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♪Chasing wind, I set out afar♪

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♪The road ahead lost, my voice unheard♪

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♪I've tasted joy and sorrow♪

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♪Laying low, I plan every move♪

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♪With a mortal heart and lingering ties♪

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♪I'm roaming far and wide♪

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♪A twist of fate in desperate times♪

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♪A bond that outlives the dust of life♪

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♪Still chasing what immortality means♪

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♪Even eternity flashes by in a blink♪

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♪Don't mock my ordinary life♪

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♪I fight alone as chaos shakes the world♪

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♪Don't scorn my humble roots♪

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♪Kind at heart, ruthless when I must be♪

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♪Fate stirs with joy and grief beneath♪

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♪I hold the tide between life and death♪

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♪Faith carries me through endless dark♪

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♪And I return with a heart refined♪

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♪Forged by trial, I rise through three realms♪

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♪Reborn in the wheel of fate♪

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[The Immortal Ascension]

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[Adapted from the webnovel, The Immortal Ascension by Wangyu]

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[serialized in www.qidian.com under China Literature Limited]

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[Episode 5]

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The cold poison is acting up more frequently now.

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I must get my hands on the Sunwarm Jade today.

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Who's there?

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Li.

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Who are you?

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It's me,

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Mo Caihuan.

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Open the door.

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Just you alone?

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You don't look well.

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Are you very sick?

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How did you find me?

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Anyone can see

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that tall guard of yours.

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What do you want?

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Here.

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Sunwarm Jade.

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Use it to cure yourself.

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Sunwarm Jade?

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Impossible.

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Don't worry.

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This is the real Sunwarm Jade.

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I won't cause you harm.

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Li!

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His poison runs deep.

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Li.

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Li.

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You're awake.

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Li.

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Look.

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It's truly a Sunwarm Jade.

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Did I fall asleep just now?

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Yes, you did.

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I let out your blood just now to cure you.

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It was all back at the start.

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But now, it's red like normal blood.

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You would still be unconscious, otherwise.

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Let me do it.

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How did you

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get the jade?

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They couldn't possibly let you have it.

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Actually,

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my mother and sister are good people.

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They are often threatened by bad guys,

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so they hope you can stay to protect them.

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They do not harbor malice.

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They just can't see

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that Jiayuan City

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isn't a place my father would stay in

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let alone you.

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Drink this now.

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It's Chinese ginseng broth.

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My father gave me the jade

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as my dowry.

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My sisters have their own dowries too.

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But I told my mother

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that I'd never

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marry anyone.

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Therefore, I have no use for it.

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And this one here.

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Thrombus Pill.

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You like to heal people?

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I've learned some from the books my father left behind.

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Your father

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was a great physician.

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Alas,

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he didn't want to be a physician.

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He wanted to be an immortal.

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Before this,

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I did not believe

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that the Sunwarm Jade was an excellent antidote.

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Me neither.

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Even though your father poisoned me,

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I trusted him when he told me

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that only the Sunwarm Jade

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could save me.

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No.

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He wasn't

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completely right.

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You saved me.

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Give me the jade.

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I mean

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I want to place it under the sun

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to see if its color can be restored.

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All right.

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Keep it.

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It's yours now.

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You should keep it.

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I

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have a favor to ask.

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Speak.

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Who do you want killed?

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It's not that.

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I...

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I want you

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to take me with you.

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Sorry, I can't do that.

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Okay.

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Why don't you

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stay with the Mo Family for now?

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If someone bothers them,

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you can protect them.

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Once I find a place to cultivate

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and settle down,

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I'll come and pick you up.

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What do you think?

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[Mo Residence]

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♪The ripples disappear into the river♪

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♪My robe is soaked under the drizzle♪

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♪I drink alone as the moonlight melts with the liquor♪

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[To Miss Mo]

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♪The current flows swiftly, the mountains weigh heavily♪

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♪The setting sun shines on the returning boats...♪

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Miss Mo,

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may this missive find you well.

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I have left.

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Qu Hun is a good friend of mine,

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and a great disciple of your father's.

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I entrust him to your hands.

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He should scare those

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who wish to give you trouble.

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Please keep

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the vial.

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Take care.

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♪The wind whispers to the forest♪

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♪I wander into the dream under the clear galaxy♪

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♪This journey that spans across the universe♪

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♪Feels both familiar and unfamiliar♪

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♪Looking at the various faces of our world♪

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♪Each word, each utterance♪

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♪Carries the hopes of a lifetime...♪

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Li!

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♪Let's make the present count and strive for a legacy♪

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♪Reunion and departure, searching around♪

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♪No one speaks the tongue I know♪

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♪Sadness follows me like a shadow♪

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♪I see the sky, the cloud, the moon, and the star♪

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♪I see the wind and the rain♪

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♪There's no need to ask when I will return♪

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[Nangong Wan, Core Formation Stage, Moonshadow Sect]

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Nichang.

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Wan.

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It's been 20 years.

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[Nichang, Leader of Moonshadow Sect]
You've finally left your cultivation.

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Nichang,

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what's new about the world?

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What else could it be?

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Just feuds

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and conflicts.

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Our grandmasters made the wise choice

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to forbid us from intervening

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in the mortal's affairs.

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Indeed.

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Some like to whine about how short life is.

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But if they are given the opportunity to live longer,

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who knows

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what matter of oddity they will commit?

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You know this

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better than all of us.

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So why did you leave the mountain to meddle in those affairs?

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Be it the demon sects

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or the dark cultivators,

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they are endless.

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You should focus on your cultivation

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and ignore them.

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You sure are indifferent, Nichang.

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But I study the Maiden Cycle Technique.

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It requires me to be at peace.

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I hate strife

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so I must

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leave to intervene.

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You never listen to me.

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The mortal affairs are the most potent venom.

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Make sure you don't get too involved.

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Don't worry, Nichang.

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I'm planning

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to visit the six other sects first.

