The Smiling, Proud Wanderer

Book Title:The Smiling, Proud Wanderer
Author:Jin Yong
Genre:Wuxia Novel
Country of Origin:China
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Lin Pingzhi, the proud and somewhat spoiled young master of the Fuwei Escort Agency, is out hunting with his guards when they stop for a drink. The peace is broken when two men from Qingcheng Sect arrive—Yu Renyan and Jia Renda. They immediately begin harassing the wine-selling girl, Wan'er, mocking her pockmarked face with cruel laughter.

Enraged by their behavior, Lin Pingzhi stands up and shouts: “What kind of scum are you, two blind dog whelps, coming to our Fuzhou Prefecture to cause trouble!”

The man surnamed Yu laughs mockingly and insults Lin Pingzhi, calling him a “rabbit lord”—a deep insult implying effeminacy. Lin Pingzhi, already furious, grabs a wine pot and hurls it at Yu’s head. Thus begins a fierce brawl.

Though Lin Pingzhi has trained in his family’s martial arts, he soon realizes his opponent is far more skilled. Yu Renyan easily overpowers him, grabbing his neck and forcing him to kneel. “Kowtow three times and call me 'good uncle',” Yu sneers, “then I’ll let you go!”

Humiliated and in pain, Lin Pingzhi struggles helplessly. But then his hand brushes against a dagger hidden in his boot. In desperation, he stabs Yu in the abdomen.

The suddenness of the attack shocks everyone. Yu Renyan stumbles back, looks down at the dagger protruding from his stomach, and collapses. “Avenge me…” he gasps before dying.

This moment changes everything. Lin Pingzhi has just killed a disciple of the powerful Qingcheng Sect—a act that will bring tragedy upon his family and set the entire plot in motion.

Another intense battle occurs when the Qingcheng Sect launches a full-scale attack on the Fuwei Escort Agency. Using the death of Yu Renyan as pretext, they ruthlessly hunt down the Lin family.

Lin Zhennan, Lin Pingzhi’s father, is a respected escort chief, but he is no match for the Qingcheng masters. One by one, his guards are killed mysteriously—without any visible wounds, their hearts shattered by the powerful “Heart-Shattering Palm.”

The Qingcheng fighters show no mercy. They even hang a pair of tattered women’s trousers on the escort agency’s flagpole to humiliate the Lin family publicly.

In a final desperate stand, Lin Pingzhi confronts the enemy outside his home:

“A true man owns his actions—that man surnamed Yu from Sichuan was killed by me, Lin Pingzhi, and has nothing to do with anyone else. If you seek revenge, come at Lin Pingzhi! Flay me alive, I'll die without regret.”

But his bravery is in vain. Qingcheng disciples led by Yu Renhao and Fang Renzhi easily capture Lin Pingzhi and his parents. They mock the Lin family’s martial arts and reveal a shocking truth: the Qingcheng Sect had long planned this attack to seize the secret manual of the Bixie Swordplay—a technique that once made Lin Pingzhi’s grandfather invincible.