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=Dance of the Phoenix=

(Episode 20)

Master.

Senior Sister.

You've practiced tens of thousands of times.

How come you still made mistakes in the fight?

Is it that you haven't been

paying attention to your cultivation

and slacking behind my back?

No, Master.

I was just too nervous.

Remember.

You must be the Celestial Palace's best disciple

and make the Celestial Palace thrive.

Only then

will I be proud of you.

Senior Sister.

Zhao Ge.

Zhao Ge.

What took you so long this time?

The leader of the Celestial Palace told me

to stay longer in the capital.

Senior Sister.

Were you troubled

by the fact that I didn't return?

Were you chided?

Don't be like this, Senior Sister.

You know

the leader of the Celestial Palace cares the most about your cultivation base.

I only care

if you are doing well or not.

I'm doing well at the Celestial Palace.

Zhao Ge, have you made any progress with your cultivation base?

Now that you are back,

you won't go to the capital again, right?

I...

Senior Sister, it's okay.

Since childhood,

I have often been banished to the capital for cultivation.

And I still haven't given up.

All the more reason that you shouldn't give up.

The leader of the Celestial Palace

shows you tough love because she's placed high hopes on you.

You must spare no effort to cultivate.

I'm waiting for your name to be known across Qianyuan Continent.

Does it hurt?

Cheer up, Senior Sister.

Goddess Zuo.

Goddess Zuo, wait.

Her Majesty invites you to her place.

Your Majesty.

You're used to being highly prized.

Now you hit the lowest point in life.

It must be tough.

But it's not that bad.

Feng Wu suffered for years

after you took her Phoenix Blood.

You're suffering less than she was.

What?

You can't take your show being stolen for once?

I won't let anyone take anything from me again.

From you?

Nothing is destined to belong

to anyone in this world.

Whoever grabs the thing keeps the thing.

I'm surprised

that you chose to open your heart

to me at this time.

Don't be surprised.

I didn't judge you wrong.

You and I are people of the same kind.

I'd serve you, Your Majesty.

Do you love Jun Linyuan?

I just love the feeling of winning.

You are back.

What do you want?

Never mind.

You performed a sword dance in harmony with Feng Wu.

From your looks I could tell that you were in love.

What can I want?

I want nothing.

You

shouldn't have wanted anything in the first place.

I...

Whatever.

You spoke honestly

in public.

I kind of admire you for that.

One of you is my Boss Jun

and the other one is my good sister.

Anyway,

be careful not to let anyone

steal Feng Wu from you.

Yu Mingye

feels strange to me.

Supervisor Wu.

All the old man does

is to read books and roam around.

He has enormous spirit energy,

but he acts like an idler.

Something must be wrong.

Look at that person.

He is being sneaky.

I wonder what he is up to.

He is from the Darknight Court.

He is not our kind.

Why can't he be aboveboard?

-Let's go. -Come on.

The teacher gave a lesson

that really confused me.

Wu, do you know

how to take notes faster?

Yeah. Let me tell you.

See? I've told you.

There's nothing to worry about when Wu is around.

Not here. There are people around us.

Wu.

Zhao Ge, I'm suddenly suffering from a severe stomachache.

I'll get back to my room.

Wu.

Did Wu eat something that made her sick?

She's going to suffer.

Stop pressing me. Stop pressing me.

Why did you press me to come?

What?

You don't even respond to me.

I can feel the intense vibration.

What?

The second Star Shard will appear soon.

Not just that.

Great events might take place in the Academy.

Great events?

What kind of great events?

I don't know.

But my instinct is always right.

It's not a good omen.

It must be a warning for you and me.

A warning?

Don't drop your guard.

If you need me,

feel free to summon me.

Hey.

You didn't have to make so much noise

for your swordsmanship training.

The noise you made woke me up.

I'm in a bad mood.

You'd better stay away from me.

Don't bother me.

So what if you are in a bad mood?

I've never seen you smile

in Junwu Academy.

Besides,

you think I'm the obedient type of person?

What do you want?

I've told you

I don't care about your scheme.

But if your scheme hurts Feng Wu,

I won't spare you.

Why does everyone like Feng Wu?