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Then,

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I'll check if they are dark cultivators and demon sects roaming about.

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I'll be back soon.

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Do not forget

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that we are to host

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the next Immortal Ascension Trials.

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Worry not, Nichang.

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Cultivators

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[Tainan Valley]
rarely appear in crowded places.

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Where do they usually go?

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Are there truly cultivators in Tainan Valley?

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I want to see

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what they see.

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The valley a hundred li south of Jiayuan City

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is shrouded by mists all year round.

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According to the scroll, Tainan Valley

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should be here.

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[Wan Xiaoshan]

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I am Wan Xiaoshan.

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How may I address you?

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Han Li.

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Your name is Han Li, I see.

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You're alone here.

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You must be a rogue cultivator who wishes to enter Tainan Valley.

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You know what?

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Let's band up.

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Band up?

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Are you perhaps lost?

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Han,

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don't underestimate me.

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Even though

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I'm an elementary cultivator,

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I know very well

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how to get to Tainan Valley.

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All right, then.

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Let's travel together.

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Lead the way.

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Follow me.

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What do you mean by a rogue cultivator?

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Like us,

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we do not belong to those seven sects like Moonshadow Sect

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or hail from a cultivator clan like the Yans.

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We cultivate alone

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so we are the rogue cultivators.

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He seems

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to know quite a lot about cultivation.

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Perhaps I can get more out of him.

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Wan,

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do you know of a way

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to dispel the mist before us?

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Han,

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you must have only become a cultivator recently.

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This misty barrier

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only opens up once every 10 years.

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If we can't enter the valley,

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it means it is not the right moment yet.

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Come.

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Have some fruit.

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They say

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immortals do not eat rice.

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They ingest wind and pebbles and drink morning dew.

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That's not true then.

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Only immortals

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do that.

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People like us

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are called cultivators.

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Immortals

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live as long as the universe.

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They live as long as the universe?

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No wonder Physician Mo did everything to become one.

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But considering our current cultivation progress,

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we can only live a century at most.

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That's not bad already.

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It's open!

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Wan.

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Wan?

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Come in.

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Check out this Glacial Sword.

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- Check out this Glacial Sword. - Advanced Ice Talisman.

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Three gems for one talisman.

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Check this out.

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Wan,

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this is...

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This is Tainan Bazaar.

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It

288
00:22:13,740 --> 00:22:14,700
lasts for three days.

289
00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:15,490
We're lucky

290
00:22:15,590 --> 00:22:16,420
to run into its opening.

291
00:22:16,790 --> 00:22:18,460
This is a fair price already.

292
00:22:21,030 --> 00:22:21,730
20 gems.

293
00:22:21,750 --> 00:22:22,900
Come. Take a look.

294
00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:25,460
Come.

295
00:22:25,590 --> 00:22:27,220
A century-old ironcoil snake.

296
00:22:27,590 --> 00:22:29,330
It took me a lot to catch it.

297
00:22:29,350 --> 00:22:30,660
Glacial Sword!

298
00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:32,220
Check out my Glacial Sword.

299
00:22:32,510 --> 00:22:34,090
20 gems for one.

300
00:22:34,110 --> 00:22:35,050
Talisman.

301
00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:36,010
Do you want any?

302
00:22:36,030 --> 00:22:36,530
Take a look.

303
00:22:36,550 --> 00:22:37,380
- Come. - Come take a look.

304
00:22:39,030 --> 00:22:40,140
My friend,

305
00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:41,490
come browse my wares.

306
00:22:41,550 --> 00:22:42,700
- Come. - Advanced Ice...

307
00:22:43,270 --> 00:22:44,940
Advanced Ice Talisman for three gems only.

308
00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:47,940
Common items like these aren't very useful.

309
00:22:48,310 --> 00:22:49,090
They are common?

310
00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,250
You need gems to buy them. Do you have any?

311
00:22:56,550 --> 00:22:57,490
Besides,

312
00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:58,900
it's a rip-off.

313
00:23:00,110 --> 00:23:00,900
Are gems

314
00:23:01,830 --> 00:23:03,180
the currency

315
00:23:03,350 --> 00:23:04,180
among cultivators?

316
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:06,660
Come on, Han.

317
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:11,810
As the name

318
00:23:11,830 --> 00:23:12,660
suggests,

319
00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,330
a gem is a stone filled with spiritual aura.

320
00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:18,220
A good gem

321
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:19,090
is transparent and bright.

322
00:23:19,270 --> 00:23:20,900
You can use it as a source of light.

323
00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,140
This is already a very fair price.

324
00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:27,570
Mine is not as good,

325
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:28,660
but it's

326
00:23:28,830 --> 00:23:29,900
good enough to provide energy

327
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,980
for an array or to restore your spiritual power

328
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:32,810
after a battle.

329
00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:00,090
Another rogue cultivator.

330
00:24:01,070 --> 00:24:01,770
How many has it been?

331
00:24:02,510 --> 00:24:03,250
Grandmaster,

332
00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:04,290
this is the seventh.

333
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:06,980
Grandmaster,

334
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,180
I found this nearby.

335
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:10,120
Yan?

336
00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:10,920
[Qing, Yu]

337
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:11,900
From the Yan Clan Stronghold?

338
00:24:11,940 --> 00:24:12,640
[Yan]

339
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:13,770
Those clan disciples

340
00:24:14,270 --> 00:24:15,900
love to bully rogue cultivators.

341
00:24:16,030 --> 00:24:16,620
Enough.

342
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:18,860
Do not jump to conclusions before we investigate thoroughly.

343
00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:20,010
Yes.

344
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:21,940
The barrier has been lifted.

345
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:23,290
The valley

346
00:24:23,310 --> 00:24:24,700
is now filled with rogue and clan

347
00:24:24,830 --> 00:24:25,700
disciples.

348
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,140
Both parties are not on good terms

349
00:24:27,270 --> 00:24:28,460
so anything could happen.

