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Chapter 90 He Is Different...

Thus the two people then hurriedly continued their journey to Hoa-san. After they arrived at the hill without hindrance, Toan Ki took his girlfriend directly to head Hoa-san-pai who was also his own twa-supek (uwak guru) who he had never met. After meeting Kong Thian-cu, the leader of Hoa-san-pai at that time, a tall, thin old man who was gentle and his hair was all white, the two young people immediately fell to their knees.
"Teecu Liem Toan Ki pays his respects to Twa-supek," said Toan Ki.
"Teecu Bu Swi Nio pays his respects to Lo-cianpwe," said Swi Nio respectfully.
The grandfather nodded. "Sit down and how can you call a pinto Twasupek, young man?"
"Teecu is a student of Suhu Tan Kiat who opened a martial arts school in Kun-ming and according to Suhu, he said he was a sute from Twa-supek who was the head of Hoa-san-pai, even though Suhu ordered Teecu not to mention Hoa's name -san-pai to anyone else."
The old man looked surprised, then took a deep breath. Stroking his beard he nodded again. "Tan-sute was indeed a student of Suhu, but unfortunately, once he made the late Suhu angry and kicked him out. Even though his talent is very good. Presumably he opened a martial arts school? And he ordered that his students not carry the name Hoa-san-pai? Good, it turns out he is man too. Where is he now and how is he?"
"Sutua has died in a state of curiosity, slandered by officials as a rebel and sentenced to death."
"Ahhh...!"
"That's why Teecu, as his student, also suffered because Teecu's parents were also victims of the brutality of government officials, then he joined the fight with An Lu Shan. After succeeding, Teecu resigned because Teecu didn't want any position. What's more, seeing how An- goanswe received the help of people from heretics, so teecu resigned."
"Very good, very kind of you to make that decision. Even if you don't mention Hoa-san-pai's name, Pinto will also feel sorry if someone who inherits Hoa-san-pai's intelligence uses that intelligence for rebellion matters. Now you are with Miss What is the need for this coming to meet Pinto?"
"Teecu came to ask for Twa-supek's help. This lady is Teecu's fiancé, she is the daughter of the late Lu-san Lojin."
"Siancai...! Lu-san Lojin has died? Pinto once met your father, Miss. A mighty man!" Then this grandfather turned to Liem Toan Ki and asked, "What kind of help do you expect from pinto?"
Frankly without hiding anything, Liem Toan Ki then told about his raid with the inhabitants of the Island of Ice, how later the daughter of the Island of Ice had entrusted the Heritage of the Island of Ice to the two of them, then how they were intercepted by bad people who wanted to seize the inheritance and they decided to hide there. Hoa-san-pai.
Grandfather was stunned to hear the long narrative. Several times looked at the bundle on Toan Ki's back and looked at the faces of the two of them like people who couldn't believe it. "Siancai... if you don't see the faces of the two of you who don't seem crazy and aren't liars, it's hard for Pinto to believe that you have met and even competed shoulder to shoulder with the people of Ice Island! Pinto thinks that the name Ice Island only exists in fairy tales mere."
"Because teecu believes that of course the people in the world of kang-ouw will fight each other to rob

these heirlooms, the teecu both decided to take refuge in Hoa-san-pai until the person entitled to the heirlooms came to collect them."
For a long time, the grandfather was pensive and bowed his head, being watched with anxious and tense hearts by Toan Ki and Swi Nio. Finally the old man looked up and said, his voice serious. "Forever Hoa-san-pai upholds the name and honor of being a party of valiant people. I don't know how many of Hoa-san-pai's students died in defending truth and justice, some even died without knowing why and where they died like Kee-san Ngo-hohan, five pinto students who used to protect Sintong"
"Aaaah!!" suddenly Swi Nio let out a muffled scream and when the old man looked at him,
he quickly said, "The late Subo was the former queen of the Island of Ice who deviated and allied with Kiam-mo Cai-li Liok Si rebelled against the government. Never heard Subo's story when he told Kiam-mo Cai-li's shrewdness that Kee-san Ngo-hohan killed by that Kiam-mo Cai-li."
