Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre Episode 24 Recap
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Zhao Min hosted a banquet for Zhang Wuji and his companions, and offered them an eighteen-year-old aged Shaoxing wine. Zhou Dian drank heartily, while Yang Xiao was cautious everywhere. Zhang Wuji straightforwardly questioned Zhao Min about the origin of the Heaven Sword.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Min not only knew everything that happened on Bright Peak, but also knew that Zhang Wuji was injured by the Heaven Sword, and openly revealed that he was injured because he felt pity for Zhou Zhiruo, which led to his misstep. Zhang Wuji was speechless and tried his best to cover his embarrassment. Zhao Min used the excuse of changing clothes, placed the Heaven Sword on the dining table, and left.
Zhou Dian curiously drew the sword and found that it was a wooden sword coated with musk. Yang Xiao felt that Zhao Min had ulterior motives and advised Zhang Wuji to leave quickly. Zhang Wuji felt the same way and wanted to take everyone away without saying goodbye. Zhao Min suddenly rushed back to stop them. Zhang Wuji made an excuse that he had something to do and needed to leave, and Zhao Min no longer tried to keep him.
As Zhang Wuji and his companions walked halfway, they all felt dizzy and unsteady. Zhang Wuji, having the Nine Yang Divine Skill, was immune to all poisons. He told everyone to rest where they were, repeatedly reminding them not to exert their internal energy. Zhang Wuji hurriedly returned to look for the antidote. Zhang Wuji returned to the manor and quickly found the detoxifying bulb. Zhao Min, however, attacked him fiercely.
Zhang Wuji, not wanting to prolong the fight, had to defeat her using the Cosmic Shift, and took the opportunity to snatch her hair ornament. Zhao Min claimed a pearl was missing from the hair ornament, forcing Zhang Wuji to hand it over, and even threatened to commit suicide. Zhang Wuji hurriedly stepped forward to stop her. Zhao Min took the opportunity to pull him into a trap, which was an indestructible steel cage.
Zhang Wuji searched everywhere for an exit, but it was all in vain. Zhang Wuji was anxious to go back and save people, not wanting to argue with Zhao Min. But Zhao Min deliberately stalled for time. In a fit of anger, Zhang Wuji wanted to kill her, but she showed no fear, threatening to trap Zhang Wuji to death in the steel cage. Zhang Wuji reluctantly let go, but still couldn't understand why Zhao Min was being difficult everywhere.
In a huff, he tightly squeezed Zhao Min's neck. Zhao Min then cried incessantly in a pitiful manner. Zhang Wuji was so exasperated by her that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Yang Xiao and his companions were waiting for Zhang Wuji in the forest when they suddenly received a report from a Ming Cult disciple, learning that the Yuan soldiers had surrounded them. Yin Yewang proactively offered to go battle them.
Yang Xiao advised him not to act rashly and handed the Iron Flame Token to Xiao Zhao.
Xiao Zhao held the token high and, in the name of the Cult Leader, dispatched Peng Yingyu and Yin Yewang to lead a team to attack the south, then deliberately left a gap to let the Yuan soldiers in, and sent disciples of the Thick Earth Banner to set up an ambush at the gap, subsequently seizing the opportunity to wipe out the Yuan soldiers in one fell swoop. Zhao Min persistently entangled Zhang Wuji.
Zhang Wuji, forced into a corner, had to acupoint her, then took off her shoes and socks, and tickled the soles of her feet with his hand. Zhao Min laughed non-stop and had to beg for mercy repeatedly, then immediately opened the mechanism, releasing Zhang Wuji from the steel cage. Zhang Wuji apologized to Zhao Min, then bid farewell and left.
Xiao Zhao stood on Yin Liting's wooden wheelchair, commanding the disciples of the Five-Element Banners to fight the Yuan soldiers. Zhang Wuji returned in time to help and quickly repelled the Yuan soldiers. The Eight Divine Archers arrived shortly after. Zhao Min also had them bring a wooden box to Zhang Wuji.
