The scariest weapon in this world is not the Eighteen Arms of Martial Arts.
It's not the mental cultivation skills and sword play.
It's the human itself.
Well said.
If one is incompetent,
it would be useless even if he owns a legendary weapon.
There's nothing to fear.
I wonder if you could let me take a look at the Spirit Away sword?
Of course.
It's indeed a good sword.
I'll teach you Shaolin Tiger Taming Arhat Fist.
I'll add on Huashan Fumo Swordplay.
Give me the sword.
I can't do that.
Are the conditions offered not good enough?
Although I have an average inner force,
and I couldn't unleash the best of Spirit Away sword,
I've mastered the 13th move of the Spirit Away sword.
Your conditions are indeed not good enough.
You've mastered the 13th move?
That's right.
The 13th move, Tian Guang Jin.
Doesn't it deserve a better condition?
You really know the ropes.
I'll get down to business with you.
Tendon Change Classic's skills.
Or the secret to Nine Swords of Dugu.
Name your price.
I don't want any of it.
I have my own condition.
What conditions do you have?
I wonder if you mind that we answer a question at the same time.
What question is that?
Write down the name that matters most to you on your hand.
"Fang Ge"
We really do have something in common.
You like Fang Ge?
He has a wife.
You might have to suffer.
That's not my intention.
- Why did you write his name? - I made the suggestion.
Why don't you tell the reason that he's the most important person to you?
He's my benefactor.
My brother.
My bosom friend.
My buddy.
In short,
- he's the closest person to me. - In short, he's your god.
That's right.
He's my god.
He has the martial arts code of ethics,
and owns the legendary weapon of the world.
What are you laughing at?
Your god...
is the enemy who killed me father.
Nonsense!
I have evidence to prove it!
You, on the other hand.
Why are you overreacting?
Could you be involved in my father's death?
Young lady, we've never met.
I don't even know who was your father.
Why did you say that this never happened?
This...
- Young lady, did you remember wrongly? - Stop explaining for him.
How about this?
Let's compete against one another.
If I could defeat you within 12 moves of Spirit Away's swordplay,
tell me how do I crack Fang Ge's Yuan Gong Point Seal.
If I couldn't defeat you after unleashing all my techniques,
I will pass on Spirit Away sword's 13th move to you unconditionally.
How is that?
Young lady.
I'm familiar with the first 12 moves and proficient with the solutions.
This is unfair to you.
Are you still going to compete or not?
Yes.
But, let's not compete with weapons.
Let's compete in literature, all right?
All right.
First move of Spirit Away, Chuan Yun Po.
The Peach Blossom Island's Luo Ying Spirit Palm.
Crossing Clouds.
The reflection of palm up in the sky. One of five is real.
Second move of Spirit Away, Luo Ying Sheng.
Emei's swordplay, Spring Cloud Outburst.
Third move of Spirit Away, Qing Yan Luo.
Xiao Yao Sect's Six Yin Fist, Heaven and Earth Become One.
Warrior Qin's moves are fierce and ruthless.
Your sword is like the blade. As strong as wind.
Your reputation precedes you.
Are you going to admit defeat?
Although I'm not as experienced,
I've practised with Spirit Away for sometime.
It's too early to admit defeat now.
I'll go on till you admit defeat.
Fourth move of Spirit Away, Hua Ye Du.
The 24 Moves of Bai Yuen Sword, Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain.
I've told you earlier.
I'm familiar with the first 12 moves and proficient with the solutions.
You have to unleash the 13th move to defeat me.
If I do...
you'll be embarrassed to face your beloved Fang Ge.
You still won't admit defeat.
Both of you have deep friendships.
I couldn't help but to think you're homosexuals.
You look so beautiful.
But, your mouth is full of filth.
Seventh move of Spirit Away, Ying Lian Sheng.
The 13th Sword of God's Gate cracks the move.
Twelfth move of Spirit Away, Xi Feng Jue.
Dali Kingdom's One-finger Death Touch.
How was it?
Are you going to admit defeat?
