1389Please respect copyright.PENANAbBT9EnZIaz
Chapter I: Feast on the Snowy Mountain1389Please respect copyright.PENANAHdykZspGnq
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAsPahoo41SY
Severe winter, bitter cold in the Dragon Mountain. Snow covers everything and the earth is completely white. Snowflakes fall like rain. A young, healthy, tall, and handsome man, nevertheless, walks on this Mountain. He wears a white gown made of silk and, despite the bitter cold, he holds a white folding fan and fans himself. He looks like a wealthy and well educated man, a scholar maybe. What is he doing on a snowy and desolate mountain like this? Does he want to meet someone? Or he just wants to gaze at the beautiful scenery the white with snow mountain offers?1389Please respect copyright.PENANAka27ZYCPRG
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAKRaQ0Hwfvq
The young man is smiling and says again and again, "Good scenery! Good snow!". As he walks, he finds a young man with teared clothes digging a grave. The grave is quite deep and large and it is truly admirable how someone could dig such a grave in such bitter cold. But why would he dig a grave? For himself? Although poor, he seems healthy and could live for many more decades.1389Please respect copyright.PENANAxOEmuag8I4
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAMBhnoVaSd5
The young man stares at the digger and asks: "For who do you dig this grave?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAwpfNRLMJk3
1389Please respect copyright.PENANARH4YtZEcqO
"For a man named Lung Chang."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAstDiiwRrIK
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAQykWGbvkSj
The young man laughs.1389Please respect copyright.PENANAq6RHtSbfn0
1389Please respect copyright.PENANApPcpuoRRQi
"Ai-ya! You are going to kill Lung Chang?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANA6hsOqDz0Vb
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAbgnXvAkFIs
"Me? No. I have just been paid to dig a grave for him. I do not even know who Lung Chang is."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAyS5AkCfMdY
1389Please respect copyright.PENANASnrtS2FbK8
"Would you like to learn who he is?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAv2HNGU3vuE
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAnJpsidFPX9
The digger remains silent for a while and then replies, "Why not?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAJTCgSHpEYJ
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAv9rw6pzKUJ
"I am Lung Chang."1389Please respect copyright.PENANA4Ankv3Mobw
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAnJOB88TQYP
The digger's face becomes pale when he hears his name.1389Please respect copyright.PENANAlGNowgY219
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAIENnxYguht
"So....I am....digging a grave for you?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAZGEMnWy5nn
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAxU4MfEPTkm
"From what you told me, yes."1389Please respect copyright.PENANApOpC96e7Fs
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAkmR1QhSt6r
The most weird thing about the whole conversation is that Lung Chang remains calm and smiles all the time. Which man would be so calm and happy when he sees someone digging a grave for him? Could it be that Lung Chang expects to die soon and is happy that he will have a decent grave? Could it be that he is confident that his Kung Fu is more than a match for any opponent, and so he is not taking such threats seriously? Could it be that Lung Chang is a carefree man who is always happy, no matter what happens? Could it be some other reason? Anyway, going back to our story, Lung Chang suddenly hears the sound of people coming towards him.1389Please respect copyright.PENANAjYcd8eeR3F
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAg0pwXhrLDZ
A group of more than twenty people, all dressed like restaurant waiters, walks towards him. Some carry boxes of food, some carry a table and some chairs and some carry jars of wine. The group soon places the table and the chairs on the ground, below a tall and beautiful Peace Blossom Tree, and then puts the food and the wine on the table. Before Lung Chang can inquire them on what is going on, the men run away. The digger also runs away. Lung Chang stays alone. Well, at least he has wine to drink and food to eat.1389Please respect copyright.PENANAVe2HKrbIzG
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAUofjxXlCDw
