Martial Arts Crossover: It All Started with Hijacking Li Canghai

Above the main hall of the courtyard hung a gilded double happiness character, and red silk ribbons hung from the roof beams to mid-air.

Gongsun Zhi was dressed in a festive new robe today, and kept bowing and returning the greetings to the martial arts practitioners sitting on both sides.

"Your presence from afar has truly brought great honor to my daughter's joyous occasion, and I am deeply grateful."

The dozen or so martial arts practitioners sitting below all stood up to return the greeting.

"Master Gongsun, you're too kind!"

"Congratulations, Valley Master, on finding such a fine son-in-law!"

Gongsun Zhi made a show of quickly wiping his eyes, his voice tinged with sadness.

"I've spent half my life in this Valley of Heartbreak, and I don't have many worries. I only have this one daughter."

Today she's getting married, and I'm really a little reluctant to let her go.

These words were spoken with utmost sincerity.

The groom stands in front of the wooden table on the left side of the hall.

Yang Guo was also wearing a bright red wedding robe, with the right sleeve hanging empty.

His left hand rested on a heavy, dark sword. The blade appeared unsharpened, and its weight alone was enough to sink the tabletop in an inch.

It was that heavy sword made of black iron.

Yang Guo didn't say a single word of congratulations in return from beginning to end.

Gongsun Lü'e was wearing a large red veil, with two maids supporting her arms on either side.

Her small hands, clenched tightly beneath her wedding dress, looked uneasy.

Yang Guo stared at the ground, his mind filled with images of Xiaolongnu in white.

My aunt has disappeared.

The night the Quanzhen Sect ran into trouble, he was still learning the Toad Stance from Ouyang Feng, and when he came back, he was gone.

After he came down from Zhongnan Mountain, he asked everyone he met about the appearance of Xiaolongnu.

I asked at every inn, every ferry crossing, and every old man selling tea by the roadside.

During their journey, while passing through Xiangyang, Guo Fu even chopped off their hand...

If it weren't for meeting Brother Eagle, I probably would have died on that rainy night.

Finally, after completing his studies, he returned and wandered to this Valley of Heartbreak.

Gongsun Zhi recognized him as the one-armed swordsman who had recently gained fame in the martial arts world.

"I saw a girl in white sitting by herself by the cold pool behind the mountain for almost half an hour."

Yang Guo was grabbing Gongsun Zhi by the collar at that time.

"Where is she? Where is that icy pool you mentioned?!"

Gongsun Zhi wore a friendly smile.

"I can take you there, but I also have a small wish."

Her wish was to have him as her son-in-law.

Yang Guo was stunned when he heard this.

However, he eventually nodded in agreement.

Because he has no other way out except for this one clue.

An old monk sat in the main seat of the main hall.

The old monk had drooping white eyebrows, wore a kasaya, and held a string of old prayer beads in his hand.

Emperor Duan Zhixing of the South, also known as Master Yideng.

The middle-aged scholar standing next to him was his apprentice, Zhu Ziliu.

Gongsun Zhi bowed to the person in the main seat.

"It is truly an honor for the Valley of Heartbreak to have the Master grace us with his presence today."

Yideng nodded slightly.

"This old monk was just passing by and thought I'd take a moment to share in the joy."

Yang Guo glanced in the direction of the old monk. It was Duan Zhixing, the Southern Emperor, and Master Yideng, one of the Five Greats.

Hopefully, this person won't be the variable of today.

I recalled what happened three days ago.

He couldn't sleep most of the night and quietly went to the back mountain by himself.

Behind them was a territory tightly enclosed by iron chains, which the disciples in the valley called a forbidden area, saying that if you fell off the cliff, you would lose your life.

Given Yang Guo's personality, would you really think this is a forbidden area?

Then I'll see what's in this forbidden area!

He stubbornly climbed down the vine with one hand.

It was pitch black down there, and the air was filled with a strange, foul odor.

Then a strange voice came over.

