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[Fate Chooses You]

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[Episode 13]

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I taught you medicine

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so you could make a living

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and heal the sick.

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I taught you how to conduct yourself

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so you could grow into
a person of integrity and ability,

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not so you could twist words
to escape blame!

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You say that those who seek immortality

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are all walking the narrow trail—

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then tell me,

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what about those ordinary people?

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Why should they lose their lives

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for your pursuit of immortality?

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Is everything they seek

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also on that narrow trail?

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All these years,

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you've been in Chongling Valley,

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knowing nothing but refining pills

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and chasing your dream of immortality.

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Have you ever stepped outside
to take a look?

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To see what a mess

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you have made

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of this world?

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Nine out of 10 houses in the villages
stand empty,

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taxes weigh down like mountains,

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the granaries are bare,
and the pots hold no grain.

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Mothers have no milk,

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and infants die before they reach 3.

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The elderly have no one to care for them.

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Staying alive only adds to the tax burden,

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so they hang themselves in the woods
one after another.

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You're living a godlike,

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carefree life here,

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while outside

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it's a land of starving corpses
and piles of bones!

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Your dream of immortality

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is built upon

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their flesh and blood!

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Every extra hour you live

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is paid for with

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the lives of others!

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Alright... Alright, alright.

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Stop... Stop it. That's enough.

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Stop it, Master.

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Please stop.

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Why should I stop?

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Do you think that
by shutting yourself away

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you can stay out of conflict?

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In Chongling Valley, there are 10 clinics,

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136 physicians

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who take pulses,

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200 apprentices, and 900 beds.

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At most, they can treat

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2,000 patients a day.

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But in this world,

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how many die each day
from starvation and poverty

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because of the Immortality Tax?

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To offer small kindness while
abandoning the greater righteousness—

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can you truly account for this blood debt?

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Have you had your fill of scolding?

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Has your anger eased yet?

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If it hasn't,

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then go on and beat me—

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beat me until your anger is gone.

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Su Taiyi!

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Master!

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Can't you just

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pretend you don't know about this?

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In a few days,

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the medicine will take effect,

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and you'll be able to renew your bones.

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By then,

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you'll be one step closer
to becoming a human.

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Can't you just focus on

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your own business

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and stay out of everything else?

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Stop what you're doing.

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Stop,

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and I'll take you away.

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Master, oh Master.

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Do you think I'm the one
who's in charge of

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this Chongling Valley?

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You're getting more and more
muddle-headed as you age.

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Wait,

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haven't you always stayed out of

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other people's business?

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Whether it's the human race
or the immortal sects,

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who has ever been kind to you?

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Why do you even care

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whether they live or die?

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Get out.

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♪ Let strong wine carry me into
drunken nights till midnight ♪

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Get out!

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♪ Let my soul blaze in brilliant colors ♪

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♪ Let the agony of a thousand cuts ♪

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♪ Stand as proof that I have lived ♪

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Alright, got it.

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♪ Let me taste a life of flesh and blood
in full ♪

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H-Have a good rest.

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♪ Let me savor the many flavors
of the mortal world ♪

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♪ Let me face the world's
warmth and cold alike ♪

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♪ To live and perish with it,
daring to go mad, daring to dream ♪

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♪ Don't live in vain,
have a pleasant journey of life ♪

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Master. Master.

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Divine Doctor, what happened?

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Are you okay?

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Just a minor injury—a plaster will fix it.

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He's really quite upset.

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Miss Xin,

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why don't you go in and comfort him,

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and tell him not to worry himself
over nothing?

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Okay.

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This is the medicine
Dr. Zhu Yu sent over.

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It helps regulate and restore
your internal energy.

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Senior.

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I have a question for you.

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Is it about Su Taiyi?

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Yes.

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Senior, what exactly is your relationship

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with Divine Doctor Su?

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Su

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is my disciple.

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A long time ago,

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I used to be a painter
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My daily duty

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was teaching the princes

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calligraphy and painting.

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Don't run! Stop there!

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Stop right there!

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Don't run!

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Hold him down!

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I'll ask you one last time:

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will you sing or not?

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I won't!

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I won't ever sing for you!

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You little bastard.

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If you still won't behave,

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I'll knock all your teeth out!

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Will you sing or not?
Will you sing or not?

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Tell me!

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That was the first time I met Su.

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He was sold into the palace
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and almost became a eunuch.

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Fortunately, he had a good singing voice

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and was selected by the court musicians

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to become a performer in the palace.

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He had a very bad temper.

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He refused to bow to anyone,

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and was often punished

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for offending nobles.

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Will you sing or not?

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I happened to see it once,

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so I helped him.

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Your Highness, the wind is picking up.

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Let's hurry back.

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Later,

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I got entangled in court politics.

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I poured all my effort into

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helping Emperor Zong Ding
ascend the throne,

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only to be met with
his suspicion and distrust.

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Master!

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He won over

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all my subordinates-

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Master!

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and sent assassins to besiege me.

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Master!

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Disheartened-

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Master, where are you?

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I left the palace.

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Master!

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Master, where are you?

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Master!

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Stop shouting—

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you sound like wailing ghosts
and howling wolves.

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You're okay?

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That's great!

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I thought you were dead.

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Of course I'm okay.

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After that,

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I took him away from the palace.

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We left behind all the political turmoil

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and started a new life

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in a different place.

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I discovered

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he had a great talent for medicine,

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so I gave him some pointers.

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And then?

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And then, things became what they are now.

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He became a renowned physician,

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founded Chongling Valley,

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and even ambitiously

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sought to create the Immortality Pill

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to grant eternal life.

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What remarkable abilities he has.

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So you think

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the Immortality Pill isn't a good thing,
Senior?

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Do you think it is?

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To be honest,

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I don't know.

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Senior, I haven't told you

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about my aunt, have I?

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My aunt was a very kind person.

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She would often use her own money

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to aid disaster victims,

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and she even set up

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2 orphanages in Wei County

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to shelter orphans, the elderly,
and the weak.

