Chapter 1: A Sword Through the Chest

  Early in the morning, a vast expanse of fog envelops Kongyu Mountain, with clouds and mist swirling around it, shrouding everything in a hazy veil. The warm sun rises lazily through the white fog, casting a shimmering glow on the snow-covered mountain road, making it seem like an otherworldly realm.

  This Kung Yu Shan is majestic and elegant, but hidden behind the Tian Shan, together with several other peaks forming a continuous range, it doesn't catch the eye, and no one knows its name. This mountain peak has stood for who-knows-how-many years, as if it had existed since ancient times.

  Although it is far from being as famous as Tian Shan and Yaochi in the secular world, Kong Yushan can be said to be an existence that no one knows and no one knows in the Xianxia world of Huaxia.

  Because on this mountain peak, there is the most mysterious sect of the Huaxia Xiuzhen world - the Foundry Sect.

  The origin of the Foundry Gate, in the Xiuzhen world, there are many different opinions. Some say it was founded 4,000 years ago by the mysterious Che Xuanxu old man; some say it emerged during the chaos caused by the demon head Xiao Bie's emotional turmoil in the Xiuzhen world; others say that this is just a Xiuzhen sect established less than 500 years ago... There is no unified conclusion.

  But it is such a school that emerged from nowhere, and it has the same reputation as Yu Xugong and Bodhi Zhai, enjoying the highest status of the five major schools in the Huaxia Country's Xiuzhen world!

  Inside the Foundry Gate, it is divided into three areas: Nei Men (Inner Gate), Wai Men (Outer Gate) and Zhushi Hall.

  The inner gate is in charge of alchemy, the outer gate is in charge of cultivation, and the main hall is a sacred place where the leader and core elders gather. In the Foundry Gate, the three areas are clearly divided, with distinct boundaries, and this setting has been passed down for many years.

  "The sun shines in the sky, flowers smile at me, little birds chirp..."

  A gentle melody with a hint of weariness wafted from the mountain peak, carried by the clear breeze to the square outside the temple gate, and slipped into the ears of the disciples who were meditating.

  In the square in front of the outer gate, a giant sword stands upright in the center, about 50-60 feet tall, with an icy crystal clear body. The texture of this sword is extremely smooth, although it was carved, but it can't be seen what kind of material it was cast from. It has been rumored among the disciples that this is a magic weapon once used by the founder of the sect, and after his ascension to immortality, it has been sealed here to protect the sect.

  Near the square on the right is the Chao Shen Temple, with golden hooks and jade pillars, where outer disciples come to contemplate the Tao. Often there is mist in the air above the main hall, which is extremely pure.

  At this moment, dozens of rush mats were placed around the Jade Carved Great Sword in the square. More than a dozen outer sect disciples were kneeling and sitting on them, facing the sword with their eyes closed, silently reciting something.

  This small tune mixed with jest and ridicule spread across the square, immediately shattering their meditation. Over a dozen people simultaneously opened their eyes, exchanging glances, all of them somewhat helpless.

  One of them, a lovely young girl in a green shirt, no more than twelve or thirteen years old, stood up and made a curtsy to the stairs leading to the mountain gate, saying: "Is it Brother Ling Fei who has come down from the mountain?"

  The inner gate is built on top of the outer gate, and can only be entered from the square along the stairs. The inner gate is several times larger than the outer gate, so it is also called the inner mountain. The "down the mountain" in this girl's mouth refers to coming out of the inner gate.

  "Huh, Qing Ling, how did you know it was me? Did you secretly record my voice and ponder over it every night?" Just then, a young man in his early twenties walked out of the circular gate on the stairs. He was eight feet tall, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and could be considered quite handsome. However, the smile on his face was somewhat sly, his chin slightly raised, and his eyes were full of an unruly air.

  As he spoke, the young man habitually yawned, looking like he hadn't woken up yet.

  The dozen or so people on the square immediately stood up and hastily paid their respects to the young man. However, after hearing Ling Fei's words, they couldn't help but have some facial muscles twitching.

  Who else but you, Ling Shixiong, would dare to be so loud and lawless in this sacred square!

