Original subtitles

Adapted from the manhua of the same name, The Ravages of Time

The spear, who has it not harmed in the numerous battles

The halberd, its rise and fall is impermanent

The blade, incomparable in this garish world

The long lance, the man from Yan rages in these dark times

The imperial army kills people like grass mown

The warrior defeated is like a mountain toppled

Only when the arrow is used do you regret not having enough of it

The phoenix lost its nest, the azure dragon's horn is severed

Gazing at the Divine Land, nothing remains when you look back after a thousand years of rises and falls

While steering a small boat, create poems over wine describing heroes

Eternal worries blind one to the beauty locked deep in the palace

In every possible strategy, things constantly change and fade away

Past and present matters become topics for idle chatter and enter my dreams

Human life is but a fleeting moment as the times fly past

Translator's Note: the last line of the opening poem of Romance of the Three Kingdoms It is better to keep an open mind with respect to right and wrong or success and failure when evaluating historical developments

There are many idiots in the world

They are everywhere

such that every past dynasty

has gone through lamentable events

Everything is constant

There are complements to every existence

Thus the Heavens created a group of people

that stood out from the crowd

to balance out this world

They are called

Episode 8 Genius geniuses

Episode 8 Genius

Zhong Da?

It's Zhong Da!

Oh, it's you, Brother Tian

Tian De courtesy name Tian Quan

Tian De courtesy name Tian Quan Zhong Da

Tian De courtesy name Tian Quan It was fate that we

met on the road

I happen to have a favor to ask of you

You must help me out

Brother Tian

Apart from mathematics

I'm utterly ignorant about everything else

How can I help you?

Mathematics might be

the very thing I need to resolve this matter

Brother Tian

I have an important task at hand

Please let me go my way

Zhong Da

do you really not want to know what the matter is?

I don't

Hurry!

The ones from the Sixth Battalion are all here

The Eighth Battalion's military advisers haven't arrived yet?

Pingyang Main Camp

Isn't this General Yan Liang's camp?

How can I enter it?

Just go in

Tian De

I thought you had given up early on

Why did you come back again?

I just went out for a break

Zhong Da, come

This way

Make way, make way

Zhong Da, look

All the military advisers of the Coalition have gathered here

You've never seen such a grand occasion, right?

Did you bring me here because of this?

Last night, our army intercepted a group of messengers

outside the Xiliang General Gou Si's encampment

and found this piece of cloth

The back of the cloth contained a message

saying that Dong Zhuo wants Guo Si to

attack our main stronghold tomorrow

But apparently, Guo Si's forces aren't enough to fight our army

so there's probably something fishy about this

Everyone believes that another message

must be hidden on the cloth

which should be further investigated

How can you be sure of that?

Zhong Da, you're still inexperienced

You don't understand the method of confusing the

enemy with truths and falsehoods in the art of war

Xiliang people are superstitious

They like to use cloth with printed scriptures

to deliver important messages

Thus Lord Yan Liang ordered all

the military advisers and strategists here

to solve this puzzle

Unfortunately, no one has been able to solve it

Over 4,000 characters

How should we arrange them?

Three on the left and four on the right

But the phrases don't make sense

Brother Luo

Is there really some secret message in this cloth?

I'm also growing less certain about it

Isn't that

Guo Tu, the top strategist?

That's right

The most intelligent Guandong military advisers

and strategists have gathered here

If we're lucky enough to solve this puzzle

henceforth we can...

Guo Tu courtesy name Gong Ze Lord Guo, have you figured it out?

Guo Tu courtesy name Gong Ze

Guo Tu courtesy name Gong Ze I have figured out nothing!

This is basically a ploy to fool people

Everyone studied it the entire night

but did anyone find any clues?

All of you should return to your camps to sleep

Exhausting us mentally by depriving us of sleep

is exactly in line with Dong Zhuo's evil schemes!

