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    I wonder if any of you could help me. About the footnotes. Is there a better way of adding footnotes into the text without convoluting it? If there is not, I'd like to get your opinion: What is the best way of adding footnotes?

    1. In the text itself, just like I always do.
    2. At the end of the text, like FaQ did.
    3. Somewhere else?

    Many thanks.

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    Default :-) thanks foxs

    As long as footnotes are clearly marked as such, they are fine anywhere imo.

    its just anoying when im reading an exciting pargraph and then suddenly i find im reading a half paragraph of footnotes instead of the story.

    so as long as they are in italics and or bracketed, im fine with it.
    ps i hate long footnotes in bold in the midle of the paragraph, becouse they draw my attention away from what im reading.

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    Thanks for another great update Foxs.

    As for the footnotes, I prefer them at the end of the text, like FaQ did. This way, people can choose whether or not they want to read them and it won't disrupt the flow of the story.

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    Default Chapter 16 – Part 3

    Just a moment ago, when Li Tianyang and Long Xiaoyun were bickering, amidst the din, Li Shenshi faintly heard his Shifu mentioned the name 'Qixia'. He wondered why Shifu bring up his mother's name in front of this stranger? Now that he brandished his sword to fight, as soon as he looked up, he noticed with surprise that the enemy's appearance was similar to his own. His heart trembled and his hands turned weak.

    A Guard by his side happened to turn around and strike his sword with the back of his saber. Actually, Li Shenshi's martial art skill was not weak at all, but when the Guard struck, unexpectedly the sword fell from his hand. Li Tianyang turned his sword over and struck Li Shenshi's acupoint with the hilt of his sword, capturing him.

    Although Li Tianyang did not know that he had just captured his own son, seeing he came with Long Xiaoyun and He Ehua, he had his suspicion. Not only that, when he fought this young man, he felt some kind of strange feeling in his heart, like a strong urge not to harm this youngster. Even he himself was unclear why would such a mood arise in his heart. Therefore, as soon as he sealed his acupoint, he handed him over to Shi Hao immediately and told him to take him back to the Imperial Guards headquarters so that he could deal with this young man personally later.

    In the meantime, in his battle against Murong Chong, Long Xiaoyun successively sent out three sword stabs, but Murong Chong was able to evade them all. Not only his stabs failed to hit the enemy, he felt the wind of the enemy's fist was slapping his face; he was greatly shocked! "Unexpectedly, there is such a fierce master in the palace!" he mused.

    Seeing the opponent's sword was very swift and his internal energy profound, Murong Chong also did not dare to be careless. With his fists turned into palms, he unleashed his 'qin na(18)’ skill: cutting, blocking, hooking, seizing.

    Realizing the disadvantageous situation for his side, Long Xiaoyun did not have the heart to prolong the battle. Feigning a sword sweep, he stabbed diagonally toward an Eastern Faction Guard who had a pair of tiger head hooks in his hands. The Guard charged toward Long Xiaoyun head on, with the intention of twisting Long Xiaoyun's treasured sword and snatching it away. Beyond his expectation, Long Xiaoyun's Emei swordsmanship had reached the near perfection state(19); besieged by the Guards, he did not panic at all. Seeing the double hook twisting, he swept the sword in a circling motion and that Guard's five fingers were cut instantly! With a loud shout he broke the siege and rushed out!

    Although Murong Chong's martial art skill was high, there were simply too many people hindering his movement that he was unable to display his full-potential. Long Xiaoyun's shadow swiftly floating randomly amidst the clusters of mountain rocks, trying to escape.

    Jin Duyi originally only wanted to supervise the battle, to intercept any reinforcement the enemy might have. Seeing Long Xiaoyun movements were very swift as he was feeling away toward the valley, Jin Duyi was furious; his shadow flew to cut his escape. Recognizing Jin Duyi’s ferocious power, Long Xiaoyun turned around and flew to the west. Jin Duyi raised his arms to push aside two Guards, and then with an outstretched arm he grabbed Long Xiaoyun’s back. Long Xiaoyun stabbed his sword backward, but before his sword reached its target, Murong Chong had already arrived. Long Xiaoyun was fighting and running at the same time until he reached the foot of the Mimo Cliff. Finally he was unable to defend himself against the attack of the two pursuing masters, he was struck down by Murong Chong’s palm and was also fallen into the enemy’s hands.

    By this time Tie Feilong and Yu Luocha had already appeared at the top of the cliff, and a dozen or so Guards were injured by rocks thrown by Tie Feilong. Murong Chong shouted an order to bind Long Xiaoyun; he then turned to Li Tianyang and said, “You look after the prisoners, don’t let their cronies come and take them away. We are going up to take a look.”

    Along with Jin Duyi he rushed toward the top of the cliff, but when they got to the Mimo Cliff, all they could see was rocks scattered all around and some bloodstains on the ground. Not only Tie Feilong and Yu Luocha had already gone, even Red Flower Demon Matriarch had already disappeared. Jin Duyi was unconsciously very disappointed, he called out several times, but there was no response from his wife.

    Murong Chong said, “Could it be that she has been wounded by them?”

    “Absolutely impossible!” Jin Duyi replied.

    He climbed a tall rock to have a better view, and saw Yu Luocha and the others had already gone down the cliff from the back, and were already far away. Still he could not see any trace of Red Flower Demon Matriarch. By now it was too late for Jin Duyi and Murong Chong to pursue the enemy; besides, even if they manage to overtake them, they might not be the enemy’s match. Originally, they were relying on Red Flower Demon Matriarch to deal with the enemy; now that Red Flower Demon Matriarch had disappeared, their spirit and high hope were dashed to pieces. Thereupon they turned around and left the Mimo Cliff, and still did not see anybody else.

    In the melee just now, Li Feng had already been captured by several guards. Under the Cliff, Li Tianyang was watching over the four prisoners. It was quite some time later before he saw Murong Chong and Jin Duyi went down the hill. Noticing that they were dispirited, Li Tianyang knew the news would not be good. And when he asked, sure enough, the enemies had escaped.

    Murong Chong said, “Would Official Li interrogate these four people, whether they came to help Old Thief Tie and Yu Luocha?”

    From the side, He Ehua shouted, “What do you mean we came to help Yu Luocha? My father and Yu Luocha are having a duel on top of the cliff, we came to help him. Why didn’t you, government officials, be reasonable and not arrest people randomly?” She cast a glance toward Li Tianyang while saying that.

    Long Xiaoyun coldly said, “Why do you talk reason with them? If they were reasonable, they wouldn’t be government officials!”

    Murong Chong rolled his eyes and asked, “Who is your father?”

