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标  题: part7-6
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** 6 **

Huo Qingtong left the camp feeling lonely and confused. "I'll go to
my teachers' home at Precious Mountain and lose myself in the
desert with them," she thought. She was unwell, and even though
her kung fu training enabled her to keep going, after ten days
travelling across the desert, she was absolutely exhausted and still
four or five days from the home of the Tianshan Eagles. Finally,
she stopped beside a small sand dune and let her horse graze on
the sparse, dry grasses nearby.

She set up her tent and slept for several hours. In the middle of the
night she was awakened by the sound of three horses approaching
from the east. As they neared the sand dune, they slowed and
headed for the same patch of dry grass that had attracted her
mount. The horses were unwilling to continue, so the three riders
dismounted to rest. They did not see Huo Qingtong's tent, which
was on the other side of the dune. She heard them talking Chinese,
but she was still sleepy and did not bother to listen closely.
Suddenly, however, she heard one of the men say: "That damned
bitch! If I don't skin her alive and rip out all her tendons, then my
name isn't Gu."

"Brother Yan's kungfu was excellent," said another. "I don't
believe that a girl could kill him without using some sort of
trickery."

"Well, of course," added a third. "As I said, we have to be very
careful. There are a lot of Muslims around."

Huo Qingtong realised in astonishment that they were the
Guandong Devils and that they were talking about her.

"There's not much water left in the satchel and we don't know how
many more days we have to go before we find water again," one
of them said. "From tomorrow, we'll have to drink even less."
Soon afterwards, they went to sleep.

Huo Qingtong was uncertain of what to do. The desert was flat
and empty for miles in every direction, so there was no way she
could escape if they found her, especially as she was still sick.
After some thought, she decided the safest course would be to
reveal herself, and find some way to lead the three to her teacher's
home.

Early next morning, the Guandong Devils woke to find Huo
Qingtong standing in front of them. She examined them carefully.
One was a tall man who looked like a member of the gentry. The
second had a thick black beard, while the third was wearing
Mongol clothes.

"Mistress, do you have any water to spare?" the first man, Tang,
asked her, pulling out a silver ingot as he spoke. Huo Qingtong
shook her head to indicate she did not understand Chinese. The
Mongol, who was named Hahetai, repeated the request in
Mongolian and she replied in the same tongue: "I cannot give you
any of my water. The Yellow-Robed Lady, Mistress Huo
Qingtong, sent me on an important errand and I am now returning
to report." She quickly dismantled her tent and mounted her horse.
Hahetai ran forward and grabbed hold of her horse's reins.

"Where is she?" he asked.

"Why do you want to know?"

"We are her friends. There is urgent news we have to pass on to
her."

Huo Qingtong pouted. "That's an outright lie! She is at Precious
Mountain, but you are heading west. Don't try to cheat me!"

Hahetai turned to the other two and said: "She's on her way to see
the damned bitch now."

With her unhealthy appearance and the way she wheezed as she
spoke, she did not look at all like someone who knew kung fu. So
not suspecting her in the slightest, the Devils took advantage of
what they took to be her ignorance of Chinese and loudly
discussed how they would kill her when they reached Precious
Mountain, and then go to find Huo Qingtong. The bearded man,
Gu, could see that she was very beautiful despite her haggard
look, and his lust began to stir.

Huo Qingtong noticed him constantly staring at her covetously,
and knew that even though they had not recognised her, travelling
alone for four or five days with these three Devils was too
dangerous. She ripped a strip of material off her jacket and tied it
round the leg of one of her two eagles then threw the bird up into
the air. It spread its wings and flew off towards the horizon.

"What are you doing?" Tang demanded suspiciously. Huo
Qingtong shook her head, and Hahetai translated what he had said
into Mongolian.

"There are no more water springs for another seven or eight days.
You've got so little water, how could it be enough? I'm letting the
eagles go so they can go and find water themselves." As she
spoke, she released the second eagle.

"Two eagles wouldn't drink very much water," Tang replied.

"When you're dying of thirst, even a drop may be enough to save
your life." Afraid they would try to harm her, she had exaggerated
the distance to the next water.

Hahetai mumbled oaths. "Even in the deserts of Mongolia, you
would never have to travel for seven or eight days without water.
This is a cursed region!"

