Chapter 38 Chapter Thirty-Seven

Xu Zhu was startled, and shouted: "Ah, it's not good, she...she..." Child Elder shouted: "What are you making such a fuss about?" Xu Zhu whispered: "She...she found it." Child Elder He said: "Although she knows that I have entered the palace, she doesn't know where I am hiding. There are thousands of houses in the palace, she searched every room, ten days and a half months, she may not be able to find this place." Don't worry, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "As long as we survive tomorrow's noon, we will not be afraid." Sure enough, Li Qiushui's voice gradually faded away, and finally there was no sound at all.

But less than half an hour later, Li Qiushui's soft voice came into the ice cellar again: "Good sister, do you remember Senior Brother Wu Yazi? He is in the little sister's palace right now, waiting for you to come out , I have a few important things to tell you." Xu Zhu said in a low voice: "Nonsense, senior Wu Yazi has already passed away, you...don't be fooled by her." The child elder said: "We are shouting here, but she can't hear her. She is using the 'Sound Transmission Soul Search Dafa', trying to force me out. She mentioned Wu Yazi, just to disturb me How could I be fooled by her?"

But Li Qiushui talked endlessly, hour after hour, recounting the situation when his former classmate was studying art, and talking about how Wu Yazi loved her so deeply, and then he yelled and cursed. Child Elder said that she was the world's most lewd, vicious, vicious and shameless bitch, and said that Wu Yazi scolded her behind her back. Xu Zhu presses his hands on his ears, the voice can penetrate into his ears through his palms, nothing can stop it.Xu Zhu felt very irritable when he heard it, he shouted: "It's all fake, it's all fake! I don't believe it!" He tore off the piece of cloth from his clothes and stuffed it into his ears.

Child Elder said indifferently: "This voice can't be stopped. This slut speaks out with profound internal strength. We are in the third floor of the ice cellar, the voice can still be heard, so what's the use of a piece of cloth? You One must be calm, listen but not hear, treat that bitch's words as donkey barking and dog barking." Xu Zhu replied: "Yes." But when it comes to the concentration of "seeing but not seeing, listening but not hearing", Xiaoyao Sect's kung fu is comparable to Shaolin Pai's Zen skills are far behind, Xu Zhu's Shaolin school kung fu is lost, Li Qiushui has to listen to what she says, and hear all kinds of vicious things she said about Child Elder, he can't help but be suspicious, not sure if it's true or not.

After a while, he suddenly remembered something and said: "Senior, it's time for you to practice soon? This is the last practice for you to complete your merits and virtues. It is of great importance. Don't be distracted when you hear these words?" Child Elder With a wry smile: "Did you know until now? This bitch has counted the time and knows that once I succeed in miraculous skill, she will not be my opponent, so she will try her best to obstruct it." Xu Zhu said: "Then you just put it aside for now. Is it alright if you don't practice? With such powerful foreign demons invading, it might be a bit... a bit dangerous to practice again." Child Elder said: "You would rather die than help me deal with that bitch, but how Are you concerned about my safety?" Xu Zhu was stunned, and said: "I am not willing to help senior harm others, but I am determined not to allow others to harm senior."

Child Elder said: "You have a good heart. I have already thought about this matter thousands of times. While this bitch is using the 'sound transmission to search soul Dafa' to distract my mind, at the same time he sent someone to lead a spirit mastiff to search for my traces. The surroundings of the palace have long been arranged like copper walls and iron walls. There is no escape. But if we hide for a moment longer, it will be more dangerous. Alas, it is also fortunate that we went deep into the dangerous place and came to her house, otherwise we would have died two months ago. I have already discovered it for her. At that time, my skill was low and I had no power to fight back. As soon as I heard her "Sound Transmission and Soul Search Dafa", I had already walked out obediently, and my hands were tied. Silly boy, it's already noon Grandma is going to practice." As he spoke, he bit off the head and neck of a white crane, sucked its blood, and then sat cross-legged.

Xu Zhu could only hear Li Qiushui's voice becoming more and more severe, she must have calculated the time right, this noon is the critical moment for the life and death of her teacher and sister.Suddenly, Li Qiushui's voice became extremely gentle, and he said: "Good senior brother, you hug me, uh, uh, uh, hug me tighter, you kiss me, kiss me here." Xu Zhu was stunned, I thought: "How did she say these words?" I only heard Child Elder "humph" and scolded angrily: "Bitch!" Xu Zhu was startled, knowing that Child Elder is at the critical moment of practicing kung fu, suddenly distracted and cursing, it is extremely dangerous, if something is wrong, then It will go crazy, and the meridians of the whole body will be broken.But he could hear Li Qiushui's soft nicknames continuously, they were all words of love with Wu Yazi.Xu Zhu couldn't help but think of the scene of having a happy meeting with that girl a few days ago, he was so excited, his blood flowed all over his body, his skin became hot.

But I heard Child Elder panting heavily, scolding: "Bitch, Junior Brother has never really liked you, you are so shameless to seduce him, how shameless!" Xu Zhu said in shock: "Senior, she...she was angry on purpose You excite you, you must not take it seriously." Child Elder scolded again: "Shameless bastard, if he has sincerity towards you, why did he rush to Misty Peak before he died, and passed the Seven Treasure Ring to me? He took another one that I was eighteen years old. He showed me the portrait of 2010, which was hand-painted by him himself. He said that for more than 60 years, this portrait has been with him day and night, and has been with him every step of the way. Hey, you are so sad to hear..."

Xu Zhu was dumbfounded when she kept talking about the future.Why is she telling these lies?Could it be that she has lost her mind and lost her mind? Suddenly there was a bang, and the door of the icehouse was pushed open, followed by the sound of opening, closing, and closing of the door.Li Qiushui said in a hoarse voice: "You lie, you lie. Shige...he...he only loves me. He will never paint your portrait, you dwarf, how could he love you? You talk nonsense, you can deceive people..." There were more than a dozen bangs, bang bang bang, like a thunderclap, coming down from the ice cellar on the first floor.Xu Zhu was stunned, heard the child elder laughing and shouting: "Bitch, do you think the younger brother only loves you? You really want to lose your head. I'm a dwarf, it's true, I'm not as good-looking as you, But the younger brother has already understood everything. All your life, you only like to seduce the handsome young man. The younger brother said, I will still be a virgin until I grow old, and I will never change my love for him. But you think about it yourself, how much have you had? Lover..." The voice was actually in the ice cellar on the first floor, when she flew from the third floor to the first floor, Xu Zhu didn't realize it at all.Then I heard Child Elder laughing and saying: "Our sisters haven't seen each other for decades, we should have a good time and make out. The door of the icehouse is sealed, so as not to be disturbed by others. Haha, you like to rely on more to win, so you might as well Call a helper to come in. Move the ice away with your hands! Go out via sound transmission!"

