The Legend Of Pai Mei

Once upon a time in China

Some believe around the year

One-double aught-three

Head priest of The White Lotus Clan Pai Mei

Was walking down the road

Contemplating whatever a man

With Pai Mei's infinite power would contemplate

Which is another way of saying who knows

When a Shaolin monk appeared

On the road traveling in the opposite direction

The Legend Of Pai Mei - 羣星

As the monk and the priest crossed paths

Pai Mei in a practically

Unfathomable display of generosity

Gave the monk the slightest of nods

The nod was not returned

Now was it the intention of

The Shaolin monk to insult Pai Mei

Or did he just fail to see

The generous social gesture

The motives of the monk remain unknown

What is known were the consequences

The next morning Pai Mei

Appeared at the Shaolin Temple

And demanded that the

Temple's head Abbot offer

Pai Mei his neck to repay the insult

The Abbot at first tried to console Pai Mei

Only to find Pai Mei was inconsolable

So began the massacre

Of the Shaolin Temple

And all sixty of the monks inside

At the fists of the White Lotus

And so began the legend

Of Pai Mei's Five-Point Palm

Exploding Heart Technique

And what praytell

Is a five-point palm

Exploding heart technique