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[Laughing In The Wind]

[By Jin Yong]

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[Laughing In The Wind]

Episode 25

Uncle Mo!

Uncle Mo!

Uncle Mo!

Linghu Chong greets Uncle Mo.

Please show yourself, Uncle Mo.

I dare not be called 'Uncle' by you.

Great hero Linghu, you've been living quite freely these days.

I have no other hobbies except I live to drink wine.

I was rude earlier.

Please forgive me, Uncle Mo.

You willingly act as a bum thus the people around ignore you.

But for you, a woman was willing to confine herself for ten years.

The world-renowned Shaolin Temple will also meet its doom because of you.

These past few months I had been locked in a cage.

I knew nothing of the current affairs.

I'd only heard a few days ago that Yingying might be held at Shaolin Temple.

That's where I am headed right now.

What is this ten year confinement you speak of?

Please enlighten me, Uncle Mo!

It seems you really do not know.

Please get on up.

Rumors abound that the Sacred Lady of the demonic cult, Lady Ren

had carried you on her back to Shaolin Temple.

Saying that in exchange for the abbot saving your life

she would accept any punishment from Shaolin Temple.

To be killed or cut into pieces she would not regret.

That had happened?

Although this Lady Ren is born of the demonic cult

her feelings towards you are deep and sincere.

Two Shaolin disciples had died by her hands.

But in order to save you

she risked her life and went to Shaolin Temple.

She already had no regard for herself.

The abbot could not bear killing her as such

yet he could neither set her free.

Thus, he kept her confined at Shaolin Temple

for her to repent for ten years.

As soon as all of her subordinates heard of this

they rushed there to try and save her.

I hear that in the last half month Shaolin Temple has been under constant siege.

Hundreds of men have been captured.

Realizing that going alone was pointless

the wayward men banded together into an alliance.

I hear that they plan to meet on the 15th of next month at Wuba Hill

to select a leader for this alliance.

These people are arrogant and blood lusting.

If this band of misfits throw themselves at Shaolin

not only won't Miss Ren be saved

but it could very possibly destroy the thousand-year-old Shaolin Temple.

If one were to use such a situation

to incite an all-out war amongst the martial arts world

the consequences would be unimaginably terrible.

Then what should be done?

Right now only one man can turn this situation around.

Who is it?

You.

Me?

That's right.

In the current situation it all depends on you now.

I know now that you are not a heartless wanderer.

But rather a man of rare ability.

I beg of you now.

Uncle Mo!

I am not worthy of such.

Uncle Mo. Please tell me what I should do.

I shall fight to my last breath for it.

All right.

You once...

You once had dealings with those men at Wuba Hill.

You also have a relationship with Ren Yingying.

I am certain those people will listen to you.

If you rush to Wuba Hill before the 15th of next month

you can become the leader of the alliance

and maintain control of the situation.

Then, the world can be at peace.

Elder.

I never drink wine.

But I shall make an exception today as a proper send-off for you.

Come!

All right!

Good wine!

I have already prepared a fast horse for you.

Please take care, young hero.

Many thanks, Uncle Mo.

Till we meet again.

Listen up, everyone!

The six of us are one.

And each of us are the six of us.

Everyone should listen to our commands.

We six brothers are the alliance leaders.

If anyone has any more qualms about it I'll cut him into pieces!

Right!

Do you guys hear?

Who? Who threw the stone?

Who?

Who threw it?

It's your old man, me!

You are my Big Brother's old man?

That would mean you are our old man then!

I shall see if you are like my old man.

Capture my old man!

Let's see.

He doesn't look like me.

Am I that ugly?

He looks a bit like Third Brother.

Spin!

Dear peach brothers, stop it!

Allow me to make an observation, okay?

Linghu Chong?

Linghu Chong, he...

How about you help our friend here up first?

Okay!

Get up.

In my view...

this brother's facial features are clearly distinct from the six of you.

The six of you are much more good looking.

Hear that?

The six of you are all big and tall.

And remarkably handsome.

Everybody knows of the six peach brother's chivalrous exploits in the martial arts world.

The great suave heroes!

Don't you all think so, everyone?

My mother said the six of us were ugly ducklings.

So my mother was actually wrong on that one!

Linghu Chong.

You are the only one who dares speak the truth.

Brother Linghu your bravery is commendable.

Sometimes when you speak the truth you've got to risk your life to do it!

Six Fairies of Peach Valley.

Your mother was incorrect in calling you guys ugly.

How are you guys ugly?

You guys just look special instead!

Linghu Chong!

