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[Love a Lifetime]

[Episode 25]

Do you know

what I was thinking about

when I heard that you were killed?

I'd never thought that

we would part forever someday.

I didn't even have a chance to say goodbye.

At that time,

when Mrs. Lin made this choice, I really didn't know what to do.

If someone had to be sacrificed in the battle

between Lingxu Pavilion and Dragon Howl City, how I wished it was me!

Today, the ancestor has finally been laid to rest.

After all things are settled, I'll make a tombstone,

take it to the cave, and set it up for the ancestor.

This day will be the anniversary of the ancestor's death.

In the future, I'll come here often

to burn incense and offer sacrifices to the ancestor.

Mom, did I say anything wrong?

It is thoughtful of you.

I wonder where I'll be buried after my death.

Your father's grave is in Beihuang.

If, in the future, Lingxu Pavilion can thrive

and reach a dominant position in the martial world,

I'll be content to meet your father in the lower world.

Mom, why are you saying this out of the blue?

You'll surely live to a ripe old age.

Together with me, you'll see your grandsons grow up,

and then see your great-grandsons grow up,

and then see your great-great-grandsons grow up.

Yue, now that you have had some experiences in the martial world,

you must know the unpredictability of this world.

Perhaps someday you'll part with your next of kin forever

without bidding farewell.

Mom,

did something bad happen?

No.

I only want to tell you that if someday I'm gone,

you just need to remember the good things I did

and the mother-son affection between us, and don't feel guilty or sad,

because you're indeed the most important beam of light in my life.

Mom, don't say that.

I definitely won't let you be hurt.

I'll protect you all the time.

You father also said the same thing to me.

Several days have passed

without any news about Young Madam's whereabouts.

Members of Dragon Howl City have been looking for her continuously

without any result, either.

But we can't stay here for a long time.

I'm afraid we can't wait for Young Madam to come back.

In the past,

Lingxu Pavilion always backed me up,

and my mother forgave me for every mistake I made.

But now Lingxu Pavilion no longer exists,

and we can't go back to the past.

At this time, perhaps no news about Hua

is good news.

Rong Jingfeng has withdrawn the forces at Dragon Howl City,

but given his personality, he won't let it go so easily.

He'll surely send people back for a second check.

This is not a place for a long stay.

We'd better leave here as soon as possible.

Don't worry, Young Madam will be fine.

Hua,

will your affection for me

stay the same as before after we've gone through these things?

Will you come back here

if you think of this in the future?

I must bring justice back to all the things

that have happened this time.

I'll make the whole martial world witness

the treacherous people admit their guilt.

What's done cannot be undone.

However pious you are, the deceased won't return to life.

If entreating the Buddha were effective, then there wouldn't be

so many injustices pervading the world,

nor would there be any criminals at large.

Belief or disbelief depends on your mentality.

I'm behaving so piously just because I hope my wish can come true.

Some matters have already been settled despite all the injustices.

Who can predict

what the future will be like?

Previously you left Dragon Howl City for Nalan Yue's sake.

Have you changed your mind now that Lingxu Pavilion

has been destroyed by Dragon Howl City?

Previously I had planned to commit suicide

in order to force my father to give up the chasing.

At that moment, all my hopes turned to dust,

and all my desires to live were abandoned.

I was determined to die but was saved by you.

I know that you'll never forgive Dragon Howl City

and that you want to do your utmost

to bring justice to your clan members.

Since it's you who saved me, now my life is at your disposal.

What Rong Jingfeng has done are so unpardonable

that even burying all the members of Dragon Howl City

with the dead of Nalan Family and Lingxu Pavilion is not enough of a redemption.

Do it now.

The invisible Providence appointed me to save you.

Do you know why?

Because you're the daughter of Rong Jingfeng, whose crime

can't be atoned for even if he is killed ten times.

As a member of Dragon Howl City,

you haven't fulfilled your responsibilities yet.

You should get back what Dragon Howl City owes Lingxu Pavilion.

Since I've survived,

I won't live in vain.

You can be assured that I'll do what should be done

to Dragon Howl City and Lingxu Pavilion.

Stop running!

I can't even eat a steamed stuffed bun undisturbed.

What's your family name, Miss?

Why are you guys still chasing me hard when I've already

cut ties with my older brother Mei Ying?

Mei Ying?

You… You're not a member of Dragon Howl City?

I'm not.

Thank goodness.

I thought he sent you to catch me back again.

Miss,

you said just now that you have already cut ties

with your older brother, right?

