Heaven-relying Sword And Dragon-slaying Sabre

Only to hear a monk yell, "Looks like we can't get our revenge today. Let's go!" As he spoke, the four monks got up, about to leave. But one of them suddenly fell down after walking a few steps, probably because Zhang CuiShan hurt him too deeply. Two monks returned to carry him.

Zhang CuiShan yelled out, "Could you wait up a moment? Revenge for what…" Before he could finish, the monks had jumped over the wall.

Zhang CuiShan felt that something's not right, but could not pinpoint the exact reason. Why would there be four monks hiding in the Dragon Gate Escort Agency? Why did they ambush him? And what's with this whole 'revenge' deal? He thought, "Surely the residents here would know." He raised his voice and asked, "Is Escort Leader Du at home? Is Escort Leader Du at home?" In the empty hall, echoes reverberated from the walls, yet there is no response.

Zhang CuiShan thought, "Surely not all of them slept so soundly, that no one heard me. Are they afraid of me, and simply hiding? Or perhaps they all left?" He lit up a match, only to see several candles on a nearby table. He then lit up a candle and walked into the rooms in the back. After only a few steps, Zhang CuiShan saw a woman lying on the floor motionless. He yelled out, "Big sister, what's going on?" That woman remained still. Zhang CuiShan put a hand under her shoulders and pulled her up, then moved the candle over her face, and gasped out loud.

Only to see this woman smiling, but her muscles tense, and had been dead for several hours. Zhang CuiShan thought she was dead when he touched her, but still felt odd that she'd die with a smile on her face. He stood up, only to see someone behind the left pillar. Walking over, he saw an old man dressed in servant clothing, also dead with a smile on his face.

Bewildered, Zhang CuiShan pulled out his silver hook and scanned the room with the candle. He found several tens of people dead both inside and outside all the houses, indeed the place is filled with corpses, with absolutely no one left alive. After traveling around the world for many years, Zhang CuiShan had already seen many tragedies, but never a massacre such as this one. His heart fluttered, only to see his own shadow shook on the wall. For his hands were wavering, shaking the candle with it, and naturally the shadow too.

Suddenly, he remembered something, "If you fail to make this delivery, I'll kill everyone in the Dragon Gate Escort Agency." Obviously, these people died because of Du DaJin's mistake, not able to adequately protect Yu DaiYan on the way to Wu Dang. He then thought, "That person obviously killed these people because of third brother. Which means he should be third brother's friend. But why would the third brother befriend such a vicious person? Besides, he's obviously much better than Du DaJin in terms of kung fu, so why didn't he escort third brother himself?" The more Zhang CuiShan thought, the more mysterious this whole deal became. He walked out the door to the west. With the candlelight, he saw two yellow-robed monks, backs against the wall, examining him.

Zhang CuiShan backed off a couple of steps, tightened the grip on his hook, and asked, "What do you want?" Only to see the two monks motionless, when suddenly, he realized that they're also dead. Zhang CuiShan gasped, yelled out loud. "Oh no. Revenge, revenge…" Didn't those monks say something like, "I can't believe you're so venomous. If you're a true man, give me your name." And also, "Looks like we can't get our revenge today." It appeared that he would be blamed for the deaths of these people. At that time when he's still in the dark about everything, Zhang CuiShan not only gave his name, but also showed his renowned silver hook and iron brush. But who exactly are those yellow-robed monks?

Zhang CuiShan suddenly realized that he finished off those four monks too quickly, and couldn't therefore figure out their kung fu. But from the exchange, he could feel those monks use a power-oriented, hard kung fu style. Du DaJin is a disciple of Shaolin, so these people are most likely Shaolin monks. But where are second and seventh brother? The master asked them to protect the people of the Dragon Gate Escort Agency. Could the killer be so powerful that not even my second brother could handle him?

Zhang CuiShan realized that the escaped monks would say that he's the killer, and that Shaolin would eventually look for him. But Zhang CuiShan thought, "I can explain everything later, and the truth will come out one of these days. At that time, surely no killer could escape the search of both Wu Dang and Shaolin. It's more important for me to find second and seventh brother right now." He blew out the candle, walked to the side of the wall, and jumped out.

Before he landed, a sudden, loud, swoosh sound came, as a heavy weapon swept across at him, followed by a yell, "Lie down, Zhang CuiShan." While in midair, Zhang CuiShan could not adjust to evade the weapon, which came with great power. In this critical moment, he quickly tipped the weapon with his left hand, borrowed its force, and lifted himself back up on the wall. This move used several strokes of the character 'Martial'. As the saying goes, "The swallows rise from the water, the geese fly swiftly in the sky, facing danger control yourself, in the middle of danger soar away," to create a path of escape in the middle of a dangerous situation. In this life and death moment, he suddenly realized that this new kung fu could be hard as stone, yet also soft as feather, easily dissipating the opponent's powerful attack. His left foot lightly set on the edge of the wall, the Judge's Iron Brush now in his right hand. From that attack, Zhang CuiShan realized this opponent is very formidable.

The attacker was shocked that Zhang CuiShan could evade his attack so easily, couldn't help but let out a 'huh?' Then he yelled, "Humph, you're pretty good, kid."

Zhang CuiShan put his brush and hook in front of his chest, pointed then down in the 'Willing to Learn' position. This is Wu Dang's signature pose as a sign of respect to elder opponents. Had Zhang CuiShan not learnt the new kung fu from his master, that last attack would have at least broken his shoulder. Yet even while incredibly angry, Zhang CuiShan did not forget his master's teachings, and leave out courtesy in the face of an opponent.

In the darkness he vaguely saw two yellow-robed monks on his left and right, each with a large, thick staff. The one on the left said, "Zhang CuiShan, the Seven Heroes of Wu Dang are fairly renowned in the martial world. Yet how could your ways be so vicious?"

As Zhang CuiShan hear the monk call him by his name, instead of 'Fifth Hero Zhang' or 'Mr. Zhang CuiShan', he felt a surge of anger, and responded in a cold manner, "You don't ask for explanation, nor seek the truth. Instead you hide in the darkness and sneak up on me. Is that what a hero is suppose to do? I have heard that Shaolin's kung fu is unparalleled, but didn't realize that their ability to sneak up on the enemy is also so amazing."

That monk let out a loud grunt, jumped up the wall and attacked at the same time with his staff. Even before the monk landed, Zhang CuiShan felt a strong wind coming from the point of the staff towards his chest, and quickly diverted the staff with his hook. The brush shot out, hitting the middle of the staff. That monk suddenly felt a strong shock coming from the staff, which prevented him from gaining balance on the wall, fell off. Zhang CuiShan only felt much numbness in both hands, thought, "This monk's strength is quite good." He asked, "May I ask for your name?"