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[The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils]

[Episode 18]

Then may I know who is your master?

What impressive martial arts

does he know?

The master who taught me

has passed away.

Don't mention him.

However, my current master

is very capable.

No one else in the world can do

his Minute Steps Upon Towering Waves.

Minute Steps Upon Towering Waves?

Indeed, that requires advanced skills.

But I don't believe that Young Master Duan of Dali would take you

as his disciple.

What?

You don't believe me?

Why would I lie to you?

Everyone here has heard him calling me his disciple.

Right?

Right, Fourth Brother?

Yes!

All right.

In that case,

I suppose you must have

mastered your master's special technique.

Congratulations.

It's too early to congratulate me.

I have yet to master it.

Didn't you say

you know

all the martial arts

in the world?

If you can

show me three steps of the Minute Steps Upon Towering Waves,

I, Second-in-command Yue, will surrender.

The Minute Steps Upon Towering Waves may be difficult to master,

but

I did learn a few steps.

Shall I

show you?

Come!

In that case,

we shall also watch and enrich our knowledge.

Great! Show it!

Come catch me.

How was it?

I've shown you the three steps.

I only saw one step!

All right.

This time, I'll close my eyes.

Come catch me.

I can catch you even with my eyes closed!

Last step!

How was it?

There were three steps, right?

Weren't there only two steps?

There was one more on your face.

Fourth Brother!

Was there?

Third-in-command Yue.

How was it?

Young Master Murong's Minute Steps Upon Towering Waves

is better than your master's, right?

Enough!

I'm tired!

I'll stop fighting!

He could kick my face with his eyes closed.

I surrender!

Impressive!

May I know

why are both of you heroes here?

Some brothers of mine in the Beggars' Sect

have offended you unknowingly,

so they were arrested and brought here.

If I may be so bold,

can you please release my brothers?

You're right.

Just now,

you've shown us your great skills.

You live up to your name, Young Master Murong.

Chief Qiao, you're at the same level as Young Master Murong.

You should

show all of us here some of your skills as well

to let us, the Xixia people,

admire you wholeheartedly.

Only then will I release all the good men

in your esteemed sect.

Oh, right.

Here.

This is strange.

These people caused a scene

and poisoned themselves.

Who used my Teary and Limpy Breeze without my permission?

General,

I can't move.

- There must be a traitor among us. - Who? Who is the traitor?

Find him!

Tear him into pieces!

Chief Qiao,

please let us

smell the antidote as well.

Our general

will reward you greatly for sure.

I have to rescue my brothers now.

I have no need

for the general's reward.

Young Master Murong.

There's a bottle of antidote around my chest.

Can you please remove the cap

and let me smell it?

There's really an antidote.

I won't let you smell it.

You...

You...

Who are you?

What do you want?

How dare you!

- Chief Qiao? - Chief.

Chief Qiao.

- Chief Qiao. - It's really you.

- Thank goodness. - Chief.

Chief, you're here!

This is the antidote.

- This is the antidote. - Take a sniff.

Here.

- Thank you. - This is the antidote.

Quick. Let the others smell it too.

All right. Thank you.

- Are you all right? - Yes.

- Did it work? - Yes.

Young Master Murong.

We were blinded and foolish

to have blamed you for killing Deputy Chief Ma.

Thanks to you and Chief,

we were saved in time.

We were captured by the Xixia people.

We can't imagine how things would have ended up.

- Yes. - Exactly.

- Exactly. - Chief.

Please forgive us.

Please come back and be our chief.

- Yes! - Chief!

- Come back and be our chief. - Yes. Come back, Chief.

- Yes. - Come back, Chief.

Chief, please come back.

- Chief Qiao, come back. - The Beggars' Sect needs you.

Master Qiao and Young Master Murong

are close friends indeed.

Let's discuss this matter

another time.

We should go out and take a look first.

- Chief! - I'll go as well.

Chief Qiao!

- Chief Qiao! - Chief, don't leave!

- Exactly. - Chief Qiao!

Did you see that?

- The Beggars' Sect needs Chief Qiao. - Exactly.

As a citizen of Xixia, how dare he help the outsiders.

