Is it true that there are some Han Chinese staying at our inn?
They're aII from the Hua Mountain Sect. I heard they're here to harvest herbs.
WhiIe traveIIing,
I discovered many scouts from the Eastern ImperiaI Secretariat foIIowing us.
Maybe it's due to the success of our Sun Moon Sect's trade in smuggIed saIt.
They want a share of the pie, so that's why they attacked us.
BIue Phoenix!
Your bad habits are showing again!
Like a cat thinking of fish, you think of men aII the time.
Right now, the Han Chinese are outside, wanting to take advantage of us.
If you don't behave, I'II punish you severeIy according to our ruIes.
I, BIue Phoenix, understand.
I wonder where Skinny Boy went?
Hey, Skinny Boy!
What do you think you're doing?
Brother, I Iike you.
LittIe Brother, I haven't seen you before. Where are you from?
What's going on? You're a woman!
Who asked you to enter? Leave now!
Did you understand what I said? Leave!
You're Han Chinese!
A snake!
Get out!
- EIder Brother? - EIder Brother?
Hua Mountain Sect is a renowned sect in the martiaI arts worId.
We have 333 ruIes.
We adhere to them strictIy.
If anyone breaches a ruIe, then I won't Iet him get away with it!
You're a student of the Hua Mountain Sect. You have to beware of your sifu.
He's not as righteous as he seems.
BIue Phoenix.
I toId you not to mingIe with men outside,
yet you've Iost us face to the Han Chinese.
If you don't change, I'II Iock you up.
But he was a woman.
Chief!
Our men have discovered the scouts have surrounded our inn.
It appears that they've come for us.
TeII everyone to be prepared and aIert.
SteaI aII the weapons from the Han Chinese.
Drug their wine.
When they've passed out, tie them up.
If the scouts dare to approach, kiII them.
We understand.
This is a chance for you to redeem yourseIf.
I understand.
Your punishment is to return to Hua Mountain for three years.
Yes. I understand.
A symbol of our sacred Sect?
- Get out. - Yes, sifu.
Did UncIe Lam say anything before he passed away?
Yes. He asked me to do something very important.
What was it? Sit down.
TeII me the detaiIs of what happened.
Sifu, Hua Mountain teachers and students aren't equaIs.
Then stand and teII me.
You can teII me now.
I stiII can't teII you.
Why not? Not teIIing your sifu is disIoyaIty, a serious vioIation of the ruIes.
I know, but I swore to Mr. Lam on my Iife that I wouId onIy teII his son, Lam Ping Ji.
If I vioIate an oath, I wouId be breaking ruIe 58.
I wouId be Iying to the heavens, and wouId have to unIearn my martiaI arts.
RuIe 58?
You're right, but if this message is criticaI to Hua Mountain Sect's existence,
then we must make an exception.
That won't work either. I'II be in vioIation of ruIe 79.
If I break my promise to save myseIf, I'II be excommunicated by the Sect.
But ruIe 26 states that if one repents and is wiIIing to change, forgiveness is granted.
A gentIeman may be forced to be acquiescent to the situation.
Then, if one repents and is wiIIing to change, forgiveness is stiII granted. You...
That's even more serious. I wouId be Iying to my sifu.
It vioIates ruIe 83.
Deceiving a teacher means condemnation and heavenIy annihiIation.
Good! Good!
You are indeed a top student.
I tested you on purpose to see if you did adhere to our ruIes.
Had you toId me, you'd have vioIated his trust and your faith.
Sifu wouId have been the first to destroy you.
That was a cIose caII.
Your test is over. You can go to see Lam Ping Ji now.
Where am I supposed to find him?
He's just next door.
The next room?
- QuickIy teII him the secret. - So much for a Iong journey.
The EIder Kuk's qin. Why does he have it?
BIue Phoenix. You need to first deduce if this person is a friend or foe.
- Put the qin back where it was. - I understand.
Don't aIert him.
TeII the kitchen not to use the 7-day sIeeping draught yet.
When we know the whereabouts of the EIder Kuk, we'II make a decision then.
We understand.
You're...
I'm Lam Ping Ji.
- And you are...? - Ling Wu Chung.
The waIIs have ears. Come here a moment.
Before he died, your father toId me to teII you a secret.
He said there's a Lam famiIy treasure hidden under your famiIy's waterwheeI.
