Chapter Five: Swordsmanship

  "Alas, my master is indeed... *sigh*!" Having gained so many benefits, this little guy still pretended to be nonchalant and let out a sigh, imitating Mo Xiu's mannerisms as he patted his buttocks. He then gazed in the direction where Mo Xiu had disappeared without a reason, and unexpectedly, a feeling of loneliness rose up in his heart.

  However, he did not know that at this time, on a giant pine tree in the pine forest, two middle-aged men were standing. One of them was slender and had black hair and beard, with a round face and a warm smile, looking very kind. The other was a thin old man wearing a green Taoist robe, with a shriveled small face and a pair of green bean eyes staring straight ahead. If Kong Zhong saw these two people, he would be greatly surprised, because they were the current leader of the Luo Fu Sect, Ling Ga Shangren, and one of the five swords of Luo Fu, Xiu Luo Sword Li Yuanhua.

  "Junior brother, it seems we've been discovered!"

  "He must have found out!" The black-haired and bearded Lagar said with a faint smile, "Otherwise, do you think he would say that last sentence?"

  "Then he——!"

  He let out a soft sigh, and a look of helplessness appeared on his face. "Some things, we can't stop or change, Mo Shidi's knot in his heart, only he himself can untie it, our futile intervention would be unseemly!"

  "But---!" Shura Sword Li Yuanhua wanted to say something more, but thought better of it. "Elder brother, what do you think of Mo's disciple?"

  Looking at Kong Zhen standing there with a foolish expression, staring in the direction Mo Xiufei had walked away, his face full of gloom, he couldn't help but burst out laughing, "He's quite an interesting guy!"

  Thinking of Kong Rong's nickname "Lu Zhi" and his usual deeds, he couldn't help but burst out laughing, "One good at wine, one good at food, they really are a pair of natural master and apprentice!"

  ……………

  Time flies quickly, and before you know it, half a year has passed.

  Mo Xiu had been gone for half a year, and Kong Zhuo was completely unmanaged. This guy wasn't someone with strong self-control to begin with, and with Mo Xiu's help, his innate purple energy had already entered the second layer half a year ahead of schedule. He was like he had earned an extra half year, and his cultivation became even more lax than before.

  He is an inner door core disciple, no need to have morning and evening classes like ordinary disciples, so he has a lot of time. As for cultivation, it's purely three days fishing and two days drying nets, when there's nothing to do, he runs to Qing Song Ping to hunt wild food.

  So, after half a year, his body had gained another circle of fat, and although he had also grown a bit taller, in terms of width, it was very disproportionate, as if to confirm the nickname "Luó Fú's Pig".

  On this day, he was bored to death. After eating and drinking his fill, he looked at the small half of a wild boar hanging on the barbecue rack, let out a satisfied belch, rubbed his round belly, and prepared to lean against the tree to take a nap.

  So, he stretched his waist, his eyes searched around, preparing to find a comfortable and cool place. Suddenly, his body slightly stunned, as if a frightened rabbit, his large figure floated past like a big cotton flower.

  Just as his body had just left, several extremely fierce sword auras suddenly struck.

  "Bad luck!" Although his speed was quite fast, the sword energy's speed was beyond his imagination, tearing a big hole in his clothes.

  Then a red figure flashed over, the sword light flashing before, and in an instant, eighteen swords were made, each pointing to Kong Zhuo's vital parts.

  Kong Zhan relied on his agility to dodge and weave, barely avoiding the opponent's sword moves. However, he was also forced to the edge of the pond, where his foot slipped, his body swayed, and with a splash, he fell into the water.

  "Haha, Fifth Brother, you've become much duller now!"

  A silvery sound arose from the edge of the pool, full of self-satisfaction. With a splash in the pool, a stout head emerged from the water, with beads of water all over its head and face, looking extremely bedraggled.

  Looking at Zhou Xue's smiling face, Kong Zhuo could only smile wryly.

  "Little sister, your swordsmanship is getting better and better!"

  "No way, Fifth Brother, your speed has slowed down!" Zhou Xue laughed and said, putting away the sword in her hand after making a few flourishes, "Ninth Brother, don't you think so?"

  Fang Changbai's body flashed out from behind Zhou Xue, looking at Kong Zhuo's appearance like a drowned pig, he strongly restrained his smile and nodded straight.

  "What bad luck!" Kong Zhuo climbed out of the pond with a gloomy face, "You two damned guys, don't think I'll ever get you food again!"

  "Hmph, if you don't do it, I'll stab you with my sword!"

  Zhou Xue's little nose twitched, and the sword in her hand was unsheathed once again. The cold light flashed, startling Kong Zhuo, who waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "Okay, okay, I'll do it, I'll do it! Hey, you two, how come you have time to come here today? Aren't you practicing your swords?"

