1. Well, we've come across quite the obstacle.
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2. Episode 5 "The Sword Devil, Shā Wú Shēng"
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3. Our best chance of reaching the summit
of the Demon Spine Mountains
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4. has fallen into the hands of the
most dangerous person imaginable.
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5. But just who is this man?
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6. I suppose a Hù Yìn Shī who has
spent her whole life on sacred ground
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7. wouldn't know about someone so infamous.
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8. He is Shā Wú Shēng,
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9. a swordsman also known by his title
of the Screaming Phoenix Killer.
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10. He makes his living as an assassin,
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11. and is considered greatest
killer in the underworld.
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12. And why's this guy hate you?
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13. If you gathered together
everyone who hated this man,
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14. you could hold a parade.
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15. And I am included among
that number, of course.
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16. Whoa, now, I thought you two had made up?
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17. Our aligned interests take precedence now.
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18. But unfortunately, not all consider the Tiān
Xing Jiàn to be as significant as I do.
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19. I doubt we have anything we can use
to bargain with Shā Wú Shēng.
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20. If this grudge is so intense,
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21. would it be difficult to convince
him to hand the flute over after all?
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22. Hey, come on, why's everyone
being so spineless about this?
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23. This guy stole the Soul Echo Flute
from Mister Guǐ Niǎo's master, right?
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24. That means we just take it back!
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25. Why did you stop us, anyway?
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26. Even if he is the Screaming Phoenix Killer,
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27. I think this group attacking together
would have stood a fine chance.
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28. Even though there was one
guy shaking in his boots!
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29. There was a chance of victory,
but not a certain one.
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30. More than that, our goal is
not to defeat Shā Wú Shēng.
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31. We need to cross the Valley of the
Dead and the Valley of the Doll,
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32. and to ensure that,
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33. Xíng Hài and your master must reach
the Demon Spine Mountains in one piece.
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34. We can't risk them being injured en route.
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35. So as long as my bro Shòu
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36. and the demon aren't hurt, it works out?
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37. What are you getting at, Juǎn?
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38. I hate to admit it,
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39. but I don't have any big jobs to do on
our trek up the Demon Spine Mountains.
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40. So if we just wager my
life to get the Soul Echo Flute,
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41. there's no problem, right?
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42. You intend to battle Shā Wú Shēng alone?
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43. Wha—?
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44. Hey! Don't be stupid!
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45. So what I'm stupid!
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46. But this is a once-in-a-lifetime
chance for me.
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47. If I'm the one to defeat the
Screaming Phoenix Killer,
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48. my name will be heard throughout the land!
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49. And if it doesn't work out
that way, you'll be dead, kid.
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50. Dead?
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51. I don't exactly have a
life to forsake, anyway.
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52. To be out in the world with no reputation is
practically the same as not having been born.
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53. Can't you see how you and I are both here?
Eating, talking, and being alive?
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54. And maybe if I was as old as you,
I'd have given up, too.
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55. But there's no way I'll be satisfied
with a life of just that.
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56. But fighting alone seems... too reckless.
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57. Hey, I can tell how good someone is
from having felt his sword firsthand!
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58. Bottom line is, the guy's slowing down.
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59. His reputation as #1 in the
underworld is old news, isn't it?
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60. He might've scared me a bit at first glance,
but I've got him figured out now.
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61. I can take him!
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62. Hey, can't you talk some sense
into your stupid student?
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63. When he gets like this,
there's no getting through to him.
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64. It's a waste of time.
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65. Some mentor you are.
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66. What you're proposing is
essentially a gamble.
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67. Personally, I'd rather handle this
matter with a more practical approach.
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68. Let's wait until tomorrow morning
to confront Shā Wú Shēng.
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69. I will spend the night seeing
if there's a preferable alternative.
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70. If I come up with nothing,
I'll leave it to you.
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71. Oh, I know!
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72. There's a spell that turn the
blood of a corpse to acid,
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73. then makes it burst forth.
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74. Why not cast it on him while he still lives?
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75. Then, once he's killed,
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76. both he and his foe
will be melted into nothing!