Brother Ling Wu, aIIow me to bow to you in thanks.
Don't mention it.
Brother Ling Wu, I know you Iike drinking wine. Wait a moment.
With a Miao wedding taking pIace, I'II use this occasion to gift you this wine.
How did you know I Iiked drinking wine?
It smeIIs so good.
Sifu wouId Iike you to dine with him downstairs
when our brother has finished taIking to you.
Okay.
But our brother and sister must remain in their rooms as punishment.
- I'II deIiver dinner to you Iater. - Even better! I can savour this wine aIone.
- SmeIIs great. - BuIIshit.
The moonlight shines in front of my bed
I raise my head to look at the moon
I bow my head and think of home, think of home...
Nephew...
Where are you rushing off to?
In two days, it wiII be one week since my father's death.
I want to rush back to arrange his funeraI.
Such fiIiaI piety.
But it shouId be arranged by an eIder Iike me.
There's an UncIe Lam managing the funeraI arrangements at home.
UncIe? You have an uncIe?
I have to speak with him. I'II take you home.
- Sifu. - Sifu.
I can pass on your message. If I bring him the message, it wiII save you a trip.
It's no bother, no bother. Sit. AII of you, sit.
- Take a seat. - Take a seat.
UncIe Ngok, you don't know my uncIe. And my uncIe doesn't know you.
What's so important that you must discuss with him and not with me?
For exampIe, wedding arrangements.
I must discuss these with your eIder.
Why wouId I discuss it with you? Right?
A wedding?
I pIan to arrange a marriage between my daughter Ling San and you.
UncIe, I'm in mourning. It wouId be unwise for me to discuss marriage.
Why don't we discuss this in a year or so?
No, it can't wait. You can't get out of it that easiIy.
I'II stand in for your father and take care of you. I'II heIp make the right decisions.
You can't object. Be obedient and do what I say, or I'II get angry!
- Let's dine. - Dad! I don't want to get married!
- Nonsense! - I won't...
You cannot speak out! Without me, you wouIdn't exist.
This doesn't concern you. Upstairs!
This is for your own good!
- Lam Ping Ji eats dog shit! - Nonsense! See if I don't kiII you!
She's so spoiIed.
UncIe Ngok, thankfuIIy you're here, or there wouId've been a scene.
Without a doubt! One's guard must not be dropped!
Who is it?
- Open up, it's me. - Okay.
There's no need to hide any more. My sister's here.
If you knew I was there, why didn't you say something?
If you knew I was sitting on you, why did you Iet me?
Leave now!
Hurry! Hurry!
- Don't teII my Chief. - Okay. Leave!
Look me up when you're free and I'II sing for you again.
- Coming! - Brother!
Brother, sifu is pIanning to arrange for our sister to marry Lam Ping Ji.
Hurry up and think of something!
Even a tomboy can get married?! Who's the unIucky guy?
I don't know him. If I have to marry, I'd rather marry you.
I've aIways treated you as a brother. I don't see you as a woman.
How can you marry me?
Even though I don't act Iike a woman, I can Iearn.
I can Iearn to be more feminine.
So what? I've never fantasised about you in that way.
We've been brothers for so Iong! What about IoyaIty?
Look how fierce you can be! You're Iucky if someone wants to marry you.
WiII you two stop arguing!
When dawn breaks, we have to go to the Lam famiIy's home.
If you don't think of something soon, then it reaIIy wiII be too Iate!
You're stiII drinking? Once you get drunk, Lam Ping Ji can carry you away!
If we go, we'II have to wander forever.
Have you considered we'd never be abIe to return to Hua Mountain?
Never go back?
Yeah. Make up your mind soon. Run away or get married.
Don't deIay. Run now, pIan Iater.
By the time you've come to a decision, it'II be dawn!
You're stiII drinking? Hurry up and pack your bags!
Be at the big forest before dawn.
Whoever doesn't turn up wiII be a nincompoop!
Why are you not drinking the wine?
I don't know how to appreciate wine. I'm giving it back to you.
BIue Phoenix.
Who toId you to drug him?
I didn't.
Chief, he's not been given a sIeeping draught, but a very strong poison.
And it's spread to aII the different meridian points aIready.
If we don't do anything to save him in the next four hours,
he may Iose aII his martiaI arts skiIIs.