    “Priest White Stone of the Wudang Five Elders,” He Ehua proudly replied, “Even if you haven’t met him, you should have had heard about him.”

    Murong Chong laughed, “Turns out you are Priest White Stone’s daughter; in that case we haven’t made mistake in arresting you. Who told your father to oppose us?”

    But, with a cold laugh Jin Duyi said, “Nonsense, nonsense; how can Priest White Stone have a duel with Yu Luocha? You talk rubbish, you must be assuming a false identity.”

    He Ehua was indignant, “How in the world can there be someone who admit a stranger as a father?”

    Li Shenshi heard everything with stirring emotion, his eyes were open wide, and his gaze was fixed on Li Tianyang, he seemed to be lost in thought. Li Tianyang shivered. He said, “Whether she is Priest White Stone’s daughter or not, let’s take them back first and interrogate them later.”

    “So be it,” Murong Chong decided.

    Li Tianyang continued, “It’s not too convenient to take them to the palace to be examined, let me take them to the Imperial Guards Headquarters.”

    Eastern and Western Faction Guards were headquartered in the palace, under the control of court eunuchs, the two factions’ main responsibility was equivalent to that of the Palace Guards; by contrast, the Imperial Guards handled the external affairs of the palace courtyard. Military affairs, hunting down and arrest major criminals, interrogating prisoners, were all under the Imperial Guards’ jurisdiction. Although Murong Chong could see clearly that these four people were not major criminals, he readily agreed just to give Li Tianyang some face.

    After deploying such a large number of Guards and still let Tie Feilong and the others escape, Murong Chong was greatly disheartened. Losing his wife, Jin Duyi was even more dispirited. Upon their return to the city, after taking his leave from them, Li Tianyang escorted the four prisoners back to his headquarters without showing his excitement.

    Back to the Red Flower Demon Matriarch, after she was defeated by Yu Luocha, she returned home and told her daughter-in-law that they were returning to their hometown in Hubei early morning the next day.

    Ma,” Gongsun Lei said, “Have you met that Yu Luocha yet?”

    “Mind your own business!” Red Flower Demon Matriarch scolded him, “After we return to our hometown this time, I forbid you to roam the Jianghu; I also forbid you to inquire anything about the Wulin world. You must be content just to stay home with me. If you dare to disobey, I am going to break your legs.”

    18. Grab and capture, grappling technique.
    19. Orig. 'pure blue fire'.

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    Be still my beating heart, stop pounding in my ears while I read along with my favorite TV serie!! Thank you Foxs!! Thank you so danged much!! *huggles the Foxs and gets her some much needed food* No doubt you need it
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    Lianazhu,

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    I think they're probably at the same level as or one level below Ah Qing, which is about the level of a 2nd or 3rd generation Quan Zhen disciple.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Han Solo View Post
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    just had to say lol
    one day im gona traul the forums and post a thread with all the "hes a guy... shes a girl" posts that hans has put up

    its only funny cause its so necessary hee he hee.
    BTW the poetry is good.. is it an orginal piece ? if so i might steel and pass it off as my own to some hunny... get bonus pionts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aliderhamy View Post
    just had to say lol
    one day im gona traul the forums and post a thread with all the "hes a guy... shes a girl" posts that hans has put up

    its only funny cause its so necessary hee he hee.
    BTW the poetry is good.. is it an orginal piece ? if so i might steel and pass it off as my own to some hunny... get bonus pionts.
    YLS had some stanza at the start of each chapter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bliss
    I think they're probably at the same level as or one level below Ah Qing, which is about the level of a 2nd or 3rd generation Quan Zhen disciple.
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    Default Chapter 16 – Part 4

    Gongsun Lei pouted and sulkily said, “Ma, the imperial palace is such a magnificent place and yet you do not want to live there, not to mention at last our family is reunited. Father and us have not been together for quite a month yet.”

    It turned out after the Red Flower Demon Matriarch escorted Ke Pingting back to the Palace to be reunited with her mother, Madame Ke, she stayed in the Palace for a few days. She was not used to the Palace’s lifestyle; moreover, she had heard about the illicit affair of Ke and Wei. In actuality, she was not a bad person; therefore, she was not willing to stay in the palace. Thereupon she rented a house outside the palace and had Gongsun Lei and Mu Jiuniang also lived with her in this house, forbidding them to mingle with the government officials.

    Seeing her son loved the luxury, Red Flower Demon Matriarch was very angry. “All right,” she said, “If you have the ability and you want to follow your father, then do not come back to me here.” Gongsun Lei did not dare to say anything; along with Mu Jiuniang they started to pack up their valuables.

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch picked up her crutch and walked back and forth at the courtyard. Once in a while she would strike the rocks with the crutch, creating some tinkling noise. Gongsun Lei was most afraid of his mother, he hid inside the house and did not dare to venture out. He did not realize that the Red Flower Demon Matriarch was in a nasty mood, admittedly it had nothing to do with her son being unfilial; but because she had been defeated by Yu Luocha, she was even more upset with his attitude.

    All the way until midnight that evening, Red Flower Demon Matriarch had been walking back and forth in the courtyard. Sometime she was thinking about the more refined detail of martial art so that she could challenge Yu Luocha again to decide victory and defeat; sometime she was thinking about how from now on she would close her door and retire her crutch, no longer pay attention to anything. After thinking for half a night, she could not help laughing at herself, thinking about she was already old, why would she battle others over martial art supremacy? Moreover, the battle was for the sake of such a spoilt husband, over such many rights and wrongs, which, in reality, were a bunch of nonsense. When her train of thought reached this point, her irritable mood calmed down considerably.

    Suddenly she heard someone was knocking the door outside. “Who is it?” Mother Gongsun asked.

    From the outside came Jin Duyi’s voice, “Wife, it is I!”

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch opened the main gate. “What do you want?” she asked coldly.

    “Are you all right?” Jin Duyi asked, “You really worry me to death!”

    With a wooden face Red Flower Demon Matriarch said, “Did you go to the Mimo Cliff?”

    "How could I dare not to obey your instruction?" Jin Duyi replied, "It was because I did not see you coming back after a long time that I want to ask you what's going on." Actually, he was lying.

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch said, "No need to ask me, I can no longer help you."

    "Wife," Jin Duyi said, "We have been married for many years, don't you care whether I live or dead?"

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch closed the gate and took Jin Duyi in. They talked while walking into the house. "Even I am not other people's match; how would I help you?"

    Jin Duyi was very surprised. "So the two of them defeated you?"

    "Mmm, I was defeated by that baby girl Yu Luocha," Red Flower Demon Matriarch replied.

