Volume 1 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Ysabel, Jaya, you are welcolad that I can introduce you to an old wuxia, like DongBin said At first I was reluctant, thinking that probably everybody has already read this story one way or another Honestly, I don't like watching adaptations, maybe because I read the book first; adaptations are so different than the picture inabout another week or so, and then I will resuoing to abandon this story The Lord's willing, I a to finish it At least one book
Chapter 3 - Heavenly One Divine Water
Chu Liuxiang said, ”Therefore, he did it this way, so that people would think that these five massacred one another and died; all of them This way, the disciples of their school won't even have a target for revenge; what's there to investigate?”
Sighing lightly, Li Hongxiu said, ”But he had never thought that there is a person in the world who specializes inin other people's business”
Chu Liuxiang laughed and said, ”I aht about that”
”But who exactly is 'he'?” Li Hongxiu said, ”Anybody could be 'hiate, won't it be really like fishi+ng up a needle from the sea?”
”That's right,” Chu Liuxiang said
Suddenly his body flew up and leaped down into the sea
”What are you doing?” Li Hongxiu called out
Chu Liuxiang laughed, ”Fishi+ng up the needle,” he replied
'Splosh!+' Like a fish, his body disappeared into the sea The seawater, which appeared golden red under the setting sun, did not even create the slightest bit of splash
Sto Jie, you … you don't care about him”
Su Rongrong softly said, ”In this world, who could care about him?”
She went to look for a very large sailcloth and covered the five dead bodies
Only then did Song Tian'er dared to coht an elaborately ht hand, and a basket of fruits in her left hand
The stars gradually appeared, the ocean looked lossy, like satin They sat comfortably in the cool sea breeze, but in their heart they did not feel comfortable at all
If there were five strangers' corpses by your side, you would not feel comfortable either
Chu Liuxiang has been gone for a long time They saw soht on the surface of the sea Li Hongxiu groaned and laughed, ”I just hope no one would mistake him as a fish and catch him,” she said
Song Tian'er giggled and said, ”If anybody ht hie [older brother]”
Li Hongxiu opened her eyes wide and said, ”There's a very strange thing that I will never understand Suzhou dialect is definitely the best to listen to, yet Rong Jie is unwilling to speak it Guangdong dialect [Cantonese] undoubtedly sounds like bird's cry, but so it”
Song Tian'er hed and said, ”I know you don't like to listen, hence I insist on speaking it to infuriate you”
Before she finished speaking, her whole person suddenly ju around on the deck, while so out of her sleeve; it was a fish
Li Hongxiu clapped her hands and laughed heartily, ”Wonderful, wonderful; finally soer for me”
And then they saw Chu Liuxiang, nobody knew since when, standing there with a grin on his face, and a fish clutched in his left hand There was originally a fish in his right hand as well, but it was already inside Song Tian'er's collar
Song Tian'er was so scared that her face turned white Sto to pinch him
Chu Liuxiang laughed and said, ”I just saw someone whom you wanted to see theto tell you”
Song Tian'er pinched his ar, ”Tell me quick, as it?”
Chu Liuxiang blinked; his eyes were like the starlight on the ocean He laughed and said, ”Who's the one you wanted to see thethe qin [guqin or zither]? Who's the best in painting? Whose poems enrapture people the most? Who cooks the best food in the world?”
He has not finished speaking, Li Hongxiu already clapped her hands and said, ”I know! You are talking about the 'Miao Seng' [wonder monk] Wuhua [lit no flower]”
Song Tian'er pulled Chu Liuxiang's hand and said, ”Did you really see him? Where is he?”
Chu Liuxiang laughed and said, ”He was sitting alone on a boat, looking as if he was just reciting Buddhist scripture, ora poem When I suddenly appeared from the water, the look on his face, it's a pity that you did not see it”
”Do you know hi Tian'er asked
Chu Liuxiang said, ”I only met him three times The first tihts The second ti chess The third tihts”
He laughed before continuing, ”Discussing Buddhis wine, he could not outdrink me”
Li Hongxiu could not bear asking, ”How about playing chess?”
