The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 24 Discovering the Wild Stone Cave Sword Manual
It was noon, and the light from the sky outside echoed with the light of the snow on the ground, and together they penetrated into the cave, complementing the light of the warm campfire.

Boom boom boom!
The sound of stones hitting each other continued to be heard, occasionally mixed with the sound of gravel falling "clattering".

In a short while, Xu Xingchen turned the small hole in the stone wall into a hole as tall as a person.

Taking a glance at the dark and narrow corridor, with the help of the skylight and the light from the campfire, I could vaguely see a white skeleton lying at the entrance, with two cold lights beside it, shining brightly under the light of the fire.

Looking closer, I discovered that the two flashes of cold light were actually the blades of two large axes.

After many years, the clothes and flesh on the skeleton owner have disappeared, but the two axes are still not rusted or corroded, which shows that their quality is extraordinary.

He took it in his hand and weighed it. It was at least 40 kilograms, very heavy. The skeleton owner must have had incredible strength when he was alive to be able to wield two such heavy axes.

He raised his hand and chopped the stone wall next to him with an axe. With a click, a piece of stone separated and fell. Even though Xu Xingchen was prepared, he was still surprised by the sharpness of the axe.

Looking at the traces of axes and chop marks on the stone walls surrounding the narrow passage, he sighed and said, "Only a few inches away is the boundary between life and death, but this person is desperate and has exhausted all his strength."

After waiting for a while, feeling that the foul air inside had dissipated a lot, Xu Xingchen picked up a spare torch from the side, put it into the campfire and lit it. After thinking about it, he took a few more torches with him.

The long and narrow corridor extends downward at an angle, and the ground is covered with gravel of various sizes.

Xu Xingchen held the torch and moved forward carefully. On the road, he encountered two more skeletons with their weapons dropped beside them.

After going more than ten feet deep and turning a corner, he soon came to a spacious cave.

After walking around the area, I realized that this cave was big enough to hold a thousand people. There were seven skeletons lying on the ground, and some weapons were scattered around, including long and short heavy weapons, as well as swords of various shapes.

"These seven skeletons, plus the three we saw in the corridor, make a total of ten. The number matches!"

Xu Xingchen looked up at the stone wall in front of him again, and sure enough, he saw the sixteen-character curse: "The Five Mountains Sword Sect is shameless and vulgar, unable to win in duels, and plotting against others to harm them."

Each character is as big as a millstone, with the strokes penetrating deep into the rocks, and the brushstrokes are tense and extremely sharp.

All around were various other curses against the Five Mountains Sword Sect, which were extremely filthy and unbearable to see or hear.

Standing in front of this stone wall, Xu Xingchen could more or less understand the grief, indignation, and extreme hatred that the ten elders of the Demon Cult felt after being plotted against.

"The life of a Jianghu person is indeed full of twists and turns. Life and death are just a matter of a thought!"

"If one day I am trapped in this cave, how can I survive?"

"Rely on the sword? Rely on inner strength?"

Xu Xingchen shook his head, constantly reminding himself in his heart that in this low-level martial arts world where martial arts cannot split mountains and seas, it is better to act with caution.

Turning around and walking to other stone walls, I saw pictures of human figures carved on them, in groups of two, there were probably hundreds or thousands of them; in each group of human figures, one person was wielding a sword, while another was using an axe, stick, knife, iron plate, judge's pen and other weapons, constantly trying to break the sword skills of the sword-wielding human figures.

Xu Xingchen took a few rough glances and quickly found the human-shaped diagram to crack the Huashan sword technique. He held up the torch and looked at it carefully. He saw that the Huashan sword technique on it had many more moves than the sword techniques he had learned, including many exquisite sword moves.

It’s a pity that they were all broken by the villain on the opposite side with just a stick!

Xu Xingchen watched and made a sound of admiration. He didn't know whether he was surprised or amazed, but he didn't feel panic or loss.

After six months of closed-door training, not only did his swordsmanship improve, but he also gained a deeper understanding of the charm of swordsmanship that he had comprehended. The "spirit" in charm actually refers to his spiritual power.

Ordinary people who practice martial arts, even if their internal strength is as strong as that of their master Yue Buqun, only transfer their internal strength to weapons to enhance the power of their moves.

But Xu Xingchen can mix spiritual power with his internal strength and transfer it to the tip of the sword, just like extending his perception from his body, turning the long sword into limbs.

In this way, he can accurately perceive the changes in the enemy's moves at any time during the battle, and adjust his attack angle in advance, making it impossible for the enemy to defend against it.

This was also the reason why, half a year ago, when he was dueling with his senior brother, Linghu Chong felt that his swordsmanship was always finding loopholes and cracks and was pervasive.

This state of mind can also be called "the unity of man and sword" in another way.

The charm of swordsmanship not only allows Xu Xingchen to be more observant and gain the upper hand in battle, but also has another effect on the mental state of others.

Why is it that when others use the same sword technique, there are only adjectives such as swift, elegant, and steady, but when he uses it, it seems to have life, vivid, and unpredictable?
This is actually the spiritual power he relies on in his swordsmanship, and its influence on other people's mental state. If we replace it with the word "hypnosis", everything becomes easy to understand.

Xu Xingchen possessed the charm of swordsmanship. Looking at the various moves on the stone wall that broke the Huashan swordsmanship, he naturally disagreed in his heart, and even wanted to make an evaluation: "The ten elders of the Demon Sect may have strong martial arts, but they have not yet glimpsed the door to superior martial arts; the moves are dead, but people are alive. Using dead moves to deal with living people, such behavior can only deal with those stubborn people who like to stick to the rules when practicing martial arts. Uh! Did I scold my master?"

Coming back to his senses, Xu Xingchen poked his temples with the hilt of the sword, then chuckled.

"By the way, if my master and his wife saw these things, I wonder what kind of expression would appear on their faces?!"

".I guess it will be very exciting!"

Collecting his thoughts, he carefully watched every move and every form on the stone wall, thinking constantly in his mind.

The reason why he practiced on the Cliff of Repentance for half a year and integrated the four sword techniques was to strengthen his main sword technique, so that he could come to this stone cave to absorb the moves of the Five Mountains Sword School as nutrients and strengthen his understanding of sword techniques.

Otherwise, if someone else came in and saw so many exquisite sword techniques on the walls of the cave, they would definitely try to learn all of them, but in the end, they would not be able to reach the peak of any sword technique.

While watching the sword moves and methods of breaking the sword on the stone wall, Xu Xingchen was thinking about how he should respond if he were to encounter those sword moves or those methods of breaking the sword.

While watching and thinking, he drew out his sword and practiced.

The torches in my hands were replaced one after another, and time passed quietly.

It was not until the last torch burned out and the cave fell into darkness that Xu Xingchen came to his senses.

I walked out of the cave by feeling the stone wall and returned to the Siguo Cliff above. When I came out, I saw the sky full of sunset glow and the wind was cold. It was considered a good day.

"Junior brother, here I come!"

With a shout, Linghu Chong's figure rushed up from below.

The mountain was covered with snow and had not yet melted. The path leading up to Siguo Cliff was already steep and difficult to walk on, and now it was even more icy and slippery, making the difficulty several times higher.

But Linghu Chong's steps were steady and his posture was graceful, without any signs of slipping or swaying.

Obviously, his body movements and footwork have improved a lot in the past six months.

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(End of this chapter)