1 00:01:37,660 --> 00:01:40,530 [Fate Chooses You] 2 00:01:41,259 --> 00:01:43,670 [Episode 4] 3 00:01:44,229 --> 00:01:46,350 So, you're all cultivators 4 00:01:46,590 --> 00:01:48,200 from Lingji Mountain? 5 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,070 I am Lin Muhan, 6 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,200 the Young Sect Master of Lingji Mountain. 7 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:54,800 And this is my junior sister, 8 00:01:55,070 --> 00:01:55,600 Jiang Ji. 9 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,510 I am Jin Lun, an unaffiliated cultivator. 10 00:02:01,510 --> 00:02:02,200 And the one outside 11 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:03,680 who wields music as a weapon 12 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,480 is Nangong Guhong from the Solar and Lunar Cavern. 13 00:02:11,310 --> 00:02:12,310 It's not very polite 14 00:02:12,310 --> 00:02:14,030 to ask a young lady her name 15 00:02:14,590 --> 00:02:16,000 so abruptly, you know. 16 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:19,280 This immortal lady is Zuo Yingying 17 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,410 of the Cyan-Rainbow Sect of Beixiang. 18 00:02:22,079 --> 00:02:24,280 Well then, with all you immortals here, 19 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,870 I feel much more at ease. 20 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:28,030 Could you please take that cultivator away 21 00:02:28,030 --> 00:02:29,680 as soon as possible? 22 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:30,329 That way, 23 00:02:30,630 --> 00:02:32,690 I won't have to live in constant fear. 24 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:34,060 Rest assured, My Lord. 25 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:35,240 That goes without saying. 26 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:35,770 Alright. 27 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:37,300 Then let's set off at once. 28 00:02:37,470 --> 00:02:38,400 No rush, no rush. 29 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,190 Please, My Lord, don't be hasty. 30 00:02:40,190 --> 00:02:41,590 We've been traveling all this way 31 00:02:41,590 --> 00:02:42,960 and should take some time to rest and recover. 32 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:44,030 How about this, My Lord— 33 00:02:44,030 --> 00:02:44,630 you find 34 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:45,630 a guest room 35 00:02:45,630 --> 00:02:46,760 and rest well first. 36 00:02:47,079 --> 00:02:48,630 After we've had something to eat and drink, 37 00:02:48,630 --> 00:02:49,960 we'll set out together. 38 00:02:50,150 --> 00:02:50,880 Fair enough. 39 00:02:51,079 --> 00:02:52,680 I was way too hasty— 40 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,140 how could I have overlooked that? 41 00:02:54,140 --> 00:02:54,800 Attendant! 42 00:02:55,030 --> 00:02:55,520 Hurry 43 00:02:55,750 --> 00:02:56,750 and clean this up. 44 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:58,700 Bring out your best food and wine— 45 00:02:58,840 --> 00:02:59,710 I'll pay. 46 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,190 You all enjoy yourselves first. 47 00:03:02,190 --> 00:03:03,790 I really can't go on anymore— 48 00:03:03,870 --> 00:03:05,430 I'll go rest in my room. 49 00:03:06,150 --> 00:03:07,150 Quick, let's go. 50 00:03:07,150 --> 00:03:08,000 Help me to my rest— 51 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:08,800 hurry, hurry! 52 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:11,850 A wise man knows when to yield. 53 00:03:12,030 --> 00:03:13,360 We're no match for them. 54 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,520 Sir, you are such a handsome young man. 55 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:43,490 Why not have a drink with me? 56 00:03:44,430 --> 00:03:46,150 My friend here can't hold his liquor. 57 00:03:46,150 --> 00:03:47,120 If you want to drink, 58 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:48,980 I'll keep you company, Immortal. 59 00:03:49,470 --> 00:03:51,130 But I'm not interested in you. 60 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,190 I'm a straightforward person, 61 00:03:58,190 --> 00:03:58,870 and I can't stand 62 00:03:58,870 --> 00:04:00,680 faithless men hurting devoted women. 63 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:02,000 That Landlady from earlier— 64 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,530 she knows you, doesn't she? 65 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:04,960 She got beaten, 66 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,500 and you didn't lift a finger to help—why? 67 00:04:13,590 --> 00:04:15,150 Strong build, 68 00:04:15,430 --> 00:04:17,040 steady breath… 69 00:04:17,870 --> 00:04:19,329 you're a skilled fighter. 70 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:21,010 Here's the deal— 71 00:04:21,620 --> 00:04:22,600 go stab that 72 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,000 little wretch Jiang Ji, 73 00:04:24,750 --> 00:04:26,310 and I'll protect you. 74 00:04:26,510 --> 00:04:27,310 You won't die. 75 00:04:34,190 --> 00:04:35,600 What a blockhead. 76 00:04:38,870 --> 00:04:40,070 The food is poisoned! 77 00:05:17,950 --> 00:05:19,630 How do you like the Immortal-Sealing Powder 78 00:05:19,630 --> 00:05:21,600 from Chongling Valley? 79 00:05:40,430 --> 00:05:41,560 This is all a misunderstanding. 80 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:42,270 Everyone, put down your weapons 81 00:05:42,270 --> 00:05:43,480 and let's talk this through. 82 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,000 You serve the authorities— 83 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,260 why are you against us? 84 00:06:25,630 --> 00:06:26,750 A mortal body… 85 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,320 yet you withstood my strike. 86 00:06:30,310 --> 00:06:30,950 Young man, 87 00:06:31,950 --> 00:06:33,310 you're quite impressive. 88 00:06:33,310 --> 00:06:34,720 The fact that he could take that strike from you 89 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,070 suggests his cultivation has already reached a transcendent level. 90 00:06:37,070 --> 00:06:38,390 The divide between immortals and mortals 91 00:06:38,390 --> 00:06:39,920 is no mere figure of speech— 92 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:40,920 one word apart, 93 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:42,120 yet worlds apart. 94 00:06:42,870 --> 00:06:43,870 Still, young man, 95 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,000 let me give you a piece of advice: 96 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,430 before you try to show off next time, 97 00:06:47,430 --> 00:06:48,390 make sure 98 00:06:48,390 --> 00:06:49,430 you know your own limits. 99 00:06:49,430 --> 00:06:51,290 Not every immortal sect disciple 100 00:06:51,750 --> 00:06:53,210 is as reasonable as we are. 101 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:55,580 Never mind. 102 00:06:55,870 --> 00:06:57,390 It was just a misunderstanding. 103 00:06:57,390 --> 00:06:59,120 Take this bottle of Yangyuan Pills 104 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:00,070 as an apology. 105 00:07:01,870 --> 00:07:03,870 Yangyuan Pills are valuable stuff— 106 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,450 they can both heal injuries 107 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,360 and enhance one's cultivation. 108 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:08,070 Landlady, 109 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:09,890 you really hit the jackpot. 