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[The Legend Of Heroes]

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

[Episode 27]

I'm from Jiaxing, and I used to know the owner of Zuixian Tavern quite well.

Years ago, he let slip that as he often dealt with people from the martial world,

where good and bad people mix, he dug a secret tunnel

from the kitchen to the outside as a precaution.

What's wrong, Master Ke?

Since we've all made it out safely, you may go on your way.

Ke, the entire Quanzhen Sect is indebted to you for saving our lives.

My fellow brothers and I will come to thank you properly another day.

Uncle Zhou,

it's such a relief to see you alive.

Uncle, come back with us.

If you don't wish to return, please be careful then.

You should be careful too.

Keep dawdling, and the soldiers will catch up.

Go on now, go on, go on.

Farewell.

- No need for formalities. - Chief Hong, until we meet again.

Take care.

Go on.

Go, go, go.

Ke Zhen E, that day on Peach Blossom Island...

Never mind.

Matters of the martial world are never truly settled.

We'll leave it unresolved then.

Qi Gong, come with me to recuperate.

All right.

Rong'er.

Are you coming with us?

Rong'er, Jing'er, I'll be with Old Heretic Huang.

Don't worry, no one will give me any trouble.

Don't worry. Go,

- Take care, Master. - All right.

- Find a safe place to stay. - Go, go.

Let's go, Master Ke.

Jing, please stay.

Yang Kang.

I'll ask you one last time, you really won't give me the Book of Wumu?

Absolutely not.

Are we really going to fight each other?

Take the Book of Wumu and go.

No, Master Ke, I can't leave you behind.

Since you both must die,

there is no need to be polite.

Qiu Qian Ren.

No need to show mercy to Master Ke.

Stop!

- Don't hurt Master Ke! - Stop right there!

Jing, I only want the Book of Wumu.

Jing'er, my life isn't worth much, but you cannot give up the Book of Wumu.

Master Ke, sorry about this then.

Yang Kang, stop!

I'll give it to you.

Jing'er, you can't give it to him.

Master Ke, you're the last of my seven masters.

I can't let anything happen to you.

Release my master.

How dare you try to take my little brother's stuff!

Rong'er.

Master Ke!

Old Imp, he's the one who hurt Aunt Ying.

She turned out like this because of him.

This is for hurting Aunt Ying!

This is for hurting Aunt Ying!

I'm going to kill you.

Come on.

With the Duel on Mount Hua coming up, I can't afford to get hurt.

Don't just stand there. Come on, let's keep fighting.

No running away!

Go after them!

[Iron Spear Temple]

This weighs about 15kg.

You can use this iron spear as a staff for now.

This is my father's Tianqi Shark Gall Powder.

It'll help with your injuries.

I know you hate my father and me.

It's up to you whether you use it or not.

You helped me walk such a long distance today.

Get some rest.

Finally, you said something nice.

The nation is invaded, mountains and rivers remain.

In the city, spring grass and trees grow deep.

Seeing the blooming flowers brings me to tears,

even the sound of birdsong breaks my heart.

Whoever can lift this iron spear

will be our leader!

Zhen E! Zhen E!

This wicked girl has saved me multiple times,

but it's an undeniable fact that her father

killed my siblings.

I shall kill her now

and give Huang Yao Shi a taste

of the pain of losing a loved one.

Then, I'll take my own life beside her

to repay her for saving me today.

Your Highness, watch your steps.

It's the Jin men.

We have to hide.

Father, this is the only place

within a few miles where we can rest.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

It's been a long day for all of us.

Let's rest here tonight.

We'll keep looking for Guo Jing tomorrow.

It's my fault for not being skilled enough

and letting that rascal escape.

You did your best.

I'm hungry.

Big Beard Grandfather, didn't you say you'd take me to get something tasty?

Just call me Uncle.

- Uncle. - Go on and have this.

- Master. - Mr Ouyang,

you left at a critical moment

just to find this silly girl.

You're wasting your effort on something that isn't important.

The battle at Zuixian Tavern was supposed to be an easy catch,

yet you couldn't even capture one person.

