ROCH Translation ..... 8 onwards

[5haDow NemisiS]

I'm wondering, are you translating by putting the text in a translator and then editing it to make sense, or are you actually looking at the text yourself and translating?
Either way, thanks for the update!

[Noodles]

I'm doing (trying to do, anyway) the translation by myself by looking at the text. Anything I don't know I use a dictionary. I'm putting speed over quality so sorry if the spelling, syntax and grammar seems wrong making it hard to comprehend. I'll edit the chapters some time in the far future.

[GoldenArm]

speed over quality is GREAT! Im really enjoying the translation. Thanks again!

[Anonymous]

Hiya gys,
Thx Noodles for another BIG teaser to another wonderful battle.
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Observations:
1. JadeHeartManual [or 9YinGinJin] - love's legacy.
--- One uses QuanZhenSect [male] swordskills, the other complements with JadeHeart [female] swordskills.
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... when Lin Chao Ying developed this particular swordplay, she was imagining herself fighting shoulder to shoulder with Wong Chong Yang against an enemy, every stance and move were designed to protect each other mutually...
... this particular set of unity kung fu didn’t have much use, it was just the unrestrained imagination of Lin Chao Ying’s, showing her heart’s feelings.
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2. One common bond between YangGuo and LittleDG is martial arts. Wonder when they returned to the tomb [in the very end], they will continue their martial arts ...
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naturally they still followed the sleeping arrangements that they had in the tomb for years after meeting again, practising martial arts as they used to, when they thought about their loved one by their side, they both had limitless delight.
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3. Another nitpick of HuangRong feelings toward YangGuo/LittleDG
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Huang Rong glanced over at Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu thinking, “The antidote is on them, you hastily promise them [GoldenMonk and Company] the antidote without knowing whether or not they’ll [YangGuo and LittleDG] give it [antidote] to us.”
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4. A selfish [but understandable] LittleDG ... comments anyone?
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Xiao Long Nuu said, “Guo Er, let’s leave! That old monk is really powerful, we can’t beat him.”
All that she hoped for was to return to the ancient tomb and spend the rest of her life with Yang Guo.
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5. YangGuo the reluctant hero - almost deserted HuangRong to GoldenWheelMonk, the easy way out ... comments anyone?
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I can’t save auntie Guo, why should I throw in mine and Gu Gu’s life? It would be better for me to go and tell uncle Guo and let him lead the rescue.”
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6. Weakness of HuangRong [could be exploited by Wei Xiao Bo][of respective topic]
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Huang Rong saw that her daughter ... wasn’t hurt, but the love between a mother and daughter is deep, she couldn’t stop herself from not knowing what to do, there’s a saying; ‘worry then panic’, though she was matchless in terms of coming up with ideas and plans, right now she was at her wit’s end.
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[BluLotus]

Quantity over Quality !

Thanks Noodles !

[Noodles]

Jin Lun Fa Wang heard the noise of a blade cutting through air behind him, he didn’t turn around and turned his finger towards the dull side of the blade, striking it. A ‘dang’ sound was heard, Yang Guo’s arm trembled with numbness as the sword tip went downwards. Yang Guo quickly flew out of the way.

Jin Lun Fa Wang turned around and said, “Young man, quickly leave! You’re young yet your martial arts are not weak, in the future you will be able to far exceed me but you are not a match for me now, why come forward now to die under my hands?”
Those sentences both praised and warned Yang Guo. Jin Lun Fa Wang hated the two of them for knocking his golden wheel out of the air and interfering with this plans to take the position of the Chancellor of wulin. Right now, he weighed up what was more important; capturing Huang Rong was the number one objective, he didn’t want to be distracted by other people and hoped that Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu would leave this dispute, there’ll still be time for him to vent his anger on the two juniors later on. He calls himself a hero of Tibet, not only is his martial arts frightening, his scheming ability was rather good.

Those words were neither haughty nor humble, yet it wasn’t deceiving as well, Yang Guo was young and when he heard that in the future his martial arts would be much better than Jin Lun Fa Wang, he was secretly pleased, he laughed and said, “There’s no need to be polite big monk, it’s not easy to reach a level as good as yours. That Chief Huang raised me, don’t give any trouble. If she didn’t have an illness on her, your martial arts may not be able to defeat hers, if you don’t believe it, why don’t you wait until she recovers and then have a duel with her?”
He knew that Jin Lun Fa Wang thought very highly of his martial arts, goading him like this might actually change his mind and let Huang Rong go.

How would he know that at first Jin Lun Fa Wang was just worried about Huang Rong, Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu joining up together to fight him, that was why he was polite towards Yang Guo, when he heard these words he glanced at Huang Rong’s face, indeed her faced did looked distressed, her illness was not light, he thought that why should he be worried about the threat of Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu?
He then gave a chuckle and went over to the stairs, he said, “You stay as well!”

Xiao Long Nuu stood on the stairs with Jin Lun Fa Wang in between her and Yang Guo, she didn’t like this and said, “Get out of the way monk, let him down.”
Jin Lun Fa Wang’s brows creased, he sent a stance of [Opening the Tablet with a Single Palm], his natural strength was already high, attacking from above made this force even stronger. How could Xiao Long Nuu dare to receive this stance head on? She was longing for Yang Guo at the top of the stairs, she didn’t leap backwards; her legs lightly lifted, she used amazing lightness kung fu to pass the opponent’s body to reach Yang Guo, standing shoulder to shoulder next to him.
When she was passing Jin Lun Fa Wang’s side, he stuck out his elbow but it missed, he was in awe of her the swiftness and agility of her movements. Yang Guo picked up Wu Xiu Wen’s sword and passed it into her hand, he said, “Gu Gu, that monk is so rude, let’s give him a beating.”

A ‘qiang lang’ sound was heard as Jin Lun Fa Wang took out a wheel from his gown, this wheel was the same size as his golden wheel but the wheel was dark green; it was made out of iron. This wheel also had the Tibetan scriptures marked on it. He has a total of five wheels; golden, silver, bronze, iron and lead, when he meets a strong enemy he really could send out the five wheels at once, but he has always used the golden wheel only, with it he has defeated countless strong enemies and because of this he received the nickname of ‘Jin Lun Fa Wang’ (King Of the Golden Wheel/Golden Wheel Monk, whichever you guys prefer). He has never used his other four wheels before but really, according to martial arts level he has reached, it really should be ‘Wu Lun Fa Wang’ (King of the Five Wheels/The Five Wheeled Monk). In the Lu manor, his golden wheel was taken out of the air by Yang Guo using the golden rod, now he took out his iron wheel and said, “Chief Huang, are you joining them as well?”
Though he saw that Huang Rong’s looked ill, he was still worried about her martial arts, he called her ‘chief Huang’ to remind her of her status as the chief of a clan, joining up with others to fight one person would lower herself.

Yang Guo called out, “Chief Huang is going home now, she hasn’t any time for you.”
He turned around to Huang Rong and said, “Auntie Guo, take sister Fu and go.” He had made his decision, though he and Xiao Long Nuu would not be able to beat the enemy, they could still force themselves to last a while, when it comes to escaping, they would probably still be able to escape, luckily they weren’t fighting for victory but trying to escape from the devil’s grasp, so what if they had to run away pathetically?
He raised his sword and thrust towards Jin Lun Fa Wang. Xiao Long Nuu saw that he was using the techniques of the [Jade Heart Manual] so she followed and attack from the side, she hadn’t given any thought about this, when she saw Yang Guo attacking the monk, she too started to fight him to aid Yang Guo.

Jin Lun Fa Wang used his wheel to block the two swords, he didn’t like how cluttered the restaurant was, it hindered his movements, on one face he was fighting using his wheel, on the other he kicked away the chairs and tables.
Yang Guo was thinking, “If we meet you head on, we’ll definitely lose, only by obstructing you would we last a little longer.” He saw that Jin Lun Fa Wang was kicking away the tables and chairs, he did the opposite and pushed the tables and chairs in between them. His and Xiao Long Nuu’s lightness kung fu was superb, they darted around, not fighting the enemy properly, plus they would suddenly throw a jug of wine over, suddenly tip the dishes over causing the restaurant to be covered in wine and juices from the dishes.

