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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 19]

Back then, I was young and full of vigor.

I was a grand protector in the limelight.

To blind me with smoke

was the only way to ensure my peace and safety.

But I didn't think so back then.

Just like how you are now,

I thought that

if I could only live as a blind man,

wouldn't it be better to end it all by dying?

After that, what happened?

My mother brought me here after that.

Close your eyes.

Not only can the gu fireflies see, but they can also respond to heat.

This is what our forefathers meant by our third eye.

What is written on the wall?

The mental cultivation created by the first leader of the Blood Lotus Sect.

It is called the Cultivation of Lingering Between Life and Death. My mother left it to me.

The person who practices this mental cultivation will encounter

a calamity of life and death within seven days. If his heart gives up,

he will surely die, yet without any pain.

On the contrary, if the person who practices this cultivation has a ray of hope in his heart,

he will be able to overcome the calamity and have a new life.

Open your eyes now.

This mental cultivation is the highest level of cultivation of the Blood Lotus Sect.

Once you've successfully cultivated it, your power will greatly increase, though your heart meridian will be damaged.

Why would I be afraid of that if I'm not even afraid of death?

When I was fourteen,

I felt that same way, too.

I will let down the dulongduan after I leave.

I will open it again after seven days have passed.

Whether you'll be alive or dead,

whether you can find a reason to go on living,

I will have its verdict.

Yes.

[Yurong Myogenic Cream]

- Eleven. - Master.

Let Chang An send all these things to the girls later.

Can he do it? He looks like he's barely alive.

I don't keep idlers here.

If he can't make it and dies outside, it'll save me a whole lot of trouble.

It's barely a day since you had to kneel on the ice with lacerated knees.

You are now able to walk here to look for me.

Your health is not bad.

May I know if you have seen Master Mei?

I went to the Assassin Mei's Courtyard but couldn't find her there.

No.

Yurong Myogenic Cream?

Why do you give this to me?

I feel that...

you care more about Wan Mei's face.

Why is that so?

You may not know that,

but sometimes, fathoming our own heart,

is more difficult than

knowing another person's heart.

[Cultivation of Lingering Between Life and Death]

This should be Liu Guang's prescription.

But she belongs to Cha Luo.

Why would she be so kind as to give us the prescription?

There are two herbs that are hard to find in this prescription.

But I believe it is not too difficult for you. Seven days should be sufficient time.

Seven days later

when Wan Mei emerges from her seclusion successfully,

you will help treat her wound. Right?

You are really considerate and thoughtful when it comes to her.

I'm making up for what you did wrong previously!

Even if it was my fault for not healing her wound,

why does she deserve to learn the highest cultivation of the Blood Lotus Sect?

Since she has Nine-Lives protecting her heart, practicing this mental cultivation is best suited to her.

Very well!

You still remember that she has the Nine-Lives.

Then, may I remind you again

that if we don't remove her heart from her body in another half a month,

Gong Zi, you will be in grave danger.

I'm very well now though. The effects of the medicine will be enhanced by the Nine-Lives in her body.

- You can trick others but you can't trick me! - Impertinent!

You have to remember what I told you.

Both of us are in debt to her. It's right that we should compensate her.

I admit that I am a little jealous of her.

But Gong Zi you have to know that

sometimes, fathoming our own hearts

is more difficult than understanding another person's heart.

Gong Zi, you may not know that sometimes, fathoming our own heart

is more difficult than knowing another person's heart.

But Gong Zi you have to know that

sometimes, fathoming our own hearts is more difficult than understanding another person's heart.

[Seven days later]

Have you found the reason to go on living?

Since I did not die,

it is a clear indication that I harbor hope in my heart.

That is sufficient.

But all the future days are not fixed yet.

You need sufficient courage and hope.

Please do not worry.

I will be sure to live on.

I will no longer entrust my fate to another person.

How much of the mental cultivation in the cave did you comprehend?

I don't know how much of it I have comprehended.

I just feel that it is no longer very difficult to control the gu fireflies now.

