Episode 9 recap: Guo Jing and Yang Kang became sworn brothers.
Mei Chao Feng was saved twice during critical moments, and she regretted that she was blinded by the desire to cultivate her martial arts and betrayed her sect, disappointing her master and mistress. Now she has become something in-between human and ghost. Guo Jing brought Huang Rong to visit their masters, and he told them that Huang Rong had saved him, but Ke Zhen E and others were not satisfied that Guo Jing was so protective of Huang Rong.
The Seven Heroes of the South believed that Qiu Qian Ren was usually a liar, that the Evil Demon was the supreme martial artist, and that the Seven Disciples of Quanzhen were upright people, so they thought it was unlikely that a fight would break out between them, and perhaps all of this was just Qiu Qian Ren's lies. Huang Rong and the others pressed Qiu Qian Ren, and only then did they learn from his lying mouth that the Evil Demon was unharmed.
Mei Chao Feng asked Lu Cheng Feng to release his disciple Yang Kang, so the two sides could put the past behind them. Lu Cheng Feng thought that releasing Yang Kang was like releasing a tiger back into the mountains, which would pose a great threat to the territory of the Great Song. However, he was willing to let Yang Kang stay in Guiyun Manor to reflect on his mistakes, out of respect for the fact that he was Mei Chao Feng's disciple.
Lu Cheng Feng was worried about his master, so he invited Mei Chao Feng to go to Peach Blossom Island to visit their master together. But Mei Chao Feng, having betrayed her sect, was ashamed to face her master again. She wanted to avenge Chen Xuanfeng first and then take her own life to apologize to her master.
Guo Jing openly admitted that he was the one who killed Chen Xuanfeng, and told Mei Chao Feng to come to him for retribution, promising that he would not seek revenge on her master again. Huang Rong intervened and suggested that Mei Chao Feng and Guo Jing fight a match of ten moves to decide the winner, but Guo Jing was willing to fight fifteen moves with Mei Chao Feng.
After the fight, Mei Chao Feng was unable to defeat the improved Guo Jing. Although she did not win within the fifteen moves, Mei Chao Feng was still determined to avenge Chen Xuanfeng. Guo Jing used the Eighteen Palms of the Subduing Dragon to injure Mei Chao Feng, but the Evil Demon appeared and rescued Mei Chao Feng, taking her away.
Mei Chao Feng did not know that the one who had saved her twice was her own master. The Evil Demon personally treated Mei Chao Feng's injuries and instructed her to go kill Guo Jing. Huang Rong brewed a healing potion for the Seven Heroes of the South, but Ke Zhen E stubbornly refused to drink it, even showing discontent towards Huang Rong.
Huang Rong left in a huff, and at that moment, Mei Chao Feng returned to Guiyun Manor to challenge Guo Jing again. With the help of Huang Yao Shi, Mei Chao Feng held her own against Guo Jing this time. Seeing Guo Jing repeatedly being pressed, Huang Rong also recognized that the masked person assisting Mei Chao Feng was her father, Huang Yao Shi, and directly intervened to stop the fight.
18 years ago, Duan Tian De abandoned Li Ping on the battlefield, and Li Ping gave birth to Guo Jing in the snow, later being rescued by the grassland people. From a young age, Guo Jing was taught by his mother that he would one day return to the Great Song to seek revenge on Duan Tian De.
At this time, Duan Tian De, who was hiding by the Taihu River, quietly snuck into the prison to rescue Yang Kang. Huang Yao Shi revealed his true identity, and Mei Chao Feng and Lu Cheng Feng both knelt and worshiped their master. Huang Yao Shi demanded the "Nine Yin Manual" from Mei Chao Feng, but Mei Chao Feng discovered that the "Nine Yin Manual" he had hidden had disappeared, and suspected that the talented scholar Zhu Cong had taken it.
However, the talented scholar Zhu Cong denied taking the manual, and Mei Chao Feng believed he would be executed. The Evil Huang let Mei Chao Feng find the person who stole the manual and kill all those who had seen the manual, then find the descendants of the Peach Blossom Island brothers and send them to the island. Huang Yao Shi investigated and found that Lu Cheng Feng had not privately taught the martial arts of Peach Blossom Island to his son Lu Guan Ying, so he promised to let Lu Cheng Feng teach Lu Guan Ying the Peach Blossom Island martial arts, and also gave Lu Cheng Feng a secret manual on leg techniques to help him move freely in the future.
Huang Rong did not want to return home, but succumbed to her father's pressure. Guo Jing caught up to Huang Yao Shi, wanting to keep Huang Rong, but Huang Yao Shi instead wanted to investigate Guo Jing for killing his disciple Chen Xuan Feng. Huang Rong was worried that her father would really kill Guo Jing, so she comforted Guo Jing and left with the Evil Huang.
Yang Kang, who had escaped from prison, brought Duan Tian De to meet the Seven Heroes of the South. He claimed that he had feigned allegiance to Wan Yan Hong Lie in order to recover the "Legacy of Martial Arts" for the Great Song. Faced with Guo Jing's interrogation, Duan Tian De admitted that he had killed Guo Xiao Tian on orders from Wan Yan Hong Lie, the Sixth Prince of the Great Jin.
Although Duan Tian De pleaded for forgiveness, Guo Jing and Yang Kang still killed him to avenge their parents. Yang Kang and Guo Jing drank and talked, with Yang Kang furious at being deceived by Wan Yan Hong Lie for 18 years, while Guo Jing was angered that Wan Yan Hong Lie had killed his father. They swore a blood oath and became sworn brothers, vowing to kill Wan Yan Hong Lie to avenge their fathers.
The next day, Guo Jing bid farewell to the Lu father and son, prepared to go north with Yang Kang to kill Wan Yan Hong Lie, and agreed with his master the Seven Heroes of the South to meet at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion in Jiaxing on the first day of the seventh month, before heading to Peach Blossom Island together. The Seven Heroes were concerned about Yang Kang's dubious intentions, and reminded Guo Jing to be on guard and careful of the dangers in the jianghu.
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