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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]

I was young then, and full of youthful vigor.

A delinquent always in the limelight, and no one can be compared to me

To blind me with smoke

was the only way to ensure my peace and safety.

But I didn't think so then.

Just like how you are now.

I thought that

I could only be a blind man if I were alive.

Wouldn't it be better to end it all by dying?

After that, what happens?

My mother brought me here after that.

Close your eyes.

Not only can the gu fireflies see, but they can also respond to heat.

This is what our forefathers meant by our third eye.

What is written on the wall?

The heart principle created by the first leader of the Blood Lotus Sect.

It is known as Pai Huai Sheng Si Jue ( aka The Heart Principle of Lingering Between Life and Death). My mother left it to me.

The person who practises this heart principle will encounter

a calamity of life and death within seven days. If his heart is truly dead

he will surely die without a doubt. And without any pain too.

On the contrary, if the person who practises this heart principle has a ray of hope in his heart,

he will be able to overcome this calamity. He will then have a new life too.

Open your eyes now.

This heart principle is the highest level heart principle of the Blood Lotus Sect.

Though your heart meridian will be damaged, your skill and power will be greatly increased if you practise it successfully.

Why would I be afraid of this if I'm no longer even afraid of death?

When I was fourteen,

I felt that same way too.

I will let down the Du Long Duan after I've left.

I will open it again after seven days have passed.

Whether you'll be alive or dead then,

whether you can find the reason to go on living,

everything will have its verdict.

Okay.

Yu Rong Sheng Ji Gao.

- Shi Yi.- Master.

Let Chang An send all these things to the girls later.

Can he do it? He's looking like he's barely alive.

I don't keep idlers here.

If he can't make it and dies outside, it'll save me a whole lot of trouble.

It's barely a day since you had to kneel on the ice with lacerated knees.

You are now able to walk here to look for me.

You health is not bad.

May I know if Gong Zi has seen Master Mei?

I went to the Assassin Mei's Courtyard but couldn't find her there.

No.

Yu Rong Sheng Ji Gao.

Why do you give this to me?

I feel that

Gong Zi would mind even more about Wan Mei's face.

Why is that so?

Gong Zi may not know that.

Sometimes when we want to fathom our own heart,

it is more difficult than

knowing another person's heart.

Pai Huai Sheng Si Jue[The Heart Principle of Lingering Between Life and Death]

This should be Liu Guang's prescription.

But she belongs to Cha Luo.

Why would she be so kind as to give us the prescription?

There are two herbs that are harder to find in this prescription.

But I believe it is not too difficult for you. Seven days should be sufficient time.

Seven days later

when Wan Mei emerges from her seclusion successfully,

will you then help her to convalesce?

Gong Zi really takes into account of everything for Wan Mei thoroughly and completely.

I'm making up for what you have done wrong previously.

Even if it was my fault for not helping to heal her wounds,

what gave her the right and entitlement to learn the highest level of heart principle of the Blood Lotus Sect?

Since she has Jiu Ming protecting her heart, practising this heart principle is best suited to her.

Very well!

Gong Zi still remembers that she has Jiu Ming in her.

Then may Yue Ying remind Gong Zi again.

If we can't remove her heart from her in another half a month,

Gong Zi, you will be in grave danger.

I'm very well now. The effects of the medicine will be enhanced by the Jiu Ming in her body.

- You can trick others but you can't trick me. - Impertinent.

You have to remember what I told you.

Both of us owed her a favour. It's right that we should compansate her.

I admit that I am a little jealous of her.

But Gong Zi you have to know that

sometimes when we want to look through our own heart,

it is more difficult than looking through another person's heart.

Gong Zi may not know that sometimes, when we want to fathom our own heart,

it is more difficult than knowing another person's heart.

But Gong Zi you have to know that

sometimes when we want to look through our own heart clearly, it is more difficult than looking through another person's heart.

Seven days later.

Have you found the reason to go on living?

Since I did not die,

it is a clear indication that I harbor hope in my heart.

That is sufficient.

But all the days after that are not fixed yet.

You need sufficient courage and hope.

Please do not worry.

I will be sure to live on well.

I will no longer entrust my fate to another person.

How much of the heart principle have you comprehended in the cave?

I don't know how much of it have I comprehended.

I just feel that it is not longer so difficult to control the gu fireflies now.

Younger Sister, didn't you fail in your mission?

How is that the City Master has forgiven you?