They camped that night in the middle of the desert. Huo Qingtong
could see Gu's gaze constantly sweeping over her and became
very worried. She went into her tent, drew her sword, and sat
down beside the tent entrance, not daring to sleep. Towards
midnight, she heard someone tiptoeing over. Suddenly, the tent
flap opened and Gu crept inside. He began feeling about in the
darkness for her, and an instant later, felt an icy coldness on his
neck as a sharp blade gently touched it.

"If you so much as twitch, I will run it through you," Huo Qingtong
whispered. "Lie on the ground!" He immediately complied. She
placed the tip of the sword on his back, then sat down and
wondered what she should do.

"If I kill him, the other two won't let me get away with it," she
thought. "It's probably best to wait for my teacher to get here."

A couple of hours later, Tang woke and noticed Gu was missing.
He jumped up and began shouting "Brother Gu! Brother Gu!"

"Answer him quickly," Huo Qingtong whispered fiercely. "Tell him
you're here."

"It's all right, Brother, I'm here!" he shouted back, well aware that
he had no choice.

Tang laughed. "You horny old thief! You'll never change."

The next morning, Huo Qingtong waited until the other two were
up before letting Gu out.

"Brother Gu," Hahetai berated him as he emerged. "We have
come to seek revenge not to make trouble." Gu's teeth were
almost chattering with hate but he didn't tell them what had
happened. If he did, the shame of it would follow him for the rest
of his life. But he decided that he would have the girl the following
night and then kill her.

At about midnight, Gu advanced on Huo Qingtong's tent again, a
spear in one hand and a torch in the other. As he entered, he saw
her crouching in the far corner and lunged at her triumphantly. But
suddenly he felt something cut into his legs as a rope noose hidden
on the ground caught him. Huo Qingting gave it a tug and he
overbalanced and fell heavily.

"Don't move!" she hissed, and placed the tip of her sword against
his stomach. She didn't think she could not stand another night like
the previous one, but killing Gu was not enough. She had to finish
off all three.

"Tell your elder brother to come over here," she whispered. Gu
guessed what she was planning and remained silent. She increased
the pressure so that the sword cut through his clothes and the top
layer of skin. Gu knew a sword in the stomach was the most
painful way to die. "He won't come," he whispered back.

"All right, then I'll kill you first," she replied, and the sword moved
again.

"Elder Brother! Come here! Come quickly!" Gu called frantically.

"Laugh," Huo Qingtong ordered. Gu frowned and uttered several
dry laughs.

"Laugh more happily!"

He silently cursed her, but with the sword already inside his flesh,
he forced out a loud hysterical laugh. Tang and Hahetai had
already been awakened by the racket.

"Stop playing around, Brother, and conserve some of your
strength," Tang yelled.

Huo Qingtong could see he wouldn't come. "Call the other one,"
she hissed, and Gu shouted out again. Although he was a bandit,
Hahetai did not take advantage of women, and he was very
unhappy with Gu's behaviour. But he was his sworn brother, so he
just pretended not to hear.

"If I don't kill these three, it is going to be difficult to free myself of
today's shame," she thought. Holding the sword in her right hand,
she wound the rope round and round Gu until he could not move.
Only then did she relax. She leant against the side of the tent, but
did not dare to fall asleep.

The next morning, as it grew light, she saw that Gu was fast asleep
and angrily whipped him awake with her horse's whip. She placed
the tip of her sword on his heart and said: "If you so much as
grunt, I will skewer you!" She wondered again whether she should
kill him, but decided that it would immediately bring disaster down
on her head. She estimated her teacher should reach them by that
afternoon anyway, so after untying the rope, she pushed Gu out of
the tent.

Tang looked at the bloody welts on his face suspiciously. "Who is
this girl?" he asked in a low voice. "What's she up to?"

Gu glanced meaningfully at him. "Let's grab her," he said. The two
men started to walk slowly towards her, but she saw them coming
and ran over to the horses. She pulled out her sword and
punctured Gu's and Hahetai's water bags, then grabbed the largest
of Tang's water bags and jumped onto her own horse. The Three
Devils stood watching dumbly for a second as the precious water
drained out of the two water bags and was instantly swallowed by
the sand, then charged at her angrily.

She lay along the horse's back breathing heavily. "If you come a
step closer, I'll slash this bag too," she wheezed. The Three Devils
stopped.

"I agreed to take you to see Mistress Huo Qingtong and in return
you bully me," she added when she had recovered slightly. "From
here to the next water is six days travelling. If you don't leave me
alone, I'll slash this bag too and we will all die of thirst."

