while pretending to be absorbed in writing down the events during the hero's conference, lam changcong observed the crowd carefully and also took note of the leaders of the orthodox sects. looking out, he recognized li kang, jian yi,zong yueh, and bei xing. and who was that young girl with the scar on her face? his hands tightened when he recalled how li kang purposefully bumped into him. then, he saw zong yueh staring at someone..chongcong searched and noticed that zong yueh was looking directly at szema fei.Posted by patricia n
suddenly, a fleeting figure caught changcong's attention. nothing could tear him away from the hero's conference except for one thing. he quickly placed his book and quilt down and stood up from his seat.
"elder lam, where are you going?" asked an observant shaolin disciple. while the rest of the crowd was in awe of the duel on the platform, only this disciple bothered to notice his departure.
changcong immediatly held onto his stomach and grimaced, "the bathroom."
"oh, then please come back quickly."
"are you foolish? you can't rush these things!" changcong angrily protested before running off.
the shaolin disciple shook his head and muttered, "no discipline...merciful budda," and redirected his attention on the fight.
changcong ran as fast as he could until he ran out to a pasture. suddenly, his ears heard a very slight sound and he quickly moved aside as an arm lunged out towards him. he turned around and evaded another palm and exclaimed, "papa, it's me, yueyou!"
the old man with the wild gray hair and unkempt gray beard pulled his hand back as he recognized the warm and soft voice. he squinted his eyes and shook his head in disbelief, "don't lie to me! yueyou is a girl and you're...no no...you can't be her!"
knowing the wild gray hair man's mental illness, changcong knew there was only one way to convince him, "papa, take a look at me now." changcong carefully peeled his mask off to reveal a very beautiful young lady. her rosy cheeks glowed against her snow white skin and her eyes...they sparkled so vibrantly and betrayed her emotions.
her eyes sparkled even more as she stepped closer to him but the happiness behind her eyes vanished quickly as she asked him, "where have you been for the past five years? i was worried about you and searched throughout jiang hu for you."
the man looked at her and laughed happily. he calmed down and gained some of his sanity back, "yueyou, it's you!" he grabbed onto her wrist and felt her pulse, "why is your internal energy so average still?"
yueyou bowed her head down in shame.
he scolded her, "you're always too anxious to learn martial arts!"
"papa, how could i have patience?" her eyes became misty but that was quickly replaced with hatred, a hatred so deep that only her eyes could express, as she recalled her past, "they killed everyone including my baby brother! he was not even one month old. all seventy seven lives...dead in one hour," she raised her voice and spoke violently, "if i keep on practicing martial arts then who knows when i'll be ready to seek revenge!"
the wild gray hair man frowned then his eyes wandered around. as if he suddenly noticed, he asked, "where is ching ching?"
yueyou took a step back.
the man asked more loudly, "where did you hide her?" his eyes darkened as he grabbed onto yueyou's arms and shook her violently, "where is she? tell me!"
"papa...please don't do this...please calm down and remember that sister ching ching died!" yueyou panicked when she recognized that his illness had taken hold of him again. she then spoke calmly, "papa, she died before you saved me. please remember...when i was five years old, you came and rescued me because you thought i was sister ching ching."
he let go of her and muttered, "she died?"
yueyou's eyes were filled with much sorrow. it was a routine she had gotten used to but it always affected her each time he became crazy, "papa...you only have me," she said softly, "and i only have you as family."
the wild gray haired man let out a terrifying scream and then uttered, "it was them! they call themselves righteous but they are the reason wife and ching ching died. orthodox sects...how ironic. but i know where to find them." without warning, he somersaulted away and left yueyou by herself once again.
she knew she could not catch up to him in his crazed state. she was not worried, for she already guessed where he was going. she lowered her head and knew what she had to do. she was confident that the hero's conference would attract all members of wulin, including shui do yi. only he could save her father. putting back on the mask, changcong returned to the hero's conference with another goal.
as changcong walked back to his seat, the same shaolin disciple wondered, "so long? what did you have for breakfast?"