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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 38]

Floral Sword Art!

You were a good archer.

Instead of training on

the battlefield

and developing your abilities,

you just had to go for a despicable job like being an assassin.

You brought this upon yourself.

Take this.

You're here.

I'm here.

I'm here to rescue you.

Didn't you say

my life and death have nothing to do with you?

Didn't you say

that you weren't willing to get involved with Tianqi City?

Stop bossing me around.

I can come whenever I like.

Back then,

on the night we infiltrated

Tai'an Palace,

it was much more perilous than today.

Even so,

you didn't come to Tianqi.

That night,

I was already in Tianqi City.

I planted some spies within your ranks.

Whenever you were in danger,

he would fire a signal arrow.

And then, I'd take my sword

and storm the palace.

I don't care if it's King Qing,

King Jingyu,

or even Emperor Tai'an.

If I take my sword with me,

you have to come with me by hook or by crook.

Let's cut our conversation short.

As night slowly rises,

the wind drifts away in parting.

Ms. Yumo.

You're awake.

She's fine now.

Xuanwu Guardian, you may come in.

The last time

I sustained such a serious injury,

it was because of you.

Back then,

you weren't this anxious.

I...

What?

Sit down and speak.

You're still as tight-lipped as ever.

In the past, I used to hate you

for being a silent gourd.

But now, I realized something.

When you fancy a person,

even when you don't speak,

you can express your feelings through your actions

and expressions.

After this encounter,

I finally confirmed

your feelings for me.

Now that I think about it,

I actually won the heart of the mighty Xuanwu Guardian.

I can die without regrets now.

You won't die.

I won't allow you to die.

Our trip to Tianqi

has made us more aware

of the responsibility we bear.

Tang Lianyue,

let's make another promise.

When you and I have completed all of our missions,

when you're no longer the Xuanwu Guardian,

when I'm no longer an assassin of Blood River,

when we're merely Tang Lianyue

and Mu Yumo,

by then,

we can fancy each other

all we like.

We can go to wherever

we want to go.

♪Thoughts that never fade, year after year gazing from afar♪

All right.

I promise.

I'll wait until His Highness has finished what he set out to do.

After that, I'll follow in Sikong Changfeng's footsteps.

I'll cast away the shackles of this city

and look for you.

♪May this life leave no regrets♪

You should go.

Both Tianqi City and Prince of Langya

need you.

♪When we meet again, may our first glance be as it was before♪…♪

Go now.

♪Ask not of joy or sorrow in this world, speak only of our heart’s desire♪

♪Hear the free wind’s song, hear the snow fall upon my battle robes…♪

During our first encounter,

I broke your mask.

I always wanted to compensate you with another one.

But I could never find the opportunity to do so.

And...

♪Whose longing guards this land unharmed?♪

♪You are well, just as you were at the start♪

And what?

I don't want you to put on a mask again.

I don't want you to hide your identity again.

I hope

you can walk in the sunlight freely.

♪Sing me a farewell tune, and smile as time goes on unchanged...♪

Did you make this yourself?

Yes, I did.

You're quite skilled.

Hurry and go.

♪Thoughts that never fade, year after year gazing from afar♪

♪Whose longing guards this land unharmed?♪

♪You are well, just as you were at the start♪

♪Bleeding for the faith I hold, I trade the world for skies of light…♪

Xuanwu Guardian,

I thought you cherished a beauty like me.

That's why you couldn't bear to strike me down.

Silly boy.

I knew you were lying to me.

I knew you were still concerned about me.

Yue,

it's getting late.

Do you wish to rest?

I haven't recovered completely.

Why don't you feed me?

♪Do not long for the sorrow of separation♪

♪May this life leave no regrets♪

[Flying Tiger General's Residence]

Flying Tiger General,

where are you going at this late hour?

Xuanwu Guardian,

shouldn't you be...

Sorry about this.

I've returned.

I'm here to take your life.

General Dian,

please put down your weapons.

You think you guys can take us down?

General.

It seems you guys have received the news as well.

After Fengxi Manor was set on fire,

the Inner Security Division

took over it immediately.

The noblemen's sons who you've kidnapped

have been sent back to their residences.

The forces behind them

won't do anything

tonight.

As for you,

it's time for you

to pay the price.

This is truly vexing.

[Kind Heart, Skilled Hands]

He's here.

It's been four days.

Guardian Lianyue, I hope you can

give me a satisfying answer.

Firstly,

is Great Eunuch Zhuo Qing dead?

I was sure that I'd wounded him seriously.

But I think he's still barely surviving.

Initially, I wanted to complete the job.

But something cropped up.

When I headed back to find him,

his body was already missing.

We speculate

that Jin Xuan, his disciple, has taken his body with him.

