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♫ In this elaborately written letter, all the words of love are filled with you. ♫

♫ The flowers within ten miles blossom elegantly for you. ♫

♫ I perform the zither, as if you are standing behind me. ♫

♫ The rain falls while I foolishly wait for you. ♫

♫ Use these deep, shallow, near, and far distances ♫

♫ to add a touch of poetry to our regrets and entanglements. ♫

♫ This bitter, sweet, dream-like, and fantasy-like origin of our intertwined fates ♫

♫ is so that we can pleasantly drink this alcohol under the threat of swords and knives. ♫

♫ Use this lifetime, these moments of encounters ♫

♫ to trade for just one short instant when you can be with me. ♫

♫ These words, sentences, sentiments, and intentions contain hopes ♫

♫ that you and I can listen to the rain as we stand under the eave. ♫

[Bloody Romance]

On the 9th day that Wan Mei entered Ling City, the plague outbroke seriously

Ling City's soldiers sealed off the City gate, people can enter but can not leave

In the evening, Ling City welcomed two uninvited guests

[Ling City]

What are both of you doing?!

I’m the Military Doctor sent by the Grand Military Governor from the Zi Province.

[City's gate open]

The Grand Military Governor is indeed considerate. It has been exhausting for both Ministers.

Where is your document?

The epidemic situation is urgent. We forgot to bring the document when we left.

Lord, please empathize.

How is the situation inside the city now?

The situation isn’t good.

Yesterday, the commoners in the city were making noise that they wanted to leave the city.

Lord He beheaded the leader of the troublemakers. It was very difficult to stop and stabilize the situation a moment ago.

Wanted.

Let me rest for a moment.

What are you doing?

Don’t write. I don’t know characters.

You’re thinking of that rotten old lady. Right?

Since she vomitted so much blood, she’s definitely dead.

Won’t you let me rest for a while?

I want to say something since I see that you're anxious.

I only stole two of her cucumbers.

I even took care of her on your behalf. You’re already very lucky. Is that good or not?

I didn’t bump into you. Did I?

I made this for you.

What kind of person was that grandma to you?

A grandma?

That isn’t right. I’ve never seen you inside the village before.

She can’t be your grandma.

Sister, don’t be sad.

Look. I don’t have a close relative either.

Still, am I not living well?

Don’t cry.

Sister, don’t cr-.

It’s nothing. I ran fast a moment ago so I fell.

Even if you tear all the portraits in the whole city, it’s useless, too.

Her face is already like that.

Why?

Why did her appearance become like that?!

Do you think at the Grand Tutor mansion, she only chatted and met with state security agents (to be warned to behave responsibly) and did nothing else?

Also, you won’t find her by walking aimlessly around the city like this.

Reportedly, the place that had the very first outbreak inside the city was in Wei Jia village. You should start looking from over there.

That place had the very first outbreak. Why?

You’re asking so many “why’s” like that. It would be better to just ask yourself.

When you were at Zhaixing Tower, why didn’t you protect her well?

[Wei Clan's shrine]

It’s very hot. You have a fever.

Do you want to drink water?

Wait for me. I’ll go get you some water. While I’m at it, I’ll bring back some food.

This is my last bit of food.

If you really can’t endure it, then take a bite.

I’ll return as quickly as possible. By all means, don’t die.

[wanted]

A fugitive?

You! Stop!

A thief!

Hurry...grab her.

You dare to steal things from my shop? Don’t you want to live?

That's enough. I have the rat plague!

Do you dare to come over here?

If you have the ability, come over here!

Forget it. It’s only a few steam buns.

Let her take them away.

Sister, come. Drink some water first.

Here.

It’s nothing. I ran fast a moment ago so I fell down.

Here. Eat a steam bun. It’s a plain steam bun, but it’s very fragrant.

My name is Xiao Xia. I’m 12 years old this year.

Actually, you look a little like my older sister.

After my parents died, my older sister got married and took me along.

But that man always beat the two of us. He even wanted to sell me.

Afterwards, my older sister searched for an opportunity to release me and let me escape.

I don’t know how she’s doing now.

Whether she’s being beaten to death by that man or not.

Why am I telling you this? Here.

Have a steam bun. Eat a lot.

[Wan Mei wanted poster]

This is a wanted poster about you. I tore it off the wall a moment ago.

Today, many people died on the north street market and in Wei Jia village.

The village chief went to Jiedu Prefecture to report to the government official. They’re looking everywhere for you now.

Many people have been ill in the past few days. They caught some kind of rat plague.

They said you brought this illness to the village.

Gong Zi gave me a mission a moment ago. It just so happens that he's lacking the medicine for guiding blindness.

Because of your present circumstances, it’s just in time to help me.

