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♪Heavens strike with thunderous wrath♪

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♪Mountains and rivers shatter before my eyes♪

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♪Endless splendor cultivated through lifetimes♪

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♪Turns to dust between my fingers in an instant♪

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♪When the line between good and evil is clear♪

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♪Countless souls drift into the boundless wilds♪

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♪Carrying the spirit fire forward♪

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♪I defy fate♪

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♪Just to remain by your side♪

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♪Falling into love's abyss♪

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♪Like heavy rain pouring down♪

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♪Drunk on romance♪

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♪In a blink, love and hate vanish into illusion♪

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♪Falling into endless love♪

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♪Stirring waves upending a lifetime♪

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♪Even if this life leads to ruin♪

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♪I still choose to be entangled with you♪

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♪Through all lifetimes♪

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[When Destiny Brings The Demon]

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[Based on the JJWXC novel "When Destiny Brings The Demon" by Fu Hua]

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[Episode 11]
[I think I've Become a Hopeless Romantic]

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But

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why is there

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Fengshan bloodline here?

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The Fengshan Clan

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has always pursued bloodline purity.

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But over the years,

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some have

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defied their elders, run off,

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and had children with outsiders.

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Shi Qianlv

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has gone to great lengths to gather people of the Fengshan bloodline.

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He is playing a long game.

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But what could Shi Qianlv possibly do

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with those people?

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It's for his own selfish desires.

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I told you before

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that people in the Gengchen Celestial Palace are all the same.

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They will do anything for cultivation.

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Right now, we just need to find out

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where the Shi family took those children,

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and we will know his true motives.

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But the only one who knows about this

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is Master Yan.

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We have no choice but to wait for his return.

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After all, no one even knows where he is.

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Why wait?

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He will come back to me of his own will.

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Please elaborate, Grandmaster.

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I will ruin the Yan Residence

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in Yan Huan's disguise,

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and that old man will have no choice but to return.

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How does it feel to be used

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as a breeding vessel,

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living in constant manipulation?

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Am I really living at all?

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Even when I pretended to be a wastrel lost in wine and women,

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my family still refused to leave me alone.

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Living such a miserable life,

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I might as well be dead.

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I'm nothing more than a walking corpse.

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You would rather live in disgrace

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than die with dignity?

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Easy for you to say.

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I wanted to end it all, too,

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but it's not that easy to take my own life.

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You haven't been through what I have.

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You won't understand.

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Once everything is over,

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I will end it for you.

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Then that would be best.

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So the Grandmaster wants to cause unrest in the Yan family

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to lure Master Yan back early?

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He makes the plans,

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and I carry them out.

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This is a big project.

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I don't think we'll be able

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to shop and snack like this again

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anytime soon.

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Tingyan, you are starting to use words

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I don't understand again.

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Never mind.

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Those accessories look great!

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Come.

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What do you think?

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I'll try another one.

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This one's nice.

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Really?

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Is that Ye Ruling?

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- Why is she here? - Let me see. How about this one?

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The woman next to her looks like...

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Liao Tingyan!

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Isn't Liao Tingyan already dead?

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Let's take a closer look.

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Between these two,

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which should I choose?

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What is it? What are you looking at?

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Nothing.

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Tingyan, this hairpin is very pretty.

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I really like it.

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Help me pick some more.

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I will be right back.

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Oh no, he's from the Shi family.

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Canglan?

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What are you doing here?

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If I hadn't followed you in secret,

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I doubt you would've ever told me

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that Liao Tingyan was still alive.

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You used a firefly to track me?

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Canglan,

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don't do anything to Liao Tingyan.

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I'm sure there will be a way to have the best of both worlds.

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How can I count on someone

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as soft as you to save our people?

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Ye Ruling,

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I'll go my own way from here.

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Let's see who reaches the goal first.

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What are you doing?

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Keeping you in check.

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Do you realize

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that if Sima Jiao catches wind of this,

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both of us will end up losing everything?

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Mr. Li, you're finally here.

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This way.

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We've been waiting for you.

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[Songbird Pavilion]

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Sir, you're here.

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Go away.

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Sir...

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Stop!

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Sir...

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Go away...

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What a weird man!

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Young Master, maybe we've made a mistake.

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Was that really not Liao Tingyan?

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Let's go.

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That was close.

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When did I turn into an otter?

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Looks like the Grandmaster is here, too.

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[Yan Residence]

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Grandmaster, did you step in to protect me just now?

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Did you get hurt?

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No.

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Good thing you were there.

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You turned me into an otter just in time,

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or I would've been spotted and captured by people

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from the Shi family.

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What happened today feels off.

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It seems someone has leaked your whereabouts.

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Who was with you earlier?

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I went out by myself.

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Ruling was with me.

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You're getting bolder and bolder.

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Now you even dare to lie to me.

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I was afraid you'd be suspicious

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of Ruling if I told you the truth.

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She is, after all, the Mistress of the Yin Palace.

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She could be colluding with the Shi family.

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No,

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Ruling would never betray me.

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I trust her.

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Besides, nothing serious happened, right?

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It's all been resolved now.

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Nothing serious?

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I saved your life.

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I gave you my blood.

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If you're injured or in danger,

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it wastes my blood.

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So the bottom line is you don't want me wasting your blood, huh?

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Rotten Sima Jiao,

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always trying to scare me.

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By the way,

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if you're such a good liar,

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let's see how you're going to trick people now.

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Sima Jiao, remove the Truth Spell now!

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Mr. Yan,

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about Xian...

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Hey, say something, will you?

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I will find out where they are.

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Thank you, sir.

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Thank you, sir,

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for granting me freedom.

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You're letting us go because you understand

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our suffering, right?

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I see today as the day of my rebirth,

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and I dressed up to welcome it.

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That's great.

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But this pink outfit

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doesn't quite brighten you up.

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Even when making small talk, I blurt out my real thoughts.

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It's so embarrassing.

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How rude of you!

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You're in no position to comment on my clothes.

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I'm so sorry.