Younger Sister, didn't you fail in your mission?

Why did City Master spare your life?

The City Master is kind. I am deeply grateful.

Younger Sister, what happened to your face?

Just like what you said, Elder Sister Xiang, I failed in my mission.

This is the price to pay.

This price is too great.

Thank goodness you have a big heart.

I'd have killed myself if I were you.

Just look at me.

I didn't say all that on purpose. Younger Sister please do not take offense.

You are too serious.

I've been strong and tough physically since young. This small wound is nothing to me.

Furthermore, we are looking for a way to heal it now.

There is a way? That's good.

Did you come to get the kite?

It's fallen on the roof over there.

I was so busy talking to you that I forgot what I came for.

Er Yue, go and retrieve it quickly.

Master, this is Miss Wan Mei's private chamber.

I am far too clumsy for such activities such as climbing walls and scaling roofs.

It'll be disastrous if I damage her property.

Useless thing. You're lazy and unmotivated all the time

and now you can't even get up there to retrieve a kite.

Master, no matter how useless I am, I will not be

so despicable as to betray or hurt you, Master.

Young Sister, this kite...

Can this kite be

retrieved by your shadow?

I don't have a shadow now. I will retrieve it for you.

Also good!

Er Yue, get a ladder here quickly.

She can only get up there by ladder now that she has lost her martial arts skills.

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Master, that will be enough of suffering for her now.

Master, you are truly awesome.

You say that, but you must be thinking in your heart that

the method I used is too obvious, not strategic at all.

No, no. I do not think so.

I don't want to be too calculating.

I just want to use the most inferior method to let her know clearly that

I want to bully her. In any case, since we are cordial to each other on the surface

she has no reason to fall out with me.

Master Xiang, she has degenerated to such a state now.

How would she have the guts to fall out with you? Furthermore,

in the entire Earthly Assassin Courtyard, who is as powerful as you?

But...

she said that she is looking for ways to heal the wound on her face.

She is now a useless person.

Who would give her the prescription and the medicine?

It's easy if you want to find out.

All I need to do is to keep a close watch over her for a few days.

Good! I will give you one day's time.

Cultivation of Lingering Between Life and Death

is truly useful.

What is your name?

Xie Huan.

My name is Xie Huan.

Today is your birthday. I've prepared some longevity noodles for you.

You will live a better life outside.

But you are here. If you can complete your work,

we can leave together. If not, I am willing to die with you here.

I will not let you die. I will keep my promise.

You're just tired. It's all right to be tired.

You'll be fine after resting for a while. I'm not the only one

who cares about you. There'll be many more in the future.

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

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

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

Earthly Assassin Wan Mei. Please report to the Tingzhu Courtyard!

[Tingzhu Courtyard]

This is the medicine for three days. Apply it for a while more and your face will be healed.

Thank you, Miss Yue Ying.

Miss Yue Ying...

May I see Gong Zi?

Gong Zi doesn't want to see you.

I heard that Wan Mei went and knocked on the door of the Tingzhu Courtyard in the middle of the night.

That's right. Compared to what she would have done in the past, she seems more anxious now.

Do you know who did it?

Something's hooked.

Wan Mei didn't say who touched her cream, but I have an idea who it was.

- You also guessed who it was, am I right? - Yes.

It was Wan Xiang.

Therefore, there's a matter that can't be delayed anymore.

What would that be?

You'll know in a few days.

- Send for Earthly Assassin Wan Xiang to come and see me at the Chuixing Tower tomorrow. - Yes.

Do you know why I have sent for you here today?

I do not know.

City Master Cha Luo.

[Kill Heavenly Assassin Cha Wu]

Heavenly Assassin Cha Wu.

Earthly Assassin Wan Xiang.

Yes, present.

Kill Cha Wu

and you will be the Heavenly Assassin.

I understand.

But Cha Wu is after all a Heavenly Assassin.

If planning the assassination proves to be slow and difficult for you,

I will naturally give you some suggestions.

I thank you, City Master.

Go and prepare well for it.