110 00:07:10,830 --> 00:07:11,630 Enchantress, 111 00:07:11,870 --> 00:07:13,510 you're no good either. 112 00:07:16,390 --> 00:07:17,800 I didn't misjudge you— 113 00:07:18,430 --> 00:07:19,690 you've got some skill. 114 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,160 I'll let it slide this time. 115 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:22,190 Next time we meet, 116 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,490 show me what you're really capable of. 117 00:07:31,490 --> 00:07:32,090 Looks like 118 00:07:32,430 --> 00:07:35,290 a trip to Chongling Valley will have to wait for now. 119 00:08:06,060 --> 00:08:08,590 [Xin Xie Manor] 120 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:12,190 Who is it? 121 00:08:12,190 --> 00:08:12,920 Who's there? 122 00:08:13,070 --> 00:08:13,560 Who— 123 00:08:17,510 --> 00:08:18,070 Sheng, 124 00:08:18,510 --> 00:08:20,360 you wretched disciple— what are you doing? 125 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,000 Put me down immediately! 126 00:08:23,510 --> 00:08:24,510 Stop struggling. 127 00:08:24,750 --> 00:08:26,000 Your cultivation is too advanced— 128 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,160 you were afraid you wouldn't get drunk, 129 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:28,240 so you sealed your own major acupoints 130 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:29,920 with the Nine-Element Technique. 131 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:30,800 For 7 days, 132 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,870 you won't be able to use a trace of your powers. 133 00:08:32,870 --> 00:08:34,070 You won't break free. 134 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,360 The court's dispatch— 135 00:08:36,510 --> 00:08:37,549 you left it in the wine cellar 136 00:08:37,549 --> 00:08:38,510 for 4 whole days. 137 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:40,120 I only found it today. 138 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:42,840 The letter says a female cultivator surnamed Xin 139 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:43,860 caused trouble in the capital, 140 00:08:43,860 --> 00:08:46,260 slaying 3 officials to avenge her husband. 141 00:08:46,270 --> 00:08:48,150 The court is inviting disciples from all major immortal sects 142 00:08:48,150 --> 00:08:49,520 to capture the female cultivator. 143 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,080 What does the court have to do with you anyway? 144 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:52,960 Our Xin Xie Manor 145 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:54,030 has lived in seclusion for years— 146 00:08:54,030 --> 00:08:56,030 we've long had no contact with them. 147 00:08:56,130 --> 00:08:57,120 You wretched disciple, 148 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:58,630 put me down now! 149 00:08:59,390 --> 00:09:00,750 Listen to me carefully. 150 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,120 A female cultivator, surnamed Xin— 151 00:09:03,150 --> 00:09:05,530 beautiful, kind-hearted, always standing up for the weak. 152 00:09:05,530 --> 00:09:06,000 Doesn't that 153 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,630 sound exactly like my senior sister? 154 00:09:07,630 --> 00:09:08,910 Beautiful and kind-hearted? 155 00:09:08,910 --> 00:09:10,440 Is that really what the letter says? 156 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:11,100 Out with it— 157 00:09:11,270 --> 00:09:12,410 what exactly did you 158 00:09:12,510 --> 00:09:14,790 send my senior sister down the mountain to do? 159 00:09:14,790 --> 00:09:16,030 If that's really what it says, 160 00:09:16,030 --> 00:09:17,240 it does sound like Xin. 161 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:17,800 But… 162 00:09:17,910 --> 00:09:19,870 she shouldn't be going to the capital. 163 00:09:19,870 --> 00:09:21,870 Where did you send my senior sister? 164 00:09:22,790 --> 00:09:24,750 She insisted on going herself. 165 00:09:24,750 --> 00:09:26,790 She said she was heading back to the countryside to visit her auntie— 166 00:09:26,790 --> 00:09:29,080 her auntie, already in her eighties or nineties, 167 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:30,080 didn't have much time left. 168 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:31,150 She was determined to go, 169 00:09:31,150 --> 00:09:32,470 and I couldn't stop her. 170 00:09:32,470 --> 00:09:34,270 Then why did she go to the capital— 171 00:09:34,270 --> 00:09:35,870 and even avenge her husband? 172 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,660 When did she even get married? 173 00:09:37,790 --> 00:09:39,360 Did you arrange a marriage for her again 174 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:40,320 without her consent? 175 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:41,390 I-I didn't do that. 176 00:09:41,390 --> 00:09:41,850 Well... 177 00:09:42,510 --> 00:09:44,000 it might not even be her. 178 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,240 There are plenty of cultivators 179 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:46,000 with the surname Xin out there— 180 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,240 why must it be her? 181 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:49,120 That won't do. 182 00:09:49,150 --> 00:09:50,280 I have to go find her. 183 00:09:51,390 --> 00:09:52,120 Sheng, 184 00:09:52,270 --> 00:09:54,200 you'll only make things worse if you go. 185 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:55,390 You wretched disciple— 186 00:09:55,390 --> 00:09:57,240 put me down first! 187 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:58,890 Whatever it is, we can talk it through. 188 00:09:58,890 --> 00:10:00,440 Sheng! 189 00:10:02,270 --> 00:10:04,320 Sheng! 190 00:10:09,190 --> 00:10:10,830 [Capital] 191 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:17,870 [Liang Wenjing, Minister of the Court of Judicial Review] 192 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,370 [Mr. Gui, Qinghong Sect] 193 00:10:35,930 --> 00:10:37,440 Don't waste your energy. 194 00:10:38,510 --> 00:10:40,550 With me here today, 195 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,150 you're not getting through that door. 196 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,360 For a mortal to be born with an immortal perception 197 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:47,750 and step onto the path of cultivation— 198 00:10:47,750 --> 00:10:49,360 do you know how rare that is? 199 00:10:49,870 --> 00:10:51,730 And yet, despite having such a blessing, 200 00:10:51,730 --> 00:10:53,180 you fail to cherish it. 201 00:10:53,550 --> 00:10:55,880 Instead, you go against your moral sense, 202 00:10:55,910 --> 00:10:57,670 repeatedly breaking the rules 203 00:10:57,690 --> 00:11:00,180 and meddling in mortal affairs. 204 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,670 Aren't you afraid your cultivation will collapse 205 00:11:03,740 --> 00:11:05,500 and backfire on you? 206 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:06,870 Enough talk— 207 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:08,460 are we fighting or not? 208 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,510 How utterly stubborn. 209 00:11:13,390 --> 00:11:15,920 Since you've wasted such a rare opportunity, 210 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:16,870 I might as well 211 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:20,240 take you into my Sunblock Banner 212 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:21,510 and refine you— 213 00:11:22,310 --> 00:11:25,430 at least that way you'll be of some use. 214 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:40,320 How naive. 