Chapter - 154 Great Banquet For Heroes (8)

A silver bearded old man stood up, his voice was like a bell as he said, "There's a saying, 'A snake without a head will not move', we have loyalty in our hearts but without a leader we will not be able to accomplish our goals. Today, most of the world's heroes are here; we need to elect a worthy, revered and respected hero who will take charge and lead us."

A lot of them shouted out, someone called out, "Let the Senior take charge!" "There is no need to elect someone else!"

The old man laughed and said, "What sort of class does a rotten old man such as I belong to? The great fighters of Wulin have always been Eastern Heretic, Western Poison, Southern Emperor, Northern Beggar and Central Divinity. Central Divinity Elder Chongyang had passed away long ago, Eastern Heretic Island Master Huang does as he pleases by himself, Western Poison does not belong to our group; Southern Emperor is far away in Dali and is not a Song citizen. Only Northern Beggar senior Hong Lao can be the Chancellor of all the heroes here."

Hong Qigong is one of Wulin's most eminent men, everyone agreed to this and stared to clap, no one had any other suggestions.

A voice from the crowd said, "Of course Chief Hong Lao can be the Chancellor of the heroes here. Apart from him, is there another who is as skilled, as revered and has the ability to take on such an important position?"

The voice was clear; everyone looked in the direction of the voice but didn't see anyone. Actually, it was a very short person who had spoke out and was covered by the others around him.

Someone asked, "Who said that?"

The short man leaped on the table. He was about three feet tall, over forty years of age; his face exuded a serious air. A few of the crowd knew that he was a good man of Jiangxi, 'Short Lion' Lei Meng. The crowd wanted to laugh but when they saw his fierce eyes, they swallowed their laughter.

They heard him continue, "But Chief Hong Lao goes and comes as he pleases; over the last ten years he has only shown himself once. But when we discuss the important matter of defending against the enemy, but have no way to call on him, what should we do then?"

Everyone thought, "What he said does make sense."

Lei Meng said, "Everything we are doing today is for protecting our country, not for ourselves. We will elect a Vice Chancellor; since Chancellor Hong Lao is roaming around the lands, we will follow the Vice Chancellor's orders."

In the midst of shouts and applause, someone called out, "Guo Jing Hero Guo!" Someone else called out, "Chief Lu is the best candidate." Another person said, "The previous Beggar Clan chief is wise and clever, and she is the disciple of Chief Hong Lao, I elect Chief Huang." Someone called out, "Let the present Master Lu…" Another one called out, "The Quanzhen sect leader Ma Yu. The "Eternal Spring" Elder Qiu…" Everyone discussed this.

In this chaos, four people quickly entered the main hall; it was Hao Datong, Sun Bu'Er, Zhao Zhijing and Zhen Zhibing.

When Yang Guo saw they had returned he thought, "Huh, you want to go another round with me?"

Guo Jing and Lu Guanying were delighted; they left their table to meet them. The Quanzhen sect is famous for its orthodox martial arts, if there were not any skilled fighters from Quanzhen attending today's 'Heroes Feast', of course their reputation will be tarnished.

Hao Datong whispered into Guo Jing's ear, "There is an enemy coming to cause trouble, be careful. We have come back especially to bring this news."

Guo Jing pondered, the "Blithe Elder" Hao Datong is one of the skilled fighters of Quanzhen, there aren't many people in the world of Jianghu with better skills than him; he trembled slightly as he said these words, the enemy must be extremely powerful, he quietly asked, "Ouyang Feng?"

Hao Datong said, "No, it is the Mongol that I've suffered from before."

Guo Jing searched his mind and nodded, "Its Prince Huo Dou?"

Before Hao Datong could reply, the sound of a horn blowing was heard outside.

Lu Guanying called out, "Greet the guest!" As soon as he finished, tens of people short and tall stood at the front of the hall.

There many heroes that were eating and drinking happily in the hall and all were slightly surprised when they saw these people suddenly enter, but they assumed that these people had come to attend the 'Heroes Feast'. They didn't see anyone they knew and didn't take much notice.

Guo Jing passed on this news to Huang Rong, the both of them stood up and along with the Lu couple, they went out to meet the visitors. Guo Jing knew the elegant and prosperous looking Mongolian Prince Huo Dou; the sharp faced and skinny Tibetan monk was Huo Dou's apprentice brother Da'erba. Guo Jing had met the two before; though the two were extremely good fighters, their skills were below his, there was no need for him to be alarmed. He the saw the two standing away from each other, a person in a red gown walked forward; the person was extremely tall and skinny. It was a Tibetan monk who looked like a bamboo tree; there was a groove on his head, like a plate. Guo Jing and Huang Rong glanced at each other. Huang Yaoshi had told them about the martial arts of the secret school of western Tibet before. When one has reached an extremely high level, the person's head will have a groove. This person has a very deep groove; could it be that this person's skills are extremely high? How come they had never heard about such a highly skilled fighter from the Western Tibet Jianghu world? The both of them were on guard. They bowed to greet the visitors at the same time.

Guo Jing said, "Everyone has come from afar, come in and have a few drinks." He knew that they were the enemy and didn't use any fake pleasantries. Lu Guanying ordered his servants to set up another table.

The Wu brothers have always helped their Master and Master's wife in general affairs. They directed the servants and arranged for a table to be placed at the best position. They kept on apologizing to the guests as they did this and asked them to move their seats.

Guo Fu saw Yang Guo was sitting there comfortably without moving; she didn't like this one bit and thought, "You count as a hero? When all the world's heroes die, it still won't be your turn." She made a signal to Wu Xiuwen with her eyes and then mouthed in the direction of Yang Guo. Wu Xiuwen understood, he went over to Yang Guo and said, "Brother Yang, you need to move your seat a little." He didn't wait for his reaction and instructed the servants to move his cup and chopsticks to the table in the furthest corner in the room.

Yang Guo's temper started to flare up, but he didn't say anything and just chuckled to himself.

Prince Huo Dou said to the tall Tibetan monk, "Master, I'll introduce you to the two most famous heroes in the central plains."

Guo Jing was alarmed, "So he's the Mongolian Prince's master."

The monk nodded, his eyes seemed to be open but also appeared to be closed. Prince Huo Dou said, "That person has been Mongolia's Western Levy Right General Guo Jing…Hero Guo, and that is Mrs. Guo, she is the Beggar Clan's Chief Huang."

When the monk heard the words 'Mongolia's Western Levy Right General' he suddenly opened his eyes and looked around, He took a look at Guo Jing's face and then his eyes half closed again, he didn't take the Beggar Clan's Chief to heart.