as fierce and didn’t dare to block it and twisted her body and glided away from that attack. She remembered when Ying Gu fought against Yang Guo, Ying Gu used this style.

Wuse praised, “Good movement! Try another stance.”

His left hand curled up like a flower, bending his left elbow in front of his chest and this was another Shaolin fist stance.

This stance completely sealed Guo Xiang. She turned around her sword and use the sword as her finger and displayed the “Yi Yang Finger”. She learnt this technique from her martial arts brother, Wu XiuWen. And she aimed for three of Wuse’s acupoint of his wrist. Although she only learned the mere basics of “Yi Yang Finger” this technique of sealing three acupoints in one go was one of the key points of “Yi Yang Finger.”

Reverend YiDeng’s Yi Yang Finger was renowned through the world. Wuse recognized it and quickly changed stance.

However if Wuse didn’t change technique, and let Guo Xiang touch his three acupoints he would have known that her “Yi Yang Finger” was far from perfect.

But in a fight he wasn’t willing to risk his reputation and name for it. Guo Xiang smiled sweetly and said, “You recognize a powerful technique when you see it.”

Wuse grunted and used a stance called “Single Phoenix Glaring At the Sun”. With this stance Wuse used both hands to knock out Guo Xiangs’ sword.

She knew that he wouldn’t really harm her but was still frightened and used Zhou Botong’s Kong Ming Fist to counter it. This Kong Ming Fist was quite new to the martial arts realm so Wuse didn’t recognize it and turned to another stance namely “Siding to the seven Stars Flower.” One of his palms was up the other down and pressed down on Guo Xiang. If she didn’t use internal energy to block it, her hands would be snapped.

Guo Xiang thought, “Do you really want to break my hands?” And used an Iron Palm technique to block this attack. She learned this stance from Wu XiuWen’s wife, WanYan Ping. This stance was created by the famous Qiu QianRen and this palm technique was known to be number one for being violent and fierce.

Wuse was shocked to see a young girl using the Iron Palm technique and quickly withdrew his attack. First of all, he didn’t want to harm her, second, he was quite afraid for the Iron Palm technique.

Guo Xiang smiled sweetly, “This is the tenth stance, guess what school I belong to?”

And attacked Wuse with a simple Shaolin Fist called “The Sea of Bitterness has no Bounds.” This stance belonged to the Luohan fist style and Wuse was both angry and amused to see this. And he quickly used another stance to block it and lift her up. This was called “Carry the Mountain and Leap over the Ocean.”

But when he did that he realised, “I’m only wanted to win her and cannot recognize her school. She used ten different stances, what can I say. I surely can’t say she belongs to Shaolin.”

Guo Xiang was yelling, “Let me go!” and something dropped out of her clothes. Guo Xiang yelled again, “Let me go, you old monk.”

Wuse was an enlightened monk, he believe all creatures were the same. He made no differences in men and women, he even treated animals with care. He said, “I’m old enough to be your grandfather. What are you afraid of?”

He gently flicked his arm and Guo Xiang landed a few metres further.

He was about to admit defeat, when he saw two small dark iron figures of two Arhats and picked them up.

Guo Xiang asked him, “Well, do you admit defeat?”

Wuse looked very pleased and said, “Why should I admit defeat? Your father is the great hero Guo Jing, your mother is the heroine Huang Rong. Your grandfather is Lord Huang of the Peach Blossom Island. You’re second Miss Guo Xiang. Your father learnt martial arts from the seven Eccentrics of Jiang Nan, Peach Blossom Island, Northern Beggar and the Quanzhen School. No wonder Miss Guo has such profound knowledge of martial arts.”

Guo Xiang was stunned, “This old monk is very formidable, I used ten different stances but he was still able to know who I was.”

Wuse smiled and said, “Miss Guo, I recognized you from these two Arhat statues, how is brother Yang?”

Guo Xiang was shocked for a moment and said, “You must be reverend Wuse. You gave me these two Arhats as a present to me. The reason I came here was to find out some news of brother Yang and sister Long.”

Wuse said, “Many years ago, Master Yang came to our monastery and stayed for a few days. And when he left for Xiangyang he asked me to help him. But I don’t know where he is now.”

It seems that both Guo Xiang and Wuse didn’t know where Yang Guo was.

Guo Xiang was stunned for a moment and said, “Not even you know where he is now. I wonder who does know.”

Guo Xiang thanked him for his present.

