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[Blood River]

[Based on the novel of the same name from Zhou Munan's Youth in Jianghu series]

[Available on fanqienovel.com & bkneng.com]

[Episode 7]

Please wield the Dormant Dragon Sword

and inherit the title of Patriarch.

Lord Kui, please wield the Dormant Dragon Sword

and inherit the title of Patriarch.

All, rise.

I promise you.

When this is over,

I will take you home,

with honor

and in freedom.

Sir.

Sir,

Senior Fanhua

was killed by the Su family

while seizing the Dormant Dragon Sword.

In the days after,

Senior Jinke, who was to receive him,

was ambushed,

no remains found.

Fanhua,

your health was poor,

so no wine for you,

only tea.

You even said

tea would help you live longer.

But I told you,

We're assassins.

We dance with death.

If fun lasts a day,

we make it count.

My condolences, Sir.

[Xie Ba, head of the Xie family]

Where is Xie Qidao's disciple?

Xie Buxie lost to Su Muyu,

and then...

went missing.

No trace since?

You mean

Xie Buxie defected?

I dare not say that.

In Blood River,

there is no "missing".

If he left without leave,

that is desertion!

Send two men to find him.

Also,

send word to Xie Qidao

to come

to Jiuxiao City.

Regarding Uncle Qidao...

I visited him before,

but...

he drove me out.

Everything has a price.

If he wants to shield

his disciple,

he will pay for it!

Blood River

is not some martial sect.

He doesn't get to shut in and train!

And now...

Who allowed you to stand?

On your knees.

Kneel three days straight!

Sir.

Who killed him?

The Su family.

Su Zhe.

His gold ring

would cause wounds like this.

The Su family

actually sent that monster.

They all stand

with the Patriarch?

Likely not.

He showed up

to kill the miracle physician

of Medicine King Valley,

but for some reason

he suddenly killed our men.

I fought with my life

to bring back the young master's body.

Rise, all of you.

In Blood River, we live on the edge.

That's the way of things.

Even if the dead is my son,

you need not mourn!

Who's coming?

The Death Coffin?

Locked inside The Death Coffin

is that madman.

Sir,

you must not open this coffin.

It's far too dangerous!

The Death Coffin

has been under the watch of the Soul Reapers' Hall.

Why is it here?

I requested it from the Soul Reapers' Hall.

Since they agreed to lend it,

it shows their loyalty lies

with our Mu family.

Ah, Changhe...

either you don't act at all,

or when you do,

you plunge Blood River into chaos.

Master,

stop mocking me.

Look at me.

Mu Zizhe beat me to a pulp.

I'm not as tough as you claim.

Xie Fanhua is dead,

you know that, right?

I killed him.

That guy

was already

half dead anyway.

The Xie family

had long wished him dead.

Without his death,

those younger ones

couldn't step into view.

If Xie Fanhua were healthy,

there's no doubt

he'd be the Xie family's next head.

You killed him,

that's on your record.

But killing Mu Bai...

you went too far.

What?

Mu Bai is dead too?

Who did it?

You don't know?

Su Zhe.

Who sent him?

We're doomed.

Uncle Zhe's usually

the laziest of us,

why so eager this time?

Since he killed Mu Bai,

if I run into Mu Zizhe again,

he'll skin me alive!

Mu Zizhe is a madman.

Now you've killed his son,

he won't just skin you,

he'll skin

the whole Su family.

For the past hundred years,

Blood River had its infighting.

But the standoff among the Three Families

never changed.

This time

may be different.

Master,

this really isn't on me.

Uncle Zhe did it himself.

I sent him to kill

the miracle physician,

not Mu Bai.

Enough.

What's done is done.

Since that's the case,

we may as well

make all Blood River bear the name Su.

Master, you're bold and brilliant.

I, Su Changhe,

will follow you to the death!

You'll die for me,

but what about Su Zhe?

Uncle Zhe...

what about him?

Master feared Mu Zizhe's revenge,

so he just sent a unit

to reinforce Su Zhe.

But they found

Su Zhe didn't fight Su Muyu,

instead he chose to travel with Su Muyu

and that miracle physician

back to the Spider's Nest.

So Su Muyu turned Uncle Zhe

to his side?

Master.

Just now...

Buxie came back.

[Xie Qidao of the Xie family]

He's back?

The task is done?

He said nothing about it,

just left this.

He fought Su Muyu.

This is the eighth move he mastered?

Buxie said

this still isn't the true eighth move.

He needs a few more years to roam.

He'll return once he finds the answer.

He's mad.

In Blood River,

if one goes roaming the martial world

and stays out over ten days,

the Soul Reapers' Hall's kill writ

will be issued

without hesitation.

That's the second matter.

We received a letter from the family head.

What does it say?

I can't bother reading

their usual nonsense.

Just tell me straight.

The head says,

Xie Buxie's ignored the mission

and left Blood River without leave,

a capital offense.

But if you will come out

to Jiuxiao City

and aid the Xie family,

they'll ask the Soul Reapers' Hall

for a writ

pardoning Xie Buxie.

Xie Ba...

is quite the schemer.

[Luojiuxiao Inn]

Medicine time.

