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♫ Gazing homewards, my tears fall and I break up inside ♫
♫ Dust seals the past and carves past wounds in my memory ♫
♫ The sky darkens and the night is endless, searching for a ray of light ♫
♫ I craft a medallion to shine a light on the way ahead ♫
♫ Flying against the wind, my ruthlessness grows wild ♫
♫ I will protect my beliefs ♫
♫ Listen as the past fades like smoke ♫
♫ Past wrongs have not been resolved ♫
♫ Once my sword leaves its scabbard, the earth will move and the mountains will shake ♫
♫ The flame of rage burns, the spirit roars ♫
♫ I will return to glory and rise above the clouds ♫
[Sword Dynasty]
If you didn't feel that some things were more important than life and death,
why did you seek me out in the first place?
And why rebel against the Heng king in secret?
Are you saying that the person who came to the shop today was Li Lingjun?
Yes.
I especially came here for the purpose of proposing marriage to Miss Zhangsun.
[Episode 3]
This is a log to record the wine brewing recipes.
This is rose.
That is osmanthus.
Are you nervous?
It's because...
I actually don't know how to brew wine.
There are a dozen or so steps in brewing wine.
I can never remember despite my nephew always reminding me.
That's why I'm using this method.
[Bai Gongfeng: Bureau of Heavenly Supervision]
You can go back.
Yes.
I want to have a private chat with Chief Ye.
[Marquis Fang, Seventh Realm: Head of the 11 Marquis, very loyal to his king, one of the mastermind in the destruction of Ba Mountain Academy and Liang Jingmeng]
Murong Cheng.
He is a little stupid,
but he is still young.
His potential to cultivate and the speed to break through realms are acceptable.
I thought I could teach him well.
But I didn't expect that, even before I could teach him,
he was cut down by your sword.
How is Murong Cheng related to you?
Why do you pretend to be muddle-headed?
You knew that he was about to marry into my manor
and killed him off.
If you don't give me a proper explanation today,
in the future,
who will respect the House of Marquis Fang?
I will counter one sword strike from you,
wouldn't it be considered paying respect to you?
No wonder you are the only female chief investigator in Great Heng.
Bold.
I'm beginning to like your personality.
Why waste time talking.
Come on.
The first heaven produces water. Your cultivation has reached the seventh realm, Mountain Moving Realm.
Very interesting.
She was quite strong.
You countered my sword strike, so you'll suffer some pain,
but you'll be safe for now.
Pain, pain, pain!
You are Ding Ning?
Sir, have we met?
He indeed has the body of Irreversible Fiery Yang.
Sir, are you all right?
Come on out.
You shouldn't have followed her.
She came to the tavern first to test me.
Did she find anything?
I hid my cultivation using the method you taught me.
She shouldn't have realized anything.
She tested me, too.
From now on, she won't suspect us.
Countless people in Fengming City want me to die.
I must look strong in front of people.
Only by being strong will I be able to survive.
[Chen Xuan: Superintendent of Holy Capital Surveillance]
I reminded you early on.
Once you touch Murong Cheng, Marquis Fang won't easily let you go.
Aren't you here just to know if Song Shenshu died from the divine art Nine-Death Silkworm?
I can tell you.
Yes.
Song Shenshu died of Nine-Death Silkworm?
Marquis Dugu died from Stone Mill Sword Technique.
All of these must be related to that person.
Could he have a descendant?
This is medicine to treat wounds.
Chen Xuan, the one in the Great Floating Water Prison,
who exactly is he?
Qianxue, you should like these flowers.
I've never told you that I liked osmanthus flowers.
Maybe because I smelled osmanthus fragrance when I was training you.
This was the first time I smelled fragrant flowers on you. Do you like them?
I like them.
Someone sent you flowers again?
Could it be from Li Lingjun?
Why are you so upset?
You don't think they are from Teacher, do you?
Don't you hate Teacher?
It is unrelated to hatred.
It's because he is the only one who knows
that I love the osmanthus flower the most.
My next chess piece should be coming.
[Fragrance Overflowing to All Corners]
[Wang Taixu: leader of Two-Story Tower]
Anyone here?
We're closed. Come early tomorrow morning.
I'm not here to drink wine.
You're looking for my little aunt? Come early in the morning.
I'm looking for you.
For me?
[Knowing Blade Upon Smelling the Fragrance]
Why are you looking for me?
Who are you?
Recently, a yellow-robed bookkeeping master came to this alley
to collect rent from you. You didn't pay.
He said he'd return in a few days, but he hasn't come.
No. Are you with Two-Story Tower or Jinlintang?
Two-Story Tower.