Sister, what’s wrong?

Eat something. All right?

Since yesterday, you haven't eaten anything.

Because I hope you’ll eat, so even if you don't have an appetite, you should eat in order to go on. Right?

What do you mean?

You’ve always lived for others. Isn’t that tiring?

I...

Actually, I’ve never understood

why a person like you would you agree to be a substitute Sect Leader of the Blood Lotus Sect?

I don’t understand

why Adoptive Father chose me either.

Apparently to him, the Blood Lotus Sect has a very serious crime.

Only people who are sufficiently kindhearted like you

have the ability to lead everyone a little at a time to redemption.

You Chan,

The statement you just said a moment ago is an enormous secret.

I’m not hoping you’ll mention it to anyone.

You couldn't save the hundred thousand lives in the Ling City.

Sometimes, you have to learn to harden your heart a little.

[Wei Shi Zong Ci]

I'm vomiting blood too.

Looks like I'm infected with the rat plague too.

It's right to keep away from me.

Elder Sister, don't come near. Please keep away from me.

Elder Sister, don't come near.

♫ In this elaborately written letter, all the words of love are filled with you. ♫

♫ In this elaborately written letter, all the words of love are filled with you. ♫

♫ The flowers within ten miles blossom elegantly for you. ♫

- Master Mei. ♫ I perform the zither, as if you are standing behind me. ♫

♫ I perform the zither, as if you are standing behind me. ♫

♫ The rain falls while I foolishly wait for you. ♫

♫ Use this lifetime, these moments of encounters ♫

♫ to trade for just one short instant when you can be with me. ♫

♫ These words, sentences, sentiments, and intentions contain hopes ♫

♫ that you and I can listen to the rain as we stand under the eave. ♫

♫ In this elaborately written letter, all the words of love are filled with you. ♫

♫ In this elaborately written letter, all the words of love are filled with you. ♫

♫ The flowers within ten miles blossom elegantly for you. ♫

♫ I perform the zither, as if you are standing behind me. ♫

♫ I perform the zither, as if you are standing behind me. ♫

♫ The rain falls while I foolishly wait for you. ♫

♫ Use these deep, shallow, near, and far distances ♫

♫ to add a touch of poetry to our regrets and entanglements. ♫

♫ to add a touch of poetry to our regrets and entanglements. ♫

♫ This bitter, sweet, dream-like, and fantasy-like origin of our intertwined fates ♫

♫ is so that we can pleasantly drink this alcohol under the threat of swords and knives. ♫

♫ Use this lifetime, these moments of encounters ♫

♫ to trade for just one short instant when you can be with me. ♫

♫ to trade for just one short instant when you can be with me. ♫

♫ These words, sentences, sentiments, and intentions contain hopes ♫

♫ that you and I can listen to the rain as we stand under the eave. ♫

♫ that you and I can listen to the rain as we stand under the eave. ♫

♫ In this elaborately written letter, all the words of love are filled with you. ♫

♫ In this elaborately written letter, all the words of love are filled with you. ♫

♫ The flowers within ten miles blossom elegantly for you. ♫

♫ I perform the zither, as if you are standing behind me. ♫

♫ I perform the zither, as if you are standing behind me. ♫

♫ The rain falls while I foolishly wait for you. ♫

You want to kill me?

Might as well. I have no honour to go back alive

now that the Ling City has become the way it is

What on earth did you do to her?

Act now.

Tell me quickly.

I planted gu poison in her body.

The commoners who fell ill in Ling City were all infected by her.

The antidote is contained

in the porcelain bottle that fell out of my bag.

I can't save her now that it is gone.

The only thing that I can do now is to heal her voice.

If nothing goes wrong, you will be able to recover your voice in fourteen to sixteen hours.

Why destroy Ling City.

Gong Zi says, the war is cruel ( lit when a general achieves success, tens of thousands of bones would have become ashes).

This is the sacrifice we must make when we are involved in important missions.

On the tenth day after Wan Mei entered Ling City

half the populace of Ling City were infected with the plague.

He Ba, the Minister of Jie Du, gave the order to stop the provision of food and water to the people. The city was to be completely sealed.

- Let us out.- Let us out.

[Ling City]

Master Mei.

Master Mei, it's useless.

Let's go back and check on Xiao Xia.

I've applied acupuncture needles on Xiao Xia. It will gradually relax the speed of her blood flow.

Hopefully she will be able to hang in there longer.

How is the situation outside?

The city is already sealed.

Before that, I was still hoping for a miracle to happen.

From the looks of things, it appears to be impossible now.

Perhaps that are other ways.

Gong Zi has instructed me before I set forth, that if there should be any changes to the plan,

I must at least kill the Acting Sect Leader Lan Luo.