However, we couldn't be sure

whether he was dead or alive.

Forget it.

All right. Here's the second question.

First Prince Xiao Yong, the mastermind of everything,

what kind of punishment will he receive?

For the uprising in Tianqi that night,

Dian Ye, the Flying Tiger General,

has already confessed that he was behind everything.

Will your emperor just let him off like that?

Or,

is Prince of Langya just a decoration?

Of course not.

Xiao Yong also knows

that he cannot

get out of this that easily.

Therefore, he confessed by writing a petition.

He said that he was partly responsible

for Dian Ye's crimes.

He was willing to be imprisoned in the Imperial Astronomical Bureau,

give up on his title as a prince,

and never involve himself in political strife again.

Is...

Is that all?

What about Prince of Langya?

Is he satisfied with this ending?

His Highness wasn't satisfied at all.

He submitted a memorial impeaching First Prince.

And, he submitted evidence of

First Prince's participation in the rebellion.

But on the second day,

His Majesty has already permitted Xiao Yong's request.

His Highness wanted to seek an audience with His Majesty,

but His Majesty refused it.

Is the Dragonseal Scroll still nowhere to be found?

That's right.

It seems as if someone has retrieved it before us.

The Inner Security Division will continue

to investigate the case.

Head back now.

None of your answers was satisfying.

Patriarch, what do you plan to do next?

Me?

We'll talk about it after Su Muyu regains consciousness.

I'll heed his will once he wakes up.

After all, he was the one who decided to come to Tianqi.

If he doesn't regain consciousness,

I'll unsheathe my sword and hunt them down.

Xiao Yong will die.

Prince of Langya

will die as well.

Go now.

Was I too harsh

to your lover just now?

You were gentler

compared to your usual attitude.

You went through

a life-or-death situation with your beloved.

Why does it feel like you're unhappy about it?

Look at the current situation.

How can I be happy about it?

Yumo,

right now,

you're the only dependable member of the Mu family.

I understand.

From now on,

I'm the head of Mu family.

I'll set aside

my feelings and relationships.

Will you be able to achieve that?

Don't worry.

And,

since he has already given me his promise,

there's no need for me to be impatient.

Go now.

You're finally awake.

She...

White cranes fly south,

gazing across the Huai River.

Miss Bai didn't suffer

during her last moments.

Using my Inch Sword,

Uncle Zhe, he...

You know this too.

Uncle Zhe always does a clean job.

It already ended

before Miss Bai felt anything.

Uncle Zhe said

that since you were unconscious,

he had no choice

but to do it on your behalf.

They waited a few days for you,

but you didn't regain consciousness.

Therefore, Uncle Zhe will escort her body

back to Medicine King Valley first.

From now on, each Qingming,

on the day of remembrance,

they'll prepare a pot of wine for you

in Medicine King Valley.

They'll wait for you.

Where's Night Crow?

According to Yumo,

she should've been reduced to ashes

by Phoenix Descent.

What about Xiao Yong?

He confessed to his crimes.

However, his father

managed to keep him alive.

He would only be imprisoned at the Imperial Astronomical Bureau.

Prince of Langya asked us about the decision we would make.

I said I would heed your will

after you regain consciousness.

Your Highness.

Has Su Muyu

regain consciousness?

Not yet.

I only met Su Changhe.

What did the Patriarch of Blood River

say?

According to him,

if Su Muyu regains consciousness,

he will heed his will.

If he doesn't regain consciousness,

he'll kill Xiao Yong.

He'll kill you as well.

Perhaps

my life will end before he hunts me down.

Who are you?

I came here to pay my final respects

to the person behind you.

Such audacity!

Am I audacious?

A good friend of mine

rescued your son.

But the person behind you

took her life away.

Shouldn't I come here to pay my final respects?

So, it's you guys.

But he has already confessed to his crime

and will be sent to the Imperial Astronomical Bureau.

His Majesty has already issued an imperial decree.

His life now rests

in the hands of Heaven.

I am

Heaven itself.

Your Highness, are you planning to go into confinement?

Master Su,

you guys have already won.

Prince of Langya and his men

would surely keep his promise to you.

They'll allow Blood River

to walk in the sunlight.

Why do you

have to do this?

So, a prince

can kill at will, huh?

Even if one has to accept punishment,

they can survive

as long as they give up on their title, huh?

I haven't stepped into the Imperial Astronomical Bureau yet.

I'm still a prince.

Do you know

what sort of crime it is

to kill a prince on the streets?

If you do so, Blood River

will never be able

to walk in the sunlight.

A shadow will always remain one.

It'll disappear when it makes contact with sunlight.

You guys will become

the most-wanted criminals of Beili.