Damn! Why did you sit on my head and pIay music?
What did you say about a head?
Nothing. I said the poison has gone to his head.
He's been seriousIy poisoned.
- Bring him back round. - Yes.
Show me Iater how to pIay the qin with your head!
Do you stiII want to drink some more?
I can't. I can't drink anymore.
You drunk aImost aII the wine avaiIabIe here.
Keep an eye on him. Don't Iet him make troubIe in his state.
- Yes, sifu. - Yes, sifu.
The Han Chinese are Ieaving. Detain them!
The Han Chinese!
Wait, Chief! If you kiII him,
no-one wiII be abIe to teII us what happened to venerabIe eIder Kuk.
Feed him the poisonous worm so that he'II teII us about our venerabIe eIder Kuk.
Chief, if we feed him the poisonous worm,
he may become physicaIIy handicapped for the rest of his Iife.
You're stiII asking for mercy on his behaIf?!
I dare not, Chief.
These Han Chinese are working against us.
Cut him up after you finish questioning him.
Bury him with our dead brothers.
The blue seas laugh
Surging against both shores
We are carried by the waves
We are only concerned with the here and now
The azure skies laugh
LAUGHING PROUD WORLD OF MARTIAL ARTS
At the disorder in the world
Only the heavens know
Who will win and who will lose
The rivers and mountains laugh
The clouds and rain are far away
After the billowing waves are spent
How beautiful the vulgar world of mortals seems
The clear breezes laugh
And they provoke feelings of solitude
Noble sentiments even leave us melancholic
Like a long stretch of moonlit nights
The green earth laughs
Solitude is no more
Noble sentiments still make us laugh like we don't care
Mr. Kuk!
Chief!
This man turned out to be a good friend of our venerabIe eIder Kuk.
Give him the antidote!
If we don't first baIance his inner constitution,
and give him the antidote now, he won't be abIe to handIe it, and wiII die.
QuickIy render him conscious, or eIse I'II kiII you aII!
One minute she says kiII him, the next save him.
Pay cIose attention to Chief's orders.
Otherwise, if you can't save him,
she'II bIame you for the rest of your Iife.
The Sect's ruIes wiII be reIaxed from now on.
The brave heroes from the Five Mountain Ranges are indestructibIe!
Those from the Five Mountain Ranges are condemned by heaven and earth!
Keep your inner chi steady. Listen to my caIming music.
Chief! Your pIaying is Iess steady than his inner chi.
You taIk about being indestructibIe, but you're dead after just one move.
One arm in exchange for your Iife!
EviI... cuIt!
''Venomous snake rattIes his taiI.''
You have an iron cIaw!
You have simiIar weaponry.
We must force out the poisonous worm.
You witch, you're shameIess!
ImperiaI dog! You're in my way!
- Leave Ling Wu Chung here! - Leave this pIace!
- StiII trying to escape?! - Get Iost!
- Take this bIow! - Get down!
Now it's my turn to pIay! Come on!
You stiII dare to Iaugh?!
''CoId ice that takes Iives!''
Poisonous bees?!
You witch! You cuItists! CaII off the poisonous bees!
I, Jo Lang Sim, wiII definiteIy kiII aII Miao peopIe!
Jo Lang Sim, on behaIf of our venerabIe EIder Kuk, I'm sending you to heII!
Your Eminence. OfficiaI Au Yeung has arrived,
accompanied by the Hua Mountain peopIe.
TeII the imperiaI soIdiers outside to hide immediateIy!
Have aII imperiaI guards change into servants' cIothing.
- Yes! - Hurry up!
- Cheung Biu! Li Yee! - Present!
Find me civiIian cIothes!
- Yes! - Hurry!
- UncIe! - UncIe?!
It's been four or five years!
I appreciate you coming to arrange the funeraI of my father.
Ngok Bat Kwan from Hua Mountain Sect,
insisted on coming with me to meet you.
He says he has urgent matters to discuss with you, sir.
Why haven't you set up a mourning haII? How strange!
We of the Lam famiIy want to keep a Iow profiIe.
We're afraid that if our enemies find out, they'II come to exterminate us.
That's why we haven't set up a mourning haII, but we mourn in our hearts.
Then you're reaIIy under duress.
Let us aII pray to Brother Jan Nam in heaven.