When we return and find him,

I will kill his entire family!

How dare he wrote those words on the wall.

- It is obvious - Who beat you up?

That he is mocking us!

That little bastard!

He even stole my Teary and Limpy Breeze and released it at his own will.

Find him!

Find out his name

and kill his whole family!

This is Young Master Murong's handwriting...

You are "Young Master Murong" right now.

Our young master

can write various characters and writing styles.

But

I can't tell if this is our young master's handwriting or not.

Then who could have written it?

They kept saying that there was a traitor.

Could it be someone among them?

Could it be Li Yan Zong?

Who is Li Yan Zong?

He's a Xixia warrior whom Miss Wang and I

met at the dye house.

That person was odd indeed.

He released us and gave us

the antidote of Teary and Limpy Breeze.

Let's go back and discuss this with Miss Wang.

Are you all right?

Chief Qiao.

- Chief Qiao. - The chief didn't leave.

Young Master Murong and I have something important to do.

We will meet again.

- Chief! - Don't go, Chief Qiao!

Chief!

Say,

it's such a coincidence, isn't it?

My silly disciple

told me to perform the Minute Steps Upon Towering Waves.

Wasn't that...

The real Chief Qiao is here.

Oh, no!

Come on. Let's go!

Hurry up!

Chief!

The chief is back!

The chief is back!

Chief!

Is everyone all right?

Yes.

We're all right, Chief.

What happened to these Xixia people?

Chief.

This is what happened.

Yesterday, in the Xingzi Forest,

the spy whom we sent to Xixia

sent us an urgent message,

but

Elder Xu decided not

to show you.

Why do you think

he would do that?

"Chief,

I have learned that General He Lian Tie Shu of Xixia

is bringing many skilled fighters from First Class Hall

to fight against us.

They have a powerful poisonous gas.

It is odorless.

Once released,

one who smells it will be unable to move.

When we meet them,

we must cover our mouths and noses

or snatch the antidote, which has a pungent smell.

Otherwise, we will be in grave danger.

This is an urgent message.

"Reported by Yi Da Biao from Daxin Branch."

Actually, Brother Yi's report came just in time.

It's just that

I didn't open it and read it sooner.

That's why we fell into their trap.

Fortunately, none of us in the Beggars' Sect

was injured or gravely wounded.

It's all thanks to you, Chief.

We treated you badly,

yet you still treated us benevolently.

We're truly ashamed.

- Chief. - Yes, Chief.

We're sorry.

We got tricked right after you left.

If you and Young Master Murong hadn't come here in time,

the entire Beggars' Sect would have died.

If you don't come back and call the shots,

things won't work in the Beggars' Sect!

Wait a minute.

Young Master Murong?

I didn't meet him.

- You came together with him just now. - He was here just now.

He was here just now.

That boy was able to perform

the Minute Steps Upon Towering Waves

with his eyes closed.

If that wasn't him, who else could it be?

That was him.

That was him!

- Murong Fu was here earlier? - He did.

- He came. - Yes.

Qiao Feng.

Just now, both of you came in here hand-in-hand.

You look like a great hero.

Why are you talking nonsense?

Murong Fu and I came in here hand-in-hand?

How ridiculous.

Qiao Feng.

You're the Chief of the Beggars' Sect.

You must not tell lies!

Just ask everybody

if you were here earlier.

You...

You were sitting there.

He was sitting there.

Murong Fu showed us his Minute Steps Upon Towering Waves.

And you, Qiao Feng, were cheering and applauding him.

Are you trying to say that all of that was fake?

Elder Bai.

Did you see me just now?

Yes.

Yes.

I saw you for sure, Chief.

What's wrong?

You cured me with this bottle of antidote earlier.

How could that be fake?

Indeed.

That's right.

I saw it with my eyes.

Quan Guan Qing was talking nonsense.

Please don't mind his words.

You're honest and forthright.

It's not a big deal if you are friends

with Young Master Murong.

- Exactly. - That's right.

Since everyone is all right,

I shall leave now.

Chief!

- Chief! - Chief Qiao!

- Chief Qiao! - Chief!

I'm no longer a member of the Beggars' Sect.

