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[Fate Chooses You]

[Episode 34]

[Guiyuan Hall]

I, disciple Bai Zongying,

request an audience with Sect Master.

Yuanqi.

Yuanqi.

Yuanqi!

Yuanqi.

Senior...

Se...

Yuanqi!

Se...

Yuanqi.

Senior...

Yuanqi!

Yuanqi...

I'll leave now.

After my heart transformation is complete,

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

Once you arrive at Chongling Valley,

make sure to write to me.

Okay.

Where's Sheng?

We went through quite a lot together.

We're leaving now,

and she won't even come see us off?

Why don't you go ask her?

Forget it.

Make sure to take good care of yourself

and come back safely.

You too.

I'm off then.

Sheng.

Sheng?

She was fine earlier.

Why is she throwing a tantrum again?

Come out now. They've all left.

Sheng.

Are you in there?

Mrs. Li.

Have you seen Sheng?

No.

Isn't she in the room?

She's not.

Maybe she went out.

She'll probably be back in a little while.

Once you get to Chongling Valley

and complete the heart transformation,

will you become an ordinary person

without any powers?

That's right.

Then why not consider

taking me as your master?

I can pass on

my awe-inspiring swordsmanship

to you.

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

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

She wouldn't.

You're that sure?

What are you looking at?

Nothing.

Let's go rest up ahead for a bit.

Okay.

Sect Master.

Bai Zongying has been locked up in the back mountain.

His martial arts have been crippled,

and he knows our sect's grand plan.

Why not eliminate him directly?

We are not doing this

to eliminate dissenters,

but to find a way out

for the entire Cultivation Realm.

Bai is your senior.

He may not understand it now,

but he'll surely understand in the future.

Yes.

He'll understand sooner or later.

They'll all understand.

Once you become human,

is there anywhere you want to go?

You know what?

I've traveled far and wide these past years,

and I've been to quite a few places.

The starlight in the northern desert

is sparse, quiet, and mysterious,

and the auroras there feel like a dream.

The Juyong Mountain in the southeast is also good—

the peak is towering, piercing straight into the clouds.

The most stunning of all

is the waterfall cascading down the mountain.

Its force is overwhelming

and unforgettable at a single glance.

Once you recover,

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

We can also ask Xin Mei and Sheng

to join us on the journey.

Thank you.

It's nothing.

Isn't the point of being friends

just to enjoy the liveliness together?

By the way,

have you been to any of the places

I just mentioned?

I've never been to Juyong Mountain.

But I heard

there's a kind of spiritual herb there

called Hindu Datura.

If combined with aconite root,

it can be made into a narcotic

that causes full-body paralysis

and unconsciousness for 10 days straight.

No matter how profound

your cultivation is

or how strong your body is,

you can't resist it.

Is it really that powerful?

Of course.

I put that kind of narcotic

in this wine.

Dare to try it?

Sure. Why not?

It doesn't seem to have any...

You're actually serious?

Let me

walk this road on my own.

Let's hurry back home.

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

Look at you, saying it like that.

Do you remember last time, you...

Look.

Let's go.

Sir?

Sir.

Sir.

-Sir? -Wake up, Sir.

Sir, wake up.

Sir.

What happened to this guy?

He was probably bitten

by a venomous snake in the grass.

This won't do.

He could die.

How about this?

Let's lend him a hand

and carry him to

Mr. Liu's house in the village.

He's been trekking in the mountains for years.

He's skilled at treating this.

Okay.

Come on.

Come on.

Put it here.

Xin Mei.

Dinner's almost ready.

Where are you going?

I'm going to look for Sheng.

You guys eat first.

No need to wait for us.

I'll save some for you.

Who is this guy?

Coming to visit our sect at this hour.

Doesn't he even check what time it is?

Who knows?

State your identity.

Do you have a visiting card?

Stop there!

From which sect do you come?

What brings you

to our Tianyuan Sect?

