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[The Legend of Heroes]

[Hot Blooded] [Adapted from The Legend of the Condor Heroes]

[Episode 24]

Barbarians frequently invade the Central Plains in turmoil.

I was determined to go to Heshuo, starting from Xiangtai.

I devoted myself to military service, experiencing over two hundred battles.

It is indeed General Yue's writing.

What's going on?

Why did you two start a fire on the mountain?

Why would we start a fire to burn ourselves?

It must be a cheap tactic by your younger brother.

He set the mountain on fire to force us to leave.

This is bad. The fire is getting bigger.

We can't stay here.

- Qiu Qian Zhang. - What should I do?

Tell your brother to put out the fire.

I don't suppose he's going to burn his own brother to death?

That's precisely what he's doing.

If he knew I had trespassed,

not only would he not save me,

he'd make sure I'd be burned to a crisp.

That wouldn't be impossible.

We'll go to the summit of the Middle Finger Peak then.

Let's go.

I'm coming along!

Having one more person is always good.

Who would've thought that I, Qiu Qian Zhang,

would be the first to step into

the Iron Palm Gang's heavily protected forbidden area.

Qian Ren, oh, Qian Ren.

Despite being the stronger one, in the end, you've still lost to me.

I never thought this is how we will die.

But thankfully, you're here.

Jing.

I've finally bested you!

I will always be here, Rong'er.

I've finally bested you.

My white condors.

It's your white condors.

Those two stupid birds aren't even as big as my face.

You think they can save you?

Who would've thought that the lad's lightness skill

could be as good as mine?

Don't forget me!

Rong'er, are you all right?

Those two friends you made at the grasslands

sure are loyal.

Oh, no.

The Iron Palm Gang is on our tail.

Let's go that way. We'll have to try our luck, Rong'er.

Why are we stopping?

That's the Miasma Forest up ahead.

It is constantly enveloped in miasma, with poisonous insects abound.

Anyone who enters the forest is as good as dead.

There's no point in pursuing.

That pair of scoundrels are hardy.

We have to ensure they don't survive.

That makes sense.

If you're not afraid to die,

you could continue pursuing them to their death.

This is odd, Rong'er.

I'm sure I saw it.

The house was in this direction.

How come it's gone?

Jing.

Turn around.

Let me see the surroundings.

This place has been encased in a formation.

Walk to the left.

Turn right.

The formation is like a copy of what we have on Peach Blossom Island.

I wonder if the owner of this place is related to our island somehow.

Jing, I've got it. It's right ahead.

Right ahead?

Okay, hang on tight.

Come, Rong'er.

Anyone home?

There's no sound.

We are passing by.

Could we go in for a rest?

Since you've managed to get here,

you should be able to get inside the house.

Are you expecting me to greet you at the door?

Jing, let's go in.

Okay.

Come on.

Watch your step.

Come on.

Rong'er.

Sorry for the interruption.

Could we have some water?

Come on, Rong'er. Be careful.

Those bamboo sticks are for counting.

They're arranged in Shang, Shi, Fa, Jie, four positions.

She is counting the square root of 55,225.

It's 235.

[Divine Mathematician, Aunt Ying]

You're injured, young lady.

Better stop babbling.

Go ahead and count it if you don't believe me.

You just made a lucky guess.

Those counting sticks

are arranged in Shang, Shi, law of squared,

law of integrity, Yu, law of division, six lines.

This time, you're counting

the cubic root of 34,012,224.

It's not hard to read the question.

But can you solve it?

324.

Follow me.

Young lady, do you know what this is?

The Celestial Calculations within the Calculation Classics

are quite difficult mathematical problems.

It's complicated, but it's nothing I can't handle.

Take a look. What do you think?

You managed to solve it so quickly.

In the Calculation Classics, there are nineteen elements.

Above human are immortal, light, cloud, galaxy, fort, layer, high, up, sky.

Below human are earth, down, low, decrease, fall, die, spring, dark, ghost.

When I got to the 19th element, I did get a bit stumped.

These maths problems kept me up for days on end.

With barely any effort, you managed to...

Divine Mathematician, Aunt Ying.

Apologies for disturbing you.

A pair of male and female thieves ran into your realm.

They are enemies of the gang.

I hope you'd give me some face.

Looks like you two messed with the wrong person.

Qiu Qian Ren actually made a personal appearance.

Who are you two exactly?

We are...

I can tell even if you don't say.

Nine Fingered Divine Beggar, Hong Qi Gong.

Who is he to you?

Yes, we're Hong Qi Gong's disciples.

Madam.

This young lady was just appointed

as the new Beggars' Gang chief in Yuezhou.

But we accidentally trespassed into the forbidden zone of Mount Iron Palm

and she was injured by Qiu Qian Ren.

We ran here to escape him.