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She passed away recently,

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and I returned to my hometown
to help escort her coffin.

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Nearly half the households in Wei County

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set up mourning sheds for her,

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and the line of people along the streets
who came to pay their respects

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stretched for almost 2 li.

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So I often wonder—

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if she could

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have obtained an Immortality Pill

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and lived forever,

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she would have been able to continue

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doing a lot of good deeds.

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Maybe.

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But if the Immortality Pill
really existed,

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do you think ordinary people like her

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would ever get to take it?

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You lost your Gongshan Jade Tablet.

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What do you plan to do?

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I don't know.

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This belongs to you.

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I can't take it.

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Keeping it with me isn't of much use.

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Now that I'm giving it to you,

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you can take the chance to think about it.

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Think about what?

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Immortality.

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When people can't obtain something,

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they'll do everything they can
to chase after it.

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Only once they truly have it

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firmly in their hands

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do they start to wonder

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whether it's actually good or bad.

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You've been following him for so long—

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did you really not find out anything?

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Bai Zongying has been

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with his fellow disciples all the time
lately—

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either meditating and cultivating,

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or eating and sleeping.

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So there's been nothing unusual at all?

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Well, he's been meeting a girl
quite frequently.

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A girl?

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What girl?

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That girl from Xin Xie Manor, of course.

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Tianyuan Sect and Xin Xie Manor

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share the same origin.

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Later, they had a falling out,

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and they split apart.

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Judging by the timeline,

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they should have both

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spent time in Tianyuan Sect before.

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Most likely, they are old acquaintances.

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When facing a strong army,
attack the general.

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When facing a smart general,
strike at his emotions.

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If Bai Zongying has a weakness,

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then this becomes much easier.

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Young Sect Master,

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I just don't understand.

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Sect Leader asked us

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to bring 4 Immortality Pills back.

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Why are you putting so much thought
into this?

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They are Immortality Pills,

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granting eternal lives.

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Who knows when

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the next batch will be ready?

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Let me calculate for you—

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1 for my father,

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1 for my mother,

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1 for Junior Jiang,

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and 1 for me.

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And that's it.

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Right.

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All 4 are gone.

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Yes. Isn't that just right?

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Are you stupid?

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Don't you want one?

284
00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:08,870
Me?

285
00:13:09,390 --> 00:13:11,440
C-Can I have one too?

286
00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:16,640
I was just giving an example.

287
00:13:17,270 --> 00:13:18,480
But good stuff like this

288
00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:19,280
is like money—

289
00:13:19,790 --> 00:13:21,590
you can never have too much of it.

290
00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:36,440
Five.

291
00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:39,690
-Six.
-Senior. -Senior Uncle.

292
00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,060
-Let's go.
-Seven.

293
00:13:42,390 --> 00:13:42,840
Eight.

294
00:13:46,870 --> 00:13:47,240
One.

295
00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:51,760
Xin.

296
00:13:51,790 --> 00:13:52,270
Two.

297
00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:54,360
Three.

298
00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:55,300
Concentrate.

299
00:13:57,030 --> 00:13:57,360
Four.

300
00:13:59,080 --> 00:13:59,670
Five.

301
00:14:00,870 --> 00:14:01,270
Six.

302
00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:08,560
Senior.

303
00:14:10,670 --> 00:14:13,000
I found this on the stone table
in the yard.

304
00:14:22,870 --> 00:14:23,530
Senior Bai,

305
00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,360
I have something to talk to you about.

306
00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:27,090
Please come to Xieyun Cottage.

307
00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:28,060
Xin Mei.

308
00:14:31,630 --> 00:14:32,240
Let's eat.

309
00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,600
Let's drink some wine first.

310
00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:39,030
No.

311
00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,120
Dr. Zhu Yu specifically instructed

312
00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:42,610
that since you haven't recovered yet,

313
00:14:42,610 --> 00:14:43,600
you need to eat more

314
00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:44,730
to help you recover.

315
00:14:46,390 --> 00:14:47,790
I'll eat after drinking.

316
00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:49,910
No.

317
00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:21,900
Junior Xin.

318
00:15:25,530 --> 00:15:26,790
You eat first, Senior.

319
00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:28,420
I'll step out for a moment.

320
00:15:45,790 --> 00:15:46,450
Senior Bai.

321
00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:50,270
What brings you here?

322
00:15:50,270 --> 00:15:51,730
Anything you need from me?

323
00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,260
The trick of "luring the tiger
away from the mountain"?

324
00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:10,390
The hardest thing to resist
is a beauty's favor,

325
00:16:10,390 --> 00:16:11,200
Bai Zongying.

326
00:16:11,790 --> 00:16:13,620
Even if your heart were as hard as iron,

327
00:16:13,620 --> 00:16:14,190
you still couldn't withstand

328
00:16:14,190 --> 00:16:16,040
my brilliant schemes.

329
00:16:29,870 --> 00:16:30,530
Senior Bai.

330
00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:32,900
Senior Bai?

331
00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:36,890
Nothing really.

332
00:16:36,940 --> 00:16:38,540
I just wanted to come see you.

333
00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:42,880
The food is getting cold.

334
00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:44,660
Aren't you eating?

335
00:16:46,390 --> 00:16:47,480
I haven't seen you for days.

336
00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:48,600
You don't look well.

337
00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:49,330
Are you sick?

338
00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:55,010
What about you?

339
00:16:55,010 --> 00:16:56,540
Do you have anything for me?

340
00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:57,600
No.

341
00:17:00,150 --> 00:17:00,880
What's that?

342
00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:03,170
Not this one.

343
00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,359
This is for someone else.

344
00:17:23,109 --> 00:17:24,790
I saw you at the dining hall that day,

345
00:17:24,790 --> 00:17:27,390
but I haven't officially greeted you,
Senior.

346
00:17:28,069 --> 00:17:28,790
Senior?

347
00:17:30,030 --> 00:17:31,200
Junior Xin calls you that,

348
00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:32,720
so I just followed her lead.

349
00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:33,110
Why,

350
00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:35,080
is there a problem with that?

