ering people. Bullying women. Hng, hng, aren’t they afraid of the law?”

“We’re not ordinary women. Enemies are also not small time thieves cutting off the road and plundering people,” said Yilin.

Linghu Chong took a big step going up the slope. He squeezed through the female disciples to go up. The female disciples were staying close to the side of the cliff face and allowed him to go up.

When Linghu Chong reached the hilltop, he extended his hand to pull out his Yaodao sabre. As a fraction of the sabre was pulled out, he suddenly stopped and pretended that he couldn’t pull the sabre out anymore. He scolded, “Your granny, this sabre is looking for trouble. When an important matter comes up, it suddenly becomes rusted. How can General capture thieves with a rusted sabre?”

Yihe was fighting for her life against one of the Devil Sect’s people on the hilltop when she heard Linghu Chong behind her talking nonsense about his sword rusting and why he couldn’t pull out his sword. She was angry but also found it funny. She shouted, “Quick! Go away! It’s dangerous up here.” As she called out, she lost her concentration slightly and her defense wasn’t as tight. With a fierce sound, a spear was thrust forward and nearly hit her shoulder. Yihe retreated half a step while that person thrust his spear again.

Linghu Chong shouted, “That’s wrong, that’s wrong! Bold thieves, don’t you see General standing right here?” In a flash, he slanted his body and was in front of Yihe. The spear wielding man was startled. As the sky was gradually becoming brighter, he was able to see his clothes were like those that government officials wear. Just at that moment, even though his spear was pointing at the officer’s chest, he didn’t thrust it forward. He shouted, “Who are you? Before this, someone was calling out from the bottom of the hill. Was it you, government dog?”

Linghu Chong rebuked, “Your granny, are you calling me a government dog? You’re a thief dog! You’re here cutting off the road and plundering. And even though General is here, you still haven’t run away. You’re the real outlaw! After General has captured you, I’m going to send you to the local authority. With fifty planks each, you all are going to be beaten until your bottom is swollen and you are calling out for your mommy!” The spear-wielding man didn’t want to kill a government official. But he was greatly annoyed and shouted, “Scram you rotten egg! If you talk nonsense again, I’ll poke three holes through your government dog’s body!”

Linghu Chong saw Dingjing Shi Tai had not been defeated yet and the Devil Sect people had stopped shooting projectiles and throwing rocks down the slope. He shouted, “Bold thieves, quickly kneel down and kowtow. If General sees your eighty years old mother in your home, then maybe I’ll go easy on you. If not, hng, hng, I’ll chop everyone’s head off… …”

When Heng-Shan School’s disciples heard this, they all scowled and shook their heads. They all had the same thought, “This person is crazy.” Yihe walked up a step with her sword up. If the enemy thrust his spear towards the General, then it’s going to be easier for her to block it. Linghu Chong used his strength to pull out his sabre again and then scolded, “Your granny, just before battle, my precious sabre from my ancestor has suddenly become rusted. Hng, if only my precious sabre were not rusted, all of your small time thieves’ heads would’ve been chopped off.”

That man wielding the spear laughed loudly and shouted, “Go back to your mum!” He then swept his spear towards Linghu Chong’s waist. Linghu Chong was hit and pushed down but at the same time he pulled out his sheath. He shouted, “Ai yo!” and pushed his body forward. Yihe shouted, “Be careful!” As Linghu Chong was falling down, he held his sheathed sabre out and used the point of his sheath to hit the spear wielding man’s side of the small of the back.

That man dropped to the ground wordlessly. With a slapping sound, Linghu Chong also fell to the ground. Then as he struggled to get up, he shouted, “Ah ha! You also fell down. We’ve both fallen down. I’m not going to concede defeat. Come on, we fight again!” Yihe grabbed that man and threw him behind. She was thinking that now she had captured an enemy, things would become easier. Another three Devil Sect people came over to save that person. Linghu Chong called out, “Ah Ha, this is disastrous, these small time thieves are really going to refuse being captured.”

Linghu Chong raised his sheathed sabre to the west and his finger on the other hand was pointed to the east. It was completely unmethodical. Dugu Nine Swords didn’t have any set moves so when it was used, it can be either graceful or clumsy and awkward, but strangely still maintaining the same power. This was because Dugu Nine Swords concentrated on the sword intention not set moves.

