Yang Guo saw his master strike Li Mochouâs cheek and was delighted and said, âGu Gu, Li Mochou would definitely not be able to beat the manualâs skillsâ before he finished he saw Xiao Longnu shaking and she wasnât able to control it, alarmed, he called out, âGu Gu, how are youâŠyouâ and Xiao Longnu shivered and said, âIâm⊠Iâm cold.â
Although the attacks she used were light, she still had to use her internal energy. She had yet to recover her internal energy; this injury was serious. She has always practiced on the Chilled Jade Bed, her foundation was of this nature, now the strength to oppose was gone; an extreme cold penetrated her and her teeth chattered incessantly.
Yang Guo was alarmed and called out, âWhat should I do?â In this urgent situation he held Xiao Longnu tightly, using his body heat to counter the cold, but after a while he felt she was becoming colder, he himself gradually could not endure it for much longer.
Xiao Longnu felt her internal energy dripping away, and said, âGuoâer, I wonât make it, take me to the room with the stone coffins.â
Yang Guo was distressed and couldnât say anything, but he thought about how they only had a few days to live anyway, it would be just the same if he died with her now so he quickly replied, âFine.â He carried her to the room and then placed her on one of the lids and lit a candle. In candlelight, and with the backdrop of the stone coffins, Xiao Longnu appeared even weaker.
Xiao Longnu said, âPush one of the lids open and place me in the coffin.â
Yang Guo said, âAlright!â
Xiao Longnu couldnât hear any sadness in his voice and was slightly surprised. Yang Guo pushed open one of the stone lids and placed her inside the coffin, and then leaped inside, lying together face to face with her. The two of them together in the coffin didnât allow much space to move.
Xiao Longnu was happy and also puzzled, she asked, âWhat are you doing?â
Yang Guo said, âOf course Iâm going to follow you. Iâll let the other two sleep in the other coffin.â
Xiao Longnu gave a deep sigh, she was feeling calm and relaxed, her bodyâs coldness wasnât as severe as before. She turned her eyes on Yang Guo and saw his eyes looking at her. Her dress was on top of Yang Guo, she wished that Yang Guo would put his arms around her, but she saw his arms were straight; they were placed in his lap as they should be, afraid that he was going to touch her.
Xiao Longnu was slightly embarrassed, her face turned red, she turned her face away not daring to look at Yang Guo; her mind was enchanted for half an hour when she suddenly saw that something was written on the coffin lid. She looked closely and indeed there were some words:
âThe art of the Jade Heart Manual wants to overcome Quanzhenâs. But Chongyang, in his life, was inferior no one.â
The words were written in heavy ink, the words refined and their form large. The lid was only half open yet it was very clear.
Xiao Longnu gave an âhmmâ sound and said, âWhat does this mean?â
Yang Guo followed her eyes and saw the words; he pondered and said, âItâs written by Wang Chongyang?â
Xiao Longnu said, âIt looks like it was written by him. He is saying that our âJade Heart Manualâ is superior to Quanzhenâs kung fu, but he is saying that he is not weaker than our Ancestor Grandma, isnât that it?â
Yang Guo laughed and said, âThat old Taoist is bullshitting.â
Xiao Longnu looked at the words again, and saw that after them, there were many small words, because the words were small and they were lower down on the lid, Xiao Longnu couldnât make it out and said, âGuoâer, get out.â
Yang Guo shook his head and said, âI wonât leave.â
Xiao Longnu smiled and said, âJust get out for a second and you can come back to be with me later.â Yang Guo climbed out of the coffin.
Xiao Longnu sat up, and got Yang Guo to lower the candle, and then turned her body around to read the small words. She looked at the words and read each one, after she finished two passages she felt that she had no strength left and the candle fell onto her chest. Yang Guoâs hand quickly darted in and pulled her out of the stone coffin and asked, âWhat is it? What does the writing say?â
Xiao Longnu regained her composure and then sighed again, and said, âAfter Ancestor Grandma died, Wang Chongyang returned to the tomb.â
Yang Guo asked, âWhy did he come back?â
Xiao Longnu said, âHe came back to pay his respects to our ancestor. He saw that the âJade Heart Manualâ martial art skills left on the ceiling of the training room had defeated all the skills of the Quanzhen sect. The writing left on the lid says that the martial arts that our ancestor defeated were Quanzhenâs basic and coarse skills, but compared with the most advanced skills of Quanzhen, the skills of the âJade Heart Manualâ could not defeat them?
Yang Guo gave an âhumphâ sound and said, âAncestor Grandma is dead, he could say whatever he wants.â
Xiao Longnu said, âHe also said that in another room he has the techniques to defeat the âJade Heart Manualâ, if her descendants were fated to, they will know it when they see it.â
Yang Guo was curious and said, âGu Gu. Letâs go take a look.â
Xiao Longnu said, âWang Chongyang stated that the room is below this one. I have lived here for a lifetime and didnât know that such a room exists.â
Yang Guo begged, âGu Gu, letâs think of a way to get there.â
Xiao Longnu wasnât strict with him anymore, although she was tired, she let him have his way and smiled, and said, âOK!â
They looked all around the room, and in the end they came back to the coffin they had just rested in and she said, âThis stone coffin was left by Wang Chongyang. The base opens.â
Yang Guo was delighted and said, âAh, I know, itâs the way to that room.â He leapt into the coffin and searched around; true enough, he found a hollow for a hand, he pulled up strongly, but nothing happened.
Xiao Longnu said, âFirst turn to the left and then pull up.â
Yang Guo followed the instructions, a âkaâ sound was heard as a stone panel on the base of the coffin responded to the switch; he was delighted and called out, âLetâs go!â
Xiao Longnu said, âThereâs no need to rush, let the old air rush out first and then we can go.â
Yang Guo was sitting restlessly, after a while he said, âGu Gu, can we go now?â
Xiao Longnu sighed and said, âWith your impatient character, it must have been hard for you living with me for the last few years.â She slowly got up, and picked up a candle, and went down into the coffin with Yang Guo, below it was a series of stone steps that formed a short passageway, after a few turns they did indeed arrived at a stone chamber.
The room was empty, and both of them looked up at the ceiling, it was covered with carvings and symbols; on the far right were written the words âNine Yin Manualâ.
The two of them didnât know the âNine Yin Manualâ was martial arts at its highest level; they looked at it for a while and felt that it was hard to explain.