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=Ancient Love Poetry=

=Episode 35=

Tied.

Unexpectedly, your skill in chess is so superb.

I don’t usually play chess.

I’m not a good player.

That should be your talent.

I’ll go to the Qingchi Palace

to play chess with you again when I have time.

Sure.

That would be nice.

Were you letting me win?

How come?

I drank the tea

and played chess with you.

I should go back to the Qingchi Palace.

Sure.

It’s really late.

Do you want to leave after dinner?

After dinner, would you say that

it’s late at night

and ask me to stay for a night?

Why do you think so?

This is how it’s performed on the stage in the human world.

I haven’t watched one.

I’ll take you to the human world to watch it when I have time.

Great.

I really have to go.

I don’t know if Houchi and Qingmu

have got the Spirit Gathering Bead.

I am very concerned about that.

Okay.

Report!

Your Highness,

the Demon King is leading his army alone

and asked to see Your Highness and Lady Fengran.

How does he know I’m here?

Things that should come will always come.

You have expected that

and let me stay on purpose?

You took away the treasure of the Demons.

They won’t let you off easily.

But I can be by your side

and protect you.

(Imperial Mausoleum)

I have informed the Heavenly Palace.

The reinforcements will arrive soon.

Demon King,

are you sure you want to start a war?

As long as you hand over the Demon Gathering Streamer,

I will immediately withdraw my troops.

Demon King,

didn’t God Zihan tell you?

Tell me what?

He lent the Demon Gathering Streamer to the Qingchi Palace.

Ridiculous!

It is a treasure of us demons.

How can we lend it?

If you don’t believe me, ask him.

Then why didn’t you go back to the Qingchi Palace

but go to Jingjian’s camp?

And you stayed there for four hours.

It’s none of your business.

Fengran and I are old friends.

She asked me to have tea and play chess.

It has nothing to do with the Demon Gathering Streamer.

Why bother explaining so much?

Demon King.

Our Qingchi Palace borrowed the Demon Gathering Streamer to save someone.

Thanks to the grateful heart and generosity of the Demon God.

If you don’t believe me,

send an instruction feather to ask him.

Your Highness,

for these years,

the Demons have been weaker than the Immortals.

We have been oppressed.

Finally, the Demon God waked up.

We thought he could revive the Demons to unify the Three Realms.

Unexpectedly,

while our soldiers are risking their lives,

the Demon God has

shaken the morale of the Demons for that Houchi of the Qingchi Palace.

Now he’s even given the treasure of us Demons

so casually to Fengran.

If this continues,

the Demons will be in danger

even before the Immortals’ attack.

Shut up!

He is the Demon God.

The God of us Demons!

Who gave you the courage to talk like that?

Father.

This can’t be easily let off.

We can leave the Qingchi Palace’s affairs aside.

But now, it’s an emergency.

If the Demon Gathering Streamer

falls into the Heavenly Palace, that will be terrible.

Even if the Qingchi Palace borrowed it from Master.

It’s been four hours.

You should return it.

The Demon Gathering Streamer isn’t with me.

I already gave it to Houchi.

If you have the ability, go to the Heavenly Palace to take it.

Set an array!

Protect His Highness!

How is it like this?

Isn’t the evil force sealed in the Underground Palace?

We are still late.

It’s all my fault.

I was too hasty in

taking away the Ghost Suppressing Tower.

Bi Xi and Wu Huan have colluded.

It’s not your fault.

It is.

To save Boxuan,

I implicated the whole human world.

Even if I have to use up my whole life’s cultivation,

I will seal the evil force

in the Underground Palace again.

I’m gonna lay the protective barrier with my spiritual power

at the highest point of the Imperial Mausoleum

to trap the evil force.

You divide and cleanse it

so we can remove the evil force in one fell swoop.

Okay. Let’s do it.

Oh, no! The bracelet has lost all its spiritual power.

With my spiritual power,

I’m afraid I can’t support this protective barrier.

Houchi, you’re risking your life!

Don’t care about me!

Go cleanse the evil force!

Fengran.

Considering God Gu Jun and Goddess Houchi,

I treat you politely.

If you still don’t know the manners,

we’ll end our old grudges today!