I've always have a heartfelt admiration for Warrior Qin.
But, I haven't accomplished my goal.
I won't give up until the last moment.
Young lady, what's the point for you to struggle like this?
I have no other wishes in life.
I just wish to kill Fang Ge...
to avenge my father.
Young lady, I don't mind if you laugh at me.
I've came down in the world.
Fang family has been giving me financial assistance since young.
Brother Fang taught me martial arts and arranged my wedding.
He even bought me such a huge manor.
He knows that I love martial arts.
He has given me plenty of martial arts scriptures.
The Four-sided Meteor Square was personally taught by him.
You said a good person like him is your father's murderer.
I don't believe it.
He has done so much for you.
Did he ask what you really want?
These aren't important.
What matters is that without Fang Ge, there'll be no Qin Yu Sang.
I'm not trying to drive a wedge between you.
I just feel that it's not worth it for you to be wholly devoted to him.
Say no more.
Your 13th move of Spirit Away...
I don't want it anymore.
You may leave.
When my father died...
he was stabbed in the chest.
The wound had a shape of a crescent moon.
Everyone in the martial world knows.
This is Fang Ge's unique swordplay.
Nobody can learn it.
Young lady.
It's easy to forge this wound.
Stab with an ordinary sword,
and turn the wrist inward.
Control your strength and essential qi.
You can then create a wound with the shape of a crescent moon.
Even so...
your Brother Fang is not a good person.
Talk with evidence.
Don't throw accusation.
Take a trip to Big Buddha Temple with me.
The truth shall reveal.
Both benefactors.
Greetings.
Alliance Chief Fang is busy today.
He sent us here to retrieve the things that he kept here.
Please follow me.
Amitabha.
Fang used to come here to retrieve it in person.
He must be dealing with a big issue.
He has something to do and he couldn't leave.
He sent us here to retrieve it.
Sorry to make you worry.
Don't mention it.
May I know what would you like to retrieve?
Alliance Chief Fang said it's a paper sent by Mrs. Qin.
It's wrapped in oil paper.
There's a red wax seal on the outside.
Please hold on.
I'll get it from the back hall.
Could this be a love letter?
Could my wife and Fang Ge...
Here it is.
Open it and you'll know in a glance.
Fortunately.
I'm really shocked.
Fortunately?
Have you taken a good look at it?
Yes.
It's my wife's handwriting.
It's recorded with some martial arts moves.
It's not a love letter.
Shouldn't I be grateful for that?
Eighth of June.
I've obtained Eastern Emperor Tai Yi's sword manual.
The third, seventh, eighth and ninth moves,
could crack the 6th move of Chang Pai Qiu Shui's swordplay.
Do you understand it now?
My wife has just rearranged my collection of martial arts scriptures.
What's the big deal?
Look.
My wife has a good handwriting.
She arranged it in detailed too.
The people in martial arts said you're silly.
I think you're a fool.
Don't you know how valuable are these scriptures?
You're saying that...
my wife used these manuscripts...
to exchange for money with Fang Ge to make up for our family expenses?
Young lady.
Just tell me if I can't guess it right.
All right. Let me ask you.
In order to become an alliance chief,
what's the most important thing?
Let each sect lead a peaceful life.
Reduce the conflicts.
- Resolve conflicts. - How to achieve that?
First of all, one has to be highly skilled.
Let everyone supports him willingly.
Next, one has to be eloquent.
Everyone will be convinced with his words and reasoning.
- Also... - All right.
Don't go any further.
Let me ask you again.
What's the most powerful martial art?
One has to be like me.
No. Although we've never competed,
I admit that Brother Fang's skills are way above mine.
When you met him...
he's already highly skilled?
No.
Did he make a lot of progress in recent years like you?
Is there any collection of the martial arts manual that he doesn't know of?
It seems like none.
You address him as Brother Fang.
Actually, this whole time...
he has been using you.
He finds you a wife who understands Sanskrit.
He even made your wife,
translate the scriptures that you took great pains to collect,
into manuscripts and secretly pass them to him.
