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The pretty woman suddenly turned her pretty face toward them, her phoenix eyes flashed a cold ray as she focused her attention to size the two boys up, while they were still adopting a pretentious stance. She spoke coldly, "If you must know, the reason I spoke so many words with you is because this Bangzhu thinks very highly of you, hence I am thinking of inviting you to enter our Jukun Bang and become this Bangzhu's first and last disciples [orig. ‘open the gate' and ‘close the gate', respectively].”

The two boys were stunned; with different mouths, same voice, they cried out, "My Niang!”

It was certainly beyond their wildest dream. How could this pretty woman, who was at most only three, four years older than they were, unexpectedly want to take them as her disciples?

The ‘Clan Leader of the Fairer Sex' Yun Yuzhen was not in the least apologetic, "What's so surprising about it?” she asked, "Learning has never known early or late; those who attain it become the master, who's to blame if your skill is so lacking? You don't even know the technique of holding a weapon.”

Xu Ziling was disappointed, "Even holding a weapon also has technique?” he asked.

"Of course!” Yun Yuzhen snapped, "Just by looking at how you grip the sword hilt with so much strength like you want to crush it I know that you don't know the key to holding weapon. ‘Light and floating is actually tight'. ‘Too far is as bad as not enough' [an idiom from the Analects]. Without instruction from a bright master, how would you, this little kid, know?”

Kou Zhong was afraid Xu Ziling might lose face, he changed the subject, "Didn't you say earlier that we are virtue-less and incompetent? Why the sudden change of attitude, condescending first and became very respectful later? Is it because of the ‘Duke Yang's treasure-trove' and the ‘Secret to Long Life'? After receiving us as your disciple, you will tell us that we must not disobey master's order, so in order to make you, Senior, happy, in the end we will obediently present the treasure to you.”

Yun Yuzhen stared at him blankly for half a day with an amused look in her pretty eyes. Finally she said in a gentle and soft voice, "If I, Yun Yuzhen, am conspiring to get those two things, let me, Yun Yuzhen not die a good death.”

And then, pursing her lips she laughed and said, "Perhaps you did not know, after Du Fuwei failed to find you, he returned to Liyang. One day he suddenly laughed. Naturally others asked him why did he laugh? He mentioned you, the two kids, saying that the two of you were born as amazing martial art materials. Although he has inspected innumerable people, he has never seen anybody with better natural endowments than you, hence his heart was moved with ‘loving talent' thought. It's just that he hated it that you got away, so now he only wants to get rid of you.”

The two boys felt as if their faces were burning.

What she just said seemed to be words of compliment, but coming from her mouth it sounded a lot more ambiguous.

Xu Ziling awkwardly asked, "How could you even know what Du Fuwei said?”

"It's none of your business,” Yun Yuzhen nonchalantly replied, "In today's world, other than Dou Jiande and Li Mi, two people with original insight, I am afraid nobody can surpass Du Fuwei. Therefore, this Bangzhu has the intention to take disciples. How about this, I don't care if you do obeisance to me as your Shifu, but if Haisha Bang catch up with you, don't blame anybody for not coming to your rescue.” Her eyes shot another cold ray as she said, "The ‘Secret to Long Life' is just a trick the Taoist school uses to scam people. As for the Duke Yang's treasure trove, it is only attractive to people who dream of becoming the emperor. I have to spare time to join that muddy water and come after you, these two big-head ghosts.”

Kou Zhong was not happy at all, "You want to be our, Yangzhou Two Dragons' Shifu, at least you need to show your ability. Otherwise, if you can't even withstand our sword-halberd combination, how do you know that you'll have enough capital to be our Shifu?”

Yun Yuzhen agreed, "You spoke so much words, only these last several words actually made some sense.”

Knowing that she was about to make her move, the two boys were in full alert.

Since they grew up in the marketplace, they had a deep understanding of the old-age immutable law ‘anything that is easy to get is not worth coveting'. Such a ‘thousand-lovely, hundred-charm' beauty with respectable status wanted to take them as her disciples, there must be evil intention or hidden plot somewhere; it's just that they could not penetrate her thought yet!

Yun Yuzhen grabbed the lantern with her left hand, and pulled the flute with her right hand, she slowly left the big rock she was sitting on. Her cape fluttered endlessly behind her back, just like a firefly transforming into a beautiful woman, as she flew across over the two boys' head.

First, they never expected that she could possess such a move; second, they were a bit afraid to hack and injure her beautiful jade legs. Therefore, they scattered to the left and right in a flurry. Who would have thought that she used their heads as stepping-stones instead?

Yun Yuzhen landed behind the two boys; she laughed tenderly, "My disciples, do you submit to me now?”

The two boys' faces turned beet-red. Exchanging a glance, they launched a converging attack from left and right. By this time they already knew that her martial art skill was extremely strong, hence they no longer show leniency, and attacked her with everything they had.

Xu Ziling originally used the third stance of ‘Bloody Battle Ten Styles', the ‘Light Cavalry Charging Ahead'. If he were using saber, he would have moved the saber from the waist out in a feign attack toward the enemy's pit of the stomach. If the enemy withdrew, the would change into saber hack sideways; but because he was using sword, he lost the ‘flavor' of the attack; hence he might as well halted his step and aimed for her shoulder. Fast as lightning the sword moved upward.

