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=Generation to Generation=

=Episode 32=

We should also thank Wang Yuanjing.

While practicing refining pills,

he taught me a method to extract

the essence of plants using vapor.

The Night Orchid essence

can permanently sustain the effect.

Done!

Granny,

do you want to leave the marsh?

What is this?

Sticky.

Just drink it.

In half an incense stick's time,

we'll see if it works.

Zhao,

did Mr. Mu

apologize to you later?

He nearly angered me to death.

Still young after all.

Not as good as Master Zhengyang.

Granny Jiang,

how did Master Zhengyang apologize to my aunt?

He...

Pingshu.

I was wrong.

I'll listen to you in everything.

Pingshu!

Coming!

That's it?

Young couples argue.

It's normal.

Master Zhengyang deserved it.

Men must be taught

when disobedient.

What happened

to them after?

Later,

Aunt found out Master Zhengyang had deceived her,

and they separated.

Later,

Aunt killed a fiend

and was seriously injured.

Five years ago,

she passed away.

Then,

what happened

between you and Mr. Mu?

We...

can't go back.

If so,

move forward.

Granny,

let me check your pulse.

Granny Jiang,

tell everyone.

You can leave the marsh.

Personally,

this stab brings satisfaction.

This medicine was used by Mr. Mu

to treat your injuries.

Now, returning it settles everything.

What does that mean?

The Young Master considers everything for Miss Cai.

Now, he's injured,

without a single kind word.

Your Six Sects always say

the Li members are cruel.

You are the truly venomous ones.

How is he?

How is he?

His poison hasn't healed,

and now, he has new injuries.

What do you think?

Since you brought the ointment,

deliver it to him personally.

Fan,

help us get some antidote herbs.

Let's go.

Why? I'm not going.

Go away.

Aren't you supposed to leave with Song Yuzhi?

Why come back for me?

The Ziwei Method

can confuse the mind,

disrupt the meridians,

and cause sudden death.

You already knew.

Some physicians treating Nie Hengcheng

were loyal to the Mu clan.

So, my father knew

all along.

Yet you still practiced?

Nie Zhe was just a puppet.

The man in black

was the one who killed my father

and Mr. Chang.

I didn't stop you from catching him,

but that doesn't require

the Ziwei Method.

If you keep practicing,

you won't live past three years.

You worry about me?

Are you here to apply medicine to me?

I just don't want to see you die too early.

With my current injuries,

do you want me to apply the medicine myself?

Had I known this could keep you,

I should've taken more cuts from you.

Had I known you'd pester me like this,

I'd never have let you

move into Chunling Cottage.

If so,

I wouldn't have worried my parents

or brought shame to the sect.

During this year of confinement,

I often think

that if I hadn't met you,

would I have already been living

the peaceful life

I wanted?

Would I be freer

and happier?

You regret it?

But there's no medicine for regret.

People must pay the price

for their choices.

Seven lashes of the Python Whip

were the price I paid for defying my sect.

The stab in your chest

is the price you paid for using me.

The Cais

live without regrets.

Love is love.

Hate is hate.

I did love you,

but I loved even more

the person I was when I loved you.

Mu Qingyan,

people can plan,

persist,

and even obsess,

but you must see the cost

behind obsession.

Know when to stop losses.

At least,

know how to protect yourself.

Stop practicing the Ziwei Method.

I'll start over with you.

Hurry! Burn the Night Orchid!

Hurry!

Burn the Night Orchid!

Young Master,

bad news.

Miss Cai is burning the Night Orchid.

I'll definitely burn it.

Even if I die, I'll stop you.

Does the promise you made

still count?

What promise?

If I give up on the Ziwei Method,

you will stay by my side,

as you promised.

Xingjia has land and a shop.

He can take care of you.

Let's go, Granny.

Follow us!

Mr. Mu,

Yuzhi and I have other matters.

We'll leave first.

Are you going to investigate the corpse slaves?

I'll go with you.

Master will arrive soon.