Yes.

Although Cha Wu has failed in her missions many times,

she is after all one of the more experienced ones among them. Why the hurry to kill her?

Could you have forgotten?

If not for her accusation against me to Lan He, how could Lan He have set those traps,

enticing Cha Wu to implant in you the anti-sex substance?

But that is only your conjecture.

There can't be anyone else except her. So she must die.

Although Wan Xiang completed all her previous missions beautifully, she may not be able to rival Cha Wu.

I know that.

That is why I will send one person to supervise the entire operation.

I heard that you were aggrieved by Wan Xiang.

It was I who wasn't cautious enough,

so I had to come to grief time and again.

I deserved it.

You have gone through so much. It's time you learn your lesson.

You ought to know who to believe in and what to listen to.

According to Liu Guang, Yue Ying is the one who saved your face.

Yes.

Wan Mei, your martial arts skills are destroyed and your face is not completely healed,

yet you still occupy the position of an Earthly Assassin. This has put me in a difficult position.

I am unworthy of the position of Earthly Assassin. City Master, please deal with my offense.

Don't be too anxious. Hear me out to the end.

Your strategic arrangements are accurate and you're clever during missions.

You've always handled matters calmly.

I really like it.

It's just that... I manage this enormous Guihua City

and must also find some reason to ensure people don't gossip.

How about this?

I'll make an exception by arranging a simple mission for you.

If you can complete it smoothly, you can keep your Earthly Assassin position.

City Master, please clarify.

I want you to supervise the Heavenly Assassin competition.

The Heavenly Assassin competition?

That's right. According to the rules

of Guihua City, an Earthly Assassin can kill and replace a Heavenly Assassin.

You spoke of making an exception just a moment ago.

In other words, previous Heavenly Assassin competitions never had a supervisor.

I said you were meticulous and truly intelligent.

That's right. In the past, there really wasn't a need to supervise the fight,

but I have to set up a person to supervise the fight this time.

It's because they are mother and daughter.

The mission of Wan Xiang's mother, Cha Wu, that year was to swindle all the family property of Mo Qianjun, the richest person in Yizhou.

At that time, Guihua City was in turmoil. Cha Wu pretended her feelings were true and married into the Mo family.

After that, the former City Master, Lan He, accepted the responsibilities of Guihua City. Her first command was to call Cha Wu back.

Cha Wu had no choice but to abandon her husband and daughter. To be debriefed, she brought back all the wealth of the Mo family.

You only need to supervise the fight this time. You don't need to interfere.

Regardless of which one of those two dies, I'll regard it as a success on your part.

How long have I been sleeping?

You've slept for a while.

Fortunately, it's you who was by my side. Otherwise, with the way I sleep,

I don't know whose hands I would die under.

You're the City Master. Who would dare to kill you?

You're a Supreme Assassin who can challenge the City Master.

What's the matter?

We are two sisters who are very close. Yet, we can't joke around?

City Master, in Guihua City, I live leisurely and don't have to worry about clothes and food.

It's all because I rely on your protection. I'm deeply grateful. I absolutely don't have any other intentions.

All right. All right. I know you well enough.

To be honest,

I've built Guihua City through so many years of painstaking efforts.

My least favorite people are the ones who are overconfident and stagnant.

Whenever someone constantly fails, it's like a fish bone stuck in my throat. I consantly think of every possible way to be rid of it.

Are you talking about Cha Wu?

Thinking back, she was an expert at using fragrance.

But ever since she returned to Guihua City,

she smelled all 768 unusual fragrances in the world in one night to forcibly destroy her own sense of smell.

Now, she can't smell anything.

There's such a matter? I didn't know about this.

Very few people know about it.

Even Guihua City simply recorded that she doesn't use fragrances anymore.

Even if she doesn't use fragrance anymore to invisibly kill people,

she still learned a powerful martial arts weapon later on. That's exceptional, too.

I see that you've stayed in the Jigu Pavilion too long.

For three consecutive months, she has failed two missions.