215 00:11:46,180 --> 00:11:47,980 Where do you think you're going? 216 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:04,800 Oh no! 217 00:13:30,870 --> 00:13:31,600 I'm getting 218 00:13:32,430 --> 00:13:33,490 through this door. 219 00:13:39,510 --> 00:13:40,640 And the life inside— 220 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:42,120 I'm taking it. 221 00:13:42,550 --> 00:13:43,810 You've got some nerve, 222 00:13:43,890 --> 00:13:45,800 daring to toy with me. 223 00:13:55,550 --> 00:13:57,360 Cutting off your own tail to survive— 224 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:58,840 that takes nerve. 225 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:00,720 It's been a long time 226 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:02,510 since I've been pushed to this point. 227 00:14:02,510 --> 00:14:03,630 If that magic crow 228 00:14:03,790 --> 00:14:05,870 hadn't taken the blow for me, 229 00:14:06,030 --> 00:14:07,630 I might've fallen 230 00:14:07,630 --> 00:14:10,270 to a junior like you today. 231 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:12,220 No need to rush. 232 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,860 Sooner or later, you'll die all the same. 233 00:14:18,150 --> 00:14:19,680 Youth is a wonderful thing— 234 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:21,390 your blood runs hot. 235 00:14:21,870 --> 00:14:23,320 With a blade in hand, 236 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:25,910 it feels as if you could 237 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,600 cut down all things under heaven beneath your feet. 238 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,000 But don't forget— 239 00:14:30,910 --> 00:14:33,320 everyone was young once. 240 00:14:33,910 --> 00:14:34,910 Cut the nonsense. 241 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:37,270 What exactly are you trying to say? 242 00:14:37,270 --> 00:14:38,080 Very well. 243 00:14:38,630 --> 00:14:40,030 I will show you 244 00:14:40,030 --> 00:14:41,890 what real power looks like today. 245 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:01,290 What formation is this? 246 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:03,200 I haven't decided 247 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:05,240 on a name yet. 248 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:07,390 But you can call it— 249 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,390 your burial ground. 250 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,480 You can actually control the power of time? 251 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,030 Controlling time requires divine power— 252 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,120 only gods 253 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:49,630 can truly wield it. 254 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:51,840 For cultivators like us, 255 00:15:52,150 --> 00:15:54,200 even if we devote our entire lives, 256 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,120 we can only create a small realm. 257 00:15:57,630 --> 00:15:59,630 The extent of time reversal we can achieve 258 00:15:59,630 --> 00:16:01,200 is no more than 50 years. 259 00:16:03,790 --> 00:16:05,580 But that is more than enough— 260 00:16:06,030 --> 00:16:06,840 to kill you. 261 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,180 Such overwhelming power. 262 00:16:25,630 --> 00:16:27,120 This is when my cultivation 263 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:28,870 is at its peak. 264 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,400 Even against Golden Core cultivators, 265 00:16:31,910 --> 00:16:34,000 I would still have a chance to fight. 266 00:16:38,390 --> 00:16:40,750 With time reversed by 50 years, 267 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,220 you're likely just a newcomer to the immortal sect— 268 00:16:44,790 --> 00:16:46,670 probably haven't even crossed 269 00:16:46,670 --> 00:16:48,530 the threshold of Qi Cultivation. 270 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:52,910 You can't defeat me. 271 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,510 You'd be better off surrendering obediently. 272 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:59,360 I can grant you a swift death. 273 00:17:28,310 --> 00:17:29,550 You little girl… 274 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,370 you really know how to provoke people. 275 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,090 You ignorant fool courting death! 276 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:39,480 Do you have any idea 277 00:17:40,350 --> 00:17:42,000 how much spiritual energy 278 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,830 this formation consumes? 279 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,200 How much essence blood I have to sacrifice? 280 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,010 You don't need to worry about that— 281 00:17:49,010 --> 00:17:49,540 because 282 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,370 you won't be getting out of here alive. 283 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:01,110 You... 284 00:18:02,030 --> 00:18:02,480 You... 285 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,480 You asked why 286 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,470 a mere Stage 4 Qi Refining cultivator like me 287 00:18:06,470 --> 00:18:07,090 would dare 288 00:18:07,110 --> 00:18:09,070 to defy the world and enter the mortal realm to kill, 289 00:18:09,070 --> 00:18:10,960 without fear of the immortal sects. 290 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:12,310 Let me tell you now. 291 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:14,010 I began cultivating 292 00:18:14,510 --> 00:18:16,240 under my master at the age of 12. 293 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,720 Within a month, I had already grasped the basics of Foundation Building. 294 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,000 By 18, I had glimpsed the threshold of the Golden Core. 295 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:22,640 At 20, 296 00:18:23,110 --> 00:18:25,110 I reached the peak of my techniques. 297 00:18:35,110 --> 00:18:35,550 You… 298 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:36,660 Golden… 299 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,160 Golden Core cultivator? 300 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:47,010 The stars are shifting— 301 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:49,400 a practitioner is engaging in a spell duel within the city. 302 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,400 To be able to cause such abnormal changes in the sky, 303 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,550 they must be someone incredibly powerful. 304 00:18:53,550 --> 00:18:54,410 I didn't expect 305 00:18:54,550 --> 00:18:56,960 that in a place as wealthy and corrupt as the capital, 306 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,490 there are still hidden masters lying in wait. 307 00:18:59,950 --> 00:19:01,370 ♪ The vault of heaven is shaking, on the verge of collapse ♪ 308 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,480 I was born with the Innate Dao Body 309 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:02,480 and a pure immortal perception. 