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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 ♫
♫ The flame of rage burns, the spirit roars ♫
♫ I will return to glory and rise above the clouds ♫
[Sword Dynasty]
[Episode 13]
- They are using the same swords. - Great Heng forbids ranked swordsmen conduct private duels.
That's the Blunt Black Iron Sword especially made for the Sword Trials.
The blade isn't sharpened yet, so that's it's absolutely fair.
That took pains for a good intention.
Which one is Ding Ning?
Looking for me?
Me looking for you? It's clearly because you sent us a challenge note that I have come here.
When did I ever challenge you?
Brother-in-law, I did it for you.
When did I ever say I wanted to challenge anybody?
I was the one that asked him to find someone.
That day, your fight with Xie Changsheng was really boring.
So I asked him to find a couple of opponents for you.
One, for you to practice.
Second, to make me, your master, happy.
You found a little too many, didn't you?
Good luck.
i am Lu Duofeng, ranked 81.
These two are Zhou Xieyi, in 86,
and Xin Jianli, in 91. Perhaps you recall?
Why should I remember those who rank behind me?
Arrogant!
I never could think it through.
Why did Hong Yang Academy rank you ahead of us?
It's useless to talk about it. Let's use the swords to talk.
Eldest Senior Brother, help me keep those two Blunt Black Iron Swords.
Junior Brother, have you decided?
If there's a problem, naturally, it has to be resolved.
But, you've never used the Blunt Black Iron Sword.
I let you keep the swords because, firstly, you are my Senior Brother.
Secondly, you are always dawdling.
That's why I'm speaking out loud to make you more decisive.
Your Junior Brother is actually right. Hurry and go.
Yes, Master. Just wait a moment.
Brother Chen, please wait. May I borrow two of the Blunt Black Iron Swords?
I am Jiang Li from White Goat Cave of Blue Vine Sword School.
If it's for dueling, I don't think anything would refuse to loan the swords.
Thank you, Brother Chen.
I'm limited in strength, so I can only duel with one of you.
If the other two are dissatisfied, you can find my Junior Brother.
I... The sky is so blue.
It seems that you are not that detestable as I originally thought.
It's just that Chen Liufeng beat Fan Wuque earlier,
it proves the ranking positions on the elite talents list
aren't really representative of their real strengths.
I won't fight with you.
I'll fight with Zhou Xieyi.
What?
Why are you choosing me?
I came from the marketplace, so I'm cheap.
Anything that doesn't give me benefits would be boring to me.
I'm ranked ahead of you, so it's natural that I should beat you.
Is I lose, I would lose honor and also become your stepping stone.
What in the world do you mean?
Isn't this clear?
Even a porter wouldn't carry loads for free.
So there has to be a reward for this duel.
Do you really think that you'll beat me for sure? What are you betting?
If you lose, I want to see Zhou family's Xieyi Journal. If you win,
I'll let you see Cave Master Xue's notes.
Since you know about Zhou family's Xieyi Journal,
you actually said you didn't know about us earlier.
Knowing about the Xieyi Journal doesn't meat I should know about you and your rank.
It's heard the Xieyi Journal only has ink paintings and no writing.
But if the viewer of the journal can luckily comprehend the different layers of artistic conception,
he can learn different sword techniques.
However, the most talented descendants throughout generations of the Zhou family
have only comprehended three techniques from it.
Your father named you Zhou Xieyi, obviously wishing that you can comprehend a technique or two.
The books you've read, the things you know,
are really quite a lot.
Regardless of who wins between us, the time is limited to one day.
If I win, even if I look at the Xieyi Journal for one day,
I probably can't comprehend much.
But if you can read Cave Master Xue's notes for a day,
you will definitely gain quite a lot.
No matter how you see it, this bet is really in your favor.
As it is, I thank you for your generosity.
Let's go.
Please.
I just like his unreasonable self-confidence.
Junior Brother just started cultivating last year.
Even though he is ranked close to the front,
he is only cultivated up to the Third Realm's Primary stage.
Zhou Xieyi has already reached the Third Realm's Advanced stage.
I really don't see how Junior Brother can win.
Brother-in-Law will lose?
Of course we don't think so.
But most people
will probably disagree with us.
That one is the sword just used by Fan Wuque, the loser.
Isn't it bad luck for you?
Whoever uses a sword should first give respect to the sword.
There is no unlucky sword. Sword is life.
You should understand that if there is no loss,
where will victory come from?
Do you want to use this kind of words to disturb my inner peace?
Probably only the ruthless fights among the freelance martial swordsmen will use this method.
Let's begin.
Let's see how awesome he can really be.
White Goat Sword Seal Manual?
So fast.
Ding Ning is really strong. Just by this swordplay,
he deserves to be listed on the elite talent list.