Huang Rong took this opportunity to snatch Guo Fu back. After Da Er Ba fell under Yang Guo’s [Soul Altering Spell], he was out of it, sometimes he would be awake sometimes in a daze, Huo Dou was seriously injured with the poison, the rest of the Mongolian warriors weren’t very skilful, how could they fend off Huang Rong?
Yang Guo called out, “Auntie Guo, quickly leave!”
But Huang Rong saw that the stances of Jin Lun Fa Wang were lethal, even if Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu used all their strength it would be difficult for them to defend against the attacks, right now there were able to fend him off by fighting like this, but once Jin Lun Fa Wang finds a weakness and then make his lethal move, how would their lives remain intact?
Huang Rong thought, “He’s risking his life for me, how can I look out for myself only and leave?”
She stood at the entrance of the stairs, quietly watching the battle.

[BluLotus]

Aww...Huang Rong should have left, now I have a bad feeling about this...lol maybe I'll be wrong .

If Huang Rong left, YG and XLN could have also escaped with their lightness kungfu...maybe .

Thanks Noodles !

[athlonkmf]

Originally posted by BluLotus
Aww...Huang Rong should have left, now I have a bad feeling about this...lol maybe I'll be wrong .

If Huang Rong left, YG and XLN could have also escaped with their lightness kungfu...maybe .

Thanks Noodles !

well, we all know what is gonna happen, but still it's exciting to read anyway. Good job Noodles.

[Anonymous]

Hiya gys,
Thx Noodles for the small update.
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Observations:
1. Golden Wheel Monk got 5 wheels. Makes me think of Unicyle, Bicycle, Tricycle [each succeeding one takes less skill. ]
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He has a total of five wheels; golden, silver, bronze, iron and lead, when he meets a strong enemy he really could send out the five wheels at once, but he has always used the golden wheel only, with it he has defeated countless strong enemies and because of this he received the nickname of ‘Jin Lun Fa Wang’ (King Of the Golden Wheel/Golden Wheel Monk, whichever you guys prefer).
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2. Child's play - Do / Undo [Didnt see this in ROCH83/84]
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Yang Guo was thinking, “If we meet you [GoldenWheelMonk] head on, we’ll definitely use, only by obstructing you would we last a little longer.” He saw that Jin Lun Fa Wang was kicking away the tables and chairs, he did the opposite and pushed the tables and chairs in between them.
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3. Another bond between HuangRong and YangGuo.
Huang Rong thought, “He’s [YangGuo and company] risking his life for me, how can I look out for myself only and leave?”

[Han Solo]

Was this where HR set up the 5 elements trap for the golden wheel monk?

[Noodles]

But the Wu brothers kept on urging Huang Rong, “Master wife, let’s go, you’re not feeling well, you need to take care.”
At first Huang Rong ignored them but when they kept on pressing her she said angrily, “What use is it to learn martial arts if you don’t behave with ‘heroic’ values? What use have you got living in this world? The one named Yang is a hundred times better than you. Huh, you brothers better have a good think about this.”
The brothers felt embarrassed, their good intentions dismissed just like that by their master wife.

Guo Fu picked up the broken leg of a table off the floor and called out, “Brother Wu’s, let’s all fight him.”
Huang Rong held her back and said, “Going up there with you lowly kung fu, do you want to die?”
Guo Fu stuck her lips up, not believing her mother. She saw that the stances that Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu weren’t anything special, sometimes their form looked mastery but the sword stances weren’t at all lethal.

Every time Jin Lun Fa Wang went to attack, the chairs and tables would impede him while Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu moved around vibrantly, flying here and suddenly darting there, fighting as they floated around.
He had a thought, he suddenly used force in his legs, non-stop sounds of ‘ka la ka la’ were heard, the overturned tables and chairs were crushed and broken. He used the iron wheel in hands to attack while his legs used the [Thousand Kilogram Fall], the chairs and tables all broke wherever his legs were, after a while, the upstairs of the restaurant become a layer of broken wood. The three of them battled on the debris without any obstructions.

Jin Lun Fa Wang moved around in large steps, the iron wheel flashing around, ‘lang lang’ sounds were heard, his arms in motion as he attacked the two ferociously. There were now fewer tables and chairs in the way, Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu had to use real martial arts to defend against him. Jin Lun Fa Wang did not give an inch, on the fourth stance he smashed forward fiercely, a ferocious gust of wind rushed forward before the iron wheel even arrived.
Xiao Long Nuu and Yang Guo both thrust forwards, the sword tips striking the wheel, they were able to block this wheel with their combined force but the two swords were bent under the force.

The two use all the strength to repel the wheel away, Yang Guo then thrust forwards attacking the enemy’s upper body, Xiao Long Nuu cut across urgently across the enemy’s left leg. Jin Lun Fa Wang kicked out towards Xiao Long Nuu wrist, the iron wheel swerved and attacked Yang Guo’s neck. Yang Guo ducked and crouched to avoid the iron wheel. At that time, Jin Lun Fa Wang suddenly let go with his right hand, the iron wheel dropped downwards towards Yang Guo’s head, at the same time Jin Lun Fa Wang went to grab Xiao Long Nuu’s shoulders with his free hands.

In just a flash of an eye, the two had fell into great danger. Huang Rong gave an ‘ah’ cry and was about to go forward to save them when she saw Yang Guo swerved and flew against the ground, before he touched down, the sword went towards Jin Lun Fa Wang’s back, that stance achieved two aims at once, attacking and defending at the same time, solving the crisis he was in, using the idea of ‘surrounding Wei to save Zhao’, and stopping Jin Lun Fa Wang from attacking Xiao Long Nuu. This stance was called [The Wild Goose Attacks from the Side], a technique from Quan Zhen swordplay.

Jin Lun Fa Wang gave a ‘yi’ call, before the iron wheel feel on the ground, the back of his right leg knocked against the wheel sending the wheel flying up with ‘lang lang’ noises, smashing towards Yang Guo’s head. In the midst of danger, Yang Guo used a stance of Quan Zhen swordplay which was surprisingly effective, so he used another Quan Zhen stance, [The White Rainbow Travelling Across the Sky], the flat side of the sword struck the wheel.
The sword was light, the wheel heavy, that attack originally had no use, but the strike was just at the right place, fulfilling the martial art theory of ‘four liang moving a thousand jin’, the iron wheel changed directions, flying towards Jin Lun Fa Wang’s head. Guo Fu clapped her hands as she watched with delight.

Jin Lun Fa Wang dared to release his weapon because he thought that his enemies had no way to receive the wheel, if the opponent used their weapon to strike out against the wheel, even if it was a heavy whip or sabre, once it meets the wheel the weapon will be taken out of the hand. How could he have predicted that Yang Guo had the ability to redirect the wheel? Jin Lun Fa Wang was furious, he caught the wheel and secretly used his spin technique and sent the wheel flying out again. This time his internal energy was more pressing, the wheel made no sounds because the iron wheel was spinning too fast, the spheres in the wheel could not collide with each other in time. When Yang Guo struck the wheel for the first time, he used the techniques of the [Nine Yin Manual] unwittingly, this time when he stretched out his sword to strike the wheel, a ‘dang’ noise was heard as the sword shook out of his hands. Jin Lun Fa Wang immediately used [The Falling Obelisk Hand], heavily smashing towards him. Yang Guo wasn’t completely familiar with the techniques of the [Nine Yin Manual], this time the force he put behind this strike was incorrect.

When Xiao Long Nuu saw Yang Guo was in danger, she swung her fine waist and urgently thrust her sword forward. The force of this stance had an assured lethalness, the appearance attractive and extremely graceful, she was actually using the martial arts of the final stage of the [Jade Heart Manual].
Huang Rong and her daughter watched with joy and both called out, “Great!”

Jin Lun Fa Wang took back his palm and leapt away, he used his wheel to fend off the sword. Yang Guo took this opportunity to recover his sword. Yang Guo really did escape from the death’s clutches just now, but when one is at death’s door they are especially alert, he suddenly had a thought, “When Gu Gu and I both use the [Jade Maiden Swordplay], it was difficult for us to defend against him. But when I used [Quan Zhen Swordplay] and Gu Gu the [Jade Maiden Swordplay] we actually managed to turn danger into safety. Could it be that the final stage of the [Jade Heart Manual] is used this way?”
He immediately called out, “Gu Gu, [The Traces of Waves at Heaven’s Cliffs]!” As he said this he slanted his sword and thrust forwards.
Xiao Long Nuu didn’t give it much thought and followed his instructions and used the [The Traces of Waves at Heaven’s Cliffs] stated in the manual, she waved her sword and chopped forwards. The names of the stances are the same but the stances were different, one of them was a lethal sword stance from the [Quan Zhen Swordplay], the other a dangerous stance from the [Jade Maiden Swordplay], when the two were used in unison, the power of it immediately increased to a frightening level.
Jin Lun Fa Wang had no way to block both of the swords so he quickly moved back, two ‘chi’ sounds were heard as the swords pierced his body. Luckily, he dodged appropriately, the two sword tips brushed past his body and just made some holes in his clothes but he broke out in a cold sweat due to shock.