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Grandmaster, could you please

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remove the Truth Spell for me?

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I know people in Chiyan City are at lower realms

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and can't see the spell mark on my forehead,

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but if I keep blurting out

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whatever's on my mind,

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they're going to think I'm weird.

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Maybe they'll even

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beat me up one day, you know?

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As I said, it's a punishment.

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If someone's willing to save me the trouble and give you a beating,

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that wouldn't be such a bad thing.

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What kind of schoolkid behavior is that?

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So you're pleased with what I did,

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since you called me a "schoolkid."

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"Schoolkid" isn't a compliment.

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It means you're childish, petty, and ridiculous...

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Liao Tingyan, shut your mouth already!

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At this point,

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you might as well keep going.

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I wouldn't dare...

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I said that because you made me.

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If you remove the spell,

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I'll shower you with all the flattery you want.

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Fake flattery is boring.

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I have no interest in it.

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Greetings, sir.

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Sir, may I stay here?

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I have no one else to rely on.

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I'm willing to stay and serve you day and night.

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No need.

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I'm not used to having someone around.

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Isn't that right?

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You seem pretty used to it to me.

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You fell asleep with me in your arms last night.

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So you sent us away

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because of this young lady?

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That's right.

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She's the only one I want by my side.

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Happy?

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"Happy" isn't the word. More like shocked.

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Where are you going with this?

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This wasn't in the script.

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I think you're so secretly delighted

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that you're starting to babble nonsense.

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Lady, I'll tell you the truth.

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I'm actually an otter,

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and he's not the real Mr. Yan. I...

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What she means is

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that I no longer wish to be Young Master Yan,

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and that I want to live by my own rules.

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I get it.

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I will forever pray for happiness for you and the young lady.

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See? If you don't lift the spell,

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it'll backfire

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and ruin your grand plan.

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I don't know about any "grand plan."

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All I know is someone called me a schoolkid.

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And the Truth Spell will last another five days.

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Are you cursing me in your head right now?

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Yes.

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Then I'll add another five days.

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So you're giving me a taste

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of my own medicine

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by trapping me here?

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Stay here and reflect on what you did.

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And stop thinking about parting ways with me.

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I will find a way

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to earn Sima Jiao's trust quickly.

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I won't let our plan be hindered.

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You'll find a way?

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You've been in Chiyan City for days

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and still haven't figured out how to activate

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Liao Tingyan's extreme-cold nature, have you?

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I've hit the mark, haven't I?

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Ruling, stop fooling yourself.

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At this point, our only option is to take

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Liao Tingyan's core.

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There is another option.

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Kill Sima Jiao.

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Easier said than done. Do you even realize what he's capable of?

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You don't stand a chance.

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An opportunity will come.

278
00:15:51,650 --> 00:15:52,200
Ruling,

279
00:15:53,460 --> 00:15:56,040
please, get your priorities straight.

280
00:16:10,180 --> 00:16:10,680
Grandmaster.

281
00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:19,920
Did you tell the Shi family

282
00:16:19,940 --> 00:16:20,870
where Liao Tingyan was?

283
00:16:21,410 --> 00:16:22,710
I have never revealed

284
00:16:22,820 --> 00:16:23,840
a single word to anyone.

285
00:16:28,610 --> 00:16:30,560
Then why did you come to Chiyan City looking for us?

286
00:16:31,250 --> 00:16:33,390
I was worried about Tingyan's safety,

287
00:16:34,130 --> 00:16:36,630
and I didn't believe you had truly killed her.

288
00:16:37,410 --> 00:16:38,510
So I resorted

289
00:16:39,220 --> 00:16:41,110
to using a firefly to track her down.

290
00:16:48,610 --> 00:16:49,510
Please forgive me, Grandmaster.

291
00:16:51,460 --> 00:16:53,350
If I find out you have divided loyalties,

292
00:16:54,060 --> 00:16:55,280
I will kill you without hesitation.

293
00:16:56,370 --> 00:16:56,960
I would not dare.

294
00:17:11,060 --> 00:17:12,520
I wonder what Mr. Yan is up to today.

295
00:17:12,740 --> 00:17:13,840
First, he dismissed all the concubines.

296
00:17:14,260 --> 00:17:16,720
Then he ordered everyone to take inventory of Master Yan's property.

297
00:17:17,130 --> 00:17:18,000
It's pretty alarming.

298
00:17:19,780 --> 00:17:22,190
Miss, I heard from a concubine who left the residence

299
00:17:22,410 --> 00:17:23,480
that Mr. Yan was very fond of you.

300
00:17:24,740 --> 00:17:25,840
We're both servants here.

301
00:17:26,540 --> 00:17:29,240
- Could you put in a good word for me, your big brother... - Big brother?

302
00:17:31,300 --> 00:17:32,670
And help me become a steward or something?

303
00:17:33,020 --> 00:17:34,630
If there's anything you need in the future,

304
00:17:34,930 --> 00:17:35,480
I'll help you, too.

305
00:17:36,020 --> 00:17:37,320
Thank you, big brother.

306
00:17:37,820 --> 00:17:40,150
But judging by your looks, you're more like my uncle.

307
00:17:40,370 --> 00:17:41,630
I'm only in my early twenties.

308
00:17:42,340 --> 00:17:43,110
I'm so sorry.

309
00:17:43,580 --> 00:17:45,350
I saw your receding hairline

310
00:17:45,370 --> 00:17:46,560
and thought you were over 50...

311
00:17:47,370 --> 00:17:49,240
Sorry, I mean no offense.

312
00:17:49,260 --> 00:17:50,840
I'll let it slide for Mr. Yan's sake!

313
00:17:51,740 --> 00:17:52,520
You're so rude!

314
00:17:57,130 --> 00:17:57,590
Miss?

315
00:18:02,450 --> 00:18:03,430
Sore throat?

316
00:18:04,210 --> 00:18:05,040
Maybe you're just too tired.

317
00:18:05,130 --> 00:18:05,870
Get some rest.

