[The Intelligent Gentleman, Su Xing He]
We, the Eight Friends of Hangu, are here to visit you, Master.
We are infinitely delighted to see you in great health, Master.
Master, Reverend Xuan Nan of Shaolin is here to visit you too.
Here you are, Reverend Xuan Nan.
(So Mr. Deaf and Mute is neither deaf nor mute after all.)
I've sinned. I've sinned.
Amitabha.
Your Zhenlong Go Formation is profound and ingenious.
Even I cannot solve it.
You are a meticulous young man.
The moves you made were of advanced levels.
How could you not work out another move?
What a pity.
The rest of you may get up as well.
Yes, Master.
It took our master
three years of hard work to perfect this Zhenlong game.
Then, he sincerely invited all Go enthusiasts to solve the puzzle.
What an old fool I am.
I delved into it for over 30 years,
yet I could not solve it.
So today,
I sincerely invited all of you here to assist me.
It will be a wish come true if any of you manages to solve it.
Our master watching from the heavens will also find closure.
Amitabha.
Such is the Intelligent Gentleman's intent
that I believe that even his late master would be delighted to know.
Ding Chun Qiu!
This man is my martial junior.
But he betrayed our master.
He made him die with a grudge.
I had wanted to follow after my master,
but my late master had unfulfilled wishes.
Therefore, I survived to this day,
enduring this humiliation.
All these years,
I had honored a pact with my junior
not to speak a single word.
I feigned to be deaf and mute.
Even my disciples, whom I just took in,
I had to force them to be deaf
and mute.
It has been 30 years.
No fruit had been borne.
No one has ever been able to solve this Go puzzle.
So my disciple is here too.
The Four Evils are here to meet the Intelligent Gentleman.
As per your invitation for a game of Go.
Welcome.
(Another one?)
That was an excellent move, Mr. Duan.
Let's see if you can solve it
and break free from the formation.
Mr. Duan.
Your first few moves took you ahead.
But your last was caught in a ruse.
A dead end.
There's no way out.
(You and your Shaolin Sect are orthodox indeed.)
( So tell me how would you solve it?)
A Go formation is neither honest nor devious,
contrary to what it seems.
You cannot solve it with honest moves.
And neither can you do it with only unorthodox means.
(Neither good nor evil, you say.)
(Never mind then.)
You know what they say?
It's easy to turn from good to bad,
but hard to turn back to good.
One misstep, and you'll regret it for eternity.
By the time you look back, it's too late.
(As a royal heir of the Duan clan of Dali, )
(I have fallen so far in the martial arts world.)
(I am ashamed to face my ancestors.)
Ancestors?
Even if you die and go to the other world,
you wouldn't be able to face your ancestors.
If you know you are ashamed,
why don't you end it all now?
That's what a hero would do.
Why don't you just kill yourself?
Kill yourself!
Mr. Duan, no!
Boss, catch that monk!
It's too late.
Duan Yan Qing, hurry up and end it all!
(Indeed. )
(What's the point of living in this world any further?)
(I might as well end it all.)
(This Go challenge is driving people insane.)
(If I could think of a way to distract him, )
(I might be able to save him.)
(I can't solve the game, )
(but I can cause a commotion.)
I... I'm going to solve it!
You fool!
You played in vain.
You killed a large chunk of your own white pieces.
I know of no such move anywhere in this world!
You brat.
You ruined my plans!
(Old Freak of Xingxiu!)
(You wanted to take advantage of this ruckus.)
(I won't let you have it your way!)
Mr. Duan has been eliminated.
My late master has willed
that anyone in the whole world is eligible to play.
Your move, although whimsical
it still counts as valid.
However,
you eliminated a large number of your own pieces with that move.
If the black pieces close in on you,
how will you deal with it?
Amitabha.
Senior, I'm not good at Go.
I saw that Mr. Duan
was disoriented by the game.
That is why I made a move to distract him.
I will not make another move in this game.
I'm so sorry, Senior.
Stop.
My master designed the Zhenlong Go formation
to invite chess masters from all over to solve it.
It's not a big deal if it can't be solved.
But if anyone deliberately messes it up,
and put all of his effort to waste,
even if that person were to bring thousands of troops,
I will fight to the death with that person!
- But Senior... - Play on!
My master's efforts are not something you can toy with.
(Lower left, 3-9.)
(Who was that?)
(Who's teaching me to play?)
(Who spoke to me?)
(Forget it. I'll just do as told.)
(Lower left, 2-8.)
(Upper right, 5-6. )
Even I can figure out these few moves.
But everything is hard at first.
I never expected the first move.
Cousin?
This is just a game of Go.
Why do you care so much?
(Upper left, 7-8.)
Little monk, you are indeed gifted.
30 years have passed
since my master set up this formation,
and no one has ever been able to solve it.
Until today, when you came and solved it.
Senior.
I did it?
I am truly grateful to you.
No, no, Senior.
You got it all wrong.
Actually, it wasn't me. It was...
(This is a secret.)
(Don't tell anyone.)
(Otherwise, your life will be at risk.)
Actually, Senior,
I only got lucky.
You're flattering me.