Jingyang!

Why did you come so late?

It happened suddenly.

I was delayed halfway.

Fengran!

God Gu Jun.

The evil force of this place has just been completely cleansed.

And you want to start a war?

Sen Jian.

You complained to me that

the Immortals oppressed the Demons.

But today,

do you really want to see the Immortals and the Demons

fight against each other

and fall into a hopeless situation?

Fengran stole a treasure of the Demons, the Demon Gathering Streamer,

and she is close to Jingjian.

I’m worried that the Streamer will fall into the Heavenly Palace,

which will do no good to the Demons.

So, I came here to ask for an explanation.

Is that true?

Boxuan’s spiritual sense dissipated

and the Demon Gathering Streamer is needed to save him.

It’s the Demon God who lent the Streamer to our Qingchi Palace.

The reunion of spiritual sense

can’t be done only by the Demon Gathering Streamer.

What else did Houchi take?

The Spirit Gathering Bead and the Ghost Suppressing Tower.

Where is she now?

The Heavenly Palace.

I’ve figured out what’s going on.

Sen Jian,

go back to your Xuanjing Palace first.

Later,

I will give you an explanation.

Yes.

I’ll do the Qingchi Palace a favor today.

Withdraw!

Thanks for the help, God Gu Jun.

It’s all because of her!

Jingjian,

you still want to be with her?

Jingyang!

I have to return to the Heavenly Palace.

Excuse me.

Wait.

The mess started because of the Qingchi Palace.

I will go with you.

What?

I can’t go there?

In that case,

Your Grace,

please.

Qingmu!

Are you all right?

I’m fine.

How can you be fine with evil force inside your body?

I don’t know when the evil force started leaking.

I’m afraid quite a lot has leaked to the human world.

I will seal the evil force which got inside my body just now

back to the Underground Palace.

That can reduce your guilt.

But in the future…

I’ll be fine.

Trust me.

I have the Taicang Spear’s help.

My spiritual veins won’t get hurt

if I suppress the evil force in my body.

Don’t lie to me.

I don’t want to lose anyone.

When did I lie to you?

Even the thunder strikes on the Green Dragon Platform

couldn’t hurt me.

Let alone the evil force in the human world.

You underestimate the best Lord of the Immortals.

You hurry to the Heavenly Palace

and tell the Heavenly Emperor about the leak of evil force.

I’ll go there to meet you after I seal the evil force.

Let me seal the evil force instead.

You go back to the Heavenly Palace to report.

Silly.

The evil force is inside my body.

You want to seal me along with it?

Hurry.

Time is running out.

We have to go back to the Qingchi Palace to save Boxuan.

Don’t get hurt anymore.

See you in the Heavenly Palace.

Houchi.

I’ve made up my mind to be with you since on the Green Dragon Platform.

No matter what happens in the future,

I will always be with you.

I have troubled you

owed you too many times.

When this matter is over,

I will give you all the blessings of my next life.

Okay. How will you give them to me?

Go.

Father.

Due to the sudden incident,

I had no time to mobilize the armed forces.

So, I had to fight a lone battle

which eventually brought damage to the Immortals.

Please punish me, Father.

Your Majesty.

The Demons killed our soldiers.

Please don’t be merciful, Your Majesty.

Please severely punish the Demons,

attack the Xuanjing Palace

and revenge for the dead soldiers and generals!

The Demon King suddenly led his troops to crush the border

and fought with you?

Jingyang.

Framing God will be a serious sin.

Talk about it after thinking it through.

Fengran was instructed by Houchi,

stealing the Demon Gathering Streamer from the Xuanjing Palace

and hiding in the camp of Jingjian.

The Demon King was afraid the Streamer would fall into the Heavenly Palace.

He initiated the war to snatch the Demon Gathering Streamer back.

Jingjian.

Is this matter true?

Father.

Fengran did take away the Demon Gathering Streamer

and went to my camp.

But she…

When we were surrounded by the Demons,

fortunately, God Gu Jun arrived in time

and saved our lives.

Please render fair judgment, Father.

The Demon Gathering Streamer is indeed in Houchi’s hands.

But it was not stolen by Fengran.

