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[Fate Chooses You]

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[Episode 34]

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[Guiyuan Hall]

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I, disciple Bai Zongying,

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request an audience with Sect Master.

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Yuanqi.

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Yuanqi.

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Yuanqi!

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Yuanqi.

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Senior...

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Se...

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Yuanqi!

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Se...

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Yuanqi.

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Senior...

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Yuanqi!

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Yuanqi...

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I'll leave now.

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After my heart transformation is complete,

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I'll go to Xin Xie Manor to find you.

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Once you arrive at Chongling Valley,

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make sure to write to me.

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Okay.

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Where's Sheng?

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We went through quite a lot together.

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We're leaving now,

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and she won't even come see us off?

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Why don't you go ask her?

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Forget it.

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Make sure to take good care of yourself

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and come back safely.

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You too.

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I'm off then.

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Sheng.

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Sheng?

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She was fine earlier.

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Why is she throwing a tantrum again?

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Come out now. They've all left.

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Sheng.

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Are you in there?

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Mrs. Li.

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Have you seen Sheng?

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No.

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Isn't she in the room?

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She's not.

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Maybe she went out.

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She'll probably be back in a little while.

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Once you get to Chongling Valley

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and complete the heart transformation,

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will you become an ordinary person

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without any powers?

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That's right.

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Then why not consider

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taking me as your master?

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I can pass on

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my awe-inspiring swordsmanship

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to you.

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That way, if you run into Sheng again
in the future,

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you won't have to put up with
her bullying.

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She wouldn't.

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You're that sure?

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What are you looking at?

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Nothing.

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Let's go rest up ahead for a bit.

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Okay.

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Sect Master.

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Bai Zongying has been locked up
in the back mountain.

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His martial arts have been crippled,

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and he knows our sect's grand plan.

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Why not eliminate him directly?

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We are not doing this

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to eliminate dissenters,

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but to find a way out

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for the entire Cultivation Realm.

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Bai is your senior.

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He may not understand it now,

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but he'll surely understand in the future.

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Yes.

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He'll understand sooner or later.

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They'll all understand.

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Once you become human,

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is there anywhere you want to go?

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You know what?

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I've traveled far and wide
these past years,

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and I've been to quite a few places.

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The starlight in the northern desert

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is sparse, quiet, and mysterious,

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and the auroras there feel like a dream.

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The Juyong Mountain in the southeast
is also good—

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the peak is towering,
piercing straight into the clouds.

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The most stunning of all

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is the waterfall
cascading down the mountain.

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Its force is overwhelming

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and unforgettable at a single glance.

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Once you recover,

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I'll take you to see them one by one.

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We can also ask Xin Mei and Sheng

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to join us on the journey.

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Thank you.

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It's nothing.

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Isn't the point of being friends

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just to enjoy the liveliness together?

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By the way,

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have you been to any of the places

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I just mentioned?

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I've never been to Juyong Mountain.

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But I heard

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there's a kind of spiritual herb there

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called Hindu Datura.

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If combined with aconite root,

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it can be made into a narcotic

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that causes full-body paralysis

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and unconsciousness for 10 days straight.

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No matter how profound

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your cultivation is

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or how strong your body is,

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you can't resist it.

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Is it really that powerful?

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Of course.

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I put that kind of narcotic

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in this wine.

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Dare to try it?

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Sure. Why not?

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It doesn't seem to have any...

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You're actually serious?

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Let me

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walk this road on my own.

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Let's hurry back home.

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I'll come to your place for
the full-month celebration another day.

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Look at you, saying it like that.

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Do you remember last time, you...

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Look.

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Let's go.

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Sir?

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Sir.

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Sir.

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-Sir?
-Wake up, Sir.

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Sir, wake up.

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Sir.

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What happened to this guy?

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He was probably bitten

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by a venomous snake in the grass.

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This won't do.

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He could die.

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How about this?

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Let's lend him a hand

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and carry him to

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Mr. Liu's house in the village.

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He's been trekking in the mountains
for years.

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He's skilled at treating this.

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Okay.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Put it here.

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Xin Mei.

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Dinner's almost ready.

