Thinking of the unforgettable man far away.

She heard that the music was mixed by the singing of birds and it seemed that the birds were singing along. Guo Xiang thought, “According to mother there is a song called ‘Empty Mountain and Songs of Birds’. But this song was lost for may ages, is it possible this is that song?”

The vast and mighty tour through Spring, is every year’s winter yearning.

The season of the pear blossom is nearing. The white jade brocade is without wrinkles and smells fragrantly and is mesmerizing.

Snow is piling up on jade trees and jade petals.

The quiet night is deep.

The floating brightness is concealed through the clouds.

A cold steep is enough to melt the moon.

A dark silver fog illuminates heaven and earth. Her simple, natural but enchanting appearances mesmerizes me.

Even greater were her will and spirit.

She is like a bloom that exceeds other beautiful and fragrant flowers.

Her noble spirit is clear and pure, her immortal ability lies high.

She returns to the Jade palace and I can only see her from afar.

The author of this poem, Free from Mediocrity, was a famous martial arts expert from the southern Song dynasty. The name of this expert was Qiu Chuji, also known as the Everlasting One. He is one of the seven Masters of Quanzhen, and one of the most outstanding disciples of the Quanzhen School. Qiu Chuji wrote this poem after he met Xiao Longnü for the first time. She was a neighbour of Qiu for many years. At this time Qiu Chuji already passed away, and Xiao Longnü is the wife of the famous Condor Hero Yang Guo. Another girl was reciting this poem softly, in Henan province and on Mount Shaoshi. This young girl was about eighteen, nineteen years old and was wearing a cream yellow robe, she was riding on a mule and was proceeding up the mountain pass. She was thinking, “Only someone like sister Long is fit for him.” “Him” of course refers to Yang Guo.

After some time she softly recited, “Union is bliss, parting is woe, Agony is boundless for a lovelorn. Sweet heart, give me word….

“Trails of clouds drifting forward, Amid mountains cupped with snow, Whither shall my lonesome shadow go?”

This girl carried a short sword and looked travel stained. She was a beautiful young girl who was supposed to be happy and untroubled but somehow, she looked unhappy, melancholic.

Her name was Guo Xiang, the second daughter of the Great Hero Guo Jing and the famous Huang Rong. Her nickname was Little Eastern Heretic. With her mule and sword she has travelled a lot, her purpose was to forget her worries but her travelling only increased her sorrow.

Mount Shaoshi of Henan province were a set of large stone steps, these steps were constructed under the order of Emperor GaoZong of the Tang dynasty. It looked very impressive as Guo Xiang proceeded up the mountain. Before long she could see the monastery.

She stared at the roof for a moment and and thought, “The Shaolin Monastery is said to be the origin of martial arts, but why aren’t there any Shaolin experts among the Five Greats? Is it because the Shaolin experts knew there weren’t a match for the other experts and were afraid to disgrace Shaolin and refused to go? Or was it because the monks had evolved beyond earthly matters and didn’t want to scramble for power and fame.

After a while she saw a large stone tablet, half of it was gone and the characters were unclear, Guo Xiang was thinking, “How come characters carved into stone can fade away through time, but my feelings carved in my heart become more and more stronger as time goes by.”

This tablet was bestowed by Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty. He praised the Shaolin monks for helping him suppress the rebellions. The tablet states the military credits of the Shaolin monks for helping Emperor Taizong defeat the rebel general Wang ShiChong, of which thirteen monks were most famous. Only one monk became a general and the other twelve didn’t want to become officials and Emperor Taizong bestowed twelve purple kasayas. Guo Xiang was thinking, “During the Sui and Tang Dynasty, the Shaolin Monastery was already very famous for its martial arts, and now after a few hundred years they must be even more formidable.”

When Guo Xiang parted with Yang Guo and Xiao Longnü at Mount Hua three years ago. She lost all contact with them and missed them a lot. So she told her parents that she wanted to roam a bit but in fact, she wanted to hear some news about Yang Guo. She doesn’t want to actually meet them, she is very content if she can hear something about them. However, they seem to have disappeared entirely, Guo Xiang has travelled from north to south and from west to east. She practically travelled through China but still there was no news on Yang Guo.

She remembered that Yang Guo asked reverend Wuse to bring her a present on her sixteenth birthday. Wuse was a friend of Yang Guo and instructed someone to deliver Guo Xiang a present. Although she has never met him, she wants to know if he has any news about Yang Guo.

