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♫ In this elaborately written letter, all the words of love are filled with you. ♫

♫ The flowers within ten miles blossom elegantly for you. ♫

♫ I perform the zither, as if you are standing behind me. ♫

♫ The rain falls while I foolishly wait for you. ♫

♫ Use these deep, shallow, near, and far distances ♫

♫ to add a touch of poetry to our regrets and entanglements. ♫

♫ This bitter, sweet, dream-like, and fantasy-like origin of our intertwined fates ♫

♫ is so that we can pleasantly drink this alcohol under the threat of swords and knives. ♫

♫ Use this lifetime, these moments of encounters ♫

♫ to trade for just one short instant when you can be with me. ♫

♫ These words, sentences, sentiments, and intentions contain hopes ♫

♫ that you and I can listen to the rain as we stand under the eave. ♫

[Bloody Romance] [Episode 10]

Yuan'er, I'll give you three years.

Within these three years, totally destroy the Blood Lotus Sect, all the way down to its roots,

kill Yue Qingya, and repossess the throne which originally belonged to you.

Otherwise, you will see me dead.

Mother.

I've come to your Xuanji Forest.

Where are you?

This place is really beautiful.

The more beautiful a place is, the more dangerous it will be.

You still don't know anything about the mission this time, right?

Masters.

Just leave the water over there.

You two, go find some cords. Go to the bamboo forest over there,

and tie the cords between the bamboo trees.

Yes.

Please be quiet. Gong Zi sleeps lightly. It is not easy for him to fall asleep.

Yes.

Turn around slowly.

Come over from underneath.

You can't do it this way. Master, please come outside.

Be careful.

Master, please rest for a while.

Did Miss Yue Ying tell you what the mission is about this time?

I only know that this mission

is one that Miss Yue Ying couldn't undertake herself. A mission with a low chance of survival.

Don't feel worried for me.

There's absolutely no trace of human habitation here. It can't be an assassination mission.

As long as it is not to assassinate someone, I'm not afraid of any mission no matter how difficult it is.

No matter what happens, I will not let you die.

Chang An, looks like there's a zither rack over there. Let's go over and take a look.

This is made of boxwood. It will not decay in a thousand years.

Someone must have used the cords to shape it and prevent it from growing.

It has become the shape of a zither and its rack after many years.

The strings...

are made of heavenly silk. Someone without internal power will not be able to produce any sound from it.

The sound will not be crisp, though it can be heard from very far away.

When we were in Bi'an Chamber, Gong Zi once said that

his mother grew up playing her zither sitting on the ground, barefooted.

Come to think of it, this could be the zither his mother played.

Wan Mei.

Gong Zi, please don't be angry. I was slack in teaching them. Allow me to teach them a lesson.

What is the point of chiding them now?

Since the matter has gone this far, we have to face it head on.

How much time do we have to prepare?

One day. In 24 hours' time,

the Xuanji Gate will close. I'm afraid we'll have to

wait for another year for it to open again.

All of you go and get ready.

Wan Mei. You stay behind.

I have something to tell you.

In front of us

is the Xuanji Palace.

The sacred land of the Blood Lotus Sect.

It has no enshrined Buddha nor any immortals to worship.

Instead, an undead person is inside

to protect the most precious treasure here.

Every one hundred years, the Left Guardian of the Blood Lotus Sect

must respond to the Mandate of Heaven and be turned into an undead being

to guard this place under that order.

The previous Left Guardian of the Blood Lotus Sect

was called Lan Qin. She is my maternal grandmother.

My mother was only seven years old when she was chosen.

In that bamboo hut we're staying in, my mother saw her

get starved for three days without any rice or water.

Finally,

she was turned into a monster who could not die or be destroyed.

I heard from my mother

that she held on to my grandmother's hand and could not stop crying.

She watched with her very own eyes as a red streak

appeared on my grandmother's forehead.

That is the sign that a gu insect had entered her brain.