If you have any association with the Iron Palm Gang

and therefore cannot take us,

we will leave right away.

Young man.

If you don't want the young lady to die out there,

you'd better do as I say.

My Black Swamp Forest is not a place one can enter as they please.

I will deal with them myself.

Please leave.

I'll leave it to you then.

How is she, Madam?

It's a difficult case.

Seems like the young lady is quite wary of others.

I was going to give you a numbing agent

to help ease the pain.

But looks like it was unnecessary.

Give it to me.

You can bear with it then.

Madam.

My sister was injured badly.

Did you have to spite her like that?

She was hit by Qiu Qian Ren's Iron Palm Technique.

She won't survive for more than a few days.

Not even immortals can save her.

Even if you're unwilling to help,

there's no need to make such a nasty remark to frighten us.

Rong'er, I'll take you to see a physician.

I will not have two rude youngsters

come and go as you please.

Why are you being so unreasonable, Madam?

I lived here in seclusion for over a decade,

training hard in superior martial arts,

so I could leave and save a life when I master the techniques.

But I couldn't even beat a wily kid.

My over a decade of hard work

have all gone to waste.

Madam, I didn't mean to hurt you.

Please understand.

Please let us go.

Where can you two go?

The girl was injured by Iron Palm Technique.

Moreover, she inhaled the poisonous miasma in the forest.

Her face is already turning black.

The poison will reach her heart within three days.

Are you going to let her perish?

Three days?

Rong'er, how do you feel?

Jing, I feel terrible.

Jing.

For the remaining three days,

please don't leave me, okay?

Okay.

I won't leave you, Rong'er.

And I won't let anything happen to you.

If this time,

there's really no way to cure you,

then I'll accompany you

on the road to the afterlife, okay?

I originally had an idea

that might be able to save this girl.

But if you two continue to whine and weep,

delaying precious time,

not even a reincarnated immortal physician

would be able to save her.

Rong'er.

Come on.

Please tell me how I can save Rong'er, Madam.

As long as I can save Rong'er,

I'm willing to do anything you ask.

What makes you think I'm capable of saving her?

If I could,

I wouldn't be suffering in this dark and damp place.

Then what was that idea you mentioned?

Only one person

can treat the injuries she sustained.

But whether or not that man is willing to help,

no one knows.

Who is this master?

I'll look for him right away.

I'll plead with him.

He wouldn't turn a blind eye, right?

How would you know he wouldn't?

Turning a blind eye is human nature.

Who doesn't know to beg and plead?

But in this world,

how many persons were actually moved by sincere pleading?

After leaving the forest, avoid the Iron Palm Gang's men

and head north-east.

Once you reach Taoyuan border,

open the white pouch.

How you should proceed is clearly stated inside.

You must not read it before you get there.

You should depart right away.

She doesn't have long to live.

All that's left will depend on your fates.

Thank you, Madam.

Rong'er, let's go.

- Jing. - Rong'er.

My chest hurts so bad.

Give me another Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill.

Okay.

Here you go.

Is that the Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill?

Let me see it.

This is a sacred drug of Peach Blossom Island.

How did you get it?

Rong'er is the daughter of the lord of Peach Blossom Island.

You are Old Heretic Huang's daughter?

If you're my father's enemy,

then these three pouches,

we won't take them.

Forget it.

You guys should go.

I've given you the pouches.

That's all I can do to help.

Young lady.

Has your father ever told you

that one shouldn't take nourishment when weak?

The Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill is a sacred drug.

But it has the opposite effect on your condition.

You should stop taking it.

Thanks for the reminder, Madam.

Taoyuan Border We're here, Rong'er.

What's written in the pouch?

Let me see.

It's a hand-drawn map.

Go straight.

There is a river up ahead.

We're supposed to open the red pouch when we get there.

This should be the place.

It's a note.

Read it to me, Jing.

The young lady's injuries

can only be cured by Emperor Duan.

Emperor Duan?

I've heard about him from my father.

He is Southern Emperor among the Five Greats,

the emperor of Dali.

But Dali is hundreds of miles away from here.

We won't be able to get there in three days.

Don't you worry about that.

There's more written here. I'll read it to you.

Southern Emperor has been living in Taoyuan in seclusion.

He does not Met with outsiders.

It's even more impossible if you go to seek treatment.

Therefore, you must pretend to be following the orders

of your master, Hong Qi Gong,

to seek an attendance with the emperor to deliver an urgent message.

When you're about to Met Southern Emperor,

show him the illustration from the yellow pouch.

So Southern Emperor is in Taoyuan.

We should hurry and find him.

Master.

Two rare guests.

What is it that you need?

We came specifically to see Emperor Duan.

Could you let him know?

Emperor Duan is no longer in this world.

I'm sorry but you've come for nothing.

