2455Please respect copyright.PENANAm2P6JB1Zaf
Chapter I: Feast on the Snowy Mountain2455Please respect copyright.PENANAahmyQWhBGO
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAjT6E2uhdnN
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?2455Please respect copyright.PENANA0xXKsK4tgB
2455Please respect copyright.PENANARSUZK5rKtL
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.2455Please respect copyright.PENANAtGexnN594X
2455Please respect copyright.PENANA8CdAUYFSCr
The young man stares at the digger and asks: "For who do you dig this grave?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAl9IUHIv8Vd
2455Please respect copyright.PENANArIR4vJuc3t
"For a man named Lung Chang."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAvXA4ILuaJd
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAKojUS9i4P8
The young man laughs.2455Please respect copyright.PENANAoIlKNFTp54
2455Please respect copyright.PENANA34OAoiBP4l
"Ai-ya! You are going to kill Lung Chang?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANA0eMIHTkd5v
2455Please respect copyright.PENANA2u4QV9CBjK
"Me? No. I have just been paid to dig a grave for him. I do not even know who Lung Chang is."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAaoBnRFxsSB
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAxfUp9Wm4Ez
"Would you like to learn who he is?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAmFwwR4bgRn
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAcJbUydvgBp
The digger remains silent for a while and then replies, "Why not?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAXtaAPMmFmy
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAzy4mMrjl6E
"I am Lung Chang."2455Please respect copyright.PENANABhqUWipDHz
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAvP6oR4ejpd
The digger's face becomes pale when he hears his name.2455Please respect copyright.PENANAgm3GaeowKR
2455Please respect copyright.PENANABSa9xVxpyF
"So....I am....digging a grave for you?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAzDYvMdSOWd
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAgWjMnFQeaK
"From what you told me, yes."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAbtiB6nv2uN
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAP3f5JCG9F8
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.2455Please respect copyright.PENANAdAliLfnWWa
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAFb2K6fo3Uc
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.2455Please respect copyright.PENANA63IHVdmWGY
2455Please respect copyright.PENANADo8byqHoot
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.2455Please respect copyright.PENANA7rzjpEeJpN
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAlHuH0i4Lcv
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.2455Please respect copyright.PENANA516axIA96x
2455Please respect copyright.PENANADJYvr5e6Eg
"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."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAACukRNfQN2
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAqe7nDnrFC9
"Hahaha! Of course. Of course. How could I not sit and enjoy the wine I ordered?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANApfK2piZjgM
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAw6pkSRShUr
"Oh! So, you were the one who invited me here, right?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAPpsndSkT9d
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAhnzFX7gvWb
"It seems that you are gifted with divine powers of perception."2455Please respect copyright.PENANA936bWW5iEw
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAB7zpWwhLmz
"Hahaha! Priest, you are overrating me. Let us drink some wine."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAR3TQ9K9YTQ
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAVeUgkw8W5D
"That's right!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAwgqsuYoBpr
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAsVuGrp5eIx
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!".2455Please respect copyright.PENANAHShOjZzXrK
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAncjScSQefT
"And good Qinggong!", the Priest remarks. "Do you want to know why I invited you here?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAnW9mLYtNJF
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAFvuWwd05yU
"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?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANA560AfYNWmD
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAh5snQ5OBQq
"Hahaha! No....no...no. I invited you here because I want to kill you."2455Please respect copyright.PENANA8jomPlJ5ir
2455Please respect copyright.PENANA0IT271imKi
"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."2455Please respect copyright.PENANACSjzvryn6W
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAw1zMJJh5Bz
"Lung Chang, do you know who I am?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANA4PGFayRyZp
2455Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZtIk6ZyfO
