A bloody letter...
could really make Chang An abandon so many people?
Before we left, Wan Mei made a solemn vow and told me this.
If she's in a trouble,
her shadow...
would surely not sit by and watch.
The ancestors of Xie family.
I, Xie Huan, is an unfilial descendant.
I've previously made a promise to someone.
I need to temporarily leave Feng Ming Hill and go to her rescue.
This action of mine...
failed the blood of the royal family in me.
It failed the great kindness of the ancestors.
It has even more failed the world.
I offer my apology here.
King of Chu!
This is the first decree that I make.
It's hard.
But, all of you must do it out-and-out.
Only then, there'll be a ray of hope for Wu's kingdom.
This scent is elegant and penetrates right to the bottom of my heart.
Even my headache gets better already.
Miss Wan Xiang's scent indeed has a well-deserved reputation.
Thank you.
But, recently, I couldn't sleep well.
There's something that I couldn't figure out.
I hope that you can give me the answer to that.
I'll surely speak without reserve.
I remember...
Wan Mei and you came to Gui Hua City at the same time.
Both of you are sworn enemies, right?
Yes.
Well, she took away your Jue Sha position.
You should hate her very much, isn't it?
Yes.
That's odd.
The other day at Bi An Palace,
why did you kneel down and plead for her?
I... I...
It was a momentary lapse in judgement.
Lift up your head. Look at me when you talk.
Repeat once more about the things that I just asked you.
Master Mei!
Master Mei, Master Xiang is in trouble!
City Master will surely not spare her.
Please save her!
Are you sure that's Cha Wu's bone?
I can't be sure.
You dare not even identify your mother's bone.
How ridiculous.
Cha Wu wasn't my mother.
If she was...
how could I possibly kill her with my own hands?
Is that so?
But, earlier, when you were at Chui Xing House,
those weren't the things you said to my Seven Colours Glaze.
You said your mother recognized you before the duel.
That's why she spared you...
and sacrificed herself.
I was talking nonsense.
You're in luck.
I think this...
is indeed your mother's leg bone.
Take a look.
She got this blade mark on the bone,
when she was out on a mission in Jinling seven years ago.
What about this?
If you would really like to prove that Cha Wu wasn't your mother...
break this leg bone,
shatter it and turn it into ashes.
I'll believe you then.
Break it.
Look at yourself.
You want to die?
It's not that easy.
Even if Cha Wu was my mother...
she sacrificed herself to save me. What had she done wrong?
What have I done wrong?
You've quite some nerves!
Your mother and you deceived the City Master.
You dare to question me what have you done wrong?
I won't concede.
I won't concede!
Even so, it's pointless.
Do you think that Gui Hua City is a place where you can defend yourself?
Or do you think with your usual character...
there'll be anyone who would step forward...
to speak for you?
Look at that.
How ridiculous!
Wan Xiang.
That's a hand bone.
City Master is lying to you.
Wan Xiang came to Gui Hua City to search for her mother.
That's a human nature.
Cha Wu sacrificed herself for her daughter.
That's perfectly justified.
Moreover, Gui Hua City continues to exist for hundred years.
There have always been rules of the city.
Even if you're the City Master,
you shouldn't have all the say in here and do as you please.
Miss Wan Mei.
Who do you think you are to stand here...
and say such a thing to me?
I will give up the sword to demonstrate my sincere convictions...
to the thirteen City Master, Cha Luo...
and send out my challenge to a duel.
A Gui Hua City's shadow who was once as tiny as an ant.
He has now become King of Chu...
after a period of absence.
Congratulations.
Could that bloody letter be your congratulatory gift?
It's meant to lure me away so that you can fish in troubled waters?
It's true that Wan Mei is in trouble.
His Majesty has issued the decree,
to let Cha Luo assume control of Gui Hua City.
If I intervene at this time...
I would be defying the order.
You knew I would leave.
With your affection for one another,
that would suffice to make you choose honour over life.
Moreover, Wan Mei is in danger this time...
because of you.
Have you thought about it?
If I turn back now...
I would still be able to ruin your plan in time.
But, have you thought about it?
I chose to wait for you at the place that you must pass through.
It's so that when you're being indecisive...
I can kill you with a single blow.
Two years ago, you've once fought against me at Bi An Palace.
You should know that you're no match for me.
How do you know that...
I didn't conserve my real ability?
It's pointless for us to put up such a desperate fight.
- Why don't you dismiss the army? - You can return to the court...
and say the rebel army in Jiangcheng has retreated.
Then, you can happily take credit for the military achievements.
Jiangcheng is a good location.
But, Liang army has been eyeing covetously.
You'll surely be caught in between two fires.
So, we should set up a trap to wipe out Liang army.
I've put everything in order.
Prince.
You wield military power because of the chaos.
If the world is peaceful...
why would Prince Jin need you?
Even if I've gotten rid of you...
Liang will still exist.
