Chapter - 466 Graceful Movements of Three Pines In the Lush Green Forest (7) (1/2)

Du E and Du Jie's black ropes also moved that together they drove the remaining seven people to fall back. In the meantime, Du Nan focused his attention to deal with the black-bearded old man, which was a notch inferior to him both in terms of martial art and internal strength. He fought sitting inside the pine tree, and did not stand up at all. His ten fingers slapped, pierced, plucked, hooked, pointed, brushed, captured and seized, so that after several moves, the black-bearded old man repeatedly fell into dangerous situations. Seeing his seven companions were not in a better situation than what he was facing, the old man bellowed and leaped out from the loop.

Zhang Wuji handed the black rope back to Du Nan, and then bending down, he used the Qian Kun Da Nuo Yi again to push the giant rock another foot. He looked down into the exposed underground cave and called out, ”Yifu, Child Wuji is late in rescuing you. Can you come out?”

”I am not going out,” Xie Xun replied, ”Good Child, get out of here, quick!”

Zhang Wuji was surprised. ”Yifu,” he said, ”Is your acupoint sealed? Or are you bound in shackles?”

Without waiting for Xie Xun to reply, he jumped down the dungeon. 'Splash!' water splashed out. Turned out the several hours of heavy downpour had flooded the dungeon that the water reached his waist. Half of Xie Xun's body was submerged in water.

Zhang Wuji's heart ached. He reached out to carry Xie Xun up. His hands groped around Xie Xun's hands and feet, but did not feel any shackles. He then massaged Xie Xun's several main acupoints, but again, he did not find any signs of anybody sealed his acupoints. Hence, he wrapped his arms around Xie Xun's body, leaped up and out of the dungeon, and sat Xie Xun on top of the giant rock by the cave opening.

”This is the best time to escape,” Zhang Wuji said, ”Yifu, let us leave.” As he said that, he pulled Xie Xun's arm, with the intention to leave immediately. But Xie Xun kept sitting on the rock, refusing to move. Hugging his own knees he said, ”Child, the gravest sin I have ever committed in my life was killing Kong Jian Dashi. If your Yifu fall into other people's hands, I would certainly fight bravely to the end. But today I become a prisoner of the Shaolin Temple, I am willing to receive the harshest punishment to pay for Kong Jian Dashi's life.”

Zhang Wuji anxiously said, ”But you killed Kong Jian Dashi by mistake. It was Cheng Kun, that wicked thief, who engineered such a sinister plot. Besides, Yifu's entire family's blood debt has not been restituted, how can you die under Cheng Kun's hands?”

Xie Xun sighed and said, ”Everyday for more than a month, in this dungeon, I heard the three eminent monks chant their prayers, I heard the morning bell and the evening drum from the temple at the bottom of this hill, which has made me think about my past. Your Yifu's hands reek with too much innocent blood that even a hundred deaths cannot redeem it. Ay, all sorts of wickedness caused too much sin. I am more sinful than Cheng Kun. Good Child, don't mind me, just quickly go down the hill.”

The more Zhang Wuji listened to him, the more anxious he was. ”Yifu,” he shouted, ”If you don't want to go, I will force you.” As he said that, he turned around and grabbed both of Xie Xun's hands; he was going to carry him on his back.

They heard clamoring noise of people coming up the mountain path, there were several people shouting, ”Who dare to cause trouble at Shaolin Temple?” A dozen or so people were coming up the hill, amidst the noise of feet splashing in the water.