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That morning, Li Mu demonstrated the Taishan beginner sword technique. This sword technique was ancient and unadorned, quite different from the Huashan sword technique. Although he felt that the Huashan beginner sword technique was superior, he still gained many insights from comparing the two.

He practiced the other basic sword techniques one by one before picking up the prepared food box and wine and heading towards the Cliff of Contemplation.

Linghu Chong was very happy to see him.

"After waiting for so long, my junior brother has finally arrived! For the past half month, my mouth has been so bland!" With that, he couldn't wait any longer and slapped open the mud seal. Instantly, a fragrant aroma of wine wafted out. Linghu Chong took a deep breath; he couldn't resist.

He gulped down several bowls in one go before exclaiming, "That was refreshing!"

Suddenly, he looked up and said, "Junior brother, I'll tell you a secret."

Seeing Linghu Chong's smug expression, Li Mu was taken aback. Could it be that Linghu Chong had discovered the secret cave that he had been searching for for so long? Last year, he had knocked on every door in the cave but still couldn't find it. He couldn't help but sigh.

"Senior brother, please speak!"

Linghu Chong's face lit up with a sense of pride: "Junior brother, your senior brother is not talented, but his internal energy is about to break through. When that happens, hehe... I will be a master of releasing true energy." He said this with great pride, but then he saw Li Mu looking at him with a strange expression.

Linghu Chong said, "Junior brother, I heard that you have also reached the fourth level, only half a year later than me. This time, your senior brother has taken the lead again."

Because he was told to keep a low profile during his return to the Mountain Peak, Li Mu's release of true energy was not publicized. Apart from his master and mistress, no one else knew about it. Hearing this, they were both amused and exasperated.

Without offering any explanation, he chuckled at Linghu Chong, then suddenly flicked his palm out from the air, the force striking a rock three feet away. The rock trembled, leaving a palm print an inch deep!

Linghu Chong's mouth gaped open, and he suddenly smiled bitterly, "I should have thought of that earlier. With your talent for internal energy, how could you not have reached this level?"

At this point, his expression gradually returned to normal, and he raised a bowl of wine: "Come, junior brother, since you've beaten me to it, let me offer you a bowl!"

Li Mu chuckled and raised his glass, saying, "Come on, let's wish Senior Brother a speedy breakthrough."

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Another half month passed, and Li Mu came to the Cliff of Contemplation again. As soon as he arrived, he heard a clear whistling sound coming from inside the cave. Li Mu knew that Linghu Chong had broken through his shackles and could release his true energy. From this day forward, he would be considered a master in the martial arts world.

To be fair, Li Mu deserves a lot of credit for Linghu Chong's well-preserved internal strength. If it weren't for Li Mu's provocations over the years, Linghu Chong wouldn't have been able to put in so much effort to cultivate his internal strength to this level.

Li Mu was also delighted and walked into the cave, where he saw Linghu Chong stand up, excitedly waving his arms and legs, and suddenly draw his long sword and start twirling it.

At this moment, Linghu Chong's Xi Yi sword technique became even more exquisite. When he used it, all that could be seen were flying sword shadows and sharp, cold light. The long sword changed unpredictably, yet no sound could be heard.

Suddenly, Linghu Chong felt a heat in his dantian, and a surge of internal energy flowed out, traveling upwards along the Du meridian. He felt his breath growing stronger and stronger, and his energy surged in his chest. Unable to hold back any longer, he let out a clear shout, and a white light flashed. His long sword suddenly thrust out, as fast as lightning. With a "creak," the long sword pierced the stone wall, disappearing all the way to the hilt.

Linghu Chong was shocked. He stared blankly at his right hand holding the sword, unable to believe that he had plunged the sword into the stone wall all the way to the hilt.

To achieve this, one must have poured immense and refined internal energy into the sword to create such power. Even his master and mistress might not be able to do it. He was momentarily stunned.

Li Mu was also dumbfounded. The protagonist was indeed the protagonist, with such incredible luck. It was a pity that he had searched for so long last year without success, only to be pierced through by this man's casual sword.

