less of how others laugh at me or condemn me. Monk No Commandment is a true man that speaks the truth! What's there to be afraid of?" Monk No Commandment replied.

"Precisely!" Linghu Chong and Tian Boguang cheered in unison.

Hearing the agreements, Monk No Commandment was quite pleased, so he continued, "The beautiful nun that I fell in love with was, of course, her mother."

"Turned out that little apprentice sister Yilin's dad is a monk and her mother is a nun," Linghu Chong thought to himself amusedly.

Monk No Commandment went on, "I was a butcher at that time and fell in love with her mother, but her mother paid no attention to me. I was at my wit's end and had no other choice but to join the Buddhist's order. I thought that since nuns and monks are all members of the Buddhist's order, like a big family, then when a nun doesn't love a butcher, maybe she would love a monk."

"Dad, when are you going to watch your mouth before you speak? You are already a grown up, but you still talk like a child," Yilin said with a spat.

"Did I speak the untruth? But at the time I didn't realize that once one becomes a monk, he can no longer go out with any woman, not even nuns, and it was actually more difficult for me to date her mom, so I didn't want to be a monk no more. But my teacher insisted that I had some kind of trait perfect for a member of the Buddhist order, so he refused to let me resume secular life. Her mother somehow got muddleheaded and was deeply moved by my true love, and soon this little nun came to this world. Chong, it's much easier for you now. You don't have to join the Buddhist's order and become a monk to date my little nun daughter."

Linghu Chong was greatly embarrassed. He thought to himself, "When apprentice sister Yilin was taken prisoner by Tian Boguang, I put in my effort following the righteous course. She is a nun from the Heng-Shan Sword School who believes in Buddhism. How can she get involved into love relationship with any secular man? It was probably only because she met men close to her age the first time and lost control of herself temporarily that she sent Tian Boguang and Peach Valley's Six Fairies to invite me over. I must avoid her as soon as possible. If the reputation of the Huashan Sword School and the Heng-Shan Sword School were damaged in any way because of me, even if I died, Master and Master-Wife would still condemn me, and little apprentice sister Lingshan would still look down upon me."

Yilin looked very bashful. "Dad, big brother Linghu already..already has the person of his heart. He would never pay attention to others. You..you..you'd better never mention that again. You would only get laughed at."

"This chap has another lover? This is pissing me off!" Monk No Commandment yelled angrily. He reached forward with his right arm. The huge palm, almost as big as a cattail leaf fan, shot at Linghu Chong's chest. Linghu Chong couldn't even keep his balance let along dodge the attack. The hand got a good grip of Linghu Chong's robe and lifted him off the ground.

With his left hand grabbing at Di Xiu's back collar and his right hand grabbing at Linghu Chong's chest, Monk No Commandment extended both of his arms out flat and looked as if he was carrying the two with a shoulder pole. Linghu Chong didn't have much strength to start with, now in the mid air, he hanged there like a ragged bag.

"Dad, put big brother Linghu down immediately! If you don't put him down, I am gonna be angry now," Yilin shouted in a hurry.

As soon as Monk No Commandment heard the word "angry" from his daughter, he dropped Linghu Chong in no time, looking very afraid. "Which beautiful little nun did he set his eyes on? This is outrageous!" he babbled. Since he had fallen in love with a beautiful nun, he felt that other than beautiful nuns, there wasn't anyone else who deserved to be loved.

"The person of big brother Linghu's heart is his apprentice sister Miss Yue," Yilin explained.

Monk No Commandment let out a loud roar, which created an uncomfortable buzz in everyone's ears. "Who's this girl named Yue?" he yelled. "Damn it! If she isn't a beautiful little nun, what's so lovely about her? I'll break the damn girl's little neck as soon as I see her!"

Linghu Chong thought aloud, "This Monk No Commandment is a crude and reckless man, and he is similar to the Peach Valley's Six Fairies in a sense. Seems that he will live up to his words. What if he really harms the little apprentice sister?"

"Dad, big brother Linghu is severely wounded. Please hurry to heal his wounds. There's plenty of time to talk over other things later," Yilin suggested, feeling greatly worried.