318
00:18:05,890 --> 00:18:06,560
I'll get back to work.

319
00:18:11,650 --> 00:18:13,390
Can everyone please stop talking to me?

320
00:18:14,130 --> 00:18:16,080
I've offended so many people in just one day.

321
00:18:25,860 --> 00:18:26,590
Grandmaster.

322
00:18:35,650 --> 00:18:36,720
What are you doing?

323
00:18:39,970 --> 00:18:41,110
Looks like it's working.

324
00:18:41,450 --> 00:18:42,560
I don't have to worry anymore.

325
00:18:42,820 --> 00:18:44,240
If I can't hear, I don't have to answer.

326
00:18:45,970 --> 00:18:46,840
Interesting,

327
00:18:47,580 --> 00:18:48,280
Liao Tingyan.

328
00:18:48,690 --> 00:18:50,950
Whether you praise me or scold me,

329
00:18:50,970 --> 00:18:52,950
- I can't hear you. - There's a pond behind you.

330
00:18:57,820 --> 00:18:58,520
You don't

331
00:18:58,540 --> 00:19:00,240
actually think this makes you look good, do you?

332
00:19:07,930 --> 00:19:09,040
You did that on purpose, didn't you?

333
00:19:09,340 --> 00:19:10,520
You're trying to mess with me.

334
00:19:10,890 --> 00:19:12,240
I warned you

335
00:19:12,690 --> 00:19:13,950
there was a pond behind you.

336
00:19:14,740 --> 00:19:15,590
You didn't listen.

337
00:19:16,170 --> 00:19:17,080
What could I do?

338
00:19:18,450 --> 00:19:19,910
You're going to such lengths

339
00:19:20,340 --> 00:19:21,760
just to amuse me now.

340
00:19:21,970 --> 00:19:22,870
And you've been putting

341
00:19:23,580 --> 00:19:26,040
a lot of effort into playing tricks on me today, schoolkid.

342
00:19:26,740 --> 00:19:27,520
If you want to keep this up,

343
00:19:27,890 --> 00:19:28,760
I'm all in.

344
00:19:29,650 --> 00:19:30,240
So do you?

345
00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:32,670
No.

346
00:19:32,890 --> 00:19:33,720
Pull me up.

347
00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:09,320
Let's go have some fun with the steward here.

348
00:20:15,210 --> 00:20:15,760
Sir,

349
00:20:16,370 --> 00:20:18,950
Master Yan's belongings are all here.

350
00:20:22,170 --> 00:20:23,910
Go to the bank and take all the money out.

351
00:20:24,860 --> 00:20:25,350
Well...

352
00:20:25,580 --> 00:20:27,150
And tell the servants outside

353
00:20:27,650 --> 00:20:29,800
they can take whatever they want from the chests

354
00:20:30,170 --> 00:20:31,240
in the courtyard.

355
00:20:31,970 --> 00:20:33,280
Then they can leave the residence.

356
00:20:33,650 --> 00:20:34,320
Sir,

357
00:20:34,970 --> 00:20:37,280
those are Master Yan's most prized treasures.

358
00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:38,080
I...

359
00:20:40,450 --> 00:20:41,320
Understood.

360
00:20:52,970 --> 00:20:54,520
What is Mr. Yan trying to do?

361
00:20:55,210 --> 00:20:57,040
I wonder where Master Yan is now.

362
00:20:57,930 --> 00:20:58,520
This won't do.

363
00:20:58,860 --> 00:21:00,670
I must send someone to get the news to him at once.

364
00:21:00,930 --> 00:21:02,240
Hopefully, when he hears it,

365
00:21:02,580 --> 00:21:03,430
he will hurry back.

366
00:21:13,930 --> 00:21:15,870
There are no jewels, gold, or silver

367
00:21:15,890 --> 00:21:17,190
in these chests.

368
00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,000
How come they're the most popular?

369
00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:19,560
Miss,

370
00:21:20,020 --> 00:21:21,150
there's something you don't know.

371
00:21:21,690 --> 00:21:23,280
People in this city are mostly at low realms,

372
00:21:23,580 --> 00:21:25,430
but Master Yan is a great admirer of immortal arts.

373
00:21:25,860 --> 00:21:27,520
These are all magical artifacts he has collected

374
00:21:27,690 --> 00:21:28,870
from all over the Celestial Palace.

375
00:21:29,170 --> 00:21:29,840
Magical artifacts?

376
00:21:29,860 --> 00:21:30,320
Yes.

377
00:21:30,970 --> 00:21:31,630
Look.

378
00:21:31,930 --> 00:21:32,760
This is the Sound Channeler,

379
00:21:33,060 --> 00:21:33,520
and this

380
00:21:33,780 --> 00:21:34,430
is the Mirror of Reversal.

381
00:21:34,780 --> 00:21:35,320
It can

382
00:21:36,020 --> 00:21:37,630
briefly reflect the opponent's spells back at them.

383
00:21:38,370 --> 00:21:38,910
This is a pair

384
00:21:39,060 --> 00:21:39,870
of Lovebond Plaques.

385
00:21:40,130 --> 00:21:41,350
If you carve

386
00:21:41,370 --> 00:21:42,280
two people's names on them,

387
00:21:42,650 --> 00:21:43,870
the two will fall in love.

388
00:21:45,780 --> 00:21:47,950
I've long been infatuated with a pleasure house's top courtesan.

389
00:21:48,210 --> 00:21:51,630
I plan to carve both our names on them.

390
00:21:51,650 --> 00:21:52,630
The top courtesan?

391
00:21:53,060 --> 00:21:54,560
I don't think you're worthy of her.

392
00:21:56,740 --> 00:21:57,950
You... You've gone too far!

393
00:21:57,970 --> 00:21:58,630
Sorry.

394
00:21:58,650 --> 00:21:59,870
I didn't mean to say that out loud.

395
00:22:00,540 --> 00:22:01,520
I'll apologize.

396
00:22:01,740 --> 00:22:02,910
When I apologize, I mean it, too!