The audacity of you to criticize me.

Without her, we'd have no leverage left.

I'm too foolish to understand. Please explain, Master.

This girl is Huang Yao Shi's most cherished disciple,

the orphan of Qu Ling Feng.

Huang Yao Shi compensates for his guilt

over Qu Ling Feng through her.

Besides Huang Rong,

she's the one he cares about the most in the world.

But if we keep her alive,

- I'm worried she might reveal... - With her in our hands,

we can control Huang Yao Shi.

It will make dealing with Hong Qi Gong and Guo Jing much easier.

Master, your foresight is unmatched.

I was too short-sighted.

I don't want to stay here. There are ghosts!

With so many people here, how could there be ghosts?

They're ghosts from Peach Blossom Island,

coming to get you!

If you don't behave,

I'll have Huang Yao Shi take you back to Peach Blossom Island.

I don't want to write!

I don't want to write!

Come out.

I don't want to write.

Uncle Ouyang, how are you?

Rong,

what are you doing here?

My father sent me here to wait for you.

I've been waiting so long that I fell asleep.

If it weren't for Silly Aunt's fuss,

I might have missed you.

Your father sent you to wait for me?

What does he want?

He's trapped by those old men

of Quanzhen Sect in Xiao Penglai

at Xincheng Town.

If you don't go help him,

he might not be able to escape.

I still have a score to settle with him over Ke'er.

If he's trapped, what does it matter to me?

Uncle Ouyang,

that's not very honourable of you.

You're the one who killed Tan Chu Duan of Quanzhen Sect.

and now those Taoists are blaming it on my father.

My father never likes to explain himself.

Don't you think you should help him?

Your father's martial arts are superb.

Those Taoists can't trouble him.

But Old Imp is sabotaging him,

my father can't handle both.

But he figured you wouldn't want to help,

so he asked me to tell you

that after thinking hard for seven days and nights,

he has deciphered the strange text in the Nine Yin True Sutra.

Rong, lying is not good.

Sometimes cold and feverish,

sometimes joyful and restless,

sometimes feeling like being touched by something evil,

with hair standing on end,

sometimes so elated as if drunk.

For all these states, one must use the following method to channel the energy.

Master, this girl is known for lying.

Be careful.

What's the rest?

That depends on whether you want the full 5,000 characters of the Sutra or just 3,000.

What do you mean?

If you go save my father, I'll recite all 5,000 characters for you.

What if I don't?

Avenge my father then.

After you kill Zhou Bo Tong and the Six Masters of Quanzhen Sect,

I'll recite the 3,000 characters text.

Your father certainly thinks highly of me.

Uncle Ouyang, with your wisdom,

how can you not figure it out?

Your nephew died at the hands

of Quanzhen Sect's direct disciple.

Shouldn't you be seeking revenge?

What else did your father say?

My father said that you two share similar temperaments.

Plus, you had proposed a marriage before.

First, he wants to do you this favour.

Second, he hopes that after you master this divine skill, you will teach it to me.

I learn the divine skill and then teach it to you?

Huang Yao Shi really is shrewd.

So, it seems I have to go rescue him no matter what.

Let me rest for a while, and I'll go tomorrow.

Rescuing someone is like putting out a fire, we can't wait until tomorrow.

Then avenging him should suffice.

I'm afraid that these bad people might kill me before tomorrow comes.

Will you?

We'll follow your orders, Master.

Are you reassured now?

Yes.

By the way, where's Silly Aunt?

Silly Aunt.

Rong.

Didn't Grandfather take you back to Peach Blossom Island?

What are you doing here?

I don't like staying with Grandfather.

I want to go home.

These bad people said they'd take me to get something tasty,

but they've just kept me hungry the whole time.

Did they take you from Peach Blossom Island?

This nice friend said if I behaved, he'd take me home.

That's right, Silly Aunt. You have to be good, or Grandfather Huang will come and punish you.

Ouch! Ouch!

Help, Rong!

Help me, Rong!

Don't be afraid, Silly Aunt.

I'm here.

I won't let them hurt you.