These two Arhats were made by a carpenter monk of Shaolin. These two Arhats could display a set of Luohan fist if you activate the mechanism. That’s why Guo Xiang knew that Shaolin fist.

Wuse laughed and said, “Because of the rules of our monastery I cannot invite you stay, however I will walk you down. Please forgive us.”

Guo Xiang was pensive and said, “It doesn’t matter, I asked what I came for anyway.”

Wuse said, “As for my Buddhist brother Jueyuan I will explain later. You know what, we will find a good inn and talk these things over by a good meal and some wine.” Reverend Wuse was highly respected by the Shaolin monks, and they were all puzzled to see him being so respectful towards a young girl.

Guo Xiang said, “No need for that, I’m sorry that injured a few reverends. Please forgive me for being rash. I will leave now and I hope to see you again.”

Wuse laughed and said, “I’m adamant, I will see you off. I’m sorry I couldn’t attend your sixteenth birthday that year. After burning down the supplies and the gunpowder of the Mongolian army I left without going to Xiangyang.

Guo Xiang knew he had good intentions, and like his straightforward manner and was very eager to make friends with him and said, “Good.”

After the two of them walked for awhile and passed the Yi Wei pavilion. They heard a footsteps behind them when they turned around to look they saw Zhang Junbao. Guo Xiang smiled and said, “Brother Zhang, did you come to see me off too?”

Zhang Junbao blushed and said, “Yes.”

Suddenly another monk ran towards Wuse looking rather hectic. Wuse frowned his eyebrows and said, “Why are you so frantic?” That monk went to Wuse and said something very quietly. Wuse’s face changed and said, “Really?”

The monk said, “The abbot asked master Wuse to return now and to discuss matter.”

Guo Xiang saw that Wuse looked worried and told him, “If you have something to do now, feel free to go back. Real friends don’t need all those formalities, we can always eat and drink another time.”

Wuse looked pleased and said, “No wonder Master Yang speaks highly of you. You’re a true heroine, today you’ve made a friend.”

Guo Xiang smiled and said, “You’re already friends with brother Yang. That makes you my friend too.”

The two parted and Wuse went back.

Guo Xiang continued to walk down, Zhang Junbao didn’t dare to walk next to her and kept Five steps in between them.

Guo Xiang asked, “Why do they punish your teacher?”

Zhang Junbao said, “The rules of the monastery are very strict, if the monks break them they have to be punished.”

Guo Xiang asked, “What did your teacher do wrong, he’s a very nice man.”

Zhang sighed, “It is all because of the Ni Jia Scripture that was lost.”

Guo Xiang said, “You mean the scripture that was stolen by Xiao Xiangzi and Yin Kexing.”

Zhang said, “Yes, that day at Mount Hua, I searched them and found nothing even with the help of Master Yang. After we left the mountain we couldn’t find them anymore. We returned to the monastery and reported it to the abbot. Because that scripture was written by Master Damo, the elder of the Disciplinary Hall blamed my teacher for not paying better attention to the scriptures and heavily punished him.”

Guo Xiang sighed, “This is blaming it on someone else. Why should reverend Jueyuan be punished for it. Because of this they ordered your teacher to fill that well and forbade him to speak.”

Zhang said, “This is an old punishment of Shaolin. According to the elders, this punishment can also be seen as good form of self-cultivation.”

Guo Xiang laughed, “It seems I’m a busybody.” Zhang quickly said, “We will always remember Miss Guo’s help and intentions.”

Guo Xiang sighed and thought, “But someone has completely forgotten about me.”

After awhile they reached the place where Guo Xiang tied her mule and she said, “Brother Zhang, you needn’t see me off anymore.” Zhang Junbao looked reluctant to part and didn’t know what to say to Guo Xiang.

Guo Xiang took out her two Arhats and gave them to Zhang Junbao, “Here take it.”

Zhang Junbao didn’t take it and said, “I…I..”

Guo Xiang said, “I’m giving it to you, so take it.” Zhang Junbao said, “I…..I….”

Guo Xiang put them in his hands and mounted the mule.

Suddenly someone called out, “Miss Guo, please wait.”

It was reverend Wuse, Guo Xiang thought, ” This old monk was too formal.”

Wuse reached Guo Xiang in a few moments and told Zhang Junbao, “Return to the monastery, don’t stroll about.”

Zhang Junbao said yes and stared at Guo Xiang for short while and quickly left.

Wuse waited till he was gone and took out a note and said, “Miss Guo, do you know who wrote this note?”