351
00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,160
I have no ties with Tianyuan Sect
whatsoever,

352
00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,310
and you and I are merely strangers
who met by chance.

353
00:17:40,310 --> 00:17:42,310
I've neither guided nor helped you.

354
00:17:42,350 --> 00:17:44,640
So I'm not worthy of you
calling me "Senior."

355
00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,770
Junior Xin and I are from the same sect.

356
00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:48,270
You've taken great care of her,

357
00:17:48,270 --> 00:17:49,800
so I'm naturally grateful.

358
00:17:49,890 --> 00:17:50,720
But when people first meet,

359
00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:52,180
isn't it always by chance?

360
00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:53,900
Senior, could it be that
you and my junior sister

361
00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:55,790
have known each other for a long time?

362
00:17:55,790 --> 00:17:57,320
Since you're a cultivator,

363
00:17:57,350 --> 00:17:59,440
you should understand the idea of fate.

364
00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,200
Some people meet only once

365
00:18:01,790 --> 00:18:03,320
yet feel a deep connection,

366
00:18:03,750 --> 00:18:04,480
while others

367
00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,210
see each other every day

368
00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:08,260
and end up harboring resentment.

369
00:18:08,270 --> 00:18:09,000
So in the end,

370
00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:10,440
nothing is absolute—

371
00:18:11,030 --> 00:18:12,480
it all varies from person to person.

372
00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:13,410
It seems

373
00:18:13,430 --> 00:18:15,690
I'm not to your liking after all, Senior.

374
00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:20,510
Mr. Lu was just joking.

375
00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,140
Don't take it to heart.

376
00:18:22,550 --> 00:18:24,080
Mr. Lu is a very nice person.

377
00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:25,750
Even for someone as dull as me,

378
00:18:25,750 --> 00:18:27,480
he's willing to offer guidance.

379
00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:28,960
With a talent like yours, Senior,

380
00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:29,790
I'm sure

381
00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:31,240
once you spend more time together,

382
00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:32,400
you'll get along much better.

383
00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:33,110
Hopefully.

384
00:18:33,890 --> 00:18:34,790
Junior said a few days ago,

385
00:18:34,790 --> 00:18:36,590
you went out the valley for some errands,
Senior.

386
00:18:36,590 --> 00:18:38,440
Did you visit anywhere interesting?

387
00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:39,370
Any fun stories?

388
00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:43,110
Just some personal matters—

389
00:18:43,110 --> 00:18:44,510
not convenient to share.

390
00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,240
Senior, you paint rocks and mountains
very well.

391
00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,680
The brushwork is strong and vigorous,
with clear, defined strokes.

392
00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,270
It's just that using only ink,

393
00:18:59,270 --> 00:19:00,550
with its black-and-white washes,

394
00:19:00,550 --> 00:19:02,450
does make them feel a bit plain
and lacking in variety.

395
00:19:02,450 --> 00:19:03,350
Especially the plants and flowers

396
00:19:03,350 --> 00:19:04,480
on those mountains—

397
00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,000
wouldn't they look even prettier

398
00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,260
with some color added?

399
00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,010
Is it that
you don't like using color, Senior?

400
00:19:16,590 --> 00:19:17,270
I don't.

401
00:19:18,550 --> 00:19:20,680
For example, the indigo on your hairpin

402
00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:21,510
is one of the colors

403
00:19:21,510 --> 00:19:22,370
I hate the most.

404
00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:36,510
He left?

405
00:19:39,310 --> 00:19:41,830
Mr. Lu, do you not like Senior Bai?

406
00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:44,240
That's right.

407
00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:46,300
Stay away from him from now on.

408
00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:47,160
Why?

409
00:19:48,690 --> 00:19:49,680
The Tianyuan Sect was only allotted

410
00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,070
5 Gongshan Jade Tablets,

411
00:19:51,070 --> 00:19:52,270
yet they reported 20.

412
00:19:52,750 --> 00:19:53,310
20—

413
00:19:54,030 --> 00:19:55,830
think about it, if they didn't
steal, rob, or kill,

414
00:19:55,830 --> 00:19:57,890
where would those tablets
come from?

415
00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:02,090
Now that you have

416
00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,000
3 Gongshan Jade Tablets
in your possession,

417
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,130
be careful—he might

418
00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:06,730
set his sights on you next.

419
00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,510
Primordial spirit, suppress color—

420
00:20:23,510 --> 00:20:24,110
disperse!

421
00:20:41,850 --> 00:20:42,780
I've got one too.

422
00:20:52,020 --> 00:20:53,900
[Suwen Hall]

423
00:20:57,880 --> 00:20:59,640
Do you actually want to
get examined or not?

424
00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:00,640
If not, leave.

425
00:21:02,550 --> 00:21:04,210
When did I say I didn't want to?

426
00:21:04,270 --> 00:21:04,830
You're a doctor.

427
00:21:04,830 --> 00:21:06,230
Why are you so impatient?

428
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,260
Alright, alright.

429
00:21:11,790 --> 00:21:12,790
You saw it, right?

430
00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:14,840
Prescribe the medicine.

431
00:21:15,350 --> 00:21:16,520
I'm a doctor.

432
00:21:16,830 --> 00:21:19,360
I can't diagnose your injuries
through a fan.

433
00:21:19,550 --> 00:21:21,280
Do you want to be treated or not?

434
00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:22,680
Do you really want to get examined
or not?

435
00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,310
Yeah, exactly. Do you want to get treated
or not?

436
00:21:24,310 --> 00:21:25,830
-If not, get out.
-Do you want to get examined or not?

437
00:21:25,830 --> 00:21:26,720
There are people waiting behind you.

438
00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,380
Quiet down! Quiet down, okay?

439
00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:32,470
Dr. Zhu.

440
00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:33,830
Here's the thing.

441
00:21:33,830 --> 00:21:34,270
Look,

442
00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,440
we are both people of some standing.

443
00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,170
Couldn't you make an exception

444
00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,460
and examine me inside?

445
00:21:42,310 --> 00:21:42,910
Huai Qing!

