The Twin Dragons' Ordeal

[Reading Huang Ying after Gu Long] The other window of the quiet chamber shattered at the same time with a crack of thunder. A masked figure in black entered through it, rolled upon landing, grabbed the Golden Dragon Sword from its rack, then flipped around and vaulted back out through the broken window. Xie Xiaotian immediately darted in through the window on the other side. His gaze shifted to the window through which the masked figure had escaped, then fell upon the sword rack. The Golden Dragon Sword was gone. He stepped forward, picked up the rack, ran his hand over it, and looked toward the window again. Then he sprang through it and, with a swing of his arms, soared up onto the roof tiles. The moon shone like a mirror, and the night was cool as water. Gunpowder smoke drifted up from the courtyard, but there was no one in sight. Xie Xiaotian looked around once more, then lowered his gaze to the sword rack in his hands and murmured, "At last, what was bound to come has arrived." ...