Why was Teen San Tung Lo so bent on making Hui Juk break his Buddhist commandments?

[Ken Cheng]

While they traveled together during DGSD, Teen San Tung Lo seemed bent on forcing Hui Juk to break his Buddhist commandments. I can understand her making him break the killing commandment: she needed him, after all, to be her uber-powerful bodyguard against her enemies (particularly Lee Chou Sui). Beyond that, however, I didn't see the point of her forcing him to break the meat-eating commandment and the sexual relationships commandment. What did Teen San Tung Lo have to gain by making Hui Juk a Buddhist sinner?

[Ren Wo Xing]

Nothing. She was just a *****, and he pissed her off by talking about Buddhist rules this and Buddhist rules that. That's why she made him violate all of his commandments.

[Ken Cheng]

Reflecting back upon this point, I think the Child Elder didn't mess with Hui Juk and lead him into multiple temptations *just* to be sadistic. I think she was actually trying to make a point to him and show him his own hypocrisy and how, by clinging so tightly to his Buddhist ethics, he was actually guilty of the cardinal "sin" of Buddhism: being unable to let go. For someone who claimed to be a devout Buddhist, Hui Juk demonstrated difficulty letting go of the idea of sinfulness.

In some ways, Child Elder was a very generous benefactor to Hui Juk - giving him not only martial arts and authority in wulin, but also the love of his life and a new perspective beyond his Buddhist hangups.

[PJ]

Just for fun.

[Ren Wo Xing]

Yeah, based on how the novel portrayed it, it really did seem like she did it just to screw with him. No ulterior, deep hidden motive.