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(Joy of Life Season 2)

(Episode 36)

Doing something like this before informing,

I'm afraid

Father will get mad.

We mustn't be worried if we want to be successful.

I'm not optimistic about this path.

I'll pretend that I know

and hear nothing.

I won't even report it

and inform Father about it.

Thank you.

However, I'm not optimistic about this.

- What about you? - Me too.

You're not optimistic as well?

Yes.

This path of mine

might seem like it hurts the royal family and benefits the people.

He's a part of the royal family.

It's normal that he is not optimistic about it.

Why don't you feel optimistic about it?

I don't really understand

what you say,

but I believe your choice

is surely correct.

Why do you still feel not optimistic about it?

However, right or wrong is not important

in this world most of the time.

The path you take will affect the benefit of too many people.

If you continue on this path,

I'm afraid you might get enemies and obstacles everywhere.

Many people often say

right or wrong isn't important.

However, if they are forever not important

and no one tries to make a change,

the fire of the Three Great Workshops and Shijia Town

will never be extinguished.

Teacher. Although I'm not optimistic about this path,

I'm willing to walk it with you.

I won't regret it

even if I sacrifice myself.

I think the same as him.

Do you really think so?

I knew you were crazy, but I didn't know you were that crazy.

You even brought a prince along with you.

- Were you eavesdropping? - I didn't do it on purpose.

Teacher,

we'll be leaving.

Let's go. You haven't played.

Sit.

Why are you looking for me?

I came to take a look.

I'm afraid that Yun Zhi Lan might return.

- Thanks. - No need.

With the path you're taking,

there might even be a thousand people who are trying to kill you.

Yun Zhi Lan alone is not important now.

So, I need to trouble you to stay in Jiangnan longer.

With your ability, the other ninth-ranked experts

might not be able to kill you except for the grandmaster.

After I was stabbed at Xuankong Temple,

my internal energy burst my meridians

and it dispersed in the body.

I haven't recovered until now.

That was why I need you.

You are finally going to admit it.

I wasn't planning to hide it.

That was not what you wrote in the letter.

Many people could see the letter.

Some things can only be said face to face.

Why didn't you just hide it from me as well?

I don't feel it's right.

Why?

I see you as a friend.

We've only met a few times.

Well, it's strange between people.

Some people have known each other for their whole lives,

but they aren't close.

Some people only met once, but they can trust them with their lives.

Don't find it corny.

I've met many people in my life,

but I only have a few who I can call friends.

You are one of them.

It's corny indeed.

I think so too. I won't say it again.

So, you wanted Heaven's Path

to reconstruct your internal energy.

I'll try everything in this desperate situation.

Bring that here.

What are you doing?

Grind the ink.

Keep grinding. Don't stop.

(Heaven's Path)

What did you change?

Master did something to it.

This manual is fake?

It's not completely fake. Most of it is real.

Only a few parts were amended.

What will happen if I practice with this amended manual?

You can still reconstruct your internal energy,

but you won't achieve the ninth rank.

You might become a retard.

How evil!

Didn't Ku He say this was from my mother?

- Yes. - Why did he amend it when it was supposed to be mine?

You are an important official of the Qing Kingdom after all.

You should understand.

Hold on. You knew about this.

- Of course. - Why didn't you remind me about it?

Trust is mutual.

How could I be honest if you weren't being honest with me?

You knew there was something wrong with my internal energy?

You wrote to me asking for the manual.

Even a fool could guess that you were met with an accident.

If you hid the truth from me,

you deserved to become a retard.

Were you going to be so cruel?

With our identities,

our friendship is a heavy burden.

If you restore this,

how will you explain it to Ku He?

I don't need to. A disciple doesn't need to obey her master outside.

Thank you.

There are many kind people in this world indeed.

How corny.

Give me the brush.

- What? - Let me paint you a drawing.

What drawing?

The Overwhelming Internal Energy Manual I gave you previously

was lacking a few paintings.

If you practice it, you might bleed to death.

When will the people of the world stop scheming against each other?

Both of us should work hard together.

Lord Fan, look who's here.

Deng Zi Yue from the First Bureau of the Overwatch Council

greets you, Chief Inspector.

Zi Yue, we've known each other for so long. Stop doing this.

- Sit down. - It's the rules.

Qi Nian.

Where's your mustache?

I came to Jiangnan to investigate the Ming family

on Lord Fan's order.

I think a spy

should change his appearance completely.

Here. Have a drink.

Thank you, Qi Nian.

I should brief you first.

After I obeyed Lord Fan's orders

and came to Jiangnan pretending to be a victim,

I was bought by the Ming family.

However, they were very suspicious.