He was now thrusting his sword towards an enemy’s various accupoints without any great force. During a fight, it would be difficult to accurately hit people’s accupoints. But a refined sword art with vigorous internal energy attached to the strike, even if it wasn’t that accurate, might still perhaps hit the side of the accupoints. So considering this, the enemy in front of him continuously protected himself following Linghu Chong’s sheathed sabre wherever it went.

At the same time, Linghu Chong was staggering, looking like he was about to fall down, and waving his sheathed sabre about. When suddenly, the point of the scabbard hit that enemy’s stomach. That person gasped and went limp. Linghu Chong yelled, “Ah Ha!” and jumped back a step. At the same time, his sword handle hit the back of another enemy’s shoulder. That person immediately fell down and swayed back and forth on the ground. Linghu Chong continued to step back and tripped on that person’s body. He scolded him, “Your granny!” and kicked his body away.

Then his sword handle inadvertently hit a Devil Sect person wielding a sabre. This person was one of the three masters besieging Dingjing Shi Tai. The back of his body was hit and he dropped his sword. Dingjing Shi Tai took this opportunity to hit his chest making that person sprout blood from his mouth and life fled from his body.

Linghu Chong called out, “Careful, careful!” While he retreated a few steps and was about to bump into the back of the person holding the judge’s pen. That person quickly sent his pen back to protect himself. Linghu Chong staggered and dashed forward while waving his scabbard around. Soon, more Devil Sect people were hit and fell down.

That person wielding the judge’s pen was greatly annoyed and rushed at Linghu Chong. Linghu Chong yelled, “Mommy!” as he pulled up and ran away with that person pursuing him. Linghu Chong suddenly stopped and bent his waist forward; while at the same time poked his sword handle through his armpit. That person never expected him to be able to run so fast and suddenly stopped motionless in an instant. Although his martial art was already high, he was still inferior. He quickly applied a downward force to stop, but his chest was still hit by Linghu Chong’s extended sword handle. That person’s face showed an extremely odd expression. He couldn’t believe what just happened. But his body had slowly started to fall down.

Linghu Chong turned around and saw the fighting on the hilltop had ceased. A few of the Heng-Shan School’s disciples had already gone up the slope. Both the orthodox and Devil Sect people were now facing each other while the remaining disciples were quickly rushing up the slope. He shouted, “Hey, small time thieves, you’ve seen General here. Quickly kneel down and surrender. Really strange!” He then started to dance his sheathed sabre around, cried out and charged towards the cluster of Devil Sect people. The Devil Sect people quickly sent out their swords and spears.

Heng-Shan School disciples were about to go forward and help when they heard Linghu Chong shouted, “Skillful! Skillful! Very fierce thieves!” and he came out from the cluster of Devil Sect people. His steps were heavy and he was dragging his feet through the mud as he ran. He missed a step and fell down. His scabbard shot up and hit his own forehead making him dizzy. But he had already managed to hit five people as he entered and exited the cluster of Devil Sect people. Both groups were dumbfounded looking at him.

Both Yihe and Yiqing rushed forward and asked, “General, are you alright?”

Both of Linghu Chong’s eyes were closed. He didn’t answer them pretending to have passed out. The leader of the Devil Sect group saw that one person had died and this lunatic general had hit eleven of his people. Just now, when the General charged at his party, he made his moves one after another to grab the General. But all of his moves ended up with him in danger of being hit by the scabbard. Although the scabbard was not attacking any accupoints, it was coming in swift and fierce with its weird positioning. He didn’t know this person’s background but sensed that his martial art was high and its true depth couldn’t be measured.

He then saw the people who had been hit; the Heng-Shan School had now captured five of them. Today, everything had gone pear-shaped. He shouted with a clear voice, “Dingjing Shi Tai, do you want the antidotes for your disciples who got hit by the projectiles?”

Dingjing Shi Tai already saw that those disciples who got hit by the projectiles fell into a coma and couldn’t be woken up. The injuries made by the projectiles were also leaking black blood. She knew that the projectiles were poisoned. When she heard his words, she already had a clear idea of what to do. She shouted, “Give us the antidotes in exchange for your people!” That person nodded his head and muttered something under his breath. One of the Devil Sect people took out a porcelain bottle and stood in front of Dingjing Shi Tai and bowed slightly. Dingjing Shi Tai took the bottle and fiercely said, “If the antidote is effective then I’ll release them myself.”

