The Villain's Counterattack

"Hmph!" Yue Buqun suddenly snorted, startling Linghu Chong and Yue Lingshan awake. "Swordsmanship is just a minor skill; internal strength is the foundation. No matter how exquisite your martial arts moves are, I only need one sword strike, and the internal strength infused into the sword will break it. No matter how exquisite your moves are, what will it matter?"

Linghu Chong was slightly stunned when he heard this, Yue Lingshan seemed to have no reaction either, and Ning Zhongze's expression had not recovered yet. He was a woman but did not have such great ambitions as his senior brother. Although his internal strength was first-rate, it was not the best.

Lin Pingzhi chuckled and said, "Mr. Yue, you need to change your rhetoric. If you continue like this, a conflict between Qi and Sword will be inevitable. Internal strength and swordsmanship are both important. Internal strength is the long-term path, and swordsmanship can achieve invincibility among peers. This is the perfect path. Linghu Chong, do you remember the topic of martial arts realms I mentioned earlier?"

Linghu Chong shuddered and instinctively replied, "Familiarity, mastery, freedom, divine skill, perfection, unity of all things, and a return to simplicity and nature."

Lin Pingzhi nodded slightly. Linghu Chong's aptitude was indeed good, and his memory was amazing. Although it was not as good as his own, a ninth-level talent, it was definitely not bad. It was just that his self-control was a little weak, and he was delayed by Yue Buqun.

"You've mastered the Huashan Swordsmanship to perfection, but my Huashan Basic Swordsmanship has reached the realm of freedom and will. Now, you can learn any of the methods mentioned here to break it and see if you can defeat my Huashan Basic Swordsmanship." Lin Pingzhi said calmly, "I won't bully you. I'm slightly weaker than you in terms of internal strength."

Linghu Chong knew that Lin Pingzhi wanted to give him some advice, so he bowed and said, "Thank you, Brother Lin. I was hoping that Brother Lin could defeat me, so that I could break the demon in my heart."

Linghu Chong was a man of action. Seeing that Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze had no objection, he carefully studied the method of breaking Huashan's sword technique. Half a day had passed unknowingly, but he had only learned five or six moves. Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze were not idle at this time. They asked Yue Lingshan to get paper and pen, and the two of them recorded Huashan's martial arts in detail.

It wasn't until the cries of the cavalry were heard outside that everyone realized it was time for dinner. Although Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze wanted to continue, they were interrupted by Lin Pingzhi. "The food is right here, and it can't run away. If you make mistakes because of your haste, it will be bad. You need to eat and sleep well before you can work."

Only then did Yue Buqun realize that he was not as open-minded as this boy, so he called his wife, daughter and disciples and walked out, but left all his things where they were.

After eating and drinking, Lin Pingzhi called everyone outside and asked Linghu Chong about his progress. Linghu Chong named a few moves, and then the two of them stood with swords in hand.

Lin Pingzhi's move of welcoming guests with green pines started off well, but Linghu Chong had already fallen into Huashan's sword technique and instinctively went straight to the flaw in the sword technique.

However, Lin Pingzhi was no ordinary disciple, his realm was even slightly higher than Yue Buqun's. Without waiting for his sword skills to become old, he suddenly changed the moves of the long sword in his hand into a dense ancient cypress. Linghu Chong suddenly retreated and created some distance before continuing to use the method to break the spell, but his transition was not as natural and smooth as Lin Pingzhi's.

Lin Pingzhi did not give him a chance. He increased his speed suddenly and completed the sword move to Baiyun Chuxiu in advance. Before Linghu Chong could react, the sword in its sheath was placed on his neck.

"Linghu Chong, there is no perfect and flawless move in the world. Every move has its flaws. Can a few scattered and unsystematic things make you like this? If I compile these things into a book and improve them to create a sword technique that can break Huashan, what can you do?" Lin Pingzhi's words woke him up like thunder.

"You've also learned the Jade Maiden Pure Heart Sword. Back then, the Quanzhen Sect, the most powerful sect in the Central Plains, was so prominent, but wasn't there a rival to the Ancient Tomb Sect's Jade Maiden Sword Technique? Why haven't all the Quanzhen Sect disciples become disheartened, while the Huashan Sect has survived to this day, while the Ancient Tomb Sect has become history."

