HEAVEN SWORD DRAGON SABRE Book 2 of 2

The Hopes Of Four Women On The Boat Part 1

At that moment, they heard two 'ding-a-ling' sounds coming from behind them, and very soon three people had arrived. Zhang Wuji took a glance and saw three people wearing wide robes; two of them were very tall, while the one on the left was a woman. They were approaching with their backs to the moon, so that he could not see their faces clearly; but their robes were embroidered with an image of flaming fire, so obviously they were Ming Cult disciples. Each person had their hands high in the air, with each hand holding a black, about two feet long, tablet. The one, which was the tallest, said in a clear and loud voice, "The Ming Cult's Sheng Huo Ling [Decree of the Holy Fire] have arrived, Cult Protectors Dragon King and Lion King have not kneeled down, what are you waiting for?"

His accent was terrible; he sounded very stiff. Zhang Wuji was startled; he mused, "Yang Jiaozhu [Cult Leader Yang] did mention that our Cult's Sheng Huo Ling has been lost since the time of our thirty-first generation Cult Leader, Shi Jiaozhu. How can it be in these three people's hands? Is this the genuine Sheng Huo Ling? Are they really our Cult's disciples?"

Jin Hua Popo said, "I have left the Cult a long time ago, so these four words 'hu jiao long wang' [cult protector dragon king] don't mean anything to me. What is Sire's honorable name? Is that Sheng Huo Ling the real one or a fake? Where did it come from?"

That man barked, "You have left the Cult; what are you prattling about?"

Jin Hua Popo coldly said, "In all her life Jin Hua Popo has never allowed others to slander her for even half a word; in the past, when Yang Jiaozhu was still alive, even he was 30% respectful toward me. What is your position in the Cult that you dare to shout and bicker in my face?"

In a sudden movement, the three people's shadow swayed, and simultaneously three left hands moved to grab Jin Hua Popo. She brandished her walking stick, sweeping horizontally toward them. It was unclear how these people moved, but somehow their position changed and Jin Hua Popo's stick had struck empty air and three right hands reached out to the back of her neck; her body shook and she was thrown far away.

Based on Jin Hua Popo's martial art level, even if three highest-skilled martial art masters besieged her, they would not necessarily able to throw her out in one move like that. But, not only the footwork of these three people in white robes was very strange, their coordination was also near perfection; they were just like one person with three heads and six arms.

"Wow!" Zhang Wuji could not stop from exclaiming. As those three people moved, he was able to see their features clearly; the tallest among them had pointy whiskers, his eyes were bluish green. The other man had blonde moustache and eagle nose. The woman's hair was black, just like the Chinese, but the pupils of her eyes were so pale that they were almost colorless. Her face was watermelon-seed shaped; she was around thirty years of age. Although her features were strange, she looked very beautiful.

Zhang Wuji thought, "Turn out these people are Middle-Easterners; no wonder their accents are so stiff, almost sounds like they are reciting a book."

In a loud and clear voice the man with the pointy whiskers said, "Seeing the Sheng Huo Ling is like seeing the Jiaozhu; Xie Xun, why haven't you knelt down?"

"Who are the three of you?" Xie Xun replied, "If you are Ming Cult disciples, then Xie Xun should know you. If you are not Ming Cult disciples, then Sheng Huo Ling has nothing to do with the three of you."

"Where is the origin of the Ming Cult?" the pointy whisker asked.

"It came from Persia," Xie Xun answered.

"Correct, correct!" the pointy whisker said, "I am the 'Liuyun Shi' [flowing/spreading (take your pick) cloud emissary] from the Persian Central Ming Cult. These other two are 'Miaofeng Shi' [wonderful wind emissary] and 'Huiyue Shi' [glorious moon emissary]. We come to the Central Earth ['zhong tu'] from Persia on assignment from the Central Cult Leader."