﻿Power Dissipating Skill?
﻿Yu-er.
﻿Yu-er, did you have an encounter
﻿with Ding Chunqiu?
﻿Ding Chunqiu? I don't know who he is.
﻿Where did you learn ﻿Power Dissipating Skill?
﻿I've never learned it.
﻿A strong opponent is arriving.
﻿Tianlong Temple's repute hangs
﻿in the balance.
﻿Is it worth your exerting strength
﻿on this boy?
Elder, ﻿you're right.
﻿Uncle.
﻿I didn't know Reverence Kurong was here.
﻿Forgive my impudence.
Elder is practising the Kurong Skill and
﻿has been in seclusion for years.
﻿No one has seen him apart from us.
﻿It isn't your fault.
﻿This is an important matter.
﻿Great Wheel Guardian Jiumozhi
﻿will be arriving soon.
﻿Zhengming, read his letter.
﻿Yes.
﻿I befriended Master Murong Bo
﻿in my youth.
﻿He was in awe of the Six Meridian
﻿Divine Swords from your monastery.
﻿Master Murong has passed away.
As a ﻿gesture of repayment,
﻿I seek the skill's manual to burn
﻿before Master Murong's tomb.
﻿I will arrive soon to retrieve it.
﻿Jiumozhi is the high priest of Tibet.
﻿He is well-versed in the scriptures.
﻿He holds a chanting session every
﻿five years where all the monks in
﻿the Western Regions will gather
﻿at Dalun Monastery to listen to him.
﻿Not only is he versed in scriptures,
﻿he is also highly skilled.
﻿It's said he has mastered many
﻿new and powerful skills of late.
﻿Six Meridian Divine Swords is
﻿Tianlong Monastery's divine skill.
﻿It is also the foundation of
﻿Dali's Duan family.
﻿I've only heard of the skill,
﻿but have never seen it.
﻿Jiumozhi demanded the manual
﻿to burn before Master Murong's tomb.
Doesn't he fear the prowess of
﻿the Six Meridian Divine Swords?
﻿Amitabha
﻿I'm ashamed.
﻿The manual for the Six Meridian
﻿Divine Swords is in Tianlong Temple,
﻿but it takes a strong foundation
﻿to master the skill.
Over the last 100 years,
﻿no one has mastered the skill.
﻿Even Reverend Kurong needs time to
﻿master the skill he is practising.
﻿This is the reason Reverend Kurong
﻿stopped us from using our inner
﻿energy to expel your nephew's poison.
﻿Your nephew's life is in
﻿no immediate danger.
Let him stay here for ﻿now.
﻿If his condition deteriorates,
﻿I will treat him immediately.
﻿After we fend off the enemy,
we ﻿will expel the poison in his body.
﻿Reverend Kurong is right.
﻿Zhengming is grateful.
﻿If the six of us practise the
﻿Six Meridian Divine Swords together,
﻿our inner energy won't be enough
﻿for us to master the skill.
Let's practice one stance each,﻿
﻿then join forces later.
Zhengming, make up the numbers Yes.
﻿Elder, Zhengming is a martial arts
﻿exponent, and can master
﻿one stance easily.
﻿But our rules state that only
﻿monks can practise this skill.
﻿I intend to devote my life to Buddha.
﻿I'm willing to take the tonsure
﻿and fight the enemy with you.
﻿Uncle!
﻿This is wonderful.
﻿After the tonsure, we will impart
﻿the Six Meridian Divine Swords to you.
﻿After we fight off the enemy,
﻿you may return to secular life.
﻿Reverend is benevolent.
﻿Please conduct the tonsure for me.
﻿One's mind is still in Samadhi
﻿Success is pre-destined.
﻿Desires rise not with purity.
﻿Calm your fires in an instant.
﻿Amitabha
﻿I will impart the Six Meridian
﻿Divine Swords to you.
﻿The Six Meridian Divine Swords
﻿do not refer to real swords.
﻿The power of the Yiyang Finger is
﻿harnessed as a sword's energy.
﻿It has power but no form,
﻿and is an invisible sword.
﻿Junior Benchen is versed
﻿in the Yiyang Finger.
﻿You only need to remember the formula.
﻿You will practise Guanchong Sword.
﻿I will practise Shaoshang Sword.
﻿Benguan, practise Zhongchong Sword.
﻿Benxiang, practise Shaochong Sword.
﻿Bencan will practise Shaoze Sword.
﻿Benyin will practise Shangyang Sword.
