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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 37]

Move.

Dear.

Are you sure about this?

He might be back soon.

I...

I feel uneasy.

All right.

Then,

I will clear the way for you.

Father,

but your health...

So be it.

If I throw caution to the wind,

then so will you.

Let's go.

Stop.

Come in and talk.

Why did your frost poison

flare this bad all of a sudden?

In there,

did you eat something you shouldn't?

Skywater Cold Tea

and Ice-Month Trio...

They're all

everyday things.

They're common to others,

not to you.

Why insist on having them?

[Thirty years ago]

Ruofeng, how are you?

Brother,

I'm feeling so cold.

Am I dying?

If I die,

I'll see Mother.

Stop the nonsense.

Your hands are like ice.

Tuck them under the quilt.

This quilt is so thin.

Why burn so little charcoal?

If Ruofeng catches cold,

you'll answer for it!

It's this maid's incompetence.

I bribed him with the earrings Her Highness left behind,

so the Household Bureau's junior steward relented.

He said the Noble Consort comes first,

but in three days,

they'll send charcoal to us.

All snobs serving the favored and slight the rest.

Three days won't do.

Ruofeng is young and frail.

He can't wait that long!

Your Highness!

It's freezing outside.

You'll get sick without your cloak.

Your Highness!

This is exactly

what I want!

My brother and I may be out of favor,

but we're still princes!

I want everyone to see

how the Household Bureau

mistreats us!

Let's see

how they answer to my father!

Tomorrow is the Imperial Assembly.

You think those pastries

were specially prepared

by your brother?

Does the answer

matter?

I think

Xiao Yong sent them.

But your brother

surely knew.

He just pretended

not to see.

Jin Xuan.

Your Majesty, your orders?

I've never liked these pastries.

Remove them all.

Also,

tell Yong

not to send them again.

Understood.

I was wondering who it was,

turns out to be the former great eunuchs,

Sir Zhuo Qing's juniors.

Sirs,

since you've entered the imperial tomb,

why return to meddle

in Tianqi City's strife?

Even with your faces veiled,

even if we've never met,

I can still tell by your technique

who you are.

You really think

your deeds can fool the whole world?

And if we can't, so what?

History is written by the winners.

Even if you're the Xueyue Sword Deity,

you're still too young.

With your skill,

can you beat the three of us?

When I draw my sword,

I never weigh the odds!

Su Muyu.

Mu Fusheng.

Su Ziyan.

Xie Piyou.

We meet again.

Master Su,

since we parted at Wanjuan Tower,

you slipped into the jianghu

and found your way.

But staying in Tianqi,

we need to seek a new patron.

In the end,

we chose the First Prince, Xiao Yong.

Never thought

we'd end up

on your opposite side.

Perhaps, Master Su,

you could rechoose your side.

Yes.

Maybe after tonight,

Beili's brightest star, the Prince of Langya,

will fall.

Choose a worthy lord now

so Blood River's men

won't die with you.

A "worthy lord"?

So your "choice"

is to be a servant.

What say you, Master Su?

Blood River belongs to itself.

And I'm not here

for you anyway.

But your lives

end here tonight.

For that choice,

you'll pay the price.

You...

Sir.

Sir Zhuo Qing.

You don't look surprised.

So you came for me.

Master Su,

what do you want?

The Prince of Langya thinks

you left the imperial tomb

with the Dragonseal Scroll.

I'm here tonight

to make sure it stays.

So,

this is your deal with the Prince of Langya?

An assassin of Blood River

helps a great hero

seize a last-dynasty edict of succession.

How ironic.

It does sound

rather ridiculous.

As if...

only those

who stand in the light

would ever do such things.

I do this today

so that it won't look ridiculous

when Blood River does the same

in future!

Master Su,

if I don't

have the scroll?

That doesn't matter.

Tonight, besides the scroll,

you have something else

that must be taken here!

What?

Your life.

You're opening

with the Eighteen-Sword Array!

You guys...

Sir!

It was supposed to be just the two of us,

but they heard the news

and slipped out too.

Not too early, not too late,

just in time!

We broke orders coming here.

Don't blame us, Sir!

Sir!

Fight with no worries!

We've got your back!

Yes!

We've got your back!

What can you possibly do?

The night bell's tolling.

Curfew's on.

Tonight,

no one will disturb this fight.

Vermilion Bird Avenue in Tianqi

shines the brightest.

It's a fitting place

for you to meet your end.

Enough talk!

