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=Dance of the Phoenix=

(Episode 17)

It is unexpected that

the female disciples of Junwu Academy

haven't seen much of the world.

Seeing the three of us,

they can't turn their eyes away.

We are here for learning and cultivation.

If you keep idling about all day long,

believe it or not, I will inform Master Feng of it

and ask him to teach you a good lesson.

It is improper for you to be unserious when you should be serious,

and to be serious when you should be unserious.

When can you get rid of this flaw?

Today is the first day of school.

I don't want to quarrel with you.

Enough. Stop talking.

Boss Jun, what is going on over there?

Let's go check it out.

Back then, you promised me that

if I get admitted to Junwu Academy,

you will call me by that name.

You won't break your promise, will you?

I dare not break my promise.

I just...

Mu Yao.

Senior Sister.

(Righteous Teaching Hall)

Feng Wu,

just forget this, will you?

They are just joking words.

You need not take them seriously.

Back then, you helped me in the Border City.

Since you requested me to do so,

I should not refuse to do it.

But,

I am sorry I have to let you down.

Today I won't change my mind no matter who intercedes for you.

People must be responsible for what they did.

You!

At the time of the trial, Mu Yao plotted against me intentionally.

You all saw that,

didn't you?

Feng Wu.

Mu Yao really did something wrong.

I apologize to you on behalf of her.

Now we are attending the same school.

Why can't you give her a break?

Your Highness Jun,

Junwu Academy always advocates clemency and benevolence.

Do you think this matter must be handled this way?

I was not involved in this matter.

So I can't make comments irresponsibly.

But if they have reached an agreement, they should honor it.

If Feng Wu is the loser today,

I guess you won't go easy on her, will you?

Senior Sister.

Of course they won't.

Zuo Qingluan,

I thought you were a nice person in the past.

It is unexpected that you are an expert of muddling through.

With only a few words, you described Mu Yao as the victim

who had been wrongly treated.

Aren't you tired living in disguise every day?

How dare you?

What did you mean, this man of Darknight Court?

Are you qualified to speak here?

I meant that

since you lost to her,

you should do as you promised quickly.

Otherwise, you will bring disgrace upon your Celestial Palace.

Senior Sister, you heard what he said.

Since you lost to her,

I can't exculpate you.

What you should do

is for you to decide.

Senior Sister, why did you also...

Anyway, nobody here

understands the dialect of the Border City.

It doesn't matter if you call her by that name.

Baba (Dad).

Your voice was too low.

Say it loudly.

Baba (Dad).

Good kid!

Well,

now leave, everybody.

Let's go.

Feng Wu, I won't forget today's humiliation.

How could you talk to your Baba (dad) in this way?

How are you feeling?

Are you happy now?

Kind of.

Well, what does this word "Baba" mean?

Why do you have so many questions?

It is enough as long as I can understand it.

I am feeling so good.

Well done!

I have known you for a long time.

This is the first time that I have heard your decent words.

I am off.

(Righteous Teaching Hall)

Greetings to you, Master Zhao.

Hello, everybody!

Please be seated.

Boys and girls,

you come from different places of Qianyuan Continent.

Today we are lucky to gather here.

I feel honored that

you can attend my lecture.

Though your ranks of cultivation are different.

Some of you are already Great Spiritual Masters.

Some of you are only junior-rank spiritual practitioners.

But

in my class,

I extend the same treatment to all.

You can speak your mind freely.

Wise people value the basis. A solid basis gives rise to the Great Way.

Today,

I will start my lecture with the origin of Qianyuan Continent.

Xuan Yi. Xuan Yi.

Where has Yu Mingye gone?

Actually, he is

a specially-recruited student from Darknight Court.

Dean Ning has said that

the academy shows respect to various sects' differences in progress.

Thus, he can decide when to attend lectures by himself.

Ma...

You rattled me.

I thought it was our master.

Our master

have watched you sleep for two hours.

But you didn't wake up.

