Swords emerge from Mount Hua, sweeping across the heavens from the world of Swordsman.

"You can't even beat a few of my disciples, you're really useless."

"It's useful, I'm so useful!"

Yu Canghai kowtowed frantically:

"Senior Brother Yue, after you handed over the Five Mountains Sword Alliance Leader's Flag to the Songshan Sect, Zuo Lengchan's ambition has grown bigger and bigger. He is no longer satisfied with his current position and will take action against the Huashan Sect sooner or later."

"Keep me alive. I'm willing to lead the Qingcheng Sect to support Mount Hua—no, I'm willing to help Senior Brother Yue reclaim his position as leader of the Five Mountains Alliance."

Yue Zhuoqun glanced at Yu Canghai in surprise. He hadn't expected that Yu Canghai, who wasn't a member of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, could understand Zuo Lengchan's thoughts so thoroughly.

That's actually a plausible reason.

Righteous sects like to claim the greater good and insist on having everyone support them.

You can do without people's support, but you can't be completely without supporters.

Keeping the Qingcheng Sect to support the Huashan Sect does indeed reduce a lot of gossip when doing things.

"You're smart; you picked a reason that appeals to me."

Yue Zhuoqun threw out a bottle: "This is the antidote to the Life and Death Talisman. Take one pill every month to be free from the torment of pain and itching."

"Thank you, Senior Brother Yue!"

Seeing Yu Canghai take the antidote and collapse to the ground, exhausted, he smiled and said, "Go back and properly train your disciples. Don't lead a bunch of incompetent juniors to embarrass yourselves again."

The Qingcheng Sect is supposed to be a prestigious and righteous sect, but look at the kind of people they've trained! They're even worse than the disciples taught by Lao Yue.

Yu Canghai blushed and quickly replied, "Junior Brother, once you return to Qingcheng, you will rectify the sect's conduct."

"Also, don't cause any more trouble for the Lin family."

"I'll tell you without hesitation, the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual you've been longing for requires self-castration to practice."

"what?"

Yu Canghai's eyes widened, and the corners of his mouth twitched violently.

In an instant, I was filled with regret.

If he had known it was this kind of martial art, he wouldn't have been tempted.

Look at him now, he hasn't gained any martial arts skills, many of his disciples have died, and he himself has become Yue Buqun's prisoner, likely to be controlled by him for the rest of his life.

What's the point of all this effort?

……

Back at Huayue Inn, Lin Zhennan had already been bandaged up by the doctor and was lying on the bed like a mummy.

"Sect Leader Yue, I..." His eyes were full of bitterness, and he was also full of regret.

Because of his indecisiveness, all the bodyguards of the Fuwei Escort Agency died, and his wife was almost violated.

"Now you understand the dangers of keeping the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual but not practicing it yourself!"

"Understood!"

Lin Zhennan sighed: "Sect Leader Yue, I've thought it through. I dare not practice the Evil-Slaying Sword Manual, much less let future generations practice it. I intend to hand it over to you to handle."

Yue Zhuoqun is highly skilled in martial arts and has been kind to the Lin family, so handing him over to him is the best course of action.

"Alright, if you hand over the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual to me, I won't let you suffer a loss. I can pass it on to Lin Pingzhi in exchange for the Water-Repelling Sword Technique."

This sword technique belongs to King Yama, and its moves are both fast and dense, similar in principle to the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique, but without the drawback of requiring self-castration to practice.

Upon hearing this, Lin Pingzhi was overjoyed and immediately knelt down to pay his respects: "Disciple greets Master."

Yue Zhuoqun waved his sleeve, using his internal energy to support his knees and prevent him from kneeling down.

"No need for that, Master."

If you are willing, after mastering the swordsmanship, you can travel the martial world as an outer disciple of the Huashan Sect and uphold its reputation.

Lin Pingzhi was disappointed, but still bowed and clasped his hands in a fist salute: "Yes!"

Lin Zhennan also sighed: "The Evil-Repelling Sword Manual was written on a cassock by our ancestor and hidden in the Lin family ancestral home in Fuzhou. I need to return to Fuzhou to retrieve it."

"That's alright. I'll have Chong'er take a few disciples to escort you back, and we can retrieve it from Mount Hua along the way."

"Sect Leader Yue's arrangements are very thorough."

After agreeing on the matter of obtaining the Evil-Slaying Sword Manual, Yue Zhuoqun left Huayue Inn and headed to Zhang Dajing's residence.

Zhang Dajing was quite old and had never been exposed to martial arts before, so the difficulty of cultivating the Luo Mo internal energy was exceptionally high.

Even with Yue Zhuoqun's guidance and explanation, it still took him more than ten days to understand the principles of internal energy circulation.