Chu Liuxiang sighed and said, ”I said it was enough, but that monk stubbornly refused”
Li Hongxiu giggled and said, ”Other than drinking and fighting, I a else you can't compare to others”
Chu Liuxiang replied resolutely, ”Nonsense, at least in eating I ate a bit more than he did”
Li Hongxiu laughed so hard that she could not keep her waist straight
Pulling his sleeve, Song Tian'er asked, ”Why didn't you invite him here?”
Chu Liuxiang said, ”He would have coirls over here anted to see hi hit by an arrow”
Pouting, Song Tian'er said, ”He has already becoirl?”
Chu Liuxiang laughed and said, ”He was afraid precisely because he is a monk; if he weren't a monk, he wouldn't be afraid”
Li Hongxiu laughed tenderly and said, ”If he weren't a uarantee he would come faster than a rabbit”
Su Rongrong laughed gently and said, ”I heard this person is a fa the Buddhists; not only in poetry [shi+], classical Chinese poe skills, but also in martial art he could be considered a master”
Chu Liuxiang sighed and said, ”How could he be just a reat talent a the Shaolin disciples Too bad he … he is too smart, his proficiencies are just too , so that when Shaolin's Tian Hu Dashi+ [great master, term of respect to address Buddhist men, none of those who took part in the election could compare to him”
Li Hongxiu said, ”It may be assumed that people like hi”
Clapping his hands, Chu Liuxiang said, ”I didn't expect Li Hongxiu to be Wuhua's close female friend”
Su Rongrong said, ”Naturally he does not have the slightest relation with this matter Did you see anybody else?”
Chu Liuxiang said, ”Those dead bodies floated frole shi+p east of here Other than Wuhua, there was only one shi+p with Wulin people”
”What kind of people?” Su Rongrong asked
Chu Liuxiang replied, ”The people on that boat were the Beggar Clan's Four Great Protectors of the Law, Four Great Elders, as well as their newly appointed Bangzhu You zhu died last year; can you guess who the new Bangzhu is?” [Translator's note: I usually translate 'Bang' as 'Gang', but since the terar Clan' has been widely used before, I decided to keep the already familiar term]
”Who?” Su Rongrong asked
Chu Liuxiang laughed and said, ”Think about it some more He is my friend, his capacity for wine is about the same as mine, his food capacity is also more or less the same as mine One day, he even painted your portrait”
”Ah!” Su Rongrong said, ”Could it be NanGong Ling?
Chu Liuxiang laughed, ”Precisely him,” he said
Su Rongrong spoke sweetly, ”Unexpectedly he becazhu It can clearly be seen that the general er old and wise [or experienced and knowledgeable] be considered a beauty, no longer they carefully select people based on age, but they began to focus on people's talent This is a matter worthy of celebration”
Li Hongxiu said, ”NanGong Ling can't possibly have any relationshi+p with this matter either Therefore …”
Chu Liuxiang smiled bitterly and said, ”Therefore, I don't knohat to do”
Su Rongrong spoke softly, ”It is best if you don't; I do not wish to meddle into this kind of other people's business either”
Chu Liuxiang stared at the piece of sailcloth; he said, ”I want you to think: did these five people have anything in common? For example …”
Li Hongxiu said, ”For example, they were all humans”
S said, ”Apart froain”
Su Rongrong stood up gracefully and said, ”Go down if you want to think in the cabin below I a tea for you I don't care if you want to think all night long, but no one is allowed to sit here and be blown by the wind”
The construction of the cabin was elaborate and gorgeous, definitely not a cun of space asted, and definitely not a single object was a sore in anybody's eyes
Walking down the stairs was an exquisite apartently, so that the dark cabin gradually brightened Chu Liuxiang, alking at the front, suddenly halted his steps, as if he was suddenly nailed to the floor, no longer able to move There was someone in the cabin, a woman!
Her back was toward the door as she sat in the chair Chu Liuxiang usually loved to sit in theat her from behind, they could only see the beautiful, thick hair pulled high above her head, and one hand, which was an absolutely beautiful hand