1 00:01:41,580 --> 00:01:45,950 [Sword and Beloved] 2 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:50,620 [Episode 4] 3 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:54,560 You long to see the scenery outside 4 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,360 and to get out of that Palanquin. 5 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:57,900 Who would've known... 6 00:01:59,229 --> 00:02:01,000 that you'd end up blind? 7 00:02:02,230 --> 00:02:03,680 Why don't you be my eyes? 8 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,930 Everything outside must be beautiful 9 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:12,960 because... 10 00:02:13,870 --> 00:02:14,930 you sound so happy. 11 00:02:22,310 --> 00:02:23,970 You're hundreds of years old. 12 00:02:24,150 --> 00:02:25,840 How can you still be like a child, 13 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:26,160 falling asleep the moment your head hits the pillow? 14 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:27,400 [Lu Qiba, Raccoon Dog Demon] 15 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:28,930 How can you sleep so deeply? 16 00:02:30,430 --> 00:02:30,960 Fine. 17 00:02:31,190 --> 00:02:32,050 Keep sleeping. 18 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:33,820 You won't get to eat it. 19 00:03:15,180 --> 00:03:16,790 [Lu Shangxia, Raccoon Dog Demon] 20 00:03:17,710 --> 00:03:19,110 Who? Who was that? Who... 21 00:03:20,079 --> 00:03:20,810 Pretending. 22 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:22,000 Still pretending with me? 23 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:22,560 I'm not. 24 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:23,290 Give it to me! 25 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:24,090 Alright. 26 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:26,079 Give you what? 27 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,470 Give it to me! 28 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:39,470 You're the fastest 29 00:03:39,470 --> 00:03:40,710 but the dumbest 30 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:42,960 raccoon dog demon in your clan, 31 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:43,590 Lu Qiba. 32 00:03:44,190 --> 00:03:45,430 The other's your brother, 33 00:03:45,430 --> 00:03:47,030 who is even dumber than you: 34 00:03:47,430 --> 00:03:48,240 Lu Shangxia. 35 00:03:49,710 --> 00:03:50,590 I heard that you two 36 00:03:50,590 --> 00:03:52,990 couldn't stay in the raccoon dog demon clan 37 00:03:53,310 --> 00:03:55,800 because you opposed using the winged spirit pearl. 38 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:56,520 So now 39 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,720 wander around performing for a living. 40 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:01,590 How miserable. 41 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:02,840 This man is 42 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:03,560 quite rich. 43 00:04:04,370 --> 00:04:05,280 Qiba, 44 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:06,140 how about we... 45 00:04:07,750 --> 00:04:08,560 What? 46 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:10,360 You want to kill me? 47 00:04:11,130 --> 00:04:13,910 [Quan Rumu, Young Master of the Quan Family of the Borderlands] 48 00:04:18,510 --> 00:04:20,600 We d-didn't offend you, did we? 49 00:04:20,950 --> 00:04:21,310 Yeah. 50 00:04:21,390 --> 00:04:22,790 Wh-Why did you come to us? 51 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:23,560 What do you want from us? 52 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:24,160 Enough. 53 00:04:24,750 --> 00:04:26,550 I want you to do something for me. 54 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,510 Help me find and follow this person, 55 00:04:29,510 --> 00:04:31,370 and report his whereabouts to me. 56 00:04:31,390 --> 00:04:32,250 Where to find me 57 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,360 is also written clearly on the note. 58 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,950 Th-Th-This job 59 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:39,770 is not... 60 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:40,720 not easy. 61 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:41,270 Yeah. 62 00:04:41,270 --> 00:04:43,680 This will involve food and lodging... 63 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:43,950 Th-Th-This job 64 00:04:43,950 --> 00:04:45,190 is going to cost a lot of money. 65 00:04:45,190 --> 00:04:46,159 It's not an easy task. 66 00:04:46,159 --> 00:04:46,750 Enough. 67 00:04:47,070 --> 00:04:48,000 Don't be cheeky. 68 00:04:48,510 --> 00:04:49,640 How much do you want? 69 00:04:52,750 --> 00:04:54,280 Fi-Fi-Five hundred taels! 70 00:04:54,430 --> 00:04:55,000 Yeah. 71 00:04:56,310 --> 00:04:57,440 Five hundred taels? 72 00:04:59,390 --> 00:05:00,720 Forget about 500 taels— 73 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:02,640 I don't even have five taels. 74 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:05,310 Are you kidding us? 75 00:05:05,310 --> 00:05:06,800 When you raccoon dog demons court mates, 76 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:07,190 you rely on 77 00:05:07,190 --> 00:05:09,040 the small braid after transforming into human form, right? 78 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:09,900 Growing a braid 79 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:11,680 takes a very, very long time. 80 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:13,420 And without it, 81 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:14,630 you'd basically be like 82 00:05:14,630 --> 00:05:16,030 a eunuch among us humans, 83 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:16,630 right? 84 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:19,870 I'll kill you! 85 00:05:32,070 --> 00:05:33,040 My braid... 86 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:34,480 I'll keep 87 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:35,810 your braid safe for you. 88 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:37,720 Come to me after the task is done. 89 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,159 I'll definitely help you reattach it 90 00:05:39,159 --> 00:05:40,000 perfectly. 91 00:05:43,310 --> 00:05:44,770 You shameless bastard... 92 00:05:44,950 --> 00:05:45,560 Qiba! 93 00:05:46,510 --> 00:05:47,000 Boss! 94 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:47,560 Boss! 95 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:57,310 Young Master Fugui, 96 00:05:57,310 --> 00:05:59,440 I've never seen such a big lake before. 97 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:01,000 When spring comes next year, 98 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,560 this place will surely be even more beautiful. 99 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:03,270 By then, 100 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,740 let's come back to see it together, okay? 101 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:13,850 Young Master Fugui. 102 00:06:14,630 --> 00:06:15,630 Don't worry. 103 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:18,130 I know how to weave brocade. 104 00:06:18,750 --> 00:06:19,630 By that time, 105 00:06:19,870 --> 00:06:21,680 I'll weave this entire scene into a brocade. 