That old person said, “Alright. Heng-Shan’s DingJing Shi Tai, I’m not the kind of person who eats his own words.” He waved his hand and the Devil Sect people went down the west slope taking their injured and dead people with them. A short time later, all of them had left the hilltop leaving their five captured comrades.

After a long time, LingHu Chong woke up and called out, “Ouch, hurts so much!” as he rubbed his swollen forehead. Then with a surprised tone, he asked, “Where did all those thieves go?” YiHe giggled and said, “General, you’re really strange. Just then, it was lucky that you somehow hit a number of them when you charged at their group. The leader of those small-time thieves was truly frightened by you.”

LingHu Chong laughed loudly and said, “Wonderful, wonderful! Big general has such a big reputation. When I ride out to confront these small-time thieves of course it’s a different matter altogether. They would certainly run away with their tails between their legs. Ai yo…” Then he rubbed his swollen forehead again with his face showing a painful expression.

“General, have you been injured? We have some medicine,” said Yiqing.

LingHu Chong answered proudly, “No, no, I’m not injured! When a gentleman dies in the battlefield (“Ma Ge Li Shi”*), it’s a common thing…”

YiHe pursed her lips smiling and said, “I’m afraid it’s “Ma Ge Guo Shi”*, how can it be “Ma Ge Li Shi”*?”

YiQing gave her a stern look and said, “You always love to find other people’s fault, what’s the point of pointing out his fault?”

LingHu Chong said, “We people from the north learns “Ma Ge Li Shi”*, you southern people must have learnt it differently.”

YiHe turned her head and said, “But we’re also from the north.”

(*Translator’s note: “Ma Ge Guo Shi” is a phrase that means “to die in the battlefield”. When this is translated literally, it means “corpse wrapped in horse’s skin”. But what Linghu Chong said “Ma Ge Li Shi” has no meaning. He deliberately replaced the word “Guo” with “Li”.)

Master DingJing went to the injured disciples and gave them the antidote for the poison. When she reached LingHu Chong, she bowed to him and said, “I am Heng-Shan’s old nun DingJing. May I ask for young hero’s name?”

Linghu Chong’s heart shivered in fear, “This Heng-Shan School senior really has good eyesight. She knows that I’m still young and also that I’m actually a brave general.”

He immediately bowed and clasped his fist respectfully returning the bow. He said, “As Shi Tai requested, my surname is Wu. My name is Tiande. Tian from “Tian En Hao Dang” (enormous graciousness). De from “Dao De Wen Zhang” (Morality). I’m going to Quanzhou government office to take up office.”

(Translator’s note: He’s telling Dingjing Shi Tai which characters his name “Tiande” use.)

Dingjing Shi Tai already expected that he wouldn’t reveal his real identity and he might not necessarily be a real general. She said, “Today, my Heng-Shan School has met difficulty and General has helped us. I don’t know how to repay your virtue and kindness. General’s martial art is very deep. Although poor nun has taken a look at it, I still don’t know which school General comes from. Really admirable.”

Linghu Chong laughed loudly and said, “Old Shi Tai flatters me. But to be honest, my martial art has a few foundations. On the top “Snow falling from the sky”, at the bottom “Ancient tree root”, in the middle “Black tiger stealing heart”….. Ai yo, ai yo.” As he was talking, his hands and feet were moving about showing off the martial art moves. It looked like that he had used too much force in his demonstration and had strained himself. He rubbed his aching joints while his eyes stole a look towards Yilin.

She was startled and for a moment it looked as if she had something to say. He thought, “My martial sister has a really good conscience. I wonder how she will react if she knew I am the general.”

Naturally, Dingjing Shi Tai was aware that he was pretending. She smiled and said, “General doesn’t want to reveal himself since he’s an honorable man. Poor nun can only burn the incense stick from morning till dusk to pray for General’s good fortune and health. Best wishes to General.”

Linghu Chong said, “Thank you very much, thank you very much. Please pray to Buddha for my promotion and wealth. Little general will also pray for the safety of old Shi Tai and all the little Shi Tai on your journey, for bad luck to turn into good, and for all matters to go smoothly. HaHa! HaHa!” As he was laughing loudly, he bowed deeply to Dingjing Shi Tai and swaggered away.

