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(The tassel crowns the knight. The sword is snow white.)

(In the silver saddle, he rides like a shooting star.)

(He kills a man within ten steps. Invincible he is all the way ahead.)

(He would leave once it's done. No trace of him is to be found.)

=Sword Snow Stride= (Season 1)

=Episode 16=

Those whom he trusts

followed him into the woods.

Those whom he doesn't trust

were left behind.

Including you, right?

It's normal that His Highness doesn't trust me.

I have no loyalty to him anyway.

Then why do you work as his guard?

Aren't you the same?

Now that we're talking about it,

we all stay by His Highness's side

to get what we want.

I think

we should scratch each other's back.

The same for you as well.

Of course, I haven't forgotten Mr. God of Sword.

You and Xu Xiao

are not related.

I guess

you escorted His Highness to the east

on certain conditions, right?

You were once on the top of the martial world.

Do you know a martial esoterica named

White Emperor Esoterica of Simplicity?

To be honest,

I chose to serve under the Xu family

for this very esoterica.

If you remember this,

I'm willing to serve under you.

Get lost!

I'll leave you be, sir.

A beast passed by.

Jiang Ni.

Is she in danger?

I don't think so.

Aren't you afraid that I'll tell this

to Xu Fengnian?

Say whatever you like.

The fact that you're after something

only reassures them.

If the Lin family knows White Emperor Esoterica of Simplicity,

I can change side to serve under you.

My name is Lyu Qiantang.

Jiang Ni!

Are you okay?

Look.

What?

Wow.

Hukui.

It's dead.

I wonder what could kill it.

I saw it.

It ran over before my eyes.

It didn't attack you?

No.

It didn't even stop,

and ran away directly.

What does it look like?

It ran too fast. I didn't see it clearly.

It was black-and-white

and was carrying a person.

They flashed by.

I only saw his back.

The person carried a sunflower.

Have you heard of such a person in the martial world?

Not really.

Watch out.

It isn't entirely dead.

A pregnant mother.

And she's about to give birth.

What a once-in-a-million-year opportunity.

When a Hukui is born,

once it opens its eyes,

it would take the first creature it sees as its parent.

If you're the first person that the whelp sees,

you can domesticate the beast.

The female came out first.

The male came out after.

Sister and brother.

They'll open their eyes soon.

Let them see you.

The mother is covered with injuries.

Yet her belly is fine.

It was fighting to protect her children.

Grandpa Wei.

Fortune and luck

can be obtained,

but a mother shouldn't be taken away from the children.

Guys,

this is your mother.

Watch her closely.

And remember her with your hearts.

Don't ever forget her.

Her eyes.

Your mother is dead.

They really treat you

as their family.

I'm not your dad.

I'm not lying to you.

So unfriendly.

Don't bite her.

She's with me.

It's God's will.

These two Hukui

are predestined to be with you.

They need names, right?

You're the big sister.

I'll call you

Bodhisattva.

You're the little brother.

Your name is Vajra.

The names are too difficult for them.

Yeah.

Bodhisattva.

Vajra.

Bodhisattva.

Bajra.

Bodhisattva.

They understand you.

Vajra.

The elder sister is like a mother.

She's teaching her brother.

Can I touch them?

Don't be afraid.

It's fine.

They have scales since little.

Their mother has two horns.

How come they are single-horned?

And they have different colors.

After they grow up, they will have two horns.

And their colors will change.

Your Highness,

every part of a Hukui

is a treasure.

Her scales can be made into

impenetrable armor.

It's no worse than Fujiang Armor.

Bury her.

You want nothing?

She gave me her children.

And that's enough.

Let's go.

Which way?

We travel across Qingcheng,

and use the waterway.

We float down the river and head straight to Qingzhou.

Get into the carriage.

Where did you get the baby Hukui?

Very ballsy of you.

What are you looking at?

A fine sword.

Xu Xiao said,

he can't hold a sword.

Your mother's Daliang Dragon Sparrow.

You recognize it?

Don't be nervous, little girl.

The sword has been used by a woman for too long.

It doesn't suit me.

(The Sword Bears No Guilt The Sword Appeases All Unfairness)

Hey,

won't you say goodbye to your aunt?