With this, he can suppress the various sects and factions.
He can give them advice and make them indebted to him,
thereby securing his position as the alliance chief.
I understand the things you said.
Although I'm slow, I'm not a fool.
He bought this manor for you.
He even finds you a wife.
You and your wife have stayed here for over ten years.
You almost never set foot outside.
You've taken great pains to research on martial arts for him.
You helped him rule the martial world.
Has he ever thanked you for that?
No, right?
To him...
you're just a pawn.
This manor is your cage.
Whereas, your wife...
is someone who supervises you.
Stop talking.
Young lady, I admit it.
You're right.
But without Brother Fang...
I would never lead the good life I have now.
So, all these things...
I won't blame him for it.
It seems like you won't be convinced until you face the grim reality.
Let's go.
I'll bring you to meet someone.
Who is that?
A very important person.
You'll understand everything when you see her.
Madam, why are you here?
I'm here to redeem someone.
Madam.
We do not practice servants' trading.
May I know who would you like to redeem?
My husband's surname is Qin.
Back then, he was addicted to gambling.
He has gambled away our six-year-old son, Yu Er, to you.
He even signed an indenture agreement.
Please give us a way out.
Please set my son free.
Madam.
There's no such person here.
I'm sorry but I can't help you.
Alliance Chief Fang!
Madam, please get up.
You surely know it.
My son is 27 years old this year.
There is a peanut-sized red birthmark on the back of his left shoulder.
It's exactly the same as your adopted brother, Qin Yu Sang.
Please show us some mercy and let me son go.
Madam, I'm not aware of this.
Please go back first.
I'll make a trip to Qin Manor when I'm free.
If it's true, I'll let Qin Yu Sang reunite with you.
These should be your savings over the years.
I can't accept it.
Thank you, alliance chief.
Housekeeper Li, see her off.
Madam, this way please.
Who are we meeting?
It's so far away.
You'll know when you see her.
You didn't finish your sentence.
We'll arrive in ten minutes' time.
Ask her if you have any doubts.
Help!
This is bad.
Help! Help!
Help!
Warrior Qin.
She's the one that I would like you to meet.
Protect her. I'll go after him.
It's Fang Ge!
It must be Fang Ge!
See clearly before you speak.
There's no one else.
I just went to Fang Manor.
I wanted to redeem my son.
He appeared to be agreeing to it in a grand manner.
He caught up to me moments later.
He wants to take away my indenture agreement.
Who's your son?
The current alliance's deputy.
Qin Yu Sang.
What did you say?
My son's name was Qin Yu.
When he was six, my husband gambled him away to Fang family.
I was thinking that our family is poor.
Perhaps, he could live well in Fang Manor.
That's why I didn't find him there.
Later on, my husband had a fight with others.
He has died.
I have worked hard to make a living and finally am doing better now.
But, I'm old now and I wish to have my son by my side.
I have dreams every night.
I keep dreaming of my son.
Then?
Later on, I heard that Fang family has an adoptive son, Qin Yu Sang.
He's 27 this year.
There is a peanut-sized red birthmark on the back of his left shoulder.
It's exactly the same as my son's.
I've saved enough and went to Fang Manor to redeem him.
You know what happened later.
How could that be?
My parents died when I was young.
How do I suddenly have a mother?
You are...
I'm Qin Yu Sang.
My Yu Er.
You're my Yu Er.
So many years have passed.
I could finally see you again.
My son is a grown man now.
How are you doing?
Did Fang Ge ill-treat you?
He treated me well.
Why did you ask that?
Forget it. It's in the past.
Don't bother mentioning it.
If you're really my mother...
tell me the whole truth.
Don't hide anything.
Tell me.
Back then, your father and I...
had a piece of crop land.
We led a pretty good life.
After that, we had you.
You didn't like anything else.
You were only interested with the martial arts.
Everyone said you're destined to be in a high position,
and have a great talent in martial arts.
Fang family found out about it,
and set up a trap.
They tricked your father...
and made him lose all our property.
