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Episode 17

Xia Hou ordered Lin Ling to raid the Yan camp.

They killed 300 Yan soldiers.

- General - Hmm.

We killed 300 Yan soldiers.

I'm afraid we can't cover it up.

And Yan State won't sit on their hands.

The crooks of Yan State have been killing my people

and looting my cities. They are brutal.

They even tried to have me killed. Now that I've killed 300 of them.

Let's see who in the royal court have the guts to say no.

I'm afraid His Majesty may not like it.

You know it very well, Lin ling,

His Majesty never likes me.

I'm still alive

because

I have done so much for Tang Empire.

And the Empire makes sure all good deeds are rewarded.

As long as I keep doing my good work

and show no weakness to the nobility

His Majesty will think twice before making a move against me.

So it doesn't matter whether His Majesty likes me or not.

If he shows too much interest in me,

that's when I should be worried.

Dismissed.

Yes, General.

How lucky am I

being able to serve an emperor who is kind and forgiving.

Otherwise who knows how many times I would have met death.

An honorable man can be fooled in an honorable way.

But can I really fool His Majesty?

No, the emperor is being generous for the old time's sake.

It's for a past relationship that nobody else knows.

That's why he has let me live.

Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me.

Flowers are blossoming under the sky over the other shore.

Say, Old Jin,

what do you think His Majesty is doing

having us all write down the same phrase?

No idea.

All calligraphers in the capital

have been summoned.

Make sure you write it well, every one.

Lu JI, how come you are using your left hand?

Eunuch Lin, I hurt my right hand fetching water.

Get back to it.

Flowers are blossoming under the sky over the other shore?

Is there any hidden message in this?

Grand Secretary Wang

Looks like a handwriting analysis.

Is His Majesty looking for someone?

This one was done in double lining.

Skillfully done but not enough assertiveness.

And this one...

a total mess.

This one...

Not aggressive enough.

That's enough.

None of them is right. All wench.

Your Majesty, secret guards collected these from West Town and South Town.

For your review.

No.

Who on earth is the wench?

Don't worry, Your Majesty. You have sent your secret guards.

I'm sure they'll find something as long as they keep going in these directions.

First, he is a young man.

Your Majesty, I think he is old, given how mature his handwriting is.

No. He must be a young man.

And someone who knows Kung Fu.

The Kung Fu community is full of crude fellows like me.

No way he can write like that.

You know something about handwriting analysis, General Xu. That's great.

Something I didn't expect of you.

I don't deserve that compliment.

I don't care. Go do your job.

I don't care if they have to turn every stone in the capital.

Find me this wench.

I will ask him

how he sneaked into my study

and left this frigging note.

Yes, Your Majesty.

And how is the probe coming?

Your Majesty,

I have screened every man Third Royal Son was in touch with.

They all seemed clear.

I have deployed more secret guards

to the security detail to ensure safety of Third Royal Son and the Princess.

The plotting crooks will never get a chance.

Okay. Dismissed.

Yes, Your Majesty.

State Preceptor, think of a way

to bring me this man.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Here comes Headmaster Cao.

Headmaster Cao!

Sit down.

We are having a big event next month.

The opening of the Second Floor Test. It's a big event for the entire world.

Many young cultivators

will come to the Academy because if they pass the Test

they get access to Fu Zi himself.

Young Master, you didn't go to the Academy yet again?

Can't you see? I'm looking for my object of fate.

What is an object of fate?

Quit messing around. Out.

Object of fate?

Young master, there's a ghost in the house! Somebody has been tickling me,

and knuckling me on the head!

I cannot escape!

Sang Sang, my object of fate is you.

Object of fate?

My object of fate is you.

My object of fate is you!

Young Master!

[Princess Manor]

Yu'er.

I'm grateful for your visit, uncle.

Yu'er, it's only been a few days,

what's happening to you?

Yu'er has one favor to ask. If uncle won't consent to it,

Yu'er shall just be knelt down here.

Alright. Please just stand up.

Let's go and discuss this.

Leave us alone.

Yu'er, let's hear it.

Uncle, father won't let me back in the court.

Here I thought it's something serious.

Your father is a man who thinks much of family.

He's just been angry.

Uncle, you have no idea,

this whole thing has been plotted by the empress. Uncle, there's one thing,

I didn't dare to tell anybody.

Your story reminds me of an odd thing too.

Royal brother has a severe headache because of past illness! Hurry and call the physician!

No need to call the physician. I can treat his old illness. You should go now.

I thought at the time that how could such a delicate woman

carry Royal Brother in one swoop?

Now it becomes apparent that she must be a witch. Royal Brother is stubborn in his opinions,

like he's been fed the magic potion.

He surely has been fed the potion,

prepared by that woman herself.

We suffered a great deal in his hand.

