The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 18 Master, this is all because of you
"As long as a martial artist is willing to work hard and has some talent, he or she will eventually be able to master a sword technique to perfection."

"However, this is already the limit of this martial artist. If he wants to go further and practice swordsmanship to the highest level, he needs the right time and place, great opportunities, and most importantly, understanding!"

"With your lack of understanding and opportunity, it is almost impossible for you to practice swordsmanship with divine charm!"

Yue Buqun was knowledgeable and experienced, and his explanation immediately poured cold water on the disciples who were eager to try.

However, their eyes flickered and they each had their own thoughts, and it was obvious that they had not given up the idea of working in that direction.

As the saying goes: Don’t turn back until you hit the wall.

As the saying goes: How can you say you can't do something you haven't tried? !
Yue Buqun was unwilling to continue to dampen the enthusiasm of his disciples, so he turned serious and shouted, "All disciples, listen to my orders!"

Upon hearing this, the Huashan disciples who were still brainstorming immediately straightened their backs and looked at their master with sharp eyes.

Usually, whenever this kind of voice appeared, it meant that the master wanted to talk about serious matters, and the disciples must not be distracted, perfunctory, or inattentive!
Yue Buqun swept his eyes over all the disciples, and paused for a moment on Xu Xingchen. Then he said solemnly: "All the sword-training tips your junior brother just mentioned are not allowed to be mentioned in front of others. You are only allowed to discuss them with each other when you are practicing sword-training. Do you understand?"

"Yes! Master!"

The disciples responded loudly. It was obvious that everyone agreed with the idea of keeping the "sword-practicing tips" secret.

In the martial arts world, methods of cultivation are extremely private matters of each family and sect. Unless there are special circumstances, they will never be passed on to others!

Xu Xingchen also agreed with this logic. How could the codes of one's own nuclear weapons be known to outsiders?

Once it is known to outsiders, they will definitely try to figure out the weaknesses of your martial arts and use them against you in the future.
The reason why he shared his sword-training secrets with his fellow brothers and sisters was to enable them to improve their strength as quickly as possible because as time goes on, the challenges that Huashan Sect will face will become more dangerous.

Time waits for no one
What's more, after today's battle, some other ideas vaguely emerged in his mind!

The master gave a strict order, and all the disciples kept it in mind.

Afterwards, the atmosphere became lively again.

It was Yue Lingshan who asked again: "Junior brother, if your swordsmanship is so advanced, why didn't you show it in the competition?"

Xu Xingchen looked very modest: "Sister, this is just a competition between fellow disciples. If you have to go all out like this, then the competition will be meaningless!"

Everyone heard this, some believed and agreed with it, some did not believe it and smiled indifferently, everyone had different thoughts.

However, no one thinks that Junior Brother is so secretive and has any bad intentions!
Among them, Yue Buqun's thoughts were the most conflicted. He felt that his little disciple had stated part of the reason for "hiding the truth", but there were definitely other reasons that were not stated.

The discomfort in his heart was reduced by half, and the other half remained. He was unable to go up or down, which was definitely enough for him to ponder for a while.

Besides, he had to start thinking about another thing.

"The secrets of our Huashan Sect are increasing day by day."

"It is inconvenient for Laudeno to continue staying in the gate. Is it time to expel him?"

As for the idea of killing him quietly, he had considered it, but after some thought, he felt that he should still give some face to Alliance Leader Zuo.

When the sun sets, the sky is filled with red clouds.

Everyone from Huashan returned to the mansion of Marquis Hou in the city.

The negotiations were handled by Yue Buqun, the head of Mount Hua. Ning Zhongze brought a few disciples back to the side courtyard where they stayed last night. Servants and maids immediately brought them hot water and bath towels.

Everyone carefully avoided the wounds and washed themselves, and only then did they finally calm down.

Xu Xingchen returned to the room, sat on the edge of the bed, folded his arms across his chest, and began to think about whether exposing his strength today would be beneficial or harmful to him.

He had never shown off his martial arts in front of his fellow brothers, and had always been modest and low-key. Today, he burst out with strength on the brink of life and death and saved everyone. On his way back, he also taught them all his sword-fighting tricks.
At this moment, the image of myself in the minds of my fellow brothers should be more positive than negative, so as not to attract too much jealousy.

After all, the brothers are still young, and under the guidance of the master for many years, their hearts are on the right path, and there is still some purity and passion in their bones.

But human nature is fickle and changeable. It is still unknown what kind of changes will occur in their temperament after they have been in the big melting pot of the underworld for a period of time.

However, those are things for the future. It is still unclear whether these senior brothers can live to see that time.

In the world of the book, apart from Linghu Chong, few of the brothers and sisters of the Huashan Sect had a good ending.
As for the eldest senior brother Linghu Chong, when I read books and watched TV dramas in my previous life, I always felt that he was a hopeless fool in some aspects, but it is undeniable that he has a free and easy temperament, values loyalty and trust, and is definitely not a jealous guy.

Finally, there are the master and his wife. There is no need to say much about his wife, Ning Zhongze. Although she is a girl, she is chivalrous and cheerful. She only cares about herself and doesn't think too much about other things.

On the other hand, Master Yue Buqun, although he is careful in his actions, he can't help but think too much when encountering things. It is unknown whether he can tolerate his youngest disciple surpassing his strength in a few years.

After much thought, Xu Xingchen felt that he should continue to keep a low profile and accumulate strength so that he could deal with all future changes more calmly.

