The Legend of the Condor Heroes

While violently fighting the enemy Hong Qigong opened his eyes wide to all directions. He saw dozens of snakes were approaching Guo Jing's back; ready to strike. Once Guo Jing got bitten he would certainly die. Hong Qigong anxiously called out, "Jing'er, get out of here, quick!" He increased the intensity of his attack toward Ouyang Feng; forcing him to withdraw from Guo Jing.

Ouyang Feng faced attacks from both his front and rear; he felt quite strenuous. Hong Qigong's attack had forced him to lean sideways, thus giving Guo Jing an opportunity to dash out of the cabin while Ouyang Feng and Hong Qigong were engaged in a fierce battle again.

In the meantime hundreds of snakes crawling around the deck had surrounded the two of them. "Fighting with pets as your helper? You are shameless!" Hong Qigong mocked, but in his heart he was anxious, since the snakes were countless; they were everywhere. With the dog beating stick in his right hand he crushed dozens of snake's heads; pulling Guo Jing's hand they headed for the mast.

Ouyang Feng was secretly alarmed, "Not good! If these two leap to the mast they will be unreachable for a while." He flew to block them.

Hong Qigong's both palms made a ferocious chopping motion with a roaring gust of wind. Ouyang Feng's fist swept horizontally to parry. Guo Jing stepped forward to help his master, but Hong Qigong called out, "Just go to the mast, quick!"

"I want to kill his nephew to avenge Big Brother Zhou," Guo Jing replied.

"Snake! Snake!" Hong Qigong urgently warned him.

Guo Jing saw vipers all around him slithering about; he did not dare to linger much longer. With the back of his hand he caught Ouyang Ke's 'fei yan yin suo' [lit. flying swallow silver shuttle]; leaping dozens of feet high, his left hand grasped the mast. At that very moment he heard the wind of an incoming projectile, so he shot the 'yin suo' in his hand and with a loud clang, two projectiles met midair; both changed direction toward the side of the boat and fell down to the sea. Guo Jing moved his hands and feet and in a short while he had reached the middle of the mast.

Ouyang Feng knew Hong Qigong also want to go up the mast so he intensified his attacks. Even though Hong Qigong was able to hold his ground steadily he could not move toward the mast.

Guo Jing saw the snakes crowding around his master's feet he was very anxious; with a loud shout he wrapped his legs around the mast and bent his body down. Hong Qigong understood his intention; his left foot kicked the deck, his right foot flew toward Ouyang Feng's face while extending his dog beating stick toward Guo Jing. Guo Jing grabbed the end of his stick and flung it up. Hong Qigong's body flew to the air. With a long laughter Hong Qigong's left hand caught the mast above Guo Jing. This way these two were high in the air looking down to their opponents; thus occupying a superior position.

Ouyang Feng knew that if he climbed the mast he would certainly be at a disadvantage, so he called out loudly, "Very well! We lost this time. Turn the rudder to the east!" With an abrupt turn the boat was sailing to the east.

From high above the deck with their feet on the mast Hong Qigong and Guo Jing saw the snakes were very dense on the deck. Hong Qigong sat comfortably on the sail yardarm; his mouth loudly sang the 'lian hua luo' [falling lotus flower], the song beggars sang when begging for food. His face showed complacency, but actually his heart was very anxious. "How long can we stay on this mast?" he wondered, "Even if the Old Poison won't chop it down we still can't go down if he did not withdraw the snakes. The two of them can drink wine and sleep, but all the two of us can do up here is eating wind and urinate. That's it!" As soon as he remembered urinating, he stood up, pulled his pants down and scattered his urine down to the snakes. "Jing'er," he shouted, "Let those scoundrels drink your urine to their hearts' content."

Guo Jing still had his childish character; he followed his master's instruction while shouting happily, "Please! Be my guests!" Both master and disciple sent their urine down.

"Get the snakes out of here! Quick!" Ouyang Feng barked while at the same time leaped several steps back. He moved so fast that Hong and Guo's urine did not touch his body. Ouyang Ke, on the other hand, was startled to hear his uncle's anxious call; some urine drops splashed on his face and neck. He was a neat and clean person, so naturally he was indignant, but suddenly remembered, "Our snakes fear urine!"

Amidst the wooden whistle sound the snakes slowly flocked away, but dozens of them closest to the mast were already drenched in urine. These vipers were all hybridized from the snake valley in the western region where the Mount White Camel was; their toxicity was really fierce. Ouyang Feng had used big bamboo baskets hanging in between several hundreds pairs of camels to transport these vipers thousands of miles to the Central Plains with the intention of using them as weapons to dominate the Wulin world. Only the snakes were afraid of human's excrements. As soon as they were wet they started to turn around and coil in confusion, biting each other so the snake shepherds were totally unable to control them.

Hong Qigong and Guo Jing laughed very hard seeing this chaotic situation they have caused. Guo Jing thought, "If Big Brother Zhou saw this I am sure he would be very happy. Ay! A martial art expert of this age had to die in the sea. With their level of martial art skills Island Master Huang and the Old Poison were still drenched in his urine; while my master's and my urine did not even touch the Old Poison."

About four hours later the sky gradually turned dark. The boat crew prepared some banquet tables on the deck; meat and wine flowed freely, the sweet smelling aroma drifted upward attacking Hong Qigong and Guo Jing's nostrils. Ouyang Feng was really shrewd, how could a glutton like Hong Qigong endure this kind of torture? The gourd on Hong Qigong's back was empty only a short while later.

That night Hong Qigong and Guo Jing took turn for the night watch duty. On the deck below them the crew lighted up dozens of lanterns, while a flock of snakes staying guard around the mast. They really did not have any chance to break up this formidable defense; certainly they could not urinate all the time.

Hong Qigong cursed Ouyang Feng's ancestors up to 18 generations, with all the fabricated scandals he could think of, adding some spices to make the scandals more dramatic; but Ouyang Feng did not even go out of his cabin. Hong Qigong cursed until his lips were tired and finally he fell asleep.

Early the next morning Ouyang Feng sent a servant to shout loudly under the mast, "Hong Bangzhu, Guo Xiaoye [Clan Leader Hong, Young Master Guo], Master Ouyang has prepared a superb wine and banquet for you to enjoy; please come down and enjoy it."

"You go and invite Ouyang Feng to come out, we will serve him our urine!" Hong Qigong shot back.

Not long afterward the banquet table was ready under the mast. The foods were steaming hot, looked like they were fresh out from the kitchen. They prepared two chairs on each side of the table; it appeared they were waiting for Hong Qigong and Guo Jing to come down and enjoy their banquet.

Several times Hong Qigong wanted to slide down the mast and plunder the food, but he knew they must be poisoned, so he had no choice but restrain himself. He was so upset and starting his 'your mother is a b***ch' and 'you are a male dog with bird's brain' series of cursing.