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Love a Lifetime

Episode 9

Oh, I see.

In the past,

the antidotes were distributed at different times of the year.

This year, the antidotes are distributed at one time.

In this case,

some people may take the antidote

before their time, right?.

It's alright.

It doesn't matter when they take the antidote.

The poison of the Chihua Pill

always starts acting in cold winter.

They'd be fine

as long as they take the antidote before cold winter.

Taking it a few days earlier

doesn't matter at all.

It seems you're really curious today.

Well, I'm thinking

it's really important for Master Xiao

to get the antidote today.

The poison in his body is supposed to start acting tonight.

Exactly.

There is not much one can do about it.

The chance

of life

is at the mercy

of Longyin City.

Hey,

you little bastard,

you were just getting me to talk, weren't you?

I have nothing to do with it.

You're the one who told me everything.

-I… -If Master Rong learns about it,

you're going to take the fall.

I…

I didn't tell anything.

Hey. Hey.

Wait for me. Wait for me.

Something is wrong.

We're ambushed.

The closer to Longyin City, the more dangerous it is.

It seems

someone is preventing us from entering the City.

That's why

you asked Xuan Ye and Master Xiao to leave first.

In this way,

we're exposed

while they're hidden,

enabling him to arrive in Longyin City on time.

The poison of the Chihua Pill is about to start acting.

Master Xiao must get the antidote tonight.

My injuries slowed us down.

I have no other choice.

In that case,

you owe me one, again.

We'd be an easy target when we stay together.

I think we need to split up to distract the enemies

and find our way out.

Miss Rong Su, you really are callous

and good at cutting people loose.

Both of us are injured.

We're losing our chances

if we keep dragging each other down.

I'll meet you outside the bamboo forest.

See you then.

Master Xiao,

hang in there.

Miss Rong Su

made this plan

to distract the enemies.

However,

we were still ambushed.

Master Xiao,

the cold winter is coming.

The poison of the Chihua Pill

has started to spread in your body.

We're being chased.

I'm afraid we won't make it to Longyin City.

So, what now?

I…

I don't want to die.

You're from Longyin City.

It's your job to deliver the antidote.

Don't worry, Master Xiao.

Miss Rong Su has a plan B.

If we can't make it to Longyin City,

someone will deliver the antidote to us.

When we were under siege,

I sent out a message.

Someone will be taking care of us.

Miss. Rong is very considerate.

Master Xiao,

let's go.

Let's go.

Come on.

Rong Su is so unreliable.

How could she fail at such an easy task?

Right now,

Master Rong is preparing the antidotes in isolation.

It's just bad timing.

Now,

the heads of all the sects are still in Longyin City.

There're loads of things to do.

Who is going to deliver the antidote?

Though the security of the City is very important,

the delivery of the antidote is also important.

It can't be entrusted

to someone else.

Please take care of Longyin City.

I'll run this errand.

We'll guard the City

with our lives.

This time,

the situation is really complicated.

Please take care of yourself.

You're not going.

Why?

Anyone can do it,

except you.

The weather is bad out there.

You're a woman.

How can you survive it?

Besides,

we don't know anything about the situation out there.

Even Rong Su couldn't solve the problem,

what can do you?

No way.

You're not going.

Then,

tell me,

who can be trusted with the mission?

Him.

Send him.

He is young, strong

and nimble.

He's a tough guy.

Let me tell you,

you're going to guard the antidote

with your life.

You're so nice to me, aren't you?

You never come to me

unless you want me to take the risk.

Come with me. Come.

I just want to look good

before the girl I like.

You're good at martial arts.

Everything will be OK.

Well,

just do me a favor.

I…

Alright, alright.

Come. Come.

You do the talking. You do the talking.

Come on.

In that case,

as the Hall Master of the Hall of Life,

I guess I don't get to say no.

I'll deliver

the antidote.

I'll get prepared

and leave the City right away.

Please have the horse prepared.

Don't worry about me.

I suppose you don't lead me here

to kill me.

You killed Master Tang

and stole the Chihua Pill.

Are you an enemy, or a friend?

The enemy of your enemy is your friend.

Otherwise,

you wouldn't have investigated the old grudge in my family.

Did I do a good job

in that play?

If I'm right,

you're Rong Su

from Longyin City.

Apologies for my rudeness.

How did you recognize me?

Everyone knows

that Master Rong has gathered the heads of different sects

in Longyin City to distribute the antidotes to the Chihua Pill.

However, Master Xiao is the only one who didn't rush to Longyin City.

And he trusted you very much.

Then,

you must be from Longyin City.