106 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:22,750 When your eyes heal, 107 00:06:22,750 --> 00:06:24,010 I'll show it all to you. 108 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,420 [On the day of the Blue Sky Assembly] 109 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,180 [Li Family of Peach Garden, Yiqi Alliance] 110 00:06:46,180 --> 00:06:49,760 [Li Family of Peach Garden] 111 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:57,280 Young Master, 112 00:06:57,310 --> 00:06:59,240 we've arrived at the Li Residence. 113 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:01,600 Young Master Fugui, 114 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:02,460 we've arrived. 115 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:02,750 Let's go. 116 00:07:02,750 --> 00:07:03,160 Wait. 117 00:07:09,430 --> 00:07:10,680 This is an Aura Concealment Talisman. 118 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,120 It can temporarily conceal your demonic aura. 119 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,120 At the Li Residence, you must be cautious at all times. 120 00:07:16,830 --> 00:07:18,190 Yes, Young Master Fugui. 121 00:07:18,190 --> 00:07:18,950 I will 122 00:07:19,390 --> 00:07:21,040 keep the talisman on me at all times. 123 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:22,160 I've already told them 124 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,510 that you're a maid arranged for me by Mr. Fei. 125 00:07:24,510 --> 00:07:25,510 Once inside the Li Residence, 126 00:07:25,510 --> 00:07:27,120 you'll stay in the guest room. 127 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,180 Try to meet as few people as possible. 128 00:07:29,190 --> 00:07:29,520 Okay. 129 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:31,510 But... 130 00:07:32,950 --> 00:07:34,080 Young Master Fugui, 131 00:07:34,270 --> 00:07:35,600 Chief Hongye 132 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:37,720 should already be inside by now. 133 00:07:38,270 --> 00:07:39,560 If he finds out... 134 00:07:41,870 --> 00:07:42,630 If he finds out 135 00:07:42,630 --> 00:07:44,090 you can't see right now... 136 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:45,740 As long as I don't lose, 137 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:47,190 he won't care 138 00:07:47,510 --> 00:07:48,840 what becomes of my eyes. 139 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:26,160 [Li Quzhuo, Master of the Li Family of Peach Garden] 140 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:26,720 Hongye, 141 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,630 what's wrong with Fugui's eyes? 142 00:08:32,150 --> 00:08:34,080 Fugui was injured by a snake demon. 143 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:35,520 He'll heal in a month. 144 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:38,010 Since his eyes are injured, 145 00:08:38,549 --> 00:08:40,010 this Blue Sky Assembly... 146 00:08:46,850 --> 00:08:50,780 [Li Muhai, Young Master of the Li Family of Peach Garden] 147 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:51,770 Fellow Daoists, 148 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:53,600 the Blue Sky Assembly is a grand ceremony 149 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,840 held once every 36 years by our Yiqi Alliance. 150 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:56,200 Today, 151 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,720 our Li family acts as host. 152 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:59,390 We hope to help the alliance 153 00:08:59,390 --> 00:09:01,630 select outstanding members of the next generation. 154 00:09:01,630 --> 00:09:02,890 This Blue Sky Assembly 155 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,390 still follows the Yiqi Alliance's tradition. 156 00:09:05,390 --> 00:09:06,080 The competition is divided into 157 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:06,810 three parts: 158 00:09:06,970 --> 00:09:07,790 Physical Combat, 159 00:09:07,790 --> 00:09:08,270 Skill, 160 00:09:08,510 --> 00:09:09,270 and Mind, 161 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:10,790 one part each day. 162 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:12,200 This assembly has brought together 163 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:13,910 talented young people from various families of the Yiqi Alliance... 164 00:09:13,910 --> 00:09:15,360 Master, we've found the Young Master's whereabouts. 165 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:16,720 After the prescribed competitions, 166 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:17,870 those who excel will be chosen 167 00:09:17,870 --> 00:09:19,480 to observe the secret Spiritual Stone left 168 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,270 by the Third Young Master of Aolai. 169 00:09:21,270 --> 00:09:22,960 Through the Spiritual Stone, 170 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:24,120 those exceptionally gifted young people may glimpse 171 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:25,840 the message left by the Third Young Master. 172 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,240 At the same time, the Yiqi Alliance will 173 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,480 carefully guide them to become pillars of the alliance. 174 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:31,960 You all know the rules now. 175 00:09:32,150 --> 00:09:34,080 Today is the first day of the competition: 176 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:35,740 the Physical Combat Contest. 177 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:44,270 Rumu! 178 00:09:46,150 --> 00:09:47,600 It's so difficult for me 179 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:49,800 just to see your face. 180 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:08,510 Father, 181 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:10,370 what are you talking about? 182 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,840 I was just heading to the Blue Sky Assembly. 183 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,030 Then why didn't you go there with me? 184 00:10:16,870 --> 00:10:17,270 Well, 185 00:10:17,750 --> 00:10:20,240 of all the vast lands beneath the sky, 186 00:10:20,510 --> 00:10:21,750 the dullest place of all 187 00:10:21,750 --> 00:10:23,270 is by your side, Father. 188 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:29,360 Your words 189 00:10:30,150 --> 00:10:32,110 are breaking my heart. 190 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,120 My beloved father, you never do anything for nothing. 191 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:37,720 Tell me, 192 00:10:38,270 --> 00:10:39,930 you came specially to find me— 193 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:41,410 what do you want me to do? 194 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:45,970 These friends of mine think 195 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,850 that even though the Soldier is blind for now, 196 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:50,290 he's still invincible. 197 00:10:50,670 --> 00:10:51,910 So they want to see 198 00:10:51,910 --> 00:10:53,390 your true strength. 199 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:02,580 The Soldier of Wangquan Manor... 200 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:06,390 Wangquan Fugui. 201 00:11:07,150 --> 00:11:10,750 He shall challenge all of today's victors in the Combat Contest. 