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♫ How to describe in words about the waiting which went missing in time? ♫

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♫ If there is a salvation at the end of a dark night, ♫

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♫ Your eyes are exactly the freedom ♫

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♫ The wind has broken and messed up the sketched outlines ♫

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♫ The flame has burned and been extinguished to brand you into me

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♫ We have looked for ways ♫

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♫ Who is the cause and who is the effect? ♫

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♫ But you had seen through me with a glance long time ago

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♫ The wind has broken and messed up the half-drawn loneliness ♫

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♫ The flame has burned, been extinguished, ♫

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♫ And is waiting for the heart to be as cold as yesterday ♫

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♫ Our fate gathers and separates us ♫

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♫ Who is right and who is wrong? ♫

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♫ But you have trampled my memory long time ago ♫

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[The King of Blaze]

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~ Episode 2 ~

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Protect His Highness!

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Although I can't see, I can feel the power of the King of Blaze in this hairpin.

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This must have been personally made by Older Brother Zhongtian using his blazing psychic power.

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I will surely treasure it.

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- Qianmei?

- What did you say, Teacher?

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It's you?!

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What have you done to the Crown Prince?

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The Crown Prince didn't plan to stay here from the beginning.

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He secretly went to a safe place after exiting the pass.

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I brought everyone from the Astrological Bureau here only to act as bait.

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I never expected that Miss Situ wouldn't even trust me as one of his generals.

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So it turns out that the Crown Prince wasn't even in the inn from the beginning.

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This was by His Majesty's Imperial Decree,

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I'm just a mere associate director who does everything according to her orders.

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Hope you can forgive me, General.

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Nevermind.

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Let's go.

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There are more accomplices. Capture them all.

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It's you again.

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Also me, your grandpa, the Wolf King of the Northern Desert.

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They are both accomplices of the assassins.

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Get them down, alive or dead.

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Be careful of the gunpowder, Missy!

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Be careful!

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Spare him!

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General Li, why didn't you spare his life?

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Many people are implicated in the attempted assassination of the Crown Prince.

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All four assassins are dead.

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What do we report back to the Imperial Court?

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You don't need to worry, Associate Director Situ.

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This person is still alive.

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Shameless official!

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You villain.

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Clearly, it was my teacher who saved this miss and everyone here.

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And now you are accusing him?

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Is it because my teacher has taught you a lesson before;

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hence, you then return his kindness with hatred? Do you think I won't kill you right now?

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You!

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Miss, are you hurt?

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I'm all right.

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Thank you for saving me, sir.

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General Li, although these two look secretive,

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they did save all of our lives earlier.

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Otherwise, we would have been injured by the explosion.

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We have no evidence that they are the assassins' accomplices right now.

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I hope General Li can discern this.

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Men, come and take both of them away.

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Teacher, what should we do?

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Drop your weapons and follow them.

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Why? If we work together, they are nothing for us at all.

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I don't want to make things difficult for Miss Situ.

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Shameless person! How dare you seize this opportunity to flirt with my miss!

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General Li, please quickly take them away!

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Associate Director Situ is surely talented.

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No wonder you're the Crown Prince's favorite.

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- Take them away.

- Yes.

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Qianmei, I actually found someone in this world that looks exactly like you!

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Have I ever known this person in front of me?

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[Mister Shen's Inn]

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I still hope that you can tell me where the Crown Prince is, Associate Director Situ.

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It's my responsibility to protect the Crown Prince.

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I'm worried that the Astrological Bureau can't bear this responsibility alone.

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General Li, if it weren't for my Miss's plan, you wouldn't have caught the assassins that easily.

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Don't worry, General.

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The Crown Prince is already at a very safe place right now.

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The day after tomorrow will be the Mirror Sacrifice Dharma Assembly for the Eight-Sided Pagoda.

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You'll be fully responsible for the safety of that event.

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It has been written clearly in the Imperial Decree.

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Regarding where the Crown Prince is, I'm sorry I can't tell you that.

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Please don't make it difficult for me, General.

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I'll surely take care of what I need to do.

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You don't need to worry, Associate Director Situ.

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General!

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I hope you will discover even the minutest detail in all this.

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Please don't make those two suffer.

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We'll see if they'll cooperate.

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[Mister Shen's Inn]

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He's so unreasonable.

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I'm thirsty. I want to drink water.

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Did you hear me?

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Teacher, why is being a human so unfair?

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How come I'm hand-and foot-cuffed but there's nothing on you?

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You can even walk around.

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It's because you are badly behaved.

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You were yelling and swearing when you were brought in.

