If Jin Guangyao wanted to gain a firm foothold in the Jin Clan of Lanling,
he had to have a reliable father-in-law like Qin to support him.
He must have been so willing to marry her.
As for abhorrence,
Jin Guangyao...
He's unparalleled.
Who could be worse than him?
-Yes. -Yes.
No wonder he told Qin Su in the treasure vault
that Song must die.
Look at that.
Am I right?
I already heard that his son wasn't killed by others
but himself.
Clan Leader Yao,
what are you saying?
We all know
that children born from siblings
are very likely to be retarded.
When the child is still young,
people may not yet discover it.
Yet when he grows up,
the retardation
will reveal itself gradually.
If they really had a retarded child,
then the others
might point fingers at him or gossip behind his back.
They might even say
that he could have a retarded child
because of his blood from a whore,
and rumors similar to that.
Besides, please consider that
the one who was accused of murdering Jin Rusong
was exactly who voted against his promotion as His Excellency.
How could coincidences like these happen?
So he decided to go to the whole hog that he killed his own son, Jin Rusong,
and shifted the responsibility to the opponent clan leader.
Then in the name of revenging his son,
he wiped out his objector's clan above the board.
Although it's ruthless,
he did kill two birds with one stone.
Lianfang Zun is so cunning.
At the Cultivation Conference in Carp Tower,
did you meet Qin Su?
I...
That night, inside the Fragrance Hall,
Qin Su and Jin Guangyao had a quarrel.
She said that she had met someone
and that person told her something
and gave her a letter.
She claimed that person would never lie to her.
Was that you?
Yes.
Why did you decide to leak the secret suddenly
after keeping it for so many years?
And why do you want it known by the public now?
Because...
Because I want my lady to know
what kind of person her husband really is.
At first, I didn't want to make it public,
but my lady
killed herself in Carp Tower without any reason.
I have to reveal the nature of that man who's worse than a beast
and to comfort my madam and my lady.
You don't know that?
The reason for her suicide is
because you told her the truth.
I disagree with you.
Must she keep the secret?
Hey.
That bracelet is a good one.
Yet what's the background of the one
who sent you two here today?
Why should we focus on this?
We only need to know
that it's somebody of justice
and he must be on our side.
-Yes. -Exactly.
-On our side. -Exactly.
Many skeptical points remain.
What are they?
So many.
First,
why did Sisi survive it
after more than 20 people were killed
since Jin Guangyao is so cruel?
Now we have the witness,
but where is the evidence?
We will find out sooner or later since we already know the truth.
At that time, Jin Guangyao depended on playing up
to Red Blade Master and Zewu Jun to climb his ladder up.
Or as the son of a whore,
how can he achieve his position today?
He dared to kill Red Blade Master.
Now Zewu Jun is in his hands.
I hope nothing bad would happen.
Not only his sworn brother,
but his own brothers were also his targets.
Before Jin Guangshan died,
he was busy dealing with other bastards of his father
and afraid that they would contend with him for the power.
Now it seems that Mo Xuanyu is lucky.
He might have also disappeared
just like the rest
if he hadn't been kicked out for being crazy.
The death of Jin Zixuan
must be associated with him.
Don't forget,
he is also involved in Xue Yang's case.
Xue Yang's escape at that time
must be related to Jin Guangyao.
Yes.
Isn't the Stygian Tiger Amulet that controls the puppets made by Xue Yang?
So now it seems this Master Jin
killed his father, brothers, son,
master, and fiends.
So terrible indeed.
As for what happened today,
in my opinion,
Jin Guangyao noticed that the other clans
are expanding and becoming stronger in these years.
A sense of danger crept up in his mind.
Because he's afraid that he would be thrown over
just like the Wen Clan of Qishan in the past.
That's why he decided to finish it for good
and schemed to get all of us killed.
Such being the case,
we should realize what he fears most.
How about we besiege Carp Tower this time?
-Yes! Besiege Carp Tower! -Yes! Besiege Carp Tower!
-Capture Jin Guangyao alive! -Capture Jin Guangyao alive!
Just before today,
this scary figure was the well-respected Lianfang Zun.
It's unexpected
that he is now the public enemy all of a sudden.
-Capture Jin Guangyao alive! -Capture Jin Guangyao alive!
Master Wei.
Since Jin Guangyao controls the amulet,
you are the best one to cope with that.
Right.
As for evil tricks,
no one can be better than you, Yiling Patriarch.
Now Jin Guangyao is going to meet his doom.
-Yes. -Yes.