And then, after uttering a long howl,

the black hair on my grandmother's head became white as snow,

and she could no longer move an inch.

My mother knelt at the entrance to the Xuanji Palace,

helplessly watching as members of Blood Lotus Sect carried my grandmother away.

Each of us has our own obsession.

My mother was even more so.

From that day on, she sat here playing her zither every day.

She played the zither in the day and in the night.

Her hands were covered with blood.

Even the strings on the zither were dyed red.

Then, did your grandmother hear it?

On the day she turned 18 years old

and just before she was about to leave Xuanji Forest,

when she sat here to play the zither for the last time,

suddenly the bells chimed and the gates of the Xuanji Palace

opened.

Did she see her own mother?

She saw her.

And she brought someone with her.

That was the most foolish thing

she had ever done in her lifetime.

She fell in love with that person.

For him, she did many things she shouldn't have done.

She was so stupid,

that she didn't even think it was pitiful to die for him!

But...

Gong Zi, didn't you come here

for your mother?

Of course, I didn't come here

entirely for her.

Open this painting for me.

The drawing shows my grandmother in her youth.

She is in there now.

In the deepest part of Xuanji Palace, where it is completely filled with heavenly silk,

she is still guarding the Blood Lotus Sect's most precious treasure.

You must remember her face.

And you must be careful of the seven-leaf bell on every single strand of the heavenly silk.

The moment a bell rings,

my grandmother will wake up.

Gong Zi, what do you want me to get?

The Xuanji Box in my grandmother's hands.

I want the thing inside of it. All of it.

I can't make it past this!

I gave you two gu blood insects previously.

Now you have the cultivation equivalent to the twenty years an internal master would have.

Leaping is not considered a difficult technique in martial arts.

Suppress your breath.

Circulate fluidly.

Store up your energy.

Rise!

Do not let your breath be interrupted.

Gong Zi! I am willing to try in my master's place!

Forget about it.

The silk traps inside the Xuanji Chamber change easily anyway.

Since this is fate,

you don't need to practice anymore. Just test your luck.

The heavenly silks in the Xuanji Palace are transparent.

You can only see them clearly under the light of the moon.

Wan Mei.

This Silver Snake Sword will belong to you from now on.

Chang An, I heard you're very quick with a sword.

Yes.

After the door to Xuanji Palace opens,

the undead inside will begin to attack.

I need you to use your sword to protect Wan Mei and ensure she finishes her mission.

The moon has risen into the sky.

You two can go in now.

I know we have a common enemy. But, at least, you must prove

that when I make my move, you have the right to stand on my side.

The door is here!

Allow me.

Don't think too much, Master. Just do as you did in practice.

Let me handle the rest.

Fine.

Don't panic, Master.

The moon will be out in a little while.

Chang An!

Don't worry about me!

Master, hurry and go!

Hurry and go!

Are you all right, Master?

Don't worry! I can definitely make it through!

Gong Zi, let me go take a look!

Success or not is set in fate.

Whether you go or not,

will not change the results.

But Wan Mei...

What's wrong?

Nothing.

I just don't trust their abilities.

Do you know why I sent Wan Mei?

Your decision was definitely right.

Innate talent.

Wan Mei has the gift of reacting resourcefully in emergencies.

She doesn't panic when dealing with affairs. She remains calm when threatened with danger.

She even has the luck of passing through a dangerous crisis safely.

She knows when to retreat in order to improve her position.

And you?

You are too stubborn.

You care too much about what I think

to the point of almost losing yourself.

I gave you two gu blood insects before.

Now you have the cultivation equivalent to the twenty years an internal master would have.

Suppress your breath. Circulate fluidly. Store up your energy.

Rise!

- Master, were you successful? - I got it!

- Chang An, wait! - What's wrong?

I want to save her.

Did you get the Xuanji Box?

I want to save her.

That is her fate.

No one is willing to live half dead!

If I don't save her, my conscience will not be at ease!

So you took it upon yourself to kill her?