  "We don't have as much free time as Fifth Brother!" Zhou Xue said, "Father asked us to come and inform you that in another month, it will be the day of my Luo Fu's opening of the mountain gate. Let me remind you not to forget, and also, don't make Master Mo lose face!"

  When she said the last sentence, Xiaoyao looked at Kong Zhan with a stern face and added another sentence, "It's not okay to be like just now!"

  The smile on Kong Zuo's face turned bitter, and he nodded helplessly.

  Every ten years, Luo Fu would open the mountain gate and widely accept disciples. Naturally, these accepted disciples were much luckier than those who relied on their own two feet to climb over mountains and cross ridges to reach the mountain gate. At least they didn't need to spend time searching for the mountain gate, nor did they have to fear being injured by fierce beasts or wild birds in the mountains. However, this once-a-decade opening of the mountain gate to accept disciples was ostensibly a wide recruitment of followers, but the main objects of this effort were actually young masters from the cultivation world.

  In the Central Plains today, cultivators are as numerous as hairs on an ox. Apart from a few major sects, there are also some aristocratic families that cultivate, numerous small and minor sects, and countless individual cultivators. The cultivation world is precisely such a complete and massive system, with large sects as the main arteries, small and minor sects and aristocratic families as veins, and these scattered cultivators as flesh and blood.

  And every now and then, the meridians and flesh will transport nutrients to the main vein, which is also why all major sects will open their mountain gates on time to recruit disciples.

  Kong Zhan and others are going to attend the Kaishanmen conference, which has already selected its disciples, similar to a welcoming party for new students.

  As one of the top ten core inner disciples of this generation, he had to attend.

  But participating in the Kaesong Open Meeting is not so simple either.

  The opening of the mountain gate is mainly aimed at young disciples in the cultivation world. These people are not ordinary people without a foundation in cultivation, but rather they have been practicing with their masters and seniors since childhood, having a solid foundation and base.

  And every time the sect opens its doors, it allows these new disciples to challenge the inner door disciples. As long as you think your strength is enough, you can freely choose an inner door disciple to fight with, and don't worry about not finding one, because at that time all the inner door disciples will be standing there waiting for you to choose.

  It's really depressing, it's just so depressing and suffocating.

  Of course, by doing so, all major sects also have absolute confidence in it.

  After all, although there are many practitioners in the world and their skills are strong, they can't compare to the profound foundation of this major sect. The mental methods and mysterious skills that ordinary inner disciples receive are also top-notch skills in the entire cultivation world. As for the core inner disciples, such as Kong Zhuo, they cultivate super-top-notch skills like the Pre-Heavenly Purple Qi. Therefore, those who can be selected as inner disciples, especially core inner disciples, are all top-notch figures even if they were to go down the mountain. Thus, the various major sects naturally have nothing to fear.

  Of course, it's impossible for no accidents to happen. Those seniors who lost in this new life challenge will have a hard time, although they won't be kicked out of the school gate, but in the future, they can't avoid being ridiculed and despised by others, and eventually sink into the crowd, never to rise again.

  Kong Zhuan was lazy, but he didn't want to live a miserable life afterwards, nor did he want to lose face in front of Mo Xiu. He thought about how his master had helped him break through the second layer of the innate purple energy before leaving, and had also taught him the complete set of Tai Huang's Xuan Yue Sword, as well as giving him an extremely rare sword embryo. If he were to lose, it would be too embarrassing.

  After Zhou Xue and Fang Shaobai left, Kong Yan had the idea of ??practicing hard.

  But what to practice?

  Only one month's time, wanting to master the Taohuaxuan Yuejian sword is a pipe dream, what about my own innate purple energy?

  Entering the second layer for only half a year, wanting to make great progress is impossible. These two skills are indeed wonderful, but grasping their essence requires more than just a month's time. For him, however, the easiest way to improve was through the Light Body skill.

  This is what he's best at.

  His left foot lightly touched the ground, and his entire body floated up like a floating cloud. The innate purple energy entered the second layer, and among the ten core disciples of the gate, he was considered to be above average. With this relatively deep purple energy as the foundation, his originally skilled light body technique became even more effortless than before.

  In addition, swordsmanship is also an area that needs to be strengthened. The Taohuaxuan Moon Sword is not worth considering, it's too mysterious and profound, we need to change to a more straightforward and practical one.

  Luofu's swordsmanship is countless, from the most basic to the top-notch, there are no less than hundreds of kinds, but he only knows three. One is Luofu's most basic entry-level swordsmanship, Bagua Jiugong Sword, another is Luofu's deepest and most profound swordsmanship, Taihuang Xuan Yue Sword, and the last one is his master's Erfen Guiyuan Swordsmanship passed down to him.