202 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:12,480 This is a battle of honor. 203 00:11:12,630 --> 00:11:13,320 The results 204 00:11:13,550 --> 00:11:16,410 will not affect your advancement to the next round. 205 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:18,720 Good luck, everyone. 206 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:20,600 Everyone, 207 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:22,240 please draw your swords! 208 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:55,000 Rumu. 209 00:12:56,790 --> 00:12:58,050 You're in poor health. 210 00:12:59,270 --> 00:13:02,030 After that strike, you won't be able to exert any more strength. 211 00:13:02,030 --> 00:13:03,750 Go back with me. 212 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,240 You are my son. 213 00:13:15,550 --> 00:13:17,670 Why can't you just listen to me 214 00:13:17,670 --> 00:13:19,150 and follow my will? 215 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,360 Would I harm you? 216 00:13:21,790 --> 00:13:24,240 Everything I do and everything I get— 217 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,130 won't it all be yours in the future? 218 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:30,150 Father... 219 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,030 So it turns out you love me. 220 00:13:34,630 --> 00:13:35,360 Fine. 221 00:13:35,910 --> 00:13:37,320 How about I tell you 222 00:13:37,550 --> 00:13:38,910 some stories about 223 00:13:39,630 --> 00:13:41,490 how you, my birth father, love me? 224 00:13:44,790 --> 00:13:45,480 Back then, 225 00:13:46,270 --> 00:13:47,510 you committed a grave error 226 00:13:47,510 --> 00:13:49,240 by practicing forbidden arts. 227 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:51,910 You were expelled from Wangquan Manor 228 00:13:51,910 --> 00:13:53,840 and exiled to the Western Regions. 229 00:13:54,870 --> 00:13:56,750 You knew full well that I had asthma 230 00:13:56,750 --> 00:13:57,910 and that in that place 231 00:13:57,910 --> 00:13:59,440 I simply couldn't survive. 232 00:14:00,870 --> 00:14:02,530 The Chief intended to keep me, 233 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:03,650 but at that time, 234 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:05,440 what did you say? 235 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:11,740 Rumu's asthma is severe. 236 00:14:11,740 --> 00:14:12,720 [Young Quan Rumu] 237 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,210 If he goes with you to the Western Regions, 238 00:14:14,210 --> 00:14:14,360 [Grand Ambition Soaring to the Heavens] 239 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:15,890 with all that dust and sand, 240 00:14:16,870 --> 00:14:18,470 I'm afraid he won't survive. 241 00:14:19,270 --> 00:14:20,240 Let him stay. 242 00:14:21,030 --> 00:14:21,790 No need. 243 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:23,520 Wherever I go, 244 00:14:23,870 --> 00:14:24,510 he goes. 245 00:14:30,270 --> 00:14:30,910 Jingting. 246 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:33,800 If Rumu goes with you, 247 00:14:34,670 --> 00:14:35,670 he will die. 248 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:41,270 I won't leave him here with you. 249 00:14:41,870 --> 00:14:43,630 Since he's my son, 250 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,120 in life he's mine, 251 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,460 and in death his ghost is mine too. 252 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,060 Just like that, 253 00:15:13,030 --> 00:15:15,120 after we arrived in the Western Regions, 254 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:16,790 my asthma grew increasingly severe. 255 00:15:16,790 --> 00:15:18,520 Even surviving was hard for me. 256 00:15:19,750 --> 00:15:20,440 And you? 257 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:22,840 You began to ignore me, 258 00:15:23,030 --> 00:15:24,030 killing demons everywhere 259 00:15:24,030 --> 00:15:25,160 and making enemies. 260 00:15:36,750 --> 00:15:37,870 Finally, one day, 261 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,730 someone captured me as a hostage for revenge. 262 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:42,630 At that time, I knew 263 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,360 that taking me hostage was useless. 264 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:47,480 My life meant nothing 265 00:15:47,750 --> 00:15:48,910 to you. 266 00:15:50,030 --> 00:15:51,390 But what you did 267 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,240 was even worse than I imagined. 268 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:55,340 Quan Jingting! 269 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,600 I have your son! 270 00:15:58,150 --> 00:15:59,880 Give me back my mother's bones! 271 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,770 That piece of trash is of no use to me at all. 272 00:16:03,150 --> 00:16:04,360 Kill him if you want! 273 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:05,870 Today... 274 00:16:06,870 --> 00:16:08,480 I'm here to capture you! 275 00:16:19,790 --> 00:16:20,750 After that, 276 00:16:21,390 --> 00:16:24,050 I wandered through the desert for over 10 years. 277 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:27,770 Did you ever look for me? 278 00:16:29,390 --> 00:16:30,150 You didn't. 279 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,960 Did you care whether I lived or died? 280 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:35,840 You didn't. 281 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,120 But ever since I became famous with one sword strike there, 282 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:40,080 you remembered 283 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:41,540 you still had a son like me. 284 00:16:41,790 --> 00:16:43,250 You remembered to love me. 285 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,240 But how did you show this love? 286 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,500 For the sake of your ambition, 287 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,330 you took my friends as hostages 288 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:51,720 and forced me to work for you. 289 00:16:54,550 --> 00:16:55,240 Father, 290 00:16:56,150 --> 00:16:57,240 your love is 291 00:16:57,750 --> 00:16:59,630 more poisonous than arsenic. 292 00:16:59,790 --> 00:17:00,520 How dare you! 293 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,310 You have such strength 294 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:10,210 yet possess no grand ambition! 295 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,940 I've been working hard for so many years. 296 00:17:14,790 --> 00:17:16,230 You are my son. 297 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:18,790 You should work for me. 298 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:22,480 Where have you imprisoned them? 299 00:17:26,589 --> 00:17:27,400 Rest assured, 300 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,730 your gang of worthless friends 301 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,310 is very safe now. 302 00:17:32,150 --> 00:17:33,720 As long as you obediently 303 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,520 go to the Blue Sky Assembly and defeat the Soldier, 304 00:17:36,590 --> 00:17:38,070 I'll let them go. 305 00:17:39,110 --> 00:17:39,830 However... 