For a moment, countless thoughts passed through Xu Zhu's mind: Child Elder angered Li Qiushui, attracted her into the ice cellar, then threw big ice cubes to block the door, determined to fight her to the death.As a result, although Li Qiushui has great power in the Xixia Palace, he is unable to call people in to help.But why doesn't she push the ice cubes away?Why not as Child Elder said, send out the sound transmission and let people attack in?Presumably, no matter whether it is pushing the ice or transmitting the sound, you have to be distracted and exert your strength. Child Elder is on the sidelines, so she will naturally seize the opportunity and immediately deal a fatal blow; otherwise, Li Qiushui is naturally proud and does not want to rely on outsiders, so she must do it herself. Settle accounts with rivals.Xu Zhu thought again: in the past when the child elder was practicing kung fu, she kept silent and did not move, she seemed completely unconscious of external things, but today she couldn't help but fight with Li Qiushui, the achievement of miraculous skills is finally one day away, isn't it because of Mountain Jiuren, fall short?I don't know who will win and who will lose in today's fight, if Child Elder wins, will she be able to escape from the palace and practice tomorrow?

But there was loud bang bang bang bang on the first floor, obviously Child Elder and Li Qiushui were throwing huge ice to attack each other.Xu Zhu and Child Elder got together for three months, although the old lady was moody and capricious, which made him suffer a lot, but they were together day and night, he couldn't help feeling close to her, for fear that she would be poisoned by Li Qiushui, and immediately went to the first place Go to the second floor. As soon as he got to the second floor, he heard Li Qiushui shout: "Who is it?" The bang bang stopped immediately.Xu Zhu held his breath, he didn't dare to answer.Child Elder said: "That is the number one vagabond in Central Plains Wulin, nicknamed 'Fenmian Langjun Wu Pan'an', do you want to see him?" Xu Zhu thought: "I have such an ugly appearance, how can there be anything?" The nickname of Noodle Lang Jun Wu Pan An'? Sigh, senior made fun of me." But I heard Li Qiushui say: "Nonsense, I'm an old woman in dozens of years old, do I still like young boys? What's called 'Fenmian Langjun Wu Pan'an', it's probably that ugly little monk running around with you on his back. He raised his voice and called: "Little monk, is that you?" Xu Zhu's heart was beating wildly, he didn't know if he should agree.Child Elder shouted: "Meng Lang, are you a little monk? Haha, Meng Lang, people call you a handsome young man as a little monk, it makes people laugh to death." As soon as the word "Meng Lang" came to his ears, Xu Zhu's face flushed immediately, he was so ashamed that he couldn't bear it, he only said in his heart: "Oops, no, everything that girl said to me was heard by Child Elder, these words How can others hear it? Ah, what I said to that girl, I'm afraid...mostly...maybe...the child elder heard it too. Then...then..." Only to hear Child Elder say again: "Meng Lang, answer me quickly, are you a young monk?" Xu Zhu said in a low voice: "No." Although he said these two words in a low voice, Child Elder and Li Qiushui both agreed. I heard it clearly. Child Elder laughed and said: "Meng Lang, don't worry, you will meet your Meng Gu soon. She is crazy about you. She doesn't think about food and drink these days, and she is restless because she misses you. You Tell me honestly, do you think she doesn't?" Xu Zhu is obsessed with that girl, although he has been studying how to launch and break the Life and Death Talisman these few days, but he has always thought of her fascinated, suddenly when he heard Child Elder asking, he couldn't help but blurt out: "Thought it!" Li Qiushui murmured: "Meng Lang, Meng Lang, it turns out that you are indeed a passionate young man! Come up, let me see what kind of character the No. 1 vagabond in the Central Plains martial arts is!" Although Li Qiushui is younger than Child Elder and Wu Yazi, after all she is an old woman in her 70s and 80s, but these words are soft and subtle, Xu Zhu can't help but feel his heart throbbing when he hears it, as if suddenly, he He really became "the number one vagabond in the Central Plains Wulin", but then he said dumbly: "I am an ugly monk, how can I be called a vagabond, isn't it ridiculous?" Then he remembered: "Child Elder is the enemy, Why do you still have the leisure to make fun of me? There must be a deep meaning in it. Ah, yes, when Senior Wu Yazi asked me to succeed the head of the Xiaoyao Sect, he repeatedly thought I was ugly. Later, Senior Su Xinghe said, To restrain Ding Chunqiu, one must find a handsome and handsome young man with exceptionally high savvy. I was puzzled at the time, but now that I think about it, it must have something to do with Li Qiushui. Senior Wu Yazi asked me to find someone to teach me martial arts. Could it be that Just looking for her? Senior Su Xinghe once said that this person only likes pretty boys." While contemplating, suddenly the flames flashed, and a star of light came out from the first floor of the ice cellar, followed by loud whistling sounds.Xu Zhu rushed up the stone steps, looked up, saw a group of white shadows and a group of gray shadows are spinning sharply, the two groups of shadows are splitting and joining together, making a dense clapping sound like pearls, obviously it's a child Grandma and Li Qiushui had a serious fight.A fire was burning on the ice, emitting a faint light.Seeing the speed of the two of them, Xu Zhu is really unbelievable, how can he tell who is the child elder and who is Li Qiushui? The fire burns extremely fast, and it burns out in a short while, with a soft hissing sound, the ice cellar is pitch black again, but there is a whistling of palm wind.Xu Zhu was anxious in his heart: "Child Elder has a broken leg, it will be a disadvantage in a long fight, how can I help her? But Child Elder is cruel and has the upper hand, she will definitely kill her junior sister, this is not good. What's more, these two people's martial arts are so high, how can I get in?" There was only a loud clap, and Child Elder let out a long cry of "Ah", as if she was injured.Li Qiushui laughed, and said: "Senior sister, how about this little sister's trick? Please give me some pointers." Suddenly he shouted sharply: "Where are you going to escape!" Xu Zhu suddenly felt a gust of cool wind blowing by, he heard Child Elder saying beside him: "The second method, palm out!" Xu Zhu didn't understand so, he was about to ask: "What?" An extremely powerful palm force came over, he had no time to think at the moment, so he used the second technique to crack the life-death talisman taught by Child Elder, and when the palm force collided in the dark, Xu Zhu's body shook violently, and the blood in his chest surged , it was very difficult to handle, so I used the seventh technique to dissolve it. Li Qiushui said "Huh", and shouted: "Who are you? Why do you know Tianshan Liuyang Palm? Who taught you?" Xu Zhu wondered: "What Tianshan Liuyang Palm?" Don't you recognize it? The second move 'Yangchun Baixue' and the seventh move 'Yangguan Triple Fold' are the secrets of our sect, where did you learn it from?" Xu Zhu said again: "Yangchun Baixue? Yangguan Triple Fold ?” I was at a loss in my heart, half understood, vaguely guessed that I was tricked by Child Elder. Child Elder stood behind her and said with a sneer: "This Meng Lang, who bears the name of the most romantic wandering son in the Central Plains martial arts, naturally plays the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, heals and divination astrology, fights wine and sings songs, conducts orders and guesses riddles, and does all kinds of activities for children. He knows everything, he is good at everything. That's why he catered to Junior Brother Wu Yazi's wishes, accepted him as a closed disciple, and asked him to kill Ding Chunqiu and clean up the sect." Li Qiushui asked loudly: "Menglang, is this statement true or false?" Xu Zhu heard that both of them called him "Meng Lang", he couldn't help but blush, the