446
00:21:46,070 --> 00:21:46,530
Master.

447
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:48,200
See the guest out.

448
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:49,350
Yes.

449
00:21:50,570 --> 00:21:51,090
Leave!

450
00:21:51,550 --> 00:21:52,590
My consultation isn't finished...

451
00:21:52,590 --> 00:21:54,640
M-My consultation isn't finished yet!

452
00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:54,880
Leave! Move!

453
00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:55,540
-I…
-Leave!

454
00:21:55,590 --> 00:21:56,390
Look, this guy

455
00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,000
got kicked out for no reason.

456
00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,030
You brat.

457
00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:00,400
Zhu,

458
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,610
is this how you treat patients?

459
00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,740
And you call yourself
a seventh-grade pharmacist?

460
00:22:07,830 --> 00:22:09,090
Maybe someone hit him.

461
00:22:10,030 --> 00:22:11,090
Young Sect Master!

462
00:22:12,900 --> 00:22:15,900
Young Sect Master, something terrible
has happened.

463
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:31,590
My tablet!

464
00:22:32,590 --> 00:22:33,960
My tablet!

465
00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,270
Bai Zongying. Bai Zongying!

466
00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:38,880
You bastard!

467
00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:40,200
Next time I see you,

468
00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,920
I'll definitely kill you!

469
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:44,660
Bai Zongying!

470
00:22:44,660 --> 00:22:46,410
[Deyi Residence]

471
00:22:45,290 --> 00:22:46,620
Open the door right now!

472
00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:48,440
What,

473
00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:50,720
you had the guts to steal from me,

474
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:52,480
but not the guts to open the door?

475
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:53,240
Don't think you

476
00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:54,480
can hide inside

477
00:22:54,510 --> 00:22:55,510
like a coward.

478
00:22:56,070 --> 00:22:57,600
When I break your door down,

479
00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,310
I'll rip your head off.

480
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,270
You'll suffer then.

481
00:23:03,830 --> 00:23:04,630
Open the door!

482
00:23:11,030 --> 00:23:11,690
Junior Lin,

483
00:23:13,110 --> 00:23:14,160
what's the matter?

484
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:14,960
Don't you know

485
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:17,200
why I'm here?

486
00:23:18,250 --> 00:23:19,120
I really don't.

487
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,090
My jade tablets—

488
00:23:22,350 --> 00:23:23,480
give them back to me.

489
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:24,960
What jade tablet?

490
00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,220
Stop playing dumb.

491
00:23:27,830 --> 00:23:29,590
You stole 4 Gongshan Jade Tablets from me.

492
00:23:29,590 --> 00:23:30,990
Hand them over right now!

493
00:23:33,510 --> 00:23:35,830
I don't understand
what you're talking about, Junior.

494
00:23:35,830 --> 00:23:37,690
Could it be that you're mistaken?

495
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:38,920
So

496
00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,480
you're really choosing to spit
in the face of kindness, huh?

497
00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,400
Let me advise you: be a decent person,
not a dog—

498
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:44,590
being a dog won't get you far.

499
00:23:44,590 --> 00:23:45,240
Lin Muhan.

500
00:23:46,170 --> 00:23:47,170
Watch your mouth.

501
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,100
You dare lecture me about
watching my mouth?

502
00:23:51,510 --> 00:23:52,910
You think you're worthy?

503
00:23:53,310 --> 00:23:53,770
Enough.

504
00:23:54,510 --> 00:23:56,240
Hand over the jade tablets now.

505
00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:57,060
Otherwise,

506
00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,100
our Lingji Mountain
will fight you to the death.

507
00:24:04,350 --> 00:24:04,880
Fine.

508
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:06,510
To the death then.

509
00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:10,030
You said it.

510
00:24:12,070 --> 00:24:13,670
Everyone heard that, right?

511
00:24:13,750 --> 00:24:14,950
You said it yourself!

512
00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:16,810
When my father arrives,

513
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:17,720
even the Tianyuan Sect

514
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,450
won't be able to save your life!

515
00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:20,640
I'll wait for him.

516
00:24:21,310 --> 00:24:22,170
Close the door.

517
00:24:22,550 --> 00:24:23,310
Fine, fine.

518
00:24:23,830 --> 00:24:24,630
Just you wait!

519
00:24:25,350 --> 00:24:26,480
What are you looking at?

520
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:27,080
Withdraw!

521
00:24:30,310 --> 00:24:31,510
Disperse, everyone.

522
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:32,720
Move along.

523
00:24:56,550 --> 00:24:58,350
Stop reading if you can't focus.

524
00:25:04,550 --> 00:25:06,210
Thinking about Bai Zongying?

525
00:25:08,030 --> 00:25:08,510
No.

526
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:12,110
You heard

527
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,010
what Lin Muhan said, right?

528
00:25:14,270 --> 00:25:14,830
I did.

529
00:25:15,510 --> 00:25:16,650
He said Senior Bai

530
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,330
had stolen tablets from Lingji Mountain.

531
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,300
I don't think what he said is true.

532
00:25:21,590 --> 00:25:24,350
The Tianyuan Sect is the head of
the Twelve Immortal Sects,

533
00:25:24,350 --> 00:25:25,590
but in terms of strength,

534
00:25:25,590 --> 00:25:26,400
Lingji Mountain

535
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,000
isn't much weaker than them.

536
00:25:28,350 --> 00:25:29,210
Over the years,

537
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,000
these 2 sects have never gotten along.

538
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:31,600
Moreover,

539
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:32,750
that Young Sect Master Lin

540
00:25:32,750 --> 00:25:33,810
is no saint either.

541
00:25:34,070 --> 00:25:35,940
He's been lying low by day
and going out at night recently.

542
00:25:35,940 --> 00:25:36,640
He must be plotting to get his hands

543
00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,440
on other people's jade tablets.

544
00:25:42,590 --> 00:25:44,070
What do you mean by "oh"?

545
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,590
You've already made your judgment,

546
00:25:47,590 --> 00:25:49,790
so no matter what I say, it won't matter.