The City Master is kind. Wan Mei is deeply grateful.

Younger Sister, what happened to your face?

Just like what Elder Sister Xiang says, Wan Mei failed in her mission.

This is the price to pay.

This price is too great.

Thank goodness Young Sister has a great heart.

I'd have killed myself if I were you.

Just look at me.

I didn't say all these on purpose. Younger Sister please do not take offence.

Elder Sister is too serious.

I am strong and tough physically since young. This small wound is nothing to me.

Furthermore, we are looking for a way to heal it now.

Aiyo, there is a way? That's good. That's good.

Has Elder Sister come to get the kite?

It's fallen on the roof over there.

I'm so busy talking to Young Sister that I've forgotten the important matter.

Er Yue, go and retrieve it quickly.

Master, this is Miss Wan Mei's private chamber.

Your humble servant is far too clumsy for such activity as climbing walls and scaling roofs.

It'll be disastrous if I damaged her property.

Useless thing. Don't talk about you being lazy and unmotivated all the time.

Can't you even get up there to retrieve a kite now?

Master, no matter how useless Er Yue is, I will not be

so despicable as to betray or hurt you, Master.

Young Sister, this kite..

can this kite be

retrieved by Younger Sister's shadow for me?

I don't have any shadow now. I will retrieve it for you.

That's good too.

Er Yue. Get a ladder here quickly.

Younger Sister can only get up there on a ladder now that she has lost her martial arts skills.

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Master, that will be enough of suffering for her now.

Master is truly awsome.

You said it in this manner, but you must be thinking in your heart that

the method used by your Master Xiang is too obvious. Why is it not in stages?

No, no. Er Yue does not think so.

I don't want to be too calculative.

I want to use the most inferior method to let her know clearly that

I really want to bully her. In any case, we are cordial to each other on the surface.

She has no reason to fall out with me.

Master Xiang. She has degenerated to such a state now.

How would she have the guts to fall out with you? Furthermore

in the entire Earthly Assassin Courtyard, whose weight can be compared to my Master Xiang?

But

she said that she is looking for ways to heal the wound on her face.

She is now a useless person.

Who would give her the prescription and the medicine?

It's easy if Master wants to find out.

All I need to do is to keep a close watch over her for a few days.

Good! All will depend on you.

Pai Huai Sheng Si Jue[The Heart Principle of Lingering Between Life and Death]

is truly useful.

What is your name?

Xie Huan.

- My name is Xie Huan. ♫ In this elaborately written letter, all the words of love are filled with you ♫

- Today is your birthday. I've prepared some longevity noodles for you.♫ The flowers within ten miles blossom elegantly for you ♫

- You will live a better life outside.♫ I perform the zither, as if you are standing behind me. ♫

- But you are here. If you can complete your work ♫ I perform the zither, as if you are standing behind me ♫

- we will leave together. If not, I am willing to die with you here.♫ The rain falls while I foolishly wait for you ♫

- I will not let you die. Whatever promises that I made, I will keep them.♫ Use this lifetime, these moments of encounters ♫

- You're just tired. It's okay to be tired. ♫ to trade for just one short instant when you can be with me ♫

- You'll be alright after resting for a while. I'm not the only one ♫ to trade for just one short instant when you can be with me ♫

- who care about you. There'll be many more in the future.♫ 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. ♫

Earthly Assassin Wan Mei. Please report to the Tingzhu Courtyard.

[Tingzhu Courtyard]

This is the medicine for three days. Apply it for a while more and your face will be healed.

Thank you, Miss Yue Ying.

Miss Yue Ying.

Can I see Gong Zi for a while?

Gong Zi doesn't want to see you.

I heard that Wan Mei went and knocked on the doors of Tingzhu Courtyard in the middle of the night.

That's right. Compared to how she would have done it in the past, I guess she is anxious now.

Do you know who did it?

Something's hooked.

Wan Mei didn't say who touched her cream. But I have an idea who it was.

- You also guessed who it was, isn't it right? - Mm.

It's Wan Xiang.

Therefore, there's a matter that can't be delayed anymore.

What would that be?

You'll know in a few days.

- Send for Earthly Assassin Wan Xiang to come and see me at the Chuixing Tower tomorrow.- Yes

Do you know why I have sent for you here today?

Wan Xiang does not know.

Cha Luo City Master.

