Wanyan Honglie pressured himself to relax, and seen that Qiu Chuji glanced at his face for a second earlier than transferring his consideration totally onto the monk Jiaomu and the group of seven; clearly, he had not acknowledged him. Figuring that this was as a result of he had been injured as quickly as he confirmed up that evening so Qiu Chuji was not capable of see his face clearly, solely then did he really feel just a little higher. However when his eyes moved again to the copper vat, he was shocked once more, a lot in order that he nearly jumped out of his chair.

This type of vat was widespread in temples and shrines and was generally used for burning papers, incense and pretend cash for the lifeless. It was greater than a meter throughout and was in all probability round 400 jins [200 kilograms / over 400 lbs] or so. From the vat got here the candy scent of wine, clearly it was full of costly wine, which definitely added much more weight to the vat. However he didn’t appear to be utilizing any energy in his arm in any respect. Each step he took the floorboards moaned and bent from the load. Panic engulfed the underside degree because the proprietor, waiters, cooks, all of the patrons, and everybody else scrambled out, fearing that all the flooring would collapse on prime of them.

Coldly, the monk Jiaomu spoke up: “I’m honored that my Taoist brother would present himself right here, however what is the level in bringing the paper burning vat from our humble little temple? Let me introduce you to the Seven Heroes of the South!” Qiu Chuji made a respectful gesture along with his left hand and stated: “This humble Taoist has simply visited your holy temple the place I heard from the opposite monks that the Venerable Monk was inviting me for a drink at Pavilion of the Drunken Immortal. I figured that you’d have undoubtedly invited another mates; it seems I used to be proper. I’ve lengthy admired the Seven Heroes of the South; I’m lucky right this moment to make your acquaintance.” Monk Jiaomu turned to the seven individuals and stated: “That is elder ‘Changchun Zi’ Qiu Chuji of the Quanzhen Sect, I am positive everybody has heard of him.” Turning round to Qiu Chuji, he pointed on the blind man and continued, “That is the pinnacle of the Seven Heroes, the hero Ke, ‘Flying Bat Hovering via the Sky’ Ke Zhen’E.” He adopted by introducing the others, all of the whereas Wanyan Honglie giving this all of his consideration and memorizing their names. Quantity two in rank was that poor and downtrodden trying scholar that stole his cash, named ‘Magic Palms Scholar’ Zhu Cong. The fats, brief fellow that arrived first was ‘Horse God’ Han Baoju, he ranked third. The peasant that carried the load of firewood was quantity 4; his title was ‘Wooden Chopper of the Southern Mountains’ Nan Xiren. Ranked quantity 5 was that vast man that appeared like a butcher, ‘Smiling Dhuda’ Zhang Ahsheng. The little fellow that appeared like a service provider was surnamed Quan, Jinfa was his given title, and his nickname was ‘Hidden Hero of the Bustling Metropolis’. The fisher lady was known as ‘Yue Maiden Sword’ Han Xiaoying, clearly the youngest of the seven Heroes.

All of the whereas the monk Jiaomu was introducing everybody, Qiu Chuji would very respectfully bow just a little as an indication of respect, however his proper hand was nonetheless holding up the vat and there was no signal of fatigue in any respect. Just a few of the braver ones of the individuals downstairs noticed that there was no rapid hazard and truly walked again in to see what was happening.

Ke Zhen’E spoke up: “Folks name us seven brothers and sister the Seven Freaks as a result of we’re a moderately odd assortment of characters; we dare not assume the title ‘Seven Heroes’ that the monk Jiaomu known as us. All of us have lengthy admired the famed Seven Masters of Quanzhen, particularly the elder ‘Changchun Zi’, who’s many chivalrous deeds we have now all heard of. The monk Jiaomu is a most heat and pleasant man; we won’t perceive how he may have offended elder Qiu. If the elder thinks something of us, then please let the seven of us be a mediator for the dispute. Apart from, regardless that Taoism and Buddhism worship various kinds of deities, you two gents are nonetheless each monks or clergymen and members of the martial world. Why do not we forgive and overlook so we will simply collect right here and have a pleasant little drink collectively?”

Qiu Chuji replied: “I’ve by no means met the Venerable Monk Jiaomu earlier than, neither is there any gratitude or grudges between the 2 of us. So long as he palms over two individuals, then I personally will instantly go to the Fahua Monastery to express regret.” Ke Zhen’E requested: “Which two individuals?” Qiu Chuji replied: “I’ve two superb mates who had been killed by corrupt officers working with the Jin. Their widows are on their lonesome on the planet. Hero Ke, do you suppose that I ought to step into this matter?” When Wanyan Honglie heard this, the cup in his hand all of a sudden shook and a few wine spilled onto the desk. Ke Zhen’E replied: “It would not even matter if they’re widows of the monk’s good mates. Even when none of us have ever met them, if we knew about one thing like this taking place, we’d step in and do the very best we will to maintain them. That is one thing that ought to be carried out with none hesitation.” Qiu Chuji loudly replied: “That is proper! I simply need the monk Jiaomu at hand these two widows over to me! He’s a monk, how may he maintain two widows in his monastery and never hand them over? The Seven Heroes listed here are cheap and righteous individuals; please do the fitting factor!” When he completed saying this, not solely had been the monk Jiaomu and the Seven Freaks shocked, Wanyan Honglie was fairly stunned as nicely. He thought: “Is he not speaking about Madame Yang and Madame Guo however another person?”

The monk Jiaomu’s face was burnt yellowish to start with, now it was much more burnt trying. He couldn’t carry himself to answer for some time as he may solely stammer: “You… you… are speaking nonsense… nonsense….”

Qiu Chuji was livid: “You’re a man of the martial world too, how dare you do such a shameful deed!” He pushed along with his proper hand and the a number of hundred kilogram heavy vat with the wine in it went flying in the direction of the monk Jiaomu. The monk instantly jumped apart.

The folks that gathered on the finish of the steps had been frightened out of their wits and all of them rotated and pushed their approach down the steps in a panic.

‘Smiling Dhuda’ Zhang Ahsheng figured that, though the vat was heavy, he would nonetheless have the ability to deal with it along with his energy. So he stepped up, channeled some internal energy into his arms, and waited till the vat arrived earlier than he, with a shout, grabbed a maintain of it. The muscle tissues on his again and his shoulders bulged out as he was truly capable of management the vat all by himself. As he lifted the vat up over his head, the quantity of power exerted below his toes was too nice and with one loud ‘crack’, his left foot went via the floorboards, inflicting the gang downstairs to scream. Zhang Ahsheng took two steps ahead, bent his arms barely, and, with the transfer ‘Opening the Home windows to View the Moon’; he threw the vat again at Qiu Chuji. Qiu Chuji caught the vat along with his proper hand and laughed: “The Seven Freaks of the South are identical to the rumors say, very deserving of their fame!” Then his expression darkened as he turned to the monk Jiaomu: “What occurred to these two widows? You might be forcing two widows to dwell in your monastery, what for? In case you dare to the touch a single strand of their hair, I will smash your bones till they’re mud and burn down that monastery of yours!” Zhu Cong flicked his fan and stated whereas shaking his head: “The monk Jiaomu is an honorable and revered monk, how may he do such a shameful factor? Elder Qiu should have heard of this from somebody shameless and despicable. This type of gossip cannot be trusted.”