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♫ Gazing homewards, my tears fall and I break up inside ♫

♫ Dust seals the past and carves past wounds in my memory ♫

♫ The sky darkens and the night is endless, searching for a ray of light ♫

♫ I craft a medallion to shine a light on the way ahead ♫

♫ Flying against the wind, my ruthlessness grows wild ♫

♫ I will protect my beliefs ♫

♫ Listen as the past fades like smoke ♫

♫ Past wrongs have not been resolved ♫

♫ Once my sword leaves its scabbard, the earth will move and the mountains will shake ♫

♫ The flame of rage burns, the spirit roars ♫

♫ I will return to glory and rise above the clouds ♫

[Sword Dynasty]

[Episode 09]

I've been at White Goat Cave for so many years,

this is the first time I've seen

such a natural talent as Ding Ning. [Xue Wangxu, Cave Master of White Goat Cave]

Given time, he will definitely achieve greatness.

But gods are jealous of natural talents, his body is unfortunately inflicted with Irreversible Fiery Yang.

Even if he gets the Xutian Sacred Technique to change his body,

given the current situation,

Ding Ning probably can't hold on long enough for the Minshan Sword Conference.

Junior Brother, do you still remember

the treasure of White Goat Cave, Face Firming Pearl?

Face Firming Pearl?

If Face Firming Pearl is used to suppress Irreversible Fiery Yang,

perhaps Ding Ning can live to attend Minshan Sword Conference.

As to whether he can obtain Xutian Sacred Technique,

it will depend on his luck.

Senior Brother, do you mean you'll go see that Feng Qianzhuo?

In everyone's life,

the end will come eventually.

At the end,

one always wants to settle

the debts accumulated in youth.

Why are you here?

I'm taking you to somewhere.

Sit.

No wonder all the locals come here to eat noodles.

These noodles taste really delicious.

The chili sauce is particularly good.

If you eat the noodles here,

why do you bring your own bowl?

Do you really want to know?

Does it taste better with your own bowl?

It's not that. Their noodles really taste delicious.

But I know this shop's dish-washing servant.

He doesn't wash the bowls clean.

Also, he likes to pick his nose when he washes the bowls.

If you still want to eat, I can let you borrow a bowl.

Forget it.

I just suddenly wanted to enjoy something. Now I've had enough.

Young brother, give me a bowl of spicy chili noodles.

Yes.

Now that you've won the sword trials,

I'm taking you to Bajun Tushan County.

Why go to somewhere so faraway?

To pick up something.

What is it?

Something that will cure your illness.

Customer, here's your noodles.

Someone told me that there is nothing in the world

that can cure my illness,

unless I can enter Minshan Sword Sect to cultivate

and obtain Xutian Sacred Technique.

What that person said is correct.

However, nothing is absolute either.

If you want to attend Minshan Sword Conference next year,

you are still too weak.

Based on past conferences, the disciples who want to attend

must at least have reached the Middle Level of Zhenyuan Realm

in their cultivation.

What you are telling me,

I had already heard even before I entered White Goat Cave.

I am the Cave Master of White Goat Cave.

I tell you to go, would you not go?

Go, go, go. Of course I will.

This is more like it.

Eat.

Master, you said there is a cure for me at Bajun Tushan County.

What is it?

It is Face Firming Pearl.

Face Firming Pearl?

Master, I'm still young.

I think you probably need it more than I do.

The Face Firming Pearl that I speak of

is not the same as the lowly fragrant beads in Fengming's

perfume houses.

It is an elixir pill that has a unique ability to preserve the face.

The medicinal aura that diffuses from Face Firming Pearl

can moisten the five internal organs

and preserve the facial look.

The pearl originally belonged to White Goat Cave,

but later,

it was robbed by Baju Tushan County's Feng Qianzhuo.

Feng Qianzhuo?

He seems to be living in Bajun Tushan County now.

He covets money and women.

For such a scoundrel to come out of Ba Mountain,

it is a shame on the sect.

Master, who is Feng Qianzhuo?

He was a disciple of Ba Mountain Sword Academy.

But all you need to know

is that he is an old pervert

who has done many bad things.

The Face Firming Pearl can be refined.

But Feng Qianzhuo takes pleasure in women,

and he gave the pearl to his young concubine.

There are many treasures. It's too bad that they are not used for cultivation.

The pearl that you are talking about,

can it really cure my body from Irreversible Fiery Yang?

No.

Master, are you perhaps just taking me there to avenge your grievance?

Xutian Sacred Technique

is the only cure that can save you.

Although Face Firm Pearl has limits in its power,

but it can guarantee that

you won't die before the Minshan Sword Conference occurs.

It's your own business whether you can live.