Monk No Commandment always acted upon whatever his daughter said. "That's fine. Let's heal his wounds. What's so difficult about that?" he said. He tossed Di Xiu behind his back with a random wave and then asked Linghu Chong loudly, "How were you wounded?" Cries of pain continued as Di Xiu rolled down the small hill.

"I took a palm strike from someone on my chest. But that wasn't critical..." Linghu Chong replied.

"Palm strike on the chest? He must have shaken your Ren Passage pretty good..." Monk No Commandment concluded.

"The Peach Valley..." Linghu Chong tried to explain.

"There's no whatever Peach Valley in the Ren Passage," Monk No Commandment cut him off. "Your Huashan School's inner energy is no good, no wonder you don't understand. Sure, there's one called Combined Valley Point among the various human pressure points, but that belongs to the Hand-To-Intestine Yang-Ming Channel and is positioned right between thumb and index finger. It has nothing to do with the Ren Passage. Very well, let me heal your wound in the Ren Passage."

"No, no! The Peach Valley's Six..." Linghu Chong said in a hurry.

"What Peach Valley Six, Peach Valley Seven?" Monk No Commandment waved him off. "Among the various pressure points, there're Hand-Three-Li, Foot-Three-Li, Yin-Ling-Quan, and Si-Kong-Zhu. Where did Peach Valley Six or Peach Valley Seven come from? Now shut up and stop the nonsense." At that word, he swung his hand and sealed Linghu Chong's Mute Point.

"I'll send my supreme inner energy into your Ren Passage through the Cheng-Jiang, Tian-Tu, Tan-Zhong, Jiu-Wei, Ju-Yue, Zhong-Wan, Qi-Hai, Shi-Men, Guan-Yuan, and Zhong-Ji points. Your wound will heal as soon as my energy flows through. I bet that after seven or eight days, you'll be back to normal, as cool as a cucumber," Monk No Commandment said as he reached out with the two fan-sized hands.

He placed his right hand on the Cheng-Jiang Point by Linghu Chong's chin, and his left hand on the Zhong-Ji Point by Linghu Chong's lower abdomen, and then started sending two streams of inner energy in through the two pressure points. All of a sudden, he felt a tremendous shock from his hands as the two streams of energy clashed with the six energy streams left by the Peach Valley's Six Fairies. Astounded, he uttered a cry of surprise.

"Dad, how did it go?" Yilin asked in a hurry.

"There are several bizarre energy streams in his body," Monk No Commandment responded. "One, two, three, four. There are a total of four..wait..there's one more. That's a total of five energy streams. These five energy streams..Aha, another one came out. What the hell, six streams of energy! Fine! Let's see who's tougher? Your god damned six energy streams or my two streams of energy? Maybe there's even more. Ha-ha, kind of crowded, huh? This is so much fun! Come on, come and get me. Humph, no more, right? There are only six. Did you think I, Monk No Commandment, would be afraid of you puny rascals?" He pressed hard on the two pressure points of Linghu Chong's, and white steam began to come out from the top of his head. At the beginning, he was still able to call out, but soon, as he worked hard to gather more and more inner energy, he had no strength left to make any sound. By then, it was almost time for daybreak, and it was getting brighter and brighter. The white steam on top of his head became thicker and thicker as if a heavy mist had completely surrounded his giant head.

After a long while, he finally drew his hands back and burst into loud laughter. Suddenly, the laughter halted abruptly, and with a heavy thump, Monk No Commandment collapsed down to the ground.

In great astonishment, Yilin cried out, "Dad, Dad!" She dashed by his side to help him up. But Monk No Commandment was simply too heavy, only half way up, the two fell back down to the ground again.

Monk No Commandment' clothes were soaked with sweat. Panting heavily, he still cursed in a trembling voice, "God..God..God damned..God..God..God damned..."

Hearing the curses from him, Yilin relaxed a little. "Dad, what's wrong? Are you exhausted?" she asked.

"Damn it!" Monk No Commandment cussed, "There are six streams of tough energy inside the lad's body, and they wanted to have a fight..fight with me. Damn it! After I gathered up my inner energy, I have already overpowered those six streams of weird energy. Hmm, you can relax now. This lad won't die."