To be more precise, anything to do with Two-Story Tower is under my command.
The head of Two-Story Tower looks this weak?
I am Wang Taixu.
I may have fought too hard in territorial fights with Jinlintang.
My body is a little weakened.
You dared to offend someone as high in status as Li Lingjun?
I've been in Fengming CIty for a long time.
But I've never met anyone like you, not caring about the magnanimity of things,
who can see and handle things clearly.
I need a strategist like you.
Another way to say it, I need a partner like you.
But I also want to hear your opinion about the conflict
between us and Jinlintang.
Actually, your situation now
is about the same as Li Lingjun.
Next, if you can establish your footing further,
swallow up Jinlintang in one bite,
then your stature in Fengming City will go up a tier.
However, the key point right now
is that it also contains many dangers and risks.
Two-Story Tower is now like
a boat that is full of holes during a rainstorm.
What made you think
that I will get on your leaky boat?
What benefits do you want?
If I have it, I will agree to anything.
Agree to anything?
Does that include entering your sect to cultivate?
You want to be a cultivator?
I want to enter Min Mountain Sword Sect.
Did you know that the entire Min Mountain Sword Sect
doesn't accept more than several dozens of students in a year?
In Great Heng, even in
the faraway neighboring nations,
how many young men like you are there
who have reached the suitable age?
I cannot directly get you into Min Mountain Sword Sect.
But I can first get you into
those sects who are qualified to apply for Min Mountain Sword Trials.
As long as you can pass the trial,
you can still become a disciple of the Min Mountain Sword Sect.
But why do you insist on entering Min Mountain Sword Sect?
Someone told me that I can't live beyond 30 years of age.
I have a body of Irreversible Fiery Yang.
My organs are too active and will lead to early weakness.
Therefore, Min Mountain Sword Sect
has cultivation methods that can help you live longer?
I think... if you can help me,
I can help you, too.
How do you want me to help you?
Two-Story Tower is so passive now
because Marquis Dugu, our sponsor, has been assassinated.
I think Jinlintang is aiming at this weakness,
that's why they dare to take action on us.
Marquis Dugu was actually your sponsor?
- Let's go take a walk? - Where to?
- Since we're going to collaborate, why don't you tell me more about Two-Story Tower? - Okay.
LIttle Aunt, I'm going out with a friend for a while!
Come back soon.
I think Jinlintang has been so bold lately
because we've lost our sponsor.
Wanting to take over Marquis Dugu's business
is probably not that simple as conflicts between sects in the martial arts universe.
Perhaps, there is someone else behind the scene,
or there is a new power coming from outside of Fengming City.
Continue.
In the entire Fengming City, the only person who doesn't care about His Majesty's thoughts is Minster Li.
And he surely doesn't care about measly meat like Two-Story Tower.
If he really wants to do it,
perhaps, your whole gang has been eliminated.
He would find someone who understands the rules to do it slowly.
As for the other elites in Fengming,
they all have to be mindful of His Majesty and Minister Li.
So, I speculate that it's a new power coming from outside of Fengming.
However, what I'm particularly curious about
is about what really happened during the fight that made you so weak.
We killed 53 of their people.
Six of them were cultivators.
The oldest, Tang Que, happened to be away from Fengming.
So, what will they do next?
Tang Que has convinced Thunder Rain Hall's Fatty Zhang.
They are coming over to negotiate with us tonight.
Not just the timing, but you have the advantage in location and people.
However you look at it,
they are asking you to be merciful and not kill every one of them off.
Even though the situation looks more advantageous for you,
but there are hidden dangers.
They agree on all the conditions so that you will be at ease to attend the banquet.
Besides, the sponsor behind Tang Que can't admit defeat that easily.
He will definitely let Jinlintang take a gamble.
You must come with me to tonight's banquet.
If I can live through this safely, I and Two-Story Tower will never forget you.
In a little while, Fatty Zhang will bring his people over.
Beside him is a fair-faced scholar.
It's his adopted son, Zhong Xiu.
Zhong Xiu is probably the highest-level cultivator in Thunder Rain Hall.
There is also a single-eyed man, Tang Mengchen.
Among the most capable ones in Jinlintang,
Tang Que is the highest cultivator. He has reached the fifth realm.
That one is your hired fighter?
You've waited long!
Brother Wang, they did everything according to your orders.
They didn't bring anyone else here.
You are the host here tonight. Why don't you speak first?
Since this is a negotiation, my demand is very simple.
Jinlintang...
will disappear from Fengming from now on.
Then we're done.
I don't understand where you obtained such confidence.