547
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:50,920
Am I wrong?

548
00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:53,620
Do you also think, Senior,

549
00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:54,520
that Lin Muhan

550
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:56,360
is completely innocent?

551
00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:58,620
Nothing you said is wrong,

552
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:00,140
but from where I stand,

553
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:01,820
neither of them

554
00:26:01,950 --> 00:26:02,910
is a good person.

555
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:06,410
Lingji Mountain

556
00:26:07,030 --> 00:26:09,030
reported 10 Gongshan Jade Tablets,

557
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,880
and the Tianyuan Sect reported 20—

558
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:12,510
each greedier than the other,

559
00:26:12,510 --> 00:26:13,910
each more unscrupulous.

560
00:26:15,030 --> 00:26:16,290
The winner grows smug,

561
00:26:16,510 --> 00:26:18,550
while the loser lashes out in anger.

562
00:26:19,790 --> 00:26:21,850
Senior Bai isn't that kind of person.

563
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:26,850
So you know him well?

564
00:26:28,790 --> 00:26:29,990
My master, Xin Xiong,

565
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,110
was once an elder of the Tianyuan Sect.

566
00:26:32,110 --> 00:26:33,590
Later, he had a falling-out
with Sect Leader, Li Mofu,

567
00:26:33,590 --> 00:26:34,790
and that's why he left the Tianyuan Sect

568
00:26:34,790 --> 00:26:36,960
to start his own.

569
00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:38,790
So in the past,

570
00:26:39,030 --> 00:26:41,090
Senior Bai and I were in the same sect—

571
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,160
both Heavenly Talent disciples
of the Tianyuan Sect.

572
00:26:44,790 --> 00:26:45,790
Heavenly Talent?

573
00:26:46,350 --> 00:26:47,310
You guys really know how to

574
00:26:47,310 --> 00:26:48,310
name yourselves.

575
00:26:48,310 --> 00:26:50,710
We didn't come up with that name
ourselves.

576
00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:52,400
Senior, haven't you heard

577
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,200
about the Crazy Taoist's prophecy?

578
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:54,860
It said that

579
00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,090
among those born on September 9th,

580
00:26:57,310 --> 00:26:59,480
there would be a savior of the human race.

581
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,440
Senior Bai and I

582
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:01,900
were both born on that day.

583
00:27:02,350 --> 00:27:04,150
So ever since we joined the sect,

584
00:27:04,350 --> 00:27:06,070
we've been labeled "Heavenly Talent"

585
00:27:06,070 --> 00:27:08,270
and burdened with great expectations.

586
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,680
They say the Heavenly Talents

587
00:27:10,830 --> 00:27:13,890
are exceptionally gifted,
extraordinary from birth.

588
00:27:15,030 --> 00:27:17,240
But for all these years,

589
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,510
my cultivation has been quite average.

590
00:27:19,510 --> 00:27:20,970
Not only do I learn slowly,

591
00:27:21,310 --> 00:27:22,770
but I also forget quickly.

592
00:27:23,750 --> 00:27:24,680
That's not true.

593
00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:27,310
I only taught you
the Fish Drinking Technique twice,

594
00:27:27,310 --> 00:27:28,920
and you've almost mastered it.

595
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:30,590
But compared to a Heavenly Talent,

596
00:27:30,590 --> 00:27:31,790
I'm still far behind.

597
00:27:32,150 --> 00:27:34,080
For example, an ordinary disciple

598
00:27:34,270 --> 00:27:36,530
takes a month or two to learn a technique,

599
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,550
while I can memorize it fluently

600
00:27:38,550 --> 00:27:39,640
in just 10 days,

601
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:41,960
but I'd still be scolded

602
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:43,490
and despised by the elders.

603
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:44,920
I was still young then

604
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:46,380
and didn't know anything.

605
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,200
After being reprimanded by the elders
many times,

606
00:27:49,790 --> 00:27:51,190
I secretly made up my mind

607
00:27:51,550 --> 00:27:52,790
that if anyone were to force me again,

608
00:27:52,790 --> 00:27:54,120
I'd definitely go home.

609
00:27:56,110 --> 00:27:57,310
Then that very night,

610
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,020
I got reprimanded harshly again.

611
00:28:09,750 --> 00:28:11,160
I left through the back door

612
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:11,720
and chose

613
00:28:11,750 --> 00:28:14,240
the most desolate narrow path
to go down the mountain.

614
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:15,790
I didn't expect that
someone would actually

615
00:28:15,790 --> 00:28:17,650
be practicing there at that hour.

616
00:28:21,270 --> 00:28:22,270
They all say

617
00:28:22,510 --> 00:28:24,000
Senior Bai is exceptionally gifted

618
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,310
and naturally talented,

619
00:28:25,310 --> 00:28:27,160
able to memorize techniques at a glance

620
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:28,960
and handle any weapon with ease.

621
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:31,100
But that night,

622
00:28:31,590 --> 00:28:32,830
I watched him practice

623
00:28:32,830 --> 00:28:34,510
the most ordinary
"Returning Wild Goose" move

624
00:28:34,510 --> 00:28:35,680
over 500 times,

625
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:37,700
all the way until dawn.

626
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:39,830
From that moment on,

627
00:28:39,830 --> 00:28:40,880
I never again thought about

628
00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:41,880
leaving the sect.

629
00:28:42,550 --> 00:28:44,880
Whenever there's a technique
I can't master

630
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,640
or an incantation I can't memorize,

631
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,100
I think back to that night,

632
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,440
to the sight of Senior Bai.

633
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:53,830
So it seems

634
00:28:54,310 --> 00:28:56,040
neither of you has much talent—

635
00:28:58,750 --> 00:28:59,440
nothing like

636
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:00,440
saviors at all.

637
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,720
Who says a savior

638
00:29:02,830 --> 00:29:04,230
must be innately gifted?

639
00:29:04,550 --> 00:29:05,440
Does hard work

640
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:06,500
count for nothing?

641
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:08,840
Do you want to test it?

