Book 23 - Chapter 6 – Contending for Supree (1/2)
Book 23 Chapter 6 – Contending for Supre finally set foot on the Great Mount Ba, which was overfloith danger, famous for its plank ay all the way since ancient tierous man-made pathway, constructed around theholes on the sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces and then inserting beams into the holes, which served as the skeleton for the wooden planks laid out on top of the on it, on one side was the uneven surface of the rock cliff, while the other side was thousand-ren [unit of length, my dictionary did not have the definition, baikebaidu only says 8 or 7 feet] steep cliff When thewas that the entire as swaying, the foothold was unsteady Those who are bold would still feel fright at every step, while those who are tile step
At first Xu Ziling was overwhelmed with marvel, but suddenly his mind opened and cleared up The unpleasant mood stirred up by shi+ Feixuan ashed away clean Along the way ed; it was extre-the-hly enjoyed the covered-by-trees-and-underbrush deeprocks
Cloud fir [spruce], cold fir, red fir, iron fir [tsuga chinensis], all kinds of fir [Cunningharant fruit tree, paulownia tree, fory It was not only a paradise for birds, but golden sub-nosed monkeys [Rhinopithecus Roxellana],around freely, so full of life When he rounded a bend, the scenery changed again
The first to catch his eyes was the roaring of the waterfall, while the as continuously widening Burst of water droplets hit him on the face, while the mist pervaded the air on the opposite endary (horned) dragon with ability to control rain and floods] co the cliff, straight to the botto out following the terrain with strong ’s mind was intoxicated He stopped to enjoy the vieith his hands behind his back, feeling the essence, qi, and spirit in his entire body soared without any bound, and ten thousand changes converged into one
In this moment of clarity, there was no distinction between internal and external
The man was the nature, and the nature was the les, enht this , “We ether by fate; unexpectedly I co was still staring fixedly on theout of the cliff above It converged first intoand s the botto waves sparkled , he said, “Naturally we are especially bound together by fate But I wonder if Hou Xiong is leaving Sichuan, or is entering Sichuan?”
Hou Xibai walked slowly along the ay toward Xu Ziling, while waving the Fan of Beauty in his hand lightly, in such an unspeakably elegant and graceful demeanor, confident and at ease above the crowd
Xu Ziling sighed inwardly; if they fought in this place, both sides would have no way out This matter could only be resolved by one of the hizhou, he has been neglecting this young martial arton the side, waiting for an opportunity like the present
Was it because shi+ Feixuan knew that he was nearby that she was unwilling to enter Sichuan together with Xu Ziling? Listening to the tone of shi+ Feixuan’s voice, she only had good i at all
Hou Xibai stopped when he was about a zhang or so fro of the Zhou dynasty, Qinhui wang wanted to destroy Shu [ie Sichuan], but no matter how hard he tried, he could not force entrance into it; thereupon he issued an order to old dust, claiold excrehted, King of Su ordered his olden ox Eventually the Qin ar the Golden Ox Walkway and wiped out the Su State Won’t you say that things like this are actually the main cause of disaster for the people of Sichuan?”
Looking back at the plank ay that he had just walked through, Xu Ziling spoke indifferently, “Later on, Zhuge Liang’s ‘Six Cans on the Central Plains’ [both are fro troops along this path Therefore, the fault is not on this Golden Ox Walkway, but on the people; don’t Hou Xiong think so?”
‘Swish!+’
Hou Xibai opened his fan fully, and then waved it back and forth; the speed was irregular, but it seemed to follow some kind of laithin-no-law rhythrasp It was such an extre would be this familiar with the history of Sichuan,” he spoke in astonish on has been through many different reconstructions The most ancient Golden Ox Walkway started in Mei County of Shaanxi, passing through the Xie valley, winding around the Bao Valley, and into Hanzhong To the west it goes out to Mian County, through Yang Ping chuan, JianGe, Zitong, Mianyang, and arrives at Chengdu Currently the Hanzhong to Sichuan section has changed into Ningqiang, surpassing sevenstopped to ado directly into danger”
Hou Xibai took a step forward, closing the distance between the two ht chi, while the Fan of Beauty continued to wave, one after another, producing ‘Swish!+ Swish!+’ noise The side of the fan facing Xu Ziling had only one painting of Wanwan’s a her faintly discernible, unfatho portrait in full display One corner also had the ten-thousand-kinds-of-grace, another i Xiufang
Xu Ziling was still standing with his hands behind his back; noticing Hou Xibai did not respond, he went on, “It see did not wish to answer Xiaodi suddenly has a weird thought; supposing one of us suddenly ascend the heavens to becohu would find out”
Blurting out laughing, Hou Xibai said, “Xu Xiong’s idea is very interesting Regrettably, the world of the immortals has no doors, so nobody could open it as he wishes Perhaps Xu Xiong wants to turn a good dreaness!”
