Episode 7 recap: Guo Jing and Huang Rong encountered the Eight Diagram Formation at the Lu Jia Village.
Ouyang Ke released poisonous snakes to attack Huang Rong, and Huang Rong was accidentally bitten and poisoned. As Huang Rong fainted, she saw Ouyang Ke approaching, but Guo Jing was not nearby. Mu Nianci learned in the teahouse that the Jin envoy was actually a Jin prince, and she worried it might be Yang Kang.
Hong Qigong taught Guo Jing for thirty days and was about to take his leave. Huang Rong still hoped Hong Qigong would pass on the last three moves of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to Guo Jing, but Guo Jing was already satisfied, thanking Hong Qigong for his teaching, which deeply moved Hong Qigong.
The next day, Hong Qigong left without saying goodbye. Huang Rong and Guo Jing prepared to set out for the Drunken Immortal Tavern. When Guo Jing left to buy some dried food in town, Ouyang Ke attacked the poisoned and unconscious Huang Rong and took her away.
When Guo Jing returned, he found Huang Rong missing and deduced from the dead snake that Ouyang Ke had taken her. He followed Huang Rong's trail and successfully rescued her. Guo Jing and Huang Rong worked together to defeat Ouyang Ke, whose skills had vastly improved after Hong Qigong's training.
The Mongols had already infiltrated the Song territory and were colluding with the Song. Wan Yan Hong Lie had Yang Kang secretly enter the Song as a Jin imperial envoy to have the Mongol envoy killed and frame the Song, hoping to break the Mongol-Song alliance. Mei Chaofeng had successfully broken through her internal energy cultivation and was now at the peak of her abilities.
Yang Kang invited Mei Chaofeng to go to the Song together, knowing of her hatred for the Seven Heroes of the South. The Seven Heroes and the King's Guards had arranged a showdown on the 15th of August, and Yang Kang hoped to take this opportunity to eliminate them. Mei Chaofeng did not agree to go with Yang Kang but said she would seek out the Seven Heroes for revenge on her own.
Guo Jing and Huang Rong came to the town to rest. Huang Rong saw Mu Nian Ci's figure and deliberately slipped away from Guo Jing to secretly follow Mu Nian Ci, mistakenly thinking that Mu Nian Ci liked Guo Jing. She snatched away the short sword that belonged to Yang Tie Xin's relics from Mu Nian Ci's hand. Mu Nian Ci's martial arts were no match for Huang Rong, and she was trapped by her. Huang Rong intended to make Mu Nian Ci promise not to marry Guo Jing.
Mu Nian Ci realized that Huang Rong liked Guo Jing, so she frankly admitted that she would not marry Guo Jing. Huang Rong also guessed that Mu Nian Ci liked Yang Kang and would not compete with her for Guo Jing. The two explained the misunderstanding, and Mu Nian Ci gave the short sword to Huang Rong as a parting gift.
Mu Nian Ci bid farewell to Huang Rong and hurried to Niu Jia Village. On the way, she heard that the Jin emissaries who came this time were a young prince, so she secretly followed them and successfully found Yang Kang. Huang Rong and Guo Jing accidentally met the lord of Gui Yun Manor, Lu Cheng Feng, who was fishing on the river. Lu Cheng Feng took an immediate liking to the two and invited them to stay in his manor for a few days.
Lu Cheng Feng had his son, Lu Guan Ying, host Guo Jing and Huang Rong. Later, Lu Cheng Feng invited Huang Rong and Guo Jing to appreciate his landscape paintings, and Huang Rong's insightful comments made Lu Cheng Feng consider her a kindred spirit.
While staying at Gui Yun Manor, Huang Rong noticed the iron Bagua in the room and became curious about the peculiarities of the manor and Lu Cheng Feng's identity. That night, Huang Rong was woken up by the sound of conches and called the sleeping Guo Jing to investigate, only to find themselves trapped in the Bagua maze of the manor. Huang Rong, however, easily solved the maze using her Qimen Bagua skills and reached the lake.
Lu Guan Ying learned that the Jin emissaries would cross the lake that night, so he decided to ambush them, intending to divide the spoils - half to the poor villagers by the lake, and half to be distributed among the various camps.
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