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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]
[Episode 15]
Reinforcements! So soon?
What's the situation?
Go and wait for me there!
Quick!
- This... - This is...
You're late. The rebel leader has made his move.
Seal the exit.
Take these Tiger-Wolf soldiers away and bury them well.
Yes!
- Come, let's go. - Come.
You were treating Liang Lian like a sitting duck, but did you ever think
that you might be the duck?
I admit that I am not as cunning or devious as you.
Fourth Master Zhao. Zhao Zhan is dead.
Yet you still dare stir up trouble.
You are the only remaining sword left of the Lie Sword Furnace.
If you die, there will be nobody left to light incense for your ancestral master.
If my master knew that I died resisting the Heng, he would be proud of me.
His Majesty is merciful to you because you are remnant masters of a dead nation.
However, if you fail to appreciate his favor
don't begrudge the Heng nation for wiping away all traces of you.
One's lack of ability is being twisted into one being merciful.
Why don't you just attack, Your Majesty?
I'd like to know what the queen has been up to all these years...
besides bedtime games with the king. Has your cultivation gone to waste?
Give it a try then.
Tell your men to leave.
By doing this, are you rebelling against the nation?
Do you want us to battle each other to the death too?
I told you a long time ago.
Ba Mountain is destroyed and can never go back to the way it was.
You struggling like this
is a waste of effort.
It has nothing to do with you.
Do you think His Majesty is a fool?
Today, Bai Shanshui is unlikely to escape.
If you rush in there, even I won't be able to help you.
You were sent by His Majesty?
Have you ever heard the saying
"The mantis captures the cicada, but the sparrow is right behind him"?
- Let me go! - I'm not letting you go!
You will never understand.
Some people live
for that one breath in their hearts.
Ba Mountain Sword Academy may be destroyed
but that breath in my heart
has never been extinguished.
Liang Lian greets your Majesty the Queen.
His Majesty knows that after your injury your core energy is lacking.
So he sent me here
to prevent the rebel leader from being allowed to escape by those who waver in their loyalties.
I thank the King and Queen for their thoughtfulness.
Ye Zhen, don't pretend that you and the King, a treacherous couple, have real love.
Rebel leader Bai Shanshui! How dare you speak that way before the queen!
Capture them!
- Yes! - Yes!
Fourth Master Zhao deserves his reputation as a disciple of the Lie Sword Furnace.
I will let you reunite with your master today!
My master's heavenly spirit will never allow that to happen!
Ye Zhen!
Star Fire Comet-tail Sword.
Even the queen is here.
This time, His Majesty will definitely get his way!
I know that I can't convince you, but I'm also not going to stand by and let you walk into danger!
I will meet you by the Wei River in three days.
- What happened? - They escaped.
- After them! - Yes!
Quick!
Take this and it should stop the bleeding. When you leave from here, Wang Taixu will meet you.
Thank you.
Go quickly, and be careful.
Let's go.
Your Majesty is wise. Today, we have created a great setback for the rebels.
With the queen's help, we heavily injured Bai Shanshui
and destroyed Fourth Master Zhao's lifesource sword.
It's just a pity that we were unable to completely eradicate the Lie and Qian rebels.
There must be someone in the Fish Market who is making mischief.
Without his lifesource sword, Fourth Master Zhao is nothing to worry about.
Bai Shanshui of Cloud Water Palace is hurt, so she won't be doing much anymore.
Feng Ming City can now be peaceful for a while.
I can also make the trip to Deer Mountain with no worries.
Your Majesty does not intend to punish the Fish Market?
The matter of the Fish Market is complicated
and cannot be dealt with quickly.
Besides, if the water is too clear, there will not be fish.
If you observe people too closely, you will find no disciples.
While I travel to Deer Mountain
I wish the court to be stable.
You and Chu'er must take good care of our home.
Your wifely subject obeys.
For some reason, the bargaining chip in this operation
was the life of that tavern worker.
I've heard that this person has progressed at an incredible pace.
I wonder if he should be suspected.
Your Majesty, though this person is quite suspicious,
I have used the Zhuyou Spell to determine
that this person has no connection to the people and incidents of that year.
He is proud and showy, a highly aggravating person.
Tonight I will begin my journey to Deer Mountain, but before I go
there is still a matter that is unresolved.
I would like the general to resolve it for me.
Liang Lian would willingly die ten thousand deaths!
