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[Fights Break Sphere]

[Episode 2]

What is the reason for giving me such a precious gift?

Brother Gu, please express it clearly.

Nalan Clan Leader and I are very good friends.

Recently, I noticed that he is deeply troubled by something and unable to sleep at night.

What is it that's weighing heavily on

Nalan Clan Leader's mind?

It's concerning the Nalan Clan having no successor.

Nalan Jie has three sons, one is weak and the other two are reckless.

In the entire family, there is only

one child, Nalan Yanran, who is very smart and is deeply favored by her grandfather.

If Nalan Yanran becomes a part of this family through marriage,

who then will be left to inherit

and manage the huge assets of the Nalan Clan?

So, Elder Nalan now finds our Xiao Clan unreliable.

He wants to cancel the engagement?

He has asked you to be the mediator.

What Brother Xiao said is exactly right.

Your son is just a medicine shop apprentice now

and you've lost all your Fight Qi skills.

In the Xiao Clan, from the top to the bottom, and among the younger generation, there's already no one

that can be relied on.

If Nalan Yanran becomes a part of this family through marriage,

it will surely be of no benefit to the Nalan Clan.

Why don't we just cancel the engagement?

I request Xiao Clan Leader to personally bring up this topic.

You are also aware that Elder Nalan is a person that regards his reputation with much importance.

He doesn't want to end up with the bad name of being heartless, unrighteous, and without integrity.

He doesn't want to bear such a bad name?

What then does he want Xiao Clan to say?

Don't tell me he wants me to say that the Xiao family is done for?

That we're not good enough for the Nalan family?

This engagement was set by the ancestors of our Xiao family.

I'm unable to say those words.

If I say such words, I would

let down my ancestors and the successive generations.

Brother Xiao, forgive me for being frank.

You need to be realistic.

If you take a step back now, there are still many benefits to gain.

If you take this pill, you would gain back 60-70% of your Fight Qi skills.

There are some matters that you do understand.

That there is still a big difference between being a medicine shop owner to being a Fight Practitioner.

That is reality.

Although this pill is very good,

using my son's lifelong happiness in exchange for it,

using the millennial reputation of Xiao Clan in exchange for it,

don't you think that it's too inequitable?

You really underestimate the Xiao family.

Brother Gu, please let the Nalan Elder know

that if he wants to cancel the engagement,

to please come and tell me himself. If he doesn't,

then the engagement banquet will proceed as planned.

I'll take my leave.

- Congratulations, Xiao Clan Leader. - Congratulations. It's a joyous day.

- This way, please. - This way, please...

Congratulations, Xiao Clan Leader.

Please, please come in.

- Have a seat over here. - Please have a seat.

Xiao Yan, you should offer a cup of tea in place of wine

to Grandfather Nalan.

Once you've become his grandson-in-law, you must be more respectful to him.

Yes.

Grandfather, let me offer you a toast.

Grandfather, let me offer you a toast.

Grandfather, let me...

offer you a toast.

Xiao Yan, it will not be too late if you wait until Grandfather is finished with his speech

before drinking this cup of wine.

The Nalan Clan is on the decline.

Nalan Clan Leader, you shouldn't say that.

It's a joyous day today.

As long as our two families can be united wholeheartedly...

Old Younger Brother Xiao, the Nalan Clan is on the decline. ['old' is an affectionate term of address]

I'm 79-years-old this year. I'm old.

In the generation of Yanran's father, there is no accomplished talent.

I only have this sole granddaughter.

She can be considered to have talented attributes.

Seven years ago, on the distant expedition to the Soul Hall,

all the elite Fight Practitioners that our Nalan Clan sent

did not return.

My only son has also become crippled.

In such a huge aristocratic family, if you look at it closely,

it's just an empty shell.

Thinking about the danger we will have to face in the future,

I'm unable to sleep, Old Younger Brother Xiao.

The five great clans must unite and also preserve oneself.

There's no getting around this.

My granddaughter, Yanran,

is Nalan Clan's last hope.

