28 The Ascetic Swordsman takes a drink from the stream before speaking . ASCETIC SWORDSMAN Rich? Yes, of course I know that it would make us rich, but about dead? STAFF FIGHTER What do you mean … ASCETIC SWORDSMAN You heard me right, I said dead . That Yun Xing Tong could have killed us if he wanted to, he let us live, why do you think he did so? DAGGER FIGHTER I say you’re being a big sap, brother, he let us go because … ASCETIC SWORDSMAN He knew only too well that killing us was the easy thing to do, to let us go was the harder one . Another fighter with a pair of crescent blades starts shaking his head . CRESCENT BLADE FIGHTER What in the world are you talking about? ASCETIC SWORDSMAN Hard to say, sometimes I feel that what we are after is too sacred for us to ever attain … DAGGER FIGHTER You mean … ASCETIC SWORDSMAN Yes, we must give up . The secrets of the Cloud - Water Sword Style are no longer worth our pursuit … With a top - down shot, we see as the Bronze Rod fighter, who has been drinking water by the sides all along, walks over and joins them . BRONZE ROD FIGHTER He is right indeed, I know that all of you have waited a long time for this moment, but if you will hear how it all began, you will understand everything much clearer . (Beat) Your generation within the martial realm has not heard the truth often, but mine has . There is a lot more to how Yun Xing Tong and Shui Liu Can created the Cloud - Water Sword Style than we will ever know . As far as I am concerned, it began with Yun Xing Tong’s father …