The youth in green pointed his bow and arrow at Zhaang Ye and said in a deep voice, "Who are you? What power do you belong to? What are you doing here?"
Zhaang Ye smiled and said, "Relax. I'm also a member of the Cyan Mulberry Zhaang Family."
The youth in green sneered. "Impossible! There's no one like you among the Inner Sect Disciples of the Cyan Mulberry Zhaang Family."
Zhaang Ye coughed. "I'm not an Inner Sect Disciple. I'm an Outer Disciple of the Cyan Mulberry Zhaang Family." As he spoke, he pulled a Wooden Token from his robes, flashed it at the youth in green, and then made a strange hand gesture.
As a Martial Arts Family with a thousand-year heritage, the Zhaang Family naturally had a method for distinguishing friend from foe. This method involved identity tokens and corresponding hand gestures. Each gesture was specific to a particular token—a different token meant a different gesture. However, any member of the Zhaang Family would be able to understand it.