"The moves are dead, but people are alive, and the realm is very important. These so-called methods of breaking the spell are just some weird ideas, and they are not systematic at all, not to mention the artistic conception. A true master would not bother to learn them, and can defeat you with his own means. A fool can't use it well even if he learns it. Only those who are mediocre can deal with those who are mediocre if they learn it." Lin Pingzhi's evaluation made Linghu Chong feel something, but he was still a little unsure.

"Forget it, I'll give you some time. After you have learned all the methods to crack the spell and are thoroughly familiar with them, we'll compete again. By then, I want to convince you that compared to the basic Huashan swordsmanship, those so-called methods to crack the spell are totally bullshit." Lin Pingzhi's words made Yue Buqun very happy. At the same time, he was shocked by Lin Pingzhi's attainments in Huashan swordsmanship. Why isn't this kid my Huashan disciple?

But if this kid really joins Huashan, will he be considered a Sword Sect or a Qi Sect?

If you say he belongs to the Qi Sect, this kid's swordsmanship is indeed amazing, not worse than mine, maybe even better.

If you say he belongs to the Sword Sect, it just so happens that this kid has first-rate internal strength at such a young age. He is considered a master in the world. Yu Canghai, one of the top ten masters of the righteous path, was killed by his sword. It's really true that young people are to be feared.

In the following days, Yue Buqun asked Lin Pingzhi to discuss the Five Mountains Sword Technique, and continuously improved and compiled it into a book. He originally planned to ask him to improve the method of cracking it, but was directly scolded by Lin Pingzhi.

I, Lin Pingzhi, am no rag-picker. Learning all sorts of random things is useless to me. If you're talking about being unsystematic and disorganized, what else can compare to my family's inherited Sword of Exorcism? My Five Mountains Sword Technique is enough. You can research the methods to break it yourself. Forgive me for not accompanying you. I truly have no love for that stuff.

Yue Buqun had no choice but to give up in the end, but he felt more relieved secretly. Moreover, every day when he saw Lin Pingzhi using Huashan swordsmanship to beat his future son-in-law Linghu Chong, he suddenly felt that those things were really not that good.

Afterwards, Ning Zhongze secretly used the method of breaking the sword to force himself into a very embarrassing state, making Yue Buqun feel like he had met his nemesis. His Quanzhen swordsmanship was restrained by his wife's Jade Girl swordsmanship, and now the Huashan swordsmanship was also broken by her newly learned breaking swordsmanship. If it were not for the foundation of Yangwu swordsmanship, he would probably really become the second best master in Huashan.

No! My swordsmanship must be improved. If word gets out that I can't beat my wife, people will laugh at me.

In fact, Yue Buqun was not unable to defeat Ning Zhongze. It was just that when using similar levels of internal strength, his swordsmanship was slightly less flexible and varied than Ning Zhongze's.

The disciples of the Huashan Sect went up the mountain one by one. They first tried to please Lin Pingzhi, then practiced the basic Huashan swordsmanship under his guidance, and then fought against the eldest brother Linghu Chong. At this time, they suddenly found that the eldest brother's moves were targeting their weaknesses, which made them feel a little uncomfortable and they were defeated miserably.

At this time, Lin Pingzhi stood up and told them that Linghu Chong wanted them to feel the comparison of the same sword skills in different realms, and helped them point out the unnatural changes in the previous moves and the mistakes, and how to change to avoid Linghu Chong's cracking.

In just half a month, Linghu Chong discovered that his own sword-breaking techniques were unable to counter even the Huashan Basic Sword Techniques of several of his fellow apprentices. Furthermore, under his intense suppression, their swordsmanship advanced by leaps and bounds, while his own use of the so-called sword-breaking techniques would have put him at a disadvantage. Furious, he unleashed the full force of his Huashan Sword Technique, directly suppressing the complacent apprentices and proving to them that your brother is still your brother.

Seeing Linghu Chong's final performance, Yue Buqun nodded slightly in approval. His eldest disciple had actually overcome his inner demons and his Huashan swordsmanship had reached a higher level. This kid could be considered a genius, although he was a little bit worse than the other monster.