Chapter 193: Master of Taohua Island (9)
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Mei Chaofeng knew even though the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan had deep enmity toward her, but they always meant what they said and never deceived anybody. She thought the manual must have fallen down when she was fighting Guo Jing a moment ago. So she bent her knees and groped around the floor looking for the manual. Where could that manual be?
A blind lady groping around the floor made a pitiful scene. Lu Chengfeng told his son, "Guanying, help your Martial Uncle Mei to look." But in his heart he actually thought that the manual belonged to his Master, therefore, it must be returned to the Master. He faked a cough to signal his son, and Lu Guanying understood. He nodded. Guo Jing was also looking around, but where did that manual go?
"Mei Shijie," Lu Chengfeng said, "Your manual is not here, perhaps you dropped it on your way here."
Mei Chaofeng did not answer; she kept groping around. Suddenly everybody's eyes were blurred and that green-robed man reappeared beside her. His movement was so swift that nobody saw anything but Mei Chaofeng's body was lifted off the ground and an instant later they were gone and vanished among the trees outside the hall. Mei Chaofeng was very skilled, yet that man had captured her without any struggle. They looked at each other in blank dismay. This person's skill was unbelievable.
The hall was quiet; the only distant noise was from the waves of the lake striking the shore. A long while later Ke Zhen'E broke the silence. "My young disciple had fought that wicked woman and damaged your mansion. I feel deep regret."
"I do not dare," Lu Chengfeng answered. "The Six Freaks and Hero Guo have visited our place today; that was an honor to us all; not mentioning that you have helped my family escape a disaster. What Hero Ke just said, wouldn't that make us look like outsiders?"
"I request the honorable guests to take a rest inside the hall," Lu Guanying added. "Brother Guo, are you still in pain?"
"I am all right," answered Guo Jing. At that moment the green-robed man came back along with Mei Chaofeng. They stood in front of the hall. Mei Chaofeng put her hands on her waist and shouted, "Guo Kid! You have used Hong Qigong's '18-dragon subduing palms' to fight me. I am blind and could not see your moves. Mei Chaofeng did not care about life or death, victory or defeat; but if this matter were spread out in the Jianghu world, wouldn't the reputation of my Benevolent Master of Peach Blossom Island be ruined? Come! Let us fight again!"
"I am not your match to begin with," Guo Jing honestly answered. "I took advantage of your blindness to protect my own life. I have admitted defeat a while ago."
"The '18-dragon subduing palms' have 18 moves," Mei Chaofeng asked, "Why did you only use part of it?"
"Because I am not smart …" Guo Jing answered; Huang Rong had signaled him not to reveal his secret, but Guo Jing continued, "… Senior Hong taught me only 15 moves."
"Very good!" Mei Chaofeng said. "You only know 15 moves yet you defeated Mei Chaofeng. Is that old man Hong Qigong really good? No! I can't take it. We must fight again!"
Everybody felt strange; apparently Mei Chaofeng did not come back to avenge her husband, but to dispute Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong's reputation.
Guo Jing was still calm. "Miss Huang is younger than I am, but I still am not her match, how could I be your match?" he said. "I have always admired Peach Blossom Island's martial arts."
"Mei Shijie," Huang Rong interrupted. "What are you talking about? Who in the world can exceed Father's martial art skill?
"No way! I must fight him again!" Mei Chaofeng insisted. Without waiting for Guo Jing to answer she stretched her claw toward him. Guo Jing could not hold himself much longer; he eluded the attack and said, "If that's the case, I will ask Senior Mei to teach me some lessons." Then he launched a strong counterattack.
Mei Chaofeng parried it by turning her claw out. "Use your silent moves!" she said, "You are not my match if you are using loud moves."
Guo Jing leaped back several steps and said, "My First Master Ke's eyes are not perfect. I loathe it if others bully him with silent moves. How could I use silent moves to bully you? I was injured by your poison and at that critical moment I inadvertently use a silent move. If we fight fair and square, frankly I am not your match."