Our Great Heng Nation has been readying for war for many years
and have finally arrived at this moment.
Superintendent Chen.
Why did we not see you when we were surrounding the rebels in the Fish Market?
General Liang is trying to imply something.
If the Holy Capital Surveillance had been there
Bai Shanshui would not have escaped so easily.
Besides, this is something that the queen had arranged.
We acted exactly as the queen planned.
If General Liang had not been too eager to make a name for himself and let the cat out of the bag
how could the plan have failed?
The Tiger-Wolf Army put in its best effort in this anti-rebel operation.
But conversely, the Holy Capital Surveillance that is usually in every nook and cranny
was unusually ineffective this time.
As to what you said about being too eager to make a name for myself
I feel that being eager to get credit
is better than being complacent in one's position.
I hope that my guess is wrong.
You and I are members of the same court, I hope that we can
work together as one
for His Majesty's sake.
Why was Ye Zhen also at the Fish Market?
Sir! Sir!
This is all due to my incompetence - I've caused you to suffer.
Let me help him in to treat his injuries.
Alright.
Take it slow, sir.
It was all for nothing.
We've been anticipated every step of the way - they would never have given us a real map.
This map is not completely fake.
Every titled noble in Feng Ming City has a secret escape route.
Some over land, some by water.
The Gongsun family used an underground water tunnel back then.
As the mantis captures the cicada, the sparrow is right behind it.
The Heng King made such intricate calculations that
this water map must also be something he tossed out on purpose.
He must be guessing that once we have the water map
we will go looking for it.
So he will have an ambush set up
to wipe us all out in one go.
If the Heng King is trying to lure us into a trap
he will naturally allow us to really get down into the underground water way.
Then that would imply...
That would imply that this water map, aside from the critical elements,
is mostly accurate.
It's just that now that so much time has passed, the path back then is now obscure.
He is not going to make it!
Sir, are you alright? Sir!
Sir! Sir!
Ding Ning.
There is no hope of resurrecting my country.
And I'm afraid I won't be able to raid the prison either.
I am fortunate to have known you all.
Please take care of yourselves.
Master, Master! Master!
We were too careless today.
Let's all keep a low profile for a while
and not make any overt moves.
Your Highness.
How is it? Did the rebel leader get caught?
Only heavily injured. We were unable to wipe them out.
But with this operation, His Majesty is now able to make his trip to Deer Mountain with no worries.
What about that Ding Ning? Is he really suspect?
He once offended General Liang.
It's thought that Bai Shanshui hence used him as bait.
Your Highness, His Majesty will be setting out on his journey to Deer Mountain very soon.
He has asked that you and the queen guard his rear. State affairs will be handled by Her Majesty.
You should put more thought and effort on your studies.
Since that is the case, you don't need to visit me every day.
Give me some quiet time for my studies.
I will give instructions for Your Highness not to be disturbed.
You may leave too, no need to come and bother me.
Yes.
Buns!
We're closed. Tomorrow morning!
You are Ding Ning, right?
- And you are... - I heard the wine in this tavern
and the proprietor are quite famous.
So I came especially to have a taste.
Yuanzi Chu
I am Su Mu, a disciple of the Yuyang Sword School.
Have we... met?
No, but I've heard about you for a long time.
Entering Tong Xuan (First Realm) in half a day. Successfully cultivating Lian Qi (Second Realm) in ten days.
And you're the person who entered the third realm fastest in all of Feng Ming City.
Many people come to the tavern every day.
There are also many people who come to see me.
But oddly enough
I feel very close to you.
As they say, friends at first sight!
Right! Friends at first sight!
In that case...
Your wine today is on me.
Alright!
The taste of this wine is really unique.
The people who came to this tavern before
came to get a glimpse of my aunt's beauty.
Lately, there've also been some who wanted to challenge me to a battle.
All who arrive at our door had reasons for doing so.
I wonder why you are here.
I want to go somewhere for an adventure,
but unfortunately have no companions.
I wonder if you would be willing to accompany.
- Where? - Deer Mountain. - Oh?
Why?
The Deer Mountain Conference is a gathering of nations.
The Heng nation has been insulted for years due to the ceding of the land at Liang Mountain County.
Now, our nation has gotten stronger. The Heng King will definitely make a move at the Deer Mountain Conference.
As a cultivator, it's a good chance to learn about the world by visiting the Conference.
It would be a pity if I missed such an opportunity.