The head of Hoa-san-pai looked surprised and her eyes became hardened, "Hmm, I think it was the she-devil who killed the pinto students!"
"However, the demon has died at the hands of Miss Han Swat Hong, the princess of the Island of Ice who entrusted an heirloom to the two of them, Twa-supek," Toan Ki said.
The grandfather nodded and listened to the two of them talk about the terrible raid on the king's city, in the palace of The Kwat Lin, the former Queen of Ice Island who ran away and took away the heirlooms of the Ice Island.
"Then it's only fitting that Hoa-san-pai help the residents of Ice Island. You may stay here and let Hoa-san-pai protect you and the heirlooms until the rightful person comes to collect them."
"Previously the two of teecu thanked Twasupek for the wisdom and generosity of the heart. And teecu would like to submit a second request"
The grandfather smiled. "Your most formidable, tense and dangerous request has been accepted and only the three of us know about this heirloom matter, you can't leak it out so as not to cause a commotion. Now, what other requests do you want to put forward?"
"Teecu... beg... because the two of them no longer have a family, and the two of them have been engaged for quite some time, then... teecu asks for Twa-supek's blessings and prayers to get married here." Toan Ki, whose life has been full of all kinds of great experiences, couldn't help but stutter when he made this request, while Mrs. Swi Nio lowered her face, which became very red.
Kong Thian-cu laughed heartily, then said, "Marriage is a very happy event. Of course pinto is very happy to fulfill this request. Liem Toan Ki, you are Hoa-san-pai's student too, of course you have the right to get married here, witnessed by all of Hoa-san-pai's disciples who were here."
Thus, the hidden treasures of Ice Island were kept by Kong Thian-cu himself in a hidden treasure room, no other members of Hoa-san-pai knew about it. A month later, a simple but solemn celebration was held to carry out the wedding ceremony between Liem Toan Ki and Bu Swi Nio.
On the first night of the wedding, Mrs. Swi Nio cried on her husband's chest, crying with emotion, sorrow mixed with joy. She remembered all her experiences, the death of her father and brother, the disaster that befell her when she was drunk and didn't remember herself being raped by Prince Tan Sin Ong. She hugged her husband and thanked him very much because she could imagine that had it not been for this man who was now legally and honorably her husband, she would have killed herself and even if she were alive she would have suffered disgrace and humiliation.

For two years, this loving and happy husband and wife lived in Hoa-san-pai, becoming members and students of Hoa-san-pai who diligently practiced and worked hard. However, they were very worried because until now, neither Han Swat Hong nor any of the other Ice Island figures had appeared, not even the extraordinary girl from Hell Island, Ouw Soan Cu, had not appeared either. Of course their hearts would be relieved and free from worries if only the Ice Island heirlooms had been taken by those who were entitled and not their responsibility.
Their anxiety was even worse when one day the leader of Hoa-san-pai, the old Kong Thian-cu, died of illness. Before he died, Kong Thian-cu told him where he had hidden the heirlooms that no one else knew. After Kong Thian-cu died, the position of Chairman Hoa-san-pai was replaced by another Hoa-san-pai figure, including a sute from Kong Thian-cu who had become a devout tosu, nicknamed Pek Sim Tojin.
Even the new chairman did not know about the secret of the Ice Island Heritage, so that now the entire secret of the heritage became the responsibility of Liem Toan Ki and his wife. Even though during those two years nothing happened, the hearts of this husband and wife always felt uneasy. In fact the two of them often discussed how good it was. About to leave Hoa-san-pai and look for Swat Hong, they did not dare to leave Hoa-san-pai where the heirloom was kept, nor did they know where to look for Han Swat Hong. Just staying silent at Hoa-san they felt more and more restless.
