Chapter Summaries

Wei Liang met Yuan Yanxu aboard the ferry, spoke to her about justice and law, and promised to help her family in a future crisis. Meanwhile, Chen Ping'an and his companions traveled to Chengtian Kingdom, where Pei Qian found valuable lampfire-stone marrow and gave it to Chen Ping'an as a birthday gift.

• Wei Liang spoke with Yuan Yanxu about how parents shape children and why laws must restrain the strong, then promised to help her Lineage if it faced a calamity.
• Yuan Yanxu's parents learned about Wei Liang's promise, while Wei Liang left knowing she had lost a chance to pursue cultivation.
• Chen Ping'an questioned Pei Qian about her anger toward the people who had bullied her, and she said she would not shame him by taking revenge.
• Zhu Lian turned away the bullies who came to apologize, then sparred with Chen Ping'an as Pei Qian watched in fright.
• Wei Liang drafted a nine-rank register of Treasure Bottle Continent's genealogy Immortal Masters and reflected on his cooperation with Cui Chan.
• Pei Qian bought a large lampfire stone for fifteen Snowflake Coins, found marrow worth three Valley Rain Coins, and gave it to Chen Ping'an as a birthday present.

Chen Ping'an and his companions continued their journey north while the chapter revisited the lives of the students he had left at Great Sui Cliff Academy. It ended with Chen Ping'an arriving at the academy gate, where an old scholar examined his travel document.

• Chen Ping'an declined Zhu Lian's offer to intimidate potential thieves, and Pei Qian explained why she would not gamble away Shi Rou's lampfire stone marrow.
• The Qingyi ferry vessel charged Chen Ping'an and his companions to cross a long single-plank bridge, then took a wide detour around the war-torn center of Treasure Bottle Continent.
• Three powerful old cultivators, including Xun Yuan and the Rogue Cultivator of Fengwei Ferry, crossed the bridge and recalled how Xun Yuan had helped settle a dispute over a Glazed Golden Body fragment.
• At Great Sui Cliff Academy, Li Huai, Liu Guan, and Ma Lian sneaked out to the lake, and Li Huai later lay awake thinking about Chen Ping'an and the keepsakes he had left behind.
• Lin Shouyi reflected on how his old companions had drifted apart, while Yu Lu visited Xie Xie and spoke about Chen Ping'an's rapid martial progress.
• Li Huai tried to write Chen Ping'an's name on the summit, and Li Baoping wiped it away before writing Junior Uncle herself; soon afterward, Chen Ping'an arrived at the academy gate with Pei Qian, Zhu Lian, and Shi Rou.

Chen Ping'an arrived at Cliff Academy and waited anxiously for Li Baoping, while the chapter recounted how she had spent three years exploring the Great Sui Capital. After they missed each other on the road, Li Baoping called for her Junior Uncle, and Chen Ping'an appeared before her.

• Chen Ping'an asked an academy scholar about Li Baoping, learned she had gone out alone, and entered the academy with Pei Qian, Zhu Lian, and Shi Rou.
• Chen Ping'an rented four guest rooms, put away his belongings, and waited for Li Baoping while Pei Qian copied texts and Zhu Lian toured the academy alone.
• Li Baoping's three years of wandering through the capital had made her familiar with its streets, markets, temples, and residents.
• Li Baoping returned to Cliff Academy at dusk, and Mr. Liang told her that Chen Ping'an had been searching for her and was likely near Baimao Street.
• Li Baoping called out for her Junior Uncle, and Chen Ping'an hurried over and greeted her.

Chen Ping'an reunited with Li Baoping, Pei Qian, and Li Huai at Cliff Academy, then discussed his cultivation and the refinement of a Golden Literary Core with Mao Xiaodong. As Chen Ping'an and Li Baoping descended the mountain together, Mao Xiaodong sent word that someone had bullied her, and Chen Ping'an set off to address it.

