The Legend of the Condor Heroes

Peng Lianhu went over and stood in front of Huang Rong blocking her way, saying, "Please wait a moment lady. Let me also break off some blossoms for you." His right hand moved to execute a holding lock, grabbing her wrist, extending his five fingers towards her side, then suddenly flipping his hand to a claw and striking at her throat!

Huang Rong initially intended to pretend to be a simple lady with no martial abilities and not that bright so that play for time and find a way to escape. She didn't expect that Peng Lianhu not only had great martial ability but that he was very sharp and saw right through her deception. His blow was so strong that she had no alternative but to dodge, raising her right hand in a sweep, thumb touching index finger, the remaining fingers outstretched, as if like an orchid shooting out. Her execution of this move was not only of the highest skill but also exquisitely beautiful.

(Note things are a little hard to figure out here after!)

Peng Lianhu knew that if she landed her strike on his "Corner Pool" acupoint then his whole arm would become numb and useless so he was forced to suddenly change his strike to avaoid her counter strike. He was shocked that not only did this very young lady have such outstanding skill and speed, but that she also knew such secret acupoint gongfu. Although he had seen many types of gongfu in his time, he had never seen this "Orchid touch acupoint" style before.

This "Orchid style" relies upon speed, accuracy, surprise and purity. Of these "purity" was the most important. It requires graceful execution and easy and relaxed manner to execute properly, as if the the person using it had not a care in the world. If it was executed with too much urgency or viciousness then it would lose it's advantage in a fight.

As Huang Rong executed the "Orchid style" everyone else washed in astonishment. Peng Lianhu laughed, "Little girl, what is your good name please? Who is your honourable master?"

Huang Rong smiled and replied, "This sprig of plum blossoms is quite pretty is it not? I must go and put it into a vase!" She didn't answer Peng Lianhu at all. Everyone else looked at her suspiciously wondering where on earth she came from.

Hou Tonghai said sternly, "Elder Peng asked your name. What's the matter, didn't you hear?"

Huang Rong asked innocently, "He asked something?"

Peng Lianhu actually saw Huang Rong earlier during the day (in disguise) making fun of Hou Tonghai, now seeing her here again, acting so impertinently, he suddenly thought, "That filthy beggar boy is actually you in disguise!" Suppressing a laugh he said, "Elder Peng, don't you recognize who that girl is?"

Hou Tonghai was shocked. He looked Huang Rong over a couple of times while Peng Lianhu said, "You were chasing someone all day today around in circles, how could you forget?"

Hou Tonghai again looked at Huang Rong blankly until at last he recognized her, "Yeah, that filthy boy!" When he was chasing Huang Rong, he never stopped cursing her as, "Filthy boy," however even though "he" had now become a "she" he couldn't help but curse her as before. He raised both fists and charged her, but only grasped some air as Huang Rong deftly dodged aside.

The dragon king of the demonic group Sha Tongtian's body became a blur as he moved forward and clutched Huang Rong's right wrist calling out, "Where are you running to?"

Huang Rong shot her left hand up and struck at his eyes with her two fingers but Sha Tongtian was too fast and grabbed her left wrist as well. Huang Rong struggled to free herself but tray as she might she was not able to. Instead she shouted out, "Shameless!"

Sha Tongtian asked, "What is so shameless?"

"Big men bullying a girl and trying to take advantage of her!" she replied indignantly.

Sha Tongtian was surprised at this. He was after all a famous elder martial artist and this did appear to be a case of the strong bullying the weak so he relaxed his grip and said, "Go in to the Hall and we will talk"

Huang Rong saw she had no alternative but to step into the Hall.

"Before we do any talking let me first cut this filthy tyke down to size!" Hou Tonghai angrily demanded as he raised his fists to strike.

Peng Lianhu stopped him, cautioning, "First we need to find out exactly who her ShiFu is and what School she belongs to." He could see from her fighting style and appearance that she must be from a great school and that it would be better to find out who she was before doing anything too hasty.

Hou Tonghai didn't pay any attention to him though and launched an attack at Huang Rong.

She dodged aside and responded, "So you really want to fight eh?"

"You're not going to get away," Hou Tonghai retorted. He was afraid that if she did get away then he would never be able to catch her again.

"If you want have a little competition with me, no problem" she said as she took up a wine bowl full of wine from the table and placed it on her head. She then grabbed another full wine bowl in each hand and continued, "Do you dare to take up this challenge?"

Hou Tonghai was suspicious, "What kind of mischief is this?"

Huang Rong looked around at all the assembled guests and smiled saying, "Me and this big horn uncle have no deep grievance. If I am able to defeat him what does everyone think?"

Hou Tonghai angrily stepped forward and yelled, "You defeat me? Listen you little smelly brat, this is a carbuncle not a horn. Take a good look and stop spouting crap!"

Huang Rong didn't pay any attention to him, but rather continued addressing the others. "Let me and him compete with three full bowls of wine each. Who ever is the first to spill a drop will be considered the loser, is this fair enough?" She had seen Liang Ziwong, Peng Lianhu and Sha Tongtian in action and knew that she would be no match for any of them in a fight. However if this three horned dragon, through increased teasing, can be enticed to fight using light body skills and quick wits she would hold the advantage. If you were to compare true martial ability she may not be the equal but she thought, "Right now my only chance is to play the fool and hope they don't find me a threat and let me go."

Hou Tonghai yelled, "Who wants to play monkey tricks with you!" and with that he launched into another fierce attack.

Huang Rong again dodged aside still holding the wine and laughed, "Ok! I'll hold the three bowls of wine and you can attack without any bowls. Let's compete!"

Hou Tonghai was more than twice as old. Although his name was not as widely renowned as that of his martial brother Sha Tongtian, he was still a fairly respected member of the Martial Arts world. To receive such a taunt in front of his peers was enough to drive him even more angry. Without a further though he grabbed up three bowls of wine placing one on his head and the others in his hands. He crooked his left leg and sent a vicious kick towards Huang Rong with his right.

Huang Rong laughed, "Well done! This shows the talents of a true hero." She then began to display her "Lightness" Qing Gonfu by moving all around the room. Hou Tonghai launched a series of kicks against her but she was able to dodge them all. Everyone began to roar with laughter to see such a ridiculous fight.