350
00:24:30,550 --> 00:24:31,490
Yu, Qing.

351
00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:33,210
Dispatch more disciples

352
00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:34,730
to guard the valley.

353
00:24:35,270 --> 00:24:36,530
I don't want any accidents

354
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:37,980
before the Immortal Ascension Trials.

355
00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:39,860
Understood.

356
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:51,220
Keen eyes, Miss.

357
00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,220
The emerald stones embedded on the bracelet

358
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:53,940
come from

359
00:24:54,070 --> 00:24:55,570
[Yan Ruyan]
the eyes of a Grade 2 Twinhead Raven.

360
00:24:56,070 --> 00:24:56,460
Well,

361
00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:57,330
it's a bit

362
00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:57,940
expensive.

363
00:24:58,270 --> 00:24:59,050
500 gems.

364
00:24:59,350 --> 00:25:00,010
500?

365
00:25:00,510 --> 00:25:01,620
You might as well commit robbery.

366
00:25:01,830 --> 00:25:02,900
- Do you know we are... - Enough.

367
00:25:03,510 --> 00:25:04,530
Scarcity brings up the price.

368
00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:06,460
Father will like this.

369
00:25:12,510 --> 00:25:13,700
Miss, this is...

370
00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:15,010
Take it.

371
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:16,700
Thank you, Miss.

372
00:25:17,590 --> 00:25:18,090
I...

373
00:25:19,270 --> 00:25:20,330
Thank the maker!

374
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:25,420
Stay there.

375
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:27,660
They are the ones who killed Liu.

376
00:25:28,790 --> 00:25:29,530
Nonsense.

377
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:34,090
Foundation Establishment Stage?

378
00:25:34,270 --> 00:25:36,980
A Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator is her guard.

379
00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:39,490
Just who exactly is that woman?

380
00:25:39,790 --> 00:25:40,490
Feng,

381
00:25:40,750 --> 00:25:41,570
who said you could intervene?

382
00:25:43,110 --> 00:25:44,010
[Feng]
Forgive me, Miss Yan.

383
00:25:44,790 --> 00:25:45,330
Your safety

384
00:25:45,510 --> 00:25:46,660
dictates the continuity of Yan Clan Stronghold.

385
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:47,730
Master has instructed me

386
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:48,980
to prioritize your safety.

387
00:25:49,270 --> 00:25:50,460
She's Yan Ruyan?

388
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:52,860
Yan Ruyan?

389
00:25:53,070 --> 00:25:54,250
Is her family very famous?

390
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:55,860
Of course!

391
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,330
Her family is the top cultivation family in the Yue Kingdom.

392
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:00,810
The paterfamilias, Yan Yunshan,

393
00:26:01,750 --> 00:26:03,180
is her father.

394
00:26:03,590 --> 00:26:05,090
He's a cultivator in the Core Formation Stage.

395
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:10,140
Wan,

396
00:26:10,270 --> 00:26:11,290
you know many things.

397
00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:12,810
I'm so impressed.

398
00:26:15,750 --> 00:26:17,220
He is so knowledgeable.

399
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:18,860
I should listen to him more.

400
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:22,140
Look.

401
00:26:22,590 --> 00:26:24,250
I know everything about the cultivation world

402
00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,050
in the Yue Kingdom.

403
00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:28,380
Just ask me anything if you have questions.

404
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:30,140
Thank you,

405
00:26:30,310 --> 00:26:30,860
Wan.

406
00:26:31,510 --> 00:26:32,460
Just call me Xiaoshan.

407
00:26:33,750 --> 00:26:34,380
Xiaoshan.

408
00:26:41,030 --> 00:26:41,940
By the authority of the seven sects,

409
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:44,050
all troublemakers

410
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,180
will be disqualified from the trials

411
00:26:47,070 --> 00:26:48,380
and expelled from Tainan Valley.

412
00:26:48,830 --> 00:26:49,980
As this is your first offense,

413
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:51,420
I'll forgive you but don't do it again.

414
00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:52,570
Leave right now.

415
00:26:54,750 --> 00:26:56,140
She's holding the token

416
00:26:56,750 --> 00:26:59,860
of a Core Formation Stage cultivator from the Moonshadow Sect.

417
00:27:04,270 --> 00:27:05,140
Miss Ruyan,

418
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:06,810
Grandmaster Nangong would like to see you.

419
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:08,090
What is the meaning of this?

420
00:27:08,350 --> 00:27:09,090
Grandmaster Nangong?

421
00:27:09,110 --> 00:27:10,490
Is your sect challenging Yan Clan Stronghold

422
00:27:10,830 --> 00:27:12,770
for a few rogue cultivators?

423
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:14,010
Cease your impertinence, Feng.

424
00:27:14,790 --> 00:27:15,570
Withdraw for now.

425
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:16,490
I will be back in a moment.

426
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:25,730
Han,

427
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:26,530
come.

428
00:27:34,830 --> 00:27:36,570
What a day.

429
00:27:37,030 --> 00:27:39,010
I saw a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator serving as a guard

430
00:27:39,310 --> 00:27:41,380
and also a token from a Core Formation Stage cultivator.

431
00:27:44,350 --> 00:27:44,980
There is always

432
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:46,570
someone more powerful than the powerful ones.

433
00:27:47,790 --> 00:27:48,770
If you see them

434
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,730
in the future, Han,

435
00:27:51,030 --> 00:27:52,860
you run away.

436
00:27:56,510 --> 00:27:57,050
Run away?

437
00:27:58,640 --> 00:27:59,050
Let's go.

438
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:00,220
I'll show you around.

439
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:04,010
Thank you so much,

440
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:05,460
Xiaoshan.

441
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:06,420
No worries at all.

442
00:28:06,750 --> 00:28:08,530
Rogue cultivators are like my brothers.

443
00:28:09,070 --> 00:28:10,220
If you have further...

444
00:28:11,830 --> 00:28:12,770
Are you all right?