Let me ask you,

does Grandfather know you left Peach Blossom Island?

Don't tell Grandfather, please don't tell him.

All right, I won't tell him.

I couldn't write well, and when I said I wanted to go home, Grandfather got even angrier.

Then...

Then the mute handed over a note,

and Grandfather asked me to stop practice

and had me go receive some guests.

Was it to receive them?

No, no, it was a short, fat guy.

Huang Rong, do you still want to save your father?

You'd better rest now so we can leave early in the morning.

What's the matter? Is our family chat bothering you?

If you don't like this,

why don't you come fight me?

You think I'm afraid of you?

Let her speak.

Master, if they go on,

- I'm afraid... - Afraid of what?

I want to hear what she has to say too.

Rong, ask everything you want to know today.

Did you hear that?

Silly Aunt,

what happened after you received the guests that day?

After I greeted the guests...

I remember now,

that person had an even worse temper than Grandfather.

We travelled a long way here

with good intentions to mediate this matter,

and you made it quite difficult to find you.

Your intentions are good, but it would've been better if you hadn't come.

I had no intention of wasting my time with those stubborn Taoists,

but Zhu Cong's letter was very earnest, and Guo Jing is frustratingly foolish.

If someone were to maliciously drive a wedge between him and my silly daughter,

I worry she might put herself in danger again.

So, does that mean you agree with our suggestion?

Since you're already here, you might as well stay.

I'll leave instead.

I'm leaving the island to find my silly daughter.

You may stay on Peach Blossom Island, and you'll be well taken care of.

Silly Aunt, when those Taoists arrive, bring them up here.

I got it.

When did Grandfather come back?

Grandfather hadn't come back since he left.

Since Grandfather wasn't around,

how could you let these people onto Peach Blossom Island without his permission?

If he finds out, you'll get in trouble.

Grandfather allowed it.

That day, after he left the island by boat,

I watched them come up.

I quietly followed them all the way.

There's no way I guided the wrong people.

Master, how about I go and try again?

All right.

Master.

The map Huang Yao Shi gave me is useless.

Who's there?

Come out!

Don't hit me! Don't hit me!

I'll practice writing, I'll do it now.

Stop pretending to be crazy, or you'll regret it.

I think

I've seen you before.

Where have you seen me?

Was it at Qusan Tavern?

I remember now.

I've seen you before too.

Silly Aunt, since you remember me,

be a good girl

and take us to see Grandfather Huang, all right?

Grandfather Huang has left the island.

He left behind a few...

A few...

Three, four, five...

He left behind six strange guests.

Oh, I know,

you must be the Taoists Grandfather told me about, right?

Come with me.

The guests have been waiting for you for so long.

Rong, bringing them up there was Grandfather's idea, right?

And did these people

have you take the guests

to Grandmother's tomb?

Rong, how did you know that?

Yes, how did you know?

When I first saw the situation on the island,

I almost thought my father killed the Five Freaks of Jiangnan too.

But then I thought of something,

and I knew it wasn't him.

My father would never

leave those dirty men's bodies

in my mother's tomb.

That's true.

Keep going.

So, that day,

you were the ones who had Silly Aunt lure the Six Freaks of Jiangnan to my mother's tomb

and staged a deception, didn't you?

It feels a little strange that the Seven Masters of Quanzhen would ask to meet us here.

Old Heretic Huang loves his wife dearly.

Why would he allow outsiders to come here for a meeting today?

I also feel uneasy about this.

Zhen E, I don't think that silly girl would trick us.

You guys are overthinking it.

Why would Huang Yao Shi be called Old Heretic Huang?

Because his thoughts are unconventional.

Us being here must be his arrangement.

Mr Huang, didn't you leave the island?

You scoundrel, I'm going to kill you!

Master, he's still breathing.

With him spreading the word around,

Huang Yao Shi will never be able to clear his name.

You knew you couldn't beat my father, so you killed the five of them

and tricked Ke Zhen E into believing it was my father's doing.

You wanted him to spread the word,

so all heroes in the martial world would turn against him.

This way, you avenged Ouyang Ke and removed a rival.