642
00:29:09,070 --> 00:29:09,930
Do you have a way

643
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,400
to test who the savior is?

644
00:29:11,790 --> 00:29:13,250
I mean test your judgment.

645
00:29:20,030 --> 00:29:20,690
Junior Xin.

646
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:22,340
Senior Bai.

647
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:23,880
You want to see me?

648
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:30,510
Chongling Valley is like spring
all year round,

649
00:29:30,510 --> 00:29:31,400
lush and green,

650
00:29:32,110 --> 00:29:34,970
with a climate and temperature
perfect for living.

651
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:36,070
If you and I

652
00:29:36,070 --> 00:29:37,330
were not cultivators,

653
00:29:37,350 --> 00:29:38,550
settling here in seclusion

654
00:29:38,550 --> 00:29:39,950
wouldn't be a bad choice.

655
00:29:40,270 --> 00:29:41,790
I remember Tianyuan Mountain
in the early years

656
00:29:41,790 --> 00:29:42,850
was also very nice—

657
00:29:43,310 --> 00:29:45,070
warm in winter and cool in summer.

658
00:29:45,070 --> 00:29:46,920
Wood sorrel flowers
bloomed on the back mountain,

659
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:47,880
and the fruits those flowers bore

660
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,010
were sweet and sour.

661
00:29:49,550 --> 00:29:51,310
After leaving the Tianyuan Sect,

662
00:29:51,310 --> 00:29:52,240
I haven't tasted

663
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:53,200
that flavor for a long time.

664
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:54,440
The fruits were indeed sweet,

665
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:55,720
but the summer was too hot—

666
00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:57,400
so hot that even the cicadas were silent,

667
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,000
yet we still had to practice.

668
00:29:59,270 --> 00:29:59,830
Junior, you've once lived in

669
00:29:59,830 --> 00:30:01,350
the disciples' quarters
of the Tianyuan Sect,

670
00:30:01,350 --> 00:30:01,960
so you should know

671
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,220
the hardships of us Tianyuan disciples.

672
00:30:04,790 --> 00:30:06,070
Senior, you are a Heavenly Talent

673
00:30:06,070 --> 00:30:08,200
and Sect Leader's personal disciple,

674
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,160
so naturally your treatment

675
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:10,490
is different from mine.

676
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,400
Back then, all the rare treasures

677
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:13,750
of the sect would be delivered

678
00:30:13,750 --> 00:30:14,750
to your room

679
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,480
like running water, Senior.

680
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:17,480
To help you focus on your practice,

681
00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:18,720
the elders even

682
00:30:19,110 --> 00:30:20,840
gave you the Cold Soul Incense.

683
00:30:21,030 --> 00:30:22,590
It's said that when lit,

684
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:24,400
the Cold Soul Incense
releases a faint, lingering fragrance

685
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:25,660
that can repel insects

686
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:26,850
and is very cooling.

687
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:28,570
So that's what you want.

688
00:30:28,830 --> 00:30:30,160
I did bring the Cold Soul Incense.

689
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:31,620
Wait for me, I'll go get it.

690
00:30:32,550 --> 00:30:33,240
Senior Bai.

691
00:30:56,510 --> 00:30:57,110
Senior.

692
00:30:57,790 --> 00:30:59,790
Actually, I have something to tell you.

693
00:30:59,790 --> 00:31:00,350
Go ahead.

694
00:31:01,510 --> 00:31:02,270
In fact,

695
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:05,690
I've always liked you, Senior.

696
00:31:08,510 --> 00:31:10,200
You are the sect's Heavenly Talent—

697
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:11,070
brilliant,

698
00:31:11,830 --> 00:31:12,640
handsome,

699
00:31:13,030 --> 00:31:14,090
and kind to others.

700
00:31:15,310 --> 00:31:17,000
I think it's not just me.

701
00:31:17,550 --> 00:31:18,590
Probably no one

702
00:31:19,110 --> 00:31:20,000
in Tianyuan Sect

703
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,000
doesn't like you.

704
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:24,160
Senior, you might not have had

705
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:25,420
much impression of me,

706
00:31:25,830 --> 00:31:27,640
but back when I was still
in Tianyuan Sect,

707
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,030
the name I heard most often

708
00:31:29,030 --> 00:31:30,270
was yours.

709
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:34,850
We were both born on September 9th,

710
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:36,830
but compared to you,

711
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:38,880
I really fall short.

712
00:31:40,110 --> 00:31:40,960
So back then,

713
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,340
I was actually a bit unconvinced.

714
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:44,850
For us cultivators,

715
00:31:45,110 --> 00:31:46,680
if there's dissatisfaction in the heart,

716
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,720
cultivation can turn it into progress.

717
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:49,450
That's true—

718
00:31:50,510 --> 00:31:51,510
until that day.

719
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:53,440
That day,

720
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:54,830
I really couldn't endure

721
00:31:54,830 --> 00:31:56,440
the strict training of the sect anymore,

722
00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:57,570
so I packed my things

723
00:31:57,960 --> 00:31:59,690
and sneaked down the mountain.

724
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:01,350
But in the woods,

725
00:32:01,790 --> 00:32:03,590
I saw you training hard, Senior.

726
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:05,610
From that day on,

727
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,030
I regarded you

728
00:32:07,270 --> 00:32:09,200
as someone I would follow for life—

729
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:10,270
a rival,

730
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:12,070
and even more, a role model.

731
00:32:12,070 --> 00:32:12,920
I even think,

732
00:32:13,270 --> 00:32:14,260
if the Crazy Taoist's prophecy

733
00:32:14,260 --> 00:32:14,910
is true—

734
00:32:15,750 --> 00:32:17,830
that among those born on September 9th,

735
00:32:17,830 --> 00:32:19,230
there really is a savior—

736
00:32:19,830 --> 00:32:21,290
then I believe that person

737
00:32:21,550 --> 00:32:22,350
must be you.

738
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,600
Junior, there's one thing
you're wrong about.

739
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:28,340
I actually also

740
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:30,760
had a deep impression of you.

741
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:34,880
Can I call you Xin?