I don't want everyone to like her, either.

I wish I were the only one who liked her.

But it is what it is.

I can't do anything about it.

Don't you think your words sound weird?

What's so weird about them?

A lot of people envy you.

For instance,

your slow-witted junior sister.

I don't have time to joke around.

You are overly serious.

Boring.

Yi, come here.

Miss Zhao Ge, what's the matter?

Yi,

I've just learned how to make these cakes.

They said these cakes were delicious.

Have a try.

Yi.

Are you mad at me?

You just recovered.

If you had possessed more spirit energy,

you wouldn't have been beaten so badly.

Are you worried about me?

You think too much.

I will teach you next time.

Thank you.

Wu.

Do you know what day tomorrow is?

Tomorrow?

It's Chinese Valentine's Day.

Are you going to celebrate it with me?

No.

There is going to be a lantern show on Chinese Valentine's Day.

Men and women usually meet on this day to watch the lantern show together.

A woman may write letters to a man.

If a man shows up on a date, then he and she have feelings for each other.

Will you write a letter?

No.

I'm bad at writing disgustingly sweet prose.

What's wrong with disgustingly sweet prose?

His Highness Jun has made a promise to you in public.

And I heard

that though the students

supported you strongly,

many female students

still loved His Highness Jun.

They think

you won't be able to recover your Phoenix Blood.

I'm sure many people will write to His Highness Jun.

Don't fall behind.

Yi.

Linyuan.

No. No. No.

Jun Linyuan.

This is so tough.

My Lord,

I have explored Junwu Academy.

But I haven't found any more clues.

I'll hasten to investigate further.

But I'm not in a good mood.

Please forgive my rudeness.

I'll ask you for punishment another day.

What happened?

Nothing.

It won't hinder my mission.

Do you remember

when you stopped calling me "Father"?

I do.

When I completed my first mission

and killed people.

So many years have gone by.

You have grown up.

You can take charge now.

Stop playing happy families.

The Darknight Court doesn't have that sort of bullshit rules.

You told me so.

Power.

There is only absolute power.

Is that the reason you are upset?

No.

I just don't want them

to slander the Darknight Court.

You don't want them to slander us?

Then beat them into losing the guts to slander us.

Only real power

and absolute control

can shut their mouth.

But what will they think?

Can we control what they think?

Does it matter?

What matters is to deprive them of the courage to take action.

What they think of us

and how they see us

don't matter.

When you are at the top,

you only see the upper part of their heads

and you don't need to care about their opinions.

Do you understand?

Oh no.

(The Nature of Water and Fire)

(Jun Linyuan)

Well.

There are a great many women chasing Jun Linyuan.

I finally decided

(Jun Linyuan) to tell you about my feelings.

I wrote until midnight.

Never mind.

(The Nature of Water and Fire)

I'm fine with this.

Well? Did you send the letter?

Yeah, I've sent it.

Good.

Let's have dinner.

Yes.

Why are you being so sneaky?

Damn it, Xuan Yi

hasn't returned the book he borrowed.

(The Nature of Water and Fire)

Look.

Look.

Ask me out for the lantern show.

I wondered

why Zhao Ge had been making me delicious food,

seeking my opinions,

and observing my reactions.

It turns out she likes me.

Right.

I'm the charming

Young Master Feng.

It's only natural

that a woman is attracted to me.

Xuan Yi, why aren't you talking?

You are holding a book upside down.

It isn't how you should read a book.

It's none of your business.

Meddlesome.

Fine. I'll leave you alone.

I'm going back to change my clothes.

Can't talk to you anymore.

After all, I'll be seeing a girl.

I need to dress up.

Got to go.

Do women nowadays

transfer their love so quickly?

Are women nowadays

too reserved to do anything?

Boss Jun.

Didn't you receive the letter?

Feng Wu didn't write you a letter?

She shunned me for a while.

Some days ago,

we practiced sword fighting together

and our relationship finally became less tense.

Now she is neither hostile nor friendly toward me.

Then

you probably didn't clarify things.

If the mountain doesn't come to me,

I'll go to the mountain.

Wu, you really aren't going out?

