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A few months later...

The scene shows Baifeng standing on the top of a tree.

Then, Moya appeared from behind him and got in front of him.

After that, he said to Baifeng, "You are too slow."

Baifeng said, "I was afraid that you would meet utter defeat, so I decided to wait for you."

After saying this, Baifeng dashed after Moya.

Then, the two raced against each other in the forest that they were in for a while.

After a while, they stopped on the top of a tree.

Then, Moya looked over to Baifeng and saw that he had a depressed expression on his face, so he said to him, "Everytime we accomplished our missions, you would always become sentimental like this."

Baifeng said to him, "People's lives are already in control, yet you and I have to end them personally.

Do you not think that this is too cruel?"

Moya was about to answer Baifeng, but then a falcon chasing a small white bird appeared on top of Moya and Baifeng and were flying in the sky above them.

Moya said to Bafeng, "It's the general's falcon hunting its prey like it always does."

Baifeng said, "In truth, we are also the general's falcon.

Constantly always doing the same thing."

After hearing Baifeng say this, Moya said to him, "Then, how about we change things up a bit.

Let's make a bet.

Whoever can save that small white bird, but at the same time without hurting the falcon, wins.

The loser will have to do something for the winner."

Baifeng said, "Do what?"

Moya said, "When I win, you will know."

Then, Moya chased after the falcon and the small white bird.

Baifeng said, "What a pity, you will lose."

After saying this, Baifeng chased after the two birds with his lightness skills too.

The two of them chased the two birds all the way into the city.

Then, after a while, they chased the two birds to the roofs of the city.

Baifeng jumped up into the air and almost caught the small white bird, but it dodges his hand.

Then, the falcon was about to grab the small white bird with his claws, but then, Moya caught the small white bird in time and saved it from the falcon.

After the small white bird was saved, the falcon flew off.

Then, Moya held the small white bird in his hands while Baifeng looked at it.

Baifeng said, "It appears to be injured by the falcon.

Let me bandage it's leg for it."

Baifeng took the small white bird from Moya and bandaged its leg with a small strip of cloth.

Moya said to Baifeng while Baifeng was holding the small white bird, "It appears to like you more."

Baifeng said, "You are a crow.

The smell of death on your body is too strong for it."

Moya said, "Don't you remember that you're an assassin too.

Therefore, the two of us both have the smell of death on us."

After hearing Moya say this, Baifeng said, "We control other people's lives, but we don't know if we can control our own."

Moya said to Baifeng, "If one day I am in that bird's situation, being hunted down...

I will not wait for someone to come and save me.

If I want to stay alive, I must depend on myself to have enough speed."

Baifeng said, "How fast should we be to be able to control our lives?"

Moya didn't answer to Baifeng's question and changed the subject to something else instead as he looked over to a tall beautiful building in the city.

Moya said to Baifeng, "There is a new owner in the Sparrow Pavilion again.

This time, I do not know what type of lady she would be.

We will go to take a look together, alright."

Baifeng released the small white bird and let it fly away.

Then, he said to Moya, "I have no interest."

Moya said, "You lost the bet, therefore you have to do me a favor.

Accompany me to go take a look at the general's new prey."

After saying this, both of them used their lightness skills to fly to the Sparrow Pavilion by jumping off of the tall roof they were both standing on.

When they got to the Sparrow Pavilion, they both stayed outside to look at the new woman that was brought into the Sparrow Pavilion.

Moya looked at the girl from outside while Baifeng just crossed his arms in disinterest and stared away.

Then, while Moya was staring at the woman inside of the Sparrow Pavillion, he said, "Hmm, this one is not bad.

Baifeng said in an annoyed tone, "Always coming here to see.

Don't you find it boring."

Moya said to Baifeng, "You are alway so stubborn like this.

Don't you find it boring."

Then, Moya used his lightness skills to appear right next to Baifeng who was quite far away from the window.

After that, he said to Baifeng, "There is a question I wanted to ask you.

It is a question I've always wanted to ask, but didn't dare to."

Baifeng said, "You ask then."

Moya said, "You must answer honestly.

Are you naturally afraid of women?"

Baifeng had an anxious expression and said in an anxious tone, "What are you saying?"

Moya said, "Are you afraid or not?

Let's go confirm it."

Moya pulled Baifeng to the window.

Baifeng said to Moya while he was pulling him to the window, "You rascal."

Then, the two of them both looked at the woman inside of the Sparrow Pavilion.

This time, Baifeng looked too.

When Baifeng saw the girl's beauty, he was amazed by it and just stared at her.

Moya saw this, so he said to Baifeng, "What?

Do you think she's beautiful?"

Both Moya and Baifeng looked and saw the girl moving her hand on a desk as if she was playing an invisible zither.

When Moya saw this, he said, "It seems like she is playing an invisible zither."

Baifeng thought to himself, "Could it be that she wants a zither, but doesn't have one."

After thinking to himself about this, Baifeng turned around and said, "Although she is very beautiful, but she is already Ji Wuye's.