Seeing that Linghu Chong was motionless and standing there, Li Mu was too lazy to waste any more time. He snatched the long sword, reached out and pulled it out. Sure enough, the stone wall was only a thin layer, and just two or three inches away was the secret cave!

Li Mu pointed and said, "Senior brother, look, it seems to be empty inside."

Linghu Chong had also realized what was happening. He let out a long breath and curiously peered inside!

Li Mu brandished his longsword and shouted, "Senior brother, don't rush, I'll open it!"

After saying that, Li Mu unleashed his full power of the Purple Cloud Skill, and with a flick of his longsword, it shot out like a serpent, transforming into countless sword shadows that slashed towards the stone wall.

In an instant, sword shadows flew everywhere, stretching endlessly, and the sound of sword energy cutting through the air was deafening! Stone powder and particles flew everywhere, stirring up clouds of dust.

Then, the longsword was wielded faster and faster, the sound of it merging into one, and the opening of the cave gradually widened. Li Mu's hand did not stop, and in a full quarter of an hour, he carved out an opening four or five feet high. At this time, the longsword in his hand could no longer bear it and with a "crack", it broke in two. Li Mu held the broken sword and helplessly shrugged at Linghu Chong!

When Linghu Chong saw that his sword was broken, his face darkened, but he was even more shocked. He hadn't expected that his seventh junior brother's martial arts had become so advanced. If he were to fight him now, he probably wouldn't have a chance of winning.

The two waited at the cave entrance for most of the day until the foul smell inside had dissipated somewhat, then lit torches and ventured inside.

Inside was a narrow passage. In the torchlight, a skeleton lay on the ground, its clothes decayed into dust. This scene was completely unexpected by Linghu Chong.

He was startled and exclaimed, "Junior brother, could this actually be an ancient tomb?"

Li Mu understood Linghu Chong's feelings and replied, "It shouldn't be. Look at Siguo Cliff, it's bare and barren. The surrounding terrain and feng shui aren't good. Who would go to such lengths to build a tomb here?"

Linghu Chong agreed with Li Mu's reasoning and nodded in agreement.

The two men shone their torches to the side, and two enormous, gleaming axes came into view.

Li Mu casually picked up a handful of axe weighing about forty pounds, raised it, and chopped at the stone wall beside him. With a whoosh, a large piece of stone fell down, the cut surface being very smooth, like cutting tofu with a knife.

Linghu Chong also picked up a chopstick and chopped at the stone wall. The stone fell down with a thud, and he saw that there were also cut marks from the axe all around. He pondered for a moment and was stunned.

The two men carried torches as they descended the cave, which was covered in marks from axe cuts.

Linghu Chong exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that this person cut out the hole with a sharp axe? I wonder how he was imprisoned inside the mountain. It seems he wanted to break through the mountain, but he couldn't break through even a few inches before he died from exhaustion. It's such a pity."

Li Mu nodded: "It is indeed a pity that such a mountain road was carved out, and only a little bit was left. It was abandoned halfway."

Chapter 539 Five Sacred Mountains Stone Carvings

After a moment of reflection, the two walked another ten feet or so and saw two more skeletons on the ground, one sitting against the wall and the other curled up in a ball!

Turning left along the passageway, a huge stone cave appeared before us, large enough to hold a thousand people. Inside the cave were seven skeletons, some sitting and some lying down, each with weapons beside them.

Linghu Chong exclaimed in surprise, "This is the most important place in our Huashan Sect. How could there be so many dead people here?"

Li Mu said, "Senior brother, do you know that sixty years ago, our Five Mountains Sword Sect challenged the ten elders of the Demonic Sect?"

Linghu Chong asked in confusion, "I remember Master mentioning that all ten elders perished on Jade Maiden Peak of Mount Hua, and there are exactly ten corpses here. You mean..."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Very likely!"

The two men raised torches and went closer to examine the body. Besides the skeletons, there were many weapons scattered on the ground.