I've said what I needed to say.

Travel east on the water,

and you'll reach Qingzhou.

Beware of the Lord of Jing'an Zhao Heng.

In North Liang,

I learned what he's capable of.

When the late emperor passed away,

his eight sons fought over the heirship.

The Lord of Jing'an almost

got to sit

in the throne.

He's a scheming

and resourceful man.

He's no worse than the emperor of Liyang.

Don't worry, aunt.

As long as North Liang still has the 350,000-man army,

Zhao Heng wouldn't dare to kill me.

I hope so.

The Lord of Jing'an.

I quite look forward to

finding out what kind of person he really is.

(Lord of Jing'an of Liyang Zhao Heng)

My lord.

(The Richest Man of Qingzhou Wang Linquan)

All the businesses of the Lin family in Qingzhou

are under control.

The financial data

is all written in the books.

My lord,

(Account Book) would you take a look?

It's kind of a shame.

Such a large family

was ruined.

I wonder

how many people in the Lin family still live in the world.

I'm on it.

I promise I'll weed them all out.

The Lin family will never rise again.

Benevolence.

Benevolence first.

Father.

You're here, too, Mr. Wang.

Hail, Your Highness.

What is it?

(Zhao Xun, son of Jing'an) A student of Shangyin Academy

came to us with a ruse,

and asks to see you.

You personally introduced him?

I'm afraid

what the student is going to say

happens to suit your will, right?

Never mind.

Bring him to me.

Yes.

Go.

It's flying towards North Liang?

Yes.

When someone gets the tassel,

they will head to Qingzhou.

At critical moments,

they will go to His Highness's aid.

What if

Xu Fengnian doesn't break into Qingyang Sect?

If he doesn't break into Qingyang Sect,

it means

he's discreet

and overcautious.

So he won't be in any major trouble

in Qingzhou.

Therefore,

he won't be needing the aid.

Does Xu Xiao

even have to test his own son?

One's nature is only shown

at pivotal moments.

His Highness didn't let me down.

He inherited the good qualities of Her Grace.

Old man,

the boat moves so fast.

Can you catch any fish?

Seriously?

Father.

This is the student of Shangyin Academy.

Zhao Kai.

Hail, My Lord.

You have a ruse for me?

I've still got business to attend to.

I'll excuse myself out.

Stay here and listen, Mr. Wang.

You can speak.

You've been governing Qingzhou

for nearly twenty years.

Have you ever thought about

moving forward?

What do you mean

by moving forward?

The imperial court put you in Qingzhou

because they expected you to intimidate North Liang

with the power of Qingzhou navy.

If North Liang falls,

it'll be your feat.

So you'll rise higher consequentially.

North Liang has a 350,000-man army.

Who can do anything about that?

To destroy North Liang,

a war isn't essential.

You only have to kill one person.

Who?

Xu Fengnian.

Are you God of Sword or God of Fish?

You fish faster than a fishing net.

I'm using the hook as a sword.

I'm not fishing but stabbing the fish.

You really are a great martial artist.

So-so.

How great are you?

Want to call me Master?

Why can't you hold a sword?

Ever since I lost to Wang Xianzhi,

I haven't held a sword.

Xu Xiao thinks my heart

is filled with humiliation and bellicosity

and that once I hold a sword,

I'll lose control

and run amuck.

Will you?

No.

Because what Xu Xiao doesn't know is, the reason I never hold a sword again

is not because of my defeat.

Why, then?

It's because one person

died before my eyes.

A woman?

Who was she?

Jiang Ni.

Hmm?

Do you know why I want you to be my disciple?

Because I'm gifted.

Not only that.

What else?

You being around Xu Fengnian

is like

she being around me back then.

I want to teach you swordsmanship

so that you can be better than Xu Fengnian.

This way,

he won't neglect you.

Even if someday,

he becomes as crazy as me,

you'll be able to keep him in check,

preventing him from making

unmendable mistakes.

Are you saying the woman was…

She was killed by me.

Father,

what do you think?

A load of fallacies.

But he's right.

Once we kill Xu Fengnian,

Xu Xiao will rebel.

Xu Xiao's rebellion

isn't necessarily a bad thing.

