The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 74 Feng Qingyang: I once fought with Lin Yuantu
In the cave, a bonfire was burning, emitting red and yellow jumping light.

Linghu Chong and Feng Qingyang sat face to face, eating the food in their bowls.

After finishing the meal, Feng Qingyang looked at Linghu Chong who was clearing the dishes and asked, "Tell me, what's so special about your junior brother's true qi?"

Linghu Chong put the bowl and chopsticks into the food box, closed the lid, and put it in a corner, waiting for his fellow apprentice to come up and deliver the meal tomorrow and take it down the mountain.

"Although Junior Brother is still using the Huashan Sword Technique, I can feel that his sword technique has broken away from the restrictions of moves and has reached the state where no moves are better than moves."

Feng Qingyang listened to this irrelevant answer and snorted: "With his talent, it is normal for him to reach this level. However, based on this alone, he should not be able to beat Dugu Jiujian!"

Linghu Chong returned to sit beside the stone and continued, "Junior Brother's true energy can greatly increase his sword speed. Later in the duel, my eyes could no longer follow the changes in his sword light. If it weren't for my good ability to hear the wind and judge the position, I would have been defeated by Junior Brother long ago."

Feng Qingyang frowned, with a puzzled look on his face: "The Dugu Nine Swords, the key is to strike quickly, so that you can take the initiative and prevent your opponent from using a complete set of moves. In this world, there are very few martial arts that can compete with the Dugu Nine Swords; but if you want to talk about martial arts that are faster than the Dugu Nine Swords..."

At this point, his expression suddenly became serious: "Unless."

Seeing that Grand Master Feng stopped talking after saying "unless", Linghu Chong couldn't help but ask curiously, "Grand Master, unless what?"

Feng Qingyang turned his head and stared at Linghu Chong, and asked seriously, "How fast is your junior brother's sword? Is it so fast that it scares you?"

Linghu Chong tilted his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No!"

Feng Qingyang asked again: "Is his body movement fast? Does he look like a ghost? Does his aura seem strange and cold?"

Linghu Chong shook his head again: "Junior Junior Brother's movements are very fast, but they are elegant and ethereal. There is no sense of weirdness, and certainly not the speed of a ghost. Grand Master, what exactly do you want to say?"

"Strange? It's not?" Feng Qingyang was a little confused, and the solemn expression on his face disappeared: "Nothing, I just thought of something!"

Feng Qingyang's gaze shifted from Linghu Chong to the jumping bonfire, and he sighed, "In my life, I have only met two or three masters who can be called my rivals. Among them, one of them has a swordsmanship that is faster than my Dugu Nine Swords."

Linghu Chong immediately became interested and added two sticks of dry wood to the campfire. He asked curiously, "Uncle Taishi, who is that person? What sword technique is he using?"

Feng Qingyang didn't keep anyone in suspense and said bluntly: "That man is the founder of Fuwei Escort Agency, Lin Yuantu!"

Linghu Chong's eyes lit up and he said quickly, "Uncle Taishi, I have heard of this man. It is said that he was once a senior monk in the Shaolin Temple in Putian. Later, he returned to secular life and relied on his sword technique to defeat evil spirits. Uncle Taishi, the martial arts you are talking about are Lin Yuantu's sword technique to defeat evil spirits?"

"That's right!" Feng Qingyang nodded. "I had competed with Lin Yuantu several times in the past, but we couldn't decide the winner. However, his sword technique of exorcising evil spirits left a deep impression on me and I still remember it to this day."

Linghu Chong laughed and said, "Uncle Grandmaster, when the Exorcist Sword Technique is performed, could it be that it is like a ghost, strange and sinister?"

"You are right!" Feng Qingyang turned to look at Linghu Chong and said sternly, "When an ordinary person fights with Lin Yuantu, his eyes blur and he is stabbed by the sword. From beginning to end, he can't even react. Can you imagine how fast that is?"

Linghu Chong imagined the scene in his mind and couldn't help but gasp. He asked in doubt, "Uncle Grand Master, is the Exorcist Sword Technique really that fast?"

"Otherwise, I would say he is as swift as a ghost?" Feng Qingyang recalled the past duels with him and said calmly: "I practiced Dugu Nine Swords to the great perfection realm, and I thought I would never meet a rival in the world. But I met Lin Yuantu. Several duels were extremely dangerous. If I was careless, I would be defeated."

Linghu Chong didn't know what to say, but he murmured to himself with some longing, "After hearing what Grand Master said, I really want to see the power of the Exorcist Sword Technique in the future!"

Feng Qingyang shook his head and said, "You are yearning for it now, but when you see the strange and terrifying nature of the Exorcist Sword Technique, you will no longer have this yearning!"

The two people's chat was heard outside the cave amid the crackling sound of the campfire and quickly disappeared in the biting cold wind.

Xu Xingchen waited for several days on another mountain, but Uncle Feng Taishi did not come. He knew that the possibility of Uncle Feng Taishi taking action was very slim!

So he collected his thoughts, recorded his "Yin Yang Yuan Magnetic Magic Skill" on paper, bound it into a book with thread, and then took it with him and floated down the mountain.

It was a sunny morning when he came down the mountain.

When they returned to the front mountain, several fellow apprentices were gathered in the courtyard of their master and his wife to participate in the monthly sword-fighting competition.

This contest excluded the eldest brother Linghu Chong and the youngest brother Xu Xingchen. The martial arts and swordsmanship of these two guys were ridiculously strong, and they were completely not on the same level as the others. After several battles, they were defeated quickly and inexplicably. After that, all the brothers were unwilling to compete with them.

