THE SMILING PROUD WANDERER by Jin Yong

Music Score Part 5

Madam Yue was really in the mood now; she was totally carried away. Suddenly with a loud and clear roar, she thrust the sword rapidly around Linghu Chong's body, the sword tip flashed about as if it was everywhere; the silver reflection circled around and blurred the audiences' eyes. Suddenly she pushed the sword straight toward Linghu Chong's heart in the speed of light, with the strength of a thunder.

Linghu Chong was dumbfounded. "Master-Wife!" he cried.

By then the sword tip had already penetrated his robe. Madam Yue's right hand still pushed forward until the hand guard of the long sword touched Linghu Chong's chest. It seemed as though the sword had went through Linghu Chong's body all the way till the end of the sword.

"Mom!" Yue Lingshan screamed. Then sounds of clatter and jingle echoed when pieces of inch-long steel fell down to the floor by Linghu Chong's feet. Madam Yue smiled as she pulled her hand back. In her hand, all there was left of the long sword was only the sword handle.

"Junior apprentice sister, your inner energy has really progressed, and you kept it well from me," Yue Buqun said happily.

The two of them had studied under the same Master. They were used to the way they had called each other in their youth, so after they got married, they still called each other apprentice sister and brother.

"Senior apprentice brother is really flattering me. These were just insignificant skills. Nothing to be mentioned about!" Madam Yue said with a smile.

Staring at the pieces of broken sword, Linghu Chong gasped with astonishment. Master-Wife must have thrust the sword out with her whole might, otherwise, without the full strength of her inner energy, the sword thrust would not have had such extraordinary speed. As soon as the sword tip reached the skin, she immediately retracted the vigorous inner energy and changed the direction of the strength from horizontal to vertical, and the great shock from the inner energy strength broke the long sword into inch-long pieces. The superb inner energy manipulation had really reached the level of perfection. In great admiration, he said, "Even if Tian Boguang's knife chops were faster, he still would not have escaped this thrust of yours, Master-Wife."

Lin Pingzhi stared at the many holes all over Linghu Chong's robe, which all came from Madam Yue's sword thrusts, and almost couldn't believe his own eyes. "There are actually sword arts this fantastic in the world. All I need is a portion of that and I'd have enough skills to avenge my parents." He then thought, "The Qingcheng Sword School and Mu Gaofeng both coveted our family's 'Evil-Resisting Sword Manuscript,' but when comparing our family's Evil-Resisting Sword Art to the sword art of Master-Wife, they are as far apart as from heaven to earth!"

Madam Yue was quite contended. "Chong, since you say this move can kill Tian Boguang, if you train hard, I'll teach it to you," she said.

"Thanks to Master-Wife!" Linghu Chong replied.

"Mom, I want to learn it too," Yue Lingshan demanded.

"Your inner energy is not there yet. You won't be able to learn this move." Madam Yue shook her head.

Very discontented, Yue Lingshan pouted her lips. "Big apprentice brother's inner energy is not that much better than mine. Why can he learn it, but not me?" she complained.

Madam Yue did not answer and only smiled.

Yue Lingshan grabbed onto her father's sleeve and begged, "Father, you teach me a Kung Fu that will counter that sword move, in case big apprentice brother picks on me after he learns that sword move."