The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 35 Go down the mountain! Go down the mountain!
It's noon in spring and the sun is shining brightly!

The warmth shone on Xu Xingchen and Linghu Chong.

Linghu Chong flipped through the book in his hand and said with a sigh, "These sword techniques have discarded many complicated and varied moves. They are simple and easy to learn. Can a sword formation composed of such sword moves really work?"

Xu Xingchen said: "Didn't I just say that this is the first version and also a rudimentary sword formation? Let the brothers make do with it for now."

After a pause, he continued, "After all, they don't have the adventures you, the eldest brother, have, nor the abilities I have, nor the martial arts of our master and mistress. Learning more skills can save their lives at critical moments!"

In the world of the gold-based books that he knew, there were many sects that knew how to use sword formations, but there were only two types that impressed him the most.

One is the Tiangang Beidou Formation created by Wang Chongyang, who founded the Quanzhen Sect.

One is the Zhenwu Seven-Section Formation created by Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of Wudang.

These two sword formations emphasize team tactics and combine multiple swords into one. When used, a second-rate master can defeat a first-rate master, and a first-rate master can defeat a top master. Their power is extremely strong.

Since the passing of Wang Chongyang, the Seven Quanzhen disciples of the Quanzhen Sect have relied on the Tiangang Big Dipper Formation to contend with the Five Great Masters of the World, suppress the turmoil in the martial arts world, and maintain their reputation as the world's number one sect.

The Zhenwu Seven-Section Formation created by Zhang Sanfeng is even more powerful. When two people perform it, the power is doubled. When three people perform it, the power is doubled again. After that, the power is doubled for each additional person. When seven people perform it at the same time, it is equivalent to sixty-four masters attacking together. It is simply terrifying.

Unfortunately, from beginning to end in the book, this set of Zhenwu Seven-Section Formation was never used once.
Although Xu Xingchen had a high opinion of himself, he did not dare to be compared with the two masters who had roamed the martial arts world for decades and defeated all their rivals. He originally thought that the sword formation he created could have one tenth of the effect of those two sword formations. In the end, even this was a luxury.

He lacks too much experience.
So, he settled for the second best, and then the second best, and created the "Huashan Round Dance Sword Formation".

The concept of this sword formation is derived from the geometric shape of "circle".

Xu Xingchen treated the area around a person as a circle. When facing a powerful enemy, since a person could not defend against attacks from all directions, he would just defend in one direction.

When two people perform this move, they divide a circle into two halves. You defend one half and I defend the other half. Each of you can flexibly change the direction of defense by rotating your feet and staggering your bodies.

When three people perform it, the circle is divided into three parts; when four people perform it, it is divided into four parts. Until seven people perform it, it is divided into seven parts!

The more people there are, the more powerful the sword formation will be, and the more enemies it can deal with.

However, due to the limitations of his vision and experience, Xu Xingchen was unable to have multiple people perform overly complicated sword moves at the same time, so he removed the complicated and varied parts of the Huashan swordsmanship, leaving only simple, fast, and coordinated moves.

Because it is based on the "circle" principle, and the bodies of the people rotate and intertwine like dancing, he named it the "Circle Dance Sword Formation."

In Xu Xingchen's conception, this sword formation could only initially integrate the strength of several senior brothers, making their swordsmanship regular and orderly, so that they could calmly deal with the attacks of strong enemies or multiple enemies.

The most appropriate metaphor is "using five fingers to make a fist to hit someone."

As for adding tiger fingers, spikes, or even magic attacks to this fist, forget it.

"Big Brother, please pass it to Master!"

Faced with his junior fellow apprentice's request, Linghu Chong readily agreed.

Soon, Yue Buqun's six disciples, including his daughter Yue Lingshan, began to practice the "Round Dance Sword Formation" together.

As for Linghu Chong and Xu Xingchen, they were naturally excluded.

It doesn't matter if I don't mention my second brother Lao Denuo! As time went by, Yue Buqun began to feel that Huashan was too cold and lonely, and he wanted to recruit more disciples.

Xu Xingchen occasionally went down the mountain to meet his master, his mistress, his fellow brothers and sisters, and taught them how to practice the "Round Dance Sword Formation". The rest of the time, he wandered around the mountains, like a dragon whose head can only be seen but not its tail.

He once again immersed himself in a state of ecstasy in his solitary practice.
Holding a specially customized 20-jin "heavy" sword, he swam freely among the mountains, waved it in the wind in the dense forest, resisted the heavy pressure under the waterfall, practiced swordplay at the bottom of the pool, and forgot himself on the top of the mountain.
He would also cause trouble for the bee colonies, provoking the buzzing bees.

Faced with hundreds of flying bees chasing him, he fled in a panic while wielding his heavy sword to protect his body.

After a while, when he was able to handle the siege of the bees without getting hurt, he used the heavy sword to stab the bodies of the bees.

After a while, he used a heavy sword to cut off the wings of the bees.
As time went by, year after year, I changed my heavy sword one after another!
Xu Xingchen gradually grew taller than the other brothers, and his muscles swelled up like balloons.

He usually looks ordinary when he is wearing clothes, but when he takes off his clothes and dives into the deep pool to practice sword, one can see his perfect body with a monkey-like back, slim waist and long limbs.

Swing the heavy sword to stir up the undercurrent at the bottom of the pool, or stand under the waterfall and raise the sword to resist the rush of water.
The smooth lines of the muscles will show amazing explosive power and incredible endurance that are extremely beautiful.

In this state of oblivion, his internal strength improved extremely rapidly, and his swordsmanship improved by leaps and bounds.

Until one day, when he used a 30-jin sword to cut off the wings of hundreds of wasps surrounding him without hurting their bodies, he murmured, "I should be able to deal with that kind of swordsmanship now."

This year, Xu Xingchen is fifteen years old!

After returning to the mountain to rest for a few days, Xu Xingchen went to Yue Buqun's room, bowed to his master and mistress, and said straight to the point: "Master, mistress, I am ready to go down the mountain to gain experience!"

Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that their disciple had finally returned to normal status from a "man seeking the truth in the mountains."

Looking at the youngest disciple who was taller than himself, Yue Buqun was filled with emotion. He was silent for a long time before asking, "Have you thought it through?"

Xu Xingchen replied seriously: "Yes! Disciple has already thought about it!"

Yue Buqun did not hesitate: "If that's the case, go ahead!"

Ning Zhongze warned, "When you get to the foot of the mountain, remember to be cautious and be careful of the evildoers' despicable tricks!"

Xu Xingchen said gratefully: "Thank you for your concern, Master and Madam. I often listen to my brothers telling stories about their travels in the martial arts world, so I dare not neglect them at all!"

Before leaving, Yue Buqun suddenly said another sentence.

"After you go down the mountain, if you meet Laudno, remember to be careful of him."

"If he dares to attack you, you don't have to show mercy!"

Xu Xingchen pretended to be surprised but didn't ask any more questions. He hesitated for a moment, then replied, "Yes, Master!"

None of the three people in the room could have imagined that Yue Buqun's last words would actually come true.
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