Later, he couldn't hold on and went for a meal.

Is what you said true?

No. I lied.

Come with me.

I just nodded off

in class.

You need not bring me here

to force me to make up missed lessons.

It is the Water Sky Vase.

Will you really give it to me?

Why do you want it on earth?

Of course I have my reasons.

It is not that I don't want to tell you.

But.

Suit yourself.

But I must make it clear to you that

in the next class,

you mustn't nod off again.

Junwu Academy has made strict rules.

If you are expelled due to misconduct,

I won't be able to intercede for you.

I got it.

Where are you going? We will have lessons in the afternoon.

I will go put away the vase.

It is a precious treasure.

If it is broken, I will feel very sorry.

Don't worry.

I will be back before the midday class.

Silly bird! Silly bird!

Little Parrot.

Colored Phoenix.

Let me in quickly.

Now I have

the first Star Shard in my hands.

Colored Phoenix, look!

Are you crazy, Colored Phoenix?

I made great efforts to find it.

Why are you so startled?

Look!

This is the real look of the Star Shard.

(Junwu Academy)

Look at it quickly!

What is written on it?

Junwu Academy.

What does this mean?

It means that the next Star Shard

is hidden in Junwu Academy.

(Junwu Academy)

Ascetic cultivation

means you must eat simple food,

wear plain clothes and purify your heart.

You eat so much fish and meat every day.

It is not proper.

In Junwu Academy,

there are 134 rules.

Is there any rule stipulating what can be eaten and what can not

as well as how much food can be eaten a day?

It is a pity that these dishes are not as good as those cooked by Feng Wu.

Zhao Ge, come to sit down.

Yi.

I have brought you the steamed buns with vegetable filling.

Do you mind

tasting them?

After all, we will have to attend classes in the afternoon.

Yi.

Good for you, Xuan Yi.

I have been worried about you in vain.

You have got your own plans.

Nonsense!

Don't refuse her kindness.

Eat them as she wishes.

That is the spirit.

I will eat the remaining one.

You brought these.

Did Feng Wu make them?

How could it be made by Feng Wu?

It is too salty.

I made it.

Sorry, Yi.

I made it.

Yi, stop eating it.

Zhao...

It is too salty.

What is wrong?

I am afraid that you are not clear-minded.

So I want you to be sober-minded.

Zhao Ge.

This is the steamed stuffed bun.

Don't eat it.

They,

they are made for Yi.

It tastes too salty.

Don't be sad.

Anyway, this is not what you are good at.

No. I didn't mean that.

Zhao Ge,

you made them by yourself.

How could it be possible that Xuan Yi

didn't feel your kindness?

Yi is actually a nice guy.

But he is not good at expressing his feelings.

Why did you defend him?

You are belittling yourself.

Is what I said wrong?

Think about His Highness Jun.

Superficially, he seems to be indifferent to you.

But, as a matter of fact,

he treats you very nicely.

Why is he here?

It is very possible that he guesses you are hungry,

so he is here to bring some food to you.

I won't stay here disturbing you.

Osmanthus cake.

Why do you know I like this kind of food?

Would you like some?

It is yummy.

Don't move.

What did you and Zhao Ge talk about just now?

We talked about Xuan Yi.

He is insensitive to love

and isn't aware of a girl's feelings for him at all.

Alas, this is men's doing.

So,

we'd better speak our mind

and make others understand us, right?

I have made a decision.

What decision?

I will conduct cultivation diligently in Junwu Academy

and work hard to improve my cultivation base.

In this way,

I can fight with you shoulder to shoulder.

I believe you can do it.

(Library Pavilion)

Being so incapable, how could Feng Wu say

she would fight with His Highness Jun side by side?

She really overrated her ability.

I don't know what tricks she has played

to enchant His Highness Jun and make him obey her in everything.

Senior Sister.

You can't allow her to get her way.

You are a good match for His Highness Jun.

Without the Phoenix Blood, Feng Wu

will only be a worthless person.