Even Lord Guo Tu has given up

Now we've to place our hopes on Lord Pang Ji

It seems like Lord Pang Ji also left just now

Pang Ji couldn't solve it either?

That's great!

Pang Ji?

Isn't he your Uncle Tian Feng's sworn enemy?

Exactly

Pang Ji is brilliant though

He was a renowned genius in Hebei when he was young

on par with the current Eight Enigmas of Shui Jing

A genius?

So, Zhong Da,

you must help me

Brother Tian

You were smarter than everyone else in the academy

I barely met the standards required

You've found the wrong person

The secret of the Xiliang people

must have something to do with

the order of characters on the cloth

Solving this is

very likely not a test of one's literary talent

but one's skill in mathematics

At the academy back then

I was the top scorer in every subject but

I always lost to you in mathematics

That's why you...

Exactly

With my intelligence

and your skill in mathematics

if we team up

there isn't a puzzle in this world that we can't solve

Well...

Get back here!

You had an entire night to think

and still didn't get any results?

Old Yan, let me go!

This is such a disgrace to the educated class

L-Lord Yan

It's ironic that you all would usually boast about yourselves Yan Liang courtesy name Gong Ji

Yan Liang courtesy name Gong Ji as distinguished intellectuals of the realm

as distinguished intellectuals of the realm

and peerless geniuses

Are there no talented individuals in this army tent?

Zhong Da

Come on

Move aside

You...

Lord Pang has returned

Pang Ji courtesy name Yuan Tu

Pang Ji courtesy name Yuan Tu He must have found a way to solve it

Old Pang

I thought you had run away shamefully like the others

Dong Zhuo always likes to use

decoy troops to mislead his enemy

This cloth is no exception

The words are all in a mess and

there are over 4000 characters

That's enough to take us about a year to study it in detail

If we insist on paying excessive attention

to the words and get caught up in it

we will surely waste our time and energy for nothing

which is exactly what the enemy intends

As I expected

this cloth has a slightly sour smell

This is a really ancient technique

I understand now

First use turmeric water to write the words

then use alkaline water to make it visible

This is nothing new

Dong Zhuo is not all that brilliant

This line says that

if Guo Si lures our army into attacking

Li Jue can then raid our granary from behind

Jue will lead the army in a raid on the granary on Long mountain

If the army provisions are lost

we will surely lose

Luckily, I discovered it at the earliest time possible

otherwise...

I still have to rely on you during critical moments

Since the enemy has planned this in advance

quickly station a massive force on Long Mountain

Hurry!

Even children know how to use this method

yet it unexpectedly baffled all the strategists here

Pang Ji is really lucky

Do you think it's luck?

This is an old way of solving a puzzle

but all the strategists here were distracted by the scripture

Only Pang Ji saw through the diversion

and took a different approach

He is indeed outstanding

He's proud of himself but doesn't get carried away

He has well thought plans and is tactical

Pang Ji doesn't rely on luck

He's indeed very talented

Could this be what Mr. Shui Jing calls

Could this be what Mr. Shui Jing calls The first level of genius A genius recognized by the masses

The first level of genius A genius recognized by the masses the first level of genius

The first level of genius A genius recognized by the masses one who stands above the masses?

one who stands above the masses?

No wonder Pang Ji is my uncle's biggest rival

I'm not as good as he is

Zhong Da

Let's go

Zhong Da?

Urgent report!

Mr. Shui Jing has arrived

Teacher Shui Jing has come too

Looks like His Excellency considers this very important

Could there be another way to solve the puzzle?

Yes, there might be further deceptions

Welcome, Teacher Shui Jing

I did not know that you would be coming, Mr. Shui Jing

Excuse me for not going out to receive you

Mr. Pang Ji

you were one step ahead of me, weren't you?

I just used a small trick

I am afraid you came all this way for nothing

This cloth has a sour smell

Although you are blind,

you have sharper sense of smell than a dog

How dare you speak rudely?