• Chen Ping'an reunited with Li Baoping and met Vice Mountain Lord Mao Xiaodong, who welcomed him as the Literary Sage's junior brother and discussed the academy students with him.
• Li Baoping gave Pei Qian the Xiangfu saber and Silver Sword Nurturing Gourd, and the two girls became friendlier after an accidental gourd-to-the-face mishap.
• Chen Ping'an found Li Huai dozing in class, reunited with him, and later shared a meal with Li Huai, Li Baoping, and Pei Qian.
• Mao Xiaodong and Chen Ping'an planned the refinement of Chen Ping'an's Golden Literary Core, with Mao Xiaodong preparing materials and selecting Cliff Academy as the final refinement site.
• Pei Qian boasted about her jianghu adventures to Li Huai, Liu Guan, and Ma Lian while Li Baoping waited for Chen Ping'an outside Mao Xiaodong's study.
• Mao Xiaodong secretly informed Chen Ping'an that Li Baoping had been bullied, so Chen Ping'an took her hand and began descending the mountain to investigate.

Chen Ping'an visited Xie Xie, Yu Lu, and Lin Shouyi at Cliff Academy, giving them gifts and encouraging their cultivation before catching up with Li Huai and the children. Meanwhile, Cui Dongshan confronted Cai Jingshen at the Cai residence and pressed him to identify the people behind an assassination plot, leaving Cai Jingshen shaken by the revelation about Cai Feng.

• Chen Ping'an gave Xie Xie a White Ox Holding Lingzhi jade ornament, explained why he had held back her repaired Sweet Dew Armor, and asked her to look after Li Baoping and Li Huai.
• Chen Ping'an gave Yu Lu the Book of Immortals, the Book of Mountains and Seas, then gave Lin Shouyi an incomplete lightning-magic Daoist scripture and told him he could cultivate at Xie Xie's courtyard.
• Chen Ping'an found Li Huai sneaking through the academy, let him keep believing Pei Qian was a princess, and watched Zhu Lian help the boy evade a Night Patrol Master.
• Cui Dongshan arrived at the Cai residence with Wei Xian and Yellow Ox, forced Cai Jingshen to admit them, and demanded names connected to an assassination plot.
• Cai Jingshen asked whether Cai Feng was involved, and Cui Dongshan answered with a taunt that left Cai Jingshen in pain.

Cui Dongshan negotiated with Cai Jingshen while weighing Sui and Great Li’s hidden schemes, and Chen Ping'an prepared to protect the academy students from a planned attack. At the academy, Chen Ping'an reflected on his cultivation and taught Pei Qian about humility, learning from others, and the reasons for traveling the rivers and lakes.

• Cui Dongshan promised to secure Cai Feng’s future and arrange a favorable reputation for the Cai Family, then told Cai Jingshen that the earlier assassination attempts had relieved his boredom.
• Cui Dongshan explained to Wei Xian that Sui and Great Li were contending through hidden plans, and that he was delaying his visit to the academy to avoid provoking his teacher while handling the conspiracy.
• Cai Feng gathered Sui officials and scholars at the Cai residence to plan action around the Banquet of a Thousand Elders and denounce Mao Xiaodong and Great Li.
• Chen Ping'an told Zhu Lian about the planned attack on the academy students, discussed his troubled state of mind and the limits of his Sword Immortal weapon, and resolved to temper himself through study.
• Li Baoping showed Pei Qian around the academy, urged her to be considerate of Chen Ping'an, and explained why she valued learning through action.
• Pei Qian entertained Li Huai, Liu Guan, and Ma Lian with an invented rivers-and-lakes tale until Chen Ping'an arrived, then reminded her to be honest about her abilities and encouraged her to learn from people better than herself.

Chen Ping'an discussed refining his Golden Literary Core with Mao Xiaodong while Pei Qian and Li Huai staged a playful contest atop Donghua Mountain. Mao Xiaodong then proposed taking Chen Ping'an into the Great Sui capital at night to retrieve literary fortune and draw out their enemies, leaving Chen Ping'an poised to accompany him despite the danger.

• Chen Ping'an reunited with Li Baoping and Pei Qian after Old Master Zhao's lecture, and Li Baoping described the master's teachings and his extraordinary white deer.
• Chen Ping'an returned to the guest quarters, entrusted Pei Qian to Yu Lu, and went to Mao Xiaodong's study to discuss refining his Golden Literary Core.
• Pei Qian and Li Huai met at the summit and battled with their collections of treasures until Li Huai conceded defeat and the two declared themselves kindred spirits.
• Mao Xiaodong showed Chen Ping'an the materials gathered for his Destiny Item and explained the Golden Literary Core's potential powers and the literary fortune hidden in the Great Sui capital.
• Mao Xiaodong proposed visiting the capital's Temple of Literature and other sites at night, using himself as bait to help Chen Ping'an escape his predicament, and Chen Ping'an agreed despite worrying about Mao Xiaodong's safety.
• Mao Xiaodong described the scarcity of Upper Five Realms cultivators on Treasure Bottle Continent and the uncertain inheritance of their Confucian literary vein, leaving Chen Ping'an hesitant with his gourd in hand.