I am only responsible for getting you into Minshan Sword Conference.

I will win it

for the sake of White Goat Cave.

Good! Excellent!

When I was young, I was just like you now,

carelessly fearless in pursuing fame.

But, after so much time has passed,

after making many mistakes,

after so many people are gone,

I can't reverse time

to get a chance to do it again.

Master, you may have aged,

but with me following you, I will earn true honors for you.

This is the map to the water prison.

Master Zhao Si, please check.

[Zhao Si, Sword Furnace of Lie Kingdom]

Who was the seller of this map?

The Fish Market's rule is to never ask about the source.

It concerns your safety, Master Zhao Si.

Please be cautious.

Thanks.

[Bajun Tushan County]

Master, what is your plan?

Feng Qianzhuo is in Tushan County

and holding a role equivalent to a feudal lord,

especially because he is a strong cultivator.

So, to many people, he is treated

as a protector with god-like powers.

He seems to enjoy this kind of adoration.

So, every year during temple festivals,

he would light up the first incense,

donate some money, give a speech.

If I challenge him in public during this time,

he shouldn't have any justification to refuse me.

But he is, after all, a disciple from Ba Mountain Sword Academy.

You should exercise caution.

Why should I be cautious? Aren't you the one to do the grabbing?

You want me to go? It's not you who will do it?

It's something for you to use on yourself,

you should do the grabbing.

Master, but I don't know much about Ba Mountain Sword Academy.

How do I grab? Like that person from Ba Mountain Sword Academy,

I only know that he had many techniques in going across realms and killing people,

but no one has mentioned what kind of person he was.

That person, even if it were me,

I wouldn't be qualified to judge him.

But all the cultivators in Fengming from way back then

knew about Liang Jingmeng, the No. 1 swordsman in the world.

He led the cultivators from Ba Mountain Sword Academy

to annihilate three kingdoms for the king and stabilized the reign of Great Heng.

Whether it was his cultivation or strategy,

he was incomparable.

That chaos from ten years ago

was also not that simple as talked about among the people in Heng.

Not that simple?

The people who know

shut their mouths in order to survive.

They allow the historians to write as they wish.

We've looked into Ding Ning.

His household registry file is very clean.

The file can be fabricated.

A living person can't be falsified.

- Check again. - Yes.

Check all the way from his birth.

Don't ignore anyone who is around him.

Yes. [Palace Maidservant Rong]

Royal Mother.

Greetings to Royal Mother. [Prince Chu, Great Heng]

My son Chu is year. You can leave.

Is Mother still investigating that man named Ding Ning?

I've been hearing a lot of talks about him.

Even though he is endowed with natural talents, but he suffers jealousy from Heaven.

He is destined to die young at the age of 30.

Besides, there are many cultivators in Heng that are stronger than he is.

I think, if you focus attention only on him,

it seems to be a little wasteful.

This person has progressed very fast in his cultivation,

and his intelligence and comprehension far exceed those of his same age group.

You must beware of this kind of person.

To maintain Great Heng's peace and harmony,

we must thoroughly investigate this person.

If his innocence is proven,

your Royal Father can utilize this person with confidence

so that he can contribute to Great Heng in the future.

But, during this period of investigation, you should not get close to him.

I don't understand. Didn't Royal Mother say

that I should befriend outstanding people?

His identify is still unknown right now.

We do not know if he is friend or enemy.

My son Chu, please remember.

In this palace, a faulty step can lead to the abyss.

Thank you for your teaching.

I am Feng Qinghan, grandson of Feng Qianzhuo.

I did not know in advance of Cave Master Xue's arrival.

Please forgive my lack of hospitality.

My relationship with the Feng family isn't that great.

There is no need to be so courteous.

Cave Master Xue has a noble stature.

Feng family should express our hospitality.

Cave Master Xue, if you don't mind,

I can arrange a side pavilion as your lodging.

It's not necessary.

Is Cave Master Xue coming through Tushan County for any particular purpose? If...

Don't be nervous. I am traveling around with my disciple.

We happen to pass by Tushan County, and will leave tomorrow noon.

Tomorrow happens to be the temple festival to pay respect to the Kitchen God.

It will be very festive. Furthermore, there will be a display of calligraphy paintings from the Queen.

It would a loss to miss it, Cave Master Xue.

It is well known that the Queen shows loving care to the Feng family.

Will you please pass a message to Feng Qianzhuo

that I'm in a hurry to travel

and won't attend the festival.

I prefer the quiet and simple.

Then I won't intrude upon you.

What a hypocrite.

Are you talking about me or him?

Both are about the same.

Leave.

Feng family has so quickly heard about our arrival into Tushan County.

And it has reacted so quickly.