If he finds Zhao with you,

there will be trouble.

You may not know,

but a year ago, that whipping

almost cost Zhao her life.

This is our Six Sects' matter.

You need not worry.

Farewell.

(Guangtian Sect, Desheng Hall)

There's no proof.

We should get evidence

before seeing Master.

You wretched girl.

What are you thinking?

You haven't married Song,

yet you disobey your father.

Who taught you?

Grandfather just died,

yet Father told me to marry Song Xiuzhi

and forced me to poison him secretly.

I can't obey.

If I can't control you,

your father will.

Who?

Go.

(Rainlight Chamber)

Song Xiuzhi isn't simple either.

Wretched girl.

Ungrateful like her mother.

We must use the Control Powder

to make her obedient.

She'll have to drug him.

Master You,

why are you here?

Mr. Song,

don't think we were following you.

To be clear, we arrived first.

Miss Cai,

the Young Master has questions for Yang Heying.

We just arrived as well.

Lord Yang.

Mu...

Chief Mu.

Lord Yang,

long time no see.

Last year's plan to capture you

was not my idea.

Every debt has its debtor.

Don't act rashly.

Last year, I was caught

because I was outmatched.

I have nothing to say.

Today, I didn't come

for revenge.

I just have two questions for you.

Speak truthfully,

and I won't kill anyone.

What are the questions?

What happened to the corpse slaves

near Guangtian Sect?

Isn't making corpse slaves

a secret of your sect?

How would I know?

If you want answers,

you should ask Song Shijun.

The play you and Song Xiuzhi staged

was impressive.

But you missed one key point:

I've killed all

of Nie Zhe's subordinates

who knew the corpse slave method.

Speak!

Was it Yu Huiyin

or the man in black?

I don't know what you're saying.

Guanyue.

He's asking for me.

Evil will be punished by evil.

Your gentlemanly act

is useless on them.

Since they're willing to act,

let them question first.

Young Master.

What are you doing?

What do you want?

- Chief Mu. - Tianci.

Chief Mu.

Honey, just speak.

Saving the child comes first.

Chief Mu,

I don't know anything

about Yu or Nie.

You don't have

to falsely pin the corpse slaves on me.

Lord Yang,

don't regret this later.

Mr. Mu, you're asking

about six months ago, right?

Six months ago,

Father suddenly cleared

a secluded yard behind the mountain.

Soon after,

villagers went missing repeatedly,

causing widespread panic.

The villagers asked Father to investigate.

He agreed in words,

but the next day,

the yard

was burned completely.

Mother, for some reason, went there

and was gravely injured.

She...

She died from pain.

So, they previously experimented

on nearby villagers.

Sensing trouble,

they destroyed the evidence

and moved the corpse slave workshop

to a more remote Mount Qimu.

I've always wanted to know, Father:

What happened in that yard?

Why did Mother go there?

If you made the corpse slaves

and killed my grandfather,

uncles, aunts, and cousins?

Girl, stop spouting nonsense.

Lord Yang,

you know what I'm capable of.

My arrival means

I already know

the facts.

Why still deny it?

If you know everything,

why ask me?

You killed Grandfather?

What about Mother?

Was her death truly accidental?

Guanyue.

Little one,

come with me for candy.

I don't want candy!

I don't!

- Mother! - Tianci!

Honey,

just say it.

Tianci is your only heir.

Nothing can happen to him.

Six months ago, someone came to me

and taught me the corpse slave method.

I only tried it out of curiosity

and never used it

on your sect.

This has nothing to do with you.

Who was he?

I couldn't recognize him with his face covered.

Chief Mu,

our Six Sects and your sect

mind our own business.

I advise you not to interfere.

You refined the corpse slaves.

Why frame my father?

You almost killed him!

Song Shijun,

taking your wealth for granted,

looked down on our Siqi Sect

and humiliated me repeatedly.

I finally had a chance to see

his two sons fight.

Why shouldn't I act?

How involved

was Song Xiuzhi in all this?

