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[The Journey of Legend]

[Episode 16]

You're really calculating.

Have you ever calculated

when you'll die?

I'm not interested in arguing with you.

If you want a quick death,

tell me what I want to know.

I don't have time for this.

You're a dying man.

Be smart

and give me the Hero Command Token.

I'll consider giving you a quick death.

Do you dare to kill me?

Xueyu.

Yiren.

Where are Mr. Qu and the others?

Xueyu.

Qu Hanshan really is the Sword King.

Qiushui was…

Xiaoyi.

Qiushui…

What exactly happened?

Qiushui risked his life

to prevent us from being deceived

by Qu Hanshan

and was struck down.

How could this happen?

Where is Qiushui?

Where is he now?

Xueyu.

I must find him.

I can surely heal him.

Xueyu, don't be reckless.

Qiushui kept telling us

to return to the Sword Manor as soon as possible.

We cannot let his efforts be in vain.

That's right.

Now is not the time for grief.

Kaiyan has gone ahead to scout

according to Qiushui's tactical map.

Once he returns,

we'll leave immediately.

Yiren is right.

We'll leave very soon.

We can't delay any longer.

What about Qiushui?

Is Kaiyan back?

No,

it's a group of people.

Qu Hanshan's men are coming after us!

Everyone, be careful!

Still trying to play the hero.

The Hero Command Token

has nothing to do with you, Xiao Qiushui.

Why cling to it?

The token has nothing to do with me,

but you won't get it either.

Quite stubborn, aren't you?

Seems you haven't starved enough yet.

I already accepted death in Top Fairness Forest.

Why am I…

Now I need to stall him

to buy Yiren time to return to the Huanhua Sect,

which might change how the story ends.

If you're afraid I'll starve to death,

you should unseal my acupoints first.

Giving in so quickly?

I doubt you're sincere.

Don't believe me then.

The Hero Command Token is useless to me anyway.

Is everyone alright? Anyone hurt?

Xiaoyi.

How are you?

Are you okay?

How are you?

I'm fine, Xueyu.

My meridians aren't damaged.

Good.

Qu Hanshan actually set up an ambush here.

There must be more pursuers.

We shouldn't stay here long.

Yiren, Xueyu,

bad news.

What is it?

The Power Gang discovered that Qiushui stole the map,

and they changed the ambush location.

The shortest route for reinforcements

is now blocked by fallen rocks.

Several of our men were killed by them.

Blockade ahead, pursuers behind.

What should we do?

In that case,

we have to make a detour

to the Diancang Sect.

Father has long-standing ties with the Diancang Sect.

Besides, if we head northwest,

we can evade the pursuers sent by Qu Hanshan.

I'm sorry for the trouble,

but we'll head northwest immediately

to the Diancang Sect.

-Yes! -Okay.

Are you ever going to stop eating?

Where is the Hero Command Token?

What's the rush?

I have to say,

your cooking is really good.

Why aren't you eating?

I thought you were clever,

that there was something special about you.

But you can't even figure out why I'm not eating.

You're nothing but a useless fool.

I know—

you poisoned the meat.

When I set Qu Hanshan up,

I never expected to live in this world.

I don't know what you were thinking.

Maybe you hit your head?

You brought me back here against my will.

Listen,

this poison means nothing to me.

Do you know this poison is called the Seven Perils Poison?

If you try any tricks,

I'll activate this poison,

and you'll be in excruciating pain,

as if countless ants are gnawing at your veins.

Actually, Old Madam Wu

never told me

where the Hero Command Token is.

Before I parted with Old Madam Wu,

she asked me to find Crazy Yan's family

to fulfill her wish.

That's all.

That's all I know.

You have to play it the hard way.

Thank you for the meal.

You summoned me, Master?

Where is the Snake Duo?

They've already gone to the Diancang Sect.

Follow them.

You want me to assist them

in investigating the Marching…

I want you to follow them

so the Snake Duo won't become Qu Hanshan's lackeys

like Purple Phoenix did.

Yes.

I ordered them to secretly look into the Marching Pill.

If they step out of line,

consider them traitors.

You've been tortured by ant venom for 12 hours.

You're tougher than I expected.

Liu Suifeng.

If I ever get the chance,

I will definitely kill you.

You think you're capable of that?

You've lost all your martial arts skills,

and you're poisoned with ant venom.

No one can save you now.

Rest assured.

I certainly will.

Delusional.

Liu Suifeng,

come out here!

I thought someone came to save that loser.

Turns out it's the Sword King.

Liu Suifeng.

I know he's in your hands.