    Jin Duyi shook his head, "I don't believe it!" While musing: Although Yu Luocha's swordsmanship is amazing beyond compare, if she fight one on one with me, at most we might be even. This stinky wife's martial art is a lot stronger than mine, how could she be beaten by her?

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch grabbed the clothes on her shoulder and tore it apart, "If you don't believe it, then come and take a look!" she coldly said.

    Jin Duyi took a step forward. Seeing the sword wound on his wife's shoulder was very deep that her bone was visible he was very shocked. "Let me get some medicine for you," he said.

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch said, "No need to be hypocritical, do you think I cannot endure this minor wound?"

    Jin Duyi said, "Let us, husband and wife, join hands and fight them together."

    With a cold laugh Red Flower Demon Matriarch said, "I suggest you make less trouble outside." Suddenly she sighed and then laughed a hollow laugh. Jin Duyi did not dare to make any noise. Red Flower Demon Matriarch continued, "You have made my father die of anger. These past many years you have committed outrages outside and now that you are old, don't you want repent?"

    Jin Duyi remained silent. Red Flower Demon Matriarch said, "Actually, the feeling between us, husband and wife, has already gone, this time I was thinking of helping you for the last time, but now that I am not able to help you anymore, I am going home tomorrow."

    Jin Duyi jumped in shock. "You are going home?" he asked, "You don't care about me anymore?"

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch said, "That's exactly what I mean."

    As Jin Duyi freaked out, Red Flower Demon Matriarch sighed again and said, “If you want to stay alive, just come with me home nicely, don’t stay here and wander aimlessly.”

    Jin Duyi said, “What do you mean wandering aimlessly? We live a happy and prosperous life in the palace, how can you say it is not a lot better than living our days in hardship on the fields deep in the mountain range?”

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch stomped her crutch and shouted, “So you don’t want to go back?”

    Jin Duyi said, “Whatever happens, I am not going back.”

    “All right,” Red Flower Demon Matriarch said, “From now on, whether you alive or dead, I don’t care anymore!”

    Her voice had just stopped, suddenly she saw there seemed to be a shadow above the melon shed in the courtyard. Jin Duyi had not seen it, in a stern voice Red Flower Demon Matriarch said, “Get out!”

    A long laugh came from above the melon shed, followed by two shadows flying down. The one in the front was Yu Luocha; she cupped her fists and with a graceful laugh she said, “I see you’ve come! The bet we made when we were having the sword duel, you, Senior, certainly must not forget!”

    In big strides Tie Feilong caught up with her; he said, “Mother Gongsun definitely will not renege on her words, didn’t you hear her just a moment ago? Why bring it up?”

    Turned out when Yu Luocha insisted that they rescue Priest White Stone’s daughter, Tie Feilong pondered over it and found an idea. When he came to Long Dasan for help, he inquired where Red Flower Demon Matriarch was staying. He expected Jin Duyi would certainly come to her; thereupon he took Yu Luocha in the middle of the night hiding on the melon shed to secretly eavesdrop to their conversations.

    Jin Duyi did not know what bet his wife and they were making, but relying on her being at his side, he angrily said, "Have you come to bully me?"

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch suddenly sat on a large chair inside the hall without saying anything. Yu Luocha laughed and said, "I do not dare, I do not dare! Today you brought a large troop looking for me at the Mimo Cliff, weren't you a bit disappointed you could not find me there? Now I sincerely come to ask for advice."

    Jin Duyi said, "What do you want by making a special effort to come over here?"

    From the side Tie Feilong laughed and said, "We want to borrow the entire seven-foot of Sire's body!"

    Jin Duyi was angry, he raised his palm and struck toward Yu Luocha. Yu Luocha jumped to evade while drawing her treasured sword out to fight Jin Duyi fiercely right in front of Red Flower Demon Matriarch!

    Hearing the commotion, Gongsun Lei and Mu Jiuniang ran out of the house. Gongsun Lei brandished his saber. Tie Feilong's eyes grew wide. "You dare to come out!" he said.

    Mu Jiuniang felt very awkward; she pulled Gongsun Lei's hand back. Red Flower Demon Matriarch angrily said, "You dare to bully my son?"

    With a cold laugh Tie Feilong said, "My daughter fought single-handedly against your man; if anybody else join the battle, I certainly cannot simply look on!"

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch shouted furiously; anger filled her heart, but she could not say anything. Stomping her crutch, she said, "Lei'er, we are leaving right now! We go home tonight!"

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    Great posts Foxs! Thanks!

    I love this novel. The women are so interesting! I feel bad for Red Flower Demon Matriarch to have such a bastard for a husband and a pretty much craven and useless son. Seems like the great women in this novel all share the same pitiful fate of falling in love or marrying the wrong man. LYC is definitely following in their footsteps of choosing the wrong man to love. So sad...sigh...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Han Solo View Post
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    You try going through a communications blackout and get net for five minutes and then things go to pot really quick...

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    You try going through a communications blackout and get net for five minutes and then things go to pot really quick...

    Post on Foxs!! (you'll get a treat!)
    Eather way im sure foxs is flaterd... i know i would be

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    Default Chapter 16 – Part 5

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    Since she had had an agreement with Yu Luocha, she must not help, but she could not bear to see her husband die under the enemy's hand; with no other alternative, she wanted to walk away!

    In any case, Gongsun Lei was not willing to follow his mother, so for the time being he was at a loss of what to do. Suddenly he heard Jin Duyi screamed miserably.

    "Ma!" Gongsun Lei called out angrily, "How can we see father in danger and do nothing? How can we be without loyalty and filial piety?"

    Deep down in her heart, Red Flower Demon Matriarch still cherished the husband-wife sentiment; hearing her son's words, it was as if a sledge hammer was striking her head. She turned around suddenly and raised her crutch.

    "Ha!" Tie Feilong said, "Are you or are you not going to keep your word?"

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch angrily replied, "You are going to commit atrocity in my house; I can't let you do that!" Her crutch came down on Tie Feilong's head, stepping over Jin Duyi, whom Yu Luocha had already flattened to the ground.

    Actually, Jin Duyi's martial art skill was not inferior to Yu Luocha. However, first of all, only a few days ago he suffered a sword injury and had just recovered, his strength had not returned yet. Secondly, he relied heavily on his poisonous sand palm, but Yu Luocha was wearing Yue Mingke's golden-thread gloves, she did not fear poison at all; thereupon she concentrate her entire strength on the offensive and thus her power was greatly increased. Thirdly, Jin Duyi was angry, shocked, and upset seeing his wife was unexpectedly this cruel toward him; not only she was unwilling to help, she was even going to leave that very night with his son and daughter-in-law. Therefore, he was repeatedly pushed back and finally stabbed by Yu Luocha's sword. By the time he was thinking of running away, it had been too late.