first half of what Child Elder said was false, the second half was true, neither could answer with "true", but he couldn't say either The word "false".Those kinds of techniques were clearly taught by Child Elder to dispel the Life and Death Talisman, how could Li Qiushui call it "Six Sun Palms of Tianshan Mountain"?Child Elder wants to learn "Six Suns Palm of Tianshan" to deal with her junior sister, but she is determined not to learn it. Could it be that these techniques are "Six Suns Palm of Tianshan"? Li Qiushui sternly said: "My aunt asked you, why don't you answer me?" He reached out and grabbed his shoulder.Xu Zhu and Child Elder are very familiar with dismantling moves, and they dismantle their moves in the dark, listening to the wind to distinguish the shape, adapting to the situation, when he feels that Li Qiushui's fingers are about to touch his shoulder, he immediately leans his shoulders and presses the back of her hand with his backhand go.Li Qiushui immediately withdrew his hands and praised: "Good! This move 'Yangge Tianjun' has strong inner strength and is familiar to me. Brother Wu Yazi has passed all his kung fu to you, hasn't he?" Xu Zhu said: " He...he passed on all his skills to me." He said that Wu Yazi passed on "kung fu" to him instead of "kungfu". Although there is only one word difference between "kung fu" and "kung fu", the meanings are quite different.But when Li Qiushui was excited, he couldn't tell the difference, and asked: "Since my senior brother accepted you as a disciple, why don't you call me senior uncle?" Xu Zhu persuaded: "Master Uncle, Shi Uncle, since you two are a family, why bother to fight each other bitterly? What happened in the past, let's just expose it." Li Qiushui said: "Menglang, you are young, you don't know the sinister intentions of the old villain, you stand aside..." Before she finished speaking, she suddenly called out "Ah", but it was Child Elder who suddenly attacked Xu Zhu behind her, and slapped her secretly.This palm is silent, purely feminine, the distance between the two is so close, Li Qiushui waited to notice it, and was about to parry, Child Elder's palm had already hit her chest, she hurriedly floated back, but finally slowed down After one step, I felt that my breath was blocked, and my meridians were already injured.Child Elder said with a smile: "Junior Sister, what about sister's move? Please give me some pointers." Li Qiushui hurriedly used his internal energy to adjust his breath, but he didn't dare to speak back. Child Elder succeeded in a surprise attack, she was justifiable and refused to let her go, she jumped on one leg, jumped on her body, struck away with loud applause, Xu Zhu shouted: "Senior, stop killing me!" Then he blocked her with the technique taught by Child Elder Three palms hit Li Qiushui.Child Elder was furious and scolded: "Little thief, what kung fu are you using to deal with me?" It turned out that Xu Zhu firmly refused to learn and practice "Tianshan Liuyang Palm", Child Elder knew that the coming day would be difficult, in order to have one more force in case of emergency The assistant, when teaching him to decipher the life and death talisman, taught him the Six Sun Palms, and dismantled it with him for a long time, and taught him the subtle changes and ingenious methods one by one.Who would have imagined that at the moment when he has the upper hand, Xu Zhu would turn around and help Li Qiushui?Xu Zhu said: "Senior, I advise you to consider the friendship of the same family and be merciful." Child Elder scolded angrily: "Get out, get out!" Li Qiushui got Xu Zhu's help, he avoided Child Elder's sudden attack, his inner breath has been well balanced, he said: "Meng Lang, I'm not in the way, get out of the way." The left palm is slapped, the area around the right palm, the area of ​​the left palm. Forcefully bypass Xu Zhu's body and attack Child Elder.Child Elder was secretly startled: "This bitch has actually practiced the 'Baihong Palm Strength', straight and straight as you wish, it's really amazing." Immediately she returned her palm to greet her. Being in the middle, Xu Zhu knew that his skills were limited, he was not good enough to dissuade him, so he heaved a long sigh and backed away. But he heard the two fighting for a long time, the strong wind blowing against their faces, sharp as a knife, Xu Zhu couldn't resist, he was about to retreat to the stone steps between the first and second floor ice cellars, when suddenly he heard a puff, and the child elder made a cry He groaned in pain, being pushed by Li Qiushui into the solid ice.Xu Zhu shouted: "Stop, stop!" He rushed forward and used "Six Sun Palms" twice, deflecting Li Qiushui's attack.Child Elder took advantage of the trend and jumped back, suddenly let out a miserable cry, and rolled down the stone steps, until she stopped at the stone steps between the second and third floors. Xu Zhu was startled and said: "Senior, senior, what's wrong with you?" He hurried down and groped to support Child Elder's upper body.He only felt that her hands were cold, and when he checked her nose, he was not breathing.Xu Zhu was frightened and sad at the same time, he shouted: "Uncle Shi, you...you...you beat Shibo to death, you are so cruel." He couldn't help crying. Li Qiushui said: "This person is very treacherous, this slap may not kill her!" Xu Zhu cried: "You still say she is not dead? She is not angry anymore, senior... Master, I advise you not to hold grudges or grudges ..." Li Qiushui took out another torch from his bosom, and it ignited in a flash, he saw the stone steps were covered with pools of blood, and Child Elder's mouth and chest were also covered with blood. Practicing the "Eight Desolation and Six Hegemony Art", one must drink fresh blood every day, but if one goes against one's energy and breaks one's veins and regurgitates fresh blood, one only needs to vomit out half a glass of wine, and one will die instantly. big bowl.Li Qiushui knew that this senior sister whom he had hated for decades was finally dead, he couldn't help being happy, but at the same time felt a little lonely and sad. After a long time, she held the torch and slowly walked down the stone steps, said quietly: "Sister, are you really dead? I don't feel relieved." When she reached five feet away from Child Elder, There is a faint light on the fire fold, flashing and flashing, reflected on Child Elder's face, but seeing her face is wrinkled, the wrinkles near the corner of her mouth are filled with blood, her expression is very scary.Li Qiushui said softly: "Senior sister, I have suffered too much under your hands in my life, don't pretend to be dead to trick me." With a wave of his left hand, he slapped Child Elder's chest with a few clicks, Child Elder's body had several broken ribs. Xu Zhu was furious, he shouted: "She has already died in your hands, why would you harm her body again?" Seeing that Li Qiushui's second palm has been slapped, he immediately blocked it with his palm.Li Qiushui squinted at each other, but when he saw this "the most romantic wanderer in the Central Plains Wulin" with big eyes, big ears, big mouth, wide forehead and thick eyebrows, rough appearance, there was a half handsome and unrestrained, he was startled, and recognized it as Xue Xue The monk who carried Child Elder on the peak and escaped, with his right hand stretched out, he grabbed Xu Zhu's shoulder.Xu Zhu slanted to avoid, said: "I'm not fighting with you, I just advise you not to touch your senior sister's body." Li Qiushui made four moves in a row, Xu Zhu has practiced Tianshan Liuyang Palm very well, he even parried them one by one, in the middle of the block, he still has a solid and strong counterattack force.Li Qiushui suddenly said: "Hey! Who is behind you?" Xu Zhu has almost no experience in facing enemies, he was startled, when he turned around to look, he felt a pain in his chest, Li Qiushui had already hit the acupoints, followed his shoulders and arms The acupoints on her legs were also hit by her, her whole body went numb immediately, she fell beside Child Elder, full of shock and anger, she shouted: "You are an elder, but you are a deceitful person." Li Qiushui chuckled, and said: "Soldiers never tire of cheating, I will teach you a lesson today." Then he pointed at him and couldn't help smiling, and said: "You...you...you ugly little monk, what do you call yourself 'Number One in the Central Plains' The vagabond'..." All of a sudden, there was a sound of slapping, Li Qiushui let out a long and miserable cry, and received a heavy palm on the "Zhiyang point" on the back of his heart, which was hit by Child Elder.Child Elder punched out with her left fist, and hit Li Qiushui's "Tanzhong" acupoint on his chest.With this palm and punch, Li Qiushui was close to the body, not to mention blocking with his hands, he slanted his body to dodge, in a haste he didn't even have enough luck to protect his acupoints, his body was blown away by the punch, he fell on the stone steps, and the fire in his hands flew away out. Child Elder has been preparing for a long time, this punch is extremely fierce, Huozhe passed from the third floor of the ice cellar to the second floor, and flew straight to the first floor before falling.In an instant, the third floor of the ice cellar was pitch black again, but the child elder could not stop laughing sneering.Xu Zhu was both surprised and happy, he shouted: "Senior, are you still alive? Good... very good!" It turned out that Child Elder failed in all her efforts, she finally failed to master her magical skills, and she was broken by Li Qiushui on the top of the snow peak, her skills were greatly damaged, this life-and-death fight, after 200 moves, she will know that she has lost today Invincible, after being hit by Li Qiushui's palm, the disadvantage is even more obvious, but Xu Zhu does not help each other, although he prevented Li Qiushui from taking advantage of the victory to pursue, but also prevented his tricks from being sold; knowing that if you continue to fight, you will lose It was so cruel that he gritted his teeth and received a slap, pretending to die of exhaustion.As for the blood on the stone steps and around her chest and mouth, it was the deer blood she had prepared in advance to lure the enemy into taking the bait.Unexpectedly, Li Qiushui was very vigilant, he clearly saw that she had died, so he still slapped her chest again.Child Elder didn't do it, she didn't stop, so she had to endure it forcefully, if Xu Zhu wasn't there to stop her, Li Qiushui would definitely hit her "corpse" with palms one after another, there is no way out .Fortunately, Xu Zhuren's heart is against each other, and after Li Qiushui saw the true face of the "No. How could she be so patient. Li Qiushui's front, back, and back were seriously injured, his internal energy suddenly lost control, it was like a flood, and he was about to burst out of the embankment.Xiaoyao sect's kung fu is originally the best in the world, but if one loses control of one's internal energy, one's internal energy wanders and clashes in one's body, but cannot be vented, the pain of doing the kung fu cannot be described in words.In an instant, I felt numbness and itching in all the acupoints all over my body at the same time, and in panic, knowing that this injury is incurable, I shouted: "Menglang, please do me a favor, quickly slap my Baihui acupoint hard. palm!" At this time, there was a faint light shining from above, and Li Qiushui was trembling all over. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the white gauze covering his face. He scratched his cheek with his fingers, and it was stained with blood, and shouted: "Menglang, you You almost killed me with one punch." Child Elder sneered and said, "You tapped his acupoints, but you asked him to help you, hehe, you've got to do it yourself, you've got to do it right now, you have to be quick!" Li Qiushui tried to stand up Come, go to unlock Xu Zhu's acupoints, but his whole body is sore and weak, even if he wants to move a little finger he can't. Xu Zhu looked at Li Qiushui, then at Child Elder, seeing that she was obviously injured and was lying on the stone steps, he couldn't help moaning.Xu Zhu felt that the more he looked the more clearly it seemed that the ice cellar was gradually lit up, he turned his head to look where the light came from, he saw a fire in the first layer of the ice cellar, he blurted out: "Ah! Someone is coming! " Child Elder was taken aback, and thought: "Someone has come, I will fall under the hands of this bastard after all." He managed to take a breath, wanted to stand up, but couldn't stand up no matter what, his legs went limp, and there was a thud , fell to the ground.With all her strength, she slowly crawled towards Li Qiushui, trying to strangle her to death before her rescuers arrived. All of a sudden, only a tiny ticking sound was heard, as if water droplets were falling from the stone steps.Li Qiushui and Xu Zhu also heard the sound of water, they turned their heads to look at the same time, they saw water drops falling on the stone steps.All three were curious: "Where does this water come from?" The ice cellar was getting brighter and brighter, the water was murmuring, and the water droplets turned into streams of water, flowing down the stone steps.There was a fire burning in the ice cellar on the first floor, but no one came in.Li Qiushui said: "It's burning... the cotton in the sacks." It turned out that the entrance of the icehouse was full of sacks, and the bags were filled with cotton to prevent the heat from invading and to keep the ice from melting.Unexpectedly, Li Qiushui was knocked down by Child Elder's punch, Huo Zhe flew out of his hand, landed on the sack, immediately ignited the cotton, the ice cubes melted and turned into water, gurgling down. The more the fire burned, the more ice water flowed down, making a gurgling sound.After a while, there was more than a foot of water in the ice cellar on the third floor.But the icy water on the stone steps was still flowing down, and the water in the ice cellar was getting higher and higher, slowly soaking up to the waists of the three of them. Li Qiushui sighed: "Senior sister, you and I are both wounded, no one can survive, you...you untie Menglang's acupoints and let him... go out." The three of them understood very well that after a while, the ice cellar would be destroyed. When the water in the middle rises, everyone must drown. Child Elder sneered and said: "I do things by myself, why do I need you to say more? I wanted to untie his acupoints, but I don't understand when you say that, you want to be a good person. Little monk, you died because of her words Under the words, do you know?" Turning around, he slowly climbed up the stone steps.You only need to climb a few levels, and you can see Li Qiushui drowned in the water with your own eyes.Although he still cannot avoid death, as long as he sees Li Qiushui's death with his own eyes, this great revenge will be considered as revenge. Li Qiushui saw her climbing up step by step, and the icy water had already risen to her chest, the real energy in her body was surging, and she was in excruciating pain. She hoped that the sooner the icy water would rise to her mouth, the better she would drown herself Water, it is a hundred times more comfortable than the San Gong that is like a thousand insects biting and a thousand needles piercing. Suddenly heard Child Elder's "Ah", she somersaulted and fell down, with a splash, the water splashed and fell into the stagnant water.It turned out that she was seriously injured, her hands and feet were weak, she climbed seven or eight stone steps, a piece of crushed ice the size of a fist fell down the water, touched her knee, Child Elder couldn't stabilize her body, fell backwards.This fall happened to hit Xu Zhu's body, and bounced to Li Qiushui's right side.In the stagnant water, the three of them huddled together. Child Elder's stature is much smaller than Xu Zhu and Li Qiushui, at that time the ice water has not soaked Li Qiushui's chest, but it has reached Child Elder's neck.Child Elder is also suffering from San Gong, thinking: "No matter what, let this bitch die before me." If he wants to hurt her, but there is Xu Zhu between them, he has to move his arm at this moment An inch or two is absolutely impossible, seeing Xu Zhu's shoulders and Li Qiushui's