He quickly retreated and hurried forward, immediately unleashing three strokes with the sword. Fear was in Da Er Ba’s heart, he was afraid that his apprentice brother had learnt frightening martial arts from his master, and now that he’s reincarnated, he would have even greater abilities, he just defended with the his golden rod, not daring to make a single mistake. Many moves passed and Yang Guo could see that he was just defending and not attacking, though he didn’t understand what he meant by this, he launched himself forward, he floated and darted around, a thrust from the east, an attack from the west, the [Jade Maiden Sword Techniques] were used with a clear gallant air with a flourishing beauty.
Over a hundred stances were exchanged, Jin Lun Fa Wang was becoming impatient with the events and shouted, “Da Er Ba, quickly counterattack, he’s not your senior apprentice brother!”
Da Er Ba’s martial arts were well above Yang Guo’s but because there was fear in his heart, he only used half of his abilities whereas Yang Guo took the chance and fought with everything he had. One of them wanted to take the upper hand, the other kept on retreating and allowing the opponent to attack, though Yang Guo had the advantage, he was unable to harm him, this convinced Da Er Ba further more as he thought that his apprentice brother was holding back.
Jin Lun Fa Wang was furious and loudly shouted, “Counterattack now!” This line was said with a surprising ferociousness, it caused ringing in the ears of the people watching. Da Er Ba didn’t dare to defy his master’s orders; he straightened his golden rod and immediately attacked ferociously.
This ferocious attack forced Yang Guo to go on the defensive, he kept on dodging and darted around, the weaknesses in his stances were gradually beginning to show up. Da Er Ba saw that his sword stances were slightly loose and flung his rod towards it, Yang Guo couldn’t pull back in time and the two collided. In a duel, weapons clashing was a regular event, but the rod was too heavy, Yang Guo’s sword had kept its distance, not daring to collide with the golden rod, now when the weapons collided, he felt a sudden surge of a great force, shaking and causing pain to him, a ‘pai’ sound was heard and the iron sword was snapped in two.
Da Er Ba called out, “I’m the victor!” He pulled back his rod and placed it on the ground vertically, his arms folded and bowed to him. Though he won, he didn’t dare to lose his manners in front of his senior apprentice brother.
Yang Guo also used Tibetan to say, “I’m the victor!” He shot the broken sword towards him. Da Er Ba moved his body to avoid it, his was alarmed, “How did senior apprentice brother win? Could it be that stance was a decoy, a trap?
He saw Yang Guo dashing forward empty handed moving his hands, Da Er Ba didn’t dare to hesitate and quickly used his golden rod to protect his body.
In the ancient tomb, Yang Guo learnt palm techniques from Xiao Long Nuu, he reached a state where his two palms could keep eighty one sparrows within his control, not letting one fly away. This [Force of Nets Above and Snares Below] is a secret skill of Lin Chao Ying’s, it has never left mount Zhong Nan one-step, right now as it was used, indeed it was extremely soft, continuous and unyielding, though he was empty handed, the power of it was not inferior to the power he had when he was equipped with a sword. Da Er Ba’s golden rod created gusts of winds as he used it, but Yang Guo used extremely high lightness kung fu to move around within the spaces of the rods, though danger was within a hair’s breadth, the golden rod was not able to touch him at all. He clawed, hacked, slashed and chopped, within his little trapping hand stances he used the [Force of Nets Above and Snares Below], attack after attack.
After another while, Da Er Ba’s strength increased, Yang Guo too got quicker and nimbler. During his time in the ancient tomb, he had refined his internal energy on the chilled jade bed, now in the middle of battle, the internal energy he spent years refining surged forward and showed itself.
Xiao Long Nuu sat on the stone rock next to the pillar with a slight smile on her face as she watched the two fight. She saw that Yang Guo had fought for a long time without losing, from her pockets, she took out a pair of snow white gloves and called out, “Guo Er, catch it!” Her right hand waved out and shot the gloves towards Yang Guo.
The pair of white gloves was made from very fine and very strong white gold silk, though it was thin, any type of precious blades or sharp swords cannot harm it.
When Hao Da Tong saw the white gloves in the air, his face changed slightly. Years ago at Chong Yang Palace, Xiao Long Nuu wore these gloves to break his sword, forcing him to almost commit suicide, when he saw them again, he couldn’t stop himself from being disturbed.
Yang Guo caught the gloves and retreated a step as he quickly put it on. He used the Ancient Tomb’s sect most ingenious and exquisite kung fu the [Beautiful Maiden Fist]. He had used a few stances from this fist technique to help Lu Wu Shuang against her enemies before, forcing the Beggar Clan members to retreat. Every stance of this technique is meant to take the aura and impression of a famous beautiful woman in the past, originally, when a male uses it the stances do not look elegant at all, but when Yang Guo was studying this technique he had changed some of the appearance of the stances, the names and fist techniques were the same, but in the interval between palms and kicks, he changed its delicate and enchanting air into something graceful and stylish.
The heroes who were watching became even more perplexed, they saw him suddenly move and then suddenly stop, his expression and aura changing, extremely mystifying.