I had always thought that my brother was just a little competitive,

but it turned out that he ignored other people's lives

in order to pursue his own benefits.

I can't accept or tolerate such an older brother.

It's better not to have such a brother.

But, Miss Mei, I'm afraid it's not easy

to get rid of their chase as you're not good at martial arts.

How about… How about I keep your company along the way?

If you follow me, we can take care of each other.

How did you know my family name?

I know your brother Mei Ying.

Who are you?

I am…

I'm a disciple of Nalan Yue, and the master of Miss Rong Hua,

and also the master of the Hall of Oldness in Dragon Howl City.

I mean I was the master of the Hall in the past.

I just told you that I'm no longer a member of Dragon Howl City.

You… You're Mr. Bai Weizhi?

Yes, I am.

What are you wishing for by lighting a sky lantern every day?

I only hope he can come back safe and sound.

How come someone launches a sky lantern so late at night?

Although I don't believe in such things, I think the prayer

must be praying piously.

Perhaps such a wishful deed is much better than doing nothing.

Yue, how about we write our wishes again

on a sky lantern and launch it into the sky again?

This is just a trick of those sky lantern vendors,

and a ridiculous way of praying.

Is there any proof of its effectiveness

in helping people realize their wishes?

I'll just go see what they've written on it.

Is that okay?

We better get going.

We must find a hideout before daybreak, so it's better

to walk as far as we can while it's dark.

If prayer were effective,

I'd be willing to give all the luck in my life

in exchange for Hua's safety.

You say you're going to Snow Alliance in person,

but given that the martial world

is in a turmoil and people are jittery at such a time,

how can you, a person with a special identity, appear in public rashly?

Besides, Snow Alliance is not a place we can go to.

I've heard Yue say that the real head of Snow Alliance is Mo Huan,

who manipulates all the things in the martial world

that are related to the Alliance.

When Lingxu Pavilion suffered the massacre that day,

people from the Ling Sect were also present.

Therefore, they were not involved in this.

I suspect that Mo Huan has saved Yue and taken him away,

and now he is in Snow Alliance, so I must go there to look for him.

Well, what if the truth is not what you expect?

Aren't you going to be more disappointed?

I'm already at the bottom of my life,

and it's no use waiting and doing nothing.

Now every piece of news is hope to me.

You're getting beyond my comprehension.

But since you want to go there, I'll just accompany you.

He is a descendant of the Nalan Family, so I can't ignore him

despite all my dissatisfactions with him.

Even if he has died, I must see his body myself.

As you've fallen ill because of coldness,

plus that serious arrow wound, it will take some more time

for you to recover your health.

You must learn to be independent.

From now on, you'll have no one on whom you can depend,

and no one will sympathize with you or help you.

Saving your life is already my greatest leniency.

From now on, the only person you can depend on is yourself.

Have you found the person

you want to meet this time when you came back?

We've agreed to a time limit of five days.

Have you made your decision?

How about my proposal?

You have long known that I've gained nothing during this trip.

You permitted me to return to Lingxu Pavilion

for the only purpose of making me feel grateful to you

and accept your proposal.

You're very intelligent,

but so what?

You have no choice now.

You sure?

I'll say it, then.

I don't accept your proposal.

I'll rely on myself to revenge on Dragon Howl City bit by bit

for all that Lingxu Pavilion and the Nalan Family have suffered.

For our lost honor, and the lives of the deceased,

I'll make Rong Jingfeng kneel in person and apologize to everyone.

As for the Ling Sect, I'll never be a member of it,

neither will I involve myself in the Ling Sect in any way.

You really have a nerve, but do you have any idea

what price you will pay for what you are saying in the future?

I don't care what price I will pay.

No one can ever change the decisions made by me.

You… Your stubbornness must be inherited from your mother.

How will the members of Dragon Howl City

tolerate you if they know in the future that you're still alive?

How can you establish yourself if you don't join the Ling Sect?

Now I have abandoned all my misgivings.

Whatever the intention of Dragon Howl City may be,

I'll confront it till the end.

Yue, we're in a cul-de-sac now.

The fact won't change however strongly you argue.

You're just being obstinate.

We must endure what ordinary men

can't endure and make a long-term plan

in order to fulfill the revenge.

Please consider twice, sir.

Please decide prudently whether to accept

the invitation of the Ling Sect.

Supreme Master, someone outside the door asks to see you.

Who's the one asking to see me?

It's…

Nalan Yue's wife, Rong Hua.

Invite her in now that she has come.

Yes.