shoulders leaning against each other, with a thought, he said: "Little monk, you must not use your strength to resist, otherwise you will seek your own death." Without waiting for his answer, he moved Internal force, then attack Xu Zhu.Child Elder knows that this action is to speed up her own death, if she consumes more internal energy, she will die a moment earlier, but if it is not like this, if the stagnant water rises, she must die first among the three. Li Qiushui's body trembled, she sensed that Child Elder was attacking with her internal force, and immediately used her internal force to attack back. Xu Zhu is in between the two, he first feels a hot air coming from the arm next to Child Elder's body, and then a hot air invades from the shoulder leaning on Li Qiushui's shoulder, in an instant, the two hot air are clashing in his body , collided violently.Child Elder and Li Qiushui's internal energy are similar, even after being seriously injured, it's hard to tell which one is better.The two people's internal forces touch each other, they are in a stalemate, they both stop on Xu Zhu's body, neither of them can attack the enemy.In this way, Xu Zhu will suffer a lot, he will be attacked from both sides.Fortunately, he had been taught by Wu Yazi for more than 70 years, the internal strength of the three fellow disciples were evenly matched, and it became a stalemate, he did not lose his life under the attack of these two masters. Child Elder could only feel the ice water rising gradually, from head and neck to chin, then from chin to lower lip.She kept mobilizing her internal energy, wanting to kill her love rival as soon as possible, but Li Qiushui's internal energy came in a steady stream, apparently it will not be exhausted immediately.But when she heard the sound of water gurgling, Child Elder's mouth felt cold, a stream of ice water slipped into her mouth.Shocked, she lifted her body up naturally, unable to sit still, and actually floated in the water.She was missing a leg and was much easier to float than ordinary people.This time she narrowly escaped death, she simply lay on her back on the surface of the water, submerged the back of her head in the stagnant water, only exposing her mouth and nose to breathe, suddenly she felt relieved, thinking that when the water rises higher, I, a man with a broken leg, would take advantage of the water, The internal force still keeps sending out. Xu Zhu groaned loudly, and shouted: "Oh, Master, Uncle, if you continue to fight, it will be hard to tell who is better, but my nephew will be killed by you." But the fight between Child Elder and Li QiuShui It became the most dangerous situation in the competition of internal strength among masters. Whoever gives up first will die first.What's more, both of them know that no matter they win or lose in this competition, their lives will be lost in the end, the only thing they are fighting for is who dies first.Both of them are very arrogant and have accumulated resentment for decades, which one is willing to give up first?Furthermore, the internal force leaves the body and goes away, although the energy is getting weaker and weaker, but the pain of dispersing exercises is also eliminated. After another meal, the ice water reached Li Qiu's mouth. She didn't know water skills, so she didn't dare to float on the water like Child Elder, so she immediately stopped breathing and used the "Turtle's Breathing Technique" to fight the enemy, letting the ice water Eyes, eyebrows, and forehead swollen, and the thick internal force is still coming out. Xu Zhu gulped, gulped, gulped three sips of ice water, and shouted: "Ah, I... I don't... Gudu... Gudu... I... Gudu..." Just in panic, suddenly his eyes went dark, Nothing can be seen.He hastily shut his mouth and breathed through his nose. When he inhaled, he felt extremely tight in his chest.It turned out that the icehouse was not well ventilated. The cotton had been burned for a long time, and no fresh air came in from outside. The combustion was not smooth, and the fire extinguished itself.Xu Zhu and Child Elder have difficulty breathing, but Li Qiushui is using "Turtle's Breathing Kung Fu" and has no consciousness. Although the fire was extinguished, the ice water continued to flow.Xu Zhu felt that the icy water had covered his lips, covered his face, and gradually reached his nostrils, he just thought: "I'm going to die, I'm going to die!" But the internal energy of Child Elder and Li Qiushui are still divided from left to right hit. Xu Zhu felt very suffocated, his internal breath was rushing, it seemed that his viscera had been displaced, the ice water was only a line away from his nostrils, if he rose a few more points, he would not be able to inhale, the acupoints were blocked, his head and neck had to be lifted I can't even lift it up.But it was strange to say that after a long time, the ice water stopped rising, and it was unexpected for a moment that the ice cubes would stop melting after the fire of cotton was extinguished.After a while, I felt a tingling pain in my chest, and then the tingling pain gradually spread to my chin, and then to my head and neck.It turned out that the three-storey ice cellar was full of ice cubes, and it was extremely cold. After the ice water flowed down, it slowly condensed into ice, freezing all three of them in the ice. The solid ice condenses, the internal energy of Child Elder and Li Qiushui is cut off and can no longer be transmitted to Xu Zhu's body, but nine tenths of the two's real internal energy is also sealed in Xu Zhu's body, and they clash with each other. It is getting more and more violent.Xu Zhu only felt that his whole body's skin seemed to burst open, even though he was inside the solid ice, it was still unbearably hot. I don't know how much time has passed, suddenly the whole body shakes, the two streams of hot air merge with the original true energy in the body, without guidance, they rush around the meridians and acupoints in an extremely fast manner.It turned out that Child Elder's and Li Qiushui's zhenqi were at odds with each other and had nowhere to vent, and finally merged with the internal energy Wu Yazi passed on to him.The internal energies of the three people come from one door, the nature is the same, and it is very easy to fuse. After the three become one, the strength is irreversible. Wherever they go, the sealed acupoints are immediately opened. In an instant, Xu Zhu felt his whole body relaxed, he shook his hands lightly, there was a crackling sound, the solid ice beside him immediately burst, he thought: "I don't know what will happen to the lives of the uncle and the uncle, we need to be saved Get them out first." When I reached out to touch it, the tentacles were cold and hard, and both of them were frozen in ice.He was terrified in his heart, and before he could think about it, he lifted the two of them up with the ice in each hand, walked to the ice cellar on the first floor, pushed open the double wooden door, and felt a burst of fresh air blowing towards his face, and he could only breathe in it for a while. The tone is indescribable.Outside the door, the moon is shining brightly in the sky, and the shadows of flowers spread on the ground, but it is late at night. He was overjoyed: "It's much easier to break out of the palace in the dark." Carrying two lumps of ice, he ran towards the wall, jumped up, and suddenly his body rose slowly, more than ten feet higher than the wall. , the upward trend continues.Xu Zhu didn't know that the zhenqi in his body could have such a magical effect, he was afraid that the energy would rise higher and higher, so he cried out "Ah". The four imperial guards were patrolling outside the palace wall in this area. When they heard voices, they hurried over to check, but they saw two large crystals sandwiching a gray shadow over the wall. They didn't know what kind of monster it was.The four of them were stunned. They saw the three monsters disappearing into the woods outside the palace wall. The four of them chased after them shouting, but where were they?The four were suspicious and argued endlessly. Some said they were mountain spirits, while others said they were flower demons.