    Yu Luocha' shadow rose up swiftly, with a kick she toppled him, and then with the heel of her shoe, she broke two of his ribs, and while he was down, she sealed his mute acupoint and paralyzed him.

    Tie Feilong parried several stances, Red Flower Demon Matriarch slackened her pressure slightly. Tie Feilong said, “We are not going to harm your man, why do you worry?”

    Gongsun Lei rushed to save his father, but Yu Luocha’s sword hacked his saber down; then she pushed backhandedly and sent him tumbling down about a zhang away.

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch halted her crutch and asked, “What do you want to do with him?”

    Tie Feilong replied, “We only want to borrow your honorable husband.”

    Slowly and deliberately Yu Luocha put her sword back to its scabbard; she walked over and gracefully raised her joined hands and bowed, “We want to ask a favor from you,” she said with a laugh.

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch angrily said, “You, baby girl, must not push your luck. Since you have already disregarded other’s feeling, don’t blame me if I do not keep my promise!”

    Yu Luocha said, “I wasn’t making a cynical remarks, we really need your help. Since you regard this stinky man as your treasure, we will return him to you. But you might want to tighten your rein on him!”

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch had already raised her crutch, but she lay it down again. “Very well,” she said, “Speak!”

    Yu Luocha said, “Priest White Stone’s daughter is captured by Murong Chong. Please speak to him, ask him to release her!”

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch said, “Oh, turns out you want to threaten me, to force me to exchange people.”

    Tie Feilong said, “This cannot be considered a threat, your honorable husband is a well-known character, while Priest White Stone’s daughter is merely an unknown girl, you won’t suffer any loss with this exchange. Even if Murong Chong does not regard your face, if he heard about this, he would hurry here and make the exchange. It’s just that it’s not easy for us to see Murong Chong, therefore, we have no choice but to ask you do the leg work.”

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch raised her eyebrows and said, “All right, it’s a deal! Tomorrow evening, at the third hour, we will do the exchange at the Mimo Cliff. You must not give him a hard time.”

    “That’s for sure,” Tie Feilong replied.

    Yu Luocha said, “This time you must not prepare an ambush; otherwise, my sword will show no mercy.”

    Tie Feilong said, “Mother Gongsun is a senior of the Wulin world, do you think she does not understand this simple underworld gang’s customs? Tomorrow evening, we, father and daughter will be there. On their side, other than Senior Mother Gongsun, naturally there will only be Murong Chong, one person!”

    Yu Luocha laughed, “Plus two people who will be exchanged!”

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch indignantly said, “You don’t need to talk too much, here’s how I am going to deal with it: if Murong Chong brings too many people, I will fight him first, staking everything I have.”

    Tie Feilong laughed, bowed with cupped fists, turned around to grab Jin Duyi and raise him up, and left with Yu Luocha.

    Returning to Li Tianyang who was escorting Long Xiaoyun and the others, four people, back to the headquarters: That evening, he pondered over the past and the future, and was so restless that he was unable to sleep. About midnight, he ordered his men to bring Long Xiaoyun over. After closing the door, he personally released Long Xiaoyun from the shackles and asked him to sit down.

    With a cold laugh Long Xiaoyun said, "Official Li is treating a criminal with leniency, aren't you afraid you might harm the riches and honor you have achieved thus far?"

    Li Tianyang's face turned red. "About the matter of the past, I realize I was wrong. Honestly, I treated Qixia in a cold manner. Now that I think about it, regret is already too late."

    "What's the use of you telling me that?" Long Xiaoyun asked.

    Li Tianyang said, "Because in the past the three of us were good friends ..."

    "Humph!" Long Xiaoyun snorted.

    Li Tianyang said, "Even if you do not consider me as a friend, you should at least look at Qixia's face."

    "Hey, that's strange!" Long Xiaoyun exclaimed, "Today you were as ferocious as tiger and wolf, arresting me and taking me here. Right now I am you prisoner, you have my life in your hand, how come you are talking as if the table is turned? What do you want from me?"

    With a rueful smile Li Tianyang said, “Long Xiong, you know I am approaching fifty years of age, and I have only one son. In all honesty, I miss him very much.”

    Long Xiaoyun snorted again.

    Li Tianyang continued, “Long Xiong, in all these years, have you seen my humble wife?”

    Long Xiaoyun replied, “I have seen Qixia once, but I have never seen your wife, so what?”

    Trying hard to suppress his anger, Li Tianyang said, “I know you and Qixia have a very good friendship, that’s why you stay unmarried until now.”

    Long Xiaoyun angrily said, “I am married or not, what does it have to do with you? Your tongue needs to spit less nonsense!”

    Forcing a laughter, Li Tianyang said, “Long Xiong, have you given it a thought? Please forgive Xiongdi for bringing it up. It is because I miss my son that I want to ask Long Xiong any information about Shen’er.”

    Long Xiaoyun said, “I don’t think your son knew that he has such a father like you.”

    Li Tianyang could not take it anymore, he roared, “What are you to Shen’er? You taught him not to recognize his father based on what? You dare to estrange my own flesh and blood from me?”

    Long Xiaoyun only laughed coldly and said, “There is no need for me to come in between you two.” Afterwards he simply shut his mouth without saying anything, completely ignoring Li Tianyang’s cursing and swearing. Li Tianyang roared and put Long Xiaoyun back in shackles and ordered his men to lock him back in the prison cell.

    After having Long Xiaoyun escorted back to his cell, Li Tianyang thought for a moment, and then he ordered his men to bring He Ehua over. After closing the door, with a gentle voice he asked, "Do you know that I am your uncle?"

    Pursing her lips, He Ehua replied, "I heard Auntie(20) did have a husband like you."

    Li Tianyang was angry, but also amused. "Do you know Shenshi?" he asked.

    "Of course I do," He Ehua replied, "We played together when we were little."

    Li Tianyang happily asked, "Did Shen'er ever ask about his father?"

    He Ehua said, "My Auntie told him that his father was a bad man who abandoned him when he was little, thereupon he had never asked about his father."

    20. Uncle and Auntie: orig. 'gu zhang' - husband of paternal aunt and 'gu gu' - paternal aunt, respectively.

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    Li Tianyang silently thinking in his heart and did not say anything for a long time. "All right," he finally said, "Come to my study room for a moment."

