Dragon and Phoenix
Chapter 58: A Green Stick

Twenty days on their run. These two men have arrived at Sangung. A province at the eastern end of Tionggoan. This area is a unique area, because in addition to having a beautiful beach, it also has amazing mountains.

Thay San Mountain is there.

A sanctified mountain, it has many historical stories and memories.

Even in the world of Kang Ouw, the name Thay San is immortalized. The person who is admired and regarded as the ultimate human being, is called Thay San Pek Tauw. Thay San means Thay San mountain, Pek Tauw means north star.

In his day, only Thio Sam Hong got this designation, because of the height of his knowledge, the depth of his knowledge, and the subtlety of his pekertin. Besides him, there is no one who deserves to be called Thay San Pek Tauw in this era.

Is this why every 10 years there is a fight for the position of Bu Lim Bengcu on the top of the mountain Thay San? So that the winner deserves to be called Thay San Pek Tauw?

Cio San looked far away.

The mountain peaks loomed in the sky. There are so many mountains. Do you want to conquer this mountain one by one?

Humans are so small compared to nature. But why is it always men who are so arrogant to determine their own destiny?

Growing your own hair is not possible. Why is it so ambitious to be the greatest man on earth?

These two people stepped lightly, even though the road was climbing and full of rocks. Up ahead, someone was waiting.

An old grandfather.

Wonder. Why has he met such a great old man lately?

“Greetings, Cianpwe.” Cio San menjura's.

“Greetings, Pangcu.” This old grandfather turned out to be a member of Kay Pang. “No need to call servant Cianpwe. Servant is only a lowly member, Pangcu. Name of servant Luk Ping Hoo.”

Cio San just smiled. His eyes had not been blurred to be able to distinguish the level of a person. Then he said, “Locianpwe what's the clue to boanpwe?”

Long time the grandfather was silent, then even asked back, “You killed Ji Hau Leng?”

“Mendiang Ji-pangcu did have a fight with boanpwe. But not boanpwe the killer,” replied Cio San.

“Then who?” ask old grandpa.

“He killed himself.”

“I can't believe,” said the grandfather.

If someone says they don't believe, then you want to give any reason and any explanation, they won't believe it. Because sometimes ‘trust’ it turns into a problem ‘hati’, no longer a problem ‘akal’.

“I heard you killed him for stealing the book of 18 Dragon Sites?”

Cio San could only shake his head while smiling bitterly.

So great is the ‘otak besar’, to the extent that it can borrow the hands of magical figures like this grandfather to kill him. Even Swordsman Kelana was previously almost fooled by the ‘otak besar’ this.

“Ji Hau Leng has been fighting since childhood. His murder made me sleepless.” Grandpa stood up. His hand held a green stick.

That green stick was the highest emblem in Kay Pang. Dog Beater Sticks!

Inevitably, looking at the wand, Cio San's heart became shuddered as well. This wand has been a legend for hundreds of years. Through thousands of battles. Defeated millions of enemies. If there were the most precious objects in Kang Ouw's world, this stick would definitely be one of them.

“Cio San, your sin is already too great. It's not just Ji Hau Leng's death that I heard.”

The grandfather has put up bhesi (horses).

The first step of the Dog Stick.

‘Angry Dog Closing Jalan’

Cio San just stood up to play his hair. The other hand is folded backwards.

“Please note attacks.”

Then the grandfather moved. A ringing sound came out from that green colored stick. The wand came faster than the sound that reached Cio San's ears.

How shocked Cio San, when he knew the stick had hit his head. He can no longer escape! Only being able to accept the attack destroyed his baton head!

The attack has met its target.

Cio San's headstone wasn't destroyed.

There's Thay Kek Kun protecting her. There is another science that Cio San never used.

The Science of Sucking the Sun.

The stick was sticky on Cio San's head. The old man was shocked when he could not break Cio San's headstone, nor was he able to pull back his wand.