[Tianyuan Sect]

Sect Master

has allowed you to enter.

What, scared?

It's too late.

Danger. Danger!

Sheng?

Sheng!

Sheng!

Sheng, what happened?

Sheng!

Sheng, what happened?

The Void Stage?

Senior.

Sheng, wake up.

Sheng.

Wake up.

You actually dare to come again.

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

I wouldn't dare not come.

You know my cultivation level,

yet you still dare to come alone.

You've got quite some nerve.

For someone like you,

whether I avoid you or not

makes no difference.

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

I just know my own limits.

May I ask, sir,

for what purpose

have you summoned me this time?

For what purpose?

You actually dare to ask me that?

That old scoundrel Su Taiyi

was your disciple, wasn't he?

He used the excuse of refining the Immortality Pills

to deceive us for years,

causing us to waste enormous

manpower and material resources.

Now everything has fallen apart.

He died and walked away clean,

but what about the debt he owed us?

How do you intend to settle it?

As for what each sect has contributed,

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

On the day Su Taiyi suddenly passed away,

everyone was filled with resentment

and parted on bad terms.

There was indeed

no suitable opportunity

to properly discuss the aftermath.

Now that I've come here today,

I can tell you guys this:

Chongling Valley

will not default on what it owes anyone.

You are welcome

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

Once the accounts are verified and settled,

you may take back all your funds, treasures,

and spiritual herbs to your respective sects.

Your 2 wayward disciples

in North Xiang and Xin Xie Manor

helped those demonic path cultivators

of Wushuang Society

persecute disciples of our righteous sects.

And how do you intend

to settle this?

In Sihe Library,

there was indeed a minor conflict

between our 2 sides.

However, when your disciples

were trapped by the Qinghong Sect,

it was also I who rescued them

One favor and one grievance—

these should cancel each other out.

Bai Zongying is the person directly involved.

He knows the full sequence of events

from beginning to end.

If you wish to

clarify the matter,

you may summon him here.

Then what about the countless wronged souls of our sect

who were slaughtered or injured in the Battle of Pinghu?

How do you intend to account for that?

Can you—a remnant of the War Demons—

ever settle these debts?

So you all already knew.

Remnants of the War Demons

must be killed by anyone who encounters them!

"Must be killed by anyone who encounters them?"

You may not know this,

but my body carries

half human blood.

My father

was a cultivator from an immortal sect.

So within my body

flows both War Demon

and human bloodlines.

All these years,

I've been wandering among the Human Race

with my identity concealed,

fearing that

once it was exposed,

it would bring about a deadly calamity

and even trigger war between our two races,

deepening the grievances between us.

I'm powerless to change this outcome.

If you all still believe

that I'm gravely guilty,

then I have no defense to offer.

I came here today

with only one request:

this matter

has nothing to do

with Xin Mei and Xin Xie Manor.

If there's any hatred or resentment,

please direct it all at me.

I'm willing to bear all responsibility myself.

Senior?

Senior.

Senior!

Senior!

Senior!

Senior.

Senior...

Senior!

What happened?

Bring wound healing ointment, hemostatic pills,

and a pot of hot water!

Be quick!

Go, hurry!

Here.

How is she?

She's out of danger for now,

but she won't last much longer.

Then...

Then we need to take her to a doctor as soon as possible.

Lu Qianqiao knows someone in Chongling Valley.

Let's set off for

Chongling Valley right away.

I destroyed Senior's Qihai

and pierced her heart meridians.

Even if she manages to hold on until we get to Chongling Valley,

she's still doomed to die.

You were the one who injured her?

Take care of Senior for me.

I'll be back soon.

Where are you going?

To find someone to save her.

[Jingxing Residence]

This residence

has been vacant for a long time.

We just cleaned it up.

Make do with it for now.

Who was

the previous owner of this room?

No idea.

Ever since I entered the sect,

this Jingxing Residence has been empty.