She will have nothing to do with His Highness Jun.

Mu Yao, you need to keep a low profile

so that others won't have something on you.

I just feel that it is unfair to you.

Since we are in the academy,

improving our cultivation base is the most important thing.

Stop doing meaningless things.

But...

You even want to disobey me?

I got it.

Let's go back.

(Auspicious Clouds)

The midday class begins now.

I found something unusual by observing the star images.

I suspect that someone

is planning secretly to awake the nascent soul of Mu Jiuzhou.

If this person appears again,

our Darknight Court's plan of unifying Qianyuan Continent

will be hampered for sure.

If so, we should hurry to stop it.

Do you have any other clues?

Mu Jiuzhou has been missing for many years.

Nobody knows whether he has perished spiritually and physically.

Only based on the star images,

we really can't confirm the fact.

Now the only clue is Wu Youdao.

In terms of cultivation base and cultivation method,

he is very similar to Mu Jiuzhou.

He comes from a poor family.

He isn't affiliated to any sect.

But he has become the top cultivator in this world.

This is really doubtful.

A new school year of Junwu Academy has started.

You should stay in it to make investigations

to see whether there are other clues.

Yes.

Moreover,

the Water Sky Vase.

About the Water Sky Vase,

since it has fallen into the hands of Jun Linyuan,

let's just forget it.

I guess he just wants to use it

to cotton up to Wu Youdao.

I just don't know

whether he has anything to do with

Mu Jiuzhou's awakening from the slumber.

I promise I will continue looking for clues

to stop Mu Jiuzhou from waking up.

Channel the vital energy into the elixir field.

On Qianyuan Continent,

all sects have their own attributes.

For example,

Junwu Clan's attribute is metal while Celestial Palace's is water.

Though cultivators can choose their attributes,

in most cases,

they choose to conduct cultivation based on the attributes of their sects.

As long as learning to channel the vital energy skillfully,

cultivators can combine and utilize the elements around them

according to their attributes.

Where is my ferule?

Did any of you see my ferule?

Master.

Master. This...

It is you again.

Why did you take my ferule?

I didn't.

If you didn't take it,

why are you holding it now?

You not only refused to repent,

but also lied.

I don't know why it is on my desk.

I...

I think you just got lucky

to be admitted to Junwu Academy.

Since you are a student here now, you should work hard in class.

But you just disturbed the class purposefully.

What thoughts are you harboring?

You!

In class,

don't be noisy.

In the morning, I saw that you were indolent

and slept in class.

Among the disciples of every year,

there are some naughty ones.

It doesn't come as a surprise to me.

If I don't teach you a lesson today,

when you come across high-rank demonic beasts outside some other day,

how can you stay alive?

Please clam you anger, Master.

Don't fuss about such a female disciple.

My feet!

You,

go out to accept punishment.

Feng Wu,

before you melt the ice

and make the kettle of tea water boil,

you can't enter the classroom to listen to my lecture.

(Library Pavilion)

Junwu Academy was actually built by Mu Jiuzhou.

Library Pavilion is the quietest place of Junwu Academy.

People rarely come here.

Is he...

Are you a wild cat from somewhere?

Do you want to read the sacred writings here

to acquire the Great Way and become an immortal someday?

However,

not everybody is qualified to

read the sacred writings here.

If you intend to break into Library Pavilion,

you will court disasters.

This place is definitely fishy.

The goddess of Celestial Palace has no right to interfere in my affairs.

No matter what you're planning to do,

it is none of my business.

I only want to know your purpose of staying in Junwu Academy.

My purpose?

I am attending Junwu Academy for studies.

Do you think I am here to play up to people of power?

What do you mean?

Nothing.

I don't care about your scheme.

You'd better not meddle in my business.

Because you can't even if you want to.

All kinds of people are jumbling together in Junwu Academy.

The important figures of all sects are stationed here.

The people of your Darknight Court can't do whatever you want.

Even if I can't stop you,

there is someone who can.

