The Villain's Counterattack

"Lin Ping, the young leader of the Fuwei Escort Agency, came to visit us earlier and presented us with one thousand taels of silver and two Longquan swords." The Huashan Sect's treatment was the same as the Songshan Sect's, no more, no less, and without bias.

Unlike the Songshan Sect which has a large population and many masters, the Huashan Sect only has a few big and small cats and dogs except Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze, among whom Lao Denuo is a traitor. Lin Pingzhi couldn't help but feel sorry for Yue Buqun.

The thirteen-year-old Lin Pingzhi met Ning Zhongze, who was in his prime, the young Linghu Chong, the well-behaved and lovely Yue Lingshan, the righteous Yue Buqun, and the prematurely aged Lao Denuo.

The huge Huashan Sect actually had less than 30 people, and among them there were only two masters, Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze. However, all the necessary formalities were fulfilled. Among the gifts prepared by Lin Pingzhi were two jars of fine wine and four large portions of candied fruits, which made Linghu Chong and Yue Lingshan very happy.

After exchanging pleasantries, Lin Pingzhi stated his purpose directly: "I wish to learn the 'Five Dragons Stinging Technique' from the immortal Chen Tuan. I hope Mr. Yue will grant me this."

It was said that he was Mr. Yue instead of Sect Leader Yue. It was indeed correct to say that Lin Pingzhi was a scholar, but Yue Buqun did not have the legendary thing like the "Five Dragons Stinging Technique".

The Five Dragons Stinging Technique, originally known as the Huashan Sleeping Technique, is a high-level lying technique for gathering vital energy. It's considered a top-tier Taoist skill, but it's rarely seen in its true form. This technique, which allows one to build vital energy while sleeping, is a true boon for the lazy. Even Linghu Chong's eyes lit up when he heard about it. Such a miraculous technique actually existed. If he could find it, wouldn't it be possible...

After some communication, Yue Buqun found that he and this boy really couldn't get along. You are a scholar, but you speak in Taoist terms and talk about spirit all the time, which makes Yue Buqun, the gentleman swordsman, a little at a loss.

When people from the martial arts world meet, it is natural to make friends through martial arts. Yue Buqun will not bully the weak, so Linghu Chong was pushed out. Strictly speaking, Linghu Chong, who is nearly twenty years old, can be considered a peer of Lin Pingzhi. The difference of seven years is indeed not small.

The two fought with Huashan Sword Technique and Exorcism Sword Technique respectively. In the end, there was no winner after 150 rounds. Lin Pingzhi took the initiative to withdraw on the grounds of exhaustion, which made Yue Buqun more optimistic about Exorcism Sword Technique.

After sending Linghu Chong, Yue Lingshan, Lao Denuo and the others away, Lin Pingzhi repeated his old tricks and took out the "Sword of Exorcism" in order to learn the Huashan internal power secrets.

"Power is secondary. The only thing we care about is health." Lin Pingzhi's words left Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze speechless.

"Master Lin, do you have any ideas?" Yue Buqun did not touch the sandalwood box, but he knew that this thing must have been seen by more than just him. Shaolin, Songshan, and Wudang, he was only the fourth one, and the first three probably did not let him get what he wanted.

"The first choice is Huashan basic internal strength and Huashan basic swordsmanship." Lin Pingzhi paused here, causing Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze to look at each other in bewilderment. It was not that the requirements were too high, but that they were too low.

"The next best choices are Zixia Divine Art and Yangwu Sword Technique."

"The lowest level of Hunyuan Gong, Hunyuan Palm."

"Is there any significance in Master Lin's choice?" Yue Buqun felt that it was reasonable for Zixia Magical Skill to be above Hunyuan Skill, but he was puzzled by the fact that the first choice was Huashan Basic Internal Skill and Huashan Basic Swordsmanship.

"The Huashan tradition originates from the Quanzhen Sect. Its basic internal energy is originally the Quanzhen Dao Song, a Taoist introductory method for health preservation and foundation-building that requires great perseverance to achieve success. Its upper limit is extremely high, and aside from the slow progress that requires continuous practice, it has few drawbacks. The accompanying Huashan basic swordsmanship is equally remarkable, an entry-level swordsmanship created by a senior master, and holds profound implications for improving one's swordsmanship."