Liang and Jin have been fighting for a long time.
Both are of equal strength.
They can become allies at any time.
By then, I, the self-proclaimed King of Chu who has an army,
would most likely be your best help.
How do I trust you?
I swear by Wan Mei's life.
My words carry enormous weight. I'm a man of my word.
I've thought about it.
Even if the blood bugs weren't retrieved,
I'm surely no match for Cha Luo.
So, I can't fight this solely based on the martial skills.
I need to resort to some tricks.
But, what are you referring to by that?
I need a poison.
A chronic poison.
The poison attack will develop in ten minutes time.
Also, it'll spread to the whole body and dissolve in the blood.
There is.
But, these chronic poisons have strong scent.
City Master is taking precautions in everything.
- You won't stand a chance to... - It's not for the City Master.
Before the battle,
I'll take the poison.
I'll cut City Master during the battle and leave a wound on her body.
Use my blood as poison and dissolve it in her wound.
That would surely kill her.
No way.
If you do that, I'll surely not give you the poison.
There must be other ways.
Sister, you know...
this is the best way.
Three years ago,
I should have been dead.
I have lived more than a thousand days now.
Although I'm with dismay...
I don't regret it.
City Master, you're looking for me?
The new shoes look quite nice.
Who made it for you?
I just got it from Ji Gu Pavilion.
The colour is so bright.
The person who made it put a great effort in it.
I wonder why you're looking for me.
I have nothing to do in my spare time.
So, I prepared a gift for you.
Take a look.
How is it?
This is the most skilful hand in Gui Hua City.
It's Liu Yun's hand.
Do you like it?
City Master, you're too much.
This is Gui Hua City.
In Gui Hua City...
I am the law.
I am the god.
Whoever dares to go against me...
I'll chop her into pieces and feed her to the dogs.
I merely chopped of one of her hands.
I didn't kill her.
I didn't take her life too.
How am I too much?
She lost this hand.
She's as good as dead. What else do you want?
Do you feel heartache?
It's only Liu Yun.
Is it so important to you?
Let me ask you.
Liu Yun stayed behind closed doors.
What did she do wrong?
She covets something that doesn't belong to her.
That's her mistake.
Think about Liu Guang.
Liu Guang had such a friendship with you.
But, she had never send you clothes.
That's because Liu Guang knew your temperament. She dared not!
Liu Guang dared not. But, Liu Yun dares to!
City Master.
Gui Hua City has such accomplishment today.
- These people made contributions... - All right! All right!
You want to say that I don't cherish old friendships, right?
That I'm vicious and cruel, right?
All right.
If so, while she's still alive...
you can plead for her.
You...
love to plead for others the most, isn't it?
Is this a dream?
No.
Didn't you promise...
that you'll live well?
Chang An!
After the prince withdrew himself from Gui Hua City...
Cha Luo was so anxious to take over this place.
After that, the first thing she did...
was to find an excuse.
She asked me to go to Chui Xing House...
and wanted me dead.
I argued strongly on just grounds.
Cha Luo lost the argument and made an attack.
I didn't expect that...
right before City Master...
all of them stood out...
and pleaded for me.
Although Gui Hua City is a dark place,
the affection is there.
They probably remember you risked your life to get a decree from the palace,
and saved Gui Hua City.
But, right now...
a few of them is dead.
Recently...
more bones have been cast into Rebirth Pond...
compared to the past few months.
The poisonous insects couldn't digest in time.
The colour of the water in this pond is getting darker.
Last night...
Cha Luo asked Wan Xiang to come here.
She made her fish out her mother's bone...
to shatter and turn it into ashes.
I couldn't stand it anymore.
I used my position as Jue Sha...
to send out a challenge to Cha Luo.
Wan Mei.
You've no chance of winning.
It's not necessary.
King of Gu trumps out counterchange more often than usual,
and greatly affects her strength.
I might not necessarily lose.
But, I won't let you take the risk.
While you were away...
I've managed to get through it on my own.
No way..
Leave with me.
After I've consolidated the army, I'll lead them to attack Gui Hua City.
But, those who pleaded for me wouldn't survive till then.
Chang An, I'm just like them.
We are the poor people living in this chaotic world.
I can't watch them die for me.
Wan Mei.
I abandoned the people in Jiangcheng not to return to Gui Hua City.
I'm not here to watch you die too.
Chang An, trust me.
I have the opportunity.
You know it too.
I'm a stubborn person.
If you want me to leave and abandon them...
I would rather die.
You rushed back here.
How many days have you not been sleeping?
Three to four days.
It's all right.
You rode the horse and rushed for three to four days.
How can that be all right?
Don't keep staring at me.
Lie down and rest for a while.
Well, I...
I'll rest for ten minutes.
After dawn...
I'll wake you up.
Chang An.
I didn't mean to lie to you.
But, you've lost too much for my sake.
I don't want you to do anything else for me.