He had been in the Five Mountains Sword Alliance for a long time, so even though he was pretending to be crazy, he still didn’t dare to be inappropriate towards this senior from Heng-Shan School. The school disciples were now looking at him stumbling towards the south slope. As he disappeared, they quickly surrounded Dingjing Shi Tai and started to barrage her with questions: “Martial uncle, what’s his background?” “Is he really insane or is he just pretending?” “Is his martial art very high, or was he merely lucky and mistakenly hit the enemies here and there?” “He doesn’t resemble a general. He still looks young, am I right?”

Dingjing Shi Tai sighed and turned her head to look at the disciples injured by the projectiles. After the medicine was applied to their wounds, the black blood had turned red and their pulses strengthened. They were no longer in danger. She then gave Heng-Shan School’s unique medicine to each of the disciples to administer it to their own injuries. After that she released the acupoints of the five captured Devil Sect people and told them to leave.

She then ordered the disciples, “Everyone go under that tree to rest”, while she went alone and sat on a big stone. She closed her eyes and pondered, “When this person charged at the Devil Sect group, the leader of the group fought with him. But he still managed to hit five of their people. He wasn’t using a martial art that aimed at the acupoints. He was using some martial art style but I didn’t expect that there was not even a slight demonstration of his school’s martial art. In Wulin, there must be such a young person who’s that skilful. But whose disciple is he? This person was a friend and not an enemy. This is really Heng-Shan School’s big fortune.”

At mid-morning, she ordered the disciples to fetch a brush, an ink stone, and a thin silk to write a letter. She ordered, “Yizhi, bring the pigeon here.” Yizhi answered and took a pigeon out of the bamboo cage she was carrying. In the mean time, Dingjing Shi Tai rolled up the thin silk letter into a thin strip and put it in a slender bamboo tube. She put the cover on and sealed it with melted wax. Then using an iron wire, she put the bamboo tube on the pigeon’s left feet. After a silent prayer, she released the pigeon. The pigeon flew north, gradually going higher and further. Not long after, it was only a black dot in the sky.

After Dingjing Shi Tai released the pigeon, everyone became quiet, completely different from before when they were vigorously fighting the enemies. Dingjing Shi Tai raised her head to look up. She saw the black dot entering a white cloud and disappeared, but she continued to look into the distance. All the disciples didn’t dare to make any sound. At the recent battle, although that clown general was jesting around and acting comical, the situation in actuality was really dangerous. It can be said that everyone had now escaped death. After standing there for a long time, Dingjing Shi Tai turned around and beckoned forward a fifteen or sixteen years old girl. The girl immediately went and stood in front of her.

She quietly called out, “Master!”

Dingjing Shi Tai lightly brushed the girl’s hair to comfort her and said, “Juan’er, were you scared before?”

The young girl nodded and said, “I was scared! Lucky that General was brave and fought those bad people off.”

Dingjing Shi Tai smiled and said, “This General wasn’t really brave but his martial was really good.”

“Master, is his martial art really that high? I saw his moves were erratic and he was really careless. He even hit his head with his own scabbard. Also he was saying something like his saber was rusting and couldn’t pull it out of the scabbard?” said that girl unbelieving.

This young lady Qin Juan was Dingjing Shi Tai’s disciple. She was clever and bright, and she was really loved by her master. Between the Heng-Shan School disciples, sixty percent of the disciples were nuns, while the rest were secular disciples. Some of these disciples were middle aged and there were also fifty to sixty year old grannies. Qin Juan was the youngest disciple in the Heng-Shan School.

The other disciples heard Dingjing Shi Tai conversing with martial sister Qin Juan so they slowly gathered around. Yihe interposed herself and said, “What do you mean that his moves were erratic? He was just pretending and was actually concealing his excellent martial art. That is called smart! Martial uncle, what do you think of this General’s background? Which house or school is he from?”

Dingjing Shi Tai slowly shook her head and said, “This person’s martial art might be “immeasurably deep”. I don’t know how else to describe him except with these two words.”

Qin Juan asked, “Master, was that letter for martial uncle? Do you think it will get there soon?”

Dingjing Shi Tai said, “When the pigeon gets to Suzhou’s Baiyi Temple, they will exchange it with another pigeon. At Ji’nan Miaoxiang Temple, they will change to another pigeon. Again at the mouth of the old river at Qingjing Temple, they will use another pigeon. The letter will arrive in Hengshan after the use of these four pigeons.”