Jin Lun Fa Wang urgently moved back another two steps to avoid the tip of the swords. He then heard Yang Guo call out, “[Flowers under the Moon]!” An attack coming downwards, like an ice wheel hanging across the air, a light glimmering across the ground. Xiao Long Nuu’s sword quivered, like a flower fluttering in the wind, cutting across to and fro, dazzling Jin Lun Fa Wang’s eyes, he didn’t where the attacks were coming from, he could only leap back to avoid it.
Yang Guo called out, “[Drinking Wine Purely]!” The sword handle was raised, the sword tip aimed downwards, like raising a wine jug and pouring wine. Xiao Long Nuu’s sword was the opposite, the tip aiming upwards towards her cherry lips, like raising a cup of wine and drinking it.

Jin Lun Fa Wang saw that the sword stances of the two was becoming stranger and stranger but they were matching each other, all the weaknesses of one was covered by the other, and the lethal aspects of the stances were increasing without end. He was becoming more and more frightened, thinking, “The world is a large place, indeed there are many able people, how could I ever dream of such an unimaginable swordplay in Tibet? Ai! I’m just a frog at the bottom of the well, I have seen little of the world’s heroes.” He was disheartened and looked even more like a defeated man.

Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu had studied this final level of swordplay many times without rewards, right now they were in extreme danger, the both of them concerned for each other, both put the other’s life above theirs as they first rescued their lovers, fulfilling the main aim of this swordplay. Every stance of this swordplay displays an action done by two, perhaps [Stroking the Zither and Playing the Flute], or maybe [Sweeping Snow and Preparing Tea], or perhaps [Playing Chess under the Pine] or [Exchange of the Cranes by the Pond], all of them shows a male and female together, the gracefulness and exquisiteness of the sight really was indescribable. Lin Chao Ying lost in the game of love and spent the rest of her life in the tomb. She was versed in all, martial arts and literature, music and arts, in the end she incorporated all the things she has learnt in her life into this set of martial arts. When she was developing this set of martial arts, she was just trying to comfort herself, how would she know that ten of years later, a pair of lovers would use this set of martial arts to fight off a strong enemy, this was something this was that she could have never predicted.

At first Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu did not completely understand the swordplay’s ingenuity but eventually as they kept on using it, their proficiency of the swordplay kept on getting better. If the male and female who use this set of swordplay aren’t lovers, they would be many different aspects of the swordplay they would not be able to comprehend; the two would not have a feeling of being linked with each other, if it were friends who were teaming up, they would be too polite, if it were a senior and junior it wouldn’t be suitable to rely on each other; if it were a husband and wife, they will be able to use some of the mastery aspects of this swordplay but the feeling of being drowned in love, the shyness, the feeling of being close yet far, the pains of gains and losses are all a level lower.
Right now Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu were deeply in love but they have yet to marry, their hearts were concerned about the hardships of the future, they were joyous and sad, sweet and bitter, this feeling of gradually being linked with each other was what Lin Chao Ying had intended to create when she developed the [Pure Heart of the Jade Maiden Sword].

Huang Rong watched by the side and she saw Xiao Long Nuu’s cheeks going red, looking shy, Yang Guo would glance over at her all the time, returning her affection, though they were fighting a strong enemy, they displayed their delights and joys, the appearance of being deeply in love. Huang Rong couldn’t stop herself from being startled, at the same time she was infected by the two and she began to remember feelings and events when she fell in love with Guo Jing.
The restaurant was filled with the noise of life and death battle, but in the midst of this, unexpectedly, there was the boundless feeling of love showing.

Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu were now in tune with each other, it was now even harder for Jin Lun Fa Wang to defend, he regretted the fact that he had smashed up the chairs and tables earlier on, otherwise with the table and chairs as obstructions, the enemies’ attacks would not be as lethal and swift. He saw that if he continues, he would definitely lose his life. He retreated down the stairs, step by step. Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu attacked from above and they saw that they were about to drive him away.
Huang Rong called out, “Rid the evil completely, Guo Er, don’t let him go.”
She saw that the reason that why Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu could beat Jin Lun Fa Wang was because of this ingenious swordplay, it appeared that it was somewhat fortunate that they came up with this, if they spare Jin Lun Fa Wang today and let a person with such abilities in martial arts go back and study for a way to defeat this swordplay, when the need to take his life arises in the future, this task would be extremely difficult.

Yang Guo agreed and launched a fatal attack, [Cultivating the Chrysanthemum in the Little Garden], [Speaking at Night at the Western Window], [The Couplet in the Willow’s Shade], [Bamboo Falling into the Pond], when these stances came out, Jin Lun Fa Wang nearly wasn’t able to block these attacks let alone trying to counterattack.

Yang Guo had originally listened to Huang Rong’s instructions to take his life, but what he didn’t know was that when Lin Chao Ying developed this particular swordplay, she was doing this to comfort herself, there was no intention to wound or kill the enemy especially with a heart filled with love, though this swordplay was powerful, it did not aim to take the opponent’s life. Though Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu managed to force Jin Lun Fa Wang to scramble around in a pathetic manner, taking his life was not an easy task.

Jin Lun Fa Wang did not know about the background of this swordplay, he just saw that the opponent’s extraordinary stances folded on each other, he knew that the enemy had yet to unleash their most powerful move, if the two attacks, his old life would be lost. In this danger, a plan came into his mind, he used strength in his legs and snapped a step. He knew that with the obstruction of the hole in the stairs between him and two, the two would have no way to advance. By the time that a third step was snapped, the long swords could not reach his body.
Jin Lun Fa Wang raised his iron wheel and said, “Today, I have seen the martial arts of the central plains, I am completely in awe. What is the name of your swordplay?”
Yang Guo said seriously, “The martial arts of the central plains are led by the [Dog Beating Stick Technique] and the [Donkey Piercing Sword], our swordplay is the [Donkey Piercing Sword].”
Jin Lun Fa Wang was startled and said, “[Donkey Piercing Sword]?”
Yang Guo said, “Yep, a swordplay that pierces bald donkeys.”
Jin Lun Fa Wang then knew that Yang Guo was insulting him, he was furious and shouted, “Rude punk, you’ll get to know the power of Jin Lun Fa Wang.” The iron wheel rang out with ‘lang lang’ noises as he took large footsteps.

But all they saw was his body floating away quickly like a flash, disappearing in the shadows by the corner. Yang Guo knew it would be difficult to catch up, he turned around and saw Da Er Ba holding up Huo Dou as he stood up, his face pale. He said, “Senior apprentice brother, are you going to kill me?”
Yang Guo saw that the two looked pitiful, he said to Huang Rong, “Auntie Guo, how about we let them go?” Huang Rong nodded. Yang Guo saw that Huo Dou looked like he was in unbearable distress, he took out a jug of jade bee syrup from his pockets and pointed to Huo Dou. He made an action of taking medicine to Da Er Ba and gave the jar to him. Da Er Ba was delighted and he chatted with Huo Dou for a while.
Huo Dou took out a packet of medicine and gave it to Yang Guo, he said, “The senior who used the pen fell under my poison nails, this is the antidote.”

Da Er Ba saluted Yang Guo and said, “Thank you senior apprentice brother.”
Yang Guo copied his actions and smiled as he imitated his Tibetan, “Thank you senior apprentice brother.”
Da Er Ba was surprised, “Why did senior apprentice brother call me senior apprentice brother?” A thought went through his mind and then he understood, “He’s reincarnated as another person and is allowing me to be the senior apprentice brother, he doesn’t want to fight for this position with me.” He was even more touched and bowed deeply, he stretched out his arm and picked up Huo Dou and then left with the rest of the Mongolian warriors.

Yang Guo gave the antidote to Huang Rong and made a salute, he said, “Auntie Guo, nephew will leave now. Auntie and uncle Guo take care.” He felt sad as he thought about how this would be the last time he will see her again.
Huang Rong asked, “Where are you going?”
Yang Guo said, “Gu Gu and I are going to live in seclusion in a place where there will be no people, never leaving again to avoid bringing shame onto your and uncle Guo’s name.”

