Chapter 85 – Heavenly Dragon (14)
After the events, the Deaf Mute Valley was exposed to the eyes of the jianghu people. In reality, it was not suitable for the Deaf Mute Sect to say here.
“Senior Brother, have you thought of leaving here?” Lin Yu Tong walked with Su Xing He on Drum Mountain and asked.
Su Xing He smiled and shook his head. “Master is buried here, and I have been here for many years. I do not bear to leave. I will not go anywhere. Junior Sister, do not worry, even the top class experts of the jianghu will not have an easy time to charge into our place. The divination is full of changes. You see all this is in ruins, but it can be repaired in a few days. There are all kinds of traps within. Otherwise, I would not have been able to live here in peace for decades.”
Lin Yu Tong nodded. This made sense. She said, “If something happens, have people send a message to me. I want to find Senior Sect Uncle and Junior Sect Uncle. We should gather all the martial skills of the sect.”
Su Xing He looked at Lin Yu Tong and sighed. “I did not expect that Master would pass on the position of leader to you. Us Carefree Sect members take disciples who are top class in appearance and presence. Master should have chosen Gusu Murong, or a hero like Xiao Feng. Why did he choose a woman?”
“That Duan Yu is a handsome young master, why does Senior Sect Brother not mention him?” Lin Yu Tong asked.
“If he has the skills of his father, Duan Zheng Chun, I will count him. But this handsome youth is far lacking in his skills with women. Just from this, Master would not have accepted him,” Su Xing He shook his head and sighed.
“Duan Zheng Chun has lovers everywhere, and it is good. Duan Yu is infatuated, and it is not good. Senior Brother, what reason is this?” Lin Yu Tong asked wryly.
“Duan Yu only sees that Miss Wang, but Miss Wang does not care for him at all. But look at his father. Each of the women his father meets is completely loyal to him. Pity. The invitation I sent to Dali is for the Zhennan Prince. He did not come, and his foolish son came. Master’s methods for women……” Su Xing He trailed off.
Lin Yu Tong laughed coldly, “Right now, me, a woman, naturally cannot learn the methods against women.”
“Little Sect Brother is a man, but his appearance…… Oh…” Su Xing He sighed. “It is not good if one just has skill.”
“Senior Sect Brother!” Lin Yu Tong looked at Su Xing He. “In reality, it is better if you do not speak and keep pretending to be dumb and deaf.” Then she snorted. “Men think that when women are in love with them and he has them all, then they are carefree. But has Master had a carefree life? Master understood before death. Senior Sect Brother does not understand.”
Su Xing He knew he had misspoke. It caused dislike to speak of this topic with women. However, back when Master had been young, his methods had been stunning. All of the women he had met were in love with him, and did not give up even in death.
After staying several days in Drum Mountain, Lin Yu Tong and Xu Zhu left.
“Miss, the master of Carefree Sect has gone to Paradise, this little monk has finished this matter, and should return to Shaolin,” Xu Zhu bid farewell to Lin Yu Tong.
“You want to return to Shaolin?” Lin Yu Tong looked at Xu Zhu. “Okay, you go.”
Xu Zhu did not expect Lin Yu Tong to let him go so easily and was overjoyed. He sang the Buddha’s name and went to leave.
Lin Yu Tong slowly followed him. After walking for two days like this, Xu Zhu could not endure it. “Miss, why are you following this little monk?”
Nonsense, if I do not follow you, where I would go to find the Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother.
Lin Yu Tong smiled innocently, “You go to your Shaolin, I go on my path. We have nothing to do with each other. Junior Sect Brother, you have learned bad habits. The road is not just for you alone. Are you allowed to walk it, and I am not? You are allowed to walk east, but I am not?”
Xu Zhu touched his head and glanced at Lin Yu Tong. He sped up and sprinted.
But with the footprints on the ground, who did not know where you were going? Even if he ran quickly because he had rich internal energy, Lin Yu Tong could use her qinggong and easily follow.
“Junior Sect Brother, why are you running? You do not like to be on the same path as this senior sect sister?” Lin Yu Tong’s voice came from nearby.
Xu Zhu sighed and ran even faster.
They chased for two days, and during the night, they missed the inn. Because Lin Yu Tong was following Xu Zhu, she could enter the pocket space to rest. She rested on the tree branch and closed her eyes to rest. In the forest, Lin Yu Tong’s body seemed to be the most relaxed.
Xu Zhu was kind. While he disliked Lin Yu Tong following him, at night, he would sneak to rest under the tree Lin Yu Tong was on. He probably was worried about a girl being alone in the forest at night.
Tonight, it was the same. Seeing Lin Yu Tong climb a tree, he sat down on the base of the tree. He thought, why did she love to climb the tree so much? What if she fell down? If I am down here, I can catch her.