In the end... they even took you away.
It's impossible.
At six years old?
Even if I was slow in understanding things,
I remember the events that happened when I was six.
Why do I not remember any of this?
What do you remember then?
My family came down in the world.
My parents died.
Fang family was indebted to my father.
Fang family took me in...
and raised me up.
Do you remember these...
or it's told by Fang Ge?
Do you remember how your parents looked like?
You don't remember anything, right?
That's because Fang Ge has messed up your memory.
For the sake of his martial arts and position,
he has gone to great lengths to do this.
Er Yue, don't run.
It's enough to put up such a show.
Do as I told.
Stab the dagger on your right shoulder.
Sprinkle the pig blood that we prepared on it.
Lie down deep in the bamboo forest. Don't give yourself away.
I'll head back and check on Qin Yu Sang,
and bring him here as soon as possible.
I take Fang Ge as my brother and bosom friend.
I respect him as my god.
I didn't expect that...
he would lie and hide these from me!
Fang Ge is still young.
But, he's so manipulative.
I pity my son for having been manipulated by him for half his life.
- I'll make things clear with me. - Yu Er.
Fang Ge is highly skilled and he's very influential.
Let's not provoke him.
How about my father's life?
How about the pain that you've endured?
I couldn't take in such a rage!
If you didn't bring it out into open,
and leave his side,
we could still have a slim chance of survival.
If you go to him but you couldn't put him to death,
he'll take revenge on us sooner or later.
Mother.
I have to put an end...
to the grudge between Fang Ge and I.
Go home and wait for me for three days.
If I could kill Fang Ge within three days,
I'll come back for you and we'll go far away.
If I don't make it back...
Mother.
Take a good care of yourself.
Warrior Qin.
- Where's your mother? - She has left.
Was that man in grey, Fang Ge?
That's right.
He put up such a good show.
I'm going to see him.
I'll take you there.
He has reached an impasse.
He used the last of his strength to protect himself,
and prevent others from hurting him.
Yuan Gong Seal.
Yes.
Warrior Qin.
He has been stabbed with my poison dagger.
If you unseal him hastily,
the poison might enter his body and kill him.
That's good. It saves me the trouble.
I couldn't do it!
He's not Fang Ge.
Why did you lie to me?
That's because she wants to see if you're loyal to Fang Ge.
You couldn't bring yourself to kill him,
even after being used by him for years.
Wan Xiang.
Why are you here?
City Master is afraid you'll get soft hearted.
She sent me here to help you complete the mission.
- Warrior Qin. - Don't come over.
It's not like that.
You've tricked me into such a situation.
What's there to explain?
I just wanted you to be disappointed with Fang Ge,
so that you would fake your death and go far away.
I'm quite disappointed with him.
Your plan has completed.
I didn't ask them to come.
I never wanted to kill you.
Is that so?
I'm willing to trust you.
But, tell me the truth.
Let me die knowing the truth.
It's true.
He made you lose your family's fortune...
and took you away.
He raised you up,
and let you worship him as a god.
How about my mother? Is she real?
The old woman that you saw was disguised by me.
It's only to confuse you.
But, your mother is still alive.
She looks very much like the one I disguised earlier.
You...
Warrior Qin.
Young lady.
Thanks for telling me but...
without Fang Ge...
the person that I am today wouldn't exist.
Even when I'm dying...
I have no complaints too.
Warrior Qin.
Warrior Qin!
Feng Zhu.
Yes.
Send him to the place in vicinity of Big Buddha Temple two days later.
Remember. Don't leave him inside the temple or places far from it.
I'll use blood...
and imitate Qin Yu Sang's writing,
and write down the word "Fang".
I'll make the shape of crescent moon on his wound.
As to the method of creating a crescent moon shape,
you'll have to ask Miss Wan Mei about it.
Miss Wan Xiang.
I know how to make that shape.
When Qin Yu Sang was teaching Master Wan Mei,
- I was listening by the window. - Er Yue!
A wicked person like you...
doesn't know loyalty!
