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[Blood River]

[Based on the novel of the same name from Zhou Munan's Youth in Jianghu series]

[Available on fanqienovel.com & bkneng.com]

[Episode 17]

[Wanjuan Tower]

Out of the way!

Honestly,

we've already

crossed paths plenty of times.

But this is the first time

we've truly met, right?

Leader of the Shadow Sect,

Mr. Yi Bu.

You're Blood River's Patriarch,

Su Changhe?

I am.

I, Blood River's errand man,

By order of Su Muyu, head of the Su family,

I'm here

to take your life.

[Tianqi City]

[Tianqi City]

[Wushuang City]

[Xueyue City]

[Baili Dongjun]

Even if you know

everything about him, so what?

He's still number one

and you still can't handle him.

That scroll

you just set down

is worth a hundred taels of gold.

You're still here.

Grandfather told me to stay.

He said you might need my help.

I don't want your help.

I can help you find

what you want.

[Wanjuan]

Baixiao Hall.

Sword Heart Tomb.

[Blood River]

Blood River!

Yes.

All Blood River intel is here.

I guess

this is what you're after.

But I'm not sure

everything you want is in here.

After all, the Shadow Sect can't know it all.

Or "All-Knowing under Heaven"

wouldn't belong to Baixiao Hall.

These all require keys to open.

And the keys

are at my grandfather's house.

I have them.

Looks like you came prepared.

I thought

once I got the two keys,

I'd have the answer.

Then I realized

with the Shadow Sect's stance,

they'd never let us

get inside.

We'd only expose our aim

and be held hostage to it.

So Changhe and I

made this plan in advance.

[The Nameless of Blood River]

[Su Muyu]

[Su Muyu]

[Su Muyu's Childhood]

[Wushuang City launched an attack, Blood River sent ninety-three assassins]

[Eighteen survived]

Looks like you've found

the answer you wanted.

What?

I dropped something.

Wait for me here.

Su Muyu is badly wounded...

Zaiye,

find an opening,

put an arrow in Su Muyu's back

and change the outcome

of tonight's battle.

What...

what did you go looking for?

That's not something I can tell you.

Burn this whole building.

Burn it?

The entire place?

Right.

He deliberately showed

that flaw just now.

Truly worthy of the leader,

you do have some skill.

I almost lost to you.

Everything...

is finally over.

My whole life,

what did I live for?

Get up!

You coward!

How will you rebuild the Shadow Sect one day?

I will

revive the Shadow Sect!

I'm not the hope

of the Shadow Sect.

I'm just a kid.

I want to go out and play.

[Spirit Tablet of the Former Shadow Sect Leader]

Young Leader,

the former leader is gone.

Please assume the seat of leader

and revive the Shadow Sect!

Please assume the seat of leader

and revive the Shadow Sect!

[Never Forget]

From that day on,

I became

the youngest leader in our history.

My whole life

must count as a complete failure.

The Shadow Sect

wasn't restored...

In my hands,

it was erased.

I also lost my disciple

and my beloved daughter...

I've heard that when you're dying,

your memories

flash in your mind,

spinning like a lantern show.

You've stared off for a while.

Were you reliving your life?

Stop it! Look at me!

Come on...

Kill me!

Tell me,

in Tianqi City,

who knows about the tie between Blood River

and the Shadow Sect?

What...

you plan to kill them all?

Do you?

And if I do?

You think I can't kill you,

yet I still killed all of you.

Rest easy.

If people learn

the notorious assassin guild

in the jianghu

was run by the court,

it would spark panic

across the land.

So those who know the tie

are only a handful.

A handful still means some.

Tell me their names,

and I'll leave you a whole corpse.

How's it going?

Find what you wanted?

Found it.

How do we deal with this old man?

Oh,

why am I asking you?

I'm the Patriarch of Blood River here.

If you ask me,

let's cut off his limbs.

Otherwise,

he won't tell us

who else in Tianqi City

has their eyes on Blood River.

Even if you cut them off,

he still won't tell you.

You've killed plenty.

You've seen eyes like that

more than once.

You know,

you're really dull.

I only wanted

to torture him a little.

Anything else you want to say?

Out of the last shred of conscience,

I'm willing to listen.

If you're a shadow...

you'll be a shadow for life.

A shadow

that wants to step into the sun...

can only vanish.

You lot...

will fail in the end.

What rotten luck!

[Yellow Springs]

Su Muyu,

we can call today

a sweeping victory.

Let me take you to Diaolou Cottage

for a drink!

We didn't just burn the Shadow Sect,

but also the Imperial Father-in-Law's Manor it hid behind.