“Locianpwe, don't muster lweekang (inside power). Or later Locianpwe energy sucked,” said Cio San.

The grandfather simply complied, as he felt his inner strength begin to suck.

Usually, the science of Sucking the Sun will only suck out the energy of the enemy, until the enemy becomes charcoal. Or, if the owner of the science of Sucking the Sun stops his attack. But if the enemy still tries to channel energy to attack, then the science of Sucking the Sun will constantly suck its power.

Cio San successfully ‘tame’ science Sucking the Sun with Thay Kek Kun. He combined both of these terrible sciences. Science of Sucking the Sun becomes softer, more ‘humaniwi’. But it just becomes easier to use.

By combining Thay Kek Kun with the science of Sucking the Sun, the two sciences were indeed reduced in awesomeness. But that's exactly what Cio San is happy about.

Because he doesn't like killing people.

The two sciences reduce each other, but in the other side add to each other as well.

Its awesomeness decreases, but its effectiveness increases.

Now even the green stick was in the hands of Cio San.

The old grandpa was wide-eyed. Cio San took that ‘suci’ stick out of his hand, like picking up candy from a child.

“Please, Locianpwe,” said Cio San while kneeling, he handed the stick respectfully.

Grandpa kept staring at him.

“Why did you forgive me?” ask the grandfather.

“Because this is all a misunderstanding, Locianpwe.” Cio San was still kneeling.

“Boanpwe swore it wasn't the boanpwe that killed Ji Hau Leng. He really committed suicide.”

“What was the reason he killed himself?” ask the grandfather.

Cio San while kneeling explained everything.

The grandfather listened while shedding tears. The life of his favorite foster child could end so pitifully.

“You know who the ‘big box’ is?” ask the grandfather later.

“Boanpwe is on his way looking for him,” replied Cio San.

“Good. I now fully trust you, Pangcu.”

If anyone can kill you, but he forgives you, of course, you must believe his words.

Even now he knelt down too, then rode (kneeled) in front of Cio San.

“Pardon all these misunderstandings,” said the grandfather.

“Locianpwe, please rise.” Cio San lifted the body of the grandfather.

The grandfather looked at Cio San, then thrust out his green stick.

“You deserve and deserve to be Chairman Kay Pang,” he said.

Cio San did not dare to accept the wand. That green stick was indeed a sign of Chairman Kay Pang's honor. Who holds it, means he is Chairman Kay Pang.

Cio San just said,

“Boanpwe does not deserve to hold it, Locianpwe. Please save Locianpwe until the real Chairman Kay Pang appears, and the most appropriate.”

“Pangcu is the person who most deserves to be the Chairman.”

“Boanpwe is just a man carrying out his best friend's last request,” Cio San shook his head. Then he said, “Boanpwe understands how holy this stick is. No boanpwe can carry around. Please Locianpwe only keep it, until the time must be left to the entitled.”

Long ago the grandfather thought, then he finally said, “Alright.”

Then they got up and stood up.

“Did Pangcu really have mastered 18 Dragon Sites?” ask the grandfather.

“New 3 starting styles,” replied Cio San. “Boanpwe saw the late Ji-pangcu using it.”

“One time see, you can directly?” ask the grandfather.

Cio San just nodded.

The grandfather then said,

“Cayhe (me) himself has never seen the terrible science. The original book did not exist, and was only taught for generations. Decades ago, Kay Pang suffered a setback, so the science of 18 Dragon Sites like extinct.”

“This copy of science is stored in a silk cloth, which is stored in a cleaver. Then after experiencing the sharing of events, the copy is now controlled by the Chairman of Siau Lim-pay, Bu Lim Bengcu who is now.”

“Before Ji Hau Leng became Chairman of Kay Pang, I had already resigned from the martial world. A few months ago, when I heard that he had mastered the 18 Dragon Sites, I was very happy to hear that. At that moment I decided to look for him. When I got to the base, I just found out that a few days earlier, he had died in your hands. Angrily I took the Dog Beater's Stick and looked for you all the way here.”

