My friend.
We've been acquainted for many years.
In spite of what I've done,
you should understand
how I was treating you.
Now I renounce the leader of all cultivation clans.
And the amulet was given in.
I'll set off to Dongying after this night
without ever coming back.
For the sake of all those things,
please give me another chance.
"My friend."
I made it clear to you
when you planned the Burial Mounds Siege so obstinately
that you should never
call me that
ever again.
Clan Leader Lan.
What happened at Burial Mounds was a moment of weakness,
a huge mistake.
But...
There was no turning back for me.
What do you mean by "no turning back"?
-You-- -Zewu Jun.
Don't talk too much with him.
That's right, Zewu Jun.
Have you forgotten what you just said to Clan Leader Jiang?
Let's save our breaths.
Clan Leader Lan,
everything I said was true.
I received a letter.
What letter?
A threatening letter.
The letter says
all the things I have done
will be made public in seven days.
I can either apologize and kill myself
or wait for my execution.
That's the reason why you gathered all of the clans
and tried to lead another Burial Mounds Siege.
Seven days later,
even if your foul deeds were revealed to the whole world,
everyone would be too drained to hold you accountable after the siege.
Even if that is true,
you should not have gone the whole way and settled on murder.
-The way you tried to fix things-- -What options do I have?
Wait until the exposure of my secrets
and the rumors soar above the cities?
Wait until I become a joke to all of the cultivation clans
so I would kneel down to apologize to everyone
by offering my face for their treading and beg for their mercy?
Clan Leader Lan,
there is no other way.
It is either their death
or mine.
Isn't this conundrum all because you...
If you hadn't done all of those foul deeds,
how could anyone have come across the evidence to hold against you?
I don't deny the things that I was accused of.
You cannot deny the truth.
You...
If not for lack of choice, why would I have done those things?
Clan Leader Lan.
Do you really not believe in me at all?
Fine. Let me ask you a few questions.
Tell me the truth one by one.
Zewu Jun!
Wangji, I know what I am doing.
He won't be able to try anything.
First of all,
your younger sister,
Qin Su,
why did you marry her while knowing
you two were blood siblings?
But I really had no choice.
Clan Leader Lan.
I couldn't refuse to marry her.
How come you had no choice?
It was your marriage!
Not marrying her would have been
much better than destroying a girl who loved
and respected you
with all her heart, right?
Clan Leader Lan.
Didn't I love her with all my heart as well?
Yes,
that was indeed my marriage.
But could I really not have married her
with just my own words?
Your naivety has shocked me.
I spent so much effort, went through such lengths,
to ask Qin Cangye for his permission to marry his daughter.
As the wedding day approached,
I finally satisfied both Qin Cangye and Jin Guangshan.
If all of a sudden I called off the wedding,
what excuse would I have?
What should I have said to the two of them?
Clan Leader Lan,
do you know how I felt when Madam Qin came to me
to secretly reveal the truth just when I thought everything was perfect?
It wouldn't have scared me more
if a streak of lightning
sliced through my skull!
Do you know why she didn't go to Jin Guangshan
and begged me in secrecy instead?
It was because she was raped by Jin Guangshan!
That good father of mine,
he even could do that thing to the wife of his subordinate
who had followed him for years.
He didn't even remember that he had a daughter by blood.
All these years, she didn't even
have the courage to tell the truth to her husband.
If all of a sudden I broke off the engagement,
causing a falling out between Jin Guangshan and Qin Cangye,
who do you think would be the one
to blame by both sides and finish with a tragic end?
It's probably true
that you had no choice.
Even if you had to marry her,
you could have given her the cold shoulder.
But why did you get her pregnant...
With everything that happened,
I don't even know who should I detest.
The father who acted like a beast
or the man I had become, so paranoid and hypersensitive.
So you killed him too,
your father.
Yes.
I killed him.
And in such a despicable way.
Yes.
BLOSSOM PAVILION
I've got you your favorite women.
Many of them.
Are you pleased?
Yao!
Now you have confessed
to the previous two accounts.
I have another question for you.
How about Jin Zixuan?
No chicaneries!
You tell me,
did you single-handedly arrange
the death of Young Master Jin?
Jin Zixuan.
It was true that I didn't run into him by accident.
What did you do?
What the heck did you do?
Say it!
Yao.
Hurry.
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Yao, what are you doing here?
What happened?
Nothing.
Yao, you always avoid eye contact when you are lying.
Spit it out.
What is going on?
Yao.
It's all my fault.
I turned away for a second and didn't notice that
Zixun gathered a crew and went to...
To where?
Where else could they possibly go? To Qiongqi Way to ambush Wei Wuxian.
What?
Why didn't you stop him?
How would I know?
He just said he was going to go out.
I am not in a position to meddle in his business.
I will go after him.
Why?
Jin Guangyao,
why the hell did you do such a thing?
Tell me why did you have to do it?
Why?
Say something.
Why did you do it?
Why?
Ling.
Could you please tell me why?
Tell me.
Why do I put a smile on my face for everyone,
yet I won't necessarily receive the lowest form of respect in return
while your father, who was arrogant and self-important,
was sought after by people?