He opens one of the jars with the wine and smells it. "Good wine!", he says and proceeds to drink it. As he begins to drink it, he hears some steps. Someone is coming towards him. He sees a middle-aged thin man with scruffy beard and wearing a blue Taoist gown coming towards him. What is a Taoist Priest doing on top of a desolate and snowy mountain? Is he looking for someone? Maybe he came to look for Lung Chang? The Taoist Priest seems to be very muscular, even more than people twenty or more years younger than him, and a long and very sharp sword, which is made of jade and decorated with gems, is hanging from his waist.1389Please respect copyright.PENANA88fyZlXNKP
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAXK2oA7p7Tg
Lung Chang, instead of being surprised to see such a man coming on such a desolate place, greets him warmly like a friend, even though he does not know him.1389Please respect copyright.PENANA868tQlygAc
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAWTlcXHIIDg
"Priest", Lung Chang says while pointing at the table. "Please sit with me and enjoy some wine and food. I do not know about the food, but the wine is very good."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAFUCsVoHLge
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAooeQOc9qWU
"Hahaha! Of course. Of course. How could I not sit and enjoy the wine I ordered?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANA7WEmBRaSUg
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAjWRvqakqpT
"Oh! So, you were the one who invited me here, right?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANA5W54GIpQIp
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAiRyBdw0foe
"It seems that you are gifted with divine powers of perception."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAi7JiYQ0vn6
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAe6S7EjB5YV
"Hahaha! Priest, you are overrating me. Let us drink some wine."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAcW3bZclPqz
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAU1lkbCJTVR
"That's right!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAgBgjDl8vva
1389Please respect copyright.PENANA7BeKn68Zu8
The Taoist Priest grabs a jar of wine and throws it with all of his power towards Lung Chang. The Priest put so much internal energy on throwing the jar, that it could easily kill someone. Lung Chang somersaults and catches the jar while on the air. He then lies on the white with snow ground, below the Peace Blossom Tree, and drinks all of the wine. After finishing it, he throws away the jar and shouts with excitement, "Good wine!".1389Please respect copyright.PENANAdTXyYhI6MW
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAzgEJS61cbM
"And good Qinggong!", the Priest remarks. "Do you want to know why I invited you here?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAAAjtwcCGIj
1389Please respect copyright.PENANApCkUPqqdgT
"Let me guess! You want to make friends with me and, as the saying goes, wine makes friends. So, you invited me here to drink wine with you and become good friends, right?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAVMjDbf2rFO
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAF0TlRrVYxw
"Hahaha! No....no...no. I invited you here because I want to kill you."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAsj2APtaGnI
1389Please respect copyright.PENANA98HgDBNng5
"Am I so important that you brought such good wine and came to such a desolate place only in order to kill me? I am honored. I am honored."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAM3y8sUM55Z
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAZe8SxMXDKm
"Lung Chang, do you know who I am?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANA14UK2cKwkj
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAWpEzOfG3rG
"Only one person has the 'Deadly Jade Sword', and that is the Chief of the Wudang Sect, Priest Yue Li."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAWopVwWkcch
1389Please respect copyright.PENANA4iPQ64cSyg
"You indeed have divine powers of perception."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAfFBf7alcjr
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAkrKmh7jXCS
"Hahahaha! I am flattered that such a respectable Master says such good words for me. Let us drink some wine!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANA02u8DcCluj
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAeqTmI3QJud
Both men grab a jar of wine each, open it, shout "cheers!" and drink to their heart's content.1389Please respect copyright.PENANA8U4BGshSRm
1389Please respect copyright.PENANA8azuqBcYxg
Yue Li, then, says: "It is shame that we are enemies. If we were not enemies, we would surely become best friends, even sworn brothers."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAIklTkyo2aW
