Yang Guo only wanted to get into another stone chamber and close the door so Li Mochou couldnât follow in. Xiao LongnĂŒ had already cleared her pressure points and, in another while, the two of them could force out the poisons in their bodies. This matter was actually a hundred times easier than clearing the pressure points. When Yang Guo was young and was poisoned by Li Mochouâs needles, Ouyang Feng taught him how to expel the poisons. At present the two of them had internal energy like this so getting rid of the poisons was really not difficult.
Li Mochou also knew his intention. How could she allow the two people to begin driving out the poisons? She didnât dare to attack and only kept following them from a safe distance, always five feet away from Yang Guo. When Yang Guo stood there and waited for her to come. She also merely stood there motionless.
In his chest, the more Yang Guoâs heart beat, the fiercer the poisons became. He felt as if his heart would spill out of his mouth and couldnât really support himself again. He unsteadily dashed into a stone chamber and put Xiao LongnĂŒ down on a tabletop. He propped himself against the table and loudly gasped for breath. He knew perfectly well that Li Mochou would follow shortly after but didnât pay attention. After a little while, he then realized that theyâd arrived at the coffin chamber. And the table, that he was propping himself against and that he was just placed Xiao LongnĂŒâs body on, was really a stone coffin.
At the time Li Mochou was a disciple of the sect, sheâd lived here at Gu Mu for quite a long time. And even though her knowledge of Gu Mu secret matters was inferior to the Yang-Long coupleâs, she could see clearly that there were five stone coffins in the chamber. At the bottom of one of the coffins was a door to the secret path, from where she came in. She thought, âAre you thinking about escaping from here? This time it may not be so easy.â
Of the three people, one was sitting; one was standing; and the other was leaning against another. At this time, only the sounds of Yang Guoâs heavy breathings could be heard. Yang Guoâs body swayed several times. And with a clanking sound, the black iron sword dropped to the floor. Then he tumbled down Xiao LongnĂŒâs body. His hand threw out something. A âPaâ sound was heard as that thing flew into an empty coffin. He called out, âLi Mochou, I canât let this Jade Heart Manual fall into your hands. AiyoâŠâ With a long miserable cry, he became motionless.â
There were five stone coffins in this chamber. Three of them contained the bodies of Lin Chaoying, her disciple, and Sun Po Po [Grandma Sun]. The other two were actually empty. Of these two, one was a door to the secret passage and its lid was left two feet open so people could come in and go out. The other coffinâs lid was left open just a little. As Li Mochou saw Yang Guo throw the âJade Heart Manualâ in this empty coffin, she was pleasantly surprised. But she was still afraid that it would be a trick. Another while passed and he was still motionless. So she bent down to feel his cheek. It was icy cold, meaning he was already dead. With a loud âHa-Haâ she said, âLittle rascal, even with all your wickedness you also have failed today!â Then she stretched out her hand into the coffin to get the manual.
But Yang Guo had thrown the âmanualâ into the other end of the coffin. Li Mochouâs fly whisk had earlier been broken; otherwise she could have used it to sweep it out. She used her arm to grope at it twice but still couldnât grab it. So she shrank her body and got into the empty stone coffin through this foot-wide opening. She crawled inside the stone coffin to the other end and finally grabbed the âmanual.â Her hand then felt something not very wonderful. The manual appeared to be a shoe.
And by this time, Yang Guo lifted his body up. His left arm dashed out to the front, using the tip of the black iron sword to push the coffin lid. He sent out a ferocious force and the coffin lid was perfectly closed, trapping Li Mochou inside the coffin!
From the beginning, Li Mochou didnât know that the âJade Heart Manualâ was actually carved on the ceiling of a stone chamber and always thought it was a book. Yang Guo pretended to cry out in misery, throwing himself on Xiao LongnĂŒâs body. At the same time, he quickly took off his shoe and threw it into the empty coffin. A soft object landing on a stone sounded just like it was a book. After throwing in the shoe, he immediately reversed his energy flow and turned himself stiff like he was dead. In fact, even if heâd died of poisons, his body wouldnât have turned icy cold in the blink of an eye like this. When a manâs pulse stopped, it would actually take at least half an hour for his whole body to lose all the heat. Li Mochou was so happy that she lost her power of observation. This plan of his was extremely dangerous. If Li Mochou didnât care if heâd actually died or not and struck his head with her âFive Poisons Divine Palmâ to guarantee his death, his playing dead would unavoidably change into real death. But he was in a desperate situation so he took a desperate measure, hoping for some luck. To his surprise, it was actually a success.
To push a coffin lid, Yang Guo passed the strength to his left arm and then used his heavy sword to lift it up. Then he shouted, âUp!â and the other empty coffin was raised. A thundering âPengâ sound followed and the coffin crushed down on top of the first coffin. This coffin and lid together weighed six hundred catties at least. Adding the bamboo top on the lid, it was extremely secure, with a perfect seam. Even if Li Mochouâs martial skills were high, there was no way she could get out in any case.
After being poisoned, Yang Guoâs heart was beating fast and his head was hurting. But as they were facing a great enemy, he couldnât allow himself to be dizzy and entirely relied on his fierce determination to sustain himself. Having used the sword twice to push the coffins, his mind was tired and his strength depleted. He flung down the black iron sword and struggled to walk over to Xiao LongnĂŒâs side. Using the method of Ouyang Feng, he first drove out most of the poisons in his body. Then he reached out his hand to match Xiao LongnĂŒâs and helped her get rid of the poisons.
Guo Fu, Yelu Qi, and the others were trapped in the stone chamber. These people entered the secret passage from the bottom of the creek and the fire kits they carried inside were all soaked and hence difficult to catch fire. They groped around in darkness. How could they possibly find a way out? The five people were at their witsâ end so they just sat there idly on the floor.
Wu Santong was incessantly cursing Li Mochouâs treacherously evil trick. Guo Fu, who was already extremely anxious, heard Wu Santongâs non-stop scolding and became agitated. She couldnât bear to keep her mouth shut and so she said, âWu Bobo [Uncle Wu], you knew before that Li Mochou was treacherous and evil, how come you didnât guard against her? What use is cursing when the damage is done?â Wu Santong was startled and couldnât say anything in response.
Since the Wu brothers had met Guo Fu again, each was sick at heart. While with the Yelu siblings and Wanyan Ping, everybody was having a good time together but they didnât really have a chance to talk to Guo Fu directly. This time Wu Xiuwen heard her snapping at his father. He couldnât bear it and said, âWe came to Gu Mu to help your little sister and unfortunately met with a disaster. Everybody is about to perish together and you still let out your ladyâs temperâŠâ He was about to continue but then Wu Dunru called out, âDi di! [younger brother!]â This time Wu Xiuwen shut up. He spoke out of irritation. But after the words were uttered, he even greatly surprised himself. Heâd always complied with Guo Fuâs every wish and in no way would dare to cross her in the slightest. Who would have thought that today he would unexpectedly rebuke her in a severe tone like this?