Original subtitles

♫ Suddenly entering and leaving the red dust of the rivers and lakes with a thought ♫

♫ Looking around everywhere are lonely smiles ♫

♫ Looking for the path of fallen flowers and remnant snow ♫

♫ Greed and betrayal, deliberate or unintentional ♫

♫ After many years, things are different ♫

♫ One side of the martial arts world is like a dream, a group of heroes fighting for power ♫

♫ A piece of the world, walking with horses, talking about life with a smile ♫

♫ Ruling the world, with lonely brothers turning against each other ♫

♫ Both honored and disgraced, tasting the warmth and cold, making it hard finding a place to return ♫

♫ Ruling the world, with lonely brothers turning against each other ♫

[The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils]

[Episode 14]

Our chief put benevolence and righteousness before everything else.

Here's the antidote.

Thanks, Elder Chen.

Thanks, Chief Qiao.

But... How do I use this?

Suck the poison out of the wound

and then apply the antidote to it.

If you do it before the poison is completely sucked out,

the antidote will do more harm than good.

Also, this can't be done by a woman.

Why not?

This is a poison of Yin.

Women have Yin energy, and to add this on top of the poison,

it will increase its toxicity.

Third Brother Bao, stop fighting.

Please come back and save Fourth Brother.

I'll do it.

Brother Qiao.

Such a petty thing. Please allow me.

Fourth Brother Feng.

Fourth Brother Feng, the wound here is the worst.

Young Master Duan.

You should let the dark blood drain off before you suck it.

Quan Guan Qing. Show yourself.

Elders. Please stay calm.

Our branch leader bears no malice.

When everything settles down, we'll let you go.

Show yourself.

Quit your nonsense.

Tell me what your Branch Leader Quan is planning.

Otherwise, when I get out, I'll make sure you suffer.

Elders, please don't put me in a difficult position.

This involves the future of the Beggars' Sect. I can't reveal it

The future of the Beggars' Sect? Nonsense!

Are you doing this for the Beggars' Sect's sake?

Show yourself and let us go.

Otherwise, when I get out,

I'll make sure you get punished.

Quan Guan Qing.

Quan Guan Qing, let us out.

Fourth Brother Feng.

Fourth Brother, you can move?

Fourth Brother.

Fourth Brother.

Thank you for saving me, Young Master.

Fourth Brother, it's nothing. It isn't worth mentioning.

It might be nothing to you.

But for me, it's a big deal.

Chief Qiao is indeed a righteous man.

He lives up to his name as the chief of the greatest sect.

I have great respect for you.

You're too kind.

Elder Xi.

- Fourth Brother, how are you? - I'm all right.

I lost to you and I admit my defeat.

We'll have another match next time we meet.

I look forward to it.

Brothers, you're here right on time.

Get in your position for the Dog-beating Array!

Third Brother Bao, Fourth Brother Feng. This is bad.

You won't be able to break the Dog-beating Array of the Beggars' Sect.

You should surrender before it's too late.

We have no other choice but to break it.

Fourth Brother Feng, don't do that.

Dragon Capturing Skill?

There's actually someone who has mastered this skill?

Chief Qiao is so skilled.

People say "Qiao Feng from the north and Murong from the south are great martial arts masters."

But how can my cousin's martial arts...

What happened today is just a misunderstanding. Please leave.

We are no match for you.

A match between us will be boring.

I'll see you again.

Let's go.

Our skills were no match for theirs, we got shamed.

Even after another ten years of practice, we still lose to them.

We shall just forget it or we'll lose everything.

Let's go.

The Beggars' Sect has a serious matter to discuss later.

We should get going too.

Chief Qiao, we'll see you around.

- Miss Wang. - Wait a minute.

Chief, we have not avenged Deputy Chief Ma's death.

How can Chief let our enemies off?

We came all the way to Jiangnan to avenge Deputy Chief Ma's death.

But after I spent the past few days inquiring into it,

I realize that Young Master Murong may not be the one who killed Brother Ma.

How so?

We can defeat him neither physically nor verbally.

We have no other choice.

Then, what about Miss Wang, Zhu and Bi?

Are we supposed to leave them behind?

That's not what I mean.

Qiao Feng is a man of high morals.

Before he proves that our young master killed Ma Da Yuan,

he will never hurt Miss Wang and the ladies.

Our top priority now

is to inform Young Master about what's happening at the Beggars' Sect.

The Beggars' Sect is the greatest sect in the martial arts world.

A slight change will bring about a major effect.

An intelligent man like our young master may be able to take advantage of the situation.