As soon as Xu Zhu came out of the palace, he took big strides and ran quickly, his feet is the bluestone road, both sides are densely packed with houses.He didn't dare to stay, but rushed westward.After running for a while, when he reached the foot of the city wall, he raised his breath again and went up to the top of the city. He turned over the city, but the guards on the top of the city were blinded and saw nothing. 虚竹直奔到离城十余里的荒郊，四下更无房屋，才停了脚步，将两团冰块放下，心道：“须得尽早除去她二人身外的冰块。”寻到一处小溪，将两团冰块浸在溪水之中。月光下见童姥的口鼻露在冰块之外，只是双目紧闭，也不知她是死是活。眼见两团冰块上的碎冰一片片随水流开，虚竹又抓又剥，将二人身外坚冰除去，然后将二人从溪中提出，摸一摸各人额头，居然各有微温，当下将二人远远放开，生怕她们醒转后又再厮拚。 忙了半日，天色渐明，当即坐下休息。待得东方朝阳升起，树顶雀鸟喧噪，只听得北边树下的童姥“咦”的一声，南边树下李秋水“啊”的一声，两人竟同时醒了过来。 虚竹大喜，一跃而起，站在两人中间，连连合十行礼，说道：“师伯、师叔，咱们三人死里逃生，这一场架，可再也不能打了！”童姥道：“不行，贱人不死，岂能罢手？”李秋水道：“仇深似海，不死不休。”虚竹双手乱摇，说道：“千万不可，万万不可！” 李秋水伸手在地下一撑，便欲纵身向童姥扑去。童姥双手回圈，凝力待击。哪知李秋水刚伸腰站起，便即软倒。童姥的双臂说什么也圈不成一个圆圈，倚在树上只是喘气。 虚竹见二人无力博斗，心下大喜，说道：“这样才好，两位且歇一歇，我去找些东西来给两位吃。”只见童姥和李秋水各自盘膝而坐，手心脚心均翻而向天，姿式一模一样，知道这两个同门师姊妹正在全力运功，只要谁先能凝聚一些力气，先发一击，对手绝无抗拒的余地。见此情状，虚竹却又不敢离开了。他瞧瞧童姥，又瞧瞧李秋水，见二人都是皱纹满脸，形容枯槁，心道：“师伯今年已九十六岁，师叔少说也有八十多岁了。二人都是这么一大把年纪，竟然还是如此看不开，火气都这么大。” 他挤衣拧水，突然拍的一声，一物掉在地下，却是无崖子给他的那幅图画。这轴画乃是绢画，浸湿后并未破损。虚竹将画摊在岩石上，就日而晒。见画上丹青已被水浸得颇有些模糊，心中微觉可惜。 李秋水听到声音，微微睁目，见到了那幅画，尖声叫道：“拿来给我看！我才不信师哥会画这贱婢的肖像。” 童姥也叫道：“别给她看！我要亲手炮制她。倘若气死了这贱人，岂不便宜了她？” 李秋水哈哈一笑，道：“我不要看了，你怕我看画！可知画中人并不是你。师哥丹青妙笔，岂能图传你这人不像人、鬼不像鬼的侏儒？他又不是画钟馗来捉鬼，画你干什么？” 童姥一生最伤心之事，便是练功失慎，以致永不长大。此事正便是李秋水当年种下的祸胎，当童姥练功正在紧要关头之时，李秋水在她脑后大叫一声，令她走火，真气走入岔道，从此再也难以复原。这时听她又提起自己的生平恨事，不由得怒气填膺，叫道：“贼贱人，我……我……我……”一口气提不上来，哇的一声，呕出一口鲜血，险些便要昏过去。 李秋水冷笑相嘲：“你认输了罢？当真出手相斗……”突然间连声咳嗽。 虚竹见二人神疲力竭，转眼都要虚脱，劝道：“师伯、师叔，你们两位还是好好休息一会儿，别再劳神了。”童姥怒道：“不成！” 便在这时，西南方忽然传来叮当、叮当几下清脆的驼铃。童姥一听，登时脸现喜色，精神大振，从怀中摸出一个黑色短管，说道：“你将这管子弹上天去。”李秋水的咳嗽声却越来越急。虚竹不明原由，当即将那黑色小管扣在中指之上，向上弹出，只听得一阵尖锐的哨声从管中发出。这时虚竹的指力强劲非凡，那小管笔直射上天去，几乎目不能见，仍呜呜呜的响个不停。虚竹一惊，暗道：“不好，师伯这小管是信号。她是叫人来对付李师叔。”忙奔到李秋水面前，俯身低声说道：“师叔，师伯有帮手来啦，我背了你逃走。” 只见李秋水闭目垂头，咳嗽也已停止，身子一动也不动了。虚竹大惊，伸手去探她鼻息时，已然没了呼吸。虚竹惊叫：“师叔，师叔！”轻轻推了推她肩头，想推她醒转，不料李秋水应手而倒，斜卧于地，竟已死了。 童姥哈哈大笑，说道：“好，好，好！小贱人吓死了，哈哈，我大仇报了，贱人终于先我而死，哈哈，哈哈……”她激动之下，气息难继，一大口鲜血喷了出来。 但听得呜呜声自高而低，黑色小管从半空掉下，虚竹伸手接住，正要去瞧童姥时，只听得蹄声急促，夹着叮当、叮当的铃声，虚竹回头望去，但见数十匹骆驼急驰而至。骆驼背上乘者都披了淡青色斗篷，远远奔来，宛如一片青云，听得几个女子声音叫道：“尊主，属下追随来迟，罪该万死！” 数十骑骆驼奔驰近前，虚竹见乘者全是女子，斗篷胸口都绣着一头黑鹫，神态狰狞。众女望见童姥，便即跃下骆驼，快步奔近，在童姥面前拜伏在地。虚竹见这群女子当先一人是一个老妇，已有五六十岁年纪，其余的或长或少，四十余岁以至十七八岁的都有，人人对童姥极是敬畏，俯伏在地，不敢仰视。 童姥哼了一声，怒道：“你们都当我已经死了，是不是？谁也没把我这老太婆放在心上了。没人再来管束你们，大伙儿逍遥自在，无法无天了。”