Your brother

truly hid his nature.

Even I almost misjudged him.

I only wanted

to strengthen Siqi Sect

and vent some anger.

But your brother,

my good son-in-law,

has ambitions far beyond mine.

Lord Song's skills

are far above yours.

How did you plant

the Puppet Gu on him?

Who really acted?

Mr. Mu, since you're here,

why not step out?

Zhao,

Yuzhi,

come out.

With me here,

he won't dare abduct you.

Lord Qi,

long time no see.

Master.

Are you alright?

- I'm fine. - Master,

Mu Qingyan is investigating

the corpse slaves with us.

This matter

was orchestrated

by Yang Heying and my brother.

Nonsense.

That fiend threatened me

with my wife and child;

I only told lies to stall him.

Changing words again.

You're talking nonsense.

Xiuzhi,

do you have anything to say?

Yuzhi,

don't fall for the demonic sect's trap.

How could I harm Father?

Lord Qi,

repel the outside threat first.

Don't let the demonic sect

mock the Six Sects.

Xiuzhi is right.

Yuzhi,

your father's life is uncertain.

Do we fight each other

in front of the demonic sect?

Master Xiuzhi,

Yang Heying already admitted it.

You're involved

with that fiend.

You worked with the demonic sect,

making my husband admit it.

You traitorous little girl!

Speak nonsense again,

and face the consequences.

Master,

handling sect matters is urgent.

Don't bother with him now.

- Alright. - Lord Qi,

we can't let them go.

You can clarify

how Leader Huang actually died.

What? As I already said,

it was just to deceive the fiend.

How would I know the truth?

But the day you came to confront,

you spoke as if you saw Lord Song kill him.

Oh,

you also said

Lord Song hurt Master Xiuzhi.

You depicted

the story vividly,

as if you saw it.

I felt strange.

It's supposed to be a secret.

Lord Yang, how did you know?

Song Xiuzhi told me.

Ask him.

His injuries can't be fake.

Lord Yang,

Father injured me by mistake,

but I never said

he killed Leader Huang.

You told me Father killed

Leader Huang's whole family.

I didn't believe it,

but you made me confront him.

In hindsight,

Father's actions were strange.

Lord Yang,

what exactly did you do

that made Father suddenly attack me?

Good, Song Xiuzhi.

You wiped yourself clean.

If not for letting you become the Lord,

why bother?

I'm Father's eldest son,

qualified to be the Lord.

No need for your scheming.

Song Xiuzhi...

Yuzhi,

your brother

has a great talent

for acting.

If you had clarified things

in person that day,

things wouldn't have become like this.

I didn't expect that Sha Tian'er

would suddenly attack Father.

He must have been misled.

Thinking of the massacre,

he was enraged,

wanting to repay with his life.

Sha Tian'er wasn't a Huangsha member.

Ungrateful girl.

Lord Qi.

This is the Huangsha disciple registry.

Grandfather didn't have many disciples.

I know each of them,

but I've never heard

of Sha Tian'er.

So,

Sha Tian'er

was probably a trained assassin.

That day, I found it odd:

He was weak

but fearless.

Such determination

is beyond normal people.

If not for real hatred,

he must be trained since childhood.

Lord Yang,

why send assassins to kill my father?

I was deceived by Song Xiuzhi,

only aiming to avenge my father-in-law and brothers-in-law.

You're lying.

You despised Mother for not bearing a son.

You never favored her

and always beat and scolded her.

My grandfather and uncles clashed with you several times.

You disliked them long ago.

How could you avenge them?

Grandfather worried about Mother and me,

brought us gifts,

and described the mountain terrain.

That's why you targeted Mount Qimu.

Yang Heying,

how did my grandfather and mother die?

Ungrateful girl.

Honey.

Yang Heying,

answer Xiaolan

before losing your temper.

Alright.

So, today,

you're determined

to pin this great crime on me.

But empty words mean nothing.

Without evidence, I won't admit it.