Let's go.

There has never been animosity

between Young Master Murong and the Beggars' Sect.

He and Deputy Chief Ma never knew each other either.

What could have motivated him to kill Brother Ma?

Besides, the Murong Clan

is well known for its Mirroring Technique.

Deputy Chief Ma was killed by the Throat Locking Skill.

Naturally, Young Master Murong becomes the suspect.

So, why should he be here?

Chief, perhaps he is so arrogant

that he doesn't have to cover up his acts.

If that's the case, why did he have to provoke so many sects?

Lately, many people were killed by the skills they were best at.

Deputy Chief Ma, Reverend Xuan Bei,

and the Qin Clan of the Qingcheng Sect.

It seems like he has been framed.

Chief, are you trying to defend Murong Fu?

No, I'm not.

But this matter is definitely not as simple as it seems.

If we suspect Young Master Murong of this murder,

we should confront him face to face.

Bullying these ladies and his family attendants

is not what a real hero will do.

If others find out about this,

the Beggars' Sect will definitely lose face.

I wonder why all brothers have assembled here today.

Branch Leader Quan, you're here.

Where is Elder Bai?

Also, the branch leaders of Daxin,

Dayong, and Dali. Where are they?

Zhang Quan Xiang.

I'm here.

Where is your branch leader?

I... I have no idea.

He's probably... drunk.

Drunk?

Branch Leader Fang never let alcohol get in his way.

Where is he?

Tell me.

It has nothing to do with me. I didn't do it.

- What have you done to him? - Nothing.

Branch Leader Fang is not dead. He is still alive.

Elders,

what's going on?

Everyone of Beggars' Sect values loyalty a lot.

(The Dragon Capturing Skill?)

Since you have admitted your fault,

there's no need for you to get on your knees.

But you have to be punished

for rebelling against your superior.

- Leader Quan. - Leader.

Brother Jiang,

help him up.

Zhang Quan Xiang, take your men with you

to bring Elder Bai and the others here.

Yes, sir.

The rest of you sit down right here and stay still unless I say otherwise.

- Sit. - Yes.

Brothers, our sect is going through a mishap.

This is when we should give our all to repay the chief's kindness.

We should protect our chief at all costs.

Be sure to obey the chief.

Yes.

They have been our brothers for many years.

They were distracted somehow.

It shouldn't be a big deal.

Brother Jiang, bring your men with you.

Your top priority now is to save the others. There shall be no mistake.

Yes, Chief.

Please take care. I'll be right back.

Send some men to the First Class Hall of Xixia.

Postpone the meeting at Mount Hui to 7 days later.

Yes, sir.

Come with me.

Tie them up!

Elder Bai, Elder Xiang.

- Hurry up and untie the elders. - Branch Leader Jiang.

Branch Leader Jiang.

- Elder Bai, please get up. - Elder Xiang.

Branch Leader Jiang.

Branch Leader Jiang, beware of the saltpeter outside the house.

Don't worry. The brothers have captured the rebels.

They have cleared up the saltpeter too.

The other branch leaders have just been rescued and are waiting for us out there.

How many rebels are there?

- Is the chief all right? - Quan Guan Qing,

the Four Great Elders,

and half of the brothers of the four branches are involved.

The chief is fine.

When I left, the situation was still under control.

But he doesn't have many men with him.

The chief is on his own.

I'm afraid that there will be a mutiny if this carries on.

Where is the chief now?

He is at the apricot forest outside the city.

I've assigned a guide for you.

Elders, please head there with the branch leaders first.

I'll be right there with my brothers.

Fire the flare gun to inform all the nearby members of the Beggars' Sect

to hurry to the scene.

Yes.

Brothers. I'm really happy to have met Brother Duan Yu

who agrees with me in many ways.

From today on, we are sworn brothers.

Here.

Brother.

Brother. Let me introduce the elders of the Beggars' Sect to you.

Elders... he is Brother Duan.

This is Elder Song, a respectable elder of the Beggars' Sect.

When his Inverted-toothed Iron Jian ♪ (♪a kind of ancient weapon)

Stunned the martial arts world,

you weren't even born yet.

I've heard a lot about you, Elder Song.

Elder Xi. When I was 10 years younger,

I often asked for his guidance in martial arts. Here.

We are not only my teacher but also my friend.

We have a very strong bond.

Elder Chen. Come on.

Elder Chen doesn't like to drink

but he's very proficient in Full-arm Boxing

and is very good with poisons too.

He has contributed a lot to the Beggars' Sect.