"We won't harm you," protested Tang.

"Let's go," she ordered. "You three first." So they rode on across
the desert, the three men in front, the girl behind.

By noon, the burning sun was riding high in the sky, and their lips
and tongues were parched dry. Huo Qingtong began to see stars
before her eyes and moments of faintness swept over her. She
wondered if she was going to die.

"Hey! Give us some water!" she heard Hahetai shout. She shook
herself awake.

"Take out a bowl and put it on the ground," she replied. Hahetai
did as she said. "Now retreat one hundred paces." Gu hesitated
suspiciously. "If you don't, you won't get any water," she added.
They cursed her, but retreated. Huo Qingtong rode forward, undid
the cap of the water bag and filled the bowl, then rode away again.
The three men ran over to the bowl and took turns at gulping
down the liquid.

They continued on their way, and about four hours later green
grass began to appear beside the road. Tang's eyes lit up. "There
must be water ahead!" he shouted. Huo Qingtong was worried.
She tried to think of some course of action, but her head was
splitting with pain. Suddenly, there was a long eagle's cry from
above and she looked up to see a black shape swooping
downwards. Overjoyed, she raised her arm and the eagle landed
on her shoulder. She saw a piece of black material fastened to one
of its legs and knew her teacher would arrive soon.

Tang could see something funny was going on, and with a wave of
his hand sent a sleeve dart flying towards Huo Qingtong's right
wrist, hoping to knock the sword from her grasp. But she blocked
the dart with her sword and with a wave of the reins, galloped
around them and into the lead. The Three Devils began shouting
and chased after her. After two or three miles, her legs and arms
were numb, and she could hold on no longer. The horse gave a
jolt and she toppled to the ground.

The Three Devils spurred their horses on. Huo Qingtong struggled
to get back onto the horse, but she was too weak. Then in a flash
of inspiration, she slung the water bag's leather strap over the
eagle's neck and threw the bird up into the air. Tang and the others
forgot Huo Qingtong at the sight of their water bag being carried
away and chased frantically after the eagle. The water bag was
almost full of water and not light, so the eagle was not able to fly
high or fast, and the three were able to keep up with it.

A few miles further on, the eagle glided downwards just as two
riders appeared in a cloud of dust ahead of them. The eagle
circled twice and landed on the shoulder of one of the riders. The
Three Devils spurred their horses on and saw that one of the
strangers was a bald, red-faced old man, and the other a
white-haired old lady.

"Where's Huo Qingtong?" the old man barked, and the three
stared at him in surprise. The old man removed the water bag from
the eagle's neck and hurled the bird back into the air. He gave a
harsh whistle and the bird answered with a squeak and headed
back the way it had come. The old couple took no further notice
of the Three Devils and galloped past them, chasing after the
eagle. Tang saw the old man still had the water bag, and with a
wave of his hand to the others, followed along behind.

The two old people were the Tianshan Twin Eagles, Bald Vulture
and Madame Guan. After three or four miles, they saw the eagle
glide downwards to where Huo Qingtong was lying on the ground.
Madame Guan leapt off her horse and grabbed the girl up into her
arms and began sobbing.

"Who has been treating you so badly?" she demanded, looking
down at the girl's deathly appearance. Just then, the Three Devils
rode up. Huo Qingtong pointed at them, then fainted away.

"Well, are you just going to sit there?" Madame Guan demanded
angrily of her husband. Bald Vulture wheeled his horse round and
charged at the three, and began fighting furiously with them.

Madame Guan slowly poured water into Huo Qingtong's mouth
and the girl gradually regained consciousness. Only then did she
look round to see how her husband was doing. He was struggling
to keep the three at bay, and so she drew her sword and jumped
into the melee. She struck out at Tang, who swung round to
counter the stroke, but immediately found her style had changed.
Amazed that this thin old woman could be such a formidable
swordswoman, he concentrated completely on defence.

Huo Qingtong sat up and observed the Twin Eagles gradually
gaining the upper hand. As she watched, she faintly heard a
strange sound floating towards them on the wind from far off, a
sound full of violence and dread, hunger and evil, as if hundreds of
wild beasts were howling in unison.

"Teacher, listen!" she cried. The Twin Eagles disengaged
themselves from the fight and cocked an ear to listen carefully. The
Devils had been hard pressed to hold their own, and did not dare
to attack the old couple.