Lin Pingzhi said calmly, "Compared to the Huashan Sect's famous Deadly Chain Swords, the Huashan Basic Swordsmanship is even more profound and mysterious. It's just that others don't know how to use it."

"There is such a thing?" Yue Buqun's heart moved. It was natural for him to know the origin of Huashan Sect's inheritance, but he had never thought about it carefully.

"Mr. Yue is also a scholar. Let me ask you, how many scholars have you seen who can write works better than the Four Books and Five Classics? Later generations simply continuously incorporate their own understandings based on the foundation of their predecessors, forming new things, but their foundation is still based on the foundation of their ancestors. Huashan Basic Sword Technique is the foundation of the Huashan School! And Huashan Basic Internal Power is also an inexhaustible treasure, but it is only the foundation."

Yue Buqun nodded slightly. The outer disciples of Huashan had only learned some basic internal skills, but they became second- or third-rate masters after the age of fifty or sixty. They were not necessarily worse than the disciples who had learned advanced martial arts. He originally thought that the inner disciples could achieve this in twenty or thirty years because of the skills. Now think about it, if those outer disciples did not work and concentrated on practicing, their achievements would be even higher even if it was just basic internal skills.

"The Huashan basic internal skills are also circulated in the outside world. I don't want to do the villain's thing and take it without asking, so I am willing to exchange it with the Lin family's evil-defying sword technique. I hope Mr. Yue will agree to it." Lin Pingzhi will not tell you that after you have this thing, you will no longer pay attention to me, and naturally you will not cheat me again in the future.

The Qingcheng Sect is a dead knot that is almost impossible to untie. Even if you offer it to them with both hands, they will not believe it. They only believe in what they have snatched.

Yue Buqun gradually figured it out, but could only shake his head and smile bitterly. Zuo Lengchan wouldn't give him that much time to train a group of new people. What did it matter if the basic internal strength limit was high? The slow progress was enough to daunt anyone, unless they were truly dedicated to health preservation, like the boy in front of him.

"If Mr. Yue wants to exchange Hunyuan Gong and Hunyuan Palm for the Exorcism Sword Technique, please forgive me for refusing. I have the 108-style Flipping Heaven Palm inherited from my family, but I don't need any more hand skills."

Yue Buqun felt a little regretful, and finally discussed with Ning Zhongze and decided to use Huashan basic internal strength and Huashan basic swordsmanship to exchange for the Exorcism Sword Technique.

"My Lin family's Exorcism Sword Technique is profound and complex, easy to learn but difficult to master. If you don't want to spend so much time starting over, you might as well just pick three moves and five styles that suit you. Wouldn't it be better to integrate them into the existing martial arts?" Lin Pingzhi made a few casual gestures and simply demonstrated the effect of the fusion of Songshan Fast and Slow Sword Technique and Exorcism Sword Technique, which made Yue Buqun think about it.

The three of them discussed the basic Huashan swordsmanship and the Exorcism swordsmanship, which lasted for three full days. Everyone felt that they had benefited a lot from each other. Lin Pingzhi also successfully mastered the basic content of Huashan, which made Yue Buqun admire him very much. He said frankly that it took him a full half month to get started.

"Although it is related to talent, it is more about Qi and blood. It is easier to refine essence into Qi when the Qi and blood are sufficient." Lin Pingzhi started to promote his Taoist knowledge, which made Yue Buqun frown. He couldn't even communicate with you.

"Mr. Lin discussed cooperation matters the day before yesterday, and we at Huashan agreed. When the Fuwei Escort Agency moves to Shaanxi in the future, everyone at Huashan will protect it." Yue Buqun hurriedly changed the subject.

"That's excellent, but the Fuwei Escort Agency has reached a bottleneck. Further expansion is indeed difficult, and we need to continue strengthening our foundation. I wonder if Mr. Yue has inherited the Quanzhen Sect's Big Dipper Formation. I'm willing to exchange another top-notch martial art related to Mr. Yue for it."

"Eh, a top-notch martial art related to me?" Could it be the Sunflower Manual? Yue Buqun's mind moved.