Thanks for the compliment, Chief.

This is a critical situation.

How can Chief Qiao look so relaxed?

Chief Qiao is an intelligent man.

His aides are gone. Although he has good martial arts skills,

he won't be able to defeat the four men alone.

He is now trying to distract them

as he waits for his strong support to come back.

Look! Signal flare. What happened?

Let's go have a look.

Look.

Thanks to the acknowledgment

given by our friends in the martial arts world,

the Beggars' Sect is known as the greatest sect in the world.

We have a large number of members.

So it's not a surprise that our beliefs are not aligned.

If you have anything on your mind, speak up

and we will still be brothers.

I thought... Quan Guan Qing was the only man responsible for this.

I didn't expect the Four Great Elders were involved too.

Four Great Elders, you ordered your men to lock us up.

Why did you do that?

Brother Bai... I'm deeply guilty.

We have been brothers for many years.

I mean no malice.

No malice?

I don't think so.

Training Elder and I were trapped in the abandoned house,

which was surrounded by firewood and saltpeter.

We were told that the house would be burned if we tried to run away.

Elder Song, is this what you mean by no malice?

Li Chun Lai.

I'm here.

I'm here. I'm here.

Li Chun Lai. Answer me.

You lied to us about the mutiny and led us into the trap.

How should you be punished?

I'm only a lowly disciple.

I don't dare to do that.

It was...

What?

It was the order from your Branch Leader Quan, right?

One more question.

Did you know that the order was fake?

Speak!

Don't you dare to admit what you did?

Elder Bai, you are right.

I made a mistake.

I will accept whatever punishment you impose on me.

Yes.

That day when I relayed the order to you,

I knew it was a fake.

Why did you do that?

- Did the chief mistreat you? - No.

- Or did I mistreat you? - No.

None of that.

I owe a great debt of gratitude to Chief Qiao.

Elder Bai is a man of justice and precision.

I never hold any grudge against you.

Then, why did you do it?

Why?

I... I...

I disobeyed the sect's rules. I deserve to die.

But it's not my place

to reveal the details.

Li Chun Lai. You knew that the order was fake

and you didn't inform the chief.

Instead, you lied to me. You should be sentenced to death.

Brother Xiang, who lied to you?

Disciples of the Beggars' Sect should abode by the law set by the ancestors.

Being a man, we should be able to admit our mistakes

and dare to face the consequences of our own actions.

Chief, we have all agreed

to remove you from the chief position.

But we were afraid that Training Elder and Disciplinary Elder would disagree with us.

So we decided to lock them up with a trick.

This matter decided the future of our sect.

So we had to take the risk.

It wasn't our lucky day, and you got the upper hand.

You can punish us however you like.

I have been with the Beggars' Sect for 30 years.

Everyone knows that I'm not a coward.

The Four Great Elders staged a rebellion against the chief,

which violates the first rule of the sect.

Disciplinary disciples.

Yes.

- Tie them up. - Yes.

Cowards. The rebellion could have been a success.

Look at you. See how much you fear Qiao Feng.

Disciples of the Beggars' Sect.

Chief Qiao succeeded Chief Wang as our sect's leader.

Neither did he seize the position by force,

nor did he scheme to be where he is now.

Chief Wang, his predecessor, gave him three tests.

Only after he made the seven great contributions to the sect,

did Chief Wang pass the Dog-beating Stick to him.

Back then, at the meeting at Mount Tai,

we were surrounded by our enemies and were in a dire situation.

Thanks to Chief Qiao who defeated the Nine Great Men,

our sect was able to avert the crisis.

Many of you here witnessed it yourselves.

During the past few years when Chief Wang was sick,

Chief Qiao took care of all the affairs of the sect

and managed them accordingly.

Consequently, our sect grew stronger and stronger.

Chief Qiao's contributions to the sect speak for themselves.

Since he succeeded the position, he has treated all of us with a big heart

He deserves more than just our respect. and complete fairness.

Why will anyone stage a rebellion against him?

Quan Guan Qing.

Explain yourself.

Branch Leader Quan, if I have done anything that betrays my brothers' trust,

please tell me to my face.

You don't have to hold back.

You haven't done anything that betrays our trust,

but soon you will.

Quan Guan Qing. Chief Qiao is an upright man.

He hasn't done anything wrong,

and will not do anything wrong either.

You were the one who deluded the others

with the intention to rebel against the chief.

If I'm ever told these words, I'll take it as nonsense.

How can anyone be so stupid to believe your lies?

Elder Bai, allow Branch Leader Quan

to tell the whole story in detail.