  However, the girl who asked with a smile was now pale with fear, her pretty face flushing bright red: "Big Brother Master, you misunderstood..."

  Ling Fei waved his hand and said seriously, "Don't think that I'm being frivolous with you, I'm imparting the great way to you. Look, just a few words have already stirred you up like this, it seems your temperament still needs to be strengthened through tempering." The girl's face turned even redder, and she was about to speak when Ling Fei suddenly changed his tone, saying: "Alright, I'll be magnanimous and do a good deed. Hand over that treasured recording symbol of yours, and I'll record ten or eight segments for you. Listen to them every night, ponder carefully, and strive to touch the great way as soon as possible."

  The girl's pretty face was like a sunset on the horizon, she lowered her head and didn't dare speak again.

  Ling Fei burst out laughing and stopped teasing her, instead waving his hand and rubbing the sleep from the corners of his eyes. "You all sit down," he said with a yawn. "I didn't sleep at all last night, thinking deeply for a long time, and I've created an extraordinary artifact that will shock heaven and earth and move ghosts and gods. Now I'm going out the mountain gate, and when I come back, we'll have a deeper discussion about the Way of Heaven."

  "See off elder brother." More than a dozen people immediately dispersed and sent him off, their expressions seemingly respectful. But the corners of their mouths, however, revealed the joy in their hearts.

  Ling Fei Shixiong, finally going down the mountain again!

  We must gather all the outer disciples of the six generations for a grand celebration that will last three days and three nights, no, ten days and ten nights!

  In the Foundry Gate, whether it was the outer gate or the inner gate, almost all of the six generations of disciples knew Ling Fei's great name.

  The reason is none other than the gatekeeper's closed-door disciple, a talented and gifted craftsman, a waste that cannot cultivate true yuan power, a reckless and unbridled rogue in the cultivation world, a first junior who disregards etiquette, a self-proclaimed beauty of the cultivation world...

  So many halos surround him, Ling Fei doesn't want to be famous, it's really hard.

  He walked across the long arch bridge, and after exchanging a few playful words with the guardian boy at the entrance, he lightly raised his hand, and with a soft whoosh, a burst of green light flashed by, and the mountain gate's illusionary barrier opened with a loud rumble. With one step forward, he had already walked out of Kongyu Mountain.

  "It's still better to be out in the world." Ling Fei stretched his waist, looking at the vast expanse of white in front of him, shaking his head, and was about to use the Spirit Symbol to ride the wind.

  Just then, a soft shout came from behind Ling Fei, startling him.

  "You scoundrel, you've finally shown up!"

  Only a dozen or so meters away, a woman in all pink clothes was standing with her sword in hand.

  Delicate willow eyebrows, vermilion phoenix eyes, lips like crimson dots, pupils like morning stars. This woman's face is as smooth as powdered makeup, extremely beautiful and charming. But at this moment, her willow eyebrows are standing upright, her eyes flashing with mist, grasping a long sword, and she gazes at Chu Hao with an angry expression.

  Ling Fei was first startled, then delighted, and said: "Liu Mei'er, how are you here? Did you come specifically to wait for me?"

  Seeing him like this, the woman in pink clothes was even more furious, pointing her long sword at him and shouting: "The lady has been waiting for you here for a month, did you come specifically to wait for you?!"

  "What's gotten into you!" Ling Fei's face lit up with joy, seemingly oblivious to the anger on the woman's face. He walked towards her, removing his outer garment as he went, and said lovingly: "Mei'er, your deep feelings for me are something I, Ling Fei, don't deserve. On this Kongyu Mountain where snowflakes dance in the air and the cold is biting, you mustn't catch a chill."

  As he spoke, he ignored the long sword in the woman's hand and was about to put his outer garment on Liu Mei'er's shoulders.

  Liu Mei'er had wanted to hand over the sword several times, but looking at him like that, her heart softened. Holding back tears, Liu Mei'er stubbornly retreated a few steps, dodging his outer garment and coldly said: "Don't think that by doing this you can make me forgive you, tell me, what is your relationship with Han Yan of the Jade Void Palace?"

