1. Episode 10: "A Thief's Pride"
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2. Now, Guǐ Niǎo... or I guess,
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3. Lǐn Xuě Yā... Where is the bastard?
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4. What's the commotion?
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5. It's like an endless
river of cannon fodder.
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6. If you don't want to die,
take me to the Enigmatic Gale.
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7. Shā Wú Shēng?
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8. Oh yeah, he said he was going to kill
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9. Lǐn as soon as he reached the tower.
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10. Damn you... don't falter! Attack!
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11. Fools.
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12. You think your greater numbers can
halt the Screaming Phoenix Killer?
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13. Well, him making all this
racket works out great for me.
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14. Gonna borrow this for a bit.
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15. Damn, this place is so huge,
I don't know where to look.
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16. But considering how mad Shā Wú Shēng looked,
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17. Lǐn might already have been put down.
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18. That'd be fine by me.
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19. Whoa!
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20. We've prepared your room here.
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21. Please, make yourself at home.
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22. Right.
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23. This is...
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24. Glad you noticed.
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25. Killing you from behind would've
made me feel guilty later.
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26. Kill me and the Tiān Xing Jiàn
stays with Miè Tiān Hái.
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27. Hm?
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28. The guard he has is a forgery.
I still have the genuine article.
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29. And I'll be stealing the handle next.
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30. It's possible, if we work together.
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31. You really think I'm gonna help
you obtain the Tiān Xing Jiàn?
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32. The opposite.
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33. I will be helping you return
the Tiān Xing Jiàn,
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34. so that you can face Lady Dān Fěi again.
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35. That sounds pretty different from what
you told Yún Xiāo and Xíng Hài.
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36. I just told them what I needed
to get them to help us
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37. cross the Demon Spine Mountains.
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38. Now that we're at Seven Sins Tower,
I've no further use for them.
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39. And me? Why'd you bring me here, exactly?
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40. The One-Eyed Impaler and the Night's
Lament are unrepentant villains.
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41. They'd both use any chance to abandon me,
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42. and take the sword for their own.
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43. Which is where... you enter the picture.
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44. "Where did he come from?"
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45. The mere presence of someone whose
connection to me wasn't clear
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46. would put them on guard and afford them
little chance to scheme against me.
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47. You were just the advantage I needed.
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48. Are you kidding? It sounds
like I was just a distraction!
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49. I have my own complaints
about that, believe me.
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50. If I had known you had the skills
to clear the Valley of the Dead
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51. and the Valley of the Doll by yourself,
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52. I wouldn't have had to invite Shòu Yún
Xiāo and Xíng Hài along in the first place.
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53. I had no idea you had mastered
such a dreadful sword.
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54. Why not tell me in the beginning?
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55. Don't try and make it sound
like I was the one holding out.
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56. If I'd known I was working with a
thief to steal the Shén Huì Mó Xiè,
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57. I never would've come along!
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58. As I keep saying...
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59. I have no desire for the Tiān Xing Jiàn.
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60. My target is Miè Tiān Hái.
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61. What?
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62. I simply want to ruin his desperate
search for the ultimate sword.
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63. The fact that this involves the
Tiān Xing Jiàn enshrined at
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64. the Duàn Jiàn Cí is a coincidence.
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65. You have some kinda grudge against him?
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66. I don't mind explaining,
but... do you really care?
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67. If you want me to trust you, then hand
over the Tiān Xing Jiàn's guard.
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68. It's not here.
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69. I hid it someplace safe.
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70. Then tell me where it's hidden.
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71. Do you remember Limitless Temple?
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72. Where I planned on meeting up with Master
Lián Qí, and we ran into Shā Wú Shēng.
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73. I hid it in the stone path.
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74. You had already swiped it
from Dān Fěi back then?
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75. Yet you didn't have a hint
of guilt on your face.
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76. Well, if I did,
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77. I wouldn't be much of a thief.
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78. You might even be lying to me
without blinking an eye right now.
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79. It's up to you whether or not you believe me.
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80. My life or the Tiān Xing Jiàn.
Which do you want more?
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81. What if I want both?
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82. Then I'd say you have to leave me alive
until you retrieve the sword's guard.
