Chapter - 27 Brilliance of a Blade Refined a Hundred Times (8)

Song YuanQiao and Yu LianZhou realize that Zhang CuiShan only fell down due to exhaustion, while Yu DaiYan's situation is much more dire. Together they pick him up, and check his vital signs. Zhang SanFeng's heart shook upon seeing his disciple injured, and then takes out 3 'Tiger Life Extending Pill' and put it in Yu DaiYan's mouth. But Yu Dai, in his unconscious state, could not swallow them. Zhang SanFeng then applies his inner power Yu DaiYan's Jia Che Point. After a while, Yu DaiYan's throat finally responds, and swallows the pills.

At this point, Zhang SongXi begins to massage the muscles on his neck, while Zhang SanFeng continues apply his chi to several different important pressure points on Yu DaiYan's body, trying to revive him.

After a while, Zhang CuiShan came about again, and asks, "Master, can you save third brother?" Zhang SanFeng only says, "Everyone eventually dies in this world…" Only to see a servant come in, saying, "There are some people outside who wants to see you, master. They say they're from the Dragon Gate Escort Agency." Zhang CuiShan quickly stands up, his face filled with hatred, says, "It's them!" and quickly goes outside. Only to hear some sounds of weapons clashing outside, as Yin LiTing and Muo ShengGu quickly follows to help their fifth brother. They see Zhang CuiShan holding a burly man by the collar and then throws him down, yelling, "It's all this old guy's fault!"

Muo ShengGu, hearing that it's this old man who injured his third brother, begins to step up and give him a kick, but Song YuanQiao quickly stops him. Only to hear someone outsides yelling, "Do you Wu Dang sect have any manners? I sincerely want to come and visit, yet you would treat us like this?" Song YuanQiao quickly goes up to Du DaJin and unseals his pressure points. Then he says, "Don't worry. Be a little patient, and we will sort out the truth." This sentence came out in a serious manner backed up by a great deal of inner power. Sub-leaders Zhu and Shi thought he's actually Zhang SanFeng, and became silent.

Song YuanQiao says, "Fifth brother. Tells what had happened. Don't be in a hurry, but be detailed." Zhang CuiShan stares at the Dragon Gate people a bit, and then proceeds to tell the story. Du DaJin then added what happened before he met Zhang CuiShan. Song YuanQiao can see that his kung fu is nowhere near the level of Yu DaiYan. That, plus his willingness to come to Wu Dang, pretty much dissolves him of any possible guilt. Du DaJin finally adds at the end, "Hero Song, I'm sorry that we weren't able to protect Hero Yu. But what do we do now with all the family members of my agency's employees?"

Despite concentrating on healing Yu DaiYan, Zhang SanFeng heard all of Du DaJin's words clearly, and says, "LianZhou, you take ShengGu to Lin An and protect the Dragon Gate Escort Agency." Yu LianZhou nods, thinking, "Master really is kind. Although it's possible that this customer Yin maybe bluffing, it's still not a good idea to leave so many employee's relatives alone and vulnerable."

Zhang CuiShan says, "Look at what this Du guy did to our third brother. Why would you help him out?" Song YuanQiao says, "How can you say that, fifth brother? Do you know why Head Leader Du came in the first place?" Zhang CuiShan says, "Obviously for the gold. Do you really think it's because he cares for third brother?" When Du DaJin hears this, his face immediately turns red.

Song YuanQiao says, "Don't be rude to our guests. You're tired too. How about taking a rest!" Being the first brother, Song YuanQiao wields great amount of power within Wu Dang. All other brothers defers to him. So when Song YuanQiao told Zhang CuiShan to rest, Zhang CuiShan could only close his mouth. But still fearing for Yu DaiYan's life, he did not go back to his room.

Song YuanQiao then says, "Second brother, hurry up and gather your stuff with seventh brother. You'll leave tonight since this is urgent." Yu LianZhou and Muo ShengGu quickly complied. Du DaJin, feeling warmth in his heart due to Wu Dang's kindness, says to Zhang SanFeng, "Venerable Zhang. Thank you for your help. We won't bother you any longer. Goodbye."

Song YuanQiao says, "Wait. Since you are already here, how about staying for the night. We also have some things we need to clear up." Although his voice is calm, it carries a very serious and ordering tone, prompting Du DaJin to agree.

Yu LianZhou and Muo ShengGu then said goodbye to everyone, taking extra long with Yu DaiYan, knowing this might be the last time they would ever see him.

The hall suddenly became silent, with only Zhang SanFeng's methodic breathing providing any noise. After about an hour, Yu DaiYan suddenly yells loudly, shaking everyone in the room. Du DaJin sneaked a peek at Yu DaiYan, wondering whether this is a good or a bad scream.

Zhang SanFeng says, "SongXi, LiTing, take your third brother back to his room." Zhang SongXi and Yin LiTing promptly follow his order. When they came back out again, Yin LiTing asks, "Is he going to recover?" Zhang SanFeng takes a deep breath, and then says, "It will take a month before I can tell if he lives or dies. Even if he survives, he'll never… never be able to move again. His life is…" And proceeds to shake his head. Yin LiTing suddenly starts to cry, while Zhang CuiShan quickly gets to slap Du DaJin. This move came quick as lightning, and Du DaJin could not block in time before the palm slapped his cheek. As Zhang CuiShan tries to slap him again, Zhang SongXi quickly comes over and pushes the palm out of the way.

When Du DaJin backs off, something heavy drops out of his robe, falling onto the floor. It's a gold nugget. Zhang CuiShan says, "Humph, you greedy bastard. Giving away my third brother just for some gold…" Before he finished, he suddenly sees the fingerprints on the nugget, and asks, "Big brother, this… this is Shaolin's Golden Steel Finger." Song YuanQiao looks at it, and then gives it to Zhang SanFeng. Zhang SanFeng looks at it for a while, and then looks at Song YuanQiao for a moment silently.

Zhang CuiShan yells, "Master, this is Shaolin's Golden Steel Finger. No other kung fu in the world can possibly do this, right?" At this moment, Zhang SanFeng suddenly remembers his childhood days with Jue Yuan, matching palms with He ZuDao, and chased out of Shaolin onto Wu Dang Mountain. He realizes that Zhang CuiShan is correct, that this is indeed Golden Steel Finger. No other Finger techniques can match this in terms of power. Although his own inner power is very high, he has never learnt such Hard techniques. As for other sects' Hard techniques, none can accomplish this. But should he confirm Zhang CuiShan's guess, his disciples would want revenge. That would be very undesirable.

Zhang CuiShan can see that he's correct from his master's look, and asks, "Is it possible that some extremely intelligent person invented a finger technique that can do this?" Zhang SanFeng says, "That's impossible. It took Shaolin hundreds of years to perfect this. I don't think anyone can invent it by himself." Song YuanQiao says, "In that case, we can confirm that third brother's joints were destroyed by Shaolin's Golden Steel Finger."

When Du DaJin hears that they think it's Shaolin who injured Yu DaiYan, he quickly gets up, wanting to say something, but did not say it. After a while, he says, "No… It can't be Shaolin. I've been studying there for over ten years, yet have never seen those six people." Song YuanQiao looks at him, and says, "Sixth brother, why don't you show our guest to his room. Get him some dinner. I'm sure he's hungry." Yin LiTing goes over to Du DaJin to send him out. Although Du DaJin wants to speak some more, he finally decides against it, and followed Yin LiTing.