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As the brick went down, the golden hairpin pierced the 'que pen xue'. That man did not feel pain at all, on the contrary, he felt comfortable, so his confidence in Zhao Min grew and he did not stop expressing his thanks to her. Zhao Min told him to draw the pin out, and then pierced his 'hun men' [soul gate], 'po hu' [spirit entrance], 'tian zhu' [pillar of the Heaven], 'ku fang' [storage room], and other acupoints, seven or eight in total.
Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "That's enough! That's enough!" He stood up, knowing that with these acupoints pierced, if that man wanted to escape, as soon as he exerted his strength to run, these acupoints would flare-up, and he would meet his doom.
"Go fetch two buckets of water," Zhao Min told him, "We want to wash our faces. And then you can cook some rice. If you want to die, go ahead and put some poison in the food, and then the three of us will become ghosts together."
"Xiao De does not dare, Xiao De does not dare," that man said. And thus Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min had a servant to attend to their needs.
Zhao Min asked his name. Turned out his surname was Shou [long life], given name Nanshan [southern mountain]; he was known in Jianghu as 'wan shou wu jiang' [ten thousand long life without limit]. Actually, his friends were making fun of him since he had always shrunk from battle, so they said that he would have a long life because he would never be killed in a battle.
Although he belonged to the group of 'lu lin' [lit. green forest, outlaws – see similar occurrence above] warriors who joined Yuan Zhen's school, Yuan Zhen regarded his talent as lacking, his intelligence low, so Yuan Zhen only used him to do the leg work but had never imparted any martial art skill to him.
Even after his acupoints were sealed, Shou Nanshan did not lose his physical strength; he carried out Zhao Min's instructions diligently. He was the one who dragged all nine corpses and buried them in the rear yard, and he also fetched water to clean the temple from all the bloodstains. His martial art skill might be mediocre, but his culinary skill could be considered first class. As Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min enjoyed the meat and vegetable dishes he prepared, they heaped him with praises.
After everything was settled, Zhang and Zhao two people began interrogating him about the 'Lion-slaying Heroes' Assembly'. Contrary to their expectation, Shou Nanshan did not even try to conceal anything from them, but too bad his companions did not regard him too highly, so that in many things nobody had ever told him anything. He only knew that the Shaolin Temple Abbot, Reverend Kong Wen, had assigned Yuan Zhen to preside over this assembly. Yuan Zhen, acting on behalf of Kong Wen and Kong Zhi, two divine monks, had broadcasted invitations to all heroes and warriors from all schools and sects, clans and societies around the world, to gather at the Shaolin Temple on the Duanwu day, to discuss a very important matter.
Zhang Wuji asked to see the invitation. It was addressed to Fu Chenzi, Gu Songzi, Gui Zangci, and other sword masters of Diancang Pai of Yunnan. The sword masters of Diancang had been famous for quite a while, but they were living way down south in Yunnan, and had never had any contact with the Wulin characters of the Central Plains. This time even Shaolin Pai invited them to come. It was clear that the scale of this assembly was to be magnificent. Shaolin Pai was the Wulin leader. When Kong Wen and Kong Zhi personally issued an invitation, no matter what important matter the addressee was facing, they would lay it aside and come to attend the meeting.
Zhang Wuji noticed that the invitation did not have too many characters on it; it simply said, 'Respectfully inviting (you) on the Duan Yang festival, to get together at Shaolin, to enjoy goblets of wine and be merry with the heroes of the world.' There was no reference on 'lion-slaying' at all.
"Why did that Qin Laowu say this meeting was called 'Lion-slaying Heroes' Assembly'?" Zhang Wuji asked.
Shou Nanshan, with a smug look on his face, said, "Zhang-ye [Master Zhang] did not know it, but my Shifu has captured a very important character who is called Jin Mao Shi Wang Xie Xun. For this kind of accomplishment, our Shaolin Pai wants to show our face in front of all the world's heroes. We are going to kill this Jin Mao Shi Wang in public, that is why this meeting is called the 'Lion-slaying Heroes' Assembly'."
Suppressing his anger Zhang Wuji asked again, "What kind of character is this Jin Mao Shi Wang? Have you seen him? How did your Shifu capture him? Currently, where is this person being detained at?"
