Sword Dynasty
Episode 7
Baiyang and Qingteng have merged.
The atmosphere of the Sword Sacrifice Trial is so different this time.
And Mr. Xue, you've reached the seventh realm,
which is a great honor for us all.
Thank you, Mr. Di. I'm flattered.
I'm just an old idler
who came to watch the trial.
If you need any favor,
we'll be all at your service.
Master.
Sir.
The Sword Sacrifice Trial
is an annual tradition of Qingteng Sword School.
And this year, we have Baiyang Cave with us.
The winner is going to have
this Green Jade Amber,
so you must work harder than usual.
Duanmu.
Master.
Practitioners should not stick to trifles,
but we should follow the rules.
The participants are supposed to pass through the Sword Sacrifice Valley
within three days.
At midday every day,
a smoke signal will be released,
and the participants are supposed to get to the designated area before sunset.
Every participant
is going to have a token with them.
In the valley,
no participant should travel in company with another.
When two participants meet,
the winner can have the token of the defeated after a battle
and the defeated will be eliminated.
When there are only three participants left, a smoke signal will be released
to end this trial.
The one who gets the most tokens in this trial
is going to be the final winner.
The rules are to your disadvantage.
Among these participants,
the practice levels of He Zhaoxi,
Jiang Li
and Sun Xing
are above the medium grade of the third realm,
so they're the most likely to win.
For the stronger participants like them,
the rules are surely
to their advantage.
But it doesn't mean the trial is unfair,
because the trial
is supposed to select the strongest disciple.
But you've just practiced for a short time.
And the trial under these rules
is quite energy-consuming.
I'm afraid you can't handle it.
It's fine.
Since there're rules,
there're bound to be ways to deal with them.
Everyone, please follow me.
Ding Ning! My brother-in-law!
Go for it! You're the best!
I believe in you!
Ding Ning, go for it! Brother-in-law, go for it!
Stop it.
Ding Ning,
take care.
Ding Ning, go for it! Brother-in-law, go for it!
Choose a vine and get down there.
The specified time interval is 20 breaths.
Got it?
Yes.
Take care.
And don't rush.
You too.
Run when you can't win.
For this kind of long-term trial,
no one knows what will happen in the end.
You go first or I do?
I'll take the lead.
I hope you can always be in the lead.
Thank you.
Come.
Watch out.
I'll take the lead.
Go.
Sis! Sis!
Look! Ding Ning is so awesome!
This is impossible.
Normal practitioners couldn't achieve this level
of swordsmanship after a whole year's hard work.
How could he grasp
the Scripture of Wildfire Sword
within such a short period of time?
This is impossible,
unless
he is also a genius like those
from the Minshan Sword Sect.
Vines are less flexible
than the swords in the hands of practitioners.
Let's see how he will be doing
when he meets a real practitioner
in a while.
Mr. Duanmu,
I think what you said just now is inappropriate.
For the moment at least,
Ding Ning has already done better
than most of the participants down there.
Don't be too certain about things,
or you might embarrass yourself.
Ding Ning,
you're the most excellent genius
in Baiyang Cave lately,
but today,
you are the first one I'm going to eliminate.
Good sword!
What's its name?
It's called Dark Fire,
made by the Secret Fire Sword Forging Workshop in Liuquan Prefecture.
Why is Ding Ning running away, Sis?
Wangxu.
He doesn't dare to face a sword in a practitioner's hand.
I don't think
he's so excellent
as you imagined.
Sis, you...
It's not too late to regret.
Yeah! Look! Look! Look!
Ding Ning is so awesome!
Look! Look!
That's my brother-in-law!
He defeated the Dark Fire Sword from the Secret Fire Sword Forging Workshop
with just a broken sword.
He was just lucky.
If there hadn't been such a trap,
the one who has got defeated
would have been Ding Ning.
It's a kind of skill to take advantage
of everything around you.
It's a pity
that in most battles between practitioners,
there is usually nothing you can take advantage of.
Compared with this kind of small tricks,
I prefer to trust the real abilities.
I lost.
Thank you for helping me in spite of what happened between us before.
Thanks.
Why is Ding Ning using
such a broken sword?
Can't Baiyang Cave
afford to buy him a good sword?
Yeah! Yeah!
Tell me if you can't afford it!
We can afford it!
-We can... -You!
Ding Ning might have done a good job,
but his practice level is limited
and his physical condition
is obviously worse than that of the other participants.
The game has just started.
Release the smoke signal.
That's...
Oh, no!