There’s no way, it’s so depressing!
Seeing that the young junior brother came down the mountain for a rare occasion, the other senior brothers, except for the two who were fighting with swords in the yard, greeted him one after another.

Senior Sister Yue Lingshan looked up at Xu Xingchen and said angrily, "Junior Brother, your head seems to be still growing higher and higher. It really won't stop growing!"

Xu Xingchen responded with a smile, then came to Yue Buqun and his wife and bowed to them respectfully: "Greetings, Master and Master's Wife!"

"Xingchen, you finally came down the mountain!" "Xingchen, you've grown a lot taller!"

Yue Buqun and his wife looked at Xu Xingchen with relief and surprise. They hadn't seen this little disciple for three months. They didn't expect that when they met, they would find that he was just as the other disciples had said. He had grown a lot taller and was taller than all of them.

Xu Xingchen smiled, turned around and stood aside, watching the competition with other senior brothers and senior sister Yue Lingshan.

The two people fighting with swords in the field were the fourth senior brother Shi Daizi and the sixth senior brother Lu Dayou.

Shi Daizi held two swords in his hands and moved quickly around the field. He used the Xiyi sword technique with his long sword and added a Huashan sword technique with his short sword from time to time. One was the main and the other was the auxiliary, clearly distinguished, yet they coordinated seamlessly.

Lu Dayou's body was like a monkey, jumping and leaping, and he used a set of Xiyi sword techniques in his hands, which was really fast, fierce and imposing.

The contest between the two was exciting and full of clever moves, which caused the other brothers outside the court to cheer and applaud.

After dozens of rounds of competition, Shi Daizi finally won the competition by one move.

Next are the third senior brother Liang Fa and the fifth senior brother Gao Genming.

Liang Fa used the Yangwu sword technique, which had regular moves and a solemn atmosphere, combining attack with defense and defense with attack.

Gao Genming's sword technique in his right hand was swift and fierce, and the abacus beads in his other hand shot out. The air passed through the hole in the center of the abacus beads, making a shrill whistling sound.

Unlike those masters of hidden weapons who scatter and shoot beads like a rain of flowers indiscriminately, Gao Genming fires the abacus beads one by one, always suddenly shooting out from angles that others can't expect, hitting the target with precision.

If facing other opponents of the same level, he would definitely make the opponent flustered and fall into his trap accidentally.

But facing Liang Fa’s tight defense, he was helpless!
In the end, the two fought for hundreds of rounds and ended in a draw.

After them came Senior Sister Yue Lingshan and Eighth Senior Brother Ying Bailuo.

One of them used the Yangwu sword technique, which was both offensive and defensive; the other one used the Jade Girl sword technique, which was swift and sharp.

Ying Bailuo was finally defeated by Yue Lingshan's unexpected sword technique!
Afterwards, several people took turns competing to familiarize themselves with various sword techniques.

Later, several people also used the sword techniques of the other four sects of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, as well as the moves of the Demon Sect elders to break the various sword techniques of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, aiming to expand their horizons and increase their experience in fighting the enemy.

These were all things that Yue Buqun and his wife tacitly agreed to, but Sect Leader Yue also issued a strict order that when outside the house, no one was allowed to perform martial arts from other sects, unless they were faced with a life-or-death situation and had no other choice but to do so.

After several people took turns competing, Yue Buqun continued to give instructions. After all, he was a veteran who had been in the martial arts world for many years, and he could always find some flaws and loopholes in the martial arts of several disciples.

After the instruction, Yue Buqun changed the subject and said, "It just so happens that your junior apprentice brother has come back from the mountain today. The six of you can practice the Huashan Round Dance Sword Formation and let your junior apprentice brother give you some pointers!"

Five senior brothers and one senior sister responded loudly!

Xu Xingchen naturally would not refuse, and walked to the center of the venue first. The other six people gathered around him, and six long swords were unsheathed with a clang.

"Junior brother, please give me some advice!"

"Little Junior Brother, be careful!"

"Junior brother, look at the sword!"

Several people gave warnings, and then the long swords in their hands stabbed out quickly. Six long swords pointed at Xu Xingchen's throat, chest, waist and ribs, vest, back of the head and other six parts.

The six people's swordsmanship was swift and fierce, but Xu Xingchen's sword was even swifter and more fierce than theirs.

A move called "Dense Ancient Cypresses" was performed, and the seemingly chaotic sword light was like the lush branches of ancient cypresses, lashing and piercing in all directions, not only interrupting the attack of the six people, but also attacking in the opposite direction.

Faced with this astonishingly powerful sword, the six people remained calm and each looked towards their own direction. The six sword lights connected into a complete circle, intercepting all the oncoming sword lights.

Afterwards, the circle split into six "white rainbow piercing the sun" of sharp sword lights, surrounding Xu Xingchen in the center, spiraling and pressing inward.

When the six spiraling "White Rainbow Piercing the Sun" sword lights were blocked and collapsed, they soon formed into six "Phoenix Coming" attack sword techniques and pounced fiercely on the central target.

Six people, six swords, sometimes they use "Golden Goose Flying Across the Sky", flying clockwise and obliquely; sometimes they use "Pine Trees Welcoming Guests", attacking the center from all directions; sometimes they use "White Clouds Emerging from the Mountains", six sword lights connected into a mist, rolling and rolling; sometimes they use "Boundless Falling Trees", sword lights descend from the sky, like a fence cage, pressing towards the center step by step.
Six people, six swords, all using one of the Huashan Thirteen Swords moves at the same time. Their movements are synchronized and the scene is extremely beautiful, but the danger and terror involved is felt most deeply by the person in the center of the sword formation!
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