The dance concludes, and now it's time for the official martial arts segment. The drums beat, a golden barrier rises, and the sisters Yun Yu and Yun Le make a grand entrance in their finery, one in a yellow long dress and the other in a pale white long dress, identical appearances but different flavors.
"Esteemed guests, martial artists present, good evening. The martial arts competition is about to begin. As per tradition, let's welcome our judge for today, Elder Golden Cicada from the Celestial Dragon Temple."
An elderly monk with kind brow and kind eyes stood up, put his hands together and saluted all around, accompanied by applause. Li Xin stood dumbfounded; he witnessed a monk here, something neither Li Long nor Moncalleta had, ... here in such a worldly place.
He then noticed a bald-headed person in the competitor's section; initially thought to be bald, now it seems likely to be a monk, just without the traditional scars.