A woman’s state of mind goes through many things, many changes, along with the different extraordinary character of each of the famous historic woman, laughter as brows were knitted, joy with worry, it was even more difficult to understand and surmise this. Incorporating these hundred and thousands year old feelings of these beautiful woman into martial arts, and then add stances that reflect the beauty of goddesses, the mystery surrounding angels, how could ordinary people understand this?
Yang Guo used a stance of [Hong Yu Beats the Drum] his two arms attacking one after the other; Da Er Ba raised his rod and attacked. Yang Guo changed into [Hong Fu Hurries in the Night], unexpectedly he knocked forwards, Da Er Ba pushed his rod down vertically to block it. Yang Guo suddenly used [Luu Zhu’s Falling Building], he threw himself onto the ground and attacked his lower body.
Da Er Ba was shocked and thought, “How come senior apprentice brother’s stances are so hard to comprehend?” He quickly leapt up and avoided his left palm’s hack. Yang Guo’s palms kept on attacking downwards without stop, it was the stance of [Wen Ji Returns to Her Man], in total there were eighteen palms.
Every stance of his had a background to it, Da Er Ba is a Tibetan monk, how would he know about these histories of the central plains? In a flash he was forced to suddenly go high and then low, east and then west, his arms and legs were all over the place. With the Golden Silk Gloves, whenever Yang Guo had the chance he would use the stances [Hong Xian Steals the Box], [Mu Lan Curved Bow], [Ban Ji’s Poem] and [Chang E Steals Medicine] to snatch away Da Er Ba’s golden rod, forcing him to roar incessantly, looking embarrassed. The heroes were delighted and called out and cheered to support him.
Jin Lun Fa Wang saw that his disciple’s martial arts were definitely better than this young man’s, but because he was afraid, he kept on allowing the opponent to attack and was forced back embarrassingly, he shouted with a stern tone, “Quickly use the [Supreme Strength Rod Technique]!”
Da Er Ba replied, “Yes!” He held the rod’s handle with one hand and started to move it around. Using one hand to move the rod was already frightening, now he used the strength in his two hands and the strength in his waist at the same time, the gusts of winds created by the rod was even louder.
The [Supreme Strength Rod Technique] does not have many variation, there are only eight sweeping stances, and eight thrusting stances, sixteen stances in total, but when the sixteen stances were used repeatedly, sweeping and thrusting, it forced Yang Guo far away as he avoided it, he didn’t dare to meet the gusts of wind created by the rod let alone meeting the rod itself.
After Dian Cang Yu Yin’s oar broke, he had refused to accept what his defeat, but when he saw the power of the [Supreme Strength Rod Technique], he pondered on the fact that his oar stances did not contain anything as fierce and wild as this, he couldn’t help but give his respect to him.
After another period of fighting, several candles in the main hall were extinguished by the wind created by Da Er Ba’s rod. Yang Guo just used his lightness kung fu to leap and jump around all over the place, just dodging and evading, but now that he was concentrating on avoiding the rod attacks, how could he attack? All of the heroes of the central plains were afraid and didn’t make a sound, the Mongolian warriors all cheered thunderously.
Yang Guo was forced with no other choice but to keep on retreating, not long he was forced into the corner of the hall, he wanted to change his stances but there was no way for him to do so. This [Supreme Strength Rod Technique] causes one to carry some degree of blind fury, once this became evident in Da Er Ba, he forgot that he was fighting his reincarnated senior apprentice brother, he saw that Yang Guo had nowhere else to retreat, and then shouted out, “Die!” The golden rod swept across, a ferocious explosion noise was heard, smoke and dust filled the air, a large hole was made in the wall of hall.
In this extremely perilous situation, Yang Guo managed to leap over his head and even in this extreme situation he did not forget to repeat what he said in Tibetan, “Die!”
That leap was a technique from the [Nine Yin Manual]. He and Xiao Long Nuu had studied the markings of the manual left by Wong Chong Yang on the ceiling of the stone chamber in the ancient tomb, they had learnt some of the fist, kick and sword techniques but there was no one to advise them on practising the internal aspect, they practised it but they did not know if they practised it right, right now he was facing a formidable enemy, how could he dare use it? He could never have thought that in the face of such a danger, he would use it naturally, saving his life in the process.
The crowd all thought that Da Er Ba would definitely hit his target with this stance, Guo Jing did not wait for the sweep to hit its target and dashed out, wanting to grab his back. He saw a red flash in front of his eyes, Jin Lun Fa Wang’s palm was coming towards him. Guo Jing saw that the palm was coming in extremely fast so he quickly used a stance of [Seeing the Dragon in the Field]. The two of them did not make a sound as the palms clashed, two flashes were seen as the two separated.