In reality, what he did not know was because of his good heart and in order to sleep well at night, Lin Yu Tong spread many powders to guard against snakes and other vermin. His kindness saved him a lot of trouble.
The night grew darker. In the forest, they could not see the fingers in front of their faces.
Sound came from afar, very faint.
There were people nearby! Not just one or two.
Xu Zhu stood up, and Lin Yu Tong floated off the tree.
She reached out, indicating for Xu Zhu not to speak. He nodded. The two hid their presences, and slowly got close.
From afar, there were green lanterns moving around in a ghostly manner.
Suddenly, someone said, “…… What kind of demons are gathering here that we have encountered them?”
Lin Yu Tong had heard this voice before. It was Feng Bo E. In other words, Murong Fu was nearby.
Just as he finished, another voice came, “Since you know it is a gathering, then you demons and ghosts should leave. Oh! There is females. Males, you go, leave the females behind to relief the ancestor of boredom.”
Xu Zhu glanced at Lin Yu Tong and thought that Lin Yu Tong had been discovered.
Lin Yu Tong raised her chin and told him to look over there. Footsteps came. A group of people walked over. The one in white robes was Wang Yu Yan. Because she did not know martial arts, she could not conceal her presence.
Xu Zhu sighed in relief. Young Master Murong was very skilled and did not need other people to worry.
Feng Bo E’s voice came with internal energy. He said, “If you dare to speak dirty, I will let you know who is the ancestor.”
The birds in the forest flew away in shock.
“A tough one,” someone laughed.
From the other side came Duan Yu’s voice. “Is it Fourth Brother Feng?”
Then a figure charged out quickly. “Miss Wang, such a coincidence.”
Lin Yu Tong thought, Duan Yu truly forgot everything when he saw Wang Yu Yan.
A female voice sounded in the forest, “There are also helpers. Good, take care of you together.”
Then figures charged over, and the surroundings lit up in flame.
Lin Yu Tong saw everyone surrounding Murong Fu’s group. She whispered to Xu Zhu, “Do you see the person with the black cloth bag on their back? It is a young girl they have stolen, they are going to kill her to sacrifice to the heavens. These people are truly cruel.”
Xu Zhu was stunned and said, “Amitabha, fine, fine. The heavens have pity for all living beings. No, no!”
“Pity that my internal energies are not as good as Junior Brother, and if I carry her, I cannot escape. I can just watch her suffer. It is such a sin,” Lin Yu Tong said with a pitiful expression.
Xu Zhu said, “This little monk has internal energy, and may be able to save her.”
“Yes! How come I did not think of this?” Lin Yu Tong smiled and said, “Steal the bag, and just run northwest, and I will meet you ahead.”
“Good good!” Xu Zhu nodded.
Lin Yu Tong headed northwest. As she moved, she left tracks and scattered medicine powder. If the medicine took effect, they temporarily would not be able to catch up to them. When Xu Zhu came out, she would give him the antidote.
The group was about to start fighting when a young monk shot out of the grass, and punched the man carrying the back with Shaolin Fist. He grabbed the bag. “You do not even spare a child, such a crime!”
He put the bag on his back and ran.
The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother was in the bag and thought, what kind of greenhorn did she encounter? Then she smelled as they went and asked, “Is there someone meeting you?”
“Girl, you are so smart to even guess this,” Xu Zhu ran and said.
“Stupid, with the footsteps on the road, are you able to flee?” She said in a young voice, “Do as I say.”
When Lin Yu Tong saw Xu Zhu fly past her with qinggong, she sighed inside. She had worked so hard, but she could not compare to the protagonist. Thinking like this, she gave chase.
“Junior Sect Brother, you stop.” Lin Yu Tong was not able to catch up and shouted.
The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother laughed and said, “Idiot, if you do not stop, the poison in you cannot be cured.”
“Poison! When did this little monk get poisoned?” Xu Zhu asked.
“Your fellow used Bewitching Fragrance Powder to stop the ones chasing you,” the Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother patted Xu Zhu’s back and said, “Quickly stop, this grandmother does not want to get dropped by you.”
Xu Zhu thought, this little girl spoke old, so young, and she wanted to be someone’s grandmother, very amusing.
Thinking like this, he stopped. The two washed by the stream, and Lin Yu Tong caught up to them. She looked at the two and threw the antidote to Xu Zhu. Then she said to Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother who was looking at her. “This disciple greets Senior Sect Uncle, Sect Uncle, you got a fright.”
The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother stilled and then changed expression. “Whose disciple are you?”
“My deceased master Wu Ya Zi told us sect disciples to come find Sect Uncle. Sect Uncle, are you all right?” Lin Yu Tong said in a sincere tone.
Xu Zhu pointed at the Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother, and said, “You are Sect Uncle?”