-It makes sense. -Exactly.
-Right. -Capture Jin Guangyao alive.
Burn him and scatter his cremains!
Lan Zhan, what's your opinion?
The one who sent the letter is clear,
but who wrote it?
He first saved Sisi
and persuaded her to testify.
And then he bribed Bicao
to tell the truth to Qin Su.
And he chose this timing
to let those two tell all the secrets of Jin Guangyao to the public.
Every step is well-considered
and his shrewdness
is no less than that of Jin Guangyao.
But I assume it was the man in black who guided us to find Red Blade Master.
No evidence has been found yet.
Whether he's a friend or not
and what his intention is
can't be judged simply now.
But pieces of evidence for Jin Guangyao are enough.
He's doomed.
That is something obvious.
I'll send a message to my brother
to remind him to be cautious.
JIANG CLAN'S ANCESTRAL SHRINE
What's wrong?
Nothing.
It's the ancestral hall of the Jiang Clan.
Do you want to enter?
No.
Clan Leader Jiang.
Madam Yu.
Yanli.
It's me.
I'm here again to disturb you.
YU ZIYUAN
JIANG FENGMIAN
JIANG YANLI
I used to be
a frequenter here.
Madam Yu often punished me.
I heard a little.
Since it had been spread to Gusu,
it wasn't "a little" anymore.
But after so many years,
I've never seen another woman
being so irritable as Madam Yu.
She often asked me to kneel down in the ancestral hall
just for some trifles.
My fault.
Won't you tell Jiang Cheng?
I don't know.
At least not yet.
After all,
you two are sworn brothers.
Since the misunderstanding between us is so deep,
it's not that easy to solve.
Besides...
the Stygian Tiger Amulet was created by me.
Even if Jin Guangyao is there or not,
the fact can't be changed.
Wei Wuxian.
You still take yourself as one of Jiang Clan?
Come and go at any time you like.
Then bring people here when you wish.
Do you remember whose house this is?
Who's the owner?
I didn't take Hanguang Jun
to any confidential places in Lotus Pier.
I just brought him here to offer some incense
to Clan Leader Jiang and Madam Yu.
We're leaving.
You really should kneel down to them.
For coming to their presence to destroy the view
and ruin their quietness.
Clan Leader Jiang,
pay attention to your words.
What did you say?
I think someone else needs to watch his behavior.
You have already been kicked out of our family.
How dare you enter and face my parents
and my sister?
-Jiang Wanyin. -Lan Zhan.
Lan Zhan, let's go.
Go as far as you can.
I don't want to see you awful people again
before my dead family.
Jiang Cheng,
scold me as you like,
but not the others.
Shall I be nice to him?
Wei Wuxian.
You have such a bad memory.
Then I must remind you.
It's because you wanted to be the hero
to save the Second Master Lan, who is standing beside you,
the whole Lotus Pier
and my parents died because of that.
Isn't it enough?
You saved people from the Wen Clan.
And my sister died because of that.
So great you are!
What's more,
you are so generous
to bring those two to Lotus Pier,
letting your Ghost General wander before my door
and Second Master Lan offer incense.
Aren't you deliberately making me and them unhappy?
Second Master Lan,
you also gave me a deep impression.
As one of the famous Twin Jades of Lan,
you can ignore the reputation of your clan
to collude with Yiling Patriarch, Wei Wuxian.
You really are the honor of your uncle and brother.
Jiang Wanyin!
Apologize this instant.
Apologize?
Why should I?
Because I insulted your great friendship?
Are you done?
Let's fight then!
Shall I be afraid of you two?
JIANG YANLI
Wei Ying.
Lan Zhan.
Let's go.
Okay.
Stop.
Why?
Weren't you tough just now?
Aren't you ready for a fight? Let's do it!
Let him go.
Wei Ying.
Lan Zhan, let's go.
Okay.
Stop.
Piss off.
Who permitted your entrance into Lotus Pier?
How dare you?
What do you want?
Unsheathe it.
I'm warning you.
If you don't want to be burned into ashes again,
get your feet out of the land of Lotus Pier.
Get out!
Do it.
Unsheathe it.
So what if I unsheathe it?
It unsealed itself?
No, it didn't.
It's still sealed
until now.
If you sheathe it
and ask others to unsheathe it,
no matter who they are,
they can't unsheathe it.
Why?
Why can I unsheathe it?
Because the sword
recognizes you as Master Wei.
What do you mean by that?
How can it do that?
Why me?
Because the golden core running your spiritual power
inside your body
is his.
Qing.