"Only one person has the 'Deadly Jade Sword', and that is the Chief of the Wudang Sect, Priest Yue Li."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAzMH7admUf2
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAegc1SlgSzm
"You indeed have divine powers of perception."2455Please respect copyright.PENANArgZuQcc2QC
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAKZC9h90M1L
"Hahahaha! I am flattered that such a respectable Master says such good words for me. Let us drink some wine!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAcoe8n3PNjm
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAFA82o2VGmz
Both men grab a jar of wine each, open it, shout "cheers!" and drink to their heart's content.2455Please respect copyright.PENANAHpWlBvsKR2
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAPEz0oucHI1
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."2455Please respect copyright.PENANANRk8okZRrj
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAUcCn1AwV2T
"You never know. We may become friends. As the saying goes, fight makes friends."2455Please respect copyright.PENANApMb1YHrih4
2455Please respect copyright.PENANA7mOsuqqBIE
"Hahahaha! Shall we begin?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAEyYK6zQksZ
2455Please respect copyright.PENANA6zN1b80krZ
"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?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAlCJO71yvbV
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAHAxnIRuYuz
"Right!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANA0JP8Cel824
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAvnlDQkxjBp
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!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANApCn9KvZ8Tc
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAai6ZtxxwrU
The Priest takes a large gulp and, after staring for a few second's at Lung Chang's fan, says: "Nice fan!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANA82lYRm4T9G
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAxUpPkMCFe5
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)".2455Please respect copyright.PENANAAyDcBIq2iL
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAL0kFOfC30c
"Nice poem, good characters!", the Priest says after taking two more gulp.2455Please respect copyright.PENANA9osGKugedy
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAlCRAxHM7GM
"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."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAqdutD9WTRa
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAsAhwLpfjAJ
"Good! Recite it! I enjoy poetry!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANA61RjnDgYwa
2455Please respect copyright.PENANA2hvXtaCAfY
Lung Chang begins reciting the poem:2455Please respect copyright.PENANAnW6lbD8ybC
2455Please respect copyright.PENANABWtJtTlJJK
衣沾春雨时2455Please respect copyright.PENANAPa56NNR7Gf
洞门尽徐步2455Please respect copyright.PENANAjzStL56hxk
深院果幽期2455Please respect copyright.PENANAXTjxStYRFC
到扉开复闭2455Please respect copyright.PENANA2T7hcS7YGj
撞钟斋及兹2455Please respect copyright.PENANA0rmM70ERMH
醍醐长发性2455Please respect copyright.PENANA836pAWAC1o
饮食过扶衰2455Please respect copyright.PENANAZpUPibUWeB
把臂有多日2455Please respect copyright.PENANAotpI2OPoro
开怀无愧辞2455Please respect copyright.PENANAzsZ72Brv9G
黄鹂度结构2455Please respect copyright.PENANAuyQIRF0YQ4
紫鸽下罘罳2455Please respect copyright.PENANAzNHpYlHcKZ
愚意会所适2455Please respect copyright.PENANA4sOA7LQn6Y
花边行自迟2455Please respect copyright.PENANA9LYhRYfWsm
汤休起我病2455Please respect copyright.PENANA3KcmAVRdWp
微笑索题诗2455Please respect copyright.PENANA3cB54zj84D
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAdRAiQTkWLV
My heart is in a world of water and crystal,2455Please respect copyright.PENANAYr0nBlp4aS
My clothes are damp in this time of spring rains.2455Please respect copyright.PENANARyha8SHu9c
Through the gates I slowly walk to the end,2455Please respect copyright.PENANApoNjxlLOUm
The great court the appointed tranquil space.2455Please respect copyright.PENANAEAP7YEUkfK
I reach the doors- they open and shut again,2455Please respect copyright.PENANABDiifXruVz
Now strikes the bell- the meal time has arrived.2455Please respect copyright.PENANAYdRIuvOZNg
This cream will help one's nature strengthen and grow,2455Please respect copyright.PENANAyakBBCa00c
The diet gives support in my decline.2455Please respect copyright.PENANA4oplYMVDJ8
We've grasped each other's arms so many days,2455Please respect copyright.PENANAkusWiDtScu
And opened our hearts without shame or evasion.2455Please respect copyright.PENANAYvBZ3wLy65
Golden orioles flit across the beams,2455Please respect copyright.PENANAp1PlX2M7RM
Purple doves descend from lattice screens.2455Please respect copyright.PENANAiCE6U9U7K8
Myself, I think I've found a place that suits,2455Please respect copyright.PENANARxInvk7RHo
I walk by flowers at my own slow pace.2455Please respect copyright.PENANAwCiuhDvNxn
Tangxiu lifts me from my sickly state,2455Please respect copyright.PENANASN87ExMEUE
And smiling, asks me to write a poem.