She was pensive for some time till she heard some metallic noise and a voice chanting Buddhist scriptures, “Through love worry will arise. Through love fear will arise. If you can free yourself from love, all worries and fear will be gone.”

When Guo Xiang heard this, she was completely dazzled. And softly repeated those words. The metallic noise and the chanting were becoming distant.

Guo Xiang said, “I must ask him, how I can free myself from love and how my worries and fear will disappear.” She tied her mule to a tree and chased after the sound. Guo Xiang caught with the monk and was shocked to see the monk carrying to large iron buckets and he was chained on his hands, feet, and neck, causing him to produce a metallic sound as he walked. The buckets were filled with water and it showed that the monk must posses extraordinary strength.

Guo Xiang spoke to the monk, “I have a few questions, please stop for awhile.”

The monk turned around and both Guo Xiang and the monk were surprised to see each other. The monk was Jueyuan. three years ago Guo Xiang met him on Mount Hua. Guo Xiang also knew that this monk was really pedantic, but had extremely powerful internal energy not inferior to any top martial arts expert of this time. She spoke to him, “Oh, it is you reverend Jueyuan. What happened to you?” Jueyuan smiled and nodded but didn’t speak. He turned around and walked away again. Guo Xiang said, “It’s me, Guo Xiang. Don’t you recognize me anymore?”

Jue Yuan turned his head and smiled and nodded but didn’t stop. Guo Xiang asked, “Who chained you? Why do they torture you?” Jue Yuan raised his left hand and shook his hand in admonition, meaning do not ask.

Guo Xiang wouldn’t let this matter rest until she got to the bottom of this. And wanted to run in front of Jueyuan but was not successful. Although Jueyuan was carrying two large buckets of water he was still very quick. Guo Xiang was amused and leapt up and wanted to grab one of the buckets, but she missed by an inch.

Guo Xiang said, “You have very impressive abilities, but I must catch up with you.”

Jueyuan continued to walk and the metallic noise sounded rather melodic. Guo Xiang was having difficulty keeping up and she was really impressed, “Both my father and mother praised this monk for his superior martial arts, at that time I wasn’t totally convinced, but now I know they were right.”

After awhile, Jueyuan walked to the back of a small house and emptied the buckets of water in an old well. Guo Xiang asked, “What are you doing? Why are you emptying the water in this well?” Jueyuan remained calm and shook his head. Guo Xiang thought she understood now and smiled, “You’re learning some sort of powerful martial arts, aren’t you?” Jueyuan shook his head again. Guo Xiang was feeling a bit angry now and said, “I just heard you chanting, you’re not dumb, why won’t you answer me?” Jueyuan put his palms together and looked apologetic and carried the buckets and walked away again.

Guo Xiang looked into the well and couldn’t find anything strange about it and stared at Jueyuan’s back and felt puzzled.

She gave chase for awhile but soon she felt tired and rested on a rock. She was admiring the scenery and felt very fresh afterwards. Guo Xiang was thinking, “I wonder where the pupil of this monk is. The pupil will probably tell me what is going here.”

She started going down again and wanted to find Zhang Junbao, the pupil of Jueyuan. She walked for awhile and soon she heard that metallic sound again, Jue Yuan came up again and Guo Xiang quickly hid and thought, “I’ll spy on him and see what he is up to.”

The metallic sound was becoming clearer and she saw Jueyuan reading a book. She silently approached him and called out, “What are you reading?”

Jueyuan was startled and cried out, “You gave me a scare, it’s only you.” Guo Xiang smiled, “You’re not pretending to be a dumb anymore.” Jueyuan looked slightly afraid and looked to the left and right and shook his hand.

Guo Xiang asked, “What is wrong?”

Before Jueyuan could answer, two monks in grey robes appeared out of the woods. One was very tall, the other one short. The tall monk sternly said to Jueyuan, “Jueyuan, you broke the rules by talking to an outsider and furthermore to a young girl. Come with us to see the elder of the Disciplinary Hall.”

Jueyuan looked crestfallen and nodded and started walking behind those two monks. Guo Xiang was angry and annoyed and sternly reproached, “What kind of rule forbids people from talking? I know this reverend and if I want to talk to him, it’s no concern to you.”

The tall monk gave her an arrogant look and said, “For more than thousand years, the Shaolin Monastery doesn’t allow women to enter. I suggest that Miss would leave before you get yourself in trouble.”