Will he wake up?
He won't.
Come out.
Change the core then.
What nonsense are you talking about?
Nothing.
Shut up!
My golden core.
My golden core...
Baoshan Sanren repaired it for you.
How do you know that?
He even told you that?
No.
Master Wei never told this to anyone.
I saw it myself.
You're lying.
You were there?
Impossible!
I was the only one there.
It's impossible that you were following me.
I didn't follow you.
Liar!
Then you can listen to me and tell it yourself.
When ascending the mountain,
you were wearing a piece of black cloth on your eyes
and held a long branch.
You passed by a stone forest when you topped the mountain
which took you almost an hour to detour.
Then you heard the sound of a bell
that disturbed a group of birds.
You held the branch firmly
as you do to swords.
When the sound of the bell died down,
the point of one sword was at your heart.
You heard a woman's voice
who forbid your advancing.
Who are you and why are you here?
I'm the son of Cangse Sanren,
who was the disciple of Baoshan Sanren.
I, Wei Ying,
came all the way here to see Baoshan Sanren.
You stopped there,
looking very nervous
with a little excitement.
The girl lowered her voice
and asked who you were
and why you came there.
-You answered-- -Shut up!
You answered
that you're the son of Cangse Sanren,
Wei Ying.
You told her about the extermination of your clan
and the chaos in Lotus Pier
and that your golden core was crushed by Core-Melting Hand, Wen Zhuliu.
The woman asked about your parents repeatedly.
When you answered the last one,
you smelled a fit of fragrance
and fainted.
How do you know that?
I told you
I was there.
Not only me,
so was Master Wei.
Not only us,
my sister, Wen Qing,
she was also there.
Clan Leader Jiang,
did you really think
that was where Baoshan Sanren secludes herself?
It was no more than a deserted mountain in Yiling.
No.
No!
You're lying.
Why are you lying?
Then why was my golden core...
Why was my golden core repaired?
It wasn't repaired at all.
No.
No!
No.
Clan Leader Jiang.
You should have guessed it now.
The reason why you thought it was repaired
was because of my sister,
the best doctor in the Wen Clan of Qishan,
Wen Qing.
She took the golden core out of Master Wei
and put it into your body.
Why do you think
he never used his sword again?
Because he's young and arrogant?
Does he really like being criticized
directly or indirectly
that he is ill-bred?
It's because it's useless to carry the sword.
He lost his golden core
with little spiritual power left.
Once he unsheathes the sword,
he can't last for a while.
Your sword.
Wei Wuxian. I found your sword for you.
Why aren't you carrying it?
I said I wasn't in the mood.
You should carry your sword in such a public situation next time.
How many times
do you need to scrub your sword a day?
Where is yours? How long ago did you scrub it?
As for his crafty tricks,
what do you think
is the reason he turned to crafty tricks suddenly
and become Yiling Patriarch hated by all?
It's because
he doesn't have the golden core
and can no longer practice swords.
That's the reason.
He had no choice.
Don't be so mad, Jiang Cheng.
Go away.
Are you fine? Too drunk to manage your spiritual power?
Look at yourself.
Saying something about reviving the Jiang Clan with me.
Stay there.
Jiang Cheng,
this is your only chance.
Don't be so impulsive next time!
Take this sword
to the dining hall or training ground
or anywhere you like.
Find anyone
and ask them to unsheathe the sword.
You can see whether they can do it or not
and whether I lied or not.
Clan Leader Jiang.
No.
Being so eager to win,
you compete with others your whole life,
but do you know
you were supposed
to be beneath forever?
No.
No!
No.
All of you are lying.
Lying!
Second Master Lan.
Let's leave this place with Master Wei.
Second Master Lan.
What?
Please keep it a secret for now
that I've leaked the fact about the golden core.
Because
he warned me
that I should never expose it.
Although he will know it one day...
Be assured.
Thank you for speaking for us in Carp Tower at that time.
I always remembered that.
Thank you.
Thank you all the more for taking care of Yuan
for so many years.
I thought that all of the members of my clan
died.
That none of them survived.
But unexpectedly,
Yuan is alive.
He looks similar to my cousin
when he was in his 20s.
On that day,
when the Wen Clan were captured and killed,
I went to Burial Mounds to seek Wei Ying
but discovered Yuan instead.
He was hiding there for so long
that he had a fever
and was severely ill.
I knew it must be the illness.
He can't remember anything from the past.
I had a long conversation with him.
He kept talking about you.
He used to talk about Master Wei,
but never about me.
Didn't you tell him?