The world would be in chaos.

What's good about that?

Chaos needs to be handled.

And in the chaos,

you'll have the opportunity

to fight for

the throne.

Kick him out of my mansion.

Father.

If he enters the door again,

he'll be decapitated and shown to the public.

The ambition

in the kid's eyes

is the same as mine back in the days.

He was raised by you,

so he's undoubtedly aspirational.

The kid that

I'm talking about is Zhao Kai.

Oh.

He's but a student.

What can he do no matter how ambitious he is?

But it happens that

his family name is Zhao, too.

The Lin family

hasn't been weeded out yet.

I'm off to the business.

Do what you need to do, Mr. Wang.

Xu Fengnian

is about to arrive in Qingzhou.

Are you really going to let him go?

Be kind.

Be benevolent.

Why did you agree to

send Xu Fengnian to Wudi City?

Enough.

No more questions.

I can tell others about the deal I made with Xu Xiao.

Unless you're willing to be my disciple.

Whatever.

Are you ready?

Ready for what?

He's going to Wudi City.

It means you're going to confront Wang Xianzhi again.

Pretty good.

I've refrained myself for years,

and I can really use a good fight.

There aren't many worthy opponents for me in the world.

Wang Xianzhi is the worthiest one.

Can you win?

I'm not sure.

At the time,

I lost by a neck.

But now,

I may have gotten rusty because I haven't touched a sword for long.

But that's okay.

Fights are just for fun.

Don't think about the result.

I hope you win.

Thank you, then.

Right now,

no one is nice to me.

You're quite nice.

What?

Want

to call me Master?

You can have it.

I lend it to you.

Give it back to me right after the fight.

You lend me the Divine Token?

You recognize it?

I recognize it right away.

The National Treasure of Chu State.

You're just going to lend it to me like this?

Chu State doesn't exist anymore.

It's just a dagger.

You're not going to run amuck, are you?

Don't worry.

I won't.

I owe you one.

Think about

how you want me to repay you.

How about you give him some instructions?

Is this how you want me to return the favor?

It's your fault.

Ever since you

blamed him that night,

he hasn't allowed me to read the esoterica

so I made a lot less money.

Y-You give him some instructions.

Maybe after this stage,

he'll allow me to read again.

Whatever!

Father has been living a comfortable life,

he's become conservative.

Killing the son of Lord of North Liang

without the imperial order

is concerning indeed.

It's a golden opportunity.

We can't miss it.

Filial piety is the No. 1 virtue.

Your Highness,

you should relieve His Lordship

from the worry.

Are you suggesting I do it?

I can.

It's just

now that Xu Fengnian is out of North Liang,

I'm afraid he's secured by top martial artists.

Your Highness.

Look over there.

That guy?

If you would like to clear Xu Fengnian's guards,

he's your guy.

Kiddo.

Sir?

Don't come over.

Don't bite me.

Don't bite me.

Stop.

Don't sit there and watch.

Vajra, Bodhisattva, come back.

Vajra.

You two

can't bite people.

Senior is benevolent and kind.

If he means to kill you, I can't stop him.

You don't have to euphemistically beg for mercy.

I'm not that cruel

to harm these two little fellows.

I thank you on behalf of them.

You're quite a lucky guy.

A few years later,

these two little guys will be top fighters.

I never planned to raise them into top fighters.

People change.

You wanted to speak to me, Senior?

Practicing Dahuangting

without the martial moves

is not going to take you anywhere.

Draw Xiudong out of the scabbard.

Are you going to instruct me?

Keep the blade above it.

Too high.

Good.

Flick the blade.

Try to smash the walnut.

Okay.

Smash the walnut, but don't leave any traces on the deck.

Again.

You read Compendium of Swords for nothing.

What's the balance of swordsmanship?

Don't look at me like that.

I know it's a blade.

But the principle is the same.

I just started reading Compendium of Swords,

I didn't read too much.

Why didn't you?

You said the book was ridiculous

and misleading.

Yeah.

Think about

how I broke Fujiang Armor with a waterdrop.

Think about how I flicked.

Hone your skills.

With your capability of comprehension,

I doubt you can make it.

Only smash the walnut.

No damage to any other stuff.