Mei Chaofeng could hear the sincerity in his voice, her heart was stirred. "This kid is kind hearted," she thought. But she shouted, "I told you to use your silent moves. I have a way to counter it, why do you keep nagging like an old woman?"
Guo Jing looked at that strange green-robed man. "Could it be that he taught her how to cope with silent moves just now?" he thought. But because Mei Chaofeng insisted he did not have any choice but to comply. "Very well," he finally said. "I will fight you another 15 moves." He thought that by using the 15 out of 18 dragon subduing palms he might not win, but at least he could defend himself.
Guo Jing jumped to get closer to her, then continued by tiptoeing forward, slowly sent his palm to strike. But before his palm hit its target he heard a light sound and Mei Chaofeng's turn her wrist to grab his hand. It was like her eyes were not blind at all. Guo Jing was surprised, he immediately pull his left palm and slid his body to the left to launch the [wading a wide creek] slowly.
His palm had only moved several inches when again he heard a light sound and Mei Chaofeng had already blocked his attack. Guo Jing retracted his palm a little bit slower that Mei Chaofeng's fingernails swept very close to his face. He hastily leaped back and thought, "How could she know where my next attack would be?"
His third attack was his fiercest stance, the 'kang long you hui' [the proud dragon show remorse] but again, following a light sound Mei Chaofeng's steel-like fingernails moved to grab his wrist. Guo Jing knew the secret must be on that light sound, so with his fourth move he stole a glance at that strange man. This time he was able to see that man flicked something to the air and that thing created a light sound.
"Ah, it really is him!" Guo Jing understood. "But how could he know where my next move will be? Hmmm … it was like the time when Huang Rong fought that old man Liang Ziwong; Hong Qigong had broken his attacks in advance. Now this man is using the same method to defeat me. All right, I'll fight for the full 15 moves, and then I will admit defeat."
Even though the stances of the '18-dragon subduing palms' did not change and Guo Jing did not learn the whole set, but his attacks were not light. However, Mei Chaofeng always knew in advance where his attack would go and sometimes she would move ahead of Guo Jing that instead of in the defensive, she was actually on the offensive.
Several moves later that strange man flicked three pebbles in succession. Mei Chaofeng was following the sound and launched three attacks one after another. Guo Jing was forced to elude one and only managed to parry the other two.
The fight was getting fiercer; the wind generated by their hands was getting stronger. Periodically the light sound of the pebble was heard. Huang Rong understood the situation was not favorable. She silently picked some debris from the floor and flicked them away. Some were just aimed at nothing in particular, trying to confuse Mei Chaofeng; some were aimed to hit the strange man's pebbles down. But unexpectedly the man's pebbles were amazing; they were not knocked down by Huang Rong's debris, on the contrary, Huang Rong's debris was knocked down while his pebbles kept flying. Hence his clues to Mei Chaofeng were not hindered.
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Mei Chaofeng knew even though the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan had deep enmity toward her, but they always meant what they said and never deceived anybody. She thought the manual must have fallen down when she was fighting Guo Jing a moment ago. So she bent her knees and groped around the floor looking for the manual. Where could that manual be?
A blind lady groping around the floor made a pitiful scene. Lu Chengfeng told his son, "Guanying, help your Martial Uncle Mei to look." But in his heart he actually thought that the manual belonged to his Master, therefore, it must be returned to the Master. He faked a cough to signal his son, and Lu Guanying understood. He nodded. Guo Jing was also looking around, but where did that manual go?
"Mei Shijie," Lu Chengfeng said, "Your manual is not here, perhaps you dropped it on your way here."
Mei Chaofeng did not answer; she kept groping around. Suddenly everybody's eyes were blurred and that green-robed man reappeared beside her. His movement was so swift that nobody saw anything but Mei Chaofeng's body was lifted off the ground and an instant later they were gone and vanished among the trees outside the hall. Mei Chaofeng was very skilled, yet that man had captured her without any struggle. They looked at each other in blank dismay. This person's skill was unbelievable.
The hall was quiet; the only distant noise was from the waves of the lake striking the shore. A long while later Ke Zhen'E broke the silence. "My young disciple had fought that wicked woman and damaged your mansion. I feel deep regret."