Killing two birds with one stone.

What a clever plan.

You've guessed correctly for the most part, but it wasn't my idea.

It was his.

Impressive, really impressive.

It takes a really vicious mind to come up with such a scheme.

However, you didn't expect that Master Zhu and Master Nan would leave clues before they died.

Did they leave any clues?

One horizontal stroke and one vertical stroke.

Jing immediately assumed it formed the character for 'Huang, '

but now it seems it could just as well be the character for 'Yang'.

You're good at making wild guesses.

Have you been looking for this lately?

I know all the treasures in my mother's tomb, but I've never seen this jade shoe before.

However, Master Zhu was gripping it tightly before he died, so it must mean something.

I couldn't figure out

what the characters 'Martial Arts' meant at first.

Then, I remembered

when I first met Nian Ci,

she was performing on the streets of Zhongdu

with a banner that said 'Martial Arts Contest to Find a Husband.'

Then it hit me,

this is a token of love.

These jade shoes usually come in pairs, one for each person.

This shoe has 'Martial Arts' on it, so the other must have 'Find A Husband.'

Your Highness,

am I right?

I told you to let go of your romantic entanglements.

Now, look where it's gotten you.

I know I did wrong now.

You still don't know what you did wrong.

Though Master Zhu was not as skilled in martial arts as you,

he was known as Quick Hands for a reason.

Before he died, he used his skill to take this token from you,

leaving his last message in his final moments.

Huang Yao Shi has raised an exceptional girl.

You've figured out all the twists and turns of the situation

as if you saw it all with your own eyes.

Rong, you really are brilliant.

What's that sound?

- Ghost! - Silly Aunt, why do you want to go home?

Don't you remember there were ghosts because someone died there?

A crippled ghost was killed.

Help me, Rong!

Help me, Rong!

Your Highness, why are you getting worked up?

Oh, right, you're a disciple of Qiu Chu Ji,

that makes you the direct disciple of Quanzhen Sect.

Uncle Ouyang, don't mistake the one who killed your nephew.

Master, now that we have Huang Rong, there's no need to keep her around anymore!

Your Highness!

Who did you just say killed the crippled ghost?

Silly Aunt, when you met Grandfather Ouyang that day,

you said your nice friend killed someone at your house.

Who did he kill?

Don't be afraid.

Tell me.

Could it be that you killed that crippled young master,

and he has come to seek revenge?

It wasn't me, it wasn't me.

I didn't kill that crippled ghost.

He was killed by my nice friend with an iron spearhead.

Silly Aunt, why are you lying?

Did Huang Rong teach you to say that?

No, nice friend, I saw it with my own eyes.

Mr Ouyang, this girl is crazy.

How can you believe her words?

Your nephew was a rare talent,

and my son and I valued him greatly.

Why would Kang'er kill him for no reason?

Did you kill Ke'er?

Silly Aunt,

the young master was holding a girl that day.

Do you remember who she was?

I remember, I know. She was nice friend's wife.

Huang Rong, you're making up lies again!

Master, we can't fall for her scheme to sow discord between us!

I don't know why, but when I was in Niu Village,

I overheard a man and a woman next door saying something very puzzling.

Your Highness, how about I repeat it word for word for you?

Repeat it now!

I heard the man say...

They saw me kill Ouyang Ke.

I need to silence them to eliminate any future threats.

They were victims of Ouyang Ke.

They won't tell him.

You can't be sure.

If Ouyang Feng captures them, they might betray us to save themselves.

In order to spare myself from concerns, I have no choice but to silence them.

Kang, I don't want you to kill again.

But if I don't kill, others will kill us.

Not everyone in this world is bad.

Your Highness, do you remember those words?

I know you love Nian Ci very much.

To protect her chastity, you dared to kill Little Venomous Evil.

I truly admire that.

But unfortunately, for you to make such a drastic decision,

there must be more to it.

You and Guo Jing, along with Huang Yao Shi, killed Young Master Ouyang,

and now you're framing it on me!

What would I gain by framing you?

Let's think about it, who benefits the most from Ouyang Ke's death?