Guo Xiang became even more angry and said, “So what about women? Aren’t women humans? And why do you pester reverend Jueyuan? How come he is chained and you forbid him to talk to anyone?”

The monk coldly replied, “These are the rules of our monastery, no one has the right to question, not even the emperor. Miss, needn’t bother.”

Guo Xiang angrily said, “Reverend Jueyuan is an honest good person, you’re bullying him because he’s a nice man. Where are reverend TianMing, the monks Wuse and Wuxiang?

The two monks were shocked. Reverend TianMing is the abbot of Shaolin, Wuse is the elder of the Luohan Hall and Wuxiang is the elder of the Damo Hall. The three of them are very respected, all the monks address them as ‘old abbot, elder of the Luohan Hall or elder of the Damo Hall.’

No one has dared to call out their names, and today these two monks hear this young girl calling out their names and creating a scene.

These two monks are the pupils of the elder of the Disciplinary Hall, and received orders to keep an eye on Jueyuan. But now they see Guo Xiang interfering, the tall monk yelled, “If you don’t leave now, we will not be friendly.”

Guo Xiang said, “Should I be afraid of you? Hurry up and free Jueyuan of his chains or else I will go to old monk TianMing.”

The short monk became angry now and saw Guo Xiang’s sword. He said, “Leave your weapon behind and we will not take actions against you. Leave now!”

Guo Xiang removed her sword and held them in her hands and scoffed, “Alright then, I will comply.”

The short monk grew up in the Shaolin monastery and heard his seniors say that Shaolin was the origin of all martial arts and no matter how respected or how skilled, martial arts experts never carried weapons to the Shaolin monastery. Although this young girl didn’t actually reach the monastery but she was already on Shaolin premises. He thought this young girl was afraid and presented her sword so he reached out to grab the sword. However, when his fingers touched the scabbard his felt a painful tingling, like being struck by lightning. He felt a strong force coming from the sword and pushing him backward. He couldn’t maintain his stand and fell down. As he was standing on a slope he soon rolled down a few metres. With some difficulty, he could stop himself from rolling anymore.

The tall monk was shocked and angry and yelled out, “Of all the nerves! How dare you come to Shaolin to wreak havoc!” He turned his body and and advanced one step in front and his right fist aimed at Guo Xiang. His left hand was put on the back of the fist causing two palms striking down. This was the twenty-eighth technique of “Dashing Shaolin” namely “Turning Over Split”

Guo Xiang held on to her sword and pressed down her sword with scabbard and all to the monks’ shoulder. The monk held on to the sword.

Jueyuan was very frantic and called out, “Stop! Don’t fight!”

The monk tried to pull the sword over, suddenly he felt a shock through his palm and both arms felt numb he cried, “No!” Guo Xiang swept her left leg and kicked him down the slope. He was somewhat more injured than the other monk, his face was bleeding.

Guo Xiang was thinking, “I came to Shaolin to find some information on brother Yang, but now I’m engaged in a fight for no apparent reason.”

She saw Jueyuan looking sad, she pulled out her sword and cut the chains. Jueyuan was screaming, “No, you musn’t!” for a few times. Guo Xiang cut three chains and said, “Those two wicked monks will go back for reinforcements. We must go now, where is your little disciple?” Jueyuan kept shaking his hands. Suddenly a voice came from behind saying, “Thank you for caring Miss Guo, I’m right here.”

Guo Xiang turned around and saw a sixteen, seventeen year old man standing there. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes and was very tall. But still looked very young. She met him three years ago at Mount Hua, he was Zhang Junbao. He was taller this time compared to three years ago but he very much looked the same. Guo Xiang was very pleased and said, “Those nasty monks were bullying your teacher, we must go now.” Jueyuan laughed wryly and shook his head and suggested that Guo Xiang should quickly leave now before trouble comes.

Guo Xiang knows that there were an uncountable amount of Shaolin experts that were superior to her, but seeing this situation she couldn’t leave this matter alone and she was worried that Shaolin experts would stop them. So she pulled Jueyuan in one hand and the other Zhang Junbao and told them, “Hurry up, we’ll discuss everything when we leave this place.” But the two of them just stood still.

At this time seven, eight monks with wooden rods came up the slope and yelled, “Who is that audacious girl? How dare she come to Shaolin and behave atrociously!” Zhang Junbao called out, “Please don’t be rude, this is……”

Guo Xiang hurriedly said, “Don’t say my name.” She knew that she created a big scene today and perhaps this might even escalate so she didn’t want to drag her parents into this. She added, “Let’s go the other way! Don’t mention my parents’ name.