Huang Rong thought, “Today he has risked his life in saving me and Fu Er, this is not a small deed, I watching him going down the dark side, how can I not save him?” So she said, “There’s no need to rush, we’re all tired, we’ll go and rent some rooms and rest for the night, we could part tomorrow.” Yang Guo saw that she was earnest and sincere, it wouldn’t be appropriate to reject her offer so he agreed.

Huang Rong took out some money and gave it to the restaurant for the damage, and then they went to an inn to rest. That night after supper, Huang Rong got rid of Guo Fu by telling her to go and talk with the Wu brothers, she called Xiao Long Nuu into her room and said, “Sister, I have something to give to you.”
Xiao Long Nuu said, “What?”

Huang Rong pulled her in front of herself and took out a comb and brushed her hair, seeing her black silk hair hanging down across her shoulders, soft and shiny, extremely cute. She carefully rolled up her hair and removed a golden hair loop from her own head and said, “Sister, I’m giving you this to wear.”
The gold hairpiece was exquisitely produced, the body of it resembled the stem of a rose, the stem and flower looped around, the place where it connected formed a unfolding rose. Huang Yao Shi collected many countless treasures, out of them she picked out this golden hair loop with mastery artisanship.
Xiao Long Nuu has never worn any type of jewellery, to tie her hair she uses a pine hairpin, though she saw the hairpiece was striking, she did not think anything of it, she just thanked her casually. Huang Rong fitted the hairpiece on her hair and then immediately chatted to her leisurely.

After talking to her for a while, she found that Xiao Long Nuu was very innocent and naïve, she didn’t know a thing about the ways of the world. Under the candlelight she saw her elegant and beautiful face, an extraordinary beauty, if she and Yang Guo weren’t master and disciple, the two really were a great match. She asked, “Sister, you really love Guo Er, don’t you?”
Xiao Long Nuu beamed and said, “Yes, why won’t you lot allow him to be with me?”

Huang Rong was startled, she remembered the times when she was young, her father didn’t allow her to marry Guo Jing, the Jiang Nan Seven Freaks called her a ‘little witch’, only after many trials and tribulations did she and Guo Jing finally marry. She saw that Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu really loved each other, cans he make herself stop them?
But the fact is that they are a master and disciple, if they become lovers it would be greatly unethical, what face would they have left to face the heroes of the world? She gave a sigh and said, “Sister, there are many things that you don’t understand about the world. If you and Guo Er become a husband and wife, others will look down on you for a generation.”
Xiao Long Nuu gave a slight smile and said, “What’s so important about others looking down on me?”

Huang Rong was startled again, she felt that her words had the same attitude to her and her father, a real feeling of I do whatever I want, not having a care about the views of the world; when she thought about this, she nodded, such a character would not confine herself to the views of the world, but she then thought about the deep love and affection of her husband for Yang Guo, it wouldn’t matter whether Yang Guo was going to become her son in law, she just hoped that his character and morals are perfect, so she said, “What about Guo Er? Other’s will look down on him as well.”
Xiao Long Nuu said, “He and I will live in a place where no one can see us rest of our lives, happily ever after, why should we care about others?”
Huang Rong asked, “What place where no one can see you?”
Xiao Long Nuu said, “It is a large ancient tomb, I have always lived there.”
Huang Rong was stunned and said, “Could it be that you will live in there forever and never come out?”

Xiao Long Nuu was very happy, she stood up and paced back and forth across the room and then said, “Yes, why go outside? The people outside are so bad.”
Huang Rong said, “Guo Er has always roamed about since he was young, won’t he be bored staying in an ancient tomb forever?”
Xiao Long Nuu smiled and said, “With me by his side, why would he get bored?”
Huang Rong sighed and said, “At first of course he won’t be bored. But after a few years he would start to remember the beautiful outside world, if he can’t come out when he gets older, he would be greatly troubled.”

Xiao Long Nuu as originally very happy delighted, when she heard this words her heart sank and said, “I’m going to ask Guo Er, I don’t want to speak with you.” She left the room.

Huang Rong saw that her beautiful face suddenly showed signs of being disturbed, her words just now really hurt the heart of this innocent and naïve girl, she immediately felt rather regretful but she had another thought, she has seen many things herself but these pair of young lovers are deeply in love, even if these words aren’t nice to the ear, it’s the heart that matters, she thought, “What would Guo Er say?” So she quietly went over to Yang Guo’s window to listen to their reply.

She heard Xiao Long Nuu ask, “Guo Er, would you be troubled if your spent the rest of your life with me? With you get tired of it?”
Yang Guo said, “Why are you asking me again? You know that there isn’t anything more I want in this world. We’ll be together until we’re old, our hair white and our teeth falling out, we would still love each other as we do now, not ever parting.” His words were said with real sincerity and earnestly.
When Xiao Long Nuu heard this, her heart was moved, she couldn’t stop herself from being overwhelmed, after a while she said, “Yes, my feelings are the same.”
She took out a rope from her bag and hung it across the room, she said, “Go to bed!”
Yang Guo said, “Auntie Guo said, tonight you should go and sleep in the same room as her and her daughter, I with the Wu brothers in another room.”
Xiao Long Nuu said, “No! Why does she want two boys to be with you? I want to be with you and sleep with you.” She waved her hand out and extinguished the oil lamp.

When Huang Rong heard this words outside, she was extremely startled, “Those two really are doing such things, the words of that old Taoist Zhao Zhi Jing weren’t a lie.”

When she thought about the two of them sleeping together on the same bad, she felt that it would be inappropriate to eavesdrop on them and was about to leave when she suddenly saw a white flash going across the room, someone was lying in midair, after moving for a bit, they immediately stopped. Huang Rong was surprised and used the moonlight in the room to see what was going on. She saw Xiao Long Nuu lying on a rope in midair while Yang Guo slept on the bed. Though the two slept in the same room, they kept their respect. Huang Rong stood in the courtyard, she just felt that the actions of these two were greatly different to others, it really was difficult to mention their rights and wrongs.

She stood there for a while and was about to enter her room to rest when she suddenly heard footsteps, Guo Fu and the Wu brothers had returned.
Huang Rong said, “Dun Er, Xiu Er, you brothers go and get an another room to rest in, don’t rest with brother Yang.” The Wu brothers agreed.
Guo Fu asked, “Mother, why?”
Huang Rong said, “It’s none of your business.”
Wu Xiu Wen laughed and said, “I know why. Those two are a master and disciple yet they aren’t, that dirty couple sleeping in the same room.”
Huang Rong reprimanded him, “Xiu Er, what dirty things are you saying?”
Wu Dun Ru said, “Master wife, you are too kind, why should you give a care towards them sort of people? I won’t speak to him.”
Guo Fu said, “Those two saved us, that is a great deed.”
Wu Xiu Wen said, “Huh, I rather die under the hands of Jin Lun Fa Wang then suffer a favour from animals.”
Huang Rong didn’t look happy, she said, “Stop talking, go and rest.”

Yang Go and Xiao Long Nuu heard all this. Yang Guo has never gotten on with the Wu brothers ever since they were little, he just laughed and didn’t take it to heart.
But Xiao Long Nuu was carefully thinking, “Why is it that if Guo Er and I are together, he becomes an animal, us a dirty couple?” She couldn’t grasp this and in the middle of the night she woke Yang Guo up, and asked, “Guo Er, there is one thing that you must answer truthfully. After living with me in the ancient tomb for a few years, would you start to think about the outside world?”
Yang Guo was startled and didn’t reply for a while. Xiao Long Nuu continued to ask, “If you don’t come out, would you become troubled? Though your love for me will never change, would you get bored living in the tomb for such a long time?”

Yang Guo felt that it was difficult to answer these questions, as he thought about it, living with Xiao Long Nuu forever really would be better than living as a god, but in a cold and dark tomb, even if he doesn’t get tired of the tomb in ten, twenty years, what about in thirty years? What about forty years? Replying casually, “I would never get bored” would be easy but he has always been frank and true towards Xiao Long Nuu, he has never said half a lie to her. He pondered for a while and said, “Gu Gu, if we get bored and tired of living in the tomb, we’ll go out together.”

