参见：本章中文原版、英文版第一章

“Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao! Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao!”

Uncle and Lo Pei could not directly cope with Hsi Wu on the other end of the Earth. Luckily the magic’s power could spread in voice through the telephone. They managed to help on this side of the Earth.

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Hsi Wu now was far tougher to cope with than in Section 13. He managed to flee after the fight. But the luck in misfortune was that he did not completely get what he desired – a green crystal – he had only a half.

“Aiiee-yaahh! How can you let him go?” Knowing Hsi Wu’s flight, Uncle shouted angrily, nearly vibrating Jackie and Tohru to deafness.

“Uncle.” Jackie’s face was stained by wind and dirt. Choked by dust aroused by the fight, he could not help coughing, “Hsi Wu is more powerful than before.”

“So Uncle wants you to seal Hsi Wu there! But he had eluded. Uncle must find out once more where he goes.”

Hsi Wu departed from his palace with only half the crystal in his hand, “Cursed Jackie Chan!”

This crystal contained enormous magic on which Hsi Wu could rely to rebuild his strength greatly, but this plan was ruined by Jackie Chan.

“Seek another way.” Hsi Wu snorted and speeded up flying. Suddenly, Hsi Wu felt something strange – there seemed to be a pair of invisible eyes spying on him.

“The old man.”

He halted and tried to find out the eyes’ source. When he suddenly looked in one direction, he smiled mockingly. In the pall of smoke appeared the scene of Hsi Wu staring at Uncle and others.

Jade felt uncomfortable under Hsi Wu’s staring eyes. “Can he see us?” asked Jade.

The pall was above Seymour’s head. He could see Jade and others’ reaction but could not see the scene in it, “What happened?”

“He cannot see us. He only senses Uncle is searching for him with magic.”

The scene of Hsi Wu suddenly disappeared. The pall of cloud swirled and only chaos was there when it ceased.

“Aiiee-yaahh! Hsi Wu barred Uncle’s magic! This magic is out of order!” Uncle was anxious and sweated heavily, pacing to and fro in the room.

Hsi Wu’s strength was reviving ceaselessly. Though the Evil and the Good had not merged yet so he was unable to recover much, he was recovering day by day. He would be harder to cope with than now.

At this time Seymour said: “He may go to Shendu’s palace.”

Hsi Wu stopped his journey to Hong Kong on the other side of the Earth.

When the Immortals locked them up, their palaces were either ruined or sealed, of which Hsi Wu’s was sealed under the land of Iraq. Though sealed it was, his hoard also hardly endured through time and now was no more, so were other demons’ palaces and hoards except Shendu. After the Immortals’ sealing, he once fled the Netherworld helped by all Eight Powers and ruled Asia again. Part of his hoard probably endured.

Hsi Wu had planned to find a way to revive his power in his or Shendu’s palace this time. But the Good could think what he thought. Jackie Chan and Tohru came to Iraq and the old man traced him using magic. It was hard to say they were not helped by the Good. If it was true, the old man may be waiting for him at Shendu’s Palace.

Hsi Wu smirked and changed his flying direction: “Wait patiently at demon’s palace.”

But he turned back before flying far away and flew towards Hong Kong, smiling mysteriously.

Jackie and Tohru received Uncle’s call and prepared to go to Hong Kong.

And Uncle and others did not been idle in San Francisco. Seymour thought Hsi Wu might go to Hong Kong and Hsi Wu might think Seymour would help them. He may forsake Hong Kong and go elsewhere.

Seymour rubbed his chin and thought carefully: be in his shoes, be in his shoes. If I am chased by Jackie and others, what shall I do? To go to either my or Shendu’s palace is to recover and to deal with humans. Jackie and others always hinder demons’ actions. Thus whether Hsi Wu went to Shendu’s Palace or not, he will probably return to the US to cope with Jackie and others.

At the same time, Hsi Wu thought: it’s no sense waiting here. Must think up a way to destroy them all.

Seymour: Jackie masters kung fu.

Hsi Wu: Jackie Chan is a nuisance.

Seymour: Uncle is a wizard.

Hsi Wu: The old man is also a nuisance.

Seymour: Tohru has great strength.

Hsi Wu: Tohru is a nuisance, too.

Seymour: Then the Evil has two ways to go. Either snatch the Good or…

Hsi Wu: Start with weak lines…

Seymour and Hsi Wu: Jade!

“Jade!” Thinking of this, Seymour cried in panic, “Jade, Hsi Wu may come to cope with you.”

“What? But Hsi Wu is in Asia, not in America.”

“Jade.” Uncle stooped and put a necklace with an amulet on Jade, “Seymour is right, Hsi Wu may come to trouble you. Put on this amulet and it can keep him away from you.”

“Wow.” Jade looked at the amulet on which a strange pattern was drawn, “cool.”

“And you, Seymour. Hsi Wu may come to you for he must desire to retake you.” Uncle presented another amulet to Seymour.

Seymour hesitated, thanked Uncle, and put it around his neck, “Thank you, sir.”

Jade looked at Seymour’s amulet the same as hers; her mouth curled up slightly, “I love this amulet.”

参见：《棋手》翻译原则