Kou Zhong's situation was even worse; he had no idea how to use the short halberd, which differed considerably from a saber. He was going to launch the second stance, ‘Exposing the Tip of the Fire Beacon', but he had to make slight modification. Borrowing the momentum of his revolving body, he swept across Yun Yuzhen's flank.

Yun Yuzhen let out a tender laughter, the lantern in her left hand rose up, illuminating the fine hair on Xu Ziling's head, who was on her left, while the copper flute in her right hand very lightly, as if she did not use any force at all, tapped the tip of Xu Ziling's sword. At the same time, the cape on her back fluttered forward to meet Kou Zhong's short halberd.

‘Bing! Bang!'

The two boys felt a soft, yet hard to resist, internal energy burst in via their weapons, and spread into their body via the channels on the hollow of their palm and through their arm, just like an electric shock, so that they nearly dropped their weapon. They both backed off in a very awkward position.

Yun Yuzhen was even more shocked than they were.

Actually, she was trying to force her true energy into the opponent's vital acupoints; who would have thought that as her energy reached the opponents' shoulder, the stream of energy toward Xu Ziling felt like clay ox entering a sea of people; it disappeared without any trace, it dispersed into nothingness. The one going into Kou Zhong was pushed back by a rather overwhelming force.

The three people separated; they all looked at each other with astonishment.

Frowning, Yun Yuzhen said, "If Luocha female taught you guys internal energy training, you ought to have similarity with the origin; but why is yours distinctly different? Tell me honestly, quick!”

Kou Zhong giggled and said, "You saw how profound is our internal strength, didn't you? Beautiful Shifu.”

Xu Ziling laughed aloud and said, "We are amazing martial art materials, naturally we developed different characteristics.”

Knowing her superb martial art skill, yet she was still unable to injure them, the two boys found it exceedingly interesting, hence their hearts and hands were itching. Besides, looking at her beautiful appearance and lovely attitude was enough to give them pleasure.

Realizing that ‘the master has not captured the disciples' reverence', Yun Yuzhen's pretty eyes shot a cold ray as she swiftly flitted to Kou Zhong's left, while her copper flute pointed to his face.

Kou Zhong clearly saw her movement, and he knew exactly what to do to block it, yet his body moved a bit slow; by the time his short halberd swept across, not only the tip of his nose was already hit, a sweeping kick had also landed on the side of his thigh. Immediately he fell to the ground with miserable groan, completely dejected and depressed.

Xu Ziling rushed forward to the rescue, brandishing his sword that it made whooshing noise to protect his own face. Who would have thought that Yun Yuzhen simply pointed her flute, and it penetrated his airtight sword net, and hit the middle of his forehead?

Xu Ziling felt as if he was struck by a lightning bolt; he was thrown backward and landed flat on his back.

Looking down at the two boys, who were momentarily unable to crawl back up, Yun Yuzhen said tenderly, "I don't know where you learned those moves, which mainly rely on offensive, but you don't know that all these moves are ‘disregarding life, seizing life', staking-it-all kind of fierce moves. If there is no determination to die together with the enemy, you won't be able to unleash the full power of the moves.”

Groaning and moaning, the two boys stood up; their body felt numb from the shock of her qi, they no longer had any strength left to fight. Hearing her explanation, admiration grew in their hearts, because Li Jing had said the same thing. Evidently this woman's insight was extremely superior.

Yun Yuzhen had increased her internal strength significantly, yet these two boys were able to stand back up this quickly; in her heart she was greatly amazed as well.

Apparently she did not have the real intention of taking these two boys as her disciples, she only wanted to use them to do something that was extremely important to her. But they had to be delighted and completely willing to do this thing, so that they would use various means to achieve the objective.

However, right now her heart was moved with the real intention to take them as her disciples. If they succeeded in this mission, in time these two boys would turn into her capable assistants.

Kou Zhong sighed, "We always hold womenfolk in the highest regard, therefore, how could we have the heart to harm you …”

"Shut up!” Yun Yuzhen angrily said, "You have the guts to speak that kind of frivolous words to me, are you asking for a beating?”

Xu Ziling hastily said, "Whatever it is, let's talk about it slowly. You want to accept disciples to impart your skills, the other party must be delighted and sincerely willng for it to happen. Right now we do not have the mind to do obeisance to you as our master yet. Is it possible for us to finish our business dealing first, and then we all come back to discuss the feasibility of this matter later?”

At first Yun Yuzhen's jade face turned frosty, but then it revealed a smiling expression. Totally beyond the two boys expectation, she said nonchalantly, "Very well! You two may think it over carefully.”

With a sway of her body, she was back on top of the big rock. With a tender voice she said, "Haisha Bang won't spare anything trying to capture you back. You take care!”

With another charming laughter she disappeared behind the big rock.

The two boys looked at each other; they felt disappointed to see her leave instead.

Suddenly Yun Yuzhen came back. But when the two boys were secretly delighted, she instructed them just like a master lecturing her disciples, "It would be best if you completely erase any trace of you on the ground. Also, make it to appear that you have left far away from here. In the meantime, hide up here quietly for a month or two; otherwise, you won't be able to escape Haisha Bang's inescapable net.”

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