I was doing labor the first month.

I figured they were probably investigating my background.

Your identity was created by the First Bureau and the Fourth Bureau.

There wouldn't be any flaws, right?

Indeed.

During my second month,

they were more relaxed.

I found an opportunity

to show my bookkeeping skills.

They started to accept me.

Finally,

I entered the Three Great Workshops.

That means the Three Great Workshops still exists.

Of course.

Lord Fan, the Ming family moved the Three Great Workshops' warehouse

with its supervisors and craftsmen

outside the city in secret.

They substituted the whole place indeed.

So many lives were lost as well.

Lord Fan, look.

This is the warehouse's current position.

Lord Fan,

I think

the Ming family set fire and massacred the people.

They committed serious crimes.

They should be punished according to the law.

We must deal with the Ming family

but not now.

Not only do we need to consider the Ming family

but also the uncertainty of Jiangnan's future for decades to come.

Lord Fan, what should I do next?

Did someone notice you

when you left the warehouse?

Rush back overnight

and pretend that nothing happened.

Since we've planted a spy,

you should keep hiding.

We still don't know what other variables

will appear in this Three Great Workshops play.

Yes.

Qi Nian.

Protect Lord Fan well.

Don't worry.

Zi Yue,

you must protect yourself well.

Go.

Please stay here.

Did Shadow appear later?

After fighting Yun Zhi Lan that day,

he has never appeared anymore.

Forget him.

Both of us will leave the city

and capture the Three Great Workshops.

Well,

you lost your internal energy, right?

Meanwhile, I'm only good at running.

Why don't we call Miss Duo Duo as well?

She can't come with us.

She is the Saintess of Northern Qi.

If she's around when I capture the Three Great Workshops,

someone will make a big deal out of it.

Qi Nian, we are the only ones who can do this at this crucial moment.

I'll listen to you.

Fan Xian rode a horse and left the city?

A report that was sent recently.

The direction he headed in after leaving the city

is where the current Three Great Workshops warehouse is located.

The location of the warehouse

is confidential.

I'm sure information has been leaked.

Were there only two people when they left the city?

It was two people in the beginning.

- There were cavalries? - The Overwatch Council's Black Cavalry.

Didn't Xie Bi An say

Fan Xian would die in two days?

It has been two days.

Not even Yun Zhi Lan could do it.

Who else can kill Fan Xian?

Yun Zhi Lan

is not the grandmaster.

The grandmaster is going to take action?

Otherwise, why would Li Yun Rui

go and invite himself?

I wonder who

among the four grandmasters

will take action.

Shadow?

I thought you would hide from me forever.

We'll talk about this later.

- Return to the city immediately. - We can't do that now.

We will capture the Three Great Workshops soon.

Ye Liu Yun is heading to Suzhou City.

Ku He is in Northern Qi.

Si Gu Jian is not willing to make a move.

There's only one person left.

Ye Liu Yun.

Ye Liu Yun is a grandmaster from the Qing Kingdom.

Why would he attack one of his own?

During the Xuankong Temple assassination,

the Ye family was chased out of the capital.

It had nothing to do with Lord Fan.

That was His Majesty's order.

Yes. Ye Liu Yun is taking revenge against the royal family.

Lord Fan, why don't we return to the city?

Ye Liu Yun won't attack in a busy city,

right?

If it won't work,

we'll just take a boat and leave Jiangnan.

A grandmaster is invincible.

The people you have can't defend against him.

If I return now,

the Ming family can move the Three Great Workshops again.

After learning this lesson,

they will break up the Three Great Workshops

and spread them across Jiangnan.

That means we must strike quickly if we want to take back

the Three Great Workshops.

This is the only chance.

Who will stop Ye Liu Yun?

How long until he arrives?

He's quite far away.

With the method used by a grandmaster to rush here,

he will be arriving in a matter of hours.

I want to take back

my mother's assets.

Lord Fan,

I am underpaid.

Isn't doing this the same as heading to your death?

- Who are they? - Be careful.

Over here.

Let me do it.

Don't move! Stop immediately!

Don't move! Stop immediately!

Don't move!

Stop!

You! Go there!

Who is it?

Come with me.

Follow me.

Where are they?

Who? Where are they?

At the entrance.

- What's going on? - Let's go.

Move.

Hurry up!

Keep up! Hurry!

Don't move!

Don't move!

- All of you, don't move! - Don't move!

Don't move.

Put them down.

You...

What are you doing here?

This place is the Ming family's private property.

All of you trespass on this place with your horses.

Are you disregarding the law?

Are you disregarding the law?

What did you say? I couldn't hear you clearly.

What is this place?

I've told you clearly.

