Book 3

The burly green-robed man said, "Follow orders, and you might live a bit longer. Do something rash, and you just might die immediately."
The beggar responded quite slowly. Only now did he nod.
The one-eyed married-woman gave him a push from behind. She said, "Start walking. What are you waiting for?"

Li XunHuan also smiled, and said, "If your neck was grabbed, what could you possibly say?"
The beggar said, "If someone ambushed me like this, then grabbed my neck like this, I'd curse eighteen generations of his ancestors."

Long Xiao4Yun's expression was darker than the sky.
He lifted the wine cup, then put it down. Lifted it up again, and then put it down...
It was not that he couldn't drink wine. Rather, he didn't want to drink the wine. Because he found that when a person drank, he became more impulsive. Even the calmest person, when he became impulsive, would make decisions based on feelings.
After a long time, Long Xiao4Yun finally said, "I should not have said these words today."

ShangGuan JinHong said, "I used only one way to take care of them. That's by killing them!"
Long Xiao3Yun's expression did not change. He said calmly, "But this deal is different. Or I would not dare come."
ShangGuan JinHong said, "A deal is a deal. What's so different about this one?"

The door opened.
A shadow appeared behind him.
Starlight shined on her face. Beauty, splendor, innocence... no matter who saw her, would not believe what she had just done.
A goddess on the outside, a devil on the inside... Who else but Lin XianEr?

The notice had been sent. Most people had seen them. The ceremony was set for next month.
Now, with Jin WuMing with him, Li XunHuan was certainly dead.
He couldn't think of a single reason how Li XunHuan could survive.

Jin WuMing turned toward Long Xiao4Yun, and said slowly, "I like to kill people. I like to kill them myself. Understand?"
Long Xiao4Yun forced a smile, and said, "I understand."
Jin WuMing said, "You better understand, or I will kill you."

Ah Fei thought for a while, then suddenly smiled. He said, "I finally realized, that there are many things in this world which are not fair."
Li XunHuan said, "Not fair?"

Li XunHuan chuckled, and said, "I heard a person say something very interesting today."
Lu FengXian said, "What did he say?"
Li XunHuan said, "He said that only something that can kill, can be considered a piercing weapon."

Although this wasn't the best opportunity, it was still better than no opportunity.
Ah Fei would never let an opportunity pass up.
His sword came out!

The two pair of eyes met. Lu FengXian's heart was suddenly filled with warmth.
He could see from Li XunHuan's eyes, his sadness and his loneliness.
The loneliness and sadness that only heroes had.
This was something only heroes could understand.
Lu FengXian suddenly said, "Where is she?"
Li XunHuan said, "LingLing knows where she is. But..."

Jin WuMing said, "When I kill, I use this hand!"
His raised his hand, his right hand.
ShangGuan Fei's still laughing, but not as natural as earlier. He said, "This hand... can't even kill a dog."

The first thing Li XunHuan saw was blood.  Then he saw the person lying over the pool of blood. 
But he never would have guessed that the person lying there in a pool of blood, breathing her last breath, was LingLing.

A unique set of footsteps emanated throughout the dense forest.  In actuality, there was nothing particularly sepcial about this set of footsteps.  But for some reason each step sounded like one's own heart was being trampled on.
The sound of the footsteps stopped.

"Everyone in the Wulin community knows that at the first of the month, Long Xiao4Yun and ShangGuan JinHong are to become sworn brothers," she responded.
Ah Fei looked perplexed and asked, "Has ShangGuan JinHong's vision gone bad?"

A single rider on horseback sped out of the Cloudy Inn.  He had thick eyebrows, curved eyes, and a valiant expression on his face. Across his body was draped a loose fitting yellow robe.  His wide powerful chest gladly welcomed the dust in the wind and the warm rays of the sun.
There was only one thing on his mind.
"To bring Ah Fei so that he may kill the two people clothed in purple and red!"

But as ShangGuan JingHong watched him pour the wine, watched him give the cup to Ah Fei, not only did he not stop this person, he didn't show any reaction at all.
No one had ever dared to disobey ShangGuan JinHong's orders!

"If that is so, then the theories you are teaching me are the same as Zen Buddhism?" she asked.
"In all matters of the world, when one reaches the highest level, the theories are not much different than from everything else," the old man replied.

ShangGuan JinHong paused for a moment then continued, "No matter what he wants, we will give it to him!"
"Understood!" Taskmaster Lu replied.
He answered each time without thinking.  His eyes suddenly wandered to Lin XianEr and he asked, "No matter who?"

Lin XianEr started to regain her smile again as she spoke, "I'm afraid that I am the only person in this world who can lead you to him.  I'm also the only person who can save him ... since I can destroy him, I can obviously save him as well!"
Li XunHuan's expression changed.
Because he realized that she wasn't lying this time.