Master Mu Rong,
your martial arts are formidable,
but
your chess-playing skills aren't all that great.
The white chess pieces have been defeated on the right corner?
The white side has lost!
Talk is cheap!
Why don't you try it?
Hahaha, nobody can play this game.
This chess game is for fools
I'm not going to waste my time here.
But Master Mu Rong,
you can't even conquer me in chess,
so how do you expect to conquer China?
Ah! The Mu Rong is no more!
Young Master!
Cousin Brother!
What's happening to you?
Get lost!
All of you, get lost!
Get lost!
The 6 Divine Nerve Swords'!
Young Master!
Cousin Brother,
you've lost, so just let it be,
there's no need to be so alarmed!
What do you know?
Do you think you'll ever understand what I'm thinking?
Young Master, please don't be like this,
luckily Master Duan saved you!
Master Mu Rong,
there's no need to lose your life
and give up on the Mu Rong family just because of this chess game.
Young Master, this chess game is enchanted
please don't trouble yourself with it.
Miss Wang,
are you alright?
Miss Wang!
Don't cry
Hahahaha, who is this who's using the 6 Divine Nerve Swords?
Is it Duan Zheng Chun from Dali?
Our leader is from the true Duan family line,
the rest are all pretenders.
My disciple has come as well!
The four of us bid Master Su Sing He a good day.
Our Eldest Brother received your invitation.
He was so overjoyed,
he dropped everything and came to
play chess with you.
Master, I think it's best that we leave now.
Not now
Master Duan's martial arts are great indeed!
Be careful or you might lose control!
Where did this bald fool come from,
how dare you look down on our leader!
Are you trying to get into trouble?
My disciple,
I forbid you to hurt this monk!
Stupid kid, you're here as well!
I'll take care of you first.
Have you forgotten our deal?
Or do you want to be a bastard?
I don't want to be a bastard.
Are you alright?
Thank you, Master Duan!
Master Duan,
there's no way you can resolve this chess game
no matter what you do.
There is no way forward, and yet there is no way back.
You can't move here, and you can't move there,
it's much too difficult!
Yes!
It's so easy for one to destroy oneself,
But it's hard to regret
one wrong step, and everything will come tumbling down.
But it's impossible to regret your actions!
Yes!
As a Prince of Dali,
what I am now
is a disgrace to my ancestors.
Even if you can avoid it now,
when you're dead,
you'll still be ashamed of facing your ancestors.
If you know what shame is,
you'll just kill yourself now,
if you're willing to do this,
you can still be a hero!
I have truly dishonoured my ancestors!
Are you alright?
Master Duan, be strong!
Are you alright?
I'm fine,
I'm fine!
I can't resolve it either,
but I can't stand here watching them get caught up in this game
and losing their lives.
I'll go and disrupt it!
Ai...
Actually, there is no resolution for this game.
By doing that, wouldn't you cause the white pieces to lose?
I don't know how to play chess!
Even though this monk is just causing a disturbance,
but my late Master said
that anyone could play this game.
Your move has led to the defeat of the white pieces,
this too can be considered a way to resolve the game.
I only did it to save people,
please forgive me!
Monk,
I'll let you go for now.
If anyone interrupts,
and wastes the efforts of my late Master,
I will not hold back.
I...
Stop talking and just play!
Or do you just want to fool around?
Put the chess piece on the third row, ninth column.
Now, on the second row, ninth column.
Place it on the seventh row, eighth column!
Is this alright?
Monk, you're quite talented,
my congratulations.
No, don't congratulate me,
this isn't...
Don't reveal our secret.
We're not out of danger yet, be careful!
Amitabha,
I've never seen moves like these!
My late Master created this chess game,
and nobody has ever been able to resolve it.
Today,
you've completed it
I'm very moved.
I was just lucky,
I'm not capable at all!
Sir Monk, please follow me.
Follow you where?
Master...
Just go!
Enter here!
How do I get inside?
If there's no way in,
just use your Shaolin martial arts
I'm sorry!
You've just come in,
so why are you trying to get out?
Who's there?
Who's that talking to me?
You choose your own path,
nobody can force you to do anything.
No one has ever been able to resolve that chess game
but now you have,
so please come in.
Did you create that chess game?
Who are you?
I've been waiting for 30 years, finally someone has come!
I'm coming in now!
It's a monk,
and an ugly one at that.
I'm Xu Zhu, how do you do?
You resolved my chess game
so that means you must be quite intelligent.