  Ling Fei's face changed greatly, and he said: "Han Yan? Mei Er, don't randomly guess, I'm just discussing the Tao with her, it's a clean and pure relationship between fellow disciples! You're not unclear about my character, would I do something to wrong you?"

  Upon hearing this, the mist in Liu Mei's eyes surged up even more. She said loudly: "Do you think I'm easy to deceive? On Qixi Festival that day, you didn't come see me, but instead went to see that little tramp, right? It's also said that you gave her a Guilian lamp made by your own hands, is it true or not?"

  Ling Fei's back was cold with sweat, and he silently cursed in his heart. How did this little girl know about such a secret? However, Ling Fei was an old hand at dealing with situations like this, so he quickly laughed it off and said painfully: "Mei Er, my love for you is stronger than gold, but hearing you say these words really hurts me! Don't listen to the rumors spread by jealous people. This time I came out of seclusion specifically to find you. You see that I haven't slept all night, it's because I was thinking of you. Ah, Han Yan and I are just acquaintances, why would I give her an ancient lotus lamp? Even if I wanted to give one, I would give it to you!"

  "Is it?" Liu Meier sneered with a slight smile.

  Seeing this smile, Ling Fei was somewhat stunned, and a wave of unease surged up in his heart. In the past, this trick of using suffering to one's advantage had never failed, but what was going on with this little girl today? She wasn't taking the bait at all?

  Thinking of her waiting here for a month, Ling Fei's heart was moved and he was about to speak when another cold and clear voice rang out: "Ling Fei, you scoundrel! In your mouth, am I just that despicable person? You unfeeling and ungrateful rascal!"

  Turning her head, she didn't know when a woman appeared on the right side of Liu Mei'er. She was dressed in white clothes like snow and fluttered like an immortal. At this moment, a beautiful face that was too good to be true was filled with tears pouring down.

  "Frosty smoke?!"

  Ling Fei's soul flew away, and her body scattered. Grandfather's, these two little girls have colluded with each other, appearing one after another, obviously bullying me for not having true yuan power, can't feel it!

  Facing this situation, Ling Fei's thick skin also became extremely embarrassed. He forced a smile and said: "So you two have been sisters for a long time, this is a great surprise! Mei Er, you're not like yourself at all, why didn't you tell me about this earlier? You deserve to be spanked!" As he spoke, taking advantage of the two women's shyness, he quickly recited an incantation and prepared to retreat back into the mountain gate and make a quick escape.

  "Shameless!"

  The two women would not let him leave so easily, Liu Mei'er was both ashamed and angry, at this moment she hated Ling Fei deeply, with one sword stroke she stabbed towards Ling Fei without showing any mercy.

  "Willow, stop! Ling Fei doesn't have true yuan power, he can't dodge it!"

  Han Yan was shocked and opened his mouth just in time to stop her, but Liu Mei's long sword had already pierced through Ling Fei's chest like a hot knife through butter.

  Blood splattered everywhere!

  Under the sword's edge, like a delicate and beautiful peony in full bloom...

  One sword thrust out, and Liu Mei'er's mind also cleared up a lot. Hearing Han Yan's loud shout, she suddenly remembered that Ling Fei didn't have any true yuan power at all!

  Liu Mei'er's face lost its color as she stared at Ling Fei, who was pierced through the chest by a sword. She felt like her heart was being ripped out, and tears streamed down her face. Her mouth opened: "I... I..."

  Feeling the pain in his chest, and the gradually disappearing vitality, Ling Fei smiled wryly and said: "Don't be sad, I'm just an ordinary person, without any true yuan power, birth, aging, sickness, and death are all part of the cycle of life...". He reached into his bloody clothes and pulled out a small pot, panting urgently, Ling Fei said: "Mei'er, this is what I want to give you, the Heaven-Defying Earth-Shattering Dry Kun Pot..."

  "No, I don't want anything else, just you..."

  Listening to the last two hoarse and mournful cries by his ear, Ling Fei's hand loosened, and he gradually lost consciousness...

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