The Demon God was

willing to lend it to our Qingchi Palace.

The Demon King didn’t know the truth,

so they took the army to ask for an explanation.

I have settled the matter with him.

As for the heavenly soldiers who died in this battle,

my Qingchi Palace will give their families

an explanation.

Father.

I really don’t understand.

The war is coming.

The Demon Gathering Streamer is very important to us.

But…

But how could Master lend it to Fengran?

I know

all the demons worship the Demon God as the God.

But if he ignores our safety,

why should we serve him as our God?

Stop talking!

Your Majesty.

Master is out.

He invites you to go to the Purple Moon Spring for discussion.

Fengran.

I went to the Heavenly Palace.

They said you were suppressing evil force in the human world.

I went there late.

Some of the evil force has flowed into the human world.

I’ll go to the Heavenly Palace to ask for punishment now.

Bring these three treasures back to the Qingchi Palace

and ask my father to reunite the spiritual sense of Boxuan.

Master is in the Heavenly Palace now.

Why is he in the Heavenly Palace?

Something happened in the Demon Region.

The Demon King initiated an attack in the Demon Region

with the excuse that the Demon Gathering Streamer was stolen.

The Immortals suffered heavy losses.

Your father needs you to go back to the Qingchi Palace with the treasures now.

Then seal the monastery and don’t come out.

He will bear all the guilt for you in the Heavenly Palace.

Gu Jun.

The Demon Gathering Streamer is an essential treasure for the Demons.

Why did the Demon God give it to your Qingchi Palace?

I have lived for sixty thousand years

without telling a single lie.

Believe it or not.

I’m afraid God Gu Jun’s words

won’t convince the Three Realms.

Father.

I can prove that

the Demon Gathering Streamer is indeed a gift from the Demon God to Houchi.

Jingjian.

How can you prove it?

Did you witness that?

He really can’t prove it.

But I can.

Zihan?

My master

let me bring a message to the Immortals.

The Demon Gathering Streamer was lent by Master to Goddess Houchi.

It was not stolen by the Qingchi Palace.

As for the military disaster in the Demon Region,

the Qingchi Palace should be responsible.

But isn’t there any responsibility

for the Heavenly Palace and the Xuanjing Palace?

The Demons and the Immortals have fought for sixty thousand years.

The grievance is deep.

Even if there were no misunderstandings,

the war would still be inevitable.

God Gu Jun.

I would like to ask that

what the relationship between Houchi and the Demon God is.

The Demon God did not hesitate to give her the Demon Gathering Streamer

and even specially sent Zihan here

to prove her innocence.

Is it because the personal relationship between Houchi and the Demon God?

Or is it because the Qingchi Palace and the Demons have long been in collusion?

Will you believe me

if I explain it to you?

Then why didn’t you

believe me just now?

Since no one believes me,

why should I bother saying something?

If Your Majesty still have questions,

please go to the Xuanjing Palace to talk with the Demon God.

I need to go back to the Qingchi Palace

to help the soldiers who died in the battle with the aftermath.

Excuse me.

Your Majesty.

Although it is clear now that the Demon Gathering Streamer

was not stolen by Goddess Houchi,

according to the information from the lower realm,

with the missing of the Ghost Suppressing Tower,

evil force is ravaging the human world.

Houchi, as a Goddess,

didn’t care about the common people.

Your Majesty, please

punish Goddess Houchi severely!

Didn’t Bi Xi say that

the evil force in the human world could be sealed for a few days?

Why is the human world still suffering?

Your Majesty.

After all, this matter has something to do with Goddess Houchi.

If everyone follows the example of the Qingchi Palace,

how can the Three Realms be safe?

Your Majesty, please punish Goddess Houchi severely

and get back the Ghost Suppressing Tower.

When is it necessary for the Heavenly Palace to dictate

how my Qingchi Palace takes action?

The Heavenly Emperor had already decided on the matter of the Tower.

If you still want to get entangled in it,

I won’t mind

clearing this place.

What?

Gu Jun.

Father!

Father, I’m sorry.

I troubled you again today.

Don’t worry.

As long as I’m here,

I won’t make you feel wronged at all.

Father, didn’t you teach me that

we could make mistakes,

but we must admit it if we make a mistake.