397
00:22:02,930 --> 00:22:03,760
I don't want to hear it!

398
00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:07,430
When is Sima Jiao

399
00:22:07,450 --> 00:22:09,000
going to lift the Truth Spell?

400
00:22:13,820 --> 00:22:14,910
Mirror of Reversal?

401
00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:21,720
Sima Jiao,

402
00:22:22,260 --> 00:22:22,910
we need to talk.

403
00:22:25,580 --> 00:22:26,480
About what?

404
00:22:26,970 --> 00:22:28,390
How much longer do you plan to let

405
00:22:28,410 --> 00:22:29,870
the Truth Spell make a fool out of me?

406
00:22:30,340 --> 00:22:32,080
Could you please remove it?

407
00:22:32,410 --> 00:22:33,280
It's really causing

408
00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:34,560
serious trouble in my life.

409
00:22:37,820 --> 00:22:38,840
Do you admit you were wrong?

410
00:22:39,780 --> 00:22:40,390
Why did you

411
00:22:41,540 --> 00:22:42,630
lie to me in the first place?

412
00:22:44,370 --> 00:22:45,480
I've already explained.

413
00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:46,630
I had my reasons.

414
00:22:46,890 --> 00:22:48,520
Why do you have to force me to tell the truth?

415
00:22:48,970 --> 00:22:51,080
What's wrong with wanting a little privacy?

416
00:22:51,450 --> 00:22:52,630
I can't even keep my own thoughts

417
00:22:52,650 --> 00:22:53,560
to myself.

418
00:22:53,820 --> 00:22:54,800
It's really exhausting!

419
00:23:16,970 --> 00:23:18,800
I can't stand empty pleasantries

420
00:23:20,820 --> 00:23:21,870
and lies,

421
00:23:25,300 --> 00:23:26,630
so I don't want anyone

422
00:23:28,130 --> 00:23:29,670
to hide anything from me.

423
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,440
♪No one reaches, no one hears...♪

424
00:23:34,410 --> 00:23:35,390
Grandmaster.

425
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,520
♪Fall like fireworks...♪

426
00:23:41,540 --> 00:23:44,590
I know you've always been surrounded by lies.

427
00:23:45,930 --> 00:23:47,870
I know deception makes you feel lonely.

428
00:23:49,780 --> 00:23:50,390
But what about me?

429
00:23:51,370 --> 00:23:52,630
In this world,

430
00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:56,150
everything feels unfamiliar to me,

431
00:23:56,170 --> 00:23:57,520
and no one understands me.

432
00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:02,920
♪Even if my very soul were to vanish...♪

433
00:24:04,100 --> 00:24:05,480
The truth is, we're both lonely.

434
00:24:08,020 --> 00:24:10,630
But can we not try to read

435
00:24:10,890 --> 00:24:12,350
each other's mood this way?

436
00:24:13,410 --> 00:24:14,930
There are many ways to know

437
00:24:15,580 --> 00:24:16,590
what someone truly thinks.

438
00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:23,200
♪Mad love blooms a lotus in the heart...♪

439
00:24:23,930 --> 00:24:24,670
So please,

440
00:24:25,930 --> 00:24:28,560
stop punishing and tormenting me.

441
00:24:30,130 --> 00:24:31,280
You can't keep making me

442
00:24:32,580 --> 00:24:34,110
so uncomfortable just because it's fun.

443
00:24:40,300 --> 00:24:41,150
So you think

444
00:24:43,170 --> 00:24:44,520
I'm doing this for fun?

445
00:24:45,210 --> 00:24:45,950
What else could it be?

446
00:24:47,410 --> 00:24:48,590
For the bigger picture?

447
00:24:48,970 --> 00:24:50,320
To make sure your plans don't fail?

448
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,120
♪Snow not gone, flame not out♪

449
00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,040
♪Prism of three lifetimes♪

450
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:04,320
♪You, untouched by moon's regrets♪

451
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,680
♪No one reaches, no one hears...♪

452
00:25:09,690 --> 00:25:11,190
The most upsetting part

453
00:25:14,020 --> 00:25:14,950
is that everything you just said

454
00:25:17,410 --> 00:25:18,950
is exactly what you really think.

455
00:25:20,340 --> 00:25:22,760
Then why don't you tell me what you really think?

456
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,680
♪Memories fade♪

457
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,960
♪We wander the mortal world in search...♪

458
00:25:30,060 --> 00:25:31,110
I want to hear the truth.

459
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,680
♪Cycle back to raging flames♪

460
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,240
♪Even if my very soul were to vanish...♪

461
00:25:40,820 --> 00:25:41,480
I'm doing this

462
00:25:45,690 --> 00:25:47,080
because I cherish you so much...

463
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,200
♪I would never regret the day I met you...♪

464
00:25:53,740 --> 00:25:55,590
...that I don't want you to be harmed in the slightest.

465
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:10,720
♪Mad love blooms a lotus in the heart...♪

466
00:26:19,970 --> 00:26:20,670
If you dare use

467
00:26:21,370 --> 00:26:23,240
such foolish trinkets on me again,

468
00:26:24,820 --> 00:26:26,190
you'll be an otter for the rest of your life.

469
00:26:35,370 --> 00:26:37,320
What on earth did Sima Jiao mean by that?

470
00:26:38,370 --> 00:26:39,350
Could it be

471
00:26:39,540 --> 00:26:42,240
that he has romantic feelings

472
00:26:43,170 --> 00:26:44,390
for me?

473
00:26:45,650 --> 00:26:46,240
No...

474
00:26:46,580 --> 00:26:47,280
Someone like him

475
00:26:47,300 --> 00:26:48,560
couldn't possibly fall for anyone, right?

476
00:26:49,580 --> 00:26:51,110
But that look in his eyes

477
00:26:51,500 --> 00:26:53,760
was so sincere.

478
00:26:55,210 --> 00:26:56,910
Ugh, I'm so confused.