In Longyin City,

I can't think of

anyone else

who is as formidable as Miss Rong Su.

Back then, you came to Longyin City for the Chihua Pill.

You were denied entrance

and got insulted.

At that time,

you were far less composed than you are now.

Don't you hate Longyin City?

To be honest,

I once hated it.

But I came to realize

that Longyin City was not obliged to save my father.

It was the person who killed my father

that I should hate.

That traitor conspired with the Tang Sect

and has become the head of a sect.

My family

was destroyed

while he is doing well.

Though it's been long

since my father's death,

there is not a single day

that I don't think of his death.

I couldn't find out about him

because our family is no longer powerful.

This time, thanks to your help,

I get to have my revenge.

I'll bear in mind

what you've done for me.

I don't need your gratitude.

Just pay me back.

It's not easy for you to have your revenge.

I'll make it happen for you.

But have you thought about

the consequences?

I'd do anything

to kill the enemy with my own hands.

You don't have to die for me.

Just bear it in mind

that you're the one

who kills Master Xiao.

Xuan Ye!

Xuan Ye, where are you?

Xuan Ye!

Young Master.

What brings you here?

Do you have any problem with it?

The vice head,

oh,

perhaps I should call you Master Xiao.

All these years,

you've been crawling up the Mei family.

I heard you're doing well.

However,

in the end,

you're also asking for the Chihua Pill from the Rong family.

It's karma, isn't it?

No.

Young Master,

it was a mistake.

Back then,

the Tang Sect was behind everything.

I was driven into this.

I would never forget

the kindness of Master Mei.

-Shut up! -I…

You filthy little rat,

even today, you're still lying.

Go to die

and then explain yourself to my father,

see if he'll forgive you.

Do you remember this dagger?

You gave it to me as my birthday present.

You said it's very sharp

and that I can use it

to protect my family.

What are you going to do?

All these years,

I've been dreaming of

finding you and killing you.

Kill

everyone here.

We must get the antidote

and deliver them to Snow Union on time.

Understood.

No matter who you are,

you must be here

to get the antidote.

If you shoot one more arrow,

I'll destroy the antidote.

Ma'am,

what should we do?

Lin Jing really is hard to deal with.

I'd rather die in the fight with him

than go down without a fight.

Do I need to get the antidote violently?

After all,

no one is going to leave here alive.

Ma'am,

we'd better act now.

Lin Jing is very cunning.

I'll get the antidote.

You back me up.

Understood.

Let's go!

It seems Lin Jing is right.

My sister

never does meaningless things.

She must have a purpose

when she tried to hold Master Xiao back.

If she aims at the antidote

when she stalled him

and asked us to deliver the antidote,

she must have set an ambush on the way.

But why would she need the antidote

when she doesn't have the Chihua Pill?

Luckily,

Lin Jing has replaced the antidote with a fake one.

Otherwise,

there will be a big problem.

Mei Ying!

I'm avenging my father.

What's your business here?

Take him back to Longyin City.

Understood.

Let's go.

I don't think you have the guts to kill me,

Lin Jing.

The Hall Master of the Hall of Emptiness is so impressive.

I have miscalculated.

What happened?

I'm so glad

you're alright.

I was injured and too weak to fight.

I was hiding in the dark

till Xuan Ye came to my rescue.

I've been worried about you.

Now I'm relieved.

However,

Master Xiao didn't survive.

The Mei family was coming for us.

Master Xiao

was killed by Mei Ying.

I hope

Lin Jing is safe.

I'm so glad

you're alright.

Why are you

still so unhurried at such a time?

Oh no,

I must mind this business.

The consequences are unthinkable if Mei Ying

confesses your identity.

It's too late already.

When I returned to the City,

Mei Ying had already

been taken away by the disciples of the Hall of Sickness.

The Hall of Sickness?

Then why did you take him back

instead of stopping him

while you were outside the City?

Master Xiao's death

was plotted solely by Rong Su,

whose purpose

was to snatch away the antidotes to the Chihua Pill.

And Mei Ying

is the only insider who can testify against her.

So I must take him back to Longyin City

to be interrogated by your dad and other people.

But you shouldn't have risked exposing your identity.

This time,

I'm betting on his loyalty.

If he chooses to betray me,

then he will be doomed.

I don't believe

that he dares to turn hostile to the whole Lingxu Pavilion.

How stupid you are!

Don't you know

how cruel my auntie is?

No one can bear her torture for one day.

If that's the case,

Rong Su must feel uneasy.

Don't you really know how serious the present situation is?

Fine.

I'll prepare medicine for Lu Yizhou first.