So what if you know?

Hand him over to me,

and I'll let this go.

Let this go?

You mean the spies you sent?

You turned Purple Phoenix and Kang Chuyu against me.

I haven't settled that score with you yet.

Seems like you and I

still can't see eye to eye.

If that's the case,

don't blame me for taking him by force.

Qu Hanshan,

Xiao Qiushui has what Chief wants.

Are you trying to let him escape?

Liu Suifeng,

do you really think Xiao Qiushui

would just sit in that room waiting for you?

Xilou, have some water.

Any news from Qiushui?

I'm not drinking it.

You drink it.

You haven't had a drop of water for a full day and night.

You can't survive on meditation alone.

We're in our darkest hour now.

Despite all the people fighting with us,

we still ended up in this predicament.

If reinforcements still don't come,

I, Xiao Xilou,

will risk my life

to lead our disciples out through the siege

and fight to the death.

Shan,

I leave Junior Meng and the others to you.

Don't talk like that.

Qiushui has gone for help.

He's so clever.

He'll surely come back.

Qiushui, our Qiushui,

among all your siblings,

you're the smartest.

I know

you won't let me down.

You won't.

Why didn't you praise him to his face?

You were always scolding him.

The children of the Xiao family—

not just our 3 children,

but all our disciples—

they are the hope of the Xiao family.

If we can keep them safe this time,

the future of our Huanhua Sect is secure.

Here, drink some water first.

You drink it. Be good.

It's so sweet.

Here.

Alright, alright.

Drink.

[Diancang Sect]

Now that the Diancang Sect is dealt with,

Liu Suifeng will never be able to explain himself.

I deliberately left a few survivors.

Deputy Chief Liu's crime

of slaughtering martial sects at will

is now undeniable.

Since ancient times, humans have always been…

the most vicious creatures.

Snake.

Snake.

Snake.

Snake.

It was Liu Suifeng.

The Diancang Sect…

He's from the Diancang Sect.

Yiren,

this snake venom is extremely rare.

It belongs to the Snake Duo of the Power Gang.

Looks like something's happened to the Diancang Sect.

Mr. Zuoqiu, Mr. Deng,

the Diancang Sect is about 10 li up the mountain.

Please take the shortcut to check things out.

If there are any survivors,

please help them.

Alright, Mr. Xiao.

You be careful too.

Farewell.

Let's join them.

Okay.

[Diancang Sect]

It really was the Snake Duo.

Watch out!

Let me see.

Everyone, be careful.

The snake blood is poisonous.

How dare you kill my snake?

You really have a death wish.

Power Gang?

Since we've met here,

I won't let you off easily!

Shinian!

Interesting.

You actually think you can trap me with a deceptive formation.

Let's see

if your formation can kill

every last one of my snakes.

Yiren,

someone else is coming.

[Zu Jindian, Fire King of the Power Gang]

That's it for today.

Who'd be out here in the middle of nowhere?

Don't give up yet.

Didn't we find 4 yesterday?

[The Four Thugs: Yuwen Dong, Chang Wuqi, Meng Donglin, Jin Beiwang]

T-That was yesterday.

That thing.

That white thing.

It's a person.

It's a person.

Hurry! Let's go! We hit the jackpot!

We hit the jackpot.

He's dead. We'll get paid.

Put him in the bag.

Hurry! We're gonna get paid.

He's alive, Beiwang.

What did you do?

He's alive.

That's against our rule.

We only make money off the dead.

How did you touch him and bring him back to life?

If he's alive, we won't earn any coins.

Exactly!

I... I...

Let's throw him back in the river to feed the fish!

Throw him back!

Let go of me.

My foot hurts too much.

Misters,

you went through all that trouble to save me.

Why are you trying to kill me again?

-You… -Cut the crap.

We, the Four Thugs, have only fished out dead bodies,

never living people.

That's right.

We make a living by retrieving dead bodies.

You were dead and suddenly came back to life.

That's bad luck.

Bad luck, bad luck!

Stop wasting time with him.

Before anyone finds out,

throw him back in the river and drown him.

He'll be dead in an hour.

Then we'll fish him out and haul him back.

Good idea!

It hurts.

Misters,

can I say something?

Just a quick word.

Here's the thing.

Think about it—

making money off the living

is faster than making money off the dead,

right?

Impossible.

Impossible.

The authorities told us

that we get 500 coins for each body.

N-No. Isn't it 100…

If he's alive, we won't get a reward.

Right. No reward.

How about this?

I'll give you

the reward.

Who do you think you are?

Exactly!