    Releasing her shackles, he took her into his study room. He gave her a cup of Long Jing tea, and served her a package of candied dates. "Sit here for a moment," he said, "I will be right back."

    "It much nicer in here than the prison cell," He Ehua said. Li Tianyang forced a smile and closed the door behind his back.

    A moment later, Li Tianyang ordered Li Shenshi to be brought over and have him sit down. Li Tianyang looked at Li Shenshi for a while. The more he looked, the more he felt that Li Tianyang's features looked very similar to his own; he was overwhelmed with remorse. He released his shackles and gently caressed his shoulder while saying, "Mmm, are you injured?"

    In the melee that afternoon, a saber scraped Li Shenshi's shoulder, it was a superficial wound, but as Li Tianyang saw it, his heart ached. He mused, "If he is indeed Shen'er, I am afraid he would hate me even more."

    By this time Li Shenshi was very uneasy and confused, his eyes darted around the room, as if he was pondering over a very difficult question. After a long time, he said, "What crime did I do? Why do you shut me in prison?"

    "Because some people suspected that you are Xiong Tingbi's follower," Li Tianyang replied.

    "Xiong Tingbi is a hero who fight the enemy," Li Shenshi said, "Although I am young, I heard people everywhere are praising him. Not to mention we are not his followers, even if we were, how can that be considered a crime?"

    With a forced laughter Li Tianyang said, "You, young people, do not understand this matter."

    Raising his head high, Li Shenshi said, "I'll say it is you, the adults, who do not understand!"

    Li Tianyang's heart was shaken, he hung his head without saying anything. After a while, he raised his head and staring straight into Li Shenshi's eyes he asked, "What relation do you have with that little miss, He Ehua?"

    "She is my [maternal] cousin," Li Shenshi replied, "Why do you care?"

    Li Tianyang was ashamed, but happy at the same time. He sprang up and took a bronze mirror, and gave it to Li Shenshi. "Look into the mirror!" he said.

    Li Shenshi trembled. "What do you mean?" he asked.

    "Just look into the mirror," Li Tianyang said, "Don't you see your appearance look a lot like mine?"

    With all his strength Li Shenshi threw the bronze mirror to the floor, where it shattered to pieces. "Wah!" he cried.

    Li Tianyang was bewildered. "You ... what happen to you?" he asked, while stepping forward to grabbed him and whispered in his ear, "Shen'er, I am your father(21)!"

    Li Shenshi struggled to free himself. Li Tianyang said, "Don't you recognize your Papa?"

    Li Shenshi said, "Ma said my Dad(22) has died long ago!"

    Li Tianyang said, "Father-son relationship cannot be faked' don't you believe I am your Dad?"

    Li Shenshi said, "My Dad cannot be loyal to the traitor blindly, cannot distinguish good from evil. My Dad even more cannot have others to capture his son, injure his son!"

    Li Tianyang's heart was greatly hurt, suddenly he came to see the truth; pulling his son's hands, he said with determination, "Shen'er, your father [fu qin] has indeed died!"

    Li Shenshi looked at him in shock. Li Tianyang continued, "Have you heard an old saying: the matters of the past have just died yesterday, the matters of the present have just born today."

    Li Shenshi nodded. Li Tianyang said, "Therefore, your father who had died in the past has been reborn. Early morning tomorrow, he will return with you to Mount Song, to see your mother(23). From now on he won't be the awful government official."

    Li Shenshi was delighted; he wiped his tears and asked, "Really?"

    Li Tianyang also shed some tears as he said, "Shen'er, you have not believed me?"

    In a low voice Li Shenshi called, "Papa!"

    Li Tianyang's face revealed a smile as he asked, "Where did you live these past several years?"

    Li Shenshi replied, "At the Mount Emei, with my Shifu."

    "Who is your Shifu?" Li Tianyang asked.

    Li Shenshi replied, "He is precisely the man you captured today at the Mimo Cliff, Long Bobo."

    "Oh, turns out it's him!" Li Tianyang said.

    "Do you know each other?" Li Shenshi asked.

    "Mmm, we are old friends," Li Tianyang replied, while he paced back and forth in the room.

    "That's wonderful!" Li Shenshi exclaimed, " Long Bobo is extremely good to me. There are also Hua Mei and that Li Feng, would you please release them as well?"

    "All right," Li Tianyang said, "Let everything be as you said." He opened the door and ordered his men to bring both Long Xiaoyun and Li Feng over to his office.

    Li Shenshi waited for his father to close the door again and turn around before he stepped forward and embraced him, saying, "This time we go home together to see Mama, our family will not separate again."

    Father and son looked at each other with smile in their faces and glistening tears in their eyes.

    Returning to Tie Feilong and Yu Luocha; it was the evening of the second day. They brought Jin Duyi to the bottom of the Mimo Cliff, waiting for the Red Flower Demon Matriarch. Yu Luocha said, "That thief priest White Stone annoyed me very much. When we have rescued his daughter, why don't you escort her back?"

    Tie Feilong said, "It's better if you take her back."

    Not too long afterwards, the mood had reached the middle of the sky, but it was very still all around the mountaintop, not a single soul was to be seen. Yu Luocha said with a laugh, " Red Flower Demon Matriarch is not here yet, perhaps Murong Chong is not willing to exchange."

    Tie Feilong said, "Red Flower Demon Matriarch will not fail our appointment, also, Murong Chong will not sacrifice his right hand man for the sake of a little girl."

    "That's true," Yu Luocha said with a laugh, "If they are not willing to exchange, we are going rip our hostage."

    Although in all his life Jin Duyi himself was a brutal man, hearing the tone of Yu Luocha's voice, he could not refrain from feeling scared. He craned his neck to look all around, wishing his wife would arrive soon.

    Sometime later, on the opposite mountain top there appeared some shadows. Yu Luocha leaped onto a tall rock to look into the distant.

    "How many people?" Tie Feilong asked.

    "Two!" Yu Luocha replied. Just a moment later, she exclaimed, "Ah! Red Flower Demon Matriarch does not carry anybody on her back." Jumping back down, with one hand she grabbed Jin Duyi's back. Jin Duyi's acupoint was sealed, he was unable to move. Drawing her sword, Yu Luocha placed it on his back and said with a laugh, "Father, I must kill the hostage!" Jin Duyi was scared out of his wits.

    "Chang'er," Tie Feilong called out, "Don't fool around! We'll talk when Red Flower Demon Matriarch is here."

    A moment later, Red Flower Demon Matriarch and Murong Chong rushed in. There was nobody else with them. Under the moonlight, Red Flower Demon Matriarch's countenance looked deathly pale; she looked even more ferocious and dreadful.

