Chapter - 319 Recuperating In a Secret Chamber (7)

She was the Qing Jing San Ren [Sage of Tranquility], Sun Bu'er's disciple; naturally she was well-versed in the Quanzhen Sect's sword technique. Hou Tonghai had anticipated her move; he thought that the double-headed ghost had transformed itself into two, and the female ghost would attack him soon as an evil spirit, so he was not surprised. But Lu Guanying was pleasantly surprised. He saw her movement was quick, her sword technique exquisite; his heart was full of admiration. His own saber was starting to be chaotic, he was sweating profusely; now suddenly someone came to help, his spirit rose.

At first Hou Tonghai was quite worried by the female ghost's fierceness, but after a few stances he noticed that although her sword technique was proficient, but her strength was just ordinary; moreover, she looked nervous. Probably she had not been a ghost for long, she had not reached the 'old ghost' level yet. Thereupon he gradually felt relieved. His three-pronged fork created strong gusts of wind. One against two, he still was able to attack more than his opponents.

Watching from the other room Huang Rong was very anxious; she knew Lu and Cheng two people would eventually fall under their enemy. She wanted to lend them a hand, but she must not leave Guo Jing even for half a step. Otherwise, with her intelligence and abundant experience it would be very easy for her to play tricks on this Three-headed Scaly Dragon.

She heard Lu Guanying call out, "Miss, go away, you don't have to entangle yourself with him."

Cheng Yaojia knew he was worried that she might be injured and wanted to fight this mad man alone; she was very grateful, but she also knew fighting alone he would not be able to resist the enemy. She shook her head, unwilling to draw back.

Lu Guanying fought furiously, he shouted to Hou Tonghai, "As a real man you are making things difficult for a young girl, what kind of hero are you? Just deal with me, a man surnamed Lu, and let this Miss go."

Although Hou Tonghai was muddle-headed, he knew by now that these two were not ghosts; but seeing Cheng Yaojia was beautiful, while he had gained an upper hand, how could he let her go? With laughter he said, "I want to capture the male ghost, I also want to take the female ghost." His steel fork went straight horizontally with a violent thrust; he was being 30% lenient toward Cheng Yaojia, otherwise he would have already stabbed her.

"Miss, quickly go!" Lu Guanying anxiously said, "The man surnamed Lu is grateful or your kindness."

"Xiang Gong's honorable surname is Lu, isn't it?" in a low voice Cheng Yaojia asked.

"Exactly," Lu Guanying replied, "Miss, what is your name? What school do you belong to?"

"My Shifu's surname is Sun, people call her the Sage of Tranquility," Cheng Yaojia said, "I … I …" She was going to say her name, but suddenly felt shy and closed her mouth.

"Miss, I'll block him, you run quickly," Lu Guanying said, "As long as the man surnamed Lu is still alive, I will look for you. I thank you for your help today."

Cheng Yaojia was blushing, she stammered, "I … I don't … Xiang Gong …" Turning her head to Hou Tonghai she said, "Hey, mad man! Don't you dare injuring this Xiang Gong. My Shifu is the Sun Zhenren [lit. true/real person, a respectful term to address a Taoist priest] from Quanzhen Sect. She will arrive shortly."

The names of Quanzhen Seven Masters were well-known throughout the world. That day Hou Tonghai had seen it with his own eyes when the Tie Jiao Xian [Iron Feet Immortal], Yuyang [jade-sun] Zi, Wang Chuyi intimidated the group of pugilists at the Zhao Palace. Now hearing what Cheng Da Xiaojie said, he was somewhat afraid. But after a slight shock he cursed, "Even if the Quanzhen Seven Masters come together, your master here will butcher them all one by one!"

Suddenly from outside the door came someone's clear voice saying, "Who in here doesn't want to live by speaking nonsense?"

Three people were engaged in a fierce battle, but as they heard this voice they all leaped backward. Lu Guanying was afraid Hou Tonghai would launch a sneak attack, he pulled Cheng Yaojia behind him and stood wielding his saber in front of her; only then he did raise his head to take a look.

He saw a young Taoist priest standing at the doorstep, wearing a feather robe and a star crown, his face handsome and his eyes bright, he was holding a Taoist whisk in his hand. "Who said he wants to butcher the Quanzhen Seven Masters?" he coldly asked.

With the fork in his right hand Hou Tonghai inserted his left hand to his waist; with glaring eyes he said loudly, "It's me, your master. So what?"

"All right," the young priest said, "Go ahead and try." Swaying his body forward he swept the whisk toward Hou Tonghai's face.

By now Guo Jing had finished one round of exercise; hearing the clamor of battle outside he looked out through the small hole. Huang Rong asked, "Is this young priest also one of the Quanzhen Seven Masters?"

Guo Jing recognized the young priest as Yin Zhiping, Qiu Chuji's disciple. Two years ago he received an order from his master to deliver a letter to the Jiangnan Six Heroes and had a martial art contest with Guo Jing at night, in which Guo Jing was defeated. Quietly Guo Jing told Huang Rong everything.

Huang Rong saw he had exchanged a few stances with Hou Tonghai; she shook her head and said, "He won't defeat the Three-Headed Scaly Dragon."

Yin Zhiping slightly fell under Hou Tonghai's attacks; with a saber in his hand Lu Guanying immediately stepped forward to help him. Compared to the time he fought Guo Jing at night, he had made some progress; but fighting side by side with Lu Guanying they only managed to face Hou Tonghai evenly.

Just a moment ago Cheng Yaojia's left hand was grabbed by Lu Guanying for a short moment, yet her heart was still pitter-pattering madly. Three people were fighting furiously right next to her, but she was actually daydreaming, gently stroking her hand. Suddenly she was awakened with a startled from her daze-like condition by a clanking noise and Lu Guanying's urgent voice, "Miss, watch out!"

It turned out that Hou Tonghai noticed her condition and thrust his fork to her; Lu Guanying busily fended off the attack while shouting to her. Cheng Yaojia's face turned completely red; she gathered her thoughts and entered the battle.

Cheng Yaojia's martial art skill was not too high, but with one against three Hou Tonghai had a hard time blocking the enemies. He brandished his fork ferociously, trying to open up an opportunity to escape and find some help, but Yin Zhiping's whisk was dancing around in front of his face, making his vision blurry. He was negligent for a split second and Lu Guanying's saber cut his leg.

"Your eighteen ancestors be damned!" Hou Tonghai cursed. But because of this wound he gradually became sluggish. He thrust the steel fork forward, Yin Zhiping parried with his whisk, and the whisk coiled around it. They both pulled their respective weapons back in a tug-of-war game, but because Hou Tonghai was stronger, Yin Zhiping was forced to let his whisk go.

Cheng Yaojia thrust her sword with 'dou yao xing he' [fighting and shaking star and river] and stabbed his right shoulder. Hou Tonghai could not hold his steel fork, it fell to the ground. Yin Zhiping took this opportunity to sweep his leg and Hou Tonghai tumbled to the ground. Lu Guanying immediately pounced on him; taking the leather belt on his waist he bound Hou Tonghai's hands behind his back.

Yin Zhiping laughed and said, "You can't even defeat the Quanzhen Seven Masters' disciple; how would you butcher the Quanzhen Seven Masters?" Hou Tonghai opened his mouth and shouted cursing words, said that it was three against one, that it was not a real hero's deed. Yin Zhiping tore up a piece of his clothes and stuffed it into his mouth. Hou Tonghai's face looked so angry, but he could not say anything.