But another seven, eight monks came towards them. Guo Xiang saw that they were surrounded and raised her elegant eyebrows and said to Jueyuan and Zhang, “The both of you are so fussy, you lack a hero spirit! Do you want to leave now?” Zhang Junbao said, “Master, Miss Guo has only good intentions…”

At this point four monks came up the slope, although they didn’t carry weapons but judging their body posture they were experts.

Guo Xiang knew that using force would be futile so she just stood still and waited to see what would happen.

The first monk walked up and spoke to Guo Xiang, “The elder of the Luohan Hall ordered that the intruder was to lay down her weapon and was to be taken to the YiWei pavilion for questioning.”

Guo Xiang scoffed, “The monks of Shaolin have mastered the air of government officials. All of you speak a bureaucratic tone! I’m wondering whether you’re officials to the Song emperor or officials to the Mongolian emperor?”

At this time, the entire northern territories of China were in hands of the Mongolians, the Shaolin monastery fell under Mongolian jurisdiction. However, the Mongolians were busy deploying their troops so they had no time to control any temples, monasteries. Everything in Shaolin remained the same.

The monk felt embarrassed by Guo Xiang’s remarks and his face turned red and he felt that giving orders to outsiders was not very appropriate. He put his palms together and said, “May I inquire what business you have here, Benefactress. Would you please lay down your weapon and go to the YiWei pavilion where tea will be served and we have some questions we would like to ask.”

Guo Xiang heard his tone became a bit more friendly and thought this would be a good chance to stop and said, “I don’t care if you let me enter or not. It’s not like Shaolin has any treasure and I’m not willing to benefit from it.” She turns to Zhang Junbao and quietly asked, “Are coming or not?” Zhang Junbao shook his head and looked at his teacher saying his place is here. Guo Xiang loudly said, “Alright then, I will not interfere. I’m off,” and started walking down the slope. The first monk moved away but two other monks blocked her. And said, “Lay down you sword!” Guo Xiang raised her eyebrows and put her hand on the hilt. The first monk explained, “We don’t want to keep your weapon, we will return it when you leave Mount Shaoshi. This is our rule, please forgive us.”

Guo Xiang heard his tone was polite and thought, “If I don’t leave my sword, there is bound to be a fight and alone I’m no match for these monks. But if I leave my sword, I will disgrace my parents, brother Yang, sister Long and my grandfather.”

She was still thinking, and suddenly a figure appeared in front of her and shouted, “You come here with a weapon, injured two of our disciples. What’s the meaning of this?” And he formed a claw and grabbed Guo Xiang’ sword. If this monk didn’t use force, Guo Xiang would surely hand over her sword after some consideration. She isn’t like her elder sister Guo Fu. Although she is straightforward, she is not rash. Seeing this disadvantage, she would have complied and discussed this matter with her parents and Huang YaoShi and come back for an explanation. But now this monk used force, how can she watch her sword being grabbed away?

The monk’s grip was firm and he held on to the scabbard. He wanted to quickly disarm her. Because it would not be proper for a monk to be pulling and pushing with a pretty young girl. Guo Xiang couldn’t hold on to the scabbard and pulled out her sword. The monk used his right hand to seize the scabbard but his two fingers on his left hand were cut off.

The other monks were angry when they saw their martial arts brother wounded and picked up their wooden rods, cudgels and attacked. Guo Xiang knew that she had no choice but to fight now and used “Descending Flower Swordsmanship” to defend herself.

The Descending Flower Swordsmanship was derived from Huang YaoShi’s Divine Descending Flower Sword Palms. Although this swordsmanship is not as refined and excellent as the “Jade Flute Swordsmanship”, it was still a special technique from the Peach Blossom Island. The monks saw green flashes surging, the sword dancing, making it seem like flowers descending. In a few moments, two monks were injured. But other monks took their places and soon Guo Xiang was completely surrounded. She would’ve been overwhelmed if not for the fact that the monks were benevolent and not willing to harm her life. All their stances were to immobilize her and not to kill her, so they would lecture her and escort her away from here. Also, all the monks saw that this young girl had learnt superior martial arts and they thought that she must be either the daughter of famous martial arts experts or at least the disciple of a skilled martial arts expert. So they didn’t want to make any enemies, so every stance was rather limited. Some monks went to notify the elder of the Luohan Hall.