Xiao Long Nuu gave an ‘en’ sound, not saying anymore. She thought, “Mrs Guo’s words weren’t a lie. In the future he will get bored and will leave the tomb, then everyone will be looking down on him, how can he live like that? Why do people look down on him if he and I get together? It looks like I’m an ominous person. I love him, I care for him, I would give my life for him. But these feelings will lead him to have an unhappy life, it looks like it would be better for him not marry me. It must be because of this that he refused to agree to marry me that night on mount Zhong Nan.”
She kept on going over this in her mind for a long while. Yang Guo’s breathing deepened; he was in deep sleep. Xiao Long Nuu leapt down lightly and went to his bedside, she stared at his handsome face, her heart was in a mess, her emotions kept on turning over, she couldn’t stop her tears from flowing.

Yang Guo woke up the next morning and felt his shoulder and head was wet, he was slightly surprised and saw that Xiao Long Nuu wasn’t in the room. He sat up and saw some words carefully carved on the table with a golden needle.

‘Take care, forget about me.'

[BluLotus]

Nooooooooooooooooo! Argggggggghhhhhhhh! XLN left again! Just when they were happy and stuff. Why did HR have to talk to XLN!?!?!?

Alright, time to calm down, .

Thanks Noodles .

[eeyore]

This is the part I've been waiting for... YG using Quan Zhen and XLN using Jade Maiden, with love in the air.. defeating JLFW!!! yiai!!! good stuff...

thanks for update Noodles, please don't get boring...

[Zhen Yu Cao]

Argh , It really hurts to see someone like HR doing something like that simply for ethics. Sure, she loves GJ and would do anything to make him happy, but because of this love, shouldn't she see that YG and XLN are in the same place? If only HYS had something to say about it ^^....

GJ NOODS GOGOGOGOGOGO!
QZ and JMS really kick butt together, no? Makes one wonder about how strong XLN is later on in the book....

[Anonymous]

Hiya gys,
Sorry if anyone read this long post, Im just doing a list of interesting parts in the novel. :P
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Thx Noodles for another BIG MAC.
For the [Donkey Piercing Sword], how about [Pierce-the-Donkey Sword]? Its more mischevious sounding.
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To Han Solo: [Thought someone would answer this for me]
I recall the scene but dont remember when, but this scene does continue BOTH LittleDGirl and YangGuo helping HuangRong out too. However, I do think the scene is during when GuoJing already got injured [from the Mongolian Camp thing. Wild parties. ].
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Observations:
1. ROCH83/84 didnt show how YangGuo and LittleDGirl got desperate first before finally understanding the JadeMaidenSwordplay. [And the lovers' play ...] Really like the effort before the gain.
--- quote: Yang Guo really did escape from the death’s clutches just now, ... he suddenly had a thought, “When Gu Gu and I both use the [Jade Maiden Swordplay], it was difficult for us to defend against him. But when I used [Quan Zhen Swordplay] and Gu Gu the [Jade Maiden Swordplay] we actually managed to turn danger into safety. Could it be that the final stage of the [Jade Heart Manual] is used this way?”
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2. Wow, JadeMaidenSwordplay REALLY defeats the GoldenMonk. ROCH83/84 showed this more passively.
--- quote: Jin Lun Fa Wang had no way to block both of the swords so he quickly moved back, two ‘chi’ sounds were heard as the swords pierced his body.
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3. Reason LinChaoYing made JadeMaidenSwordplay:
--- quote: Lin Chao Ying lost in the game of love and spent the rest of her life in the tomb. She was versed in all, martial arts and literature, music and arts, in the end she incorporated all the things she has learnt in her life into this set of martial arts ... to comfort herself.
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4. Slow understanding/fore-shadow by HuangRong about YangGuo and LittleDGirl's relationship. [similar to herself]
--- quote: Huang Rong couldn’t stop herself from being startled, at the same time she was infected by the two [in their JadeMaidenSwordplay performance] and she began to remember feelings and events when she fell in love with Guo Jing.
--- quote: Xiao Long Nuu beamed and said, “Yes, why won’t you lot allow him to be with me? ...
Huang Rong ... remembered the times when she was young, her father didn’t allow her to marry Guo Jing, the Jiang Nan Seven Freaks called her a ‘little witch’, only after many trials and tribulations did she and Guo Jing finally marry.
--- quote: Xiao Long Nuu gave a slight smile and said, “What’s so important about others looking down on me?” ...
Huang Rong ... felt that her words had the same attitude to her and her father, a real feeling of I do whatever I want, not having a care about the views of the world; ... she nodded, such a character would not confine herself to the views of the world, ...
--- quote: Though the two slept in the same room, they kept their respect [ie. space]. Huang Rong ... felt that the actions of these two were greatly different to others, it really was difficult to mention their rights and wrongs.
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5. Reasons HuangRong object YangGuo and LittleDGirl's relationship:
--- quote: But the fact is that they are a master and disciple, if they become lovers it would be greatly unethical, what face would they have left to face the heroes of the world?
--- quote: she then thought about the deep love and affection of her husband for Yang Guo, ... she just hoped that his [YangGuo's] character and morals are perfect, ...
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5. YangGuo didnt let GoldenMonk off the hook as was ROCH83/84, but the Monk escaped. And HuangRong thought highly of the GoldenMonk's martial talents.
--- quote: Huang Rong called out, “Rid the evil completely, Guo Er, don’t let him [GoldenMonk] go.” She saw that the reason that why Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu could beat Jin Lun Fa Wang was because of this ingenious swordplay, ... if they spare Jin Lun Fa Wang today and let a person with such abilities in martial arts go back and study for a way to defeat this swordplay, ...
--- quote: But all they saw was his [GoldenMonk's] body floating away quickly like a flash, disappearing in the shadows by the corner.
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6. LittleDGirl more beautiful than HuangRong [another topic somewhere ...]
--- quote: Under the candlelight she [HuangRong] saw her [LittleDGirl's] elegant and beautiful face, an extraordinary beauty, ...
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7. Reason LittleDGirl left YangGuo:
--- quote: She [LittleDG] thought, “... In the future he will get bored and will leave the tomb, then everyone will be looking down on him, how can he live like that? Why do people look down on him if he and I get together? ... these feelings will lead him to have an unhappy life, it looks like it would be better for him not marry me. It must be because of this that he refused to agree to marry me that night on mount Zhong Nan.”
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YangGuo Martial Arts displayed:
1. 9Yin redirect force
--- quote: "How could he [GoldenMonk] have predicted that Yang Guo had the ability to redirect the wheel?" ... When Yang Guo struck the wheel for the first time, he used the techniques of the [Nine Yin Manual] unwittingly.
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JadeMaidenSwordplay LIST:
1. both [lovers] put the other’s life above theirs as they first rescued their lovers, fulfilling the main aim of this swordplay.
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2. one lover use "Quan Zhen Swordplay" and the other use "Jade Maiden Swordplay"
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3. the sword stances of the two was becoming stranger and stranger but they were matching each other, all the weaknesses of one was covered by the other, and the lethal aspects of the stances were increasing without end. [without end is exaggerated. ]
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4. If the male and female who use this set of swordplay aren’t lovers [literally], ... the two would not have a feeling of being linked with each other ... yet to marry, their hearts were concerned about the hardships of the future, they were joyous and sad, sweet and bitter, this feeling of gradually being linked with each other was what Lin Chao Ying had intended to create when she developed the [Pure Heart of the Jade Maiden Sword].
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5. Lin Chao Ying developed this particular swordplay, she was doing this to comfort herself, there was no intention to wound or kill the enemy especially with a heart filled with love, though this swordplay was powerful, none of the stances aimed to take the opponent’s life.
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Interesting Lines:
1. Da Er Ba saluted Yang Guo and said, “Thank you senior apprentice brother.”
Yang Guo copied his actions and smiled as he imitated his Tibetan, “Thank you senior apprentice brother.” ...
A thought went through his [Da Er Ba's] mind and then he understood, “He’s reincarnated as another person and is allowing me to be the senior apprentice brother, he doesn’t want to fight for this position with me.”
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Questions:
1. Can YangGuo and LittleDGirl still use JadeMaidenSwordplay after ROCH?

[5haDow NemisiS]

I have a question regarding the Jade Maiden Swordplay. This occured to me while I was reading Lanny's translation of Smiling Proud Wanderer. From his translation, in chapter 10,

Feng Qingyang shook his head. “You are Yue Buqun’s apprentice. I really shouldn’t teach you any Kung Fu. That day…that day…I swore an oath that I would never fight anyone in the remaining of my life. When I demonstrated the sword moves to you the other night, I just wanted to let you know that if one executes the Huashan Sword School’s Nineteen Stances of the Jade Maiden Sword the right way, how can anyone ever flick the sword out of your grip? I suppose if I don’t make you do the work, I won’t be able to force a deadly oath out of Tian Boguang promising not to let out the secret. You, follow me.”

