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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]
[Previously] - Master, you tricked Liang Lian like a sitting duck, but have you ever thought
that you might be that doomed duck?
Old Ancestor, please just take him along.
I am Su Mu. Greetings to Old Ancestor.
[Episode 16]
We've arrived?
This road leads to Deer Mountain.
We need to take a side trail to Wu Mountain.
Old Ancestor, you've seen and know a lot.
Do you know why there are so many soldiers from Heng and Xian Kingdoms here?
Of course, they are heading toward Deer Mountain.
My father said, during the previous Deer Mountain Conference,
Heng Kingdom was not yet as strong as now.
We were defeated by Xian and had to humiliatingly cede Liangshan Commandery to preserve the overall situation.
That's how the war ended.
Great Heng will now finally show off and feel elated.
Of course.
On the surface, the Deer Mountain Conference is a renegotiation of the ceded lands.
In actuality, all the kingdoms are preparing to compete it all after a few years of rest.
The result will definitely impact the overall situation among the kingdoms. It cannot be underestimated.
No wonder all these soldiers look spirited.
Seeing the outside world is indeed more enlightening than studying in the palace.
I previously told you in the letter that there is much danger in Wu Mountain.
It's not too late for you to change course and go to Deer Mountain.
No one moves.
No one can just get off the Zhou family's carriage at will.
Old Ancestor—
Your cultivation level is lower. I advise you not to move.
Start the carriage!
Yes, My Lord!
My purpose for this trip is to travel around.
It's alright to visit Wu Mountain.
[Wu Mountain]
I don't understand something. Since Lu Mountain Conference is coming up soon,
why is Your Majesty taking the trouble to come here
to search for the Blind Dragon's Meat Bodhi?
I was the one who set the time for the conference.
It's because the Meat Fruit in this formation is ripening just about now. [King of Xian]
It can restore my invincible body.
Old King of Xian?
How can you still smile in the face of disaster?
You already told me in the letter that this trip is full of dangers.
We are just tied up right now,
and he hasn't done anything threatening to us so far.
It means that we can still be used.
Then we can fear him even less. We can restrain and use each other.
You are right. At least, we don't need to fear for our lives.
We...
Are we considered friends bonded in times of trouble?
Too bad Yuan Wu is your royal father.
We can never be friends by fate.
I guess we are.
We should go over there now.
Someone has arrived before us.
Old Ancestor.
They outnumber us. We are only three and do not hold any advantages.
They also seem quite strong.
Of course, we shouldn't recklessly advance.
Since we are all here for the medicine,
we don't want them to get ahead of us.
Do you have a plan, Old Ancestor?
In a moment, after the formation opens,
the stone door will open.
You will enter at that time and I will guard the rear.
Remember, you must be fast.
The time has arrived.
Once I enter the formation, the stone door will close.
You all shall wait for me here. [Li Yunrui, General of Xian Kingdom]
- Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty.
The door is open.
Who is that?
- Capture them! - Stop!
Enough.
You can't open the door.
The door can only be opened if the formation is broken.
Your Majesty, can the formation open again?
I will go get reinforcements.
Wu Mountain didn't use to have a Misty Rain Formation.
It's so happened when I passed by this place years ago,
I discovered the spiritual herb Meat Bodhi.
I was afraid that others will take it,
so I set up the formation.
The formation only opens every year on this day at noon.
Once you enter the formation, unless I do it myself,
the only way to exit it is by breaking the formation.
Do you mean that we'll let them grab the Meat Bodhi?
Enough of it.
Send off the signal to get reinforcements. We'll wait here.
If they are lucky enough to break the formation,
I will kill them and get the medicine.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Old Ancestor, did you defeat the people up above?
There are one or two left.
Then they must still be waiting outside. They may even send for help.
No worries. As long as I get the Meat Bodhi,
I can restore my invincible body.
No strong fighters can beat me.
Old Ancestor, Brother Su and I are still low in our cultivated strengths.
If you take us along to look for the herb, we will probably be your burden.
Right, right.
Therefore, I think—
Youngster Ding Ning,
I've seen your intelligence and skills.
This Misty Rain Formation holds uncertain dangers.
Bringing you along will only make us safer.
These six pathways all look the same.
Just pick any one of them.
That makes sense.
In that case, why not take this one?
We seem to have returned to the original spot.
Let's go again.
Follow me this way.
Let's go.
Hurry.
Old Ancestor, have you been here before?
It's my first time here.
Don't talk anymore. Let's just follow the path and see.
Old Ancestor, we've taken all of the six pathways.
Look, I made marks on every one of the paths.
Smart. This is why I brought you along.