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Where are you going?

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I'm going to look for Sheng.

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You guys eat first.

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No need to wait for us.

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I'll save some for you.

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Who is this guy?

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Coming to visit our sect at this hour.

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Doesn't he even check what time it is?

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Who knows?

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State your identity.

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Do you have a visiting card?

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Stop there!

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From which sect do you come?

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What brings you

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to our Tianyuan Sect?

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[Tianyuan Sect]

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Sect Master

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has allowed you to enter.

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What, scared?

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It's too late.

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Danger. Danger!

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Sheng?

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Sheng!

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Sheng!

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Sheng, what happened?

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Sheng!

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Sheng, what happened?

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The Void Stage?

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Senior.

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Sheng, wake up.

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Sheng.

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Wake up.

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You actually dare to come again.

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A cultivator at the Deity Transformation Stage
wants to see me.

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I wouldn't dare not come.

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You know my cultivation level,

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yet you still dare to come alone.

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You've got quite some nerve.

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For someone like you,

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whether I avoid you or not

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makes no difference.

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You're quite clear-headed, aren't you?

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I just know my own limits.

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May I ask, sir,

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for what purpose

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have you summoned me this time?

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For what purpose?

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You actually dare to ask me that?

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That old scoundrel Su Taiyi

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was your disciple, wasn't he?

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He used the excuse of refining
the Immortality Pills

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to deceive us for years,

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causing us to waste enormous

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manpower and material resources.

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Now everything has fallen apart.

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He died and walked away clean,

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but what about the debt he owed us?

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How do you intend to settle it?

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As for what each sect has contributed,

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the records have been kept
in the books of Chongling Valley.

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On the day Su Taiyi suddenly passed away,

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everyone was filled with resentment

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and parted on bad terms.

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There was indeed

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no suitable opportunity

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to properly discuss the aftermath.

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Now that I've come here today,

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I can tell you guys this:

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Chongling Valley

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will not default on what it owes anyone.

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You are welcome

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to go to Chongling Valley at any time
to audit the accounts.

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Once the accounts
are verified and settled,

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you may take back all your
funds, treasures,

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and spiritual herbs
to your respective sects.

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Your 2 wayward disciples

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in North Xiang and Xin Xie Manor

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helped those demonic path cultivators

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of Wushuang Society

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persecute disciples of
our righteous sects.

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And how do you intend

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to settle this?

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In Sihe Library,

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there was indeed a minor conflict

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between our 2 sides.

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However, when your disciples

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were trapped by the Qinghong Sect,

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it was also I who rescued them

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One favor and one grievance—

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these should cancel each other out.

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Bai Zongying is the person
directly involved.

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He knows the full sequence of events

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from beginning to end.

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If you wish to

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clarify the matter,

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you may summon him here.

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Then what about
the countless wronged souls of our sect

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who were slaughtered or injured
in the Battle of Pinghu?

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How do you intend to account for that?

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Can you—a remnant of the War Demons—

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ever settle these debts?

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So you all already knew.

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Remnants of the War Demons

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must be killed by anyone
who encounters them!

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"Must be killed by anyone
who encounters them?"

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You may not know this,

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but my body carries

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half human blood.

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My father

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was a cultivator from an immortal sect.

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So within my body

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flows both War Demon

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and human bloodlines.

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All these years,

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I've been wandering among the Human Race

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with my identity concealed,

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fearing that

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once it was exposed,

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it would bring about a deadly calamity

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and even trigger war
between our two races,

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deepening the grievances between us.

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I'm powerless to change this outcome.

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If you all still believe

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that I'm gravely guilty,

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then I have no defense to offer.

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I came here today

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with only one request:

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this matter

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has nothing to do

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with Xin Mei and Xin Xie Manor.

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If there's any hatred or resentment,

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please direct it all at me.

289
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,660
I'm willing to
bear all responsibility myself.

290
00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:56,240
Senior?

291
00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:00,640
Senior.

292
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:01,830
Senior!

293
00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:04,240
Senior!

294
00:22:05,070 --> 00:22:05,830
Senior!

295
00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:09,480
Senior.

296
00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:10,760
Senior...