It definitely sounds really interesting.
But this is a long journey,
I need to talk to my family.
Alright, then I will wait for your news.
And by the way, I will pay for this wine.
Since it's extreme Ying, then in my view,
you can only counter it with something that is of extreme Yang.
Ding Ning.
I'll believe you this time.
Core energy...
is like a stubborn stone.
The medicine doesn't work at all.
If it continues like this,
this body of old bones
won't last long.
It looks that
I can't wait on getting the cure.
There are more and more people coming to the tavern to meet you.
Are you talking about Su Mu?
That's Heng's Cxrown Prince Chu.
The King is going to Deer Mountan, and the Crown Prince was supposed to go along.
However, he is now in Fengming.
I wonder if something has happened, and the Crown Prince is out of favor.
But he wants to go himself, and he has even invited me.
So what is your plan?
Ye Celeng and Wang Taixu are both on our side now.
If we are friendly with the Crown Prince, we are one step closer to the court.
You want to use him.
He wants to see the Deer Mountain Conference, so do I.
Actually, you want to use the Crown Prince's stature to get closer to the King
and assassinate him, right?
The Blind Bodhi Fruit that Zhou Rongmuo wants is in Wu Mountain.
Wu Mountain is next to Deer Mountain.
You want Zhou Rongmuo to come for you, and take along Crown Prince Chu,
and use the chance to befriend Crown Prince Chu.
Once you get the Bodhi Fruit, then go to Deer Mountain.
Eventually, let the King of Heng notice you.
It seems that Little Auntie really understands me.
You are indeed intelligent and full of strategic thinking.
You are very much like him.
But, as I see it today,
you are not up to him at all.
Is that Teacher's principle in not using friends?
No.
You are so obsessed to the point of using the youngsters.
There is no absolute in anything.
The Crown Prince is kind, and he will become a good king.
In this Deer Mountain trip, I will help him too.
Ding Ning!
So it's Old Ancestor.
Old Ancestor, let me pour a pot of wine for you.
No need.
Old Ancestor, how have you been since we last parted? How is your health?
It's pretty good. Thanks to your method of countering,
my core energy has recovered pretty well lately.
That's good then.
I heard that your cultivation in Xieyi Sword Technlique
has been progressing really fast.
I am very gratified.
However, if you feel any discomfort in your body,
you should tell me about it.
I feel fine, thanks to Old Ancestor's teaching.
I, Ding Ning, cannot thank you enough.
You are truly a rare talent.
It seems that the small sword in your body
is shining even brighter.
Ding Ning, do you remember what you said,
this Xieyi Sword's extreme cold aura
must be countered by something of extreme Yang?
It was my lowly opinion.
Recently I heard that there is a Smokey Rain Formation in Wu Mountain,
and inside the formation there is a Blind Dragon Bodhi Fruit.
It is a top-quality item of extreme Yang.
It is also about to ripen.
Come with me to get it.
This...
Come with me to get the medicine. Later, the Zhou family's Xieyi Journal
will let you view anytime you wish.
Thank you so much, Old Ancestor.
No need. I'll just pick you up first thing tomorrow morning.
I will go with you tomorrow.
For the Deer Mountain trip, I need your help on something else.
You are the one most familiar with Gongsun family's underground water tunnel.
Go to Ye Celeng for help to check it out.
Don't act recklessly.
Just explore the pathway.
Wait until I return to finalize all the decisions.
I know what's important.
I want you to promise me.
Where are you going this late at night?
Tell the Crown Prince that he can go to Deer Mountain.
Your Majesty!
I couldn't find the Crown Prince this morning, and only found this in his palace.
I am traveling to Deer Mountain. Please do not worry, Royal Mother.
So incorrigible.
Your Majesty, I will dispatch people to locate and bring back the Crown Prince.
Forget it.
Since he intends to go to Deer Mountain,
stopping him will only encourage his enmity.
Let him go through some experiences.
Old Ancestor!
You're here so early.
I'm old, so I'm used to getting up early.
Let's go.
I was afraid of getting bored on the road.
So I took the initiative to invite a good friend to come along.
I hope you won't mind, Old Ancestor.
This trip may be turbulent.
With too many people, I may not be able to take care of everyone when something happens.
It's enough to have just you and me for the trip.
Ding Ning!
Why did you just show up?
My family doesn't know. I sneaked out.
Have you really decided?
Since I'm here, I won't regret it.