Guo Xiang took the note and read it:

“Shaolin martial arts have been proclaimed to be invincible throughout China for many years. Ten days from now, The Three Saints of Kunlun will see all Shaolin skills.”

The handwriting was very strong. Guo Xiang asked, “Who are these “The Three Saints of Kunlun,” they sound very arrogant.”

Wuse said, “You don’t know them?” Guo Xiang shook her head and said, “No, I don’t know them. I have not heard my parents mention this name before.”

Wuse said, “That’s the strange thing about it.” Guo Xiang asked, “What is strange?”

Wuse said, “Miss Guo, we are now friends and I will be honest with you. Do you know who brought this note?” Guo Xiang answered, “Probably a messenger from The Three Saints of Kunlun.”

Wuse said, “If it was, I’m not that surprised. Shaolin has been the leading martial arts school in wulin for hundreds of years. So many martial arts experts come here to challenge us, but we always treat our guests with courtesy. And we try to avoid fighting as much as possible, because if we battled every expert who came here for a fight, we wouldn’t have time for our cultivation.”

Guo Xiang nodded and said, “That’s true.”

Wuse said, “However, when the experts are here, and if we don’t show them some special ability they will not be impressed. The Luohan Hall is there to welcome these guests with this special treatment.”

Guo Xiang laughed and said, “So you’re just here for the fights.” Wuse smiled with a wry, “Normally wulin persons, the disciples of the Luohan Hall can deal with them, I don’t need to fight them personally. But today when I saw that Miss Guo’s martial arts were out of the ordinary I decided to see for myself.”

Guo Xiang smiled, “You have a very high opinion of me.”

Wuse said, “Look at me, we’re digressing. To tell you the truth, we found this note in the Luohan Hall in the hands of the Dragon-Subduing Arhat.” Guo Xiang was surprised and asked, “Who put it there?” Wuse shook his head and said, “We don’t know. There are hundreds of Shaolin monks in the monastery, if someone sneaked in, someone must have noticed that. And there are eight disciples standing guard in the Luohan Hall every day. Someone just found the note and quickly reported it to the abbot. Everyone found it strange and that’s why I was called back so urgently.”

Guo Xiang now understood what he was getting it and said, “You think I’m in league with The Three Saints of Kunlun. I’m creating a diversion here while those three fellows enter the Luohan Hall and leave the note.”

Wuse said, “After meeting you I found it impossible you would do something like that. But it was very coincidental that with your appearance a note is left behind in the Luohan Hall. That’s why the abbot and my martial arts brother Wuxiang wrongly suspected you were involved in this.”

Guo Xiang said, “I don’t know them, what are you afraid of? Ten days later if they dare to come, just accept the challenge.”

Wuse said, “Afraid, of course we’re not afraid. I’m reassured now that they are not your friends.”

Guo Xiang knew Wuse’s intentions were good, he was afraid that The Three Saints were friends of hers and was afraid that in a fight they might damage their friendship. She said, “If they come here and courteously want to examine martial arts with you that’s not a problem. Otherwise, just teach them a lesson. Also the tone of the note was very arrogant, ‘see all Shaolin skills’. Do they really want to see the seventwo skills of Shaolin?”

Suddenly she thought of something and said, “Couldn’t it be that there is a traitor amongst you and secretly put the note there?” Wuse said, “We thought of this too, but that was impossible. Because the Arhat statue’s hand was almost ten metres tall. If someone was to jump up there, his art of levitation should be superb. If there was a traitor he wouldn’t have such good martial arts.”

Guo Xiang was very puzzled by this entire incident and was very interested to know the outcome of this duel. But she knew she would miss out on this fight because Shaolin didn’t allow women to enter.

Wuse saw she was pensive and thought that she was thinking of a plan to help them and said, “Shaolin has overcome many obstacles in these thousand years and is still standing. If “The Three Saints of Kunlun” really want to pick a fight, we will try our best to battle them. Miss Guo, in less than a month, you’ll hear whether these “Three Saints of Kunlun” have defeated Shaolin or not.”

At this point, he looked very energetic and brave.

Guo Xiang smiled and said, “Don’t forget about your cultivation? In less than a month I will await your good news.”

She mounted her mule again and smiled to Wuse.

And then she rode off thinking of a plan not to miss out on this battle.

After thinking for awhile, “Perhaps these “Three Saints of Kunlun” are just some ordinary wulin people. And will be easily defeated by the Shaolin monks, if they only had half the skills of my mother, father, grandfather or brother Yang, this fight will be very interesting.”