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77. How about we skip the suicide attacks?
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78. If Sir Guǐ Niǎo is unable
to come up with anything,
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79. we will truly be out of options.
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80. Should it come to that, I will
fight at Sir Juǎn's side.
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81. H-Hey!
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82. Seriously?
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83. For me?
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84. What in the world do you mean?
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85. The Soul Echo Flute is indispensable in
retrieving the Tiān Xing Jiàn's handle.
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86. It's not only been stolen, but if there's
no other means to retrieve it...
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87. I must be willing to accept
any fate to ensure its return.
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88. Y-You're right!
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89. I totally understand!
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90. But I'm gonna take out that
Screaming Phoenix Killer bastard!
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91. Dammit, I'm through listening to this!
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92. Do whatever you want.
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93. Man, what's with him?
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94. He needs the Soul Echo Flute to make
it to Seven Sins Tower, too!
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95. Sir Shāng has his own
way of handling things.
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96. We can't expect him to act
according to our perspective.
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97. Again, just to remind you,
do not act until tomorrow morning.
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98. I want some time to consider this.
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99. I'd like confronting Shā Wú Shēng
directly to be our last resort.
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100. Yeah, yeah.
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101. I can prepare a variety of
nightmarish spells as well.
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102. Come and see me first thing in the morning.
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103. I'm gonna respectfully decline, thanks!
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104. I thought as much.
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105. I knew you'd be the one to come.
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106. One of my comrades intends to pick a
fight with you first thing tomorrow morning.
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107. And he actually thinks he stands a chance.
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108. How very gallant of him.
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109. It's your fault for playing around.
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110. You were taking it easy on him
at the temple, weren't you?
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111. So he would underestimate you.
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112. I'm afraid that I don't know
what you're talking about.
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113. You made the whole situation
more complicated on purpose!
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114. You wanna kill people that badly?
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115. You'd ask me, of all people, that question?
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116. Have you not heard that I am called
the Screaming Phoenix Killer?
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117. Sure haven't. Apparently you're
a pretty big deal, though.
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118. What's so funny?
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119. Well, I can't help but feel a bit amused.
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120. It's been a while since I've had anyone
else sit across from me at a table.
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121. Do people consider you hard
to get along with, pal?
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122. I suppose I've made too
much of a name of myself.
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123. Usually...
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124. This place would be full of
lively customers, even at this hour.
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125. But when word gets out that the Screaming
Phoenix Killer is in the area,
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126. this happens.
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127. I'm surprised you didn't get thrown out.
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128. The owner doesn't have the
nerve to complain to me.
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129. I show some compassion by paying for
the time I've been here, at least.
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130. If people hate you when
you're that considerate,
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131. you must be known for
some real nasty business.
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132. I'd think that if you'd heard
any of the tales about me,
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133. you wouldn't have risked
talking to me like this.
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134. Well, I'm a traveler, you know?
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135. I haven't been in this country for long.
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136. Where are you from, then?
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137. Xī Yōu.
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138. Xī Yōu...?
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139. On the other side of the
Wasteland of Spirits?
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140. Yeah, that's the one.
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141. If you're joking,
it'd be funnier if you said
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142. you swam upstream from the afterlife.
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143. How could you have crossed
that accursed wilderness?
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144. With the two legs I was born with.
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145. Well, that has to be a joke.
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146. No human could manage that.
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147. Well, I'll admit,
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148. it's a miracle that I made
it with both legs intact.
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149. If what you say is true, it makes
sense that you wouldn't know my name.
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150. I've never met someone from Xī Yōu, either.
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151. Look, who cares about me?
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152. I wanna talk about the Soul Echo
Flute that you've got right now.
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153. Oh?
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154. I don't know what happened
with you and Guǐ Niǎo,
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155. but I'm asking you to find another
way to settle your vendetta with him.
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156. Guǐ Niǎo...
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157. So that's what he calls himself now?
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158. How about it?
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159. The man's ability to escape
me is almost god-like.
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160. To ensure his death, I need something
that forces him to cross paths with me.
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161. That brought me to this flute.
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162. And I see no reason to give up
my trump card after finally acquiring it.