310 00:19:01,620 --> 00:19:04,490 ♪ Yet I refuse to yield or make amends ♪ 311 00:19:03,110 --> 00:19:05,000 I cultivated in the mountains for 60 years 312 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,620 and touched the Golden Core realm 3 separate times. 313 00:19:06,620 --> 00:19:08,050 ♪ Rather than linger in fleeting winds and moonlight ♪ 314 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:07,960 And yet I remain 315 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:09,000 only a Stage 4 Qi Refining cultivator. 316 00:19:08,490 --> 00:19:12,300 ♪ I would choose to stand between all beings and fate itself ♪ 317 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:10,570 Why do you think that is? 318 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:12,750 It's because I can't stand it. 319 00:19:12,750 --> 00:19:13,960 I can't stand this so-called 320 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,910 ♪ Walking the edge of a blade, I cast aside life and death ♪ 321 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:15,160 justice of the world. 322 00:19:15,270 --> 00:19:16,720 I can't stand seeing those struggling to survive 323 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:20,000 ♪ Vowing to speak out against injustice ♪ 324 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,050 being crushed by power. 325 00:19:18,310 --> 00:19:19,400 I can't stand watching the innocent 326 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:20,490 wronged and killed. 327 00:19:20,490 --> 00:19:23,320 ♪ If my cultivation turns to ash and smoke ♪ 328 00:19:20,910 --> 00:19:22,510 I've mastered great skills— 329 00:19:22,750 --> 00:19:23,960 I have the power to move heaven and earth. 330 00:19:23,490 --> 00:19:25,360 ♪ I still want to see this world ♪ 331 00:19:25,310 --> 00:19:27,070 Yet because of this moral discipline, 332 00:19:25,420 --> 00:19:26,760 ♪ Break into dawn once more ♪ 333 00:19:26,790 --> 00:19:30,260 ♪ Do you hear the raging tides of fury ♪ 334 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,070 I'm forced to turn a blind eye 335 00:19:29,070 --> 00:19:30,600 to the world's injustices. 336 00:19:30,750 --> 00:19:31,720 This? 337 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:33,260 ♪ How many sorrows have finally been laid to rest ♪ 338 00:19:32,350 --> 00:19:33,610 This is what I can't stand the most. 339 00:19:33,610 --> 00:19:36,420 ♪ How many stand without bias or tilt ♪ 340 00:19:36,450 --> 00:19:39,690 ♪ Pointing to the sky, questioning the moon ♪ 341 00:19:39,710 --> 00:19:42,970 ♪ I'd rather be a wandering immortal in the mortal world ♪ 342 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,470 ♪ And experience it all for myself ♪ 343 00:19:46,610 --> 00:19:49,960 ♪ Right and wrong, justice and evil ♪ 344 00:19:50,020 --> 00:19:53,200 ♪ In all the world, I choose first the people ♪ 345 00:19:53,810 --> 00:19:56,660 ♪ How could the powerful lie drunk in golden halls ♪ 346 00:19:56,950 --> 00:19:59,950 ♪ Illusions of heaven and memory entwined ♪ 347 00:20:00,290 --> 00:20:02,200 ♪ I will still break into this mortal realm ♪ 348 00:20:00,630 --> 00:20:02,430 This is indeed a place of burial. 349 00:20:02,450 --> 00:20:04,450 ♪ To demand a rightful ending ♪ 350 00:20:03,350 --> 00:20:04,550 Too bad it's not mine— 351 00:20:04,660 --> 00:20:07,200 ♪ Crossing the River of Heaven, washing away right and wrong ♪ 352 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:06,640 it's yours. 353 00:20:07,980 --> 00:20:11,180 ♪ For morality, severing emotion and decay ♪ 354 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:13,830 ♪ Only then can sun and moon shine together ♪ 355 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,580 ♪ Pointing to the sky, questioning the moon ♪ 356 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,580 ♪ I'd rather be a wandering immortal in the mortal world ♪ 357 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,850 ♪ Right and wrong, justice and evil ♪ 358 00:20:25,090 --> 00:20:26,560 ♪ I will still break into this mortal realm ♪ 359 00:20:26,580 --> 00:20:30,470 ♪ To demand a rightful ending ♪ 360 00:20:30,550 --> 00:20:33,360 ♪ I strike the darkness with a wild whip ♪ 361 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:38,130 ♪ To save this world of mortal fire and smoke ♪ 362 00:20:43,350 --> 00:20:44,110 Do you think 363 00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:45,640 we've come too late? 364 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:48,280 No, we haven't 365 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:50,310 So certain? 366 00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:52,330 The way things looked last night 367 00:20:52,330 --> 00:20:53,510 was pretty intimidating. 368 00:20:53,510 --> 00:20:55,790 The other side definitely isn't someone to be trifled with. 369 00:20:55,790 --> 00:20:57,720 Someone as slight as Immortal Xin— 370 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,080 how could she possibly withstand that? 371 00:21:01,270 --> 00:21:03,030 The checkpoints haven't been withdrawn, 372 00:21:03,030 --> 00:21:03,680 and far more people are leaving the city 373 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:04,880 than entering it. 374 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,570 That means they still haven't caught her. 375 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:08,610 Makes sense. 376 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,500 Looks like Immortal Xin won't be able to escape 377 00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:13,500 this "damsell in distress" moment. 378 00:21:17,270 --> 00:21:19,160 Come take a look! 379 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,000 Little trinkets, small curios! 380 00:21:25,830 --> 00:21:27,200 The capital really is nice— 381 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:27,800 so lively, 382 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:29,560 it changes every single day. 383 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:32,150 How long has it been since you were last here? 384 00:21:32,150 --> 00:21:34,350 We haven't eaten for 3 days! 385 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:35,880 Sir, 386 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:37,110 please spare some change! 387 00:21:37,110 --> 00:21:39,160 We haven't had anything to eat for 3 days and nights! 388 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:40,480 Sir, please spare some change! 389 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:41,000 Sir, 390 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:44,590 please give us some money! 391 00:21:44,590 --> 00:21:45,650 Get lost, get lost. 392 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:47,480 Please, just a little money. 393 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:49,520 Thank you. 394 00:21:50,270 --> 00:21:52,640 Come to think of it, this deal has really been bad luck. 395 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:53,880 I went through so much trouble, 396 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:54,880 all the way to Beixiang, 397 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:55,350 and finally 398 00:21:55,350 --> 00:21:56,400 found his son— 399 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,590 only to discover he was already dead. 400 00:21:58,590 --> 00:22:00,590 Now I even have to haul back a corpse. 401 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,070 Can you help me find someone? 402 00:22:03,550 --> 00:22:05,200 My father's name is Lu Jingran. 403 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:06,000 Got any money? 