﻿Yu-er, how do you feel?
﻿There are many channels of energy
﻿flowing through my body.
﻿When I pictured Elder's drawing,
﻿energy flowed to my Tanzhong Point.
﻿It's overpowering me.
﻿My chest is about to explode.
﻿Calm down and look at me.
﻿I'll teach you how to
﻿regulate your energy.
﻿Amitabha
﻿I'm fine.
﻿Uncle's energy regulation is great.
﻿I have nothing to do anyway.
﻿Mercy be upon us.
﻿Great Wheel Guardian has arrived.
How are your preparations?
﻿It's enough to fend him off.
﻿Invite Great Wheel Guardian in.
﻿Yu-er, there will be a fierce battle
﻿I won't be able to protect you.
﻿Go to the inner hall.
﻿But Uncle, I...
﻿I want to be with you.
﻿I'm worried about you.
﻿This child is filial.
﻿Yu-er, stand beside me.
﻿Even if Great Wheel Guardian is
﻿powerful, I won't let him harm you.
Yes.
﻿Jiumozhi pays his respects to
﻿all his elders.
﻿Amitabha
Trees wither ﻿come their time.
﻿South, north, west, east.
﻿All are but transitional.
﻿Great Wheel Guardian is learned
﻿and lives up to your name.
﻿You were able to decipher the
﻿meaning behind my religious name
﻿I befriended Master Murong Bo
﻿30 years ago under Mt Shaoshi.
﻿We discussed swordplay.
﻿Thanks to his explanation,
﻿I was able to gain insight into
﻿the world of martial arts.
﻿He also gave me martial arts manuals
﻿I will never forget his kindness.
Master Murong has since passed on.
﻿It is a deep regret of mine that
﻿I didn't repay his kindness.
﻿It was fate that brought you and
﻿Master Murong together.
﻿Since that affinity is over,
﻿why are you pursuing it?
﻿Master Murong described Dali's
﻿Tianlong Monastery's Six Meridians
﻿Divine Sword as the most powerful
﻿swordplay in the world.
﻿It was his eternal regret that
﻿he had never seen the swordplay
﻿I promised to help fulfil his wish.
﻿Since I made him a promise,
I will never go back on ﻿my word.
﻿Six Meridians Divine Sword is
﻿Tianlong Temple's guarded secret.
﻿Must we lend you the manual
﻿because of a promise you made?
﻿Six Meridians Divine Sword is
﻿the foundation of your monastery.
﻿How could I expect to borrow it
﻿without a price?
﻿These three manuals were written
﻿by Master Murong.
﻿The 72 arts of Shaolin
﻿and the methods to overcome them
﻿are recorded here.
﻿If Tianlong Temple has this,
﻿you will be on a par with Shaolin.
﻿You will also be deemed the
﻿world's most powerful monastery.
﻿I'm willing to use these manuals
﻿to exchange the manual of
﻿the Six Meridians Divine Sword, to
﻿fulfil the promise I made.
﻿I will be grateful to you.
﻿Before you hand me the manual,
﻿feel free to make a copy.
﻿After I receive the manual,
﻿I will seal it and not look at it.
﻿I'll burn it at Master Murong's tomb.
﻿The contents of the manual
﻿will not be leaked to outsiders.
﻿In these 72 forms of martial arts,
﻿Flower Pinching Finger,
﻿Duoluoye Finger and Wuxiang Jie
﻿Finger are similar to your sect's
Yiyang Finger
﻿I'll demonstrate the skills to
﻿the venerables present here today.
﻿Flower Pinching Finger.
﻿Duoluoye Finger.
﻿It seems to boast of power,
﻿but my skills are lacking.
﻿Duoluoye Finger lives up to its name.
﻿I'm in awe.
﻿My skills are mediocre.
﻿The elders here must be mocking me.
﻿Great Wheel Guardian came from afar
and has shown great sincerity.
﻿How should we decide?
﻿Please provide guidance.
Benyin, why do we practice martial arts?
﻿To protect the monastery.
﻿What skill should we use to
﻿protect the monastery?
﻿We should use Yiyang Finger.
Which stage of Yiyang Finger
﻿have you mastered?
﻿I'm slow and have only mastered
﻿the fourth stage.
﻿There is no distinction between
﻿skills, only in your prowess.
﻿If you'd mastered Yiyang Finger,
would you need to practice other skills?
﻿Elder, you're right.
﻿We have not mastered Yiyang Finger.
﻿Why do we need others' Skill set?