2455Please respect copyright.PENANA9d1loir8LE
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAsrFicQP05F
Yue Li claps his hands and shouts: "Bravo! Bravo! This poem made my mood. I love Du Fu's poetry."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAMHHdw4Rct6
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAayyWhfXHvE
"Good! Let us drink another jar of wine for Du Fu and his magnificent poetry!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAiTnfc12N5u
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAVNhBzj3Bm1
"Cheers!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAUafuqm49iL
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAn5gTTMBqrs
"Cheers!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANA6VaPTvMr8E
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAZwXG10SbjR
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?2455Please respect copyright.PENANAWW8hHyp7WL
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAWBi4idmpNr
"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!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAOiVduGtyVm
2455Please respect copyright.PENANALNEbsz7z1W
"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?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANA6GDGMw9NxG
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAGzNchBIqNT
"Then, I shall find out the truth with my sword!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAeyXo9qt16q
2455Please respect copyright.PENANARI4vCQ85Ve
"Good!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAuEFnllUtJL
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAVS2RqIFwKu
Lung Chang takes another jar of wine, drinks it, throws it away and shouts: "Let's begin!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANACAXqC1uuoo
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAQJVg7U1tLC
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.2455Please respect copyright.PENANASTVd94rkcP
2455Please respect copyright.PENANA953hKMBXUW
"Brother Li, I do not have a sword right now with me, so why not fight with bare hands?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAR3ErzVSzWd
2455Please respect copyright.PENANA73PIp2fUJ7
"Alright."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAtG4oQFVAiJ
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAWmTiBIkQpC
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.2455Please respect copyright.PENANAEFu80nx3C3
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAX6yhLWG7wW
"Good Kung Fu, brother Li."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAQaqKa0fTql
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAMYi6TMQzat
"Your Kung Fu is also quite good, brother Chang."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAIU7DpBOWdT
2455Please respect copyright.PENANANADyeFsAux
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.2455Please respect copyright.PENANAizeknhKhRR
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAc8ViXgGzOK
"I....I...I...have lost!", Yue Li says. "You can kill me."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAH6Nldx8oYC
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAvjzs8adyAo
"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."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAsUkFsqCwFr
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAGlGIXtTwKJ
"Everyone knows that you are a murderer and rapist, why do you spare me?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAsXwTg9M2Hp
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAOz18JTvtIn
"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."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAtCZg6B1Z2J
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAj2Ht7zHFGn
"Indeed. It seems that I was wrong about you."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAU9Kz9syElT
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAbkF2r3bGGi
"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!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAebCye9Nha9
2455Please respect copyright.PENANASNHVSv2u5P
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."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAY1tF9WUo9S
2455Please respect copyright.PENANA2y7F1Xs5Sl
"No! How could I take such a valuable treasure of the Wudang Sect?"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAZJcOrpEgjl
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAb2UWVsdain
"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."2455Please respect copyright.PENANAPqq8FOEJZo
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAdajlIjO0J2
"Very well, I shall take it. Better be polite than rude. I will use it to take revenge!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAQoSslB3RxJ
2455Please respect copyright.PENANAwjPzdA55H3
"Good! Let us drink to your revenge! Cheers!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAXmRqD5cDh7
2455Please respect copyright.PENANARu3WBoxMGC
"Cheers!"2455Please respect copyright.PENANAbwsDM5PPGX
2455Please respect copyright.PENANArE1SxcGlcB
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?2455Please respect copyright.PENANAYe0MSJDr7k