Lord Qi,

you wouldn't coerce a confession, right?

Every house has its rules.

So does every sect.

If anyone in the Six Sects

truly committed such a heinous act,

I won't forgive them.

I've sent people to Mount Qimu

to investigate thoroughly.

With such a massive corpse slave setup,

they can't clear all traces.

Then I'll summon heroes

in the world

to confront you.

Alright.

I'll wait.

Let's go.

Miss Yang,

your father may have framed my father.

Such a great enmity ahead,

our union seems impossible.

The betrothal token...

Take it back.

I never wanted to marry you anyway.

Lord Yang acts recklessly.

Miss Yang is headstrong.

Yang Heying is no good.

What about you?

- Yuzhi. - Why did you

accuse Father in front of everyone?

Yuzhi,

I was deceived.

Do you remember?

Initially, I didn't want to speak.

You kept pressing,

so I revealed what I knew.

I didn't make it up.

If I had known,

I'd have kept quiet

and hidden everything.

Master Xiuzhi,

impressive.

You cleared yourself spotlessly.

Innocent indeed.

Then tomorrow,

I'll hire 100 storytellers

to spread the recent Guangtian events

far and wide,

showing everyone

how cunning

and despicable

the honorable Master Xiuzhi is.

Let's see

if you can still become

the Lord.

What a sharp-tongued girl.

Lord Qi,

the Six Sects have coexisted

but acted independently

for 200 years.

If we interfere recklessly,

it may disrupt unity

and let the demonic sect take advantage.

Don't worry.

A pigeon letter from Luoying Valley says

Lord Song is gravely injured

and unconscious.

If that's true,

even if he's alive,

he may never sit as the Lord again.

Lord Song has only two sons.

By seniority and merit,

it should be Song Xiuzhi

to take the lord position.

I don't think he's suitable.

The most suitable is you.

You...

The investigation isn't over,

yet you're already anxious

to fight for the position?

Lord Qi, please judge this.

Our Guangtian affairs

are none of others' business.

Yuzhi,

this matter

requires your decision.

Now that it's come to this,

let's follow the old Guangtian rules.

I'm willing to compete with Xiuzhi

to determine the next lord.

(Guangtian Sect)

(Desheng Hall)

Let the duel begin.

Cai Zhao,

Fengchi and I just received news last night.

Yuzhi hasn't fully recovered

and was just poisoned.

This is too unfair.

By the way, Lingbo,

I heard you went to Mount Qimu for clues.

Did you find any survivors?

Even a corpse slave would help.

Xingjia has the antidote.

If we find the corpse slaves,

we can learn the truth from them.

Everything was burned.

The whole mountain

was reduced to ashes.

When Lingbo and I arrived,

we only saw charred skeletons.

No idea how many people were gone.

Huangsha Gang

seems to have vanished overnight.

Among the bones,

there were even young kids.

The perpetrators

are more ruthless than the demonic sect.

Master,

a duel for the Lord

allows hidden weapons?

Why not?

A duel

naturally demands full effort.

Yuzhi!

Lingbo,

if you go up now,

Yuzhi will only be more embarrassed.

Yuzhi,

it's over.

I'm outmatched.

The outcome is decided.

(Desheng Hall)

Song Xiuzhi

will become the next Lord.

Everyone,

any objections?

I'm outmatched.

Master,

let's go.

Today's defeat

will be the step to tomorrow's improvement.

Farewell.

I hope you

take care of yourselves.

Goodbye.

Let's go.

As expected, he lost.

Song Yuzhi is a rising star

among the young generation of the Six Sects.

But I had never heard

of Song Xiuzhi.

This battle

was a shocking rise to fame.

The opponent was prepared.

Song Yuzhi should've avoided it,

biding his time.

However...

Mr. Song

has lived an easy life,

admired by all since childhood.

This battle

was a lesson for him.

Mr. Song likely understood this,

but he couldn't let this strife

cause chaos in Guangtian Sect.

So, he reluctantly fought.