Sir Monk
let me give you something, come here!
My chess playing skills are abominable
it wasn't me who completed your chess game.
I don't dare to accept your gift.
But I will help you
if you need my help.
You're quite kind and merciful,
so you've got quite a solid character.
But
Your chess playing skills are great, yet your martial arts aren't so great.
That's alright,
fate brought you here.
But
your looks really don't live up to my expectations.
So... if you're unhappy with me,
I'll just be going then.
It's rare to see such an arrogant young man.
I wouldn't dare be arrogant
I was leaving because I was worried you'd be unhappy.
Who else came today?
Master Yun Nan, Master Duan from Dali,
Mister Mu Rong, and the four Arch-Villains.
Almost all the world's most powerful champions were here today.
Was Abbot Ku Rong of the Heavenly Dragon Temple present?
Apart from the monks of Shaolin Temple,
there was just one other monk, his name was Jiu Mo Zhee
I've heard that
there's a powerful warrior called Qiao Feng,
did he come as well?
No.
I've waited for decades,
and even if I continue waiting,
that doesn't mean I'll meet the perfect candidate.
This is all the will of the Gods.
You mentioned just now that
you weren't the one who resolved it.
Then why did Sing He let you in?
This... em, I played it without thinking
I just didn't think I'd win it just like that.
You winning just like that
just proves that our meeting was fated.
You might be able to help me after all.
Kneel in front of me, there's a good boy.
Kowtow 5 times, this is a law of our sect.
Come here, my good boy!
Sir
What are you doing?
I have destroyed the Shaolin martial arts
within your body.
What?
I have no quarrel with you,
why did you have to treat me like this?
Why?
How dare you talk to me so rudely, you didn't call me Master!
How rude of you!
No,
I'm a disciple of Shaolin,
I can't be your disciple!
You kowtowed to me,
so that means you're already my disciple!
What are you doing?
It's done!
My good disciple, you didn't disappoint me.
Now,
go and hit the surface of that lake.
You haven't learned the martial arts of our sect,
so you can only release a fraction of your true power.
I have transferred my 70 years' worth of inner-force
to you.
70 years?
So?
You still refuse to call me Master?
I'm a disciple of Shaolin, I owe them a lot!
You no longer know any Shaolin martial arts
so can you still be considered a Shaolin disciple?
Now that your body has been filled with
70 years of inner-force from the Carefree Sect,
doesn't that make you our disciple instead?
Carefree Sect?
Try jumping once. Go ahead and try it.
How?
Have I gone mad?
No.
Your body is infused with my power.
My disciple, I need you to kill someone for me.
Kill someone?
But I'm a monk, I'm forbidden to kill!
I want you to kill a truly evil person.
He is my disciple, Ding Chun Chiu
He is evil indeed.
But my martial arts...
Your martial arts are now
as powerful as Ding Chun Chiu's,
Even though he's evil,
but didn't you say he's your disciple?
Disciple?
He tried to kill me...
Master,
your musical prowess is unmatched.
Master...
Ding Chun Chiu...
Sing He is a capable person,
but I led him down the wrong path.
He's only interested in the arts.
He didn't master the martial arts
I thought him very well.
For the past 30 years,
I've been hoping to find a disciple who's intelligent
and who can concentrate on his martial arts
so that I can pass my power down to him,
and get him to kill Ding Chun Chiu.
But
I waited a long time, and still couldn't find a disciple like this.
So that's how it is.
My boy,
Ding Chun Chiu thinks I'm dead
so he's getting more uncontrollable every day.
My boy, come here awhile,
I want to give you a painting.
This painting shows
the cave where I hid my martial arts tomes.
Go and learn the martial arts from those tomes
in this cave.
And you'll be able to defeat Ding Chun Chiu easily.
I
The woman in this painting,
lives in the cave.
Ask her to do me a favour
and guide you.
I don't think I'll be able to go.
I'm a disciple of Shaolin,
I want to follow my Master back to Shaolin Temple.
Do you think it's the will of the Gods
to allow such an evil person to do as he pleases?
I can't bear to think of the consequences!
Are you alright?
I've transferred my 70 years' worth of inner-force to you,
and will meet my end today.
Are you still not willing to call me Master?
Master!
My good boy,
you must kill Ding Chun Chiu,
to avenge your Master!
Eldest Brother!
Ding Chun Chiu!
You're no match for him!
I'll let you go for now!
We should settle our quarrel here and now!