She must find someone more dependable.

We can not marry her to Xiao Yan.

This... How come he's just taking it back like that?

Indeed. That is so unreasonable.

What now then? This is so preposterous.

It really makes people angry.

I'll return the betrothal gifts from the Xiao Clan ten-fold.

Today's banquet is not an engagement banquet. It's to form an alliance.

From this day forth, every matter concerning the Xiao family, even the minute ones,

will be under the protection of the Nalan family.

If anyone has issues with the Xiao family,

I will be the first one who won't let that person get away.

Old Master holds a high position and power. Having such a sense of responsibility toward one's friend

is quite rare.

This is the engagement pact.

Please give me some respect and take it back.

Uncle Xiao, in a matter like canceling a marriage agreement, someone must take responsibility.

If not because we want to maintain the reputation of the Xiao Clan,

my grandfather would have forced the cancellation.

Xiao Yan, if you want to preserve your family's prestige,

let's set an arrangement for a meeting in three year's time. Three years from now,

you can come to the Cloud Mist Sect to challenge me.

If you win, I'll be at your service.

There's no need to wait three years. Nalan Yanran,

I already have no interest in you.

Looks like this cup of wine for the engagement

will not be accepted by anyone.

So be it.

In that case, everyone, let's all drink to the repudiation of the wife banquet.

[Repudiated]

It's the Nalan Family that's not good enough for the Xiao Family.

Grandfather...

do as you wish.

Xiao Yan,

explain to me

what's the meaning of this word?

This word is "xiu". (to cease)

Since there is an engagement pact,

that means Yanran is (already) my wife.

Now that the word "xiu" has now been added,

she is no longer my wife.

She isn't married to you yet.

How can we talk about repudiation?

This engagement was arranged by my grandfather.

You also signed your name on this marriage agreement. My parents have given the betrothal gifts since we were little.

It also contains the information on Yanran's and my eight characters of birth.

How can you say that she isn't married yet?

This word... Lad, you just want to ruin Yanran.

It's you who first wanted to ruin the Xiao family's reputation.

I want you to eat this paper!

Xiao Yan, hurry, apologize to Clan Elder!

Clan Leader!

Clan Leader!

Xiao Yan, I can make the whole Xiao Clan crawl out of Wu Tan City.

Yanran, hurry, make him eat it!

Xiao Yan, Grandfather wants you to eat it, so eat it.

Xiao Clan Leader, are you happy that things have come to this?

You did not discipline your child well and you simply let him cause trouble.

Xiao Yan, if you want to marry the lady from their family, you have to be able to protect the family.

You can't even block one move. I think this repudiation paper

should instead be from Yanran to you.

Yanran, stop it.

Son!

Son.

Nalan Yanran.

Three years.

In three years, I will come to the Cloud Mist Sect to challenge you.

At that time,

for the insult you have thrown upon the Xiao family,

I will, in the same way,

pay all of it back to you.

Remember it!

On the East of the river for thirty years, [T/N:The changes in the world are varied and unpredictable.]

and on the West of the river for thirty years. [One's ups and downs will rise, fall, flourish and decline over time.]

Don't belittle or take advantage of a disadvantaged youth!

Father, I will definitely retrieve it back from them.

This is Nalan Clan's unique and exclusive medicine.

Bring it to Uncle Xiao.

[Seven Years Ago, the funeral of Gu Wenxin]

I heard that you won the championship.

I made this for you.

I'm giving it to you.

Do you regret it?

Who are you?

Of course, I'm part of the Xiao family.

I've parted ways with the Xiao family.

If there's anyone in the Xiao Clan that will stand out and speak,

it should not be you, right?

You want to cancel the marriage because you think Xiao Yan is useless.

He's not compatible with a precious heiress like you.

When he was nine years old, he was already able to master nine stages of Fight Qi Skills. What about you?

He was able to create a miracle seven years ago.

In the future,

what makes you think he can't make a comeback?

Xiao Yan and I will meet again three years from now.