"This fellow Jin Mao Shi Wang," Shou Nanshan said, "Hey, hey, he is truly magnificent. He is twice as tall as Xiao Ren, his upper arm is thicker than Xiao Ren's thigh. Apart from everything else, whenever he is staring at you with that pair of sparkling bright eyes of his, you would feel that your soul is flying out of your body. Even without fighting, you would kowtow and beg for mercy …"
Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min exchanged a glance, while Shou Nanshan continued, "My Shifu battled him for seven days and seven nights without clear decision of victory and defeat. Later on, my Shifu has gotten angry and launched his earth-shattering 'qin long fu hu gong' [capturing dragon, subduing tiger skill]; finally he was able to defeat him. Right now, this Jin Mao Shi Wang is detained in a large iron cage inside our Temple's Da Xiong Bao Dian [lit. great heroism precious hall]; with seven or eight pure steel chain links bound around his body …"
The more Zhang Wuji listened, the angrier he got. "I told you to tell me the truth, and not such rubbish!" he roared, "Do you want me to take your life? Jin Mao Shi Wang Xie Daxia has lost his vision, how can you say he has a pair of sparkling bright eyes?"
As his lies were exposed on the spot, Shou Nanshan busily said, "Yes! Yes! Xiao Ren must be mistaken."
"Now tell me, have you or have you not seen him [orig. lao3 ren2 jia1 – senior]?" Zhang Wuji asked, "What does Xie Daxia look like? Tell me."
In reality, Shou Nanshan had not seen Xie Xun at all. Knowing that he could no longer lie, he was afraid of his life, so he hastily said, "Xiao Ren does not dare to lie. Actually, I only heard what other brothers have said."
All Zhang Wuji wanted was the exact location of Xie Xun's imprisonment; but after repeated interrogation, Shou Nanshan still was not able to give him any new information. He thought this matter must be of great importance and was held in the strictest confidence, so of course a small peon like Shou Nanshan did not have any access to the information. Therefore, Zhang Wuji had no choice but to let it go. Luckily, the Duanyang festival was still some times away, since it was only the second month, so he still had time to wait until they were fully recovered from their injuries.
The three of them stayed in the Divine Temple of Mount Zhong ['zhong yue shen miao'] for several days. They spent their days in peace and quiet, since Shaolin Temple did not send anybody to establish any contact with the former occupants. Toward the eighth day, Zhao Min's injury had been 70, 80% healed, while Zhang Wuji's internal energy was flowing better progressively. He gradually regained the strength of his four limbs, so now it would not be difficult for them to escape even if the enemies arrived.
Shou Nanshan was waiting on them with all his heart, he did not dare to have the slightest idea of rebelling. Zhao Min said with a laugh, "'Wan Shou Wu Jiang', your mediocre martial art skill is nothing to be talked about, but your talent to be a 'guan jia' [housekeeper/butler] is actually top-notch."
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As the brick went down, the golden hairpin pierced the 'que pen xue'. That man did not feel pain at all, on the contrary, he felt comfortable, so his confidence in Zhao Min grew and he did not stop expressing his thanks to her. Zhao Min told him to draw the pin out, and then pierced his 'hun men' [soul gate], 'po hu' [spirit entrance], 'tian zhu' [pillar of the Heaven], 'ku fang' [storage room], and other acupoints, seven or eight in total.
Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "That's enough! That's enough!" He stood up, knowing that with these acupoints pierced, if that man wanted to escape, as soon as he exerted his strength to run, these acupoints would flare-up, and he would meet his doom.
"Go fetch two buckets of water," Zhao Min told him, "We want to wash our faces. And then you can cook some rice. If you want to die, go ahead and put some poison in the food, and then the three of us will become ghosts together."
"Xiao De does not dare, Xiao De does not dare," that man said. And thus Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min had a servant to attend to their needs.
Zhao Min asked his name. Turned out his surname was Shou [long life], given name Nanshan [southern mountain]; he was known in Jianghu as 'wan shou wu jiang' [ten thousand long life without limit]. Actually, his friends were making fun of him since he had always shrunk from battle, so they said that he would have a long life because he would never be killed in a battle.
