The Fastest Sword (天下第一劍)

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So you've kept your promise.

Why do the three of you want to meet me here?

Why did you kill our fourth brother?

That's strange.

Your fourth brother asked me to have a duel.

Don't tell me I could only be defeated and can't win, huh?

But you didn't have to kill him.

Well, if I just injured him,

then you would blame me

for insulting the name of The Four Swords of Zhongzhou.

Ding Meng Hao, you can't just hurt others

because you have good swordsmanship.

Do you think you can keep the title

"The Fastest Sword" forever?

Are you jealous of me or my prowess with the sword?

Well, let's find this out.

LEE GOON-CHEUNG, LAW KEI,

WEN JIU, JOHNNY, LU WEI, HAN CHIANG, GAO MING

Excellent skills.

It's good...

...but not refined enough.

Old man, what are you saying?

Did you have a grudge with them?

-It's none of your business. -Well.

Rumor has it that you're a ruthless killer.

Now I know it is true.

I admire your swordsmanship.

But you don't really deserve the title

"The Fastest Sword" yet.

So you're not convinced?

Wait.

I don't mind having a duel with you.

Let's, however, make things clear

before we have a duel.

Sure. Cut the crap.

What if you are defeated?

Is it possible?

Even I know it's impossible.

-I mean, just in case you are. -Rubbish.

If I am defeated, you will kill me for sure.

Are you not satisfied with it?

So you want to cut me dead piece by piece?

No, I am not like you.

I don't like killing people.

So what do you want? Simply speak it out.

All right.

If you are defeated by my smoking pipe,

you'll have to stay with me for three years

and do whatever I tell you to do.

I have a change of mind too.

You also have to stay with me for three years if you are defeated.

You'll be my servant and carry my belongings.

I am an eighty-year-old man.

Don't you think I'm a bit old to be your servant?

Well, I like that.

All right, so it is a deal.

Okay, come on.

Wait.

There's no need to fight anymore. Take a look at your chest.

So come with me now.

TAIQING TEMPLE

MEDITATION HALL

Hey.

Hey.

Master.

Master.

Old man!

Did you forget our deal?

If I did, I'd be gone a long time ago.

Then, keep sitting here quietly.

Master.

If you want to torture me, please find another way to do it, okay?

I've been sitting here for half a year. I've almost got back pain.

Then what do you want to do?

Anything,

as long as I could stretch my hands and Iegs.

Okay, I'll let you do something else.

Listen.

Copy all the scriptures in this room,

then paste the copies one by one

and wind them around this wheel.

Come down to see me after you've finished.

All of them?

What? Don't want to do it?

Then come and meditate with me.

Let's go.

Okay.

I'll do it.

I CHING

BUDDHA SCRIPTURES

POETRY COLLECTION

ARTICLES

PEACE

OF MIND...

...BUDDHA...

...BACKYARD

Master.

What? Finished?

So fast?

Go take a look upstairs.

Okay.

Really fast.

This is a smart way.

But do you know that

you don't have a callus on your fingers,

and your eyes look empty?

They're just like this roll of white paper.

It looks nice, but there's nothing inside.

I'll be blind if I keep copying.

Sometimes, you can see more clearly

with your mind, not your eyes, right?

Master.

I'm not that type of person. You would waste your effort.

So, what type of person are you?

I...

I'm just nothing.

Now, you're starting to know what humility is.

Okay. Cut the crap.

Just let me collect dirt or cut firewood. I don't care if it is tough work.

I'm Iost if I don't have a tool in my hand.

Fine, follow me.

What is this for?

See that big rock?

-Want me to knock it into pieces? -No, you have to make something out of it.

What?

Whatever you want. Just make it into something you like.

Now, I'll go downhill.

I'll be back six months later.

ALWAYS BE CALM AND PEACEFUL

What good craftsmanship.

Master.

You've been working hard.

What do you think?

It's very good,

but...

What? You don't like it?

Not really.

It's just a bit too big.

Besides,

don't you think it isn't appropriate to put a Buddha in front of the door?

Well, make some changes.

I have to leave here now.

See you six months later.

Master, you're back.

Not bad, you've improved.

But...

Too big again?

Make it smaller.

You've made me change the size again and again.

What's the hurry?

We still have another half year.

All right, you can leave now.

I'm sure you'll be satisfied this time.

Wow!

Excellent, what a beautiful statue.

So this is what you want?

That's right.

Then why didn't you tell me earlier?

I've been spending years carving stones.

So you think it's not worth it?

Do you know something?

If you took stone carving as a profession,

you would be a famous craftsman.

Master, thanks for your teaching. Can I leave now?

What's the hurry? I have one more thing to tell you.

What's that?

If you want to live,

you have to die once.

I don't quite understand this.

You will.

Now leave.

Goodbye.

ZHU'S DRILL GROUND

HERE GATHERS ALL THE WARRIORS AND HEROES

You're defeated. Why keep fighting?

Brother Ding, another one died?

Master. He's been here for Iess than three months.

And more than a dozen people were killed by him.

There will be more in the future.

Master, may I ask...

You are?

I heard the Fastest Sword, Ding Meng Hao,

is in this place.

Why are you looking for him?

-To have a duel. -A duel?

Don't you see this man that has just been killed by him?

Cut the crap. Where's he now?

Go for a drink in the inn.

GOOD WINE

Coming.

What would you like to order?

Sir, what would you like to order?

All right.

-Waiter! -Coming.

WINE HOUSE

Welcome.

Sir, please go upstairs.

Boss, someone is looking for him.

Let's hide our stuff.