Do you know the Sword Tomb of the Wu family?

Of course, I do.

A cradle of sword masters. A forbidden place.

There's a genius swordsman

from the Wu family.

He left the Sword Tomb

at the age of twenty

to challenge swordsmen across the world

and has never suffered a defeat.

The person

(Sword Champion of Sword Tomb) is the new hope of the Wu family.

(of the Wu family Wu Liuding) is the new hope of the Wu family.

Wu Liuding.

Are you finished?

I need to buy some salt.

You're expecting Xu Fengnian

here in Qingzhou, aren't you?

Does it have anything to do with you?

The Mansion of Lord of Jing'an

offers to find Xu Fengnian's whereabouts for you.

You'll hear from us as soon as we get any information.

What do you want?

We only wish

to watch you fight.

Why would the Wu family attack Xu Fengnian?

Xu Fengnian's mother

once left the Sword Tomb for Xu Xiao.

Now, the new generation

came to settle the score.

Still practicing?

A reminder for you.

If you succeed a few days later,

stack one walnut on another,

and then…

And then flick the blade,

smash the walnut,

make sure the deck is fine.

I've done it.

How is it possible?

You started practicing from noon.

Don't lie to me.

You're quite talented.

Then why are you sitting here?

I'd like to try three walnuts.

I tried several times,

but I never made it.

When I flicked the blade,

the walnut at the bottom

would be struck away.

Is two the limit?

Do you know the difference

between Sword Move and Sword Intent?

Blade.

The blade didn't move a bit.

How did the walnut break?

This is Sword Gust.

It won't work only by watching.

Hold Chunlei below Xiudong.

Feel carefully

what Sword Gust is.

I felt it.

It was a strong gust.

An inner force breaks out of the body

through a weapon.

The essence of Sword Gust is the utilization of genuine spirit.

Based on your level of Dahuangting,

after several practices,

you can do it, too.

Sword Gust is way more powerful than sword Move.

Sword Move can't do that.

Hold the blades in place again.

It felt different.

It felt like a force hit the blade

to make Chunlei break away from me.

This is Sword Move.

Touch the face of Xiudong.

It felt like it didn't move,

but actually, there are slight tremors.

At the second flick,

it seemed Xiudong didn't move,

but it bent

at an amazingly fast speed

and hit Chunlei six times.

The counterforce got it back to normal.

It bent six times?

I didn't see anything.

Good Sword Move

is as fast as thunder and as steady as mountain.

Boy,

you've still got much to learn.

Sword Move and Sword Gust.

Which is stronger?

If I break an enemy with Sword Gust, then Sword Gust is better.

If I kill someone with Sword Move,

then Sword Move beats every Sword Gust in the world.

I get it.

You're the best.

You're indeed clever.

Sword Move, Sword Gust.

You work on them yourself.

Soon, we'll arrive in Qingzhou.

I won't fight unless necessary.

Whether you can dodge all the menaces or not

will be up to you.

Thank you for your instructions, sir.

I didn't mean to instruct you.

I owe someone a favor.

And I'm returning it by instructing you.

You owe a favor to whom?

An inner force breaks out of the body

through a weapon.

Sir,

I managed to perform Sword Gust.

That's Blade Gust.

That's true.

Your strength

wasn't even enough to kill a chicken.

Keep practicing.

The kid

improves faster than I did.

(Mansion of the Lord of North Liang)

General,

you've slept several nights

in front of the mansion.

Your people want to know

when you will be back at home.

Godfather

asked me to wait for a hawk to deliver a tassel.

I won't leave

until the hawk comes.

What is that?

A hawk.

It seems like a hawk.

General.

I'll go check it for you.

Move aside.

General, be careful.

The tassel.

It's the tassel!

You stay in front of the mansion.

Once you receive the tassel from a hawk,

you lead your cavalrymen to Qingzhou at once.

General, take it easy.

Pass my order. We set out.

Follow me to the east to reinforce His Highness.

The dispatchment of soldiers require the tiger tally.

The heck with the tiger tally.

I'll execute all those who disobey me.

Please put on your armor, General.

I'll put on it on the way.

Make way. Make way.

Words from the river,

Xu Fengnian will arrive at Chunshen Lake today.