I did make a mistake.

Though I am your daughter,

all of this

should be borne by me.

As a Goddess,

though knowing the importance of the common people,

I disregarded all beings

because of selfishness

and implicated others.

It’s all my fault.

Your Majesty’s punishment on Houchi

is a righteous move.

Even if I was punished,

I would be ashamed of the True God’s entrustment

and all beings.

So now, in front of the immortals,

I am willing to

punishment myself more severely

to serve as an example.

Punish yourself?

How will you punish yourself?

I stole weapons

and did harm to all beings.

I know the sin is great.

So,

I’m gonna hand in my throne of Goddess today

and plead guilty to Heaven.

I’m willing to

stay on Hidden Mountain for a hundred years

to eliminate the evil force there

and confess my fault.

Houchi,

do you know how heavy this self-punishment is?

I only wish Your Majesty

can save Qingmu from all the punishment.

I will bear all the blame.

Okay.

I accede to your request.

Father, I’m sorry.

I know that I was too impulsive in the Xuantian Hall.

But I couldn’t bear to see the Qingchi Palace being criticized.

So, you chose to leave me

and Qingmu behind,

and chose self-exile?

Father,

there is no plan which satisfies both sides in this world.

In order to save Boxuan,

I implicated Qingmu

and harmed the human world.

This is my fault.

I should be punished.

As long as there is a glimmer of hope for Boxuan,

I am willing to bear

all of this.

Let me ask you.

If one day,

Boxuan wakes up,

but he is no longer who he used to be,

won’t you regret it?

I wouldn’t.

As long as he lives in peace,

it’s enough.

Sometimes,

destiny is crueler than you think.

It’s not that all your wishes can be fulfilled.

You have made up your mind.

I won’t stop you.

But everything has its destiny.

Instead of reminiscing about the past,

it’s better to cherish the present.

Qingmu!

Why do you look so weak?

Where is Houchi?

I’m caring about your health.

Thank you, Your Grace.

When I return to the Qingchi Palace, I will heal myself.

Qingchi Palace?

Whose Qingchi Palace are you going back to?

Houchi has already admitted all crimes in the Xuantian Hall.

My father spared you the punishment.

You don’t need to go back to the North Sea to reflect on your sin.

What?

What about Houchi?

How did the Heavenly Emperor punish her?

She handed in her throne of Goddess

and exiled herself to Hidden Mountain for a hundred years.

Have you decided?

Yes.

With all immortals as witnesses,

I won’t change my mind.

Okay.

Then I won’t go back to the North Sea.

I will accompany you to Hidden Mountain in three days.

Qingmu,

you can’t go to Hidden Mountain with me.

What did you tell me in the Imperial Mausoleum of the human world?

Don’t you want to be with me for the rest of your life?

Your promise to me

is not worth mentioning?

It’s not like what you think.

A hundred years later,

I will be with you.

Can you wait for me for another hundred years?

A mortal has at most a hundred years for a life.

Do you think a hundred years is short?

Or in your heart, I’m not that important?

I am sorry.

I said the wrong thing.

Qingmu.

You are the person I want to cherish the most.

How can I abandon you?

It’s my fault

that I didn’t protect you well.

Qingmu, this is my own sin.

I should make up for it myself.

I promise you

that during the 100 years,

I will think of you

and miss you every day, okay?

If you didn’t think of me or miss me,

who else would you think of and miss?

I’m just thinking

that I don’t know how to spend

the one hundred years without you.

In that case,

are you willing to make the vow of not leaving me

in front of me, my father,

Heaven

and the earth?

How difficult is that?

I…

Houchi.

What do you mean?

North Sea Lord Qingmu,

that day you said on the Green Dragon Platform that you wanted to

marry Goddess Houchi from the Qingchi Palace.

After this thunder strike,

we will return to the Qingchi Palace.

We will enjoy the spring scenery there.

We will watch the flowers all over the mountains.

God Gu Jun.

I, Qingmu, would like to give my life

to Goddess Houchi and marry her.

♪Look up at the meteor across the darkness♪

God Gu Jun.

I love Houchi deeply

and sincerely hope

I can marry her.