Although he belonged to the group of 'lu lin' [lit. green forest, outlaws – see similar occurrence above] warriors who joined Yuan Zhen's school, Yuan Zhen regarded his talent as lacking, his intelligence low, so Yuan Zhen only used him to do the leg work but had never imparted any martial art skill to him.
Even after his acupoints were sealed, Shou Nanshan did not lose his physical strength; he carried out Zhao Min's instructions diligently. He was the one who dragged all nine corpses and buried them in the rear yard, and he also fetched water to clean the temple from all the bloodstains. His martial art skill might be mediocre, but his culinary skill could be considered first class. As Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min enjoyed the meat and vegetable dishes he prepared, they heaped him with praises.
After everything was settled, Zhang and Zhao two people began interrogating him about the 'Lion-slaying Heroes' Assembly'. Contrary to their expectation, Shou Nanshan did not even try to conceal anything from them, but too bad his companions did not regard him too highly, so that in many things nobody had ever told him anything. He only knew that the Shaolin Temple Abbot, Reverend Kong Wen, had assigned Yuan Zhen to preside over this assembly. Yuan Zhen, acting on behalf of Kong Wen and Kong Zhi, two divine monks, had broadcasted invitations to all heroes and warriors from all schools and sects, clans and societies around the world, to gather at the Shaolin Temple on the Duanwu day, to discuss a very important matter.
Zhang Wuji asked to see the invitation. It was addressed to Fu Chenzi, Gu Songzi, Gui Zangci, and other sword masters of Diancang Pai of Yunnan. The sword masters of Diancang had been famous for quite a while, but they were living way down south in Yunnan, and had never had any contact with the Wulin characters of the Central Plains. This time even Shaolin Pai invited them to come. It was clear that the scale of this assembly was to be magnificent. Shaolin Pai was the Wulin leader. When Kong Wen and Kong Zhi personally issued an invitation, no matter what important matter the addressee was facing, they would lay it aside and come to attend the meeting.
Zhang Wuji noticed that the invitation did not have too many characters on it; it simply said, 'Respectfully inviting (you) on the Duan Yang festival, to get together at Shaolin, to enjoy goblets of wine and be merry with the heroes of the world.' There was no reference on 'lion-slaying' at all.
"Why did that Qin Laowu say this meeting was called 'Lion-slaying Heroes' Assembly'?" Zhang Wuji asked.
Shou Nanshan, with a smug look on his face, said, "Zhang-ye [Master Zhang] did not know it, but my Shifu has captured a very important character who is called Jin Mao Shi Wang Xie Xun. For this kind of accomplishment, our Shaolin Pai wants to show our face in front of all the world's heroes. We are going to kill this Jin Mao Shi Wang in public, that is why this meeting is called the 'Lion-slaying Heroes' Assembly'."
Suppressing his anger Zhang Wuji asked again, "What kind of character is this Jin Mao Shi Wang? Have you seen him? How did your Shifu capture him? Currently, where is this person being detained at?"
"This fellow Jin Mao Shi Wang," Shou Nanshan said, "Hey, hey, he is truly magnificent. He is twice as tall as Xiao Ren, his upper arm is thicker than Xiao Ren's thigh. Apart from everything else, whenever he is staring at you with that pair of sparkling bright eyes of his, you would feel that your soul is flying out of your body. Even without fighting, you would kowtow and beg for mercy …"
Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min exchanged a glance, while Shou Nanshan continued, "My Shifu battled him for seven days and seven nights without clear decision of victory and defeat. Later on, my Shifu has gotten angry and launched his earth-shattering 'qin long fu hu gong' [capturing dragon, subduing tiger skill]; finally he was able to defeat him. Right now, this Jin Mao Shi Wang is detained in a large iron cage inside our Temple's Da Xiong Bao Dian [lit. great heroism precious hall]; with seven or eight pure steel chain links bound around his body …"
The more Zhang Wuji listened, the angrier he got. "I told you to tell me the truth, and not such rubbish!" he roared, "Do you want me to take your life? Jin Mao Shi Wang Xie Daxia has lost his vision, how can you say he has a pair of sparkling bright eyes?"
As his lies were exposed on the spot, Shou Nanshan busily said, "Yes! Yes! Xiao Ren must be mistaken."
"Now tell me, have you or have you not seen him [orig. lao3 ren2 jia1 – senior]?" Zhang Wuji asked, "What does Xie Daxia look like? Tell me."