Feed me.

Hey...

What?

Shouldn't you feed me

after you hurt me?

I'm not clinging to you for life anyway.

Count yourself lucky.

Such a thoughtful young lord.

Stalling me with this trick

isn't a good idea.

Your wounds will heal,

and I...

will seek the Patriarch

to avenge Second Master Tang.

Bitter medicine.

Then wait till I'm healed,

and we'll talk.

After all, a Xuanwu Guardian

should pay his debt first,

then seek revenge.

Uncle Zhe.

That noise you made yesterday

was way too loud.

I heard it all.

Do you really want to be Patriarch?

You think I'm fit for it?

No.

If my daughter

takes a shine to you,

absolutely not.

If she doesn't,

then maybe.

You jest, Uncle Zhe.

News came from outside

that Xie Fanhua is dead.

Changhe killed him.

Mu Bai is dead too.

I killed him.

Didn't Mu Bai already flee?

So what do you think?

Changhe was behind that.

Mu Qingyang secretly joined

Changhe's faction.

And on Changhe's orders,

he killed Mu Bai

to frame you.

That brat...

He even schemes against me.

He killed two young masters with one strike,

seeming to cripple two families,

but really dumping the blame on the Su family.

This Blood River chaos

has shifted

from Three Families racing to kill the Patriarch

and seize the Dormant Dragon Sword

into a full-blown free-for-all.

The greatest gains

often come

from the greatest chaos.

Changhe's game

has reached its endgame.

I should've guessed

he wasn't helping

the Su family.

He wanted the Dormant Dragon Sword himself.

But even with the sword in hand,

it's not over.

Things were never as simple

as Changhe thought.

Looks like

you have a plan of your own.

The poison's nearly cleared.

Has the young miracle physician returned?

Long time no see,

Sir.

Zhe?

Why did you

suddenly show up here?

Did that brat Su Jinhui

send you to kill me?

Years ago,

I once risked my life

for you.

Now we meet again,

Sir,

you actually think

I came to kill you?

That stings.

Isn't it so?

It was, at first,

but my daughter said

if we took the fee,

we must cure you.

I listened to her.

Your daughter?

The Wen family of Medicine King Valley...

No wonder.

So,

I should thank you, Sir.

If not for that business with you,

I'd have had no way

to reunite with my girl.

Miracle physician indeed.

Yes.

Your poison

is mostly cleared.

But remember:

for the next few days,

don't use inner force at will,

or all is wasted.

So you used Soul-Swap Technique

to probe my memory

to seek your father.

And to cure your poison, too!

I didn't lie to you.

Look,

you're back

to being healthy.

About the fee we agreed on,

shouldn't we settle that?

Everything I promised

will be paid in full.

I'm just curious,

miracle physician,

how did you cure me?

I used Soul-Swap Technique

to share your senses,

so I also tasted

that poison's agony

throughout your body.

But in the process,

I found

among the body's 720 points,

one point

untouched by that poison.

That's the Zhiyang point.

So I used a silver needle

to herd the poison

and drive it all

into Zhiyang.

Then you set one more needle

to vent the toxins out?

"Vented them out"?

Not that simple.

This poison

should've been incurable.

Only one way:

life for life.

Life for life?

You need someone

with superb inner force

to cover Zhiyang with a palm

and draw the poison out.

That means

taking it into himself.

Then here's the question:

in this Spider's Nest,

who would trade a life

for you, Sir?

It was Kewen.

I still remember

the day we entered the Spider's Nest together.

Back then,

you could barely stand.

Yet before him,

you kept a steady front,

never lowering your guard.

But that very man

before whom you refused

to drop your guard,

he gave up

his life for you

in the end.

Sir,

what was there

between you two?

Simply put,

they were once brothers who shared a bond.

Later one became

the almighty Patriarch,

the other

a hunchbacked, ugly gatekeeper.

That's about it.

Where is he now?

He's gone.

Uncle Arhat,

you really won't wait

for the Patriarch to wake?

No.

Even if he wakes,

there's no need to meet again.

What lay between us

is wiped clean

from this moment.

As for this Spider's Nest,

handle it as you see fit.

If the Patriarch is fine,

then this Spider's Nest

should now belong to Medicine King Valley.

Very well.

That young miracle physician

is a fine girl.

Never thought

you would tease others.

Only at the brink of death

do people truly see themselves

and win their freedom.

Now,

I'm no longer of Blood River,

nor Mu Kewen of the Mu family,

nor the keeper

of this Spider's Nest.

Without these burdens,

I suddenly feel

living in this world

seems to have

a bit more flavor.

And I no longer

wish so much to die.

Uncle Arhat...

I've heard

your story with Su Changhe.

You're much like

me and Mingce in our youth.

Oh, Mu Mingce

was the Patriarch's name back then.

I hope

the ending between you two

can be different

from ours.

He said

what he owed you

is paid this time.

And what you owe him...

leave it to the next life.

For the rest of his days,

he won't be Mu Kewen,

nor belong to Blood River.

No more meetings.

He's drawn almost all the toxins

from your body,

but traces remain.

I'll clear it with acupuncture

over the next few days.