What a beautiful strike!

I heard

you were once a step

from the Spirit-Roam level.

Yes.

But Mr. Li

smacked my crown,

and I fell into the Grand-Free level.

Even so,

I'm still first in Tianqi.

Only Chancellor Qi Tianchen

is fit to face me.

But for tomorrow's Imperial Assembly,

he's gone to Yuege Terrace outside the city.

My father once told me something.

If it's from the Lord of No-Sword City,

I'll hear it before you die.

Only by beating

someone stronger,

does a fight

mean anything.

Even if it costs you your life,

it still has meaning?

It does.

Who dares touch my daughter!

Dear,

go find the one you love.

These spooks and fiends

won't last a breath

before me!

Father...

There's fight left in this old body yet.

Dear,

I swear

I won't die.

Go on, don't worry.

It's a promise.

It's a promise.

Dear, go now!

So this is

the "meaning" you spoke of?

Yes.

You're way out

of your league.

To kill me,

you're not strong enough.

Humble Heart Technique...

Good.

Su Muyu,

you're good.

Your sword energy is even better.

You want to drain my sword energy

to break through again.

Smart,

Master Su.

If we weren't enemies now,

perhaps

I'd call you a friend.

You and I

will never be friends.

An assassin living in the dark

can still keep your pride?

We dwell in darkness,

but our hearts face the light.

You stand in the light,

yet sink

into your own shadow.

That's just

your wishful thinking.

Your Patriarch

has already cast you aside.

Right now,

he's outside the palace,

moving to cut off the Prince of Langya.

Great Eunuch Zhuo Qing,

do you believe

there's such a thing

as absolute trust?

Between me and Changhe...

Between me and Muyu,

it's absolute trust!

Su Changhe...

It's me,

Blood River's Patriarch,

the Undertaker

to bury you.

So that was your aim.

Su Changhe,

you hid it this long

just to land that palm on me?

Yes.

You're the top fighter

in Tianqi,

once just a step away

from the Spirit-Roam level

above the Sword Deities.

If we don't wound you somehow,

how will we ever stand a chance?

How did you pass

the truth-testing snake's trial?

What I told you that day

wasn't a lie.

Muyu and I chose differently.

He'd ally with the Prince of Langya

to lead Blood River into the light.

As for me,

from the first time I met you,

I had a new idea.

If I'm right,

your Humble Heart Technique,

Ye Dingzhi's Void-Thought Art,

and Blood River's Hell Palm

come from the same manual.

Our inner force

can interlink.

So,

if I can draw out

your Humble Heart power,

I'll become...

invincible.

Arrogant.

Arrogant?

I could feel

that palm I struck

already worked.

That is the ninth level

of the Hell Palm?

My apologies.

Only the ninth.

Today,

I'll feed my palm

with your power.

I'll step to the tenth!

You'd use my strength

to reach the Spirit-Roam level?

Too bad.

Your ninth-level Hell Palm

is a false state.

Yes,

a false state.

So what?

I, Su Changhe,

am hypocritical,

greedy, and cruel.

If it lets me win,

no price is too high.

My Six-Form Hell Palm

will send you into the wheel of rebirth!

That palm

is poisoned?

The venom comes

from the Slumbering Serpent King

of the Yellow Springs Pawnshop.

Zhuo Qing,

from the day I first met you,

I began planning this moment.

I've held back this long,

played along with you all this time,

all just to kill you

here and now.

To kill me?

Of course.

It's been over twenty years

since our first meeting!

When did we meet?

Back in the Miao Territory!

You're...

I was born in Sacred Fire Village.

You were sent there

to seize

our sacred Fire-Dragon Lingzhi.

We refused,

so you slaughtered our entire village.

That day at Wanjuan Tower,

I refused to read the records about me.

Because I had always known

who my enemy was!

Die!

Sir!

Sir!

Sir!

Kill them.

Understood.

You may head back to the Clinic.

Changhe and I will handle this.

Understood!

It's over,

Su Muyu.

Sir...

what are you doing?

Your skills may be weak,

but each of you

still carries decades of inner force.

Since you're doomed to die anyway,

just give me

all your inner force.

Let me touch

the Spirit-Roam level again!

Draining inner force, huh? I can too.

Die!

I've practiced Humble Heart

for years.

I've drained more people

than I can count.

Now you dare try

to drain mine?

Aren't you afraid you'll burst?

Blood River's Undertaker

is famous indeed.