445
00:28:13,070 --> 00:28:13,900
Are you all right?

446
00:28:14,030 --> 00:28:14,570
I'm fine.

447
00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:15,380
Thank you.

448
00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:16,180
Look where you're going.

449
00:28:16,270 --> 00:28:16,660
Okay.

450
00:28:19,790 --> 00:28:21,570
You sure are stealthy, my friend.

451
00:28:22,550 --> 00:28:23,010
But

452
00:28:23,790 --> 00:28:24,570
[Daoist Qingwen]
I suggest

453
00:28:24,590 --> 00:28:25,860
you return the pouch to its owner.

454
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:29,900
[Hu Pinggu]
Didn't you promise

455
00:28:30,070 --> 00:28:30,770
to stop stealing?

456
00:28:33,260 --> 00:28:34,900
[Wu Jiuzhi]

457
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:37,530
Xiaoshan,

458
00:28:38,350 --> 00:28:39,980
it seems like we have thieves among the cultivators too.

459
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:42,460
He took your pouch first.

460
00:28:43,030 --> 00:28:44,050
I merely grabbed some interest on your behalf.

461
00:28:44,550 --> 00:28:45,140
Isn't it fair?

462
00:28:46,220 --> 00:28:46,770
You...

463
00:28:46,830 --> 00:28:47,380
I

464
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:48,570
just wanted to borrow it.

465
00:28:49,110 --> 00:28:50,250
I didn't say I wouldn't return it.

466
00:28:52,350 --> 00:28:52,860
Give it back.

467
00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:57,980
Give it back.

468
00:28:58,830 --> 00:28:59,330
Give it back!

469
00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:01,330
He took my things and won't give them back.

470
00:29:02,590 --> 00:29:03,010
You two

471
00:29:03,310 --> 00:29:04,810
should check if your personal effects are intact.

472
00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:05,570
That's right.

473
00:29:06,070 --> 00:29:08,090
This happens on the Azure Vein Society's territory.

474
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:09,140
Our leader

475
00:29:09,310 --> 00:29:10,620
will intervene.

476
00:29:11,310 --> 00:29:12,530
You belong to the Azure Vein Society?

477
00:29:13,030 --> 00:29:13,980
Qingwen is my Dharma name.

478
00:29:14,550 --> 00:29:15,980
This is my peer, Hu Pinggu.

479
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:16,980
My friend,

480
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:18,220
since you've heard of my society,

481
00:29:18,590 --> 00:29:19,860
will you be so kind

482
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,050
as to look past what the thief did?

483
00:29:26,070 --> 00:29:27,570
It feels like you're reciting lines.

484
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:29,490
Is this perhaps a premeditated ruse?

485
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:30,810
Han,

486
00:29:31,510 --> 00:29:32,940
Daoist Qingwen is known for his heroic deeds

487
00:29:33,070 --> 00:29:34,700
among the rogue cultivators.

488
00:29:35,310 --> 00:29:37,330
We have not suffered any losses.

489
00:29:37,550 --> 00:29:38,860
Let's just move on.

490
00:29:39,510 --> 00:29:39,980
Everything's fine.

491
00:29:40,110 --> 00:29:40,460
Everything's fine.

492
00:29:40,750 --> 00:29:41,290
Let's go, Han.

493
00:29:43,310 --> 00:29:44,140
Give back the pouch.

494
00:29:48,270 --> 00:29:49,050
Thank you.

495
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:49,860
My friends,

496
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:52,330
Wu Jiuzhi is mischievous,

497
00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:53,570
but he bears no ill intention.

498
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:55,490
If he did offend you,

499
00:29:55,750 --> 00:29:56,220
I

500
00:29:56,790 --> 00:29:57,330
apologize

501
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:58,140
on his behalf.

502
00:29:58,440 --> 00:29:58,860
That's right.

503
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:00,090
- We crossed paths today. - These two

504
00:30:00,110 --> 00:30:00,900
are either crooks...

505
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:01,620
How may I...

506
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:02,730
- or fraudsters. - address you two?

507
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:03,860
I should stay away from them.

508
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:04,570
You're too courteous, sir.

509
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:06,250
I am Wan Xiaoshan.

510
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:07,700
This is my friend, Han Li.

511
00:30:08,750 --> 00:30:09,810
And he exposed my name just like that.

512
00:30:13,110 --> 00:30:14,140
You look like

513
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:15,900
you're here for the trials.

514
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:16,900
Our society

515
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:18,380
has rented a venue nearby

516
00:30:18,510 --> 00:30:20,010
to discuss the trials

517
00:30:20,030 --> 00:30:21,220
with other rogue cultivators.

518
00:30:21,830 --> 00:30:23,380
Would you like

519
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:24,490
to join us?

520
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:25,380
Of course.

521
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:28,420
Grandmaster,

522
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:30,940
Miss Ruyan from the Yan Clan Stronghold is here.

523
00:30:37,310 --> 00:30:38,700
I'm Yan Ruyan of the Yan Clan Stronghold.

524
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,250
Greetings, Grandmaster Nangong.

525
00:30:42,590 --> 00:30:44,050
I was told you brought a lot of guards

526
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:45,570
to Tainan with you.

527
00:30:47,110 --> 00:30:47,980
Grandmaster Nangong,

528
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,420
while I can't speak for other prestigious families,

529
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:51,900
I can reassure you

530
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:53,620
that my guards have never left my side

531
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,050
ever since I set foot in Tainan.

532
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,010
My family has nothing to do

533
00:30:58,110 --> 00:30:59,730
with the disappearance of rogue cultivators.

534
00:31:01,510 --> 00:31:02,980
You keep yourself abreast with the goings-on.

535
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:05,090
But how do you explain this?

536
00:31:05,220 --> 00:31:06,780
[Yan]

537
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:08,090
We found this

538
00:31:08,110 --> 00:31:09,980
next to a dead rogue cultivator.