Yue.

Yue.

Seems that this girl is quite lucky.

Yue.

- Yue! - So lucky that she's survived the heart-penetrating arrow

and avoided days of chasing by Dragon Howl City.

Seems that she's not fated to die.

Yue.

Yue!

Master, the Chihua Pill in his body is counterattacking,

and now you're the only one who can save him.

Please save his life, Master.

Supreme Master, you promised Mrs. Lin yourself that day

that you would save my Young Master's life.

You can't break your promise!

Rong Jingfeng only knows that the Chihua Pill can revive dying people,

but he doesn't know its true and more astonishing function.

After experiencing "three lives and three deaths",

it has become greatly different from ordinary Chihua Pills.

One who has taken the Pill

must practice its Command to the Dark Soldiers Skill

in order to remove its counterattacking poison.

Otherwise,

he will live in a half-human-half-ghost condition every day

before he is tortured to death.

He won't.

- He won't die. - Did you think you were in desperate straits

when the Nalan Family was chased and killed,

and Lingxu Pavilion was ruined?

That's because you hadn't met the Chihua Pill.

They were far from desperate.

This is the real desperate situation.

Did you force my mother to sacrifice herself for my sake

in order for me to become like this?

That's right.

I had been keeping her alive ever since I found her

after my reappearance in the martial world.

What I really want is not only the Chihua Pill,

but also you, Nalan Yue.

I wonder if Snow Alliance has gotten the information I want.

You should know the rules of Snow Alliance, Miss Rong.

One must pay some price in order to inquire about information.

Snow Alliance never does any loss-making business.

I do know all the rules of Snow Alliance.

As long as you can give me the answer I want,

I'll certainly pay you a reasonable remuneration.

Follow me, then.

For all these years

I've never stopped inquiring about Mo Huan's whereabouts,

but without success until now.

It's unexpected that she is hiding here.

The revenge can't be done in one or two days.

You mustn't act rashly.

Let's go.

So you have long known these things?

I… I didn't know.

I didn't know it would turn out this way.

When you were in a coma, Mo Huan mentioned that only by doing this

can your life be saved.

It's all right.

It's all right.

You'll be fine.

Why?

Why did you save me?

Of course, it's because I have my own plan.

Supreme Master, Rong Hua asks to see you.

Open the door.

I'm here today to ask Snow Alliance a question:

do you know the whereabouts of those who survived the massacre in Lingxu Pavilion?

Seems that someone saved you that night.

Providence made me survive for a purpose.

I noticed that

people from the Ling Sect were also present that day, so I wonder…

That day, we did go to Lingxu Pavilion,

but it was too late when we arrived.

Too late?

The Mei Family was exterminated,

and the people dispatched by Snow Alliance

• were detained by Dragon Howl City arbitrarily,

so the news at Dragon Howl City didn't come out in time.

Therefore, Lingxu Pavilion couldn't know it before others.

All this

was caused by your father Rong Jingfeng.

If you were half as ruthless and malevolent as Rong Jingfeng,

I suppose you would have helped Lingxu Pavilion

avoid this catastrophe long ago.

You're worried that people in the martial world

might make things difficult for Dragon Howl City

after they know the Chihua Pill has been destroyed,

so you hurried here to rescue your fellows,

and involved your lover in this.

But do you know that your father Rong Jingfeng,

bent on killing his fellow female disciple and his clan members,

didn't hesitate to fabricate a colossal lie and set up a huge trap?

Let me ask you,

if Rong Jingfeg were here,

would you bring justice to Lingxu Pavilion by yourself?

You dare not,

right?

Then you have no right to inquire about

the living and the dead members of Lingxu Pavilion.

I will definitely revenge Lingxu Pavilion on Dragon Howl City,

but I have my own way of doing so.

The most urgent thing right now

is to find the whereabouts of other members of Lingxu Pavilion as soon as possible.

All the members of Lingxu Pavilion

have long been killed in the massacre that day.

Your father Rong Jingfeng deployed massive forces at every exit

to ambush the escapers.

Do you think there could be any survivors?

The fire that was set at the end

destroyed all the possessions of Lingxu Pavilion,

and even the dead bodies were burned to ashes.

Do you think the people you're looking for

still have the chance to survive?

At all events,

I will stick it to the end.

If you know any news that is in any way related to Lingxu Pavilion,

just tell me about it.

I will pay in full the price you want.

Rong Jingfeng once claimed that

he would find you and take you back to Dragon Howl City

before making any arrangement, no matter you're alive or dead now.