    With a cold laugh Yu Luocha asked, "The girl?"

    "Humph!" Murong Chong snorted and said, "You are in cahoots with Li Tianyang, releasing all of them go, and still you ask me about the girl!”

    This time Yu Luocha’s anger was not light, with a cold laugh she said, “Who is Li Tianyang? We have never known him! If you want to deny, you’d better find a better excuse!”

    Murong Chong said, “I don’t care whether you know each other or not, your people are all gone, you should also return my man.”

    “Who’d believe your nonsense?” Yu Luocha said. She pushed the tip of her sword lightly on Jin Duyi’s back. Jin Duyi screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch indignantly said, “This time Murong Chong is not trying to swindle you, I personally went to the Imperial Guard Headquarters to look. If you don’t believe me, tomorrow you may see the arrest warrant on Li Tianyang and the four prisoners, to bring them to justice.”

    Yu Luocha was still sneering when she said, “A person to be exchanged with a person, you have no person, I rip the hostage!”

    Red Flower Demon Matriarch could not suppress her anger anymore, wielding her crutch, she was ready to risk her life against Yu Luocha.

    “Chang’er,” Tie Feilong said, “Return the Old Freak Jin to her!”

    Yu Luocha let out a long laugh. “Very well,” she said, “But I need to leave my mark on him!” She ran the tip of her sword over Jin Duyi’s shoulder to break his shoulder blade.

    21. Orig. 'fu qin', formal way of calling one's father.
    22. Orig. 'die' - another intimate way of calling one's father.
    23. Orig. 'mu qin', formal.

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    For martial art practitioner, the shoulder blade is very important. If it is broken, the strength cannot be exerted, so even a superb martial art skill will be useless. Moreover, this shoulder blade is unlike any other bones; once it is broken, even with the best technique in replenishing the muscle and revitalizing the bones, it will not be healed immediately. The treatment needs to be continuous, the bone needs to grow slowly, for three to five years the bone will not be completely healed like its previous condition. In other words, for at least three to five years, Jin Duyi would not be able to do evil.

    After breaking Jin Duyi’s shoulder blade with her sword, Yu Luocha tossed him toward Red Flower Demon Matriarch’s bosom. With glowering eyes Red Flower Demon Matriarch caught him. Immediately she examined his wound and found that other than his shoulder blade he did not suffer any other injury. Her fury subsided and she mused, “Letting this thief man received some lesson is also good.” Thereupon she carried her husband on her back and said, “Yu Luocha, I accept your condition. The gratitude and grudges between us hereby is written off at one stroke!” Her shadow arose, she flew down the mountain and swiftly disappeared.

    Murong Chong was startled. He saw Yu Luocha was grinning, while standing in front of him. “Murong Chong, this is the second time we meet.”

    Murong Chong said in his heart, “If I had known earlier it is going to be like this, I shouldn’t have listened to that witch and came here alone.” Turned out Murong Chong came with the thought that relying on his martial art skill plus the Red Flower Demon Matriarch's, with the two of them joined hands in dealing with Tie Feilong and Yu Luocha, indeed victory was guaranteed. Who would have thought that as soon as Red Flower Demon Matriarch get hold of her husband, she would flee immediately!

    While Murong Chong was groaning inwardly, he heard Yu Luocha said with a laugh, "The first time we met was at the Yang Lian's home, when you wanted to assassinate Military Commissioner Xiong, while we came to get the Old Freak Jin. Although we clashed greatly, we had no concern about each other. This time might be different!"

    "How so?" Murong Chong asked.

    Yu Luocha replied, "Because now Military Commissioner Xiong is my good friend; if you want to harm him, it is not possible for me not to stop you."

    Murong Chong was the number one martial art expert of the Palace; although he was threatened by Tie Feilong and Yu Luocha, although he knew he was at a disadvantage, he was unwilling to show any weakness. He said coldly, "Matters of the royal government, you need not interfere!"

    Yu Luocha raised her beautiful eyebrows and said, "But I do want to interfere!"

    'Swish!' she thrust her sword forward. Murong Chong turned sideways to evade. Successively Yu Luocha stabbed her sword, successively Murong Chong launched counterattacks, both sides did not yield to each other.

    "Chang'er," Tie Feilong called, "Why bear a grudge with him?"

    Yu Luocha's sword slowed down slightly. Murong Chong took the opportunity to leap up and rushed down the mountain.

    "Father, why do you let him go?" Yu Luocha asked.

    Tie Feilong replied, "You have had several fierce battles these past couple of days; if you had another battle for half a night, although you win, you will also suffer internal injury."

    Yu Luocha understood that Murong Chong's martial art skill was not below hers; if she received help from her father, her victory would not be too honorable; therefore, she decided to let it go.

    The two of them returned to their lodging and slept for the rest of the night to restore their strength and spirit. The next day Yu Luocha woke up, she talked to Tie Feilong, "Let us go see Military Commissioner Xiong. He lent me this pair of gloves, they are truly a treasure, it was entirely due to them that I was able to defeat that old witch."

    Tie Feilong said, "I was just thinking the same thing, I want to see him to express our gratitude."

    Together they entered the city gate and went straight to Yang Lian's residence. When their arrival was announce, Yang Lian promptly welcomed them. As Yu Luocha entered the reception hall, she did not see Xiong Tingbi.

    Yang Lian said, "Official Xiong has already resigned and returned to his hometown. When he could not wait for you any longer, he asked me to tell you that if in the future you pass by Jiang Xia in Hubei, you may return that pair of gloves en route, but he said not to bother you to make a special trip just for that purpose."

    "Military Commissioner Xiong's hometown is Jiang Xia?" Tie Feilong asked.

    "Precisely," Yang Lian replied.

    Raising her voice, Yu Luocha said, "This young emperor really does not understand matters; how could he let him resign?"

    With a bitter smile Yang Lian said, "Matters of the royal government, you don't understand!"

    His words were almost identical to what Murong Chong had said, Yu Luocha was secretly angry, but thinking that Murong Chong and Yang Lian were entirely different, she tried hard not to flare up.

    Turned out Xiong Tingbi did hand over his resignation letter to probe the Emperor's heart. But when the letter was presented, it fell into the hands of Madame Ke first, who, after looking at it, it was exactly what she had been hoping all along. To You Jiao she said, "That Xiong Tingbi is a fussbudget, let him go."

    You Jiao said, "Father Emperor said that Xiong Tingbi is the pillar of our kingdom, how can I let him resign?"