Yilin felt great comfort. She turned around to look, and sure enough, saw Linghu Chong stand up slowly.

"Hey, the monk's inner energy is pretty tough indeed. It only took him minutes to heal brother Linghu's severe wounds," Tian Boguang praised with a smile.

Monk No Commandment was quite pleased to hear the praise. He replied, "You have committed countless crimes. I was thinking of killing you with a simple squeeze, but since you did find the lad Linghu Chong and do deserve a little bit of credit, I am going to spare your life. Now get your ass out of here."

Tian Boguang was furious. He cursed, "What the devil are you talking about, you god damned monk? What kind of garbage is that? You said that if I found Linghu Chong for you within one month, you would release my sealed Death Points and give me the antidote to the poison. Are you going back on your words? If you don't release my points and give me the antidote, then you are no better than a filthy pig, you god damned monk."

These vicious curses didn't anger Monk No Commandment at all. He grinned. "Look at this stinking chap. Look at the coward look on him, afraid that I, Monk No Commandment would go back on my words and not give him the antidote. You dirty skunk, here's the antidote."

He reached into his pocket for the antidote, but because of the great strength he had just spent on Linghu Chong, his hand couldn't help but tremble. The china bottle fell out of his hand multiple times. Yilin reached over and picked up the bottle, then opened the lid.

"Give him three pills. Take the first pill, and then wait three days before taking another one. After that, wait another six days before taking the third one. But if you get killed during the nine days, don't you blame it on me," Monk No Commandment said.

"Hey monk, you forced me to take poison and now gave me the antidote. I am already being nice by not cursing you. Don't expect me to thank you for that. How about my sealed Death Points?" Tian Boguang asked as he took the antidote from Yilin's hands.

"Those pressure points I sealed had released automatically after seven days. If I had really sealed your Death Point, do you think you would still be standing here alive today?" Monk No Commandment laughed out loud.

Tian Boguang had sensed that those pressure points were already released earlier. Now hearing these words from Monk No Commandment, he finally relaxed.

"God damn it! You lying monk!" he swore with a big smile.

Turning his head to Linghu Chong, he said, "Brother Linghu, I know you must have things to talk to the little Sister. Farewell for now. If all goes well, we'll meet again someday!" He cupped his hand before turning around to follow the main path down the mountain.

"Please wait, brother Tian," Linghu Chong called out.

"Why?" Tian Boguang asked.

"Brother Tian," Linghu Chong said, "thanks for showing me mercy during those several fights. I will make you a friend, but there's one advice I'd like to give you. If you don't listen to me, our friendship won't last long."

"I know what you mean," Tian Boguang grinned. "You want me to stop the kind of trash like raping and stuff. Fine, I'll listen to your advice. There are plenty of sluts and whores around. Although I am fond of women, I don't have to prey on innocent girls or get them killed. Ha-ha, brother Linghu, wasn't it a fantastic scene at the Hengshan Jade House?"

Hearing him mention of the Hengshan Jade House, Linghu Chong and Yilin both flushed. Laughing out loud, Tian Boguang walked away, but after only a couple of steps, his knee gave out all of a sudden. Falling on the ground heavily, he found himself rolling down a small slope. Finally the rolling came to a halt and Tian Boguang managed to sit up after some struggle. Taking out one antidote pill, he swallowed it down his throat, and instantly, severe stomachache consumed him. He sat on the ground and had no extra strength left to even move a muscle. Knowing that this was a normal process to neutralize the kind of strong poison he had, he did not panic at all and just waited patiently for the antidote to take its course.

Earlier when Monk No Commandment pumped the two streams of forceful inner energy into Linghu Chong's body, which effectively repressed the six energy streams from the Peach Valley's Six Fairies, Linghu Chong felt so much better. All the nausea seemed to have gone away and he could feel that he was regaining some of this strength from his legs. Welled with joy, he walked forward and bowed to Monk No Commandment with deep respect.

"Great Master,[6] thank you for saving my life! I am truly grateful!"

"No need to thank me! Ha-ha, we are a big family now. You are my son-in-law and I am your father-in-law. What's there to thank for?" Monk No Commandment let out a big grin.

