Ouyang Feng
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Ouyang Feng (Traditional Chinese: 歐陽鋒) is a fictional character in Jinyong's The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes.
Nicknamed the Western Venom (西毒), Ouyang Feng was one of the "Five Supreme Martial Artists" (五絕) of Wulin during the Southern Song dynasty.
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[edit] Biography
- Family name: Ouyang (歐陽)
- Given name: Feng (鋒)
- Nickname: The Western Venom (西毒)
- Gender: Male
- Children: Ouyang Ke (歐陽克)
[edit] Ouyang Feng's Martial Arts
[edit] Divine Toad Stance (蛤蟆功)
A powerful skill used while harnessing a great amount of internal energy. It is believed to be equivalent to the power of Hong Qigong's Xiang Long Shi Ba Zhang.
Used to Neutralize and absorb the poison to increase internal energy.
[edit] Snake Staff
A powerful staff kung fu said to be the equal of the Dog Beating Stick.
[edit] Reverse Jiu Yin Zhen Jin
A reverse of the original Jiu Yin Zhen Jin taught to him by Huang Rong. Huang Rong reversed the manual highly sought by Ouyang Feng in a bid to kill him as it will cause him to go crazy and die. However, he mastered it and became more highly skilled but became mentally unstable though not killing him.
[edit] Roles
[edit] The Legend of the Condor Heroes
Ouyang Feng is the illegitimate father of Ouyang Ke (歐陽克). He and Yang Kang (楊康) murdered five of the original seven Jiangnan Qi Guai (江南七怪) on the Peach Blossom Island (桃花島). He also indirectly caused Yang Kang's（楊康) death by refusing to cure him of one of his poisons in revenge for Yang Kang（楊康) killing his son. By learning a faked copy of the Jiu Yin Zhen Jing(九陰真經), obtained from Guo Jing, with deliberate mistranslation from Huang Rong, Ouyang Feng became mentally unstable.
During the second duel on top of Mount Hua, Qi Gong exploited this fact and struck Ouyang Feng on the head with the Dog Beating Stick Technique. He became insane as a result. However, as a sign of martial prowess, he created his own unique fighting style that enabled him to fight enemies upside down with all pressure-points moved, rendering him quite above pressure point striking techniques.
[edit] The Return of the Condor Heroes
Ouyang Feng would later became the god-father of Yang Guo (楊過), whom he taught Divine Toad Stance (蛤蟆功) and the fake Jiu Yin Zhen Jing(九陰真經) too.
Ouyang Feng encountered Xiaolongnü (小龍女) and fought briefly with her before the fight is broken up by Yang Guo. In his bid to teach Yang Guo his martial arts and preventing Xiaolongnü to observe his teaching, he immobilized her using his skills (which Xiaolongnü could not unblock her own acupoints). This indirectly led to Xiaolongnü (小龍女) getting raped by Zhen Zhi Bing of the Quan Zhen Sect (全真教).
Ouyang Feng met his end after a final duel with Hong Qigong on Mount Hua, with Yang Guo as the only witness. They fought for four days with no results, stopping only for meals cooked by Yang Guo. Eventually, they decided to compete using their internal energy which ended in a draw also. Both refused to claim defeat, each claiming that he still had many techniques left to defeat the other. For the next three days, they used Yang Guo as their proxy, each instructing him in their respective skills and Yang Guo will demonstrate the technique to his opponent. Thus, Hong Qigong would teach Yang Guo a stance from his Dog Beating Stick and Ouyang Feng would teach Yang Guo to counter with his own staff art. Ouyang Feng seems to be beaten by Hong Qigong when Hong Qigong unleashed his final Dog Beating Stick stance: No Dogs Under Heaven.
Ouyang Feng spent a whole night to think of a counter move and managed to think of a counter move. He then excitedly instructed Yang Guo to demonstrate it. Upon seeing his ultimate technique countered, Hong Qigong laughed uproariously and embraced Ouyang Feng in defeat, calling Ouyang Feng by his true name. On hearing his real name, Ouyang Feng broke out of his insanity, recognised Hong Qigong and remembered everything. He then died laughing in his embrace with Hong Qigong, who also died at the same time. Both have died after exhausting all their internal energies. They were then buried side by side on Mount Hua by Yang Guo. It was observed by Yang Guo that Ouyang Feng would have lost the duel in real combat as he would not have had the time to ponder and create a counter.