He deliberately shows weakness
to lure Zhou Xieyi to use the move of Yellow Cloud Slaughters Red Sunset, and then ambushes him.
Zhou Xieye strikes back with too strong a force, and it is actually not so good.
This is one of the most complicated sword mantras from the White Goat Sword Scripture.
I didn't realize Junior Brother has learned it so quickly.
Aren't you silly. If he is fast using a broken sword,
isn't he even faster when he uses a good sword?
Master, I am dim-witted.
Xieyi Journal's first move,
River and Mountain as in Painting.
This is?
White Goats Hang the Horns.
It's the most ordinary move in the White Goat Sword Scripture.
But, it is also the least ordinary one.
The meaning of the sword move is not so much about dueling with the horns
but tolerating and countering,
to avoid the opponent's sharpness and wait for an opportunity.
Brother-in-Law won! Brother-in-Law won!
- Awesome! - Excellent!
How could I be defeated by you?
Winning and losing is common in battles.
Besides, we have a bet.
When do you want to come to our family's Muo Garden to view the Xieyi Journal.
The sooner the better.
Make it today then.
Good.
Ding Ning is really extraordinary.
I really cannot match up to him.
Ding Ning always says you're too softhearted like a woman.
Your swordplay really holds a sense of hesitation.
One must be compassionate, but it depends on who you're fighting against.
The way to use a sword, if you miss by a tiny bit, you can lose by a thousand miles.
If you duel with someone who is worse than you,
you can easily win.
But if you duel with someone who is about your same level
or has a higher cultivation level,
with your extra hesitation,
how can you win then?
Master, am I a failure
as a person and as a swordsman?
You do have problems in both.
However, a person's nature is hard to change.
I hope that before I close my eyes in the end,
I can see you remove that hesitation from your sword sense.
Master, rest assured.
I will do my best to achieve that.
Your cultivation levels are higher than my Brother-in-Laws, but you can't beat him. Aren't you embarrassed?
He is so unexpectedly strong.
Embarrassing!
Your swordplay, is it mostly from your own comprehension
or from Cave Master Xue's notes?
Many people can see clearly,
but they can't do it.
Master, I'm going to Muo Garden to view the Xieyi Journal.
Brother-in-Law, can I go too?
Xie Changsheng, the Xieyi Journal
is not for anyone to see.
Go, go, go. I heard that your Muo Garden is dilapidated.
What if I provide the money to renovate it? How about it?
Do you think everyone will bow to money?
Shut up!
Father.
Aren't you embarrassed enough?
Sometimes it's acceptable to bow for money.
We can talk.
Since my son has lost his bet, [Zhou Yunhai]
allowing an outsider to view the Xieyi Journal,
I don't mind if a few extra outsiders want to join.
If any of you talented elites can really comoprehend
some refined sword moves from the Xieyi Journal,
and you establish honors and accolades in the future,
it will be a good story.
How much in gold?
Ten thousand gold pieces each person.
Ten thousand gold pieces?
Deal.
Xie...
Don't count me in. I heard Muo Garden has a good scenic view.
I will just go to view the scenery.
Cave Master Xue, you are a grandmaster of an era,
you obviously don't need to view the Zhou family's Xieyi Journal.
So be it. Let's get going then.
My son Chu, are you wanting to go out?
Greetings, Royal Mother.
It's hard on you to be confined inside the manor.
Since I'm not doing anything, I can use the time to cultivate my character and improve my health.
It's just that
the Deer Mountain Conference is about to take place. I hope I will be released from confinement by that time
so that I can accompany Royal Father to Deer Mountain.
That day's incident in the Great Hall was clearly pre-planned.
Someone must be jealous of your position as Crown Prince and wants to alienate you and your father.
Deer Mountain Conference will soon take place,
your confinement is actually beneficial so that you can avoid some unexpected dark storms.
My sun Chu, don't feel dejected.
In the future, you will succeed your father as a wise king.
Even though I'm not your birth mother, but I've treated you as my own son.
No matter what, I will find the person behind the plot.
Once the trouble is over, I will ask your father to return you to freedom.
Rong'er has been by my side in the palace for many years. She can be trusted.
If you are bored, you can consult with her.
Greetings, Your Highness.
Thank you, Royal Mother. However, I've been puzzled by something.
I've always been kind with people. Why is it that someone would attack me when I haven't offended anyone?
Your innocence is a basis as a wise king.
However, in the palace, you can't neglect being on the defense.
Remember this, it's important to be tolerant,
but even more importantly, you must patiently wait.
Don't ask me when I came.
The challenge today is Min Mountain Sword Trials's first battle.
How could I not come?
It's just that I didn't expect Ding Ning to choose you among the three.
It's really quite a shame to be defeated by a cultivator from a lower realm.
I'd rather hope that you will learn from that tavern boy
to be calm regardless of glory or humility.
There is still some time before Min Mountain Sword Trials.