404 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:06,960 Yes. 405 00:22:07,590 --> 00:22:08,240 But 406 00:22:08,510 --> 00:22:09,550 this is all I have. 407 00:22:10,070 --> 00:22:10,590 Still, 408 00:22:10,590 --> 00:22:11,880 I'll earn more in the future— 409 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:13,160 whatever you want, I'll give it to you. 410 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:14,160 Screw you! 411 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,380 You think you can mess with me? 412 00:22:17,350 --> 00:22:17,920 San, 413 00:22:18,010 --> 00:22:18,640 look— 414 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,310 it's a little freak. 415 00:22:21,350 --> 00:22:22,590 Indeed he is. 416 00:22:31,070 --> 00:22:31,920 Thank you, sir! 417 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,160 Thank you, thank you! 418 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,070 Thank you, sir—thank you! 419 00:22:35,510 --> 00:22:36,110 Thank you! 420 00:22:37,750 --> 00:22:39,080 The capital is this big… 421 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,020 where are we supposed to find her? 422 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,550 Candied hawthorn! 423 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,510 Zuixian Restaurant... 424 00:22:57,070 --> 00:22:59,010 As the story goes, in last night's battle at the Liang residence, 425 00:22:59,010 --> 00:23:00,340 the fight was so intense 426 00:23:00,350 --> 00:23:02,680 it blotted out the sky and shook the earth. 427 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:03,510 In the end, 428 00:23:03,510 --> 00:23:05,920 even Purple Spirit Lightning was unleashed, 429 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,240 causing abnormal celestial phenomena. 430 00:23:08,550 --> 00:23:09,480 The Liang family 431 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,270 invited an immortal master from Beixiang to oversee the situation. 432 00:23:12,270 --> 00:23:15,270 Rumor has it this Mr. Gui possesses a magical artifact 433 00:23:15,550 --> 00:23:17,550 called the Sunblock Banner, 434 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,310 with immense power— 435 00:23:19,750 --> 00:23:20,790 capable of instantly 436 00:23:20,790 --> 00:23:22,880 tearing a person apart. 437 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,310 That's seriously impressive. 438 00:23:24,310 --> 00:23:26,510 If that Mr. Gui 439 00:23:26,510 --> 00:23:27,680 is as powerful as you say, 440 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:28,790 then how could he 441 00:23:28,790 --> 00:23:30,350 possibly have died by Immortal Xin's blade? 442 00:23:30,350 --> 00:23:31,110 Sir, 443 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,790 don't rush to conclusions. 444 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,750 Immortal Xin is now nowhere to be found— 445 00:23:36,830 --> 00:23:37,640 she might have 446 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,640 already perished last night. 447 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,310 If Immortal Xin is dead, 448 00:23:42,830 --> 00:23:44,240 then why would Lord Liang 449 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:45,300 still be so afraid, 450 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:46,590 inviting all the experts 451 00:23:46,590 --> 00:23:48,450 from the Great Xiangguang Temple 452 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,080 to his residence first thing this morning? 453 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:52,510 Who on earth 454 00:23:52,590 --> 00:23:53,790 is this Immortal Xin? 455 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,510 Which immortal mountain does she come from? 456 00:23:55,510 --> 00:23:57,310 Why have we never heard of her before? 457 00:23:57,310 --> 00:23:59,510 As for which sect she comes from, that's unknown. 458 00:23:59,510 --> 00:24:02,030 We only know she is Lord Lu's wife. 459 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:03,220 Lord Lu? 460 00:24:03,830 --> 00:24:04,820 Which Lord Lu? 461 00:24:05,270 --> 00:24:07,750 Are we talking about Lord Lu Zhao of the Royal Guards? 462 00:24:07,750 --> 00:24:09,240 He's the deputy county magistrate of Wei County, 463 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:10,040 named Lu Huai. 464 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:20,980 Please have a seat, 465 00:24:21,310 --> 00:24:22,240 the dishes will be served shortly. 466 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:22,770 Alright. 467 00:24:26,030 --> 00:24:28,230 They're talking about you downstairs. 468 00:24:28,310 --> 00:24:28,830 I know. 469 00:24:29,110 --> 00:24:29,830 Lu Huai? 470 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,240 That name does sound unfamiliar. 471 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:33,570 I've never heard of him. 472 00:24:34,070 --> 00:24:34,750 Lu Huai—Lord Lu. 473 00:24:34,750 --> 00:24:35,810 You don't know him? 474 00:24:36,070 --> 00:24:37,600 He was an upright official. 475 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,440 Back when Wei County suffered a famine, 476 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:40,770 he used clever strategy 477 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:42,360 to save the people there. 478 00:24:43,030 --> 00:24:45,160 It's a pity the world is blind and ignorant— 479 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,590 deceived by treacherous men, 480 00:24:46,590 --> 00:24:47,990 unable to see his merits. 481 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:49,440 In the end, he was falsely accused 482 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,100 and put to a brutal execution. 483 00:24:52,350 --> 00:24:54,210 No wonder his wife was so furious— 484 00:24:54,270 --> 00:24:56,200 so she was seeking revenge for him. 485 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:57,310 I heard the two of them 486 00:24:57,310 --> 00:24:58,970 were childhood sweethearts. 487 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:00,360 Later, war broke out, 488 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,880 and Immortal Xin was taken into an immortal sect. 489 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,440 Lord Lu searched everywhere for her 490 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:05,440 but couldn't find her, 491 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,370 so he joined the military instead. 492 00:25:07,550 --> 00:25:08,750 Only after he distinguished himself in battle 493 00:25:08,750 --> 00:25:09,920 and became renowned across the land 494 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,000 was Immortal Xin 495 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,070 finally able to find him. 496 00:25:12,070 --> 00:25:13,130 So that's how it is… 497 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,000 I had no idea there was such a tragic backstory. 498 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,480 How unfortunate. 499 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,930 And the tragedy doesn't end there. 500 00:25:19,110 --> 00:25:20,240 After they 501 00:25:20,550 --> 00:25:22,480 finally reunited and got married— 502 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:24,880 just when life was about to turn for the better— 503 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:25,810 they were framed 504 00:25:26,030 --> 00:25:27,750 by corrupt officials. 