You shouldn't address me as Chief anymore.

- Chief! - Chief Qiao!

How was it?

How did you guys escape?

Someone helped us secretly

by releasing Teary and Limpy Breeze,

immobilizing the Xixia people.

Let me tell you this.

Young Master Duan and I

even ran into Brother Qiao earlier.

Luckily, he was busy rescuing the others,

so he didn't notice us.

Otherwise,

we would have gotten into trouble.

Miss Wang,

who do you think

who do you think the person who saved us was?

I do have an assumption.

It's just that...

No matter how intelligent and capable Miss Wang is,

she can't possibly know everything.

In my opinion,

it's more important for us to go to Shaolin and find Young Master Murong.

You're right.

We will stay here for the night.

Tomorrow, we will depart early in the morning.

(If I'm really a Khitan, )

(in the past years, )

(I've killed many Khitans)

(and destroyed countless plans of theirs.)

(Isn't this a great disloyalty?)

(What if it's true)

(that my parents were murdered by the Hans outside Yanmen Pass?)

(Yet, I called the murderer my master?)

(For the past thirty years, )

(I called other people my parents.)

(If this is true, have I not been unfilial?)

(If I have indeed been disloyal and unfilial, )

(how can I stand to live in this world any longer?)

(But,all of these)

(might be lies and accusations created by those deceitful ones.)

(I, Qiao Feng, am a dignified man.)

(Yet, my reputation is now in ruins)

(and can never be restored.)

(If I were to leave the Beggars' Sect)

(in a moment of rage)

(and never bother about their matters anymore, )

(would I have let the evil ones succeed?)

(No matter what the truth is, )

(I must get to the bottom of it.)

Seniors, please be more mindful.

Miss Wang, we are here.

Master.

Amitabha.

Please stop here.

Shaolin Temple is a sacred place.

Women are not allowed to enter.

Master.

My young master's surname is Murong.

Some time ago, he had come to Shaolin Temple to settle some matters.

May I know if he is still in the temple?

Miss.

It is fate that brought him to the temple.

There's no point for you to pester him.

If women enter the temple, you will interrupt the meditation.

That is very sinful.

Why would women interrupt the meditation?

And how is that sinful?

Obviously, it's because you men do not have enough will to stay focused,

yet, you're pinning the blame on women.

How shameful.

Furthermore, there's a saying in dharma.

"All beings are equal".

So why aren't women allowed to enter Shaolin Temple?

- This... - What?

Shaolin Temple is a sacred place with the most concentrated amount of Yang energy.

The rule has been set since long ago.

How can we allow women to enter as they like?

If you wish to pay homage to Buddha,

please go somewhere else.

Do not sully the Shaolin Temple.

That monk looks dumb and dull.

Let's not bother arguing with him.

We are all given birth by women.

- So how can he look down on women? - Let's go.

That monk appears to be of low status here.

He clearly doesn't know everything that goes on inside the temple.

I think my cousin has already left Shaolin Temple.

Why don't we go back to Swallow's Nest first?

Bi, take Miss Wang and Young Master Duan with you and leave first.

I'm going to teach that little brat a lesson.

Oh, dear.

The little monk has landed himself into trouble with Miss Zhu.

Then, you must take extra care.

Don't make enemies with Shaolin.

Don't worry, Miss Wang.

I have my own way.

Go on now.

Let's go.

(I've left home for so many years, )

(but I still remember the days when I played here.)

(Father is hardworking and thrifty.)

(We had been using this old teapot for more than ten years, )

(but he still can't bear to throw it away.)

Father.

Mother.

I'm back.

Mother?

Mother?

Father!

Father.

(My parents are humble farmers.)

(Why would a powerful martial arts practitioner kill them?)

(It's clearly because of me.)

Amitabha.

We're too late.

Qiao Feng!

You're worse than animals.

Mr. and Mrs. Qiao may not have been your birth parents,

but how could you forsake all the years and effort they spent raising you?

How could you be so cruel and heartless to have killed them?

I just got home.

I saw that my parents had been murdered.

I was just about to investigate their murder.

Master.

Why did you accuse me of so?

Qiao Feng!