All in all,

it was mercy,

unfit for great responsibility.

Shangguan,

you seem off.

Which side are you on?

I'm just speaking fairly.

Don't you know

he had his eye on Miss Cai?

Now,

his family is in upheaval,

and he's lost to his brother.

A double misfortune.

What if

Miss Cai softens,

turning sympathy into...

Talkative.

Young Master,

I don't mean that.

Father,

they are clearly scheming.

And we just let it go?

Lingbo,

their boldness in public

means everyone present

is pretending ignorance.

They were likely bribed

by Uncle Song

and Song Xiuzhi.

I'm rarely at the sect.

Naturally, they are closer to Xiuzhi.

You weren't prepared; they were.

So, you'd lose out.

But for now,

we must first uncover the truth of the corpse slaves.

As for this,

let's wait.

Master, Yang Heying has confessed.

The man in black taught him

the corpse slave method.

This man can meddle in all sects,

and in one night,

clean all traces in Mount Qimu.

He seems omnipotent,

yet his motives remain unknown.

Yu Hui escaped as well.

Could they be working together?

This is extremely complex.

I must return to the sect

to trace the full story.

What are your plans?

Master,

I want to go to Luoying Valley

to see my father.

I haven't been back for a long time.

I'll go with Yuzhi.

Good.

At least you have company on the road.

What about you two?

Will you continue your wander

or return?

- Return. - Return.

Master,

I wish to formally propose

to marry Lingbo.

I know it's not

the best timing,

given Yuzhi just...

No.

I'm happy.

Congratulations.

Yes.

This is a joyous occasion.

Lovers finally unite.

When your wedding is set,

I'll demand a celebratory drink.

Father,

I know

I used to be willful,

but now I understand.

This past year,

whenever I was in danger,

Fengchi risked his life to save me.

He was the first

to value my life over his own.

I want to marry him.

This matter

must be approved

by your mother.

I have

no objection.

Wonderful.

I'll toast you with tea.

Congrats to you both.

Congratulations.

Thank you

for helping me that night.

You found out.

Is that why you called me here?

I came to bid farewell.

Where are you headed now?

Yang Heying killed my mother,

grandfather, and uncles.

I have no family left,

but I won't let them die in vain.

I plan to go to Huangsha Gang

to find out the truth,

gather evidence,

and avenge them.

Siqi Sect usually wields whips.

Why a blade?

Actually,

I admired Ms. Cai since childhood,

so I convinced my mother to let me learn the blade.

Mother always indulged me,

so she let me.

Sadly, my talent was limited.

I couldn't protect her.

Since you admire Aunt,

you should know

why her blade is called

the Sunshine Blade.

Radiant sunshine

means brightness

and fearlessness.

Go do

what you want.

Your skills are strong.

I believe,

with time,

you'll carve your own path.

(Luoying Valley)

Your father survived

but lost all inner power.

He can only live as an ordinary man.

Did he say who harmed him?

He briefly regained consciousness once,

but he was delirious,

with toxin still inside.

He only shouted

"Unfilial"

and passed out again.

As for what happened,

we'll have to ask when he wakes up.

Thanks to you two.

You saved my father.

Otherwise...

I don't deserve to be my father's disciple.

I almost couldn't save him.

Yuzhi,

life is like this.

It isn't smooth sailing.

You haven't fully recovered,

and you've never

doubted your own brother.

You were unprepared.

That was unavoidable.

Exactly.

This would happen to anyone.

Don't worry.

Master is the head of the Six Sects.

He won't ignore this.

Once Song Xiuzhi's collusion

with Yang Heying is revealed,

no one will follow him.

Thanks, Lord Cai,

Zhao.

I must resolve Guangtian matters myself.

This loss was my fault,

but next time, I'll reclaim

the lord title openly.

(Tablet of Yulan, Late Mother)

Mother,

I had Yin Qinglian's spirit tablet

thrown into the waste pond.

Song Shijun had high hopes

for her son Song Yuzhi,

yet I defeated him.

