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Dance of the Sky Empire

Episode 5

What a beautiful childe!

Your Highness?

I'm fine.

Why does she have such an aura around her?

Could it be...?

Looks like I broke your carriage.

It's OK. I'll just get it repaired.

But why are you alone

in the wild so late at night?

I'm here to collect some herbs.

Collect herbs?

I see you have a head injury.

I have a doctor here.

How about letting him give you a treatment?

No, thank you.

I've collected the herbs.

I'll go back and use them on the wound myself.

Thank you.

Good.

Where do you live?

I mean, I'm afraid

it's not appropriate for you

to go back alone so late at night.

Let me give you a ride back.

I...

Sorry to trouble you.

I live in Moyun Ancient Academy.

So you are a student of Moyun Ancient Academy.

I'm a freshman.

Batou , go to Moyun Ancient Academy.

Yes.

It's cool inside this carriage.

I've arrived.

I hope you will have recovered from your injury

when I meet you next time.

Will we meet again?

Definitely.

That's good.

See you.

Your Highness,

our application for admission has been delivered to Moyun Ancient Academy.

In a few days,

you can be formally enrolled.

It is unexpected

that Su Youlian saved the Crown Prince.

Have you seen the corpses of those people?

By what weapon were they killed?

I can't tell that.

Their corpses are covered in many tiny wounds.

I've never seen people who died this way.

Do you think

that Su Youlian really helped the Crown Prince?

I don't think

she looks like an expert.

How can we see through

a real expert?

Well, I'll go check

Su Youlian's identity

and see who the hell she is.

No need.

Since she could be successfully enrolled by Moyun Ancient Academy,

that means she has hidden her real identity.

Come here.

Nice coup, Your Highness.

I'm going to make arrangements right now.

Su Youlian is...

Lord Zi, we've checked the academy,

but found nothing.

Lord Zi,

nothing unusual is found in the whole city.

That was clearly the Kunwu Move .

Keep investigating, and don't take it lightly.

Yes.

The Kunwu clan is ready to make trouble.

From tomorrow on,

I'll be practicing in seclusion

and trying my best to enhance the Moon Formation.

Yes.

There was clearly no wound on her head

when she came to my room.

How did she get wounded in the head?

Young Master,

you've turned over several times.

Did you injure Su Youlian today?

No.

Are you sure?

My moves were too fast,

so it's inevitable to get her injured.

You're going out so late at night?

Since you got her injured,

I have to visit her on behalf of you, wouldn't you say?

Where are you going?

It was me that got her injured.

How can I make trouble for you?

I'll take her the medicine myself.

Wait.

Well...

You know,

since you got her injured today,

she might bear a grudge against you.

If you go and visit her now, you are asking for trouble.

Forget it.

I'm the one who's got your back.

I have to deal with this for you.

Give me the medicine.

Why are you making that face at me?

What are you looking at?

Young Master, I must say

that we don't need this actually.

We are brothers.

We are supposed to help each other.

I mean,

if you want to meet Miss Su,

just tell me.

It doesn't hurt that much.

What are you doing here?

I'm admiring the moon.

You came to the girls' dormitory so late at night just to admire the moon?

I...I can admire the moon

wherever I want to.

What's this?

A poison that can kill you.

Nonsense.

You...

What the heck do you want to do?

It's good for your wound.

Throw the medicine away.

This is not poison, Master.

Whether it is poison or not,

don't accept anything

that brat gives you.

Why?

I told you,

don't get too close to Li Xuan.

You turned a deaf ear to what I said?

No, I didn't.

But I don't think Li Xuan is a bad guy.

He even

spoke for the Kunwu clan in class.

You know,

he's the Nation-Protecting Master.

The previous Nation-Protecting Master

sealed the Dragon Emperor with his own hands.

The Kunwu clan is irreconcilable

with the Nation-Protecting Master.

You look happy, Your Highness.

On which day do I look unhappy?

I guess

you are eager to go to Moyun Ancient Academy.

Indeed.

Everyone I should meet is there.

I should go there indeed.

Guys,

you must carefully digest

what I just taught you after class.

Li Xuan,

could you stop sleeping in my class?

Look at Xiao Fengming,

he always listens to me carefully

and is never absent-minded in class.

Then look at yourself,

if only you can learn a little bit from him!

Fengming looks knowledgeable.

I'm willing to take a back seat, and I'll learn from him.

What the hell is this spell?!

It almost choked me.

You are doing a good job performing this spell.

Next,

take out your own weapons

and try to inject some spiritual power into them

to enhance their offensive power.

Get started.