479
00:27:18,650 --> 00:27:19,320
You're drunk.

480
00:27:19,820 --> 00:27:20,870
Impossible.

481
00:27:21,130 --> 00:27:22,910
I can hold my liquor.

482
00:27:22,930 --> 00:27:24,480
I've only had one cup.

483
00:27:24,580 --> 00:27:25,670
How could I be drunk?

484
00:27:25,930 --> 00:27:26,910
You were human before,

485
00:27:27,820 --> 00:27:29,040
but now you're an otter.

486
00:27:30,170 --> 00:27:31,190
Your tolerance is naturally different.

487
00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:39,960
Did you prepare all this food for yourself?

488
00:27:42,890 --> 00:27:43,590
Who else could it be?

489
00:27:45,450 --> 00:27:45,950
Well,

490
00:27:46,370 --> 00:27:48,280
I prepared it to celebrate us freeing

491
00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:50,040
most of the people in the Yan Residence.

492
00:27:51,450 --> 00:27:53,840
Grandmaster, you should join me.

493
00:28:04,860 --> 00:28:05,720
What are you doing?

494
00:28:06,450 --> 00:28:08,800
Sleeping with my body pillow.

495
00:28:09,170 --> 00:28:10,590
Don't you also like holding me

496
00:28:10,610 --> 00:28:12,630
in your sleep when I'm a little otter?

497
00:28:12,890 --> 00:28:14,760
What, are you shy?

498
00:28:22,260 --> 00:28:23,110
Who said I'm shy?

499
00:28:31,580 --> 00:28:33,080
Even the Truth Spell can't rein you in.

500
00:28:35,340 --> 00:28:36,560
You lifted it?

501
00:28:38,020 --> 00:28:39,590
Thank you, my dear Grandmaster!

502
00:28:39,970 --> 00:28:42,590
My mood has finally gone from cloudy to sunny!

503
00:28:46,130 --> 00:28:46,720
Your mood?

504
00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:51,720
The truth is, we're both lonely.

505
00:28:52,540 --> 00:28:54,390
But can we not try to read

506
00:28:54,410 --> 00:28:55,870
each other's mood this way?

507
00:28:57,170 --> 00:28:57,800
I feel

508
00:28:58,860 --> 00:29:00,630
like my mind has been taken over by something strange.

509
00:29:01,970 --> 00:29:03,630
Have I become what she called

510
00:29:04,970 --> 00:29:05,870
a "hopeless romantic"?

511
00:29:07,060 --> 00:29:10,000
Are you the only one from Serene Vale who likes making up

512
00:29:10,130 --> 00:29:11,040
words and phrases?

513
00:29:12,890 --> 00:29:15,800
What does "dear" mean?

514
00:29:16,450 --> 00:29:19,720
It's a polite, universal form of address.

515
00:29:20,650 --> 00:29:23,590
I usually use it for people I'm close to.

516
00:29:23,940 --> 00:29:25,240
But it can also be

517
00:29:25,260 --> 00:29:26,940
for the most annoying clients.

518
00:29:31,650 --> 00:29:33,280
There are many ways to know

519
00:29:33,780 --> 00:29:34,870
what someone truly thinks.

520
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:41,760
♪Falling into endless love. Stirring waves♪

521
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,280
♪Upending a lifetime...♪

522
00:29:46,060 --> 00:29:47,800
So do you see me as the former

523
00:29:49,130 --> 00:29:49,950
or the latter?

524
00:29:51,580 --> 00:29:53,590
Of course I don't hate you.

525
00:29:54,540 --> 00:29:56,150
No lie. That's the truth.

526
00:30:01,860 --> 00:30:02,560
The truth, huh?

527
00:30:04,970 --> 00:30:06,190
Are you feeling unwell?

528
00:30:09,060 --> 00:30:09,670
No.

529
00:30:13,210 --> 00:30:15,350
Drink this, and you'll sober up.

530
00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:18,590
I'm too lazy to drink it myself.

531
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:25,400
♪I defy fate just to remain by your side...♪

532
00:30:27,260 --> 00:30:27,720
Here.

533
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,160
♪Pouring down♪

534
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:37,920
♪Drunk on romance. In a blink♪

535
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:41,160
♪Love and hate vanish into illusion...♪

536
00:30:41,370 --> 00:30:44,430
Why am I back in human form?

537
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,160
♪Upending a lifetime♪

538
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,200
♪Even if this life leads to ruin...♪

539
00:30:54,130 --> 00:30:56,110
Why are you looking at me

540
00:30:56,130 --> 00:30:57,320
with such a happy smile?

541
00:31:04,890 --> 00:31:05,590
When did I

542
00:31:06,970 --> 00:31:08,280
smile at you?

543
00:31:10,970 --> 00:31:11,670
You're imagining things.

544
00:31:13,860 --> 00:31:14,430
I'm leaving.

545
00:31:14,780 --> 00:31:16,190
Guess I was overthinking it.

546
00:31:16,690 --> 00:31:18,870
Sima Jiao is still the same cold man.

547
00:31:19,740 --> 00:31:20,800
Grandmaster, where are you going?

548
00:31:21,260 --> 00:31:21,800
To kill someone.

549
00:31:22,540 --> 00:31:23,950
Is that your catchphrase?

550
00:31:24,890 --> 00:31:26,430
Grandmaster, don't be rash!

551
00:31:43,780 --> 00:31:45,280
Have you come to take my life?

552
00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:46,760
Exactly.

553
00:31:53,610 --> 00:31:54,590
Grandmaster, a word, please.

554
00:31:56,060 --> 00:31:56,670
What are you doing?

555
00:31:58,410 --> 00:32:01,840
Grandmaster, the person you want to kill is Mr. Yan?

556
00:32:02,690 --> 00:32:03,430
What's wrong with that?

557
00:32:04,450 --> 00:32:05,670
The news of a son's death is probably

558
00:32:06,060 --> 00:32:07,590
the most effective way to lure that old man back.

559
00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:12,590
Can we not be so violent?