505 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,160 While Immortal Xin was away, 506 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,790 they took the opportunity to kill Lord Lu. 507 00:25:30,790 --> 00:25:32,030 Given how deeply they loved each other, 508 00:25:32,030 --> 00:25:33,290 how could Immortal Xin 509 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,300 possibly let them go unpunished? 510 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,100 A devoted couple, bound by unwavering love. 511 00:25:38,590 --> 00:25:40,520 You two even have a story like that? 512 00:25:41,270 --> 00:25:42,160 Nonsense. 513 00:25:42,550 --> 00:25:43,960 You're the only one who enjoys hearing this. 514 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:44,440 Wrong— 515 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:46,410 I enjoy all romantic tales. 516 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:47,880 to all romantic affairs. 517 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:51,750 So she really thinks 518 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:53,750 she's some peerless wandering hero, 519 00:25:53,750 --> 00:25:55,480 capable of standing up for injustice 520 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:56,280 in this world. 521 00:25:57,550 --> 00:25:58,550 That Mr. Gui— 522 00:25:58,750 --> 00:25:59,750 I've heard of him— 523 00:26:00,110 --> 00:26:01,710 he seems to be from Beixiang, 524 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,200 a heretical cultivator 525 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,000 who specializes in sinister and deceitful arts. 526 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,790 Though he's currently only at Qi Refining stage 9, 527 00:26:06,790 --> 00:26:07,770 he's just half a step away 528 00:26:07,770 --> 00:26:09,100 from breaking through. 529 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,350 With Xin Mei's current techniques, 530 00:26:11,350 --> 00:26:12,640 escaping from him 531 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:14,680 must have cost her dearly. 532 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,310 One Mr. Gui is nothing to fear. 533 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:18,880 If those cultivators who were at the Safe Haven Inn that day 534 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,480 had also arrived, 535 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,210 then things would have been troublesome. 536 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,210 Sachet pendants. 537 00:26:29,910 --> 00:26:32,710 [Pingxiang Town] 538 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:31,590 Take a look! 539 00:26:32,030 --> 00:26:33,480 Sachets and trinkets for sale! 540 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:34,640 Lianxin... 541 00:26:35,550 --> 00:26:37,240 Lianxin, wake up! 542 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:38,110 Lianxin... 543 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,480 My daughter has been poisoned by snake venom 544 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:41,110 and urgently needs 545 00:26:41,110 --> 00:26:43,350 a top-grade Ghost Needle Lotus to detoxify her. 546 00:26:43,350 --> 00:26:44,790 Won't someone 547 00:26:44,790 --> 00:26:46,240 please save my daughter? 548 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,350 Lianxin... 549 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:50,310 We're not beggars— 550 00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:51,720 we don't want money. 551 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:53,450 Is there anyone kind-hearted? 552 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:54,400 Miss. 553 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:55,480 Miss, please! 554 00:26:55,590 --> 00:26:57,400 Please save my daughter. 555 00:26:57,890 --> 00:26:58,800 The doctor said 556 00:26:58,830 --> 00:26:59,680 she only needs 557 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,080 a top-grade Ghost Needle Lotus to save her. 558 00:27:02,350 --> 00:27:04,210 Miss. Please, I beg you—save her! 559 00:27:05,070 --> 00:27:06,070 I beg you! 560 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:14,140 Lianxin... 561 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:14,840 Mother... 562 00:27:15,110 --> 00:27:15,840 She's awake! 563 00:27:16,350 --> 00:27:17,440 She's really awake! 564 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:18,440 A miracle doctor… 565 00:27:19,110 --> 00:27:20,640 She's truly kind-hearted! 566 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:22,160 She's getting better. 567 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:23,560 Is this an immortal pill? 568 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,330 Is she a cultivator? 569 00:27:26,110 --> 00:27:26,790 She must be. 570 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:28,640 So powerful… 571 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:33,680 Madam, 572 00:27:33,750 --> 00:27:35,610 you should go thank her properly. 573 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:46,400 Why are you following me? 574 00:28:52,830 --> 00:28:54,230 Don't follow me anymore. 575 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:11,090 Dishes are here! 576 00:29:12,310 --> 00:29:12,970 Here you go. 577 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,730 Sir, are you not satisfied? 578 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:23,720 No. 579 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:25,020 Just give him wine— 580 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:26,360 the dishes are for me. 581 00:29:26,550 --> 00:29:27,080 Alright. 582 00:29:32,030 --> 00:29:32,960 Enjoy your meal. 583 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,030 Hot steamed buns! 584 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:41,880 Fresh hot buns! 585 00:29:43,070 --> 00:29:43,920 Come on, sir. 586 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:44,790 Come on. 587 00:29:45,070 --> 00:29:46,530 Would you like to have one? 588 00:29:47,270 --> 00:29:48,110 Buns! 589 00:29:48,510 --> 00:29:50,110 Fresh hot buns! 590 00:29:57,350 --> 00:29:58,010 Come again. 591 00:30:04,110 --> 00:30:05,440 What are you looking at? 592 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:07,240 Nothing. 593 00:30:08,350 --> 00:30:09,750 Must've been my mistake. 594 00:30:10,270 --> 00:30:11,960 Jin Lun should be arriving soon, right? 595 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:12,830 Not necessarily. 596 00:30:12,830 --> 00:30:13,400 He came in response 597 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:14,750 to a letter from Tianyin Mountain, 598 00:30:14,750 --> 00:30:16,070 but I don't think 599 00:30:16,070 --> 00:30:17,310 he's very interested in this matter. 600 00:30:17,310 --> 00:30:19,510 He probably won't arrive anytime soon. 601 00:30:19,590 --> 00:30:20,190 Forget it. 602 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:21,720 Let's not worry about him for now— 603 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,650 the important matters come first. 604 00:30:25,110 --> 00:30:27,200 The people from the immortal sects have arrived. 605 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:28,920 She's now caught in the center of the storm. 606 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,450 If we don't find her quickly 607 00:30:30,550 --> 00:30:32,070 and someone gets there first, 608 00:30:32,070 --> 00:30:33,310 she could be in danger. 609 00:30:33,310 --> 00:30:34,110 Someone got her first? 610 00:30:34,110 --> 00:30:35,310 Just take her back then. 611 00:30:35,310 --> 00:30:36,910 Who could possibly beat you? 612 00:30:37,510 --> 00:30:39,110 Can you keep a lower profile? 