Why should we trust you?

Yeah. Why should we believe you?

Yes.

Exactly. Why should we trust you?

I think the Huanhua Sect's villa isn't far from here.

Misters,

just come with me and you'll see.

Huan... Huan...

Huanhua Sect?

The Huanhua Sect of Jinzhong?

Judging by his age,

could he be the third son of the Xiao family, Xiao Qiushui?

Xiao Qiushui?

Xiao Qiushui!

I…

Xiao Qiushui?

You've got the wrong person.

I'm not Xiao Qiushui.

Xiao Qiushui's men killed the Three Heroes.

Right.

He is Xiao Qiushui.

Yes, that's him.

That's him.

-It's him! -His men killed the Three Heroes.

We're their good friends.

The one who killed them

is our enemy.

-Right. -Kill him!

Kill him!

Wait, wait.

Misters,

what are you talking about?

I'm really not Xiao Qiushui.

How could I possibly have killed

your friends?

I don't even know martial arts.

He said he didn't kill them.

Then he's not Xiao Qiushui.

Hold on.

Then why is he taking us to the Huanhua Sect?

He's also offered us a reward.

Y-Yeah.

It's him!

Oh no.

The Three Heroes of Long River are characters in the original novel.

At the beginning of the story,

they were killed by Xiao Qiushui.

According to the timeline,

I hadn't come into this world

to become Xiao Qiushui then.

-It's him! -Kill him!

Kill him first!

Right, kill him first!

If we kill him

after saving him,

are we saving him or killing him?

Cut the crap, Donglin.

I remember now! I remember!

W-What did you just say?

The Three…

Three Heroes!

Yes, right, the Three Heroes.

The Three Heroes

were all great at martial arts.

My martial arts skills are ordinary.

So tell me,

how could I possibly have killed them?

I-I don't believe you.

-Me neither. -We don't believe you.

Think about it,

how many people are the Three Heroes?

T-Three.

Three against 1—

how could they possibly have lost to me?

Besides,

how many of you are there?

Four.

More people means more strength.

If you don't stick together,

how can you make a living as a team?

Am I right?

-That makes sense. -That makes sense.

No, it doesn't!

Why not?

Could the 4 of us defeat the Three Heroes?

If we couldn't defeat the Three Heroes,

then we definitely can't defeat him.

So which is better,

more people or fewer people?

More people, of course!

Donglin…

Kill him first!

I'm done talking to you.

This matter is really too complicated.

Let me explain slowly.

When the Three Heroes died,

I wasn't even in this world,

and I wasn't Xiao Qiushui at all.

Why do you have to kill me?

I just don't understand

why you're so stubborn.

No.

It was a year ago.

The Three Heroes died 1 year ago.

He said he wasn't in this world then.

Does he look like he's 1 year old?

Am I cursed or something?

Stop wasting time with him.

If we keep listening to him,

we'll all be fooled.

Yes! He'll fool us all!

-Beiwang. -Beiwang.

-Kill him first. -Kill him first.

Do it.

What are you going to do?

Stay back.

-Kill him! -Wait.

The Three Heroes were killed by Xiao Qiushui's men:

one by saber, one by sword, and one by hidden weapons.

How should we kill him

to avenge the Three Heroes?

Y-You're so annoying.

How should we kill him?

He has 2 hands and 2 feet.

Chop them all off.

We each get one

for revenge.

Chop them off.

Don't touch him.

Yiren!

Xueyu, watch out!

Master really foresaw this.

The Snake Duo not only betrayed him

but also colluded with Zu Jindian, the Fire King.

Looks like they're determined to side with Qu Hanshan.

Xueyu!

Yiren!

Retreat!

I'll cover you.

Shinian!

Protect Yiren!

Young Master Yiren,

go!

Shinian!

Go, Yiren!

Young Master Yiren, go!

Go!

Come at me if you dare!

Red Phoenix,

why are you turning against your own people?

Master sent you to investigate the Diancang Sect,

yet you wiped it out on your own.

You've even colluded with the Sword King.

Of course I have to kill you.

If that's the case,

I won't hold back anymore!

Xiao Qiushui… He's still alive.

Young Master Yiren, we should be safe here.

I spent years training Shinian.

They've sacrificed themselves for the Xiao family,

and I couldn't even protect their bodies.

The Xiao family helped a lot of people,

but now we've landed in hot water

and ended up like this.

Why?

Why?

We've already lost Qiushui.

Is the Xiao family destined to fall?

Yiren.

What did you just say?

Qiushui is dead?

Qiushui…

Wasn't he recovering at the branch?