    Madame Ke laughed and said, "My Silly You'er, you only know Father Emperor's words; little do you realize that time changes. Nowadays, there are plenty of people who can command the troops. Besides, if one is in command for too long and hold too much authority, it won't be the imperial household's fortune."

    You Jiao said, "But he is an important minister of the previous generation, it is inappropriate to remove him from military duty."

    Madame Ke replied, "It is he who wants to leave, what does it have to do with you?" She continued, "Outside, Xiong Tingbi is saying that the Ming Dynasty's rivers and mountains is depending on him; will you accept his manner of expression? Moreover, this man frequently considers himself as loyal minister, if he found out you like to play around, he would nag incessantly, then as the Emperor you won't have fun anymore."

    You Jiao was bewitched by Madame Ke; he asked, "Who will be able to fill the Managing Governor of the Eastern LiaoNing Province’s

    Madame Ke said, "According to Wei Zhongxian, Yuan Yingtai is capable to be the top general."

    You Jiao recalled this Yuan Yingtai had once presented him with ten cages of wood thrush, so the impression he had on him was good. Thereupon he stamped the word ‘granted’ on the resignation petition Xiong Tingbi submitted. This time he returned to the capital, before he even see the face of the Emperor, poor Xiong Tingbi had already fallen from the Managing Governor of the Eastern LiaoNing Province position. In his anger, he distributed his resignation petition on the second day, and took Yue Mingke and Wang Zan to return home to farm.

    Hearing Xiong Tingbi had left, Yu Luocha was greatly disappointed. “Has Yue Mingke also left with him?” Tie Feilong asked. His mind had always been troubled by Yue Mingke’s refusal of the engagement he proposed.

    “They all left together,” Yang Lian replied, “Not only Grand Adjutant Yue(24), Zhuo Gongzi(25) and his Wudang Pai entourage have also left.”

    “What about Priest White Stone?” Yu Luocha asked.

    “That Priest White Stone you are talking about, is he the priest who came here the other day?” Yang Lian asked, “He also left with them, along with his daughter.”

    When Yu Luocha heard it, she knew Red Flower Demon Matriarch was telling the truth, thereupon she took her leave from Yang Lian. Suddenly Yang Lian said, "Heroine(26), are you going back to Shaanbei(27)? Humble officer(28) has a word of advice I'd like to offer. Right now the imperial government is deploying a large number of troops to the north to suppress the bandits, if Heroine knows those underground heroes(29) very well, please advise them to accept the amnesty by enlisting to the army as soon as possible."

    "Humph," Yu Luocha snorted, but Tie Feilong quickly pulled her away and they left.

    24. See Faerie Queenie’s note in Chapter 9.
    25. Young master, usually son of an official or nobility.
    26. The word here is 'nu ying xiong', not 'nu xia'.
    27. Located in northern Shaanxi province.
    28. Orig. xia (below/under) guan (government officer).
    29. Orig. 'lu lin' - green forest.
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    Thank you foxs, I can not thank yough enough for your contribution. All I can say is thank you! thank you! thank you! Wehave waited almost a year for the continuation, thank you so much for breathing the story to life for us. By the way. who is your favourite character and what pose and scene would you like to see them in? I can not express my gratitude enough ^^. you are like a star that comes every hundred years and you efforts and diligence in translating this is beyong comparison! Thank you!

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    You are welcome. Glad you like it. I think it is a little bit more than a year since Faerie Queenie's last post, which was 12-27-05. 3 years and 8 months to be exact. To be honest with you, I haven't read the book yet, I am translating as I am reading, so I'll have to take a rain check on your question. One thing that came to my mind was: since Yu Luocha loved to fight so much, what would happen if she came across Zhou Botong? Perhaps they would not eat or sleep and just fight all day long for fun. Other than that, I agree with most everybody here: Zhou Yihang was just too wishy-washy for a strong-willed woman like Yu Luocha. But then again, you remember the saying: opposites attract. How much more opposite can they be?
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    When Priest White Stone lost his daughter, he was exceedingly anxious, but he had not recovered from his injury, therefore, he was unable to do anything. Who would have thought that by the evening of the second day, Li Tianyang, father and son, Long Xiaoyun, as well as his daughter and Li Feng, had all returned. Priest White Stone's joy was unspeakable.

    When Li Tianyang explained his change of heart, Priest White Stone kindly said, "Brother-in-law need not be worried, when we get back to my sister's residence, I will speak to her on your behalf."

    Li Tianyang also said, "By running away like this, unavoidably the imperial government will want to arrest us. Moreover, from the way Murong Chong talked, he also implicates you in this matter. We'd better leave Beijing early in the morning tomorrow."

    "Our business here is done, of course we shall return immediately," Priest White Stone replied.

    Zhuo Yihang and Yue Mingke were good friends, they bade their farewell that very same night, knowing that Xiong Tingbi was also going home to farm in Hubei.

    Zhuo Yihang said, "The clique of traitors in the government hates the Military Commissioner out of jealousy, although he has resigned from the government position, I am afraid they might still want to harm him, we'd better travel together."

    Yue Mingke was also afraid that they might meet some trouble along the way, which he would not be able to cope with his power alone, thereupon he said with a laugh, "It certainly is the best arrangement, we can travel together until you get back to Mount Wudang, that way we can help each other, especially since your Shishu is not well."

    As they reached an agreement, Xiong Tingbi and Priest White Stone were informed and they also agreed. The two groups became one large group and traveled together. However, because Yue Mingke and Priest White Stone did not get along to each other well, there were still two distinct groups; Xiong Tingbi, Yue Mingke, Wang Zan, Li Tianyang, Li Shenshi, Long Xiaoyun and the others walked in the front, maintaining the distance between both groups no more than seven li. That way they would be able to look after each other. But in the evenings they still stayed in the same inn.

    By the time they reached the boundary of Hebei province, the Priest Yellow Leaf of Mount Wudang had already sent Priests Red Cloud and Green Palm to welcome their Shidi. Turned out Wudang Pai's network of information was quite vast, they were already aware the trouble Priest White Stone and Zhuo Yihang faced in Beijing. Priest Yellow Leaf was afraid they might meet some other problem, therefore, he sent two out of Five Wudang Elders to lend their assistance.

    Along the way, Priest White Stone mentioned to them how Yu Luocha challenged him for a sword duel, as well as how she 'look down upon' Wudang Pai. Zhuo Yihang did not say anything.

    Since Priest Red Cloud had suffered defeat under Yu Luocha, he was indignant over his Shidi's misfortune; he said, "This female devil head's acute spirit must be dampened." Zhuo Yihang still did not say anything.