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAr6lVKdu2nz
"You never know. We may become friends. As the saying goes, fight makes friends."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAxq39Kz23uU
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAALJ8VDXjCe
"Hahahaha! Shall we begin?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAqDtqKulSDp
1389Please respect copyright.PENANACjr2YvXiMI
"Why the hurry? If we fight, one of us might end up dead. Let us first get drunk with this wonderful wine and let us eat this delicious food you brought. It would be a shame to waste such good wine and food, right?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANA2K1gQ7R64h
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAY74vNU6RG9
"Right!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAJheMdTSAp1
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAjbubdvwOEK
The two men take another jar of wine each and drink. After a large gulp, Lung Chang lets out a breath and says, "Very good wine! Very, very good wine!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAohrFX56idJ
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAbcsHoi9cqc
The Priest takes a large gulp and, after staring for a few second's at Lung Chang's fan, says: "Nice fan!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANA0TKosOi1wN
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAQ80doMKvoQ
Lung Chang opens his fan, revealing some well written and elegant characters: "心在水精域 (My heart is in a world of water and crystal)".1389Please respect copyright.PENANADBfuhPNrCB
1389Please respect copyright.PENANA1RWnBLCTW5
"Nice poem, good characters!", the Priest says after taking two more gulp.1389Please respect copyright.PENANAOQxjO33luV
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAda3L49HIFq
"You flatter too much an untalented man like me. The poem comes from Du Fu, the great poet of the late Tang Dynasty. It comes from the first of his four 'In Abbot Zan's Room at Dayun Temple' poems. It is my favorite poem. Let me recite it to you."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAuMhkCFVHkX
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAAafMfORyOb
"Good! Recite it! I enjoy poetry!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZNGQUv8R6
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAm1sqCnymGC
Lung Chang begins reciting the poem:1389Please respect copyright.PENANANJJjXgXHJN
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAeOA6T9MY6P
衣沾春雨时1389Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0gDmqvaKf
洞门尽徐步1389Please respect copyright.PENANArLVs6Yi512
深院果幽期1389Please respect copyright.PENANA8jU4O8Yjb1
到扉开复闭1389Please respect copyright.PENANAx6CQblZRgT
撞钟斋及兹1389Please respect copyright.PENANAOl6HQHAcPC
醍醐长发性1389Please respect copyright.PENANAqFqgVaeRTS
饮食过扶衰1389Please respect copyright.PENANAhVN0MOLF9P
把臂有多日1389Please respect copyright.PENANAL4i6jxIwOP
开怀无愧辞1389Please respect copyright.PENANAVavR8r5RDT
黄鹂度结构1389Please respect copyright.PENANAoT31CF9NDm
紫鸽下罘罳1389Please respect copyright.PENANAYmnwQXzFWk
愚意会所适1389Please respect copyright.PENANA5VLahfVDho
花边行自迟1389Please respect copyright.PENANAvIgNTatgA8
汤休起我病1389Please respect copyright.PENANA8aeXGA0WnI
微笑索题诗1389Please respect copyright.PENANAumUf8DgEIq
1389Please respect copyright.PENANA0QVZZ2rDiZ
My heart is in a world of water and crystal,1389Please respect copyright.PENANAAhfOXjvqDf
My clothes are damp in this time of spring rains.1389Please respect copyright.PENANASBl2hf1d8e
Through the gates I slowly walk to the end,1389Please respect copyright.PENANAY1b7P9GcEQ
The great court the appointed tranquil space.1389Please respect copyright.PENANAliMs7oHWUm
I reach the doors- they open and shut again,1389Please respect copyright.PENANAwyuNiwHxm2
Now strikes the bell- the meal time has arrived.1389Please respect copyright.PENANA7utWaeCqT8
This cream will help one's nature strengthen and grow,1389Please respect copyright.PENANAUmuQ98wIHU
The diet gives support in my decline.1389Please respect copyright.PENANAEhgRHxFmc8
We've grasped each other's arms so many days,1389Please respect copyright.PENANAGGjEeAXYDD
And opened our hearts without shame or evasion.1389Please respect copyright.PENANAxp99uFYRGH
Golden orioles flit across the beams,1389Please respect copyright.PENANAhmHeZXfrru
Purple doves descend from lattice screens.1389Please respect copyright.PENANAenTBV2elzQ
Myself, I think I've found a place that suits,1389Please respect copyright.PENANAFKqSdw89JT
I walk by flowers at my own slow pace.1389Please respect copyright.PENANAguFmiE3Tyq
Tangxiu lifts me from my sickly state,1389Please respect copyright.PENANAImR4qpSH7n
And smiling, asks me to write a poem.