Yihe said, “Fortunately we didn’t lose anyone. I believe those several martial sisters who got hit by the projectiles won’t be a big hindrance after two days. While those who got hit by the rocks, we also don’t have to worry about them losing their lives.”

Dingjing Shi Tai was lost in her own thoughts so she didn’t hear what Yihe just said. She was thinking, “Currently, Heng-Shan School’s position and movement in the south is a secret. We’ve been sleeping during the day and travelling at night. How did the Devil Sect people find out and managed to setup an ambush here?” She then turned her head towards the disciples and said, “The enemies have disappeared and wouldn’t dare to come back right now. Everyone is now very tired so we’ll eat some provisions here and then sleep for a while under that tree’s shade.” Everyone complied with her order. Some people erected an iron trivet to boil some water for brewing tea. After eating their meal, they slept for a few hours till around noon.

Dingjing Shi Tai looked at the weary expressions of the injured disciples. She said, “The enemies have discovered our movements so there’s no need for us to travel at night anymore. Those injured must also recuperate. Tonight, we’ll rest at an Inn in Nianbapu.”

They went down the hill and, after several hours, reached Nianbapu. It was an important location for transportation between Zhejiang and Fujian province for people travelling through the Xianxia mountain range. As they neared the small town, the sky had not darkened yet. Unexpectedly, there was not a single person inside the small town.

Yihe said, “Fujian’s custom is really weird. It’s still so early but everyone went to sleep already.”

Dingjing Shi Tai said, “Let’s go further to get lodgings for the night.”

Even though Heng-Shan School has contact with every temple in Wulin, there was no temple to stay in at Nianbapu so they had to find an inn to spend the night. It was inconvenient that normal people had a taboo against nuns and frequently caused trouble because they believe that seeing nuns brought them bad luck. It was good that the nuns were accustomed to receiving this kind of treatment and never held a grudge. But now they saw all the stores on the street were closed and boarded up. Nianbapu was neither big nor small, but it had around two hundred stores and inns. But as they looked around, the town resembled a ghost town. The setting sun was still providing some light but Nianbapu’s streets were deserted as if it were in the middle of the night.

The disciples were on the street looking around when they noticed a white cloth hanging on a pole in front of an inn. The words “Xian An Inn” were written in big letters on the cloth. The inn’s big door was shut and there was no sound at all on the street. One of the disciples named Zheng E knocked on the door. Zheng E was a secular disciple. She had a round face and was always carrying a smile. She was good at talking and very likeable. Whenever the nuns had to deal with people on the road, Zheng E was always the one to do it. This was to prevent other people from seeing nuns and becoming agitated. Zheng E knocked on the door a few times, stopped a while and then knocked a few more times. After waiting for a long time, no one answered the door. Zheng E called out, “Uncle, please open the door.” Her voice was clear and carried far, just like people who have practised martial art. Even people several courtyards away would be able to hear it. But there was no answer from inside the inn. The situation was clearly very strange. Yihe went forward and put her ear on the door. No sound could be heard from the inside. She turned her head and said, “Martial uncle, there’s no one inside.”

Dingjing Shi Tai secretly felt something wasn’t right. She saw the sign for the inn was still new. The door’s board had also been washed clean recently. It didn’t look like a place that had gone out of business at all. She said, “We’ll keep going and take a look around. This town must have more than one inn.”

They kept walking forward and passed several more shops before they saw another inn named “Nan An Inn”. Zheng E went to knock on the door again but the result was still the same. No one answered.

Zheng E said, “Sister Yihe, let’s go in and take a look.”

“Ok,” answered Yihe and they both jumped the wall to go in.

“Anyone here?” asked Zheng E.

When no one answered, they pulled their swords out and walked into the main hall of the inn. They took a look around the kitchen, the barn and every room in the inn. But they still didn’t see anyone. But they observed that there was no dust on the table or the chairs. Also, the teapot on top of a table was still warm. Zheng E opened the main door to let Dingjing Shi Tai enter and to report the situation. Everyone thought that the situation was really strange.

Dingjing Shi Tai commanded, “Get seven people into a group. Go around the town and ask what’s going on. Don’t go too far, if you see signs of enemies then whistle out.”

They acknowledged her order and quickly went out the door. Only Dingjing Shi Tai remained inside the main hall. Before long, the sounds of the disciples’ footsteps have disappeared and no more sound was heard. The stillness of this Nianbapu town made the hair at the back of Dingjing Shi Tai’s neck to stand up. The town was so big but not a sound was heard. There was not even a small sound of birds chirping or dogs barking. This was really strange.

