[Notes on Volume Eight, "Snow Shadows Stir the Soul and Illuminate a Pure Pledge"]
1. Who was the God King Nine Infants spoke of? Which realm did Nine Infants reach after flying through the void?
2. And what was old Feiyang's Cloudgathering Cauldron used for?
3. "Rather than drown in another person, better to drown in a river. Drown in a river and you can still swim; drown in another person and there is no saving you." Dear Ju Ying, ah. Poor girl.
4. The year's end had come, and Ju Ying was leaving.
At that moment, the moon rose over the eastern hills, and dusk lay hazy.
Last time, the girl stroked the little Bamboo Cup in her hands, and tears spilled from her eyes...
This time, the clear, distant notes of a flute drifted along the endless mountain road, telling of their sorrow at parting...
Gathering lotus on the southern pond in autumn, the lotus flowers rose above my head. I longed for you, but you did not come; I lifted my gaze to the wild geese in flight.
Geese filled the western islet's skies; awaiting you, I climbed the painted tower. High though the tower stood, I could not see you; all day I lingered by the rail.
The railing turned through twelve bends; you grieved, and so did I. The south wind knew my heart-may it blow my dreams to the western islet...
And:
Lofty, lofty mountains; deep valleys winding. Gleaming, gleaming purple zhi could ease my hunger...
Where could a heart full of hidden sorrow speak? Her heart had shattered-Qingcheng's tears.
At dusk the wind blew,
Fallen leaves clung to their branches.
A loyal heart, an inch of feeling,
Grieving that you did not know.
Xing Yan bade Ju Ying farewell again...
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