Chen Ping'an secured the academy and its students before accompanying Mao Xiaodong into the capital, while Cui Dongshan assessed political threats and Zhang Dai ordered an attack on the academy. In Qingluan Kingdom, Liu Qingfeng proposed a new campaign to ruin his father Liu Jingting’s reputation, leaving Li Baozhen and the assembled conspirators with a plan to carry out.

• Chen Ping'an arranged guards and sleeping quarters at the academy, gave Li Baoping Li Baozhen’s jade pendant and talisman, and borrowed the talisman’s protection for Mao Xiaodong.
• Mao Xiaodong praised Li Baoping’s practical learning and discussed Confucianism, Legalism, and the human heart with Chen Ping'an as they walked toward the capital.
• Cui Dongshan explained his methods for judging people and warned Wei Xian that powerful forces might provoke a war between Great Li and Sui by targeting the academy.
• Zhang Dai ordered an accomplice to draw Zhao Shi and the white deer away from the academy and kill one or both, then announced he would leave the capital.
• Li Baozhen’s allies failed to discredit Liu Jingting, and Liu Qingfeng advised them to praise Liu Jingting insincerely, undermine his defenders, and spread salacious rumors about him.

Mao Xiaodong brought Chen Ping'an to the Great Sui capital’s Temple of Literature to seek literary fortune for Cliff Academy, but the temple’s deities refused his request and appeared to warn them of danger. After dinner, the two prepared to face five assassins, while Mao Xiaodong remained confident he could handle them unless a Jade Purity Realm cultivator intervened.

• Mao Xiaodong and Chen Ping'an crossed the capital, discussed Xu Yuanxia’s paintings, and stopped for rice wine before visiting the Temple of Literature.
• Mao Xiaodong asked Yuan Gaofeng for literary fortune and several ritual vessels for Cliff Academy, but Yuan Gaofeng rejected his demands and displayed the temple’s powerful literary qi.
• Chen Ping'an examined the front hall while Mao Xiaodong spoke with Yuan Gaofeng and other deities in the rear hall, then returned in a foul mood after they refused to help.
• At dinner, Chen Ping'an reasoned that the deities’ harsh behavior was a warning about danger beyond the temple, and Mao Xiaodong agreed.
• Mao Xiaodong identified five nearby assassins and returned Chen Ping'an’s talisman, saying he could face them unless a Jade Purity Realm cultivator appeared.
• Chen Ping'an drank another bowl of wine as Mao Xiaodong prepared to confront the assassins.

In the Great Sui Capital, Lin Shuangjiang urged the Great Sui Emperor to abandon the mountain pact and resist Great Li, but the emperor remained unconvinced. At the courtyard, Zhu Lian reflected on Chen Ping'an’s skillful handling of Li Baozhen and Li Baoping, then spotted an elderly Confucian scholar accompanied by a white deer.

• Lin Shuangjiang warned the Great Sui Emperor that Great Li would eventually undermine his kingdom and offered to protect the capital from Li Er if the Temple of Literature activated its grand formation.
• The Great Sui Emperor questioned whether Lin Shuangjiang could protect him indefinitely, and Mr. Fan promised to kill Li Er if he came to the capital.
• Pei Qian beat Li Huai at games using Cui Dongshan’s priceless Colorful Cloud Pieces, then demonstrated how to vault over a wall with her hiking staff.
• Li Huai failed to copy Pei Qian’s vault, while Li Baoping cleared the wall and landed safely outside before Zhu Lian watched her return.
• Zhu Lian recalled Chen Ping'an’s conversation with Li Baoping and concluded that his careful separation of Li Baozhen from the Li Clan was a form of swordsmanship upon the human heart.
• Zhu Lian saw an elderly Confucian scholar arrive with a white deer.

Mao Xiaodong trapped five assassins in a Confucian Small World and fought them while Chen Ping'an watched for an opening. Three assassins died and two escaped; Mao Xiaodong and Chen Ping'an prepared to return to the academy, leaving the reasons behind the attack unexplained.