Heavenly Assassin

Heavenly Assassin Cha Wu

Heavenly Assassin Cha Wu

Earthly Assassin Wan Xiang.

Yes, present.

Kill Cha Wu.

And you will be the Heavenly Assassin.

Wan Xiang understands.

But Cha Wu is afterall a Heavenly Assassin.

If planning the assassination proves to be slow and difficult for you,

I will naturally help you along with it a little bit.

Thank you, City Master.

Go and prepare well for it.

Yes.

Although Cha Wu has failed in her missions many times,

she is after all one of the more experienced ones among us. Why the hurry to kill her?

Could you have forgotten?

If not for her accusation against us to Lan He,

how would Lan He have set those traps, enticing Cha Wu to implant in you the anti-sex substance?

But that is after all your conjecture.

There can't be anyone else except her. So she must die.

Although Wan Xiang completed all her previous missions beautifully, she may not be able to rival Cha Wu.

I know that.

That is why I will send one person to supervise the entire operation.

I heard that you were aggrieved by Wan Xiang?

It was Wan Mei who did not have any wariness herself.

So she had to come to grief time and again.

Wan Mei deserved it.

You have gone through so much. It's time you learn your lesson.

You ought to know who to believe in, what to listen to.

According to Liu Guang, Yue Ying is the one who saved your face.

- Yes. - Huh.

Wan Mei. Your martial arts skills is destroyed. Your face is not completely healed.

Yet you occupy the position of a Earthly Assassin. This has put me in a very difficult position.

Wan Mei is unworthy of the position of Earthly Assassin. Will the City Master please deal with my offence?

Don't be too anxious yourself. Hear me out to the end.

Your arrangement is accurate and you're clever.

You've always handled matters calmly.

I really like it.

It’s just that...I manage this enormous Guihua City

and must also find some reason to make people speechless.

How about this?

I’ll make an exception to arrange a simple mission.

If you can complete it smoothly, you can keep your Earthly Assassin position.

City Master, please clarify.

I want you to supervise the Heavenly Assassin competition.

The Heavenly Assassin competition?

That’s right. According to the rules (lit. compass and set square)

of Guihua City, an Earthly Assassin can kill and replace a Heavenly Assassin.

You spoke of making an exception just a moment ago.

In other words, the Heavenly Assassin competition in the past never had a supervisor.

I said you’re meticulous and truly intelligent.

That’s right. In the past, there really wasn’t a need to supervise the fight,

but I have to set up a person to supervise and direct the fight this time.

It’s because they are mother and daughter.

The mission of Wan Xiang’s mother, Cha Wu, that year was to swindle all the family property of Mo Qian Jun, the richest person in Yichou.

At that time, Guihua City was in turmoil. Cha Wu pretended her feelings were true and married into the Mo family.

After that, the former City Master, Lan He, accepted the responsibilities of Guihua City. Her first command was calling Cha Wu to come back.

Cha Wu had no choice but to abandon her husband and daughter and take all the wealth of the Mo family back to Guihua City for debriefing.

You only need to supervise the fight this time. You don’t need to interfere.

Regardless of which one of those two dies, I’ll regard it as you’ve completed the mission.

How long have I been sleeping?

You’ve slept for a while.

Fortunately, it's you who's by my side. Otherwise, according to the way how I sleep,

I don’t know whose hands I would die under.

You’re the city master. Who would dare to kill you?

You’re a Supreme Assassin who can challenge the city master.

What’s the matter?

We are two sisters who are very close. Yet, we can’t joke around?

City Master, in Guihua City, I live leisurely and don’t have to worry about clothes and food.

It’s all relying on being under your protection. I’m deeply grateful. I absolutely don’t have any other intentions.

All right. All right. I don’t even understand you?

To be honest,

I’ve built Guihua City through so much painstaking efforts.

I’m most fearful of being overconfident and stagnant. (lit. stuck and not moving forward)

Whenever someone is successively defeated, I immediately get very upset and need to express my displeasure. (lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one’s throat) I’ll incessantly think up of every possible method.

Are you talking about Cha Wu?

Thinking back, she was an expert at using fragrance.

But ever since she returned to Guihua City,

she smelled all 768 unusual fragrance in the world in one night to forcibly destroy her own sense of smell.

Now, she can’t smell anything anymore.

There’s such a matter? I actually didn’t know about this.

Very few people know about it.

Even Guihua City simply recorded that she doesn’t use fragrance anymore.