But the common people are all saying that all passages to the mountain has been sealed by the Blood Lotus Sect.

I am fated to be unable to accomplish any of my missions.

Why?

Why does Gong Zi want to kill him?

Xiao Xia. Xiao Xia.

- You're awake. - Elder Sister, your're still here.

Do you think, when I dead,

will I be burned to ashes just like the others?

No you won't. You will not die.

You can talk now.

Elder Sister has just been healed.

It's really great. I want to be well too.

I don't want to die yet.

Xiao Xia. Xiao Xia.

Don't worry. Elder Sister will not let you die.

Is the gu poison in my body exactly the same as the one spread by Yue Qingya that very same year?

Then could the current Blood Lotus Sect have the remaining antidote?

Even if there is, we don’t know where it’s hidden.

It’s possible to make them take it out on their own.

Do you mean...we should go uphill to beg Lan Ruo?

But he’s the adopted son of Yue Qingya. He has never disobeyed Yue Qingya’s wishes.

The current Lan Ruo might even be suffering more than us.

As long as we push him a little,

he definitely won’t look on without lifting a finger. (lit. watch with folded arms)

As a matter of fact, that’s an option, too.

You’re unable to move freely. Also, you must take care of Xiao Xia.

Let me go on this trip.

I committed an offense, Master Mei.

Since it's going to beg Lan Ruo on empty promises, it would be better for a person, who’s contaminated with the plague, to go beg.

The more imminent the peril, the higher the possibility that he’ll be kindhearted.

Fine. The gu poison is already following your internal power now to finally disseminate throughout your whole body.

You can go to Blood Lotus Sect.

I’ll give both of you a period of a small cup of tea time. If you have any parting words, say them clearly.

Go now.

Leaving this time, I might not return alive.

There are some words that I want to say to you first.

What do you think you would want to say to me

so that I would forgive you?

While at the Sky Prison,

what I hate the most

is not this knife cut on the face

or the silver needle line going against the blood flow.

Even more, it’s not them coming every day to break my legs.

Breaking the legs in the daytime

and then setting the bones at nightfall. Break again

and then set again. The person I hate the most...

is you, because it’s only you who told me

that you will never turn your back on me in this lifetime.

Master Mei.

Whenever the sun shines through the window

and when it almost shines on my body,

I just knew

that those two people will come again.

At that time, I had always thought,

whether you’ll suddenly appear or not

before the sun shines on my body and save me from the abyss of suffering.

But you didn't come.

From the beginning to end, you didn’t come!

I’ve wronged you.

I’m telling you.

How do you want to explain

so that I will forgive you?

There’s already nothing to say between you and I.

Go now. If on this trip, you can take the antidote in the end

and save Xiao Xia,

regard it as I owe you one favor.

I’ll definitely remember to pay you back.

Go now.

Go!

I’ll be setting off at once. Please take care of them well.

I will.

If I don’t return, please let her off.

Let her live a safe and stable life.

You and I owe her this.

Wan Mei has been in Ling City for eleven days. Ling City is now a city of the dead.

Lan Ruo led the disciples to pray for the people at the Blood Lotus Pool.

- What happened? - Why did this person collapse?

What's the matter?

It’s the abdominal tumor plague.

- Abdominal tumor plague.- This plague is very contagious.

All of you leave first. I’ll handle this.

Sect Leader Lan, this is inappropriate.

Hurry and leave!

- Leave. Leave. Hurry...- Everyone hurry and leave. Hurry.

So soon? Has the praying for the blessings ended?

A little accident occurred.

Don’t be afraid. Which Xiang Master's banner are you under? What’s the name?

I’m under the banner of Xi Xiang Master. I'm called Sun Dachuan.

This is the antidote. Drink it along with the thin blood. Then you’ll recover as before.

Sect Leader Lan, there’s greater use for my antidote. I’m sorry.

Who do you want to give the antidote to?

It's for the most important person in my life.

Yet, it's also the person that I fall short of the most.

What’s her name?

Wan Mei.

What’s your name?

Xie Huan.

My name is Xie Huan.

Sorry. Everything just a moment ago was your illusion.

You were hypnotized, Xie Huan.

Isn’t that precisely the enchantress?

I’ll keep watch here.

- You return to call for people. - Okay.

Hurry up.

The chief commander of the Blood Lotus Sect has 300 disciples.

I know all of them. You aren’t Xun Dachuan.

Sect Leader Lan is indeed as rumored outside.

You love the commoners like your own children (praise for a virtuous ruler) and are as detailed as silk.

Go now. I'm unable help you.

The commoners of Ling City regard Sect Leader Lan as an immortal saint. The entire city is facing a disaster now.