306 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:50,640 before that... 307 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:00,790 you have to take this first. 308 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:05,550 In this world, 309 00:18:06,830 --> 00:18:09,550 what kind of father would ask his son to take this? 310 00:18:09,550 --> 00:18:10,350 This is just a pill 311 00:18:10,350 --> 00:18:13,030 that can greatly boost your spiritual power. 312 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,400 I want to ensure you win. 313 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:19,210 Even if I don't eat it... 314 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:22,210 I can still defeat the Soldier. 315 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,510 You think I'd believe you? 316 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:31,830 If I weren't holding the lives of your worthless friends 317 00:18:31,830 --> 00:18:34,350 you made in the Western Regions, 318 00:18:34,790 --> 00:18:38,320 would you have obediently come with me to the Blue Sky Assembly? 319 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,480 I know you've been looking for them these days. 320 00:18:41,550 --> 00:18:42,400 Stop looking. 321 00:18:43,030 --> 00:18:45,030 Even if you find them, it's useless. 322 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:48,370 What do you mean? 323 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,440 Do you know what this black liquid 324 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:07,680 is? 325 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:10,000 Crude oil. 326 00:19:11,270 --> 00:19:12,590 With just a spark, 327 00:19:13,110 --> 00:19:14,970 these worthless friends of yours 328 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,510 will be burned to ashes. 329 00:19:17,510 --> 00:19:18,510 Let us go. 330 00:19:19,070 --> 00:19:19,960 What do you want? 331 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:20,890 Don't come over! 332 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:21,930 Don't come over! 333 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:23,790 Mother! 334 00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:24,960 What do you want? 335 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:28,480 Don't come any closer! 336 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:29,270 Let us go! 337 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:31,720 No! 338 00:19:33,590 --> 00:19:34,200 No! 339 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:35,510 Father! 340 00:19:35,510 --> 00:19:36,830 Mother! 341 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:38,000 No! 342 00:19:57,110 --> 00:19:58,170 True Dragon Power? 343 00:19:59,270 --> 00:20:00,310 You wretch, 344 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,650 say goodbye to these worthless friends of yours. 345 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:04,920 Wait! 346 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:08,580 I'll eat it. 347 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,720 Now that's my good boy. 348 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,880 Today's Combat Contest is already over. 349 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:01,720 The evening banquet will start soon. 350 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:02,550 Go attend 351 00:21:03,030 --> 00:21:03,880 and make up for 352 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,680 your willful absence earlier. 353 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:21,960 This is the chamber specially prepared for you, Soldier. 354 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,240 There's also a side chamber inside 355 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:24,830 for your maid. 356 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:26,000 Thank you. 357 00:21:32,830 --> 00:21:33,960 Young Master Fugui, 358 00:21:34,070 --> 00:21:35,720 you must be very tired from today's martial arts contest. 359 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:36,750 Rest for a bit. 360 00:21:36,750 --> 00:21:38,750 You still have the banquet to attend tonight. 361 00:21:38,750 --> 00:21:39,200 Okay. 362 00:21:58,510 --> 00:21:58,960 Come on. 363 00:21:58,960 --> 00:21:59,480 To you. 364 00:22:15,030 --> 00:22:16,750 This year's young competitors 365 00:22:16,750 --> 00:22:17,590 are very good. 366 00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:18,960 Hongye, 367 00:22:19,350 --> 00:22:21,440 indeed, they're good. 368 00:22:21,750 --> 00:22:23,400 But compared to us back in our day, 369 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,130 they still fall a little short. 370 00:22:32,750 --> 00:22:33,350 Muhai, 371 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:34,940 let the banquet begin. 372 00:22:35,790 --> 00:22:36,480 Everyone! 373 00:22:37,830 --> 00:22:39,350 Didn't you say 374 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,900 you're hosting honored guests tonight? 375 00:22:42,110 --> 00:22:42,920 Then why... 376 00:22:43,590 --> 00:22:44,850 is there no seat for me? 377 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:49,810 Who might you be? 378 00:22:50,550 --> 00:22:51,750 Good evening, Uncle. 379 00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:54,270 I, Rumu, missed today's competition, 380 00:22:54,270 --> 00:22:55,440 so I've come specially to ask you 381 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,370 for the qualification for tomorrow's competition. 382 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,570 The Blue Sky Assembly aims to select future talents. 383 00:23:13,750 --> 00:23:15,160 If you want to participate, 384 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:16,160 just ask them. 385 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:21,160 Everyone! 386 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:23,720 I'm Quan Rumu. 387 00:23:24,030 --> 00:23:25,630 I've come a long way for this. 388 00:23:25,830 --> 00:23:26,640 Please 389 00:23:27,070 --> 00:23:27,920 do me a favor. 390 00:23:30,550 --> 00:23:32,430 Today's banquet is only for 391 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,240 the winners of today's Combat Contest. 392 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,250 They have earned the Soldier's recognition. 393 00:23:38,590 --> 00:23:40,790 Rumu, you were absent today. 394 00:23:41,030 --> 00:23:43,510 If the Chief allows it outright, 395 00:23:44,590 --> 00:23:46,030 it would be unfair. 396 00:23:46,750 --> 00:23:47,790 That's right. 397 00:23:51,750 --> 00:23:52,480 Rumu. 398 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:56,810 Elder Shouyi is highly respected. 399 00:23:57,310 --> 00:23:59,910 You have to prove yourself with your strength. 400 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:03,750 I see. 401 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:05,000 Okay. 402 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,660 Then I'll trouble the Soldier 403 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,420 to come out for a fight. 404 00:24:27,790 --> 00:24:29,190 Invite the Soldier over. 405 00:24:32,590 --> 00:24:33,400 Tonight, 406 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:35,610 if you win the Soldier's approval, 407 00:24:36,270 --> 00:24:37,730 you may compete tomorrow. 