During that time, not once did they dare to check the heirlooms which were kept in a very tight place in the heirloom room by the late Kong Thian-cu. In the end they had to hold back, and promised each other that if in a year the rightful owner of the heirloom did not appear, they would face Pek Sim Tojin, tell them frankly and hand over the heirloom to be studied together so that the heirloom would be of use for Hoa's progress and good. -san-pai himself....
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"Suheng, let's stop to rest here first!" Swat Hong said.
Sin Liong turned to the maiden. He smiled and said, "Are you tired, Sumoi?"
Swat Hong nodded and Sin Liong stopped in his tracks, then the two of them sat down under a big tree on the hillside. Their stop was at the side of the road which was a footpath, on the left there was a hill wall, on the right was a very steep ravine. The scenery across the ravine was very beautiful, the nature excursion unfolding under their feet, a beautiful living carpet with all kinds of alternating colors, looking chaotic but pleasing to the eye because in that chaos there is a natural harmony.
Paddy fields formerly made by human hands are patchy, lined by a meandering river, with groves here and there, interspersed with large trees that still survive the changes made by human hands. A tree whose leaves had turned yellow and many had fallen off, looked alone and stood out among all the greenery, and it was as if all its beauty was centered on that yellowed tree that was about to die.
The sun that is overhead does not cast shadows so the day looks very bright. The sun's rays directly and freely illuminate the earth and everything that is on it, shining brightly without any cloud disturbance. Within the silence, Swat Hong could see through it all. It was only when his hand that moved to wipe the sweat accidentally met Sin Liong's arm that he became aware of himself and his surroundings. And he was amazed.
Ever since he met his suheng and made this journey, he has often been immersed in extraordinary beauty, which he finds it difficult to describe in words. He felt serene, calm and peaceful even though his suheng rarely uttered words. He seemed to feel how his personal suheng was shining with a warm and strange light, felt that there was a magical vibration coming out of his personal suheng that affected him and brought about an amazing feeling, which drove away all annoyance, all anxiety, and all sorrow.
Several times he wanted to say this to his suheng, but every time he was about to speak,

his mouth seemed to be kept shut by the reluctance that arose from the smooth and tender feeling towards his suheng, something he had never felt before. He loves his suheng, this is obvious. But now there was a feeling that was greater than ordinary love, one that filled him with peace.
"Suheng..." he dared to say.
"Yes?" Sin Liong looked up at him with a smile. His smile was so soft full
love, his eyes were so shining with understanding that Swat Hong felt as if before he spoke, his suheng already knew what was in his heart! This is what usually makes him speechless and unable to continue his words.
Now he hardened his heart and said in a low voice, "Suheng, where are we going?" "Ke Hoa-san, I told you," she replied simply.
"How did you know they were at Hoa-san?"
Sin Liong smiled, a bright smile, as bright as the sun at that moment, a smile that was free and natural, not hiding anything and without carrying anything. "Sumoi, you gave the heirloom to Liem Toan Ki and his fiancé, and since Liem Toan Ki is a student of Hoa-san-pai, then of course they are in Hoa-san."
Swat Hong nodded, indeed he knew that Toan Ki was Hoa-san's student, but he forgot that he never told this to his suheng! "What if they're not there, Suheng?"
Again that smile, the smile of someone who is sure of everything, a smile full of understanding, like the smile of an old man who sees a child's mischief and understands why that child is naughty! "Sumoi, what's the point of thinking about things that haven't happened yet? Imagining things that haven't happened is a bad game of the mind, because it will only produce anxiety and worry. What will happen in the future when we should face it when it happens in ahead of us."
Swat Hong was very interested. "Does that anxiety arise from thoughts imagining the future, Suheng?"
"That seems obvious, doesn't it? Those who are afraid of illness are certainly those who have not yet been affected by the disease. If they are already sick, they are no longer afraid of illness, but are afraid of death that has yet to come. Is life necessary to be gripped by fear and worry? Mind is in charge -responds to the arising of fear. The mind remembers past pleasures, and wishes for the recurrence of those pleasures in the future, then there arises a worry lest the pleasures be repeated. The mind recalls past suffering and wants to avoid them, wants that in the future If it doesn't happen again, there's a worry that he'll suffer that misery again!"