But remember:

for these days,

do not stir your inner force,

or it may return.

So,

does what comes next

have nothing to do with us?

Then please, Sir,

write the Soul Reapers' Hall.

I'm leaving.

Tell them not to send killers after me.

I gave you a chance,

but you stayed.

Some choices

don't allow regret.

Do not misuse your inner force.

Uncle Zhe,

let me speak with the Patriarch

before we decide.

You're right.

Go talk first.

If talk fails,

I'll collect your body.

Uncle Zhe, I hope

you won't have to.

The miracle physician

has cleared my poison.

Muyu,

you fulfilled

your own promise.

I'll grant you freedom.

Come here.

Back then outside the Wailing Abyss,

with one sword

I planted the Life-Death Contract in you.

The seven-year term nears.

Only my inner force can dissolve it.

That is our pact.

Now,

I'll purge it for you.

No need, Sir.

The poison

was cured years ago.

What?

When I mastered the Eighteen-Sword Array,

sword qi flooded my body

and by chance that Life-Death Contract

was dispelled.

So that's it.

I always thought

you risked your life to guard me

because of the shackle of the Life-Death Contract.

You once saved my brother and me

outside the Wailing Abyss.

That kindness

was worth my sword at your side.

And the day I became a Kui,

I swore with the Twelve Zodiacs

an oath as well.

Not by coercion,

nor for profit,

but for...

loyalty and duty.

I believe

that's simply how it should be.

Thank you.

Just doing my duty.

Don't say that again.

I prefer

the word earlier:

loyalty.

Blood River's Furnace

can't teach that word.

My father taught me that.

The Sword God Zhuo Yuluo!

He truly was remarkable.

I always remember

what he told me:

in this world,

honor bonds and keep your word.

Forget either,

and you lose the right to wield a sword.

Honor bonds, keep your word...

Just for those words,

you will guard me to the death,

at any cost?

Some costs are off-limits.

What cost?

Su Changhe...

he must not die.

Muyu,

I'm already old.

Though the poison's gone,

I have only a few years left.

Who do you think

should bear

this Dormant Dragon Sword?

[Qingming today; cold wind blows, grudges dissolve]

[Ghost Gate opens, Yin and Yang reunite]

No flowers, no wine in the Qingming rain.

Blades and swords mark the road of no return.

What a perfect day,

just Su Muyu's kind of weather.

Have you thought

of a name?

I want the name Su Muyu.

Why?

That day my family was slain,

my father shielded me,

set me on a floating plank,

and the current carried me here.

It was dusk,

with a steady, gentle rain.

A good name.

And you?

What will you be called?

Two suns make "Chang",

meaning prosperous,

bright.

So I'm...

Su Changhe.

♪Bound by fate, I draw my blade again♪

♪Rain drifts on steel at dusk♪

♪Moon ripples below, road far ahead♪

♪Dust rises, I walk toward the light♪

♪Even alone through storm and snow♪

♪I know spring dawn waits not far ahead♪

♪I know spring dawn waits not far ahead♪

[Unpredictable, Untraceable]

Sir.

Su Muyu has passed Qinghe Street.

He'll be here

any minute now.

He's coming alone?

Yes.

Looks like

he found our hideout

and came for us.

Coming alone,

he wants to negotiate.

Will he negotiate,

Changhe?

Negotiate what?

It's hard to make him say a few words.

You expect him

to talk deals?

You can negotiate without talking.

We Su folk negotiate

by the sword.

[Sword Qi Soars]

I've waited long for you,

Su Muyu!

I'm here for the master.

Halt!

Su Muyu,

let me test your sword.

Su Ze

facing Su Muyu?

Tricks and trifles.

Better use

your Eighteen-Sword Array.

You want to see my sword?

I want to see

who is the strongest swordsman

of this Su generation.

Why is the Su family's top swordsman

one of them?

Did Su Ze crown himself?

You use daggers.

If you take a sword,

I'll look forward

to that instant

you draw,

to your blade's light.

Let's make a bet.

How many moves before Su Ze's down?

Ze is still too young.

Within five moves, I'd say.

♪Like fate, winding with the tide♪

♪Who can ford this river of night?♪

♪Where's the far shore we chase all our lives?♪

♪Surrendering all hues for a glimmer of light♪

♪Through joy and sorrow♪

♪Still I can't let go♪

♪Longing keeps me awake at night♪

♪My heart no longer my own♪

♪No one can escape from love♪

♪How many hidden feelings♪

♪Sink in silence deep?♪

♪Searching through the endless nights♪

♪Struggling on the edge of love and pain♪

♪Shadows crossing shadows♪

♪Whose name hides in your eyes?♪

♪When the wind blows, ask not when I shall return♪

♪Ask not when I shall return♪

♪Like fate, winding with the tide♪

♪Who can ford this river of night?♪

♪Where's the far shore we chase all our lives?♪

♪Surrendering all hues for a glimmer of light♪

♪Through joy and sorrow♪

♪Still I can't let go♪

♪Longing keeps me awake at night♪

♪My heart no longer my own♪

♪No one can escape from love♪

♪My heart no longer my own♪

♪No one can escape from love♪