In three years, if he can defeat me, I'll be at his service.

As for our arranged meeting in three year's time, you're not involved in it.

Move aside.

Don't think that because you have the Cloud Mist Sect as your Nalan Clan's backer,

you can run amuck.

The Fight Qi Continent is so vast.

There are so many sects stronger than the Cloud Mist Sect. You'll regret this.

Take it.

Do I just take anything?

Do you think I'd give you poison? It's for healing your internal injuries.

I'm really upset!

Once I've become outstanding, I'll make Nalan Yanran eat paper for fun.

As a young girl, why are you talking in this way?

If Father hears that, he'll scold you again.

Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to get married in the future?

I'm not getting married.

I was about to tell Father that I don't want to learn Fight Qi anymore.

I want to go to the medicine shop and learn how to use the abacus.

What did you say?

Think about it. It's so boring for me to learn Fight Qi alone.

How could it be that you're alone?

Aren't there many other disciples learning martial arts, too?

How about this? I'll go learn to use the abacus in the medicine shop

while you cut the herbs. This way, we can be together every day.

It's too boring to learn Fight Qi with them.

You should go back. Go.

You better remove that idea from your head right now. Go back and sleep.

Father will never agree. Go now.

In that case, I'll visit you once you're happier.

Grand Old Master.

Grand Old Master!

Have you thought it through?

If I drink more wine, your butt will have to suffer a beating again.

My butt already has calluses from the beatings.

There's no difference getting hit again.

Drink up. Just think of it as my treat.

What stage are you at now?

Fight Qi Skills, Stage 3.

Three years.

Even if you're given 30 years before going back to find that lady from the Nalan Clan, it'll be useless.

Her teacher is Yun Shan.

So in three years, how much do you think you'll improve?

You know about it?

Even if I don't want to know, I have no choice.

Those harsh words were like awls piercing through my ears.

Nalan Jie, that old man

is so snobbish and narrow-minded. If I were still alive

and went to drink your celebratory wine, even if he was given ten-fold guts,

he wouldn't dare say anything about canceling the wedding.

Cut it out. Stop bragging.

Also, there's no point in whatever you say.

That engagement banquet of mine

was really so embarrassing to the point where the Mother of the Shameless had to open the door for the shameless me.

What did you say?

That I'm utterly shameless.

You're a wonder. After experiencing such a huge setback, you can still smile.

If not so, what should I do?

Must I live my life with tears on my face every day and be in utter pain?

If so, why don't I just look for a rope and hang myself to death?

Everyone has Fight Qi Skills.

But you have to condense them into a whirl of qi and convert it to Fight Qi before you can become a Fight Practitioner.

That's why, you don't differentiate between a Fight Technique and Fight Qi Skills.

If you keep blindly training like this, once you meet a real Fight Practitioner in the future, you'll still be at a disadvantage.

We can't be sure about that.

Just to steal wine for you these past days, I have been getting beaten up so many times every day.

If I don't get stronger, maybe one day, my body would become disabled from the beatings.

You think I took advantage of you?

Go. Get me some herbs.

Purple Leaf Bluegrass, Wash Bone Flower,

and Wood Element Magic Crystals.

What do you need them for?

Less nonsensical talk. Just bring them here.

No, those herbs that you asked for are top grade herbs in the whole Jia Ma Empire.

Where do I go to find them?

This...This is...?

- Essence Flame. - Essence Flame?

Don't learn this. A lot of people will try to steal it.

There are a lot of baddies in this world.

This is Foundation Building Spiritual Solution.

Go and sell it for a good price. That's enough to fund my wines for a year.

Father.

Follow me.

Why was he killed?

Lately, he's been gambling

and lost over a million taels.

He indeed got bribed by the Soul Hall.

But he's just a measly person.

I don't know how many spies there are in the Xiao Clan because I've never investigated it.

It's like this in the Xiao Clan. The other clans

most likely are like this, too.

I'm thinking...

Hun Miesheng doesn't need to launch a massive attack. Just by dividing and disintegrating,

he can already topple all of us.

