Chapter - 25 Seeking a Master In Mount Zhongnan (2)

Guo Fu chuckled and said, "That thing, what do you want it for? You want to battle with my invincible general?"

Yang Guo said, "If you want to battle fine, this little one won't let others bully it." He placed the black cricket into Guo Fu's basin.

What was strange was that when the large cricket saw the small black one, it looked startled and seemed to shrink away from it. Guo Fu and the Wu brothers shouted and called out to encourage it. The little black cricket raised its head and jumped in front of the big one. The big cricket, not daring to face it in battle, wanted to jump out of the basin. The black cricket jumped up and, high in midair, bit the end of the large cricket, and both of them fell out of the air. The large cricket shook a few times, and then turned on its abdomen and died. Amongst crickets, there are types, which liked to live with poisonous worms or with poisonous centipedes. This type is called the "Centipede Cricket" and those which live with poisonous snakes are called "Snake Crickets". Because of the poison on it, the normal types of cricket aren't their match. Yang Guo's cricket was a "Snake Cricket".

Guo Fu was very displeased with the fact that her invincible general had died, and after thinking for a while said to Yang Guo, "Brother Yang, give the black one to me."

Yang Guo replied, "Giving it to you originally wasn't a problem, but why did you ridicule the little black one?"

Guo Fu replied, "If you don't give it to me fine, who wants it?" She picked up her basin and turned it over, the little black cricket fell onto the ground, and she squashed it with her right foot.

Yang Guo gasped, his blood began to boil, his face went red, he couldn't control himself and he hit her hard by the side of the ear.

Guo Fu didn't know whether to stay quiet or cry. Wu Xiuwen shouted at him, "The little boy hits people!" and threw a fist towards Yang Guo's chest. His family's skills are deep. Ever since he was little his parents had taught him martial arts, so his martial arts roots are good, the fist that was coming towards Yang Guo's chest was not light. Yang Guo flared up, and threw a fist back but Wu Xiuwen dodged it. Yang Guo leapt up to attack, but Wu Dunru stuck out his leg to hook Yang Guo's leg, Yang Guo fell on the ground. Wu Xiuwen turned around and jumped on Yang Guo's body. Held down by the two brothers, four fists rained down fiercely on him.

Though Yang Guo was two years older, it was difficult for two fists to defend against four. The Wu brothers had been taught some higher martial arts, and Yang Guo had only learnt very basic martial arts from Mu Nianci. He wasn't their match. He bit his teeth and didn't make a sound.

Wu Dunru said, "If you apologize and beg we'll let you go."

Yang Guo shouted, "Never!"

Wu Xiuwen threw out another two fists. Guo Fu was watching aside pleased that the Wu brothers were helping her to get revenge.

The Wu brothers knew that if they attacked the head, it would leave wounds, and if Guo Jing and Huang Rong found out, they would be blamed. So they treated Yang Guo's body with fists and kicks. Guo Fu saw the beating was severe and was a little bit scared. But when she felt the red mark left by Yang Guo by her ear, she felt pleased and shouted out, "Hit him harder, harder!" The Wu brothers listened, and hit harder.

Yang Guo was on the ground, and when he heard Guo Fu's instructions he thought, "Guo Fu you evil little bitch, I'm going to get you for this."

He felt extreme pain all over his back and it looked as if he would endure more. The Wu brothers had practiced martial arts since they were young, so their punches and kicks were strong. A normal adult wouldn't withstand it. If Yang Guo had not practiced a bit of internal energy, he would have long ago fainted. He bit his teeth harder and waved his hands wildly. Then he suddenly felt a cold and slippery object; it was the dead poisonous snake. He picked it up and threw it back at the Wu brothers.

When the Wu brothers saw the stripped poisonous snake, they gasped. Yang Guo turned his body around, and threw a fierce fist, hitting Wu Dunru in the nose causing a nosebleed. Yang Guo scampered up and quickly ran away. The Wu brothers were indignant, and chased after him. Guo Fu shouted out, "Catch him, catch him!" and followed.

Yang Guo ran on for a while and then turned around to see Wu Dunru's face full of blood, the expression on his face was furious, and knew if he was caught by the two brothers he would suffer an even more severe beating than before. So he ran and hurried to the foot of "Practicing Sword Peak", and climbed up.

Though Wu Dunru's face was full of blood, the wound didn't really hurt. It was just that feeling his face full of blood that made him angry, and he hurried after Yang Guo. Yang Guo climbed up the peak with the Wu brothers close behind unrelenting. Guo Fu was at the foot of the peak, hearing the footsteps she looked up and was pleased to see what was happening. Yang Guo hurried for a while, only to see a cliff, with nowhere else to go. Years ago, whenever Huang Yaoshi invented a new stance, he would jump across the chasm and then go to the peak top and practice it. Could Yang Guo jump across? He thought, "I'd rather jump and die, than get caught by those two and get beaten up again."

He turned around and shouted, "If you come one step closer I'll jump!" Wu Dunru stopped, while Wu Xiuwen shouted back, "Jump if you want, who cares about you? You don't have the guts anyway!" As he said this he crept closer.

Yang Guo's blood rose again, and was about to jump when he saw a large loose rock from the corner of his eye. In a rush of blood and not thinking about the consequences, he stretched out his hand to move the smaller stones, the large stone did indeed began to move. He moved behind the large stone, and pushed with all his strength, the stone bounced twice and after a crashing sound, the stone began to roll down the hill.

The Wu brothers were shocked when they saw him push the stone, the colour of their faces changed, and they hurriedly moved out of the way. The large stone carried numerous pieces of dirt and sand, and after moving past the Wu brothers, turned over many flowers and plants before heading into the sea. Wu Dunru panicked, his foot slipped, and he started to roll down. Wu Xiuwen caught him a rush. The two of them couldn't stand up on the slope and the both of them rolled down for about sixty or seventy feet; luckily a tree managed to block their path.

Huang Rong was in the house when she heard a sound far away, and followed the sound quickly to "Practicing Sword Peak", only to see a field of dirt and sand, her daughter hidden in the grass, so frightened that she couldn't cry, and the Wu brothers' heads and faces full of blood. Huang Rong picked up her daughter and asked, "What happened?" Guo Fu buried herself into her mother and cried. After she finished crying she explained that Yang Guo had hit her for no reason, and when the Wu brothers helped her, Yang Guo wanted to roll a stone on them to kill them. She pushed all the blame onto Yang Guo. She didn't say anything about her squashing his cricket, or the Wu brothers beating Yang Guo. Huang Rong listened, and saw the red mark left on Guo Fu's face, the slap must have been strong, and she sympathized with her and comforted her.