• Mao Xiaodong revealed that he had created a Cliff Academy Small World and used its flowing time to capture and attack the five assassins.
• Mao Xiaodong killed the formation master, beheaded the Golden Body Realm martial man, and drove the Military Strategist cultivator to destroy himself with a Golden Core.
• Mao Xiaodong’s Small World weakened, and a golden flying sword pointed toward an unknown direction, prompting him to withdraw his divine ability and fall back to Nascent Soul cultivation.
• Chen Ping'an summoned Chu Yi, Fifteen, and the Day and Night Roaming Gods, then targeted the Ninth Realm sword cultivator as Mao Xiaodong moved to attack him.
• The Far Travel Realm martial man and the Ninth Realm sword cultivator fled; Chen Ping'an held his position while Mao Xiaodong told him they would return to the academy and that some stories did not need to be known.

Zhu Lian and the academy students fought off an assassin posing as Zhao Shi until Cui Dongshan arrived and subdued him. Cui Dongshan then explained the plot against Cliff Academy and Sui to Chen Ping'an and Mao Xiaodong, ending by asking Chen Ping'an whether a good result could justify a wrong method.

• Zhu Lian tested the apparent Zhao Shi, discovered he was a disguised Nascent Soul sword cultivator, and fought him while Xie Xie used a Small World to shield the courtyard.
• Xie Xie fainted as the assassin's Li Fire Flying Sword broke through the barrier; Yu Lu and Shi Rou tried to stop it until Cui Dongshan arrived and trapped the attacker with Confucian Sages' Golden Dharma Appearances.
• Cui Dongshan destroyed the assassin's Golden Core, exposed his disguise, and ended the academy's Small World after the attacker and his divine bodies were defeated.
• Mao Xiaodong and Chen Ping'an returned to the academy, where Cui Dongshan explained the four layers of Sui's political plot and identified merchants and the School of Diplomacy as likely forces behind it.
• Cui Dongshan told Chen Ping'an that understanding the world's rules and building something new could lead to joining the Dao, then asked whether a wrong method remained wrong if it produced an extraordinary good result.

Chen Ping'an considered Cui Dongshan’s questions about his path and the old scholar’s teachings but still had no answer. After Cui Dongshan returned to the courtyard and treated the injured, Chen Ping'an said he needed to think again.

• Chen Ping'an told Cui Dongshan he had no answer yet and needed time to think, then left the study while Cui Dongshan and Mao Xiaodong discussed Great Sui’s coming political troubles.
• Cui Dongshan warned Mao Xiaodong about powerful forces behind the shifting literary fortune and suggested the Da Li envoys aimed to crush the Goyang Gao Clan’s remaining hopes and make Great Sui honor its alliance.
• Chen Ping'an found Zhu Lian, Lin Shouyi, Xie Xie, Shi Rou, Yu Lu, Li Baoping, Pei Qian, and Li Huai recovering in Cui Dongshan’s courtyard and checked on them.
• Cui Dongshan returned with the white deer, which befriended Li Huai and let him ride it; he also began retrieving the Li Fire Flying Sword from Shi Rou.
• Chen Ping'an stopped Cui Dongshan from tormenting Shi Rou and said he needed to think again while Cui Dongshan worked to subdue the flying sword.

After the attack on Cliff Academy, Mao Xiaodong waited to see how the Great Sui court would respond while Chen Ping'an continued making plans for his Golden Literary Core. Cui Dongshan rewarded Xie Xie with a powerful flying sword, tormented Shi Rou, and welcomed the genuine Zhao Shi; meanwhile, Xu Ruo met with the person behind the plot, and a young man entered the academy alone.

• Mao Xiaodong confronted the Sui-clan Vice Headmaster over Zhao Shi, and Cui Dongshan investigated before declaring them both innocent.
• Chen Ping'an discussed his Destiny Items with Mao Xiaodong, while the children resumed lessons and Lin Shouyi consulted Dong Jing.
• Cui Dongshan gave Xie Xie a Nascent Soul sword cultivator's Li Fire Flying Sword, then transferred a Dragon Binding Nail from her to Shi Rou and warned Shi Rou to keep silent.
• The genuine Zhao Shi arrived with Li Huai and gave the white deer to him as compensation, while Cui Dongshan teased Zhao Shi about his capture.
• Xu Ruo reached an agreement with an unnamed old man, who bragged to Mr. Fan that he had escaped when ten people ambushed A Liang.
• A young man climbed into Cliff Academy alone while his female companion waited outside, and the gatekeeper pretended not to notice them.

