The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 34 Xu Xingchen: My head is empty
As winter goes and spring comes, new green gradually grows.

Within a few days, the sun suddenly became strong and warm, melting the last of the snow on the mountain.

The cliff of Siguo is still bare.

In the open space next to them, two figures fought quickly, the swords flashed as fast as the wind, and the sound of clanging was endless.

A quarter of an hour later, the two men stopped fighting and sheathed their swords.

Linghu Chong smiled bitterly: "Little Junior Brother, what did you get today?"

After staying on the Cliff of Repentance for more than half a year, Xu Xingchen has grown a lot taller, almost the same height as his senior brothers, and his thin body has become more robust than before.

Wisdom gleamed in his eyes, and he said with a smile: "Good harvest, these few moves are almost perfect!"

"That's it, that's good!"

Linghu Chong took the gourd from his waist, tilted his head back and gulped down a few mouthfuls. The mountain breeze blew, and his hair and clothes fluttered, looking very elegant.

Seeing this, Xu Xingchen praised: "Big Brother is becoming more and more like the Drunken Swordsman!"

Linghu Chong laughed loudly twice, put the cork back in, put away the wine gourd, shook his head and said, "That sounds nice, but I dare not let Master and Master's Wife hear it, otherwise, they will scold me again!"

Xu Xingchen smiled and changed the subject, expressing his deep feelings: "I thought it would take a lot of time to create the skill, especially for a multi-person sword formation. There are many difficulties and challenges. It is really a big challenge for me. But with the help of Senior Brother, the time has been shortened by a lot."

Linghu Chong said, "Junior brother, you are very talented and intelligent, far superior to the common people like us who only know how to practice the skills of our predecessors. It is an honor for me to help you a little bit."

At this point, he revealed a helpless smile: "It's just that, Junior Brother, you challenged me to sword fights too often. Please leave me some time to go down the mountain and get some wine!"

Xu Xingchen showed an embarrassed look on his face, clasped his fists and said, "Big Brother, I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

"From the tone of your words, your apology is not sincere!" Linghu Chong burst into laughter. "But it doesn't matter. Master has decided to send me down the mountain to do something. Although the task is not difficult, it will take a lot of time. I estimate that I can only be free outside for a month or two."

Xu Xingchen was surprised for a moment, congratulated him a few times, and finally said: "After we go down the mountain, Senior Brother, you must be careful when drinking, so as not to be drugged by the evildoers!"

"Don't worry! Don't worry!" Linghu Chong waved his hands, looking nonchalant: "I understand all this!"

After chatting for a while, Linghu Chong went down the mountain.

Xu Xingchen returned to the cave and saw a lot of papers spread out on the big rock, as well as some pens, inkstones and brushes placed in the corner. He couldn't help but sigh and smile.

After completing the dual sword cultivation method taught by his master and his mistress, he rested for a few days and then began his research on multi-person sword formations.

However, things did not go smoothly.

When studying the sword techniques for dual cultivation of men and women, it seemed that he had used up all the insights and wisdom he had accumulated about Huashan sword techniques in the past few years; now when he studied the multi-person sword formation, his mind was often empty and he could not find a clue.

Even if I learn more Taoist knowledge.
Even if there are many sword techniques of the Five Mountains Sword Sect in the stone cave in the mountain belly, as well as the essence of martial arts of the ten elders of the Demon Sect, you can watch.
Even if it's just to practice with the senior brother every now and then, to enhance the understanding of various sword techniques and martial arts.
Xu Xingchen's research still inevitably hit a bottleneck.

He knows what's going on.
There is an old saying: Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles.

There is also an old saying: What you learn from books is always shallow, you must practice it yourself to truly understand it!

Just looking at the sword techniques and martial arts on the stone wall, and only sparring with the eldest brother, the number of people he could come into contact with was still too few.

In a nutshell, he needs to go down the mountain to gain experience, to experience more people and things, and to learn more martial arts.
This is true, but Xu Xingchen still has some concerns in his heart. He is worried that when he goes down the mountain for the trial, there will be another strong enemy attacking. How should the brothers deal with it? He doesn't want to go down the mountain and find that there are fewer brothers on the mountain after returning. That would be too sad.

After much thought, he decided to first create a simple sword formation that could initially unite the strength of several senior brothers and Senior Sister Yue Lingshan, as a means of self-protection when they encounter strong enemies in the future.

With his goal lowered, Xu Xingchen's research quickly got on track with the help of his senior brother's "Nine Swords of Dugu".

He wrote and drew in the cave every day, studied and thought, and then went to the open space outside the cave to practice, explore, add, subtract and improve his works.

The other brothers who delivered meals on behalf of the eldest brother were forbidden by the master to enter the cave to "disturb the thoughts of the younger brother". Every time they came to the cliff to deliver meals, they could only call out from outside the cave.

When Xu Xingchen went out to eat, he would often chat with several senior brothers to learn about the situation on the mountain and below the mountain.

The situation at the foot of the mountain is not bad. Although there are still people doing evil in Huashan, most of them are strong men who have fled here from other places. They fight alone and show off their bravery. They can't cause much harm and are easy to deal with.

Apart from that, there was no more incident like last time where large groups of powerful forces came to provoke!

The mountain is currently very quiet, only the second senior brother Lao Denuo is not there.

According to the master, the second brother, Lao Denuo, has become a member of the Songshan Sect. He told the disciples to be careful when seeing Lao Denuo in the future.
This incoherent statement left several senior brothers confused.

They couldn't understand why the second brother, who was usually hardworking and had a very good personality, would betray the sect and join the Songshan Sect?
He also couldn't understand why his master would remind him and others to "be careful and cautious" when they meet his second brother Lao Denuo in the future?
Could it be that the second brother, after his betrayal, still harbors ill intentions towards them?

The brothers couldn't figure out the reason, and it was difficult to ask their master for details, so they could only keep their doubts to themselves.

These days, when I came to Siguo Cliff to deliver food and chatted with my junior brother, I inadvertently mentioned this matter and still looked confused.

"Little Junior Brother, what do you think Master means?"

"Second Senior Brother, why did he defect to Songshan Sect?"

Facing the doubts of his fellow apprentices, Xu Xingchen put on the same confused expression as them, but secretly criticized his master in his heart, saying that he really only cared about killing and not burying.
In addition to chatting, there is also sword fighting!
After more than half a year of hard training, the swordsmanship of several senior brothers has improved greatly. When they go up to the Cliff of Repentance, they are always eager to try and compete with the younger junior brothers.

Xu Xingchen naturally fulfilled their wish and competed with each senior brother for a long time until they were tired and didn't want to fight anymore and called a stop to the competition on their own.

As a result, they found out nothing except that their junior brother's swordsmanship was becoming increasingly unfathomable.

Spring is in full bloom in March.
After finishing his work, Linghu Chong returned to the mountain. In the evening of the next day, he carried a food box and a wine gourd and went up to the Cliff of Repentance.

The two of them ate and drank, and after some casual chatting, Xu Xingchen handed a book to Linghu Chong.

"Huashan Round Sword Dance Formation?"

Linghu Chong looked at the six big characters on the cover of the book, raised his head, and asked in astonishment: "Junior Brother, is the sword formation completed?"

Xu Xingchen frowned and sighed: "It can be considered as the first edition!"

　Collect, follow, recommend, and thank all the handsome guys and beautiful girls for their help!

(End of this chapter)