Acting and pretending to have strength,
bringing an unknown youngster,
and a fortuneteller from under the bridge.
This is more than sufficient.
White Goat Cave.
Biting off more than you can chew.
Insufficient skills.
Enough people have died tonight.
You can leave.
Thank you, Master Li.
This person that you picked is pretty good.
You can let him enter the sect.
Is it all finished?
From this day on, you are a disciple of White Goat Cave.
Your Majesty,
the 11th Marquis's position has been vacant after the death of Marquis Dugu.
According to Great Heng's tradition, we should select someone from the military to shoulder this important role.
I've submitted a list of qualified candidates from the military. [Minister Li: Prime Minister of the Heng Kingdom]
Please decide, Your Majesty.
[Liang Lian]
[Liang Lian: Commander-in-Chief of the Northwestern Tiger-Wolf Army] [Qi Pomo: Military Adviser of Tiger-Wolf Army]
General, do we need to enter the palace first?
No. I want to first clean up
some people and things in Fengming.
Do you really have to do this?
I have to become a cultivator as soon as possible.
That day, you must have heard what Wang Taixu said to me.
You should understand that being able to easily enter White Goat Cave
is an opportunity that I've waited for years but haven't gotten.
So, I must not miss it.
You are too rash.
Our original plan was to not get into cultivation
before your body is fully restored.
Even if you are protected by the Nine-Death Silkworm,
it is still a very dangerous thing for your Irreversible Fiery Yang body to leave our double cultivation method.
You should know that you could lose your life if there is any mistake.
Rest assured. I'll be even more careful than before.
I won't lose my life so easily.
You insist on entering Min Mountain Sword Sect
so that you can obtain the Heavenly Replenishing Divine Art?
Yes.
Heavenly Replenishing Divine Art will not only keep me alive,
it can make me even stronger.
What should I do next? Deal with Marquis Fang?
Don't worry for now. You haven't cultivated your life source sword.
What you'll need to do next
is to patiently wait for me in bed.
We'll cultivate together.
You...
Good morning, Tower Leader.
Good morning, Brother.
Thank you for keeping your promise.
In the martial arts universe, a promise is worth 1,000 pieces of gold.
I already followed your orders
and threw away those Jinlintang people's corpses into the river.
Is this kind of action huge enough?
Can we really lure their sponsor?
But after we've lured him out,
what is the next step?
Little Aunt, I'm leaving!
[Wutong Falls Tavern]
[Closed for One Day]
[Liang Jingmeng's old home] ♫ The wind silently looks back ♫
♫ The hero's sword enters the throat ♫
♫ Viewing the world with arrogance ♫
♫ Striding across the seasons ♫
♫ A cup of hero's wine ♫
♫ One cycle of reincarnation, with no debts or regrets ♫
♫ Old friends hardly return ♫
♫ Looking back at the martial world, my hair has turned white ♫
[Memorial Tablet for Sword Master Liang Jingmeng] ♫ I don't demand a chance to start over ♫
Your disciple Ding Ning has started his moves.
From this moment on, we do not have a way to retreat.
But you don't need to feel grateful.
What I'm doing is definitely not for you.
What you've done to the Gongsun family,
the destruction of the Gonsun family, I have never forgotten it for a minute.
♫ A hero's destiny is hard to defy ♫
♫ I've traveled through spring and autumn ♫
♫ A smitten heart flows to the east ♫
♫ Love, hate, dust, and dirt ♫
Who are you?
The divine art Nine-Death Silkworm has never been taught to outsiders.
You are... Young Mistress Gongsun?
You know me?
I am the only disciple that Teacher taught the divine art Nine-Death Silkworm to.
He let you cultivate here?
Teacher's order is that if ever Ba Mountain is in peril,
I must return this sword to a Gongsun family member.
That's how...
everything happened.
You're saying the entire Jinlintang has been practically destroyed
because of a youngster from the tavern
and a cultivator from the White Goat Cave?
Yes.
Useless thing.
Not worth keeping.
It doesn't matter what methods you use,
find out where that youngster went.
My Lady, White Goat Cave would not give us the Spirit Vein.
Now, it has interfered with Jinlintang's conflict. [Palace Maid Rong]
People at home would like to know your opinion.
Any cultivated site is Great Heng's treasure.
But the premise is, they must give allegiance to Great Heng and never becomes a stumbling block to our kingdom.
White Goat Cave has overstepped their boundaries.
It's time to make them pay.
Please give guidance on how to punish White Goat Cave.
Merge it with Green Vine Sword School.
Fengming from now on has no more White Goat Cave.
Also, warn Liang Lian and Jinlintang.
