Chapter 3

Behind a large oak tree, TongLong sniggered, silently gesturing for half of the men to follow ShaoMao and CheengLong. "Catch me a cat and a dragon and meet me at wherever the messenger tells you to go." The men obeyed, carrying their qiangs and were gone, swallowed up by the thick foliage of the forest.

TongLong had been spying on the two for the whole night, but the only useful information he found out was that ShaoMao and CheengLong had two cats, but they were great kung-fu masters. If he could make them join him, he would be one more step closer to achieve his goal. TongLong looked down at his jade armor, feeling the sensation of the sun glistening on top of it and its bouncing rays warming up his body. TongLong smiled as he unsheathed his straight sword and let it shine in the light. He will be going to need this for recruiting two new members of his army.

"General TongLong!" A shout came from his back and TongLong spun around at pointed his sword at a soldier.

"What is it?" He growled and put his sword back to its sheathe.

"Your man-o-war is ready for boarding, General TongLong."

"Very well. Tell the men to be aboard the ship before me and ask ten of the men to help those who went to track ShaoMao and CheengLong by water."

TongLong spat at the mention of the two's names. He hadn't found a title yet for them. Fugitives? Culprits? Enemies? No, not yet. He dismissed the soldier and walked towards his man-o-war, piercing his cold gaze at every soldier who boarded the ship late. Their punishments would wait; now, he had more important things to do than dealing with them.