Even if she doesn’t use fragrance anymore to invisibly kill people,

she still learned a powerful martial arts weapon later. That’s exceptional, too.

I see that you’ve stayed in Jigu Pavilion too long.

For three consecutive months, she has failed twice.

She has given up even more now and drowns her despair in alcohol.

But fortunately, there's Wan Xiang inside the Earthly Assassin.

She can use fragrance and is very ambitious. She can be the replacement.

I’ve already allowed her to compete for the Heavenly Assassin, which will happen in a few days.

If Cha Wu can’t prove her own abilities this time,

there will only be a dead end.

But Cha Wu is after all...

Red flowers don’t last more than a hundred days. The conclusion of a wilted flower is it’ll precisely dry up and die.

Besides, I’m doing this for the good of Guihua City, too.

Only when Guihua City becomes more prosperous with each passing day, can I ensure that everyone will have nice clothes and fine food.

Miss Liu Guang.

Torture Chamber Master.

Are you blending rouge cream again to give to City Master?

This copper case is indeed elaborate. Seeing it makes a person happy at once.

I see that Miss Liu Guang’s complexion isn’t good.

Do you want to try it?

You blended this especially for City Master.

How can I dare try it?

However, this color and fragrance are indeed unique.

You really are an expert in this.

You’re overpraising.

If you like, I can make one especially for you, too.

You are a very busy person.

For this trivial matter, wait until you’re free and we can discuss it again.

All right.

I’ll take my leave first.

Torture Chamber Master.

Miss Liu Guang, is there something else?

Cha Wu and City Master entered together.

Although Cha Wu isn’t treated as good as me, I get along well with her, too.

After the event, is it possible to let me manage clearing the place or not?

Handling this kind of matter is my duty.

If there's a change, I must explain to City Master.

Besides, the outcome for the Heavenly Assassin competition is undecided.

You’re too pessimistic.

You don’t need to coax me.

City Master has already allowed Wan Xiang to compete. It just proves that Cha Wu will undoubtedly die.

I was temporarily babbling just now. Just regard it as I never said anything.

I take my leave.

City Master.

Did you meet Liu Guang?

Yes.

What did you chat about that took so long?

She wants to clear up the place for Cha Wu.

Her affection towards Cha Wu is mediocre. (lit. not more than so-so)

Is it necessary to be deeply worried like this?

She's only empathizing for her own kind.

She actually reminded me of something.

Let Chang An clear up the place.

On one hand, I can do a favor for Liu Guang this way.

On the other hand, if Chang An went,

it will be even more interesting with Wan Mei.

Older Sister Wan Xiang.

Why did you come here?

Has your face healed? Luckily, it’s daytime. If it’s at night, I would be scared to death.

- Serve the tea. - Yes.

On your table,

is it the arrangement for killing Cha Wu?

How did you know?

I saw your arrangement at City Master’s place.

You’re speaking nonsense. For a person who failed her mission, you’re lucky to survive.

Why would City Master let you see such a thing?

If you don’t believe me, you can look at the bottom left of this paper.

Does it have a cherry size oil fingerprint or not?

Even if you’ve seen it, what about it?

The arrangement is just as crude as before.

It doesn’t matter if it’s crude as long as it’s effective.

Then I’ll just congratulate you beforehand. The horse (in chess) will be successful.

I take my leave.

You intentionally came for a reason. What did you want to say me after all?

Since you don’t like to hear it, I don’t need to embarrass myself.

I’m afraid you misunderstood.

You’re good at using fragrance, but Cha Wu is really the expert in making fragrance.

So it pertains to the arrangement. It’s best you think about it more.

What are you doing here?

I accepted Master Liu Guang’s orders to come collaborate with you in supervising the fight.

When it’s necessary, I’ll prevent the shadows of both sides from interfering.

I don’t need your help.

Go now.

Torture Chamber Master especially told me that I must go with you.

They actually do care about this matter.

Cha Wu and City Master Cha Luo did enter Guihua City together. It’s quite possible they had some grudges from before.

This Guihua City is indeed easy to enter, but difficult to leave.

Doing your utmost for so many years, in the end, you’re still being plotted against by one of your own.

What are you still doing here?

I’m waiting for you to formulate a plan.

I’m only supervising a fight.

I’m only standing on the side and watch them slaughter each other. What’s there to plan?

I’m done talking. Go now.

Every inch of this ground in here dislikes you.

Leave.

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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. ♫