I heard that

an elder used to live here,

but he passed away long ago.

This is a piece

your father liked a lot.

Have you heard it before?

His name was Lu Jingran.

He was my junior.

Back then,

he was ordered by the Sect

to approach your mother.

He had been searching for you

until the day he died.

To you,

he may not have been a responsible father;

to your mother,

he wasn't necessarily

a good husband either.

But to the Human Race

and Tianyuan Sect,

he was a man of merit.

You've been in the mortal world for years.

You should be able to understand that, right?

In this world,

nothing exists

in isolation.

It's also true when it comes to love and hatred.

He was first a member of the Human Race,

a disciple of the Tianyuan Sect,

and only after that was he my father.

I don't blame him

for that.

I've heard your power

has been gradually declining,

and you've been using the method of shedding skin,

replacing flesh,

renewing bones,

purifying blood,

and transforming the heart

to break the Curse of Five Deficiencies?

Sect Leader Li,

what's your purpose in asking this?

Believe it or not,

I mean no harm.

You're Jingran's child,

which makes you my nephew.

Even now.

you still retain the cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

It shows that at your peak,

you were already close to

the threshold of a perfect War Demon.

Your innate talent

far surpasses your mother's.

To give up such a high level

of cultivation just like that—

don't you find it a pity?

Compared to immortality

and boundless power,

I would rather

live more like a human.

To live under that curse,

an endless life

is nothing but a Purgatory—

pure suffering.

So that's what you think?

Then you might as well

wait a bit longer.

What do you mean by that?

Exactly what it sounds like.

The world is ever-changing.

Don't rush into making important decisions.

Wait a bit,

and perhaps there will be a turn for the better.

Before, your cultivation was stagnant,

so you wanted to go back to live in

Wei County with me.

But now that

you've reached the Nascent Soul Stage,

have you changed your mind?

No.

I still want to

go back to live in Wei County with you.

And I've already thought it through.

Since you're skilled in medicine,

we can open a clinic together.

We'll work when the sun rises

and rest when it sets.

You'll treat and save patients,

and I'll be right beside you,

helping you out.

If anything big happens

in the Cultivation Realm

that may endanger

many lives,

will you step in?

I will.

That certain?

As a cultivator,

the cultivation I possess

comes from the blessings of this world

and the support of the common people.

I can't just take

without giving back.

Moreover,

protecting the peace of the world

is our duty as cultivators.

So

no matter what happens in the Cultivation Realm,

I won't stand aside and look after only myself.

I see.

Don't you want to be an ordinary person?

So why do you still need

this Sunblock Banner?

This trip back to the Central Plains

is unpredictable.

This thing

may come in handy.

The Sunblock Banner was forged by heretical cultivators.

It draws its power by devouring essence blood.

Before, you used your War Demon blood as a sacrifice.

Although you defeated the Master,

the bloodline power in your body

was almost completely drained.

If you use it again in the future,

the power it unleashes

will be greatly reduced,

and you may even

suffer a severe backlash.

I know.

Senior.

Senior.

I didn't see the new sword technique

we learned today clearly.

Can you teach me?

You didn't pay attention when you were supposed to learn it,

and now you're panicking?

Carry 10 more buckets of water tomorrow,

and I'll teach you.

Thank you, Senior.

I'll definitely study hard tomorrow.

Isn't dinner being served

late tonight?

No idea.

I'm already starving.

Why don't we go check?

Let's go. Hurry up.

Yuanqi.

I told you long ago

that nothing good would come

from following Bai Zongying,

but you wouldn't listen.

It was like you thought I was trying to harm you.

Don't talk nonsense.

Senior Yuanqi fell to his own death.

It had nothing to do with anything else.

Fell to his own death?

Who would believe that?

Do you believe it?

Or do you?

Where is Senior Bai?

I haven't seen him for a while.

He didn't even show up for

Yuanqi's 21st-day memorial joss paper-burning.

