Chapter - 6 Thinking of the Unforgettable Man Far Away (6)

Guo Xiang asked, "What did your teacher do wrong, he's a very nice man."

Zhang sighed, "It is all because of the Ni Jia Scripture that was lost."

Guo Xiang said, "You mean the scripture that was stolen by Xiao Xiangzi and Yin Kexing."

Zhang said, "Yes, that day at Mount Hua, I searched them and found nothing even with the help of Master Yang. After we left the mountain we couldn't find them anymore. We returned to the monastery and reported it to the abbot. Because that scripture was written by Master Damo, the elder of the Disciplinary Hall blamed my teacher for not paying better attention to the scriptures and heavily punished him."

Guo Xiang sighed, "This is blaming it on someone else. Why should reverend Jueyuan be punished for it. Because of this they ordered your teacher to fill that well and forbade him to speak."

Zhang said, "This is an old punishment of Shaolin. According to the elders, this punishment can also be seen as good form of self-cultivation."

Guo Xiang laughed, "It seems I'm a busybody." Zhang quickly said, "We will always remember Miss Guo's help and intentions."

Guo Xiang sighed and thought, "But someone has completely forgotten about me."

After awhile they reached the place where Guo Xiang tied her mule and she said, "Brother Zhang, you needn't see me off anymore." Zhang Junbao looked reluctant to part and didn't know what to say to Guo Xiang.

Guo Xiang took out her two Arhats and gave them to Zhang Junbao, "Here take it."

Zhang Junbao didn't take it and said, "I…I.."

Guo Xiang said, "I'm giving it to you, so take it." Zhang Junbao said, "I…..I…."

Guo Xiang put them in his hands and mounted the mule.

Suddenly someone called out, "Miss Guo, please wait."

It was reverend Wuse, Guo Xiang thought, " This old monk was too formal."

Wuse reached Guo Xiang in a few moments and told Zhang Junbao, "Return to the monastery, don't stroll about."

Zhang Junbao said yes and stared at Guo Xiang for short while and quickly left.

Wuse waited till he was gone and took out a note and said, "Miss Guo, do you know who wrote this note?"

Guo Xiang took the note and read it:

"Shaolin martial arts have been proclaimed to be invincible throughout China for many years. Ten days from now, The Three Saints of Kunlun will see all Shaolin skills."

The handwriting was very strong. Guo Xiang asked, "Who are these "The Three Saints of Kunlun," they sound very arrogant."

Wuse said, "You don't know them?" Guo Xiang shook her head and said, "No, I don't know them. I have not heard my parents mention this name before."

Wuse said, "That's the strange thing about it." Guo Xiang asked, "What is strange?"

Wuse said, "Miss Guo, we are now friends and I will be honest with you. Do you know who brought this note?" Guo Xiang answered, "Probably a messenger from The Three Saints of Kunlun."

Wuse said, "If it was, I'm not that surprised. Shaolin has been the leading martial arts school in wulin for hundreds of years. So many martial arts experts come here to challenge us, but we always treat our guests with courtesy. And we try to avoid fighting as much as possible, because if we battled every expert who came here for a fight, we wouldn't have time for our cultivation."

Guo Xiang nodded and said, "That's true."

Wuse said, "However, when the experts are here, and if we don't show them some special ability they will not be impressed. The Luohan Hall is there to welcome these guests with this special treatment."

Guo Xiang laughed and said, "So you're just here for the fights." Wuse smiled with a wry, "Normally wulin persons, the disciples of the Luohan Hall can deal with them, I don't need to fight them personally. But today when I saw that Miss Guo's martial arts were out of the ordinary I decided to see for myself."

Guo Xiang smiled, "You have a very high opinion of me."

Wuse said, "Look at me, we're digressing. To tell you the truth, we found this note in the Luohan Hall in the hands of the Dragon-Subduing Arhat." Guo Xiang was surprised and asked, "Who put it there?" Wuse shook his head and said, "We don't know. There are hundreds of Shaolin monks in the monastery, if someone sneaked in, someone must have noticed that. And there are eight disciples standing guard in the Luohan Hall every day. Someone just found the note and quickly reported it to the abbot. Everyone found it strange and that's why I was called back so urgently."

Guo Xiang now understood what he was getting it and said, "You think I'm in league with The Three Saints of Kunlun. I'm creating a diversion here while those three fellows enter the Luohan Hall and leave the note."

Wuse said, "After meeting you I found it impossible you would do something like that. But it was very coincidental that with your appearance a note is left behind in the Luohan Hall. That's why the abbot and my martial arts brother Wuxiang wrongly suspected you were involved in this."

Guo Xiang said, "I don't know them, what are you afraid of? Ten days later if they dare to come, just accept the challenge."

Wuse said, "Afraid, of course we're not afraid. I'm reassured now that they are not your friends."

Guo Xiang knew Wuse's intentions were good, he was afraid that The Three Saints were friends of hers and was afraid that in a fight they might damage their friendship. She said, "If they come here and courteously want to examine martial arts with you that's not a problem. Otherwise, just teach them a lesson. Also the tone of the note was very arrogant, 'see all Shaolin skills'. Do they really want to see the seventwo skills of Shaolin?"

Suddenly she thought of something and said, "Couldn't it be that there is a traitor amongst you and secretly put the note there?" Wuse said, "We thought of this too, but that was impossible. Because the Arhat statue's hand was almost ten metres tall. If someone was to jump up there, his art of levitation should be superb. If there was a traitor he wouldn't have such good martial arts."

Guo Xiang was very puzzled by this entire incident and was very interested to know the outcome of this duel. But she knew she would miss out on this fight because Shaolin didn't allow women to enter.

Wuse saw she was pensive and thought that she was thinking of a plan to help them and said, "Shaolin has overcome many obstacles in these thousand years and is still standing. If "The Three Saints of Kunlun" really want to pick a fight, we will try our best to battle them. Miss Guo, in less than a month, you'll hear whether these "Three Saints of Kunlun" have defeated Shaolin or not."

At this point, he looked very energetic and brave.

Guo Xiang smiled and said, "Don't forget about your cultivation? In less than a month I will await your good news."

She mounted her mule again and smiled to Wuse.

And then she rode off thinking of a plan not to miss out on this battle.

After thinking for awhile, "Perhaps these "Three Saints of Kunlun" are just some ordinary wulin people. And will be easily defeated by the Shaolin monks, if they only had half the skills of my mother, father, grandfather or brother Yang, this fight will be very interesting."

When she thought of Yang Guo she became melancholic again. These three years of searching were in vain. The tomb on Mount ZhongNan was empty, no news in the Loveless Valley, the Fengling Ferry was deserted too. She thought, "What do I do when I find him? It will only increase my feelings for him and bring extra frustration. He left for a faraway place, that was also good for me. Although I know everything I do is in vain, it can't stop me from thinking about him and trying to find him."