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You even injured the bailiff.

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Teacher.

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What is it?

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Come closer, come closer.

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Come, come, come.

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Just say it, I can hear.

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Teacher, you said you are the best in martial arts.

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You have super power, too.

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Won't it be over if you just take me out of here?

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Why are you staying in jail?

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Although there are free meals, you still have something big to accomplish. Right?

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I just came here.

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I still don't know much about local conditions and customs.

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Maybe staying in jail is also an experience.

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Thus, I want to take this chance to experience it a bit.

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Teacher, you can't make a joke like this.

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I'm not joking.

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Teacher, there is no one...

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no one who experiences life in a jail.

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Are you going to sell me off after taking a look at it?

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How can this prison keep in all the prisoners?

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There are loopholes everywhere.

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Loopholes?

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Where are the loopholes?

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This is a prison. It has locked up many people.

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How can there be loopholes?

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I say there are and so there are.

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Are there? I don't believe it.

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Unless you prove it to me.

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Teacher! Teacher, your martial arts are unparalleled.

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Won't you save your student, please? I want to learn this, too!

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Where are the prisoners?

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I want to question them myself.

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- Please.

- Thank you.

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This companion of yours is rather bold.

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Even though he's behind bars, he can still sleep so soundly.

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He's a naughty student of mine. He's simple-minded with a strong body.

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When death is at hand, he can still eat and sleep a lot.

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May I know where you came from?

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What do you do for a living?

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I came from a foreign country in the Western Regions.

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I always admired this empire in the Central Plains.

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Hence, I came to the east and want to do some business in the Imperial City.

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So I didn't guess it wrong.

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You look righteous. I think you are not with the assassins.

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Otherwise, you wouldn't have risked your life to save me.

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I'll always remember that you saved me.

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There is one thing I can't figure out.

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May I ask how you achieve telekinesis?

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If you can't tell me, I won't ask further.

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General Li wasn't trying to make things difficult for both of you on purpose.

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He just wanted to take the credit so he'd look good in front of his subordinates.

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Once the Mirror Sacrifice Dharma Assembly is over,

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I will definitely report the truth to the Crown Prince and clear your names.

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I have some food here.

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And medicine for your wounds.

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I shall visit you another day.

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I have troubled you, Miss.

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Teacher, there's food?

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Can you bring it over to me?

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There isn't much time left. Let's go out and get some work done.

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This prison isn't that great at all.

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Since I've experienced it, your teacher will bring you out now.

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Teacher, so are we going to fight our way out?

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As long as there's a way in your heart, there will be a way everywhere.

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Close your eyes.

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[Imperial Jade Pass Prison]

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Teacher! Teacher! Teacher!

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You can come down now.

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Teacher, how did you do that?

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I'm out!

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Teacher, wait for me!

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Miss!

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Xingqiu, did you find out anything?

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I followed your instructions and have enquired with all the shopkeepers around here.

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Finally, in a village in the oasis,

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I obtained information about these two people.

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According to them, Haoyue is a bandit leader, known as the Wolf King of the Northern Desert.

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But for unknown reasons, this Wolf King disbanded his horsemen and asked Zhongtian to be his teacher.

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Even a bandit leader was willing to ask him to be his teacher.

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That goes to say, Zhongtian must be someone extraordinary.

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That doesn't seem to be the case.

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That Zhongtian is a foreigner with an unknown identity.

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They said that he came here with the trade caravans to make a living.

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I guess Zhongtian did not lie to me after all.

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Miss, now that there are no witnesses since all four assassins are dead,

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what if General Li wants to make them the scapegoats?

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What should we do then?

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If that happens, we can only ask Sir to handle it personally.

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- The Crown Prince?

- Yes.

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Go quickly!

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General Li.

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Associate Director Situ, I'll have to trouble you to make a trip back with me.

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General Li, what do you mean by that?

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I'm advising you not to play being dimwitted.

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The bailiffs said that you went to the prison to visit the two suspected assassins this morning.

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But after you left, the two suspects vanished into thin air from their prison cells.

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Vanished into thin air?

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Without your help, how could they have just disappeared?

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If the suspects escaped,

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shouldn't General Li be reprimanding the bailiffs for failing in their duty?

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Instead, you're holding me responsible.

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That's really ridiculous.

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Ridiculous?

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Whether it's ridiculous or not is not up to us to determine.

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The suspects have escaped and you're the last person to have seen them.

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You're the prime suspect right now.

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Associate Director Situ, I advise you to cooperate and come with me so that I can do a full investigation.

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Otherwise, if this matter gets bigger, it won't be good for you.

