THE SMILING PROUD WANDERER by Jin Yong

In Love Part 4

"Oh, that Tan Diren is a good hand amount the second generation of apprentices in the Kunlun School. He mastered about sixty to seventy percent of his Master's sword skills. But compared to his big apprentice brother and second apprentice brother, he is still far behind. That big fellow Xin Guoliang from the Shaolin School has better sword skills than him."

"So that man with a loud voice is named Xin Guoliang. He seemed to be reasonable."

"His junior apprentice brother's name is Yi Guozi. That one was a total jerk. Those two thrusts of yours, one penetrating his palm, the other one injuring his left wrist, were quite handsome."

"I had no choice. Alas, now I've started a feud with the Shaolin School. That can only bring endless of future trouble."

"What about the Shaolin School? There's a good chance we can beat them. I didn't expect that Tan Diren would hit you with a palm strike, and I had no idea that you would spurt blood."

"Granny, you saw everything? I wonder why that Tan Diren suddenly passed out cold."

"Didn't you know? Blue Phoenix and the four Miao Girls under her command gave you a lot of blood. They are around venomous pests days and nights, so naturally their blood contained poison. Besides, the Five-Sylph Wine is utmost toxic. When your poisonous blood splashed into his mouth, of course he could not stand it."

"Oh!" Linghu Chong finally understood. "How could I stand it, then? How odd! I never had any grudges against that Chief Blue. I wonder why she would want to harm me."

"Who said she wanted to harm you? She had all good intentions, humph, wishful thinking, wanting to cure your injury and all. To poison your blood yet preserve your life is the trick her Five-Sylph Sect is really good at."

"I see. I thought that Chief Blue had no ill wills toward me. Doctor Ping One-Finger said that her medicinal wine was the utmost tonic."

"Of course she had no ill wills toward you. She couldn't have had more good wills," the granny exclaimed, which was returned by a smile on Linghu Chong's face.

"Do you think that Tan Diren will survive it?"

"That depends on his own internal strength and how much poisonous blood splashed into his mouth."

Remembering the expression on Tan Diren's face after he was poisoned, Linghu Chong couldn't help but shiver. After walking another hundred of feet, he suddenly remembered another thing and shouted out immediately.

"Oops, Granny, will you please wait here for me? I need to get back onto the ridge."

"Why?" the granny asked.

"The remains of Doctor Ping's body is still on the ridge and have not been buries yet."

"No need to go back. I've already handled his body."

"Oh, so Granny has already given Doctor Ping a burial."

"Nah, it wasn't a burial. I dissolved his body using dissolvent powder. Did you expect me to stare at a dead corpse all night long? Ping One-Finger didn't look that great when he was still alive. After he turned into a corpse, you can imagine how he looked."

Linghu Chong answered with a snort, but he couldn't help thinking that the granny's behavior was beyond all expectations. He owed Ping One-Finger great favor, and after Ping One-Finger passed away, he should have given him a proper burial, but this Granny opted to dissolve the body using dissolvent powder. The more he thought about this, the more uneasy he became, but as to why it was wrong to dissolve the body using dissolvent powder, he could not say.