"If Master can't tolerate me, I can't do anything. I will travel around the world and bring the Sword Manual of Exorcism back to Huashan. I will show it to Master and see if he can bear it."

"In this way, I feel a little sorry for Master's Wife."

After thinking about it for a while, Xu Xingchen turned over and lay down, closing his eyes to rest. In another room.
As soon as Linghu Chong entered the room, he saw the wine jug and cup left on the table by the servants of the Marquis' Mansion. He was overjoyed, walked forward and sat down, poured a cup of wine, and drank it up.

A spicy heat rose from his chest and rushed to his head. He suddenly felt refreshed, and the fatigue of the whole day seemed to have dissipated a lot.

After drinking a few more cups, Linghu Chong suddenly sighed and muttered to himself, "Although this wine tastes refreshing, my martial arts skills are no longer the best among my master's disciples. This makes me sad!"

He poured another cup of wine and looked down at the contents of the glass. It was transparent and clear, with rippling waves, vaguely reflecting a face with free and easy eyebrows and eyes.

After a while, he suddenly smiled and teased the wine in the glass, "Wine, wine, can you really be like what my junior brother said, and become my Linghu Chong's sword-fighting secret?"

"Hahahahaha!" With a long laugh, he tilted his head back and drank it again.

In several other rooms.
Several fellow disciples were either sitting or standing, some with dull eyes, some with their eyes closed in deep thought, all recalling what had happened today.

Whether it was the fierce fighting in Qinglan Mountain, the superb strength of the junior brother, or the junior brother's knack for practicing swordsmanship, they all had varying degrees of impact on their hearts.

They need to calm down and think carefully about their future!

Half an hour later, a servant brought food and thoughtfully prepared a pot of wine for Linghu Chong, which made Linghu Chong laugh happily.

Each of them had their meal in their room and took half an hour to digest the food.

Afterwards, Xu Xingchen left the house and came to the door of the house opposite.

Benedict! Benedict! Benedict!
He knocked on the door three times, then said respectfully, "Master, Master's Wife, I have something to ask you!"

After a while, the door creaked open, and Ning Zhongze said with a smile: "Xingchen, come in, your master just came back from Mr. Hou's place."

As soon as he stepped over the threshold, Yue Lingshan's familiar voice came from inside: "Junior brother, call me sister!"

Xu Xingchen called out to Yue Lingshan, who had already washed up, "Senior Sister." Yue Lingshan then laughed and went out with her mother Ning Zhongze, returning to her residence.

The disciple and the master have something to talk about, so as the master's wife, she has to give them some alone time.

Entering the inner room, there were freshly packed lunch boxes on the table. Obviously, the family of three had their meal a little later than the disciples.

Yue Buqun sat calmly at the table, looked up and said, "Xingchen, it's so late, why don't you stay in the room and have a good rest?

Xu Xingchen bowed and said, "I came here to tell Master that I have concealed the truth about my swordsmanship skills!"

Yue Buqun's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, and he felt relieved. He thought to himself, this disciple is really well-behaved. He came to apologize and admit his mistakes so quickly. So he nodded and said, "Tell me about it!"

Xu Xingchen picked up the excuse he had already thought of and began to say, "Master, the reason why I concealed my strength is, firstly, as I said on the way back, I didn't want to ruin the fun of the sword duel."

"The second reason is because of something that the master often told his disciples since they were young."

Yue Buqun was really curious now: "Oh? What did you say?"

Xu Xingchen stared at his master and said seriously, "Master often warns disciples and others that swordsmanship is just a trivial skill. It is good enough to practice it to perfection. What we need to focus on is the improvement of internal strength. As long as the internal strength is improved, the power of swordsmanship will naturally increase greatly."

Yue Buqun heard these familiar words, aren't they exactly what he often said in front of his disciples? !

Xu Xingchen continued, "Just like when I was dissatisfied with the slowness of our Huashan Heart Method cultivation and created the Huashan Eight Plays, I felt that the cultivation of internal strength is not something that can be achieved overnight, so I wanted to seek a method from the sword practice."

"Later, I created those sword-training tricks. Although I often felt that my martial arts were progressing well, I was afraid that the master would punish me for spending too much energy on sword-training, so I kept it secret for the time being!"

After hearing this explanation, Yue Buqun's last doubts finally dissipated, but he couldn't help but complain in his heart: "So, for this last reason, half of the responsibility lies with me?!"

After Xu Xingchen finished his explanation, he stopped talking; Yue Buqun also fell silent for a while.

After a long while, Yue Buqun woke up from his deep thoughts, looked at the young disciple standing respectfully a few steps away, and asked: "Xingchen, you should be only twelve years old this year!"

Xu Xingchen responded: "Yes, Master!"

Yue Buqun had already filled in the rest of the plot in his mind and began to sigh: "You have been extremely talented since childhood, and your mind is also very sharp. You can always perceive things that others cannot perceive."

"But you are eager for revenge and always want to improve your martial arts as quickly as possible. Although you have made many innovations, I don't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing!"

"In short, I will warn you as before. You may want to practice martial arts, but don't rush into it!"

Seeing that his master had "untied his knot", Xu Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief and said respectfully, "Yes, Master!"

Yue Buqun added: "From now on, there is no need to hide your progress in swordsmanship from Master. How can Master be such a petty person?"

"You said you don't believe it yourself?" Xu Xingchen complained in his heart, but he still agreed obediently on the surface.

　Collect, follow, recommend, and thank you all for your help!
　　

(End of this chapter)