When she thought of Yang Guo she became melancholic again. These three years of searching were in vain. The tomb on Mount ZhongNan was empty, no news in the Loveless Valley, the Fengling Ferry was deserted too. She thought, “What do I do when I find him? It will only increase my feelings for him and bring extra frustration. He left for a faraway place, that was also good for me. Although I know everything I do is in vain, it can’t stop me from thinking about him and trying to find him.”

She rode her mule and wandered a bit on Mount Shaoshi and was feeling melancholic.

She heard music sounds, she was surprised to hear someone playing the zither. She learnt the arts of zither, chess, literature and painting from her mother. Although she learnt only the basics, she is intelligent enough to give her own unique perspective on matters. Frequently, she discussed these arts with her mother. She tied her mule to a tree and walked towards the music.

She heard 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 music became more and more interesting. Guo Xiang was surprised and thought, “This man can lure birds with his music, this song must be “A Hundred Birds Admiring the Phoenix.” And thought if her grandfather was here, both of them could play this song together. Because Huang YaoShi’s flute was unequalled at this time.

The music became softer and the birds flew away and suddenly the music stopped. The man sighed and said he couldn’t find a soul mate and drew his sword and started carving on the ground.

Guo Xiang thought, “This man is both well versed in artistic fields and martial arts, let’s see how his swordsmanship is.”

She saw that this man was drawing a chessboard with his sword and started playing chess (Go) with himself.

Guo Xiang thought, “This man is lonely too and can’t find a soul mate either, so he’s playing chess with himself.”

After awhile she saw that the man trapped himself in the western side of the chessboard and leaving the central open.

Guo Xiang couldn’t help herself and spoke, “Why do you take the western borders? While the central plains are open.”

The man saw what he did and took the central plains causing a draw. The man laughed and said, “Good, good!” and continued to play and realised that someone was present. He tossed his sword away and said, “Thank you for your help. May I ask who helped me?”

Guo Xiang saw that he had a long face and dark eyes and was quite skinny. He was about thirty years old. She walked towards him and smiled, “I was very much enchanted by your music, Sir. And when I saw that you’re losing to yourself I couldn’t help pointing out. Please forgive me for my bluntness.”

The man was surprised to see a young girl and when he heard her talking about his music, he was very happy and said, “Miss, is a musician too? Would you please play a piece for me?”

Guo Xiang smiled and said, “My mother taught me some basics, compared to your divine music I’m very bad. But since I heard your song it’s only natural that I return a song back. But you musn’t laugh.”

The man said, “I wouldn’t dare.”

And handed the zither to Guo Xiang.

Guo Xiang saw that this zither was an antique. She started to play the zither and her playing was not very spectacular but the man was very happy and surprised.

The song was about a hermit and he lived alone on a mountain and felt lonely. Because he didn’t have a soulmate he looked sickly but his aspirations will always be very high.

The man heard his feelings in the music of Guo Xiang and was very grateful and when the music stopped, he just stared into the blank.

Guo Xiang gently put the zither on the ground and turned around and left again. Reciting the poem that matched this song:

A gentleman is exploring the mountainside

Close to a stream, all alone

Although he is forlorn, although he is unaware

But he is wise, and will never change

And this piece is the gentleman’s song:

The day is so short, a hundred years is so long

The earth is so wide, one hundred incarnations approaches the Tao

An angel releases the reins, one half is as white as snow

The Creator meets the Jade Lady laughing, I wish for the dragon’s embrace

Turning towards Phu Tang, to buy good wine at Bac Bau

Inviting the dragon to riches which I scorn,

That throughout the year beautify only the being.

Guo Xiang roamed the realm for three years now, and encountered many strange incidents. So she forgot all about the man who played the zither and chess. Another two days, The Three Saints of Kunlun will challenge Shaolin. She was thinking of a way to sneak in and watch but couldn’t think of anything. She thought, “My mother can think of eighteen plans in a blink of an eye. I’m just too stupid and I can’t even think of one plan. Never mind, I’ll just go to Shaolin and perhaps they are too busy fighting of the intruders that they forget to stop me from entering.”

She ate some rations for the journey and proceeded to Shaolin. After riding for some time, she saw three horses riding towards her. And in short while they passed her and were headed towards Shaolin. The riders were all men in their fifties and were green robes and weapons hung to the saddles.

Guo Xiang thought, “These three men are martial artists and they are carrying weapons. They must be The Three Saints of Kunlun. If I don’t hurry up, I’ll miss out on a good fight.”