When we get home, you should enter seclusion.
Yes, Father.
It's nothing big to mention with one defeat.
What I really mind is
that boy used Xieyi Journal as the bet.
He was clearly prepared.
If that is the case, why didn't you cancel that bet
and refuse their entry?
Generations of our Zhou family has tried to comprehend the Xieyi Journal
and spent countless hours.
Even Old Ancestor
still can't comprehend it after these years.
How much can these rascals see in only one day?
So this is Father's plan.
You are so happy?
Of course, Brother-in-Law.
You have made me enjoy another pleasant surprise.
If you call me Brother-in-Law again, I'll kick you out.
No, no, no.
I know that you can't marry my older sister,
but the reason I call you Brother-in-Law
is to let us become closer.
Brother-in-Law, Brother-in-Law.
Brother-in-Law, I want to ask you something.
You dueled with that Zhou Xieye.
It's not just because we initiated the challenge for you, right?
You are coveting Zhou family's Xieyi Journal.
What is it exactly?
You spent all that grand sum of money, is it just to bet that I am coveting something?
What if I only temporarily did it for fun?
I dont' care.
Whoever my sister likes, what he likes
must be a treasure.
In the times before words were being used to record history,
the methods to record cultivation was using rope knots, symbols, or drawings.
Even though the methods were different,
rarely were there anyone who could comprehend the meanings within.
Xieyi Journal actually looks like a scenic painting.
They may imbue the sense of mountains and waters, but they don't have the shape of mountains and waters.
Furthermore, it's the remainder of a painting.
So it's really difficult to comprehend
the true meaning left by the grandmaster at that time.
I understand now.
What do you understand?
Your money is probably wasted.
Zhou Yunhai agreed
because he thinks we cannot see anything
in such a short time.
Your Majesty, the palace maidservant who spewed impudent talk that day in the great hall
appears to be poisoned by Xian Kingdom's magic poison.
- Xian Kingdom? - Right.
The magic poison can digest someone's senses. Once it erupts, the person is like a puppet
and controlled by someone else.
This person's internal organs were messy, and the pupils were murky.
All the symptoms match those of magic poisoning.
Have you found the person who used the poison?
The magic poison came from faraway.
Bureau of Heavenly Supervision is currently investigating the merchant caravans and visitors that travel between Heng and Xian kingdoms.
Your Majesty, Zi Han has been in Xian kingdom for many years.
He must know many of those who are familiar with the magic poison.
Why not let him investigate there?
What about Nangong Shang's case?
Nangong Shang indeed died by the Sharpening Stone Sword technique.
But compared to Marquis Dugu's death,
the wounds are more smooth this time.
His cultivation has improved so fast?
Judging from the wounds, the culprit refined
his Sharpening Stone Sword technique with much speed between the two deaths,
or, maybe the sword was more suitable.
Perhaps there are more than one killer.
Look at me.
If Liang Jingmeng is still alive, he would likely be in the Eighth Realm already.
If he duels with me, who would win?
Of course it would be Your Majesty?
The mystery of the descendant has been an open close at Bureau of Heavenly Supervisio for a long time.
The case must be resolved within one month.
Yes.
[Muo Garden]
The Muo Garden of Zhou family
is really not as fancy as I had imagined.
Look at the dirty water.
Look at the wilted flowers.
This place is so dilapidated.
It'll probably take more than my several tens of thousands of gold to renovate this place.
If you are willing to give more, I wouldn't refuse.
No, I'm not.
Zhou family's Muo Garden is indeed unique.
I'll stop here,
and sit randomly anywhere with a pot of hot tea.
In that case, I will accompany Cave Master Xue to the study to take a rest.
You can take them to see it.
Yes, Father.
Cave Master Xue, this way please.
Everyone, please.
This Muo Garden is really fantastic.
Everything is either black or white.
It looks so surreal.
The black and white here
are soaked by a kind of aura, just like the influence of a formation,
leading to the changes in the light and the colors.
How do you know that the colors you see during the day
are real?
The incomplete painting is like a grand formation
that results in these changes.
No wonder those people in high stature
want to view the Xieyi Journal.
[Muo Garden's Xieyi Pavilion]
The missing portion on the right isn't just a corner.
The tail section of the long river
next to Dan Mountain, there should be something even more important.
That should be a star,
or a winter moon.
This torn painting should be so incomplete.
The portion in the right corner
are probably deliberately torn by that person from Zhou family.
This Xieyi Journal really is illegible.
You can only look, not touch!
No touch?
I won't touch it. What so great about it?
- Eldest Senior Brother, have you noticed anything? - No.
How about you?
Brother-in-Law, what do you see?
I feel uncertain.
I want to go outside and calm down a little.
You continue to look. I'll return shortly.
It appears that many generations of cultivators in the Zhou family
have not reached far in their comprehension of the Xieyi Journal.