A pair of iron plaques, a pair of judge's pens, an iron rod, a copper rod, a weapon that looks like a thunderbolt, another is a three-pointed double-edged knife covered with wolf fangs, and there is a weapon that is neither a knife nor a sword, which I have never seen before.

Linghu frowned and said, "Our Huashan Sect never uses these weapons. Could you really be a member of the Demonic Sect?"

Before they could take a closer look, they went off to another place, where a long sword lay on the ground not far away.

Li Mu walked over, bent down and picked up a sword. The sword was shorter than a regular sword, but the blade was twice as wide. It was heavy in his hand. He said, "This is a sword used by the Mount Tai Sect."

Upon hearing this, Linghu Chong took the torch and shone it forward. There was another long sword. The blade was not sharpened, but the tip was extremely sharp. He exclaimed, "The sword of the Songshan Sect!"

As the two walked forward, more and more longswords appeared on the ground. Some had light and flexible spines, belonging to the Hengshan Sect. Others had curved blades, also belonging to the Hengshan Sect.

Linghu Chong suddenly cried out in surprise, pointing at a long sword and saying, "This is...this is the sword of our Huashan Sect. How come there are so many swords of our Five Mountains Sword Sect in this cave?"

Li Mu remained silent and continued walking forward. The two gradually arrived at a mountain wall on the right. Several feet above the ground, a large rock protruded from the wall, resembling a platform. There appeared to be writing beneath the rock.

The two raised their torches and shone them on the stone wall. They saw sixteen large characters carved on it: "The Five Mountains Sword Sect is shameless and despicable. They lose in martial arts competitions and resort to underhanded tactics to harm people."

Each character is about a foot square, carved deep into the rock with an extremely sharp blade, reaching several inches in depth. The sixteen characters are angular and sharp, exuding a tense and aggressive air.

The walls were covered with countless small characters engraved on the side, all of which were curses such as "despicable scoundrel," "utterly shameful," "incompetent," and "cowardly."

Linghu Chong was furious when he saw this and said angrily, "Those people are indeed not good people. They must have done bad things and were captured and imprisoned here by my Five Mountains Sword Sect. They carved some curses on the stone wall, but in the end, they still could not escape death!"

Li Mu didn't reply, but raised his torch and shone it on the stone wall to the side. He saw a line of words carved on it that read: "Fan Song and Zhao He broke the Hengshan Sword Technique here."

Beside this row were countless human figures, in pairs, one wielding a sword and the other an axe, densely packed together. Roughly counted, there were at least five or six hundred human figures. Clearly, it was the axe-wielding human figures who were breaking the swordsmanship of the sword-wielding human figures.

Li Mu watched the Hengshan sword technique, which was meticulous and rigorous, with each move being extremely exquisite. Some of the moves were ones he had never seen before. He was so engrossed in watching it that he suddenly heard a roar in his ear.

Linghu Chong angrily said, "Shameless madman, how dare you spout such nonsense! My Huashan sword technique is exquisite and profound, and there are only a handful of people in the world who can withstand it. Who would dare to say that it is broken? He dares to boast that he can break my Huashan sword technique. He is truly shameless. Junior brother, let's see how he breaks my Huashan sword technique."

Li Mu turned around and went to look. He saw a line of writing on the stone wall not far away: "Zhang Chengyun and Zhang Chengfeng have completely broken the Huashan Sword Technique." The writing was extremely arrogant.

Li Mu said thoughtfully, "Senior brother, don't be angry. Let's give it a try!"

He turned around and picked up the scattered copper rod on the ground. He and Linghu Chong approached the stone wall and observed it closely. They saw that the first move, a sword-wielding figure, was drawn with only a few strokes. The lines were very simple, but from the posture, it could be seen that it was the "Phoenix Comes to Pay Homage" move, which was the first sword technique of their sect. The sword was flying out, light and agile.

The opposing doll is holding a long stick, its posture is unusually clumsy.

Linghu Chong sneered, "As expected, you're just spouting nonsense. Our sect's move, 'The Phoenix Arrives,' contains five follow-up moves. How could this clumsy trick possibly break it?"

