Chapter - 2 Thinking of the Unforgettable Man Far Away (2)

After awhile, Jueyuan walked to the back of a small house and emptied the buckets of water in an old well. Guo Xiang asked, "What are you doing? Why are you emptying the water in this well?" Jueyuan remained calm and shook his head. Guo Xiang thought she understood now and smiled, "You're learning some sort of powerful martial arts, aren't you?" Jueyuan shook his head again. Guo Xiang was feeling a bit angry now and said, "I just heard you chanting, you're not dumb, why won't you answer me?" Jueyuan put his palms together and looked apologetic and carried the buckets and walked away again.

Guo Xiang looked into the well and couldn't find anything strange about it and stared at Jueyuan's back and felt puzzled.

She gave chase for awhile but soon she felt tired and rested on a rock. She was admiring the scenery and felt very fresh afterwards. Guo Xiang was thinking, "I wonder where the pupil of this monk is. The pupil will probably tell me what is going here."

She started going down again and wanted to find Zhang Junbao, the pupil of Jueyuan. She walked for awhile and soon she heard that metallic sound again, Jue Yuan came up again and Guo Xiang quickly hid and thought, "I'll spy on him and see what he is up to."

The metallic sound was becoming clearer and she saw Jueyuan reading a book. She silently approached him and called out, "What are you reading?"

Jueyuan was startled and cried out, "You gave me a scare, it's only you." Guo Xiang smiled, "You're not pretending to be a dumb anymore." Jueyuan looked slightly afraid and looked to the left and right and shook his hand.

Guo Xiang asked, "What is wrong?"

Before Jueyuan could answer, two monks in grey robes appeared out of the woods. One was very tall, the other one short. The tall monk sternly said to Jueyuan, "Jueyuan, you broke the rules by talking to an outsider and furthermore to a young girl. Come with us to see the elder of the Disciplinary Hall."

Jueyuan looked crestfallen and nodded and started walking behind those two monks. Guo Xiang was angry and annoyed and sternly reproached, "What kind of rule forbids people from talking? I know this reverend and if I want to talk to him, it's no concern to you."

The tall monk gave her an arrogant look and said, "For more than thousand years, the Shaolin Monastery doesn't allow women to enter. I suggest that Miss would leave before you get yourself in trouble."

Guo Xiang became even more angry and said, "So what about women? Aren't women humans? And why do you pester reverend Jueyuan? How come he is chained and you forbid him to talk to anyone?"

The monk coldly replied, "These are the rules of our monastery, no one has the right to question, not even the emperor. Miss, needn't bother."

Guo Xiang angrily said, "Reverend Jueyuan is an honest good person, you're bullying him because he's a nice man. Where are reverend TianMing, the monks Wuse and Wuxiang?

The two monks were shocked. Reverend TianMing is the abbot of Shaolin, Wuse is the elder of the Luohan Hall and Wuxiang is the elder of the Damo Hall. The three of them are very respected, all the monks address them as 'old abbot, elder of the Luohan Hall or elder of the Damo Hall.'

No one has dared to call out their names, and today these two monks hear this young girl calling out their names and creating a scene.

These two monks are the pupils of the elder of the Disciplinary Hall, and received orders to keep an eye on Jueyuan. But now they see Guo Xiang interfering, the tall monk yelled, "If you don't leave now, we will not be friendly."

Guo Xiang said, "Should I be afraid of you? Hurry up and free Jueyuan of his chains or else I will go to old monk TianMing."

The short monk became angry now and saw Guo Xiang's sword. He said, "Leave your weapon behind and we will not take actions against you. Leave now!"

Guo Xiang removed her sword and held them in her hands and scoffed, "Alright then, I will comply."

The short monk grew up in the Shaolin monastery and heard his seniors say that Shaolin was the origin of all martial arts and no matter how respected or how skilled, martial arts experts never carried weapons to the Shaolin monastery. Although this young girl didn't actually reach the monastery but she was already on Shaolin premises. He thought this young girl was afraid and presented her sword so he reached out to grab the sword. However, when his fingers touched the scabbard his felt a painful tingling, like being struck by lightning. He felt a strong force coming from the sword and pushing him backward. He couldn't maintain his stand and fell down. As he was standing on a slope he soon rolled down a few metres. With some difficulty, he could stop himself from rolling anymore.

The tall monk was shocked and angry and yelled out, "Of all the nerves! How dare you come to Shaolin to wreak havoc!" He turned his body and and advanced one step in front and his right fist aimed at Guo Xiang. His left hand was put on the back of the fist causing two palms striking down. This was the twenty-eighth technique of "Dashing Shaolin" namely "Turning Over Split"

Guo Xiang held on to her sword and pressed down her sword with scabbard and all to the monks' shoulder. The monk held on to the sword.

Jueyuan was very frantic and called out, "Stop! Don't fight!"

The monk tried to pull the sword over, suddenly he felt a shock through his palm and both arms felt numb he cried, "No!" Guo Xiang swept her left leg and kicked him down the slope. He was somewhat more injured than the other monk, his face was bleeding.

Guo Xiang was thinking, "I came to Shaolin to find some information on brother Yang, but now I'm engaged in a fight for no apparent reason."

She saw Jueyuan looking sad, she pulled out her sword and cut the chains. Jueyuan was screaming, "No, you musn't!" for a few times. Guo Xiang cut three chains and said, "Those two wicked monks will go back for reinforcements. We must go now, where is your little disciple?" Jueyuan kept shaking his hands. Suddenly a voice came from behind saying, "Thank you for caring Miss Guo, I'm right here."

Guo Xiang turned around and saw a sixteen, seventeen year old man standing there. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes and was very tall. But still looked very young. She met him three years ago at Mount Hua, he was Zhang Junbao. He was taller this time compared to three years ago but he very much looked the same. Guo Xiang was very pleased and said, "Those nasty monks were bullying your teacher, we must go now." Jueyuan laughed wryly and shook his head and suggested that Guo Xiang should quickly leave now before trouble comes.

Guo Xiang knows that there were an uncountable amount of Shaolin experts that were superior to her, but seeing this situation she couldn't leave this matter alone and she was worried that Shaolin experts would stop them. So she pulled Jueyuan in one hand and the other Zhang Junbao and told them, "Hurry up, we'll discuss everything when we leave this place." But the two of them just stood still.

At this time seven, eight monks with wooden rods came up the slope and yelled, "Who is that audacious girl? How dare she come to Shaolin and behave atrociously!" Zhang Junbao called out, "Please don't be rude, this is……"

Guo Xiang hurriedly said, "Don't say my name." She knew that she created a big scene today and perhaps this might even escalate so she didn't want to drag her parents into this. She added, "Let's go the other way! Don't mention my parents' name.