Chapter - 30 Words About Death And Disaster Hold Uncertain Meanings (2)

He stood up, practiced once, and felt his body light and calm as the cloud, incredibly refreshed. When finished, he looked up, blinked a bit, only to see the sun high up in the western sky. Zhang CuiShan gathered himself, not believing that it's past noon already, but finally realized that he had been practicing for more than half a day.

Zhang CuiShan wiped off the sweat on his face, and walked over to Yu DaiYan's room, only to see Zhang SanFeng healing Yu DaiYan with his inner power. Upon asking, Zhang CuiShan found out that Song YuanQiao, Zhang SongXi, and Yin LiTing had left in the morning. None of them said goodbye, as they didn't want to interfere with his meditation. The Dragon Gate Escort Agency's people also left. Although Zhang CuiShan's clothes were now soaked in sweat, Zhang CuiShan was in too much of a hurry to change them. He quickly grabbed his weapons and his normal change of clothing, took out some travel money, and returned to Yu DaiYan's room, said, "Master. Your disciple will be leaving." Zhang SanFeng nodded, smiled slightly.

Zhang CuiShan walked to the bedside, only to see Yu DaiYan's face gray-black, his whole body almost like a dead person. With pain in Zhang CuiShan's heart, he said, "Third brother, even if it cost me my life, I shall give you your revenge." He then kowtowed to his master three times, and left.

He rode his long-legged spotted horse down the Wu Dang Mountain. By the time he left Wu Dang, it was already pretty late in the afternoon. Night came after riding south for only about twenty miles. Just as he entered the roadside inn, dark clouds gathered in the sky, followed by pouring rain. This rain lasted throughout the evening. The next morning, he woke up to an extremely muggy room, with loud sounds of rain hitting the rooftop outside. Zhang CuiShan bought a hat from the innkeeper, and continued to ride despite the weather. Fortunately, his horse is a prized stallion, which kept its footing despite galloping on the incredibly slippery mud.

Upon reaching the edge of the Yellow River, he saw thick yellow river waves rolling heavily in the river, the current almost impossible for anyone to cross. He found out from the local residents that the water downstream had flood the riverbanks, and devastated the people there. As Zhang CuiShan entered the nearby town, only to see the flood victims seeking refuge in the town, everyone soaked in water.

As he traveled across town, Zhang CuiShan saw a row of riders in front, who just happened to be the people of the Dragon Gate Escort Agency. He hurried up, went past them, and blocked their way.

Distressed upon seeing Zhang CuiShan, Du DaJin stuttered, "W… What do you need, Fifth Hero Zhang?" Zhang CuiShan said, "Have you seen the homeless people from the flooding?" Du DaJin didn't expect this question, paused, and then responded, "Why do you ask?" Zhang CuiShan smirked, said, "It's always right to do good deeds. How about donating some gold to the needy?" Du DaJin's face turned white, said, "People like us put our lives on the line when we work. How would we find the money to save the homeless?" Zhang CuiShan lowered his voice, said, "Why don't you take out the two thousand taels of gold, and donate them?" Du DaJin reached for his saber, asked, "Are you purposely looking for trouble today?" Zhang CuiShan said, "Yes. I'm going to get the money either way today."

Sub-leaders Zhu and Shi took out their weapons, and moved up next to Du DaJin. Meanwhile, Zhang CuiShan remained empty-handed, smirked, and then said, "Leader Du, you took your customer's money, but did you accomplish the task asked? Do you really have the nerve to keep the gold?"

Du DaJin said with a purple face, "But Hero Yu was sent to the Wu Dang Mountain alive, right? He was already injured when we took him in, and he's still not dead even now." Zhang CuiShan said angrily, "Do you really think you can weasel your way out of this? Were my third brother's joints broken before you escorted him?"

Before Du DaJin could respond, sub-leader Shi cut in, "Just say what you want us to do." Zhang CuiShan said, "I'm going to break every single bone in your arms and legs!" As he said this, he immediately flew forward. Sub-leader Shi quickly raised his staff to attack, while Zhang CuiShan's left hand swooshed down and across to the left, writing out his newly learnt kung fu's long-slant in the character 'Heaven'. Sub-leader Shi's staff fell out of his hand, and fell off the horse. Sub-leader Zhu wanted to retreat, but how could he be quick enough? Zhang CuiShan very naturally finished the character "Heaven" with the short-slant right, finger swept across sub-leader Zhu's waist, grabbed it, and threw him and his saddle a few meters away, in one smooth motion. For Sub-leader Zhu's foot were stuck so firmly into the stirrup, plus Zhang CuiShan's move was simply too powerful, that the saddle actually broke off the horse. With his feet firmly stuck in the stirrup, Sub-leader Zhu couldn't get up.

Shocked upon seeing such quick and smooth attacks, Du DaJin quickly got his horse to move forward. Zhang CuiShan turned around swiftly, gathered his energy, and shot out his left fist. This attack is the vertical stroke in the character 'Under', which hit Du DaJin flatly on the chest. Du DaJin's kung fu is much better than Zhu and Shi, and did not fall off the horse. With extreme anger, he reined in his horse, tried to get off his horse to fight, when suddenly he felt a surge of pain from his throat, and coughed up a gulp of blood. He staggered, took a deep breath, only to feel yet another cluster of hot blood, surging within. Although he tried to act tough, his body could not hold up, both knees weakened, and fell down to the ground.

Three young sub-leaders and all the rest of the people could only watch in alarm, who dared step forward to help?

Zhang CuiShan originally planned to break their arms and legs, to help vent his frustration, but upon seeing the three agency leaders injured so deeply, especially Du DaJin, he now felt a little guilty. He never realized just how powerful this new 'Heaven and Dragon Kung Fu' really is. Zhang CuiShan said, "Listen up. Today I'll stop here. But you must promise to give all your money to the homeless, so they can rebuild their homes. Don't try to cheat. If I find out that you've kept any money for yourselves, I'll tear down your Dragon Gate Escort Agency, and kill every living, breathing person in it." That last sentence came from Du DaJin's story of what that customer Yin had said, so he conveniently used it.

Du DaJin tried to get up, only to feel his back in extreme pain, and began to cough up blood again. Sub-leaders Zhu and Shi only had some scratches, but neither dared fight Zhang CuiShan again. Sub-leader Shi said, "Fifth Hero Zhang, since we could not accomplish our task, we should return the money to our customer. Besides, the money is back at the agency. How can we use it to help these homeless?"

Zhang CuiShan said with a cold smile, "Do you think I'm a child? All your kung fu experts came on this delivery. There are only family members back at the agency. Would you really keep so much money with them?" He scanned around, and walked over to one of the carts. Zhang CuiShan raised his palm to hit the case, 'Bang, Bang, Bang', the case on the cart fell apart, as gold nuggets fell out.

The leaders' faces turned pale, as they wondered, "How did he knew it was on that cart?" They didn't realize that although Zhang CuiShan is young, he's smart and experienced. He saw that this cart made the heaviest prints. And the three people guarding it did not try move at all when their leaders were attacked. Therefore, this case must contain some valuable items. After a cold laugh, Zhang CuiShan got up on his horse, and galloped away.