The sound increased slightly in volume, and the Twin Eagles turned
pale. Bald Vulture ran over to his horse and stood on its back.

"Come and look!" he shouted. "See if there's anywhere we can
take cover."

Madame Guan picked Huo Qingtong up and placed her on her
own horse, then vaulted up onto her husband's horse and stood on
his shoulders.

"Let's go," she ordered. "You three first." So they rode on across
the desert, the three men in front, the girl behind.

By noon, the burning sun was riding high in the sky, and their lips
and tongues were parched dry. Huo Qingtong began to see stars
before her eyes and moments of faintness swept over her. She
wondered if she was going to die.

"Hey! Give us some water!" she heard Hahetai shout. She shook
herself awake.

"Take out a bowl and put it on the ground," she replied. Hahetai
did as she said. "Now retreat one hundred paces." Gu hesitated
suspiciously. "If you don't, you won't get any water," she added.
They cursed her, but retreated. Huo Qingtong rode forward, undid
the cap of the water bag and filled the bowl, then rode away again.
The three men ran over to the bowl and took turns at gulping
down the liquid.

They continued on their way, and about four hours later green
grass began to appear beside the road. Tang's eyes lit up. "There
must be water ahead!" he shouted. Huo Qingtong was worried.
She tried to think of some course of action, but her head was
splitting with pain. Suddenly, there was a long eagle's cry from
above and she looked up to see a black shape swooping
downwards. Overjoyed, she raised her arm and the eagle landed
on her shoulder. She saw a piece of black material fastened to one
of its legs and knew her teacher would arrive soon.

Tang could see something funny was going on, and with a wave of
his hand sent a sleeve dart flying towards Huo Qingtong's right
wrist, hoping to knock the sword from her grasp. But she blocked
the dart with her sword and with a wave of the reins, galloped
around them and into the lead. The Three Devils began shouting
and chased after her. After two or three miles, her legs and arms
were numb, and she could hold on no longer. The horse gave a
jolt and she toppled to the ground.

The Three Devils spurred their horses on. Huo Qingtong struggled
to get back onto the horse, but she was too weak. Then in a flash
of inspiration, she slung the water bag's leather strap over the
eagle's neck and threw the bird up into the air. Tang and the others
forgot Huo Qingtong at the sight of their water bag being carried
away and chased frantically after the eagle. The water bag was
almost full of water and not light, so the eagle was not able to fly
high or fast, and the three were able to keep up with it.

A few miles further on, the eagle glided downwards just as two
riders appeared in a cloud of dust ahead of them. The eagle
circled twice and landed on the shoulder of one of the riders. The
Three Devils spurred their horses on and saw that one of the
strangers was a bald, red-faced old man, and the other a
white-haired old lady.

"Where's Huo Qingtong?" the old man barked, and the three
stared at him in surprise. The old man removed the water bag from
the eagle's neck and hurled the bird back into the air. He gave a
harsh whistle and the bird answered with a squeak and headed
back the way it had come. The old couple took no further notice
of the Three Devils and galloped past them, chasing after the
eagle. Tang saw the old man still had the water bag, and with a
wave of his hand to the others, followed along behind.

The two old people were the Tianshan Twin Eagles, Bald Vulture
and Madame Guan. After three or four miles, they saw the eagle
glide downwards to where Huo Qingtong was lying on the ground.
Madame Guan leapt off her horse and grabbed the girl up into her
arms and began sobbing.

"Who has been treating you so badly?" she demanded, looking
down at the girl's deathly appearance. Just then, the Three Devils
rode up. Huo Qingtong pointed at them, then fainted away.

"Well, are you just going to sit there?" Madame Guan demanded
angrily of her husband. Bald Vulture wheeled his horse round and
charged at the three, and began fighting furiously with them.

Madame Guan slowly poured water into Huo Qingtong's mouth
and the girl gradually regained consciousness. Only then did she
look round to see how her husband was doing. He was struggling
to keep the three at bay, and so she drew her sword and jumped
into the melee. She struck out at Tang, who swung round to
counter the stroke, but immediately found her style had changed.
Amazed that this thin old woman could be such a formidable
swordswoman, he concentrated completely on defence.

