Chapter - 72 Sailing Home After Ten Years In Qiongfa (7)

As the raft drifted closer, they saw that the two boats are next to each other, as if they're together. Unless they changed their course, the raft would pass about thirty meters to the right of the boats.

Zhang CuiShan said, "Do you want hail them. Maybe we can find out about your dad." Yin SuSu said, "No. Let's get back to the mainland first. Then I'll take you and WuJi to see my dad." Zhang CuiShan said, "That's fine too." Suddenly, swords glittered on the boats, as four or five people were fighting. So he added, "There's fighting on the ships." Yin SuSu looked for a while, and was concerned. She said, "I wonder if my dad's there." Zhang CuiShan said, "Since we're here, we might as well take a look." He changed the raft's direction, so it now drifted towards the ships.

The raft drifted very slowly, so it still took them a long time to get close.

Suddenly, someone on the Heavenly Eagle Sect's boat yelled, "We're just doing normal business here. Outsiders should mind their own business." Yin SuSu yelled, "Sun and Moon shines down, Heavenly Eagle spreads its wings, Holy fire rises up, Brings blessings down to us. I am a Hall Leader. May I ask which branch is burning incense and lighting fire?" A man on the boat immediately said courteously, "On this boat are Heavenly City Hall's Leader Li, leading Green Dragon Branch's Leader Cheng and Divine Snake Branch's Leader Feng. Is the Heaven's Secret Hall's Leader Yin here?" Yin SuSu said, "I am Purple Secret Hall's leader."

The people on the boat became chaotic upon hearing these words. Soon, many people shouted, "Hey, Miss Yin's back, Miss Yin's back."

Although Zhang CuiShan married Yin SuSu for ten years, she had never talked about the Heavenly Eagle Sect. Only now did he realize that she is Purple Secret Hall's hall leader. Looks like a 'hall leader' is more powerful than a 'branch leader'. He already saw the abilities of branch leaders Bai and Chang, and knew their skills to be above Yin SuSu's. He figured that she's only hall leader because her father is the sect leader. Zhang CuiShan also reckoned that this 'Heavenly City Hall' Hall Leader Li must be a powerful person.

Only to hear an old voice say, "Looks like my sect leader's daughter have come back. Why don't we call a truce for now?" Another loud, crisp voice said, "Fine! Everyone stop fighting." The sounds of weapons clashing immediately stopped, and the combatants backed off. Zhang CuiShan thought that crisp voice sounded familiar. He yelled, "Are you Brother Yu LianZhou?" That person on the boat yelled, "I am indeed Yu LianZhou. Who… oh… you… you…"

Zhang CuiShan said, "Your little brother Zhang CuiShan!" The raft is still several tens of meters from the boats. But in his excitement, Zhang CuiShan picked up a wood from the raft, threw it into the water, and used it to jump onto the boat.

Yu LianZhou quickly came to greet him. After ten years of separation, with Zhang CuiShan's fate unknown, one could expect their exhilaration upon being reunited. Their four hands grasped each other. One yelled, "Second brother!" One yelled, "Fifth brother!" Their eyes filled with tears, as no more words could come out.

Meanwhile, the Heavenly Eagle Sect held their welcome celebration for Yin SuSu. Eight horns blew loudly in the back, while Hall Leader Li stood in the front. The two branch leaders, Feng and Cheng, stood directly behind him, with the others further back. They now prepared some boards to connect onto the raft, with several people holding on to them using long hooks. Yin SuSu and WuJi jumped onto the boat.

The Heavenly Eagle Sect divides into three inner halls and five outer branches. Each division has their own people. The three inner halls divide into Heaven's Secret, Purple Secret, and Heavenly City halls. The five outer branches divide into Green Dragon, White Tiger, Black Valiant, Red Sparrow, and Divine Serpent branches. Yin TianZheng's eldest son, Yin YeWang, heads the Heaven's Secret Hall. Yin SuSu heads the Purple Secret Hall. Yin TianZheng's little martial brother Li TianYuan heads the Heavenly City Hall.