I'll be gone.

No.

I have herbs to process.

You may have fun with Xuan Yi.

I don't even know if Yi will show up.

A lot of girls wrote to him.

I don't count for much.

Zhao Ge.

He will show up if he has read your letter.

Really?

I wonder who Jun Linyuan

is going with to the lantern show.

Your Majesty!

-Your Majesty! Your Majesty! -Your Majesty!

-Your Majesty! -Help! He is unwell!

-Your Majesty, what happened to you? -His Majesty has passed out.

Your Majesty.

Your Highness Jun.

What's the matter?

His Majesty fell sick.

Pick one.

Come and have a look, miss.

Look how nice our lanterns are.

He still hasn't shown up.

Miss Zhao Ge.

It's you?

Of course it's me.

Look.

I've even changed my clothes for you.

You must have waited for a long time.

Sorry.

I'm not...

Not what?

Yi.

Xuan Yi, why are you also here?

Just admit it.

You can't do without me, right?

Miss Zhao Ge, don't mind him.

Xuan Yi can't live without me.

It's okay.

Zhao Ge and I will bring you along. Come on.

How lively.

Look at that.

If only Feng Wu

and Boss Jun were here.

It'd be fun for all of us to hang out.

This is just lively.

I didn't expect to see so many people at the lantern show.

Xuan Yi, cheer up.

Miss Zhao Ge and I brought you along to the lantern show.

There's no reason for you to be upset.

Stop pulling a long face.

I wonder where Boss Jun and Feng Wu

are now.

Look. It's such fun.

I can't believe people of all ages come here.

Here.

It's you.

Of course it's me.

What are you doing here?

Today is the day of the lantern show.

Madam sent me here to ask you

if you'd like to appreciate the lanterns outside.

You lost your spare clothes.

So I've brought you some clothing items.

Let's go, My Lady.

Everyone went out.

What are you doing here?

I have nothing to do.

The man I'm hoping to see hasn't come to me.

So you're waiting for someone.

I'll go home and tell Madam

that I'll be the only person

appreciating the lanterns with her.

Madam will be heartbroken.

You troublemaker.

Just tell her that I have too much homework

to find the time.

I wonder how awful Madam will feel

if she knows about this.

You just can't keep a grownup daughter.

You...

This is for satirizing me. This is for satirizing me.

-Don't you satirize me! -I'm sorry.

-I'm sorry. -Don't you satirize me again!

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

My Lady,

when will His Highness Jun come?

The lantern show might end soon.

Who says I'm waiting for him?

You're not waiting for him?

Then whom are you waiting for?

Come on, My Lady,

your look betrayed you.

Seriously.

What's the time you set for the date?

I don't have a date.

What?

On this kind of day,

he should come to me

even if I haven't asked him out.

Dean Ning, how is the Holy Sovereign?

He is fine.

Perhaps he has worked too hard

and worn himself out.

Good to know. Good to know.

Your Majesty. Dean Ning.

Spare the formalities.

Qingluan, you came too.

Yes.

At the Academy's gate,

I ran into a guard who was going to send word.

So I took the liberty of informing His Highness Jun.

I was worried about the Holy Sovereign's health

and came along.

How is the Holy Sovereign?

Fortunately, the maid noticed his illness in time

and summoned Dean Ning here for diagnosis.

His condition has stabilized.

Dean Ning has great medical skills.

Linyuan, don't worry too much.

His Majesty fasted and sat in meditation

for days to cultivate.

All he ingested was water.

Even with his spirit energy protecting him,

he couldn't hold on.

Dean Ning, thank you for your service.

Let me see you off.

Thank you.

Excuse me then.

Thank you.

Dean Ning.

Did you want me out to tell me something?

Is it about the Holy Sovereign's health?

To tell you the truth,

I found an external force

stopping the Holy Sovereign's spirit energy

from coming together

and there were signs of his spirit energy waning.

External force?

Are you saying...

It's a rare case.

I have my speculations,

but I dare not draw any conclusion.

I need to get back and consult books

to find the cause.

Don't worry too much.

The Holy Sovereign often ingested medicines.

Perhaps some medicines worked against each other.