742
00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:54,130
I heard Elder Xin Xiong call you that,

743
00:32:54,350 --> 00:32:56,080
so I thought that was your name.

744
00:32:56,110 --> 00:32:57,890
Until that day
at the sect martial arts competition,

745
00:32:57,890 --> 00:32:58,760
I saw your name

746
00:32:58,790 --> 00:33:00,590
on the disciple roster—Xin Mei.

747
00:33:02,110 --> 00:33:03,070
But I think "Xin"

748
00:33:03,270 --> 00:33:04,530
sounds more intimate.

749
00:33:05,070 --> 00:33:05,730
Senior Bai.

750
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,200
I have a question for you.

751
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:09,450
Go ahead.

752
00:33:10,030 --> 00:33:10,720
Do you think

753
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:12,400
the Immortality Pill

754
00:33:12,510 --> 00:33:13,510
is a good thing?

755
00:33:14,830 --> 00:33:15,430
Of course.

756
00:33:16,230 --> 00:33:17,090
To live forever

757
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:18,240
and remain in this world without dying—

758
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,300
that's a power only deities possess.

759
00:33:20,310 --> 00:33:21,310
Now it's condensed into

760
00:33:21,310 --> 00:33:22,330
a small pill,

761
00:33:22,510 --> 00:33:23,720
and one only needs to take it

762
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,110
to gain endless life.

763
00:33:25,790 --> 00:33:27,640
So many cultivators
would give anything for it.

764
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,270
How could it not be a good thing?

765
00:33:29,270 --> 00:33:31,350
Then do you want it badly, Senior?

766
00:33:32,430 --> 00:33:33,790
It's not just me who wants it.

767
00:33:33,790 --> 00:33:34,750
Everyone from the Tianyuan Sect,

768
00:33:34,750 --> 00:33:35,750
Lingji Mountain,

769
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:37,680
and everyone gathered here
in Chongling Valley—

770
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:39,010
they all want it as well.

771
00:33:41,030 --> 00:33:42,690
Xin, didn't you also come here

772
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:44,180
for the Immortality Pill?

773
00:33:45,350 --> 00:33:46,000
I did.

774
00:33:47,070 --> 00:33:48,800
That's what I thought at first.

775
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:49,750
But now,

776
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,120
I don't think so anymore.

777
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:55,300
Senior Bai.

778
00:33:55,790 --> 00:33:57,580
The Tianyuan Sect reported

779
00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,750
20 Immortality Pills
at the Longevity Hall.

780
00:33:59,750 --> 00:34:00,400
Do you really have

781
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:01,640
that many Gongshan Jade Tablets

782
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:02,840
to exchange for them?

783
00:34:08,030 --> 00:34:09,360
The capable should bear

784
00:34:09,550 --> 00:34:11,000
the great responsibilities of the world.

785
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:12,280
The strong should enjoy

786
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:13,230
rare treasures.

787
00:34:13,670 --> 00:34:15,270
Moreover, the Tianyuan Sect

788
00:34:15,710 --> 00:34:17,710
has helped Chongling Valley a lot
over the years.

789
00:34:17,710 --> 00:34:19,300
Not to mention worldly things

790
00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:20,710
like gold, silver, and jewels,

791
00:34:20,710 --> 00:34:22,880
even top-tier magical artifacts and herbs—

792
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,270
whatever they wanted, we gave.

793
00:34:24,270 --> 00:34:25,670
So these 20 Gongshan Jade Tablets...

794
00:34:25,670 --> 00:34:26,360
Senior.

795
00:34:27,590 --> 00:34:29,449
Your reasoning seems very grand,

796
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,590
and it can't be explained clearly
in a short time.

797
00:34:32,590 --> 00:34:33,360
How about

798
00:34:33,860 --> 00:34:34,480
I ask you

799
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,080
a simpler question instead?

800
00:34:36,510 --> 00:34:37,150
Okay.

801
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:38,510
Senior Bai.

802
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:40,760
Did you kill

803
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:42,770
Elder Cai?

804
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:19,660
Taking without asking

805
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:21,230
is thievery.

806
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:23,760
I respectfully call you Senior,

807
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:25,070
yet you act like this?

808
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:31,880
Taking without asking is thievery.

809
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:33,920
Then what about killing and robbing?

810
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:34,780
What is it then?

811
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:36,740
Watch your words, Senior.

812
00:36:37,150 --> 00:36:39,110
Even if you are on good terms
with Chongling Valley,

813
00:36:39,110 --> 00:36:40,190
I won't allow you to insult

814
00:36:40,190 --> 00:36:42,050
the dignity of our Tianyuan Sect.

815
00:36:42,670 --> 00:36:43,400
Understood.

816
00:36:44,030 --> 00:36:44,760
You can do it,

817
00:36:45,190 --> 00:36:46,440
but I can't speak of it.

818
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,710
The Gongshan Jade Tablets
are of great importance.

819
00:36:48,710 --> 00:36:50,440
No matter what your background

820
00:36:50,590 --> 00:36:51,850
or purpose is, Senior,

821
00:36:52,030 --> 00:36:52,510
today,

822
00:36:53,190 --> 00:36:55,110
if you don't hand over the jade tablets,

823
00:36:55,110 --> 00:36:57,110
I'm afraid you're not leaving here.

824
00:36:58,670 --> 00:37:01,600
The Gongshan Gongshan Jade Tablets
belong to no one.

825
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:03,080
You can take them back

826
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:04,670
from me

827
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:06,070
the same way you stole them.

828
00:37:06,070 --> 00:37:07,150
Pardon me then.

829
00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:31,590
♪ What is the purpose of life?
To draw my blade and slay evil ♪

830
00:37:31,610 --> 00:37:34,830
♪ Even if I am turned to dust,
I will not regret ♪

831
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,760
♪ By my will,
I shall bring back the sun and moon ♪

832
00:37:37,820 --> 00:37:40,770
♪ And restore clear radiance
to the mortal realm ♪

833
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:39,280
Do you want to continue fighting?

834
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:39,800
Yes.