“Junior Sect Brother, you cannot be rude.” Lin Yu Tong glared at Xu Zhu.
“Oh!” Xu Zhu looked at the Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother and said, “Greetings Sect Uncle.”
At this time, the Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother was focused on Wu Ya Zi. “Junior Sect Brother…… Junior Sect Brother…… He still remembered me.”
Lin Yu Tong was very helpless. The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother was ninety-six now, and even Li Qiu Shui was eighty eight. They were very old, but still obsessed with love. Lin Yu Tong, whose age added up together in two lives and was not as old as them, did not know what to do.
Lin Yu Tong looked in surprise at the Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother and said, “How can Master not remember Sect Uncle. But……” Then she stopped. This Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother was very queer in personality, and Lin Yu Tong and Xu Zhu were not able to deal with her. Only Wu Ya Zi was her weakness.
Wu Ya Zi had lovers all over the place, and these women could never come out. Maybe they did not ever want to get out, and giving them something to think about would count as a kind deed.
Lin Yu Tong did not dare to break this illusory love. She was Wu Ya Zi’s disciple, and she could disrespect her master. Second, the Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother would not want to hear this, and if the other grew angry, she could not deal with it.
Also, Wu Ya Zi was dead, and left behind two women to fight over him. Both believed that Wu Ya Zi had them in his heart. Otherwise, why would they persist for a lifetime and not change?
“Why should I believe you?” The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother focused and glanced at Lin Yu Tong and Xu Zhu. “A girl brat, an ugly monk. Junior Sect Brother would not have accepted you as his disciples.”
Xu Zhu just laughed when he was cursed at.
Lin Yu Tong reached out her hand, the Seven Treasure Ring shining on her finger.
“It…… It…… How is it on your hand? Where is Junior Sect Brother?” The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother abruptly stood up. She was only as tall as Lin Yu Tong’s chest. She had to reach up with her arm to grab the ring from Lin Yu Tong’s hand.
“The master of Carefree Sect gave it to Miss Lin,” Xu Zhu explained, “Master is dead.”
“Dead…… Dead……” The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother held the ring and cried and laughed. She kept on putting the ring on her finger, but because her body was so young, she could not wear it.
She glared angrily at Lin Yu Tong. “Speak! How did Junior Sect Brother die? With his cultivation, how could he die?”
“Master gave his decades of internal energy to Junior Sect Brother, so he……” Lin Yu Tong explained.
“He is truly dead.” Confusion flashed through the Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother’s eyes. Then she slowly started to giggle. “He said, he misses me.”
“Yes! Master misses you very much,” Lin Yu Tong said, not changing expression.
The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother glanced at Lin Yu Tong and said, “You are not honest, other than me, who else does he miss?”
Lin Yu Tong said, “He said that he let down Sect Uncle.”
“Let down that harlot!” The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother chuckled. “Abandoning the harlot, isn’t that letting the harlot down?”
Lin Yu Tong pressed her lips together and did not speak. How to interpret these words? It could be understood as he had not grown old with the woman, so he had let her down. Or it could be understood as he had not been faithful, he no longer liked her, so he let her down.
It just depended on how people interpreted it.
“Will you say these words to that harlot?” The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother asked.
Lin Yu Tong smiled inside and said, “Of course I will pass on Master’s words exactly. Senior Sect Uncle, do not worry.”
Because the Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother’s cultivation was at a key step, the three of them found a cave for their temporary resting place.
Lin Yu Tong was not the same as Xu Zhu. Xu Zhu felt great disgust that the Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother wanted to drink deer blood. Monks did not kill, but she did not care. Killing deer was better than killing people. She captured the deer, and let some blood out each day, and then would apply medicine to the wound.
In the Red Chamber, many aristocratic households had a deer park. They thought that the deer blood would replenish energy and blood, and was a very good tonic. In reality, the deer blood was true a kind of medicine.
So Lin Yu Tong had no pressure about bleeding a deer.
The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother saw her way of capturing the deer very crude and frowned. “You just have strength but you do not know how to use it, so stupid.”
“So, Master has handed us over to Sect Uncle, and feels assured,” Lin Yu Tong said, taking advantage.
The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother nodded depressedly. “Starting tomorrow, you start to practice.”
The next day, she taught them the Heavenly Mountain Plum Breaking Hand. It was rare for Lin Yu Tong to get taught by a grand master, and she was more diligent than she had ever been.
On this day, the three were practicing, when deafening sounds came from the distance. “Senior Sect Sister! You have been well since we last met?”
The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother changed expression and said, “The harlot has found us, quick, go.”
Lin Yu Tong knew that it was Li Qiu Shui and said, “There are misunderstanding between the sect uncles. Xu Zhu, you take Senior Sect Uncle, I will remain and meet Junior Sect Uncle, and see if this can be resolved. If not, I can delay her a bit.”