Yes.

Quan Guan Qing, explain yourself.

Deputy Chief Ma was killed

and I suspect that it was Qiao Feng's doing.

What did you say?

Deputy Chief Ma has a good name in the sect,

and was also an experienced man.

You had always feared Deputy Chief Ma and wanted to eliminate him.

Before you got him out of the picture,

you wouldn't be able to secure your position as the chief.

Deputy Chief Ma and I have a strong bond

and share similar interests.

When Chief Wang passed away,

Brother Ma took me as his own brother.

Repeat

whatever you said.

Deputy Chief Ma was killed

and we wanted to seek revenge against Murong Fu.

Yet, you repeatedly colluded with our enemy.

These people are Murong Fu's family

and you tried to protect them.

He is Murong Fu's friend and you've become sworn brothers with him.

That's not right.

I never know Murong Fu.

These ladies maybe Young Master Murong's relatives,

but family? Not accurate.

Beggars' Sect has been around for hundreds of years.

We are a reputable sect

not because of our huge number of members,

but because of effort in helping others and our strong sense of justice.

Branch Leader Quan.

You said that I protected the three ladies.

Yes, I am because I have our sect's reputation to protect.

I don't want outsiders to say

that the elders of our sect work together to bully three weak ladies.

Even if you don't care about our sect's reputation,

our brothers do.

Quan Guan Qing, anything else you want to say?

Chief, you don't have to waste your time with this wicked and unscrupulous man.

Just punish him according to the sect's rules.

Wait a minute. Chief.

I can't tell

If You are a villain who's pretending to be good

or a straightforward man.

I'm not capable of doing that.

So, just kill me.

Elder Wu, why did you call me a liar?

What made you doubt me?

This matter involves too many men and things.

If others find out about this, Beggars' Sect will lose face in the martial arts world.

People will despise us.

Initially, we planned to kill you.

Only because I saved Murong Fu's people,

you think that I'm in collusion with him.

But you staged the rebellion even before I saved them.

What do they have to do with each other?

Moreover, we haven't concluded this matter.

Chief Qiao.

So, you are positive that Murong Fu

didn't kill Deputy Chief Ma.

To find out whether Murong Fu is the killer, we need to investigate further.

But if he really is,

I will definitely capture him and avenge Deputy Chief Ma.

But if he's not,

we will have to find the real culprit.

If we kill the good guy

based on your wild guesses,

the killer will still be at liberty,

sneering at the Beggars' Sect for our incapability.

It's unfair to the innocent man.

We'll also let Deputy Chief Ma down

and ruin Beggars' Sect's reputation.

Chief, we rebelled against you because we trusted the wrong man.

He told us that you were at outs with Deputy Chief Ma

and colluded with Murong Fu to murder him.

When we put together all of these small things,

we had to believe him.

Now that I have thought it through, I was really muddle-headed.

Elder Bai, bring over the sect's knife.

According to the sect's rule,

I shall end my own life.

Disciplinary disciples, bring over the sect's knife.

The Four Great Elders were swayed by rumors

and led a rebellion against the chief.

According to the sect's rule,

he shall be punished with death by one cut.

Quan Guan Qing, Head of Dazhi Branch,

spread rumors about the chief and attempted to rebel against the chief.

According to the sect's rules, he shall be punished with death by nine cuts.

Other disciples who were involved in the rebellion

will be handled according to the sect's rules after a thorough investigation.

All right.

Chief, I let you down.

I'll follow the sect's rules and end my own life.

Before that, I have a request.

When I'm gone,

I hope that you can remember the small contribution I made to the Beggars' Sect and forgive me.

Untie me.

Chief.

Do you think I'm too sinful to be allowed to end my own life?

Fifteen years ago, the Khitans invaded the Yanmen Pass.

When you got the news,

you starved for three days and stayed up for four nights,

just to hurry back to send the news.

Nine good horses died

while you suffered from internal injuries and were throwing up blood.

Because of that,

the army of our nation was able to brace themselves

and the Khitan troops had to retreat.

This is a major contribution to the nation.

Disciplinary Elder,

please take into consideration Elder Song's contribution to the nation.

Allow him to atone for his sin.

Chief Qiao,

I understand why you interceded for Elder Song.

But these are the sect's rules saying that a rebel

can never be forgiven, no matter how much credit he has accumulated.

He can't be forgiven, or he might claim credit for himself in the future

and create more trouble with his arrogance.

Chief,

our sect spent hundreds of years to achieve what we have, and we can't ruin it.

we cannot disobey the rules set by the previous chiefs.