Otherwise, we'd all exhaust ourselves and die here.
This stone formation is complex. When we first entered, we still had a sense of direction.
But once we go in deeply, we lose all sense of direction.
If we can't even exit the formation, how do we get the medicine?
Isn't our eyesight just obscured by the grow of plants and grasses?
Let me clear a path for us.
Wait!
It's already been some time.
Those that barged into the formation still haven't come out.
It means they've already died inside the formation.
How do you know they cannot exit, Your Majesty?
Everyone knows that the four kingdoms each has a specialty.
Swords for Heng, tools for Xian, incantation seals for Li, and yin ghosts for Mo.
I used a Xian tool to build the formation,
adding Li's incantation seal and Mo's yin ghost technique as safeguards.
And the Meat Bodhi can only be cut by a Heng's sword.
Therefore, this formation is formed by the essence of four kingdoms.
There are very few in this world that can break this formation.
Your Majesty is wise. Most schools usually teach simple incantations from Li.
Since the Xian tool is the pillar of the formation, it would be the last one they break.
Out of curiosity, what is a yin ghost?
Inside the formation, an unusual plant from Mo Kingdom was planted.
This plant is not poisonous.
But once the branch is damaged,
it will release a toxic fume.
Anyone who breathes it will be paralyzed and then lose all senses.
Eventually they'll die of asphyxiation.
But, since they cannot break the formation,
doesn't it mean we'll have to wait until next year to get the Meat Bodhi?
Let's wait and see a little longer.
Ding Ning, I can't see anymore! Ding Ning!
- Brother Su! - Ding Ning!
- I can't see anymore. - I'm here.
I'm very afraid. I can't see.
It's alright. It's alright.
It's alright.
Old Ancestor, Brother Su and I have breathed in too much toxic fume. We probably won't survive.
You'll probably be dragged down by us if you continue to guard us here.
Why don't you exit the formation to get the medicine first? We'll wait for you here.
Ding Ning.
By saying this, do you have a solution to counter it?
I looked at the formation just now.
I discovered some similarities with Mo Kingdom's yin ghost technique.
The incantation characters on the columns also look like they're from Li Kingdom.
I didn't expect
that you have knowledge about Li's incantation seals and Mo's yin ghost technique too.
If you trust me, then try standing in the center of these six stone columns.
Pour your energy into these stone columns sequentially.
Let the energy flow through all the columns.
If no more mishaps happen, the formation should be broken.
Good. I'll believe you.
Brother Su, are you alright?
Old Ancestor, hurry and go get the Meat Bodhi! We'll wait for you here.
It's fine now. It's fine now. The formation is broken.
The formation is broken. It's broken.
Old Ancestor, what is the meaning of this?
There is lingering fog inside the pathway.
I've lived until this old age,
so I naturally fear death. You go first.
Since you are using me as your shield, I can go with you.
But Brother Su has breathed in too much toxic fume,
I want to bring him along.
We are pressed for time.
Don't worry. Perhaps, this will help you feel more at ease.
Let's go.
Su Mu. Su Mu.
Meat Bodhi, I can finally get you.
I can finally be relieved of years of suffering
from the cold moon's congealed energy.
I can finally restore my invincible body!
I can restore my invincible body!
No, no, no!
No!
No! No!
No eyeballs?
Flowing Stone Disk?
The formation is broken?
Why are you fine?
So you've had your own scheme all along.
You are the one who has been scheming.
You harm people and eventually harmed yourself.
Ignorant kid, how dare you harm me!
Nine-Death Silkworm! You are...
You've lived long enough.
So the rumor is true.
You are his descendant?
My Teacher passed away ten years ago and you still remember.
I, Ding Ning, am grateful.
Brother Su breathed in the toxic fume in the formation and has passed out.
Don't worry, this is the antidote.
He will wake up very soon.
Brother Su. Brother Su.
Ding Ning.
Get up.
Where is the Meat Bodhi?
That old scumbag Zhou Rongmo ate it.
Zhou Rongmo.
So he has been alive.
You are really knowledgeable about everything.
That old scumbag deviated into obsessive cultivation.
He wanted to use the Meat Bodhi to restore his invincible body.
Brother Su and I were captured by him.
We foiled your chance to get the medicine. I'm sorry.
Forget it. Ultimately, I am not fated to have that spiritual medicine.
Oh yes, where are you two going?
You can ride on my carriage to go there.
Thank you for your kind gesture.
In looking at your appearance and clothing, you must be from Xian?
Heng and Xian are different. We brothers are from Heng.
This year's Deer Mountain Conference concerns the two kingdoms' vital affairs.
Going together will definitely cause attention.