Guo Jing took three steps back while Jin Lun Fa Wang stood his ground steadily. His strength was much stronger than Guo Jing’s and his internal energy was profound but the proficiency of his palms could not compare with Guo Jing’s. Guo Jing took the steps back to disperse the enemy’s force and avoid injury. But Jin Lun Fa Wang was too proud, he forced himself to meet this palm solidly, enduring the pain in his chest, as he stood there without moving. Even great fighters such as Guo Jing and Jin Lun Fa Wang thought that Yang Guo would definitely meet danger, so one of them flew out to save him, one of them came out to hinder the help, who would have known that Yang Guo would have used such a extraordinary stance, escaping in the space when the golden rod was sweeping next to his body. When the two of them saw that he avoided danger, both were surprised, one was comforted, the other lamented, both of them retreated.
Da Er Ba didn’t turn around after this failed attack, he swept the golden rod backwards fiercely. Yang Guo saw that this stance was coming in extremely quickly and automatically he brushed across the ground like a sparrow gliding across, he was a foot or so off the ground, going across the ground evenly, avoiding the golden rod with a few inches of space; again, this was kung fu from the [Nine Yin Manual].
Huang Rong was surprised and said, “Brother Jing, how come Guo Er knows the [Nine Yin Manual]? Did you teach him?” She thought that Guo Jing had taught Yang Guo the [Nine Yin Manual] on the way to mount Zhong Nan out of his feelings and memories of the past.
Guo Jing said, “No, if I did teach him, why would I keep it from you?”
Huang Rong gave an ‘en’ sound, she knew that her husband hold always told the truth to other people, towards her he was even more truthful. She saw Yang Guo shifting and moving, every time he was in danger he would rely on the martial arts of the [Nine Yin Manual] to protect himself. But he showed that he had yet to completely master it, he didn’t know how to counterattack according to the manual to achieve victory, though he was able to protect his life, as the battle continues, he would still end up losing.
Huang Rong sighed to herself, “Guo Er is really an extraordinary talent, if he followed me for a year or so and learn the [Dog Beating Stick Technique] and [Nine Yin Manual] completely, how on earth would this Tibetan monk be a match for him?”
At this troubled time, she glanced over at a space and saw the Beggar Clan traitor elder Peng in the midst of the Mongolian warriors, his face full of joy, she suddenly had an idea and called out, “Guo Er, [Soul Altering Spell], [Soul Altering Spell]!”
The [Nine Yin Manual] has a technique call the [Soul Altering Spell], using the power of the heart and soul to subdue the enemy to achieve victory. Years ago at the Beggar Clan meeting on mount Jun, Huang Rong had used this technique to subdue elder Peng’s hypnotizing [Fearful Heart Art], because of this, when she saw this person she thought of this.
Yang Guo remembered the method to use the [Soul Altering Spell]; he didn’t have the confidence to completely focus on the enemy and subdue them to gain victory so he has never practised it, but he was conscious of Huang Rong’s abilities, he thought, “Since auntie Guo mentions this, there must be a reason to this, anyway, defeat is already definite so I might as well give it a try.”
So his body continued avoiding the attacks, in his mind however he was purging his thoughts, following the method stated in the manual, from ‘controlling the limit of the mind’ to ‘the limit of the real body’, everything became one, there wasn’t any other thoughts in his mind. At this time, he relied on his natural reactions, when he heard anything he leapt and darted, when he felt the gust of wind he hurriedly dodged it, his eyes fixed on the opponent.
More stances passed, Da Er Ba suddenly felt something was wrong with Yang Guo’s movements, he glanced at him and then sent his golden rod forward fiercely.
Yang Guo used another stance of the [Beautiful Maiden Fist], [Man’s Fine Waist], his waist swung lightly to avoid the attack, as he’s using the [Soul Altering Spell], his body and mind has become one, whatever stances his hands and feet are using, then the face will reflect whatever feeling and aura the stances exudes.
Da Er Ba saw that his face suddenly seemed to feel like a scroll of literature, how on earth could he know that Yang Guo was copying the posture of the Tang’s dynasty poet Zhu Le Tian’s concubine Xiao Man, he couldn’t stop himself from being taken aback, the golden rod attacked forwards towards his head. Yang Guo moved his head to avoid it, he spread his five fingers and brushed it through his hair, his five fingers then gently waved out, a slight smile on his face, it was a stance of [Dressing of Li Hua]. Zhang Li Hua was Li Hou’s favourite imperial concubine, her hair was seven feet long, its light could reflect people, because of her, Li Hou abandoned his political duty and let the country go in ruin, her beauty was immensely enchanting.
Yang Guo’s smile infected Da Er Ba, he followed and smiled. Yang Guo’s face was handsome and striking, when he smiled, he was even more so, Da Er Ba’s cheekbones were high and his cheeks deep, when the crowd saw him follow Yang Guo and smile, all of them shivered.
Yang Guo saw that he was taken aback and stretched out his finger, jabbing out, it was the stance [The Divine Needle Ping Ji]. Da Er Ba slanted his body and moved away, his face copied Yang Guo’s in making an expression that one has when concentrating on sewing.
Huang Rong saw that Yang Guo understood her and managed to affect the opponent using the [Soul Altering Spell], she was delighted, she whispered to Guo Jing, “Guo Er s extraordinary, when you was his age, your didn’t have such a level of kung fu.”
