Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre Episode 8 Recap
> Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre Recap
The three Shaolin monks had already taken their stances, and the various martial arts sects of Jianghu were watching from the sidelines. However, the Wudang Seven Heroes were slow to appear. Everyone started blaming Zhang Sanfeng and took up their stances, preparing to attack him. Zhang Cuishan immediately rushed out to stop them. The crowd relentlessly pressed him for Xie Xun's whereabouts. Zhang Cuishan publicly exposed that they merely wanted to obtain the Dragon Slaying Saber.
Zhang Cuishan promised to give them an explanation. He knelt and begged Zhang Sanfeng to save Zhang Wuji and raise him to adulthood. Zhang Cuishan then drew his sword and committed suicide, falling to the ground dead on the spot. The Wudang Five Brothers were grief-stricken, and Yin Susu was heartbroken. Just then, someone took Zhang Wuji hostage. Zhang Sanfeng soared up to rescue Zhang Wuji and injured that person. Zhang Wuji lay on Zhang Cuishan's body, crying loudly.
Everyone present was moved. Yin Susu made Zhang Wuji clearly recognize everyone present, telling him they were all the murderers of Zhang Cuishan. Yin Susu then asked Master Kongwen to come closer and told him Xie Xun's whereabouts. Yin Susu deliberately spoke nonsense, just to make them fight among themselves. Yin Susu repeatedly warned Zhang Wuji that when he grew up, he must beware of beautiful women and not be deceived by them.
After Yin Susu finished speaking, she lay on Zhang Cuishan's body and committed suicide. Zhang Wuji suddenly fainted. Zhang Sanfeng discovered that Zhang Wuji had been poisoned by the Xuanming Divine Palm. He was powerless unless Master Jueyuan were to be resurrected and transmit the entire Nine Yang Manual to him. Yu Lianzhou couldn't guess who that person was. Zhang Sanfeng sadly cried out to the heavens.
The Wudang Five Heroes each used their internal energy to help Zhang Wuji expel the cold poison, but they could only temporarily alleviate the symptoms. The Wudang disciples buried Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu. Zhang Wuji knelt before his parents' graves and swore to live well. The Wudang Five Heroes each taught Zhang Wuji the arts of zither, Go, calligraphy, painting, and martial arts cultivation methods, and also played with him. Yu Daiyan accompanied him to watch the stars.
Zhang Wuji practiced martial arts with Zhang Sanfeng and quickly grasped its essence. He also practiced the Great Zhou Tian circulation daily, gradually expelling the cold poison from his body. On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yin Tianzheng and Yin Yewang brought people to Wudang Mountain, bearing generous gifts to visit Zhang Sanfeng, wishing to take Zhang Wuji with them.
Zhang Sanfeng invited them to stay and celebrate with Zhang Wuji, but he would not allow them to take him away. Yin Yewang spoke disrespectfully to Zhang Sanfeng and even tried to use force. Yin Tianzheng quickly intervened. When Zhang Wuji heard that his maternal grandfather had arrived, he immediately ran out. Yin Tianzheng embraced him, shedding tears of joy. Yin Yewang also promised to take good care of Zhang Wuji.
Zhang Wuji wanted to be with his maternal grandfather, but also wanted to stay on Wudang Mountain. He then suffered another attack of the cold poison and fell unconscious. Zhang Sanfeng used the Nine Yang Manual to temporarily relieve Zhang Wuji's pain. Yin Tianzheng earnestly begged Zhang Sanfeng to save Zhang Wuji, but Zhang Sanfeng only mastered thirty to forty percent of the Nine Yang Manual's power; he needed to learn the complete Nine Yang Manual from Master Kongwen.
Zhang Sanfeng immediately took Zhang Wuji to Shaolin Temple and recounted the story of how he and his master, Master Jueyuan, fled Shaolin eighty years ago. Master Kongwen personally led his disciples out to greet them. Zhang Sanfeng asked him for the complete Nine Yang Manual, promising to impart all of Wudang's cultivation methods to the Shaolin disciples. However, Master Kongwen made all sorts of excuses.
Zhang Wuji recognized them as the enemies who forced his parents to their deaths, swore he didn't need their treatment, and angrily left without looking back. Zhang Sanfeng, panting, caught up with Zhang Wuji and advised him to let go of the hatred in his heart, saying that only by learning forgiveness could he find liberation. Zhang Wuji suffered another attack, and Zhang Sanfeng again used his internal energy to treat him.
Zhang Wuji did not want to burden Zhang Sanfeng any longer, so he left a letter and departed silently overnight. Zhang Wuji fell ill again halfway through his journey. A little girl passed by and held him to keep him warm. Zhang Wuji gradually regained consciousness. The girl wanted to take him back for treatment, but Zhang Wuji only wanted to die, wishing to meet his parents underground as soon as possible.