"I do not dare," Lu Chengfeng answered. "The Six Freaks and Hero Guo have visited our place today; that was an honor to us all; not mentioning that you have helped my family escape a disaster. What Hero Ke just said, wouldn't that make us look like outsiders?"
"I request the honorable guests to take a rest inside the hall," Lu Guanying added. "Brother Guo, are you still in pain?"
"I am all right," answered Guo Jing. At that moment the green-robed man came back along with Mei Chaofeng. They stood in front of the hall. Mei Chaofeng put her hands on her waist and shouted, "Guo Kid! You have used Hong Qigong's '18-dragon subduing palms' to fight me. I am blind and could not see your moves. Mei Chaofeng did not care about life or death, victory or defeat; but if this matter were spread out in the Jianghu world, wouldn't the reputation of my Benevolent Master of Peach Blossom Island be ruined? Come! Let us fight again!"
"I am not your match to begin with," Guo Jing honestly answered. "I took advantage of your blindness to protect my own life. I have admitted defeat a while ago."
"The '18-dragon subduing palms' have 18 moves," Mei Chaofeng asked, "Why did you only use part of it?"
"Because I am not smart …" Guo Jing answered; Huang Rong had signaled him not to reveal his secret, but Guo Jing continued, "… Senior Hong taught me only 15 moves."
"Very good!" Mei Chaofeng said. "You only know 15 moves yet you defeated Mei Chaofeng. Is that old man Hong Qigong really good? No! I can't take it. We must fight again!"
Everybody felt strange; apparently Mei Chaofeng did not come back to avenge her husband, but to dispute Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong's reputation.
Guo Jing was still calm. "Miss Huang is younger than I am, but I still am not her match, how could I be your match?" he said. "I have always admired Peach Blossom Island's martial arts."
"Mei Shijie," Huang Rong interrupted. "What are you talking about? Who in the world can exceed Father's martial art skill?
"No way! I must fight him again!" Mei Chaofeng insisted. Without waiting for Guo Jing to answer she stretched her claw toward him. Guo Jing could not hold himself much longer; he eluded the attack and said, "If that's the case, I will ask Senior Mei to teach me some lessons." Then he launched a strong counterattack.
Mei Chaofeng parried it by turning her claw out. "Use your silent moves!" she said, "You are not my match if you are using loud moves."
Guo Jing leaped back several steps and said, "My First Master Ke's eyes are not perfect. I loathe it if others bully him with silent moves. How could I use silent moves to bully you? I was injured by your poison and at that critical moment I inadvertently use a silent move. If we fight fair and square, frankly I am not your match."
Mei Chaofeng could hear the sincerity in his voice, her heart was stirred. "This kid is kind hearted," she thought. But she shouted, "I told you to use your silent moves. I have a way to counter it, why do you keep nagging like an old woman?"
Guo Jing looked at that strange green-robed man. "Could it be that he taught her how to cope with silent moves just now?" he thought. But because Mei Chaofeng insisted he did not have any choice but to comply. "Very well," he finally said. "I will fight you another 15 moves." He thought that by using the 15 out of 18 dragon subduing palms he might not win, but at least he could defend himself.
Guo Jing jumped to get closer to her, then continued by tiptoeing forward, slowly sent his palm to strike. But before his palm hit its target he heard a light sound and Mei Chaofeng's turn her wrist to grab his hand. It was like her eyes were not blind at all. Guo Jing was surprised, he immediately pull his left palm and slid his body to the left to launch the [wading a wide creek] slowly.
His palm had only moved several inches when again he heard a light sound and Mei Chaofeng had already blocked his attack. Guo Jing retracted his palm a little bit slower that Mei Chaofeng's fingernails swept very close to his face. He hastily leaped back and thought, "How could she know where my next attack would be?"
His third attack was his fiercest stance, the 'kang long you hui' [the proud dragon show remorse] but again, following a light sound Mei Chaofeng's steel-like fingernails moved to grab his wrist. Guo Jing knew the secret must be on that light sound, so with his fourth move he stole a glance at that strange man. This time he was able to see that man flicked something to the air and that thing created a light sound.