"Dad, you..you are talking nonsense again." Yilin's face turned completely red.

"Why? Why is that nonsense? You yearned for him days and nights. Don't you want to marry him? Even if you can't marry him, don't you want to make a pretty baby little nun with him?" Monk No Commandment asked in surprise.

"You..you..who wanted..who..?" Yilin spitted in embarrassment.

Sound of footsteps came from the mountain path, and moments later two people showed up. It was Yue Buqun and his daughter Yue Lingshan.

Struck by surprise and joy at the same time, Linghu Chong greeted in a hurry. "Master, little apprentice sister, you are back! Where's Master-Wife?" he called out.

Noticing that Linghu Chong was much fitter and looked nothing close to the weak look when he had the last gasp the day before, Yue Buqun felt quite happy, but it was not time to ask him yet. Instead, he cupped his hands toward Monk No Commandment.

"May I be enlightened to hear your respectful name, Great Master? What brought you to our shabby residence?" he asked.

"My name is Monk No Commandment. I came to your shabby residence to look for my son-in-law," Monk No Commandment replied and pointed at Linghu Chong. He came from being a butcher and didn't know the kind of polite formula scholars would exchange at greetings. Since Yue Buqun said "shabby residence," he simply copied it.

Yue Buqun had no clue as who this monk was. When he heard the monk say, "I came to look for my son-in-law," he thought that the monk was actually spitting out insults intentionally. Although angered, he kept a calm face and only replied, "Great Master, you must be joking." Seeing that Yilin came forward to salute him, he inquired, "Nephew apprentice Yilin, did your Master send you here to Mount Huashan?"

Yilin flushed slightly as she replied, "No. I..I.."

Yue Buqun paid no more attention to Yilin and turned to Tian Boguang.

"Humph! Tian Boguang, you sure have a lot of guts!"

"I get along with your apprentice Linghu Chong, so I carried two jars of wine up Mount Huashan for a good drink with him. That doesn't take a lot of guts," Tian Boguang replied.

"Where's the wine then?" Yue Buqun's face turned sterner.

"We finished it on top of the 'Cliff of Contemplation' a long time ago."

Yue Buqun turned to Linghu Chong. "Is that true?" he asked.

"Master," Linghu Chong answered, "that was a long story. Please allow me to explain in details."

"How long has Tian Boguang been on Mount Huashan?"

"About half a month."

"During the half a month, was he on Mount Huashan all the time?"

"Yes."

"Why didn't you report to me?" Yue Buqun asked in a stern voice.

"Master and Master-Wife weren't here at the time," Linghu Chong answered.

"Where were we then?"

"You were in Chang-An Town chasing Mister Tian."

Yue Buqun let out a snort. "Mister Tian? Humph, Mister Tian! You knew he committed countless of cruel crimes; why didn't you slay him with your sword? Even if you couldn't beat him, you should have died fighting him, why did you make friends with him in fear for your life?"

"I didn't want to kill him. What could he do? Kill himself with his own sword because he couldn't beat me in a fight?" Tian Boguang interrupted. Still not able to stand up, he remained sitting on the ground.

"What makes you think you are allowed to talk in front of me?" Yue Buqun retorted. He said to Linghu Chong, "Go kill him!"

"Father, big apprentice brother has severe wounds. He shouldn't fight anyone!" Yue Lingshan couldn't help but interrupt.

"Wasn't that evil rapist seriously wounded, just as well? What are you worrying about? I am here. Do you think I will allow that villain to injure my apprentice?" Yue Buqun said.

Yue Buqun knew that Linghu Chong was cunning and crafty, and hated evil as if it were his personal enemy. In addition, Tian Boguang had wounded him just recently, so for sure, he would not make true friends with that evil rapist. Perhaps he resorted to a battle of wits after failing the batter of strength. At the moment, Tian Boguang had been seriously wounded, and probably that would have attributed to Linghu Chong's effort, already. That was why when he heard that Linghu Chong had made friends with the evil rapist, he wasn't angry for real, and only ordered Linghu Chong to kill the villain. That would not only rid the people of a scourge, but also make a name for a young apprentice. Yue Buqun was sure that at Tian Boguang's current state, even if he could still fight Linghu Chong to a tie, he would stand no chance against even a slight snap attack from Yue himself. But to his surprise, Linghu Chong replied,

"Master, this brother Tian has promised me that he will sincerely mend his ways starting from now on and never harm any innocent woman. I know that he is a man of his word, why don't we..?"