How dare you act so brazenly at Shaoshi Mountain?

You're not skillful enough!

Masters, you must all be compassionate to have rushed here

to save my parents.

If I may ask,

how did you learn of the news

that someone would harm my parents?

You're only asking because you want to find out

who reported the matter and harm them.

You won't get a single word out of me

even if you torture me.

If I had planned to silence everyone here,

I would've killed all of you by now.

Well, it might not be that easy for you to silence us.

Empty. He's not here!

He's not here too.

Amitabha.

May I know how to get to Bodhi Temple?

Amitabha.

Xu Zhu greets Martial Uncle Zhi Qing.

This way leads to Bodhi Temple.

Martial Uncle.

You came to the temple earlier than I did.

You already knew where Bodhi Temple is.

Why did you ask me for directions?

How dare to talk to your martial uncle like that?

You're such a fool.

I was just testing you.

Martial Uncle, you are right.

To go to Bodhi Temple, please walk

until the end of this road.

It is located behind Zhengdao Temple.

That's better.

Xu Zhu. Oh, Xu Zhu.

Everyone here knows

that you grew up in the temple.

But Martial Uncle Zhi Qing

used such a simple question to test you just now.

It shows you're becoming dumber.

You must work harder.

Father.

Mother.

I'm sorry for coming back late.

I couldn't see you before you passed away.

Otherwise,

you would've been so happy

to see that I have

grown into a strong and healthy man.

But now, we are separated forever.

If the three of us could gather again,

even for only a day,

we could have still shared a happy moment together.

Father.

Mother.

Who killed you?

I must catch the murderer.

I will avenge you.

(The murderer did not kill my parents by chance.)

(He killed them just before I got home.)

(It was obviously planned ahead.)

(His purpose was not to kill, )

(but to put the blame on me.)

(The other person who knows)

(of my heritage in this world is Reverend Xuan Ku.)

This is bad!

Xuan Ku.

Do you have anything else to say?

On the day of my ordination,

my late master gave me the dharma name Xuan Ku.

Buddha said that there are seven states of suffering,

which are birth, aging, sickness, death,

engaging someone you hate,

separation from someone you love,

and not being able to obtain what you desire.

I have tried to avoid these sufferings.

One can help oneself

but can't help others.

I feel ashamed to say this.

The suffering of engaging someone you hate or dislike

will definitely happen in one's life.

Because of all these,

I deserve this karma.

All of you here

should feel happy for me

because I am fulfilling this cycle.

A few months ago, Xuan Bei was murdered by a person of evil.

We did all we could to find the murderer.

We went against Buddha's commandment of not getting angry.

But getting rid of the bad and evil

is a deed of saving others.

Removing an evil person

will save countless people.

Xuan Ku.

Is that person from the Murong clan?

Senior,

I don't want you and the others

to worry about me.

That will add to my karma.

As for that person,

if he puts down his knife,

he can repent and be saved.

If he continues to be stubborn,

he will be suffering in vain.

As for how he looks like,

I think there's no need to mention it.

You're wise to have such a realization.

As a senior, I have been too obsessed over this.

My thoughts are at a low level.

I would like to meditate in peace for a while to repent.

Xuan Ku.

Do take care.

Dear guest, you've come from far.

Why do you not enter?

Greetings, Master.

I, Qiao Feng, pay my respects to you.

Feng.

I was just thinking about you.

I want to see you.

Come in. Come in.

Master.

You...

You are...

Are you Qiao Feng,

the disciple who I trained myself?

Yes, it's me.

I seldom accompany you.

Thank you for having me in your mind.

Seeing you being healthy

makes me very glad.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Master.

Master!

Master...

Master...

You have potential,

but you lack something.

These are sins,

and these are good deeds.

From now on,

you must hold them both in your hands at all times.

Master, don't worry.

I will keep them balanced in my hands.

Not only that,

you have to keep them in your heart as well.

Do no evil.

Do good deeds.

Think kindly and act kindly.

You will be blessed in return.

(For all the years I spent)

(in the martial arts world, )

(I've been honest, sincere, and forthright)

(in everything I do and to everyone I meet.)

(In those years, my master taught me martial arts every day.)

