Episode 1 recap: The three leaders of the Hundred School Society eliminated the traitor.
After offering incense to the God of War, the second leader Wang Fu Lei (played by Liu Ya Jin) turned around and announced that the ceremony for conferring the seal of the Hundred School Society was about to begin. Looking at the gathering of numerous heroes of the Hundred School Society, Wang Fu Lei felt happy at the thought of his impending retirement. However, he noticed that the positions of the Grand Master and the Third Master were still vacant. How could these two important figures not have arrived yet? Wang Fu Lei called someone over to inquire and learned that the two of them were fighting inside the house! What on earth was happening? Wang Fu Lei angrily went to find them!
When Wang Fu Lei arrived, the Grand Master Lu Shang Long Wang (played by Jia Bing) and the Third Master Nan Gong Chou (played by Li Xiao Qiang) were arguing about Nan Gong Chou's unpaid debts. Wang Fu Lei was frustrated and tried to intervene, but both of them were stubborn and refused to listen. Wang Fu Lei was anxious to proceed with the ceremony for conferring the seal so that the three of them could retire and live a peaceful life. However, their behavior was causing unnecessary delays. Finally, Wang Fu Lei threatened to bring in the outsiders to witness their humiliation, and only then did the two of them let go of each other and started to act more like leaders.
Seizing the opportunity, Wang Fu Lei took the two of them to participate in the ceremony for conferring the seal, as retirement was the shared aspiration of the three of them. Soon, the three leaders announced the beginning of the ceremony, and the three successors were ready. Finally, after the successors paid their respects to the God of War, they arrived at the thrilling moment of the seal-conferring. All three leaders were excited, and some people started celebrating their successful retirement. Fortunately, someone reminded them not to let their guard down until the very end. Unexpectedly, at the last moment, an injured person burst in and interrupted the ceremony! Everyone realized that something was amiss. The Grand Master announced a temporary halt to the ceremony, and he and the Third Master helped the injured Ye Shi San into the inner room. Injured Ye Shi San slowly recounted his ten years of infiltration into the Eagle Falcon Gang, revealing that he had seen a letter from Ying Sun Bang Bang Zhu and confessed that there was a traitor within the Hundred School Society! The three leaders anxiously asked who the traitor was, and finally, after Ye Shi San disclosed his own posthumous matters to the three leaders, he revealed that the traitor was one of the successors! The three leaders were eager to know which one of them was the traitor, but Ye Shi San's speech was unclear. The second leader shook Ye Shi San in desperation, and in the end, Ye Shi San was shaken to death without revealing the traitor's name!
Unable to determine the traitor, the three leaders decided to interrogate them one by one. However, in order to protect the reputation of the Hundred School Society, the three leaders decided to deceive the three successors. Unexpectedly, all three of them betrayed the leaders! Seeing that both sides had three people, the successors, relying on their youth, spoke disrespectfully to the three leaders, and a fierce battle was about to erupt. All three successors ended up dead. Worried that their influence had become too convoluted, the second leader suggested fabricating a fake enemy and gave it a name: the Insane Cross Sword!
The three leaders also used their internal power to create traces of a fight! When the disciples broke in, they perfectly followed the scene imagined by the second leader! On the other side, Wang Fu Lei's son, Wang Dong (played by Sun Yi Zhou), was leisurely listening to Hong Niang Zi playing the qin. Hong Niang Zi reminded him that the Hundred School Society was conducting the Seal-Conferment Ceremony, but Wang Dong said he didn't want to have any involvement with the Hundred School Society.
Meanwhile, the three leaders gathered in the empty Hundred School Society. The daughter of the three leaders, Yan Qi (played by Lan Ying Ying), brought a portrait she had drawn after her investigation of the Insane Cross Sword. The three leaders were shocked, and Yan Qi confidently took on the task of capturing the Insane Cross Sword!
After a while, the son of the Grand Master, Tai Ping (played by Yang Le), swaggered back to Ping An Town. The Grand Master was frustrated but still maintained his composure in front of others. After Tai Ping entered the house, the Grand Master bluntly stated that they must protect these young ones. The three leaders emphasized that Ping An Town was not safe! Guo Da Lu (played by Bai Ke) bravely stopped the person who stole the funds from the Central Plains Escort Agency, but he woke up the next day to find a wanted notice with his own portrait on it! Guo Da Lu received guidance from Xian Xian and understood the phrase "The one who tied the bell must untie it."
Wang Dong overheard the three leaders discussing Lin Tai Ping marrying Yu Ling Long from the Splendid Gang to expand the influence of the Hundred School Society. Shortly after, the Grand Master went to find Lin Tai Ping. Lin Tai Ping straightforwardly stated that he couldn't marry that crazy girl, but the Grand Master didn't give him a chance to refuse and simply left.
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