She gave her mule a clap and he quickly pursued them. The three riders whipped their horses to increase speed. One of the old man turned back and gave a strange look.

Guo Xiang’s mule gave chase for a short distance. The three horses were out of sight. The mule looked exhausted. Guo Xiang scolded, “Lazy animal! Normally you never listen to me and keep running about. When I need you to run, you can’t keep up.” She pulled the mule to a small stone pavilion and gave the mule to rest. After awhile the three riders came back. Guo Xiang was surprised and thought, “Could it be that they are really that useless and were defeated in one blow?”

The three riders dismounted, Guo Xiang looked at them and saw that one of them had a cinnabar coloured face. The other had a really red face and looked very friendly. The third one was very tall and skinny and looked very pale, but in his paleness there was a touch of green.

These three old men looked very normal except for their strange skin complexion. She was very fascinated and asked, “Could I ask you whether you went to the Shaolin Monastery or not? Why did you return when you just when up there?” The pale-looking man gave her a stern look, like scolding her for asking questions.

The red-faced man smiled and said, “How did you know we are headed for the monastery?” Guo Xiang said, “If you go up there, you’ll go to the Shaolin Monastery.”

The red-faced man nodded and said, “That’s true, and Miss where are you going?” Guo Xiang said, “You’re going to Shaolin, and I’m going too.”

The pale-faced man said, “Shaolin doesn’t allow women to enter and carrying weapons is also forbidden.” He sounded very arrogant, and because of his height he looked over Guo Xiang’s head ignoring her completely.

Guo Xiang was annoyed and said, “Well you’re carrying weapons too. Or aren’t those weapons?”

The pale-faced man coldly said, “How can you compare yourself with us?”

Guo Xiang scoffed, “What about the three of you? Are The Three Saints of Kunlun fighting with the old monks of Shaolin yet? Who won and who lost?”

The three old men’s faces changed. The red-faced man asked, “Little Miss, how do you know about this incident with The Three Saints of Kunlun?” Guo Xiang said, “Of course I know.”

The pale-faced man walked up and sternly said, “What’s your name? Whose disciple are you? And what is your business here at Shaolin?

Guo Xiang raised her pretty face and said, “Never you mind.”

The pale-faced man was hot-tempered and raised his hand to slap her. But he realised that if he did that, he will be bullying a young girl. He swiftly advanced towards Guo Xiang and seized her sword.

Guo Xiang was taken off guard, this never happened before in her life. To be frank, with her martial arts and experience she was not fit to roam the realm on her own. But everyone respected Guo Jing and Huang Rong and knew she was their daughter and Yang Guo spread the word of her sixteenth birthday and all the unorthodox wulin person knew her. Even if they dared not to give Guo Jing and Huang Rong face, they would surely respect Yang Guo. Furthermore, she was very pretty and straightforward, she treated everyone equally no matter what social status they had. Although the realm of martial arts was a dangerous place, she always came out fine and without any harm. She never suffered such humiliation in her life and knew she couldn’t get her sword back. Because she was not their match yet, but to give up like this was very difficult to accept.

The pale-faced man held the sword between his index finger and middle finger and coldly said, “I’ll keep this sword for awhile. Seeing you have the audacity to be disrespectful towards me, it’s clearly that your parents and teachers didn’t teach you any manners. If you want them to come and reclaim the sword and I will tell them what happened and advise to pay more attention to you.”

Guo Xiang was furious when she heard this, according to this man she was a wild girl with no manners, and thought, “Fine! Not only did you scold me, you also scolded my parents, grandfather. Do you really think you have invincible abilities and you can be that arrogant.”

She held her temper and said, “What’s your name?”

The pale-faced man grunted and said, “Let me teach you, you should say: Sirs, may I be so bold to ask you what your names are?”

Guo Xiang angrily said, “No, I will say it however I want. If you don’t want to tell me, fine. It’s not that I’m desperate to know. This sword isn’t worth much, and you are bullying a young girl by stealing their possessions. I don’t want it anymore.”

She turned around and walked out the pavilion.

Suddenly the red-faced man blocked Guo Xiang and smiled, “Young girls shouldn’t be that hot-tempered, when you get married you can’t throw tantrums like that anymore. Let me tell you, we are three martial arts brothers, and we just arrived in China a few days. We’re from the western borders of China.”