539
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:11,460
Grandmaster Nangong,

540
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:12,860
a female attendant of mine

541
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:14,420
had her token stolen

542
00:31:14,510 --> 00:31:15,810
since we entered Tainan.

543
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:17,730
Someone is obviously trying to frame me.

544
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:28,860
Have you decided on which sect to join?

545
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,700
Grandfather recommended Spirit Beast Mountain many times.

546
00:31:32,110 --> 00:31:33,660
But I prefer the Moonshadow Sect.

547
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:35,810
You have better taste than your grandfather.

548
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,050
All right. You may return.

549
00:31:39,310 --> 00:31:40,940
Be prepared for the trials tomorrow.

550
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:45,530
Grandmaster,

551
00:31:46,270 --> 00:31:48,010
judging from those brash rogue cultivators just now,

552
00:31:48,790 --> 00:31:50,330
they were clearly manipulated by someone else.

553
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:51,860
Yet Yan Clan Stronghold

554
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,180
does not make enemies often.

555
00:31:53,350 --> 00:31:54,220
Do you know

556
00:31:54,750 --> 00:31:56,180
who is trying to frame us?

557
00:31:57,790 --> 00:31:58,570
In my opinion,

558
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,290
Yan Clan Stronghold is not the only target.

559
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:03,180
Your behavior

560
00:32:03,590 --> 00:32:04,810
does not merely represent your family,

561
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,050
but also other clan disciples

562
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,140
like you.

563
00:32:08,590 --> 00:32:10,620
Someone is trying to exacerbate the divide

564
00:32:10,830 --> 00:32:12,220
between the clan disciples and rogue cultivators.

565
00:32:17,030 --> 00:32:18,010
I shall take my leave.

566
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:31,770
Grandmaster.

567
00:32:32,110 --> 00:32:33,770
I can't let Spirit Beast Mountain

568
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,010
take away a smart girl like her.

569
00:32:37,830 --> 00:32:38,250
My friends,

570
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:40,940
this is our base.

571
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:43,290
Welcome aboard!

572
00:32:44,070 --> 00:32:46,050
We are a family of rogue cultivators.

573
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:47,460
Welcome!

574
00:32:48,830 --> 00:32:49,570
Welcome!

575
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:50,660
Welcome.

576
00:32:50,750 --> 00:32:51,330
Welcome.

577
00:32:51,350 --> 00:32:52,620
- Welcome. - Welcome.

578
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:53,730
Welcome.

579
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:55,960
- Thank you, sir. - Thank you, sir.

580
00:32:58,180 --> 00:32:59,220
[Map]

581
00:32:59,830 --> 00:33:00,980
This is a map of the Yue Kingdom.

582
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:02,940
I chanced upon this map

583
00:33:03,750 --> 00:33:04,530
and found it intriguing.

584
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:06,220
You can find

585
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:07,490
all seven sects on it.

586
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:08,940
That's the Moonshadow Sect.

587
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:09,660
That's the Spirit Beast Mountain.

588
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:10,530
That's the Saber-Shearing Sect.

589
00:33:10,550 --> 00:33:11,330
That's the Clear Void Sect.

590
00:33:11,350 --> 00:33:11,980
Skyfort Castle.

591
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,050
That's the Yellow Maple Valley.

592
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:14,570
That's the Giant Sword Sect.

593
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:16,380
These seven cultivating sects

594
00:33:16,510 --> 00:33:17,660
are generally abbreviated as the seven sects.

595
00:33:18,030 --> 00:33:19,180
They survived a fierce battle

596
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:20,050
1,000 years ago

597
00:33:20,070 --> 00:33:20,980
in the Yue Kingdom.

598
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:21,860
Then,

599
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:23,180
where is Yan Clan Stronghold?

600
00:33:24,110 --> 00:33:25,090
Yan Clan Stronghold.

601
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:25,700
Here.

602
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:26,700
[Yan Clan Stronghold]
That's the Yan Clan Stronghold.

603
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:27,180
- Yes. - That's right.

604
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:27,660
There.

605
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:28,220
Yes.

606
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:28,620
There.

607
00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:29,320
Then,

608
00:33:30,030 --> 00:33:31,140
where do rogue cultivators belong?

609
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:32,620
We...

610
00:33:35,750 --> 00:33:37,010
We're not on this map.

611
00:33:38,030 --> 00:33:39,050
I might even say

612
00:33:39,550 --> 00:33:41,220
that we won't have a place in the Yue Kingdom either.

613
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:42,140
Enough, Qingwen.

614
00:33:42,350 --> 00:33:43,180
We brought them here

615
00:33:43,310 --> 00:33:44,980
to discuss the trials.

616
00:33:45,310 --> 00:33:46,330
Why bring this up?

617
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:48,700
I'm sorry.

618
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:50,810
Some rogue cultivators have gone missing lately.

619
00:33:51,590 --> 00:33:52,900
Some are also left stranded...

620
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:53,620
Qingwen.

621
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:55,940
What are they trying to achieve?

622
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:57,940
They never finish their sentence,

623
00:33:58,510 --> 00:33:59,380
and that only diverts more attention to them.

624
00:34:00,030 --> 00:34:00,900
We're cultivating as well.

625
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:02,570
How come some were born

626
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:04,380
with access to so many resources,

627
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:06,420
while we

628
00:34:06,590 --> 00:34:07,530
have to risk our lives

629
00:34:08,350 --> 00:34:09,420
for a Foundation Pill?

630
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:10,460
Exactly.

631
00:34:10,550 --> 00:34:11,220
That's unfair.

632
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:12,180
A Foundation Pill?

633
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:15,570
What is that?

634
00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:17,620
You cannot not know this.

635
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:18,530
A Foundation Pill

636
00:34:18,590 --> 00:34:20,730
can help a cultivator to get to the Foundation Establishment Stage

637
00:34:20,750 --> 00:34:22,810
from the Qi Refining Stage.

638
00:34:23,550 --> 00:34:24,220
Qi Refining Stage?