Chief.

Chief. The Disciplinary Elder is right.

As the elders,

we all have contributed to the sect in some way.

If they can atone for their sins with their credits,

they will commit any crime as they please.

Thanks, Chief.

Please sympathize with me.

Allow me to end my own life.

Chief, you...

Fine.

I had the intention to kill you.

I deserve to be killed by you.

Do it.

Chief!!

- Elder Bai. - Chief.

Among our sect's rules,

there's a rule that says

a disciple who disobeys the rules shall not be pardoned.

If the chief intends to show mercy to the disciple,

he shall bleed himself to cleanse the disciple from his sins.

Chief. There indeed is such a rule.

The chief shall bleed himself to cleanse the disciple from his sins.

But Chief, is it worth doing that?

Exactly, Chief. Why do you have to do that?

As long as we don't break the rules set by our ancestors.

Chief!

Elder Xi. You taught me martial arts.

Although you're not my teacher,

you do take me as your student.

Thanks.

Back then, Chief Wang was captured by the Five Great Men of Khitan

and imprisoned in the Heifeng Cave in Mount Qilian.

He was threatened to surrender Beggars' Sect to the Khitans.

Elder Xi, you shared a slight resemblance with Chief Wang.

You disguised as Chief Wang

and were ready to die for him.

Because of that, Chief Wang got out of the woods.

It's a great contribution to both the nation and the sect.

Chief.

You have to get pardoned today.

Chief Qiao.

We never have a good relationship with you.

I upset you quite often as well.

So, I don't have the audacity to ask you to bleed for me.

Elder Chen.

I am a lowbrow person.

I don't like to make friends with people who are grim,

nosy, cruel,

and speak with sarcasm.

This is how I am.

I am blunt.

Moreover, you don't like to drink.

So we never get along.

- Chief. - Chief Qiao.

Chief, what are you doing?

But who is the guy

who risked his life to steal the Khitan's deployment map?

Others might not know about this.

But I've always known what you did for the sect.

Chief.

I, Chen Gu Yan, thank you for your mercy.

Forgive me for nonsense I've said, please.

Thanks, Chief.

Elder Wu.

Back then, you guarded the Yingchou Gorge on your own.

You fought off the men of First Class Hall of Xixia

and ruined their plan to assassinate the Generals of the Yang family.

With the gold medal only rewarded to you by Marshal Yang,

you shall be forgiven.

Show the gold medal to the brothers.

Chief. I'm ashamed to admit this.

That day, I had no money to buy wine

and I sold the gold medal to the jeweler.

Elder Wu. We are beggars.

If you are running out of food or wine,

you should just beg for it.

Why did you sell the gold medal?

It's easy to beg for food, but not for wine.

They usually say, "Stinky beggars.

How dare you ask for wine after I gave you food? That's absurd.

I won't give you wine."

Nice.

Nice. But you might have let Marshal Yang down.

Chief, thanks for your benevolence.

I owe you my life.

From now on, I won't believe whoever talks bad about you.

Quan Guan Qing,

do you have anything else to say?

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♫ In this life, no matter who is laughing at me ♫

♫ I will not go mad or be unreasonable ♫

♫ I have crossed seas and mountains of hardships ♫

♫ Everything has it's earnings ♫

♫ All the things that happened in the past are as clear as ink ♫

♫ I wait for it to run dry and then start to tint ♫

♫ All worldly desires are like mountains and valleys ♫

♫ Borrowing rain's tears as the water rushes out ♫

♫ If you come across me in this life, who cares if it's life or death in the end ♫

♫ I might as well become a river ♫

♫ As the sword laughs, many of your dreams are shattered ♫

♫ It's just a small story in the martial arts world ♫

♫ If you come across me in this life, so what if I abandon all my riches ♫

♫ Where do I go to ask the rights and the wrongs, the benefits and the losses, the empty and the colorful ♫

♫ If you make it past, come back to find the cause ♫

♫ How will fate deal with me? ♫

♫ If you come across me in this life, so what if I abandon all my riches ♫

♫ Where do I go to ask the rights and the wrongs, the benefits and the losses, the empty and the colorful ♫

♫ As the sword laughs, many of your dreams are shattered ♫

♫ It's just a small story in the martial arts world ♫

♫ If you come across me in this life, so what if I abandon all my riches ♫

♫ Where do I go to ask the rights and the wrongs, the benefits and the losses, the empty and the colorful ♫

♫ If you make it past, come back to find the cause ♫

♫ How will fate deal with me? ♫