Chapter - 56 Tomb of the Living Dead (4)

The other Taoists all stopped, and thought, "We have the upper hand here, we have captured the young and old in a short time, the old woman is just calling out madly, what is there to be afraid of?"

Suddenly a grey blur emerged from the forest, out came a swarm of Jade Bees, all aiming to land on the Taoists' upper body. The Taoists had all seen the suffering of Zhao Zhijing, they all were frightened out of their wits, and immediately scattered and ran away. The swarm of bees chased after them.

When Grandma Sun saw that the Taoists could not escape, she laughed loudly. She suddenly saw an old Taoist dashing out of the forest, his hands holding two torches; thick smoke came out of the flames and he waved them at the swarm of bees. The black smoke smothered the bees, their formation became disorganized, and they couldn't hold together and flew away.

Grandma Sun was alarmed, she looked at the old Taoist, and she saw that he had white hair and eyebrows, his face was long and he looked like one of the highly skilled fighters of the Quanzhen sect. She shouted, "Hey, who are you old Taoist? You scattered away my bees."

The old Taoist laughed and said, "This old Taoist is Hao Datong, greetings Grandma."

Grandma Sun did not associate with any people of the Wulin world. But because she lived a stone throw away from Chongyang Palace, she knew that Hao Datong was one of the seven disciples of Wang Chongyang. She thought how Zhen Zhibing, Zhao Zhijing and the other Taoists' abilities were not below hers, but now that old Taoist came and it would be troublesome. She smelled the thick smoke from the torches, it stank and almost made her vomit, and she then realized it was made from herbs that are used to kill insects. She saw that there were no bees around so she had to leave while she could, she shouted, "You've harmed my Mistress's bees, you'll pay for the damage, I'll resolve this with you later." She picked up Yang Guo and entered the forest.

Yin Zhi Pin said, "Martial Uncle, shall we follow or not?"

Hao Datong shook his head and said, "Our founder had set a strict rule, no one can enter the forest, we'll return to our palace and discuss what's to be done there."

Grandma Sun held Yang Guo's hand and took him back inside the tomb. The two had just shared a difficult situation and had become closer. Yang Guo was worried that Xiao Longnu will not allow him to stay. Grandma Sun said, "Don't worry; I'll be able to convince her to let you stay." She then ordered him to rest in a chamber, and then went to look for Xiao Longnu to inform her of the situation.

Yang Guo waited a long time, but still did not see her return, he became anxious and thought, "Long Gu Gu most probably decided not to accept me, even if Grandma Sun forced her to accept, there would be no point in me staying here." He thought for a long while and eventually made up his mind, he quietly went outside.

As soon as he left the room, Grandma Sun came over and asked, "Where are you going?"

Yang Guo said, "Grandma, I'm going now, when I get a bit older, I'll come and see you again."

Grandma Sun said, "No, I'll take you to a place, and tell people not to bully you."

When Yang Guo heard those words, he knew Xiao Longnu had not allowed him to stay, he was disappointed and sad, he lowered his head and said, "There's no use. I'm a mischievous child, where ever I go, no one will want me. There's no need for Grandma to waste your energy."

Grandma Sun had argued with Xiao Longnu for half a day, she saw that she will not be moved, she was troubled and didn't know what to do. She felt sorry for Yang Guo, her blood rose and said, "Child, if no one wants you, Granny wants you. You follow me, where ever you go, Grandma will follow you."

Yang Guo was delighted, he extended his hand and grabbed her's, the two of them exited the tomb. Grandma Sun was still angry and did not turn back to collect some luggage, she scoured around in her pockets and touched a container, and remembered she had to give Zhao Zhijing the antidote for the bee stings. She thought that the Taoist was detestable but death was maybe a bit too extreme and she didn't want to leave the trouble behind in case it caught up with them. So she took Yang Guo, and headed for Chongyang Palace.

Yang Guo saw that they were hurriedly heading for Chongyang Palace, he was frightened, he quietly said, "Grandma, why are you going there?"

Grandma Sun said, "I have to give your rotten master the antidote." After a few paths, they had arrived. She leapt onto the roof, and was about to go for the courtyard, when suddenly the bell started to ring in the darkness, and she heard whistle sounds near and far. In a second noises came from everywhere, and knew that she was heavily surrounded; she became alarmed.

The Quanzhen sect is Wulin's number one orthodox sect, they were normally well guarded, but things had happened recently and so they were more alert. There were lookouts everywhere and when they saw someone enter the palace, they sounded the alarm. The palace's disciples all came to repel the foe. Another group of Taoists scattered around, one, so they surrounded the enemy, and secondly, so they can repel any reinforcements that the enemy might have brought along.

Grandma Sun quietly cursed, "This old woman here has not come to fight; who are you trying to scare?" She loudly called out, "Zhao Zhijing, quickly come out, I have something to say to you."

Someone called out from the main hall, "Coming here in the middle of the night, what do you want?"

Grandma Sun said, "This is the antidote for the bee stings, take it!" She threw over the container.

A Taoist caught it, and believed her but then thought, "Does she have good intentions in coming back to give us the antidote." He called out clearly, "What medicine is this?"

Grandma Sun said, "Don't ask so many questions, just give it to him to drink, and you'll see the results."

The Taoist called out, "How do I know whether you've come with good or bad intentions, and how do I know if this is actually medicine not poison. Apprentice brother Zhao has been tortured enough by you, when did you gain the heart of Buddha?"

Grandma Sun heard his words, her good intentions had turned into some evil intent, she was furious and put Yang Guo down on the roof, then quickly jumped in front of the Taoist and snatched the bottle back. She opened the bottle, and said to Yang Guo, "Open your mouth!"

Yang Guo didn't understand but did as he was told. She tipped the bottle and poured the bee honey into his mouth and said, "Fine, just in case you think its poison. Guo'Er lets go!" She held Yang Guo's hand and ran to the edge of the roof and jumped down.

That Taoist was called Zhang Zhiguang, and was Hao Datong's second disciple, he was cursing himself. He regretted his words when he realized that she had bought along the real antidote, Zhao Zhijing now had no antidote and it would be difficult for him to survive, he quickly followed and blocked them with his hands. He smiled and said, "Old Senior, why are you so furious? I was just joking, there's no need to take it seriously. We are neighbors, and have seen each other a few times, ha-ha, please bestow the medicine to us."