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Daoist priest, are you brewing liquor, at this midnight hour?

What brewing liquor?

You don't know anything.

This is not liquor. It's a celestial wine from Heaven.

I travel everywhere to cultivate.

I am by myself, and carry little.

My only hobby is drinking.

I've drunk all the best wines in the world, but I'm gradually losing interest.

Therefore, I have started

to brew my own good wine.

Daoist priest, meeting someone is fated.

Since we are connected by fate, can you share some with us?

We'd like to try it.

I'm not being stingy,

but you don't have the luck to enjoy this kind of celestial wine.

This is not an ordinary wine. Even one sip

will make you so drunk, that you will pass out.

Stop wasting time. Let's get going.

I think this man looks a little familiar.

Daoist priest, have we met somewhere?

I've been everywhere.

The places I've been to, and the people I met, are innumerable.

Perhaps you and I have really met somewhere.

Daoist priest, in that case, why don't you allow me to take off your mask,

- to see you true face? - Impudent!

Would you dare to take off my mask?

It seems this celestial wine is all for me to drink.

Daoist priest, I guess we really don't have the luck to enjoy it.

Goodbye, Daoist priest.

Goddess, let's get on the road.

Too bad, too bad. The celestial wine is good,

but there is no one to drink with me.

It really is less fun.

If the Face Changing Elixir loses its effect, I'll get in trouble.

Good. I haven't wasted three years.

I didn't realize this celestial wine has such an effect.

[ The Great Ruler ]

[ Episode 9 ]

Daoist priest, what's in your hand?

Come. Strike me with your saber.

No need to ask questions anymore. Go ahead and strike.

I didn't know that after drinking this celestial wine,

the spirit energy will greatly increase,

and the blade and sword cannot penetrate.

Chief, the Daoist priest just said he would share a drink with us.

Please agree.

Chief!

Meeting you is quite an honor.

I have fulfilled my wish, so I will leave first.

Wait!

Daoist priest, you just said you were willing to share the wine with us.

Benefactor, weren't you unwilling to accept it?

I just changed my mind.

- Daoist priest, are you still willing to share? - Why not?

Benefactor!

Drink a little slower, and leave me some of it, too.

Aiyo... mmm...

This wine is so fragrant.

Goddess, have a sip.

Daoist priest, this celestial wine is really delicious.

But my spirit energy

hasn't increased yet, while my feet are feeling heavy.

Daoist priest, this...

Daoist priest, you...

I told you already that this wine isn't for ordinary people like you.

I knew it was you.

Why did you come?

Why did you lie to me?

Are you really going to marry this Xie Lingzi?

Yes, I will marry him. I must marry him.

I won't go back with you.

You misunderstood. I'm not here to rescue you.

I put Truth Telling Elixir in the wine. It's an elixir refined by my dad.

What's important is that it will make people tell the truth.

It's very useful when you want to find information from a captured enemy.

- What's your name? - Xie Shi.

Why did you come to Bei Ling Prairie?

I came to my lord's command,

to bring Goddess back for her wedding.

Are the Luo Shen Tribe and Xue Shen Tribe at war with each other?

- Yes. - Did your Chief promise that once Luo Li marries him,

he will stop the war, and never invade the Luo Shen Tribe again?

- Yes. - Does he abide to his promise?

Of course not.

What will he do?

Our lord said

that once the wedding is done,

we'll destroy the Luo Shen Tribe!

You heard it yourself. Are you still going to go with them?

Luo Li, it's stupid to sacrifice without meaning.

I believe that your grandfather wouldn't want to see you

sacrifice yourself for nothing.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent you here, to Bei Ling Prairie.

Come back with me, okay?

I can't go. Xie Shi has blocked all my veins, to access my spirit energy.

Right now, I'm just like any ordinary person.

I won't be able to escape.

Luo Li, are you willing to marry Xue Lingzi?

I won't let you do something that you're not willing to do.

If you don't want to marry, then I definitely won't let that happen.

- What are you doing? - You can't run fast right now.

But I can.

Give it to me.

Yes.

Young Lord.

Time to eat.

Do you want me to eat it for you?

Qian 'er, how did you get here?

Aren't you happy to see me?