Guo Jing expressed his joy, he nodded his head and concentrated on the two people in the middle of the hall without blinking.
The [Soul Altering Spell] uses the power of the heart and soul to affect the opponent, if the opponents mind and will was strong and still, it would not be effective. If the opponent’s internal energy was higher as well, the attack will be reflected back towards the user and they instead would fall under the control of the other person. When two people are duelling, if the user’s martial arts were better than the other person, then they could defeat them through weaponry, fists and kicks, there would be no need to resort to this technique, if on the other hand the user’s internal energy was weaker, they wouldn’t dare use this technique hastily. Though this technique is deep and profound, it didn’t have much use when facing an enemy.
Da Er Ba has 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, 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 practised 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 his moved like willow, Da Er Ba copied, the crowd who were watching were 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 learnt the [Soul Altering Spell], heaven and earth would definitely be turned upside down, it’ll be trouble, you’ll suffer and so will 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 sabres 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 Er Ba, when Yang Guo was angry Da Er Ba was angry, so she copied him. How would she know how powerful the [Soul Affecting Spell] was, she two 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 Er Ba 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].
Jin Lun Fa Wang had noticed something was wrong long ago, he had called out many times but Da Er Ba acted like as if he didn’t hear. Yang Guo saw that time had come, he suddenly used a stance of [Cao Ling Slices her Nose], 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 Wen Shu 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 has 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 Er Ba 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, over ten palms later, he couldn’t stand it, he knocked himself dizzily to the ground.
Yang Guo quietly retreated a few steps and sat next to Xiao Long Nuu, 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], its called [Secluded in the Ancient Tomb] but this stance was invented by Yang Guo himself, Lin Chao Ying did not know about this and Xiao Long Nuu 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 to beauties of the ancient times, if 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 Chao Ying, the aura and feeling of this stance was that of his master Xiao Long Nuu. When Xiao Long Nuu 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, don’t show your face again in the central plains!”
The Mongolian warriors dashed out during this commotion and carried Da Er Ba back.
Jin Lun Fa Wang 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 saw on the chair and called out, “Young man, who is your master?”
Apart from excelling in martial arts, his was also knowledgeable in many things, he even knew how to speak Chinese.
Yang Guo pointed to Xiao Long Nuu and laughed as he said, “This is my master, go and bow down to the Chancellor of wulin!”
Jin Lun Fa Wang saw that Xiao Long Nuu was beautiful and delicate, she was younger than Yang Guo, he did not believe that she was his master and thought, “The Hans 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 was inscribed on the wheel, in the middle was nine little spheres, a shake of the hands and a prolonged noise was heard.
Jin Lun Fa Wang pointed to Xiao Long Nuu and said, “Huh, how is that little girl 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, your side said that at the start, why are you trying to deny?”
Jin Lun Fa Wang said, “I want to test out her kung fu and see if she has the ability to take this task on.”
Xiao Long Nuu did not know that Jin Lun Fa Wang’s abilities are shockingly brilliant, neither did she know what the Chancellor of wulin was, the thought of whether to take this on has 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.”
Jin Lun Fa Wang said, “If you can’t withstand ten stances, what then?”
Xiao Long Nuu 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, they saw that she didn’t give Jin Lun Fa Wang any consideration, they thought that she really does 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.
Jin Lun Fa Wang 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 Jin Lun Fa Wang finished reciting the mantra, 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.
Yang Guo shook his hand, he didn’t want to speak a word, he was afraid that once his concentration was disturbed, he would forget the passage of Tibetan he had just remembered, he then began to recite every word and tone of the passage.
Da Er Ba regained consciousness at this time, he saw that his master was holding a golden wheel and was about to fight someone when he heard Yang Guo recite the ‘Devil Subduing Mantra’ from the Tibetan scriptures, this was something that was kept within the school, it was never passed onto outsiders, if Yang Guo was the reincarnation of senior apprentice brother, how would he know this mantra?
He quickly leapt out in urgency and knelt down in front of his master, he called out, “Master, he really is the reincarnation of senior apprentice brother, take him back into the school!”
Jin Lun Fa Wang angrily said, “Rubbish! You don’t even know that you’ve fell into his trap.”
Da Er Ba said, “It really is, this is the truth, it’s definitely not a lie.”
Fa Wang saw that he was confused, he picked him up by the back and flung him away. Da Er Ba weighed about a hundred kilos; the way he was tossed lightly aside was as if he was nothing.
The heroes has seen the frightening strength of Da Er Ba when he fought Cang Dian Yu Yin and Yang Guo, but the toss by Jin Lun Fa Wang showed that his strength was even stronger, they looked at the delicate appearance of Xiao Long Nuu, without even mentioning the ten stances, if he just used force to blow at her, she would be blown over, they couldn’t stop themselves from worrying about her.
Many of the Mongolian warriors have seen Jin Lun Fa Wang display his abilities, his skill could hold back ten thousand men, his strength exceeded that of nine bulls. Though Xiao Long Nuu was the enemy, they saw that she was childlike, frail and beautiful, even if she did know witchcraft, she may not be able to defend against the mysterious divine abilities of Jin Lun Fa Wang, they couldn’t stop themselves from secretly hoping that Fa Wang would not be too ruthless.