Each of your portraits

will be posted

at the most obvious spots of every city.

When Qingyang and Xuewei died,

Yumo asked me a question.

Once,

the death of our companions

were nothing special

to us.

But now, everything has changed.

How many people still have to die

in order for us to reach the Other Shore?

I have my own choice.

That is to avenge Miss Bai,

Qingyang,

Xuewei,

and every companion

who was manipulated by you all.

There's a certain meaning

behind my choice.

From now on,

the entire Tianqi City

will remember the name of Blood River.

No one can manipulate us

like pawns again.

It's because they've already witnessed

the price they have to pay for doing so.

Darn it!

What's the matter?

Did you feel his presence as well?

What are you looking at?

Nothing.

Su Yunxiu,

how's my daughter doing?

She's fine.

Don't worry.

Since I've stepped in,

I'll save her no matter what.

But,

there's one condition.

What is it?

Tell me.

I have to take the miracle physician with me for the time being.

But why?

I need to cultivate

a martial art after this.

I need another miracle physician to be on standby

next to me.

And, I don't want to be targeted by Su Muyu.

It's very troublesome.

You know my personality too.

If you dare to utter a single word to him,

Bai Hehuai

will never return to your side again.

Say,

what will Su Muyu become in the future?

This is truly intriguing.

Right when

he's about to step into the light,

he's plunged into the dark abyss again.

We're going to leave Tianqi City soon.

We're here to bid you farewell, Prince of Langya.

Perhaps you guys

shouldn't have killed Xiao Yong.

There are many ways to resolve the situation.

But you guys just have to choose

the one that's unsalvageable.

Everyone says that I'm a lunatic.

Actually,

my buddy is the same.

Your Highness,

perhaps Blood River's Other Shore isn't

what we expected it to be.

What we wish to become

are people who can stand beneath the light,

not pawns meant for those fighting for power.

If Xiao Yong was sent to the Imperial Astronomical Bureau,

under the surveillance of

Qi Tianchen, the Chancellor,

it would be difficult for him to rise again.

But now that Xiao Yong is dead,

that'll complicate

a lot of things.

Perhaps in the past,

Blood River stood in the shadows.

Perhaps in the future,

Blood River still isn't able

to walk in the sunlight.

But at the very least, right now,

we carry with us a justice of our own.

And, within that justice,

Xiao Yong deserves to die.

If anyone dares to use us

as pawns again,

don't blame us for rising up and taking control.

Changhe and I will return to Blood River.

From now on, we'll tread on our own path.

We'll reach the Other Shore eventually,

no matter how tough the journey will be.

All right.

If so, I hope that we won't be enemies

the next time we meet.

But it's difficult for us

to become friends as well.

Farewell.

Chancellor,

First Prince Xiao Yong

was assassinated on his way

to the Imperial Astronomical Bureau.

Who did it?

I only saw one of them before.

Back then, he was outside our bureau.

But you drove him off with your talisman.

Perhaps

I was too narrow-minded back then.

The head of Su family

is worth an encounter.

What's the matter?

Will you regret it?

We put in so much effort for this.

But everything went back to square one

after you killed him.

Prince of Langya won't be able to help us out.

He's going to die soon.

He wishes to pave a path

for those he cared for before his death.

But the people he cared for,

the path they'll take

is vastly different from ours.

The turmoil of Tianqi City

is just beginning.

However,

that has nothing to do with us for now.

♪Between gain and loss, I cling to what won't fade♪

♪Narrowly losing myself in the process♪

♪Thank heaven this white world walks with the passing days♪

Even in the polar hell,

there is light to be seen.

♪A fleeting breeze snuffs out the name I bore♪

As the clouds drift away,

the moon comes into view.

The duo charge ahead

following their momentum,

as if the journey is never-ending.

And, there's no turning back either.

At that moment,

it was eight years before Blood River

returned to the martial world.

And, it was 12 years

before the reunion of Su Muyu

and Bai Hehuai.

♪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♪

[12 Years Later]

[Grave of Beloved Daughter, Bai Hehuai]

♪As mountain rains draw near, they scatter blooms into the mire…♪

Zhaoyan,

give me some time alone.

Understood.

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

[Grave of Beloved Daughter, Bai Hehuai]

♪Rain drifts on steel at dusk♪

♪Moon ripples below, road far ahead♪

♪Dust rises, I walk toward the light♪

♪Even alone through storm and snow♪

♪I know spring dawn waits not far ahead♪

♪Rain drifts on steel at dusk♪

♪Moon ripples below, road far ahead♪

♪Dust rises, I walk toward the light♪

♪Even alone through storm and snow♪

♪Even if the uproar still cannot be escaped♪

♪It’s all to find the shore my heart has long sought♪