A sliver of without-any-care-in-the-world s tranquil and calm, he said, “Whether the world of the immortals has a door or has no door, so much so that whether there is the world of the immortals or afterlife, Xiaodi practically has never had any iination nor any desire to look forward to, hence I have no good dreaness Even toward life and death, Ol’ Xu has a very indifferent vieonder if Hou Xiong would be interested in giving it a try?”
Finally Hou Xibai’s countenance changed His eyes shone with sharp, peculiar light, the rhythm of his fan became more erratic, but it was not in confusion at all If the listener was not Xu Ziling but another first-classout andlay on his back on the bed, but was unable to sleep With eyes opened wide he stared at the ceiling of the cabin, withof his relationshi+p with Du Fuwei
It could be said that Du Fuas the first person ever to show respect on hi to be qualified to inherit his burning incense stick and his undertaking Yet due to all kinds of reason, Kou Zhong declined his good intention
In the past he illing to let Kou Zhong left Liyang, de his breath of mind and positive outlook, which surpass others, and revealing his sincere affection, which was inconsistent with his style
But in return, Kou Zhong bitterly defended Jingling for ten days and ten nights, so that Du Fuwei could only gain tragic victory
Today he was going to destroy Du Fuwei’s grand plan of attacking Jiangdu Thinking about this, he felt depressed and helpless
That trusted lieutenant of his called Chen Sheng was a total stranger to Kou Zhong There was no grievance in the past, there was no ani thousand ways and hundred plans, Kou Zhong was going to er, all in the name of contention over the world Therefore, he had to proceed by hook or by crook, not stopping at anything Contention over the world is just like that
Ay!
Yet if he could go back to the past, he would still decline Du Fuwei’s good intention and proposal
The real reason was that Du Fuwei did not enjoy popular support too s done by relying on others
Thinking to this point, Kou Zhong ju outside the door to sulin, Bu Tianzhi, and so on for a discussion
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Finally Xu Ziling reacted; suddenly he turned his tiger-body around, so that he was directly facing Hou Xibai, as standing at an oblique angle about eight chi away on the ay
Two pair of eyes ly toward each other
Hou Xibai stopped waving his fan and put it away on his back Nodding his head, he said, “Xu Xiong’s brilliance is indeed beyond Zaixia’s expectation”
Xu Ziling smiled and replied, “We are no better or worse than each other!”
The twopolite words
In fact, ever since Hou Xibai raised his voice to speak, the two have been on a head-on confrontation Xu Ziling was bit lucky, because as he was enjoying the beautiful scenery of the waterfall on the opposite ed sea the ‘no- outside, state, in deep union with the purpose of the ‘Secret to Long Life’ Although he had not raised his qi or applied his power, all the orifices within his body were full of life; naturally the innate true qi circulated freely, frohtest flaw
The reason Hou Xibai chose this place to inally to borrow the waterfall’s surgingnoise to conceal the vibration, as well as any noise, generated on the ay as he was stepping on it, while actively calculating how to launch one strike, with a ten-thousand-catty-thunderrid of this formidable opponent, who, in so many aspects, was able to rival hile, pressing down on the plank ay going around thehis fan, not one did not i was somewhat influence by it or was a bit distracted, he would , disregarding injury or death, he simply must strike to kill this opponent, in such a no-retreat, no-escape battlefield
Who would have thought that not only Xu Ziling was not influenced by hihtest bit, he remained in the profoundand inexplicable, which Xu Ziling suggested earlier that he had no regard of life and death Consequently, Hou Xibai felt that if he forcefullytogether