After Yang Guo finished reciting the mantra, he whispered to Xiao Long Nuu, “Gu Gu, be careful of that monk.”
When Jin Lun Fa Wang heard that Yang Guo had not recited one word wrong, he had respect for him, he praised him, “Young man, only you.”
Yang Guo said, “Monk, only you.”
Jin Lun Fa Wang looked at him and said, “Only I what?”
Yang Guo said, “Only you’ve got the courage to fight with my master, she is the reincarnation of the Goddess of Mercy, she has the ability to move heaven and earth, the power to subdue dragons and tigers, you better take care.”
He saw that this monk was very powerful, he wanted to make him worry so he won’t fight with his full abilities, then it would be easier for his master to defend against him. But Jin Lun Fa Wang is a hero that Tibet has never seen before, he excelled in both martial arts and the arts, how would he fall into the trap, he called out, “The first stance is coming, little miss, show your weapon!”
Yang Guo took off the golden silk gloves and put them on for his master before steeping back. Xiao Long Nuu took out a white silk belt from her pockets, the belt flew out and met the wind, a golden sphere was tied to the white belt, something was inside the golden sphere, as the belt moved, the sphere rang like a bell, ‘ding ling, ding ling’, it was crisp and clear.
Everyone was saw that the two’s weapons were extremely strange, they thought that today they would really experience something, one weapon was extremely short, the other was extremely long, one extremely hard, the other extremely soft, and by coincidence, both weapons made ‘ding dang’ noises.
The golden wheel that Jin Lun Fa Wang uses traps the opponent’s weapon; no matter if its a sabre, sword, spear, lance, pike, whip and stick, when it meets the wheel, they all would be tied up, when a normal person sends a stance over, the weapon in their hand would be lost. If he didn’t see how impressive Yang Guo’s martial arts were, he would never have said ten stances. In his life, very few people have managed to take three stances of his golden wheel.
Xiao Long Nuu’s belt waved out, attacking first.
Jin Lun Fa Wang said, “What is this?”
He sent out his left hand to grab the belt, he saw that the silk belt moving gently and swiftly, he knew that there would be many variations, that grab he sent out covered all directions, up, down, left, right and middle, wherever the belt goes, it would not escape his clutches.
He couldn’t have known that the golden sphere would counterattack, ringing as it moved, it was heading for his ‘Central Islet’ pressure point on the back of his hand. Jin Lun Fa Wang was extremely swift in changing his stance, his palm turned around and went for the sphere again. Xiao Long Nuu’s wrist moved slightly, the sphere turned around, moving up and down, aiming to strike his arm’s ‘Combined Valley’ pressure point. Jin Lun Fa Wang’s palm turned again, this time he stretched out his two fingers to catch the sphere. Xiao Long Nuu understood what he was doing, the belt rushed forward slightly, the sphere went for the ‘Crooked Marsh’ pressure point around the elbow area.
Those few variations were done within just the turn of a hand, Ji Lun Fa Wang turned his palm twice, Xiao Long Nuu twisted her wrist three times, the two had exchanged five stances.
Yang Guo understood what was happening and loudly counted, “One, two, three, four, five… that’s five stances!” There are five stances left.”
Jin Lun Fa Wang wanted Xiao Long Nuu to take ten of his stances, wanting her to defend against ten of his attacks, Yang Guo tried to be clever and counted the stances exchanged by both sides, Jin Lun Fa Wang is a leading master of martial arts, why would he allow himself to get into an argument over numbers with this crafty young man? His left arm went to the side and avoided the sphere, and then sent his golden wheel forward.
Xiao Long Nuu heard the urgent ‘lang lang’ noise and saw a gold flash in front of her eyes, the enemy’s golden wheel was now only a foot or so in front of her. This move really was sudden, without even thinking about repelling this move, evading this attack was impossible, in this danger she flicked her wrist again, the silk belt went straight forwards, the sphere attacked Fa Wang’s ‘Wind Pond’ pressure point on the front of his head, this is a fatal pressure point, even if you’re martial arts were higher, once this point has been struck, your life would be on the line. She had no other choice but to use this risky stance of making both sides suffer great loses and force the opponent to take back his wheel.
Indeed, Jin Lun Fa Wang did not want to risk his life with her, he lowered his head to avoid the attack, but once his head was lowered, the wheel in his hand became slower. Xiao Long Nuu took this opportunity and summoned back her silk belt and an ‘ding ding dang dang’ sound was heard as the sphere collided with the golden wheel, neutralising Jin Lun Fa Wang’s attack. All that happened in the blink of an eye, Xiao Long Nuu went from facing life to death and death back to life in a matter of seconds, she urgently utilized her lightness kung fu and retreated to the side, her face had a fearful expression.
Jin Lun Fa Wang had just used one stance to attack but Yang Guo called out loudly, “Six, seven, eight, nine, ten… great, my master has received ten stances of yours, what more have you got to say?”