297
00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:11,830
Senior!

298
00:22:33,510 --> 00:22:34,350
What happened?

299
00:22:34,350 --> 00:22:35,590
Bring wound healing ointment,
hemostatic pills,

300
00:22:35,590 --> 00:22:36,550
and a pot of hot water!

301
00:22:36,550 --> 00:22:37,080
Be quick!

302
00:22:37,350 --> 00:22:38,000
Go, hurry!

303
00:22:41,270 --> 00:22:41,680
Here.

304
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:02,510
How is she?

305
00:23:05,030 --> 00:23:06,560
She's out of danger for now,

306
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:08,000
but she won't last much longer.

307
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:08,480
Then...

308
00:23:08,550 --> 00:23:10,350
Then we need to take her to a doctor
as soon as possible.

309
00:23:10,350 --> 00:23:11,970
Lu Qianqiao knows someone
in Chongling Valley.

310
00:23:11,970 --> 00:23:12,970
Let's set off for

311
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,070
Chongling Valley right away.

312
00:23:14,070 --> 00:23:15,550
I destroyed Senior's Qihai

313
00:23:15,550 --> 00:23:17,310
and pierced her heart meridians.

314
00:23:17,310 --> 00:23:18,830
Even if she manages to hold on
until we get to Chongling Valley,

315
00:23:18,830 --> 00:23:20,200
she's still doomed to die.

316
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,000
You were the one who injured her?

317
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:25,350
Take care of Senior for me.

318
00:23:25,350 --> 00:23:26,270
I'll be back soon.

319
00:23:26,270 --> 00:23:27,160
Where are you going?

320
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:28,690
To find someone to save her.

321
00:23:37,790 --> 00:23:43,430
[Jingxing Residence]

322
00:23:53,830 --> 00:23:54,690
This residence

323
00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,690
has been vacant for a long time.

324
00:23:56,790 --> 00:23:57,990
We just cleaned it up.

325
00:23:58,310 --> 00:23:59,570
Make do with it for now.

326
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:05,750
Who was

327
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:07,550
the previous owner of this room?

328
00:24:07,550 --> 00:24:08,030
No idea.

329
00:24:08,710 --> 00:24:09,790
Ever since I entered the sect,

330
00:24:09,790 --> 00:24:11,640
this Jingxing Residence has been empty.

331
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:12,310
I heard that

332
00:24:12,310 --> 00:24:13,750
an elder used to live here,

333
00:24:13,750 --> 00:24:15,880
but he passed away long ago.

334
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:53,030
This is a piece

335
00:25:53,310 --> 00:25:54,830
your father liked a lot.

336
00:25:55,590 --> 00:25:56,990
Have you heard it before?

337
00:26:00,350 --> 00:26:01,680
His name was Lu Jingran.

338
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:03,680
He was my junior.

339
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:05,720
Back then,

340
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:07,560
he was ordered by the Sect

341
00:26:08,750 --> 00:26:10,150
to approach your mother.

342
00:26:12,350 --> 00:26:13,950
He had been searching for you

343
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:15,790
until the day he died.

344
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:17,880
To you,

345
00:26:18,370 --> 00:26:20,550
he may not have been a responsible father;

346
00:26:20,550 --> 00:26:21,410
to your mother,

347
00:26:21,550 --> 00:26:22,310
he wasn't necessarily

348
00:26:22,310 --> 00:26:23,570
a good husband either.

349
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:24,790
But to the Human Race

350
00:26:25,110 --> 00:26:26,170
and Tianyuan Sect,

351
00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:27,610
he was a man of merit.

352
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,270
You've been in the mortal world for years.

353
00:26:30,270 --> 00:26:32,800
You should be able to
understand that, right?

354
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:34,510
In this world,

355
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:36,060
nothing exists

356
00:26:36,350 --> 00:26:37,590
in isolation.

357
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,080
It's also true when it comes to
love and hatred.

358
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:42,960
He was first a member of the Human Race,

359
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:44,760
a disciple of the Tianyuan Sect,

360
00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,880
and only after that was he my father.

361
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:48,170
I don't blame him

362
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:49,110
for that.