560
00:32:12,890 --> 00:32:15,240
Can't we handle this a little more humanely?

561
00:32:15,860 --> 00:32:20,350
For him, this would be a kind of release.

562
00:32:20,650 --> 00:32:22,320
How can death be a release?

563
00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:23,950
Isn't there another way?

564
00:32:26,260 --> 00:32:27,280
Then what do you suggest?

565
00:32:40,930 --> 00:32:43,150
Just stop him from being used

566
00:32:43,170 --> 00:32:43,910
as a breeding vessel.

567
00:32:44,860 --> 00:32:47,080
Why don't we help him elope with Ms. Qing'er?

568
00:32:47,170 --> 00:32:48,590
That would still hinder the Yan family's plan

569
00:32:48,610 --> 00:32:50,240
to strengthen the Fengshan bloodline.

570
00:32:50,860 --> 00:32:51,760
And Master Yan would still return.

571
00:33:04,100 --> 00:33:07,390
You want to drag Mr. Yan out of the mire?

572
00:33:09,580 --> 00:33:10,560
Don't bother.

573
00:33:11,650 --> 00:33:13,080
It will only be a waste of effort.

574
00:33:15,820 --> 00:33:16,840
Where there's a will, there's a way.

575
00:33:17,890 --> 00:33:19,080
I believe we can do it.

576
00:33:19,890 --> 00:33:22,240
Trust me, Grandmaster.

577
00:33:31,450 --> 00:33:33,390
You really won't turn back until you hit a wall.

578
00:33:33,970 --> 00:33:35,430
We won't know until we try.

579
00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:37,840
I'll go help Ms. Qing'er get ready, then.

580
00:33:39,020 --> 00:33:39,720
Have you heard?

581
00:33:39,820 --> 00:33:42,080
Mr. Yan suddenly dismissed all his concubines

582
00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:44,000
and gave each one a huge relocation fee.

583
00:33:44,930 --> 00:33:46,840
He gave each of them a relocation fee?

584
00:33:46,970 --> 00:33:47,910
It's true!

585
00:33:48,260 --> 00:33:48,670
No.

586
00:33:48,890 --> 00:33:50,320
He formally divorced them.

587
00:33:50,740 --> 00:33:51,720
Not only that,

588
00:33:52,130 --> 00:33:54,320
he even divided up the family assets among the servants

589
00:33:54,740 --> 00:33:56,390
and let them all go.

590
00:33:56,740 --> 00:33:57,350
Really?

591
00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:00,760
I knew it. Things are a complete mess now.

592
00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:03,190
What do you think he's up to?

593
00:34:03,610 --> 00:34:06,080
Why is Mr. Yan suddenly acting so recklessly?

594
00:34:06,300 --> 00:34:07,000
I don't get it.

595
00:34:11,340 --> 00:34:12,280
Have you heard?

596
00:34:12,780 --> 00:34:14,760
Mr. Yan is planning to elope with Ms. Qing'er, a courtesan

597
00:34:14,860 --> 00:34:17,240
he used to secretly meet at the pleasure house.

598
00:34:18,220 --> 00:34:20,680
He's thrown away everything in the Yan family for her.

599
00:34:20,820 --> 00:34:22,350
- Is that true? - Of course it is.

600
00:34:22,490 --> 00:34:24,510
When Master Yan returns, there will be a real show to watch.

601
00:34:24,700 --> 00:34:25,430
Definitely.

602
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,920
[Yan Residence]

603
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,400
[Master Yan]

604
00:34:48,860 --> 00:34:49,720
What has gotten into you?

605
00:34:50,740 --> 00:34:51,680
I heard while I was away

606
00:34:51,700 --> 00:34:53,160
that you'd been making a mess at home!

607
00:34:59,700 --> 00:35:00,870
You squandered the family fortune

608
00:35:01,570 --> 00:35:02,470
and dismissed all your concubines,

609
00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:04,510
and now you want to elope with a courtesan?

610
00:35:05,260 --> 00:35:06,070
If you keep this up,

611
00:35:06,180 --> 00:35:08,160
how will the matter I entrusted to you ever move forward?

612
00:35:08,860 --> 00:35:09,470
What matter?

613
00:35:10,450 --> 00:35:11,390
Tell me.

614
00:35:14,410 --> 00:35:16,640
You actually forgot what I told you?

615
00:35:17,930 --> 00:35:18,840
Useless fool!

616
00:35:21,010 --> 00:35:22,200
Those cheap women out there

617
00:35:22,220 --> 00:35:23,320
have completely bewitched you.

618
00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:24,430
Listen,

619
00:35:24,660 --> 00:35:26,280
from now on, you're not allowed to go out again!

620
00:35:26,970 --> 00:35:28,760
I'll get you a few more concubines

621
00:35:29,050 --> 00:35:30,240
so you can have more children.

622
00:35:30,660 --> 00:35:31,280
Otherwise,

623
00:35:31,490 --> 00:35:33,160
our family will be in misery,

624
00:35:33,530 --> 00:35:34,680
and you won't live in comfort either!

625
00:35:35,220 --> 00:35:36,240
Who

626
00:35:36,570 --> 00:35:37,600
are those children for?

627
00:35:37,890 --> 00:35:38,840
You...!

628
00:35:41,010 --> 00:35:42,390
Has the pleasure house

629
00:35:42,930 --> 00:35:44,120
rotted your brain?

630
00:35:44,490 --> 00:35:46,350
You haven't even called me Father once since you came in.

631
00:35:46,700 --> 00:35:47,640
You're a disgrace!

632
00:35:50,260 --> 00:35:51,510
You want me to call you Father?

633
00:35:52,260 --> 00:35:54,280
I don't think you deserve that kind of respect yet.

634
00:35:54,450 --> 00:35:54,870
You!

635
00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:01,430
Who are you?

636
00:36:02,300 --> 00:36:03,240
You're not my son.

637
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:07,670
I am your ancestor.

638
00:36:08,130 --> 00:36:10,250
Insolent brat, how dare you insult me?