But now that your location is exposed, don't you fear that

Snow Alliance might sell your whereabouts to Dragon Howl City?

After all, his bid

is much higher than yours.

That'll be good.

If members of Lingxu Pavilion know that I'm alive,

they'll certainly come to Dragon Howl City to fetch me back.

Sorry for my disturbance today.

I'll take leave now.

Supreme Master, Xuan Ye from Dragon Howl City has escorted Liuli back,

and now the two of them have entered Snow Alliance.

If you still want to leave at once, do you need

someone from Snow Alliance to escort you?

As members of Dragon Howl City pervade the world,

how much longer can I keep undiscovered?

And how can I keep a foothold in the martial world

if I can't even step out of this door today?

Yue, you can't change anything even if you get out now.

All you want can be obtained only after you go through this.

What you want the most is for her to be alive, isn't it?

Yue.

Yue.

Yue.

Sorry for my offense this time.

Please forgive me.

Stop talking bullshit.

But I… Get away.

You're not welcomed here.

Miss Liuli!

Miss Liuli!

I think I should

apologize to the master of the Alliance on behalf of Dragon Howl City.

Don't be like a garrulous sissy.

I said you're not welcomed here.

Just get away.

- But I think… - Miss Liuli,

the master of the Alliance worried about you a lot

during your disappearance these days.

You detained her capriciously, and simply said "sorry"

after taking her back.

Does Dragon Howl City just want to treat Snow Alliance so cheaply?

That's why I'm going to apologize in person

and make a detailed explanation.

Miss Rong.

Thanks for covering me up, Miss Liuli.

It was so dangerous just now.

See you, Miss Liuli.

Let's go, Jingyuan.

It turns out you're not always vigilant.

You must have never expected to be trapped in our Snow Alliance.

What's the matter?

Where are they?

Don't worry, ma'am.

They have left safely without exposing any flaw.

But, I'm afraid that Dragon Howl City might blame Snow Alliance

for making Xuan Ye fall down here.

Bai Weizhi has been away for such a long time,

but no trace of him has been found yet.

Well, has the Hall of Emptiness

become merely an ornamental organization

that knows nothing about handling practical matters?

Master Bai has always been well aware

of the action plans of disciples of Dragon Howl City,

so it's indeed very hard to find his trace in a short time.

But I've heard that there is a respected master who taught Master Bai

mental methods of martial arts when the latter was young.

If we insist on finding Master Bai, perhaps

we can do something to this master.

You're quite capable of wishful thinking.

Don't you know that

this previous master of Bai Weizhi

is a whiz at martial arts who used to enjoy equal fame with Mo Huan?

How can the puny Hall of Emptiness deal with him on its own?

In order to find him, Dragon Howl City

should of course use some unusual method.

How dare you answer back!

Master Rong.

Master Rong, don't be worried too much.

Master Bai is in a fit of temper now,

and has gone out to calm his mood.

He will come back after cooling off.

We'd better not push him too hard, otherwise he'll go more wayward.

You guys are so…

Master Rong.

If all of you are so merciful and softhearted,

how can you serve Dragon Howl City and our Master Rong?

As the master of the Hall of Life,

I can't sit watching and do nothing.

Master Rong, how about leaving the matter to the Hall of Life?

We will surely live up to your great expectations.

Master Mei, with your younger sister still missing,

it's better not to take another matter on yourself.

Enough.

You two stop arguing.

I'll hand over this matter to the Hall of Emptiness.

But you must remember one thing:

this is an internal affair of Dragon Howl City,

so you mustn't spread it out.

Yes.

Don't worry, Master Mei.

The Hall of Emptiness

will surely take your younger sister back too if there's a chance.

I didn't see anyone along the way

who was sent by Mei Ying to look for you.

He can go so far as to abandon the whole Mei Family,

so I really matter little to him.

Power and position are the only indispensable things to him.

Your dish is ready!

Dear customers, it's two taels of silver in total.

Okay.

Thank you, sir.

Mr. Bai, I escaped in a hurry without bringing enough money with me,

and it's you who have paid for me along the way…

You don't need to think in that way.

You're a delicate girl, so it costs me little to pay your bills.

It's me who has spent a lot along the way

since I've been extravagant in normal times.

Let's eat.

Let me tell you something I've heard about.

There's an extraordinary man living on Black Rock Mountain,

which is three km outside the town.

He is a martial arts master,

but has contracted a mild but ineradicable disease.

Now he's been seeking skillful physicians and effective treatments

across neighboring regions.