Would this happen to be the same swordplay as the one in ROCH? If it is, how the heck did it become a technique of the Hua Shan sword school ?

[Han Solo]

Originally posted by 5haDow NemisiS
I have a question regarding the Jade Maiden Swordplay. This occured to me while I was reading Lanny's translation of Smiling Proud Wanderer. From his translation, in chapter 10,

Feng Qingyang shook his head. “You are Yue Buqun’s apprentice. I really shouldn’t teach you any Kung Fu. That day…that day…I swore an oath that I would never fight anyone in the remaining of my life. When I demonstrated the sword moves to you the other night, I just wanted to let you know that if one executes the Huashan Sword School’s Nineteen Stances of the Jade Maiden Sword the right way, how can anyone ever flick the sword out of your grip? I suppose if I don’t make you do the work, I won’t be able to force a deadly oath out of Tian Boguang promising not to let out the secret. You, follow me.”

Would this happen to be the same swordplay as the one in ROCH? If it is, how the heck did it become a technique of the Hua Shan sword school ?

It is not the same thing. The ROCH maiden sword has definitely more than 19 stances.

Yang Guo had originally listened to Huang Rong’s instructions to take his life, but what he didn’t know was that when Lin Chao Ying developed this particular swordplay, she was doing this to comfort herself, there was no intention to wound or kill the enemy especially with a heart filled with love, though this swordplay was powerful, none of the stances aimed to take the opponent’s life.

I don't really get this. So what if there was no intention to kill when she designed the techniques, so long that the techniques are superior and are able to pierce the enemy (in this case the robe), the golden wheel monk can be killed.

Plus, Quan Zhen sword arts are definitely capable of killing others. So this statement does not really make sense.

Q: How many times did XLN leaved YG?

Is it 4 times in total? So far 2X. One more in Seung Yeung City, once in the loveless alley. Correct?

[Goofy]

Such a lovely chapter - I actually sniffed at the two's affections.

one down for HR, and I think she should have spanked the Wu brothers at talking dirtily....

[Noodles]

Yang Guo’s mind immediately became a mess, he stood there stunned and was at his wit’s end. He saw that the tears on the table had yet to dry, the dampness on his shoulder and head were also caused by her tears. He wasn’t thinking straight, he opened the window and leapt out, calling out, “Gu Gu, Gu Gu!”

The waiter of the inn came over to serve him. Yang Guo asked him when the girl in white left and which direction she headed in. The waiter stared at him, he didn’t know how to reply. Yang Guo knew that the opportunity to find her was ever diminishing, if he can’t find her today, then there may not be a chance to see her ever again. He went to the stables and leapt onto the skinny horse. At this time, Guo Fu came out of her room and asked, “Where are you going?”
Yang Guo heard but didn’t listen, he hurried to the main road and galloped north, in a short while he had gone over tens of miles. He kept on calling out, “Gu Gu, Gu Gu!” on the way but where was Xiao Long Nuu?

After a little while, he saw Jin Lun Fa Wang and his followers on horseback heading west. They all felt shocked when they saw him riding by himself. Jin Lun Fa Wang bought his reigns forward and galloped towards him.

Yang Guo had not bought a weapon with him, meeting the enemy like this was extremely dangerous but the only thing on his mind right now was Xiao Long Nuu, he didn’t even consider his own safety. When he saw Jin Lun Fa Wang coming forwards to him, he actually turned his horse towards him and went forward to meet him, he asked, “Have you seen my master?”
Jin Lun Fa Wang was surprised that he didn’t run away, he was even more startled when he heard him ask this, he casually replied, “No, isn’t she with you?”

At first both of them didn’t really think too deeply as they asked and replied, but straight after, both of them thought about how with Yang Guo by himself, he was not a match for Jin Lun Fa Wang. The two of them looked each other in the eye and both knew. Yang Guo kicked his legs as Jin Lun Fa Wang sent out a hand to grab him. But the skinny horse was exceptionally spirited, it galloped like the wind past him. Jin Lun Fa Wang tried to catch up urgently but Yang Guo and the horse had long galloped afar, it would be difficult to catch up with them. Jin Lun Fa Wang had a thought and reigned in his horse, “Since he and his master has separated, what more have I got to be afraid of? If chief Huang hasn’t gotten far… haha...” He then gathered his men and led them back.

Yang Guo searched for another while and still there was no trace of Xiao Long Nuu within tens of miles. Emotions stirred in his heart, he felt dizzy and shaky and almost fainted on the back of the horse. He thought with sadness and lamentation, “Why did Gu Gu leave me again? How have I offended her again? She cried many tears before she left, she’s not angry with me.” He suddenly thought of something, “Ah, yes, it must be because of what I said about getting tired of the ancient tomb, she thought that I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life with her.” His eyes glistened as it became clear on what he should do, “She’s returning to the tomb. I’ll just go back and be with her.” Yang Guo’s tears turned into smiles and he flipped over a few times on the horse’s back.

Just now as the horse dashed and galloped, he wasn’t thinking straight and didn’t clarify which direction he was heading in. Now’s he settled down, he determined where north was and turned the horse around and headed for mount Zhong Nan. The more he thought about it the more he thought this was most likely as to where she would be, most of the pain and despair had now disappeared. He opened his vocals and sang a mountain song.

After midday, he arrived at a small roadside eating place. He finished eating some buns but remembered that when he left in a rush, he forgot to bring money with him. When the owner of the shop was off guard, he quickly leapt onto the horse and galloped away. He heard the insults of the owner from faraway, but what could he do to Yang Guo? He couldn’t stop himself from laughing inside.

He continued travelling until ‘shen pai shi fen’ (evening), all he saw in front of him now was a dense, dark and deep forest, shouts and insults could be heard from within the forest. He was slightly alarmed and listened closer, it was the calls of Jin Lun Fa Wang and Guo Fu.

He knew something was wrong and leapt off the horse. He placed the reigns on the bridle and hid behind the trees. He slowly followed the voices and after about a hundred feet or so, he saw Huang Rong and her daughter with the Wu brothers fending off Jin Lun Fa Wang in a pile of jumbled rocks deep in the forest. He saw bloodstains over the faces and clothes of the Wu brothers, Huang Rong’s and Guo Fu’s hair was in a mess, they looked wretched. It appeared that if it wasn’t for the fact that Jin Lun Fa Wang wanted to keep them alive, they would have long died under his iron wheel.

Yang Guo watched for a while and thought, “Gu Gu is not here, if I go up and help them I would lose my life in vain. What should I do? How can I save auntie Guo? He suddenly saw Jin Lun Fa Wang send his wheel smashing out, Huang Rong had no way to receive this attack and retreated backwards behind the pile of rocks. Jin Lun Fa Wang hovered around the outside of the rocks, he actually couldn’t attack her.
Yang Guo was surprised, he took a closer look and saw that Guo Fu and the Wu brothers also relied on the rocks to avoid danger, in the midst of danger all they had to do was hide behind the rocks. Da Er Ba and the others circled from afar, they could close in from any direction; at that time, Guo Fu and the others hid behind another pile of disorderly rocks.
Yang Guo was extremely surprised, those normal looking pile of rocks actually had such an ingenious use, it really was uncanny. It looked like Huang Rong and the others would be safe from danger but there was no way for them to leave the rock formation.

Jin Lun Fa Wang kept on attacking without stop, though he managed to injure the Wu brothers, it wasn’t life threatening, and on their side, one of the martial artists died under the sword of Guo Fu. He saw that there was something strange with this pile of rocks formed by Huang Rong, he first had to grasp and see through the theories behind it before he could catch the four.
He has always thought highly of his intelligence, it’s not too urgent at the moment, as they can’t keep escape from his clutches, once he’s seen through this formation he’ll break into it and capture them, showing his power.
So he waved out his left hand and ordered his men back, he also retreated back ten feet or so, staring at and studying the rock formation. Most formation uses the variations of the ‘Wu Xing Ba Gua’ trigram; Jin Lun Fa Wang was well versed with these types of tactics, he thought that although the formation was strange, it won’t be too far off from the theories of the five elements.

