That is a promise made for your next life.
So what if it is?
The next life has to come sooner or later.
As long as I have this promise...
I'm no longer frightened.
I'll be waiting...
Do I look pretty?
Where are we going?
I don't know!
Don't stop!
Don't lift your head up to look either!
As long as we don't see the sun rise and fall
this day will never end!
This day can last forever!
Two people who are in love will have to part after one day.
How sad.
A day is very short in one's life.
But it can also be very long.
Who said that you can't steal a person's lifetime away in a day?
Sometimes, all it takes is a glance.
Do you have someone on your mind?
If you keep dreaming of this person, does that make her someone you love?
When I was a child, I often saw my mother braiding my father's hair.
Let me braid your hair this once.
If... I am a woman of Han Prefecture
let me braid my man's hair just once.
This braid is tangled with my yearning for you.
It's tangled with words that I wish to say to you but can't.
It is tangled with tears of mine that fall because of my yearning for you
in the many days of this lifetime I won't get to see you.
Fortunately...
you've made me a promise for our next lifetime.
Can I hear you say it again?
In our next lifetime...
please be born on the prairie.
Be born in my clan.
Then I can meet you quickly.
Hold on to you.
Be with you...
for a lifetime.
Luckily...
I'm destined not to live long in this lifetime--
Women of Han Prefecture do not speak slightly of one's life.
I won't say it then.
I will also make you a promise.
In order to find you in my next life...
In the last moment of this lifetime...
I will surely look at you.
You have to leave now?
Be careful on your way.
A day is actually so short?
However...
it's as if it were a lifetime.
It's good enough.
She's left?
Yes.
It will take her half a month to walk back to her camp from here.
Did she have enough ration on her?
She had taken off her armor.
What about her weapons?
There are wolves along the way.
It isn't too late now to bring her back.
I never thought that a day could be so short.
Someone said...
it's as if it were a lifetime.
That's good enough.
Understood.
It's good enough.
You haven't broken the spell for her yet.
I already did a long time ago.
The second day she came back for you, I'd already broken the spell for her.
Why didn't you tell me sooner?
I ended up giving her the cold shoulder for so long.
Don't you already understand what her feelings are for you?
What could you have done even if I'd told you sooner?
God Pandar!
The battle wielded!
The world destroyed!
Resurrection!
We're grateful to God Pander for watching over
all creation in Han Prefecture.
We live on the same land.
We respect one another.
The wind sweeps across the prairie!
It shall spread the words we wish to say to all spirits.
Then the spirits shall pass on our message throughout Han Prefecture.
Oh, wind...
Please carry our message with you.
The Iron Wielder has returned.
The name of the Iron Wielder is--
Helan Tie Yuan!
Our Iron Wielder!
Is it because you have lost the woman you love
that you're forsaking your responsibility for the entire Han Prefecture?
You are right.
It is indeed because of her.
But she also made me realize
how I should be responsible for Han Prefecture.
Han Prefecture now believes only in the strong.
Until I become powerful, more lives will be lost.
More time will fleet by.
This is unfair to Han Prefecture.
Only by relying on the currently powerful leader
can I truly guide Han Prefecture to freedom.
"King"...
It is just a title.
Let the strong bring hope to Han Prefecture in the way we wish.
This is my true wish.
Granny.
How do we use the wind to carry our messages?
They will stand on the highest peak of the mountain
and right in the center of the plains.
They will stand next to the nests of northern birds.
They will stand by the widest river.
Then they will release the wind-speech bubbles.
Some people in the clans throughout Han Prefecture
might be informed in their dreams.
"The Iron Wielder has returned!"
"Helan Tie Yuan is our new Iron Wielder!"
Some will hear the northern birds singing high up in the trees.
"The Iron Wielder has returned!"
"Helan Tie Yuan is our new Iron Wielder!"
Some will hear the sheep talking amongst themselves while drinking water.
"The Iron Wielder has returned."
"Helan Tie Yuan is our new Iron Wielder!"
Certainly, they won't believe these words right away.
This is...
It's just a seed.
It will be buried in the hearts of Han Prefecture's people.
It will soon sprout.
We should get going.
The new master of the Iron King Sword is waiting for it.
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