Dingjing Shi Tai suddenly felt uneasy. “Could it be that this is the Devil Sect’s trap? The female disciples don’t have much experience travelling the Jianghu. They might be deceived and can easily fall into a trap.” She walked to the door and saw shadows moving in the northeast. From the west, she also saw some people moving into other people’s houses. They were all Heng-Shan School’s disciples. She felt slightly relieved after seeing them. After some time, the disciples started to return. They all reported the same thing: there was no one in the town.

“Not just people, we also couldn’t see any animals around,” added Yihe.

Yiqing said, “I think they haven’t been gone for too long. There were opened chests and baskets inside the houses. They seemed to have taken all the money.”

Dingjing Shi Tai nodded and asked, “What do you think is going on?”

Yihe answered, “I’m guessing that the Devil Sect people have chased out all the townspeople just recently to launch an attack.”

“Correct! This time the Devil Sect wants to fight us again. That’s very good, are you all scared?” said Dingjing Shi Tai.

“Eradicating evil is our inherent responsibilities as Buddhists,” the disciples answered together.

Dingjing Shi Tai said, “We’ll rest at this inn. We’ll take our meals first. Be careful and see if the water, rice, or vegetables have been poisoned.”

Heng-Shan School people did not speak while taking their meals. They were on alert and tried to listen for any sound from the outside. The first disciple to finish eating went out to relieve the disciple guarding outside. Yiqing suddenly thought of something and said, “Martial uncle, why don’t we go out to some of the houses and light up the lamps in there. The Devil Sect people won’t know our whereabouts.”

Dingjing Shi Tai said, “This idea is very good. You seven people go and light up the lamps.”

Not long after, Dingjing Shi Tai also went out the main door. She looked towards the west and lights were showing through the windows of many houses. After some time, lights came on from the houses in the east. The street lit up with lights from the windows. But there was still no sound to be heard. Dingjing Shi Tai raised her head and looked at the moon. She prayed, “Buddha, bless and protect us. Let my Heng-Shan School disciples escape from harm this time. If disciple Dingjing can go back to Heng-Shan, then I will light up an incense and won’t use my sword ever again.”

In her former years, she had roamed Jianghu and had many imposing achievements under her belt. But after last night’s battle on Xianxia mountain range, she had lingering fear on her mind for the disciples under her command. If she were by herself, even if the situation had been ten times more dangerous, she would not even worry about it. She prayed again, “Goddess of Mercy, Guan Yin, if Heng-Shan School people must receive injuries, let disciple Dingjing alone received that disaster for retribution for killing people. Let disciple alone bear this.”

Suddenly, she heard a female’s voice shouting from the northeast. “Help, help!” The shrill voice sounded sorrowful. Dingjing Shi Tai was alarmed. The voice did not sound like any of her school’s disciples. She squinted her eyes looking towards the northeast and did not see any movement. She then saw Yiqing and six disciples went towards the northeast. She waited where she was watching what was going on. After a long time, Yiqing and her group still had not came back.

Yihe said, “Martial uncle, disciple and six disciple sisters will go to take a look.”

Dingjing Shi Tai nodded her head. Yihe quickly led six disciples and went away to investigate. Suddenly, the flashing of a sword appeared briefly and the same female’s voice was heard shrieking. “Someone’s murdered! Help, help!” Heng-Shan School disciples crowded together to have a look. They did not know what was going on there. The voice originated from where Yiqing and Yihe’s two groups had gone before. Seemed like they had met the enemies but there was no sound of fighting. They then heard that female’s voice shrilly shouting again, “Help!” Everyone looked at Dingjing Shi Tai waiting for her to command them to go and help.

Dingjing Shi Tai said, “Yu Sao, take six disciple sisters to check that area. No matter what you see, you must immediately come back.”

Yu Sao was a forty years old middle-aged woman. She was originally Dingxian Shi Tai’s servant from Hengshan’s Baiyun Temple. Later, Dingxian Shi Tai saw that she was capable and accepted her as a disciple. This trip with Dingjing Shi Tai was her first experience in Jianghu. Yu Sao bowed to comply with Dingjing Shi Tai’s order. Then she took six disciple sisters to go towards the northeast.

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