7 Grandmasters (aka Hu Bao Long She Ying)

Description: A ceremony meant to commemorate the considerable achievements of kung fu master Shang Kuan Cheng (Jack Long Shi-gu) is interrupted by a note bearing an anonymous challenge. Although he was planning on retiring, Shang Kuan realizes that, to preserve his honor and justify the title Champion of Kiangnan, he must reverse this decision to leave the martial world. Accompanied by his daughter (Nancy Yen Nan-hsi) and three students, the elderly teacher (an acknowledged master of the Pai Mei style) journeys across country to fight The Seven Grandmasters, all of whom excel in their various disciplines. However, shortly after challenging and defeating the first opponent, Sha (Lung Fei), Shang Kuan is found near the man's dead body. The marks on the victim reveal that Sha was killed by a Pai Mei technique but the injuries Shang Kuan inflicted upon him were not life-threatening. While traveling to meet his fourth opponent, the master encounters Hsia Hsiao-ying (Lee Yi-min), a rather clumsy young man, who wishes to become his disciple. Shang Kuan refuses but Hsiao-ying persists in his quest, following the teacher and doing everything he can think of to win the man's favor. After enduring much hardship and the petty humiliations of the senior students, Hsiao-ying eventually succeeds via his unyielding sincerity. However, even after almost two years, there is still much traveling to be done and the strain of that, the fighting, and the weather may be taking their toll on Shang Kuan.