Guo Fu chuckled and said, âThat thing, what do you want it for? You want to battle with my invincible general?â
Yang Guo said, âIf you want to battle fine, this little one wonât let others bully it.â He placed the black cricket into Guo Fuâs 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 âCentipede Cricketâ and those which live with poisonous snakes are called âSnake Cricketsâ. Because of the poison on it, the normal types of cricket arenât their match. Yang Guoâs cricket was a âSnake Cricketâ.
Guo Fu was very displeased with the fact that her invincible general had died, and after thinking for a while said to Yang Guo, âBrother Yang, give the black one to me.â
Yang Guo replied, âGiving it to you originally wasnât a problem, but why did you ridicule the little black one?â
Guo Fu replied, âIf you donât give it to me fine, who wants it?â 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 couldnât control himself and he hit her hard by the side of the ear.
Guo Fu didnât know whether to stay quiet or cry. Wu Xiuwen shouted at him, âThe little boy hits people!â and threw a fist towards Yang Guoâs chest. His familyâs 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 Guoâs 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 Guoâs leg, Yang Guo fell on the ground. Wu Xiuwen turned around and jumped on Yang Guoâs 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 wasnât their match. He bit his teeth and didnât make a sound.
Wu Dunru said, âIf you apologize and beg weâll let you go.â
Yang Guo shouted, âNever!â
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 Guoâs 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, âHit him harder, harder!â The Wu brothers listened, and hit harder.
Yang Guo was on the ground, and when he heard Guo Fuâs instructions he thought, âGuo Fu you evil little bitch, Iâm going to get you for this.â
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 wouldnât 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, âCatch him, catch him!â and followed.
Yang Guo ran on for a while and then turned around to see Wu Dunruâs 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 âPracticing Sword Peakâ, and climbed up.
Though Wu Dunruâs face was full of blood, the wound didnât 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, âIâd rather jump and die, than get caught by those two and get beaten up again.â
He turned around and shouted, âIf you come one step closer Iâll jump!â Wu Dunru stopped, while Wu Xiuwen shouted back, âJump if you want, who cares about you? You donât have the guts anyway!â As he said this he crept closer.
Yang Guoâs 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 couldnât 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 âPracticing Sword Peakâ, only to see a field of dirt and sand, her daughter hidden in the grass, so frightened that she couldnât cry, and the Wu brothersâ heads and faces full of blood. Huang Rong picked up her daughter and asked, âWhat happened?â 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 didnât 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 Fuâs face, the slap must have been strong, and she sympathized with her and comforted her.