363
00:26:53,110 --> 00:26:54,310
I've heard your power

364
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:56,370
has been gradually declining,

365
00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:58,640
and you've been using the method of
shedding skin,

366
00:26:58,640 --> 00:26:59,640
replacing flesh,

367
00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:00,890
renewing bones,

368
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:01,960
purifying blood,

369
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,310
and transforming the heart

370
00:27:03,310 --> 00:27:05,570
to break the Curse of Five Deficiencies?

371
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:06,500
Sect Leader Li,

372
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,000
what's your purpose in asking this?

373
00:27:09,270 --> 00:27:10,400
Believe it or not,

374
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:11,960
I mean no harm.

375
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:13,840
You're Jingran's child,

376
00:27:14,110 --> 00:27:15,570
which makes you my nephew.

377
00:27:15,750 --> 00:27:16,440
Even now.

378
00:27:17,030 --> 00:27:19,640
you still retain the cultivation of
the Foundation Establishment Stage.

379
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,110
It shows that at your peak,

380
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:23,590
you were already close to

381
00:27:23,590 --> 00:27:25,650
the threshold of a perfect War Demon.

382
00:27:26,090 --> 00:27:27,150
Your innate talent

383
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:28,720
far surpasses your mother's.

384
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,180
To give up such a high level

385
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,370
of cultivation just like that—

386
00:27:32,590 --> 00:27:33,920
don't you find it a pity?

387
00:27:35,590 --> 00:27:36,920
Compared to immortality

388
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,120
and boundless power,

389
00:27:38,730 --> 00:27:39,560
I would rather

390
00:27:39,590 --> 00:27:40,850
live more like a human.

391
00:27:41,350 --> 00:27:42,750
To live under that curse,

392
00:27:43,310 --> 00:27:44,350
an endless life

393
00:27:45,070 --> 00:27:46,480
is nothing but a Purgatory—

394
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:47,410
pure suffering.

395
00:27:47,790 --> 00:27:49,190
So that's what you think?

396
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:51,360
Then you might as well

397
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:52,640
wait a bit longer.

398
00:27:53,110 --> 00:27:54,440
What do you mean by that?

399
00:27:54,550 --> 00:27:56,150
Exactly what it sounds like.

400
00:27:57,550 --> 00:27:59,150
The world is ever-changing.

401
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,070
Don't rush into
making important decisions.

402
00:28:02,070 --> 00:28:02,880
Wait a bit,

403
00:28:03,590 --> 00:28:06,190
and perhaps there will be
a turn for the better.

404
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,940
Before, your cultivation was stagnant,

405
00:28:22,070 --> 00:28:23,000
so you wanted to go back to live in

406
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,060
Wei County with me.

407
00:28:24,510 --> 00:28:25,170
But now that

408
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,310
you've reached the Nascent Soul Stage,

409
00:28:27,310 --> 00:28:28,840
have you changed your mind?

410
00:28:29,270 --> 00:28:29,830
No.

411
00:28:30,510 --> 00:28:31,270
I still want to

412
00:28:31,270 --> 00:28:32,750
go back to live in Wei County with you.

413
00:28:32,750 --> 00:28:34,030
And I've already thought it through.

414
00:28:34,030 --> 00:28:35,510
Since you're skilled in medicine,

415
00:28:35,510 --> 00:28:36,960
we can open a clinic together.

416
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:38,000
We'll work when the sun rises

417
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,160
and rest when it sets.

418
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:40,400
You'll treat and save patients,

419
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:41,160
and I'll be right beside you,

420
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:42,090
helping you out.

421
00:28:43,510 --> 00:28:44,400
If anything big happens

422
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:45,800
in the Cultivation Realm

423
00:28:45,830 --> 00:28:46,480
that may endanger

424
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:47,400
many lives,

425
00:28:48,510 --> 00:28:49,440
will you step in?

426
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:50,030
I will.

427
00:28:51,510 --> 00:28:52,310
That certain?

428
00:28:53,830 --> 00:28:54,760
As a cultivator,

429
00:28:55,070 --> 00:28:56,200
the cultivation I possess

430
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:57,920
comes from the blessings of this world

431
00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:59,720
and the support of the common people.