Royal Uncle, Yu'er is begging for your help

to take out that witch.

If what you're saying is true

I will do everything in my power to help you kill her

even if it means I die

doing it.

Thank you so much, Royal Uncle.

Get up.

Sang Sang, there is something I want to discuss with you.

What is it, Young Master?

I have thought about it and you can't be my totem.

Why?

Think about it. If I throw you in a fight

you will get hurt.

Look.

So you have to help me.

I see this piece of silver responds strongly to your mindfulness.

But I strenuously disagree.

What if you throw the silver in a fight and can't retrieve it?

It is worth many taels.

Why are you doing this? You promised you would help me.

Now you are disagreeing over some silver?

Don't blame me, blame your small wallet.

Wait a second.

The silver feels smooth and cool to my fingers.

I like it. A hundred times better

than any fine polished stone or walnuts.

I will cherish it when I complete my training.

I will even hold it close to my chest when I sleep.

It won't be so comfortable.

Yes, it will. His totem is the cultivator's life.

He can't go anywhere without it.

The two of them are closer to each other than a man to his wife.

I swore I would carry my totem with me every day and take good care of it.

That's why i can count on it sacrificing itself

for me at the life or death moment.

It feels good to be your totem.

Go get me 20 taels of silver. I will carry it wherever I go and caress it every day

so it will become my totem.

Go. What are you waiting for?

What are you doing?

Here. Here. All yours.

They never bothered you pressing against your feet?

Royal Sister, I repent my wrongdoing.

Please forgive me.

Royal Sister, I have been on my knees for so long.

Please say something.

You can't keep ignoring me like that.

Empress Mother!

Shut it. I have ordered your detention so you can think about what you did and mend your character.

Yet you can't handle being on your knees for a while.

Four more hours on your knees then, and no food for today.

Royal Sister!

Commander Xu.

What are you sneaking around for?

The entire royal court is scurrying about searching for the man.

Looks like His Majesty wants him no matter what. Maybe we should...

How dare you!

Another word comes out of your mouth and you are dead.

I understand.

Where is he?

Go get Hua Shanyue and tell him to come to the Princess Residence for a meeting.

Yes, Your Highness.

Academy

I finally have found my totem. Shall I tell the fatty the good news?

Ning Que, are you trying to burn down Old Books Building?

Third Senior Sister will kill you for it.

Look at this. Lower.

All this hard work

has come to just one word: lower.

Ning Que, exactly how much do you love money?

Take silver as your object of fate.

Ning Que, your silvers must know you're stingy and unwilling to spend them,

so they respond so readily to your perception.

This isn't just weak, it's weak as hell.

I won't stop you if you want to take silver as your object of fate.

It's just that I haven't ever seen other cultivators do it.

You spend so much energy,

yet the silver just wiggled a bit like a maggot.

What use is it?

Miser.

Fatty.

[Tang Nation]

I am also very curious about what kind of person left behind this note.

Is it a warning,

or a threat?

I think it should be an admonishment.

Fish jump in the ocean, but regardless of how wide or large the ocean is, it is always limited by the shores.

But when flowers blossom over the other shore, that land under the sky is really a free land.

Did you hear?

Because of that note, the court has been really busy.

Flowers blossom under the sky over the other shore. My father had been called to court and copy that handwriting.

I hear the palace asked many people, but didn't find it in the end.

Is it possible that it was written by some scholar who sells scrolls for a living?

- Impossible. - Who says it's impossible?

There are many heroes in the wilderness, and talent is always in the mountain forests.

Who says those scholars who set up stalls to sell writing can't write peerless first-rate work?

Yilan said it well.

But how did this scroll get into the emperor's book room?

This is a puzzle.

And who knows what kind of punishment His Majesty will give this person when he catches him.

Ning Que.

- Thank you. - What are you thanking him for?

Didn't Ning Que open a small bookstore in East Town?

We can go ask him.

Absurd. If he was the one who wrote the scroll in the emperor's book room,

then I will kiss his smelly feet.

Your body's nascent energy hasn't recovered yet.

Why did you make desserts and come here?

If I didn't come, was Your Majesty planning on not eating?

You know my mood isn't good.

It's all my fault.

Don't say you're wrong every time, alright?

The princess is naturally intelligent.

If it weren't for the sake of her own younger brother,

she wouldn't admit to this groundless accusation.

Hun Yuan is young. He might not even know if he was used by someone else.

It's good that Little Sixth Son doesn't have any severe ailment now.

Your Majesty might as well take back the command banning the two siblings from entering the palace that was made in the heat of the moment.

We are still one family.

I also think that way.

I always hope our family can be peaceful,

but Yu'er just can't understand.

I don't want to see you continuously compromising for the greater good.

