The Wu brothers and Guo Fu grew up together on Peach Blossom Island. Firstly, on the island there was no other girl of their age. Second, time made the hearts grow fonder. If the two brothers didnât fall in love with Guo Fu, that wouldnât make sense at all. Later on, they suddenly found out that Guo Fu didnât return their feelings; they were brokenhearted and said that they would live a life without joy forever. They had no way of knowing that a short while later they would meet Yelu Yan and Wanyan Ping who they really should sympathize with. This time when the Wu brothers ran into Guo Fu, they secretly compared their sweethearts to her. The brothers felt that their loved ones were not only not inferior to Guo Fu but also even better. One thought, âYelu Guniang [Miss Yelu] is open and kind. How could she be like you who are scheming and narrow-minded?â The other thought, âWanyan Guniang is clearly sympathetic. She is also gentle and polite. How could she be like you who everyday makes people miserable?â The brothers had earlier vowed not to see Guo Fu again but had now ran into her by accident and couldnât quite escape. They both thought, âToday I didnât intend to go looking for you so this canât be regarded as breaking a vow.â
In Guo Fuâs mind, she only thought about how she had been captured by Gongsun Zhi just now and how Yelu Qi had saved her. She stole a look at him several times and saw that he was tall and handsome. She couldnât help secretly thinking, âI met him for the first time last year and later forgot all about him. At that time I didnât know that his martial skills would be like this. Mother and he were laughing together. What were they laughing about?â
Huang Rong examined the sword wound on Wu Santongâs leg. Fortunately, it wouldnât be a great obstacle. Then everybody shared their stories.
On the day that Wu Santong, Zhu Ziliu and the Martial Uncle Indian monk left for the Passionless Valley to seek the antidote for Yang Guo, just outside of Xiangyang, Wu Santong ran into his two sons. Startled and afraid that they would fight again, he quickly told Zhu Ziliu to accompany Martial Uncle on ahead. Then he rushed out to stop the Wu brothers and asked questions. As it turned out, the Wu brothers both followed their vow spoken to Yang Guo about not seeing Guo Fu again so they didnât want to stay in Xiangyang any longer. Wu Santong was reassured so he praised them, âGood boys, youâve got guts!â He also said, âYang Xiong Di [Brother Yang] risked his own life to save us. Now he is in trouble, how can we not try to help him? The three of us, father and sons, should go to the Passionless Valley together.â
The Passionless Valley was like a paradise outside this world. Although Yang Guo had told them about its approximate location, it was actually not easy to find the entrance. The three people went around in circle and took many paths but still they couldnât find the Valley entrance. The Indian monk and Zhu Ziliu had already fallen into the enemyâs trap and been captured by the fishnets of Qiu Qianchiâs disciples. Wu Santong and his sons tried many times to help them without success and almost fell into the gorge. With no choice but to retreat, they thought that they would go back to Xiangyang to find help. Unfortunately, they ran into Gongsun Zhi who said the three of them were trespassing and then attacked them. Wu Santong was not his match and was cut on the leg. Gongsun Zhi didnât really want the three peopleâs lives and so he just forced them to leave quickly and told them never to come back.
By this time, the Yelu siblings and Wanyan Ping happened to ride into view. The three people and the Wu brothers used to fight together so they got off their horses and started talking about the old times. Gongsun Zhi was looking at them coldly from the side. He failed to marry Xiao LongnĂŒ and got kicked out of the sect by his wife so he was actually bored to death. Seeing that Wanyan Ping was young and beautiful, he couldnât curb his evil desires and suddenly snatched her away with him. This time, the Yelu siblings and the Wu brothers all immediately jumped in to fight. If Wu Santong hadnât been injured, it would be six people joining forces and they would have had a chance against Gongsun Zhi. However, his leg was wounded so Yelu Qi was the only strong fighter among them but they couldnât fend off Gongsun Zhi. It just so happened that the precious horse [Han Xie Yu] was running back by himself from Mount Zhongnan and heading towards Xiangyang. Wu Xiuwen grabbed him and let Wanyan Ping ride away; hoping that Gongsun Zhi would lose interest after the swan was gone. They didnât expect that Huang Rong and Li Mochou would rush into the scene like this.
Huang Rong listened to the stories and talked briefly about how Yang Guo got his arm chopped off and how he snatched her young daughter. Wu Santong was greatly alarmed and quickly explained the root cause. He said, âYang Xiong Di [Brother Yang] is brave and warm-hearted. Everything happened because, without thinking about himself, he saved these two animals of mine and didnât let them destroy themselves. Who would have thought that it would lead to these matters?â He thought about how Yang Guo got his arm chopped off, all because of his two sons. And the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He suddenly pointed at the two sons and scolded them.
On the side, the Wu brothers, the Yelu siblings, and Wanyan Ping were all talking enthusiastically. A little while later, Guo Fu came in to join the discussion. The six people were of the same age and just went through a fierce battle together so with gusto they talked about how fierce and evil Gongsun Zhi was and how he finally fled into the wild. Suddenly they heard Wu Santong bellowed out a shout of outrage, âWu Dunru, Wu Xiuwen, you two little animals, Yang Guo Xiong Di [Brother Yang Guo] was so good and kind to you but you caused him to lose his arm. You stop and think, how would our family Wu ever face him?â Both his face and ears turned red and the more he scolded, the fiercer he became. If not for his injured leg, he would have thrown himself out to strike them. The two brothers were baffled, not knowing how their father got so mad. Each of them stealthily looked at Yelu Yan and Wanyan Ping. They felt that in front of beautiful ladies, having their father calling them âanimal thisâ and âanimal thatâ was a great loss of face. But if they were still fighting over Guo Fu like before, that would be distressing too. The two brothers looked at each other at their witsâ end, not knowing what to do.
Huang Rong saw the situation to be quite awkward so she intercepted, âWu Xiong Di [Brother Wu], donât be so upset. Yang Guoâs losing an arm was all little sisterâs fault for not teaching my child better and letting her get away with being spoiled. At that time, father Guo was also so mad that he wanted to chop off her arm.â Wu Santong then gave out a loud shout, âThatâs right. Good! Her arm should be chopped off!â Guo Fuâs eyes turned white with fear. She thought, âDid you just say âher arm should be chopped offâ?â If her mother werenât there, Guo Fu would have said something in protest.
Huang Rong said, âWu Xiong [Brother Wu], weâve talked clearly enough about how your children wronged Yang Guo. Right now we have two important matters ahead. First, we must find Yang Guo to discover his condition.â Wu Santong agreed, âVery goodâŠVery good.â Huang Rong then continued, âThe second important thing is that we have to go to the Passionless Valley to rescue Martial Uncle and Zhu Da Ge [Brother Zhu] and at the same time get the antidote for Yang Guo. But do you know anything about Zhu Da Geâs condition or whether or not his life is in danger?â