For example,

Jun Linyuan.

How could you!

You also think I am inferior to Jun Linyuan.

All of you are not good at judging people.

I don't think you are inferior to anyone.

After all, the spirit energy is always changeable.

I can't come to a final conclusion about it.

You are outstanding in spirit energy, but weird in behavior.

You came to Junwu Academy not only for studies.

As the eldest sister of Celestial Palace,

I must warn you

not to hurt innocent people.

If the people of your Darknight Court

dare to do harm to the disciples of our Celestial Palace,

I will be the first person to stand up against you

and to make you pay a price.

Zuo Qingluan,

aren't you tired living like this?

The goddess of Celestial Palace, the eldest sister

and the top female cultivator

are all your identities.

But what is the real you?

Now you are here to warn me

for the sake of the disciples of your Celestial Palace.

You don't really think I am doing evil, do you?

You have lost yourself.

It doesn't concern you.

We are not people on the same side.

We are not close enough to bare our souls to each other.

In the end, here is my word of warning:

don't expose your weakness so early.

Otherwise, you will bite the dust.

My weakness?

Do you mean Jun Linyuan who is like a fighting cock?

No.

I referred to Feng Wu.

How about you?

Don't you have any weakness?

How could Master Zhao do this to you?

It was such a big chunk of ice.

You must have used a lot of spirit energy.

Wu, have you got sore hands?

Wu,

what are you mumbling?

I just can't figure it out.

With my wisdom,

how could I fall into

such a small trap of school violence?

You said something I can't understand again.

School violence.

I have made up my mind

to fight against

those people who oppressed me.

Though I always earn respect from others with my virtues,

I can't allow them to

put up airs and bully me.

As the saying goes,

"If others don't hurt me, I won't hurt others."

If people do harm to me,

I will double the harm I do to them.

If Mu Yao

messes with me again,

even if our master imposes punishment on me,

I will make her surrender.

Well said!

Have you got it?

Of course I have.

You meant that you would be braver facing trouble

and go ahead fearlessly.

Am I right?

Yes.

I decide to learn this spirit from you

to improve my cooking skills

and to make clear my feelings to Yi.

Miss Zhao Ge, where is Feng Wu?

Wu's food box

was thrown onto the ground by somebody.

I offered to share half of my food with her.

But she refused.

The pranks between classmates have gone over the top.

Junwu Academy is a place for character improvement and spiritual cultivation.

How could they do such indecent things?

Right. They have gone too far.

They can't be allowed to go on doing this.

Shall I find out who did this to Feng Wu

and punish the person on behalf of Feng Wu?

She said she didn't need any help.

She has got her own plan.

You girls are soft-hearted.

You can't connive at such behavior.

She said she would teach the person a lesson herself.

I take back my words.

It is conceivable that she has said that.

Yi.

I cooked these under the guidance of Wu.

They are different from the food I cooked earlier.

Please taste them.

Go ahead.

Xuan Yi.

If it is so unpalatable that it has made you speechless,

just blink.

It is not bad.

Really?

It is not bad.

Today the weather is so fine.

It is really a pity that

Boss Jun

was summoned to Junwu Divine Hall by the Holy Sovereign and the Holy Queen.

I can see that it is late now.

The midday class is about to start.

If we don't go back now,

we will be late for class.

Yi,

it is still early.

Will you eat more cakes?

The class is more important.

Yes, right.

We have to go attend the class.

Yi doesn't seem to like cakes.

I will cook something else for him next time.

Your Majesties,

greetings to you.

Crown Prince.

Have you got used to your school life?

Yes, more or less.

It is said that among the disciples of this year,

there are a large number of talents.

Thus, you can learn from your classmates during cultivation.

In the future, you will surely contribute to the prosperity of our Junwu Clan.

But, have you had your eye on

any female disciple?

I have my own thoughts about this.

Your Majesty, please don't worry about me.

Why did you say this?