Which weapon should I inject spiritual power into?

You don't need any of them.

Just never bully other people by outnumbering them.

What weapon will you use?

Changqing.

Changqing?

Come on, take a seat.

I'll bring it here for you.

Just take a seat here.

OK.

Pianran,

why are you dancing in the canteen?

You know what?

I'm going to win glory at the Assembly of States

on behalf of the Tianqi State.

It's worth sacrificing the dinner time.

Don't stop, let's go on.

OK.

One, two, go!

Great!

Awesome!

Good.

Have you heard that?

What?

His Majesty got to know

that Su Youlian saved the Crown Prince.

At the levee,

His Majesty spoke highly of her

in front of all the officials at court.

Really?

How could this happen?

What a glory it is!

Indeed.

Now all disciples in this academy

admire her so much.

It is unexpected

that a girl from a frontier town

is quite competent.

I'm impressed.

I can't believe that.

Don't you know that?

Even our Nation-Protecting Master

treats her with special respect.

You, you mean Li Xuan...

Exactly.

The other day, I saw the two of them...

Stop practicing.

Go have dinner.

Yes!

Anyway,

a girl like Su Youlian, who's endowed with both beauty and talent,

is bound to be popular among gentlemen.

Indeed.

Yeah.

Are you blind?

It was obviously because of your rampage.

How could you blame me?

You are so unreasonable!

This book has been banned.

Stop reading it.

Take it easy.

I won't read it, bye.

The hemostatic herb of the Kunwu clan does work wonderfully.

It takes just one night

for the wound to heal basically.

Youlian?

Youlian?

Youlian?

Someone asked me to deliver a message to you.

A message?

Who is it from?

It's said that it was from Li Xuan.

Thank you.

OK, I'm leaving now.

[I'll meet you at Qianyuan Pavilion.]

What is this guy up to?

Forget it, I'll go take a look.

Youlian!

Are you feeling better?

I'm feeling better, Yanran.

Don't worry about me.

Where are you going so early in the morning?

Li Xuan asked me to go to Qianyuan Pavilion .

I'll go take a look.

Qianyuan Pavilion?

What kind of evil wind is it?

That's weird.

Li Xuan, are you inside?

Of course I'm not.

How could I have spare time

to care about that girl?

Last night I visited her...

Don't listen to him.

Last night, I went to visit her

to make up for Changqing's fault

and his sin.

Really?

Changqing never tells lies.

Come on, Changqing, eat this.

Tell me honestly, Xuanxuan.

Do you have a crush on her?

You know, you are just like that roadside matchmaker surnamed Huang

who believes that everyone has a crush on another person.

Young Master, that matchmaker is surnamed Wang.

And you, I'm not finished.

Stop talking.

Why do you tell everything to him?

Could we keep some secrets between us?

Secrets?

I'm telling you,

can brothers

and friends

talk about

or keep secrets?

There should be no secrets

between good friends or good brothers.

That makes sense.

Young Master,

when Bian Lingcheng visited Baihua Pavilion,

he was caught by Master Bian.

He said he was just taking care of

a girl you'd been patronizing.

What?

No wonder my dad hit me

as soon as I got home that day.

And he asked me to kneel and say something like

"I'll never go to Baihua Pavilion.”

Turns out it was all because of you?

Changqing,

how could you sell me down the river?

Li Xuan,

it was not like what you imagine.

Allow me to explain.

Take it easy.

Li Xuan,

allow me to explain first.

It was not like what you think.

What are you doing in the canteen, Li Xuan?

Nonsense.

Where else could I be at dinner time?

Something's wrong.

You invited Youlian to Qianyuan Pavilion, didn't you?

Who invited her to Qianyuan Pavilion?

Youlian told me that.

She's already waiting for you at Qianyuan Pavilion.

Qianyuan Pavilion?

Damn it.

Li Xuan?

Li Xuan?

Li Xuan?

That's weird.

Stop wasting your effort, girl.

Who are you?

Are you also a student of Moyun Ancient Academy?

Who I am doesn't matter.

A different aura.

Can you play chess, little girl?

Play what?

My master has never taught me this.

Since you can't play chess,

there's no point in keeping a worthless wretch like you.

These vines were born from my thousand-year spiritual power,

and no one can get rid of them so far.

Soon,

your spiritual power will be drained,

and you will become a pile of bones.

I can do it.

I can.

Really.

I can do it.

What's this? I've never seen it.

Have you made up your mind?

Why do you stare at me like this?

I can't play well if I'm nervous.

Alright.

I won't stare at you.

I won't stare at you.

Play.