That's true.

Who?

Mu Qingyan.

Guards!

They won't make it.

Lord Song,

two questions for you.

Good and evil never coexist.

I have nothing to tell you.

Good and evil never coexist?

I haven't colluded with outsiders,

nor harmed my father

or brother.

Between us,

who's righteous,

and who's evil?

Yang Heying did it all.

Since I came,

I already know the full story.

Tell me.

Who taught you the corpse slave method,

wounded Song Shijun,

and helped you plan

the power grab?

(Tablet of Yulan, Late Mother)

Guangtian lords

took multiple concubines

and bore many children.

Since Yin Qinglian married Song Shijun,

she had no more children.

Even the concubines vanished.

Did that person tell you

Yin Qinglian killed them all?

Yes.

Mother was just a maid.

She was ordered to serve the Lord.

Would she dare refuse?

She did nothing wrong.

Yin Qinglian poisoned her,

torturing her to death.

If it weren't for the letter

hidden in her pillow,

I'd still be in the dark.

Was it Li Wenxun,

or someone else

from the Six Sects?

Now, I no longer need

to hide from that person,

but I truly don't know who they were.

Their skills were extraordinary,

their movements were ghost-like,

and their bodies were covered.

I couldn't gauge their martial arts origin.

That's it?

You were just a pawn.

Nothing more to learn.

Pay respects to your mother.

Such a good cover

deserves use.

What do you mean?

You conspired with Uncle Song,

scheming for ten years.

Whether your mother was poisoned or not,

you'd still go after the lord position.

The man in black

just provided a convenient excuse.

Power, once gained,

you should hold tightly.

Our guess was correct.

The man in black was indeed from the Six Sects,

hence knowing Song secrets.

However,

after all these plots,

what is their goal?

Young Master,

should we

tell Miss Cai?

Not yet.

Young Master,

everything is prepared.

Was the message spread?

Young Master,

with so many treasures,

are you buying a city

or building a new treasury?

To Luoying Valley.

You had a dream?

I dreamed of Aunt.

Cai Han,

a year without seeing you,

why are you so thin?

Not eating well?

No, I missed you.

You even became a demoness.

Are you impressed

and happy

about that?

Yes.

You're amazing.

But Zhao,

why did you elope with Ning

and bring back Yuzhi?

Yuzhi is handsome,

and you don't need confinement.

Eloping, my foot!

I was righting an injustice and saved him.

There's plenty of injustice.

Why save only him?

Stop showing off.

Where's Yuzhi?

He worked so hard.

He was with Lord Song last night.

At the early Mao hour,

he was already practicing.

Almost six hours already.

Zhao, where are you going?

To find Yuzhi.

(Wonton)

Hello.

Here.

Authentic Spring Tofu Pudding. Try it.

Thank you, Uncle.

I've eaten already.

After all these years, you're the first man

Manager Zhao brought back.

Do you want to marry into here?

Stop joking.

Yuzhi is a prodigy.

All the Six Sects will be under him.

How could we keep him here?

Another bowl, Uncle Douhua.

Someone barged in here!

Come with me!

Let's go.

Make way.

Mr. Mu.

Why are you here?

Miss Cai,

the Young Master

came here to propose.

=Generation to Generation=

♪The breeze is gentle, and spring is fair♪

♪I roam the rivers and hills in the martial world♪

♪With a shining cup, I drink with delight tonight♪

♪Free to wander in the world♪

♪I drink with the breeze, lost in my dreams♪

♪I rest beneath the stars' soft gleam♪

♪The night is calm, still as a stream♪

♪It washes away all judgment and scheme♪

♪I drink with the breeze, lost in my dreams♪

♪I hold the bright moon as I return home♪

♪I freely roam in the world♪

♪All I ask is that you go with me♪

♪I drink with the breeze, lost in my dreams♪

♪I hold the bright moon as I return home♪

♪I freely roam in the world♪

♪All I ask is that you go with me♪