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163. But that flute has a more important use.
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164. Something that has nothing to do with you.
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165. I have a more pressing question.
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166. Did you really come here
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167. thinking that you could
settle this with words?
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168. I thought not.
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169. Anyone who would have nodded at that...
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170. Also would have lost their head long ago.
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171. Don't be so scary, man.
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172. Oh, but it's the truth...
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173. If I'm being honest,
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174. I've been thinking about nothing...
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175. But killing you since you sat down.
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176. I've been watching, intently,
for the perfect opportunity
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177. to decapitate you in one stroke.
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178. You're damned crazy.
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179. You're one to talk...
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180. No normal man would be on guard well enough
to avoid death at my hands this long.
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181. You speak peacefully enough...
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182. But are prepared for
any attack I could imagine.
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183. You brazenly claim to want
to discuss the matter,
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184. but you've been sitting there with a
mindset like a drawn blade all along.
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185. I'm pleased to finally encounter
someone who knows what they're doing.
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186. Maybe your claim of crossing the Wasteland
of Spirits isn't a lie after all.
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187. You're saying that while we've been drinking,
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188. we've already been fighting each other?
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189. Only amateurs think battles
begin after swords are drawn.
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190. Belief that bloodlust marks the beginning
in turn marks you as second-rate.
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191. I haven't decided whether
I'm gonna fight you yet.
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192. The path of the sword is
one of inevitability.
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193. Your battle against those who
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194. you will cut down begins the
moment you cross paths with them.
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195. Only those aware of that
are truly first-rate.
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196. And that's first rate? Sounds like those
guys are just going with the flow.
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197. Trying to deny an inevitable fate is the
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198. act of a fool who can not
see what their fate entails.
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199. I'm not drawing my
sword unless I'm convinced...
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200. that either you or I need to die.
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201. Then you can leave right now.
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202. And I will just kill the imbeciles
that call upon me in the morning.
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203. An aversion to bloodshed...
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204. That's a tendency your type always has.
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205. And that makes this
conflict an inevitability.
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206. You've known...
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207. that you'd have to draw your blade
from the moment you laid eyes on me.
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208. You just came here to give yourself
an excuse for when it happens.
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209. Talk things over?
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210. Don't lie to yourself with
such a hollow pretense.
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211. Don't you ever have any doubts?
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212. Or hesitate, for fear of making a mistake?
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213. Never.
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214. I have a simple method for clearing
away any doubts I may have.
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215. The only thing that ever concerns me is
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216. whether or not someone I've laid
eyes on is worthy of my blade.
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217. And the moment after I raise that question,
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218. I find a corpse at my feet.
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219. And so, in the 15 years since
I've mastered the sword,
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220. I have never been troubled by doubt.
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221. You drew it...
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222. Yeah.
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223. Who should live? The idiot who's
trying his hardest in life,
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224. or the bastard who could live
or die with little difference?
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225. That question helped me make up my mind.
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226. Such mental detours
will only dull your blade...
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227. If you want to win, you need to deal
with fate in more concise terms.
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228. I don't give a damn about fate.
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229. I choose when to draw it and when to strike.
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230. That's my sword!
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231. One last question: have you ever
heard the title "Enigmatic Gale"?
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232. I haven't.
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233. Like I said, I'm not up to date on
local affairs here in Dōng Li.
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234. I thought as much...
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235. How sad. To dance to
his tune with no idea...
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236. What are you talking about?
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237. Don't worry about it.
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238. Besides, if you die here,
you'll have no cause to regret it.
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239. Good grief. Do the two of you have some
sort of grudge against chairs and tables?
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240. Hallucinogenic smoke... Damn you again!
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241. Guǐ Niǎo! Did you pull some
kind of weird trick again?
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242. What are you doing?
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243. I'm sorry. Weren't you the one talking
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244. about how he'd rather avoid
a fight to the death?
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245. Uh... W-Well...
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246. And you, Wú Shēng.
I thought you were after me?
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247. Don't go changing targets for no reason.
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248. No matter what kind of illusions
you use, you won't fool me again.