Elder Marital Brother, you've had to pretend being a deaf mute for so long,
how troublesome for you!
Stop talking nonsense,
today I will avenge my Master
and destroy the villains within the Carefree Sect!
Stay back!
Lord Cosmos' martial arts are the greatest!
This is the ring of the leader of our sect.
It's yours now.
Thank you, Master.
You are my third disciple,
Sing He is your Elder Martial Brother, understand?
Yes, Master!
You are the now the new leader of the Carefree Sect.
The woman in the cave
will listen to your commands.
Master,
who is this woman
that you talk about so much?
She is my Younger Martial Sister
and she is also my greatest regret.
I hurt her
and I hurt myself.
My disciple,
do you remember
what I've asked you to do?
I remember!
Good
Very good...
Master!
Amitabha,
May the Gods
watch over you, Master
in the afterlife.
Senior
I cannot be your disciple
but I promise I will kill
Ding Chun Chiu for you.
I will fulfill my promise,
and will not let you down.
Elder Martial Brother Su!
Today I will destroy the evil influences within our sect!
Elder Martial Brother Su, are you alright?
Fine.
You're great indeed.
Let's go!
Leave them.
Do not to pursue them.
Eldest Brother, what now?
The chess game is over,
Ding Chun Chiu has been defeated by Su Sing He,
there's nothing that concerns us at this time,
so we'll take our leave now.
Then
what about my disciple?
You want me to take him along?
Today there are too many heroes present,
we'll let him go for now.
But we will get him later!
Let's go!
Gentlemen,
I must return to my home now
to settle some important matters.
Please excuse me.
If you would be willing
to rest here,
I will ask my disciples to make some preparations.
Please make yourselves at home.
Please excuse me. - You're too kind.
Please.
Follow me, Mr. Monk!
Master!
Xu Zhu,
Brother Su is a well-respected figure
You must obey
whatever he says.
Yes!
Master,
you finally left me all alone here!
You went before me!
Master! Master!
Come,
sit here!
Sit!
Brother!
I, Su Sing He,
pay my respects to the new leader of the Carefree Sect!
You
You don't have to be so respectful
I don't know how to handle this!
Younger Martial Brother,
you are a disciple of our sect,
and the leader of the Carefree sect.
Even though I am your Elder Martial Brother,
I must still kowtow to you!
I, you don't have to,
I wouldn't dare accept your kowtow!
Younger Martial Brother,
You saved me
and fulfilled my Master's wishes.
It is only right
that I kowtow to you!
I am a disciple of Shaolin,
there's no way I can become the disciple of another group!
You...
You're already wearing
the ring of leadership.
Therefore you are already the leader of the Carefree Sect.
No
Then I'll give it back to you.
I don't want it.
Keep it
Younger Martial Brother,
you accepted the responsibility from my Master when he was still alive,
how can you deny it now?
My Master has given you that ring,
so did he ask you
to kill Ding Chun Chiu?
Yes,
but my martial arts are too weak
so I might not be able to fulfill this promise properly.
Younger Martial Brother,
you do not know the things
that happened before.
I
Ding Chun Chiu knew his chances of becoming
the Carefree Sect leader were very slim.
So he resorted to trickery.
He pushed my Master from the top of a hill,
and left me with serious internal injuries.
What a cruel wretch!
He
Amitabha,
I shouldn't be angry at anyone, it's sinful!
The only reason I'm alive
is because at that time
his martial arts
were no match for mine!
After that,
I pretended that I had become a deaf mute
and only then did he stop
opposing me!
So that's what happened!
Before he died,
did my Master give you
a painting?
This...
You are our leader,
if you don't want to talk about it, I will not ask you again.
No, it's not that.
He asked me to go to the Wu Liang Hill in Dali
to find a martial arts tome there
and asked me to request that the lady in the picture
teach me martial arts.
But isn't this lady
Miss Wang?
Did he give me the wrong picture?
Who is Miss Wang? How old is she?
Miss Wang is Master Mu Rong's Younger Cousin.
She's still in her teens, I think.
My Master
painted this over 60 years ago,
so she may no longer look like this.
Just follow whatever my Master said
and kill Ding Chun Chiu to avenge my Master.
This...
I'm a disciple of Shaolin
I want to go back to Shaolin Temple.
As for this revenge thing, I will...
Younger Martial Brother,
you are the leader of our sect,
if you don't fulfill the wishes of my Master,
then wouldn't his death be meaningless?
No,
I am a monk, I'm not allowed to kill.