So many people have died and not even left a trace.
But you are still alive.
Before Xue Wangxu and Liang Lian fought in their duel,
a cultivator died in Fengming.
He is Nangong Shang of the Interior Ministry.
He died of the Sharpening Stone Sword technique.
His name is Ding Ning, and he makes a living selling wine at the Wutong Fallas Tavern.
- Buy oil. - Even though he is well endowed, but his body is afflicted with the Irreversible Fiery Yang.
No cultivation level.
This is rose,
that's osmanthus...
Are you very nervous?
Because...
You're worried about something?
Even though His Majesty is testing you,
it's really just his own shackles in his heart.
The culprit's cultivation level has progressed at an amazing speed.
When I was reporting, I thought of someone for no particular reason.
I'd like to ask you to test him.
In recent days in Fengming, there seems to be only one person
who is cultivating at a dramatic speed.
[Xieyi Pavilion]
Brother-in-Law.
Have you seen something?
Nothing much. I see two mountains,
one is a bigger mountain, and the other is smaller.
If you only see two mountains, then keep looking at them.
Don't get greedy.
Even two mountains are too many. Look at them.
Whichever place is the clearest,
then you just look at that. Don't try to understand the entire view.
Senior Brother, are you puzzled by something?
Looking at the simplest spot,
this painting's simplest spot is in the upper portion.
The lines are sparse, almost like a few clouds.
But the cloud's thin lines are very difficult to understand.
I can feel something real from it,
but I can't feel what it is.
One day's time is clearly insufficient.
If there are a few months, I'm sure I can understand something.
Senior Brother is indeed talents and has gained some comprehension.
The white clouds may only be visible by their outer shape,
but the lower portion is feint with a sense of moisture.
The light lines may be flat,
but they seem to point downward.
It appears that this cloud
is about to transform into rain.
Junior Brother, it is indeed rain.
It's not cloud.
The Xieyi Journal
is truly extraordinary.
Cave Master Xue, your disciple
is the extraordinary one.
You seemed very absorbed in it. What did you see?
I saw a river.
I don't know why. There are many things on this painting,
but I can only see the river.
This is normal.
Everyone has a different temperament, different likes, and different levels of cultivation.
Of course they don't see the same things.
My father mentioned similar principles. I think, to possibly comprehend something,
I will look for what attracts me the most in the river.
This is a correct way to do it.
You're pretending to be profound. I advise you not to lead them astray.
- I didn't know there would be such a way toward comprehension. - Zhou Rongmuo, Zhou family's Old Ancestor,
Furthermore, I didn't know a Fengming youngster
would have such a discerning eyesight.
Old Ancestor.
You...
Are you perhaps Old Master Zhou?
Who?
Zhou family's Old Ancestor Zhou Rongmuo?
- Aren't you already dead? - Xie Changsheng!
It's alright.
Old but not dead,
that's me.
Just now, I happened to
hear the clues you gave her.
Even I feel suddenly awakened.
Allow me to make a wild guess.
Is it possible that, when previously some people consecutively achieved comprehension,
they were all connected to you?
I think I guess right.
Do you really understand the entire painting?
How can I understand the entire painting? It was just seizing the advantage.
Seizing the advantage?
I was inspired with some guesses based on what they saw.
While they all achieved some comprehension, I didn't learn anything.
Not even a move in swordplay, or even the meaning of a symbol,
I couldn't comprehend it. So how can I even understand the entire painting?
Junior Brother, it is probably because you were thinking for us
that you didn't have time to comprehend for yourself.
Otherwise, with your natural endowment,
how is it that you didn't comprehend anything.
To be able to extend what others see,
it's also an impressive talent.
Too bad.
My path toward cultivation has met a severe blockage.
Are you willing to accompany me to take a look?
How dare I show off in front of Zhou's Old Ancestor.
Maybe your thoughts can inject new blood to my path of cultivation?
I really do not dare to show off in front of a true master.
There is no difference between fellow cultivators.
Besides, you just said each person has different strengths.
The most important about comprehension is the right chance.
You didn't learn anything here, but perhaps
you'll gain something at my place.
In that case,
I will respectfully obey your order.
Good.
Come with me.
I really hope Junior Brother will have some special encounters.
Testing me?
Ding Ning?
Look!
What do you see?
It looks like the crescent moon.
It has a sword's sense.
Zhou family
has had so many cultivators throughout generations,
but no one
has been able to see the crescent moon the first time.
When I was comprehending this painting,
this corner is what attracted me the most.
I used over a hundred years
to comprehend it.
It isn't just imbedded with a strong and powerful sword mantra,
it also contains a powerful
way to cultivate core energy.
The moon wanes and then waxes. After waxing, it wanes again.
Perhaps the missing part of the crescent moon
is the most crucial.
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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 ♫