Zhang Wuji examined the 2 Sheng Huo Ling tablets, which had been used contained in the furnace and as anticipated, he didn’t see the slightest signal of harm. Receiving the Tulong Saber, he chopped it on two spears, which had been snatched from Yuan troops earlier. With a lightweight ‘Swish!’ sound, the 2 spears had been minimize easily, as in the event that they had been manufactured from mud, minimize by atypical iron.

The group of heroes applauded loudly. “Wonderful Saber! Wonderful Saber!” they praised.

Wu Jingcao took the two-piece Yitian Sword in his fingers. His thoughts wandered to the second when the previous Rui Jin Flag Chief, Zhuang Zheng, in addition to dozens of his brethrens of the Rui Jin Flag, misplaced their lives below this Sword. He couldn’t restrain tears from flowing down his eyes.

“Jiaozhu,” he stated, “This Sword has killed my Zhuang Dage. It has killed not a couple of of my good brothers. Wu Jingcao hates this Sword to the bone. I can not repair it. I’m prepared to just accept accountability for this offense.” Whereas saying that, his tears poured down like rain.

“That solely exhibits Wu Xiong’s ‘yi qi’ [loyalty, code of brotherhood],” Zhang Wuji stated, “What offense are you speaking about?” Taking the 2 items of the Sword, he walked towards Jing Xuan of Emei Pai and stated, “This Sword initially belonged to your valuable Sect. I want to ask Shitai to go this on to Miss … to Mrs. Tune.” Jing Xuan didn’t say something, however she accepted the 2 items of damaged sword.

Zhang Wuji held the Tulong Saber in his hand; he thought for a second after which introduced the Saber to Kong Wen.

“Fangzhang,” he stated, “This Saber was my Yifu’s. Now that Yifu has entered the ‘three valuable’ [orig. ‘san bao’ – Buddha, Dharma (his teaching) and Sangha (his monastic order)] and joined Shaolin, it’s only match that this Saber needs to be below Shaolin Pai’s energy.”

Kong Wen shook each of his fingers and stated, “This Saber has already exchanged fingers many instances over. Final time it was Zhang Jiaozhu who snatched it away from among the many thousand troops and ten thousand horses; everyone can bear witness to it. After which it was Wu Dage out of your valuable Cult who mended it. As well as, at present the heroes from all around the world have agreed to elect Zhang Jiaozhu to preside over the honorable place. Due to this fact, it’s a query of capacity and advantage, of origin and relationship, of status and place, this Saber needs to be below Zhang Jiaozhu’s management. That is completely justified.”

The group of heroes echoed in refrain; they stated, “That is the desire of the folks, Zhang Jiaozhu doesn’t want to say no.”

Zhang Wuji had no selection however to just accept; he thought, “If I can command the heroes of the Wulin world with this treasured Saber, we are able to drive the invaders collectively and full the large present activity.”

He heard anyone began to recite, adopted by the multitude of heroes, “Probably the most treasured within the Wulin world, valuable Saber slaying the dragon, ruling below the heavens, nobody dares to disobey!” The following line was ‘Yitian [relying on Heaven] doesn’t seem, who can match its sharpness?’ however since everyone had seen the Yitian Sword was damaged and was not going to be mended, no person recited these final two sentences.

The Rui Jin Flag of the Ming Cult harbored a deep hatred towards the Yitian Sword. At the moment, seeing the Tulong Saber was restored to its unique kind whereas the 2 items of Yitian Sword stayed damaged, all of them expressed their delight.

All people had been busy for half a day; their stomachs had been growling. The Ming Cult’s 5 Aspect Flags and half of the Shaolin Temple monks had been dispatched to protect all very important factors. The remainder of the folks adopted the monks to take pleasure in vegetarian dishes contained in the Temple.

Because the sky turned darkish, Zhang Wuji leaped onto a tall tree to scout the enemy’s actions on the backside of the mountain. He observed a cluster of encampments to the west, the place smoke was rising up in every single place; it regarded like they had been cooking their dinner on the hearth pits dug on the bottom.

Zhang Wuji leaped down the tree and stated to Wei Yixiao, “Wei Xiong, as quickly as it’s darkish sufficient, go down and spy across the enemy’s camp. Discover out whether or not they’ll assault tonight or not.” Wei Yixiao acquired the order and left.

“Jiaozhu,” Yang Xiao stated, “After being defeated on the entrance of the mountain at present, I believe the Tatars won’t assault once more tonight. What we should guard in opposition to is their sneak assault from the again of the mountain.”

“That is proper,” Zhang Wuji stated, “I’m asking Yang Zuo Shi and Fan You Shi to remain and take cost in right here, whereas I’m going to the opposite facet of the mountain to go searching.”

“I’m coming with you,” Zhao Min stated.

The 2 of them went to the height the place Xie Xun was held captive; they regarded far towards the again of the mountain, however didn’t see something astir. Zhang Wuji ran his fingers gently on the three damaged pine bushes, after which he regarded on the darkish mouth of the dungeon, whereas in his thoughts he replayed the fierce struggle earlier that day. He shivered on the considered extraordinarily harmful state of affairs he was in. Instantly he remembered one thing, “Yifu advised me to have a look at the rock wall of the dungeon. I virtually forgot.”

“Min Mei,” he stated, “Keep up right here and stand watch; I’m going down to have a look.”

Leaping down into the opening, he took a torch [orig. ‘huo zhe’ (lit. fire folded document) – folded paper used as torch] and lit a hearth. By this time, the water contained in the dungeon had receded, however the wall and the bottom had been nonetheless moist. He noticed on all sides, the wall was full of images. The photographs had been apparently engraved on the rock wall utilizing a pointy rock. The strains had been easy, but sleek and somewhat vivid.

On the japanese wall, the drawing depicted three ladies. One was mendacity on the bottom; one was kneeling subsequent to her as if she was tending to the girl on the bottom. The third lady’s proper hand was on the kneeling lady’s bosom. Subsequent to the image had been two characters ‘qu yao’ [fetching the medicine].

On the south facet, there was an image of an enormous ship. One lady was throwing one other lady into the ship. The caption stated ‘fang zhu’ [banish].

Chilly sweats broke out on Zhang Wuji’s brow. “End up it actually occurred this manner,” he thought, “When Min Mei was attending to my Biaomei [younger female cousin], Zhiruo stole the ‘shi xiang ruan jin san’ from her pocket to be combined in our food and drinks. After which she threw Min Mei into the Persian ship and compelled them to go away instantly. However why did not she merely kill Min Mei? Hmm, maybe if she left Min Mei’s physique behind, she wouldn’t be capable of cowl up her monitor, plus she couldn’t shift the blame to her. That being the case, then Biaomei was additionally killed below her ruthless fingers.”

Slightly below the image, a bit to the left, was one other image of two males. One was sleeping, the opposite, with a head stuffed with lengthy hair, was inclining his head to pay attention. Zhang Wuji was startled, “End up when Zhiruo was performing this bloody atrocities that cry out to Heaven, Yifu heard every thing. The Senior’s self-control was certainly very sturdy; he didn’t reveal something on the island. Ah, proper. At the moment Yifu and I had been already drugged by the ‘shi xiang ruan jin san’; our inner energy had been gone. Our lives had been in Zhiruo’s fingers. No marvel at the moment Yifu adamantly stated that it have to be Min mei’s doing, and that he was very indignant towards her. He knew I used to be naive and muddle-headed; if he advised me the key, I’d inadvertently disclose it by my speech or my demeanor.”