After that exchange, Jin Lun Fa Wang knew that although Xiao Long Nuu’s martial arts were high, it was no anywhere near his level, if they exchanged moves properly, he would definitely defeat her within ten stances, he did not like Yang Guo stirring the situation by the side, talking rubbish, disturbing his concentration, He thought, I’ll ignore the young man’s rubbish, I’ll intensify my attacks and beat the little girl first and then reason with them.” His sleeve carried forward and the golden wheel flashed, it was another extremely lethal fatal attack.
Yang Guo called out loudly, “You don’t want face! Ten moves have passed and you’re continuing, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen…” He didn’t care how many stances were exchanged in defence and attack by the two, his mouth kept on counting up.
After receiving one of his stances, Xiao Long Nuu was extremely afraid, she didn’t dare to receive another attack head on, she utilized her lightness kung fu and flew around the hall, the belt in her hand floating in the air, the golden sphere quickly turning, forming a streak of fog, a path of yellow light. The sounds that the golden sphere was producing sped up suddenly, slowed suddenly, lightened suddenly and loud suddenly, it was like a song. When she lived in the tomb, she studied the zither manuscripts left by Lin Chao Ying and played the zither accordingly, and she became rather wonderful with it. Later on, she started to practise with the silk belt and gold sphere, she noticed that the tones made by the sphere possessed a rhythm and tone, her character was still childlike then, and she managed to integrate music into this set of kung fu technique.
Everything possesses a rhythm, from the way the world passes on, how trees and grass grow, to the a person’s heartbeat and pulse, music is created by the natural manipulation of the sounds of nature by people, music pleases the ear whereas noises creates trouble in the heart.
When kung fu and music is combined, it is performed even more smoothly and softly, the body following whatever the mind wants.
The lightness kung fu of the Ancient Tomb sect belongs to its own class, other sects’ lightness kung fu cannot compare with it. When using it in the open plains, it is difficult to identify the strong points of the technique, right now, it was being used in the hall, the grace and ease of it was unparalleled, moving in thousands of different directions. She has practised her martial arts in the rooms of the ancient tomb, within a radius of over ten feet, she really did move like a goddess.
Though Jin Lun Fa Wang martial arts were much superior to hers, as she just hurriedly leaped and suddenly shifted, there wasn’t anything he could do about it, he heard the ‘ding ling ding ling’ sounds of the sphere was like a song, after listening to it a few times, he found himself fighting along with the music, he quickly swung his golden wheel to create a noise, mixing up the ‘ling’ sounds. In a flash the room was filled with the clashing of the two sounds, suddenly it was soft and loud, high and low. The sounds from the bell was crisp and clear, when one hears them they felt carefree and joyous, the sounds that Jin Lun Fa Wang produced were like metal being forged, like a scraping of a cauldron, like killing a pig, beating a dog, many indescribable noises.
Guo Jing and Huang Rong were watching by the side and remembered how years ago they heard Hong Qi Gong, Ou Yang Feng and Huang Yao Shi used the sounds of music to battle with each other on Peach Blossom Island, right now as they reminisced about it, it felt like it was lifetime ago. Though the martial arts of the two was mastery, but when it comes to using music to fight, they could not compare with Hong, Huang and Ou Yang.
Yang Guo had already counted up to, “One thousand and five, one thousand and six, one thousand and seven…” But Xiao Long Nuu had kept away from facing her opponent, Jin Lun Fa Wang had yet to use ten stances. Guo Fu was unconscious in her mother’s arms but she was woken up by the sounds of the golden wheel, she raised her head, her face as unclear and did not know what was going on.
Jin Lun Fa Wang felt very impatient, he felt that with the status of a leading martial artist, he was unable to beat this young girl after so long, if the battle went on, he would eventually win but he would have lost all his face, he suddenly stretched out his left arm, the golden wheel slanted across, his left palm pushed out lowly towards the left, the golden wheel went upwards towards the right. The two of them have fought for a long time, Jin Lun Fa Wang had grasped half of Xiao Long Nuu’s lightness kung fu, those two attacks were meant to block her escape routes, only allowing her to move forward, escaping backwards was not an option.
In this danger, Xiao Long Nuu waved her silk belt and wrapped it around a group of white flowers, her body quickly leapt up. Fa Wang’s golden wheel turned around, binding the silk belt. If it were a normal weapon, he would have taken it away long ago, but the silk belt did not have any stiffness, it just lightly slipped away from the hole of the golden wheel.
Jin Lun Fa Wang shouted, “That is the second stance, the third stance is coming!” He took a step forward, the golden wheel suddenly escaped from his hands, sent flying towards Xiao Long Nuu.
No one predicted that stance, the golden wheel spun urgently as it smashed towards Xiao Long Nuu. Xiao Long Nuu was extremely startled, she lowered her body and darted backwards, she suddenly heard an ‘chi chi’ sound, a yellow light passed her face within an inch, the gusts of wind created by the wheel ached her tender face.
