The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 7: Four Years Passed Quickly

Half a year later, Yue Buqun quietly said to Ning Zhongze one day: "My internal strength has increased rapidly in the past few months. I can now use the Eight Huashan Skills easily with the Purple Cloud Magic Art. It can be listed as the master's personal teaching along with the Purple Cloud Magic Art."

Ning Zhongze nodded in agreement. Her internal strength had also increased rapidly in recent days. What surprised them most was that the internal strength refined through internal and external training was more agile and faster than before. It could be released almost at the thought of it, and the sword and the energy would come as well!
Normally, when he performed sword skills, it was like taking off a layer of shackles, and he moved so fast that he seemed to be flying.

In the following days, Xu Xingchen, who was developing secretly, rapidly improved his swordsmanship and internal strength at a speed beyond anyone's imagination.

He quickly mastered the left-hand sword technique, and when he practiced early in the morning, he had already joined the ranks of those practicing martial arts on the cliffs.

In the afternoon, I practiced swordplay, using a compromise "heavy" sword weighing more than ten pounds, switching back and forth between my two hands. My swordplay became increasingly sharp and lively.

The morning time was free again, so Xu Xingchen moved his evening reading time to the morning.

The method of sword practice in the afternoon was also changed. A rope was set up in the yard, and he stood on it to wield the "heavy" sword. He also moved horizontally, jumped, rolled, and turned from time to time in various postures to practice his balance ability.

At night, he lit several rows of candles in the quiet room, walked quickly among them, and kept stabbing the candlelight with the tip of the sword. Later, the candles were replaced with red-tipped incense sticks with green smoke. Later, they were replaced with needles hanging in the air.
A year later, Xu Xingchen stood in the courtyard, raised his hand and scattered a handful of soybeans, then stabbed out with the long sword in his right hand. Dozens of soybeans were cut in half neatly before they hit the ground.

It was also during this year that, when he was sparring with his senior brother Linghu Chong, he clearly grasped all the changes in Linghu Chong's swordsmanship, and a sudden enlightenment arose in his mind that his swordsmanship had become the undisputed number one among the nine disciples under Yue Buqun.

Due to his master Yue Buqun's prejudice against the Sword Sect, Xu Xingchen restrained his sword skills, and only managed to defeat his eighth senior brother Ying Luobai by chance and tie with his seventh senior sister Yue Lingshan, slightly demonstrating his swordsmanship talent that was not inferior to that of his eldest senior brother Linghu Chong.

As for his internal strength, there was no need to hide it, and he had made remarkable progress, which was exactly what his master Yue Buqun had expected.

In his previous life, when he read the old man's books, he had scolded Yue Buqun for being cunning, hypocritical and insidious. Now that he has come to the world of the book, in order to better grasp his own living environment, combined with his understanding of his master Yue Buqun's character over the years, Xu Xingchen once made an assessment.

To say that his master Yue Buqun is hypocritical and insidious and not a gentleman is still debatable, but he is definitely a shrewd and cunning person.

Astute and cunning, this should be a positive evaluation for a sect leader. Otherwise, how can he survive in this world where the strong prey on the weak? !
Yue Buqun had seen what Huashan was like at its most glorious time in the past, so when he became the head of Huashan Sect, he had an obsession in his heart: to make Huashan Sect glorious again!

He is a man of strong will, and this kind of person often also means that he has an extremely paranoid side to his temperament.

People who are not paranoid will just go with the flow, and they will not be able to support the Huashan Sect, which has been in decline for so many years with only a few big cats and small cats left.

Also, because he was in charge of both big and small matters in the sect, he gradually developed a patriarchal and one-man show of authority that attached great importance to rules and etiquette.

In order to make the Huashan Sect rise again, he put in too much effort and carried a heavy burden on his shoulders. He even endured the undercover agent Lao Denuo sent by Zuo Lengchan.

But when he saw how Zuo Lengchan could compete with the leader of the Sun Moon Demon Sect, Ren Woxing, in internal strength, and in recent years, when he heard that the power of the Songshan Sect had been growing stronger, he knew one thing in his heart: his martial arts talent was not as good as that of the Songshan Sect's leader, Zuo Lengchan, and his disciples were not even comparable to the Thirteen Guardians. Reviving Huashan seemed to have become an unrealistic dream!

Later, somehow, he learned that Yu Canghai of Qingcheng Sect was planning to get Lin Yuantu's "Bixie Sword Manual". Yue Buqun, who was feeling disheartened and extremely sad, suddenly became excited and also set his sights on "Bixie Sword Manual".
Later, the disciple Linghu Chong came into contact with Lin Pingzhi, and suddenly learned a powerful sword technique. Yue Buqun did not know the existence of the seniors in the back mountain sect, and did not know what the "Nine Swords of Dugu" looked like, so he naturally suspected that Linghu Chong had secretly learned the sword technique to ward off evil spirits.

When asked about the origin of his swordsmanship, Linghu Chong was always hesitant and unwilling to reveal it because of his oath. Yue Buqun, who had a strong desire to control his disciples, must have scolded Linghu Chong more than once in his heart: You little bastard, I raised you for more than ten years, and you turned out to be an ungrateful wolf. You took all the benefits for yourself and didn't know how to give them to your own leader.
As a result, Yue Buqun began to have a grudge against Linghu Chong!

Later, when Zuo Lengchan sent fifteen underworld masters to besiege the Huashan Sect and even captured Yue Buqun and his wife, Linghu Chong suddenly showed his extraordinary power and blinded the eyes of the fifteen underworld masters with one sword, and became famous from then on.

