Part 1
BECAUSE of being persuaded continuously, Kim-gan-liong Cin Lu Ek finally complied as well. Then the five of them went up to the hill of Liong-cu-san.
Pat-jiu kiam-ong by himself welcomed their arrival on the hill. His disciple, Nyo Siang Lan, had just come down the mountain as being told before. Knowing that the ones who came were kang-ouw figures, Ong Han Cu immediately stood up to welcome them with a smile.
“Ah, Ngo-wi enghiong (five gentlemen) come all the way to visit my bad home, I don’t know what needs to be?”
An unreasonable reasonLeng Kok Hosiang paid his respects and while laughing he said. “Pat-jiu kiam-ong, we’ve heard your great name. And we’ve also heard that you have found some kind of great swordsman-stance. So we come here to congratulate!”
“Which kind of great swordsman-stance you mean?” Pat-jiu kiam-ong stayed low. “Because my swordsman-stance is nothing but a few bad motions.”
“Actually, we come deliberately to take Kim-gan-liong Cin Lu Ek who felt very interested in your great name and wanted to ask for some lesson!” Said the monk, but Kim-gan-liong became very surprised because this sayings was very different at all from the actual intention of those four.
He forcedly went forward and paid his respects to Ong Han Cu then said. “That’s right, Pat-jiu kiam-ong, I’m Cin Lu Ek, this skilledless one, very interested and really want to get a lesson from you who are brave.”
A man who never wanted to loseOng Han Cu laughed and shook his head. “I never thought that Kim-gan-liong who has great name turns out to be still willing to play like a child. If both of us take pibu and win, there is no benefit! But if getting lose, we will get embarrassed!”
Indeed, Kim-gan-liong Cin Lu Ek had a character that did not want to lose. Hearing Pat-jiu kiam-ong’s words, he felt ridiculed and considered half-eyed, his face turned red.
“Pat-jiu kiam-ong, since you have nicknamed as the King of Swords, then you nomore need to add knowledge. But for me, as the others, actually feel pleasures of doing pibu. Wherever I am, if getting any chances, I really want to increase my knowledge of martial arts. And now I’m dealing with you whose nickname as the King of Swords, so of course I don’t want to waste this opportunity to learn some motions.”
“Good, good!” Exclaimed Leng Kok Hosiang happily then said to Toat-beng sin-to Liok Kong who always brought a wine jar.
“Liok-enghiong, take out your wine jar! Let’s promise, who wins will get three bowls of wine, then the loser gets five as entertainment! People knew Kim-gan-liong as a swordsman from Kun-lun-pai, while Pat-jiu kiam-ong has just gotten an incredible swordsman-stance. What a very interesting, opening up our eyes all the pibu is.”
After saying that, these four men sat down, placing the wine jar on the ground. Pat-jiu kiam-ong forcedly pulled out his sword because Kim-gan-liong had stood up and was ready with his sword.
A friendly pibuThe warrior of Mount Liong-cu-san was of course not a fool. He could guess that the arrival of Leng Kok Hosiang and his friends’ certainly contained a certain intention. He understood that they had a bad intention, possible ganging him up. But he didn’t feel afraid of them at all.
“Kim-gan-liong, show me the famous swordsman-stance of Kun-lun-pai!” He said, being ready with his stance, placing his left foot forward, bending his right leg, and the tip of his sword against the ground, then placing his left hand on his chest to pay respect. This motion was namely as the manner of A Young God Waiting for Orders.
“Pat-jiu kiam-ong, forgive me for badness of my swordsman-stance,” said Kim-gan-liong who immediately moved his sword to attack with trick-motion of Sian-jin-tit-louw (God Shows the Way). However without changing his feet position, easily Ong Han Cu raised his sword parrying.
The vibration on his sword really made Cin Lu Ek shocked because from the vibration of deflecting sword exerted power which made his palm holding the sword become tingling. He quickly pulled back the sword and continued with the attack of Pek-in-kian-jit (Sweeping Clouds Seeing the Sun). His sword flashed fast and grabbed towards the opponent’s neck, while his left hand was pushing forward to attack the opponent’s chest with full lweekang.
The danger in this attack actually lied in the blow of the left hand and rarely Kim-liong failed if he attacked an opponent with this tricky motion. He understood of Pat-jiu kiam-ong’s shrewdness, so just after doing the second stance, he had issued this dangerous trick-motion.
Kim-gan-liong, it’s now my turn!Ong Han Cu was certainly aware of the dangers of this attack, so suddenly he shouted loudly and made Kim-gan-liong shocked because suddenly he didn’t see the opponent’s image anymore. But as fast as lightning from behind he heard wind snatching and quickly he lowered himself as stepping forward and turning his body.
It turned out that his opponent had been behind him, so knew him that Pat-jiu kiam-ong, with his extraordinary ginkang, had made a tremendous leap past the top of his head and by this way he could avoid his attack at the same time. However, he became very embarrassed because it turned out that as Pat-jiu kiam-ong got behind him, the King of Swords only threw the tip of his left sleeve to tell him of being behind him.
But despite the embarrassment, Kim-liong precisely became very curious. While shouting loudly he played his sword, he exerted all his Kun-lun-pai swordsman-stance and issued the most dangerous, uneasy-dodged trick-motions.
But Pat-jiu kiam-ong was indeed a very smart man. Quietly and slowly he moved his sword, but the sword became a steel fortress that made the sword in Kim-gan-liong’s hand bouncing back continuously with his palm feeling sore. Thirty more stances Kim-gion-liong put out his skills but not even once could he urge his opponent. Let alone urged, even during that time Pat-jiu Kiam-ong never changed the position of his legs and while standing normally he was able to fend off all attacks.
Suddenly Pat-jiu kiam-ong said softly, “Kim-gan-liong, it’s now my turn!”
Kim-gion-liong became very surprised and hurriedly played a swordsman-stance of Beautiful Woman Opening Umbrella. His sword was rotated in such a way to be an umbrella that covered his entire body. But his eyes immediately became blurred as Pat-jiu kiam-ong’s sword flashed like thunderbolt.
Kim-gan-liong was an honest but brave manDazzling his eyes seeing the light of this sword. And without knowing how, suddenly the sword in his hand was released from his grasp. Then as opening his eyes, it turned out that his sword was already in Pat-jiu kiam-ong’s left hand.
The King of Swords smiled kindly and returned the sword to him then said. “Your swordsman-stance is very good, Kim-gan-liong!”
Cin Lu Ek stood dumbfounded. And after receiving his sword back, he quickly advanced saluting while bending his body.
“Ah, amazing …!” He exclaimed. “Even though I die, me Cin Lu Ek doesn’t feel curious after knowing the swordsman-stance of Kiam-Ong (King of Swords)!”
Seeing Kim-gan-liong’s manner, Ong Han Cu’s heart was happy as he could feel how the words and eyes of this person were honest, not containing flattering praise.
The cunning conspiracy beganMeanwhile, as the two men were clashing of skills, slowly Leng Kok Hosiang whispered to his three friends, “I deliberately pitted them to see to where Pat-jiu kiam-ong’s skill was. If it turns out that it isn’t high and we’re able to deal with it, well we gang him up. But if it’s too strong, we use another, more subtle way.” He then pointed towards the wine cup in front of him.
Indeed, Leng Kok Hosiang was famous as a very-skilled poison expert. Even his punching-stance called Hek-cojiu (Hand of Black Snake) was very dangerous and could bring death like being bitten by a poisonous snake as hitting an opponent.
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