Chapter - 5 Thinking of the Unforgettable Man Far Away (5)

Wuse praised, "Good movement! Try another stance."

His left hand curled up like a flower, bending his left elbow in front of his chest and this was another Shaolin fist stance.

This stance completely sealed Guo Xiang. She turned around her sword and use the sword as her finger and displayed the "Yi Yang Finger". She learnt this technique from her martial arts brother, Wu XiuWen. And she aimed for three of Wuse's acupoint of his wrist. Although she only learned the mere basics of "Yi Yang Finger" this technique of sealing three acupoints in one go was one of the key points of "Yi Yang Finger."

Reverend YiDeng's Yi Yang Finger was renowned through the world. Wuse recognized it and quickly changed stance.

However if Wuse didn't change technique, and let Guo Xiang touch his three acupoints he would have known that her "Yi Yang Finger" was far from perfect.

But in a fight he wasn't willing to risk his reputation and name for it. Guo Xiang smiled sweetly and said, "You recognize a powerful technique when you see it."

Wuse grunted and used a stance called "Single Phoenix Glaring At the Sun". With this stance Wuse used both hands to knock out Guo Xiangs' sword.

She knew that he wouldn't really harm her but was still frightened and used Zhou Botong's Kong Ming Fist to counter it. This Kong Ming Fist was quite new to the martial arts realm so Wuse didn't recognize it and turned to another stance namely "Siding to the seven Stars Flower." One of his palms was up the other down and pressed down on Guo Xiang. If she didn't use internal energy to block it, her hands would be snapped.

Guo Xiang thought, "Do you really want to break my hands?" And used an Iron Palm technique to block this attack. She learned this stance from Wu XiuWen's wife, WanYan Ping. This stance was created by the famous Qiu QianRen and this palm technique was known to be number one for being violent and fierce.

Wuse was shocked to see a young girl using the Iron Palm technique and quickly withdrew his attack. First of all, he didn't want to harm her, second, he was quite afraid for the Iron Palm technique.

Guo Xiang smiled sweetly, "This is the tenth stance, guess what school I belong to?"

And attacked Wuse with a simple Shaolin Fist called "The Sea of Bitterness has no Bounds." This stance belonged to the Luohan fist style and Wuse was both angry and amused to see this. And he quickly used another stance to block it and lift her up. This was called "Carry the Mountain and Leap over the Ocean."

But when he did that he realised, "I'm only wanted to win her and cannot recognize her school. She used ten different stances, what can I say. I surely can't say she belongs to Shaolin."

Guo Xiang was yelling, "Let me go!" and something dropped out of her clothes. Guo Xiang yelled again, "Let me go, you old monk."

Wuse was an enlightened monk, he believe all creatures were the same. He made no differences in men and women, he even treated animals with care. He said, "I'm old enough to be your grandfather. What are you afraid of?"

He gently flicked his arm and Guo Xiang landed a few metres further.

He was about to admit defeat, when he saw two small dark iron figures of two Arhats and picked them up.

Guo Xiang asked him, "Well, do you admit defeat?"

Wuse looked very pleased and said, "Why should I admit defeat? Your father is the great hero Guo Jing, your mother is the heroine Huang Rong. Your grandfather is Lord Huang of the Peach Blossom Island. You're second Miss Guo Xiang. Your father learnt martial arts from the seven Eccentrics of Jiang Nan, Peach Blossom Island, Northern Beggar and the Quanzhen School. No wonder Miss Guo has such profound knowledge of martial arts."

Guo Xiang was stunned, "This old monk is very formidable, I used ten different stances but he was still able to know who I was."

Wuse smiled and said, "Miss Guo, I recognized you from these two Arhat statues, how is brother Yang?"

Guo Xiang was shocked for a moment and said, "You must be reverend Wuse. You gave me these two Arhats as a present to me. The reason I came here was to find out some news of brother Yang and sister Long."

Wuse said, "Many years ago, Master Yang came to our monastery and stayed for a few days. And when he left for Xiangyang he asked me to help him. But I don't know where he is now."

It seems that both Guo Xiang and Wuse didn't know where Yang Guo was.

Guo Xiang was stunned for a moment and said, "Not even you know where he is now. I wonder who does know."

Guo Xiang thanked him for his present.

These two Arhats were made by a carpenter monk of Shaolin. These two Arhats could display a set of Luohan fist if you activate the mechanism. That's why Guo Xiang knew that Shaolin fist.

Wuse laughed and said, "Because of the rules of our monastery I cannot invite you stay, however I will walk you down. Please forgive us."

Guo Xiang was pensive and said, "It doesn't matter, I asked what I came for anyway."

Wuse said, "As for my Buddhist brother Jueyuan I will explain later. You know what, we will find a good inn and talk these things over by a good meal and some wine." Reverend Wuse was highly respected by the Shaolin monks, and they were all puzzled to see him being so respectful towards a young girl.

Guo Xiang said, "No need for that, I'm sorry that injured a few reverends. Please forgive me for being rash. I will leave now and I hope to see you again."

Wuse laughed and said, "I'm adamant, I will see you off. I'm sorry I couldn't attend your sixteenth birthday that year. After burning down the supplies and the gunpowder of the Mongolian army I left without going to Xiangyang.

Guo Xiang knew he had good intentions, and like his straightforward manner and was very eager to make friends with him and said, "Good."

After the two of them walked for awhile and passed the Yi Wei pavilion. They heard a footsteps behind them when they turned around to look they saw Zhang Junbao. Guo Xiang smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, did you come to see me off too?"

Zhang Junbao blushed and said, "Yes."

Suddenly another monk ran towards Wuse looking rather hectic. Wuse frowned his eyebrows and said, "Why are you so frantic?" That monk went to Wuse and said something very quietly. Wuse's face changed and said, "Really?"

The monk said, "The abbot asked master Wuse to return now and to discuss matter."

Guo Xiang saw that Wuse looked worried and told him, "If you have something to do now, feel free to go back. Real friends don't need all those formalities, we can always eat and drink another time."

Wuse looked pleased and said, "No wonder Master Yang speaks highly of you. You're a true heroine, today you've made a friend."

Guo Xiang smiled and said, "You're already friends with brother Yang. That makes you my friend too."

The two parted and Wuse went back.

Guo Xiang continued to walk down, Zhang Junbao didn't dare to walk next to her and kept Five steps in between them.

Guo Xiang asked, "Why do they punish your teacher?"

Zhang Junbao said, "The rules of the monastery are very strict, if the monks break them they have to be punished."