No idea.

He can go wherever he wants.

It's none of our business.

Where is Senior Bai?

He didn't reply to the letters I wrote him,

and I haven't even seen him

since I arrived a few days ago.

No idea.

You're handling the sect's internal affairs

in his place now.

He's a living person, not someone who can just vanish.

How could you not know where he went?

He went down the mountain for some errands.

Senior Bai has lost his immortal perception

and all his power.

What kind of errands could he possibly run?

Even trash has its uses.

Who are you calling trash?

Tianyuan Sect is not a place

where you can run wild.

If you dare keep pestering me,

I'll cripple you right now.

Who's there?

I'm Lu Qianqiao.

Why are you here?

Were you captured and brought here?

Was your identity as a War Demon exposed?

My matters can wait.

I need to ask you something.

What happened to Bai Zongying?

So the one secretly spying last night was you?

Please believe me.

I absolutely have no ill intentions.

About half a month ago,

I wrote 3 letters in a row

to Senior Bai,

but he didn't reply to any of them.

I was worried about his safety.

so I rushed here to check,

but I didn't see him.

The disciples of Tianyuan Sect

all said he went down the mountain for some errands.

Do you believe them?

Of course not.

Senior Bai had his immortal perception dug out.

What urgent matter could he possibly go handle?

Besides, he didn't take anything with him.

Setting aside everything else,

he even left behind the Sun Splendor,

which he always carried with him.

He had

a very loyal junior by his side

named Yuanqi.

He's dead too.

How did he die?

Everyone in Tianyuan Sect

is tight-lipped about it.

They all say he fell to his death.

How is that even possible?

You think this matter

has something to do with Tianyuan Sect?

My mind is in a mess.

I can't sort it out.

So where are you going?

I'm going back to the Sect

to ask Master for help.

Your master is the Sect Leader of Lingji Mountain.

Can he really interfere in Tianyuan Sect's affairs?

It's still better than just waiting here helplessly,

letting Tianyuan Sect feed me excuses and placate me.

If something really happened

to Bai Zongying,

there are only 2 possibilities

of his current situation:

either he's dead,

or

he's being held captive.

Based on what you know about Tianyuan Sect,

where do you think

they would keep him?

I, disciple Jin Lun,

come up the mountain today,

willing to abandon all material possessions,

sever worldly ties,

and accept all trials

to prove my Dao heart.

The first precept of Tianyin Mountain:

shedding gold and silver from the body.

Greed entangles the heart;

when the heart cannot be transcended,

the person cannot transcend either.

The second precept of Tianyin Mountain:

the path of compassion.

Pity all things.

Living beings grant me essence and spirit,

and I shall repay them with my own body.

The third precept of Tianyin Mountain:

abandoning worldly distractions.

All beings are within my sight;

all things are as dust.

Didn't you say

once you saw me, you wouldn't want to go up the mountain anymore?

After our parting in North Xiang,

I didn't know if we'd cross paths again.

Now that you've seen me,

what do you plan to do?

Are you still going up the mountain?

Are you going or not?

Are you going or not?

You don't want me to go up the mountain?

No, I don't.

Then I'm not going.

♪ I believe Heaven sees all ♪

♪ Its wrath shines upon demons ♪

♪ But who will show me mercy? ♪

♪ I believe I'm innocent ♪

♪ Turned into dust and scattered away ♪

♪ I accept the blame of numerous accusations ♪

♪ I offer no defense ♪

♪ I accept this as my only choice ♪

♪ I admit my heart is as hard as iron and stone ♪

♪ Call me cold if you must ♪

♪ Until I die ♪

♪ I accept this trial of love fate has given me ♪

♪ I take in both love and hate alike ♪

Your meal.

I'm Lu Qianqiao.

What happened?

Lord Baori of Qinghong Sect is here.

Qinghong Sect

really is backed by Tianyuan Sect.