This is the Ming family's property.

Qi Nian.

The Imperial Treasury Transport Department Case.

Are you Xiao Jing, the supervisor of the first workshop

at the Three Great Workshops of the Imperial Treasury Transport Department?

It's me.

These are your crimes from the Qing Kingdom's year of Yuan

until now.

That's... You are forcing crimes on me!

Keep listening!

In the second year and third month of the Qing Kingdom,

Xiao Jing hid the bronze hill mine accident

and took the dead victims' wages for five years

which totaled up to 13,700 taels.

On the ninth of the seventh month in the fourth year of the Qing Kingdom,

Xiao Jing bribed the Suzhou bookkeeper

and purchased 700 mu of fertile land for dirt cheap.

During the first month of the sixth year of the Qing Kingdom,

The supervisors of the Three Great Workshops led by Xiao Jing

colluded with the treasurer

to owe the workers' wages worth more than 10,000 taels.

It caused a riot

with 14 people dead and more than 50 people injured.

- You... - You may be able to plead for corruption and bribery,

but causing people's death is unforgivable.

According to the law of Qing,

you should be executed.

How can you convict me

without evidence?

These are the testimonies and evidence.

See for yourself.

Even if you are going to convict me,

you still need to have a trial!

The Chief Inspector of the Overwatch Council can convict someone.

With evidence and witnesses,

a trial is not needed.

He can be executed according to the law.

Everyone,

can you tell me

what this place is?

Supervisor Xiao is dead.

The Overwatch Council is true to its name.

Lord Fan,

this is...

This is

the private property of the Ming family.

You must be Ma Xiong Jian, the supervisor of the second workshop

of the Imperial Treasury Transport Department.

Yes.

Listen well.

Since you took on this position, you had 12 concubines.

You forced nine of them to be your concubines.

Two of them, you killed their husbands to steal their wives.

There was also the riot case during the year of Qing.

Ma Xiong Jian worked with Xiao Jing

and committed the same crimes.

According to the law of Qing, you should be executed.

My Lord!

Spare me, My Lord!

Spare me, My Lord! I won't do it again!

My Lord, spare me this time.

Execute him.

All of you, listen well.

I just came to Jiangnan, but it doesn't mean I don't know everything.

There's nothing in this world

that you can hide from the Overwatch Council.

Where is the bookkeeper called Hu?

I'm here!

Supervisor of the third workshop, Hu Jin Lin,

greets Lord Fan.

Supervisor Hu, right?

Tell me.

What is this place?

I'm asking you a question!

My Lord,

this is the warehouse of the Imperial Treasury's Three Great Workshops.

Every item from the Transport Department is stored here temporarily.

Is this the Three Great Workshops?

This is the Three Great Workshops!

Fan Xian, the Chief Inspector of the Overwatch Council,

will take over the Three Great Workshops on His Majesty's edict.

I'm doing things according to the edict. Does anyone

have any objections?

Do you have an objection?

Lord Fan follows His Majesty's orders.

The Three Great Workshops will be handed over to you.

You should be grateful that you've killed no one.

Do the Three Great Workshops have machines to forge steel parts?

Yes. They are gathered in one warehouse.

- Stand up and lead the way. - Yes.

Make way quickly! Move!

Move!

My Lord.

Fan Xian entered the warehouse

and never came out again.

Yes.

The doors are shut,

but we can hear

metals knocking on each other

and the forge being lit up.

However, we don't know what he is doing inside.

It doesn't matter.

Even if he captures the Three Great Workshops,

Fan Xian will

still die this time

if Ye Liu Yun makes a move.

What if he doesn't die?

He is the grandmaster.

You are the head of the family.

You should be cautious.

You must not rely on others for your success.

If Fan Xian doesn't die,

what will happen?

The Ming family is fighting for the Three Great Workshops.

The family will be annihilated for the crime.

Who said it was the Ming family?

You are right.

The Ming Family was lied to.

The other families also have bad intentions.

However, if that happens,

even if we find someone else to take over,

they still can bear the consequences

of such a serious crime.

You have many siblings.

Just send your siblings

to their doom one by one!

Mother, calm down.

You can decide

whether my siblings die together

let alone dying one by one.

However, I'm afraid doing that

still won't be enough.

That's easy.

Just sacrifice

either one of us.

Naturally, I'll be the one.

No matter

how much of a coward I am,

I'm still human.

How can I sacrifice

my compassionate mother?

My good son.

It's still not time to make a choice.

Let's see if Fan Xian lives.

You are right, Mother.

However, I think

Fan Xian will surely die this time.

It has been some time now.

I don't understand.

With such a short amount of time,

how can he create a weapon

to defeat a grandmaster?