In the heat of the battle, an old tall monk came and observed the fight with a smile on his face. Two monks approached him and told him something.

Guo Xiang was panting and her swordsmanship was becoming disorderly and she yelled out, “What origin of martial arts? ten monks surrounding one person, what a way to win?”

That old monk was the elder of the Luohan Hall, reverend Wuse, when he heard this he said, “Stand back everyone!”

All the monks jumped away. Reverend Wuse asked, “What is your name, Miss? And who is your father and teacher? What business do you have here at Shaolin?”

Guo Xiang was thinking, “I can’t tell him my name. And I cannot reveal my reason in front of so many people. If my parents and brother Yang found out the mess I created they will be upset, the best thing to do is sneak away.” She answered, “I can’t tell you my name, I just came here to enjoy the scenery. I never guessed that the Shaolin Monastery was even stricter than the imperial palace, with no reason your weapon will be confiscated. I would like to ask, did I enter the monastery? When Master Damo taught Shaolin martial arts he just wanted the monks to improve their conditions and concentrate on their meditation through martial arts. But when Shaolin became more and more famous, and their martial arts kept improving, now the Shaolin monks rely on martial arts to flaunt their superiority. Well you can have my sword, and if you don’t kill me, everyone in the realm of martial arts will know what happened today.”

Guo Xiang is famous for being clever and fluent, this entire matter was actually her fault but with those words she rendered reverend Wuse speechless. She thought, “I don’t want anyone to know about this, and it seems that Shaolin doesn’t want the outside world to know about this incident either. A group of ten monks attacking a young girl will not do their reputation any good.”

She threw her sword on the ground and started walking away. Reverend Wuse walked up and used his sleeve to pick the sword and said, “Miss, I will return your sword and see you off respectfully.”

Guo Xiang smiled sweetly and said, “It seems that you’re very reasonable. That’s more like it. That’s the style a martial arts expert should have.”

Seeming that she won, Guo Xiang just praised this old monk and reached out to get her sword back. When she wanted to pull back, she noticed it didn’t move an inch. She used strength three times but in vain, and she said, “You’re deliberately displaying your martial arts.” Suddenly her left hand curled up and softly wanted to brush against Wuse’s two left cheek acupoints, namely ‘TianDing and JuGu.’ Wuse moved away and released his grip. Guo Xiang quickly seized her sword.

Wuse said, “Very impressive “Whisking Acupoint Orchid Hand.” May I ask how you address the lord of the Peach Blossom Island?”

Guo Xiang laughed, “The lord of the Peach Blossom Island? I call him old Eastern Heretic.”

Huang YaoShi is her maternal grandfather. He is a strange, eccentric man and he calls his granddaughter little Eastern Heretic and Guo Xiang calls him old Eastern Heretic. Huang YaoShi is not angry when he hears it and he is even happy when he hears it.

Wuse was a robber in his early years. Although he has studied Zen for many years and has profound Buddhist knowledge, he still is very straightforward, otherwise, he couldn’t be friends with Yang Guo. Seeing that this little girl is not willing to tell him, he wants to test her and find out. He smiled and said, “Young Miss, if you can withstand ten of my stances, I can guess your school.”

Guo Xiang asked, “What if you cannot?”

Wuse laughed and said, “Well if you can withstand ten of my stances, I will have to listen to you.”

Guo Xiang pointed at Jueyuan and said, “I met this reverend Jueyuan some years ago and I want to plead on his behalf. If I can withstand ten of your stances you have to promise not to give him anymore trouble.”

Wuse was surprised, he knew that Jueyuan was very pedantic and stayed in the Library and watched over the scriptures and never met any outsiders. How did he meet this young girl? Wuse said, “We never did give him any trouble. He is sitting out his punishment, that is not giving him trouble.”

Guo Xiang pouted and scoffed, “It seems to me that you just want to go back on your word.”

Wuse clapped his hands and said, “Very well, if I lose I will carry threeteneight buckets of water for Jueyuan. Watch out, here I come.”

Guo Xiang was thinking when she spoke to him, “This old monk seems to be a true expert. If he starts to attack first, I will have to try my best to defend myself and will reveal my parents’ martial arts. The best thing to do is for me to attack first and try to gain the upperhand.” When she heard him say “Watch out, here I come.” she didn’t give him time to attack first and raised her sword and aimed for his chest. This was a technique from the “Descending Flower Swordsmanship” namely “Thousands and Myriads of Purple and Red.”

