Highest Ranking #218 in Historical Fiction 6/22/2017
[ Iron Blooded Heart is the first book of three books in the story of Legend Of The Condor Heroes. The story itself is the first part of the Condor Trilogy. Historical background : The Song Dyna...
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Although Yang Tiexin is not as great as his forefathers, he does almost fully understand the spear skill inside out. So there he is, parrying, thrusting, swinging, flicking, blocking, fending, and obstructing. The point of the spear flashes silver, the tassel emits red. What a spear skill!
Yang Tiexin pulled out all the stops, the moves were swift and agile, changing and faking as if they were an illusion. But the Taoist's body followed the spear around, easily dodging forward and back, making him almost impossible to hit. After using all 7two moves of the Yang Family Spear, Yang Tiexin couldn't help but get anxious and upset. He turned around and walked away carrying the spear backwards. As expected, the Taoist started to chase very close behind. Yang Tiexin let out a big shout, grabbed the spear with both hands, suddenly twisted his waist and extended his arms, and thrusted the spear back right at the Taoist's face. This move was ferocious, for it is the move in Yang Family Spear that is used to break enemy formation and kill enemy generals, called "Return Horse Spear". Back before Yang Zaixin surrendered over to the Sung army while he battled Yue Fei, he used this exact move to kill Yue Fei's younger brother Yue Fan.
The Taoist sees that the spear has already arrived in front of him in an instant, couldn't help but praise, "Excellent move!" Smacking his hands together, he was able to clamp on to the spear point. Yang Tiexin gave one mighty push, but spear did not move at all. Shocked, he tried with all his might to pull the spear back. But it seemed as if the spear is caught underneath a mountain, no chance at all of pulling it out. His face had turned red as he tried three times more, but the spear still would not leave the Taoist's hands. The Taoist let out a hearty laugh, suddenly his right palm came up and with the speed of a lightning, struck the handle of the spear. Yang Tiexin felt the part between the base of his thumb and index finger go numb and immediately released the spear, letting it drop onto the snow covered ground.
The Taoist smiled and said, "You are really using Yang Family Spear. Sorry for any offense. Please honor me with knowing your surname." Yang Tiexin still haven't recovered from the shock of all this, so he replied without much thought, "My surname is Yang, given name is TieXin." The Taoist asked, "Are you related to General Yang, Yang Zaixin." Yang Tiexin answered, "He's my great great grandfather." (I think it is great great grandfather, not sure though.)
The Taoist cupped his fist and saluted, "I mistook the two of you for scoundrels, turns out that you are descendants of patriots, please forgive me. May I be so bold as to ask this gentleman's surname?" Guo Xiaotian answered, "Surname is Guo, given name is XiaoTian." Yang Tiexin added, "He's my martial brother, he is the descendent of Guo Sheng, one of the Heroes of the Water Margins of Mount Liang." The Taoist replied, "Your humble Taoist acted rashly and rudely, please forgive me." Then he saluted again.
Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin both cupped their fist and saluted back, "No problem, no problem at all. Would Father please come in for three more drinks?" Yang Tiexin conveniently picked up his spear as well. The Taoist smiled and said, "Of course! I just got the urge to drink it up with you two."