Chen Ping'an reunited with Song Jixin at Cliff Academy, discussed their past and the danger facing Great Li, then prepared to refine his Golden Literary Core under Mao Xiaodong’s protection. As time stilled around the academy, Dong Jing instructed Lin Shouyi while Cui Dongshan wandered about causing mischief.

• Chen Ping'an met Song Jixin by the lake, rejected his request to influence Wei Bo, and agreed only to speak with him about Song Yuzhang’s Mountain God Temple.
• Song Jixin told Chen Ping'an that Ruan Qiong had bought several mountains and that other mountain owners might sell theirs cheaply as Great Li’s fortunes changed.
• Mao Xiaodong took Chen Ping'an to Donghua Mountain, protected the academy, and gathered the treasures needed for Chen Ping'an to refine his Golden Literary Core.
• Mao Xiaodong discussed the Land of No Worries and the purposes of the great sages with Chen Ping'an before Chen Ping'an began refining his Destiny Item.
• Dong Jing taught Lin Shouyi while Cui Dongshan interrupted them, roamed the academy, and later startled Shi Rou and teased Xie Xie in his courtyard.

Chen Ping'an refined the Golden Literary Core into a Destiny Item and reached the peak of the second Qi-cultivator realm, while Mao Xiaodong gained insight that loosened his barrier to the Upper Five Realms. Elsewhere, Xun Yuan proposed founding a Jade Guizong branch in Treasure Bottle Continent, Shi Qiu endured abuse at her sect, and Li Baozhen strengthened his political position as Qingluan Kingdom’s scholarly circles descended into disorder.

• Chen Ping'an refined the Golden Literary Core into a tiny Confucian scholar who entered his lung qi abode, and the scholar urged him to read more and correct his mistakes.
• Mao Xiaodong let Chen Ping'an absorb the remaining Literary Fortune with the Golden Jade Token, and Chen Ping'an became a true second-realm Qi cultivator without taking Donghua Mountain's resources.
• Mao Xiaodong recognized Chen Ping'an's restraint and reconsidered his attachment to Sect Bias, loosening the obstacle that had held back his ascent; Cui Dongshan lamented that Mao Xiaodong was nearing Dao-union while he remained a Nascent Soul.
• At Fengwei Ferry, Xun Yuan told Old Man Liu Cheng he planned to establish a Jade Guizong branch with Jiang Shangzhen as its first Sect Master and invited Liu Cheng to become its chief guest elder.
• Shi Qiu endured insults and beatings from the fairy at her sect, then returned to her room and sobbed while clutching her Brocade Pouch.
• Li Baozhen recognized that Liu Qingfeng had deliberately left flaws in their scheme to give him room to establish authority, while Qingluan Kingdom's scholarly factions remained divided over Liu Jingting's disgrace.

The chapter followed Zhi Gui’s meeting with Qi Zhen and Ma Kuxuan, Gao Xuan’s life at Linlu Academy, and Zhao Yao’s survival and encounters on a remote island. It ended with the green-robed scholar revealing his immense power and sending the old Taoist priest and Zhang Shanfeng to Dragon Tiger Mountain.

• At the Banquet of a Thousand Elders, Song Jixin and Xu Ruo sat beside the Great Sui Emperor while Zhi Gui remained at the posthouse.
• Qi Zhen brought Ma Kuxuan to meet Zhi Gui, who questioned whether he would obey her and asked if he could kill Chen Ping'an; Ma Kuxuan promised to listen to her.
• Song Jixin returned to the posthouse and told Zhi Gui about the feast, then went to sleep while she teased and punished the four-legged snake.
• At Linlu Academy, Wei Bo advised Gao Xuan to release his golden carp into the stream, and Gao Xuan followed the Gao Clan Old Ancestor’s advice and set Jinli free.
• After a flying-fish swarm wrecked his ferry, Zhao Yao was rescued by a green-robed man on a remote island and stayed there nearly two years before setting out for Central Divine Continent.
• The green-robed man drew the ancient sword, killed a thirteenth-realm demon, and told the old Taoist priest that he could take Zhang Shanfeng to Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Old Blind Man refused to help in the conflict between worlds, while Chen Qingdu brought Ning Yao to see him. In Great Sui Capital City, Chen Ping'an continued cultivating and weighed his next steps as a Qi cultivator, ending a quiet moment with the Lotus Sprite before Cui Dongshan went to tease Li Baoping and was scolded by his teacher.

