Chapter - 335 Inn In a Deserted Village (10) (1/2)
The troops came and delivered food and wine, but Tuolei and the others did not have any appetite. They urged Yang Kang to lead them to find Guo Jing's killer. Yang Kang nodded his head in compliance; he took the bamboo stick in his hand and walked to the door. He turned his head and called Mu Nianci to join them. Mu Nianci shook her head slightly. Yang Kang did not want to miss this good opportunity, their own personal affair could wait, so he went out the inn alone. Everybody else followed him.
Guo Jing said with a low voice, ”Didn't he kill Duan Tiande at the Cloud Village a long time ago?”
Huang Rong shook her head, ”I don't understand it myself. Wasn't it he who stab you with a dagger? This man is very sly, his thoughts are unpredictable.”
Suddenly outside the door there was someone reciting loudly, ”Roaming to and fro, free without limitation; heart is free from greed, glorious body is free from disgrace! … Ah! Miss Mu, why are you here?” It was the Changchun Zi [Eternal Spring] Qiu Chuji.
Before Mu Nianci could reply, Yang Kang happened to be walking out of the inn. He saw his Shifu and his heart started thumping madly; this time they came face to face, there was no place he could hide, he had no choice but to kneel down and kowtow.
Next to Qiu Chuji stood several people; they were Danyang Zi [Scarlet Sun] Ma Yu, Yuyang Zi [Jade Sun] Wang Chuyi, Qing Jing San Ren [Sage of Tranquility] Sun Bu'er, as well as Qiu Chuji's disciple, Yin Zhiping. The previous day Yin Zhiping was beaten by Huang Yaoshi and he fell down and half the teeth in his mouth came off. Hastily he went to Lin'an to give report to his Shifu. Qiu Chuji was startled and angry; he wanted to go immediately to find Huang Yaoshi. Ma Yu strongly advised against his intention. Qiu Chuji said, ”The Old Heretic Huang shared the same honor as our deceased master. Among us seven brothers and sister, only Wang Shi Di [younger martial brother] has seen his face at Mount Hua. Xiao Di [little younger brother] always admire him and wanted to see him long ago, I don't want to fight with him; why did Da Shige [first martial (older) brother] prevent me?”
Ma Yu said, ”I heard Huang Yaoshi's temperament is strange, while your own temperament is brash and explosive; if you two meet, chances are that we won't have an amiable situation. He spared Zhiping's life, that means he is being lenient to us.” However, Qiu Chuji was adamant in going, and Ma Yu did not have any way to persuade him not to. As it turned out, all Quanzhen Seven Masters happened to be in the vicinity of Lin'an; thereupon they were summoned and the next day they went to the Ox Village together.
All Quanzhen Seven Masters gathered together carried a strong power, but they fully realized Huang Yaoshi's ability, at the same time it was not clear whether he was a friend or a foe, therefore, they did not dare to be careless or indiscreet. Ma Yu, Qiu Chuji, Wang Chuyi, Sun Bu'er and Yin Zhiping, five people went into the village; while Tan Chuduan, Liu Chuxuan and Hao Datong waited outside the village, ready to help. Who would have thought that they did not see Huang Yaoshi, but saw Mu Nianci and Yang Kang instead.
Qiu Chuji only snorted seeing Yang Kang kowtow, and did not pay him any attention. Yin Zhiping said, ”Shifu, the Master of the Peach Blossom Island bullied disciple in this inn.” Initially he referred to Huang Yaoshi as the Old Heretic Huang [Huang Laoxie], but after being scolded by Ma Yu and the others he changed the way he called him.
In a loud and clear voice Qiu Chuji called out, ”Quanzhen disciples Ma Yu and the others pay their respect to the Peach Blossom Island's Huang Daozhu [Island Master Huang].”
”There is no one inside,” Yang Kang said.
Qiu Chuji stomped his foot and said, ”What a pity, what a pity we can't see him!” Turning his head to Yang Kang he asked, ”What are you doing here?”
Yang Kang was already scared to see his master and martial uncles, so he did not know what to say.
Huazheng had stared hard at Ma Yu for half a day, finally she rushed forward and called out, ”Ah, you are the one who helped me capturing the eagles; you are the three-hair-bun Uncle. Look, those little eaglets have grown this big.” She let out a loud whistle and the pair of eagles came down and perched on her left and right shoulders.