Mao Tai, the Many-Armed Bear, was a notorious outlaw who had committed countless crimes—murder, arson, rape, and pillage.
In the original story, he had made an enemy of Zhou Qingyun's father and lost his fingers to the man's blade. Later, he became a disciple of Fayuan, a Golden Body Arhat of Wutai, and returned to Sichuan for revenge, sparking the sword duel at Ciyun Temple that opened The Swordsmen of Shu Mountain. Now, however, all the Wutai disciples had been slaughtered at Star Lodge Sea. The world had changed, and he had never fallen out with Old Third Zhou.
He had not come up Yellow Mountain to seize the sword. He still possessed that much self-awareness. His main purpose was to make friends with heroes from all over the land. Out in the martial world, another friend meant another road open to him, while another enemy meant another wall in his way. He wanted to meet more experts so he could have an easier time getting ahead.
At the same time, whenever he spotted a pretty young woman, he was ready to make his move.
The moment Ling Yunfeng, Dai Xiangying, and their two companions came up the mountain, his gaze fastened onto them. Ling Yunfeng and Dai Xiangying were spirited and striking, each with her own appeal; that went without saying. But looking at Shi Feiyang and Yu Yunzhong also stirred an unbearable hunger in him.
The scoundrel lusted after men as well as women. Over the past two years, he had taken a young disciple named Zhang Liang, a handsome boy with fine features who was obedient and well-behaved.
He had roamed the martial world with his disciple over those years, taking him along on every robbery and sexual assault. When there were women, they shared them; when