"How about it, Suheng?"
"Live in the moment, devote all your attention, all your heart and mind, to facing this moment. What is happening to you at this time, not what may happen in the future, nor remembering what has happened in the past."
"Then we become indifferent and indifferent"
"In fact, we usually act indifferent and indifferent, not paying much attention to the present, because all our attention has been spent on remembering the past and on imagining the future with all its hopes, all its aspirations, all its passions. his desires, all his pleasures and disappointments. So if we are free from the past there is no longer any shadow of the future and we live moment by moment with full attention, and only then is this called living fully, living perfectly and completely because we live life in a full natural way, not lulled in the realm of grandiose memories and hopes but actually empty.

Until long silence there. Deep understanding sank into Swat Hong's heart and in that silence engulfed the entire universe.
"Suheng, it's been two years since the heirloom was in their hands. I've looked everywhere, only to Hoa-san-pai that I haven't. I don't think they are being honest, and presumably they must have hidden the treasure. Otherwise why they didn't go to wait for me at Red Cloud Peak like I ordered? It's true that human hearts are not or rarely are honest. Once you see something that can benefit yourself, then forget all the lessons about valor and kindness. I want to find and beat them !"
"Sumoi, prejudice is one of the poisons that destroys our lives. Prejudice is born by fabricated thoughts, which imagine something that is made up, which arises because of worry. Prejudice is a stupidity that tortures itself. If we have met them and seen the real situation, what use is prejudice? Prejudice and so on disappear once we open our eyes to see reality as it is, and before that, prejudice means letting the mind play tricks on itself. What good does it do to our lives?"
Silence returned. Swat Hong was unable to answer because he was faced with a real situation. It is true that he thinks about things that have not yet happened, so worry arises, and out of this worry arises unfounded prejudice. What is wrong in all of this is the mind!
After their bodies had sufficient rest, the two of them then continued their journey towards Hoa-san. As time goes on, Swat Hong gets the impression that his suheng has really changed, much different from how he used to be. One day, when they arrived at the foot of the Hoa-san Mountains and rested, Swat Hong could not contain his curiosity.
"Suheng, after two years of parting ways with you and seeing you again, I came across the fact that you have changed so much!" said Swat Hong.
"Is that so, Sumoi?"
"I don't know what has changed. Indeed, you seem as normal as before, my patient, calm and wise Suheng. However, I don't know, you have really changed, even though I myself cannot say what has changed."
Sin Liong smiled and his eyes beamed. "Indeed, every human being should experience change, Sumoi. Each of us must change, not be bound by the past, with all kinds of past habits, every day, every second we must be new! If so, then life has meaning!"
Swat Hong was about to say more, but suddenly Sin Liong held his hand and asked him to get up, then slowly continued his journey starting to climb the first hill. Just as Swat Hong was about to inquire about this sudden gesture from his suheng, he heard voices and he saw crowds of people flocking up the Hoa-san mountains, coming from all over. They consisted of various people, dressed in various ways, but it was clear that most of them had light and agile movements and it was easy for Swat Hong to tell that they were kang-ouw people!
Seeing the fact that none of them paid attention to Sin Liong and Swat Hong, only glanced at them as if they were looking at each other, Swat Hong knew that they were not one group, but consisted of many groups so of course they thought that he was and his suheng is a member of another troupe. Swat Hong's heart filled with questions. Who are they and what is their will? Is there a celebration at the top of Hoa-san and these are guests visiting Hoa-san-pai?
But seeing his suheng's silent and calm demeanor, Swat Hong felt embarrassed to ask and remembered his suheng's words about the mind game imagining the future which causes sheer worry. Like it or not, he has to justify because now he is feel yourself. Let him face what is happening as it should and as it is without worrying about things that haven't happened yet!

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