639
00:36:17,740 --> 00:36:19,510
Tell me the truth behind the flame-shaped birthmark

640
00:36:21,050 --> 00:36:22,070
on Yan Huan's back.

641
00:36:22,700 --> 00:36:27,030
The Yan family and the Sima clan both belong to the Fengshan lineage.

642
00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:28,990
Every few generations,

643
00:36:29,220 --> 00:36:31,680
someone in the Yan family is born with Sima blood,

644
00:36:32,220 --> 00:36:34,600
and they will have that flame-shaped birthmark on their back.

645
00:36:35,340 --> 00:36:36,800
And what do you do with such people?

646
00:36:37,450 --> 00:36:38,950
When a child like that is born,

647
00:36:40,260 --> 00:36:42,280
they will immediately be sent to that place.

648
00:36:42,740 --> 00:36:44,600
If their bloodline power is strong enough,

649
00:36:44,890 --> 00:36:46,200
they will stay there permanently,

650
00:36:46,570 --> 00:36:49,070
and our family will be rewarded with great benefits.

651
00:36:49,970 --> 00:36:51,320
If their power is weaker,

652
00:36:51,860 --> 00:36:53,320
like my son Yan Huan's,

653
00:36:53,620 --> 00:36:55,120
they will be allowed to return home.

654
00:36:56,010 --> 00:36:57,030
What is that place?

655
00:36:57,700 --> 00:36:58,430
Baifeng Mountain.

656
00:36:59,340 --> 00:37:00,160
Where is it?

657
00:37:01,010 --> 00:37:01,640
I don't know.

658
00:37:02,530 --> 00:37:04,160
Emissaries come to pick them up.

659
00:37:04,570 --> 00:37:05,600
We can't go near.

660
00:37:06,090 --> 00:37:07,160
We can only stay outside.

661
00:37:13,140 --> 00:37:15,160
If I want to get to Baifeng Mountain quickly,

662
00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:17,160
how do I do that?

663
00:37:17,450 --> 00:37:18,280
You'll have to wait.

664
00:37:18,820 --> 00:37:21,280
The emissaries from Baifeng Mountain contact us, not the other way around.

665
00:37:21,620 --> 00:37:22,430
At the end of each month,

666
00:37:22,930 --> 00:37:24,070
they come

667
00:37:24,570 --> 00:37:27,070
to the residence to check for pregnancies.

668
00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:28,990
If there's a newborn,

669
00:37:29,450 --> 00:37:31,990
they will examine

670
00:37:32,410 --> 00:37:34,800
whether the child belongs to the Fengshan bloodline.

671
00:37:35,410 --> 00:37:36,550
If they do,

672
00:37:36,860 --> 00:37:38,470
they will be taken to Baifeng Mountain immediately,

673
00:37:39,410 --> 00:37:41,640
and I will go along as well.

674
00:37:46,140 --> 00:37:47,870
So all that is needed is a child?

675
00:37:50,340 --> 00:37:51,240
Not a problem at all.

676
00:37:53,260 --> 00:37:54,720
Have you memorized

677
00:37:54,930 --> 00:37:55,870
everything I taught you?

678
00:37:55,890 --> 00:37:56,950
I even practice it in my sleep.

679
00:38:01,570 --> 00:38:02,200
Grandmaster.

680
00:38:02,620 --> 00:38:03,120
Nianjiu,

681
00:38:03,530 --> 00:38:05,240
after you keep Master Yan confined in the residence,

682
00:38:05,450 --> 00:38:06,680
I need you to do something else for me.

683
00:38:08,090 --> 00:38:09,600
You can refuse politely

684
00:38:09,620 --> 00:38:10,640
by saying...

685
00:38:11,490 --> 00:38:11,950
Uh...

686
00:38:13,300 --> 00:38:14,280
This doesn't look right.

687
00:38:17,340 --> 00:38:18,070
What did you say?

688
00:38:18,620 --> 00:38:19,910
How is it wrong to do something for me?

689
00:38:20,930 --> 00:38:22,600
If the other person insists,

690
00:38:22,740 --> 00:38:23,870
just keep declining politely

691
00:38:24,180 --> 00:38:24,950
by saying...

692
00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:26,160
I don't have the time.

693
00:38:27,820 --> 00:38:29,320
And if I tell you to make time?

694
00:38:30,660 --> 00:38:32,160
Then you can be more direct

695
00:38:32,300 --> 00:38:33,320
and give a firm refusal.

696
00:38:34,620 --> 00:38:35,430
No, I can't.

697
00:38:35,930 --> 00:38:36,540
Nianjiu,

698
00:38:36,820 --> 00:38:39,120
are you tired of living or something?

699
00:38:40,180 --> 00:38:41,870
What kind of poison have you been feeding him?

700
00:38:44,010 --> 00:38:44,800
My apologies, Grandmaster.

701
00:38:46,490 --> 00:38:47,160
I just

702
00:38:48,340 --> 00:38:49,760
taught him a few ways

703
00:38:49,780 --> 00:38:51,030
of speaking and dealing with people.

704
00:38:51,860 --> 00:38:53,600
You mean you taught him how to betray his Grandmaster?

705
00:38:54,530 --> 00:38:55,240
I wouldn't dare.

706
00:38:56,140 --> 00:38:57,350
That's quite an accusation.

707
00:38:57,370 --> 00:38:57,870
Grandmaster,

708
00:38:58,860 --> 00:39:00,320
this really has nothing to do with Ruling.

709
00:39:00,660 --> 00:39:02,240
I was the one pestering her to teach me

710
00:39:02,660 --> 00:39:03,870
how to be a better person.

711
00:39:04,660 --> 00:39:05,840
The first lesson I learned

712
00:39:06,140 --> 00:39:07,280
from her

713
00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:08,510
was how to say no to people,

714
00:39:09,220 --> 00:39:09,990
because I wanted

715
00:39:10,450 --> 00:39:11,950
to stop acting

716
00:39:12,860 --> 00:39:14,240
like some domesticated animal,

717
00:39:14,490 --> 00:39:16,600
obedient to everyone about everything.