﻿It has been hard on you.
﻿Do pardon us.
﻿Pardon my impudence.
﻿Allow me to speak my mind.
﻿If Six Meridians Divine Sword is
as ﻿powerful as Master Murong said,
﻿even if you have the manual,
you may not be able to master it.
﻿Even if someone masters it,
﻿he may not be as formidable.
Are you trying to
﻿agitate us into displaying
﻿Six Meridians Divine Sword?
﻿Real gold does not fear fire.
﻿I'd like to see for myself
﻿how powerful the world's
﻿supreme swordplay is.
﻿After you.
﻿If Uncle uses Shangyang Sword
﻿after Guangchong Sword, he will
﻿be able to defeat this darn monk.
﻿Reverend Kurong has landed himself
﻿in such a state.
﻿Kurong Meditation can't be any good.
﻿Observe the swordplay carefully.
﻿Elder, I was bored just now and
﻿have memorised the manual of
﻿the Six Meridians Divine Sword.
﻿I didn't mean to defy you.
﻿You have an amazing memory.
﻿It is the Duans' good fortune.
﻿You didn't defy me by self-studying.
Reverend Kurong's meditation
﻿is indeed powerful.
﻿I'm in awe.
﻿But the Six Meridians Divine Sword
﻿Master Murong admired isn't the
﻿sword formation each of you displayed.
﻿It seems you're not able to
﻿bring out the true potential of
﻿the Six Meridians Divine Sword.
﻿Since we can't harness its power,
﻿we'll leave it to the one who can.
﻿We will stop practising it.
﻿The manual!
﻿Amitabha.
﻿Reverend Kurong, you!
﻿Amitabha.
Since ﻿Reverend Kurong has
destroyed the Six Meridians
﻿Divine Sword, I'll take my leave.
﻿Uncle!
﻿The Tibetan King admires the Dali King.
﻿Your Majesty, I'd like to invite
﻿you to meet him in Tibet.
﻿He used to be King, but has taken
﻿the tonsure and is known as Benchen.
Benchan, ﻿since the King of Tibet
﻿wants to see you, you should go.
Yes.
﻿Release my uncle.
﻿Who are you?
﻿Why should you care?
﻿You're lowdown and despicable.
﻿You claim to want to offer the
﻿Six Meridians Divine Sword manual
﻿to Master Murong, but you're
﻿plotting to learn my family's skill.
﻿Don't malign me.
﻿It was a promise I made.
﻿What promise?
﻿Master Murong is dead.
﻿No one will believe your promise.
﻿If you continue spouting nonsense,
﻿I'll kill him.
﻿Uncle!
﻿Yu-er, don't bother about me.
﻿Have your father ascend the throne
﻿I'm just an old monk who isn't
﻿worth your worry.
﻿I can't let him take you away.
﻿I thought Tianlong Temple only
﻿practised internal skills.
﻿But someone has mastered
﻿the Power Dissipating Skill.
﻿What makes you say that?
﻿Old Freak of Xingxiu is known to
﻿be a despicable cad.
﻿How would my nephew know him?
﻿I'm honoured to meet a young
﻿exponent of the Duan family.
﻿Let's exchange pointers.
﻿You're a despicable monk.
﻿All you do is launch sneak attacks.
﻿What kind of hero are you?
﻿You mastered the Six Meridians
﻿Divine Sword despite your young age.
﻿You know our family's prowess now.
﻿I can easily exhibit Guanchong Sword,
﻿Shaoshang Sword and Shaoze Sword.
﻿Don't you want to experience
﻿Dali's Six Meridians Divine Sword?
﻿I'll give you a taste of it.
﻿He isn't able to flaunt the Six
﻿Meridians Divine Sword at will yet.
﻿Six Meridians Divine Sword is
﻿powerful. I now know its prowess.
﻿I take my leave.
﻿Don't come over!
﻿Reverend Kurong has burned the
﻿Six Meridians Divine Sword manual.
﻿This young man knows the skill well.
﻿He is a living manual.
﻿I will bring him before Master
﻿Murong's tomb and burn him to death.
﻿What? You want to burn me to death?
﻿Release Yu-er now.
﻿Let's go.
﻿Darn monk, let me go!
﻿This is heaven's will.
﻿Amitabha.
﻿Chief, your letter.
﻿Is it from Murong Fu?
﻿No, it's from Shaolin Monastery.
﻿Shaolin?
﻿How is it possible?
﻿Chief, what happened?
﻿Summon all the elders here now.