If one day, I'm not by your side-

Your Majesty. Don't say things like that.

Your Majesty must properly preserve your health

for the sake of Tang Nation, and also for this family of ours.

Your Highness.

Shanyue, you came in such a rush.

In reality there wasn't anything to rush about.

If the princess commands it, even if there are a thousand soldiers and a thousand horses ahead,

Hua Shanyue would still rush to the princess

as soon as possible.

Then the reason you haven't come to the Princess Manor recently

is because of the recent plight of Hun Yuan and I.

Could it be that Hua Shanyue is this kind of person in your heart?

Could it be that you still

don't understand my heart?

There's something I always wanted to tell you.

Since the first time I saw you in Wei City,

there's something I always wanted to tell you.

Could it be that you don't know my thoughts?

For every day Hun Yuan doesn't ascend to the position of crown prince,

I will be restless every moment.

The princess' worries are Shanyue's worries.

The third royal son is only too young, with an unstable temperament.

Why don't you send him to be disciplined in the military?

Military?

Who has come?

The King of Yan?

What matter has caused the Yan King to personally come?

Secretly slaughtering my Yan armies.

Xia Hou, are you trying to start another war?

So what if another war starts? Do you believe that

my Northern Garrison can take down your capital within seven days?

We are not the Yan State of fifteen years ago.

As of today, having gained asylum in Xiling,

as Xiling's guest, regardless of the Tang Emperor,

could it be that you look down even on the Shrine Leader?

The dignified ruler of Yan State is actually using Xiling as an excuse.

I tell you, standing in front of you right now

is Tang Nation North Garrison's General,

not whatever Xiling guest.

Xia Hou, Xiling has been treating you good.

If you still remember that you're Xiling's guest, then stop acting rashly.

Otherwise, us respective Xiling countries-

Bullsh*t, what respective countries.

How could the hawks in the sky associate with jackals on the ground like you?

These 300 people died well.

As least they could let everyone in Tang Nation understand

the extent of my abilities,

and let that Emperor in Tang Nation understand

only I can keep the northern border of Tang Nation peaceful.

You spent so much effort scheming for that worthless bit of surname.

For the position of that relative of yours.

Xia Hou. Aren't you tired?

But it's still better than you, Yan King.

Long and deep schemes, being a double dealer.

On the surface you submit to my Tang Nation,

but behind the back you secretly contact Xiling.

Correct.

Do you know why I seek refuge in Xiling?

I just hope that one day, I can personally destroy the Tang nation.

At that time, you will have to recognize your position as guest of Xiling.

Will I, Xia Hou, let you succeed?

I tell you, I am me. Xiling is Xiling.

Xia Hou, you think too well.

Fifteen years ago, you chose to help Wei Guangming.

That equates to choosing Xiling.

That set in stone the polluted water on your body.

No matter what you do,

Tang Nation will definitely never let you go.

In the end, you can only survive in the Peach Mountains.

Shut up!

I heard that recently the Tang nation have been seeking revenge for that incident fifteen years ago.

I also heard that Long Qing is coming to Tang Nation to exchange for Chong Ming.

Fifteen years ago, I was the one that captured these two children.

Now, shouldn't it be up to me to determine

who goes and who stays?

Long Qing has already reached the capital,

and has ascended the Two Story Building to become Fu Zi's personal disciple.

He will become the world's strongest.

At that time, the humiliation Yan State has suffered will all be returned.

Long Qing really is the Yan King's pride.

But I heard Prince Long Qing doesn't intend for Crown Prince Chong Ming return to his home country.

Or else he would use an assassin as a provocation

and I wouldn't have killed your 300 Yan soldiers.

Does the Yan King not know about this matter?

These two princes of yours each have high ambitions.

They have been fighting both publicly and privately.

I think, Yan King, you are also

at the age where you retire from your position.

How do you know whether I have the energy to continue?

Second senior brother!

You can stand up now.

Your friend from the old academy building seems to have recovered nicely.

Of course he has. He took my Divine Pill.

It was all meant to be. But i should warn you,

The friendship of true gentlemen is built on honor

and not how rich or poor you are. And these students go to the same academy as you.

And you have been able to rein in your gluttony and excessive sleeping

and come to Old Books Building every day. This alone is commendable.

Thank you, Second Senior Brother.

But you remember the rules in Academy?

There are things you are not supposed to say, so don't say them.

Well, you know me, Second Senior Brother. I was born timid.

I won't say a word i'm not supposed to.

All I do with him is chatting

and figuring out some math problems together.

Second Senior Brother, I want to ask you a question.

- What? - This friend of mine sucks at cultivating.

He has only unblocked 10 out of the 17 cavities of Qihai and Xueshan.

And he barely started responding to the breath of Heaven and Earth 14 days ago.