Sect Leader Lan, saying that “I'm unable to help you”

and even if you withdraw in this cave, is it all right not daring to show your face?

I want to stop the plague poison from spreading, too.

But I don’t have a way.

How can that be? You’re lying.

If I have the medicine to dissolve this plague poison in my hands,

how can it be a difficult matter to save the entire Ling City?

Why would I bother to sit in here

and stare blankly while the people of Ling City are in a terrible situation and the corpses are all over across the field?

How did you think of a way to find me?

I heard the elders said

the symptoms for this plague disaster and the ones that happened twenty years ago

are exactly the same. They even said at that time, Sect Leader Yue of the Blood Lotus Sect

cut his wrist to get the blood to save the commoners of the entire city.

Therefore, I assumed that it’s likely Sect Leader Yue left behind a bit of something.

He had given me a type of gu guide,

but it was only halfway finished.

Why are you saying that?

Such as, in a certain condition, it can refine the guide to produce the antidote.

But the condition is very harsh.

What’s the condition?

If the person who has the plague can live more than seven days

and survive after taking this gu guide,

this person’s blood will precisely be the antidote.

However, an ordinary person generally will be infected with the disease on the same day and break out at once.

I haven't seen a person who can endure for seven days.

There is a person.

This person indeed has an extremely high martial arts skills and the internal power is profound.

Her martial arts skills were abolished by a person and her legs were broken, too.

It’ll be impossible. Without the vital energy to protect the heart, no one can endure past three days.

Her vitality always seems to be stronger than others.

I don’t need to lie to you.

Listen to me clearly. I said

that survival is a possibility.

In other words, after this person takes the gu guide,

it will speed up the break out of the plague poison. It’ll be extremely painful

and the probability of living will be very little. (lit. next to nothing)

- Minister. - Where's the enchantress?

Inside. She hasn’t come out all along.

- Surround the area for me. - Yes.

There’s definitely people coming.

Leave her. Listen to my order. I’ll cover for you to leave.

I won’t leave.

Their target is you. As long as you leave, they won’t make things difficult for her.

Xiao Xia’s life is hanging on a thread. I must stay behind and wait for the antidote to arrive.

Whether he can take the antidote or not is hard is to say.

If you lose your life, who will take care of her?

No matter what you say,

I won’t leave her half a step.

Before coming to Ling City, Gong Zi told me that I must bring you out alive.

I don’t want to make him be disappointed a second time.

Don’t hide anymore. Everyone come out.

Hand over the enchantress. We’ll spare your life.

All of you aren’t my match. You’re not qualified to speak conditions.

Attack!

Because I’m only protecting the person inside the room,

I don’t want to harm all of you.

But if all of you charge forward again,

don’t blame me for being rude.

Go in and then talk.

Thank you for your trouble.

Hurry and give me the antidote.

I don’t have the antidote.

Lan Ruo said, if he has the antidote,

he naturally wouldn’t sit still and disregard the matter.

Tell me.

Did you take the medicine in the end or not?

Say it! Swear in the name of your Xie family’s blood enemy.

Do you dare or not?!

Although you and I haven’t been acquainted for a long time, but after all, we’ve guarded and defend each other many times.

Why do you...

Why do you always lie to me during the most crucial moment?!

I really don’t have the antidote.

However, Lan Ruo did give me a type of gu guide.

He said if the person who caught this plague lives past seven days

after taking this gu guide

and endures extreme torture, that person might live.

This person’s blood will precisely be the antidote.

Hurry and give it to me.

Give it to me!

Lan Ruo also said, the gu guide will speed up the break out of the plague poison.

It’ll be exceptionally painful. So much that the person will suddenly collapse and die.

I’ve already died once.

I’m not afraid of dying once more.

It’s just that this time,

I hope dying will be worth it.

Use the fire!

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♫ I’ve never acted with proud indulgence. ♫

♫ See how the fallen flowers look so ignorant. ♫

♫ Your words “I will wait” prompt the racing of my heart. ♫

♫ I will wait for the wind and rain to brew this fragrant wine into a gentle drift. ♫

♫ I’ve never inexplicably fallen into disgrace. ♫

♫ I sigh that time is an elegant swan goose in flight. ♫

♫ I will use my lifetime of pain and loneliness ♫

♫ to welcome the simultaneous ring from the zithers into the night. ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart’s warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ The zither music evokes feelings of desolation and cheerlessness. ♫

♫ Of a lifetime, the moon is always high, the dew is always heavy. ♫

♫ Alone, I foolishly sit among the blue ocean waters, ♫

♫ while the conifer plants grow in exuberance. ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart’s warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart’s warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ So that I will be able to walk out of my dreams. ♫