Such an attitude display by the Feng family,

perhaps it has heard that I've reached the Seventh Realm?

Do you think Feng Qianzhuo is concerned

and has dissolved that Face Firming Pearl overnight?

No.

If that's the case, he wouldn't have needed to send his grandson over here

to suppress you with the Queen's name.

Besides, you've shown yourself to be in a hurry to leave.

Sharpening Stone Technique.

- Young Master. - Young Master. [Feng Manor]

Grandfather.

Grandson Han, how did it go?

Grandfather, Xu Wangxu said he is only passing by.

He will leave early tomorrow.

It's difficult to guess Xu Wangxu.

It's best to be more cautious.

He dares to cause trouble for Grandfather,

the Feng family will definitely make him pay a harsh price.

I heard he brought along a youngster?

Xu Wangxu has only been here a day, so I haven't thoroughly investigated.

I only know that this person, despite being a cultivator,

has not reached Zhengyuan realm. From the way Xu Wangxu looked at him,

he should be a highly regarded disciple.

He is very likely a disciple from his seclusion period.

He travels far and drags along a burden.

If Xue Wangxu really

makes a move,

[Feng Qianzhuo]

I will eliminate his favorite disciple first.

The boss is here.

Boss lady.

You haven't seen enough?

Come drink. Come, come.

Why is Holy Capital Surveillance here? [Mou Qinggong, Holy Capital Surveillance]

Isn't he from the Holy Capital Surveillance?

Someone in a high position in court wants to see you.

How did my small tavern offend

Master Mou at Heavenly Replenishing Divine Art?

It's not me.

The person who wants to see you isn't someone any of us dare to refuse.

I've been abiding by the law.

I don't fear anything in front of any high official in court.

Then please come.

He's taking the boss.

Thank you, Chief Ye, for giving my Junior Brother an honored funeral.

Is that all you want to say by coming here?

No, I want to cooperate with you.

A traitor from Lie Kingdom wants to cooperate with a Heng official.

It doesn't sound right any way you look at it.

What if I want to cooperate with a disciple of Ba Mountain Sword Academy?

Would you still be so determined, Chief Ye?

It's been ten years, and there are no more Ba Mountain disciples in the world.

I know there is still one.

He is in the Great Floating Water Prison.

Don't you want to know who he is?

- Who is he? - This is the reason why I'm here to see you.

[Holy Capital Surveillance]

[Li Xiang, Prime Minister of Heng]

Greetings, Your Honor.

Tell me your family ancestry.

I am an orphan from the Zhangsun family.

Zhangsun was an old name in Fengming City.

It was scattered during the wartime.

The Zhangsun family only has me now.

Since you are from a big family, then I won't beat around the bushes.

Who is Ding NIng?

He is the son of my elder sister, Zhangsun Feishuang, and a deceased warrior surnamed Ding.

My sister died during the journey when the Zhangsun family fell into ruin.

Ding Ning luckily survived.

He is half a descendant to the Zhangsun family.

Please protect him, Your Honor.

It involves an old affair,

that's why I'm asking.

[Chen Xuan, Superintendent of Holy Capital Surveillance]

Holy Capital Surveillance has investigated the old file.

Comparing the Zhangsun family book and official records,

the new journal is written here.

Read it.

According to files collected in Great Heng's archive,

Zhangsun family book recorded that, in the first year of Yuan Wu,

the Zhangsun clan was scattered apart during the wartime and ultimately died off in various locations.

Confirmed dead were 146.

Missing were 71.

The eldest daughter Zhangsun Feishuang died during the chaos.

She left a son, named Ding Ning, who was missing.

As recorded in the Great Heng's household registry journals, in the third year of Yuan Wu,

Zhangsun's remaining daughter, Zhangsu Qianxue returned to the city, bringing along Ding Ning,

to reside in the city's Wutong Fall shop to run a tavern.

Does Your Honor have other questions?

Allow Miss Zhangsun to go home.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Continue to monitor her.

Yes.

Master, do you get the feeling that the people here are strange?

I do.

Look, Master.

Just cooked.

So hot.

- Give me two. - Alright.

Here, take them.

How much?

Since you are guests of Old Master Feng, these two aren't worth much.

So they are free. I won't charge.

How did you know that we are Old Master Feng's guests?

The news was spread in the city since yesterday.

They said Feng family has two guests from Fengming City.

You can tell just by your clothing.

An old man with a young man. Isn't this right?

- Alright, thank you. - No need to thank.

- Good. - Walk safe.

It looks like we'll be disliked today for sure.

They really look different.

Xue Wangxu said he was leaving, but he still hasn't left. Is that right?

He shows no sign of leaving.

It appears that Xue Wangxu

really came for me.