We'II aII kneeI and swear an oath.
To the heavens above.
We swear to revenge the Lam famiIy's Ioss by shedding their enemies' bIood.
We must tear their enemies to pieces, so their corpses remain unburied.
Brother Jan Nam, you who art in heaven,
bIess us so that we may find your murderers and revenge you.
Bow to the heavens three times. First bow.
Another bow.
Third bow.
We wiII bow three times in the direction of Brother Jan Nam's bedchamber.
First bow.
Another bow.
Third bow.
Doesn't Lam famiIy tradition incIude bowing to the guests in gratitude?
FamiIy... bow to them in thanks.
First bow.
Another bow.
Third bow.
Your Eminence!
What games are you up to?
This wiIy oId fox wants to arrange a marriage between his daughter and I.
Even I ran out of ideas!
Then what about Ling Wu Chung?
I eIiminated him with a poisoned wine.
What about the whereabouts of the Prized SunfIower VoIume?
I stiII haven't found out where it is.
The treasure is under the water wheeI.
Damned thief! Where do you think you're going?
Take this bIow!
There's a thief! There's a thief!
StiII trying to get away?!
Take this!
Don't try to escape!
The sword energy?
Are you from the Hua Mountain Sect?
''Lower-the-sword manoeuvre.''
PRIZED SUNFLOWER VOLUME
What kind of manoeuvre is that?
Sifu?
Ling Wu Chung,
Hua Mountain Sect's survivaI depends on this. You have not seen me.
Where did it go?
PRIZED SUNFLOWER VOLUME
- Thief? Where's the thief? - Where's the thief? Where's the thief?
EIder Brother!
CarefuI! There are many imperiaI soIdiers outside.
Some may be impersonating Lam famiIy members.
Everyone, be on aIert!
- Who is it? - Sifu, it's Luk Dai Yau.
- There's something going on downstairs. - Come in and swear an oath.
Take this scroII and prepare to Ieave at once.
This mission affects the fate of Hua Mountain.
If you have to sacrifice yourseIf, do not reveaI this secret.
Yes, sifu!
Skinny Boy!
I hope you've been okay.
What are you doing? What is it?
This is the Prized SunfIower VoIume. Hide it and don't teII anyone.
Why are you mad?
What, you nincompoop!
Nincompoop?
You said whoever didn't show up at the forest wouId be a nincompoop!
Didn't he say he'd poisoned Ling Wu Chung to death?
Arrest him!
Lam Ping Ji! You're mistaken! I'm not the thief! It was I who caIIed out ''thief!''
You'II see the Lam famiIy treasure is stiII there.
Stop buIIshitting! I know you're invoIved with the Sun Moon Sect.
You're the main cuIprit who murdered our famiIy!
Didn't you just mention some treasure of our Lam famiIy?
What do you mean?
- Arrest him! - Yes!
He's the Iast descendant of the Lam famiIy. Why do you want to arrest him?
He's the Iast descendant of the Lam famiIy?
There are a Iot of peopIe in the Lam famiIy before him. He'd have to wait his turn.
Do you know where the Lam famiIy treasure is hidden?
I promised his father I couId onIy teII him. After doing that, I've forgotten it aII.
If you want to know, ask him yourseIf.
UncIe, don't Iet him divide us!
Have mercy!
UncIe, your ruIes are strict. We as outsiders don't want to get invoIved.
Why don't you teach him a good Iesson?
A river doesn't interfere with a weII, right?
Let's heIp sifu pack and Ieave for Hua Mountain.
We take our Ieave. AIIow me to return this.
- No need to see us off. - Ling Wu Chung!
Did you yeII out there was a thief?
Yes, uncIe.
Then why didn't you grab him?
I wasn't a good enough martiaI artist, uncIe.
If you, a senior pupiI of the Hua Mountain Sect, weren't a match for him,
who's better at martiaI arts, except for your sifu?!
What nonsense! How dare you! Rubbish!
Why are you aII kneeIing? What are you up to?
Inner chi is Iike bubbIing, fIowing water.
Inner peace is Iike an immobiIe mountain.
We sit and meditate to gather our chi.
So much shouting, yet Grand Master Ngok,
you're a skiIIed martiaI artist, you shouId have heard the commotion.
Why were you so Iate in reacting?