Let's talk about this issue later.

You...

But...

That's it. That's it.

Please don't worry.

Although our plan has failed,

Lin Jing won't be able to escape Master Rong's punishment

for destroying the antidotes without permission.

Lin Jing...

I was negligent

and underestimated his ability.

With his assistance,

Rong Hua and the Hall of Life

are bound to be our major rival in the future.

Our biggest trouble at present

is not Lin Jing,

but Mei Ying, who has been taken away

by the Hall of Sickness.

Where is Mei Ying now?

The Black Room.

Ziyan.

No one can bear Ms. Ziyan's torture for one day.

I'm worried that

Mei Ying might betray you

if he fails to bear the torture.

Then we can only find a way

to silence him forever.

The celebrated Hall Master of the Hall of Sickness,

who I'd thought would have some clever ideas,

turns out to be such a coward.

You're looking down on our Mei Family

by trapping me like this.

Do you know what this place is, Mr. Mei?

Death is the best ending for people trapped in

the Black Room of Longyin City.

Mei Ying,

I'll give you one last chance.

You'd better tell me the truth.

Whose orders were you acting under

to assassin Master Xiao?

I killed that traitor

in order to clean up the mess for the Mei family.

I avenged my father's death on my own will,

and it's not anyone's order.

Stop your mystifying trick.

If you want to kill me, just do it!

No...

You must be tired, Master.

I was wondering how long this person

can bear staying in the Black Room.

The more skilled in martial arts a person is,

the more harm he will suffer from

the poisonous smoke in the Black Room.

How did he dare to oppose Longyin City?

This Mei Ying must have underestimated

the consequences of doing so.

Everyone who had been punished in the Black Room

had quite a scare given by the illusions

caused by the poisonous smoke.

Let's see if he can bear it till sunset.

Since it's carried out personally by you this time,

there will surely be no exception.

It's just that,

this time,

the Hall of Life has lost the antidote.

I was wondering how Master Rong

will deal with this matter.

Lin Jing got out of the City to deliver the antidote,

and had no choice but to destroy it

after running into an ambush.

He might be exempt from death,

but he will still be punished.

The specific punishment

shall be decided by Master Rong.

You and other disciples

shouldn't make baseless speculations.

Got it.

Su,

I'd thought that

you did this merely because you wanted to be a winner.

It's unexpected that in order to pursue your own interests,

you've put the overall safety of Longyin City at risk.

Longyin City has always been a place

with strict hierarchy.

Rong Hua,

haven't you forgotten about the greeting etiquette

when you meet me, your sister, a hall master?

All the disciples of Longyin City

ought to follow the rules of etiquette when meeting any of the four hall masters.

Are you challenging the authority, Miss Rong Hua?

And you guys.

Is it because you've served Miss Rong Hua for too long

that you've grown bold

and unwilling to follow the rules?

As the old saying goes,

"He who touches ink will be defiled."

These disciples have become

presumptuous under your influence.

I accept your reproof, Su.

Greetings, Hall Master of the Hall of Emptiness.

Miss Rong Hua.

Greet the Hall Master now.

Greetings, Hall Master of the Hall of Emptiness.

Don't ever think that you can be my equal

just because you have seized control

of the Hall of Life with the help of an unknown man.

You're still far from that.

You're oversensitive.

No matter what position I'm in,

all I do is for the good of Longyin City.

Whether it be you the hall master,

or the disciples,

anyone betraying Longyin City

shall be punished by our father.

Don't slander our hall master, Miss Rong Hua.

Your Hall of Life is to blame for destroying

the antidote to the Chihua Pill.

How can you shift the blame to us?

Why are you defending yourselves so eagerly?

Is it because you have a guilty conscience?

What do you mean?

Nothing.

We shall get a verdict

after meeting our father later.

I happen to be going to visit Master Rong, too.

It's unpardonable of Lin Jing to destroy the antidote

to the Chihua Pill without permission.

Master Rong shall give him a severe punishment.

No one

can save him this time.

The truth shall come out after Mei Ying

reveals the chief plotter behind all this.

I wonder which of us will be the final winner.

I quit, I quit.

You still

lose your composure

as easily as before.

With such a big misfortune befalling Longyin City,

how can I keep my composure?

I'd better die

than stay composed.

Why are you so anxious?

The person behind Mei Ying

is going to reveal himself soon.

I don't believe that.

Don't you?

Then how about

we make a bet?

I...

-Greetings, Master Rong. -Greetings, Dad.

How's it going?

-Master Rong... -Dad...

Su,

you go first.