Laotouzi?

It's me, Linghu Chong!

Of course I know you are Linghu Chong.

Mister Zu.

Listen up, friends!

Sacred Lady had given a command.

Whoever meets Linghu Chong must kill him!

You'll be heavily rewarded by Sacred Lady.

Do you guys all know it?

We know it!

Why don't we know it?

That's right!

All we know is that Sacred Lady is in love with Linghu Chong!

I must ask you.

Why does Sacred Lady want to kill Linghu Chong?

Because she did not want him to leave her.

So that's how it was. This Sacred Lady sure is a weirdo!

Right! She sure is a weirdo!

Linghu Chong.

If you marry her you can never leave her side again.

Peach brothers...

Linghu Chong!

Sacred Lady has commanded all of us to kill you on sight.

Yet your skills are otherworldly.

Laotouzi was unable to cut you just now.

He is only alive because you have showed mercy.

Friends, you have all witnessed it.

It's not that we don't want to kill Linghu Chong.

It's that we were unable to.

If Laotouzi could not do it I am even less capable.

Not to mention the rest of you.

Don't you agree?

Right!

Sacred Lady only wanted us to kill Master Linghu.

She didn't say we had to use swords though.

If we use fine wine and drink him to death that should also be acceptable.

This is called using wisdom over brute force.

Listen up, all of you!

As we were talking of beauty

of course one has to include the Peach Valley Six Fairies!

But this matter of saving the Sacred Lady

and storming Shaolin has nothing to do with beauty.

That's true!

In my opinion, we should ask Master Linghu to be our leader

and have him direct and take charge of the situation.

What do you all say?

Okay!

Little Blackie.

[Mount Wudang]

Little Blackie.

Don't be frightened.

What's going on here?

Let's go!

Who is so audacious?

Make way...

Who are you?

- Get out of the way! - What's going on?

Get lost quickly!

Move aside!

Get out of the way!

Careful!

Be careful, old man.

This is the foot of Mount Wudang.

Who are you guys?

That you would dare cause trouble here.

So what if it's the foot of Mount Wudang?

Everyone here knows martial arts.

Who on earth are you guys?

To come here and cause a ruckus.

You guys really will find trouble.

Stop laughing.

Do you want a fight?

All right then.

I'll spar with you a little.

Let me borrow a sword.

I'll lend you mine.

Careful!

You want to try me?

Watch your tongue!

He's our alliance leader Master Linghu!

Show some respect.

Alliance leader, huh?

I rather enjoy playing with alliance leaders.

All right then.

Please excuse me in advance.

What kind of move is this?

Elder Feng once said that there are all kinds of martial arts.

No matter how refined one's moves are

as long as it is defined it can be countered.

Perhaps the center of the circle is the weakness.

But if it is not the weak point

my arm will be cut off within this one stroke.

Master Linghu has divine sword skills indeed.

A man of extraordinary courage and insight.

I am truly impressed.

Thank you, old man.

Please come with me.

You guys wait here for me.

I'll be right back.

- What is he doing? - What is Master Linghu doing?

- What's he going to do? - Don't know.

Elder.

Linghu Chong greets elder.

Please have a seat young hero.

Elder's sword skills are godlike.

I have learned much from it.

Linghu Chong.

Among the new generation

skills such as yours are truly a rare sight.

I had already lost to you just now.

Young hero.

Although you are arrogant and disregard tradition at times

you never lose your gentleman's manner.

I dare not think so.

I have gained a notorious reputation through my many breaks from proper codes of conduct.

Today, I am no longer accepted by my master.

It is inevitable for a young man to show his skills.

However, the realm lies within your heart.

You are the final judge of yourself.

No one else can really change that.

Headmaster Yue has always been modest and kind.

But to you, why has he...

No.

My master has shown a father's kindness to me.

You do not forget your roots.

That is also part of your virtue.

I have misspoken.

From whom did you learn the Internal Strength Extraction skill?

I had learned it by accident.

I did not know what it was initially.

Although this demon art is extraordinary.

It comes with great risk and harm to you.

The deeper you delve into it the stronger the backlash.

Young hero.

You must pull back before you reach the cliff

and stop studying such a skill as soon as possible.

I understand.

I also know that this is not an ethical skill.

I would never use it against anyone.

I haven't yet asked who you are, elder?

I am a student of Mount Wudang.

My Taoist name is Chongxu.

So you are the Headmaster of Wudang.

Please forgive my rudeness.

Please get up.

I had been waiting here for you today in order to tell you one thing.

