Chapter - 173 Leader of the (13)

Da'erba had heard Yang Guo speak a whole lot of Tibetan and had believed with some certainty that he was the reincarnation of his senior apprentice brother, but because there was fear in his heart, he was affected very quickly by this technique. Yang Guo was able to succeed in one go; if the target was Huo Dou, Yang Guo would definitely be in danger because he had never practiced this technique before and his internal energy could not match Huo Dou's.

Yang Guo performed the "Beautiful Maiden Fist", whatever he did, whether his steps made lotuses or he moved like a willow, Da'erba copied. The watching crowd was startled and amused.

Guo Fu had felt this was extremely amusing, she said to her mother, "Mother, this technique of brother Yang is really something, why don't you teach me?"

Huang Rong said, "If you learned the "Soul Altering Spell", heaven and earth would definitely be turned upside down; it would be trouble, you would suffer and so would others." She held her hand and said seriously, "Don't think this is fun, brother Yang and that monk are fighting with their lives; this is much more dangerous than fighting with sabers and swords!"

Guo Fu stuck her tongue out and watched Yang Guo, she still felt this was fun, when Yang Guo smiled, so did Da'erba, when Yang Guo was angry Da'erba was angry, so she copied him. How would she know how powerful the "Soul Affecting Spell" was, she copied just two movements when her heart and mind became unclear and blurred, and she started to take steps towards the centre of the hall.

Huang Rong was shocked and quickly pulled her hand. At this time, Guo Fu was being controlled and used her strength to fling her mother away. Huang Rong twisted her hand and Guo Fu's wrist, turning her face around, stopping her from facing Yang Guo. Guo Fu struggled for a bit, the hold restricted her vein's movements, she fainted and fell unconscious into her mother's arms.

Right now, Da'erba was completely controlled by Yang Guo, when he saw Yang Guo use a stance of "Xi Zi Offers the Heart" immediately followed by "Dong Shi Knits her Brows", then another stance of "Descending Goddess' Subtle Step", he copied the steps and scurries, "Gliding like a frightened Crow, Slithering like a slippery Snake".

Jinlun Fawang had noticed something was wrong long ago, he had called out many times but Da'erba acted like he didn't hear. Yang Guo saw that time had come, he suddenly used a stance of "Cao Ling Slices her Nose", and he waved his hand and cut a palm across his face, a left palm cut across followed by a right without stop.

In ancient times, a man called Cao Wenshu had a wife whose last name was Ling, after her husband died; she cut off her nose, showing that she will never marry again.

This stance originally uses the cut across the face to repel an enemy's attack, however, Yang Guo had made the cuts closer to his face by a few inches, cutting across his cheeks, it looked like it was a very heavy blow but in reality he just lightly brushed across his face. But how would Da'erba know this, his palms attacked his own face with the great force. He possessed frightening strength, every palm had a force of over a hundred kilos (220lbs), over ten palms later, he couldn't stand it, and he knocked himself dizzily to the floor.

Yang Guo quietly retreated a few steps and sat next to Xiao Longnu, his right hand supported his cheek, his left waved out lightly; he gave a long sigh, a lonely feeling on his face. This was the last stance of the "Beautiful Maiden Fist", it's called "Secluded in the Ancient Tomb" but this stance was invented by Yang Guo himself, Lin Chaoying did not know about this and Xiao Longnu too, did not know it. When Yang Guo completed learning the "Beautiful Maiden Fist", he thought about how Ancestor Grandma excelled in beauty and grace, she did not lose compared to beauties of the ancient times, she was not in this fist technique, the beauty aspect is not really complete, so he devised his own stance. Though he said he invented this stance because of Lin Chaoying, the aura and feeling of this stance was that of his master Xiao Longnu. When Xiao Longnu first saw this, she just gave a little smile and let him be.

The heroes all cheered out in delight and called out, "We've won the second round as well!" "The position of Chancellor of Wulin belongs to the skilled fighters of the Song!" "You Mongols better crawl out of here and don't show your face again in the central plains!"

The Mongolian warriors dashed out during this commotion and carried Da'erba back.

Jinlun Fawang saw that his two disciples had lost but not because their kung fu wasn't good enough, they lost in some stupid way. He was furious but his face showed no signs of emotion, he sat on the chair and called out, "Young man, who is your Master?" Apart from excelling in martial arts, he was also knowledgeable in many things; he even knew how to speak Chinese.

Yang Guo pointed to Xiao Longnu and laughed as he said, "This is my Master, come and bow down to the Chancellor of Wulin!"

Jinlun Fawang saw that Xiao Longnu was beautiful and delicate, she was younger than Yang Guo, he did not believe that she was his master and thought, "The Han of the central plains are very sly and crafty but can you trick me?" He suddenly stood up; a clanking sound was heard as he took out a gold wheel from his compartment. The golden wheel was a foot and a half in diameter, cast out of solid gold, the Tibetan scriptures were inscribed on the wheel, in the middle were nine little spheres, a shake of the hands and a prolonged noise was heard.

Jinlun Fawang pointed to Xiao Longnu and said, "Huh, how is that this little girl is worthy of being the Chancellor of Wulin? If you can withstand ten stances of my golden wheel I'll acknowledge you as the Chancellor of Wulin."

Yang Guo laughed and said, "I've already won two rounds, two out of three, and your side said that at the start, so why are you trying to deny it?"

Jinlun Fawang said, "I want to test out her kung fu and see if she has the ability to take this task on."

Xiao Longnu did not know that Jinlun Fawang's abilities are shockingly brilliant, neither did she know what the Chancellor of Wulin was, the thought of whether to take this on had never crossed her mind. When she heard him say that he wanted to test whether she can withstand ten stances of his golden wheel, she stood up and said, "In that case I'll have a try."

Jinlun Fawang said, "If you can't withstand ten stances, what then?"

Xiao Longnu said, "If I can't, I can't, what about it?" Though she treated Yang Guo with love and compassion, when it comes to other things she didn't have a care.

The heroes of the central plains and the Mongolian warriors did not know that this was her character, and they saw that she didn't give Jinlun Fawang any consideration; they thought that she really must possess deep and profound martial arts. After seeing Yang Guo use the "Soul Altering Spell", others thought that she knew witchcraft and was a young witch. At that time, they all burst into conversation.

Jinlun Fawang really was afraid that she knew witchcraft, he started to chant a mantra, "ji li gu lu, ji li gu lu", he recited the "Devil Subduing Mantra" from the Tibetan scriptures. Yang Guo heard this and thought that the monk was insulting his master in Tibetan so he quickly concentrated and remembered every single word clearly. Once Jinlun Fawang finished reciting the mantra, from the golden wheel a period of 'lang lang' noises was heard, he shouted, "Young man, I'm about to start!" He said these two words in Chinese.