432
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:00,800
I can't just take

433
00:29:00,830 --> 00:29:02,030
without giving back.

434
00:29:02,030 --> 00:29:02,640
Moreover,

435
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:04,440
protecting the peace of the world

436
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,030
is our duty as cultivators.

437
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:06,920
So

438
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,640
no matter what happens
in the Cultivation Realm,

439
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,240
I won't stand aside
and look after only myself.

440
00:29:13,510 --> 00:29:14,310
I see.

441
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,880
Don't you want to be an ordinary person?

442
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:28,220
So why do you still need

443
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:29,500
this Sunblock Banner?

444
00:29:29,510 --> 00:29:30,720
This trip back to the Central Plains

445
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:31,780
is unpredictable.

446
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:33,000
This thing

447
00:29:33,750 --> 00:29:34,750
may come in handy.

448
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,000
The Sunblock Banner was forged
by heretical cultivators.

449
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,510
It draws its power
by devouring essence blood.

450
00:29:40,510 --> 00:29:42,720
Before, you used your War Demon blood
as a sacrifice.

451
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,350
Although you defeated the Master,

452
00:29:44,350 --> 00:29:46,000
the bloodline power in your body

453
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,750
was almost completely drained.

454
00:29:47,750 --> 00:29:49,000
If you use it again in the future,

455
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,260
the power it unleashes

456
00:29:50,270 --> 00:29:51,640
will be greatly reduced,

457
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:52,500
and you may even

458
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,350
suffer a severe backlash.

459
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:56,550
I know.

460
00:30:40,070 --> 00:30:40,640
Senior.

461
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:41,550
Senior.

462
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:43,750
I didn't see the new sword technique

463
00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:45,070
we learned today clearly.

464
00:30:45,070 --> 00:30:46,000
Can you teach me?

465
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:47,510
You didn't pay attention
when you were supposed to learn it,

466
00:30:47,510 --> 00:30:48,480
and now you're panicking?

467
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:49,640
Carry 10 more buckets of water tomorrow,

468
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:50,440
and I'll teach you.

469
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:51,310
Thank you, Senior.

470
00:30:51,310 --> 00:30:53,440
I'll definitely study hard tomorrow.

471
00:31:01,590 --> 00:31:02,480
Isn't dinner being served

472
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:03,240
late tonight?

473
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:03,920
No idea.

474
00:31:04,030 --> 00:31:05,290
I'm already starving.

475
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:06,640
Why don't we go check?

476
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:07,780
Let's go. Hurry up.

477
00:31:19,270 --> 00:31:20,240
Yuanqi.

478
00:31:21,030 --> 00:31:22,110
I told you long ago

479
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:23,920
that nothing good would come

480
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:25,580
from following Bai Zongying,

481
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:27,360
but you wouldn't listen.

482
00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:29,640
It was like you thought
I was trying to harm you.

483
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:30,720
Don't talk nonsense.

484
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,720
Senior Yuanqi fell to his own death.

485
00:31:32,790 --> 00:31:34,240
It had nothing to do with anything else.

486
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:35,440
Fell to his own death?

487
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,050
Who would believe that?

488
00:31:38,590 --> 00:31:39,590
Do you believe it?

489
00:31:39,830 --> 00:31:40,640
Or do you?

490
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:44,050
Where is Senior Bai?

491
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,140
I haven't seen him for a while.

492
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:47,560
He didn't even show up for

493
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,110
Yuanqi's 21st-day
memorial joss paper-burning.

494
00:31:49,110 --> 00:31:49,750
No idea.

495
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:51,930
He can go wherever he wants.

496
00:31:52,030 --> 00:31:53,490
It's none of our business.

497
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:03,370
Where is Senior Bai?

498
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:05,640
He didn't reply to the letters
I wrote him,

499
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:06,270
and I haven't even seen him

500
00:32:06,270 --> 00:32:07,930
since I arrived a few days ago.

501
00:32:08,110 --> 00:32:08,720
No idea.

502
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:10,330
You're handling
the sect's internal affairs

503
00:32:10,330 --> 00:32:11,370
in his place now.