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83. Unless you have a plan to break into
Miè Tiān Hái's safe on your own, that is.
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84. Regardless, you should stay here until
the theft has been properly set up.
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85. You should be safe in here.
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86. I can't do that just yet.
I still have business outside.
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87. Come on, don't do anything reckless!
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88. If they find you, this will
all have been for nothing.
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89. I'm not gonna screw up. I'll be right back.
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90. Master Shāng! I'm glad you're all right.
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91. Thought you might be a little
uneasy without a weapon.
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92. So I grabbed your sword.
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93. Picked up something to eat
from the kitchen, too.
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94. How did you manage this?
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95. The situation's changed a bit.
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96. There might be a way to take the
Tiān Xing Jiàn's handle back.
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97. First, about the guard. The one
Miè Tiān Hái took was a fake.
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98. The real one was hidden by
Lǐn Xuě Yā a while ago.
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99. It's in the stone path,
back at Limitless Temple.
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100. That's...
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101. When did he manage to do that?
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102. In other words, before we got there,
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103. he had already swapped it for the fake,
back when you were holding it.
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104. What a dreadful man!
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105. Beyond that...
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106. Lǐn says he wants to steal the handle.
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107. Seems to be something personal for him.
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108. He also says he doesn't care about the
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109. Tiān Xing Jiàn if he can put
one over on Miè Tiān Hái.
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110. He's saying he'll give it back to you.
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111. Sir Shāng, do you believe
what he's claiming?
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112. Can't say for sure,
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113. but the fact is, there's no way to get
the handle back save trusting him.
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114. The Enigmatic Gale...
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115. He casts no shadow when
he walks in the moonlight,
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116. and leaves no footprints
when walking on snowy paths.
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117. He finds ways to even
deceive the laws of nature.
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118. A master thief, hatching and
undertaking dangerous plots...
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119. His name has gone beyond rumor
and into the realm of legend.
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120. So much that even I, who had never left
the sacred grounds, have heard of him.
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121. Don't you fear the thought
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122. that he might be manipulating you?
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123. Well, if it turns out he's lying,
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124. I can always just cut him
down when I find out.
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125. That being the case, you're gonna
have to wait here a bit longer.
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126. I know it's not the most comfortable place.
You gonna be okay?
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127. Please, don't worry about me.
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128. I don't know when I'll
next be able to come by.
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129. You might feel hungry,
but try to make that food last.
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130. See you later.
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131. Five thousand jīn of gold...
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132. I'll get it ready.
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133. That is good to hear!
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134. How will we handle the payment?
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135. It'd be impossible to carry all that
gold down from this mountain.
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136. I'd like you to prepare
it for me somewhere else.
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137. Including two carts to move it all.
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138. Such a cumbersome demand.
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139. I'm sure the Xuán Guǐ Zōng
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140. have the resources and methods to handle
things away from this mountain, right?
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141. It's not that we lack.
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142. But five thousand jīn is
a massive amount of gold.
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143. It will take a full day to prepare it.
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144. That's no problem.
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145. I can enjoy this wonderful
wine in the meantime.
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146. And how will I receive the guard?
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147. First, we'll leave the mountain together,
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148. and I'll confirm the payment.
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149. Then, from there, I'll personally
take you to where it is hidden.
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150. What guarantee do I have that you won't
simply take your payment and run?
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151. In order to keep you from worrying
about something like that,
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152. I'm saying I will take you there
immediately after being paid.
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153. I may be an infamous thief,
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154. but do you think I have a means to run
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155. and hide while carrying
five thousand jīn of gold?
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156. I see. That makes sense.
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157. For the trip down,
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158. I'd like to request a
gentle-natured demon bird.
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159. If I were to fall during the flight,
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160. you'd be out of luck.
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161. You're a guest who makes a lot of requests.
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162. But, no matter. I will
see to the preparations.
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163. Then, let us toast to the new
owner of the Tiān Xing Jiàn.
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164. The deal is set up.
Things are about to start moving.
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165. Yeah? So what do we do, then?
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166. In order to break into the
Bones of Creation's safe,
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167. we'll need to draw him
outside of Seven Sins Tower.
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168. So, I've invited him down off
the mountain under the pretense
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169. of exchanging the guard for payment.