"What..what makes you believe that he is a man of his word? How can one discuss word of honor with such a villain who has committed crimes for which even death cannot atone? How many innocent lives have perished under his murderous knife? What good is it that we martial people practice martial arts if we don't slay this type of evil? Lingshan, hand your sword over to your big apprentice brother," Yue Buqun yelled, in a stern voice.

"Yes!" Yue Lingshan replied. She unsheathed her sword and handed the sword to Linghu Chong, handle first.

Linghu Chong found himself in a very awkward situation. He never dared to go against his Master's orders, but earlier on the verge of death, he had already shaken hands with Tian Boguang and made friends with him. In addition, Tian Boguang had promised to correct his errors and make a fresh start. Although Tian Boguang committed countless crimes before, he was one who would truly keep his words. If Linghu Chong killed him now, it wouldn't feel right. He took the sword from Yue Lingshan and started stumbling toward Tian Boguang. After a dozen steps or so, he pretended that his legs were too weak because of the several wounds of his. Bending his left knee all of a sudden, he threw himself to the ground, and with a thud, the long sword in his hand penetrated his left shin.

No one had expected that to happen, and all cried out in shock. Yilin and Yue Lingshan both dashed toward him, but Yilin halted only after her first step, thinking to herself that how could she, a member of the Buddhist order, show her care and affection to a young man in public.

"Big apprentice brother, are you alright?" Yue Lingshan rushed by Linghu Chong and cried out.

Linghu Chong did not answer, his eyes shut tight.

Yue Lingshan grabbed hold of the sword handle and gave it a pull. The sword came out as blood gushed out from the wound like a spring. She hurriedly took out some medication of the Huashan School and applied them onto Linghu Chong's wound on his leg. When she looked up by chance, she suddenly noticed the worried pale face of Yilin that was covered by care and concern. Yue Lingshan felt a thump in her heart as she thought aloud, "This little nun surely cares for big apprentice brother very much!"

"Dad, let me slay that evil villain." Yue Lingshan stood up with her sword in hand.

"If you kill that villain, you would stain your reputation for nothing. Give the sword to me!" Yue Buqun directed.

Tian Boguang was such an infamous rapist that his name was well known by many. Yue Buqun worried that when the news spread out later that Miss Yue had killed Tian Boguang, it was destined that some rascals would cook up many stories about how there was an attempted ****, so on and so forth.

Hearing her father's words, Yue Lingshan handed the sword over, but Yue Buqun did not take the sword, instead, he flicked his right sleeve, which wrapped the sword inside.

"No!" Monk No Commandment shouted when he saw the scene. He quickly took off his two shoes and held them in his hands. Yue Buqun swung his arm with a chop stance; the long sword shot toward Tian Boguang, who was in a distance of a hundred feet or so, like a missile. That was well expected by Monk No Commandment. He threw hard with both of his arms; the two shoes also shot out in great speed. The sword was heavy and the shoes were light, plus that the sword was thrown before the two shoes, but somehow the two shoes were able to fly in front of the sword in an arch and circled back. Each shoe hooked onto one side of the sword handle and actually was able to send the long sword back toward where it was thrown. The sword flew a couple dozens of feet back and then finally lost its momentum and fell to the ground. The sword tip penetrated the soil and kept the sword standing. The two shoes were still hooked on the handle and swayed back and forth.

"That was terrible! Terrible!" Monk No Commandment shouted. "Lin'er, your daddy spent too much inner energy on the son-in-law's internal wounds today. That's why the sword fell only half way through. It should have flown to only two feet from the son-in-law's Master and give him a good scare. Alas, your daddy monk has really lost face this time. This is so embarrassing!"

Throwing a glance at Yue Buqun's unhappy face, Yilin whispered, "Dad, enough." She hurried forward and removed the two shoes off the sword handle. Pulling the sword off the ground, she hesitated. She knew that Linghu Chong didn't want to kill Tian Boguang. If she had given the sword back to Yue Lingshan, and she went to kill Tian Boguang again, wouldn't that break Linghu Chong's heart?