Oh, yeah. Why did your father lock you up?

Longyuan Lagoon is a trap.

My father's real motive is to attack the Herds Land.

What?

Then what are we going to do?

Faceless Daoist has already left with my father. What we can do now,

is to notify Uncle Mu immediately. We can't wait any longer.

Then I'll go with you.

Young Lord.

Move aside. I'm going to the Transfer Formation.

Young Lord. Your father said that, without his order,

no one can use the Transfer Formation.

I am the Young Lord. When my father is not around,

my word is what counts.

If you won't listen until my father comes back,

I can execute you right now!

Idiot!

Despicable.

Useless.

Hurry!

- Chase after them. - Yes!

Is Uncle Mu at home?

Are you Young Lord Liu and Miss Tang?

Are you looking for our Lord? They left yesterday, with a group of men.

Oh, no. We're too late!

- Where's Mu Chen? - The Young Lord and My Lord were supposed to leave together.

But for whatever reason, Young Lord went East.

- He has already left since a few days ago. - Hurry and give me paper and a writing brush.

Yes.

You must give this to Mu Chen when he gets back. Do not waste any time.

Don't worry!

Mubai, what do we do next?

I'm going to Longyuan Lagoon, to warn Uncle Mu.

It may be too late, even if we rush from here.

I can use the Transfer Formation to go to Tang Land.

Tang Land is the closest to Longyuan Lagoon. I hope I can catch up.

I will go with you. I can ask my dad for help when I go back.

I want you to go to Bei Ling Academy,

to notify Teacher Mo and the others to send us backup.

Once the reinforcements catch up, you can come to Longyuan Lagoon.

I'm worried about you going by yourself.

If you are worried about me, then hurry to bring Teacher Mo and the others,

so that Uncle Mu and I will be safe.

I will hurry.

Let's go!

Mubai!

Promise me. If things can't be reversed, don't die for nothing.

Mu Chen, let me down.

Luo Li, what is it? Are you ok?

I'm fine.

Idiot! She doesn't want you to carry her.

She wants to force her energy flow,

to break through the locks.

Luo Li, I will take you away from here.

I won't let you get captured by them.

I think maybe not!

I knew that voice sounded familiar.

- So it's really Herds Land's Young Lord Mu. - It's me.

What do you think? Was the custom wine I made for you, delicious?

- Luo Li. - Luo Li, you are forcing energy flow to open the spirit veins. Aren't you afraid your body won't withstand it?

Quit your nonsense. Go ahead and fight!

Luo Li, you are going back on your promise.

Aren't you afraid that our great army will destroy the Luo Shen Tribe?

Even if I were to go with you,

are you going to let off the Luo Shen Tribe?

I won't be tricked again.

Mu Chen, I already advised you not to do this.

Look at it now. I have to finish it up again!

Mu Chen. Mu Chen!

Xue Shi, you won't take away Luo Li today!

If you want to die, I'll help you.

Fine, we'll meet again.

Tell your lord not to harass Luo Li again.

Let's go.

Mu Chen!

Wait.

I will meet up with Brother Liu first. You can wait here.

My Lord!

Don't worry. It'll be fine.

The three of you, protect our Lord.

Let's go!

The Willow army should be here already.

Why isn't there any sign of them?

Reporting!

My Lord, we've fallen into a trap.

General Zhou Ye is fighting with the enemies now.

Such a boisterous scene.

Mu Feng, Herds Land isn't supposed

to be guarding the Longyuan Lagoon now.

What do you want to do?

You tell me.

Look, we are to the east of Herds City, slightly southward.

But Longyuan Lagoon is to the northwestern of Herds City.

If we go directly from here to the Longyuan Lagoon,

it will take two days.

My dad should have already left for the Longyuan Lagoon.

They might already be there.

We should rush directly back to Herds City. Go from there

to Tang Land, using the Transfer Formation. And then from Tang Land, we'll rush to the Longyuan Lagoon.

It will only take one day.

Then let's go now, and return to Herds City.

Next year, this day will be your memorial.

I'll guard the back. You take the others away.

I can't do that! General Zhou Ye already told me.

We must keep you safe. We can't leave you alone!

Kill them! Don't leave a single person alive!

Uncle Mu.