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All right. An upright person is not afraid of gossip.

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Since General Li is so sure that this matter is related to me,

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then I'll be more than willing to make the trip with General Li.

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If so, please come this way, Associate Director Situ.

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An arrow piercing into the chest by three inches is a mortal wound.

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Brother, I am sorry.

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- Save me. Save me.

- Why are you in such a state of panic?

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Walking corpses. Walking corpses are killing people.

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Why would there by any ghosts in broad daylight?

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All of you don't confuse yourselves for nothing.

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Associate Director Situ! Be careful!

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They are like devils, none of the weapons penetrate.

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They have killed many of our brothers.

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Go quickly. Lock all the doors from the outside.

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Associate Director, you!

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I didn't imagine that just a while ago we were at loggerheads,

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now we are actually fighting in a battle together.

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You are certainly involved in the matter concerning the escape of the suspects and these three walking corpses.

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After we have defeated these strange creatures, I will still take you into custody.

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You!

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If the General trusts me, may I then borrow your sword?

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Why not.

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This Flame Mirror is really extraordinary.

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A strong, simple, and unadorned power is an assault on the senses.

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It evokes in us a sense of fear and awe all of a sudden.

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It is truly worthy of being the sacred object handed down from ancient times.

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I am honored to have the opportunity to preside over the Mirror Sacrifice Dharma Assembly.

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This is really a blessing to me.

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Your Highness the Crown Prince is intelligent and is able to discern such sacred objects.

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Even though the Flame Mirror is a sacred object,

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it is also our honor that you are able to preside over the Mirror Sacrifice Dharma Assembly personally.

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This is the blessing of the tens of thousands of people under Heaven.

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Abbot,

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on my journey here, I heard that the Flame Mirror has a secret history that is not made known to anyone.

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on my journey here, I heard that the Flame Mirror has a secret history that is not made known to anyone.

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Could the Abbot tell me about it in detail?

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According to legend, during ancient times,

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Heaven and Earth were unstable.

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The gods and the demons were engaged in an unceasing battle.

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One day, the demon tribe decided to attack.

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It broke through the restraints of the mortal world and opened the passageway to the mortal world.

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This resulted in all the lives on the Great Earth being afflicted with utter misery and suffering.

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All of sudden, the mountains slid and the Earth cracked.

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Heaven and Earth were enveloped by black fumes.

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At this moment, the Flame Mirror came out from Heaven.

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It emitted flames and brilliant rays that lit up Heaven and Earth.

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It used its energy to repress the evil energy of the demon tribe.

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But the whereabouts of the Flame Mirror has remained unknown since then.

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There are boundless legends about the Flame Mirror in the Jianghu.

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That is until a few hundred years ago when a great monk who had achieved immortality

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brought the Flame Mirror back to the Eight-Sided Pagoda.

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It has been enshrined there up to our present time.

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The Mirror Storehouse, such an important place, prohibits any miscellaneous personnel to enter!

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Let me in.

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Who is the one outside the door? How dare you be audacious.

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How dare you make a ruckus in the quiet abode of Buddha.

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Crown Prince, I am Associate Director Situ's maidservant, Xingqiu.

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I beg you, I beg you to save my Miss.

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Fengjian.

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What has happened to Fengjian?

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Associate Director Situ, what is this?

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I've heard Godfather mention them before.

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There is a kind of exceedingly insidious sorcery in the Western Regions.

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The sorcerer extracts his venoms from all different kinds of poisonous insects.

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Then soaks these types of long needles in the venom for 49 days.

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Insert this long needle directly in the heart of a corpse.

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It will connect the arteries and veins in the human body.

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This corpse will then attack carelessly as if it is under some sort of control.

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If my guess is not wrong,

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this should be the esoteric sorcery of the Crow Garment Cult.

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I didn't imagine that there would be such an evil cult in this world.

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Let me report this to the Imperial Court.

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I will definitely arrest them and bring them to justice.

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General, you should not.

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The Crow Garment Cult is a great cult in the Western Regions.

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It is not under the jurisdiction of our Imperial Court.

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I'm afraid that the situation might be affected if you mobilized your troops suddenly.

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Your Highness!

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- Your Highness.

- Please rise quickly.

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You are not injured, are you?

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Thank you for your concern, Your Highness.

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Your humble official is all right.

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Then you must allow the attending Imperial Physician take a look at you later.

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Thank you, Your Highness.

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Who is daring to make things hard for Associate Director Situ?

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Your Highness, this is the person.

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He arrested my Miss without any discernment.