Yet now he is able to feel things on the outside, for whatever reasons

and even has one foot into the No Doubt Level.

Do you think he is a genius, Second Senior Brother?

- No. - Why not?

Going from Basic through Perception and into No Doubt in 14 days,

no one can do it in the world.

If someone did it, it must be a monster.

What are you all looking at? Yue Yi, Lord Changguo of Yan,

was an honorable man and brave warrior.

He brought the troops of five states under his command and captured over 70 cities for his king.

Every time he won a battle, he would celebrate with this dance.

And every solider in his army followed his example. This, too, counts as ritual.

The nascent energy has shifted, making it a bad day for school. So, class dismissed.

Everybody sit down. Couldn't you see the grin on Cao's face?

Someone important is coming to Tang Empire. You know who?

- Royal Son Longqing. - Longqing?

The hope of Yan and prodigy of Xiling.

He is coming to the Academy test?

Prodigies seek out company, don't they?

Prodigies here and prodigies there. I don't believe there are so many of them.

Ning Que, don't forget tonight. Red Sleeve Invite.

Royal Son Longqing sure moves fast, and makes a lot of noise for that matter.

Royal Son Longqing is looked up to in Xiling.

People here call him Son of the Light.

And yet he comes to take our test for Second Floor access

so he can learn directly from Fu Zi. Why?

Please don't be upset, Royal Older Brother. Royal Son Longqing is Son of the Light.

And he wants to make it to a higher level of cultivation.

Fu Zi is the most powerful man in the world.

Who would not want to be in his exclusive class?

Working so hard. This genius is pleased.

So you are all geniuses? Then let me ask you, genius, have you heard of Royal Son Longqing?

There was an agitated discussion about him at the academy today.

Is it really so cool to be on the Knowing Destiny Level?

Longqing? Never heard of him. Even if there are geniuses,

they are not in Xiling, but will only be found in the Monastery of Knowledge and Obeisance, and it will be a girl.

- A special girl? - Her name is Ye...

...Hongyu. She is obsessed with Daoism.

She is called the Daoism maniac. A cold-blooded monster.

A word of advice: one day if you see her you run as fast as you can.

Looks like you are speaking from experience?

Don't worry. I will revenge you.

Any way, exactly how powerful is the Knowing Destiny Level?

You want to know?

Let's go. i'll show you something.

- Where are we going? - Another world.

- You are taking us somewhere to die? - If you want to die, be my guest. I'll live.

We are on the backside of the academy in the mountain.

To tell you the truth, per Academy rules,

newbies like you aren't supposed to be here.

But then where I'm taking you isn't exactly the forbidden quarter.

It's on the borderline of the back quarter and the front.

You laymen will never get close to the back quarter. There are rules.

What are you talking about? Rules and borders? We are in the middle of nowhere.

- What's that? - That would be our dormitory.

"Our?" Who else?

Twelve great geniuses live in the back quarter.

Twelve? I have seen none.

The 12 of us aren't someone for you laymen to see.

We are in the exclusive circle of Fu Zi's disciples.

So these disciples, they are any good?

Of course. When you are granted access to the back quarter,

Tang Empire provides for you for the rest of your life.

And I mean the entire Heavenly world.

All you have to do is flash this tablet.

That's enough. We back quarter disciples

are not the same as you front yard students.

We have important missions and carry the glory of the empire.

We safeguard peace of the whole Heavenly world.

And a nobody like you won't understand.

Stop bragging.

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[Ever Night]

♫ Hey, I can only say sorry ♫

♫ You, who has forgotten time, look a little lost ♫

♫ You seem so far away, but you're right in front of me ♫

♫ Time flies just in a wink of an eye ♫

♫ Take it easy ♫

♫ Life is still the same ♫

♫ Hey, let me change the ending ♫

♫ Even if I cover everything up, it'll just be a short time ♫

♫ No need to be too obsessive. No need to say sorry ♫

♫ Winning or losing only makes the loser to treat others a meal ♫

♫ It's better not to see each other than crying upon separation ♫

♫ The night is very long and dark ♫

♫ Don't leave regrets ♫

♫ I've seen through all right, wrong, gratitude, grudges, words and acts in this world ♫

♫ I risk danger in desperation for you ♫

♫ An umbrella appears in old Chang'an ♫

♫ The night is approaching, Supernatural talismans burn ♫

♫ Fight till everything is in chaos and darkness and everyone is gone ♫

♫ See us breaking through the darkness, blazing and changing the heaven, the earth and the world ♫

♫ Spur the horse to go forward all the time ♫

♫ Swan geese fly south because it's going to snow ♫

♫ Get drunk at a warm coast ♫

♫ Under the slashes of the sword, we still love each other ♫

♫ Under the slashes of the sword, we still love each other ♫