Old Ancestor, please just take him along.
I am Su Mu. Greetings to Old Ancestor.
Alright, alright, let's go.
General, there is too much uncertainty to attack Liang Shan County.
I think it's best to delay the trip.
His Majesty has high expectation for me,
but you want me to deny his wish?
Nothing is for certain. The reason that His Majesty wants us to quietly deploy
is exactly because a sneak attack on Liang Shan County is against the Deer Mountain Accord.
It's not anything honorable.
If this battle can help our king to dominate Deer Mountain,
Heng Kingdom will be the King of all Kingdoms.
Who will care if the process is honorable?
What if Heng Kingdom doesn't win in the negotiations?
Sir, beware of your words.
I am loyal to you, General, that's why I dare to speak frankly.
If Heng Kingdom doesn't win at the Deer Mountain Conference, then your attack of Liang Shan County
will make you the culprit.
Reporting!
General.
- What is it? - The troops are ready for General's command.
If we don't embark until we are sure about the wind's direction,
even if we succeed, His Majesty will be suspicious of my loyalty.
Since ancient times, the ones who achieve greatness do not concern with small details.
March on!
Yes!
[Xian military camp at Deer Mountain]
Greetings to Royal Father.
[Consort Zhao Xiang, Xian Kingdom]
Thanks to Heng's military to bring back our son to Xian.
Your Prince Han
is also on the way to Heng's military camp.
Thank you, Your Royal Highness.
Where is Royal Father?
You are so concerned about your father that you've forgotten to greet me.
Greetings to Royal Mother.
Rise.
Since Royal Father isn't in the camp, is his health alright?
Even though His Majesty is getting on the age, but his body is in good shape.
He has already started his journey to Deer Mountain.
I am very grateful for Royal Mother's coordination to enable my return to our kingdom.
Since Royal Father has already left for Deer Mountain,
perhaps we should also go there to help him?
My son wants to become the king, of course I would help you.
It's just that I think
you are already well aware of the conditions for coming back.
I wonder what the condition is...
Sun Xing didn't tell you?
Please enlighten me, Royal Mother.
Once you are king in the future, how would you like to oversee court affairs jointly with me?
Royal Mother, this decision would become a laughingstock among the others.
People who achieve greatness do not worry about small details. A king must be formidable.
You will still need my support in the future.
Royal Mother, even if our historians don't mention it,
our enemies will sneer at us.
You are quite right.
Then I'd have to recommend another prince.
Wait, Royal Mother!
I am willing to promise you, once I ascend the throne,
I will oversee the court jointly with you, Royal Mother.
You have a good mind after all.
But your boldness doesn't quite match His Majesty's,
actually by a lot. You can leave for now.
Thank you, Royal Mother.
It's too risky for you to come like this.
After that battle at the Fish Market, how is everyone so far?
Master Zhao Si has died of severe injuries.
Bai Shanshui is also wounded.
What about Ding Ning? How is he?
He is alright, but to avoid attention,
he is going to Wu Mountain with Zhou family's Old Ancestor.
Zhou Rongmuo is still alive?
He is not a good person. Why go with him?
Zhou Rongmuo has deviated into an obsessive cultivation.
He desperately needs a magical herb from Wu Mountain's Smoky Rain Formation.
This herb is also beneficial to Cave Master Xue.
Ding Ning is only getting the herb by using someone else.
He is clever, but doing it this way
is too risky.
You should know that Ding Ning took along Prince Chu with him.
Isn't that even more worrisome?
It's not certain starting from when, but Prince Chu
has noticed Ding Ning.
A few days ago, he came to make friends under a false identity.
He said he wanted to go to Deer Mountain, and wanted to go with Ding Ning.
He wants to use Prince Chu as his shield, so that he can go to Deer Mountain?
What if there is any misstep, he wouldn't be able to escape.
It's a gamble either direction. I trust him.
At this moment, King Yuan Wu is commanding a large troop to go to Deer Mountain.
Fengming City should be at its most empty state.
I came to find you today
for another of Ding Ning's plan.
What do you want me to do?
That underground water map that we obtained from Liang Lian that day
has similar pathways with Gongsun family's underground tunnel.
But it's been many years, my memory is vague.
To avoid an ambush, we can go there first to check it out.
Gongsun's manor is now a part of Marquis Fang's household.
So you want to go to Marquis Fang's manor?
Alright.
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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 ♫