Have you let Wu Liuding know?

He said he's doing sword maintenance

and won't take action until tomorrow.

We won't wait for him.

Rally the navy and set sail to Chunshen Lake.

We can't miss the opportunity.

You gave the Divine Token to Senior Li?

It's none of your business.

Aren't you afraid of falling into the water?

I get nice views here.

How about you try to sit here, too?

I'm a bad swimmer.

I'm here with you.

You won't fall into the water.

The lake is way larger than the one in the mansion.

Of course.

800-long Chunshen Lake

is where many waterways and rivers rendezvous.

It's always been a strategic location.

The Lord of Jing'an governs Qingzhou

and his navy is entrenched in Chunshen Lake.

It's his natural defense from North Liang.

You don't find another lake like this

across the entire world.

You talk so much.

What do you want to speak to me?

Your Hukui babies

are stealing raw meat from the provision cabin.

They didn't hurt anyone, right?

No.

They are very slick.

They scare others but never hurt anyone.

Leave them be, then.

There's a ship over there.

And another ship behind us.

That's a big one.

Those are Qingzhou navy's Yellow Dragon Towered Ships.

They came to look for trouble?

Maybe.

I see a ship over there.

It's fine.

That's Qingzhou navy, too.

Do you think

it's a coincidence

or an arrangement?

It must be a coincidence.

I heard nothing from the Mansion of the Lord of Jing'an,

so who in Qingzhou dare come to pick Xu Fengnian up?

What does this ship want?

Weird.

It seems that ship is here to pick Xu Fengnian up.

Who dare pick him up?

Do you know him?

Wang Linquan?

Are we going to fight them?

Are you

the son of the Lord of North Liang, Xu Fengnian?

Yes, I am.

Your Highness.

Did His Lordship ask

Mr. Wang to appear at this moment?

Your Highness.

Turn back to the base.

We can't attack them today

in case that Father's plan is disrupted.

Look so alike.

Who on earth are you?

I'm Wang Linquan.

Hail, Your Highness.

Wang Linquan?

You're the money-maker under the Lord of Jing'an?

I was ordered to

serve under the Lord of Jing'an.

I used to be a servant of North Liang.

It was His Lordship's order

that Wang Linquan went to serve under Qingzhou.

You know him?

I've been the secret liaison

between North Liang and Wang Linquan.

So it was Xu Xiao who sent you to Qingzhou?

Yes.

After decades of endeavors

and the secret help of General-in-Chief,

the Lord of Jing'an has put his trust in me.

The Lin family fell

and the financial power of Qingzhou was given to me.

The Lord of Jing'an thinks he's the winner of the game,

but eventually,

it is General-in-Chief who gets the better of him.

Decades of the under-cover job must have been tough for you.

As you kneel, all of your previous hard work goes in vain.

The day you arrive in Qingzhou

is the day my identity as a liegeman of North Liang gets reinstated.

I've been

waiting for this day for too long.

For too long.

Let's not talk about it.

There's an island in the middle of Chunshen Lake

named

Mount Mu.

It's been under my control long ago.

Your Highness,

please follow me.

Turn the helm.

Go home.

How many more tricks

is Xu Xiao playing behind my back?

♪ The flower of pain ♪

♪ Blooms in my heart ♪

♪ I made a bet with the dawn ♪

♪ That you'll answer ♪

♪ Forgive this tragic end ♪

♪ Moved by the moment we met ♪

♪ In spite of thunder and lightning ♪

♪ In spite of my falling ♪

♪ When we are apart ♪

♪ I'll collapse ♪

♪ Capture an image of the memory ♪

♪ After all these ups and downs ♪

♪ The vanity ♪

♪ Who will open it again ♪

♪ It's worth it ♪

♪ It's enough ♪

♪ Drowned in sadness ♪

♪ Just to see through ♪

♪ I will whisper love to you ♪

♪ For a lifetime ♪

♪ End the worry in the world ♪

♪ It's worth it ♪

♪ I'll be there for you all my life ♪

♪ After the moments of beauty ♪

♪ You are my reason to be ♪

♪ If there is a way ♪

♪ To start over ♪

♪ Will you still remember me ♪