她说一句，那老妇便在地下重重磕一个头，说道：“不敢。”童姥道：“什么不敢？你们要是当真还想到姥姥，为什么只来了……来了这一点儿人手？”那老妇道：“启禀尊主，自从那晚尊主离宫，属下个个焦急得了不得……”童姥怒道：“放屁，放屁！”那老妇道：“是，是！”童姥更加恼怒，喝道：“你明知是放屁，怎地胆敢……胆敢在我面前放屁？”那老妇不敢作声，只有磕头。 童姥道：“你们焦急，那便如何？怎地不赶快下山寻我？”那老妇道：“是！属下九天九部当时立即下山，分路前来伺候尊主。属下昊天部向东方恭迎尊主，阳天部向东南方、赤天部向南方、朱天部向西南方、成天部向西方、幽天部向西北方、玄天部向北方、鸾天部向东北方，钧天部把守本宫。属下无能，追随来迟，该死，该死！”说着连连磕头。 童姥道：“你们个个衣衫破烂，这三个多月之中，路上想来也吃了点儿苦头。”那老妇听得她话中微有奖饰之意，登时脸现喜色，道：“若得为尊主尽力，赴汤蹈火，也所甘愿。些少微劳，原是属下该尽的本分。”童姥道：“我练功未成，忽然遇上了贼贱人，给她削去了一条腿，险些儿性命不保，幸得我师侄虚竹相救，这中间的艰危，实是一言难尽。” 一众青衫女子一齐转过身来，向虚竹叩谢，说道：“先生大恩大德，小女子虽然粉身碎骨，亦难报于万一。”突然间许多女人同时向他磕头，虚竹不由得手足无措，连说：“不敢当，不敢当！”忙也跪下还礼。童姥喝道：“虚竹站起！她们都是我的奴婢，你怎可自失身分？”虚竹又说了几句“不敢当”，这才站起。 童姥向虚竹道：“咱们那只宝石指环，给这贼贱人抢了去，你去拿回来。”虚竹道：“是。”走到李秋水身前，从她中指上除下了宝石指环。这指环本来是无崖子给他的，从李秋水手指上除下，心中倒也并无不安。 童姥道：“你是逍遥派的掌门人，我又已将生死符、天山折梅手、天山六阳掌等一干功夫传你，从今日起，你便是缥缈峰灵鹫宫的主人，灵鹫宫……灵鹫宫九天九部的奴婢，生死一任你意。”虚竹大惊，忙道：“师伯，师伯，这个万万不可。”童姥怒道：“什么万万不可。这九天九部的奴婢办事不力，没能及早迎驾，累得我屈身布袋，竟受乌老大这等狗贼的虐待侮辱，最后仍是不免断腿丧命……” 那些女子都吓得全身发抖，磕头求道：“奴婢该死，尊主开恩。”童姥向虚竹道：“这昊天部诸婢，总算找到了我，她们的刑罚可以轻些，其余八部的一众奴婢，断手断腿，由你去处置罢。”那些女子磕头道：“多谢尊主。”童姥喝道：“怎地不向新主人叩谢？”众女忙又向虚竹叩谢。虚竹双手乱摇，道：“罢了，罢了！我怎能做你们的主人？” 童姥道：“我虽命在顷刻，但亲眼见到贼贱人先我而死，生平武学，又得了个传人，可说死也瞑目，你竟不肯答允么？”虚竹道：“这个……我是不成的。”童姥哈哈一笑，道：“那个梦中姑娘，你想不想见？你答不答允我做灵鹫宫的主人？”虚竹一听她提到“梦中姑娘”，全身一震，再也无法拒却，只得红着脸点了点头。童姥喜道：“很好！你将那幅图画拿来，让我亲手撕个稀烂。我再无挂心之事，便可指点你去寻那梦中姑娘的途径。” 虚竹将图画取了过来。童姥伸手拿过，就着日光一看，不禁“咦”的一声，脸上现出又惊又喜的神色，再一审视，突然间哈哈大笑，叫道：“不是她，不是她，不是她！哈哈，哈哈，哈哈！”大笑声中，两行眼泪从颊上滚滚而落，头颈一软，脑袋垂下，就此无声无息。 虚竹一惊，伸手去扶时，只觉她全身骨骼如绵，缩成一团，竟已死了。 一众青衫女子围将上来，哭声大振，甚是哀切。这些女子每一个都是在艰难困危之极的境遇中由童姥出手救出，是以童姥御下虽严，但人人感激她的恩德。 虚竹想起三个多月中和童姥寸步不离，蒙她传授了不少武功，她虽脾气乖戾，对待自己可说甚好，此刻见她一笑身亡，心中难过，也伏地哭了起来。 忽听得背后一个阴恻恻的声音道：“嘿嘿，师姊，终究是你先死一步，到底是你胜了，还是我胜了？”虚竹听得是李秋水的声音，大吃一惊，心想：“怎地死人又复活了？”急忙跃起，转过身来，只见李秋水已然坐直，背靠树上，说道：“贤侄，你把那幅画拿过来给我瞧瞧，为什么姊姊又哭又笑，啼笑皆非的西去？” 虚竹轻轻扳开童姥的手指，将那幅画拿了出来，一瞥之下，见那画水浸之后又再晒干，笔划略有模糊了，但画中那似极了王语嫣的宫装美女，仍是凝眸微笑，秀美难言，心中一动：“这个美女，眉目之间与师叔倒也颇为相似。”走向李秋水，将那画交了给她。 李秋水接过画来，向众女横了一眼，淡淡一笑，道：“你们主人和我苦拚恶斗，终于不敌，你们这些萤烛之光，也敢和日月相争么？” 虚竹回过头来，只见众女手按剑柄，神色悲愤，显然是要一拥而上，杀李秋水而为童姥报仇，只是未得新主人的号令，不敢贸然动手。 虚竹说道：“师叔，你，你……”李秋水道：“你师伯武功是很好的，就是有时候不大精细。她救兵一到，我哪里还有抵御的余地，自然只好诈死。嘿嘿，终于是她先我而死。她全身骨碎筋断，吐气散功，这样的死法，却是假装不来的。”虚竹道：“在那冰窖中恶斗之时，师伯也曾假死，骗过了师叔一次，大家扯直，可说是不分高下。” 李秋水叹道：“在你心中，总是偏向你师伯一些。”一面将那画展开，只看得片刻，脸上神色便即大变，双手不住发抖，连得那画也簌簌颤动，李秋水低声道：“是她，是她，是她！哈哈，哈哈，哈哈！”笑声中充满了愁苦伤痛。 虚竹不自禁的为她难过，问道：“师叔，怎么了？”心下寻思：“一个说'不是她'，一个说'是她'，却不知到底是谁？” 李秋水向画中的美女凝神半晌，道：“你看，这人嘴角边有颗酒窝，右眼旁有个黑痣，是不是？”虚竹看了看画中美女，点头道：“是！”李秋水黯然道：“她是我的小妹子！”虚竹更是奇怪，道：“是你的小妹子？”李秋水道：“我小妹容貌和我十分相似，只是她有酒窝，我没有，她右眼旁有颗小小的黑痣，我也没有。”