The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 20 The First Night on the Cliff of Repentance

Among the peaks of Mount Huashan, there is a Jade Maiden Peak, which is solitary and high, isolated from the world.

There is a cliff on the top of the mountain. For some unknown reason, it is completely bare, with no grass or trees. It is in stark contrast to the lush and quiet scenery at the foot of the mountain.

There are no flowers, plants or trees here, and naturally there are no insects or birds that depend on the environment for survival. Except for the occasional mountain breeze, everything is completely silent.

The punished disciples would reflect on their mistakes facing the wall here. Without any external disturbance, they could practice well without distraction, so it was named "Reflection Cliff" by Huashan Patriarch.

Xu Xingchen said goodbye to his master, mistress, brothers and sisters in the sect along the way, and went up to the Cliff of Repentance with a few sets of clothes and a long sword in one hand.

Near the edge of the cliff, I saw a cave and walked into it. About ten steps deep was a small stone room. On the ground in the middle of the room, there was a large stone, which almost took up half of the room. It was smooth and dust-free, showing that people often sat cross-legged on it in the past.

This big stone can be used as a bed for sleeping or as a cushion for meditation. You can sit or lie down, depending on your mind.

"This Siguo Cliff is indeed very lonely and cold!"

Xu Xingchen looked around and saw that there was really nothing to see here, so he put the package next to a stone, then sat down on it. Looking straight ahead, he saw words written on the stone wall opposite. Upon closer inspection, they were the three words "Feng Qingyang".

The handwriting was carved with iron hooks and silver scratches, half an inch deep into the stone wall. It should have been carved by a sharp weapon, and it looked quite old.

Xu Xingchen pondered in his heart: "I don't know if I will have the chance to meet my uncle Feng Qingyang."

"If I could gain his favor and learn the Dugu Nine Swords, that would be a great thing."

"If there is no such opportunity, then it's fine."

When he does things, he never likes to pin his hopes on others. He is able to be self-reliant and will never ask others for help.

Although Dugu Nine Swords is great, if he is not destined to have it, then so be it!
Then, his mind turned, and his eyes looked straight at the stone wall again, with some excitement in his heart: "Behind a certain part of this stone wall is the secret room hidden in the mountain. The sword techniques of the Five Mountains Sword Sects and the stone carvings of the ten elders of the Demon Sect that cracked the sword techniques are not my uncle's things. I can learn as much as I want."

"However, now is not the time to break through the stone wall. I will first practice the four sword techniques I just learned until I am proficient in them, and then go in and see those sword techniques!"

".When doing things, you have to do it step by step. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry!"

Xu Xingchen retracted his gaze, suppressed his restless urge, and turned his attention back to cultivation.

During the few days at the foot of the mountain, except for the first day when he went out to fight with others, he spent the rest of the days learning several other sword techniques of the Huashan School from his master's wife Ning Zhongze.

Lady! Yangwu! Xiyi! Jade girl!
The four sword techniques are either complex and varied, or righteous and majestic, or grand and open, or elegant and beautiful. Each has its own characteristics and style.

These four sword techniques are all upgraded versions of Huashan sword techniques, and their power is incomparable to the Huashan Thirteen Styles.

When the eldest brother Linghu Chong first started traveling around the world, he was taught the Xiyi sword technique by his master; the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth brothers also learned one of the four sword techniques before being allowed to go down the mountain and travel around the world.

It can be said that the Thirteen Styles of Huashan are the basic sword techniques used by Huashan disciples. Only when they reach the age of sixteen will they be granted one of the four more advanced sword techniques.

Of course, Xu Xingchen is an exception. He has practiced the most basic Thirteen Styles of Huashan with such charm that the power unleashed is even greater than these four sword techniques. No wonder Yue Buqun and others find it incredible and unbelievable.

The reason why he spent only a few days to learn the four sword techniques from his master's wife Ning Zhongze was, firstly, because he had an innate talent for martial arts; secondly, it was precisely because he had practiced the Thirteen Huashan Styles to such a superb level that it was much easier for him to learn the other sword techniques that were passed down from generation to generation, just like looking down from a high vantage point and observing the patterns in the palm of your hand.