I know that, too.

It's said that the one who cures him will get a handsome reward.

Mr. Bai, I've heard that you have great medical skills,

so how about we go to Black Rock Mountain to give it a go,

so that we can not only cure his disease,

but also make some money to cover our travelling expenses.

Now I've realized that when traveling in the martial world,

one depends more

on money than martial skills.

It's true.

According to my inquires, that martial arts master named Bai Su

indeed lives in this mountain,

and is indeed seeking help from various physicians and experts.

But

it's said that many skilled physicians have come to give their tries,

but all of them have left without success.

And some of them nearly lost their good reputations

due to the curses of Bai Su, who is a bad-tempered guy.

Miss Rong Hua, when we left Snow Alliance,

I asked you about your plan, but you sent Xiaofeng

to Black Rock Mountain

to inquire about a martial arts master named Bai Su

and to ascertain if he is plagued by an ineradicable disease.

What on earth is this for?

I once heard my master mention that this old Mr. Bai

is the only martial arts master

whose fame in the martial world was comparable to that of Mo Huan.

I didn't know why my master was driven away by old Mr. Bai,

but since he is my grandmaster, I'm in some way related to him.

Are you intending to rely on this Bai Su

to gain a firm foothold in the martial world?

Old Mr. Bai has a multitude of outstanding disciples,

and all of whom have become prominent senior masters.

Then how much chance do you think you have to get his help?

I'm not sure how much chance I have before meeting him in person.

But we must try our best this time when we visit him on the mountain.

People from the Ling Sect were also present

when Lingxu Pavilion suffered the massacre, so they must know

the whereabouts of the survivors.

But people from Snow Alliance

thought nothing of me when I visited them.

I must establish a firm foothold in the martial world,

so that I can be qualified to negotiate with them.

We mustn't reveal our identities

when we visit old Mr. Bai later on the mountain.

I'll make a new plan after I cure

his ineradicable disease.

According to the intelligence obtained by Snow Alliance, Hua

is likely to have come to this Black Rock Mountain.

Seems that you still can't stop worrying about her.

As long as someone stays with Hua and protects her,

I can go to Beihuang without any worry.

Heaven knows when we'll meet again after this separation.

I don't know whether I'm a human or a ghost

after practicing the Command to the Dark Soldiers Skill.

Young Master.

Mr. Bai, according to my inquires, this martial arts master

has an aloof and haughty personality, and is hard to get along with.

Physicians were often driven away by him before even feeling his pulse

because some of their words

which actually sounded very normal annoyed him.

So it must be hard to treat him.

As far as I'm concerned,

this mild and ineradicable disease of this master

is likely to be caused by his bad temper,

which makes him irritable all year round.

Do you know that anger can harm your health?

Only when you're broad-minded and magnanimous in dealing with affairs

can you prolong your life and live to a ripe old age.

- It makes sense. - Let's go.

Miss Mei, leave it to me.

Senior master,

I am Bai Weizhi and I heard that

you're mildly ill, so I've specially come here,

hoping to use all my medical skills to alleviate your ailment.

Master?

You seem to be a clever girl in normal times,

but how come you failed to know this master is called Bai Su

when you obtained all the other information about him?

He is respected and admired by all in neighboring regions,

so no one dare address him by name, which is why I…

Besides, who could have expected

that you used to have a feud with him?

This master of mine is so very petty-minded.

When I was a boy, he drove me out of his school

just because I was a little greedy for food.

Who could have expected that he still treated me so rudely

upon seeing me after so many years?

I… Greedy for food?

Mr. Bai, was it really because of this that you were driven

out of the school?

Just an old story.

Let's not mention that anymore.

But now it seems that our plan to make some money out of this

is going to fall through.

Nevertheless, Mr. Bai, you can take this opportunity to reconcile

the master-disciple relationship between you and Bai Su.

How can I reconcile it?

I've been despising that nasty guy named Rong Jingfeng at a young age.

In the past, my master was as renowned as Mo Huan,

so when Rong Jingfeng became a disciple of Mo Huan,

I, unwilling to be surpassed by him, boldly came to study

under my master Bai Su.

Then, after Rong Jingfeng betrayed and left the Ling Sect,

and I was driven away by my master, I…

I simply came to Dragon Howl City with him.

Ever since that, I've lost touch with my master.

Mr. Bai, how about you adopt the same approach

that you once used to persuade him to be your master?

When I was a boy, I had no sense of shame, but now I…

Let's think of another way.

Let's use another method.