The Smiling, Proud Wanderer cover

The Smiling, Proud Wanderer

Authors
Jin Yong, Lee Chi Ching
Type
Manhua
Status
Complete
Year
2005
Genres and tags
Historical Action Romance Martial Arts Adventure Drama Mystery Tragedy Seinen Wuxia

Description

Adapted by Hong Kong artist Lee Chi Ching from the Jin Yong novel of the same name.

The comic's initial part of the story revolves around a highly coveted manual containing a powerful martial arts technique known as the "Evil Exorcising Swordplay". The manual is an heirloom of the Lin family, who run the Fortune Prestige Agency, a private security and escorting service in Fuzhou. Yu Canghai, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, leads his followers to massacre the Lins and attempts to seize the manual for himself, but does not find it. Lin Pingzhi, the sole survivor from the Lin family, is saved by Yue Buqun, the head of the Mount Hua Sect, which is a member of the Five Mountains Sword Sects Alliance. Yue Buqun accepts Lin Pingzhi as an apprentice and trains him in swordplay.

Meanwhile, Yue Buqun's most senior student, Linghu Chong, an orphaned, happy-go-lucky and honourable swordsman who has a penchant for alcohol finds himself befriending the notorious bandit Tian Boguang and saves Yilin, a nun from the (North) Mount Heng Sect, from Tian's lecherous advances.

However, that is just the beginning of a series of escalating conflicts as various individuals take to extreme measures to attain the manual as well as achieve their personal goals.

Alternative titles

Chapters (22)

  1. Chapter 21: MassacreVol. 6
  2. Chapter 20: Justice And Evil Do Not Tolerate Each OtherVol. 5
  3. Chapter 19: RetirementVol. 5
  4. Chapter 18: Sword of the GentlemanVol. 5
  5. Chapter 17: Bullying the WeakVol. 5
  6. Chapter 16: RevivalVol. 4
  7. Chapter 15: HealingVol. 4
  8. Chapter 14: The Hunchback of the NorthVol. 4
  9. Chapter 13: Live Together, Die TogetherVol. 4
  10. Chapter 12: Ill TidingsVol. 3
  11. Chapter 11: Eaves-droppingVol. 3
  12. Chapter 10: Night Rain of XiaoxiangVol. 3
  13. Chapter 9: Seated BattleVol. 3
  14. Chapter 8: Second under the HeavensVol. 2
  15. Chapter 7: Heart Mutilation Palm StrikeVol. 2
  16. Chapter 6Vol. 2
  17. Chapter 5: Evil Exorcising SwordplayVol. 2
  18. Chapter 4: Accidental KillingVol. 1
  19. Chapter 3: Vanquished Stray DogVol. 1
  20. Chapter 2: Cave BattleVol. 1
  21. Chapter 1: DrunkardVol. 1
  22. Chapter 0

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