Guo Xiang pouted, “I know that too, in China we don’t recognize the three of you.” The three men looked at each other and the red-faced man asked, “May I ask Miss, who your teacher is?” Guo Xiang didn’t want to reveal the names of her parents at Shaolin originally. But now she was angry and told them, “My father’s name is Guo Jing. And my mother is called Huang Rong. I don’t have a teacher, I learnt a bit of martial arts from my parents.”

The three old men looked at each other and the pale-face man softly said, “Guo Jing? Huang Rong? Of which school do they belong? Whose disciples are they?”

Guo Xiang was infuriated, because her parents were respected throughout the realm. Even ordinary people know them, let alone wulin persons, the famous great hero Guo Jing was respected for guarding the city of Xiangyang for many years.

But judging from their expressions, they are not pretending to be ignorant. She realised, “These Three Saints of Kunlun live on the western borders and rarely come to China. Otherwise, with their martial arts father and mother were bound to mention them to me. If they truly don’t know my parents then it’s not strange. It’s very likely that they just study martial arts at Mount Kunlun and forget all other matters.”

When she realised this, her anger disappeared, she is not a girl to throw tantrums and said, “My name is Guo Xiang. Fine, I have told you everything you wanted to know. Sirs, may I be so bold to ask you what your names are?”

The red-faced man smiled, “That’s a good girl, now you show respect to seniors.”

He pointed to the yellow-faced man and said, “That’s our eldest martial arts brother, his name Pan Tiangeng, I’m the second martial arts brother and my name is Fang Tianlao. This is my third martial arts brother and his name is Wei Tianwang. The three of us all belong to the Tian character generation.”

Guo Xiang nodded and remembered their names and asked, “Are you going to the Shaolin Monastery or not? Have you battle the monks there? And who is better?” Wei Tianwang sternly asked her, “How did you know we’re going to compete with the Shaolin monks? Hardly anyone knows this and when did you know this? Tell us now!” He walked towards Guo Xiang made a fist and stared at Guo Xiang very viciously. Guo Xiang thought, “Do you really think you can intimidate me? Originally I wanted to tell you, but now I won’t talk.”

She gave him an indifferent eye and said coldly, “Your name is good, why don’t you change it in to TianE (‘born viciously’)?”

Wei Tianwang angrily shouted, “What?”

Guo Xiang said, “I never met a more vicious man like you, you grabbed my weapon and you’re still this fierce. Are you the Deity of Ferociousness in reincarnation?”

Wei Tianwang made a few strange noises like an animal and his chest swelled up and it looked like his hair and eyebrows raised too.

Fang Tianlao said, “Third brother, don’t get upset.” and he pulled Guo Xiang back and he stood between the two of them.

Guo Xiang saw Wei Tianwang and knew if he attacked, she would not be able to withstand it and was beginning to get a bit scared.

Wei Tianwang pulled out the short sword of Guo Xiang and used two fingers to hold it and used his internal strength to break it into two halves. He returned the broken half back into the scabbard and said, “Who wants your unworthy sword.” Guo Xiang saw the powerful energy of his fingers and looked in awe.

Wei Tianwang saw her expression and was very pleased and laughed heartily. This laughter was ear-piercing and shook the roof tiles of the pavilion.

Suddenly the roof cracked open and something fell down. Everyone was surprised at this and even Wei Tianwang was even more surprised. He used his internal strength to make a laughing sound to tremble the tiles. But actually there was no tone of pleasure in his laughter. When he saw the roof cracking open he thought that without his own knowledge he reached a higher level in his cultivation of internal energy.

When he looked at that “thing” that dropped down he was shocked to see a man in a white robe holding a zither. He was just lying there, closing his eyes.

Guo Xiang was pleased to see him and said, “You’re here too.” This man was the man she met earlier.

The man jumped up when he heard Guo Xiang talking to him and said, “Miss, I was looking for you. I didn’t know you were here.”

Guo Xiang said, “Why are you looking for me?” That man said, “I forgot to ask you something, namely [ Miss, may I ask what your name is?].”

Guo Xiang said, “How very formal, I can’t stand that genteel and mournful way of talking.” That man was stunned for a moment and laughed, “You’re right, you’re right. Those that cling on to mere conventionalities and put on airs have no real abilities. Those men are only fit to fool ignorant peasants.” after saying that he looked at Wei Tianwang and scoffed.

Guo Xiang was very happy and thought this man was helping her.

Wei Tianwang stared at him and his face became even more white and coldly asked, “May I know your name, Sir?”

That ma