504
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:13,160
He's a living person,
not someone who can just vanish.

505
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,160
How could you not know where he went?

506
00:32:15,750 --> 00:32:17,790
He went down the mountain
for some errands.

507
00:32:17,790 --> 00:32:19,640
Senior Bai has lost
his immortal perception

508
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:20,640
and all his power.

509
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,360
What kind of errands
could he possibly run?

510
00:32:24,030 --> 00:32:26,640
Even trash has its uses.

511
00:32:27,830 --> 00:32:29,290
Who are you calling trash?

512
00:32:31,830 --> 00:32:33,070
Tianyuan Sect is not a place

513
00:32:33,070 --> 00:32:34,330
where you can run wild.

514
00:32:34,350 --> 00:32:35,750
If you dare keep pestering me,

515
00:32:35,750 --> 00:32:37,400
I'll cripple you right now.

516
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:48,930
Who's there?

517
00:33:29,310 --> 00:33:30,240
I'm Lu Qianqiao.

518
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:38,400
Why are you here?

519
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:39,750
Were you captured and brought here?

520
00:33:39,750 --> 00:33:42,010
Was your identity as a War Demon exposed?

521
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:43,290
My matters can wait.

522
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,250
I need to ask you something.

523
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:47,930
What happened to Bai Zongying?

524
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,250
So the one secretly spying last night
was you?

525
00:33:52,350 --> 00:33:53,410
Please believe me.

526
00:33:53,790 --> 00:33:55,850
I absolutely have no ill intentions.

527
00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,140
About half a month ago,

528
00:34:01,510 --> 00:34:02,270
I wrote 3 letters in a row

529
00:34:02,270 --> 00:34:03,310
to Senior Bai,

530
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,400
but he didn't reply to any of them.

531
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:06,200
I was worried about his safety.

532
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:07,600
so I rushed here to check,

533
00:34:07,940 --> 00:34:09,070
but I didn't see him.

534
00:34:10,110 --> 00:34:11,030
The disciples of Tianyuan Sect

535
00:34:11,030 --> 00:34:13,889
all said he went down the mountain
for some errands.

536
00:34:14,550 --> 00:34:15,480
Do you believe them?

537
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:16,280
Of course not.

538
00:34:16,710 --> 00:34:18,880
Senior Bai had his immortal perception
dug out.

539
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,540
What urgent matter
could he possibly go handle?

540
00:34:21,659 --> 00:34:23,920
Besides, he didn't take anything
with him.

541
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,550
Setting aside everything else,

542
00:34:25,550 --> 00:34:27,000
he even left behind the Sun Splendor,

543
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,860
which he always carried with him.

544
00:34:30,070 --> 00:34:30,840
He had

545
00:34:30,870 --> 00:34:32,400
a very loyal junior by his side

546
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:33,199
named Yuanqi.

547
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:34,800
He's dead too.

548
00:34:37,030 --> 00:34:37,830
How did he die?

549
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,260
Everyone in Tianyuan Sect

550
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:42,590
is tight-lipped about it.

551
00:34:42,590 --> 00:34:44,110
They all say he fell to his death.

552
00:34:44,110 --> 00:34:45,570
How is that even possible?

553
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:48,520
You think this matter

554
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,199
has something to do with Tianyuan Sect?

555
00:34:52,650 --> 00:34:53,760
My mind is in a mess.

556
00:34:54,670 --> 00:34:55,730
I can't sort it out.

557
00:35:00,110 --> 00:35:01,370
So where are you going?

558
00:35:02,150 --> 00:35:03,400
I'm going back to the Sect

559
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:04,660
to ask Master for help.

560
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,070
Your master is
the Sect Leader of Lingji Mountain.

561
00:35:08,070 --> 00:35:09,710
Can he really interfere in
Tianyuan Sect's affairs?

562
00:35:09,710 --> 00:35:11,660
It's still better than
just waiting here helplessly,

563
00:35:11,660 --> 00:35:14,660
letting Tianyuan Sect feed me excuses
and placate me.

