Due to his own extreme ideals, famed swordsman Li Xunhuan has lost everyone dear to him. After his life is saved by a rival swordsman, Li's overwhelming pride makes him forsake the woman he loves and lets her marry his saviour. Now resigned to traveling the country with his loyal aide, Li's only comfort is alcohol and the simple life he has now accepted. On one such journey, the lonely swordsman befriends the exceptionally skilled, yet secretive Ah-fei who has his own pressures to contend with. Li then finds himself embroiled in a battle to own the highly prized 'gold armoured vest' — a protective vest that can withstand any blow. As he discovers that many of the people he meets have a hidden agenda, Li realises that Ah-fei is the only man he can truly trust. This new friendship is put under a test when the "sentimental swordsman" is hunted down by numerous hired killers and framed for a series of crimes he did not commit. The person behind Li's troubles proves to be elusive, though all the clues seem to point to the legendary "Plum Blossom Bandit", a disguised figure whose identity has long proved elusive to the
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