He studied it for a long while, when it looked like he saw through an aspect of the formation, he pondered on it further and it then didn’t make sense, the left wing was correct but the right wing changed, when he seemingly saw through the front of the formation, it was difficult to understand the back of it, he was taken back by this, he was startled and in awe. He excelled in everything, a real outstanding person of the world, with this difficult problem in from of him, he wanted to rely on his own intellect to solve it.

Yang Guo watched on as Jin Lun Fa Wang stood there without moving, his brows raised; suddenly his eyes glistened and he flashed over, breaking into the formation, grabbing Guo Fu’s arm and quickly retreating. Huang Rong and the brothers were extremely shocked with this sudden change of events. They were at their wit’s end, if they left the formation to rescue Guo Fu, they would definitely suffer under his hands.

What had happened was that Guo Fu became careless when she saw the enemy frozen like that, she didn’t follow her mother’s instructions on where to stand and was out of the formation’s protection. When Jin Lun Fa Wang saw this opportunity he immediately went over and captured her, he then sealed a pressure point on the side of her body and placed her down on the ground. He deliberately kept her mute pressure point unsealed, letting her call out and plead, wanting her to agitate Huang Rong into exiting the formation.
Guo Fu felt her body ache unbearably and she couldn’t stop herself from calling out. How would Huang Rong not know what the enemy was planning, but when she heard the calls of her daughter, her heart felt unbearable, she could only bite down on her lips and endure it.

Yang Guo understood what was happening from behind the tree. He saw Huang Rong raising her stick, about to come out from the rock formation and rescue her daughter; this was extremely dangerous, he didn’t give it much thought and suddenly leapt out and grabbed Guo Fu from behind, throwing himself forward into the rock formation.
Jin Lun Fa Wang’s iron wheel flew out towards Yang Guo’s back. Yang Guo was in midair, it would be difficult to dodge this attack; he pushed Guo Fu towards Huang Rong and used the [Thousand Kilogram Fall]. His body dropped straight down and fell down solidly onto the pile of rocks, he heard the ‘qiang lang lang’ sound of the iron wheel brushing past his head, the wheel circled around and came back into Jin Lun Fa Wang’s hand.

Huang Rong hugged her daughter lovingly. She saw Yang Guo pick himself up from the rocks, his eyes were green and nose bruised, she quickly stretched out her stick and led him into the formation.

Jin Lun Fa Wang plan had failed and again it was due to Yang Guo, but instead of being angry he was actually pleased, he gave a chuckle and said, “Fine, coming here now saves me the trouble of finding you later on.”

Yang Guo risked his life for this rescue out of his righteous indignation, only after entering the formation did he see that by doing this, his life would most probably end soon, he would never have the opportunity to see Xiao Long Nuu ever again. He couldn’t stop himself from feeling regret.
Huang Rong asked, “Where’s your master?”
Yang Guo gloomily said, “She suddenly left in the middle of the night, I was in the middle of searching for her.”
Huang Rong sighed and said, “Guo Er, why did you have to risk your life again?”
Yang Guo gave a bitter laugh and shook his head, he said, “Auntie Guo, I’m not too bright, once my emotions get the better of me I can’t control myself.”
Huang Rong said, “Good child, you have a great heart, your father…” She stopped mid sentence.
Yang Guo’s voice trembled, “Auntie Guo, my father was a bad person, wasn’t he?”
Huang Rong’s head hung down and said, “You want to know about it?” She suddenly called out, “Careful, come over here!” She pulled him over two piles of rock and avoided Jin Lun Fa Wang’s sneak attack.

Yang Guo took a look at the rock formation in awe, he said, “Auntie Guo, there isn’t anyone one else in the world who has your intelligence and wisdom.”
Huang Rong unsealed her daughter’s pressure point and massaged her, she gave a subtle smile and didn’t reply.
Guo Fu said, “What do you know? My grandfather taught my mother’s skills. My grandfather is as powerful.”
Yang Guo had seen the handwriting and articles of Huang Yao Shi before when he was on Peach Blossom Island but then he was young, he didn’t understand the intricacies within it. When Guo Fu reminded him, he nodded and drifted away, he sighed and said, “When will I be able to greet this senior, if I do my life won’t be all in vain.”

Suddenly Jin Lun Fa Wang charged past two rock formations and attacked. Yang Guo didn’t have a weapon and quickly picked up the stick that Huang Rong had flung on the floor and dashed out to stop him, he sent out two strokes with the stick, using the [Dog Beating Stick Technique]. Jin Lun Fa Wang saw that his stick technique was profound, he concentrated and fought with him, after a few stances, both of them suddenly tripped up on the jumbled rocks, both of them stumbled. Fa Wang was afraid that he would be ambushed and leapt out of the formation.

Huang Rong led Yang Guo back and ordered Guo Fu and the Wu brothers to move the stones and change the formation. She asked Yang Guo, “Where exactly did you learn this stick technique from?”
Yang Guo told her the truth about how he met Hong Qi Gong on mount Wah, how the Northern Beggar duelled with Western Poison, how Hong Qi Gong taught him the [Dog Beating Stick Techniques] but he was afraid that he was going to disturb Huang Rong if he told her of the passing away of Hong Qi Gong so he kept that from her.
Huang Rong sighed and said, “You’ve come upon such extraordinary meetings, it really is rare to come across such events.” She suddenly had a thought, and said, “Guo Er, you are very clever, think of a way to escape today’s dangers.”

Yang Guo looked at her, judging from her expression she had already thought of a plan, he pretended he didn’t know and said, “If you were feeling well, me and you could beat Fa Wang, or if we could get my master to come here, then that would be a way as well.”
Huang Rong said, “How can my health recover over such a short period of time? We don’t know where your master has gone. I have another plan; it involves the rock formation. This formation was devised by my father, there are hundred of variations, we haven’t used even twenty percent of them yet.” Yang Guo was shocked and pleased, he sighed in awe as he thought about the knowledge that Huang Yao Shi possessed.

Huang Rong said, “My master only taught you the stances of the [Dog Beating Stick Technique], and you’ve only heard the main points of the formulae while you hid in the tree. I’m now going to teach you all the profound and subtle variations and changes of this technique.”
Yang Guo was delighted but he pretended to dismiss this, he said, “I’m afraid that won’t do, the [Dog Beating Stick Technique] is passed onto the Beggar Clan’s chief only, it has never been passed onto an outsider.”
Huang Rong rolled her eyes, she said, “What are you trying in front of me now? My master has taught you thirty percent of this technique, you learnt another twenty percent when you eavesdropped, today I’ll teach you another twenty percent. The final thirty percent relies on your intelligence and how you grasp and understand the technique, no one can teach you this. One, no one is teaching you the whole thing, two, today’s situation is desperate, just follow the order.”

Yang Guo knelt down on the floor and bowed to her, he smiled and said, “Auntie Guo, when I was young you said you was going to teach me martial arts, today you’re teaching me.”
Huang Rong gave a subtle smile and said, “You’ve always kept this in your heart bitterly, haven’t you?”
Yang Guo said, “How would I dare?”
Huang Rong then quietly imparted all the aspects of the [Dog Beating Stick Technique] to him.

From outside the rock formation, Jin Lun Fa Wang saw Yang Guo kowtowing to Huang Rong, the two of them laughed as they talked, he didn’t know what on earth they were trying now, it appeared that they were confident of the situation, and looked like they didn’t even give him a second thought. Though he was angry, he has always been careful and meticulous, though he knew that their martial arts could not compare with his, the two of them are extremely crafty. Why should he be careless and fall into their trap? He wanted to see through what they had in mind and then make his decision.
Luckily, he slowed his attacks, without the distraction of the enemy, Huang Rong passed everything onto Yang Guo under an hour’s time.

Yang Guo’s intelligence and perception was a hundred times better than Lu You Jiao, if you asked him one thing he knew ten, if you ask him to raise one point he raised three. He had spent a great deal of effort in learning this technique and had pondered hundreds of time on the things he didn’t understand, with this fact, when Huang Rong advised and pointed him in the right direction, he immediately understood and grasped everything about the technique.
From afar, Jin Lun Fa Wang saw that Huang Rong looked at ease, her lips moving slightly yet Yang Guo was scratching his ear and touching his cheeks, he didn’t know what the two was conjuring up, most probably it weren’t to his best interests, he should break up their conversation.

After listening to the important aspects, Yang Guo asked ten or so difficult questions. Huang Rong explained it all to him. She said, “Great, since you can ask these questions then that means you’ve understood a great deal. The second stage is to trap the monk in the formation.”