We need to leave Tianqi City at once.

If a shadow wants to step into the sun,

it can only vanish.

So if the Shadow Sect stopped being itself

and put on the Imperial Father-in-Law's name,

is that what it means

for a shadow

to stand in the light?

So,

what Yi Bu said just now

wasn't only a curse on us...

it mirrors his own lot.

What are you thinking about?

Nothing.

Oh...

this is for you.

What is it?

These were in your compartment.

I didn't check it.

You've never remembered

your childhood, have you?

See what's written on it.

The past...

why fuss over it?

From here on, Blood River,

you and I...

have only tomorrow!

[Ever Forward]

Your Highness.

General.

The Imperial Father-in-Law's Manor is ablaze.

Looks like... Blood River won.

What about the Prince of Langya?

He was ambushed at Fengxiao Temple,

but he seems unharmed.

Right now,

he's returning with the Guardian Azure Dragon,

Li Xinyue.

You may go.

The Shadow Sect really is worthless.

I'd hoped this bout

would leave them and the Langya faction

both crippled.

So be it.

So be it.

With the Shadow Sect gone,

Father's fear of the Prince of Langya

only deepens.

Which means

it's time to set my board.

Muyu.

Who's the Patriarch here anyway?

Why doesn't anyone

greet me first?

How'd those goons

you ran into fare?

Changli's crew are handling the bodies.

The Fengxiao Temple mission wrapped too.

Uncle Qidao has gone back ahead.

As for Mu Ciling,

he said

he's heading to the inn to heal first.

When "dear Muyu" is done,

go cure his poison.

After that he'll be done

with Blood River.

Fine.

I'll go in a bit.

I meant to wait at the inn.

Didn't expect we'd meet here first.

You acted recklessly again?

Your inner force is nearly spent.

It will cost a lot of my good medicine.

I wasn't reckless.

I did what I could.

He can vouch for me.

I...

I don't take your word for it.

Xuewei and I

will check on Changli.

If they're done,

we'll head back to the house.

Young miracle physician,

I tried to kill you last time...

Sorry about that.

No worries.

We were just on different sides.

Don't dwell on it.

It's all in the past.

Farewell.

Farewell.

Farewell.

Get lost.

You're not taking your best buddy here?

I took it as a given you'd come with me.

At Wanjuan Tower,

I learned a few things

about No-Sword City.

I need to make a trip to Homeland.

Homeland?

Why are you still wasting time here?

Everything's packed?

We're assassins out to kill.

What's there to pack?

My father headed back

to Nan'an City ahead of me.

What about you two?

Coming with us

or heading back to Blood River?

I've got matters to handle.

Once they're done,

I'll come to Nan'an for you.

All right.

You may go.

Got it.

[Xiao Ruojin, Emperor Mingde]

Your Majesty.

Here so early to see me,

what is it?

[Jin Xuan, Great Eunuch] Last night the Shadow Sect burned down.

Imperial Father-in-Law Yi Bu

was burned to death.

Yi Bu is dead?

Yes.

The blaze was massive.

The entire manor is gone.

Countless casualties.

So that means...

From last night,

the Shadow Sect no longer exists.

Did he need to be that ruthless?

Two of a trade seldom agree.

Besides,

he never liked Yi Bu.

Was it really him?

A secret report reached the palace

that last night,

he wasn't at his own manor.

Ending it so absolutely

doesn't quite fit his style.

But our prince

isn't the man he was anymore,

is he?

Enough.

Call it an accidental fire

and leave it at that.

Have the Court of Judicial Review handle it.

As you command.

Has Consort Xuan

heard the news?

The Seventh Prince

entered the palace this morning.

By now, Her Ladyship

must know as well.

[Prince of Langya's Manor]

Why would Blood River

help us wipe out the Shadow Sect?

You think I hired them?

Those earlier attempts on my life

were staged as a setup.

It's not what I think.

It's what everyone in Tianqi City will think.

They'll all link the fall of the Shadow Sect to you.

And your elder brother

will think so too.

Then let them think so. I don't care.

I don't believe

you'd choose that method.

Which is why you and I can be friends.

This wasn't my doing.

Yi Bu dug his own grave,

you could say.

Su Changhe and Su Muyu of Blood River

are remarkable.

They said they'd change Blood River.

I don't think that's empty talk.

They've cut every chain

on their necks.

They're no longer someone else's pawns.

The only shackles left

are rumor and prejudice.

But that's the hardest part.

If I can,

I'll lend them a hand.

Su Muyu?

Su Muyu?

Let's go hear a tune together!

Su...

[Tianqi]

Once we leave,

who knows when we'll return to Tianqi City.