“Locianpwe first step, is that the first skill of the famous Dog Beater Stick?” ask Cio San.

“True.”

“One great. Boanpwe can't even dodge.”

“But with Pangcu science, isn't there no need to dodge?”

“Haha... Boanpwe just lucky.”

“Lucky?”

“True, Locianpwe. Confused, the boanpwe accidentally launched Thay Kek Kun and the science of Sucking the Sun at once. Both of these sciences are basically defensive science, not attacking science. Eh know-how, the energies of the two sciences are opposite but also complementary, until something like that happened.”

“What if Pangcu only launches one of them?”

“If using Thay Kek Kun, the power in Locianpwe may not be sucked, but will return to yourself. If only use the science of sucking the Sun alone, Locianpwe power will be sucked entirely, and Locianpwe body will be burned.”

“Don't by combining the two sciences, should his strength become even more powerful?” ask the grandfather.

“Oh, so it seems. Oh right, there's one thing I forgot to tell you, Pangcu.”

“There's a clue what, Locianpwe?”

“Every Pangcu from Kay Pang, must master the style of Dog Sticks,” said the grandfather.

Cio San just sighed. There are so many responsibilities to take on. Now the addition, must learn the style of the Dog Stick. Not that he is not happy to learn new silat, only he is afraid, the addition of new knowledge will make the silat science he has learned to be confusing.

“New chairman Kay Pang, please accept teaching,” exclaimed the grandfather.

Cio San kneeled down.

“Nona, please step aside for a while,” said the grandfather to Ang Lin Hua who had chosen to sit on a large rock under a tree.

Ang Lin Hua understood, and he immediately passed from there.

Grandpa broke a small bamboo branch, then said “Make this your weapon. Then follow my moves, Pangcu.”

“Good, Locianpwe.”

Soon the grandfather shined. Cio San followed his movements to the best of his ability. There are only 10 styles. But it is a very terrible move.

“Pangcu has memorized all the movements earlier?” ask the grandfather.

“Almost,” Cio San reply short.

“Good. Try please Pangcu do all those moves.”

Cio San did it. All ten of those moves were launched with high inner energy and impressive speed.

Grandpa frowned.

“Cu has not memorized? Many of Pangcu's movements are wrong.”

“Eh, sorry Locianpwe,” said Cio San while scratching his head.

“Please pay attention again.”

Grandpa started to shine. His strength and speed were slightly more powerful than the one Cio San had displayed earlier.

“Have memorized?” tanyakanya.

“Slightly,” replied Cio San.

“Please show, Pangcu,” pinta si grandfather.

Cio San did it.

Now it's much more wrong and wrong than it was the first time.

Grandpa nodded in disappointment.

“Pangcu, is there a heavy load, so do not concentrate the mind?” ask the grandfather.

“No, Locianpwe.”

“Then why now the movement is more completely wrong?”

“Boanpwe just thought, Locianpwe.”

“What does Pangcu think?”

“What if the enemy attack movement is different entirely.”

“Means Pangcu?”

“What if when we launch the first move against the enemy, then the enemy receives the attack with this style?”

Cio San then launched an attack. The pace of the attack is not too powerful, but looks steady and effective!

Grandpa was running away again.

“Eh, let me attack you with the first style, and you showed me your style earlier.”

He attacked Cio San with the first move of the Dog Stick. Cio San received the attack with a move he had just shown earlier.

Simple, not fast, but precise. Very precise.

The grandfather gawked when Cio San's bamboo stick had stopped right in front of his nose.

With just an ordinary trick, Cio San has been able to conquer the first skill of the Dog Stick.

“You.. How can?”

“That's because the boanpwe has seen and learned the style of the Dog Beater Stick from Locianpwe, so the boanpwe can create the antidote. If a new person first sees, certainly will not be able to create an antidote,” explained Cio San.