The smoke signal is released
and Ding Ning doesn't have too much time left.
Ding Ning, Ding Ning, go for it!
Don't get eliminated now, Ding Ning!
It seems he is in danger.
Even if he is a genius who can know the truth of mystery in half a day,
he has taken a wrong direction.
In such a short time
and with his practice level,
I don't think he can make it to the designated area in time.
I...
I want to see Baili Suxue.
You are...?
Gongsun Qianxue.
Miss Gongsun, please wait for a moment.
I'm going to report to my lord.
Thank you.
Miss Gongsun who disappeared so many years ago
shows up in Minshan again.
I'm so flattered.
You're a straightforward man.
Today I'm here
with an unreasonable demand.
Since it's unreasonable,
please go back.
If it were for myself,
I wouldn't have showed up here.
But today I'm here
for the Bashan Sword Field
and for That Man's...
For Liang Jingmeng's disciple.
I don't have a problem with you,
but please don't mention Liang Jingmeng
in front of me ever again.
Why?
You were supposed to be friends.
I know this is ridiculous.
He was not a likeable man.
But he has been dead for ten years
and his only disciple
is planning to carry out
an impossible mission
with steadfast determination.
He wants to kill the King of Heng.
Since the time when I met him
and learned about his plan,
to today when he got into Baiyang Cave to practice
with a body of yang hyperactivity.
He won't make it to 30 years old,
and the practice
might end his life earlier.
He knows this is a road of no return,
but he has never thought about giving up.
You mean
he wants to get into the Minshan Swordsmanship Tournament
through Baiyang Cave
to obtain the Life-sustaining Magic Art?
I just can't watch him
waste his life without doing anything.
Please, for the sake
of your friendship with Liang Jingmeng,
lend the Life-sustaining Magic Art to him.
We were not friends.
But in terms of swordsmanship
and practice level,
he could be considered a great master.
Many years ago,
I gave up on him.
After he died,
I set a rule
that the Bashan disciples
would not be allowed to set foot in Minshan again,
about which even Ye Zhen and Yuan Wu
can do nothing.
No Minshan disciples can break
the rules I've set!
Only the final winner of the Minshan Swordsmanship Tournament
has the chance to learn the Life-sustaining Magic Art.
Miss Gongsun,
I'm afraid you have to go home disappointed.
Ding Ning, my brother-in-law, go for it!
I know you.
You are Sun Xing
and your practice level
has been above the medium grade of the third realm.
Do you really think
I'll be patient enough to wait for you to finish all that?
Compared with battling it out with you right now,
I think we have some better option.
What better option?
I don't want to waste too much time.
The less time we waste in the first five realms,
the more time we can spend on
making the breakthrough to reach the sixth realm.
This is just a trial
and I don't want to waste too much energy here.
If we can solve the problem in one or two days,
why should we make it three?
Two lions together hunt
faster than only one.
So you mean
we should hunt together?
I wonder how many participants will survive
before dark.
Or,
shall we battle it out right now?
I accept your offer,
because I'm not a patient man either.
Besides,
I don't like
to be watched like a monkey.
Good.
Let's take this as the boundary.
Deal.
What are they doing?
They want to share the victory.
Ding Ning hasn't met someone
who can eliminate him right away,
but the longer it takes, the more energy will be consumed.
He might be defeated
by someone who was no match for him at the beginning.
You're right.
But Sun Xing is too proud
and He Zhaoxi is too confident.
For them,
it's not difficult to survive,
but it's hard to become the final winner.
Because their opponents are no one else,
but
themselves.
Jiang Li!
Sun Xing.
Sun Xing,
as you know,
the Sword Sacrifice Trial is a fair trial
and we fellow disciples have to battle it out with each other,
so,
excuse me.
You lost.
Sun Xing,
the battle between us
is just a game.
No offense.
I understand it. It's just a game.
Here.
By the way,
I've collected some medicinal fruit just now.
Take it.
Thank you, Jiang Li.
Petty kindness.
He Zhaoxi!
I don't want to run into you actually.
Now since we're here,
I think you must be willing to fight.
And I've been wanting to fight with you since long ago
to see how big
the gap is between us.
I'm in great condition
and my practice level is higher than yours,
so,
I'll let you attack three times without fighting back.
Whatever.
That's just your opinion.
Silverfish Water Skiing.
Swordfish Tailwhip.
Catfish Snow Searching!
You've attacked three times and now it's my turn.
Secret Fish Style!
Ding Ning!