Yes.
﻿Branch Master Quan.
﻿Let's go in.
﻿Something must have happened for
﻿Chief Qiao to summon us so urgently.
﻿Elders.
- Branch Master - After you.
﻿Branch Master Quan.
﻿Chief only summoned the sect's elders.
﻿You...
﻿Save your nonsense.
﻿Mrs Ma, I'm sorry,
﻿but I have a duty to carry out.
﻿I can't let you go in.
﻿Branch Master Quan, I must go in.
﻿Let's see how you can stop me.
﻿Mrs Ma, you can't go in.
Mrs Ma, the Beggar Sect has strict rules.
﻿Chief will be displeased if you go in.
﻿Qiao Feng won't be able to
﻿do anything to me.
﻿Mrs Ma, stop causing trouble.
﻿Leave.
﻿How dare you order me about!
﻿Leave.
- ﻿Quan Guanqing. - Yes.
﻿Why do I hear you've been
﻿frequenting the gambling den?
﻿Elder Bai, nothing of that sort.
﻿They are rumours. Don't believe them.
﻿It'd better be so.
﻿Sect rules prohibit members from
going to gambling dens and brothels Yes.
﻿Without Reverend Xuanbei,
﻿Beggar Sect wouldn't have upheld
﻿its repute during the Taishan Meet.
Neither ﻿would we have become the leader.
﻿My life was saved by Reverend Xuanbei.
﻿He was the Beggar Sect's benefactor.
﻿We will send you off here.
﻿Reverend Xuanbei, go in peace.
﻿Elder Wu, what happened?
﻿Chief received a letter from Shaolin.
﻿Reverend Xuanbei was killed by
﻿his own skill, Dawei Stance, while
﻿spending the night in Daping
﻿Monastery on his way to Dali.
﻿Chief, this is returning one
﻿with one's own way.
﻿We haven't avenged
﻿Deputy Chief Ma's death.
﻿Reverend Xuanbei was killed by him.
﻿We can't agree to it.
﻿That's right, we can't agree.
﻿Avenge Reverend Xuanbei.
﻿Yes, we must avenge him.
﻿Everyone, calm down.
﻿Murong Fu didn't kill the reverend.
What? But... Chief, what are you saying?
﻿Reverend Xuanbei was killed
﻿by the Dawei Stance.
﻿It is a Shaolin skill.
﻿Amongst all the reverends,
﻿only Reverend Xuanbei practised it.
﻿Yes.
﻿Apart from returning one with
﻿one's own way, who could have used
﻿the Dawei Stance to kill?
﻿That's right.
﻿Abbot Xuanci wrote that
Reverend Xuanbei was killed ﻿on
the 21st of the 8th month.
﻿But I was in Xinyang with
﻿Murong Fu on the 18th.
﻿We met in Ke Baisui's house.
﻿How could he have rushed to Luzhou
﻿to commit murder in four days?
Yes, that makes sense.
﻿Xinyang is far away from Luzhou.
﻿Even if one travels without stopping,
﻿the journey takes five to six days.
﻿Murong Fu couldn't have rushed
﻿to Luzhou in four days.
﻿Beggar Sect and Shaolin are
﻿implicated in the series of murders.
﻿Murong Fu seems to be the culprit.
﻿Something must be brewing,
﻿but I can't guess what it is yet.
﻿As the pugilistic alliance leader,
﻿I can't let the murderer escape.
﻿Yes.
﻿Elder Bai.
﻿Yes, Chief?
﻿Call for a sect meeting.
﻿Murong Fu and I will travel to
﻿Shaolin to find out what happened.
I must get to the bottom of the murders.
﻿I have to quell this disturbance
﻿so Chief Ke, Brother Ma and
﻿Reverend Xuanbei can rest in peace.
Yes.
﻿Place your bets.
﻿Done.
﻿Big...
﻿Open! Small.
﻿Goodness.
﻿Again.
﻿Place your bets.
﻿What is going on?
﻿Lend me 100 taels.
﻿Sign on the slip.
﻿Your total loan is 400 taels.
﻿Are you placing your bets?
﻿Hurry.
﻿What's the rush?
﻿Master Quan, affix your thumbprint.
Place your bets.
We're opening.
- Good. - Place your bets.
- Big. - Open.
﻿I can't tell which sect he is from.
﻿Chief Qiao, why are you here?
﻿Mrs Ma, I saw Master Quan go in.
﻿Branch Master Quan? Impossible.
﻿He was buying candied haw for his son.
