Chapter - 344 Broken Marriage of the Purple Dress King (7) (2/2)

Several stances later Jin Hua Popo pressed in front of Zhao Min, her finger was just about to reach Zhao Min's wrist, which was holding the sword; unexpectedly Zhao Min turned her sword around with one of Kunlun Pai's sword techniques, the 'shen tuo jun zu' [divine camel with stallion's feet].

Jin Hua Popo saw Zhao Min was a young girl; she was holding the Yitian Sword, she was also using Emei's sword technique, therefore, she must be an Emei Pai disciple. In order to challenge Miejue Shitai, Jin Hua Popo had extensively studied Emei's sword techniques for several years. After seeing Zhao Min's several stances, she knew her internal strength was only mediocre; hence for the next several stances she thought she would understand and able to anticipate her attack. For that reason she pressed on with the intention of snatching the Yitian Sword away. Who would have thought that this young girl was able to launch a Kunlun Pai's sword technique? If she were not too engrossed with her preconception, Kunlun Pai's sword technique would never give her any trouble; it was just that she was taken completely by surprise. Although her martial art skill was high, she was unable to block and was forced to hastily roll back to evade the attack; only she was not fast enough that the end of her left sleeve was cut by the sword.

In her anger Jin Hua Popo pounced back. Zhao Min realized that her martial art skill was too far below her opponent; she did not dare to take the attack head on. Relying on the Yitian Sword she stabbed to the left and cut to the right, brandishing the sword to the east and striking to the west, at the same time keep changing her sword style; one time it was Kongtong, another time Huashan. She launched Kunlun's 'da mo fei sha' [great desert flying sand], followed by Shaolin Pai's 'jin zhen du jie' [crossing golden-lily's pond]. Each stance was the best feature of each Sect; each stance carried an enormous power; enhanced by the very sharp Yitian Sword, confounding Jin Hua Popo and rendering her helpless to press closer.

Zhu'Er was anxious; she loosened the sword from her waist and tossed it towards Jin Hua Popo. Meanwhile Zhao Min ferociously attacked for seven, eight stances. Toward the ninth stance Jin Hua Popo could not help but block using the sword. 'Crack!' her sword was cut into two.

Jin Hua Popo's countenance changed greatly, she rolled away and shouted, ”Who are you?”

Zhao Min smiled and said, ”Why didn't you pull out the Tulong Saber?”

Jin Hua Popo was angry, ”If I had Tulong Saber in my hand, do you think you can stand eight, ten stances against me? Do you dare to try it?”

Zhao Min laughed and said, ”Then go and get the Tulong Saber. I am fine with it. I'll be waiting for you at Dadou; we'll fight again when you have the Saber.”

”Turn your head around,” Jin Hua Popo said, ”Let me take a look at your face.”

Zhao Min turned her body sideways, stuck out her tongue, closed her left eye and opened her right one, twisted her face muscle; making a ghost face. Jin Hua Popo was very angry; she spat on the ground, tossed her broken sword away, and pulling Zhu'Er and Zhou Zhiruo along she left in big strides.

”Let us go after them,” Zhang Wuji said.

”No need to worry,” Zhao Min said, ”You come with me. I guarantee your Miss Zhou's safety.”

”What Tulong Saber were you talking about?” Zhang Wuji asked.

”In that deserted garden I heard that old granny say that she went all over the world, till the end of it, before she finally found an old acquaintance who'd let her borrow a precious weapon, with which she was going to fight Miejue Shitai's Yitian Sword,” Zhao Min replied. She recited, ”'Yi tian bu chu, shei yu zheng feng'? [Meh's translation: 'Power of heaven not appear, who can possibly compete?' Literal translation: 'relying on heaven (the 'Yitian' of the 'Yitian Sword') does not appear, who can fight its (blade) edge?'] There is no weapon which can match the Yitian Sword but the Tulong Saber. Could it be that she acquired the Tulong Saber from your 'Yifu' [foster father] Xie Lao Qianbei [Old Senior Xie]? I used the Yitian Sword to attack her, with the intention of forcing her to pull the Saber out. Turns out she did not have the treasured Saber in her hand, and challenged me to fight her in the future. Apparently she knows the Tulong Saber's whereabouts; only she was unable to get it yet.”