In the startled calls of the crowd, Fa Wang dashed forward and stretched out his arm, his palm gave a push on the wheel’s hem, turning in the midair, heading towards Xiao Long again. Xiao Long Nuu saw that the force the wheel was spinning with was extraordinary, how could she dare to use the silk belt to trap it? She could only use her matchless lightness kung fu to jump to the side to avoid it.
Jin Lun Fa Wang missed twice and called out, “Great lightness kung fu!”
He dashed forwards and suddenly stretched out his left fist, a ‘dang’ sound was heard as he struck the wheel, at the same time, he sent out both palms, blocking Xiao Long Nuu’s path forwards while the golden flew with a ‘lang lang’ sound towards the back of her head.
The golden wheel wasn’t extremely quick, but before the wheel arrived, the gusts of wind created by the wheel had thrown itself towards Xiao Long Nuu, it was an extremely ferocious force. When Fa Wang punched the wheel, he had already calculated where the opponent can escape to, that is why the wheel seemed to have grown an eye, after making half a circle in midair, the wheel returned and headed for Xiao Long Nuu’s back. Xiao Long Nuu jumped and leapt using all the skills that she has learnt in her life but she still saw the Tibetan monk’s palms opened in front of her, blocking her way. The heroes ears were filled with calls, their eyes dazzled, all of them with fear in their hearts.
Yang Guo saw that Xiao Long Nuu was in danger, he was extremely concerned and picked up Da Er Ba’s golden rod, he used all his strength and flung it upwards towards the wheel, a loud ‘dang’ sound was heard, the rod managed to go through the wheel’s opening in the middle, but the force of the wheel was really ferocious, it shook his arms so much that his wrists split open, blood poured out, he bought the wheel and rod crashing to the floor.
Xiao Long Nuu glanced over and saw that the wheel was on the floor, the threat from behind was taken away but her body was in midair, how can she avoid the enemy that was in front of her? She urgently waved out her silk belt, wrapping it around the pillar in the west and then pulled with strength, her body used this force to fly away towards the pillar, she smoothly and lightly slipped down behind the pillar, in the space of a hair’s breadth, she managed to avoid Fa Wang’s mountain shattering palm.
Jin Lun Fa wang had victory in his grasp but was again stopped by Yang Guo, not only did the enemy get away, even his unbeatable weapon was knocked on to the floor by him, he has never experienced such a frustrating setback in his life. He originally was meticulous, wise and intelligent, yet right now he couldn’t stop himself from reacting without thinking, he didn’t wait for Yang Guo to get up and sent a palm chopping down on him. According to his status as head of a school, what he was doing did mot match how he has always thought of himself; Yang Guo was a junior, and he was on the floor when he sent out this palm, but he couldn’t care less under this great anger.
Guo Jing saw him staring angrily at Yang Guo, his shoulder was raised and arm taken back, Guo Jing knew that he was about to kill him, he called out in secret, “Oh no!” If he took a step forward, he would still be able to block this attack but Yang Guo would still suffer a serious injury, in this urgent situation there was no time to think carefully, he used a stance of [Flying Dragon in the Sky], his whole body leapt into the air, attacking Jin Lun Fa Wang’s head. If Jin Lun Fa Wang doesn’t take back this palm, though he would be able to kill Yang Guo in one palm, his life would be taken away under the matchless lethal and swift Dragon Subduing Palm, the force of his palm quickly turned around, he gave an ‘hei’ shout, and exchanged palms with Guo Jing.
This was the second time that two great masters of the present time exchanged palms. Guo Jing was in midair and had nothing to brace against, he used the opponent’s force and made a half somersault, landing backwards. Yet, Jin Lun Fa Wang stood his ground steadily, his body didn’t sway and his legs didn’t shift, it was as if nothing had happened.
Hao Da Tong, Sun Bu Er, Dian Cang Yu Yin and the others knew about Guo Jing’s kung fu, after they saw this, all of them were shocked, that monk’s kung fu really is extraordinary.
In reality, Guo Jing was just following the orthodox rules of martial arts by retreating backwards, naturally dispersing the enemy’s force. After Yang Guo had interfered many times, Jin Lun Fa Wang had lost his face, he wanted to regain it back and so took Guo Jing’s palm; he actually consumed a lot of his chi and internal energy, though he looked like he was superior, he was suffering on the inside. The two of them are outstanding men of the world, it would be difficult to separate the two in tens of moves, Jin Lun Fa Wang forced himself to take this stance without moving, his chest throbbed with pain again, luckily the aim of the opponent was just to stop him and did not continue to attack; he closed his lips and eyes and circulated his internal energy, unblocking the motionless chi in his chest.
Yang Guo escaped death and picked himself up, he hurried to Xiao Long Nuu’s side, as Xiao Long Nuu was about to come over and take a look at him.
Both of them asked at the same time, “Are you okay?” The two nodded at the same time, a smile was on their faces, their hands held with joy in their hearts.
Yang Guo picked up the golden rod and placed the golden wheel on top, he rotated the wheel and it made ‘lang lang’ noises, he loudly called out, “All you Mongolian warriors listen; I’ve manage to take the weapon of your country’s great protector, how can you still talk about being the Chancellor of wulin? Go and crawl back to Mongolia you Mongolian *****es!”