835
00:37:41,410 --> 00:37:44,770
♪ Rather than bowing my back
to apologize to the Heavens ♪

836
00:37:45,130 --> 00:37:47,880
♪ I would sooner rewrite
this fated calamity ♪

837
00:37:48,070 --> 00:37:50,590
♪ I demand the story
follow my own desire ♪

838
00:37:50,810 --> 00:37:53,400
♪ To serve as its final conclusion ♪

839
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:04,510
Mr. Lu!

840
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,040
Your jade tablets are also among these.

841
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:27,560
I'll be taking these with me.

842
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:28,440
You should be glad

843
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:29,640
that you met me today.

844
00:38:30,030 --> 00:38:30,780
If you had met someone

845
00:38:30,780 --> 00:38:32,030
as ruthless as you,

846
00:38:32,430 --> 00:38:33,950
you'd be joining Cai En

847
00:38:34,150 --> 00:38:35,150
in hell right now.

848
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:37,720
Are you sure about this, Senior?

849
00:38:38,030 --> 00:38:39,760
If you walk out that door today,

850
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,660
you will be making an enemy
of our Tianyuan Sect.

851
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:48,880
Then you'd better remember:

852
00:38:49,250 --> 00:38:51,050
I am the one who took your things.

853
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:52,520
If the Tianyuan Sect

854
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:53,480
has any problem with it,

855
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:54,610
you can come find me.

856
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,490
Make sure you don't go after
the wrong person.

857
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:25,410
Aren't you leaving?

858
00:40:02,710 --> 00:40:04,640
You saw it all clearly, didn't you?

859
00:40:06,030 --> 00:40:06,630
Mr. Lu.

860
00:40:07,150 --> 00:40:08,410
Do you have any habits?

861
00:40:09,150 --> 00:40:11,190
Like using your index finger
to turn pages,

862
00:40:11,190 --> 00:40:13,800
or turning the rim of the cup
before drinking wine—

863
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:14,880
habits like that.

864
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:16,320
I think

865
00:40:17,030 --> 00:40:19,430
my feelings for Senior Bai
are also a habit.

866
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,660
I'm used to always looking at him.

867
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,330
I looked up to him when I was little,

868
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,070
and when I grew up, I held onto him
as a thought to keep me going.

869
00:40:27,070 --> 00:40:27,960
But this habit

870
00:40:28,630 --> 00:40:29,560
is hard to break.

871
00:40:31,630 --> 00:40:33,430
It's not too late to break it now.

872
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:35,840
This guy has impure motives

873
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:37,580
and uses dirty tricks.

874
00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:40,590
If you still have any other thoughts,

875
00:40:40,590 --> 00:40:42,030
you'd better think them through

876
00:40:42,030 --> 00:40:43,190
properly starting now.

877
00:40:43,190 --> 00:40:44,320
I no longer have any.

878
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:47,420
Really?

879
00:40:48,590 --> 00:40:50,440
I really have no thoughts anymore.

880
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:51,670
Can you really say

881
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:53,070
you've never liked him before?

882
00:40:53,070 --> 00:40:53,590
I...

883
00:40:57,070 --> 00:40:58,630
Just a little bit.

884
00:41:00,070 --> 00:41:00,710
Well, the point is

885
00:41:00,710 --> 00:41:02,280
he's the chief disciple
of the Tianyuan Sect Leader,

886
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:03,940
so he wouldn't like me anyway.

887
00:41:04,110 --> 00:41:05,360
I only thought about it in my heart.

888
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:07,360
I never dared to actually do anything.

889
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,560
You call this not daring to do anything?

890
00:41:10,110 --> 00:41:10,880
What did I do?

891
00:41:14,250 --> 00:41:15,780
You've fallen for someone,

892
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:17,820
and you want to use my death

893
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,030
to dispel the ill fate in your destiny,

894
00:41:20,030 --> 00:41:21,290
so you and your beloved

895
00:41:21,550 --> 00:41:22,480
can be together,

896
00:41:23,030 --> 00:41:23,480
right?

897
00:41:24,030 --> 00:41:24,510
I...

898
00:41:28,230 --> 00:41:28,830
Forget it.

899
00:41:30,630 --> 00:41:31,000
Here.

900
00:41:31,670 --> 00:41:32,330
Take these.

901
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:34,760
I don't want them.

902
00:41:35,150 --> 00:41:36,800
I've been thinking about it
these past few days,

903
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:37,920
and I feel this Immortality Pill

904
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:39,320
might not be a good thing.

905
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:42,000
Why?

906
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,550
Since the news of Divine Doctor Su
refining these pills spread,

907
00:41:45,550 --> 00:41:47,480
until all the immortal sects
gathered in Chongling Valley,

908
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:48,670
look at how much turmoil

909
00:41:48,670 --> 00:41:50,360
has been caused these past few months.

910
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:51,030
These jade tablets

911
00:41:51,030 --> 00:41:52,070
have too much blood on them.

912
00:41:52,070 --> 00:41:52,960
It really is...

913
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:55,180
It really is...

914
00:41:56,070 --> 00:41:57,670
The ending is hard to change.

915
00:41:58,110 --> 00:41:59,710
I hope someday in the future,

916
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,490
there will be a foolproof plan.

917
00:42:02,240 --> 00:42:03,710
I didn't think about any ending

918
00:42:03,710 --> 00:42:04,480
or future.

919
00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:05,740
I just figured,

920
00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:08,030
I haven't seen anyone
actually achieve immortality,

921
00:42:08,030 --> 00:42:09,800
but I've seen plenty of dead bodies.

922
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:11,930
So it definitely isn't anything good.

923
00:42:12,550 --> 00:42:13,280
That's true.

924
00:42:15,670 --> 00:42:16,630
But then again,

925
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:17,320
Mr. Lu,

926
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:18,510
can Divine Doctor Su

927
00:42:18,510 --> 00:42:20,360
really make the Immortality Pills?

928
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:21,110
After taking them,

929
00:42:21,110 --> 00:42:22,190
can people really live forever?