"Ah, it really is him!" Guo Jing understood. "But how could he know where my next move will be? Hmmm … it was like the time when Huang Rong fought that old man Liang Ziwong; Hong Qigong had broken his attacks in advance. Now this man is using the same method to defeat me. All right, I'll fight for the full 15 moves, and then I will admit defeat."
Even though the stances of the '18-dragon subduing palms' did not change and Guo Jing did not learn the whole set, but his attacks were not light. However, Mei Chaofeng always knew in advance where his attack would go and sometimes she would move ahead of Guo Jing that instead of in the defensive, she was actually on the offensive.
Several moves later that strange man flicked three pebbles in succession. Mei Chaofeng was following the sound and launched three attacks one after another. Guo Jing was forced to elude one and only managed to parry the other two.
The fight was getting fiercer; the wind generated by their hands was getting stronger. Periodically the light sound of the pebble was heard. Huang Rong understood the situation was not favorable. She silently picked some debris from the floor and flicked them away. Some were just aimed at nothing in particular, trying to confuse Mei Chaofeng; some were aimed to hit the strange man's pebbles down. But unexpectedly the man's pebbles were amazing; they were not knocked down by Huang Rong's debris, on the contrary, Huang Rong's debris was knocked down while his pebbles kept flying. Hence his clues to Mei Chaofeng were not hindered.
Mei Chaofeng knew even though the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan had deep enmity toward her, but they always meant what they said and never deceived anybody. She thought the manual must have fallen down when she was fighting Guo Jing a moment ago. So she bent her knees and groped around the floor looking for the manual. Where could that manual be?A blind lady groping around the floor made a pitiful scene. Lu Chengfeng told his son, "Guanying, help your Martial Uncle Mei to look." But in his heart he actually thought that the manual belonged to his Master, therefore, it must be returned to the Master. He faked a cough to signal his son, and Lu Guanying understood. He nodded. Guo Jing was also looking around, but where did that manual go?"Mei Shijie," Lu Chengfeng said, "Your manual is not here, perhaps you dropped it on your way here."Mei Chaofeng did not answer; she kept groping around. Suddenly everybody's eyes were blurred and that green-robed man reappeared beside her. His movement was so swift that nobody saw anything but Mei Chaofeng's body was lifted off the ground and an instant later they were gone and vanished among the trees outside the hall. Mei Chaofeng was very skilled, yet that man had captured her without any struggle. They looked at each other in blank dismay. This person's skill was unbelievable.The hall was quiet; the only distant noise was from the waves of the lake striking the shore. A long while later Ke Zhen'E broke the silence. "My young disciple had fought that wicked woman and damaged your mansion. I feel deep regret.""I do not dare," Lu Chengfeng answered. "The Six Freaks and Hero Guo have visited our place today; that was an honor to us all; not mentioning that you have helped my family escape a disaster. What Hero Ke just said, wouldn't that make us look like outsiders?""I request the honorable guests to take a rest inside the hall," Lu Guanying added. "Brother Guo, are you still in pain?""I am all right," answered Guo Jing. At that moment the green-robed man came back along with Mei Chaofeng. They stood in front of the hall. Mei Chaofeng put her hands on her waist and shouted, "Guo Kid! You have used Hong Qigong's '18-dragon subduing palms' to fight me. I am blind and could not see your moves. Mei Chaofeng did not care about life or death, victory or defeat; but if this matter were spread out in the Jianghu world, wouldn't the reputation of my Benevolent Master of Peach Blossom Island be ruined? Come! Let us fight again!""I am not your match to begin with," Guo Jing honestly answered. "I took advantage of your blindness to protect my own life. I have admitted defeat a while ago.""The '18-dragon subduing palms' have 18 moves," Mei Chaofeng asked, "Why did you only use part of it?""Because I am not smart " Guo Jing answered; Huang Rong had signaled him not to reveal his secret, but Guo Jing continued, " Senior Hong taught me only 15 moves.""Very good!" Mei Chaofeng said. "You only know 15 moves yet you defeated Mei Chaofeng. Is that old man Hong Qigong really