“Ah, so since it is already on your mind, then you are able to create the antidote. Then, you changed the style of the Dog Stick to be different?” ask the grandfather.

“Truely, Locianpwe.”

“Good. Let me attack you with the tenth style of the Dog-beating Stick, and you face it with the antidote you have created.”

Cio San nodded.

The second move has been made by Grandpa. Cio San counteracted it with a simple stick punch.

Step by step passed. Everything was successfully handled by Cio San.

Grandpa could only remain silent.

“Why can it be like this?” tanyanya.

“That was possible, when it was first created, this style was only used to deal with high-class sciences. So it is intended to face the great sciences. Enemies whose scientific height has reached the final stage, will certainly fight with high-class and powerful moves as well. So that he does not see an empty gap that can be faced with simple motion,” explained Cio San.

“Hmmm. Or it could be, the science when passed down to us, has lost its awesomeness, because our own lack of understanding of these moves,” said the grandfather.

Cio San nodded. A science is indeed in its journey will decrease or more powerful. Only, more often the silat science becomes decreased. That is because silat science relies heavily on the understanding of the perpetrator, the circumstances around, experience, and others.

“So when Pangcu plays the science of the Dog Beating Stick that ‘ngawur’ earlier, has it all closed the hole and its shortcomings?” ask the grandfather.

“Lack of knowledge, Locianpwe. Boanpwe only shines. Everything just flows instinctively. If the enemy attacks in any other way, maybe the manager will change again,” Cio San said as he scratched his head.

“How about we just try?” knock Cio San suddenly.

“Locianpwe attack boanpwe with any other style. Because the power and speed of Locianpwe is much higher than boanpwe, we should be able to see the results,” Cio San said again.

Grandpa then attacked.

Kay Pang's original moves were very fast and very powerful.

Cio San who lost quickly, was already impossible to avoid. Hence, from the very beginning he had already decided not to dodge.

He even moved forward to attack.

It's like suicide. Because Cio San must have been hit first.

But there was one thing he had thought about first. The bamboo stick is longer than the grandfather's. His hand was longer than his grandfather's.

That is why the attack came first.

Become more powerful, because the enemy attacks very fast and full of power.

Like when we run into a wall. If you walk slowly, the pain is not much. But if we run as hard as we can and hit the wall, then the pain becomes overwhelming.

That's how it happened.

Step by style was launched by the grandfather, but it was like hitting the wall. That's why in every move, he always stops his attacks. Because the tip of the bamboo stick Cio San always reaches it first before his own attack reaches the target.

“Great!” his praise.

“You take advantage of your own situation and advantages to cover the shortcomings,” said the grandfather amazed.

But he then asked, “What if your body is short, and your stick is also short? Surely you won't be able to use an attack like that?”

“Boanpwe will find another way,” replied Cio San with a smile.

Grandpa nodded.

“At this old age, I just really understand, that silat science is not a standard form of skill, but flows following the state of yourself and the environment.”

The grandfather then fell to his knees and joked,

“Thank you for the hint, Tayhiap!”

He called Cio San Tayhiap!

The highest award in the world Kang Ouw.

Cio San instead knelt down and prostrated himself,

“Thanks for the instructions, Temperature.”

“Ah, I do not deserve Pangcu call as temperature, it should be me who calls Pangcu thus.”

They both stood up. There is a deep feeling of mutual respect.

They just looked at each other and admired each other's greatness.

Talented young people, and humble parents.

Recognizing each other's strengths.

In this world, there are rarely people who want to acknowledge the greatness, intelligence, and advantages of others. We usually prefer to sneer. We are so jealous of what they have.

If one is able to acknowledge others, he has actually climbed a stage in wisdom. He opens himself up to change, to improve himself.

From a distance there was a black dot above the sky.

After getting closer, the point transformed into a flock of birds that look crowded.

Tong's and Suma Sun's veils hung on to the birds.

Cio San smiled.Welcome, Friend!