1389Please respect copyright.PENANATmO3UdfFfr
1389Please respect copyright.PENANA9uxI0dghl0
Yue Li claps his hands and shouts: "Bravo! Bravo! This poem made my mood. I love Du Fu's poetry."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAEpgiJp2r9N
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAxG368SZnqm
"Good! Let us drink another jar of wine for Du Fu and his magnificent poetry!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAsCkm74U74y
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAnUO1lT23Mi
"Cheers!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAAZ3vIUxBEY
1389Please respect copyright.PENANA6l3dpzVim3
"Cheers!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAGFz9s5UjPc
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAqnnwPfLiHd
Once again, the two men drink a jar of wine each. If someone saw them now, without knowing who they are, he would have thought that they are good friends, or even sworn brothers. But, in fact, they are enemies, enemies awaiting to battle to death. Why would those two be enemies? What happened between them that has made those people fight each other?1389Please respect copyright.PENANAYPDY8R2Ik4
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAUFHEmxpxyN
"Lung Chang! We should now begin our duel. I must kill you! While you may seem like a polite and elegant man, in reality you are cruel and worse than an animal. You killed Wu Jing, son of the Chief of Huashan Sect, Master Wu Kang, almost a year ago, in August 14th. When your teacher, the Chief of Kunlun Sect, Master Song Yan, send you to apologize to Master Wu Kang, after apologizing the day, the night you entered his house, murdered him, massacred his entire family, raped and blinded his daughter and wrote with red characters on the house's wall: 'Lung Chang never apologizes'. And when your teacher expelled you from the Kunlun Sect, despite the fact that he raised you since the age of 10, because you were an orphan, you killed him. So, while you may pretend to be elegant, friendly and polite, your real nature is beastly! You are worse than an animal!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAso80dr7xd7
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAVFQ5zIA2km
"Bother Li, you say that my real nature is beastly and that I pretend to be elegant. But what if in reality what you say is, in fact, reversed?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAIIZusyw2ec
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAXRJs9zzVwy
"Then, I shall find out the truth with my sword!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAYchzjOthHq
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAUKgZjXsQaY
"Good!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAAqU6U4anup
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAYc187Nn2s9
Lung Chang takes another jar of wine, drinks it, throws it away and shouts: "Let's begin!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANABb2t06lSA9
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAqv8V82N9dO
Yue Li pulls out his 'Deadly Jade Sword', somersaults and thrusts his sword directly towards Lung Chang's throat. Lung Chang blocks his sword with his fan, using all his might and internal strength. Yue Li somersaults and attacks again Lung Chang with his sword. Lung Chang flinches, but his shoulder is struck.1389Please respect copyright.PENANAqR1I3Gb5Bx
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAjTGIjdV9sh
"Brother Li, I do not have a sword right now with me, so why not fight with bare hands?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAB2mgZUB2SX
1389Please respect copyright.PENANANK6EZspUDm
"Alright."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAjObcqKbLeb
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAdP7ASHCWRn
Yue Li hangs once again his sword on his waist and charges and strikes out at Lung Chang with his left hand with such power that his palm makes a whistling sound. Lung Chang counters the blow with his right hand, using all of his internal energy, and at the same time strikes with his left palm at the man. Yue Li uses his other hand to parry Lung Chang's attack and their four hands meet. A duel of internal energy ensues and soon, both of them are pushed back and fall on the ground. They both feel weak because of their overuse of their internal energy, but they are both ready to continue their fight.1389Please respect copyright.PENANAWdCvOIfAfr
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAZGJ7gxTYZ8
"Good Kung Fu, brother Li."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAISepfZD3EP
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAwxBefjVoWG
"Your Kung Fu is also quite good, brother Chang."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAZrzjFmEcmE
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAfUoolPYmt0
Yue Li somersaults and attacks with a flying kick Lung Chang, aiming directly at his chest, but Lung Chang dodges the attack. Yue Li kicks towards him thrice, but thrice Lung Chang dodges the attacks. The battle continues for quite some time, as Yue Li and Lung Chang exchange more than 350 moves, but still none of them is able to defeat the other. Yue Li decides to use the 'Heavenly Eagle Claws" technique and strikes out quickly at his opponent's eyes with the index and middle fingers of his right hand, and Lung Chang is barely able to dodge the attack just in time. The two men continue to fight for 100 more moves, but Lung Chang manages to pass a fist of his through his enemy's defense and punches with it Yue Li's face. The fist was so powerful, that Yue Li's nose starts to bleed. Lung Chang, then, lands a powerful blow on Yue Li's right shoulder. As the Priest lets a cry of pain, Lung Chang kicks him with immense power on his groin. The Priest loses his balance and Lung Chang kicks him twice, using all of his internal energy, on the chest. Yue Li is pushed back and vomits lot of blood.1389Please respect copyright.PENANA7xXzrKtyTn
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAUXRDe1l6E1
"I....I...I...have lost!", Yue Li says. "You can kill me."1389Please respect copyright.PENANA1W17Y0foTP
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAup1N8JecB7
"Why should I kill a good brother like you?", Lung Chang replies as he helps Yue Li get up. "Come, let us drink some wine."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAc3xKChFyGx
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAIllhtovUpI
"Everyone knows that you are a murderer and rapist, why do you spare me?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANA3ydNxRn3jr
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAoS25MwoANs
"Well, not everything is as it seems. Maybe some of those who are considered gentlemen are in fact murderers and rapists and some of those who are considered murderers and rapists are in fact gentlemen."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAyDUxD8uMtk
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAGZ2q14S1bM
"Indeed. It seems that I was wrong about you."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAUTMDazPObZ
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAb33r1DwIlV
"Brother Li, let me tell you something. I did not commit any of those crimes you accused me of. Someone else committed those crimes and blamed them on me. I do not know who, but I shall find him and take revenge for all he has done!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANA3YvesMEGPh
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAePg9vVXw9k
Yue Li pulls out his 'Deadly Jade Sword' and gives it to Lung Chang. "Please, accept this gift of mine. This will surely help you take your revenge."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAaOj0z4NWdS
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAvEsYxIFloG
"No! How could I take such a valuable treasure of the Wudang Sect?"1389Please respect copyright.PENANA6cFcu7ZTt7
1389Please respect copyright.PENANABLnb613HXG
"You spared my life today and proved yourself to be a real gentleman, a real chivalrous hero. Also, nearly everyone in the Martial Arts World wants to kill you for your 'crimes'. This sword will help you defend yourself. It can cut through the most hard steel. There is nothing that it cannot cut."1389Please respect copyright.PENANAvZmmVU3d2X
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAxDRr2XwLYO
"Very well, I shall take it. Better be polite than rude. I will use it to take revenge!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANA6SDfgDfm5y
1389Please respect copyright.PENANADs0b1zScom
"Good! Let us drink to your revenge! Cheers!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANAOty0ZE05Ho
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAJM2hVV7Gf8
"Cheers!"1389Please respect copyright.PENANA7X30k7VemX
1389Please respect copyright.PENANAWa94n9QdSs
The two men drink once again a jar of wine each. They then eat the food that Yue Li had ordered and after spending almost the whole day drinking and chatting, they part their ways. Yue Li goes back to his Wudang Sect and Lung Chang returns to his quest of finding the one who framed him for all those crimes. Will he be able to find who framed him and take revenge? Or shall he have to live with the shame of being accused of murders and rapes?1389Please respect copyright.PENANAY6VZoirL5C