Yang Guo was startled and said, “Capture him?”
Huang Rong said, “What’s so hard about that? With you and I teamed up, we’ve got more intelligence and strength than needed. Right now, I’m going to explain the key points of this rock formation to you. You most probable won’t be able to understand it in such a short time but luckily you have a great memory, all you got to do is remember thirty six different types of changes.” She then started to list them, how the green dragon appears as the white tiger, how the black forces transforms into the vermillion sparrow.

The rock formation was derived from Zhu Ge Liang’s ‘Central Map of the Eight Formations’. Years ago, Zhu Ge Liang had set up a formation on the shores of the Chang Jiang river using stone slabs. After Dong Wu’s general Lu Xun entered the formation, it was difficult for him to escape.
Right now, Huang Rong had set up one of Zhu Ge’s method, but because time was pressing, Huang Rong did not set up the formation completely, however only a few things were missing. Even so, the formation disturbed Jin Lun Fa Wang, he stared at the five of them but he didn’t dare to make a move.

The thirty-six variations of this formation were very complicated, even with Yang Guo’s intelligence he could only remember ten or so changes.
It was now evening, Jin Lun Fa Wang slowly wanted to make his move.
Huang Rong said, “With these ten or so changes, its enough to trap him. Go out and lure him into the formation, I’ll then change it and trap him in there.

Yang Guo was delighted and said, “Auntie Guo, if I visit Peach Blossom Island again, would you be willing to teach me this type of skill?
Huang Rong gave a smile, and said, “If you are willing to visit the island, why wouldn’t I be willing to teach you this? You risked your life and saved Fu Er and I twice now, could it be that I’ll still treat you the same way as before?”

When Yang Guo heard this, he was filled with an extremely relaxing and comfortable feeling throughout his chest, right now, what does it matter whether Huang Rong teaches him or not? He felt that even if he had a hundred deaths he wouldn’t have any regrets. He raised his bamboo stick and excited the formation calling out, “Rusty old Jin Lun Fa Wang, if you’ve got guts then come over and go through three hundred rounds with me!”

Jin Lun Fa Wang was worried that they had planned something in the formation to ambush him, he couldn’t have asked for more when he saw Yang Guo coming out of the formation. The iron wheel rang ‘qiang lang lang’ as he chopped out. He was afraid that Yang Guo would escape back into the formation if he starts to loses, after the first two stances, he had already blocked his path back, forcing him as far away from the formation as possible.
How would he know that after Yang Guo learnt the important aspects of the [Dog Beating Stick Technique] his technique was superb, when he used the eight key formulae of ‘trip’, ‘chop’, ‘coil’, ‘poke’, ‘stir’, ‘seal’, ‘lead’ and ‘turn’, the variations and changes were indeed subtle and ingenious. In his careless attack, Yang Guo poked him in the leg, though he managed to shut his pressure point in the danger and stop injury, the pain lasted a long time.

He didn’t dare to be careless after he suffered that attack, he spun his wheel and concentrated on the battle, though his opponent was just a young man in his teens, he treated him as formidable enemy, he attacked with respect and defended tightly, looking upon him as a great master.
When he did this, Yang Guo immediately felt he couldn’t hold on, though the [Dog Beating Stick] was ingenious, it is difficult to perform it straight after learning it, Yang Guo used the ‘seal’ formulae to block the attack of the iron wheel and then shifted his legs, suddenly going east and then surging west.
Jin Lun Fa Wang followed the changes of his bamboo stick, he felt that it was about time when he saw Yang Guo surging and attacking away from the formation. Fa Wang kept on moving backwards to lure him as faraway from the formation as possible. He couldn’t have predicted that after moving back over ten or so steps, his right leg suddenly tripped over a large rock; he had unwittingly been lured into the formation.

He knew something was wrong. He then heard Huang Rong call out, “The vermillion sparrow displaces the green dragon, the ‘Xun’ position changes to the ‘Li’, wood into water.”
Guo Fu and the Wu brothers shifted the rocks and changed the formation.
Jin Lun Fa Wang lost his colour due to shock, he stopped his wheel to inspect the surroundings while Yang Guo’s bamboo stick coiled its way around towards him. Though Yang Guo’s [Dog Beating Stick Technique] wasn’t good enough to meet him head on, it was more than enough to confuse and distract him. Fa Wang’s legs were tripped up a few times and almost couldn’t stand up. He knew that this formation was powerful, the longer he was in it the more confusing it became. In this danger he shouted and leapt up on top of the pile of rocks. Originally, being on top of rocks stops one being trapped and confused by the formation and allow then to regain their sense of direction, he thought that if he goes forward in a straight line he will be able to get out of the formation but how would he know that he just went from east to west, north to south, he had circled around a couple of times over an area circling within a hundred feet. Eventually his vigour had depleted and stopped on the rocks. As soon as he landed on top of the pile of rocks, Yang Guo waved out the bamboo stick to his leg. Fa Wang’s weapon was short and can’t be used to protect all of his body, he could only drop down back to the ground and swept out his wheel to counterattack.

After another ten or so moves, the sky had darkened, he was surrounded by rocks everywhere, the formation seemed to give out an eerie air, even someone as bold as him couldn’t stop himself from being slightly frightened, suddenly his mind lit up; he had a plan.
His left leg lifted up, a twenty plus kilo stone was lifted in the air and sent flying. His right leg came out and another large stone went flying. His darted around, his legs kept on kicking out, the rocks collided with each other and sparks flew. In a flash, the formation had been broken. Huang Rong, Yang Guo and the others were extremely shocked by this and they had to keep on moving to avoid the falling rocks from the sky.

If Jin Lun Fa Wang wanted to leave the formation it couldn’t be easier, but he turned defence into attack and his left palm came searching out to capture Huang Rong. Yang Guo sent the tip of the stick towards his back, Fa Wang swerved his iron wheel and repelled it away, however, his left palm had hung onto Huang Rong’s shoulder. If she leapt back she could have avoided this but she heard a urgent gust of wind coming down, a large rock was smashing down behind her at that time, she could only use the [Great Trapping Hand] to reverse his grab and hooked onto his left wrist.
Jin Lun Fa Wang said, “Great!” He let her hook his left wrist and waited for her to use force to fling him away, he suddenly circulated his strength and pulled her towards him.

If it was any other time, Huang Rong could have circulated her internal energy and escape from this pull, but right now she didn’t have sufficient internal energy, she called out, “Ai ya!” and fell.
Yang Guo was extremely alarmed, he threw away any care for his life and threw himself forward, grabbing Jin Lun Fa Wang’s legs. The two of them started to fall.

Jin Lun Fa Wang’s martial arts were much higher than his, before they hit the ground, his right palm had come waving out towards Yang Guo’s chest. Yang Guo quickly stretched out his left arm to block it, a ‘pai’ sound was heard as they palm struck the arm. Yang Guo just felt blood surging upwards from his chest, his body flew away like a haystack.
Just at this time, the last remaining rock fell down fiercely from the sky, a ‘peng’ sound was heard as it struck Jin Lun Fa Wang on the back.
It was an extremely heavy collision, even if Jin Lun Fa Wang’s internal energy was higher, he would not be able to take it, though he circulated his internal energy to divert the rock away, his body wobbled a few times and he eventually fell down forwards onto the ground.

In a short period of time, the formation had been broken and stones rained down. Huang Rong, Jin Lun Fa Wang and Yang Guo were all on the floor injured.

End of Chapter 14

[Noodles]

Anon:

Questions:
1. Can YangGuo and LittleDGirl still use JadeMaidenSwordplay after ROCH?

Yes, I don't see why not

ShadowNemesis:

Jade Maiden is not a rare term. It's not at all surprising if an elegant sword technique is named after it as it describes it quite aptly. So most probably, the Jade Maiden Sword in ROCH is different to the one in SOD.

Han:

It didn't say, Jin Lun Fa Wang can't be killed, it just said that it would be difficult to. This is how I interprete it. When Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nuu pierce Fa Wang's robe, they weren't aiming to kill him, they were protecting each other and following the aim of the swordplay. Quan Zhen has stances that kill, but if you aren't using it to kill, can you kill someone with it easily? Once the aim to kill is created then you can't utilize the power of the swordplay and it would be like using Quan Zhen and Jade Maiden sword techniques normally. Am I making sense? Probably not.

You're right about how many times Xiao Long Nuu leaves Yang Guo.