Chapter - 45 Under Quanzhen Sect (8)

Qiu Chuji said, "I'm afraid that a man of his stature coming to create havoc here has an ulterior motive. His kung fu originates from Western Tibet; he arrived in the central plains at the beginning of the year. He wounded the three heroes of Henan, and later on he single-handedly killed the seven Lords of Lanzhou. His name was spread widely throughout the land, we didn't predict that he would have the nerve to come to our sect and cause trouble. The other Tibetan monk is called Da'erba; he has supernatural strength, and his kung fu is from the same school as Huo Dou. It appears that he is the senior apprentice brother. He is a monk, of course he hasn't come here to get married; he's here to aid Huo Dou.

When the rest of the evil men heard the two were coming, they remembered the matter of dueling for marriage. Years ago, in front of a crowd of people, Li Mochou had said the tomb contained mountains of treasures, and had countless kung fu manuscripts and manuals; saying there was the formulae to the "Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms", the "Solitary Yang Finger" and numerous others. Although the crooks and scoundrels were unsure, they thought that if they went up to the mountain and opened up the tomb, they would be able to get a share of the spoils. About one hundred or so of them came up the mountain. Originally our "Big Dipper Formation" could have easily repelled them away from the foot of our mountain, not allowing them to come through and teach them not to take one step into Chongyang Palace. We were resisting them when the misunderstanding occurred; there is no need to say anymore."

Guo Jing felt very guilty and apologetic, and wanted to say a few words of apology. Qiu Chuji waved his hand and laughed, "Letting a laugh out rids your worries and the moon is still in the sky above the western lake. The halls and buildings are just objects; human possessions mean nothing, so why worry about them? You have honed your martial arts for the last ten years, could it be that you do not understand the meaning of this?"

Guo Jing laughed and said, "Yes!"

Qiu Chuji laughed and said, "Actually when I saw the back courtyard being burned down to the ground, I was very angry and furious, but after a while I calmed down. Compared to how calm apprentice brother Ma was, I am nowhere as enlightened as he is."

Guo Jing said, "You can't blame yourself for getting angry at all those crooks and scoundrels."

Qiu Chuji said, "As you fought with the main "Big Dipper Formation", the two tyrants led a pack of scoundrels and took advantage of the situation and led them to Chongyang Palace. As soon as they arrived, they set fire to the buildings; apprentice brother Hao led a formation out against Prince Huo Dou. He was wary of Huo Duo's skills as they were very strange. Apprentice brother Hao was careless and rash when he was fighting him, and ended up being struck in the chest. We set up a formation to protect him. Without apprentice brother Hao in the formation we had to replace him with students whose skills were much inferior, thus the power of the formation was reduced and limited. If you hadn't arrived just in time, today would be the day where the Quanzhen sect would have been destroyed. When I think about it, even if the other students didn't mistake you for the enemy, though they would be able to stop all the scoundrels and crooks from entering the mountain, they would not be able to stop Da'erba and Huo Dou. If the two combined together and attacked our formation, we would not have lost, but we definitely would not have defeated them as quickly and as spectacularly as you did."

As he said this, they heard a sound from the west; someone was blowing a horn. The horn sound was pleasant and relaxing, as Guo Jing listened, he imagined himself back in the Mongolian plains, looking out at the yellow sands of Mongolia, giving off a beautiful glow.

After a while, he heard "an intent to kill" was beginning to emerge from the sounds of the horn, as if it was trying to invite someone for a duel.

Qiu Chuji's face turned angry and shouted, "Beasts, beasts!"

He looked at the forest to the west and said, "Jing'er, you and that scoundrel have set a ten year date; you are going to meet again in these ten years, I advise to you not to intervene. Is there such a sincere and honorable thing under heaven? Let's go!"

Guo Jing said, "It is Prince Huo Dou?"

Qiu Chuji replied, "It is him. He is trying to get Xiao Longnu to duel with him." While saying this, he was already flying down the mountain. Guo Jing followed.

The two traveled for about a mile, when they heard the horn sound was getting closer, but within the sound of the horn, they could make out the sound of a weapon was being used; it was Da'erba.

Qiu Chuji was angry and said, "How can two martial artists gang up and bully a young girl; they really don't care about face." He increased his efforts and sped up. In a flash, the two were at the foot of the hill, passing a stone slab. All Guo Jing could see in front of him was a black forest. Outside the forest stood one hundred short and tall scoundrels and crooks, it was the same people who had just attacked Chongyang Palace. The two of them hid behind the stone slab, surveying their actions. They saw Prince Huo Dou and Da'erba get up. Prince Huo Dou raised his horn and blew. Da'erba raised a large golden pestle (rod shaped object used for crushing) with his left hand. He tapped the golden bracelet on his right wrist with the pestle, and created a noise, the two noises combined, trying to draw out Xiao Longnu. The two did this for a while, but no sounds came from the forest.

Huo Dou put down his horn, and clearly said, "I am Mongolia's Prince Huo Dou; I have come to congratulate Xiao Longnu on your birthday."

As he finished, three chords from a zither was heard, it was Xiao Longnu replying. Hu Dou was happy and said, "It is known far and wide that Miss Long will have a duel to find a husband. I have dared to come forward, and meet this challenge, I ask Miss Long to make her move. A resounding sound was suddenly heard from the zither, clearly showing signs of anger. The rest of the crowd didn't move, they could hear from the zither notes the intent of the player, wanting them to leave. Huo Dou chuckled and said, "I am from an affluent family, handsome, sincere and willing, I wouldn't dare to offend you. Miss Long is a heroine in the world, please don't be shy."

When he finished, the sound of the zither soared, a note of reproving could be heard from within the sound. Huo Dou glanced at Da'erba, the monk nodded. Huo Dou said, "If Miss does not show herself, then I will have to enter." He then picked up his horn, waved his right hand and leapt into the forest. The crowd of people also went forward, and all thought, "Even the famous Quanzhen sect could not stop us, Xiao Longnu is alone and is just a young girl, aren't we overdoing things?" But they were all thinking about getting to the treasure first and ignored this, pushing and shoving they entered the forest.

Qiu Chuji shouted out, "This place is Quanzhen sect's Founder Chongyang's old residence, leave quickly."

When the crowd heard this, they were all startled, but their feet didn't stop moving forwards.

Qiu Chuji was angry and said, "Jing'er, let's use force!" The two emerged from behind the stone slab and were about to enter the forest; then they suddenly heard cries from the crowd of people, and they were dashing back out of the forest.