Come.

I found a good object at the auction today, a Foundation Building Spiritual Solution.

When you're training your Fight Qi Skills, just rub 2 drops on your skin.

Then use your Fight Qi Skills to slowly absorb it.

This way, you'll be able to improve your skills faster.

This small bottle can increase it by two stages.

Didn't you say that I'm not suitable material for that?

Being the only heir of the Xiao Clan here in Wu Tan City,

if you're not, then who is?

Cultivation is like climbing a mountain. There are highs and lows.

Both your mother and I thought that your talent would surpass mine.

But we were afraid that you would improve too fast and become impetuous.

After your recent training,

you will surely have a new understanding.

The deeper the root, the larger the tree will grow.

Father,

I want to go back and learn Fight Qi skills.

If a medicine shop attendant can even become

a spy for Soul Hall,

it's safer for you to hide here.

That day, I asked my six disciples, "What's your aspiration in life?"

One said, "I want to marry Doudou."

That showed no promise whatsoever, so I asked another disciple.

Another also said that he wanted to marry Doudou.

But I thought that my Star Fall Pavilion should produce at least one alchemist, right?

So, I asked your mother.

Your mother said she wanted to be an alchemist.

And I thought to myself, this is good.

My Star Fall Pavilion will finally produce an alchemist.

In the end, your mother stared at me and said,

"Master, my pet-name is Doudou."

Doudou.

Doudou.

I've never heard of this pet-name of hers.

The Xiao Clan and Star Fall Pavilion originally had a good relationship.

But later, we turned hostile against each other. This matter is related to you.

What's it got to do with me?

Your mother's personality was straightforward and open-minded.

Not like the eldest daughter of a big clan at all.

If she did wrong, she would immediately admit her mistakes.

If it was right, she would immediately do it.

But after she married your father,

she no longer studied under me in the Star Fall Pavilion.

In my heart, she's my favorite disciple.

I placed a lot of hope in her and owed her a lot.

I think, she probably resents me in the netherworld.

That's not possible.

When my mother passed away, she was at peace.

She gave me the Spatial Ring

and told me to keep it safe.

My father said that she had fulfilled her wishes

and died without regrets.

If in the future, someone will try to kill you,

or try to steal this ring,

I'll be just like my mother, willing to give up my life to protect you.

Really?

Of course.

It's because it was my mother's wish.

That's why, you don't need to worry about teaching me Fight Qi or not.

There's actually no difference.

So, if I really will not teach you, will you hate me then?

Of course.

But I would not hate you in that way.

Instead of hate,

I'd be more jealous of you.

Jealous?

Yes.

The whole period of time that I spent with my mother

was during the years before I was nine years old.

But you...

you got to spend many more years than that with her.

When I can't sleep,

I try hard to recall things about my mother.

It's been too long now. I'm beginning to forget.

It's not that I don't want to teach you. You also must think for my sake.

I'm afraid that once I teach you martial arts, you'll go and seek revenge.

I know. You're living inside the Spatial Ring,

enjoying the breeze and drinking some wine.

If you're not doing anything, try to mock me more.

Anyway, I'm bent on learning Fight Qi.

Without you, I still have to do something. Right?

There is one saying that goes like this,

"Without Butcher Zhang, can't one eat hairy pork anymore?" [Without a certain person/thing, one's goal can still be achieved.]

Young lad, your words are getting harsher.

Fine, I will stop.

Anyway, it's be fine whether I'm dead or alive because I won't be like you at all.

What about me?

If I say it, you'll get mad.

I don't get angry that easily.

You just drink wine here inside the Spatial Ring, abandoning yourself to despair.

Usually, you also like to brag.

But in reality, you can't do anything.

Look at your alarming state now.

Are you sure you were once the world's number one alchemist?

You said that you wouldn't get angry!

Kid, you really want to learn Fight Qi?

Then you...

Do you know what it means to be afraid?

There is one Level Two Dragon Scorpion Magical Beast in here.

