Chapter - 516 Right And Wrong, Good And Evil (11) (1/2)

Guo Jing and Huang Rong were amused to watch this couple who quickly disappear beyond the cliff in the distant; and then they turned their heads to see Reverend Yideng was speaking in low voice on Qiu Qianren's ears.

Qiu Qianren did not say anything, he simply nodded his head repeatedly. Yideng spoke for a long while then finally he stood up and said, ”Let's go.”

Jing and Rong two people hurriedly went forward to pay their respects; they also bowed to the Fisherman, the Woodcutter, the Farmer and the Scholar. Yideng held out his hand to stroke their heads; he looked at them tenderly with a gentle smile on his face. ”Qi Xiong,” he turned to Hong Qigong, ”You are in good shape, your bravery is as great as I remember it; you also received these two fine disciples. I must congratulate you.”

Hong Qigong bowed and said, ”Reverend is also well.”

Yideng smiled, ”The mountain is tall and the river is long; till we meet again,” he said. Putting his palms together he turned around and left.

”Tomorrow is the sword meet, why are you leaving?” Hong Qigong called out.

Yideng turned his head and smiled, ”The Old Monk is an outsider; how could I dare to compete with world class heroes over a title? The Old Monk is here today to take care of twenty years' worth of gratitude and grudges; and I am happy my intention has been achieved. Qi Xiong, who is the present age hero but you? Why are you being modest?” Again he put his palms together, took Qiu Qianren's hand, and walked down the mountain.

The four main disciples of Dali bowed toward Hong Qigong then followed behind their master. The Scholar walked by Huang Rong's side. Seeing her cheeks were glowing he raised his eyebrows and smiled while reciting a line, ”On the marshy land there was a 'chang chu' tree, its branches are soft and willowy!”

Hearing him tease her, Huang Rong replied with another line, ”The chicken perched on their roost, the evening has arrived.”

The Scholar laughed a big laughter, he cupped his fists and left.

Guo Jing was bewildered, ”Rong'er,” he asked, ”Was that another Sanskrit line?”

”No,” Huang Rong smiled, ”It was from 'the book of poems'” she explained.

Hearing they were exchanging poetry, Guo Jing did not ask further.

Looking at him Huang Rong smiled. She thought, ”This 'zhuang yuan' [honorable title conferred to the person who scored highest in the imperial examination] is really smart; he had guessed correctly what's in my heart. The next lines of what he recited from the book of poems are 'pleasure does not need knowledge, pleasure does not need a family, pleasure does not need a room'. It was about a maiden adoring a bachelor's love song. It is very appropriate to Jing Gege's situation; he was saying that this scattered brain dumb kid has finally found a wife. I am very happy!” Having thought this suddenly she uttered a soft cry, ”Aiyo!”