Can you tell me why
even though we shared the same father,
your dad could spend the day home at leisure,
with the love of his life playing with his child
while I
had to be deployed by my father by blood
to do all the dirty work without even getting the slightest appreciation?
Why is it that even though we were born on the same day,
Jin Guangshan could host
a grand banquet for one son,
and meanwhile, watch with his own eyes
how his subordinate kicked his other son down the Carp Tower?
He asked his man to kick me down the Carp Tower
from the top of the stairs
to the very end.
Ling,
now you tell me
why
did all these things happen to me?
It is not that I do not want to be a good man.
To this father of mine,
I once had hopes as well.
In the past, as long as it was his command,
no matter if it was to set Master Wei up
or to protect Xue Yang,
no matter how foolish it was,
how much hatred I would get,
I would obey without hesitation.
Ling,
do you know what it was that made me lose hope completely?
It wasn't because in his mind,
I was less than nothing to him when compared to Jin Zixuan,
or that he took back Mo Xuanyu,
or that he wouldn't even let me hold you,
or that he tried every possible way to make me a mere figurehead.
It was that...
That...
One time, when he was out on the racket as usual,
he let the words slip out of his mouth to the hooker next to him.
Do you know why a clan leader like him who spent money like water
was unwilling to do the smallest favor
and buy my mother's freedom?
Pay for her freedom?
It's not going to happen.
Women are trouble.
Especially those who had read a few books.
I would never be able to get rid of her
if I had paid for her freedom.
Have a grape.
Delicious.
It is delicious.
Master,
don't you have a son?
A son?
No, forget it.
Let's drink.
Here.
Clan Leader Lan,
you see,
as a son,
I'm worth no more than three words to him.
"No, forget it."
Even if your father...
You...
What is the use
of saying all this now?
It is too late.
Everything is too late now.
There is nothing I can do now.
Seeking pity
after doing all the bad things.
That...
That's the kind of person I am.
Jin Ling!
Do not move.
Wei Wuxian, haven't you confiscated his weapons already?
I did confiscate all his strings!
Unless Jin Guangyao is powerful enough
to pull things out of thin air.
He hid it inside his body.
Good for you.
Ling!
There's no need to be so agitated.
After all, I watched Ling grow up.
Same as before,
you go your way and I'll go mine.
In no time,
you guys will find Ling perfectly unharmed.
Jin Guangyao,
if you want a hostage,
let it be me, same deal.
No, it won't be.
Clan Leader Jiang, you're injured.
It's difficult for you to move.
You'll hold me back.
Clan Leader Jin,
didn't you forget to take something very important with you?
Your loyal subject is still here with me.
Clan Leader, there's no need to mind me.
Much appreciated.
Clan Leader Jin,
you lied again.
Just this once.
There'll be no next time.
That was what you said last time.
I can no longer tell which words of yours are true.
Sizhui.
Master Wei, Hanguang Jun.
I couldn't stop him.
Stop who?
Mingjue!
Baxia.
Nie Mingjue.
No, that's not right. It is Wen Ning.
Wei Wuxian, what is going on?
Why is Wen Ning holding Baxia?
I don't know.
Sizhui, what happened?
I have no clue either.
He was like this when I saw him outside.
I tried to stop him, but I couldn't.
What is happening?
Why is Wen Ning not listening to me?
Could it be...
He is possessed by the blade spirit.
Wei Wuxian! Jin Ling!
Jin Ling.
Jin Ling, are you all right?
I am fine.
Clan Leader!
Clan Leader Lan, do you have any herbal medicine?
Please help us.
Our clan leader has always been respectful to you.
Please help our clan leader.
Clan Leader.
-Clan Leader, run! -Shut up!
Wen Qionglin.
Master.
Wen Ning.
Master.
I can't control it.
You...
I will try to stop it.
You guys go.
Master Wei.
Wei Wuxian!
No...
Su She, why did you try to kill me?
No...
Help!
No, I didn't...
No, I didn't.
It was you!
Help!
-Help! -No, I didn't.
It wasn't me.
Watch out!
Clan Leader.
Minshan.
GUANYIN PAVILION
It hurts.
Be gentle, please, Lan Xichen.
Is my leg still attached to my body, Lan Xichen?
It is okay, Huaisang.
Don't be afraid.
It was just a stab wound.
You didn't break your leg.
A stab wound?
How can I not be afraid if I got stabbed?
Lan Xichen, help me!
I am dying!
It is not that bad.
Here, take this.
It will help with the pain.
How come I'm so unfortunate?
I got caught by that Su Minshan on the way for no reason.
Be gentle.
Please be gentle.
He had to stab me even when he was running away!
Didn't he know he could've just pushed me out of the way?
Did he have to use his sword?
It hurts.
You have some rest.
Here.
Clan Leader Jin,
please do not carry out any meaningless acts.
Otherwise,
I will spare no mercy.
Thank you, Zewu Jun.
Huaisang,
hand me over the bottle of medicine.
Sure.
Huaisang.
Lan Xichen, watch your back!
You!
What happened?
I...
I just saw...
No.
I mean...
I saw Clan Leader Jin's hand reaching behind.
I wasn't sure if he was going to...
If he was going to...