• Old Blind Man repelled the red-robed old man and the young Sword Immortal Great Demon, gouged out the younger demon's eye, and told Chen Qingdu he would not help anyone.
• Chen Qingdu explained to Ning Yao that Old Blind Man had gouged out his own eyes long ago, and Ning Yao watched a scroll showing Chen Ping'an's childhood.
• Mao Xiaodong told Chen Ping'an that the trouble in Great Sui Capital City would no longer affect Cliff Academy, and Chen Ping'an resumed cultivation while Li Baoping showed him around the capital.
• Chen Ping'an trained Pei Qian, studied frontier poems with Mao Xiaodong, and considered which Destiny Item to refine next as his cultivation advanced.
• The Lotus Sprite joined Chen Ping'an in the courtyard, and Cui Dongshan chose not to tell him that the little fellow was extraordinary.
• Cui Dongshan raced to tease Li Baoping through the schoolhouse window and was met by an angry shout from the teacher.

Chen Ping'an studied cultivation and Confucian principles at the academy, reconnected with Lin Shouyi, and considered buying a mountain near Longquan County. Meanwhile, events across the continent unfolded amid political turmoil and personal grief, while Cui Dongshan asked the Lotus Sprite to preserve the innocence that brought Chen Ping'an comfort.

• Mao Xiaodong discussed cultivation, moral rules, and Cui Dongshan's ideas about language with Chen Ping'an, then gave him a letter from Wei Bo about two unsold mountain peaks near Longquan County.
• Chen Ping'an and Lin Shouyi recalled the small kindnesses that had forged their friendship and entered the academy library together.
• Wei Bo dismissed the green-robed young boy's request to help his Yujiang Water God friend, then told the two youngsters that Chen Ping'an would soon return to Luopo Mountain.
• The chapter recounted Qi Jingchun's care for Zhao Yao, Cai Jinjian's unrequited love for Qi Jingchun, Liu Boqi's support for the grieving Liu Qingshan, and unrest involving Liu Qingfeng, Ma Kuxuan, and the Great Li royal family.
• Cui Dongshan told the Lotus Sprite that the Golden Lotus Seed on Luopo Mountain could offer him a great cultivation opportunity, but asked him to refuse it if accepting would mean changing who he was for Chen Ping'an's sake.
• The Lotus Sprite promised Cui Dongshan he would remain unchanged, and the narration said he continued living happily on Luopo Mountain and sharing quiet moments with Chen Ping'an after his journeys.

Chen Ping'an steadied his cultivation plans and advised Li Huai as he prepared to leave the academy, while Mao Xiaodong and Cui Dongshan discussed the danger facing the Sword Qi Great Wall. The chapter ended by revealing developments among the Savage World’s great demons and in several distant worlds.

• Chen Ping'an told Mao Xiaodong he would prioritize practicing punches and reserve only a few Acupoints for his Five Elements Destiny Items, and Mao Xiaodong approved his plan.
• Pei Qian and Li Huai repeatedly tried to sneak into Cui Dongshan’s courtyard to assassinate him as a Great Demon, but Chen Ping'an caught them and escorted Li Huai back to his dormitory.
• Chen Ping'an explained to Li Huai how study shaped a person’s character and how understanding the rules allowed him to speak on Li Huai’s behalf.
• Cui Dongshan warned Mao Xiaodong that the Demon Race might attack the Sword Qi Great Wall, then Mao Xiaodong threw him off Donghua Mountain after he began telling a bawdy story.
• Fourteen powerful great demons gathered in the Savage World’s Hall of Heroes, where the old man opened a meeting and the scholar-robed demon agreed to direct the others’ actions.
• The chapter showed Cao Ci reaching the sixth martial realm, a wounded boy becoming the Dao Ancestor’s Final Disciple, and Pei Qian and Li Baoping watching Chen Ping'an practice punches.