408 00:24:52,270 --> 00:24:53,000 Cousin. 409 00:24:54,590 --> 00:24:55,790 It's been a long time. 410 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:58,480 Why are you wearing a blindfold? 411 00:24:58,880 --> 00:24:59,750 Are you blind? 412 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:01,370 Just a minor injury. 413 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Nothing serious. 414 00:25:58,610 --> 00:26:00,340 [Auspice from the East] 415 00:26:12,270 --> 00:26:13,930 See you at the arena tomorrow. 416 00:26:16,110 --> 00:26:16,920 Okay. 417 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:21,920 Young people are 418 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,170 indeed hot-blooded and vigorous. 419 00:26:24,830 --> 00:26:26,160 Just a small interlude. 420 00:26:26,510 --> 00:26:28,110 Let's continue our banquet. 421 00:26:32,830 --> 00:26:33,510 Cheers. 422 00:27:06,350 --> 00:27:07,480 Who are you? 423 00:27:08,110 --> 00:27:09,830 Judging from your swordsmanship, 424 00:27:09,830 --> 00:27:10,680 miss, you're 425 00:27:11,030 --> 00:27:13,200 a third-rate martial artist in the alliance. 426 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:13,590 Miss, 427 00:27:14,790 --> 00:27:16,790 how long have you been practicing swordsmanship? 428 00:27:16,790 --> 00:27:19,250 What's your relationship with the Soldier? 429 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:22,240 Why should I tell you? 430 00:27:23,110 --> 00:27:24,030 You haven't practiced 431 00:27:24,030 --> 00:27:25,760 for more than a month, have you? 432 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:27,830 Your sword aura and inner breath 433 00:27:27,830 --> 00:27:29,430 are just like the Soldier's. 434 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:32,150 I seem to... 435 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,660 have discovered a big secret. 436 00:27:35,550 --> 00:27:36,010 What... 437 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:38,030 What secret? 438 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:40,550 You're not human. 439 00:27:43,030 --> 00:27:44,160 Who exactly are you? 440 00:27:55,110 --> 00:27:56,910 I can't sense your demonic aura. 441 00:27:57,310 --> 00:27:58,440 Why don't you tell me 442 00:27:58,830 --> 00:28:00,290 what kind of demon you are? 443 00:28:02,070 --> 00:28:02,550 Fine. 444 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:04,440 I'll tell you. 445 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,200 I'm not a demon. 446 00:28:14,270 --> 00:28:16,000 You're feistier than you look. 447 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:17,960 You're not thinking of 448 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:19,820 killing me to silence me, are you? 449 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:21,160 Fine. 450 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:23,540 I'll tell you another secret. 451 00:28:24,830 --> 00:28:26,070 I'm the one... 452 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:28,720 who blinded the Soldier's eyes. 453 00:28:29,790 --> 00:28:30,240 You... 454 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,350 You dare to hurt him? 455 00:28:34,110 --> 00:28:34,640 What? 456 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:36,930 You're really going to kill me? 457 00:28:50,510 --> 00:28:51,440 No need to fight. 458 00:28:51,590 --> 00:28:52,590 He's not an enemy. 459 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,220 Young Master Fugui... 460 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,110 Aren't you blind? 461 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:57,830 How do you know it's me? 462 00:28:57,830 --> 00:28:59,110 We crossed swords earlier. 463 00:28:59,110 --> 00:29:00,640 Naturally, I know it's you. 464 00:29:02,310 --> 00:29:03,350 Young Master Fugui, 465 00:29:03,350 --> 00:29:05,070 do you know what he just said to me? 466 00:29:05,070 --> 00:29:05,750 He said he's the one 467 00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:06,750 who blinded you. 468 00:29:07,590 --> 00:29:09,030 There's more to this matter. 469 00:29:09,030 --> 00:29:10,230 He is indeed a friend. 470 00:29:12,070 --> 00:29:12,960 In that case, 471 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,620 it's all a misunderstanding. 472 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:16,270 Fugui, 473 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,550 your girl's swordsmanship is 474 00:29:18,550 --> 00:29:19,270 quite good. 475 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:26,750 Hey. 476 00:29:27,750 --> 00:29:28,950 Don't talk nonsense. 477 00:29:30,350 --> 00:29:31,680 Such a strong reaction. 478 00:29:32,750 --> 00:29:33,830 You two 479 00:29:34,070 --> 00:29:36,470 haven't gotten to that stage yet, have you? 480 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:43,750 I... 481 00:29:44,350 --> 00:29:45,510 I'm just 482 00:29:45,510 --> 00:29:47,040 Young Master Fugui's maid. 483 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:48,840 Don't talk nonsense. 484 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:49,960 You should 485 00:29:50,790 --> 00:29:52,990 learn to speak like a normal person now. 486 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:54,200 Then... 487 00:29:55,350 --> 00:29:56,160 what are 488 00:29:56,270 --> 00:29:57,640 the two of you, exactly? 489 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,270 Mind your own business. 490 00:29:59,270 --> 00:30:00,270 How did things go? 491 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:02,030 It's all done. 492 00:30:02,350 --> 00:30:03,270 I made an appointment with them 493 00:30:03,270 --> 00:30:04,680 to meet by the river tonight. 494 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:05,740 Let's go there now. 495 00:30:06,110 --> 00:30:07,110 What do you think? 496 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:32,470 What? 497 00:30:33,350 --> 00:30:34,280 It's not for you. 498 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:41,720 You're the one who blinded 499 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:42,750 Young Master Fugui. 500 00:30:42,750 --> 00:30:44,550 Who knows if you've poisoned it? 501 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,340 Young Master Fugui, here. 502 00:30:47,550 --> 00:30:48,790 I already tried it. 503 00:30:48,790 --> 00:30:49,750 Just drink it. 504 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:56,680 It's so cold even next to the bonfire. 505 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,080 I'll go move around a bit. 506 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,480 What are you doing? 507 00:31:14,830 --> 00:31:15,510 Fugui, 508 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,220 let's have a round? 509 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:18,930 Fugui? He's not your buddy. 510 00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:59,010 Young Master Fugui! 511 00:31:59,310 --> 00:32:00,510 You're so amazing! 512 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:01,720 How can that stone 513 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,880 skip on the water for so long? 514 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:07,840 Do you want to know... 515 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:09,550 our story? 516 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:14,900 The rumors outside are so exaggerated. 