613 00:30:39,790 --> 00:30:41,480 Well, she is your wife after all. 614 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:42,200 How did I 615 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:43,000 not notice before? 616 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:43,530 She looks 617 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:44,920 so quiet and proper, 618 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:46,900 yet she actually did all this. 619 00:31:36,750 --> 00:31:38,510 Is Xin still not awake? 620 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:40,790 Why is she still bleeding? 621 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,030 Is she going to die? 622 00:31:43,550 --> 00:31:44,750 Don't talk nonsense. 623 00:31:44,750 --> 00:31:46,400 Xin is an immortal— 624 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:47,960 she has divine powers and can fly. 625 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,770 You saw it yourself, didn't you? 626 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,120 But does that mean immortals can't die? 627 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:54,880 People say 628 00:31:55,310 --> 00:31:57,550 the world has become like this 629 00:31:57,830 --> 00:32:00,880 precisely because the gods have all died off. 630 00:32:01,830 --> 00:32:03,240 If Xin dies, 631 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,550 even Father in the underworld 632 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,110 will blame us. 633 00:32:09,310 --> 00:32:11,440 Maybe we should 634 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:12,960 find a doctor for her? 635 00:32:13,070 --> 00:32:14,480 We don't have any money. 636 00:32:21,110 --> 00:32:23,270 Then sell me 637 00:32:23,750 --> 00:32:24,960 for silver 638 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,350 and use it to hire a doctor for Xin. 639 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:28,800 How much can you sell for? 640 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,530 It wouldn't even be enough to pay a doctor. 641 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,000 If only Father were still here… 642 00:32:36,550 --> 00:32:37,790 He was so capable. 643 00:32:38,350 --> 00:32:40,920 He would definitely have a way to save Xin. 644 00:32:41,030 --> 00:32:42,200 If Father were here, 645 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,720 Xin wouldn't have had to come to the capital either. 646 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,350 Ten-Complete Tonic Pill! 647 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:48,970 It cures all illnesses! 648 00:32:49,110 --> 00:32:51,110 Instant relief! 649 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:55,070 -Ten-Complete... -Doctor! 650 00:32:55,070 --> 00:32:56,470 Can you treat illnesses? 651 00:32:57,590 --> 00:32:59,250 What kind of question is that? 652 00:32:59,510 --> 00:33:02,000 If I can't treat illnesses, can I still be called a doctor? 653 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,110 See this box? 654 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,110 Inside are my spirit pills, 655 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,790 the "Ten-Complete Tonic Pill," 656 00:33:08,030 --> 00:33:09,640 refined from ten kinds 657 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:11,350 of heavenly materials and earthly treasures. 658 00:33:11,350 --> 00:33:12,680 They can cure all diseases. 659 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:14,240 But let's make this clear first— 660 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:15,920 my price is not low. 661 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:17,070 No problem. 662 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:18,270 Come with me. 663 00:33:19,310 --> 00:33:19,840 Alright, 664 00:33:20,110 --> 00:33:20,640 let's go. 665 00:33:27,770 --> 00:33:29,680 We know your consultation fee is very high, 666 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:31,480 but we don't have any money right now. 667 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,830 However, that lady over there is an immortal. 668 00:33:33,830 --> 00:33:34,870 If you save her, 669 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:36,620 she will surely repay you. 670 00:33:38,310 --> 00:33:39,790 When we grow up and earn money, 671 00:33:39,790 --> 00:33:41,050 we'll pay you back too. 672 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:44,250 -Help! -Stop shouting. 673 00:33:46,270 --> 00:33:48,330 It's not that I don't want to save her— 674 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,200 I simply can't. 675 00:33:51,510 --> 00:33:54,240 I'm just a quack selling fake medicine for money. 676 00:33:57,460 --> 00:34:02,250 [Liang Residence] 677 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:04,320 Well then, 678 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,310 it is our honor that you both have come. 679 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,670 This time we must capture that enchantress 680 00:34:09,670 --> 00:34:11,070 and properly punish her. 681 00:34:11,510 --> 00:34:12,110 My Lord, 682 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:13,969 what you should be doing now 683 00:34:14,230 --> 00:34:15,840 is bathing, burning incense, 684 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:17,110 loosening your body, 685 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:18,610 and getting a good rest. 686 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,150 It is because when you wake up, 687 00:34:20,150 --> 00:34:22,000 that enchantress will already be bound 688 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:22,730 in this hall. 689 00:34:23,110 --> 00:34:23,550 For... 690 00:34:24,110 --> 00:34:24,639 for real? 691 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,230 Even if you don't trust me, 692 00:34:26,550 --> 00:34:27,360 surely you can 693 00:34:27,590 --> 00:34:29,440 trust Lingji Mountain, can't you? 694 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,320 I am the young sect master of Lingji Mountain— 695 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:32,400 Lin An is my father. 696 00:34:33,030 --> 00:34:34,320 I've come in person myself, 697 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,449 so what is there for you to worry about? 698 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:38,190 Then… 699 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,130 we'll have to trouble you two, immortal masters. 700 00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:56,210 Why do I smell something sour? 701 00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,440 Sour jujube calms the spirit, 702 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:00,970 and lily soothes the heart— 703 00:35:01,030 --> 00:35:02,110 both help with sleep 704 00:35:02,110 --> 00:35:03,970 and protect against nightmares. 705 00:35:05,150 --> 00:35:06,280 Looks like that lord 706 00:35:06,590 --> 00:35:08,190 was truly quite frightened. 