Huo Qingtong sat up and observed the Twin Eagles gradually
gaining the upper hand. As she watched, she faintly heard a
strange sound floating towards them on the wind from far off, a
sound full of violence and dread, hunger and evil, as if hundreds of
wild beasts were howling in unison.

"Teacher, listen!" she cried. The Twin Eagles disengaged
themselves from the fight and cocked an ear to listen carefully. The
Devils had been hard pressed to hold their own, and did not dare
to attack the old couple.

The sound increased slightly in volume, and the Twin Eagles turned
pale. Bald Vulture ran over to his horse and stood on its back.

"Come and look!" he shouted. "See if there's anywhere we can
take cover."

Madame Guan picked Huo Qingtong up and placed her on her
own horse, then vaulted up onto her husband's horse and stood on
his shoulders.

The Three Devils looked at each other, absolutely baffled. Their
attackers had broken off the fight when they had already won, and
were now building human pyramids on a horse's back.

"What devilry are they up to?" Gu growled darkly. Tang had no
idea what was happening and could only concentrate on being
prepared for anything.

Madame Guan gazed about in all directions, and then shouted: "I
think there are two big trees to the north!"

"Whether there are or not, let's go!" her husband replied. Madame
Guan jumped over to Hua Qingtong's horse, and they galloped off
north without taking any further notice of the Three Devils.

Hahetai noticed that in their hurry to get away, they had left the
water bag behind, and bent down to pick it up. By now, the
terrifying howling sound was becoming even louder. Gu's face
turned grey. "It's a wolf pack!" he cried. The three leapt onto their
horses and galloped after the Twin Eagles. Looking back, they
saw large wild cats, camels, goats and horses racing for their lives
before a grey tide of thousands of hungry wolves.

A few dozen yards ahead of the multitude was a rider, galloping
along as if leading the way. In a flash, his powerful horse raced up
and passed the Three Devils, who saw he was an old man. The
rider turned to look back at them, and shouted: "Do you want to
die? Faster!"

Tang's horse was scared out of its wits by the mass of animals
bearing down upon them, and it stumbled and threw him. Tang
leapt to his feet as a dozen wild cats rushed past him.

"I'm finished," he thought, and began screaming at the top of his
voice. Gu and Hahetai heard his screams and turned and headed
back to rescue him, the wolves bearing down upon them. A huge
wolf, its snow-white teeth bared, charged at Tang, who drew his
sword to defend himself even though he knew it was useless.
Suddenly, there was the sound of horse's hooves behind, and the
old man galloped up, grabbed Tang by his collar and threw his fat
body towards Hahetai. Tang somersaulted through the air and
landed in a sitting position on Hahetai's horse. The three riders
pulled their horses round, and flew for their lives.

The Twin Eagles had lived in the desert many years and were well
aware that even the most ferocious animal could not survive an
encounter with the wolf pack. They galloped on, and as the two
tall trees rose before them, thanked the Heavens that they had
once again avoided ending up in a wolf's stomach. Once at the
trees, Bald Vulture leapt up in to the branches of one, and
Madame Guan handed Huo Qingtong up to him. The wolf pack
was approaching fast. Madame Guan whipped the backs of their
two horses and shouted: "Run for your lives! We cannot help
you!" The two horses dashed away.

Just as the three of them had found somewhere to sit in the
branches, they noticed the grey-gowned rider galloping along
ahead of the wolf pack. As the rider passed by below, Bald
Vulture embraced him with his free hand and lifted him up.

The old man was taken by surprise. His horse shot onwards, while
he himself was left dangling in space, a host of animals passing
under his feet. He performed a somersault, and landed on his feet
on a branch further up the tree.

"What's wrong?" said Bald Vulture. "Don't tell you're afraid of
wolves too, Master Yuan?"

"Who asked you to interfere?" the old man replied angrily.

"There's no need to be like that," Madame Guan interrupted him.
"My husband just saved your life."

The old man laughed coldly. "Saved me? You've messed up
everything!"