517 00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:16,030 [16 years ago, Cold Pool] 518 00:32:16,030 --> 00:32:16,880 What barrier? 519 00:32:17,510 --> 00:32:19,070 What "no outsiders" rule? 520 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:20,440 How exaggerated. 521 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:22,400 This lousy barrier— 522 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:23,110 I broke it 523 00:32:23,350 --> 00:32:24,440 with ease. 524 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:31,610 The food is so plain. 525 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,920 Why don't they serve anything tastier? 526 00:32:35,350 --> 00:32:35,920 Ghost! 527 00:32:39,060 --> 00:32:39,480 [Young Wangquan Fugui] 528 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:40,010 Soldier, 529 00:32:40,590 --> 00:32:41,790 why are you standing behind me 530 00:32:41,790 --> 00:32:43,120 without making a sound? 531 00:32:43,590 --> 00:32:44,790 Listening to sounds. 532 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,080 Listening to sounds? 533 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,140 You really aren't normal. 534 00:32:48,310 --> 00:32:49,240 Ignore me. 535 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:50,370 I won't disturb you. 536 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,510 I just came in to look for something. 537 00:32:52,510 --> 00:32:53,910 I'll leave once I find it. 538 00:32:54,590 --> 00:32:55,400 You are Rumu? 539 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:56,640 Yes, yes. 540 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:57,960 Your cousin. 541 00:32:58,200 --> 00:32:59,070 The one who spars with you 542 00:32:59,070 --> 00:33:01,310 and gets knocked down the fastest every time. 543 00:33:01,310 --> 00:33:02,640 You did that on purpose. 544 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:07,120 You saw through that? 545 00:33:07,830 --> 00:33:09,000 Why do those sparring partners 546 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,200 take it so seriously? 547 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:11,920 We're all going to get knocked down anyway. 548 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:13,780 Might as well fall early and rest. 549 00:33:27,110 --> 00:33:28,030 Here you are. 550 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:30,750 It's my friend. 551 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,070 Now you're being unreasonable. 552 00:33:36,070 --> 00:33:37,480 How is it your friend? 553 00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:39,030 It's my only friend. 554 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:41,310 Keep this up, and I'll get angry. 555 00:33:41,310 --> 00:33:41,790 Get out. 556 00:33:42,270 --> 00:33:43,470 This is my courtyard! 557 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:45,570 You really think I'm afraid of you? 558 00:33:58,720 --> 00:33:59,720 I'm sorry. 559 00:34:01,590 --> 00:34:03,190 It was really my only friend. 560 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:07,640 Just now, 561 00:34:08,510 --> 00:34:10,639 you said you were listening to sounds. 562 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,600 Were you listening to the cricket's chirping? 563 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:14,880 So, it was 564 00:34:15,110 --> 00:34:17,370 the only living thing here, besides you? 565 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:18,190 It's... 566 00:34:18,670 --> 00:34:19,960 eerily quiet here. 567 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:22,320 Is being a Soldier 568 00:34:22,670 --> 00:34:24,000 this miserable? 569 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:40,590 ♪ The past is mottled and worn, a life bound by blades ♪ 570 00:34:40,590 --> 00:34:41,920 Where are you taking me? 571 00:34:42,150 --> 00:34:43,480 We're here. Right here. 572 00:34:44,739 --> 00:34:48,760 ♪ This life, adrift and wasted, still has my heart chasing the wind ♪ 573 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:49,710 Beyond this lake 574 00:34:50,030 --> 00:34:50,440 lies the world outside the manor. 575 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:51,880 ♪ I plant a tale deep within my soul ♪ 576 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,230 This is the first time I've left Cold Pool 577 00:34:53,230 --> 00:34:54,030 and come so far. 578 00:34:54,030 --> 00:34:54,550 ♪ Even if, in the end ♪ 579 00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:56,800 Since I caused the death of your best friend, 580 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:57,450 I'll 581 00:34:57,450 --> 00:34:57,510 ♪ I can only sigh at fate's cruel jest ♪ 582 00:34:57,510 --> 00:34:59,240 be your good friend from now on. 583 00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:00,510 Next, 584 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:02,370 we're going to perform a very important ritual. 585 00:35:02,370 --> 00:35:03,150 ♪ I once swore my sword would sweep away all injustice ♪ 586 00:35:03,150 --> 00:35:04,400 Can you make this stone 587 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:05,280 skip across the water, 588 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:06,030 ♪ Yet returning, I wander through rains of blood in search of old paths ♪ 589 00:35:06,030 --> 00:35:07,990 bouncing beautifully into the distance? 590 00:35:07,990 --> 00:35:12,580 ♪ Perhaps this life is but a fleeting dream ♪ 591 00:35:13,900 --> 00:35:14,230 ♪ I raise my sword to cleave the mountain of destiny ♪ 592 00:35:14,230 --> 00:35:14,960 Nice! 593 00:35:15,710 --> 00:35:17,210 The Soldier can't skip stones. 594 00:35:17,210 --> 00:35:17,510 ♪ Who will share this journey with me? ♪ 595 00:35:17,510 --> 00:35:19,170 You should throw it like this. 596 00:35:19,510 --> 00:35:20,340 I don't want to practice martial arts every day anymore! 597 00:35:20,340 --> 00:35:22,850 ♪ I've crossed thousands of peaks and rivers wide ♪ 598 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:25,390 Here. 599 00:35:25,390 --> 00:35:26,000 ♪ Unafraid as fate mocks that I'm still young ♪ 600 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:26,800 Try again. 601 00:35:28,270 --> 00:35:28,320 ♪ Unafraid of countless swords piercing my heart ♪ 602 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,800 I don't want to practice swordsmanship every day anymore! 603 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:31,110 ♪ Nor of the sword drawn, pointing toward the abyss ♪ 604 00:35:31,110 --> 00:35:33,770 I want to eat all the delicious food in the world! 605 00:35:35,230 --> 00:35:36,280 I want to go out... 606 00:35:36,550 --> 00:35:36,560 to see the world outside! 607 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,320 ♪ Unafraid as old grudges scatter to the wind ♪ 608 00:35:39,620 --> 00:35:41,620 ♪ Unafraid to stand among the clouds ♪ 609 00:35:42,460 --> 00:35:45,730 ♪ For my heart, Heaven and Earth shall bear witness ♪ 610 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:53,410 ♪ I once swore my sword would sweep away all injustice ♪ 611 00:35:53,850 --> 00:35:56,340 ♪ Yet returning, I wander through rains of blood in search of old paths ♪ 612 00:35:56,570 --> 00:36:01,010 ♪ Perhaps this life is but a fleeting dream ♪ 613 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,070 ♪ I raise my sword to cleave the mountain of destiny ♪ 614 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:07,570 ♪ Who will share this journey with me? ♪ 615 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:08,920 Hurry! 