In reality, Shou Nanshan had not seen Xie Xun at all. Knowing that he could no longer lie, he was afraid of his life, so he hastily said, "Xiao Ren does not dare to lie. Actually, I only heard what other brothers have said."
All Zhang Wuji wanted was the exact location of Xie Xun's imprisonment; but after repeated interrogation, Shou Nanshan still was not able to give him any new information. He thought this matter must be of great importance and was held in the strictest confidence, so of course a small peon like Shou Nanshan did not have any access to the information. Therefore, Zhang Wuji had no choice but to let it go. Luckily, the Duanyang festival was still some times away, since it was only the second month, so he still had time to wait until they were fully recovered from their injuries.
The three of them stayed in the Divine Temple of Mount Zhong ['zhong yue shen miao'] for several days. They spent their days in peace and quiet, since Shaolin Temple did not send anybody to establish any contact with the former occupants. Toward the eighth day, Zhao Min's injury had been 70, 80% healed, while Zhang Wuji's internal energy was flowing better progressively. He gradually regained the strength of his four limbs, so now it would not be difficult for them to escape even if the enemies arrived.
Shou Nanshan was waiting on them with all his heart, he did not dare to have the slightest idea of rebelling. Zhao Min said with a laugh, "'Wan Shou Wu Jiang', your mediocre martial art skill is nothing to be talked about, but your talent to be a 'guan jia' [housekeeper/butler] is actually top-notch."
As the brick went down, the golden hairpin pierced the 'que pen xue'. That man did not feel pain at all, on the contrary, he felt comfortable, so his confidence in Zhao Min grew and he did not stop expressing his thanks to her. Zhao Min told him to draw the pin out, and then pierced his 'hun men' soul gate, 'po hu' spirit entrance, 'tian zhu' pillar of the Heaven, 'ku fang' storage room, and other acupoints, seven or eight in total.Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "That's enough! That's enough!" He stood up, knowing that with these acupoints pierced, if that man wanted to escape, as soon as he exerted his strength to run, these acupoints would flare-up, and he would meet his doom."Go fetch two buckets of water," Zhao Min told him, "We want to wash our faces. And then you can cook some rice. If you want to die, go ahead and put some poison in the food, and then the three of us will become ghosts together.""Xiao De does not dare, Xiao De does not dare," that man said. And thus Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min had a servant to attend to their needs.Zhao Min asked his name. Turned out his surname was Shou long life, given name Nanshan southern mountain; he was known in Jianghu as 'wan shou wu jiang' ten thousand long life without limit. Actually, his friends were making fun of him since he had always shrunk from battle, so they said that he would have a long life because he would never be killed in a battle.Although he belonged to the group of 'lu lin' lit. green forest, outlaws see similar occurrence above warriors who joined Yuan Zhen's school, Yuan Zhen regarded his talent as lacking, his intelligence low, so Yuan Zhen only used him to do the leg work but had never imparted any martial art skill to him.Even after his acupoints were sealed, Shou Nanshan did not lose his physical strength; he carried out Zhao Min's instructions diligently. He was the one who dragged all nine corpses and buried them in the rear yard, and he also fetched water to clean the temple from all the bloodstains. His martial art skill might be mediocre, but his culinary skill could be considered first class. As Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min enjoyed the meat and vegetable dishes he prepared, they heaped him with praises.After everything was settled, Zhang and Zhao two people began interrogating him about the 'Lion-slaying Heroes' Assembly'. Contrary to their expectation, Shou Nanshan did not even try to conceal anything from them, but too bad his companions did not regard him too highly, so that in many things nobody had ever told him anything. He only knew that the Shaolin Temple Abbot, Reverend Kong Wen, had assigned Yuan Zhen to preside over this assembly. Yuan Zhen, acting on behalf of Kong Wen and Kong Zhi, two divine monks, had broadcasted invitations to all heroes and warriors from all schools and sects, clans and societies around the world, to gather at the Shaolin Temple on the Duanwu day, to discuss a very important matter.Zhang Wuji asked to see the invitation. It was addressed