I hope when we come back,

we can truly walk the long street

with nothing weighing on our minds.

Walk through the Entertainment Street

with nothing on your mind, huh?

That's your father's wish.

You little brat,

teasing Uncle Zhe again.

Changhe.

We'll make our dream come true,

won't we?

You call that a dream?

Other people dream

of being great generals for the realm,

or sword heroes saving lives.

But you...

you just want to be ordinary.

What about you?

Does your dream

count as a real dream?

Of course!

I'll not only lead Blood River

into the sunlight,

I'll be the light.

All right.

Then I'll be your sword.

♪All grudges and storms ended with you...♪

Then let me treat your wounds.

If I can't cure you,

my father can always

collect your bodies.

All right.

Deal.

Deal.

♪I'm lucky to meet you♪

[A summer solstice rain, worth its weight in gold]

[Today is the Summer Solstice]

[Days at their longest, all things at their peak]

So this is Homeland?

Looks a bit ordinary.

A homeland

should be ordinary by nature.

You really can make sense of anything.

Didn't you say

you'd come for me soon?

How did "soon" turn into years?

Yeah.

Blink, and it's years.

Oh,

this is Changhe,

Blood River's Patriarch now.

I'm Changhe,

Muyu's best friend.

From now on,

just call me Changhe.

This is Zhaoyan,

[Xiao Zhaoyan] Xiao Zhaoyan in full.

We grew up together

in No-Sword City.

She's like my sister.

Muyu,

why do I feel

like you're matchmaking?

I was teasing him,

now he's getting back at me.

Blood River rakes in silver all year,

yet this "homeland"

is a poor village.

Master Su

is downright stingy.

We eat meat every meal

and drink every time.

How's that poor?

Sounds to me

you've never seen real poverty.

Seventeen li from here,

in the next village,

those folks

call a bowl of white rice

a New Year feast.

Ignore him.

Poor too long, flush now, he gets like this.

"Flush now", my foot.

Did you forget Nan'an City

has silver buried all over the ground?

I think our place is great.

We don't need your silver.

Do you know

who all live

in this place?

Of course I do.

People tied to Blood River

but unwilling to be dragged

into jianghu strife.

Zhaoyan, we've got guests?

Uncle Xiemo,

please, have a seat.

Zhaoyan,

pour Uncle some tea.

Okay.

I'm Su Changhe.

I'm Su Muyu.

You're of the Su family?

Senior, may I ask your surname.

Same as yours.

When I left home,

I hadn't heard your names.

By then,

you should've been born.

But we've heard yours, Senior,

Su Xiemo, the Seven-Sword Star-Chaser.

You codename was once the Soul-Chasing Ghost.

To kill one man,

you'd chase him three thousand li.

However,

we heard you died

in the wastelands beyond Mo River.

Never thought you'd be here in Homeland.

I survived,

but...

I lost the right to be a killer.

The Patriarch took pity on me

and settled me in Homeland

to keep it safe.

Oh,

you two

still haven't answered my question.

We're from the Nameless,

but I'm now Blood River's Patriarch,

and this one beside me

is the current head of the Su family.

In that case,

this cup of tea

should be served to you.

Then,

I won't refuse.

I'll gladly accept it.

As expected of the Patriarch,

fine skill.

Let me pour you another, Uncle.

Since you

came here,

it means Master Su is dead.

The ones holding power in Blood River now

have become you

from the Nameless.

Something major must have happened.

Then,

your purpose here

is to...

[Blood River members involved in the Wushuang City attack: Su Xiemo...]

♪Like fate, winding with the tide♪

♪Who can ford this river of night?♪

♪Where's the far shore we chase all our lives?♪

♪Surrendering all hues for a glimmer of light♪

♪Through joy and sorrow♪

♪Still I can't let go♪

♪Longing keeps me awake at night♪

♪My heart no longer my own♪

♪No one can escape from love♪

♪How many hidden feelings♪

♪Sink in silence deep?♪

♪Searching through the endless nights♪

♪Struggling on the edge of love and pain♪

♪Shadows crossing shadows♪

♪Whose name hides in your eyes?♪

♪When the wind blows, ask not when I shall return♪

♪Ask not when I shall return♪

♪Like fate, winding with the tide♪

♪Who can ford this river of night?♪

♪Where's the far shore we chase all our lives?♪

♪Surrendering all hues for a glimmer of light♪

♪Through joy and sorrow♪

♪Still I can't let go♪

♪Longing keeps me awake at night♪

♪My heart no longer my own♪

♪No one can escape from love♪

♪My heart no longer my own♪

♪No one can escape from love♪