虚竹“嗯”了一声。李秋水又道：“师姊本来说道：师哥为她绘了一幅肖像，朝夕不离，我早就不信，却……却……却料不到竟是小妹。到底……到底……这幅画是怎么来的？” 虚竹当下将无崖子如何临死时将这幅画交给自己、如何命自己到大理无量山去寻人传授武艺、童姥见了这幅画如何发怒等情，一一说了。 李秋水长长叹了口气，说道：“师姊初见此画，只道画中人是我，一来相貌甚像，二来师哥一直和我很好，何况……何况师姊和我相争之时，我小妹子还只十一岁，师姊说什么也不会疑心到是她，全没留心到画中人的酒窝和黑痣。师姊直到临死之时，才发觉画中人是我小妹子，不是我，所以连说三声'不是她'。唉，小妹子，你好，你好，你好！”跟着便怔怔的流下泪来。 虚竹心想：“原来师伯和师叔都对我师父一往情深，我师父心目之中却另有其人。却不知师叔这个小妹子是不是尚在人间？师父命我持此图像去寻师学艺，难道这个小妹子是住在大理无量山中吗？”问道：“师叔，她……你那个小妹子，是住在大理无量山中？” 李秋水摇了摇头，双目向着远处，似乎凝思往昔，悠然神往，缓缓道：“当年我和你师父住在大理无量山剑湖之畔的石洞中，逍遥快活，胜过神仙。我给他生了一个可爱的女儿。我们二人收罗了天下各门各派的武功秘笈，只盼创一门包罗万有的奇功。那一天，他在山中找到了一块巨大的美玉，便照着我的模样雕刻一座人像，雕成之后，他整日价只是望着玉像出神，从此便不大理睬我了。我跟他说话，他往往答非所问，甚至是听而不闻，整个人的心思都贯注在玉像身上。你师父的手艺巧极，那玉像也雕刻得真美，可是玉像终究是死的，何况玉像依照我的模样雕成，而我明明就在他身边，他为什么不理我，只是痴痴瞧着玉像。目光中流露出爱恋不胜的神色？那为什么？那为什么？”她自言自语，自己问自己，似乎已忘了虚竹便在身旁。 过了一会，李秋水又轻轻说道：“师哥，你聪明绝顶，却又痴得绝顶，为什么爱上了你自己手雕的玉像，却不爱那会说、会笑、会动、会爱你的师妹？你心中把这玉像当成了我小妹子，是不是？我喝这玉像的醋，跟你闹翻了，出去找了许多俊秀的少年郎君来，在你面前跟他们调情，于是你就此一怒而去，再也不回来了。师哥，其实你不用生气，那些美少年一个个都给我杀了，沉在湖底，你可知道么？” 她提起那幅画像又看了一会，说道：“师哥，这幅画你在什么时候画的？你只道画的是我，因此叫你徒弟拿了画儿到无量山来找我。可是你不知不觉之间，却画成了我的小妹子，你自己也不知道罢？你一直以为画中人是我。师哥，你心中真正爱的是我小妹子，你这般痴情地瞧着那玉像，为什么？为什么？现下我终于懂了。” 虚竹心道：“我佛说道，人生在世，难免痴嗔贪三毒。师伯、师父、师叔都是大大了不起的人物，可是纠缠在这三毒之间，尽管武功卓绝，心中的烦恼痛苦，却也和一般凡夫俗子无异。” 李秋水回过头来，瞧着虚竹，说道：“贤侄，我有一个女儿，是跟你师父生的，嫁在苏州王家，你几时有空……”忽然摇了摇头，叹道：“不用了，也不知她此刻是不是还活在世上，各人自己的事都还管不了……”突然尖声叫道：“师姊，你我两个都是可怜虫，都……都……教这没良心的给骗了，哈哈，哈哈，哈哈！”她大笑三声，身子一仰，翻倒在地。 虚竹俯身去看时，但见她口鼻流血，气绝身亡，看来这一次再也不会是假的了。他瞧着两具尸首，不知如何是好。 昊天部为首的老妇说道：“尊主，咱们是否将老尊主的遗体运回灵鹫宫隆重安葬？敬请尊主示下。”虚竹道：“该当如此。”指着李秋水的尸身道：“这位……这位是你们尊主的同门师妹，虽然她和尊主生前有仇，但……但死时怨仇已解，我看……我看也……不如一并运去安葬，你们以为怎样？”那老妇躬身道：“谨遵吩咐。”虚竹心下甚慰，他本来生怕这些青衣女子仇恨李秋水，不但不愿运她尸首去安葬，说不定还会毁尸泄愤，不料竟半分异议也无。他浑不知童姥治下众女对主人敬畏无比，从不敢有半分违拗，虚竹既是他们新主人，自是言出法随，一如所命。 那老妇指挥众女，用毛毡将两具尸首裹好，放上骆驼，然后恭请虚竹上驼。虚竹谦逊了几句，心想事已如此，总得亲眼见到二人遗体入土，这才回少林寺去待罪。问起那老妇的称呼，那老妇道：“奴婢夫家姓余，老尊主叫我'小余'，尊主随便呼唤就是。”童姥九十余岁，自然可以叫她“小余”，虚竹却不能如此叫法，说道：“余婆婆，我法号虚竹，大家平辈相称便是，尊主长，尊主短的，岂不折杀了我么？” 余婆拜伏在地，流泪道：“尊主开恩！尊主要打要杀，奴婢甘受，求恳尊主别把奴婢赶出灵鹫宫去。” 虚竹惊道：“快请起来，我怎么会打你、杀你？”忙将她扶起。其余众女都跪下求道：“尊主开恩。”虚竹大为惊诧，忙问原因，才知童姥怒极之时，往往口出反语，对人特别客气，对方势必身受惨祸，苦不堪言。乌老大等洞主、岛主逢到童姥派人前来责打辱骂，反而设宴相庆，便知再无祸患，即因此故。这时虚竹对余婆谦恭有礼，众女只道他要重责。虚竹再三温言安慰，众女却仍是惴惴不安。 虚竹上了骆驼，众女说什么也不肯乘坐，牵了骆驼，在后步行跟随。虚竹道：“咱们须得尽快赶回灵鹫宫去，否则天时已暖，只怕……只怕尊主的遗体途中有变。”众女这才不敢违拗，但各人只在他坐骑之后远远随行。虚竹要想问问灵鹫宫中情形，竟是不得其便。
一行人径向西行，走了五日，途中遇到了朱天部的哨骑。余婆婆发出讯号，那哨骑回去报信，不久朱天部诸女飞骑到来，一色都是紫衫，先向童姥遗体哭拜，然后参见新主人。朱天部的首领姓石，三十来岁年纪，虚竹便叫她“石嫂”。他生怕众女起疑，言辞间便不敢客气，只淡淡的安慰了几句，说她们途中辛苦。众女大喜，一齐拜谢。虚竹不敢提什么“大家平辈称呼”之言，只说不喜听人叫他“尊主”，叫声“主人”，也就是了。众女躬