HEAVEN SWORD DRAGON SABRE Book 2 of 2

Help From The Son To Capture The Leader Part 1

Zhang Wuji followed her a few steps, towards the bed. That little servant girl opened the curtains and got on the bed, still holding Zhang Wuji's hand. Zhang Wuji became shocked, thinking that although this servant girl is very ugly, she's still a girl. How can he be in the same bed with her? Besides, he needs to chase the enemy. So he took his hands off of hers. That servant girl said quietly, "The secret entrance is on the bed!" When he heard these words, he gathered himself, and forgot all about the fact that man and woman should be apart. As he saw her opened the covers and lied on the bed, he followed suit. The girl then pushed some sort of switch, the bed shook, and the two of them fell down. Although it was a drop of several meters, padding on the ground broke their fall. So he felt no pain. Only to hear a loud thud, as the bed reverted to its original position. He thought, "This entrance really is exquisite. Who would've thought that the entrance would be on the bed of the young lady's room?" He held the servant girl's hand and ran forward quickly, only to hear the chains on the servant girl's legs drag on the ground. He suddenly remembered, "This girl's legs are crippled, so how can she keep up?" He immediately stopped. That girl figured out what he was thinking, and said with a smile, "I was faking my cripple in front of master and the young lady." Zhang Wuji thought, "No wonder my mom told me that all women lie, even Sister Bu Hui sneaked up on me today." But with his mortal enemy ahead, he stopped thinking about it, and continued to run forward. They quickly reached the end of the path. Yet he could not see Yuan Zhen.

That servant girl said, "I've been here before. Although I'm sure there's more to this path, I have never found the switch to open it." Zhang Wuji held his hand out and searched around. He tried to push at different parts of cave walls, but couldn't move them. That servant girl said, "I've tried tens of times. Never did find a secret switch. So where could that monk have gone?"

Zhang Wuji sighed, gathered his chi, pushing the left side of the wall, with no success. Then he pushed the right side, and saw the wall move a bit. He was ecstatic, and immediately gathered in two more breath of chi. This time he pushed open the door. This door is actually the best kind of secret door. There's no hidden switch. But if you don't have an amazing amount of inner strength, it's impossible to open. Now that Zhang Wuji has learned the complete Jiu Yang Shen Gong*, his push utilized a tremendous amount of energy, so obviously the door opened. After opening the door a few inches, Zhang Wuji pushed out his palm into the opening, to prevent Yuan Zhen from sneaking up behind the door, then slid through the opening. A new long path opened up. As the two people ran forward, they felt the path going downward. After running for about 50 meters or so, they came upon a branch with seven paths. Just as Zhang Wuji wondered which way they should go, he heard a light cough from the left side. Although low and short, the sound was obvious when heard inside such a quiet place.

*Jiu Yang Shen Gong is the inner power kung fu Zhang WuJi learned from reading [Jiu Yang Zhen Jing].

Zhang Wuji said quietly, "This way!" Then followed the left-most path, This path is very uneven, sometimes going up, sometimes going down, only to hear the clanking of the chains behind him. He turned around and said, "It's dangerous ahead, why don't you slow down as I go on ahead?" That servant girl said, "If there's danger, we'll face it together. What's there to be afraid of?"

Zhang Wuji thought, "Are you lying to me too?" but then kept going, following the left path every single time. The path suddenly became steeper and steeper, until it seemingly became a well. Suddenly, he felt a huge wind pushing from behind, immediately grabbed that girl's waist, then dashed quickly downward. Whether it's a bottomless pit down there or a hard wall, he never thought about it. Thankfully there was a room down there for them to fall into. Only to hear a loud thud, as dirt and pebbles landed on their face. Zhang Wuji gathered himself, and heard the servant girl say, "That was close. The old bastard hid to the side, then tried to kill us using a boulder." Zhang Wuji went to where the boulder got stuck to, and heard Yuan Zhen's voice from behind, "You little bastard, today you get to be buried alive here, but at least you have a girl to die with you. So consider yourself lucky. I don't care how much strength you have, do you really think you can push this boulder? If that's not enough, how about another one?" Only to hear another stone falling down, on top of the last one. Zhang Wuji tried to find any holes he might go through, but couldn't fit anything more than an arm. He gathered some chi and pushed, but while the stones shook, they didn't budge. With thousands of pounds of stone, not even his Jiu Yang Shen Gong can break through. Only to hear Yuan Zhen breathing heavily, asking, "Little boy... what's.... your... name...?" After he said 'name', he couldn't speak anymore.