Master Rong,

in my humble opinion,

we should execute Mei Ying to warn the people across the world

that Longyin City

has no tolerance for contempt

and provocations from anyone or any sect.

Rong Hua,

what's your opinion?

On the contrary.

I think we should release Mei Ying from the Black Room,

treat him with politeness,

and persuade him to reveal the chief plotter.

Only in this way

can we bring to justice the real perpetrator.

Then each of you

expound your

respective reason

for your opinion.

This time,

I'll let Rong Hua go first.

Yes.

I've found out

that Master Xiao used to be the vice head of the Mei Family

and was valued by the head of the Mei Family.

But in the end, he betrayed

and killed old Master Mei.

So Mei Ying did this to avenge his father's death,

which shows that he is a responsible and filial son.

As the greatest martial arts sect in the world,

Longyin City ought to uphold justice for them.

You speak so naively, little sister.

How can we readily believe the words of a murderer?

He might have talked baloney in order to survive.

If that's so, the situation which had been clear

would become messy again.

Besides,

no matter for what reason Mei Ying did the killing,

the fact that Master Xiao was an honorable guest of Longyin City

and one of the hosts of the Chihua Pill won't change.

His being killed ten li outside the City

is really a humiliation to Longyin City.

If we don't kill Mei Ying,

people across the world

will have no awe for our Longyin City.

Bai,

do you know

that if I put this piece in a proper place,

you can do nothing but surrender?

Here you are.

Send this piece

to Ziyan.

What,

what do you mean by this?

Ziyan will know what to do

to Mei Ying

upon seeing this piece.

This...

What kind of secret signal is this?

Are you really going to release him, Master?

The black piece signals "release",

while the white "execution" …

Since Master Rong wants a release,

we'll just release him.

He's been immersed in the poisonous smoke for so long

that even if released,

he's most likely to be a cripple.

Open the door.

Master,

he has no breath now.

He must have used

the Art of Turtle Breathing

to stay sober

after noticing the hallucinogenic effect of the smoke.

Unfortunately,

my poisonous smoke can not only get in his body through breathing,

but also penetrate through his skin

and get into everywhere in the body.

Xiaoxiao,

take him to the Hall of Life.

Guards.

Take him away.

Ziyan,

Mei Ying is still alive?

I've asked Xiaoxiao to take him to the Hall of Life.

What do you think is the reason

for Master Rong to let Mei Ying off?

Is it because Rong Su told him in private that the loss

of the first Chihua Pill has to do with the Mei Family?

If the first Chihua Pill

was really stolen by the Mei Family,

then how did it fall into the possession

of Lingxu Pavilion?

It seems that

this time, Master Rong

wants to inquire about the secrets

of Lingxu Pavilion from Mei Ying.

Mr. Lu, this is a humble gift from our hall master,

who hopes that you can recuperate soon

through proper nourishment.

Many thanks.

Please send my words to Miss Rong Su:

If there's an opportunity,

I'll compare notes with her again on the art of Go.

Xuan Ye,

you'd better take back

what you've brought here.

What's the matter with you?

Why are you being so impolite?

Am I impolite?

Your hand is almost crippled.

Have you forgotten

who caused this?

Xuan Ye,

these things

are treasures purchased and collected

from many places by our Hall of Life.

Even I, the Hall Master of the Hall of Life, haven't seen them yet,

but your Hall of Emptiness

has sent them away casually as a small gift.

I just did what I was ordered to do,

and I don't know any hidden fact about it.

If you, Mr. Lin, insist on investigating,

the Hall of Emptiness can cooperate at any time.

Good.

After I finish rectifying our Hall of Life,

I'll arrange a time

to inspect your Hall of Emptiness carefully.

Stop this.

Don't you know clearly

what kind of person Rong Su is?

Now you're so infatuated with her

that you no longer know who you are.

Is that so?

Now you even dare to oppose me.

Do I oppose you?

You're the young master indeed,

but that doesn't mean you can be unreasonable

and mix right and wrong.

It is kind of her to send me the ginseng,

but you insisted on finding fault with that

and flew into a rage.

It's obvious that you have a bias against her.

-I... -You...

I'll leave you two gentlemen alone.

Mr. Lu, I will send your words

to Miss Rong Su.

Bye.

Which "play"

were you performing just now?

I was just pretending.

Rong Su wants to rope you in,

so I should try to cooperate with her,

shouldn't I?

Come on,

drink this decoction I made for you

before it gets cold.

I've worked so hard

to make this decoction.

How dare I, a humble servant,

enjoy the decoction made by you, Young Master?

What bullshit

are you talking about?

A servant can't drink this decoction.