616 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,430 ♪ I've crossed thousands of peaks and rivers wide ♪ 617 00:36:13,970 --> 00:36:16,450 ♪ Unafraid as fate mocks that I'm still young ♪ 618 00:36:16,850 --> 00:36:18,360 ♪ Unafraid of countless swords piercing my heart ♪ 619 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:19,380 My father made a mistake. 620 00:36:19,380 --> 00:36:20,590 ♪ Nor of the sword drawn, pointing toward the abyss ♪ 621 00:36:20,590 --> 00:36:21,480 I'm leaving. 622 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,030 I heard that in the Western Regions, humans and demons live together— 623 00:36:24,030 --> 00:36:25,250 the boundary is still unclear. 624 00:36:25,250 --> 00:36:26,150 ♪ Unafraid as old grudges scatter to the wind ♪ 625 00:36:26,150 --> 00:36:27,480 There are even dragon demons there. 626 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:28,200 It must be interesting. 627 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,200 ♪ Unafraid to stand among the clouds ♪ 628 00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:31,190 ♪ For my heart, Heaven and Earth shall bear witness ♪ 629 00:36:31,190 --> 00:36:32,550 I'll go out 630 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,530 and see the world for you first. 631 00:36:36,890 --> 00:36:39,370 ♪ Unafraid as fate mocks that I'm still young ♪ 632 00:36:39,770 --> 00:36:41,590 ♪ Unafraid of countless swords piercing my heart ♪ 633 00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:42,760 ♪ Nor of the sword drawn, pointing toward the abyss ♪ 634 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:43,620 This is for you. 635 00:36:45,590 --> 00:36:46,390 You made this? 636 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:48,170 It's made specifically for skipping stones? 637 00:36:48,170 --> 00:36:49,510 ♪ Unafraid as old grudges scatter to the wind ♪ 638 00:36:49,510 --> 00:36:49,840 Yeah. 639 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,120 ♪ Unafraid to stand among the clouds ♪ 640 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,230 ♪ For my heart, Heaven and Earth shall bear witness ♪ 641 00:36:57,550 --> 00:36:58,760 So you two... 642 00:36:59,550 --> 00:37:01,360 have known each other since childhood? 643 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:02,480 I lived at 644 00:37:03,150 --> 00:37:04,810 Wangquan Manor until I was 10. 645 00:37:05,110 --> 00:37:07,570 I secretly became his friend for half a year. 646 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:08,960 I don't know 647 00:37:09,590 --> 00:37:11,790 if he made any other friends afterward. 648 00:37:14,110 --> 00:37:15,030 Clearly not. 649 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:16,000 Nice! 650 00:37:16,510 --> 00:37:17,670 Then I'm the Soldier's 651 00:37:17,670 --> 00:37:18,480 only friend. 652 00:37:20,150 --> 00:37:22,480 Since you are good friends, 653 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:24,440 why did you blind his eyes? 654 00:37:27,190 --> 00:37:28,800 It's a long story. 655 00:37:29,230 --> 00:37:30,280 I consented to it. 656 00:37:31,190 --> 00:37:33,360 Not long after you transformed into human form, 657 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:34,360 he came to me. 658 00:37:40,630 --> 00:37:41,160 Come out. 659 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:47,930 That day, 660 00:37:48,550 --> 00:37:50,000 you made a spinning stone skip 661 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:51,320 right in front of me. 662 00:37:52,510 --> 00:37:53,910 Were you trying to tell me 663 00:37:54,030 --> 00:37:55,630 that after seeing the world, 664 00:37:56,070 --> 00:37:57,400 I still had to come back? 665 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:00,590 Although it's perfect for stone-skipping, 666 00:38:00,590 --> 00:38:02,360 there are no lakes in the Western Regions. 667 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:03,820 I still never learned how. 668 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:06,680 It's been a long time, 669 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:07,590 Rumu. 670 00:38:10,030 --> 00:38:11,590 I've returned it to its owner. 671 00:38:11,590 --> 00:38:12,790 It's been a long time. 672 00:38:14,070 --> 00:38:15,670 The reason I blinded his eyes 673 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:17,280 is that my friends' lives 674 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:18,680 are in my father's hands. 675 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:20,440 He used them to threaten me, 676 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:22,110 forcing me to use this filthy method 677 00:38:22,110 --> 00:38:23,550 to ensure I could defeat him 678 00:38:23,550 --> 00:38:24,920 at the Blue Sky Assembly. 679 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:26,380 So I went to him in advance. 680 00:38:27,550 --> 00:38:29,110 He asked me to blind his eyes 681 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,040 to keep my father satisfied. 682 00:38:31,630 --> 00:38:33,160 And even if I hadn't done it, 683 00:38:33,510 --> 00:38:34,800 my father would have used other dirty means 684 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:35,930 against him anyway. 685 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:37,030 So, 686 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:39,610 we played along with my father, 687 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,150 taking advantage of the time he's pacified 688 00:38:42,150 --> 00:38:44,280 to figure out how to rescue my friends. 689 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,400 Young Master Fugui 690 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,760 trusts you this much? 691 00:38:51,670 --> 00:38:52,760 Your Fugui and I... 692 00:38:57,590 --> 00:38:59,590 He hasn't received much affection. 693 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:00,480 So, 694 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:02,110 he will cherish it even more. 695 00:39:02,110 --> 00:39:03,110 You talk too much. 696 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,070 Where are those raccoon dog demons I asked you to find? 697 00:39:06,070 --> 00:39:06,710 He 698 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:08,110 sought us out to do work for him, 699 00:39:08,110 --> 00:39:09,030 didn't give us a penny, 700 00:39:09,030 --> 00:39:09,280 and... 701 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:10,960 and even threatened and intimidated us... 702 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:11,840 Here they are. 703 00:39:12,030 --> 00:39:13,030 How can he do this? 704 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,410 You're having a little tea party here. 705 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,610 What's so good about roasted oranges? 706 00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:19,000 Who... who's this? 707 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:19,920 Who are they? 708 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:21,030 He's blind? 709 00:39:22,510 --> 00:39:23,550 Did you track that person? 710 00:39:23,550 --> 00:39:24,630 Cut the crap! 711 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:27,560 Wh-Where's my braid? 712 00:39:29,590 --> 00:39:30,550 Did you track the person? 