Don't tell me you thought she would still live if you saved her.

I'm sorry.

The gu insect in her body is called the Curse of the Heaven. It is a human parasite.

It is short-lived. The dead gu insect will coagulate to become a blue colored bone

and attach itself to the human spine. We will only have hope if we destroy it.

Look at who he is!

He is the son of Lan He!

Lan He played the zither by your Rebirth Pool every day!

You must have heard her.

Look at him.

Does he look like your Lan He?

I...

heard your zither-playing.

Every day.

Including the note just now.

I heard it all.

I am not willing

to live half dead

and suffer extreme torture.

But I...

cannot die.

If I died,

my Lan He...

wouldn't have a mother anymore.

Your daughter, Lan He, doesn't want you to feel so much pain,

even if you cannot be with her.

My Lan He...

You have grown up!

I can finally...

die in peace.

Prepare to return to Guihua City.

Wait for me in the carriage. Wan Mei, you stay.

But, Gong Zi, you are still injured!

Wait for me in the carriage!

Yes.

[Grave of Lan Qin]

I've never seen her before.

So I don't hold any feelings toward her.

But...

she is still your grandmother.

Then what about you?

You didn't even know her.

Why did you want to save her?

I was wrong.

I didn't intend to discuss right and wrong with you.

I just wanted to ask you, why did you want to save her?

She was very pitiful!

There are many pitiful people in this world.

Are you going to save them all?

I know my capabilities are limited.

I cannot save the world,

but as long as I come across them, I will give it a try!

You look very smart,

but you are actually so stupid.

Even if you saved all the pitiful people you come across,

would the Imperial Court improve?

Or... would you live a better life?

If you end up sacrificing your own life,

what about afterward? What would you do?

Then that is my fate.

I thought you didn't believe in fate.

Then, Gong Zi, what do you think is right?

First, you must ensure your own safety.

Second, don't put those by your side in danger.

If you can do both these things,

only then do you have the right to speak of the world.

I hope that there is a way to fulfill both sides.

A way where I don't have to harm myself or those near me,

and where I can save others at the same time.

You are not only stupid but also stubborn.

You think you are kind and worthy of greatness.

If you insist on saying that,

then that is the way things are.

All right, I hope that there won't come a day

when you regret saying those words.

No matter what, thank you for today.

Let Wan Mei and Yue Ying drive the carriage.

Why?

I have something to ask you.

Let's hurry and go. We've been away from Guihua City for too long.

Master should be very tired. I'll take her place.

Wait. After thinking all night,

you probably know what I want to ask you.

I do not know what you want to ask.

Why did you attack Cha Luo?

Let me touch your sword.

It's not anything fancy. I happened to obtain it while on a mission.

There is a crack in the sword. It must have been broken when it came into contact with another weapon during battle.

Yes. I have embarrassed myself.

Curved Jade Sword. A renowned sword of a thousand years.

When it struck the other sword, your Broken Soul was only damaged a little,

but the Curved Jade Sword was shattered into eight fragments.

I'm not as ignorant as you thought, right?

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♫ I’ve never acted with proud indulgence. ♫

♫ See how the fallen flowers look so ignorant. ♫

♫ Your words “I will wait” prompt the racing of my heart. ♫

♫ I will wait for the wind and rain to brew this fragrant wine into a gentle drift. ♫

♫ I’ve never inexplicably fallen into disgrace. ♫

♫ I sigh that time is an elegant swan goose in flight. ♫

♫ I will use my lifetime of pain and loneliness ♫

♫ to welcome the simultaneous ring from the zithers into the night. ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart’s warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ The zither music evokes feelings of desolation and cheerlessness. ♫

♫ Of a lifetime, the moon is always high, the dew is always heavy. ♫

♫ Alone, I foolishly sit among the blue ocean waters, ♫

♫ while the conifer plants grow in exuberance. ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart’s warmth ♫

♫ will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart’s warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ So that I will be able to walk out of my dreams. ♫