Why are you here by yourself? Where's your father?

My father isn't here.

This was his and Faceless Daoist's plan.

He has conspired with the Dragon Tribe to eliminate the main forces of Herds Land.

And then capture Herds City.

Liu Mubai!

You really are an unfilial son.

I'll have to teach you a lesson on behalf of your father, today.

The reinforcements are here!

Mubai, we're here to rescue all of you!

Uncle Mu.

Brother Mo is helping General Zhou Ye against the Dragon Slaves. Let's force our way out of here.

- Okay. - Mo Xingtian.

I want to see how long you can keep being stubborn today.

Fine. You have more people.

Young Lord, Master Liu and Miss Tang were here earlier.

- He wanted me to give you this. - Where are they?

They came here hurriedly. They left immediately, after leaving the note.

Mu Chen, Longyuan Lagoon was a trap set by my father and Faceless Daoist.

They want to eliminate the main forces of Herds Land and then conquer Herds City. You must quickly set up defense.

I'm headed to Longyuan Lagoon to inform your father.

I hope I'll be able to stop this conspiracy. Liu Mubai

What should we do now?

Who is in charge of the city's defense right now?

Shu Zhang.

How is it?

- Here.- Thank you.

Don't let him move around too much.

It's okay.

Thank you for coming to my aid.

The ones you should thank, are these two youngsters.

This was something between Old Liu and me.

I didn't know Bei Ling Academy would be entangled in it.

Liu Qingtian conspired with the Dragon Tribe to invade the Northern Spirit Realm.

Mu Feng, this is a lot more serious

than a simple dispute between Herds Land and Willow Land.

Mubai, your father is his own.

You are you. You know right and wrong.

Saving Mu Feng is what a righteous person does.

Young Lord Liu, I'm very grateful.

This is what I'm supposed to do.

Uncle Mu, the situation at Herds City is urgent. We must go help right away.

Herds City? What's wrong?

I'm afraid that my father has already led his army to camp right outside Herds City.

Brother Mo, there are many of us.

If we go in one group, we'll be easily spotted.

How about this? We'll split into two groups, and flank Mu City.

Okay. That's exactly what I was thinking.

Subordinate Shu Zhang greets Young Lord.

- General Shu, how many troops do we have in Mu City? - About 3,000.

How many can use spirit energy well?

Less than 200. The strongest ones left with Lord Mu.

Not enough. Not enough at all.

Young Lord, may I ask what happened?

It's not enough to counter-attack Willow Land.

Willow Land?

Aren't we in alliance with Willow Land?

Willow Land has betrayed us. They have assembled their forces,

and in a few hours, they'll be attacking Mu City.

Willow Land's army is coming with an overwhelming force. We are really too weak to overcome them.

General Shu, please open the Transfer Formation immediately, and evacuate the civilians.

Yes!

I will immediately dispatch people to gather the civilians.

Young Lord, how do we defend the city then?

Take the villagers out of here.

Young Lord, I am a soldier of the Herds Land.

I can't just run off. I want to live and die with Herds City.

General Shu! If the city is lost, you can still fight to reclaim it.

If the people die, then there's nothing else left.

We are at an extreme disadvantage right now. There's no need to fight needlessly.

Defend the city really means defending the safety of the people.

I obey your command, Young Lord.

Go on.

Yes.

Luo Li, I'm sorry.

I originally wanted to help you.

Who knew that I'd bring you in a situation like this?

Is there anything I can help with?

Follow me.

Mu Chen, what does the formation drawing that you're searching, look like?

I've never seen it.

It should have a very old look. I'm looking for the Grand Defense Formation of Herds Land.

The last time it was activated,

I wasn't even born yet.

Mu Chen!

[Herds Land Grand Defense Formation]

This is it!

Let's go.

Mu Chen, what kind of spirit formation is this Grand Defense Formation?

When there isn't enough people,

the scale of people-controlled spirit formations have limited power.

To activate a spirit formation that can safeguard an entire city,

it has to have been embedded into the city, when the city was established.

It's here.

The spirit formation isn't activated in regular times.

But, at a crucial time, once spirit energy is infused into specific spots,

the entire city will become a giant formation.

This is what the Grand Defense Formation means.