Teacher

he...

Composure is the foundation of being a military adviser

when you do not see the enemy's ferocity

and do not hear the enemy's cunning

your heart can preserve its calm

You all need to remember that

Yes

Mr. Shui Jing?

I finally get to see Mr. Shui Jing today

He's the founder of a celebrated group of military advisers

Many famous military advisers in the realm

are his disciples

or received his teachings

People like Li Dun from the era of the past emperor

and Wei Xin, who subdued the Xiongnu with armed forces,

were all Teacher Shui Jing's students

And

Yuan Fang, the new military adviser in our army,

is also one of his disciples

Yuan Fang...

Have you also heard of his esteemed name?

I have orders from Lord Yuan Shao

To ensure that nothing goes wrong

may I have a look at the cloth?

Go ahead and look at it

if you can

Has your anger subsided?

Good

Very good

Teacher

we shall now begin

They're five of the Eight Enigmas of Shui Jing

It's said gaining any one of them will give you supremacy

Every powerful faction is waiting for them to leave the mountain

They're so sought after

No wonder they don't reveal their true identity in public

Lord Yuan Fang is also one of the Eight Enigmas

Now, even the Guandong scholars concede to his brilliance

Five of the Eight Enigmas of Shui Jing came

Looks like Lord Yuan Shao doesn't trust Pang Ji's men

If my uncle were here

Mr. Shui Jing definitely wouldn't have to come

Tian De

what do you mean?

I just made a casual remark

You Uncle Tian Feng didn't have the guts to come

so he sent a boy like you here

What a laughing stock

My uncle is...

Brother Tian

let's go

Wait

Boy

which faction are you from?

I do not think I have seen you before

He...

He's a newcomer sent by the Tian family

Ding Long

do you have information on this person?

I have never seen him before

Definitely not

Could it be that

Tian Feng's men disregarded the rules

and even dare to carelessly bring

an outsider into the army camp?

Capture them!

They will be punished under martial law

Lord Pang

I just brought him here by force

to help solve the secret message

Let him go!

We're all with General Yuan Shao

Why is this necessary?

So you are

admitting that the Tian family disregarded the rules

and brought an outsider into the camp on their own accord?

Old Pang, what's going on?

The Ministry of War ordered that

unconcerned parties are not to enter the army camp

let alone the main camp

General Yan

military orders must be obeyed and war is upon us

Please execute this person now

Wait!

Do you know who he is?

He's Sima Yi, the second young master

of Henei's Sima family!

Henei's Sima family...

The Sima family was recently rewarded by Lord Yuan Shao

for refusing to offer money and provisions to the Xiliang Army

The Sima family are also rumored to have

sent someone to assassinate Xu Lin,

Dong Zhuo's adviser

Old Pang

If you kill him

the Handicapped Warriors might come for your head

General Yan, don't you know that

Liu Zong made all of that up?

Whether or not the Sima family is behind Xu Lin's assassination

just the fact that they refused to

offer money and provisions to Dong Zhuo

is proof of their loyalty

What happened today is my fault

I alone will bear all the criminal charges

Do you think you will be spared?

Only death awaits you

Brother Tian, this isn't necessary

Zhong Da

it's all my fault

for implicating you in the conflict between our two factions

If...

I can solve the puzzle of the cloth

thereby atoning for my crime with a contribution

can you show me some leniency?

All of us could not solve it

but a spoiled, rich kid like you can?

This is the biggest joke!

If you cannot solve it

or if Mr. Shui Jing's disciples figure it out first

Then I, Sima Yi, will admit to my crime

Boy

you are very interesting

I do not know if you really have a way

or if you are just buying time

Whatever the case

if you can find another way to solve this

I will let you live

Otherwise

you will be executed on the spot

Oh my god

Lord Pang has asserted himself with his official seal

There's truly no turning back now

Someone actually dares to challenge Shui Jing's disciples?