To Yue Buqun, Linghu Chong, this traitorous disciple, had stepped on his head to get to the top. This was intolerable and he would be in a bad mood if he didn't show any emotion.

The grudge in my heart became even more deeply rooted at this moment.

Later, under Zuo Lengchan's relentless pressure, Yue Buqun, even though he knew that Linghu Chong was learning the "Nine Swords of Dugu" and that the real Sword Manual of Exorcism could not be learned, still stabbed himself.

Because he has no choice!

Xu Xingchen also suspected one thing, whether it was the Sword Manual of Exorcism or the Book of the Sunflower, the person who practiced it would have a drastic change in temperament.

The once ambitious Dongfang Bubai turned into a pervert who embroidered in the boudoir and fell in love with men. After Lin Pingzhi practiced, he also turned his back on his relatives and killed Yue Lingshan, the only lover who still cared about him.

Moreover, these people all like to wear red robes, and their hobbies are surprisingly uniform.
That is to say, Lin Yuantu, because he had a solid foundation in Buddhism, was able to exercise self-discipline and not be greatly affected.

After practicing the Sword Manual of Exorcism, Yue Buqun's mentality underwent a great change. In the end, even Ying Luobai, his eighth disciple who respected him the most, died under his sword.

In order to revive Huashan Sect, to preserve the banner of Huashan Sect, and also for the illusory title of No. 1 in the world, Yue Buqun had actually gone crazy at that time.
After making the evaluation, Xu Xingchen looked back at the old man's original idea when he wrote this book. The general idea should be: those who hang around in the underworld, those in the underworld do evil openly, and those in the white world do evil insidiously. All good people will not have a good ending. Even the leader nicknamed Gentleman Sword, a warm-blooded young man, will move towards evil and darkness step by step under the pressure of the situation.

In a word: In the world of Smiling Proud Wanderer, good people will not have a good death, and bad people and evil people will not have a good death either!
When Xu Xingchen understood the meaning of "jianghu", he couldn't help but feel horrified. Then he made up his mind. First, to give his master some hope so that he wouldn't take risks. Second, he must practice his martial arts to be stronger than anyone else. His destiny must not be controlled by others, and his life and death must not depend on others.

This is also one of the reasons why Xu Xingchen practiced martial arts day and night.

That's why he taught the "Eight Tricks of Mount Hua" to Yue Buqun and his wife, so that they could increase their strength and deal with difficult situations in the future.

Although the progress in swordsmanship is also remarkable, there is no innovation and there is no point in exposing it for the time being!
When he was nine years old, Xu Xingchen's martial arts surpassed that of his eighteen-year-old senior brother Linghu Chong.

This year, Yue Buqun brought Linghu Chong down the mountain and cleared out several underworld forces, and his reputation in the martial arts world rose rapidly!

At the age of ten, Xu Xingchen could cut all the leaves flying in different directions into two pieces; he could also listen to the wind and identify the position in a dark room without sunlight, and stab the flying wooden balls.
At the age of eleven, he learned to climb rocks from the rock climbers in his previous life. With his extraordinary balance, outstanding light-body skills, and claw skills that could break metal and stone, he could move freely on the cliffs.

From this point on, the peaks of Mount Huashan were no longer any natural barriers to him!

His figure began to appear in various hidden and dangerous places in the Huashan Mountains, dancing with leaves in the forest, enjoying the wind on the mountaintop, chasing fish in the stream, and piercing the bright moon with his sword in the long night.
Gradually, his swordsmanship was integrated with the strange and dangerous atmosphere of Mount Huashan, and the thirteen styles of Huashan swordsmanship finally reached perfection!
In this state of selflessness and closeness to nature, one's inner strength also makes rapid progress, improving by leaps and bounds.

When Xu Xingchen was twelve years old, Yue Lingshan was fourteen years old, and Linghu Chong was twenty years old.

This year, a group of gangsters suddenly came to the foot of the mountain and threatened to occupy the land at the foot of the mountain, making it clear that they were going to challenge the Huashan Sect.

There was a sudden solemn atmosphere throughout Mount Huashan.

The storm is about to come, and conflicts will arise with the flash of swords and shadows!

Yue Buqun, the head of Mount Hua, summoned all his disciples to gather at Zhengqi Hall. Looking at the disciples who still looked a little immature, he felt heavy-hearted and had a serious expression.

Ning Zhongze, dressed in a blue suit and holding a long sword, stood aside in a heroic manner, with a gleam in his eyes, as brilliant as any man.

After a while, Yue Buqun slowly said: "My fellow disciples, in the past few days, some evil gangsters have come to our Huashan Sect to commit crimes and cause trouble. This is clearly a provocation to our Huashan Sect."

"Our Huashan Sect has been established for hundreds of years. How can we allow those evil gangsters to run rampant below the mountain? You are all my good disciples. You have practiced martial arts and have made some achievements. Are you willing to follow me down the mountain to punish the evildoers and spread the reputation of Huashan?"

The nine disciples, including Yue Lingshan, were all excited. They exhaled and shouted loudly, "We are willing to follow Master down the mountain to punish the wicked and spread the reputation of Huashan!"

"Okay!" Yue Buqun nodded in satisfaction and said loudly: "Everyone go back and change your clothes, bring your weapons, and then meet here."

"Yes! Master!"

The nine disciples immediately dispersed and returned to their respective courtyards.

"Denuo, stay!" At this time, Yue Buqun called his second disciple Lao Denuo.

　Collect, follow, vote, thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)