He was Great Helmsman Chen's teacher, Master Yuan. He and
Madame Guan had grown up together in central China and had
fallen in love. But they had argued constantly, and eventually Yuan
left and spent more than ten years travelling in the Northern
Deserts. There was no news of him, and Madame Guan presumed
he would never come back. Eventually, she married Bald Vulture,
but shortly after the wedding, Yuan unexpectedly returned home.
Both Yuan and Madame Guan were heart-broken although they
never spoke of the matter again. Bald Vulture was also very
unhappy, and on several occasions went after Yuan to get
revenge, but his kung fu was not good enough, and only Yuan's
regard for Madame Guan's feelings kept her husband from being
seriously hurt. So Bald Vulture took his wife and travelled far
away into the Muslim regions. Yuan, however, could not forget
her, and also moved to the Tianshan Mountains. He never visited
them, but just living close to the woman he loved made him feel a
little happier. Madame Guan did all she could to keep from seeing
her former lover, but Bald Vulture would not let the matter drop,
and the couple had fought and argued for decades since. All three
were now old and white-haired, but a day did not pass when they
did not think of the entanglement.

Bald Vulture was very pleased with himself for having saved Yuan.
You have always had the upper hand, he thought, but perhaps
you'll show gratitude towards me after this. Madame Guan,
however, was puzzled by Yuan's anger.

"What do you mean, 'messed everything up'?" she asked. "Messed
what up?"

"This wolf pack is growing bigger and bigger, and has become a
real plague on the desert," Yuan replied. "Several Muslim villages
have been completely wiped out already. The wolves eat people,
animals, everything. So I prepared a trap and was just leading
them to their deaths when you interfered."

Bald Vulture knew Yuan was telling the truth, and felt acutely
embarrassed.

Yuan saw the apologetic expression on Madame Guan's face and
brought his anger under control. "But you were doing what you
thought was best," he added. "I thank you, anyway."

"What sort of trap is it?" asked Bald Vulture.

"Save them!" Yuan suddenly shouted, and jumped down from the
tree into the midst of the wolves.

The Three Devils had already been overtaken by the wolves, and
their horses had been ripped to shreds. The three of them were
standing back-to-back fighting furiously, and although they had
killed more than a dozen wolves, others continued to lunge at
them. All three were already wounded in several places, and it
looked as if they could not hold out for long. Yuan raced over, his
hands flew out and smashed the skulls of two wolves. He picked
Hahetai up and threw him up into the tree, shouting "Catch!", and
Bald Vulture caught him. In the same way, Yuan threw Tang and
Gu up, then killed another two wolves, grabbed one of the
corpses by the neck and swung it round and round, opening up a
path to the tree, then leapt up into the branches. The Three Devils,
having been literally snatched from the jaws of death, showered
him with thanks. They were astonished by the speed and strength
he had displayed, and the way he made killing wolves seem as
easy as catching rabbits.

Several hundred wolves circled the base of the tree, scratching at
the trunk, raising their heads and howling. A short distance away,
several dozen of the fleeing animals had been cut off and encircled
by the wolves, who filled the air with their cries and howls. The
animals leapt frantically about as the wolves tore and gnashed at
them. It was a horrible sight. In only a moment, the animals had all
been ripped apart and eaten. Those sitting up in the tree were all
brave fighters, but it was the first time any of them had witnessed
such a terrifying scene, and they were very frightened.

Bald Vulture eyed the Three Devils suspiciously.

"They are not good men," Huo Qingtong told him.

"All right, then," he replied. "They can go and feed the wolves."
Just as he was about to push them off the tree, he looked down
once more at the tragic scene below and hesitated just long
enough for Tang to shout: "Let's go!" He leapt over to the other
tree and Gu and Hahetai followed him.

Madame Guan looked at Huo Qingtong. "My dear, what do you
say?" She wanted to know if the girl wanted them to chase after
the three and kill them.

Huo Qingtong's heart softened. "Forget about it," she said.

"I am Huo Qingtong," she shouted to the Three Devils. "If you
want to get your revenge on me, why don't you come over?" Tang
and the others were astonished and infuriated by her words, but
they did not dare to return to the other tree.

The wolf pack came fast, and left fast too. They swirled around
the trees for a while, howling and barking, then chased off after the
remaining wild animals.

Madame Guan told Huo Qingtong to pay her respects to Master
Yuan. Seeing her sickly appearance, Yuan took two red pills from
his bag and gave them to her, saying: "Take them. They're Snow
Ginseng Pills." Snow Ginseng pills were made from the rarest
medicinal herbs, and were well known for their ability to even
restore life to the dying.

Just as Huo Qingtong was about to bow before him, Yuan jumped
down from the tree and ran off. In a moment, he had become just
a black dot amidst the swirling desert dust.
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                  安忍不动如大地

                        静虑深思似密藏


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