Lord Fan!

Black Cavalry, guard the Three Great Workshops!

- No one can enter without my order. - Yes!

Is Ye Liu Yun here?

You can't wait for him to arrive? He'll be here soon.

I'm going to meet him.

Lord Fan!

Lord Fan.

It's my first time seeing someone going to meet a grandmaster.

My Lord

has always been unique.

You're still praising him?

He must be crazy.

Being crazy once in a while

is quite exciting.

My Lord, wait for me!

All of them are crazy.

Waiter, give me a pot of tea.

Shadow,

you are here as well.

I still need to be here to watch what happens.

If both of you have nothing to say,

you can keep your mouth shut.

I'm nervous.

I have to say something at least.

Lord Fan,

is it too late for me to go to the outhouse?

I don't think so.

What's going on?

What is this?

Ye Liu Yun is here.

Don't follow me. I'll deal with this myself.

Going alone? Are you planning to die?

It's fine.

If you die, I'll retrieve your corpse.

What corpse? If I die,

my corpse won't even be left.

Lord Fan.

Qi Nian,

you've always been smart.

You run quickly.

If something happens,

don't be foolish.

Lord Fan.

What do you mean?

Having this might not be enough to defeat the grandmaster?

That's right.

Grandmaster is a human too.

How can he dodge a weapon that's not from this era?

A grandmaster

is no longer bound by the human's common sense.

Doesn't it make him a monster?

What's going on?

Over there!

He's coming!

That's amazing.

Fan Xian.

Greetings, Mr. Ye.

I owe you a favor.

I won't kill you if you leave Jiangnan.

Sorry.

I don't listen to advice.

What did you see just now?

A divine weapon.

Why won't you use it?

I thought about it

I figured

I had no use for it.

What do you mean?

Because you won't kill me.

I heard you are famous for your Liuyun Palm technique.

Killing with a sword

is faster.

Why can't I kill you?

Because you dare not kill me.

In this world,

only someone heartless like Si Gu Jian can do it.

Otherwise,

no one dares to kill me.

Is it true?

The Ye family has been chased out of the capital,

but the Ye family still exists.

It hasn't perished.

If you kill me,

the Ye family

will never recover.

Is this

your confidence?

You are a cloud in the sky.

You are unaffected by anything.

However, you still left a line in the mortal world after so many years.

With a line in the mortal world, you are still human.

Since you are human,

you still have emotion.

A wave only happens for a while,

but it can go against a thousand-year rock.

There's nothing different.

You are also the same.

Who told you

I care about the Ye family?

What is it?

Keep eating.

Mr. Ye,

my gamble paid off.

You are a grandmaster,

but you are still human.

You are a gambler

who is very crazy.

I don't know who you resemble.

Thank you, Mr. Ye.

Just this once.

It won't happen again.

I want to thank you for letting me know

that a grandmaster can still be human.

In this life of mine,

I'm an official who also practices martial arts.

If I reach the pinnacle of these two paths

and lose my humanity,

it'll be pointless.

You are different from your mother.

You are so corny.

Do you know her too?

She's not like you.

You are smart,

but don't be too smart.

What do you mean?

I'm human,

but it doesn't mean the other grandmasters

still think they are human.

Lord Fan,

is this over?

We won.

How did you know he wouldn't kill you?

I gambled with my life.

Congratulations on winning the gamble.

Let me ask another question.

Since he didn't kill you,

what was the point of that slash?

It was for the capital to see.

The grandmaster is not satisfied that the Ye family was banished.

That slash was to show the capital his stand.

When that slash was heading towards me,

I felt the ground break.

I thought I would be dead at that moment.

I didn't expect him

to only cut off a strand of my hair.

What's going on?

- Why is this happening? - What's going on?

Splitting a building with one slash.

This is the strength of a grandmaster.

A grandmaster

is really not human.

Why does it sound like you're scolding them?

You are wrong.

Actually,

they are still human.

Do you think we will achieve this one day?

I might.

What about me?

Lord Fan,

let's talk when you've recovered your internal energy.

I'm back.

(The End)

It's not over yet.

Do I need to wait a few years

for the finale?

(The building will be closed.)

(Please leave orderly with your personal belongings.)

Will Fan Xian really forget about the injury caused by Shadow?

What about Yuan Meng?

She has life on her hands.

What is the relationship between the Emperor of Qing and the Divine Temple?

Can you speed up the story after this?

(May all patience be rewarded with success.)

(May all hardships and trials don't disturb one's inner peace.)

(Fan Xian chose a path without compromise. I hope you do the same as well.)

(Glad that we still walk the same path with the joy of life.)

(See you in Season 3.)