Xu Zhu acknowledged, and then carried the Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother on his back.
“Seeing that you are filial, I will give this back to you.” The Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother said and threw the Seven Treasure Ring back to her. “With this, the harlot will not kill you.” Then she patted Xu Zhu’s head and said, “Quick, go! Idiot.”
Watching the two disappear, Lin Yu Tong spoke, ” Sect Uncle, my master Wu Ya Zi has words he wanted me to pass on.”
Just as she finished, a figure appeared. Lin Yu Tong was frightened by the speed and went to dodge.
“Gentle Wave Step!” Li Qiu Shui saw Lin Yu Tong’s skill and stopped. She looked at Lin Yu Tong and said, “As expected, he still likes beauties, even his disciple is an outstanding one.”
Lin Yu Tong said with a grimace, “Sect Uncle, if my master in the afterlife hears of this, he should……”
“In the afterlife……” Li Qiu Shui paled. “Senior Sect Brother…… is dead?”
“Yes!” Lin Yu Tong looked at Li Qiu Shui’s expression. This person liked handsome youths, but she truly liked Wu Ya Zi. She said, “Master has not been able to move easily in the last few years. He told me to go to the Blessed Reading Ground in No Measure Mountain to find Sect Uncle. But it is empty there, only the jade statue, and the words Sect Uncle left behind to kill the disciples of Carefree Sect. Master learned that Sect Uncle left, and was very sad. He told me to say if I met Sect Uncle that he let Sect Uncle down.”
Li Qiu Shui pressed on her chest and said, “You said that your master was not able to move easily in these years. Was he not…… He hid again and lived carefree days.”
“Yes! Master will look at appearance when accepting disciples. He could not allow himself to become a cripple. He felt that his body is a burden, so……” Lin Yu Tong truly did not know what to say next.
She heard Li Qiu Shui take over and say, “He felt that I like handsome youths, and he is no longer perfect, so he did not appear in front of me…… How is he so stupid!”
Lin Yu Tong was stunned for a moment. This explanation was so good. She just said, “Master just told me to tell Sect Uncle he’s sorry. However, this disciple does not know the meaning.”
“Of course you do not know. When we were in No Measure Mountain, how enjoyable and carefree we were.” Li Qiu Shui’s voice was very happy and sweet. After a moment, she said, “You saw Senior Sect Sister already, where is she? Did your master have any words left for her?”
Lin Yu Tong looked down and said, “Because I did not find you, Master was very worried about me and Junior Sect Brother. He told us to come find Senior Sect Uncle. He said if we found Senior Sect Uncle, we can find Junior Sect Uncle.”
“No wonder?” Li Qiu Shui showed some scorn and said, “Your master dislikes your senior sect uncle the most. If not because he has no other method, he would not have used such a bad plan.”
“Sect Uncle, Master has already passed away, and felt that he let you down. If you are still obsessed with Senior Sect Uncle…… Senior Sect Uncle is a pitiful person…… She is not the same as you.” Lin Yu Tong’s words were very vague, but gave people a lot of room to think.
How were they different? It depended on what people thought.
Li Qiu Shui felt that Sect Brother had never liked her senior sect sister while they had been husband and wife for a few years. Their feelings would be different. Senior Sect Sister had waited for a lifetime but the man never loved her. Was she not pitiful?
“You speak sense. I will not hold a grudge against her, but I fear she has a grudge with me.” Li Qiu Shui snorted and said, “However, I do not fear her. Your master wants to give you to me, and you return with me to Xixia.”
Perfect! In any case, the Heavenly Mountain Child Grandmother and Xu Zhu were also in the imperial palace of Xixia.
Lin Yu Tong immediately agreed, without any hesitation. Li Qiu Shui trusted more in what Lin Yu Tong had said. Such a lack of caution. If Sect Brother had not said anything, she would not be like this.
“Sect Uncle, Master gave this to me, do you want it?” Lin Yu Tong looked very sincere.
Li Qiu Shui looked even sadder. “He is gone, why keep this? Since I know his thoughts, such empty titles are nothing. I thought he would pass it to…… You take care of it.”
Lin Yu Tong acknowledged and put it away. She knew that even if the trust was not a hundred percent, it was eighty.
On the way, with Li Qiu Shui’s teaching, Lin Yu Tong felt that she had learned much more than in the past few years.
“The skill of Carefree Sect is to use everyone else’s moves for your own use. You have not mastered it yet,” Li Qiu Shui shook her head and sighed.
“Yes,” Lin Yu Tong felt that the more she learned, the more weak her own skill was.
Translator Ramblings: I always think of romantic relationships within a sect as high school romances. Sect disciples study and train together since childhood.
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