Is it because you don't trust me

or because you think I

am incapable of choosing Spiritual Princess for you?

Why did you say you were incapable?

In my view,

over all the past years,

you have been handling all affairs meticulously

and properly.

I want you to handle this matter, too.

Linyuan is a grown-up now.

We'd better choose Spiritual Princess for him earlier.

You need not.

Yes, right.

Your Majesty,

Crown Prince is an adult now.

So he must have his own thoughts.

I think we'd better not

interfere in this too much.

He is an adult indeed.

So he dares to disobey me now.

As the leader of our Junwu Clan,

I don't believe that I can't make you obey.

If you insist disobeying me,

you shall go to the Sky-reaching Terrace to kneel for two hours as punishment.

Think about it.

Your Majesty,

you can't do that to him.

-He. -Your Majesty.

Why must you be angry with him?

He is a grown-up now.

After you did this to him,

he won't be able to hold up his head

in front of the underlings.

He asked for it.

It is nobody else's fault.

I gave you a lot of examples just now.

Now I will ask you questions.

If you run into a high-rank demonic beast in the wild,

what should you do?

Mu Yao.

Please answer my question.

I beg your pardon, Master.

Have you been listening to me?

Go out to accept the punishment.

Your Highness Jun,

this is the Sky-reaching Terrace.

Sorry to see you suffer this time.

Please forgive me for my offence.

Never mind.

Just do things following the rules.

OK.

It is said that back then, Master Mu

has undergone the heavenly tribulation and become an immortal here.

It is a pity that I wasn't born at that time.

So I didn't have the honor to see his splendid bearing.

His Highness Jun is here to accept punishment.

This is humiliating to him.

You shouldn't have said so much.

I just wanted to talk a bit more with His Highness

to console him.

I am wondering what the mistake of

a kind and capable person like His Highness Jun

is exactly.

As a result, he has to be punished this way.

The class is over.

(Righteous Teaching Hall)

Little Feng Wu.

Library Pavilion?

Yes.

But Wu Youdao has been guarding it tightly.

I haven't been able to go inside to ascertain the truth.

Wu Youdao

is really not easy to deal with.

I have ever sent people to assassinate him,

but he was saved by Jun Linyuan.

After that, he still does things in his own way

as if nothing had happened.

No matter what kind of person he is

or how powerful he is,

I will figure out a way to find out the truth.

If I come across Mu Jiuzhou,

I will destroy him physically and spiritually directly.

If Mu Jiuzhou is still alive in this world,

with your cultivation base,

you will not be able to rival him.

Is Mu Jiuzhou

really so powerful?

In this world, he is the only person

that makes me feel inferior.

Now you tell me.

♪I tried to hold back the first drop of tears♪

♪yet ended up crying a river.♪

♪A cicada was enlightened after meditation.♪

♪Suddenly, everything became kind.♪

♪The flying fish folded its wings.♪

♪The words were written on the paper.♪

♪I stare into space with my bare eyes.♪

♪No need to constrain your youth.♪

♪Let the laughter be heard.♪

♪On my face there's a look of love.♪

♪That time can't erase.♪

♪To win your favor,♪

♪I need to get my story straight.♪

♪I'm at a loss for words due to the chaotic world.♪

♪My stubbornness for love♪

♪is too conceited to be defeated.♪

♪Stand in the heavy frost♪

♪to wait for the blossom.♪

♪There's no better song than the Phoenix's singing.♪

♪I'm like a beggar in love.♪

♪Wondering on love's path and collecting your tender words.♪

♪To win your favor,♪

♪I need to get my story straight.♪

♪I'm at a loss for words due to the chaotic world.♪

♪My stubbornness for love♪

♪is too conceited to be defeated.♪

♪Stand in the heavy frost♪

♪to wait for the blossom.♪

♪There's no better song than the Phoenix's singing.♪

♪I'm like a beggar in love.♪

♪Wondering on love's path and collecting your tender words.♪

♪Nothing has changed from the beginning to the end.♪