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Li Jingzhong.

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Why did you arrest our Associate Director Situ?

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Your Highness, Crown Prince, Associate Director Situ and two suspects have a close relationship.

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This appeared to be greatly suspicious.

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Your humble general only invited the Associate Director back here to help in our investigation.

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Nonsense!

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Fengjian has always been totally loyal to the Imperial Court. She just arrived in this place.

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How can she have a close relationship with suspects?

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Li Jingzhong, I must take you into custody today!

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I beg Your Highness to rescind your order.

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General Li was anxious to solve the case.

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He was concerned about the safety of Your Highness. This concern interfered with his discernment.

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General Li and I only just defeated the walking corpses controlled by the sorcery of the Crow Garment Cult together.

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His merit offsets his demerits.

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May Your Highness please pardon General Li?

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Fengjian, please rise quickly.

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Fengjian, are you really not injured?

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I... I am all right.

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It's... It's just a little headache. It is not a big matter.

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Fortunately, General Li saw through the evil plan of the culprits just now.

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And I was saved because of that.

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Associate Director Situ is right in what she said.

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We were in a battle together just now. Luckily, Associate Director Situ seems to be no longer in jeopardy.

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Your humble official will be at ease then.

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All right. I will go along with what Fengjian has said.

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Li Jingzhong, I'll count your merit as an offset of your demerits. I won't pursue it anymore.

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Thank you, Your Highness.

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Fengjian, ride and return to the Eight-Sided Pagoda with me in my carriage.

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The security is tighter there. It is safer.

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But, Your Highness, I—

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No more buts. Let's go.

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Cult Leader, I survived by the skin of my teeth and returned to inform you.

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The people from the Astrological Bureau ruined our plans this time.

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Also, three of our members were killed.

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But I left Crow Diety's marks on their copses to use them for a counterattack.

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Those people of the Astrological Bureau as well as the Crown Prince's subordinates will definitely suffer a great blow!

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By the time you receive any news,

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the enemy will have fought their way to the Holy Altar.

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The Mirror Sacrifice Dharma Assembly is about to begin now.

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The life of the Crown Prince is no longer that important.

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Cult Leader, please show mercy to me. Give me another opportunity to redeem myself.

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Qianqian, please do not be so unhappy.

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I had found out that Zhongtian was not a good person from the very beginning.

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Who'd know that he had such a tremendous bravery that he even dared to try to assassinate the Crown Prince.

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This is a crime punishable by death for his whole clan.

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Fortunately, we are no longer involved with him in any way.

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Have you witnessed all this yourself or what?

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On what basis do you accuse him wrongly and sully his good name?

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How do we even know whether what the one, by the name of Xingqiu, said was true or false?

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If the government ascertains the facts, they will automatically post a bulletin on the walls.

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When is it your turn to be the judge?

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In any case, I believe that Big Brother Zhongtian is definitely not a villain.

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That girl, Xingqiu, brought officials and soldiers with her to investigate Zhongtian that day.

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How could it be false?

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Who did that?

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Don't come near me. I'll report it to the officials if you dare do anything to me.

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Big Brother Zhongtian, are you all right?

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So many days have passed. Where have you been?

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I'm all right. I've troubled you into worrying about me.

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Father! Father, save me!

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How dare you hit me.

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- Come over here.

- Enough! Enough!

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- I'll hit you.

- Stop fooling around!

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Are you trying to get the officials and soldiers here by making so much noise?

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Zhongtian,

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you still dare to come back?!

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Owner Qi, I need your advice on a certain matter privately.

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May I speak with you in private?

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How did he vanish without a trace when everything was perfectly all right?

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If he has such an ability, why did he let himself be captured voluntarily?

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Miss,

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are you thinking about the Crown Prince?

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Don't ever say such offensive and absurd words again.

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I've noticed long ago that the Crown Prince clearly has feelings for you.

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Do you not feel it?

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You don't understand.

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How do I not understand?

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You see, as soon as the Crown Prince heard that you were in trouble, he quickly came here with his men.

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He just took you away under the eyes of Li Jingzhong with no regard.

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The sun and the moon can prove to you the Crown Prince's true heart.

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Things cannot be judged by their appearances.

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Have you ever thought that this whole thing might have been caused by the Crown Prince?

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Besides, the Crown Prince is our heir apparent to the throne.

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Do you know the notion of "to be in the king's company" is equivalent to living with a tiger?

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Wait until I return to the capital, I will then go get my godfather's approval for my resignation

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and leave this troublesome place.

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Miss, it couldn't be that you are still thinking about that assassin?