Maybe Houchi and I

will both be replaced by the True Gods,

but the affections between Houchi and me are sincere,

and even more important than my life.

If I give up now,

I’ll surely regret it one day.

Please agree to our being together.

We’ll get married soon.

So, of course, I can decide.

Qingmu.

You’ll get married?

Did Gu Jun agree?

Of course,

Gu Jun has agreed the marriage of Houchi and me.

Does it still count?

♪For a little talk♪

Yes!

Of course!

♪Hope♪

I, North Sea Lord Qingmu,

love Goddess Houchi,

and I am willing to marry her

and grow old together!

Put me down.

You still have injuries.

I am dedicated to the Demons.

I made no mistake!

Sen Yu!

Master, please show mercy!

Sen Yu is still young.

Please give him another chance.

Sen Hong died in battle.

Sen Yun died in the Abyssal Ridge Swamp.

He’s the only son being with me now.

Hope Master will forgive him again

for the sake of my loyalty

all these years.

What if I don’t forgive him?

Sen Jian will never

go against

Master’s command.

Remember what you said today.

Within the Demons,

everything is determined by me.

If anyone hurts or affects Houchi again,

I will never show mercy again.

Yes.

Father.

Mother.

I’m gonna kneel outside the Xuantian Hall

and plead with Father to change the edict.

Jingyang.

Father is determined this time.

Even if you kneel for a few days,

he still won’t see you.

But the Qingchi Palace and the Demons are not clean indeed.

What Mother did was for the overall situation of the Immortals.

Why should Father punish her?

In this way,

who else would respect the Heavenly Palace

and Mother?

Father is confused!

Jingyang, be careful with your words.

Jingyang.

All things are blessed by His Majesty.

Since your father has ordered,

I will just go to the Nether World.

It is my incompetence.

I was not able to protect Mother.

Good boy.

I know your filial affection.

After I leave,

you must take good care of Jingzhao.

Don’t let her be bullied.

Mother.

Remember that

if anything happens,

use the instruction feather to inform me.

Kill Bi Xi.

Never let others know

the evil force thing in the human world.

Rest assured, Mother.

I will let this matter go down forever

and never let Father know.

Boxuan.

A hundred years later,

we can see each other again.

Boxuan.

I hope you can rest in there peacefully.

If one hundred years is not enough, then stay there for two hundred years.

It’s better to be there for three to five hundred years.

No, no. Tens of thousands of years is the best.

What are you mumbling?

You also have something to tell Boxuan?

No, no.

Seeing you so happy,

I am happy for you, too.

When Boxuan is awake

and see that I have you,

he will be happy for me.

Mother was demoted to the Nether World by Father.

But you are sitting in the Zisong Hall peacefully.

Jingjian,

what on earth is on your mind?

Mother was way too much.

If Father really wanted to punish her,

he would have removed her throne of Goddess.

Father made the decision for Mother’s good.

Everything Mother did

was for the Heavenly Palace.

You would rather plead for the people in the Qingchi Palace,

than say something nice for Mother.

Don’t forget Mother gave birth to you!

Because of that low phoenix, right?

Earlier in the Demon Region,

you and I almost died because of her!

The Qingchi Palace is a scourge.

They are all scumbags.

My feelings for Fengran

are out of my free will.

They have nothing to do with her.

I should have understood long ago that

your heart was taken away and hollowed out

by that wild phoenix.

From now on,

it’s either her

or me!

Jingyang!

Jingyang...!

Your Grace.

Although Her Grace is going to Hidden Mountain

to be punished for a hundred years,

a hundred years is just like a second

for an immortal.

Her Grace has a happy marriage now.

After Lord Boxuan wakes up,

the Qingchi Palace

will be livelier and more prosperous than before.

Why is Your Grace still frowning?

After Boxuan wakes up,

will he still treat Houchi well as always?

Of course, yes.

Lord Boxuan has always treated Her Grace kindly.

You worry too much.

I heard that there’s a rule for marriage in the human world.

For fair auspices, newlyweds should not see each other

before they get married.

Qingmu and Houchi’s wedding

will follow this rule.

Your Grace.

Her Grace will only stay in the Qingchi Palace for three days before leaving.