Everyone knows there's a rule in Mount White Camel

that each generation can only have one successor.

With Ouyang Ke gone,

who else could become your disciple?

- Kang'er. - Your Highness.

Why are you getting worked up?

Did you forget I'm wearing the Spiked Soft Armour?

You wicked girl!

If you dare deceive me, I'll make your life a living hell!

If I've spoken a single lie, may I die from your deadly poison.

Your Highness?

Your Highness, are you all right?

Your Highness?

Your Highness?

What's wrong with you?

Master,

did you poison me?

Master, you can't believe her.

Master, give me the antidote.

Save me!

I get it now.

This is karma.

You killed the Five Freaks of Jiangnan with poison,

and now you're infected with Nan Xi Ren's poisoned blood.

If this isn't karma, what is?

This is my snake venom indeed.

I had wanted to poison you with it myself.

- Kang'er! - Your Highness!

No one touches him!

Kang'er.

Kang'er.

This venom multiplies, one infects ten, ten infect a hundred.

If a poisoned person scratches someone else,

they too become infected, and it continues to infect endlessly.

Mr Ouyang.

Mr Ouyang, I know Kang'er has committed a grave crime, but I beg you, save his life.

If you save him, the entire Jin Empire will be forever grateful for your great kindness!

Your son's life is precious, but my nephew's wasn't?

Get lost!

Miss Huang!

Miss Huang, you are incredibly wise.

I beg you, please save Kang'er.

Please save him!

Please spare his life for Miss Mu's sake.

Old Venomous Creature's venom is incurable.

Unless he gives the antidote, no one else can save him.

I'm the prince of Jin Empire.

I can do whatever I want, and you all have to obey me!

Kang'er!

- Kang'er. - Father.

- Kang'er. - Father.

- Kang'er! - Your Highness!

Your Highness.

- Father. - Kang'er.

Kang'er!

- Your Highness. - It's my fault, I've ruined you!

- Your Highness. - We have to go, Your Highness.

Let's go, Your Highness.

Kang'er.

Hurry, Your Highness.

Hurry.

Kang'er!

Come on, hurry.

Kang'er.

Ke'er,

are you seeing this?

I've avenged you.

Nian Ci,

you're here.

- Father. - Father.

You're home.

Come, let me take it.

- Thank you, Father. - I was only this tall.

- Look how much taller I've grown. - You're so tall now.

Let's measure it.

[Iron Spear Temple]

You were determined to see him dead last night.

Why pretend to be sympathetic now?

He deserved his fate, that's true.

I was just reflecting on how he lived in luxury but died wrapped in a straw mat.

Such a dramatic fall from grace.

It's a pity for Nian Ci, who loved him sincerely.

The sun's up.

Let's go check on your father.

My father should already be back on Peach Blossom Island.

There's no need to check.

You really are full of lies.

If I hadn't said those things, would you have let me question Silly Aunt?

You'd have killed the wrong person for revenge and lost everything.

Old Venomous Creature, I actually did you a favour.

How rude.

You still remember the Nine Yin True Sutra, right?

So much has happened in one night.

My memory is a bit fuzzy.

Let me help you remember then.

- Let him go! - How is it? Do you remember now?

Rong'er, go.

Leave without me.

I'll come with you and recite the Nine Yin True Sutra for you.

Rong,

no more jokes this time.

Of course.

You are a grandmaster, you should keep your word too.

Of course.

Rong'er, you mustn't!

Jing won't listen to me anymore.

You're the only one who can explain everything now.

Please take care of yourself.

Jing'er!

Jing'er!

Jing'er!

Jing'er!

Jing'er!

Master Ke! Master Ke!

If I hadn't made that bet with the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan back then,

Yang Kang might not have ended up like this.

Though I was his teacher, I failed him.

I bear much of the blame for his downfall.

Master Qiu,

don't you think we deserve to die?

We always thought we were so righteous and heroic,

but in the end, we've only brought harm to these young ones.

[Grave of Yang Kang]

Kang, if you appreciate me burying you today, please help me find Rong'er.

Let this be a way to make up the wrongs you committed.