The Expert

The Expert seems to stress that after Chi Ch'ang became a Master, he seems to have adopted the looks of a simpleton and seems to have almost forgotten what a bow and arrow even is. In the beginning, Chi Ch'ang wants to be the greatest Master in the world and yet when he arrives at the hermit's place and is tested, he finds that he seems to have lost his nerve and cannot get his act together. It seems like there is something almost spiritual about the entire experience and Kan Ying is almost an otherworldly figure. By becoming a true Master, Chi Ch'ang seems to have also crossed into this spiritual realm, but by doing so, he seems to has lost all his ambition and passion for his worldly ambition to become the greatest.

Question: Do you think Chi Ch'ang reached a spiritual enlightenment or somehow became a spiritual being while up on the mountain with Kan Ying?