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Zhongtian definitely is not associated with those assassins. I'm sure about that.

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As soon as they escaped from the prison something happened in the morgue.

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Even I can see that.

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Miss, let's not fool ourselves, as well as others, anymore.

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Your Highness.

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- Your Highness.

- Please rise.

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Thank you, Your Highness.

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For this journey to the West Regions, fortunately you've planned everything well.

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Otherwise, who knows what more trouble we could have had.

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When I return to the Imperial City,

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I will surely report to my Emperor Father and Empress Mother so you will be rewarded.

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Your Highness, you've overpraised me.

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All this is within my responsibility, so it's really not worth mentioning.

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Tomorrow, the Mirror Sacrifice Ceremony will take place.

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Your Highness, please be very careful.

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You yourself have to be careful, too.

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The West Regions are not peaceful.

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It's good that I let Li Jingzhong guard it with heavily armed forces.

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As long as you stay by me at ease, there won't be any more danger.

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Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern.

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But Your Highness should think about your own safety first.

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But you—

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Please don't worry, Your Highness.

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I will be careful and protect myself well.

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Also, General Li is brave and resourceful.

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I believe those culprits will not dare to come and cause trouble.

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Fine then.

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Owner Qi, I saw the bottoms of the bamboo tubes containing the black gunpowder thrown out by the assassins.

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Why was the trademark of the Qi Family Trade Caravans on them?

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[Qi]

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Do not worry. I have not told anyone else about this.

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But I want to hear your explanation with my own ears.

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Yes.

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Zhongtian, put the blame on me that I was overly suspicious where this matter was concerned.

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As you know, the trade caravan business has been very hard in these last few years.

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Most people under me have either left or have disbanded.

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Things got worse as time went by.

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Half a year ago, I was forced to do it because I had no other choices.

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Someone suggested to me to have my trade caravans secretly transport a shipment of black gunpowder beyond the pass.

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I felt that this was not a business that I wanted to deal in before then.

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But for the sake of everyone's livelihood,

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I secretly agreed to this business deal without letting all the others know about it.

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I really regret what I had done then.

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How could I have imagined that this shipment of black gunpowder would have caused such a great problem now?

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I understand now.

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Please do not be worried, Owner Qi. I will keep this secret for you.

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Good.

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But the Crown Prince will be present in the Eight-Sided Pagoda tomorrow.

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I believe that group of assassins will not just let it go so easily.

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When that time comes, should they use the back gunpowder on a large scale,

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I believe that everybody in the temple will be in grave danger.

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Then what can we do?

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Please think of a plan for us, Zhongtian.

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If anything should happen, it will be a crime punishable by death.

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I want to take the opportunity during the time when the trade caravans are making their sales tomorrow

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to sneak into the temple fair to stop their conspiracy.

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Can you do it all by yourself?

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I had actually planned to leave this place with the trade caravans as soon as possible.

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But where can I go to after leaving this land?

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Don't be in such a hurry to escape. Wait for my news.

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If I fail, it will still not be too late to plan another way out.

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Zhongtian, since you have such absolute sincerity in your heart,

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then I will sacrifice my life for this cause and give it my all.

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This is will count as my merit to offset my demerits.

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Then, it's a deal.

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It's a deal.

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You look righteous. I think you are not with the assassins.

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Otherwise, you wouldn't have risked your life to save me.

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I'll always remember that you saved me.

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"Heartstrings" by Juno Su

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♫ My young look has faded away ♫

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♫ I’m homeless and wander around in this fantasy night ♫

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♫ My glistening teardrops gather into a spring and spread along with dreams ♫

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♫ Nostalgia has submerged the time ♫

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♫ Missing you marks me with incompleteness ♫

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♫ Unable to speak, to hear, or to see ♫

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♫ How could a waning moon in the past become full when loves and hates are intertwined? ♫

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♫ Did our predestined affinity break apart already? ♫

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♫ Then these obsessions will be rootless and leafless ♫

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♫ Meeting you is a downfall that I’m willing to take

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♫ Happiness causes me to not be able to determine the depths of reality ♫

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♫ There are so many loves, hates, separations, sadness, roughness, bitterness and sweetness ♫

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♫ All are truly resolved by your line of vision ♫

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♫ Meeting you is a downfall that I’m willing to take ♫

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♫ Happiness causes me to not be able to determine the depths of reality ♫

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♫ There are so many loves, hates, separations, sadness, roughness, bitterness and sweetness ♫

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♫ All are truly resolved by your line of vision ♫

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♫ A predestined affinity that keeps on twisting and turning ♫