Regardless of the results

he's exceptionally brave

Do you see that?

Lord Pang Ji is

actually pitting an inexperienced boy against you all

You all better strive harder

Zhong Da

Are you crazy?

How can you be a match for the Eight Enigmas?

Let me take your place

Don't throw your life away for nothing

Zhong Da

don't...

This boy actually has the courage

to challenge Mr. Shui Jing's disciples

This will be interesting

I heard that

he's the younger brother of Sima Lang, the Secretarial Censor

Sima Lang?

Didn't Dong Zhuo imprison him in Luoyang?

If his brother were here

he might have a 10% chance

Zhong Da

I know this is your plan to buy time

How can we alone

stand up to Shui Jing's disciples?

I hope that my uncle can promptly notify Lord Yuan Shao

to save us

Teacher

Seventh Enigma

have you figured it out?

Not yet

But I think I found a small clue

I wish to take a walk outside

That gave me a fright

I thought he had solved it!

Mr. Shui Jing

is there really another way of solving this?

Now that Seventh Enigma has a rough idea

will any of you solve it faster than he can?

Seven on the left

eight on the right

Broken into ten

turns after five

The next section is the opposite

I got it!

Sixth Brother

I'm not done looking at it

What is he doing?

What's going on?

Quiet down

Look!

This is...

The folding method

Bring me a brush

What? There's actually such a method?

Who is this boy?

The first message

is that Dong Zhuo wants Guo Si to attack our stronghold

to lure our army back to protect it

Si will serve as bait Jue to lead troops in a raid on Shao army's granary on Long Mountain

The second message

is that Li Jue will take this chance

to burn down the granary on Long Mountain

And now the third message is that

they'll set the northern forest on fire when our army

returns to protect our provisions

On the sixth, mislead by attacking the eastern army Set fire to the northern forest

What a plot within a plot

If we only responded to any two of them

we would no doubt lose

Every generation has its talents

I cannot compare to him

Shui Jing's Eight Enigmas

are indeed deserving of their reputation

That's amazing

Unlike Pang Ji who used a different approach

he very directly

used his own brilliance to solve the puzzle that all the

strategists here, no,

that even famous scholars like

Pang Ji and Guo Tu failed to decipher

Could this be

the level of genius

that is above famous scholars?

The second level of genius A genius recognized by other famous scholars

I have ten other answers

However, taking the date into account

this is the most believable one

Well done, kid

If not for you

we all would've gone to our deaths

What's your name?

Yes

Mr. Shui Jing, what is this Enigma's name?

You could solve this puzzle in such a short time

You are already better than I am

In the Shui Jing Group, no one has ever

received the second distinguished title

Today, someone finally rose to the occasion

From today onward

this person

is the Fledgling Phoenix

Thank you for granting me this name

What?

I thought no one could obtain the title of Fledgling Phoenix

It is said that the two distinguished ones are

the Fledgling Phoenix and the Crouching Dragon

If you were to gain any one of them

you can achieve supremacy

Damn it

Sixth Brother has taken the name of Fledgling Phoenix

If I knew this earlier, I would've tried my best

It's too late now

Zhong Da

let's leave now while

no one is paying attention

Since Young Master Sima lost

I would like both of you to accept your punishment by martial law

Pang Ji, are you really...

Wait

Who said that the Fledgling Phoenix solved it correctly?

Now it's my turn

This boy...

do you

have another solution?

Your turn to talk nonsense?

Yes

One of the Eight Enigmas will also be with me talking nonsense

Young Master Sima

let's see who can make a bigger impact then

I believe

there's only one true answer to this puzzle

I wonder if we share the same thinking

General

may I borrow your dagger?

Of course

Second Enigma

what is the Seventh Enigma holding?

A log of wood

What is its length

and width?

It is about four chi long

and about as wide as a fist

Is the Seventh Enigma cutting away at this piece of wood?

