Chapter - 2 Thinking of the Unforgettable Man Far Away (2) (1/2)
After awhile, Jueyuan walked to the back of a small house and emptied the buckets of water in an old well. Guo Xiang asked, ”What are you doing? Why are you emptying the water in this well?” Jueyuan remained calm and shook his head. Guo Xiang thought she understood now and smiled, ”You're learning some sort of powerful martial arts, aren't you?” Jueyuan shook his head again. Guo Xiang was feeling a bit angry now and said, ”I just heard you chanting, you're not dumb, why won't you answer me?” Jueyuan put his palms together and looked apologetic and carried the buckets and walked away again.
Guo Xiang looked into the well and couldn't find anything strange about it and stared at Jueyuan's back and felt puzzled.
She gave chase for awhile but soon she felt tired and rested on a rock. She was admiring the scenery and felt very fresh afterwards. Guo Xiang was thinking, ”I wonder where the pupil of this monk is. The pupil will probably tell me what is going here.”
She started going down again and wanted to find Zhang Junbao, the pupil of Jueyuan. She walked for awhile and soon she heard that metallic sound again, Jue Yuan came up again and Guo Xiang quickly hid and thought, ”I'll spy on him and see what he is up to.”
The metallic sound was becoming clearer and she saw Jueyuan reading a book. She silently approached him and called out, ”What are you reading?”
Jueyuan was startled and cried out, ”You gave me a scare, it's only you.” Guo Xiang smiled, ”You're not pretending to be a dumb anymore.” Jueyuan looked slightly afraid and looked to the left and right and shook his hand.
Guo Xiang asked, ”What is wrong?”
Before Jueyuan could answer, two monks in grey robes appeared out of the woods. One was very tall, the other one short. The tall monk sternly said to Jueyuan, ”Jueyuan, you broke the rules by talking to an outsider and furthermore to a young girl. Come with us to see the elder of the Disciplinary Hall.”
Jueyuan looked crestfallen and nodded and started walking behind those two monks. Guo Xiang was angry and annoyed and sternly reproached, ”What kind of rule forbids people from talking? I know this reverend and if I want to talk to him, it's no concern to you.”
The tall monk gave her an arrogant look and said, ”For more than thousand years, the Shaolin Monastery doesn't allow women to enter. I suggest that Miss would leave before you get yourself in trouble.”
Guo Xiang became even more angry and said, ”So what about women? Aren't women humans? And why do you pester reverend Jueyuan? How come he is chained and you forbid him to talk to anyone?”
The monk coldly replied, ”These are the rules of our monastery, no one has the right to question, not even the emperor. Miss, needn't bother.”
Guo Xiang angrily said, ”Reverend Jueyuan is an honest good person, you're bullying him because he's a nice man. Where are reverend TianMing, the monks Wuse and Wuxiang?
The two monks were shocked. Reverend TianMing is the abbot of Shaolin, Wuse is the elder of the Luohan Hall and Wuxiang is the elder of the Damo Hall. The three of them are very respected, all the monks address them as 'old abbot, elder of the Luohan Hall or elder of the Damo Hall.'
No one has dared to call out their names, and today these two monks hear this young girl calling out their names and creating a scene.