Drink it.

It took me half a day to make it for you.

Don't waste my effort.

How beautiful it is.

So bitter.

Now I shall die with no regret after being looked after

by Young Master himself.

Who taught you to be so glib?

Who else could it be?

You didn't talk like this when you were at Lingxu Pavilion.

Could it be Rong Su who taught you this vice?

Don't worry.

I'm well aware of Rong Su's trick.

She's certainly responsible

for the death of Master Xiao.

But it was

too dangerous for you to let Mei Ying enter the City.

If the two of them have been conspiring against you,

you'll surely be doomed.

Think about it,

if they have really joined hands,

then why does Rong Su

want the death of Mei Ying

so eagerly?

Everything has its...

Stop, stop.

You're really too loquacious,

too loquacious.

Remember this:

you just need to pretend

to be on bad terms with me in front of them.

Have you got any new plan?

Come on.

Take a look.

This is...

The antidote.

Stop.

Sorry for my impertinence.

I didn't know you're here, Miss Rong Hua.

You're not a disciple of the Hall of Life.

I was transferred to the Hall of Life only a few days ago.

You haven't seen me much, Miss Rong Hua,

so it's natural that you didn't recognize me.

Please don't bother yourself

to look after the patient, Miss Rong Hua.

Let me do this for you.

Mei Ying is now an honorable guest of Longyin City,

and is heavily injured,

so he must be taken good care of.

You can leave now.

Leave the decoction here.

Yes.

I take my leave.

I haven't expected Miss Rong Hua to value me so much

as to accompany me in person.

It seems you've been up for a while.

Aren't you afraid that the decoction might be poisoned?

Haven't you

checked it for me just now?

Besides,

since Master Rong has released me from the Black Room,

who in the whole Longyin City

would plot to murder me?

Rong Su.

Why would she do this to a person

who she has never met?

Instead of her, Lin Jing, the new Hall Master of the Hall of Life,

once had an interesting encounter with me.

Perhaps Master Rong would be interested in hearing about it.

My father has ordered you

to take your time to rest in the City.

Don't bother yourself

about anything else.

Are the two of them really on bad terms?

It seems the case but might be fake.

The truth is hard to tell.

He wants to confuse me in this way.

Lin Jing,

don't you think you've belittled me too much?

Why not find a chance to eliminate Mei Ying as soon as possible?

The longer we let him stay here,

the more worries you will have.

Do I need you to remind me of this?

I've already dispatched someone there to try,

but there isn't any chance to take action

since Rong Hua is protecting him in the dark.

She is now keeping a close watch,

eager to see me betray myself.

Mei Ying is an intelligent man.

He should know that you're the person he must depend on

if he wants to leave Longyin City alive.

Let's stop talking about him.

Is there any news from Snow Union?

Following your command,

I've sent quite a few letters to them,

expressing our wish to delay the transaction,

but there's still no reply from Snow Union.

Trouble emerges from a long delay.

I'm afraid that Snow Union

might have long known about our failure.

If that's the case,

this transaction is likely to fail, too.

Had it not been Lin Jing,

we would have succeeded long ago.

Lin Jing...

Supreme Master,

in the latest letter from Rong Su,

there's still no explanation for the delay of transaction.

Following your previous command,

I haven't given her any reply.

She must have failed.

The purpose of her hiding this information

is no other than continuing to obtain the secrets

of Lingxu Pavilion from Snow Union.

Supreme Master, your conjecture

is almost the same as what Snow Union has found out.

Rong Su escorted Master Xiao back to Longyin City,

but they were unexpectedly delayed halfway.

Then Lin Jing was ordered to send the antidote to them.

But somehow

Master Xiao died

and the antidote was destroyed.

Rong Su wrote us these letters

for no other reason than reassuring our Snow Union.

But Longyin City is in a panic now,

so she definitely won't be able

to obtain the antidote again.

The antidote has been destroyed?

Yes.

It was witnessed by our men.

Lin Jing refused to give in after being ambushed,

and destroyed the antidote on the spot.

Supreme Master, do you think that

the truth is not what it appears to be?

If you were Lin Jing,

would you destroy an antidote

that can save your mother's life?

How sagacious you are, Supreme Master.

Lin Jing is indeed a wily man.

I suppose he has schemed all this since long ago

in order to conceal the truth.

Tell our men to keep a close watch

on Longyin City.

Lin Jing

will surely make a new move soon.

I must get this antidote

to the Chihua Pill.

Yes.

Then

how to deal with Rong Su?

Keep her waiting.

I'm going to tantalize her.

Yes.

I know what to do now.