Seeing Yin SuSu dressed in such strange clothing, holding a kid with her, Li TianYuan froze for a moment. Then a smile came to his face, as he said, "Thank heavens you've come back. You have no idea how worried your father had been these ten years."

Yin SuSu got on her knees and bowed, said, "Nice to see you, martial uncle." Then she said to WuJi, "Hurry and kowtow to your martial granduncle." WuJi quickly got on his knees and kowtowed several times. Meanwhile, his eyes stared at Li TianYuan, quite curious to see all these people on the boat.

Yin SuSu got back up and said, "Martial uncle, this is your niece's son. He's called WuJi."

Li TianYuan stuttered a bit, and then started to laugh loudly, said, "Great! Great! Your father will be so delighted. Not only is his daughter back, but he also gained such a handsome little grandson."

Yin SuSu saw several dead people on the deck, and asked quietly, "Who are we fighting? What's the reason?" Li TianYuan said, "They are members of Wu Dang and Kun Lun sects." When Yin SuSu heard her husband yell 'Brother Yu', and then met up with someone on the other boat, she knew Wu Dang's involved. So she said, "Try to resolve this peacefully if possible."

Li TianYuan said, "Yes." Although he's the martial uncle, his hall ranks below Yin SuSu's. Hence, on official sect matters, Yin SuSu has power over him.

Only to hear Zhang CuiShan yell, "SuSu, WuJi, come see my martial brother." Yin SuSu grabbed WuJi's hand, and walked over to the other boat. Li TianYuan was afraid for her safety, and followed.

Only to see eight people on the other boat. A tall, skinny man of about forty is holding hands with Zhang CuiShan, showing a close relationship. Zhang CuiShan said, "SuSu, this is second brother Yu I always tell you about. Second brother, this is your sister-in-law and your nephew WuJi." Yu LianZhou and Li TianYuan were incredibly shocked to hear these words. The Heavenly Eagle Sect and Wu Dang are in the midst of fighting, yet an important person from each sect is actually a couple. Not only that, they even have a child.

Yu LianZhou knew that it's impossible to tell the whole story at this time. So he went ahead and introduced everyone first.

He introduced a short, chubby Taoist with a yellow hat as Kun Lun's XiHua Zi. A middle-aged woman is XiHua Zi's martial sister, Wei SiNiang [1] . People in the martial world call her 'Lightning Madame' behind her back. Both Zhang CuiShan and Yin SuSu had heard of these two people. The others are also expert swordsman from Kun Lun Sect, but not as famous as XiHua Zi and Wei SiNiang. Although XiHua Zi's fairly old, he seemed to lack manners. His first words were, "Fifth Hero Zhang, where's that bastard Xie Xun? You should know, right?"

Zhang CuiShan hasn't even set foot on the mainland, and already two huge dilemmas are presented to him. First, Wu Dang and the Heavenly Eagle Sect are enemies. Second, people are already asking about Xie Xun. He didn't know how to respond, and asked Yu LianZhou, "Second brother, what's going on here?"

When Zhang CuiShan didn't respond to his question, XiHua Zi became furious. He yelled, "Did you hear my question? Where's Xie Xun?" He ranks quite high in the Kun Lun Sect, and has very good kung fu. So XiHua Zi is used to ordering people around.

Two of Branch Leader Feng's men just died in XiHua Zi's hands. So he's already angry with XiHua Zi, said coldly, "Fifth Hero Zhang is my sect leader's son-in-law. You might want to watch your mouth when speaking." XiHua Zi yelled, "How could a demonic woman of an evil sect be married to a member of a righteous sect? There must be something suspicious behind it." Branch Leader Feng chuckled, said, "Sect Leader Yin already has a grandson, and yet you still spew this sort of crap?" XiHua Zi yelled, "This demonic woman…"