I'll leave after handing over some tasks to you.
Please.
Chang An is back.
Does he know you're taking the poison to bring City Master down with you?
He doesn't know.
I merely told him that I've sent out the challenge to City Master,
and will go all out in the battle.
I drugged him to let him sleep.
You said you've some tasks to hand over to me.
I presume it's related to Chang An.
That's right.
Chang An is in a deep slumber.
He should be sleeping for at least two days.
The day after tomorrow...
I'll battle with Cha Luo.
Gui Hua City will surely be in chaos.
So, I need your help to seize the chance and take Chang An away.
All right.
I won't let you down.
If Chang An wakes up...
please pass this message to him.
Tell him this.
At this final moment...
I could still get to see him.
I'm contented.
In the future...
so long as he lives well...
that would be the best way to remember me.
Chang An.
You must...
You must live well.
Miss Wan Mei.
What's the matter?
Your shadow, secretly came back to Gui Hua City.
Just now, he failed to assassinate City Master.
City Master sent me to get you...
Miss Wan Mei!
Miss Mei is here.
I didn't wrongly accuse your shadow.
Even if he has defected from Gui Hua City,
his evil intentions are still the same.
Why?
I have a blood feud with Cha Luo.
This has nothing to do with Master Mei.
Why did you come to throw your life away?
You're finally here.
Fortunately, I've arranged highly skilled people to protect me.
If I wait for you...
I would have died a long time ago.
I think...
he and his Master Mei are accomplices.
He must be afraid that his Master Mei couldn't beat me.
That's why he came to assassinate me on his own.
Not at all!
Anything you say now doesn't count.
Only by taking you to the torture chamber...
and torture you for good.
Then, your words would count.
Lord of Torture Chamber, am I right?
You're right.
I'll take him to the torture chamber now and interrogate strictly.
But, Lord of Torture Chamber...
seem to be very merciful to Chang An.
I'll send someone else then.
No need.
I'll show no mercy this time.
Take him away.
I beg you to shift the battle to an earlier date.
Shift to an earlier date?
When is it?
Now.
What do you take this place for?
Can it be changed just because you said so?
Or do you think after retrieving the blood bugs...
you could still defeat me to save your shadow?
I won't change it.
You still have one day's time left to welcome your final moment.
This golden hammer is small but heavy.
City Master used it to break the walnuts.
I'll start from here in a short while.
I'll break your bones one by one.
None will be spared.
The best ending...
is that you can't walk for the rest of your life.
Are you ready?
I can't lose.
If I go down together with Cha Luo...
Xing Feng will surely not spare Chang An.
It's full moon today.
Is City Master...
suffering from the counterchange trumps out by King of Gu again?
Yes.
But even so...
your Master Mei wouldn't stand a change to win.
If City Master wins...
Gui Hua City...
will surely become a living hell.
Thence, there'll be no more ray of lights ahead.
No matter how wrong City Master is...
she has never let me down.
I'll surely not let her down too.
This is not...
the reason you hesitated.
It's because she has turned into such a state.
Is it still worth it?
She has killed so many people.
It seems like an infinite glory.
But, every step that goes under her feet is a sharp knife.
You know she's suffering.
You said all of these.
You're just hoping that your master will survive.
She's not just my master.
She's also...
the person I love.
I can put it this way.
She's the only person that I care for the most in this world.
Of course I want her to live.
Why are you so silly then?
Why didn't you secretly take her away?
You just had to walk right into the trap.
Wan Mei.
She constantly keep the people of Gui Hua City in mind.
She refused to leave.
I don't want her to be troubled all her life.
I've thought for a long time.
I decided to take a bet.
It's a shame.
You've lost.
What I bet on...
isn't that I'll succeed in assassinating City Master.
My bet is on you instead.
I'll never betray City Master even till my death.
You've once said this.
So long as I have unswerving loyalty to my master...
and take no account of life or death,
you'll spare our lives.
Even up till now, I've been wanting to ask this.
Why did you say those things?
Why?
- I don't know either. - I know.
You see the person I am today...
and thought of the person you were in the past.
In your heart...
you've accompanied Cha Luo through all her madness up till now.
You've regretted it too.
Even if you understand me...
What then?
I'll spare you.
But, your Master Mei can never defeat City Master.
I have read the information.
You've once learned Jia Yi Cultivation Skills.
You know how to pass on the skills to others.
You want to pass your inner force to Wan Mei?
That's right.
You're now being subjected to this kind of severe punishment.
Without your inner force,
you'll die for sure.
If not...
how do I persuade you?
After all, the condition you gave is that...
I take no account of life or death with my master.
Have you thought about it?
Even if she gets your inner force...
Wan Mei might not necessarily win.
At least...
it's fair.
If we can turn back the time...
and once more return to ten years ago...
Cha Luo...
isn't who she is today.
There's no bloodshed in Gui Hua City.
I...
bet that you...
wish to see all of these too.