The tip of the sword kept moving, not revealing to the opponent where the sword was aiming for.

Guo Xiang yelled out, “The second stance!” the short sword turned around and came from bottom to top, this was called the “Celestial Gentry Topping Apart” which was a Quanzhen technique.

Wuse said, “Good, Quanzhen sword technique.”

Guo Xiang said, “Not necessarily.” Her short sword stabbed into the air and saw Wuse using an attack as a defense and using his fingers to grab her wrist. She was a bit afraid, “This old monk is very formidable, he can attack bare-handed under such a dangerous technique.”

Seeing his fingers were coming closer, her sword dazzled a few times and used a technique from the “Dog Beating Stick”, namely “Mean Hound Blocking the Road.” And this stance belonged to the Sealing Formula.

Guo Xiang was close friends with the deceased leader of the Beggars Association Lu YouJiao, they occasionally drank wine and played mora together. Sometimes Lu would demonstrate his martial arts, although the “Dog Beating Stick” is only permitted to be used and learnt by the leader of the Beggars Association, Guo Xiang could learn a few stances from Lu. Furthermore, her mother Huang Rong and her brother-in-law were leaders of the Beggars Association. So she has seen this style a lot and could trick people into believing that she knew this style although she didn’t know the exact secret of it.

Wuse’s fingers just reached her wrist but he saw a bright light shining and the blade was coming towards his fingers in an excellently beautiful way. Almost cutting off his five fingers, but luckily his martial arts were high and he could avoid the attack by pacing back two steps. But his left sleeve was split. Wuse looked terrified and cold sweat was breaking out.

Guo Xiang was very amused and smiled, “What sword style is this?” In fact this wasn’t a sword technique, she just used a stance from the “Dog Beating Stick” and used it as a sword stance. Because this style was magnificent, even Guo Xiang couldn’t completely learn it, it was still capable to scare off this martial arts expert of Shaolin.

Guo Xiang thought, “If I learnt a few more stances from the “Dog Beating Stick” I could easily defeat this old monk.

She didn’t give Wuse time to catch his breath and advanced forward. Her sword was slightly raised and she floated towards him. Her posture looked like a floating fairy, the blade was pointing at Wuse’s legs. This was called “A Small Orchard for Chrysanthemum” which belonged to the Jade Maiden Swordsmanship. Guo Xiang learnt this technique from Xiao Longnü.

The Jade Swordsmanship was created by Lin ChaoYing, this style was not only swift and fierce but also refined, elegant and beautiful. All the monks never saw something that beautiful, they were all surprised and pleased. Because Shaolin sword styles were firm and fierce, for example, Luohan and Damo Swordsmanship. This Jade Maiden Swordsmanship was hardly known throughout the world of martial arts, the essence of it is the opposite of Shaolin styles but when it comes to superiority of the stances, it is not above Shaolin Swordsmanship.

But this technique was absolutely beautiful and celestial.

Even in Buddhist scriptures it is mentioned, “When the appearances are gracious and charming, when the manner is solemn, gentle and elegant. And behavior proper and gratifying. The watcher will not be bored.”

Reverend Wuse was impressed by such a magnificent stance and hoped to see it more clearly so he moved away and waited till Guo Xiang attacked again.

Guo Xiang’s technique now was changing directions a few times from east to west and from west to east. Zhang Junbao was mesmerized by it and was surprised to recognize this stance as “Extend in all Directions.” three years ago Yang Guo taught Zhang Junbao this technique and Guo Xiang was there to see it and now is using it. This was originally a palm technique, now she used it as a sword stance, the power of this stance was not that powerful anymore but it was a very strange sword stance and Wuse was a bit frightened by it.

They reached the fifth stance now, and Wuse didn’t have any idea who she was. In his younger years, he roamed the world and gained a lot of martial arts experience and insight. And now he is the elder of the Luohan Hall for more than ten years and has examined all styles of different schools and compared to Shaolin martial arts. So he was always very confident to recognize the martial arts of any expert within a few stances.

His limit with Guo Xiang of ten stances was already a very big margin. He never guessed that the parents, relatives, friends of Guo Xiang were all top martial arts experts and she learnt a few stances of each and every one of them, causing Wuse to be confused. Wuse now thought, “The only way for me now is to attack with strength, forcing to use her own martial arts to defend herself. If not, I cannot even guess her school after a hundred stances.”

He turned around and used “Double Piercing Hands” and two fists aimed for Guo Xiang. She saw that his attack w