How could that be? It must be a mistake.

The esteemed master is here.

The one that's gone is the all-powerful emperor of Dali.

Is that what you meant, Master?

Do you have an appointment with Master?

We're hoping he would agree to Met us on account of the friendships

with Nine Fingered Divine Beggar and Peach Blossom Island.

Could I trouble you

to pass this to your master?

Guests, please follow me.

Come.

Be careful, Rong'er.

-I, Huang Rong, -I, Guo Jing,

- am here to greet you, Uncle Duan. - am here to greet you, Uncle Duan.

Emperor Duan no longer exists in this world.

I am known

Southern Emperor, Duan Zhi Xing by my Dharma name, Yideng.

How did you get injured so badly?

Come on, stand up.

It was Qiu Qian Ren's doing.

Master, please save Rong'er.

Don't worry. I can cure her.

Thank you, Uncle Duan.

Thank you, Master.

Thank you so much.

Buddha is merciful.

This is what a monk should do.

Girl, relax.

Later, no matter how painful it is,

you must not use your qi to alleviate it.

Okay.

I'll just think of myself as dead.

You talk just like your father.

All right, I shall begin now.

Master.

Rong'er.

How do you feel?

Rong'er?

Jing.

Where's the fire pit?

Where's the ice?

What fire pit? What ice?

Jing, I just had a nightmare.

I dreamt of Ouyang Feng, Ouyang Ke and Qiu Qian Ren too.

They put me in a fire pit, wanting to roast me.

They also froze me with ice.

I was so scared.

It's all right.

Just now, Uncle Duan was treating your injury.

I'm so glad that you're fine.

So glad.

Uncle Duan?

Uncle Duan.

Uncle Duan.

Uncle Duan, thank you for saving Rong'er.

How are you feeling?

I'm all right.

Rong'er, your injury has been cured.

Go back and rest for two days.

Don't be running about.

Jing'er, take your junior back.

I also need to rest.

You exhausted a huge amount of qi in order to save me.

Here.

Here's the Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pills.

made using my father's secret recipe.

Back then, at the Duel of Mount Hua,

we had fought one another with everything we had.

Your father had used these pills on us too.

It's not easy

to make these pills.

Two is enough for me.

Uncle, I wish I could give you all the miracle cures and pills in the world.

Jing'er, promise me one thing.

Go ahead, Master.

Make sure you don't tell anyone that you came to see me.

Not even your master can know.

You two

need not come back again.

Very soon, I will be moving away.

Where are you going?

How can we visit you next time?

Jing.

Uncle Duan only revealed where he is to treat me.

That's why he has to move.

Master. Master!

Master.

- Uncle Duan! - Master.

Rong'er.

The pills... Did your father make them himself?

My senior, Lu Cheng Feng,

made them according to my father's recipe.

Did your father

say anything about possible side effects

if too much is consumed?

Could the pills be poisonous?

Master used his true qi to treat your injury.

How could you repay kindness with evil?

That's impossible.

My father said,

the more pills you take, the better the effect.

But because it's hard to make,

my father rarely takes more than a couple.

It's not your fault.

Quick.

Go to the inner hall and get my junior.

Yes, Master.

- Uncle Duan. - Master.

Uncle Duan, are you all right?

I'm okay.

My junior is a detoxification expert in Tianzhu.

The poison wasn't strong enough to kill me.

Master,

Rong'er and I had no idea that the pills were poisonous.

We had taken it ourselves and we were fine.

Of course, I know you two didn't poison me.

This painting...

Did Aunt Ying give it to you?

Yes, it was Aunt Ying.

Aunt Ying told us to seek treatment from you.

But she also told us not to say we were seeking treatment.

She reminded us to only mention Qi Gong, but not her.

This painting

depicts the story of how King Shibi cut off his own flesh to save a pigeon.

It not only motivated me to help treat Rong'er,

she also guessed that I'd be weakened from the process

and that you'd offer the pills to me.

No wonder.

When she saw the Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pills,

it took her a while to give it back to me.

Oh, right.

She advised me.

Because I'm injured, I shouldn't take the pills anymore.

That's right.

She probably said that

because she had tampered with the pills.

You pair of scoundrels.

Who knows if you followed that crazy woman's order

and came here to hurt Master?

Master.

They're not at fault.

This happened because of my own karma.

Since it was Aunt Ying,

just treat it as I've resolved our karmic relationship.

Resolved your karmic relationship?

All of this is what I deserved.

22 years ago

That year, after the Duel on Mount Hua,

the Nine Yin True Sutra

was entrusted to Quanzhen Sect's Master Wang.

Master Wang worried that he couldn't keep Western Venom, Ouyang Feng

from trying to steal the Sutra,

so he and I exchanged techniques,

my One Yang Finger and his Xiantian Technique in the palace.

