"No"saidDimitri"Iwillnotallowthistohappen.”
"Buthowareyoutosaveher,sir?"TakinghisbowandarrowfromhisbadhisswordfromhissideDimitrisaid,"Bythese.”
"Ahsir，youareindeedkiedandbrave．Butforalmostaturymany,manyyoungmenhadtriedtodojustthattosavetheirlovedoheyonlydiedinvain.Themournspeopleintostobylookingatthemwithitsevileyes.”
"Mymindismadeup．Youotdissuademe．Iotstandbyaheweakandthehelplesssacrificed.”
"Youareastubbornman.”saidtheoldman,withrespedadmirationglimmeringinhiseyes．"Asyouwillthesir．Iwishyouthebestofluck．Ifbyamiracleyousucceedinriddingusofthismonster,youwouldhavesavedthepeopleofourentireareaandwewillmakeyouoursnandking．Maythegodsblessyou.”TheypushedtheoedowntheslopingbankintothewaterandDimitriwentdownwithit,hidinguerbeheoe．
Dimitriwasnotafrivolousmanwhorushedrashlyintotheunknownifhewasnotfidentofvictory．Hisassuranceofsuccessyinaremarkableadventurehehadthatveryafternooninthedeeprecessesofthosemountains，whenheacquiredhisbow,arrowandsword．Dimitriwasthirstyfromwanderingandlongedforadrinkwhenhecaughtaglimpseoftheyellowwallsofatempleinthedenselywoodedmountains．Hewalkeduptoitandkohissurprise，amonkeycametoahedoorandmadeasigniousobeisance．
"Iamapasserby”’saidDimitri．”MayIseetheheadpriest?Ishein?"Themonkeypoioacloudinthesky，fromwhichDimitriuoodtheheadpriestwasout,wanderinglikeadriftingcloud．
"MayIein?"heasked．Inreply,themoeppedasideahemanin．Ashesteppedin,Dimitriwassurprisedtoseemonkeyssweepingthecourtyard．Buthewasevenmoresurprisedwhenhepassedthestudyandsawothermonkeysreadingscriptures．Hewasinthecorridorwalkingtothebackyardwhen,tohissurprise,hesawabeautifulnakedgirl，withlongsnow-whitehair,washingherfeetbythestream．Amonkeywastherebyherside，wipingherexquisitefeetwithatowel．
"Isn’tthattheflowerfairyofmydream?TheoheballetTheBearaerfly?Butsheisonlyacharacterintheballet．Ineverexpectedhertoreallyexist!"WhiteFairyturnedherheadandsawDimitristandiransfixed．Shegavehimacaptivatingsmileandsaid，
"Ah!Youarefinallyhere．I’vebeenwaitingforyouforalongtime．PleaseetotheZenquartersforacupoftea.”Sayingso,shewalkedairilytowardshimlikeacloud，courteouslyinvitedhimiechamberandorderedthemofreshteaandfruitfuest．Curious,Dimitriasked，
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