But, Mu Chen, aren't we evacuating?

To activate the defense formation now...

What are you planning to do?

We are evacuating, but we can't let Willow Land easily take over Herds City, right?

We'll give them a little bit of trouble.

Young Lord, the villagers have been evacuated.

Okay.

Let's go!

Mother, will we be able to come back?

Of course. We will definitely be able to return.

Young Lord, you go first. I will stay...

General Shu, you leave first. I'll stay in the back,

to prevent chaos among the first evacuees.

Also, take good care of Young Madam.

Young Lord, don't worry. I will protect Young Madam.

Mu Chen, let's go.

You go first. I'll be right behind.

You have no intention of leaving.

You're planning to stay here alone!

If Liu Qingtian can easily take Herds City, then he will have time to search and capture people.

The evacuation of the civilians takes time.

The longer I can hold on here, the safer the people will be.

If you're going to stay behind, I'll stay, too!

Luo Li!

When I wanted you to let me be, you didn't.

Now, I won't let you stay by yourself.

Luo Li,

I'm sorry. I lied to you.

But I don't want you to be in any danger.

I'm entrusting all the people and soldiers to you.

Greetings, My Lord.

Everyone, how are the preparations going?

The forces are all assembled.

As soon as Uncle issues the command, we will attack the city.

As long as we take over Mu City, Herds Land will lose its core.

It won't take long to conquer Herds Land.

Liu Yang, why do you look anxious today?

Uncle, ever since our army embarked, Young Lord has been missing.

He should be attending today's meeting,

but why haven't we seen him?

Everyone, regarding Mubai, I've made my own arrangements.

I worried too much, then. Uncle, please forgive me.

I know that, with the pending war,

it hurts morale when the Young Lord isn't personally here, to supervise the battles.

But the top fighters in Herds Land have been diverted away.

There isn't a leader in Herds City.

It should be easy to conquer it.

My Lord, we shall conquer Herds City!

Okay.

Reporting!

Herds City's gate has suddenly opened.

Giving up on defending it?

My Lord, what will you do?

To be cautious, send one team in to explore first.

Uncle, I want to go in. Herds Land conspired with the Dragon Tribe to kill my father.

I want to destroy Herds Land to avenge my father.

The battlefield is dangerous.

If anything happens to you, then how will your mother get by?

To avenge my father is also the wish of my mother.

- Uncle, please allow me to go. - You!

Lord Liu, Young Master Liu Yang is filial.

Why don't you agree and allow him to go?

- Liu Yan, listen to my command! - Yes.

Mu Chen!

I didn't know I would meet an old acquaintance.

Mu Feng killed my father, so I'll kill his son!

Mu Chen...

He wants to hold back Willow Land's army on his own.

Young Madam, where are you going?

Young Madam?

Young Lord sent you out in order to safeguard you.

If you go back, it means we all go back.

- Someone... - Wait!

General, listen to my command and protect the villagers.

There are many villagers that need the troops' protection.

- But we can't let Young Lord... - General,

if you consider me the Young Madam, then stay here.

Yes.

Young Madam, we will fight back to Herds Land once we've settled the civilians,

- and help Young Lord. - Okay.

My Lord, we were ambushed. All the troops are...

- Where's Liu Yang? - General Liu Yang...

Uncle, I'm sorry.

Don't blame yourself. How many people are in the city?

- I only saw Mu Chen. - Him alone?

Go and get some rest.

Yes.

It's impossible that they still have military forces inside the city. But... just one person?

There must be a scheme.

- Guards! - My Lord.

Issue my order. Gather the War Formation masters, to condense Dharma Consciousness.

Attack the city!

My Lord, there is only Mu Chen inside Herds City now.

Once the Dharma Consciousness is condensed,

it won't take much time for you to conquer the city.

Mu City only has Mu Chen there, and we've already used Dharma Consciousness.

If Herds Land army hadn't had been diverted, we would really not be able to conquer it.

Herds Land has accumulated several decades of power.

I wonder how advanced it has become.

Even if Mu Feng has the ability to fly to Heaven,

his officers and soldiers are just ordinary people.

Besides, you have me to help you.

My Lord, you don't have to worry.

Of course not. Your power is evident.