Looking up at the slightly narrow stone chamber, Xu Xingchen came out of the cave with a long sword in hand, and practiced the newly learned swordsmanship on the cliff with an open space on the right. He practiced the Lady Swordsmanship for a while, then the Yangwu Swordsmanship, then the Xiyi Swordsmanship, and finally the Jade Girl Swordsmanship.

Four sets of sword techniques, practiced over and over again for dozens of times, then stopped, pondered for half an hour, and then continued to practice.
Practicing sword skills is not about working hard all the time, but a process of practicing, thinking, and summarizing experience at the same time.

Training with "strength" and training with "heart" are two completely different concepts.

Xu Xingchen went back to the mountain with his master in the morning. After lunch, he went to the Cliff of Repentance and spent the entire afternoon practicing sword.

Dinner was brought up by Sixth Senior Brother Lu Dayou in a lunch box, which contained only four vegetarian dishes: vegetables, tofu, steamed buns, and rice porridge.

"Master said that when we practice in seclusion on the Cliff of Repentance, we need to abstain from meat and eat only vegetarian food!"

In the cave, the two men sat on a big rock. Lu Dayou took out the food from the lunch box and explained with a grin.

Xu Xingchen smiled and said, "Well, vegetarian food is also good!"

While eating and chatting, Lu Dayou expressed a lot of gratitude. Xu Xingchen only said: "It's too polite to say these things between fellow disciples!"

Even if he had saved Lu Dayou's life, he would not take this life-saving favor to heart. He had no control over whether others were grateful to him or something else. He could only control his own emotions, his own thoughts, and the sword in his hand.
The topic gradually turned to the secrets of sword practice. Whenever Sixth Senior Brother Lu Da asked something, Xu Xingchen would try his best to answer it.

He is not afraid of teaching his apprentice and starving himself to death!
Even if several brothers followed his sword-training method, could they persist? Could they continue to study and improve while persisting? Could they draw inferences from one example and apply it to other similar cases? And so on, there were all kinds of problems!
One Rice Feeds Hundreds of Different People
Studying in the same school and classroom, some people go to Tsinghua University and Peking University, while others can't even get into a junior college.
As a top student, how could Xu Xingchen be afraid of competing with others? !

Among the several senior brothers, only the eldest brother Linghu Chong has extraordinary aptitude in swordsmanship and may be able to barely keep up with his pace.

The others have much better talents and qualifications than ordinary people, otherwise they would not have been accepted into the sect by their master Yue Buqun. But compared with the eldest brother, they seem extremely ordinary, just like the difference between the heavenly soldiers and Monkey King.

Even if they learned Xu Xingchen's sword-training skills, their character and talent are there. After a period of hard training, they may have obvious improvements, but their final achievement will be no more than the level of the Thirteen Guardians of the Songshan School!

In fact, Xu Xingchen was still a little worried that his senior brothers would not be able to progress fast enough and would not be able to deal with various crises in the future.

Because in the past few days, he had a vague idea in his mind. If he made up his mind to implement it in the future, the world of martial arts in the future would be countless times more chaotic than it is now.
After the meal, Brother Six, whose doubts were answered, went down the mountain contentedly carrying his lunch box.

Xu Xingchen watched Lu Dayou's departing figure disappear on the steep mountain road, then turned back to look at the setting sun.

Half of the red face was resting on the top of the mountain, reflecting the sunset glow in the sky.

At this point in time, Xu Xingchen, standing alone on the top of the cliff, felt extremely lonely and cold, and a decadent urge to live in seclusion suddenly arose in his heart.

".Hey, I'm so bored!"

Xu Xingchen gathered his thoughts and returned to the cave. In the gradually dimming stone chamber, he kept reviewing the various difficulties he had encountered during sword practice in the afternoon.

Half an hour later, he came out of the cave and, under the gaze of the night stars, practiced the four new sword techniques over and over again on the open space on the cliff.

It was not until late at night that he returned to the cave, sat on a large rock, closed his eyes and quietly practiced the Huashan Heart Method!
Above the cliff
The moonlight is like water, cool and peaceful!
Suddenly, a mountain breeze blew, carrying a faint whisper: "Four sword techniques are being practiced together. Humph! Huashan disciples are making less and less progress."

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