639
00:34:26,790 --> 00:34:27,860
Which stage am I in?

640
00:34:28,510 --> 00:34:29,940
If you're just starting out,

641
00:34:30,030 --> 00:34:31,180
you're in the Qi Refining Stage.

642
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:36,490
And then?

643
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:38,420
Listen carefully.

644
00:34:38,750 --> 00:34:39,810
In the world of cultivation,

645
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:41,380
all stages can be divided into

646
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,290
lower level, middle level,

647
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:44,220
and upper level.

648
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:46,290
The lower level stages include

649
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:47,570
the Qi Refining Stage,

650
00:34:47,750 --> 00:34:48,330
the Foundation Establishment Stage,

651
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:49,090
the Core Formation Stage,

652
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:49,810
the Nascent Soul Stage,

653
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:50,900
and the Spirit Transformation Stage.

654
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:52,050
The middle level stages

655
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:52,730
are

656
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:53,980
the Void Refining Stage,

657
00:34:54,270 --> 00:34:54,860
the Body Unity Stage,

658
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:55,860
and the Great Ascension Stage.

659
00:34:56,310 --> 00:34:57,140
The upper level stage

660
00:34:57,350 --> 00:34:58,220
only has

661
00:34:58,400 --> 00:34:59,570
the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

662
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:00,770
If you ascend from this stage,

663
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:01,420
you can

664
00:35:01,550 --> 00:35:02,420
become an immortal

665
00:35:02,510 --> 00:35:03,380
and live as long as the universe.

666
00:35:05,050 --> 00:35:06,090
But these are just myths.

667
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:07,730
No one has seen anyone above

668
00:35:07,790 --> 00:35:08,770
the Nascent Soul Stage.

669
00:35:10,830 --> 00:35:11,730
Is it very difficult

670
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:13,770
to get a Foundation Pill?

671
00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:16,620
It's not just difficult to get one.

672
00:35:17,350 --> 00:35:18,250
The pill

673
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,250
determines the fate of a cultivator,

674
00:35:20,790 --> 00:35:21,530
and by extension,

675
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,490
the future of a sect.

676
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:25,420
Therefore,

677
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:26,770
in the past, the seven sects

678
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:28,180
and the prestigious families

679
00:35:28,270 --> 00:35:29,530
had a monopoly over the pills.

680
00:35:30,980 --> 00:35:32,140
They have all the pills.

681
00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:35,980
Until the trials came along.

682
00:35:37,590 --> 00:35:38,290
Han,

683
00:35:39,070 --> 00:35:40,770
at a glance, the trials

684
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:41,770
give you a chance

685
00:35:41,830 --> 00:35:43,570
to enter the seven sects.

686
00:35:44,110 --> 00:35:44,820
But in reality,

687
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:46,570
everyone is after the pills.

688
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:49,260
500 years ago,

689
00:35:49,550 --> 00:35:50,650
a veteran rogue cultivator

690
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:52,380
gathered thousands of other rogue cultivators

691
00:35:52,510 --> 00:35:53,740
to negotiate with the seven sects.

692
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:55,610
Thanks to them, we now have a chance to compete fairly

693
00:35:56,230 --> 00:35:57,490
against disciples of prestigious clans

694
00:35:57,550 --> 00:35:59,300
to enter the seven sects.

695
00:36:00,150 --> 00:36:00,860
And as a result,

696
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:02,010
we also become their enemies.

697
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:03,530
But let's be frank.

698
00:36:04,070 --> 00:36:06,010
We rogue cultivators do not have access to many things.

699
00:36:06,150 --> 00:36:07,210
And those who hail from a prestigious clan

700
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:08,860
can feed their disciples with tons of elixirs.

701
00:36:09,550 --> 00:36:10,210
How is this fair?

702
00:36:10,230 --> 00:36:11,650
Yes, that's not fair.

703
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,090
Uneven distribution of resources.

704
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:14,530
No wonder

705
00:36:15,030 --> 00:36:15,820
they hate

706
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:16,860
the clan disciples.

707
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,460
Have you found anything about the rogue cultivators?

708
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,050
Several men are following

709
00:36:22,150 --> 00:36:23,460
the core members as we speak.

710
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:25,460
The leader is a man called Qingwen.

711
00:36:26,110 --> 00:36:28,130
He has only attained Tier 11 of the Qi Refining Stage,

712
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:30,170
but he is a great speaker.

713
00:36:30,510 --> 00:36:31,650
He has many followers

714
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,300
among the rogue cultivators.

715
00:36:33,630 --> 00:36:34,380
Keep a close eye on him.

716
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,170
Let me know

717
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:37,300
if anything happens.

718
00:36:37,590 --> 00:36:38,010
Yes.

719
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:41,860
My friends,

720
00:36:43,070 --> 00:36:44,900
the seven sects will put us through two trials.

721
00:36:45,070 --> 00:36:45,490
The first one

722
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:46,980
is the spirit root trial tomorrow.

723
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:47,820
The second one

724
00:36:48,110 --> 00:36:49,860
is the Tianwu Arena trial tomorrow.

725
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:51,980
The Tianwu Arena trial

726
00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:52,940
is very dangerous.

727
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:53,900
Therefore,

728
00:36:54,190 --> 00:36:56,010
we must secure a spot

729
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:57,170
in tomorrow's trial first.

730
00:36:58,230 --> 00:36:59,170
A spirit root

731
00:36:59,400 --> 00:36:59,860
comes in

732
00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:01,340
five elements: metal, wood, water,

733
00:37:01,510 --> 00:37:02,210
fire, and earth.

734
00:37:02,670 --> 00:37:03,170
You know it already.

735
00:37:03,190 --> 00:37:05,050
- Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. - Mortals do not have a spirit root

736
00:37:05,070 --> 00:37:06,170
so they cannot cultivate.

737
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:07,780
The more spirit roots you have,

738
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:09,380
the worse you progress.