Why did he go over there?
Yeah. He should have just run away.
He ran into the two most excellent disciples
of Qingteng Sword School.
It seems he wants to be defeated.
Come.
Slowly.
Ding Ning,
why did you come here?
I'm here to take the advantage.
One of you has consumed a lot of vitality
and the other is severely wounded.
Isn't it the best time to take the advantage?
Don't move.
Nangong,
if you don't stop your bleeding now,
I'm afraid someone else is really going to take your advantage.
You want to help her?
It's not forbidden!
I'm glad that she has such a friend like you.
But you're too weak.
Ding Ning, don't mind me.
-Just go! -Shut up!
Mind yourself.
We haven't tried it.
How do you know I can't defeat you?
Besides, with my speed and physical strength,
I can't run away from you anyway.
Please.
Ding Ning.
Take another one!
This is awesome!
Ding Ning defeated He Zhaoxi
with just an elixir.
Awesome! So awesome!
Not bad.
Yes.
The more talented he is,
the less he can waste his talents.
This elixir is so powerful
that I'm afraid it'll have some
negative effects on him.
Ding Ning!
Elixir Swordsmanship.
Nangong Caishu
gave this elixir to me before the trial.
You've never practiced the Elixir Swordsmanship before.
She just gave this elixir to you
and you would risk your life to protect her.
Ding Ning,
you're surely a worthy friend.
You used that Golden Elixir?
Good.
I lost.
Thank you. Thank you.
Every time you say Ding Ning is going to lose,
he wins in the end.
Please say that more often.
Thank you. Thank you.
Stop it.
It's still too early to be happy.
Sun Xing!
Brilliant!
It was really a brilliant fight just now.
But the most brilliant part
is the result.
No one has expected that the strongest disciple
of Qingteng Sword School, He Zhaoxi
would be defeated by a junior disciple
who has just joined in.
If I knew it earlier,
I should have battled it out with you.
Yes.
I find it a pity too.
I thought the one who would battle with you here
should be Jiang Li.
In that case, I would be able to eliminate the last threat
to me once and for all.
It's not decent
to take advantage of others' difficulties.
A decent and wise man knows how to take advantage of everything.
A man good at fighting makes the best use of the circumstances.
Attacking your enemy in their prime
is foolish.
But it's not a battle
between enemies,
but a trial between fellows.
Since we can't see eye to eye,
why not just save the breath?
In fact, I admire your temperament.
But when joining in the sect,
we chose different sides,
so we dislike each other.
You're so not hypocritical.
When your opponent has consumed a lot of vitality,
you defeated him with the help of an elixir,
which means you're good at making use of things.
I just wonder if you're confident enough
to try my sword.
This is getting even more interesting.
Let's see who's going to win in the end.
There's a wide gap between the levels of Ding Ning and Sun Xing.
I'm afraid...
The one that I find promising won't be defeated so easily.
Sun Xing,
we're fellows and we should help each other.
Now Baiyang Cave has been affiliated to Qingteng Sword School,
but after all, we came from
the same institution for practice.
Don't make it so hard for Ding Ning.
Jiang Li, do you want to join us too?
Ding Ning,
did you win?
I was just lucky.
If it had been somewhere else out there,
I wouldn't have won.
You won
and I admit defeat.
See you.
He Zhaoxi has been defeated.
If we eliminate the two of them,
one of us is going to be the winner
of this trial.
Do you really want to take their side?
This trial
is not as important as our fellowship.
What if I insist taking their tokens
against you?
Then I'll try my best
to stop you.
Jiang Li,
you and Sun Xing,
which one of you is stronger?
Jiang Li,
I don't want to fight against you.
But according to the rules,
participants can't travel in company with each other.
I don't think
you can protect them
for the whole time.
Sun Xing,
you're just venting your spite.
Please listen to me!
If you're too proud of yourself and jealous of the others,
it'll hinder your practice!
Jiang Li,
do you mean that?
Of course.
Why did you ask that?
You're really an upright man!
And I was
using my own yardstick to measure the motive of an upright man.
I thought you just want to embarrass him.
I really want him to reform himself.
Or it's hard to say
about his future.
How would I want to embarrass him?
But I think
it's hard for him
to change.
I took his advantage to defeat him,
so you should take this token.
Miss Nangong,
take it.
The disciples of Baiyang Cave
would never take others' advantage.
Thank you.
According to the rules,
we can't travel in company,
so Ding Ning,
Miss Nangong,
please take care.
We're going to make it to the end!
OK.