Use the smoke of the Green Spiritual Grass to make it come out and then kill it.

If you can get it done, then I'll teach you Fight Qi.

I'm not done talking yet.

Even for professional magical beast hunting groups, a Level Two Dragon Scorpion beast

will usually need the cooperation of a lot of people to hunt and capture it.

If you're afraid, you can beg me to rescue you.

But then don't ever ask me to teach you Fight Qi again.

If you don't say anything, then I won't lift a hand to help you.

Let me give you a warning. Your life is your own. Don't force it.

If you die and descend into the netherworld,

remember not to complain about me to your mother.

Lad, don't force it. You won't be able to defeat it.

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[Ending OST 'Fights Break Sphere' by X-Nine Boyband]

♫ If you want change, battle it out with no fear of chaos ♫

♫ The sky is dark, there’s misery on earth, the people are living in a terrible state ♫

♫ Constant hatred and bitter attachment become evident ♫

♫ In this lifetime, you will see your feat such as has been tempered with fire ♫

♫ Confide in me your aspiration, that constant dream in your heart that’s difficult to fulfill ♫

♫ To fulfill my promise, I conceal an arrow inside my gold-threaded sleeve ♫

♫ Being mesmerized for a moment by the purgatory and the lava ♫

♫ Jumping in with a leap with neither grace nor resentment ♫

♫ Proud and aloof, holding a heavy sword in one hand ♫

♫ Young but bothered by undiminishing worries ♫

♫ Troubles, adding troubles, the mountain calls and the sea roars ♫

♫ Rushing headlong even if heaven is narrow and earth is small ♫

♫ Chaos in fighting the evil and foreign forces ♫

♫ Disturbances that no one can escape from ♫

♫ Disadvantaged but don’t belittle ♫ [The sky is dark, there’s misery on earth, the people are living in a terrible state]

♫ or take advantage of the young ♫ [Look at this smart and graceful youth with constant hatred and bitter attachment Oh Ho]

♫ Heroes never ask for names ♫ [What excuses are you looking for? Bravery like a dragon’s heart and courage like a tiger’s gall, they are in my hands]

♫ or titles ♫ [Showcasing to all, the bravery of this youth whose every punch squashes]

♫ On the board of notables ♫ [To achieve my aspiration that’s within view from near or far, the superb martial arts skills]

♫ I’ll showcase my martial arts skills ♫ [The fire beacon before the dawn of the battle is a blazing flame of fire with lava]

♫ It’s opportune to take advantage of youth ♫ [To fulfill my promise, holding a heavy sword in my hand, leaping forward for the showdown]

♫ and become famous sooner ♫ [Jumping in with a leap for a record that will go round and round]

♫ Proud and aloof, holding a heavy sword in one hand ♫

♫ Young but bothered by undiminishing worries ♫

♫ Worries adding on to worries, the mountain calls and the sea roars ♫

♫ Rushing headlong even if heaven is narrow and earth is small ♫

♫ Chaos in fighting the evil and foreign forces ♫

♫ Disturbances that no one can escape from ♫

♫ Disadvantaged but don’t belittle or take advantage ♫ [The sky is dark, there’s misery on earth, the people are living in a terrible state]

♫ of the young ♫ [Look at this smart and graceful youth with constant hatred and bitter attachment Oh Ho]

♫ Heroes never ask for names ♫ [What excuses are you looking for? Bravery like a dragon’s heart and courage like a tiger’s gall, they are in my hands]

♫ or titles ♫ [Showcasing to all, the bravery of this youth whose every punch squashes]

♫ On the board of notables ♫ [To achieve my aspiration that’s within view from near or far, the superb martial arts skills]

♫ I’ll showcase my martial arts skills ♫ [The fire beacon before the dawn of the battle is a blazing flame of fire with lava]

♫ It’s opportune to take advantage of youth ♫ [To fulfill my promise, holding a heavy sword in my hand, leaping forward for the showdown]

♫ and become famous sooner ♫ [Jumping in with a leap for a record that will go round and round]