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170. Whoa, hang on!
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171. Are you opening the safe, or leaving
the mountain with Miè Tiān Hái?
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172. Just which is it?
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173. Put simply, we'll need a Lǐn
Xuě Yā to retrieve the payment,
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174. and a Lǐn Xuě Yā to crack the safe.
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175. This requires me to be in two places.
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176. What stupid crap is this?
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177. The thing with strategy...
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178. is that unless someone laughs and says
it's ridiculous upon hearing about it,
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179. it won't be enough to deceive the wise.
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180. Put this hood on.
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181. What is it?
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182. Wh-What the hell?
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183. Breathe... I can't breathe, man!
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184. What is this?
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185. Calm down. It won't kill you.
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186. Convenient, isn't it?
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187. Although, unfortunately, all it does is
let someone change their face into mine.
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188. But that's enough to create
two of Lǐn Xuě Yā.
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189. Well, this is one hell of a thing.
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190. So? Which one of us does what?
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191. The bigger risk lies in luring Miè
Tiān Hái outside of the tower.
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192. That person will need to be prepared
to flee, eventually, after all.
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193. But next you're gonna say that the person
who stays at the tower needs to know
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194. how to get into the safe, right?
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195. In other words, I've gotta do the crappy job.
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196. It's a relief to see you're
so quick to understand.
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197. Still, though...
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198. Do you have some doubts?
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199. You not caring about the Tiān Xing Jiàn
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200. and saying that you'll be satisfied
as long as you dupe Miè Tiān Hái...
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201. When that includes throwing away
five thousand jīn of gold,
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202. it's a little hard to swallow.
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203. Do you have a huge grudge
against him or something?
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204. Oh, hardly.
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205. I'd never really even spoken to
him before coming to this tower.
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206. Then why?
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207. Well, if I had to put it in words,
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208. it's about how I find meaning in life.
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209. To me, life is about amusement.
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210. And the greatest game in this world...
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211. is to deceive, manipulate, and outwit
the game of strategy.
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212. However,
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213. it's far too simple to trick the noble
and good-natured, so that's no fun at all.
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214. So if I'm going to deceive someone,
let them be a villain.
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215. And a cunning, ambitious one at that.
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216. Someone who's certain he's stronger and
smarter than everyone else is perfect.
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217. In other words, everything is
just a game to you, is that it?
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218. The heart of evil often beats in the
chest of the childishly sincere.
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219. To take the source of his pride,
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220. and replace the gem of arrogance with
the worthless rock of humiliation...
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221. That speaks to my nature as a thief.
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222. It's the thrill of a lifetime.
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223. So you wanting t take something
from Miè Tiān Hái?
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224. Yes, that's right.
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225. The Bones of Creation seems to be the
exact character I had him pegged as.
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226. Arrogantly calling himself unrivaled after
defeating the Screaming Phoenix Killer...
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227. That makes for an irresistible jewel.
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228. One worthy of being
stolen by the Enigmatic Gale.
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229. Then the reason that Xíng Hài and
Shā Wú Shēng hated you so much...
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230. Was it...?
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231. That's right.
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232. They're both the epitome
of villainy, and as such,
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233. their arrogance was that
much greater than average.
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234. Once I stole from them, the loss
of their doubt and obsession
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235. was enough to result in those two
living out their days quietly.
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236. If anything, I should probably be
praised for doing such a thing.
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237. You're a real piece of work.
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238. So... do you understand?
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239. Yeah, I understand that you're
way too crazy to ever understand.
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240. No sane person could figure
out what's going on with you,
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241. and you're a genuine, irredeemable crook!
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242. Should I be taking that as a compliment?
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243. Miss Dān Fěi! You okay?
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244. You!
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245. Not so loud.
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246. Well, I doubt anyone is coming,
but it doesn't hurt to be careful.
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247. Huh? Careful about what?
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248. I came to save you.
Let's get out of here together.
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249. But I thought you...
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250. I've cut ties to Shòu
Yún Xiāo and the others.
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251. I'm not treating that guy as my
big brother or anything else!
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252. The hero I looked up to was a fake.
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253. Which means I have to become
the real deal myself, right?