718
00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:23,910
Instead of learning from her,

719
00:39:24,780 --> 00:39:26,800
you should have come to me to learn how to be a person.

720
00:39:30,220 --> 00:39:30,870
Grandmaster,

721
00:39:31,140 --> 00:39:32,950
stop giving Nianjiu a hard time.

722
00:39:33,700 --> 00:39:35,240
I need to go find Mr. Yan now.

723
00:39:35,570 --> 00:39:36,980
Why don't you turn me back into a human?

724
00:39:41,370 --> 00:39:41,950
Tingyan.

725
00:39:43,970 --> 00:39:44,760
You're toast.

726
00:39:44,780 --> 00:39:46,320
So the otter was Tingyan?

727
00:39:49,410 --> 00:39:50,070
In a few days,

728
00:39:50,450 --> 00:39:52,120
I'll be going to Baifeng Mountain with Master Yan.

729
00:39:52,570 --> 00:39:53,350
Return to keep watch

730
00:39:53,660 --> 00:39:55,470
on the Shi family and the Eight Palaces for me.

731
00:39:55,890 --> 00:39:57,030
If anything unusual happens,

732
00:39:57,220 --> 00:39:58,240
report to me immediately.

733
00:39:58,260 --> 00:39:58,760
Understood.

734
00:39:59,300 --> 00:40:00,640
If I can make a contribution to this

735
00:40:00,780 --> 00:40:01,990
and gain Sima Jiao's trust,

736
00:40:02,530 --> 00:40:04,470
then whether I choose to kill or use him later,

737
00:40:04,890 --> 00:40:05,470
I may be able

738
00:40:05,860 --> 00:40:07,800
to break the Immortal-Demon Barrier faster.

739
00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:09,870
Grandmaster,

740
00:40:10,090 --> 00:40:11,320
let me go with Nianjiu.

741
00:40:15,410 --> 00:40:15,910
Fine.

742
00:40:17,450 --> 00:40:18,470
Report to me immediately

743
00:40:19,090 --> 00:40:20,240
if anything happens.

744
00:40:21,340 --> 00:40:21,870
Understood.

745
00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:42,990
Mr. Yan.

746
00:40:46,340 --> 00:40:47,390
Please come with me.

747
00:40:47,700 --> 00:40:49,470
Ms. Qing'er and your daughter are waiting for you.

748
00:40:51,220 --> 00:40:51,680
No,

749
00:40:52,930 --> 00:40:53,600
I'm not going.

750
00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:55,510
I can't put them in danger.

751
00:40:56,860 --> 00:40:58,070
They'd be better off

752
00:40:58,620 --> 00:40:59,950
staying far away from me.

753
00:41:03,450 --> 00:41:04,600
Pull yourself together.

754
00:41:05,050 --> 00:41:07,280
Your father has told us about Baifeng Mountain.

755
00:41:08,220 --> 00:41:09,030
My Grand...

756
00:41:12,450 --> 00:41:14,200
My young master is very powerful.

757
00:41:14,490 --> 00:41:16,320
You can count on him to take care of things there

758
00:41:16,490 --> 00:41:17,910
and ensure your safety.

759
00:41:18,140 --> 00:41:20,470
We've already paved the way for you.

760
00:41:20,740 --> 00:41:22,350
From now on, you can live however you want.

761
00:41:23,180 --> 00:41:24,470
How can I possibly live a carefree life

762
00:41:25,970 --> 00:41:27,550
after going through something like this?

763
00:41:28,410 --> 00:41:29,990
The Fengshan bloodline

764
00:41:31,820 --> 00:41:33,280
will one day drag me back

765
00:41:33,300 --> 00:41:34,640
into tragedy.

766
00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:37,640
He's right.

767
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,080
♪Autumn winds sigh♪

768
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:17,880
♪Moon and stars dapple the sky♪

769
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:21,480
♪Brushing the loneliness of bygone days♪

770
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:23,840
♪Candlelight flickers low♪

771
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,040
♪Shadows sway♪

772
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:29,480
♪Shimmering in the night♪

773
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:31,760
♪With a brush I draw♪

774
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:33,960
♪The color of light♪

775
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:37,640
♪To warm your frozen soul♪

776
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:39,840
♪Memories anchor here♪

777
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:41,960
♪Longing is engraved♪

778
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:45,040
♪Yet cannot be touched♪

779
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:47,680
♪Following♪

780
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:50,080
♪The veins of gravel♪

781
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:53,120
♪I turn into spirit fire♪

782
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:55,600
♪Burning away♪

783
00:42:56,040 --> 00:43:01,400
♪All these karmic ties♪

784
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:03,840
♪To save you♪

785
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:05,880
♪To save me♪

786
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:09,280
♪To cross over all suffering, I'll break through♪

787
00:43:10,240 --> 00:43:12,000
♪The laws of heaven♪

788
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:13,960
♪The vortex of reincarnation♪

789
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,840
♪What of life and death?♪

790
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:20,000
♪To save you♪

791
00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:22,040
♪To save me♪

792
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,480
♪To redeem all beings, I'll let pass♪

793
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:27,960
♪Right and wrong♪

794
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:29,880
♪Rumors and tales♪

795
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:33,520
♪To seize fate♪

796
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:36,720
♪With my own hands♪

797
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:39,960
♪For you♪

798
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:41,960
♪For me♪

799
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:45,360
♪For the healing of wounds♪

800
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:47,880
♪I'll stir the murky seas♪

801
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:49,880
♪And strive against the heavens♪

802
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,480
♪To protect the vastness♪

803
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:55,440
♪For you♪

804
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:57,640
♪For me♪

805
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:01,040
♪For the light of dawn♪

806
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:03,480
♪I'll face promises♪

807
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:05,520
♪Like a moth to a flame♪

808
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,120
♪And use my body to shine♪

809
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:17,200
♪On even more♪