However, when Li Mu looked at the figure in the picture, he saw that the clumsy movements contained an inexhaustible and endless power. Although the move "The Phoenix Comes to Pay Homage" has five follow-up moves, the man's staff seemed to contain six or seven follow-up moves, which could easily deal with all the follow-up moves of "The Phoenix Comes to Pay Homage".

Linghu Chong was, after all, a master swordsman with exceptional talent in swordsmanship. He quickly realized this, but found it hard to believe at first, and silently deduced the reasoning in his mind.

This move, "The Phoenix Arrives," is quite ordinary in its technique, but its follow-up is extremely powerful. If the opponent is aware of the situation, they will block and dodge. If they are unable to break through it, the swordsman will suffer a great loss. This...this...this..."

He stared blankly at the two figures for what seemed like an eternity. He sighed, then turned his head to look at the second set of figures. He saw that the swordsman was using a move from his sect called "Welcoming Guests from the Pine Trees." His spirits immediately lifted. It had taken him a whole month to master this move, and it had become one of his signature moves in battle.

He felt a slight sense of apprehension amidst his excitement, fearing that his move would be countered again. When he looked at the figure wielding the staff, he saw that the figure had five staffs in total, which were used to strike five parts of the lower body of the figure wielding the sword.

He was momentarily stunned. How could there be five sticks? But upon seeing the stance of the person wielding the sticks, he immediately understood that these were not five sticks, but rather five consecutive strikes delivered in a single instant, targeting five points on the opponent's lower body. However, he was fast, and so was he; the opponent might not have had time to deliver five strikes in quick succession.

Thinking of this, Linghu Chong immediately shouted, "Junior brother, let's try this move."

Li Mu glanced at the stone carving, nodded in agreement, and the two stood facing each other.

Linghu Chong, sword in hand, gestured for Li Mu to make the first move. Li Mu, wielding a bronze staff, didn't hold back. With a flick of his staff, he created a series of staff shadows, striking five points on Linghu Chong's lower body.

Linghu Chong, sword in hand, frowned involuntarily. He felt that he couldn't use his "Welcoming Pine Tree" move no matter what he tried. The slightest movement was countered by the copper staff. His heart pounded, and he was filled with dejection. Could it be that even "Welcoming Pine Tree" had been broken? No, no…

Linghu Chong realized that if it was about breaking the sword technique, he should be the one to make the first move, not his junior brother. He immediately perked up and shouted, "Let's try again. This time I'll make the first move, and then you can break it."

Li Mu nodded. Seeing Linghu Chong thrust his sword at him, he followed the instructions drawn on the stone wall, lowered his shoulders and slid his feet, managing to dodge the sword in the nick of time. At the same time, his copper staff struck Linghu Chong's left knee.

Linghu Chong exclaimed in surprise, "Impossible! How could it be broken so easily?" He turned to look at the move on the stone wall and saw that the five staffs of the human figure wielding the staff were extremely fierce. Although there were only five variations, each one could hit his leg bone and shin bone heavily.

Looking further, one could see that the sword techniques carved on the stone wall were all the sect's signature moves, and the opponent had countered them all with ingenious and ruthless methods.

Linghu Chong saw the move "Boundless Falling Leaves" again and suddenly remembered that during the New Year last year, it snowed heavily. His master was in high spirits when he saw the snow falling and gathered a group of disciples to discuss swordsmanship. He then performed the move "Boundless Falling Leaves". At that time, his sword was faster than the last, and each sword strike hit a snowflake falling from the sky. Even his master's wife applauded and cheered.

The master's wife rarely submitted to anyone and often loved to compete with her master. Even she submitted to him, which shows how powerful the "Endless Falling Leaves" move was.

Later, after listening to my master's explanation, I learned that the name of this move comes from a line of Tang poetry, something like "Endless Falling Leaves," which seems to refer to the leaves falling from hundreds of trees. This sword technique also aims to take care of all directions in the same way.