"Kid, you're not here to be that old dog Gongsun Zhi's cheap son-in-law, are you?"

Yang Guo reached back to draw his sword.

Using the dim light, he slowly made out the figure opposite him.

A woman was huddled in the stone pit, her hair half-white, her legs twisted beyond recognition, and the tendons in her hands and feet severed long ago.

It was Qiu Qianchi, Gongsun Zhi's first wife and the original owner of the Valley of Heartbreak.

After her husband, Gongsun Zhi, seized her property, she was thrown into this stone cave and survived by chewing wild dates.

The woman grinned strangely.

"The girl in white you're looking for? That old bastard has never even seen her. He's just playing with you."

Yang Guo stood firmly in place.

"Why should I believe you?!"

Qiu Qianchi tilted her head to the side and angrily recounted all the good deeds Gongsun Zhi had done over the years.

Seeing the boy's sympathetic look, an idea came to him.

"I've said so much, what good will it do you to fool me? But I do know exactly where that girl is."

Yang Guo frowned.

What are your conditions?

Qiu Qianchi spat out a mouthful of foam.

"At your wedding banquet, you'll have to team up with me from the inside. You'd better start by crippling Gongsun Zhi's legs."

Yang Guo stood steadily beside the rock.

He didn't care whether Gongsun Zhi lived or died.

The main problem is that I'm not sure how much truth this slovenly old woman is telling.

After a long silence, I thought that this woman was indeed pitiful, and decided to believe it rather than not.

Finally, he uttered two words.

"make a deal."

......

The elder in the valley who was presiding over the ceremony cleared his throat.

"I bow to Heaven and Earth!"

Yang Guo loosened his grip on the sword hilt with his left hand.

She took a small step toward the center, and Green Calyx, supported by her maid, knelt down at the bottom of the steps, feeling vaguely uneasy.

Gongsun Zhi sat in the main seat, his face always bearing a friendly expression.

The person in charge spoke again.

"Bowing to the parents a second time!"

Gongsun Zhi acted as if he was waiting for the younger generation to pay their respects.

Yang Guo was about to kneel down.

The martial arts practitioners sitting below huddled together and whispered among themselves.

"He's just a cripple with a missing arm, how come he's being portrayed as some kind of amazing expert?"

"You don't even understand this? When he caused trouble at the Quanzhen Sect before, he destroyed half of the main hall with a single sword strike."

"Then Master Gongsun has really gotten a huge advantage this time."

Yang Guo had only one thought left in his mind.

Auntie, if you were here with me right now, you would definitely scold Guo'er for his misbehavior.

Before his knees even touched the ground, his right sleeve rolled up!

The Xuan Tie Heavy Sword was held directly in his left hand.

Gongsun Zhi stopped smiling and stood up.

"My dear son-in-law, on such a joyous occasion, displaying weapons in public is rather improper..."

Yang Guo's eyes remained calm, showing no sign of emotion.

"rule?"

"Valley Master Gongsun, why don't you tell me properly now, where exactly is that icy pool in the back mountain you've been talking about?!"

The commotion in the hall immediately subsided, replaced by expressions of utter astonishment.

Gongsun Zhi's face twitched twice, not understanding what was wrong with Yang Guo.

"My dear son-in-law, what's the rush? Didn't I say before that I would only take you there after you've completed your wedding ceremony..."

Yang Guo interrupted him.

"I'm going right now!"

He exerted a little force with his feet, and the bluestone slab split in two, the crack extending all the way to the wooden chair in the center.

Gongsun Lü'e, with a large red cloth covering her head, hurriedly raised her head.

"Brother Yang..."

Master Yideng, who was sitting at the very top, slowly opened his eyes.

Look towards the direction outside the gate.

Zhu Ziliu asked in a low voice.

"Master, should we intervene?"

Master Yideng slowly frowned, his face becoming solemn.

"We're just guests here; this is their family matter, and... it seems like some top-tier experts have arrived."

He had just said those words.

He was kicked flying into the lobby from the doorway!