None of the Mongolian warriors accepted what had happened, they saw that Jin Lun Fa Wang was about to win in the duel between him and Xiao Long Nuu, the opponents came up with not only Yang Guo, but Guo Jing as well, they all called out, “It was Fa Wang who flung the wheel away himself, how can a little punk like you take it?” “One versus one again without the help of others!” “Correct, fight again,”
They all made a clamour but it was all in Mongolian, apart from Guo Jing, no one understood what they were saying.
The heroes of the central plains were all reasonable and understanding people, they felt that when it comes to martial arts, Jin Lun Fa Wang was indeed superior to Xiao Long Nuu but they cannot allow a Mongolian to take the position of the Chancellor of wulin, otherwise, the central plain’s wulin would have lost all its face, and before it actually began, the spirits of the amassed heroes who planned to defend against the foreign invaders would have been dampened. The younger members of the crowd also began to argue and shout when they heard the clamour of the Mongolian warriors, and began to quarrel with them. Both sides raised their weapons, the situation was developing into a mass brawl.
Yang Guo raised the golden rod and golden wheel, he said to Jin Lun Fa Wang, “You still won’t admit defeat? You have lost your weapons, what face have you got left? How can the world have a wulin Chancellor whose weapon can be taken away by someone else?”
Jin Lun Fa Wang was secretly circulating his internal energy right now, he heard every single word that Yang Guo said but he didn’t dare to open his mouth and speak.
Yang Guo looked at the situation and knew what was happening, quickly, he loudly said, “All the heroes please can I have your attention: I’m going to ask him three times, if he doesn’t reply then that means he admits defeat.” He was afraid that as time passes on a little longer, Fa Wang would have finished circulating internal energy, he didn’t waste any time, he asked in one breath, “Did you or did you not lose? Are you still thinking about the position of the Chancellor of wulin or not? If you don’t say anything then that means you admit defeat, right?”
Fa Wang had just finished ridding the motionless chi, the pain in his chest had cleared up, he was about to reply when Yang Guo saw his lips move, he quickly got in ahead and said, “Fine, since you’ve admitted defeat we won’t give you trouble, you lot better leave.” He then raised the golden rod and golden wheel and handed it over to Guo Jing. He actually wanted to hand them over to his master but was afraid that Jin Lun Fa Wang fury will erupt again, Xiao Long Nuu will not be able to block the attack.
Jin Lun Fa Wang was so angry that his face swelled up with purple. He was worried about how excellent Guo Jing’s martial arts were, his weapon has also fell into the enemy’s hands, if he fights empty handed, it would be difficult for him to win. He also saw that there were many martial artists of the central plains, if it became a mass brawl, their side will definitely lose. A good man doesn’t endure the suffering that’s in front of him, he could only retreat first and come up with another plan, so he loudly said, “The barbarians of the central plains are crafty and sly, they win due to numbers, they are not heroes and good men, let’s go.” His left hand waved and the Mongolian warriors all headed towards the exit. He made a departing motion towards Guo Jing from faraway, he said, “Hero Guo, Chief Huang, today I have experienced your great skills. The mountains will remain green, the rives will flow, we will meet again.”
Guo Jing returned the gesture and bowed, he said, “Reverend’s martial arts are deep and profound, I respect your abilities deeply. Please take back the weapons.” As he said this, he offered the golden rod and wheel back.
Yang Guo loudly called out, “Jin Lun Fa Wang, you are thinking about taking it back, do you want your face?”
Guo Jing shouted, “Go Er, stop talking rubbish.” Jin Lun Fa Wang had already turned around with his sleeve floating behind, he didn’t look back as he exited the hall.
Yang Guo suddenly remembered something, he called out, “Hey, your disciple Huo Dou has contracted my poison, quickly being the antidote to his poison and swap it with mine.”
Jin Lun Fa Wang has always thought of very highly of his own abilities, mysterious and divine martial arts, profound medical knowledge, he can cure any poison, he had an extreme dislike for Yang Guo because of his slyness and craftiness, he ignored what he said and left.
Huang Rong saw that Zhu Zi Liu had his eyes closed and was asleep, she considered that many of the people here are experts in using poison projectiles, there would be someone who has the ability to cure this poison, she wasn’t too concerned with Jin Lun Fa Wang’s refusal.
Right now, the Lu manor was filled with thunderous cheers and calls, all of it was for Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu defeating Jin Lun Fa Wang. Hundreds of people were around the two, one word here and another word there. Some said that Yang Guo defeated Huo Dou in the way he deserved, dealing with a man as he deals with you. Others said that the speed and ease of Xiao Long Nuu’s lightness kung fu was in a class of its own, actually managing to avoid the fierce and dangerous attacks of Jin Lun Fa Wang. When it came to Yang Guo using the [Soul Altering Spell] to make Da Er Ba knock himself out, a lot of them did not understand what had happened. When someone asked about it, Yang Guo just made up a reply.
End of Chapter 13