to Fu Chenzi, Gu Songzi, Gui Zangci, and other sword masters of Diancang Pai of Yunnan. The sword masters of Diancang had been famous for quite a while, but they were living way down south in Yunnan, and had never had any contact with the Wulin characters of the Central Plains. This time even Shaolin Pai invited them to come. It was clear that the scale of this assembly was to be magnificent. Shaolin Pai was the Wulin leader. When Kong Wen and Kong Zhi personally issued an invitation, no matter what important matter the addressee was facing, they would lay it aside and come to attend the meeting.Zhang Wuji noticed that the invitation did not have too many characters on it; it simply said, 'Respectfully inviting you on the Duan Yang festival, to get together at Shaolin, to enjoy goblets of wine and be merry with the heroes of the world.' There was no reference on 'lion-slaying' at all."Why did that Qin Laowu say this meeting was called 'Lion-slaying Heroes' Assembly'?" Zhang Wuji asked.Shou Nanshan, with a smug look on his face, said, "Zhang-ye Master Zhang did not know it, but my Shifu has captured a very important character who is called Jin Mao Shi Wang Xie Xun. For this kind of accomplishment, our Shaolin Pai wants to show our face in front of all the world's heroes. We are going to kill this Jin Mao Shi Wang in public, that is why this meeting is called the 'Lion-slaying Heroes' Assembly'."Suppressing his anger Zhang Wuji asked again, "What kind of character is this Jin Mao Shi Wang? Have you seen him? How did your Shifu capture him? Currently, where is this person being detained at?""This fellow Jin Mao Shi Wang," Shou Nanshan said, "Hey, hey, he is truly magnificent. He is twice as tall as Xiao Ren, his upper arm is thicker than Xiao Ren's thigh. Apart from everything else, whenever he is staring at you with that pair of sparkling bright eyes of his, you would feel that your soul is flying out of your body. Even without fighting, you would kowtow and beg for mercy "Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min exchanged a glance, while Shou Nanshan continued, "My Shifu battled him for seven days and seven nights without clear decision of victory and defeat. Later on, my Shifu has gotten angry and launched his earth-shattering 'qin long fu hu gong' capturing dragon, subduing tiger skill; finally he was able to defeat him. Right now, this Jin Mao Shi Wang is detained in a large iron cage inside our Temple's Da Xiong Bao Dian lit. great heroism precious hall; with seven or eight pure steel chain links bound around his body "The more Zhang Wuji listened, the angrier he got. "I told you to tell me the truth, and not such rubbish!" he roared, "Do you want me to take your life? Jin Mao Shi Wang Xie Daxia has lost his vision, how can you say he has a pair of sparkling bright eyes?"As his lies were exposed on the spot, Shou Nanshan busily said, "Yes! Yes! Xiao Ren must be mistaken.""Now tell me, have you or have you not seen him orig. lao3 ren2 jia1 senior?" Zhang Wuji asked, "What does Xie Daxia look like? Tell me."In reality, Shou Nanshan had not seen Xie Xun at all. Knowing that he could no longer lie, he was afraid of his life, so he hastily said, "Xiao Ren does not dare to lie. Actually, I only heard what other brothers have said."All Zhang Wuji wanted was the exact location of Xie Xun's imprisonment; but after repeated interrogation, Shou Nanshan still was not able to give him any new information. He thought this matter must be of great importance and was held in the strictest confidence, so of course a small peon like Shou Nanshan did not have any access to the information. Therefore, Zhang Wuji had no choice but to let it go. Luckily, the Duanyang festival was still some times away, since it was only the second month, so he still had time to wait until they were fully recovered from their injuries.The three of them stayed in the Divine Temple of Mount Zhong 'zhong yue shen miao' for several days. They spent their days in peace and quiet, since Shaolin Temple did not send anybody to establish any contact with the former occupants. Toward the eighth day, Zhao Min's injury had been 70, 80% healed, while Zhang Wuji's internal energy was flowing better progressively. He gradually regained the strength of his four limbs, so now it would not be difficult for them to escape even if the enemies arrived.Shou Nanshan was waiting on them with all his heart, he did not dare to have the slightest idea of rebelling. Zhao Min said with a laugh, "'Wan Shou Wu Jiang', your mediocre martial art skill is nothing to be talked about, but your talent to be a 'guan jia' housekeeper/butler is actually top-notch."