Fortunately, he was incredibly wealthy, possessing an abundance of medicinal herbs that were highly beneficial for martial arts training, such as snow lotus from the Tianshan Mountains and thousand-year-old ginseng.

Once you understand the principles of internal energy cultivation, you'll eventually figure out the secrets.

Yue Zhuoqun then gave him a Small Rejuvenation Pill, which he was to take after he had cultivated his internal energy.

With so many advantages, Zhang Dajing is unlikely to become a master, but he should be able to recover his full health.

After these things were done, another half month passed.

More than forty days have passed since the body of Rama was escorted to the capital.

Yue Zhuoqun instructed Linghu Chong to escort Lin Zhennan to Fuzhou with several disciples, while he led the remaining disciples back to Mount Hua.

The sword energy of Mount Hua soared into the sky. Ning Zhongze looked at Yue Zhuoqun, who had returned weary from his journey, and her beautiful eyes widened, almost not daring to recognize him.

"Senior brother, you... how come you've become so much younger?"

After mastering the Zixia Divine Skill, Yue Zhuoqun aged much more slowly, but he was still middle-aged.

This trip back to the state of their newlywed days surprised her greatly.

Yue Zhuoqun was pleased with her surprised expression: "Since Junior Sister started practicing the Mingyu Gong, her appearance has returned to that of a young girl. Naturally, I, as her senior brother, also need to find a way to restore my youth."

Otherwise, if I travel the world with my junior sister in the future, people will see us as an older man and a younger woman, and they'll accuse me of ruining a young girl.

Ning Zhongze blushed and glared at him reproachfully, "Senior brother, don't talk nonsense. The disciples are all still here."

Sure enough, Yang Lin and the others were all barely suppressing their laughter, while Yue Lingshan had no such inhibitions and giggled:

"Mother, you don't know, on the way back to Mount Hua, when people saw me standing with Father, they all thought he was my brother!"

However, you and Daddy do look much better together now than before.

"You little rascal, you always know how to say witty things." Ning Zhongze reached out and patted Yue Lingshan's head lightly, secretly pleased.

After a while of joking around, Yue Zhuoqun dismissed everyone and took Ning Zhongze's hand: "Come on, junior sister, let me show you how your senior brother has regained his youth."

Chapter 36 The Great Return Pill

After Linghu Chong brought back the Evil-Slaying Sword Manual, Yue Zhuoqun struggled for a long time with whether or not to let this martial art continue to exist in the world.

No one with a normal mind would castrate themselves to practice it.

But some people can't resist the temptation and take shortcuts.

After all, this martial art doesn't require high aptitude for training. As long as you cut off the root of your troubles, you can quickly become a top-notch master. The allure of this is quite strong.

In the end, after thinking about it, he made a copy and had Ning Zhongze hide it in the secret room of the library.

If something exists, it must have a reason; this is a martial art that is quite valuable for reference.

Given the right opportunity and environment in the future, it is not impossible for it to play a role.

As for the cassock, he simply tossed it to the system.

[Ding! The Evil-Repelling Sword Technique can be exchanged for 25 Martial Coins, and the Kasaya for 230 Martial Coins.]

Name: Yue Zhuoqun

[Identity: Leader of the Huashan Sect]

[Internal Strength: 17044]

[Martial Coins: 535]

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武技：移花接玉（大成7934/10000）、一阳指二品（大成6934/10000）、左右互搏术（大成6934/10000）、独孤九剑（大成5744/10000）、玄冥神掌（大成5744/10000）、生死符（大成5744/10000）、空明拳（大成6934/10000）、五岳剑法完整版（大成6934/10000）、破五岳剑录（大成6934/10000）、正反两仪刀剑法（大成6934/10000）、金雁功（大成6934/10000）、……】

"535 martial coins, I can finally buy the Great Rejuvenation Pill recipe that I've been longing for for so long."

Like the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill, the Greater Rejuvenation Pill is a precious medicine from Shaolin Temple. It has similar effects, but the Greater Rejuvenation Pill is more potent.

One Lesser Rejuvenation Pill increases one's cultivation by five years, while one Greater Rejuvenation Pill increases one's cultivation by ten years.

Over the past seven years, with the guidance of the Martial Arts Hall and the assistance of the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill, Mount Hua has cultivated more than 280 disciples with second-rate strength, while Yang Lin and a few others have barely made it into the first-rate category.

If we can refine the Great Rejuvenation Pill, we can release the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill and cultivate more disciples with second-rate strength.

Open the system store and find the Great Rejuvenation Pill.

A single finished Great Rejuvenation Pill costs 50 Martial Coins, while the recipe costs 500 Martial Coins.

"Buy!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Yue Zhuoqun clicked to purchase, and immediately a booklet detailing the required medicinal materials, dosage, cooking time, and other information appeared in his hand.