    Priest White Stone cast him a sidelong glance and said, "If we, Wudang Pai people, joint our hands with one heart, who dare to despise us in this world?" And he laughed out loud.

    The group continued to travel together southward. These people were all martial art masters of the Wulin world, even if Wei Zhongxian wanted to send some assassins to kill them, he would not dare to make his move. After several days of uneventful(30) journey, they passed Mount Song. Li Tianyang must go up the mountain to visit his ex-wife, naturally Priest White Stone and his group wanted to come along. Yue Mingke wanted to take this opportunity to pay a visit to Elder Jing Ming of Shaolin Temple; thereupon all of them went up the mountain together.

    By this time, it was already the end of winter, the beginning of spring, along the way, little birds were singing to welcome them, the wild flowers were also smiling at them. Since Li Tianyang and Priest White Stone had set aside their differences, their moods this time was entirely different compared to the last time they went up this mountain.

    Li Tianyang said with a laugh, "Today I know that living in seclusion in such a wilderness is actually better than living in a palace or an exquisite multi-story house."

    While they were talking, Priest Red Cloud suddenly exclaimed in surprise and called out, "Who's that moving so fast?"

    Everybody looked up and saw from the bottom of the mountain a shadow was running fast toward them with an exceptional speed, as if a white smoke was rolling toward them!

    Li Tianyang, father and son, with Zhuo Yihang protecting Priest White Stone, stood in the front, while Red Cloud and Green Palm two Elders guarded the rear with unsheathed swords in their hands. Not too long afterwards, that 'white smoke' had climbed up the mountain. Immediately Red Cloud and Green Palm were able to see that unexpectedly it was none other than their enemy, Yu Luocha.

    Priest Red Cloud was angry, disregarding their current circumstances, 'Shua!' he stabbed his sword forward, while shouting, "Yu Luocha, you bully our Wudang Pai too much, White Stone Shixiong(31) cannot have a sword duel with you, let me do it for him!"

    Priest Red Cloud still thought that Yu Luocha had come to pursue Priest White Stone, while actually Yu Luocha and Tie Feilong wanted to catch up with Xiong Tingbi and Yue Mingke. Because Yu Luocha was hot-tempered, plus her qinggong was superb, she ran ahead of Tie Feilong.

    Seeing Priest Red Cloud disregarding circumstances, stabbing and attacking without any reason, Yu Luocha's temper flared. Without explaining the purpose of her coming, she laughed coldly and said, "Priest Red Cloud, you have been defeated under my hands, what else do you want to compete with?" Red Cloud was even more enraged, the severity of his 72-Style of the Sequential-Linking Life-snatching Sword Skill was unprecedented!

    Supporting his Shishu, Zhuo Yihang did not dare to come forward to mediate the quarrel; all he could do was worrying in his heart.

    Seeing Priest Red Cloud was such a stubborn man without knowing when to come or leave, Yu Luocha laughed sweetly and intentionally wanted to play with him. Unleashing her swordsmanship, she looked like a jade dragon frolicking in the air, spiraling and fluttering, enshrouding Priest Red Cloud's sword ray in the middle. Several times Priest Red Cloud's precious sword was struck by her that it almost fly off his hand. Seeing this, Priest Green Palm could not stay silent anymore, disregarding the Wudang Five Elders' prestige, he drew his sword and joined the battle; with two against one he charged forward to attack her from two sides.

    Fighting two Elders of Wudang, Yu Luocha was fearless and unyielding; her sword moved unpredictably(32), sometimes it looked like a real attack, but actually a feigned one, sometimes it looked like a feigned attack, but actually a real one. Each stance hiding another stance within it, each style masking another style behind it. The sword appeared like a rainbow, amazing, yet cunning beyond measure. It was moving to the east, yet striking to the west; it was pointing to the south yet attacking to the north. Red Cloud and Green Palm fought with everything they had, yet they were barely able to fight her evenly.

    Li Tianyang and Long Xiaoyun watched this amazing battle. "Wow!" Long Xiaoyun exclaimed, "This little girl's sword is really fierce!"

    The more he heard those two men making comments on the sword duel, the more Priest White Stone felt their prestige was smeared. "Yihang," he angrily said, "I don't need you to help me. Go and help your Shishu. If we allow this witch to escape alive down the mountain, how can Wudang Pai have any face to appear before others?"

    Zhuo Yihang also felt that Yu Luocha was being too arrogant by pursuing and challenging them like this, but on the second thought, it was possible that Yu Luocha come for him. Although in his heart he was frightened, but was also rather pleased.

    "Yihang," Priest White Stone shouted again, "What are you waiting for? This witch is our school's enemy, no need to observe Jianghu's custom against her."

    Inwardly, Long Xiaoyun despised White Stone's rationale, with a smile he said, "This little girl is able to match the Two Elders of Wudang, her swordsmanship can be considered first-class among present days' masters. It is truly a pity to destroy her!"

    Zhuo Yihang did not want to go forward to begin with. Now hearing this comment, he did not want to budge even more. Priest White Stone was angry, "You still haven't moved?" Without any other choice, Zhuo Yihang drew his sword and went forward.

    By this time Yu Luocha was getting bolder, she launched strange moves and amazing stances one after another! From fighting evenly, she gradually pushed Red Cloud and Green Palm to their defeat. With a graceful laughter she said, "Zhuo Yihang, you want to fight too? Ha ha ... I am going to finish Wudang masters today!"

    Such is: One sword criss-crossing the north and south, displaying its prominent magical power.

    End of the 'top' part(33).

    30. Orig. 'peaceful wind, calm waves'.
    31. Chapter 2 said Red Cloud was the third, Yellow Leaf was the second, White Stone was the fourth, but the text (both online and the book) clearly say 'Shixiong' (older martial brother). Perhaps the word 'xiong' here is being used loosely, i.e. 'brother' in general.
    32. Orig. 'gods appear and devils vanish'.
    33. This novel is divided into 2 books, 'Top' and 'Bottom'. In other words: We are halfway through the novel ... yay!!

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    thank you fox. can't wait for next update.
    Sorry, i'm still waiting for my laptop to be fixed before i can edit the chapter and give it back to foxs.

    I, sadly, have to replace the motherboard and is now waiting to have the power pack replaced as well.

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    Many thanks to Foxs for translating and Han for editing. You guys are doing a great job! A thousand thanks!

    ZYH is such a loser in this chapter. He didn't say anything to defend the YLC when White Stone was bashing her and he even had the audacity to think that YLC came for him! Urgh! What a self centered idiot! I so dislike his character. I hope in the next chapter YLC will teach him and all the Wudang priests a lesson in the sword arts.

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