(Even when it was raining heavily, )

(he had never skipped a day.)

(I must repay all that he has done for me)

(with everything I can.)

Abbot!

Reverend Xuan Ku has passed away!

Qiao Feng?

Abbot.

Why are you here?

I came to see Reverend Xuan Ku.

But unfortunately,

I witnessed his passing.

Abbot.

Why did my master end up like this?

Xuan Ku was assassinated.

He took a grave hit to his chest.

His ribs were all broken,

and his organs were all damaged.

It was because of his power

that he made it until now.

Who was the murderer?

I asked him who the murderer was,

but he said he didn't know.

I also asked for the murderer's appearance and age,

but he said

that there are seven sufferings in Buddhism.

Engaging someone you hate or dislike in life is one of them.

Since he met his enemy,

he thought he would take the opportunity to extricate himself.

As for the murderer's appearance,

he mentioned nothing about it.

I, Qiao Feng,

am a layperson.

I must catch the murderer to avenge my master.

The guards at the temple are strict.

How did the murderer

enter the temple without anyone noticing?

We didn't notice

your presence until you entered as well.

So the murderer

could have easily done the same.

I had urgent matters.

So I did not have time to ask for permission at the mountain gate.

Please forgive me, Abbot.

Reverend, it's time to take your medicine.

Reverend.

Reverend, it's time to take your medicine.

Abbot.

What happened to my master?

- He passed away. - Passed...

My master passed away?

Master.

Master.

It was him.

It was him who hurt Master!

What did you say?

Qing Song.

Don't be afraid.

Speak clearly.

You said that he was the one who hit your master?

Yes.

He hit Master's chest with his palm.

I saw it through the window.

Abbot, you...

You have to hit him in return!

You must look carefully.

You must not accuse the wrong person.

I saw him clearly.

Right.

It was him.

Abbot, he was the one who hurt master!

- Abbot, it was him! - Reverend Xuan Ku...

was my master! I am indebted to him!

We haven't seen each other for more than ten years.

He was delighted when he saw that I had returned

just now.

(Since I've grown up and become an adult, )

(I look different from when I was a child.)

Could it be

because Master saw

that the murderer and I looked alike?

The murderer impersonated me

to shift the blame on me.

My master was hurt by someone,

but he didn't know who that was.

When he saw me,

he was so overwhelmed

that he passed away.

Abbot!

I left the temple when I was young. My looks have long changed since.

The murderer purposely impersonated me to shift the blame on me.

Qiao Feng.

Although you are no longer in the Beggars' Sect,

you're still famous in the martial arts world.

Today, you came to this temple

and hurt Xuan Ku.

May I know

what brought you here?

Master.

Right before you passed away,

you still thought that I was the murderer.

Master, I dare not offend you,

but the murderer killed you

because of me.

If I took my life tonight,

it would be to repay my debt to you.

It's not a pity.

But if I do so,

I will not be able to avenge you.

I have gone

against Shaolin.

Master.

Please forgive me.

- He escaped! - Catch him!

- Don't let him escape! - Hurry up! Catch him!

- Where did he go? - Stop!

- This way. - Quick!

Where is he?

Listen carefully.

Zhi Jing and Zhi Ming,

check the roof.

We must not let Qiao Feng escape.

Yes!

Zhi Kong and Zhi Ran.

Tell those who are on night duty

to check every nook and corner.

Yes!

He's not at the front gate.

He's not at the north gate.

- Not at the east. - Not at the west.

This is strange.

How can a person

disappear just like that?

Zhi Ran.

Bring someone

to help to move Xuan Ku's body to be cremated at Sheli Temple.

Others will go on patrol.

Yes!

Amitabha.

- Check carefully. That way! - Yes!

- Did you find him? - Anything?

- No! - No!

He's not here either. Let's go there.

- Where is he hiding? - Let's look there.

Where did he go?

He's not here either.

Let's go.

Everyone, let's walk faster.

Senior.

It's all empty here in Bodhi Temple.

Where are the scriptures?

Why did Master tell us to guard this place?

He even said this was to prevent the enemies from stealing.

This is a secret in Bodhi Temple.

I can't tell you anything else.