She has given up even more now and drowns her despair in alcohol.

But fortunately, there's an Earthly Assassin called Wan Xiang

who can use fragrance and is very ambitious. She can be her replacement.

I've already allowed her to compete for the Heavenly Assassin position, which will happen in a few days.

If Cha Wu can't prove her own abilities this time,

she will have to die.

But Cha Wu is after all--

Red flowers don't last more than a hundred days. The conclusion for a wilted flower is that it'll dry up and die.

Besides, I'm doing this for the good of Guihua City, too.

Only when Guihua City is more prosperous with each passing day, can I ensure that everyone has nice clothes and fine food.

Miss Liu Guang.

Torture Chamber Master.

Are you blending rouge cream again to give to City Master?

This copper case is indeed elaborate. Seeing it makes a person happy at once.

I see that your complexion isn't good.

Do you want to try it?

You blended this especially for City Master.

How dare I try it?

However, this color and fragrance are indeed unique.

You really are an expert in this.

You're overpraising me.

If you like, I can make one especially for you, too.

You are a very busy person.

We can discuss this again when you're free since it's a trivial matter.

All right.

I'll take my leave first.

Torture Chamber Master.

Miss Liu Guang, is there something else?

Cha Wu and City Master entered together.

Although Cha Wu doesn't treat me as well as City Master, I get along with her, too.

After the event, is it possible to let me clear the competition scene?

Handling this kind of matter is my duty.

If there's to be a change, I must explain it to City Master.

Besides, the outcome for the Heavenly Assassin competition is undecided.

You're too pessimistic.

You don't need to coax me.

City Master has already allowed Wan Xiang to compete. That proves that Cha Wu will undoubtedly die.

I was babbling just now. Pretend that I never said anything.

I will take my leave.

City Master.

Did you meet Liu Guang?

Yes.

What did you chat about that took so long?

She wants to clear up the scene for Cha Wu.

Her relationship with Cha Wu is only mediocre.

Is it necessary for her to be this worried?

She's only empathizing for her own kind.

She actually reminded me of something.

Let Chang An clear up the competition scene.

On one hand, I can do a favor for Liu Guang.

On the other hand, if Chang An goes,

it will be even more interesting with Wan Mei.

Sister Wan Xiang.

Why did you come here? Your face has healed.

Luckily, it's daytime. If it was at night, I would be scared to death.

- Serve the tea. - Yes.

On your table,

is that the arrangement for killing Cha Wu?

How did you know?

I saw the arrangement at City Master's place.

You're speaking nonsense. For a person who failed her mission, you're lucky to be surviving.

Why would City Master let you see such a thing?

If you don't believe me, you can look at the bottom left of this paper.

Does it have a cherry-sized oil fingerprint?

Even if you've seen it, what about it?

The arrangement is just as crude as before.

It doesn't matter if it's crude as long as it's effective.

Then I'll just congratulate you beforehand. May you obtain the Heavenly Assassin position.

I will take my leave.

You came here for a reason. What exactly do you want to say to me?

Since you don't want to hear it, I don't need to embarrass myself.

I'm afraid you misunderstood.

You're good at using fragrance, but Cha Wu is really the expert in making fragrances,

so it's best you think a little more about the assassination arrangement.

What are you doing here?

I accepted Master Liu Guang's orders to come collaborate with you in supervising the fight.

When it's necessary, I'll prevent the shadows of both sides from interfering.

I don't need your help.

Go now.

Torture Chamber Master especially told me that I must go with you.

They sure care a lot about this matter.

Cha Wu and City Master, Cha Luo, entered Guihua City together. It's possible they have some grudges from before.

This Guihua City is indeed easy to enter, but difficult to leave.

After doing your utmost for so many years, in the end, you'll still be plotted against by one of your own.

What are you still doing here?

I'm waiting for you to formulate a plan.

I'm only supervising a fight.

I'll only be standing on the side and watching them slaughter each other. What's there to plan?

I'm done talking. Go now.

Every inch of the ground here dislikes you.

Leave.

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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. ♫