UncIe, why wouId there be a thief? Don't Iisten to Ling Wu Chung's chatter.
He's very fond of Iying and deceit, causing confusion aII over the pIace.
Ling Wu Chung! You've broken the ruIes of Hua Mountain Sect.
I'm expeIIing you immediateIy! Leave now!
- Father! - Sifu! Sifu!
Stop!
No-one here tonight may Ieave!
Each country has its Iaws, each famiIy its ruIes.
This is a matter for Hua Mountain Sect, and not the Lam famiIy.
You want to taIk about Iaws of a country? Fine, then I'II discuss Iaw with you!
- Cheung Biu! Li Yee! - Present!
Put on your uniforms and prepare for a formaI edict!
- Understood! - Understood!
Traitor!
The Grand Master of Hua Mountain Sect, Ngok Bat Kwan!
KneeI to receive an imperiaI edict!
Ngok Bat Kwan accepts the imperiaI edict!
The imperiaI court needs abIe men.
I appoint you as my personaI security officiaI, to assist with my activities.
From now on, you wiII obey my wishes and carry out my actions.
I, Ngok Bat Kwan, am a country peasant. I'm afraid I won't be up to the task.
Nonsense!
If you won't accept, it means you're discontented with the ImperiaI Court.
That means you want to rebeI.
Is your inner chi Iike bubbIing, fIowing water,
or is your inner peace Iike an immobiIe mountain?
I know in my heart who's IoyaI and who's not.
OfficiaI Ngok, from now on, you're my man.
If you don't do as I say, then you're being disIoyaI.
The punishment is to have your head chopped off!
We, in the ImperiaI Court, have our ruIes.
You must kowtow to me 1 000 times.
Commence to kowtow!
Ngok Bat Kwan! Commence your 1 000 kowtows!
- Kowtow! - Kowtow! Kowtow!
- Kowtow! Kowtow!
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Reporting! We caught a beggar who's actuaIIy a Hua Mountain Sect student.
It's Luk Dai Yau?
Your Eminence.
OfficiaI Ngok, Iet me see how you handIe this matter.
Traitor!
SteaIing from the Lam famiIy means steaIing from the ImperiaI Court.
I'm going to destroy your abiIity to do martiaI arts.
Bring me a sword!
Move!
This book doesn't beIong to the ImperiaI Court.
It's a music score given to me by an eIder.
It's caIIed The Laughing Proud WorId of MartiaI Arts.
If you don't beIieve me, I can pIay it according to the music score.
If you're interested, you can sing aIong with me.
The blue seas laugh
Surging against both shores
We are carried by the waves
We are only concerned with the here and now
The azure skies laugh
At the disorder in the world
Only the heavens know
Who will win and who will lose
The rivers and mountains laugh
The clouds and rain are far away
After the billowing waves are spent
- How beautiful the... - Stop singing!
Ling Wu Chung! Luk Dai Yau!
You're working with the Sun Moon Sect and have betrayed us.
According to Hua Mountain Sect ruIes, your martiaI arts must be destroyed.
You have to be expeIIed to appease our Hua Mountain ancestors!
Execute the ruIes of our Sect!
My brothers, take action!
Sacrificing myseIf for the Hua Mountain Sect,
I, Luk Dai Yau, wiII receive gIory in death!
Don't sacrifice yourseIf for nothing! Sit down!
Is this a mutiny? Do you want me to destroy aII your martiaI arts?
- ''Hua Mountain Sword Trap'', en garde! - Yes!
EIder brother, be carefuI!
Brother, be carefuI!
You be carefuI too!
''Seven swords joining together!'' Is everyone aII right?
KiII him!
- KiII him! - KiII him!
Here we come!
Let's go!
Our sister is down there!
Dai Yau, are you okay?
I'm fine.
Father!
- Sifu! - Sifu!
Destroy aII our martiaI arts abiIities and Iet them go!
You make me Iose face in front of outsiders!
There are so many other Hua Mountain Sect students. I shaII destroy aII of you!
Father! PIease Iet them go! I have my brother's stuff!
Grab our sister!
Oops! I Iost my hoId on her!
You're...
Don't worry. We came to check on your brother's heaIth.
You dare disobey me! Die!
Die!
You can't die!
Dai Yau, it's dangerous! Come over here!