We can't be sure yet.

Dean Ning.

You just said

something about speculations.

Do you mind telling me your speculations?

As far as I know,

there is a rare plant called Spirit Waning Herb

in the West Region.

Any cultivator who ingests the herb

will show such symptoms.

You mean someone...

I don't have any evidence yet.

Don't worry, Your Highness.

I'll go to the Library Pavilion

-to consult the books -Library Pavilion?

and do some research.

Alright.

Thank you, Dean Ning.

One more thing.

You must stay at the Holy Sovereign's side

before he wakes up,

lest anyone should harm him.

Your Majesty.

Cailin.

How long has it been

since I sent you to the Holy Sovereign's place

to serve him?

It has been three years.

Have you forgotten

why I sent you there

and who is your real master?

I dare not forget.

Your goodness has made me a better person.

You have always been my only master.

You sent me there

to record the things Holy Sovereign did

and help him ingest the pill every day on time.

For three years,

I have kept it in mind

and never forgotten it once.

Then tell me.

How many times should he ingest the pill a day?

And how many pills should he ingest once?

One time.

One pill. Your Majesty, I have realized my mistake.

His Majesty...

His Majesty obtained a celestial book recently.

He said he didn't have enough spirit energy to learn from the book

and wanted to increase his spirit energy soon.

So he asked me to bring out

all the pills for him to ingest

these days.

I...

I didn't watch him closely enough.

He might have ingested a few more pills.

So you just didn't watch him closely.

What a way to underplay the situation.

I had him ingest one pill a day

to make sure the pill could take effect slowly.

Years later,

no one would know why he fell ill.

Now look what you have done.

The pill took effect ahead of schedule,

ruining my grand plan.

Your Majesty. Your Majesty.

I've realized my mistake.

But...

but the Holy Sovereign ordered me to do that.

I dared not disobey him, Your Majesty.

In the past,

I pulled you out of that abyss of death.

You have shown me such kindness

that I won't even be able to repay you in next life.

Don't wait for next life.

You can repay me in this life.

Your Majesty.

This corpse might cause trouble if we leave it here.

Do you need me to take care of it?

No.

The corpse is still useful to me.

I'll use it to make arrangements.

Your Highness,

the situation is clear now.

The maid called Cailin

colluded with foreigners outside Qianyuan Continent

and lay low at the Holy Sovereign's side, seeking a chance to poison him.

Now the truth is out,

she hanged herself.

A mere maid

couldn't have the ability and courage to commit such a crime.

Yes.

Someone must have ordered her.

Her suicide note pointed out

that she colluded with someone

and exchanged information within Junwu Academy.

I think her accomplice

is hiding in Junwu Academy.

We need to give this matter further thought.

A dead maid's suicide note

is not enough evidence to make a judgment.

Linyuan, I know you are kind-hearted

and you refuse to believe there are sinister people

around us.

But things have happened already.

As the Crown Prince of Junwu Clan,

you must shoulder the responsibility

and face the reality.

We can't await our doom.

Gao Wei, convey my order.

Gather the Academy's cultivators

with a rank higher than a senior-rank spiritual practitioner's rank

in Xuanwu Hall.

Control them strictly.

It can't be an average cultivator

who met with the foreigners.

Yes.

Your Majesty.

Linyuan.

Stay here and take care of the Holy Sovereign.

Leave the rest to me.

Why are you here?

Qingluan was worried about the Holy Sovereign's health.

She was also worried

that taking care of the Holy Sovereign would tire you out.

So she came to help.

Yes.

I was worried that you might lose your cool out of concern.

No need.

I can take care of him. I don't need any help.

Why are you being so stubborn?

She is here already.

You can't just tell her to go back.

Alright.

We won't bother the Holy Sovereign anymore.

Take care of him.

Gao Wei, let's go.

You don't have to bother with me.

Go.

I have things to do.

I won't disturb you.

In that case,

let's not disturb each other.

You don't have to embarrass other people.

I'll visit the Holy Sovereign soon.

This is the medicine for the Holy Sovereign.

It looks like what Zuo Qingluan really wants

is not the Spiritual Princess' title.

♪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.♪