How could Qiushui be dead?

I must have misheard, right?

I misheard,

didn't I, Yiren?

Yiren,

what happened to Qiushui?

What happened to Qiushui?

Xueyu,

Qiushui is dead.

He's dead!

Impossible.

Why didn't you tell me?

Xueyu.

We didn't mean to hide it from you.

Qiushui...

He didn't want us to be deceived anymore,

so he did everything he could

to expose the Sword King.

Until the end,

Qiushui kept telling us

to return to the Sword Manor as soon as possible.

It was his last wish.

Yiren,

we can't let Qiushui die in vain.

Now,

our parents' lives are hanging by a thread.

Kaiyan got separated from us.

It's up to us now

to save the Xiao family.

You must pull yourself together.

It hurts.

-Are you okay? -It hurts.

Liu Suifeng!

Damn you, Liu Suifeng.

Listen,

we work for Zhu the Great King.

Yeah.

Hurt us again, and we'll…

Stop playing dead.

My poison only attacks your meridians.

You can still talk.

You beast!

You might as well kill me.

That's right.

Fine.

I'll give you until 3 incense sticks burn out.

Once they do,

I'll break their arms and legs.

Wait, wait!

There are 4 of us.

If you light 3 incense sticks,

that will leave 1 person out.

Right, exactly.

Donglin.

Donglin, Donglin.

It hurts!

You...

I...

Liu Suifeng!

Now the numbers match up.

Why don't you just break his limbs

and force him to talk?

Yeah, break his limbs.

That's right.

These 4 people have nothing to do with this.

It's so despicable

of you to do this.

Mr. Xiao,

if you can't bear to see these people suffer,

then think carefully

about where the Hero Command Token is.

My kneecap!

Stop it.

-Stop it! -Just tell him!

Yeah, tell him.

My leg!

Just tell him!

-My leg! -Hurry up!

Master.

You guessed right, Master.

The Snake Duo wiped out the Diancang Sect

and framed you for it.

They also conspired with the Fire King, who works for the Sword King.

Xiao Yiren, the eldest son of the Xiao family,

was rushing back to the Sword Manor with Shinian

and encountered the Snake Duo and Fire King.

During the fight,

2 of their prized Shinian

were killed.

What about those traitors, the Snake Duo?

I fought 3 of them alone

and killed 1 of the duo.

But I didn't let them get away easily.

I took Shinian's tokens.

They can help you force Xiao Qiushui

to reveal where the Hero Command Token is.

That's an unexpected gain.

You may go.

Yes.

-Damn you, Liu Suifeng! -Xiao Qiushui, you bastard!

Xiao Qiushui!

Xiao Qiushui!

What should we do now?

Look at our broken limbs.

We Four Thugs

are each hobbling on one leg now.

It's all your fault!

Yes! It's all your fault.

Bro,

could you get your hand off my thigh?

You've got a mouth harder to crack than a stone.

-So tight-lipped. -Yeah.

E-Exactly!

Just say it.

Tell me where the token is.

Otherwise, when Liu Suifeng lights 3 more incense sticks,

it'll be our heads that get chopped off.

Hurry up and tell me where it is.

Where's the token?

Where's the token?

Wait.

Wait.

Guys, I'll talk. I'll talk.

Guys,

I'm truly sorry for getting you all involved.

Guys,

actually,

I really don't know where the Hero Command Token is.

He says he doesn't know.

He says he doesn't have the Hero Command Token.

If you ask me,

we should break his limbs too.

Even if he doesn't confess,

at least it'll feel fair.

Make it fair.

Right.

-I'll hit him here. -Right, right.

I'll hit him here.

Wait, wait.

I'll tell you!

What is there to tell?

Just listen to me for a second.

You're driving me crazy with your noise!

Let me ask you this:

what does Liu Suifeng want?

He wants the Hero Command Token.

I've told you 10,000 times

I don't have the Hero Command Token!

No way!

So what does he want?

I don't have the token!

Without it, he'll kill us all.

So I'm asking you:

what should we do now?

Stick together.

Figure out a way to break free

and kill him.

Right!

Wuqi, he's right!

Not at all.

-Right my ass! -Wrong!

Wrong!

Wrong!

We'll die anyway.

I might as well die alongside you!

Stop pulling me, will you?

I've had enough of this.

Liu Suifeng!

Be careful.

His life is worth more than all of yours.

You may not care about

these 4 men's lives.

But what about these people?

Where did you get these tokens?

What have you done to my family?

What I've done doesn't matter.

Think about what you should do.