I shouldn't have gone soft hearted...
and keep you by my side.
Sister Mei.
Qin Yu Sang is dead now.
No matter how sad you are, he wouldn't come back to life.
We might as well focus on perfecting the details.
It's good that we've completed the mission.
You too!
You witnessed your own mother dying before you.
You... You made use of other's mother!
You're really vicious.
What?
Master Wan Xiang is promoted and I'm not good enough for her.
Otherwise, you won't have the chance to glare at me.
Master Wan Xiang.
I spoke of out of turn to seek undue advantage.
Please be kind to me.
Don't tell others about it.
You should be asking for mercy from your Master Wan Mei.
If she tells City Master about your doings,
you'll need to make a trip to the torture chamber.
I'm wrong.
I'm afraid to die.
Master Wan Xiang, please back me up and save my life.
You forestall others.
Any mistakes can then be forgiven.
I got it.
Alliance Chief Fang.
Since you're here today,
did you bring Han Xiu's murderer along?
Not only I didn't do that,
I would like to renegotiate the terms with you.
Although you're a prince,
you're making a living in the martial world.
I have to remind you.
You need to walk the talk.
You must be joking.
I'll surely hand over the murderer.
But this time...
I'm here for another matter.
I would like to hear the details.
I would like to discuss this with you.
Resign from Han Xiu's salt industry on your own accord.
Let me take over it.
Also, I need you to write a letter for me.
I'll bring it to Xue Yan Mansion.
If I made it,
we'll split it, thirty-seventy.
Why should I do that?
For the satisfaction of all.
I need to give away a business with guaranteed profit.
I would like to hear how is it for the satisfaction of all?
You would earn lesser.
But, I can help to contain certain matters.
For instance, Qin Yu Sang's biological mother.
I've heard about this too.
But, it's a baseless claim.
Don't you worry about it.
You've heard about it?
The first priority in business dealings...
is to practice what you preach.
His biological mother is staying temporarily in Gui Hua City.
She has the indenture agreement from back then.
According to her, she came to visit you yesterday.
You promised her that you'll take her to Qin Manor to reunite with her son.
It's less than a day since she came to see you.
Yet, you said you've heard about it?
Alliance Chief Fang.
You're not being honest.
If so...
show me the indenture agreement.
I'll come up with another plan.
Whether it's real or not...
you surely know it.
From the looks of it, you're just trying to stall the time,
with the indenture agreement.
I deem myself as a smart person.
A smart person would seize the opportunity to boost the support.
If this get out....
I'm afraid this would damage Warrior Qin's and your reputation.
People in the martial arts would gossip about you.
Alliance Chief Fang.
You should be able to figure this out.
I'll send you the invitation card tomorrow.
I've other things to attend to.
You may return.
With the support from salt industry in the future,
I'll surely often be in touch with you.
You'll surely gain a lot of benefit from it.
I shall not send you off.
I'll take my leave.
A privately owned salt business.
Something so unpresentable...
would be seated on such an elegant mountain peak.
"Xue Yan Mansion"
Everyone.
I don't mean to trespass.
But I came here with a referral.
What's your name?
Who introduced you?
If Xue Yan Mansion's chief asks me, I'll surely answer it.
All of you are just servants.
Let's just cut the crap.
I won't hold back next time.
Step aside.
Yue Ying, wait for me here.
I'm from Ting Zhu Court of Gui Hua City.
Greetings, Chief of Salt Gang.
You're the one who's taking over Han Xiu's business.
You haven't paid a visit here, right?
It's my first time here. I'm unaware of the rules.
So, I asked Chief Fang to recommend me.
I came to pay a visit.
I seek for your kind understanding.
The amount looks good.
But, you're short of something.
Please do let me know.
Do you know you have to pass three tests to join the industry?
I'd like to hear the details.
The first is to test on your courage.
You managed to enter this place.
That proves your courage.
You've passed the first test.
- What about the second test? - A test on your talent.
Please lift your head.
Guess which god is it in the painting on that wall.