We shouldn't interfere."

After saying this, Baifeng used his lightness skills to fly away.

Moya also flew away with him too.

The next day, Baifeng came to watch the girl in the Sparrow Pavilion without Moya.

Then, while he was watching her from outside the window, the small white bird that he and Moya saved from yesterday flew into the room from another window and landed right in front of the girl.

The girl held the small white bird in her hand and said in a calm voice, "You again.

Your leg is injured."

Baifeng thought to himself when he saw this, "It's that small white bird from yesterday."

Then, the girl said to the small white bird while she looked at its leg that had a small bandage wrapped around it, "Fortunately, there are good hearted people who helped bandage your injury."

Baifeng felt quite content when he heard this.

After the girl said this, the small white bird flew over to the window Baifeng was at.

The girl turned around, but she only saw the small white bird flying out of the window.

A few days later...

Moya came over to Baifeng while he was sitting on top of a tall building close to the Sparrow Pavillion and said to him, "Lately, you like to patrol this area.

I've asked around for the pretty lady's name.

Do you want to know?"

Baifeng said, "I'm not interested."

Moya said, "Are you really not interested?

Your expression says otherwise."

Baifeng remained quiet.

Then, Moya said, "Forget it, I'll just tell you anyways.

Her name is Nong Yu."

Baifeng said, "Nong Yu..."

Later that day, Baifeng dropped a zither by Nong Yu's window while she wasn't looking.

Nong Yu heard something, so she turned around to look, but the only thing she could see was a zither laying on her desk.

Therefore, she went over to play it.

While she was playing it, Baifeng listened secretly from outside the tall building and closed his eyes while he enjoyed the music from the zither that Nong Yu was playing.

Then, after a while, Baifeng realized that a lot of small birds were gathering around the Sparrow Pavillion to hear the music.

He was shocked when he saw this.

Nong Yu continued playing the zither for a while.

After a while, she stopped playing.

By the time she had stopped playing, the whole Sparrow Pavilion was already covered with small birds everywhere who were listening to the music that she was playing.

Then, while Baifeng was standing outside of Nong Yu's window, the wind from outside blew his clothings, so his long strap of cloth that was attached to his clothes glimpsed through the window once.

Nong Yu saw his long strap of cloth from the window, so she said in a gentle voice, "Were you listening to the song I was playing?"

Baifeng felt anxious when he realized that Nong Yu had discovered him and was about to fly away, but when he heard the gentleness from Nong Yu's voice, he decided to stay and showed himself to her instead.

Therefore, he entered the room through the window and said to Nong Yu in a embarrassed voice, "Yes..."

Nong Yu said, "You must be the one who has given me this zither.

Thank you for the gift."

Baifeng felt a great feeling in him after hearing Nong Yu say this to him.

Then, Nong Yu said, "What's your name?"

Baifeng said, "I'm Baifeng."

Then, Nong Yu said, "I'm Nong Yu."

Baifeng said in a calm voice, "I already know."

Nong Yu said in a gentle voice, "How did you know?"

Baifeng said, "I heard it from the people around here."

Then, Nong Yu said, "What did you think about the music that I've played?"

Baifeng said, "It sounded beautiful."

Then, Nong Yu said, "The music that I've just played tells about a bird who is locked in its cage and cannot go out anywhere.

However, when it was finally released from its cage, it didn't know where to fly to, since it was locked in its cage for too long and it has already forgotten about how to live in the outside world.

Therefore, it flew to a forest and lived there alone with no one else near it for the rest of its life."

Baifeng felt great sadness inside of him when he heard this, since although Nong Yu was just talking about a bird being locked up inside its cage, but in reality, she was referring to her and Baifeng.

She was locked up in this Sparrow Pavilion that serves as a place to hold the women who would be Ji Wuye's next concubine, while Baifeng is stuck with working under Ji Wuye and must obey every order that Ji Wuye commands him, even if it was to go and kill someone.

Therefore, Baifeng shed tears, due to the song that Nong Yu had just played touching his heart and he can feel remorse and sorrow for both him and Nong Yu.

Nong Yu saw tears falling from Baifeng's face, so she took out a handkerchief from her dress and offered it to him.

Baifeng let out his hand and was about to take the handkerchief from Nong Yu, but just as he was about to take the handkerchief from Nong Yu, he could hear Moya's voice from outside the window saying to him, "You are going too far with all of this.

I only took you here on that day to come and take a look here, so that you could relieve yourself, since you were feeling bad after our assassin mission on that day.

You shouldn't get yourself too involved with the Sparrow Pavilion.

You may not see it, but the Sparrow Pavilion is an invisible prison.

Let's go..."

Baifeng ignored Moya and was about to take the handkerchief from Nong Yu's hand, but then, Moya said to Baifeng, "Still not leaving."

After Baifeng heard Moya say this, he took his hand back and left the room through the window with Moya.

Nong Yu watched as Baifeng left the room through the window.