The person who accompanied Master Wang to Dali

was none other than Zhou Bo Tong.

He didn't have a care in the world

and would stroll around the palace grounds looking for fun.

Until that fateful day,

he met Consort Liu whom I adored.

That's not how you train martial arts.

Over here.

Over here. I'm here.

Who are you?

Why are you on the elephant?

I'm an elephant trainer.

Are you listening?

I'm practising martial arts.

This is a way to train the lower body lightness skill.

There is an interesting method like that?

Of course.

You're seated very high up.

Aren't you scared?

Little palace maid, you're clueless.

Little palace maid?

Palace maids in the Dali palace

are allowed to practise martial arts?

That's incredible.

Too bad you're lousy.

Are you very skilled?

Of course.

My senior is the world number one, Wang Chong Yang.

Xuanmen practises orthodox Quanzhen Sect techniques.

So am I good or am I good?

If you're so good, could you teach me?

Of course not.

Fine, don't teach me.

Your senior is the skilled one anyway, not you.

I'm skilled too!

I'll teach you.

Go on. What do you wish to learn?

No. thanks. I don't want to learn anymore.

I'm for sure teaching you.

Speak up.

Touch of death.

Do you even know it?

You're too stupid.

I'll teach you something easier.

Here.

Here.

Stop laughing.

Zhou Bo Tong's mastery was in Child Technique.

He was unconcerned with the matters between men and women.

Meanwhile, Consort Liu was naive and wide-eyed.

She threw caution to the wind.

While the two poked and bumped around,

they started to confide in each other, attached to the hip.

Perhaps it was because Zhou Bo Tong was so cheerful.

He was the total opposite of me, the emperor of Dali.

He was like a breath of fresh air for Consort Liu.

You're so nice to me.

I have something for you too.

For you.

What is it?

My junior has always been a happy-go-lucky person.

I never expected he'd do such an unspeakable act.

Bo Tong has given me a full account of what happened.

We've come to ask for the punishment, Your Majesty.

Master Wang.

Dali has always had a close relationship with Quanzhen Sect.

We shouldn't let a woman

disrupt our long-standing friendship.

Guard, untie him.

Zhou Bo Tong,

do not step foot in Dali ever again.

As for Quanzhen Sect,

Dali will always welcome you with open arms.

Your Majesty, I am to blame for everything.

Punish me if you want.

Since you two

love each other,

I shall fulfil your wish then.

You two can get married.

It's up to you what you want to do in the future.

Never come back to Dali.

Emperor Duan, I'm not willing.

I did something shameful.

And I feel terrible because of it.

Your Majesty has shown great mercy for sparing my life.

How could I even think of getting married?

You two better think about this carefully.

Marriage is for a lifetime.

I...

I didn't know you were a consort.

If I had known,

I would never have done such a thing.

I'm sorry, Your Majesty.

I'm sorry, Your Highness.

Bo Tong.

I won't come back.

I won't come back again.

I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry, so sorry.

After Zhou Bo Tong left,

Consort Liu remained in the study chamber.

She didn't return to her residence.

I did not see her for a long time,

until I got the news

that she had given birth to a baby boy in the study chamber.

So, the baby was Old Imp's?

During that period, I was engrossed with martial arts.

I hardly paid any attention to any consorts.

It was not surprising that Consort Liu

had developed feelings for Zhou Bo Tong.

But from your story,

it sounds like Consort Liu was the one who wronged you.

But why do you keep blaming yourself?

That is because...

If you can't swallow the frustration,

you can kill me.

Why did you take it out on the child?

What happened to the baby?

Stop pretending.

The palace is heavily guarded.

Aside from you,

who else would hate this child so much?

If you still have a heart,

please save this child.

I am willing to use my life

in exchange for the child's.

Although the pulse is weak,

he is not fatally wounded.

He can be saved.

In a field of green in spring, deep in the morning cold,

they were facing each other, swimming with their red feathers.

At last,

I did not save the child.

So much for unconditional love,

power and wealth.

These were all just passing clouds.

I relinquished the throne to a Duan descendant.

Thence, I became a monk.

My senior knew that Aunt Ying became a recluse in Taoyuan,

training martial arts in Black Swamp Forest.

He worried that she might lose control,

and so he came here to escape the world,

quietly helping her.

Uncle Duan.

You still love her very much

and can't bear to leave her, am I right?

Master, I received this from down the mountain.

Such a difference

caused by a single thought.

Even though years have passed,

alas,

I'm still haunted by it.

I thought

Aunt Ying told us to come here to seek treatment out of goodwill.

Who knew we would become her tool to hurt others?

Pay it no heed.

Although I did not kill Aunt Ying's child,

the baby died due to my indifference and jealousy.

The grudge between us is what has troubled me for so long.

Now, it can finally be unravelled.