﻿It's fine then.
﻿Kang Min.
﻿She isn't home at this hour?
﻿Do you intend to handle ﻿Dayuan's death like this?
﻿Brother Ma would agree with me.
﻿You don't respect Dayuan at all.
﻿Mrs Ma.
﻿Dayuan treated you as a brother
﻿when he was alive.
﻿He was always helping you.
﻿But after he died,
﻿you're taking Murong Fu's side.
﻿Is this the right thing to do?
﻿Murong Fu didn't kill Brother Ma.
﻿I have no dealings with Murong Fu.
﻿Why should I defend him?
﻿Mrs Ma, fulfil your duty by
﻿mourning Brother Ma.
﻿Elder Ba is a busy man.
﻿If you need help, ﻿I will send other men to help.
﻿What do you mean?
﻿You're a smart woman.
﻿Don't get too full of yourself.
﻿You've always belittled me.
﻿Qiao Feng, I will see that
﻿you regret this.
﻿Here.
﻿Sirs, your wine.
﻿Chief, it's been a long time
﻿since we drank together.
﻿Elder Bai, I'm drinking with you
﻿in the capacity of a brother today.
﻿Don't be too formal.
﻿Let's drink.
﻿We'll drink to our hearts content.
- Cheers! - Let's get drunk!
﻿Good wine.
﻿Brother Bai, after Brother Ma's
﻿sudden death,
﻿the sect's elders and you have
﻿been sharing my burden.
﻿It's our duty.
You've also been a great help to Mrs Ma.
﻿You've been close to Mrs Ma.
No, I...
﻿Mrs Ma has been stressed since
﻿Deputy Chief Ma passed away.
﻿I merely kept her company.
﻿Don't imagine anything else.
﻿I treat her as my sister-in-law.
﻿I'm not thinking otherwise.
﻿I see.
﻿But people talk,
﻿and you're the Elder of Discipline.
﻿Don't do anything wrong.
﻿Thank you for the reminder.
﻿I will take note.
﻿Teacher and Deputy Chief Ma are gone.
Everyone in the sect has to stand united.
﻿Don't read too much into it.
﻿Let's drink.
﻿All right.
﻿Chief knows about Kang Min and me.
﻿I was bewitched by her.
﻿I'll have to extricate myself.
﻿Quan Guanqing, come out.
﻿Go in and get him.
﻿Quan Guanqing, come out.
Let my son go!
﻿Come out quickly.
- Let my so﻿n go! - Father.
- Save me! - Son!
Old Fogey, how dare you attack my wife
﻿and son over a few taels!
﻿Branch Master Quan, you affixed
﻿your thumbprint on this.
﻿I copied this. Take a look.
﻿When did I mortgage my house
﻿and family to you?
﻿I never signed this.
﻿Branch Master Quan, you signed it
﻿last night. Have you forgotten?
﻿You tricked me. Return it to me!
﻿One should repay one's loan.
﻿Release them.
﻿Thank you. Let's go.
- ﻿Are you all right? - Son.
﻿Mrs Ma, thank you for helping me.
﻿You were brothers with my husband.
﻿I won't stand by and do nothing.
﻿But Qiao Feng is not doing
﻿anything about my husband's death.
﻿Elder Quan, you can't let him
﻿die an unjust death.
﻿Qiao Feng isn't fit to be chief.
﻿Branch-Master Quan, you're more
﻿able than him.
﻿Mrs Ma, you're right.
Qiao Feng ﻿is more highly skilled.
﻿But when it comes to experience,
﻿he is nowhere near me.
﻿Moreover, he is too young and
﻿isn't able to command respect.
﻿Branch Master Quan, the rest of
﻿the sect thinks the same,
﻿but no one dares say anything.
﻿Chief Wang and Deputy Chief Ma
﻿supported him when they were alive.
﻿Who would dare oppose him?
﻿The thought of Dayuan upsets me.
﻿What do you mean?
I suspect Qiao Feng had a hand
﻿in Dayuan's death.
﻿How so?
Qiao Feng was﻿n't as close to
﻿Dayuan as all of you think.
﻿Qiao Feng seemed to respect Dayuan.
﻿But he grabbed the credit
﻿and left Dayuan to clean his mess.
﻿I told Dayuan to discuss it with
﻿the sect's elders.
﻿But he endured it because
﻿Qiao Feng is Chief Wang's disciple.
﻿I didn't expect he would suffer
﻿such a fate.
﻿I didn't know that.
﻿And...