Zhang Wuji had no time to open it and quickly told Xiao Zhao to boil the bulbs so that Yin Tianzheng and the others could take them one by one. Zhou Dian swore to burn down Zhao Min's manor to vent his anger. Unexpectedly, Zhao Min actually burned down the manor herself. Yang Xiao and Yin Tianzheng both felt that Zhao Min should not be underestimated, but they could not guess her origin.
Zhang Wuji opened the wooden box and saw that it contained Zhao Min's hair ornament. Xiao Zhao happened to come to deliver food to Zhang Wuji. Zhang Wuji casually gave her the hair ornament and personally placed it on her head. Zhang Wuji and his companions traveled day and night, and soon arrived at Henan Prefecture, where Shaolin Temple was located. They saw imperial soldiers guarding the city gate, searching every passing citizen.
Zhang Wuji decided to let Yang Buhui and Yin Liting disguise themselves to enter the city, while he led the rest directly to Shaolin. Yang Buhui used a bracelet to bribe the city guards, thus successfully entering the city. Xiao Zhao, hidden under a carriage, also passed safely. Zhang Wuji brought Yang Xiao and others to Shaolin Temple after a detour, but the guest monk refused to see them, claiming the abbot was in secluded cultivation.
Peng Yingyu insisted on seeing Grandmasters Kong Zhi and Kong Xing. The guest monk flatly refused. Yin Tianzheng was so enraged that he smashed the stone lion at the main gate with a palm strike and severely beat the guest monk. Wei Yixiao used his Freezing Palm to threaten and intimidate him. The guest monk, terrified, fled in panic. Zhang Wuji left Peng Yingyu and others at the entrance.
He entered Shaolin with Yin Tianzheng and his son, Yang Xiao, Wei Yixiao, and Zhou Dian, only to find the main hall empty. The master's staff, however, was thrown on the ground. Zhang Wuji concluded that a fight had occurred in the hall. Yang Xiao suggested calling the guest monk to inquire about the reason. Everyone searched around, but the guest monk had already vanished without a trace.
Meanwhile, Wei Yixiao and Peng Yingyu and others rendezvoused with the Five-Element Banner disciples who arrived later. They entered Shaolin Temple together, finding no one in the temple, and signs of fighting everywhere. Hall Master Yan of the Ming Cult discovered traces of movement on the Arhats in the Arhat Hall and quickly reported it to Zhang Wuji. Zhang Wuji immediately led people to investigate.
Yang Xiao and Zhou Dian flipped over the four moved Arhats and found inscriptions on them: "First purge Shaolin, then destroy Wudang, only our Ming Cult, will rule the martial arts world." Yin Tianzheng concluded that someone was trying to frame the Ming Cult. Zhang Wuji decided to keep these words as evidence and confront the real culprit later.
Worried that Wudang might be in trouble, Zhang Wuji immediately took Wei Yixiao and sped off to Wudang to deliver the message. As Zhang Wuji and Wei Yixiao traveled halfway, they suddenly encountered an ambush by masked men in black. Zhang Wuji was anxious to continue his journey and did not want to get entangled with them, so he used the Cosmic Shift to knock them all to the ground.
Wei Yixiao stayed behind to cover their retreat, telling Zhang Wuji to quickly return to Wudang to deliver the message. Meanwhile, a Shaolin monk who called himself Kong Xiang came to Zhang Sanfeng for help and described in detail the catastrophe Shaolin Temple had suffered. He repeatedly claimed that Grandmasters Kong Zhi and Kong Xing had escorted captives from the Demonic Cult back to Shaolin Temple a few days ago. Unexpectedly, those captives were impostors.
They took the opportunity to slaughter Shaolin Temple. Kong Xiang narrowly escaped and had no choice but to seek help from Wudang. Zhang Sanfeng hurriedly helped Kong Xiang up, but unexpectedly, he was ambushed by him. Zhang Sanfeng was caught off guard and immediately vomited blood.