Master Fangzheng of Shaolin Temple

had already let Miss Ren leave half a month ago.

Is that true?

You don't have to believe me.

But you should trust in the prestige of Wudang Sect.

Pardon my rudeness.

Your words are highly revered in the world.

I do not have the slightest doubt in them.

It's just that I wonder why Miss Ren has not yet shown herself in the world.

I've also been thinking if she might have been taken advantage of.

As long as she does not show herself

those eccentric friends will not give up so easily.

Even if I were not the alliance leader there would be someone else who will be.

It could bring more danger to Shaolin.

All things move along as the clouds do.

There can be infinite changes at any moment.

You have put yourself into the thick of the tide.

I admire that greatly.

Worry not, Taoist Elder.

While I am at Shaolin Temple I shall keep the bigger picture in mind.

I will not let anyone desecrate Shaolin Temple

or kill anyone at random.

All right.

At this point, that is all that can be done.

But I will give you one more advice.

Although the Miss Ren is deeply devoted to you

she remains a witch of the demonic cult.

I ask you, how many heroes have fallen to the trap of love?

This life of mine was saved by Miss Ren.

If I had to surrender it back to her what regret would there be?

All right, so be it then.

Elder.

I shall say farewell here.

Take care, young hero.

Till we meet again.

Bring the wine!

Coming!

Are you here to eat?

What would you like?

Bring some of your specialties.

Okay.

Please wait.

Eat well!

Waiter, pour some tea!

Coming!

Tea is here.

Miss, please have some tea.

Let's keep drinking.

Coming!

Good wine.

Shop mistress.

Have you seen a group of a thousand men pass by?

Yes.

They had a big group.

Just yesterday noon.

They had...

The Internal Strength Extraction skill?

Let's get out of here!

Are you Yingying?

Dad...

Dad.

You really are still alive...

For a man to live on he must have a reason to live for.

You were my reason to live on.

Yingying.

Dad.

Yingying.

Dad.

My daughter.

We're here! We're here!

We've arrived at Shaolin Temple!

We're here...

Get out here!

All right, be quiet.

Snake!

Little Sister!

Since you got here first please come on out here.

Little Sister, it's been a while!

You've gotten younger and more beautiful.

Linghu Chong.

You flatter everyone you meet!

If Miss Ren were to find out, you'd..

Right!

When we see Miss Ren I will tell her!

Big Brother, I've already been here a while.

But I haven't seen a single monk.

I have no idea what Shaolin is up to.

How do you open the door?

Linghu Chong

accompanied by friends from various walks of life

wish to meet with Master Fangzheng.

Please grant us an audience.

No response?

Perhaps there's really no one in.

Mister Zu.

Deliver the request.

Yes.

Alliance Chief there is no one inside.

Everyone.

The abbot of Shaolin Temple once saved my life.

We have come here today only to meet with the Sacred Lady.

For my sake, please do not harm any monks or destroy anything inside the temple.

Can you do that for me?

Okay!

Laotouzi and Zu Qianqiu.

Please bring the captains and come in with me.

The rest of you take a break out here.

What about us? What about us?

This way.

Have all the monks run away?

The monks of Shaolin are all highly skilled.

Why would they run away?

Could they have setup a trap or ambush for us?

Master Fangzheng is an honorable high monk.

He would not resort to plots and tactics.

Zu Qianqiu! Alliance chief!

We've searched the entire temple.

We did not find a single monk.

Have our brothers all come inside the temple?

They've all come in.

They couldn't be stopped.

What's strange is there is nothing left inside the temple.

Even all their kitchen utensils are gone.

It seems Taoist Elder Chongxu spoke the truth.

That old man was Taoist Elder Chongxu?

Yes.

What did he say?

He said Shaolin had already released Sacred Lady half a month ago.

Shaolin is not scared of us.

Master Fangzheng in his great kindness seeks only to avoid bloodshed.

Thus, he led the monks to leave the temple.

Alliance Chief!

Mount Hua Headmaster Yue Buqun has arrived.

- Please bring him here. - Understood.

Master Monk.

Please pardon us for coming late.

Mount Hua Sect has come a long way to help us.

On behalf of Shaolin I thank you deeply.

Master Monk please tell me the situation.

Linghu Chong has led over a thousand men into Shaolin Temple.

That worthless scumbag.

How can he commit a grave sin as such?

Master Monk.

Although I have expelled him from our sect

however I do still feel responsible for him.

I don't think it is so.

Having Linghu Chong lead that ragtag band

I do feel much more at ease.