Yes

Could this

really

be the case?

The text on the cloth is just a diversion

The true message is in fact

on the dark spots on the edge of the cloth

Aren't they cloth stains?

So we do have the same idea

I'll calculate

while you'll cut down the wood

What do you think?

Cooperating with each other

in this way would be great

Twelve minus ten

twelve minus nine

eleven minus nine

The laws of numbers come from the circle and square Translator's Note: These mathematical concepts come from the Zhoubi Suanjing, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy and mathematics

Translator's Note: These mathematical concepts come from the Zhoubi Suanjing, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy and mathematics The circle comes from the square,

Translator's Note: These mathematical concepts come from the Zhoubi Suanjing, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy and mathematics the square comes from the carpenter's square

Eleven minus eight

eleven minus seven

Multiply all the denominators together to get the divisor Translator's Note: These mathematical concepts come from the "Nine Chapters on the Art of Mathematics", a mathematics book compiled by scholars in the 10th–2nd century BCE

Translator's Note: These mathematical concepts come from the "Nine Chapters on the Art of Mathematics", a mathematics book compiled by scholars in the 10th–2nd century BCE Divide the dividend by the divisor

Ten minus seven

nine minus seven

nine minus five

Subtract the smaller number from the larger one

And continue subtracting

Seven minus four

seven minus five

six minus five

Until the numbers are equal

Use the equal number to reduce the fraction

Translator's Note: The concept of Excess and Deficit (Yingbuzu) from chapter 7 of the "Nine Chapters on the Art of Mathematics"; three of the five types of problems this method was used for are mentioned here One in excess and one in deficit

Translator's Note: The concept of Excess and Deficit (Yingbuzu) from chapter 7 of the "Nine Chapters on the Art of Mathematics"; three of the five types of problems this method was used for are mentioned here One in excess and one sufficient

Translator's Note: The concept of Excess and Deficit (Yingbuzu) from chapter 7 of the "Nine Chapters on the Art of Mathematics"; three of the five types of problems this method was used for are mentioned here

Translator's Note: The concept of Excess and Deficit (Yingbuzu) from chapter 7 of the "Nine Chapters on the Art of Mathematics"; three of the five types of problems this method was used for are mentioned here One in deficit

Translator's Note: The concept of Excess and Deficit (Yingbuzu) from chapter 7 of the "Nine Chapters on the Art of Mathematics"; three of the five types of problems this method was used for are mentioned here and one sufficient

From fraction reduction to addition

subtraction,

multiplication,

division,

comparison,

averaging

and the method of direct division for equations

these two have such unfathomable skill in mathematics

And

five minus two

What do you think?

I completely agree

There's actually someone

in this world who thinks in the exact same way as I do

Young Master Sima

the wood has been cut

What are they doing?

A little lower

Hurry, let's go have a look

These two aren't making this unnecessarily complicated, are they?

There are actually words

How could these two boys

even think of such an incredible method?

That's really amazing

I didn't expect that by using this method

the dark spots on the edge of the cloth would form words

"Gather outside the city"

What exactly does it mean?

That's so amazing!

Zhong Da and the Seventh Enigma

are both so amazing!

Looks like Pang Ji

is speechless

Even the Fledgling Phoenix, who solved the second puzzle,

is also speechless

They were able to stun geniuses

like Pang Ji and the Fledgling Phoenix

Have Zhong Da

and the Seventh Enigma

reached

that particular level?

The third level of genius A genius recognized by other geniuses

Gather outside the city

Do you know what this sentence means?