With two days minus,

it will be too cruel for North Sea Lord Qingmu, right?

He caused the trouble himself.

Who else can be blamed?

Yes.

His Grace has ordered

that before the wedding,

we mustn’t let Her Grace and North Sea Lord

meet in private.

Don’t worry, Jiaye.

We guarantee that

even a fly can’t sneak into Her Grace’s room,

let alone a big living person.

Hey, you tell me.

Is His Grace so picky?

A handsome son-in-law

like Lord Qingmu

with great spiritual power,

it is really hard to find another one.

But he still insists on doing this.

There is another one actually.

Isn’t it Lord Boxuan lying at the bottom of the pond?

Stop talking nonsense.

Lord Boxuan wears a mask all day.

He’s cold.

He ignores everyone except Her Grace.

How could he be good for her?

If we really compare them,

Lord Qingmu must be the better one.

But I heard from Chang Que that

Lord Boxuan has great spiritual power.

Wherever he goes,

no grass grows.

And he is so low-key and humble.

He is the mildest.

So what?

No matter how good he is,

he is still fainting, right?

All right.

Why compare them?

Most men in the world are the same.

To please the woman,

they would either send some jewelry

or give some clothes and cosmetics.

If you ask me,

the one who can catch the eyes of Her Grace

is the better one.

Why are you laughing?

If you keep laughing, believe it or not, I will burn you!

Still laughing? I’m gonna burn you.

Lord.

You heard it all?

Heard what?

Were you talking about Boxuan?

I’ve heard that.

You were right.

Boxuan’s more attractive

than me.

These…

These are just some vulgar things I just found at the roadside.

They are not for Houchi.

I have something else to do.

Excuse me.

What made you call me

in a hurry?

Houchi and I are getting married.

Right now?

All right. It’s great.

You two have the same minds.

Although it’s a little rushed,

it’s a satisfactory result.

Qingmu, congratulations.

What are you doing?

It’s not easy for me and Houchi

all the way.

Thanks for your help and support.

I am deeply grateful to you.

Don’t need to be so polite.

You called me today

not just to thank me, right?

I really don’t have much experience.

So, I want to ask you.

Before getting married,

what gifts should I give to Houchi?

She grew up in the Qingchi Palace.

Some treasures of the Qingchi Palace

are even better than the Heavenly Palace’s.

I’m afraid it’s useless for you to give her any gifts.

What to do then?

You two have experienced life and death.

Why bother giving those fancy things?

It’s marriage after all.

It’s a life event.

It must have a sense of ritual.

Vulgar things can’t do.

How about a living thing?

Think about it.

What thing can be taken with her to Hidden Mountain?

Yeah!

I got it!

Thank you, brother!

You are much luckier than me.

I’m afraid my sincerity and feelings

can’t even be expressed.

Since we came back from the Heavenly Palace,

you’ve been frowning all the time.

It’s not like that.

I’m going to stay on Hidden Mountain for a hundred years.

It’s neither long

nor short.

You are the one I worry about the most.

You do not need to worry about me.

I will help you guard the Qingchi Palace.

But

no one else knows your mind.

Won’t you feel lonely?

How come I will feel lonely?

You see. I can read novels and play dice.

I’m pretty good at having fun.

But at this moment,

who should you tell your mind to?

You know it?

You and I have stayed together for thousands of years.

We know each other the best.

Is it Jingjian?

I guessed wrong?

What do you think of Jingjian?

♪Year after year time goes by♪

♪Don’t be afraid Fate comes back♪

♪Rain floods and memories last♪

♪I won’t stop missing you no matter what♪

♪Years have passed and I keep staying♪

♪I experience endless sadness but never leave♪

♪Staying away and loving you greatly♪

♪I’d wait through the lifetime♪

♪I spend years waiting for returned birds♪

♪I never regret and let no one replace you♪

♪Hope we’ll figure out the past when we wake up♪

♪I’ll finally confess to you♪

♪Along the way I watch flowers bloom and wither♪

♪Maybe we part because we’ll meet again♪

♪Tears turn into clouds and rain drops♪

♪When everything works out♪

♪I’ll enjoy a free life with you for a thousand years♪