When Yue Buqun swung his arm and shot out the long sword with his sleeve, he thought that for sure the sword would cut through Tian Boguang's heart. Who had expected that Monk No Commandment was actually able to put so much strength onto his two shoes with such a clever maneuver? This monk kept yelling out loud, referring himself as the little nun's father and calling Linghu Chong his son-in-law, full of nonsense. Obviously he was just a mad monk, but his Kung Fu skills are indeed outstanding. Didn't he say that he just spent a good amount of his inner energy to heal Linghu Chong's internal wounds? If it hadn't been so, wouldn't he be even more exceptional? Although he didn't use the Divine Art of Violet Twilight when he flicked with his sleeve, and he was sure he wouldn't lose to the monk if he had actually used it, still, it wouldn't be appropriate for a renowned master to strike again once the first strike had missed. So he cupped his hand and said, "Very admirable! Great Master, since you are determined to take this villain under your wings, it would be inappropriate for me to intervene today. What do you think?"

Hearing him say that he wouldn't kill Tian Boguang today, Yilin held the long sword in both hands and walked in front of Yue Lingshan. Bowing slightly, she said, "Sister, you..."

Yue Lingshan snorted as she grabbed hold of the sword handle. Without even looking, she returned the sword back to its sheath. The shove appeared to be neat and swift.

Monk No Commandment chortled. "Miss, that was a handsome trick!" He turned to Linghu Chong and said, "My little son-in-law, let's go. Your apprentice sister is very pretty. I'd be nervous to leave you and her together."

"Great Master, I know you like to kid around. But remarks like that would damage the reputation of both the Heng-Shan and the Huashan sword schools. Will you please stop that?" Linghu Chong demanded.

"What? When we finally found you and saved your life after so much trouble, now you don't want to marry my daughter?" Monk No Commandment was astonished.

Linghu Chong put on a solemn face. "Linghu Chong dares not ever forget the kindness Great Master has shown by saving my life. Apprentice sister Yilin's Heng-Shen Sword School has very strict school rules. If you keep making such meaningless jokes, it wouldn't look good for the two senior sisters Ding Xian and Ding Yi."

"Lin'er, what..what..what's up with this son-in-law? I..I don't get it!" Monk No Commandment scratched his head hard.

Yilin covered her face with both hands and cried, "Dad, enough! Enough! He does his things and I do my own. Why..why..why mix us together?" Tears burst out from her eyes as she dashed down the mountain path.

Monk No Commandment was even more confused. He dazed for a moment and then muttered, "This is so strange! Before seeing him, she would give up everything to see him, but once she sees him, she didn't want to see him anymore. She is just like her mother. It's simply impossible to understand what a little nun might be thinking." Seeing that his daughter was getting further and further, he chased after her.

Tian Boguang managed to stand up after some struggle. "The green mountain will always be green and the blue river will continue to flow. I'll see you around," he said to Linghu Chong and then turned around and stumbled his way down the mountain path.

Yue Buqun waited till Tian Boguang had gone far before speaking to Linghu Chong again, "Chong, you are treating that evil villain well. You would rather stab yourself than kill him."

Linghu Chong's face showed some shame. He knew that Master had seen through his act with his sharp eyes. He lowered his head.

"Master, he did have many bad conducts, but he has promised to mend his ways and do good. He has shown mercy and spared my life multiple times when he had me in his hands."

"Talking morality with such a brutal and cold-blooded skunk, sooner or later, you will have to pay for it," Yue Buqun sneered. He had always favored this Head Apprentice of his. Seeing that he had survived such severe wounds had already brought him great joy. When Linghu Chong pretended to fall and stabbed himself in the leg, he knew very well that it was an act, but he also knew too well that Linghu Chong had always been crafty since he was only a child, so he decided not to investigate further. Besides, Linghu Chong's words to Monk No Commandment were very effective and appropriate, just the way he wanted it, therefore, he chose to set the case of Tian Boguang aside temporarily.

"Where's the booklet?" Yue Buqun stuck out his hand.