The Smiling Proud Wanderer (1984)
Seasons & Episode
TUNG brings up YUM's daughter YING and makes her the 'Sacred Nun’. In order to take care of YING, YEUNG stays in the Sun Moon Clan. Many years later, YEUNG wants to leave the clan but is refused by TUNG. He asks YEUNG to kill HEUNG if he really wants to leave. On the contrary, YEUNG joins with HEUNG to fight against TUNG.
Yet, soon after the rescue, TIN captured YEE again and kept her in a brothal. Knowing it LING went to the brothal to rescue YEE a second time. In the fight, LING noted his wits to defeat TIN and though badly wounded he went onto escape with YEE again and both collapsed ashore.
LING resided in a cave to recover from his wounds and YEE took care of him because she knew he had saved her many times. YING was told that FUNG killed her father and she got the proof from YEUNG.
Fearing that YING would know the fact that he had killed her father, TUNG sent YING to Lok Yeung. Unfortunately LING was mistakened as one of the gang which annoyed his master. As punishment, LING had to face the "Fault Reminding Cliff' where he discovered the 'Five Mountain Sword Consummate' and became one of the greatest sword masters.
CHING found out that LING has the potential to train kung-fu so he taught him the 'Lonely Nine Sword Consummate'. With the new kung-fu he defeated TIN. On the other hand, SAN taught PING kung-fu as well which strengthened the love between them.
QUIN was forced to give up the leadership of the 'Wah Shan Clan'. LING arrived to present QUIN that he got seriously wounded in the fight. He was cured by YEE's father who exhibited his kung-fu power on him. Meanwhile some secret documents which belonged to the 'Wah Shan Clan' had been stolen.
Knowing why LING got so depressed, SAN's mother encouraged LING to save the relationship by practising the 'Chung Ling Sword Consummate' together. Yet failing to understand each other thoroughly they failed to learn the new kung-fu. YING gradually grow to love LING and on LING's departure to Foo Chow, she gave him a present. This greatly moved LING.
YING knew that LING's internal injuries worsened so she took LING to the ‘Shao Lin' to cure him. The monks at 'Shao Lin' promised to cure LING only if YING stayed there to repent for a whole 10 years, she promised. Meanwhile, QUIN had public announced of discharging LING from 'Wah Shan Clan'. This shocked YING a great deal.
LING and MAN became good friends and both went to ‘May Village' to save YAM but were defeated by the master of the 'May Village' who locked LING in jail. Hence LING discovered that YAM had achieved the Magnificent Star Method'. Hence he learned immediately which greatly enriched his kung-fu. Later he escaped with YAM.
LING ran into QUIN at Foochow and begged for QUIN's pardon which got turned dawn. On the depression, he found out that it was the 'Ko Shan Clan' stole their secret documents. He wanted to tell the truth to the 'Wah Shan Clan' yet no one believed him and accused him to be the suspect.
To save YING, LING together With the gangs went to 'Shao Lin' to ask for YING but they failed. YING was on the contrary saved by YAM, the father and daughter were more than happy to see each other. The second time when LING went to 'Shao Lin' in the hope of saving YING, he was invited to be the master of 'Shao Lin', LING accepted.
YAM was wounded by SIM's kung fu and MAN cured YAM. QIN helped SIM to defeat YAM. Thus, LING was forced to fight with QUIN. This made him felt guilty because QUIN was his premiere kung-fu teacher, YING found out that LING was still in love with .SAN so she decided to leave LING.
LING was greatly shocked to hear PING and SAN's marriage and he drank heavily. This made YING and YEE very worry about him. After their marriage, PING, in order to take revenge, trained himself seriously thus leaving SAN alone. SAN felt the pain.
PING ignored SAN because he was practising 'The Exorcize Sward Consummate'. This secret was discovered by QUIN and QUIN invited him to join the 'Wah Shan Clan' to strengthened his power. In the 'Five Mountain Conference' LING met SAN again, both felt the embarrasement.
QUIN's achievement in the 'Exorcize Sword Consummate' defeated all the 'Five Mountains' representatives, so everyone voted him to be the leader of the 'Five Mountains'. SAN found that she was used by her father to learn the 'Excorcize Sword Consummate' through knowing PING. So she decided to leave her home.
Numerous followers of ‘Han Shan Clan' were killed during YAM's invasion, the rest followers planned to take revenge, so they caught MAN who later was set free by YING. YING left LING and was caught by QUIN. QUIN then challenged YAM and killed YAM easily.