Come on, hurry up.

Stop prowling around, will you?

You make me dizzy.

OK, I'll stop it.

Forget it.

I'd rather make wrong moves

than await my doom.

There you go.

Go.

How's everything going?

Su Youlian is exactly trapped inside here,

but nothing has happened for the time being.

Take it easy.

If she wants to survive,

she will definitely take actions next.

We just need to wait here.

Yes.

What's he doing here?

You lied to me.

You lied to me!

Young Master!

Let's go.

I got tied up by the vines.

None of us can get out of here

unless you crack that chess game.

How could this happen?

Today is really lively.

Don't make any rash moves again.

If you do,

I'll turn her into a pile of bones.

Youlian?

Youlian!

It's just a chess game.

I can crack it.

You can?

Let them go first.

Hurry up!

Are you all right?

If you manage to crack this chess game today,

the three of you can leave.

If you fail,

this is where you'll be buried.

Why does this chess board look so familiar?

Li Xuan,

can you do it?

Anyway, I have to try.

Play quickly.

Hurry up!

You did lie to me.

How dare you lie to me?

No.

No.

Give me another chance.

I've lost my patience.

I can definitely crack it this time.

Trust me.

Then play the game!

Old man,

why do you ask me

to crack a chess game you can't solve yourself?

Just let me go and have a drink with Bian Lingcheng,

will you?

If you can crack this game,

you can get out naturally.

What if I can't?

If you can't,

you can't get out

even if Baihua Pavilion is closed down.

Yes, something comes to my mind.

It moves.

It moves!

Play it quickly.

Come on!

Hurry up!

-Thank you for cracking this seal for me! -Youlian!

I'm finally free!

Young Master, it's safe now.

I didn't mean it.

How about him?

He escaped.

No.

I'm done for.

That old man will hit me to death.

What's up?

Who the hell is he?

He's Qilin.

There's a formation set in the chess board to seal him,

but we cracked the seal.

Who sealed him?

You bet,

it must be that old man.

Yanran just said I asked you to come here.

Wasn't it you?

[See you at Qianyuan Pavilion.]

Who did you offend?

Nobody but you.

Let's go.

I didn't expect that Li Xuan would manage to crack this formation.

I told you,

Li Xuan is extraordinary.

We were supposed to test Xu Youlian,

but Li Xuan jumped out as a stumbling block.

Whether he's a stumbling block

depends on which side he takes.

He has been conflicting against the Crown Prince recently, hasn't he?

Are you sure you're going to draw Li Xuan to your side, Your Highness?

That's wrong.

How can you attend the Assembly of States if you dance like this?

Turn around facing upward. Upward.

Yeah. Exactly.

Turn around once more, reversed.

OK, let's...

Youlian!

What are you doing? We are dancing here.

Did you scheme what happened in Qianyuan Pavilion?

I…I don't know what you're talking about.

I'm asking you, did you write that note?

What's going on?

Li Xuan,

she hit me.

Stop complaining like a victim.

You set me up first.

I just played a prank.

Don't you know

you almost got all of us killed?

I really intended to just play a prank.

Besides,

I don't know it is so dangerous inside.

Well.

you let the ancient Qilin off,

and caused a big trouble,

but you still have the heart to frolic here?

Especially the two of you,

you broke into the forbidden place regardless of the academy's rules.

That was absurd!

Su Youlian has nothing to do with this.

I did this myself.

Cui Pianran, it's you again.

Cui Pianran should be sanctioned

for violating the academy's rules

and inducing others to break into the forbidden place.

However,

considering that you are going to attend the Assembly of States soon,

I declare on behalf of the Tianqi State,

that starting from today,

you are sanctioned to clean the yard for a month,

with a major demerit.

As for you two,

do you know the consequences of letting the ancient Qilin off?

Behave yourselves and wait here.

You will be sanctioned

after I report this to Lord Zi.

Mr. Wang, enjoy your life as you only live once.

Just listen to me.

There was an evil wind.

What evil wind?

Let's go have a drink.

Jing?

Jing.

My sister,

why don't you put on the dress

Mr. yang gave you?

Everyone is waiting for you downstairs.

Got it, I'll be right there.

Then hurry up.

I'll go downstairs to serve the guests first.

Hurry up.

You are slim and supple and not yet fourteen,

just like the young spring-tip of a cardamom-spray.

On the Yangzhou Road that extends three miles in the breeze,

every pearl-curtain is rolled up, but there's no one like you.

You are supposed to be in your best years,

but you have become a courtesan.

It's so pathetic.

God is jealous of such a beauty like you.