713 00:39:30,550 --> 00:39:31,750 Give me back my braid! 714 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:33,510 Oh, 715 00:39:34,030 --> 00:39:35,360 so you didn't track him. 716 00:39:37,190 --> 00:39:38,050 Little spider, 717 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:39,150 go burn it. 718 00:39:39,670 --> 00:39:40,000 Oh. 719 00:39:40,190 --> 00:39:40,590 Got it. 720 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:43,540 We tracked... we tracked him. 721 00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:46,540 Why did you all come together? 722 00:39:47,230 --> 00:39:48,090 Let me tell you, 723 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:49,360 we followed him all the way 724 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:50,840 to a place called Xiyun Hall. 725 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:53,000 He went in and never came out after that. 726 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:53,730 So that means 727 00:39:54,670 --> 00:39:56,400 Xiyun Hall is very suspicious. 728 00:39:57,030 --> 00:39:58,230 Suspicious, indeed. 729 00:39:59,150 --> 00:40:00,510 Don't be 730 00:40:00,510 --> 00:40:02,510 f-fooled by the name— 731 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:04,360 there are a lot of people 732 00:40:04,630 --> 00:40:05,560 going in and out. 733 00:40:06,230 --> 00:40:07,070 Besides, 734 00:40:07,110 --> 00:40:07,970 let me tell you, 735 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:09,170 there must be 736 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:10,590 a cave there. 737 00:40:11,550 --> 00:40:13,230 There's a cave in Xiyun Hall? 738 00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:14,510 Yes. 739 00:40:15,030 --> 00:40:17,230 And it's v-v-very big. 740 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,110 My father showed me 741 00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:21,070 the place where they're imprisoned. 742 00:40:21,070 --> 00:40:21,930 It's obviously 743 00:40:22,070 --> 00:40:22,800 in a cave. 744 00:40:24,150 --> 00:40:25,440 It should be that place. 745 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:26,230 Yes. 746 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:28,480 Th-That is the place. 747 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:29,960 Right there for sure. 748 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,840 Look, I've completed the task. 749 00:40:35,070 --> 00:40:35,710 Please give me 750 00:40:35,710 --> 00:40:36,630 my braid back. 751 00:40:36,630 --> 00:40:38,360 I-I-I have to go home. 752 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:40,360 Well... 753 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:41,160 Mr. Piaopiao. 754 00:40:41,710 --> 00:40:42,770 As the saying goes, 755 00:40:43,030 --> 00:40:45,190 "When you help someone, see it through to the end." 756 00:40:45,190 --> 00:40:46,000 Could you please 757 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:47,330 take them there as well? 758 00:40:49,030 --> 00:40:50,690 Then, when will this ever end? 759 00:40:51,030 --> 00:40:51,400 Yeah. 760 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:52,340 Little spider. 761 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:53,030 Got it. 762 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:54,320 Go, go, go... 763 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:55,320 Fine, I'll go! 764 00:40:56,550 --> 00:40:57,760 Why did I take on this task? 765 00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:58,220 Gosh... 766 00:40:59,550 --> 00:41:01,280 How far is Xiyun Hall from here? 767 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:03,410 I don't know about you guys, 768 00:41:04,190 --> 00:41:05,320 but at my speed, 769 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,920 a round trip takes four... four h-hours. 770 00:41:25,070 --> 00:41:25,590 Rumu, 771 00:41:26,070 --> 00:41:27,840 you seem to have something on your mind. 772 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:28,640 This morning, 773 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:30,820 he forced me to take a pill. 774 00:41:31,630 --> 00:41:32,230 He said 775 00:41:32,470 --> 00:41:34,030 it would ensure I defeat you. 776 00:41:34,030 --> 00:41:35,560 But I don't know what it was. 777 00:41:36,510 --> 00:41:38,110 I have a bad feeling about it. 778 00:41:39,030 --> 00:41:39,840 If I 779 00:41:40,150 --> 00:41:42,080 do something out of line tomorrow, 780 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:43,920 don't hold back. 781 00:41:51,670 --> 00:41:53,030 The world is vast, 782 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:55,440 I still have to find a very important person, 783 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,040 and I don't want to die at all. 784 00:41:59,550 --> 00:42:00,280 But if 785 00:42:00,510 --> 00:42:02,170 something really goes wrong, 786 00:42:03,110 --> 00:42:04,000 I still hope 787 00:42:05,190 --> 00:42:06,390 I can die by your hand. 788 00:42:08,710 --> 00:42:10,840 In my brief twenty-some years of life, 789 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:12,740 I don't have much I can't let go of. 790 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,130 There's only one thing I want to ask of you. 791 00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:19,230 If one day you meet a dragon demon 792 00:42:19,230 --> 00:42:21,360 carrying a gourd etched with snowflakes, 793 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:22,280 please tell her 794 00:42:24,070 --> 00:42:24,930 that I, Rumu... 795 00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:27,920 never blamed her. 796 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:43,860 Master. 797 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:45,440 Wangquan Shouyi's men 798 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,880 have participated in the Blue Sky Assembly. 799 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:48,840 Don't let 800 00:42:49,670 --> 00:42:51,200 any of our men get involved. 801 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:52,490 Understood. 802 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:53,860 Master, 803 00:42:54,510 --> 00:42:57,190 the Young Master and the Soldier have known each other since childhood. 804 00:42:57,190 --> 00:42:58,150 Do you truly believe 805 00:42:58,150 --> 00:42:59,590 he can kill the Soldier? 806 00:43:07,110 --> 00:43:08,440 Whether he can or not... 807 00:43:10,590 --> 00:43:12,440 we'll find out tomorrow. 808 00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:25,110 Rumu, 809 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:27,480 at tomorrow's Blue Sky Assembly, 810 00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:29,140 you and I will act separately. 811 00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:32,430 You'll go participate in the Skill Contest and stall for time, 812 00:43:32,430 --> 00:43:33,030 while I'll 813 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,170 go to Xiyun Hall to save people. 814 00:43:46,030 --> 00:43:47,760 You must hold on until I return. 815 00:43:49,630 --> 00:43:51,490 The matter you've entrusted to me 816 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:53,400 is still yours to complete. 817 00:43:55,550 --> 00:43:56,440 Don't worry. 818 00:43:57,510 --> 00:43:58,510 You won't die. 819 00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:00,710 I won't let you die.