739
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,740
Those who have four or five spirit root elements

740
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,050
can sense the spiritual aura around us.

741
00:37:16,710 --> 00:37:18,090
Yet they can only reach

742
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,380
Tier 3 or Tier 4 in their lives at most.

743
00:37:21,230 --> 00:37:22,130
We call this

744
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:23,490
a fake spirit root.

745
00:37:23,620 --> 00:37:24,890
- Fake spirit root? - Fake spirit root?

746
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:27,420
Those who have two or three spirit root elements

747
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:28,900
have

748
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:30,090
a true spirit root.

749
00:37:31,070 --> 00:37:31,650
Sir,

750
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:33,380
what if the spirit root comes with only one element?

751
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:35,650
Then, it is an exceptionally rare heavenly spirit root

752
00:37:36,550 --> 00:37:37,650
A cultivator with that gift

753
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:38,940
has earned the favor of the maker.

754
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:40,860
His progress

755
00:37:41,070 --> 00:37:41,860
will defy comprehension.

756
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,090
I see. Cultivation is deeply tied to one's talent.

757
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:48,690
In that case, do I have a true spirit root

758
00:37:49,110 --> 00:37:49,980
or a fake spirit root?

759
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:52,460
Physician Mo never told me.

760
00:37:57,150 --> 00:37:58,420
I hope I have the heavenly spirit root.

761
00:37:59,590 --> 00:38:01,090
There are only limited spots

762
00:38:01,230 --> 00:38:02,380
for those who wish to enroll in the seven sects

763
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:03,170
through the spirit root trial.

764
00:38:04,030 --> 00:38:05,420
People from the prestigious clan

765
00:38:05,630 --> 00:38:07,340
will do what they can to take our spots

766
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:09,420
in the seven sects.

767
00:38:09,670 --> 00:38:10,940
They wish to impede our cultivation.

768
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:17,130
So, power speaks the loudest

769
00:38:17,590 --> 00:38:19,090
in the cultivation world.

770
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:24,650
Tier 1 to Tier 13.

771
00:38:26,230 --> 00:38:27,610
It is the complete set of Longevity Art.

772
00:38:32,150 --> 00:38:32,610
Interested?

773
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:35,420
Pay up.

774
00:38:36,110 --> 00:38:36,490
How much?

775
00:38:37,070 --> 00:38:37,690
Nine gems.

776
00:38:37,690 --> 00:38:38,220
[Meng Wu]

777
00:38:39,030 --> 00:38:39,860
Nine gems?

778
00:38:40,230 --> 00:38:40,820
That's too expensive.

779
00:38:43,590 --> 00:38:44,900
Tier 10 of the Qi Refining Stage?

780
00:38:45,550 --> 00:38:46,570
Now you've seen what I can do.

781
00:38:47,030 --> 00:38:47,900
Pay up.

782
00:38:52,710 --> 00:38:53,380
Little girl,

783
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:54,740
I do want to buy

784
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:55,900
this book.

785
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:57,780
But nine gems is too expensive.

786
00:38:58,280 --> 00:38:59,210
Can I ask for a better price?

787
00:38:59,670 --> 00:39:00,420
How much are you offering?

788
00:39:02,030 --> 00:39:02,860
Two?

789
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:06,090
Da.

790
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:07,010
Er.

791
00:39:07,230 --> 00:39:07,980
San.

792
00:39:08,110 --> 00:39:08,650
Si.

793
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:09,860
Come!

794
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:12,210
Is this the guy?

795
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:13,340
That's right.

796
00:39:14,550 --> 00:39:15,490
He read our book

797
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:16,650
but refused to pay.

798
00:39:17,030 --> 00:39:17,900
I'm selling it for nine gems.

799
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:19,340
But he only offered two.

800
00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:20,500
[Meng Da, Meng Si]

801
00:39:21,070 --> 00:39:22,460
What in the daylight robbery!

802
00:39:22,460 --> 00:39:22,940
[Meng San, Meng Er]

803
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:23,980
What?

804
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:25,820
How did you know we were robbers

805
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:26,780
before we started cultivating?

806
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:28,050
- How did you know? - How did you know?

807
00:39:28,150 --> 00:39:29,740
We quit many years ago.

808
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:30,740
How did you know?

809
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:32,210
Speak up.

810
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:33,820
Everyone,

811
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:35,980
this sign means two

812
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,530
strengthening pills

813
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:39,940
for your book.

814
00:39:40,510 --> 00:39:41,010
What do you think?

815
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:52,420
Give me

816
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:52,980
the book.

817
00:40:05,030 --> 00:40:05,490
Stand there.

818
00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:06,170
You can't leave.

819
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:13,260
I gave you the pills.

820
00:40:13,710 --> 00:40:14,460
What else do you want?

821
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,740
Your pills...

822
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:18,340
You overpaid.

823
00:40:19,590 --> 00:40:20,010
Yes.

824
00:40:20,230 --> 00:40:20,650
Yes.

825
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:22,780
You can have the Longevity Art book.

826
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:25,690
This mega mystic pouch

827
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:27,170
is a gift for you as well.

828
00:40:31,030 --> 00:40:31,690
It's a gift.

829
00:40:37,030 --> 00:40:37,780
The Five Mengs

830
00:40:38,150 --> 00:40:39,740
are righteous!

831
00:40:42,070 --> 00:40:42,820
Indeed.

832
00:40:43,030 --> 00:40:43,610
Indeed.

833
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:44,260
Farewell.

834
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:47,650
No need to see me off!

835
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:48,300
No need!

836
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:55,740
The pills

837
00:40:56,110 --> 00:40:57,210
are more useful than gems.

838
00:40:58,030 --> 00:40:59,340
Lucky for me, I brought extra when I left

839
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:00,210
Shenshou Valley.

840
00:41:01,630 --> 00:41:02,210
And now,

841
00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:04,010
I also have a mystic pouch.

842
00:41:04,710 --> 00:41:06,570
I no longer have to bring many bags with me.