Today,

I'll bury you first...

then kill that Umbrella Ghost!

Su Muyu,

go now.

I'll hold him back!

It's no use.

Humble Heart and Hell Palm

share one source.

Once you start draining,

you can't stop.

Su Muyu!

Don't be reckless.

Go now!

Su Muyu!

Demon Sword...

Why can't the light of this world

make room for Blood River?

No one is born a killer.

We deserve

another chance to choose.

Why do you

block us again and again?

Su Muyu!

That sword art

will cost your life!

Changhe,

if my bloodshed today

can make Blood River run clear

and no longer dim,

then I'll die for it.

At Beili's founding,

Marquis Fengyue

opposed Emperor Tianwu.

The Sword Demon under him

created a sword technique

called the Seven-Slaughter Six-Annihilation Sword!

So be it.

Slay the foe,

slay a friend,

slay immortals,

slay ghosts,

slay the self,

slay all that exists,

slay with no escape,

these are the Seven Slaughters.

Extinguish the Heavenly Way,

the Demonic Way,

the Human Way,

the Ghost Way,

the Asura Way,

the Hell Way,

these are the Six Annihilations.

Zhuo Qing,

choose

your road home!

Your strongest strike

bears your name, Muyu.

Let me see

what your blood rain looks like

once you go demonic.

Fall!

I stopped

that move of yours.

How is this old eunuch

so strong?

Die!

Su Muyu!

I brought your sword.

Crane Feather Sword!

I was born in No-Sword City,

raised with the blade.

I've seen the mightiest strike on earth.

It once avenged

my lost family.

Today, as long as my sword is in hand,

I can carve a future

for my folks,

and for the family I have now!

♪Prejudice like ice, how it hurts to hear♪

♪He clenches his fists♪

♪Fate's rules won't bind me♪

♪Stormwinds lift me straight into the sky♪

♪My heart rides the waves past the river♪

♪Dust on my boots, home at last♪

♪I won't ask, won't answer, just a humble soul♪

♪This drink I offer to the brave of every shore...♪

You're about to go demonic.

Even if you beat me,

you won't escape death.

You may be unmatched,

but I've got people behind me!

♪As dawn breaks in the east, I rise by my own strength♪

♪The road beneath my feet, I leave my prints in mud♪

♪The earth gives life, asking nothing in return♪

♪We cross the dark river with a leap of faith♪

After that strike,

Muyu's fully gone demonic.

Su Muyu!

Miss Bai, watch out!

Su Muyu...

This is Iceheart Water.

It stops the demonic backlash.

♪Life hangs by the blade. What path is there for me to choose?♪

♪Bound by fate, I draw my blade again♪

♪Rain drifts on steel at dusk...♪

Great.

♪Dust rises, I walk toward the light♪

♪Even alone through storm and snow...♪

Hehuai...

It's over.

Finally, we can...

go back to Nan'an.

All right.

Nan'an.

Nan'an.

Nan'an.

Nan'an.

♪I seek justice, and guard the world's peace...♪

Su Muyu,

I was wrong.

Just like me,

you're one of the finest men!

Miss Bai,

what's wrong?

I...

I fell for my martial niece's trap.

What exactly happened?

I was still not fully healed,

then burned my essence blood

to refine the antidote.

So,

the puppet poison in me

that Baicao should've purged

has now flared up again.

It must have been a trap

set by Night Crow.

Dear,

isn't there a cure for puppet poison?

It's brewed...

with my blood...

How would it cure my own toxin?

Su Muyu...

I'm here.

Kill me.

Su Muyu,

kill me!

I don't want to be a puppet.

It'd look monstrous.

You won't die.

We'll find a way.

Su Muyu,

there's no time.

This time,

no remedy will work.

Su Muyu,

it's really too late.

I'm sorry.

I...

I can't make it back to Nan'an.

Su Muyu,

Su Changhe,

let's join our inner force

and drive her poison out!

It's no use.

Inner force can't purge this toxin.

Dear,

with me here,

you'll be fine!

Miss Bai!

There's a miracle physician in Tianqi City too.

Tu Wan once told me.

I know where he is.

I'll take her there.

Never thought Tang Lianyue

was that strong...

He cost me my bodyguard puppet

and I had to fake death to escape.

One of Tianqi's Four Guardians.

I really underestimated him.

But...

none of that matters now.

After brewing so many antidotes,

Martial Aunt

should be feeling the backlash now.

[Healing Hands]

♪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♪