Okay.
It's good that you know what's important and can see the big picture.
You two are talented at a young age.
You will definitely have a great future.
I don't force people.
How about this?
Li Yunrui.
Here, My Lord.
There is still a distance from Deer Mountain.
Prepare a carriage for them.
It'll be more comfortable for them on the road.
Yes, My Lord.
Thank you, Elder.
At Marquis Fang's manor, there are two shifts taking turns to guard every night.
Each shift lasts four hours.
After this shift, we can go inside.
I've indeed found the right helper.
[Snow Garden]
This is the secret tunnel.
A well?
It can't be wrong.
Even though this is an obscure location, it is the safest place in the entire manor.
Under this well is the escape tunnel.
It appears that Marquis Fang has not discovered this secret.
The tunnel is only known to Gongsun family.
Back then, Marquis Fang was bestowed the manor by the king.
He wouldn't have chosen to live in a place like this.
You seem to know this place well.
Snow Garden was my old living quarter.
I am the youngest in the family.
For parents, it's best for their children to reside in the safest place.
Isn't that so?
I don't have parents.
Mistress Zhangsun, since you are willing to come back here,
I want to say something on behalf of Teacher.
Let bygones be bygones.
Teacher pushed for changes in the law to reform Great Heng from its long afflicted problems.
He definitely wouldn't have exterminated any nobles as the price. It was all King Yuan Wu's methods. Yuan Wu—
Even if it was for law reforms,
what about me?
All of my relatives died.
I'm sorry.
Actually, I hated you for a period of time.
It's because I hate all the traitors like Ye Zhen who betrayed love.
I also didn't understand why you would survive under them.
It's until you came to me,
I realized I was mistaken about you.
I, Ye Celeng, have never betrayed my Teacher and my sect for even one day.
I came to visit my old home today
is because I respect him as a person.
I also know that if it weren't for Yuan Wu and Ye Zhen's betrayal back then,
Ba Mountain Sword Academy would not have been destroyed.
But it doesn't mean
that I would forget the pain and harm that he brought upon me.
You hate him.
But, you also love him.
The well is quite deep. Can you swim?
In a time of chaos, you have to learn something to survive.
Even if I didn't know how, I've learned after all these years during my overseas' expedition.
After three days, let's meet on the side of Wei River.
No one's here.
We should be here right now.
There is still some distance between our current location to the Great Floating Water Prison.
We should follow this path.
- Be cautious. - They must have planned an ambush already.
Alright.
Kill the flame now!
What is it?
The water is full of oil.
Someone is guarding the waterway further up.
It is indeed a fake one.
They want to use the oil to kill all the jailbreakers.
Capturing the tortoise trapped inside the urn. This is just like ten years ago.
Let's go back.
Wait.
We seem to have passed here already.
It looks the same everywhere around here. It's really difficult to tell the difference.
Look at that wilted leaf.
When we sail, it's difficult to tell direction simply by the water flows.
But it's different here. There is no wind here.
The topography determines the direction of the water flows.
Based on what you say,
we've been going downstream.
You are right.
If they have set up a trap to inflame the oil to burn us to death,
since water flows from high to low, it should be upstream.
So the real Great Floating Water Prison should be upstream.
We should go upstream.
There is no algae on the wall.
It should be a new construction.
Look at the direction of the water.
I think the Great Floating Water Prison is right behind this.
It should be.
Let's go back first.
We'll plan our moves after we go back.
You are really lucky. We had many surprises and dangers today.
I don't know why,
but when you covered my eyes today, I felt very at ease.
I felt all the dangers will be resolved safely.
Maybe you are a hevenly sent lucky star.
I couldn't even be sure that we would survive without harm.
You actually chose to come with me.
Stop! Get off the carriage!
Stop!
Xian Kingdom's carriage! Why are you in Heng's territory?
It looks like Heng soldiers. What do we do?
Leave it to me.
Is this Heng's military camp?
I did not know that Your Highness Crown Prince is here.
We've disturbed you. Please forgive us, Crown Prince.
So you are the Crown Prince?
General, you are not at fault. Please rise. Is my King Father nearby?
Why are you inside a Xian Kingdom's carriage, Crown Prince?
Were you kidnapped?
There is a reason. Take me quickly to see King Father.
But this carriage...
Your Crown Prince has been hurt by a toxic fume. He is still weak.
Excuse us for delaying your treatment. Please follow us to the camp.
Please show us the way, General.
Yes, Your Highness.
So you are the Crown Prince? You've cheated me for so long.
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♫ The wind silently looks back ♫
♫The hero's sword enters the throat ♫
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♫ 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 ♫