843
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:10,780
For your fragment of a magic item,

844
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:12,010
I'll buy it for five low-grade gems.

845
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:12,900
What do you think?

846
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:13,860
No.

847
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:15,380
[Han Yunzhi]
It is nonetheless

848
00:41:15,510 --> 00:41:17,210
a fragment from a Core Formation Stage cultivator's magic item.

849
00:41:17,670 --> 00:41:18,820
You keep promoting it.

850
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:20,090
What can it do

851
00:41:20,230 --> 00:41:21,010
exactly?

852
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:22,940
It's very useful.

853
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:25,380
Look.

854
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:27,210
I...

855
00:41:28,590 --> 00:41:29,900
I can use that fragment

856
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:31,860
to hide the Green Vial.

857
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:37,740
It is a fragment of a magic item, all right.

858
00:41:38,150 --> 00:41:39,170
But it's

859
00:41:39,350 --> 00:41:40,260
[Lu Mingyuan]
too small.

860
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:41,460
You know what?

861
00:41:42,070 --> 00:41:43,900
Given you also have a cute face,

862
00:41:44,150 --> 00:41:44,940
I will offer

863
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:46,650
one strengthening pill.

864
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:48,860
Mister Lu,

865
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:50,570
[Chen Qiaoqian, Chen Rong]
you're taking advantage of her.

866
00:41:51,070 --> 00:41:52,010
I offer six gems.

867
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:53,170
Can I have it?

868
00:41:53,590 --> 00:41:54,300
I offer seven gems.

869
00:41:55,550 --> 00:41:56,210
Eight gems.

870
00:41:56,710 --> 00:41:57,130
Okay.

871
00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:58,250
Eight gems, it is.

872
00:42:01,590 --> 00:42:02,130
Sorry.

873
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:03,740
I was just joking around.

874
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:05,300
[Chen Mu]
Me too.

875
00:42:06,150 --> 00:42:06,940
Besides, Miss.

876
00:42:07,030 --> 00:42:07,860
Your fragment

877
00:42:08,030 --> 00:42:09,130
truly isn't worth that much.

878
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:19,460
Miss.

879
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:20,650
Don't go.

880
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:22,570
They don't want it, but I do.

881
00:42:23,190 --> 00:42:23,610
One gem.

882
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:25,490
I offer one gem.

883
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:27,420
I'm asking for seven gems.

884
00:42:28,030 --> 00:42:28,650
All of you...

885
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:30,380
Is anyone else interested?

886
00:42:34,670 --> 00:42:36,690
I don't think anyone else is bidding.

887
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:37,980
Anyone?

888
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:40,820
Two vials of Golden Marrow Pill

889
00:42:41,510 --> 00:42:42,530
for your fragment of a magic item, please.

890
00:42:43,590 --> 00:42:44,940
Please don't tell me you're joking around too.

891
00:42:59,030 --> 00:42:59,530
Deal.

892
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:11,530
My friend,

893
00:43:12,070 --> 00:43:12,820
why are you doing this?

894
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:14,980
You ruined my negotiation for no reason at all.

895
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:16,170
You think you can leave?

896
00:43:19,710 --> 00:43:20,300
But

897
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:22,210
I bought this fragment

898
00:43:22,590 --> 00:43:23,780
with a fair price.

899
00:43:24,030 --> 00:43:25,570
Isn't this a fair trade?

900
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:26,530
Fine.

901
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:28,130
Let me teach you

902
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:29,820
what fairness means.

903
00:43:47,340 --> 00:43:52,660
♪Shards of dreams inside a dream♪

904
00:43:53,900 --> 00:43:59,300
♪A pale moon falls into mirrored skies♪

905
00:43:59,420 --> 00:44:02,620
♪Years slipped by as I lingered on♪

906
00:44:02,860 --> 00:44:05,100
♪Old scenes rise again♪

907
00:44:05,500 --> 00:44:08,340
♪Too hard to forget♪

908
00:44:08,860 --> 00:44:12,820
♪Easier just to miss♪

909
00:44:13,660 --> 00:44:19,140
♪They say the past fades like smoke♪

910
00:44:20,300 --> 00:44:25,580
♪But looking back still stirs the ache♪

911
00:44:26,180 --> 00:44:29,220
♪This noisy world, this lonely page♪

912
00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:31,620
♪Swept away by time♪

913
00:44:32,260 --> 00:44:34,900
♪Eyes once looked far♪

914
00:44:35,380 --> 00:44:39,340
♪Now lost in the shift♪

915
00:44:39,820 --> 00:44:42,660
♪Autumn winds stir♪

916
00:44:42,940 --> 00:44:44,860
♪Smoke curls once more♪

917
00:44:45,300 --> 00:44:47,740
♪Like clouds on the edge of sky♪

918
00:44:48,060 --> 00:44:51,580
♪Returning to my eyes♪

919
00:44:52,140 --> 00:44:55,100
♪Looking back from the mountaintop♪

920
00:44:55,420 --> 00:44:58,340
♪Time lost its name♪

921
00:44:58,740 --> 00:45:01,580
♪Was it yesterday♪

922
00:45:01,980 --> 00:45:05,540
♪Or tomorrow?♪

923
00:45:05,900 --> 00:45:08,740
♪The world has changed♪

924
00:45:09,140 --> 00:45:10,980
♪Beyond recall♪

925
00:45:11,540 --> 00:45:13,260
♪Time will fade♪

926
00:45:13,660 --> 00:45:18,460
♪All the words ever spoken♪

927
00:45:19,140 --> 00:45:22,020
♪Only this longing remains♪

928
00:45:22,500 --> 00:45:27,780
♪Crossing centuries and days♪

929
00:45:28,900 --> 00:45:35,540
♪In a fleeting moment we call eternity♪

930
00:45:36,020 --> 00:45:45,740
♪In a fleeting moment called eternity♪

930
00:45:46,305 --> 00:46:46,271