Inside the little house, Zhang Xiaohua sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, utterly unaware of what was happening out in the courtyard. Xiaohei and Xiaohuang had awakened back when the bandits had battered at the gate of West Cui Mountain, but they merely lazily opened their eyes. It seemed that everything in the distance had nothing to do with them. They closed their eyes again and comfortably enjoyed the starlight.
After hearing their leader's filthy words, the bandits burst into raucous laughter. Several strode forward, Weapons in hand, ready to threaten Zhang Cai and the others!
Zhang Xiaolong was furious. With a flick of his hand, he threw out a jade talisman.
"Eh? What's this?" The bandit had quick eyes and quicker hands. He snatched it from the air, examined it carefully by firelight, then laughed loudly. "Big Brother, we really found the right people! Look, this is a fine piece of jade. That bastard actually threw it at me!"
"Tut, tut. Didn't I say so? The Misty Sect's money must be here!" the leader said with a laugh.
Ji Xiaohua was meticulous. Seeing that Zhang Xiaolong's jade talisman had failed, he did not hastily throw his own. He waited until a bandit drew near, then swung his arm and smashed the jade talisman against him!
"Haha!" The bandit took one look and roared with laughter. "This brat has jade too! Tut, tut, I got hit by a jade shard myself!"
Figuring that he would not be able to catch the jade talisman, the bandit simply did not try. He presented his body to meet it, ready to catch it with his hands afterward so the jade shard would not fall and break!
Who would have thought that the instant the jade shard struck the bandit's body, there was a