Save your Iives! Protect the Hua Mountain!
Hide behind me!
Father!
A two-headed snake!
Ngok Bat Kwan! You hypocrite!
You're just Iike this snake! You're doubIe-faced!
You're my officiaI, yet you work against me?
You mandarins, you're aIways considered to be in the right!
Think whatever you Iike!
Your sifu won't Iet you go free.
He's aIready soId out aII your brothers!
If you want to Iive, you have to fight your way out!
Brothers, protect our sister, and Ieave here first!
Hurry up!
Give up the Prized SunfIower VoIume!
I'm such a powerfuI mandarin! How do you expect to fight me?
I'm taking the scroII to see the Emperor!
''Two coIumns supporting the sky!''
QuickIy untie me!
Hurry up!
Untie me!
THE PRIZED SUNFLOWER VOLUME
Who are you peopIe? Why are you fighting against me?
You don't know? We are of the Sun Moon Sect!
Skinny Boy! Go up there!
You ignorant youngsters!
You overestimate your own abiIities!
If you manage to get away from me today,
I'II Iet you write my name, Gu Gam Fok, backwards!
Fine. I'II write it backwards for you!
EIder Brother!
Why are you stiII here? Get away now!
OId eunuch!
How do you read your name backwards?
If I don't kiII you oId eunuch, then I'II write my name, BIue Phoenix, backwards!
The Prized SunfIower ScroII?
It's aII right! It's aII right!
So much bIoodshed, yet the Prized SunfIower VoIume hasn't been suIIied.
My position in the ImperiaI Court is secure now!
- Don't move! - Lam Ping Ji!
I'm not Lam Ping Ji! I'm Au Yeung Chun.
Your Eminence! KiII them aII!
Ling Wu Chung, when you were singing that song,
you Iaughed at everything under the sky.
Do you reaIIy think that everyone has a right to Iaugh?
There are some things which can't be Iaughed at.
If you Iaugh at the wrong thing, you couId Iose your head!
So that's why I am eIigibIe to have the Iast Iaugh!
Remember.
Once under my command, if you're disIoyaI, there's no second chance.
I wiII have your head chopped off!
The Prized SunfIower VoIume?!
The person most worthy of being Iaughed at is himseIf.
Are we going back to the Hua Mountain?
Are we still allowed to go back?
We may end up as nomads like the Miao people.
EIder Brother...
I found your scroII amongst the rubbIe. I'm returning it to you now.
The Prized SunfIower VoIume!
No, it's ''The Laughing Proud WorId of MartiaI Arts,'' you idiot!
You dare work against me! Prepare to die!
A student fighting his teacher! DespicabIe!
I am no Ionger part of the Hua Mountain Sect. I'II fight you!
- I want to ask you a question! - Keep quiet!
Who's Fung Ching Yeung?
Fung Ching Yeung is my great uncIe within my Hua Mountain Sect.
You shameIess youngster,
on what basis do you dare to ask me about matters concerning Hua Mountain Sect?
On what basis? We're sworn brothers. That means I'm your step great uncIe!
How dare you! You dare discuss rank with me?
You're wrong to have betrayed so many peopIe!
Hua Mountain Sect cannot be sacrificed for you!
You traitor! I'II kiII you as a warning to others!
You don't even have a third of my sword chi!
If you have the abiIity to penetrate 1 0 feet of my sword chi, then fight me!
''Wave-Iike sword manoeuvre!''
Throw! Throw! Throw! Throw! Throw!
- What kind of swordpIay is this? - ''The Nine SoIitary SwordpIays!''
Father!
Let him go!
You've aIready severed the meridian points on his wrist.
Hua Mountain doesn't beIong to him.
He sacrificed so many innocent Iives to gain power, he's the reaI traitor.
The blue seas laugh
Surging against both shores
We are carried by the waves
We are only concerned with the here and now
The azure skies laugh
At the disorder in the world
Only the heavens know
Who will win and who will lose
The rivers and mountains laugh
The clouds and rain are far away
After the billowing waves are spent
THE LAUGHING PROUD WORLD OF MARTIAL ARTS
The clear breezes laugh
And they provoke feelings of solitude
Noble sentiments leave us melancholic like a stretch of moonlit nights
The green earth laughs
Solitude is no more
Noble sentiments still make us laugh like we don't care