With your assistance, we don't need to fear the army or the people of Herds Land.

Jiu You... Jiu You! Jiu You!

What are you doing? You scared me.

Willow Land's army is threatening to attack; why do you have the leisure to come inside?

- I have something to discuss with you. - You want me to help you?

Willow Land is using Dharma Consciousness to attack the city. The Grand Defense Formation will probably not last long.

I want to supply spirit energy to the Grand Defense Formation, but I don't have enough spirit energy.

- No. - Jiu You! Our veins are connected, so we live and die together.

If you don't help me, you'll be hurt if something happens to me!

Why should I help you? Don't always threaten me with the connected veins.

Why didn't you run?

- I can't run off. - Others can run off. Why can't you?

Just by yourself, how can you guard the entire Grand Defense Formation?

If I don't try, how would I know?

Wait for me.

Reporting! My Lord.

We haven't been able to break through Mu City's forcefield.

Send my order. Increase the transmission of spirit energy to break through the city's defensive formation.

Yes!

- How are you doing? - I won't die.

Who's there?

- Greetings, Lord Mu. - General Shu, why are you here?

After Young Lord sent us and the civilians out of the Herds City, I've been trying to return to the city.

But Liu Qingtian has tightly surrounded the city.

We tried several times, but could never get through.

Except for Young Madam. She is highly skilled, and has been able to get in.

- Young Madam? - Miss Luo Li.

How is Chen'er?

Young Lord sent us out of the city. He's there by himself.

He's alone?

Oh, no! With Chen'er's personality, he will fight until he dies.

- Let's go back using the Transfer Formation. - No.

We've tried in the last few days, but the Transfer Formation has been shut down.

Uncle Mu.

Leave it to me to return to the city.

Uncle Mu, how about we hurry up

and enter the city tonight, to rescue Mu Chen?

We can't.

At night, the Formation Masters needs to rest and adjust.

The entire army is on high alert now.

If our movement is detected, it will be more troublesome.

That's right. After the sun rises tomorrow, that will be the right time for war.

At that time, their guards will be relaxed.

It will be a good time to sneak through.

- General Shu. - My Lord.

Let's do this. Tomorrow, when we rescue Chen'er,

Liu Qingtian will definitely entangle us and not let us go.

Use this chance to ambush attack and capture their leader.

Give me the map.

Look.

I really don't understand it.

Why are you guarding an empty city with your life?

It's for the people. Herds City is the gate to Herds Land.

If it's lost, Herds Land will also be lost.

So I have to safeguard this city by any means.

When a city is lost, you can still fight later to reclaim it. If you lose your life, then you have nothing left.

You said that yourself. If it's for giving the people time, you've done that long enough.

Let's hurry and get out of here!

If Liu Qingtian conquers Herds City, he will use Herds City as a base, to quickly attack the other cities.

At that time, more cities will be taken, and more people will be suffering from turmoil.

All we can do now, is to drag them down and wait for my dad to bring reinforcements.

Wait for your dad? Will you still be alive then?

That rascal Liu Mubai said he will notify my dad, and he will definitely do it.

I'm sure he will stop this conspiracy.

My dad and the reinforcements will also get here in time.

Such an idiot!

Didn't you say you wouldn't help me?

Who wants to help you? I just don't want to die together with you.

Thank you, Jiu You.

Don't give me that line.

- Reporting! - Has Herds City been taken yet?

We originally destroyed the defensive formation,

the Dharma Consciousness already broke through the shield, but suddenly, a rush of purple spirit energy appeared,

and repaired the defensive formation completely, as new.

Purple spirit energy? What is that?

Purple spirit energy doesn't come from ordinary humans.

- It seems that there are more people than Mu Chen in Herds City. - What should we do then?

It's alright. Let the Dharma Consciousness Masters continue the attack.

Faceless Daoist, won't you help?

This is the first battle that Willow Land fights, in order to dominate Bei Ling area.

If I give you my help, even if you win,

how will you be able to convince your people in the future?

Issue my command. Continue to attack the city. We must take it down today!

Jiu You, are you alright?

Shut up. Don't distract me.

We've succeeded. Jiu You! Jiu You...

Jiu You! Jiu You!

Jiu You!

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