In Fengming, it's not like battling troops from enemy nations.
One must use more gentle ways.
The water runs deep in Fengming. Don't think that
they can easily run over anyone.
Yes, My Lady.
I'll see you off here. [Zhou Sansheng: from Two-Story Tower]
Thank you.
You're too courteous.
Why are so many people welcoming you today?
I don't think they are welcoming me into White Goat Cave.
Brother, I need to tell you something.
Holding back momentary anger, you can save a hundred days of trouble.
- Farewell. - Farewell.
When could outsiders enter
White Goat Cave anytime as they wish?
- First Senior. - First Senior.
[Jiang Li: White Goat Cave]
Everyone, stop messing around.
This is Teacher's decision.
Teacher's decision?
First Senior, this is against the rules.
He didn't participate in the entrance tournament and enters the sect directly.
It's not only unfair to us,
it's also unfair to all the rejected ones for hundreds of years.
Many people wish to enter.
If he wants to enter, he should first demonstrate that he is capable. [Sun Xing, White Goat Cave]
He must enter our White Goat Cave's test. [Sun Xing, White Goat Cave]
I must pass this mountain entrance today.
You guys set the rules.
Are you sure?
Since I've come here, I'm not afraid.
No wonder White Goat Cave will suffer such a calamity.
Because you only know infighting. [Nangong Caishu: Green Vine Sword School]
Bullshit!
Who are you? What are you?
I'm not a what.
If my guess is right,
you must be White Goat Cave's youngest disciple, Shen Bai.
Your father is Shen Feijing.
He was a subordinate of General Nangong Puocheng.
How do you know?
I am a disciple of Green Vine Sword School, Nangong Caishu.
My father is Nangong Puocheng.
What's wrong? Now that you know my identity,
you're afraid of saying what you said previously?
This is your so-called fairness?
If we were at my Green Vine Sword School,
if our headmaster had agreed to let someone in,
we would not block the entrance to prevent him from going through.
Isn't this just an easy entrance exam?
Why make it so complicated?
Don't assume the exam is like a child's game.
There are over a thousand people who participate in this entrance exam,
but only a few can pass the test.
Please.
The first one is the Flowing Stone Disk test. From among many moving beads, you must
find five beads that contain divine light.
Find three,
then you can pass this test.
Those five beads are almost the same as the other beads.
Even if you spread them on white linen at the same time,
you may not be able to discern them quickly.
Under this flowing condition,
I wouldn't have full confidence even if I had to do it again.
That's right. In the previous tests,
most of the candidates failed
right in front of the Flowing Stone Disk.
Today is the first step of me appearing in front of so many people in Fengming.
This first step will determine how I will be in the future.
I've hidden and tolerated for many years.
The flowers on that wall have bloomed more and more.
Some people are living in comfort.
But others are barely surviving in the dark dirty water,
being neither human nor ghost.
So, the first test here at White Goat Cave is testing your calmness.
The first step to becoming a cultivator
is to quiet down my mind and not hold any sidetracking thoughts.
This is how I can feel the five energies inside my body.
The fastest record previously at White Goat Cave
was half an incense's burning time. (T/N: about 15 minutes)
This is impossible. So incredible to believe.
Second Senior Brother.
Not a single sign of being a cultivator.
Four right out of five.
Next test.
This is a Perception Statue. Perception is a naturally endowed ability.
For some people, even if they can achieve inner calmness,
they cannot perceive the existence of their five energies and the primal energy of nature.
Without this endowed ability, then you cannot become a real cultivator.
The sword held by the statue is empty inside.
If you can sense the flowing energy inside the statue,
you can direct it to flow out of the sword.
As long as I can direct the energy to flow out,
that would mean I pass and qualify?
Exactly so.
If I pass this test, then can I officially enter the mountain gate and cultivate?
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♫ The wind silently looks back ♫
♫The hero's sword enters the throat ♫
♫ Viewing the world with arrogance ♫
♫ Striding across the seasons ♫
♫ A cup of hero's wine ♫
♫ One cycle of reincarnation ♫
♫ With no debts or regrets ♫
♫ Old friends hardly return ♫
♫ Looking back at the martial world ♫
♫ My hair has turned white ♫
♫ I don't demand a chance to start over ♫
♫ One song, two tracks of tears ♫
♫ Dancing my sword while raising a cup of leftover wine ♫
♫ The past has turned to ash ♫
♫ A hero's destiny is hard to defy ♫
♫ I've traveled through spring and autumn ♫
♫ A smitten heart flows to the east ♫
♫ Love, hate, dust, and dirt ♫
♫ Laughingly talking about joys and sorrows ♫