good? No! I can't take it. We must fight again!"Everybody felt strange; apparently Mei Chaofeng did not come back to avenge her husband, but to dispute Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong's reputation.Guo Jing was still calm. "Miss Huang is younger than I am, but I still am not her match, how could I be your match?" he said. "I have always admired Peach Blossom Island's martial arts.""Mei Shijie," Huang Rong interrupted. "What are you talking about? Who in the world can exceed Father's martial art skill?"No way! I must fight him again!" Mei Chaofeng insisted. Without waiting for Guo Jing to answer she stretched her claw toward him. Guo Jing could not hold himself much longer; he eluded the attack and said, "If that's the case, I will ask Senior Mei to teach me some lessons." Then he launched a strong counterattack.Mei Chaofeng parried it by turning her claw out. "Use your silent moves!" she said, "You are not my match if you are using loud moves."Guo Jing leaped back several steps and said, "My First Master Ke's eyes are not perfect. I loathe it if others bully him with silent moves. How could I use silent moves to bully you? I was injured by your poison and at that critical moment I inadvertently use a silent move. If we fight fair and square, frankly I am not your match."Mei Chaofeng could hear the sincerity in his voice, her heart was stirred. "This kid is kind hearted," she thought. But she shouted, "I told you to use your silent moves. I have a way to counter it, why do you keep nagging like an old woman?"Guo Jing looked at that strange green-robed man. "Could it be that he taught her how to cope with silent moves just now?" he thought. But because Mei Chaofeng insisted he did not have any choice but to comply. "Very well," he finally said. "I will fight you another 15 moves." He thought that by using the 15 out of 18 dragon subduing palms he might not win, but at least he could defend himself.Guo Jing jumped to get closer to her, then continued by tiptoeing forward, slowly sent his palm to strike. But before his palm hit its target he heard a light sound and Mei Chaofeng's turn her wrist to grab his hand. It was like her eyes were not blind at all. Guo Jing was surprised, he immediately pull his left palm and slid his body to the left to launch the wading a wide creek slowly.His palm had only moved several inches when again he heard a light sound and Mei Chaofeng had already blocked his attack. Guo Jing retracted his palm a little bit slower that Mei Chaofeng's fingernails swept very close to his face. He hastily leaped back and thought, "How could she know where my next attack would be?"His third attack was his fiercest stance, the 'kang long you hui' the proud dragon show remorse but again, following a light sound Mei Chaofeng's steel-like fingernails moved to grab his wrist. Guo Jing knew the secret must be on that light sound, so with his fourth move he stole a glance at that strange man. This time he was able to see that man flicked something to the air and that thing created a light sound."Ah, it really is him!" Guo Jing understood. "But how could he know where my next move will be? Hmmm it was like the time when Huang Rong fought that old man Liang Ziwong; Hong Qigong had broken his attacks in advance. Now this man is using the same method to defeat me. All right, I'll fight for the full 15 moves, and then I will admit defeat."Even though the stances of the '18-dragon subduing palms' did not change and Guo Jing did not learn the whole set, but his attacks were not light. However, Mei Chaofeng always knew in advance where his attack would go and sometimes she would move ahead of Guo Jing that instead of in the defensive, she was actually on the offensive.Several moves later that strange man flicked three pebbles in succession. Mei Chaofeng was following the sound and launched three attacks one after another. Guo Jing was forced to elude one and only managed to parry the other two.The fight was getting fiercer; the wind generated by their hands was getting stronger. Periodically the light sound of the pebble was heard. Huang Rong understood the situation was not favorable. She silently picked some debris from the floor and flicked them away. Some were just aimed at nothing in particular, trying to confuse Mei Chaofeng; some were aimed to hit the strange man's pebbles down. But unexpectedly the man's pebbles were amazing; they were not knocked down by Huang Rong's debris, on the contrary, Huang Rong's debris was knocked down while his pebbles kept flying. Hence his clues to Mei Chaofeng were not hindered.