707 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:10,840 By the way, 708 00:35:11,150 --> 00:35:13,230 why haven't Jin Lun and Nangong Guhong 709 00:35:13,230 --> 00:35:14,070 arrived yet? 710 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:16,070 Forget it. 711 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:18,370 Let's not bother with them. 712 00:35:18,510 --> 00:35:20,030 The capital spans over a hundred li. 713 00:35:20,030 --> 00:35:21,110 If that female cultivator 714 00:35:21,110 --> 00:35:23,440 continues to conceal her aura and doesn't act again, 715 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,300 where are we supposed to find her? 716 00:35:34,030 --> 00:35:35,030 And I don't know where 717 00:35:35,030 --> 00:35:35,960 Senior Bai went. 718 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:37,820 Why hasn't he arrived yet? 719 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,010 As for Bai Zongying, 720 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:42,610 he does have some skill, 721 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,200 but tracking people is not his strong suit. 722 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:46,250 Do you have a way? 723 00:35:47,070 --> 00:35:49,000 Mr. Gui is a Qi cultivator 724 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,010 with little innate talent, 725 00:35:51,150 --> 00:35:53,280 but he managed to gain a reputation in the immortal sects 726 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,950 entirely through his spiritual artifact, the Sunblock Banner. 727 00:35:55,950 --> 00:35:57,540 Leaving aside how much 728 00:35:57,630 --> 00:35:59,360 spiritual energy this banner contains, 729 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:00,960 the most important thing is— 730 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,230 it is alive. 731 00:36:04,590 --> 00:36:05,230 Alive? 732 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:07,420 Yes, that's right. 733 00:36:07,590 --> 00:36:09,710 It has already become an artifact spirit. 734 00:36:09,710 --> 00:36:11,070 Though it cannot take form 735 00:36:11,070 --> 00:36:12,230 or speak, 736 00:36:12,590 --> 00:36:13,390 it has already 737 00:36:13,630 --> 00:36:14,890 developed sentience. 738 00:36:15,190 --> 00:36:16,480 It must parasitize 739 00:36:16,590 --> 00:36:17,840 living flesh 740 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:18,960 to survive, 741 00:36:19,550 --> 00:36:20,440 which is why Mr. Gui 742 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:21,150 fed it 743 00:36:21,150 --> 00:36:22,950 his own essence blood every day. 744 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:24,490 But now that Mr. Gui is dead, 745 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:26,460 its whereabouts are unknown. 746 00:36:27,140 --> 00:36:28,800 Where do you think such a thing 747 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,480 could have gone? 748 00:36:51,710 --> 00:36:54,040 This Sunblock Banner is an evil artifact. 749 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,510 I've heard it was refined 750 00:36:56,510 --> 00:36:58,230 only after absorbing 751 00:36:58,280 --> 00:36:59,630 the essence blood of 49 people— 752 00:36:59,630 --> 00:37:02,360 making it an object of extreme darkness and yin energy. 753 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:03,800 Wherever it is, 754 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,050 not a trace of light can appear. 755 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:07,960 So 756 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:09,480 wherever it is, 757 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,210 even lamps can't be lit. 758 00:37:12,550 --> 00:37:13,680 Jiang Ji, you really 759 00:37:13,710 --> 00:37:15,230 are quite perceptive. 760 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:29,550 Strange… 761 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:31,620 there's no wind at all. 762 00:37:33,150 --> 00:37:34,680 Jiujiu, where's the flint? 763 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:38,210 Take it with you. 764 00:37:44,470 --> 00:37:46,000 Why won't it strike a spark? 765 00:37:46,230 --> 00:37:48,090 It was working just fine earlier. 766 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:50,730 That is indeed a method. 767 00:37:51,510 --> 00:37:53,920 However, the capital spans over a hundred li— 768 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:55,080 if we were to light lamps everywhere, 769 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:57,110 it would consume a tremendous amount of spiritual power. 770 00:37:57,110 --> 00:37:58,800 I've brought the Yangyuan Pills with me— 771 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,110 leave this small matter 772 00:38:00,110 --> 00:38:00,960 to me. 773 00:38:01,630 --> 00:38:02,360 Jiang Ji, you just need 774 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:03,360 to find a high vantage point 775 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:04,020 in the city, 776 00:38:04,330 --> 00:38:05,290 preferably one 777 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,320 that overlooks the entire capital. 778 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:08,070 Once I 779 00:38:08,190 --> 00:38:09,450 activate my formation 780 00:38:09,550 --> 00:38:10,880 and light up all the lamps, 781 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:12,320 the darkest place in the city 782 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,850 will be where the Sunblock Banner is located. 783 00:38:15,030 --> 00:38:15,560 Alright. 784 00:38:43,710 --> 00:38:45,240 The snow hasn't melted yet. 785 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:48,190 Snow? 786 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,000 Immortal Xin made it fall for you. 787 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,230 Snow falling at this time… 788 00:38:52,230 --> 00:38:53,440 there must be a great injustice. 789 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,700 She's doing this to seek justice for you. 790 00:39:12,770 --> 00:39:14,500 Have you found any trace of her? 791 00:39:14,710 --> 00:39:16,230 I didn't find Immortal Xin, 792 00:39:16,230 --> 00:39:18,230 but I did get something unexpected. 793 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,360 Guess who I saw in the city? 794 00:39:21,550 --> 00:39:23,400 Those cultivators from the inn? 795 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:25,120 Two more joined them. 796 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:26,510 One with a flute, 797 00:39:26,710 --> 00:39:27,230 and that 798 00:39:27,230 --> 00:39:29,110 little enchantress who teased you. 799 00:39:29,110 --> 00:39:30,040 But don't worry, 800 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:31,600 even my flock of birds 801 00:39:31,630 --> 00:39:33,070 couldn't find Immortal Xin— 802 00:39:33,070 --> 00:39:35,190 neither can they. 803 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,590 Primordial spirit, stabilize the soul. 804 00:40:17,590 --> 00:40:19,720 A thousand lanterns, guided by blood. 805 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:20,510 Rise. 806 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:37,850 What's going on? 807 00:40:38,150 --> 00:40:39,680 My Lord, I'll go take a look. 808 00:40:44,590 --> 00:40:45,440 My Lord, there's no need to worry— 809 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:46,920 it seems the immortal masters are casting a spell. 810 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:47,670 Good, good. 811 00:40:58,400 --> 00:40:58,960 Easy now— 812 00:41:00,150 --> 00:41:01,880 it'll be your turn soon enough. 813 00:41:09,110 --> 00:41:10,370 Immortal techniques… 814 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,260 What are they trying to do? 815 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:13,320 No idea. 816 00:41:14,150 --> 00:41:15,210 But whatever it is, 817 00:41:15,550 --> 00:41:16,420 it can't be good for Xin Mei.