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The Sword Stained with Royal Blood
CHINA · 1981

The Sword Stained with Royal Blood

Chang Cheh
martial arts legacy treasure hunting honor and duty mysterious past kung fu instruction
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Synopsis

Raised to be a righteous martial artist, Yuan kicks off the story proper by finding a cave containing a skeleton, a treasure map, and a manual teaching him the Golden Snake style. Obeying a request hidden in the manual to give a portion of the treasure to the Golden Snake's old girlfriend, Yuan begins to seek the woman out - on the way solving the riddle of the Golden Snake, and how he came to his

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