About his birth origin?
He's happy now.
Knowing too much about the past
and remembering something heavy
would make him less happy than now.
Sooner or later, he'll know.
Yes.
Sooner or later.
Just like Master Wei and Clan Leader Jiang.
The core change.
Clan Leader Jiang will know it finally.
He can't be kept in the dark for his whole life.
Is it painful?
What?
Taking out the core.
Is it painful?
You won't believe me
if I say it's not, right?
I thought Wen Qing might have some method.
Before ascending the mountain,
my sister did make many anesthetics
to ease the pain when taking out the golden core.
Yet she discovered
that they can't be put into use.
Because when taking the golden core out of the body,
if the person is in narcosis,
the golden core will be affected
and it'll be hard to make sure if the core won't dissipate
and when it'll dissipate.
So...
So the one who donates the core
has to be awake all the time.
He should be sober enough
to see the golden core which connects to the spiritual vein
be separated from his body
and feel the surging spiritual power
die down,
little by little,
until it is motionless
and nothing can be felt.
Awake?
Two nights and one day.
He has to be awake.
At that time,
what were the chances?
Fifty percent.
Fifty percent?
After all,
no one has ever done this kind of change of golden core before.
No one will be willing to give his own golden core to others.
Because it means
that person will become mediocre
and can never ascend to the top.
So...
When Master Wei asked my sister to do that,
she disagreed with it at first.
But he kept asking her and said that 50 percent was good enough.
At least it's 50 percent.
Even if it failed and his core was wasted,
he wouldn't regret it.
But Clan Leader Jiang is different
and he's too eager to win
and care too much about his cultivation.
Cultivation is his life.
If Clan Leader Jiang can only be
mediocre,
then his whole life will be done.
Why did you give up the sword
for something else?
What do you really want?
There will be a price for learning wicked tricks.
There's no exception throughout history.
These tricks harm your body
and your temperament more.
How do others
know my temperament?
Wei Wuxian.
Lan Zhan.
How did we get out?
We had a fight.
I knew that
Jiang Cheng wouldn't let me go so easily.
Such a badass.
So unreasonable.
Lan Zhan,
you should forget
what he said.
He's been like that since we were children.
When he was mad,
he would say anything really harsh,
ignoring all politeness and etiquette.
If it could upset the others,
he would say anything.
After so many years,
he has made little progress on that.
So don't take it seriously.
We are...
Master, we are at a lake in Lotus Pier.
Sure, I know.
I often played with Yanli here when we were children.
Xian.
Come and have some lotus seeds.
Yanli.
Master Wei.
Master.
We are the closest three
in the world.
Yanli.
I'm hungry.
Why do you still act like a child?
Master, what's wrong?
I'm hungry.
Lan Zhan.
Wen Ning.
It's perfect timing to be here now.
Wei Ying.
What?
Does this lake
belong to someone?
Of course not.
I heard that lakes here all have owners.
Hanguang Jun, you really hear much, don't you?
I don't even know that.
Fine.
Wen Ning.
Let's go.
Only today.
The paper butterfly messenger from the Jin Clan?
What happened?
What did it say?
Jin Guangyao just arrived at Yunmeng.
Why did he come here rather than stay in Lanling?
My brother didn't return my message.
You worry that Jin Guangyao
would harm him when desperate?
Anyway, Jin Guangyao's action
is hard to predict.
TITLE DEED
"Yunmeng.
Yunping City."
I got it.
Lan Zhan.
I got it.
What?
I know where he's heading.
Where?
Yunping City.
Yunping City?
Yes.
Lan Zhan, do you remember
I once told you that inside the hidden chamber in the Fragrance Hall,
besides the head of Red Blade Master
and the Collection of Turmoil,
there was a title deed.
That place is inside Yunping City.
Where is it?
I don't know.
But I remember the address.
Since the Jin Clan of Lanling is so rich,
if this place is not a place valued by him,
he wouldn't have put Red Blade Master's head
with the title deed.
So I believe that if Jin Guangyao comes to Yunmeng,
Yunping City is his destination.
Wen Ning.
Yunping City.
Excuse me.
Can I ask if this is Yunping City?
Yes, it is.
Thanks.
Okay.
Lan Zhan, here we are.
Let's have a look in the city first.
Master.
-Pass it to me. -Master.
Master.
Hey!
Don't bully him!
Master.
Lan Zhan.
You even have kept it until now.
You won't get it.
Master.
Look, there are many butterflies.
Butterflies.
So many butterflies.
Butterflies. Over there.