I believe Linghu Chong is a man of good faith.

He will not allow anything bad to happen to Shaolin Temple.

The Taoist Elder is right.

Linghu Chong's real intention is not in being the leader of that band of misfits.

It is to ensure the safety of Shaolin Temple

that he was obliged to do it.

I agree with what you guys said.

I believe that soon those men from wayward walks of life

will retreat from Shaolin at his persuasion.

We are all prepped and ready.

We're ready for your command whenever.

I disagree with you, gentlemen.

Those who come bear no good intentions.

Amongst these thousand-strong men

those allied with the demonic cult are the vast majority.

If Ren Woxing and Ren Yingying are also in there

then their intentions are even more clear.

If we sit idly and wait for them to strike first

Shaolin Temple will be demolished at any time.

I believe in Linghu Chong's character.

Even if Linghu Chong bears no ill intent

he'll lose control of the situation when it begins.

Not necessarily so.

Brothers and friends.

On our way here Taoist Elder Chongxu of Mount Wudang told me

that Shaolin had released the Sacred Lady half a month ago.

What? No way!

Please calm down, everyone!

I worried that you wouldn't believe it.

Thus, I brought you all here to Shaolin.

Now, you see the reality of it yourselves.

Friends.

In terms of martial arts training Shaolin monks are probably better than us.

Furthermore, they have a lot of help as well.

Master Fangzheng leads his monks away from here

not because he is afraid of us, but because

Shaolin does not wish to make enemies of us.

This means that Shaolin has faith in the men gathered here today.

Big Brother is right.

Shaolin Temple is one of the most prestigious sects of the world.

That they would abandon the temple like this is unprecedented in its thousand year history.

Since we're here we should show our power!

Right! Let's turn Shaolin Temple upside-down!

Then let us throw a fire on top of it!

So they'll never underestimate us again!

No we can't!

Brother Linghu is friends with the old monk.

We can't go around smashing things.

You're right.

So let's use a fire and burn it instead!

Absolutely not!

I've made it clear already.

If anyone disrupts anything in Shaolin Temple do not blame me for not showing mercy.

If the Sacred Lady has really left Shaolin

why hasn't anyone heard anything about her?

Perhaps the Sacred Lady had been killed while they falsely claim she had been let go.

Alliance Chief.

I figure to find Sacred Lady's whereabouts we can only start from Shaolin Temple.

What do you suggest, Mister Zu?

Let's send some friends down and try and find out where the monks have gone

as well as stock up on food supplies.

The rest of us hold guard here at the temple

in case the monks happen to return.

Right!

Go and get us something to eat! We're starving!

That's right! We're starving! Go get some food!

Hurry up.

Okay.

Mister Laotouzi and Zu Qianqiu.

Please take 200 brothers down the mountain.

Red flag bearing friends come with me!

All right!

Elder Brother.

Some men have come out of the temple.

Tell all brothers of all sects to give way.

Allow them to go down safely.

Understood.

Kill!

Who gave the orders to attack?

Alliance Chief!

It's bad!

We've been surrounded!

They have blocked the way down the mountain.

We've fallen into their trap!

Was it the monks of Shaolin?

No, they were lay disciples.

We didn't get further than two kilometers down

before we were forced back by a flank of arrows.

We've fallen for their bluff!

What?

Alliance Chief.

At this point we must fight our way out.

Otherwise, all thousand of us will die here.

Okay, listen up!

We must keep our composure.

Let us try and get off this mountain first.

All right!

Didn't we order them to stand down?

Which sect is it still shooting arrows?

Elder Brother.

Men of all sects have already backed off

but there are still hundreds of unaffiliated men.

The situation can no longer be contained.

Linghu Chong leads a band of misfits and can still inspire their loyalty.

Yet within our orthodox alliance there is a snake playing with plots.

I have ordered Mount Song disciples to retreat from the siege circle.

More men are coming down!

Laotouzi!

Chief, the enemy arrows are powerful.

Our brothers will never make it down.

We're taking heavy losses.

We should retreat to the temple and regroup.

Okay. Have everyone retreat to Shaolin Temple first.

Retreat to Shaolin Temple everyone!

Retreat!

Merciful Buddha.

A tremendous sin.

Even after countless years of meditation I have been played as a fool today.

I now bear the sin of the many souls lost today.

Abbot.

You need not blame yourself.

These wayward men dared to come intrude upon Shaolin Temple.

They were deserving of their fate.

They've been forced back into the temple.

At nightfall, attack with fire arrows.

Take down both the men and the temple.

Understood.

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