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254. I had the wrong idea this whole time.
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255. Maybe with someone like you,
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256. I can believe that there is some
justice in society at large again.
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257. Whoa, it's not that big a deal!
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258. I mean, I just wanna get famous, remember?
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259. Then the story of the hero who
saved a Hù Yìn Shī in peril...
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260. will be one I tell wherever
I go, from now on.
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261. The heroic tale of the Frozen
Wonder and his spear!
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262. That sounds like a pretty good opening act!
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263. Come on, let's go.
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264. Wait a moment!
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265. Sir Shāng asked me to remain here until
he retrieved the Tiān Xing Jiàn's handle.
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266. Yeah, now that you mention it,
I guess he isn't here...
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267. But get it back? What's he gonna do alone?
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268. Well... he says that Lǐn
Xuě Yā will be helping.
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269. What? That's just stupid!
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270. Lǐn is one of the bad guys who's
after the sword in the first place!
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271. You sure he's not just working with
the big thief to steal the sword?
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272. I don't... want to believe he's
that kind of person, but...
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273. Even if Shāng is playing straight,
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274. that just makes it more likely the
Enigmatic Gale will trick him into whatever!
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275. It's like a lost sheep asking
a tiger for directions!
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276. I suppose you're right.
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277. Look, I understand you wanna
get your treasure back,
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278. and I'd love to help, but the
odds here are just terrible.
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279. There's a bunch of different
crooks on this mountain,
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280. all of them looking for a
chance to grab that sword!
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281. Let's run for now.
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282. And then we can get some help
from another Hù Yìn Shī
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283. and give it another shot, later.
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284. Well...
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285. Right! The guard is still safe.
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286. The one in Miè Tiān Hái's
clutches was a forgery.
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287. H-How'd that happen?
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288. The true guard to the Tiān Xing
Jiàn is hidden at Limitless Temple.
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289. If we can retrieve it first,
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290. we can ensure the sword does not
fall into the hands of evil.
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291. I'm not sure I get it but... that means
we have a chance to turn this around.
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292. Okay! All the more reason to get
down off this mountain, and quick!
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293. But how?
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294. Without Shā Wú Shēng's flute,
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295. there's no way to cross
the Labyrinth of Darkness.
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296. It's okay! When we were going through
the Labyrinth with the flute,
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297. I made a few markings to show the way.
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298. We shouldn't get lost on the way back.
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299. You seem like you are
completely thoughtless.
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300. But you are actually quite considerate.
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301. I guess I'll take that as a compliment!
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302. Sir Lǐn, we're ready to depart.
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303. The master is waiting for you.
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304. Oh, of all the timing...
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305. Is something the matter?
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306. Sadly, I managed to tear my clothes, and
now I don't have the time to repair them.
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307. I'm sorry, but could you get
me something else to wear?
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308. Right away.
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309. I'll leave the clothes here,
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310. so if you could, please get ready quickly.
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311. Thank you.
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312. All right, time to do this.
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313. Those clothes are a little too obvious...
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314. Switch into these clothes first.
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315. Got it.
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316. This hood makes my shoulders stiff.
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317. You never run out of complaints, do you?
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318. What do I do once Miè hands over the gold?
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319. Whatever you like. Just try and get
them to chase you as far as possible.
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320. By the time they realize what's
going on, I'll have finished my job,
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321. and fled the Demon Spine Mountains.
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322. When you do, make sure you
take Dān Fěi with you!
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323. You got that?
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324. Lady Dān Fěi...
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325. Here's hoping she hasn't
become demon bird food yet.
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326. I'm just joking!
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327. Who reacts to jest
with bloodlust? Honestly...
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328. We've a sweet young girl
trapped, cold, and hungry!
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329. I don't find that funny!
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330. You are quite the character.
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331. For all your attempts to seem aloof,
you can't hide your kind nature.
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332. Man, shut up!
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333. All right, I'm going. Don't screw this up!
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334. Let's hope neither of us does.
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335. Now, then...
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336. Next Time "A Proud Life"
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337. In pursuit of fame and fortune,
one finds himself in a barren wilderness.
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338. Where does the shining star that once
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339. inspired such passion sit in
the vast darkness of the sky?
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