564
00:35:16,230 --> 00:35:16,960
If something really happened

565
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:17,960
to Bai Zongying,

566
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:19,480
there are only 2 possibilities

567
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:20,940
of his current situation:

568
00:35:21,510 --> 00:35:22,510
either he's dead,

569
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:23,480
or

570
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,360
he's being held captive.

571
00:35:28,230 --> 00:35:30,550
Based on what you know
about Tianyuan Sect,

572
00:35:30,550 --> 00:35:31,550
where do you think

573
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:33,450
they would keep him?

574
00:36:10,710 --> 00:36:11,840
I, disciple Jin Lun,

575
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,370
come up the mountain today,

576
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,440
willing to abandon
all material possessions,

577
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,320
sever worldly ties,

578
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:20,800
and accept all trials

579
00:36:21,810 --> 00:36:23,010
to prove my Dao heart.

580
00:36:43,180 --> 00:36:45,000
The first precept of Tianyin Mountain:

581
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,760
shedding gold and silver from the body.

582
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:48,290
Greed entangles the heart;

583
00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:50,360
when the heart cannot be transcended,

584
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:52,420
the person cannot transcend either.

585
00:37:14,150 --> 00:37:16,000
The second precept of Tianyin Mountain:

586
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:17,330
the path of compassion.

587
00:37:17,550 --> 00:37:18,480
Pity all things.

588
00:37:29,130 --> 00:37:31,530
Living beings grant me essence and spirit,

589
00:37:31,670 --> 00:37:33,800
and I shall repay them with my own body.

590
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,520
The third precept of Tianyin Mountain:

591
00:38:33,030 --> 00:38:35,030
abandoning worldly distractions.

592
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,670
All beings are within my sight;

593
00:38:37,670 --> 00:38:38,930
all things are as dust.

594
00:38:52,030 --> 00:38:52,830
Didn't you say

595
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:56,850
once you saw me, you wouldn't
want to go up the mountain anymore?

596
00:38:58,550 --> 00:39:00,410
After our parting in North Xiang,

597
00:39:00,590 --> 00:39:02,790
I didn't know if we'd cross paths again.

598
00:39:28,110 --> 00:39:29,440
Now that you've seen me,

599
00:39:31,820 --> 00:39:33,020
what do you plan to do?

600
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:17,400
Are you still going up the mountain?

601
00:40:20,190 --> 00:40:21,320
Are you going or not?

602
00:40:25,060 --> 00:40:26,190
Are you going or not?

603
00:40:27,510 --> 00:40:29,640
You don't want me to go up the mountain?

604
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:32,500
No, I don't.

605
00:40:37,670 --> 00:40:38,730
Then I'm not going.

606
00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:40,850
♪ I believe Heaven sees all ♪

607
00:40:40,870 --> 00:40:43,140
♪ Its wrath shines upon demons ♪

608
00:40:43,670 --> 00:40:47,050
♪ But who will show me mercy? ♪

609
00:40:47,220 --> 00:40:48,740
♪ I believe I'm innocent ♪

610
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:54,070
♪ Turned into dust and scattered away ♪

611
00:40:54,830 --> 00:40:56,420
♪ I accept the blame of
numerous accusations ♪

612
00:40:56,450 --> 00:40:58,910
♪ I offer no defense ♪

613
00:40:58,930 --> 00:41:02,410
♪ I accept this as my only choice ♪

614
00:41:02,430 --> 00:41:04,070
♪ I admit my heart
is as hard as iron and stone ♪

615
00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:06,380
♪ Call me cold if you must ♪

616
00:41:06,510 --> 00:41:09,130
♪ Until I die ♪

617
00:41:09,670 --> 00:41:12,880
♪ I accept this trial of love
fate has given me ♪

618
00:41:13,110 --> 00:41:17,540
♪ I take in both love and hate alike ♪

619
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:38,590
Your meal.

620
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:01,730
I'm Lu Qianqiao.

621
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:04,620
What happened?

622
00:43:07,030 --> 00:43:09,240
Lord Baori of Qinghong Sect is here.

623
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:13,810
Qinghong Sect

624
00:43:14,670 --> 00:43:15,960
really is backed by Tianyuan Sect.