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249. I have no intention of
letting this flute go!
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250. And I will cut down anyone who approaches me!
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251. So now what?
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252. Think you can still escape me?
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253. No, you can have the Soul Echo Flute.
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254. It belonged to my master,
so take good care of it.
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255. Now that I think about it,
no matter who holds it,
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256. there's no problem as long as they guide
us through the Labyrinth of Darkness.
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257. And luckily enough, you have some
skill at playing it. What do you say?
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258. Care to join us on the trip
to the Demon Spine Mountains?
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259. Are you absolutely insane?
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260. If we make it through the Labyrinth of
Darkness safely, I'll offer you my head.
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261. That's quite the bold offer.
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262. Does this matter involving the Tiān Xing
Jiàn really hold so much value to you?
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263. I always make sure to complete any
task I start. It's that simple.
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264. So be it.
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265. You've piqued my interest.
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266. It might be interesting to visit the castle
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267. that belongs to the
infamous Bones of Creation.
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268. Then prepare for a journey.
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269. We meet at the dock tomorrow at noon.
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270. Hey!
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271. What in the hell?
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272. Make your peace with your
head during the journey.
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273. Because when we reach the summit,
I will be taking it from you.
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274. What are you gonna do
about making a promise like that?
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275. I'll ponder that one as we go along.
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276. I have until we exit the Labyrinth
of Darkness to figure out
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277. if I really do need to
present my head to him.
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278. I might come across some
inspiration in the meantime.
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279. You make it sound so damn easy.
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280. In contrast, the matter of the Soul
Echo Flute had to be solved tonight.
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281. Rather... I had to take action
the second you made your move.
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282. So, with my hand forced,
this was the option I was left with.
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283. Desperate times and all that.
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284. So should I have minded my own business?
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285. Oh, not at all.
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286. I befriended you because I knew
you were that type of man.
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287. I'm not your damn friend!
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288. How many times do I need to say it?
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289. I'd say you have bigger concerns
than worrying about me,
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290. because it seems that Wú Shēng has
taken quite an interest in you.
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291. He might try and kill you once
he's taken my head, you know.
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292. I'll think about that
as we go along, I guess.
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293. I imagine Juǎn will be quite disappointed.
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294. He seemed to be looking forward
to the duel of his lifetime.
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295. Gotta ask, why'd you stop us back there?
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296. On the off chance I had won that duel,
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297. you would've gotten the Soul Echo Flute
without having to make that crazy deal.
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298. You could've just waited
to see how it played out.
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299. As I said before, I'd rather keep the group
together until we reach Seven Sins Tower.
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300. Shòu Yún Xiāo's bow, Xíng Hài's song,
and the Soul Echo Flute...
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301. You've got everything you need, don't you?
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302. I'm not part of the equation.
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303. Hardly. You have a task
that only you can complete.
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304. One important enough to make
me offer my head as collateral.
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305. What the hell's that?
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306. I'm not telling yet!
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307. Although, if you swear to do it,
I'd be willing to explain...
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308. In other words, you're still
dead-set on using me somehow?
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309. Think of it as the two of
us helping each other out.
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310. It's a bumpy road up
the Demon Spine Mountains...
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311. You summoned me, Master?
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312. Have you found the the
Hù Yìn Shī girl yet?
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313. I'm sorry, sir.
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314. I've dedicated more men to the search, but...
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315. No.
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316. It may be a waste of time
trying to search for them.
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317. Sir?
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318. Just as they have the Tiān Xing
Jiàn's guard, I have its handle.
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319. If we both wish to complete it,
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320. then won't they be coming to us?
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321. To Seven Sins Tower?
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322. I can't imagine it.
Are they truly that foolish?
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323. Is it foolish? Or could they be far
more capable than we've anticipated?
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324. Either way, I'm looking forward to it.
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325. Just what kind of plot...
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326. will the Enigmatic Gale hatch?
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327. Next Time "Seven Comrades"
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328. Scheming beneath a smile...
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329. A poison needle, hidden within a handshake.
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330. Only those who are able to expect the
unexpected will survive to see tomorrow.
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