I didn't expect Dong Zhuo to have such a brilliant individual

besides Xu Lin under his command

who can devise such a trick

"Gather outside the city"

Luoyang Hangu Pass Anyi county, Hedong Commandery Hua Mountain Xuanyuan Mountain Hulao Pass Henei Xingyang

Yellow River

Yellow River means he wants Guo Si

Yellow River to first move his people to Luoyang

then journey to Chang'an together

Regardless of the messages:

Regardless of the messages: Chang'an Pingyi

Chang'an Pingyi Yongzhou "Si will serve as bait"

"Jue to lead troops in a raid on Shao army's granary on Long Mountain"

or "On the sixth, mislead by attacking the eastern troops"

"Set fire to the northern forest"

they're both for ensnaring one's thoughts

The Guandong military advisers studied it in detail

thus fell deeper into this trap

They would've been led to places far away from Luoyang

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those warlords who disregard principles for profit

will use this chance to attack Luoyang

and fight over this goldmine

Then

it will be more challenging

for Ah Huo and the others to save Big Brother

Furthermore

even if I tell them the truth now

no one would believe me

Teacher

"Gather outside the city" can only mean one thing

Is it like what you said previously?

Yes

Dong Zhuo will

abandon Luoyang

What?

He even knows that?

Luoyang is the biggest city in the realm

it is also where the Emperor lives

and the place where all powers are gathered

How can Dong Zhuo abandon it so easily?

Guo Si is

good at defending cities using traps and strategies

Dong Zhuo ordered him to gather outside the city

we can assume that he wants to reinforce Luoyang city's defenses

This shows that

Dong Zhuo will hold his ground in Luoyang

What do you think, Mr. Shui Jing?

Sir

please be so kind

as to give me your advice

I was assigned by General Yuan Shao

to come here to figure out the puzzle hidden

in this piece of Xiliang scripture cloth

Now that

we have the answer to the puzzle: "Gather outside the city"

we should report it to General Yuan immediately

With General Yuan's wisdom and insight

he will have a way to deal with this

What do you all think?

What you say is very correct

However

Enough

In the art of war

truths and falsehoods

are interwoven

Matters of the world are like a game of chess

The current era

is a chaotic time not seen in a hundred years

All of you are standing together on a chessboard

Even if you can see it

it may not be the truth

This boy is an outstanding thinker

What a pity

If the Fledgling Phoenix has already emerged

then...

Zhong Da

So many generals wish to meet you now

Don't miss out on this opportunity

Brother Tian

you know that I don't like to serve the army

That's a pity

After not seeing you for several years

I didn't expect you

to change completely

Are you leaving now, Young Master Sima?

Yes

It was an honor to witness your skill in mathematics today

I could say the same

But

my calculation isn't done

If I'm not wrong...

What?

The title of Crouching Dragon

will surely be yours

He did not reply but just laughed This sort of people are the most terrifying

Leave home, your father is safe

The stylus carves out the landscape, depicting the thousand mile journey home in every inch of the drawing

Part ways with your father, your wife is safe

The bride stays home alone, how many lines have been written in the letters over these ten years

Part ways with your wife, the children are safe

The sword leans propped up against the fence, facing a line of geese returning home

Men who have left home miss their families

If this parting cannot be overcome, you remain closed off to the vastness of the world

Men who have left home miss their families

One night of a reed pipe playing brings pain to the faces of the soldiers in the entire camp

Separation in life is painful for the soldiers on the ground

Separation in death is painful for the dead under the banners

Having no family is painful, no clothes can't be mended

Having no wife is painful, who will I be buried with?

Being childless is painful, there is no place to return to

Having no roots is even more painful

Opinions from later generations on what those two people made at that time differ and it is still a matter of discussion...

The laws of numbers come from the circle and square

The circle comes from the square,

the square comes from the carpenter's square

I understand now

These two want to use the principles

of mathematics to make an esoteric

Tibetan scripture cylindrical holder of the western region

The Tibetan scripture holder has very strict size requirements

It needs a few of the very best

State Preceptor-ranked craftsmen and

rare and precious molds passed down through the generations

to make it to perfection

Have you all ever heard of

anyone making an esoteric Tibetan Scripture holder

with a dagger of this size?

Never

Unless...