Xue Wangxu may not care about his lowly life,

but I have a grand family and big business,

how can I have the same view as he does?

Today, don't let me see people from Fengming.

Yes, Grandfather.

Good!

Good!

Good! Good!

So good!

So much hustle and bustle!

Good! Good! Good!

Good!

Follow me.

Good! Good!

Good! Very good!

Cave Master Xue.

Why didn't Feng Qianzhuo come?

Cave Master Xue, have you changed your mind?

Yesterday, he said I was a hypocrite.

Today, I won't be a hypocrite.

Today, the Queen's painting is being displayed.

It's probably not appropriate at this occasion, right?

Of course we can't denigrate the Queen's painting.

That's the best then.

Good! Good!

It's really a good show!

Good! Good!

- Come, let's follow. - Good! Good!

Look, it's Old Master Feng!

Old Master Feng! Old Master Feng!

Look, it's Old Master Feng!

I invited all the folks to come here today

to appreciate together the painting bestowed by the Queen.

Bitter chill has completely dissipated, whiled red plum flowers are blooming.

It visualizes the meaning of happiness after hard work.

The Queen's realm is higher than mine.

She is probably not too far

from breaking through the Eighth Realm.

You're quite old already,

but you haven't comprehended?

After seeing a painting like this one,

you would actually still show off?

There are things that

are beyond the comprehension

of someone who is hiding in a corner for safety.

Since I'm here to attend the event, I should contribute some too.

Your sword and mine haven't been shown in a long time.

Why don't we, at this opportune occasion,

add some celebratory fun to this grand event?

You really shouldn't have come today.

Losing your life for just a Face Firming Pearl

is really not a good deal at all.

It's not just about the Face Firming Pearl,

it's about the honor of White Goat Cave.

Both of you are aged, it's not good to hurt either one.

Let us young people take care of sword fights.

If I win,

will you give the Face Firming Pearl back to White Goat Cave?

Please agree, Grandfather.

Li Zhu, give me the pearl.

If you can beat me, then this pearl

will be given to the White Goat Cave.

Ba Mountain Sword Academy's Dan Qing sword.

It's actually a broken sword.

Good.

I'll kill you.

Qinghan!

Qinghan!

- Grandfather. - Qinghan!

You should know that he asked for it.

He asked for it...

He asked for it!

For a Face Firming Pearl,

you would take away my grandson's life and cultivation.

Face Firming Pearl.

Face Firming Pearl?

I'll give you the Face Firming Pearl,

but you might not be able to use it.

It's really despicable to act against a youngster.

It's time to settle the old debts.

Old Master Feng! Old Master Feng!

A life for a life.

We don't ask for any extra.

Let's go.

I'm old.

Master, how do you feel?

One word, happy!

[Zhou Sanxing, Two-Story Tower]

I'm asking how your body feels.

A bag of old bones. Don't worry about them.

I want to ask you. How do you feel after you refined the Face Firming Pearl?

What's the matter?

I feel bad all over.

I just need to get a drink of wine.

What kind of joke is this?

Alright, Master. Shall we return to Fengming to practice martial arts?

Drink wine.

It's better to return to practice martial arts.

Drink wine.

Is my Little Auntie's wine so bad?

You still want to go?

- Let's go then. - Alright, let's return to Fengming.

You've offended someone at the top.

Even you, Xue Wangxu,

will not escape disaster.

Master Mou, what is the meaning of this?

Superintendent of Holy Capital Surveillance would like to invite you for a visit.

My disciple and I have just returned,

Holy Capital Surveillance is blocking the road to catch us.

Master Mou, please give us an explanation first.

With Master Mou's personal invitation, how can we not go?

Master, there must be something urgent since Master Mou has waited for so long in a cold night.

It's probably not up to us to decide whether we'll go or not.

At such a young age, you have quite a boldness.

Please.

Be careful.

Don't worry.

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♫ The wind silently looks back ♫

♫ The hero's sword enters the throat ♫

♫ Viewing the world with arrogance ♫

♫ Striding across the seasons ♫

♫ A cup of hero's wine ♫

♫ One cycle of reincarnation ♫

♫ With no debts or regrets ♫

♫ Old friends hardly return ♫

♫ Looking back at the martial world ♫

♫ My hair has turned white ♫

♫ I don't demand a chance to start over ♫

♫ One song, two tracks of tears ♫

♫ Dancing my sword while raising a cup of leftover wine ♫

♫ The past has turned to ash ♫

♫ A hero's destiny is hard to defy ♫

♫ I've traveled through spring and autumn ♫

♫ My smitten heart flows to the east ♫

♫ Love, hate, dust, and dirt ♫

♫ Laughingly talking about joys and sorrows ♫