Chapter Thirteen: The Martial Arts Secret Repository

  Thanks for the reward from "Lie Shen Mo Zhi" brother, O(∩_∩)O~

  Ling Jing continued on his way forward, walking for about ten or more zhang, the path turned to the left, and after a few more steps, a large cave that could hold thousands of people appeared before him.

  He knew in his heart that this was the secret cave he had been searching for with great care, and at once suppressing the urgent feeling in his heart, he held up the torch to look inside the cave.

  By the faint light of the torch, he saw that the cave was littered with skeletons, and all sorts of swords were scattered everywhere. He walked over, bent down to pick up a long sword, and found that it was shorter than ordinary swords, but its blade was twice as wide. It felt heavy in his hand, and he thought: "This is the sword used by the Mount Tai Sect."

  The remaining long swords, some are light and soft, which is the sword of Hengshan School; Some have curved blades, one of the three long swords used by Hengshan School; Some have no open edge, only the tip is extremely sharp, it is known that some seniors in Songshan School like to use this kind of sword; There are also three swords, with length, weight and lightness conforming to the usual standard of our school.

  However, he had already known the origin of this secret cave in his heart and was certain that the skeletons on the ground were the masters of the Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Ten Elders of the Devil's Cult. He didn't show any surprise, took two more steps forward, holding the torch, and looked at the stone wall.

  Only a short distance to the right, a large stone protruded high up, like a platform. On the stone wall below the big stone were carved sixteen large characters: "The Five Mountains Sword Sect is shameless and despicable, defeated in combat, secretly plotting to harm people."

  Each character is about the size of a square foot, deeply engraved into the mountain stone with extremely sharp blades, reaching a depth of several inches. The sixteen characters are angular and majestic, with a heroic spirit that seems to be bursting forth like a sword being unsheathed.

  Also seen are countless small characters engraved next to the sixteen large characters, all of which are abusive words such as "despicable", "shameless", "incompetent" and "cowardly". The entire wall is filled with curses.

  Ling Jing saw it afterwards, but only slightly smiled. This thought of the precipice and the secret cave did not know how many years had passed. The right and wrong of the past, later generations cannot discern, and there is no way to comment on it.

  At this time, he held up the torch and looked at the stone wall beside him. On the stone wall, a line of words was carved: "Fan Song Zhao He broke the Hengshan swordsmanship here."

  Ling Jing's heart skipped a beat, and he focused his attention on the scene before him. He saw that beside this row of people, there were countless human figures, each consisting of two individuals: one wielding a sword and the other an axe. Roughly estimating, there were at least five or six hundred pairs of human figures, with the axe-wielding figures apparently breaking down the sword techniques of their sword-wielding counterparts.

  Among these five or six hundred people, all the swordsmanship of the Hengshan Sect was included, and even the ultimate skill "Wan Hua Swordsmanship" of Ding Jing Shifu, the current leader of the Hengshan Sect, was also broken by these two people.

  He was truly more and more excited in his heart, not only because of the ingenuity of the Hengshan swordsmanship, but also because of the ingenious breaking techniques of Fan and Zhao, which were as wonderful as a deer hanging its horns, reaching the pinnacle of wonder.

  After roughly looking at these five or six hundred human figures, a line of words suddenly appeared next to them: "Zhang Chengyun and Zhang Chengfeng completely broke the Huashan swordsmanship."

  It's just that the right lower corner of this "exhaustive" character seems to have been chopped off by someone with a sword, missing a part, but the mark is very new and it's clear that it was only recently scratched out.

  He was moved in his heart, and had already guessed that this must be the work of Linghu Chong. This person's heart has always been the first in the school, and now seeing someone speaking so boldly, saying "completely destroy the Huashan swordsmanship", he must have been extremely angry, which is why he drew his sword to erase the writing.

  However, he was not convinced in his heart. Firstly, because he had no sense of belonging to the Hua Shan Sect from the start, and Yue Buqun was a hypocrite who would eventually leave and establish his own sect; secondly, he knew that in this vast world, there were countless excellent martial arts, but it was extremely difficult to find a school of martial arts that had no flaws.

  However, in the world of martial arts, no matter how exquisite a move is, it's still just a dead technique. The same move executed by Yue Buqun and Lin Pingzhi would have vastly different effects.

  Moreover, if a ninth-grade internal force cultivator were to face off against a first-grade master, even if the latter's every weakness in his technique was revealed to him, could the ninth-grade cultivator necessarily defeat the first-grade master?

  Ling Jing didn't believe it in her heart, hadn't she heard that the highest realm of the ultimate sword technique "Dugu Jiujian" was "no move wins over any move", wasn't this saying that as long as there's a move, there must be a flaw.

  If you want to be flawless, you can only achieve perfection when you reach the state of "no move".

  He slightly shook his head and continued to look at the moves carved by "Zhang Chengfeng, Zhang Chengyun", only to see that the swordsmanship of this school, whether it was "Yang Wujian", "Xi Yi Jian", "Shu Nu Jian" or even "Yu Nu Jian Shi Jiu Shi", were all completely broken through by these two people.

  Moreover, one of the Hua Shan sword techniques is quite similar to Ning Zhongze's "Unparalleled and Unmatched, Ning's One Sword". However, this sword technique does not have as many variations as Ning Zhongze's usual moves, with each move flowing smoothly into the next.

  Upon closer inspection, it seems to have a simplified yet profound meaning. It's indeed ingenious in its simplicity and unadorned, but if we're talking about power, this move from Huashan's senior seems to be even more superior.

  Ling Jing was slightly surprised, he had not expected that the predecessors of Huashan Sect had already integrated their own swordsmanship and sword principles, creating a sword move that coincided with Ning Zhongze's "Ning's One Sword".

  However, this sword move was also broken by the two Taoist elders, and the person who broke it was a staff user. The staff pointed forward, directly and straightly, with the tip of the staff aligned with the sword tip, forming a straight line between the sword and the staff.

  He sighed inwardly, knowing that the sword that had been proudly wielded by Ning Zhong was already broken by this staff-wielding person. The staff and sword were evenly matched, with the staff being hard and the sword being soft, and both sides had used their full strength to exchange blows. As a result, the long sword would inevitably break in two.

  This move has both sides' aftereffects being endless, the stick will not only take advantage of the momentum to go straight, but also the sword's aftereffect will counterattack itself, and it is really impossible to solve. The person holding the sword is naturally in extreme danger.

  He secretly admired the bold and unrestrained thinking of this unorthodox person, thinking to himself that these two Devil Cult elders must have been stunning figures in their youth, yet they had exhausted the Huashan swordsmanship and ultimately could only die obscurely here, truly a case of human strength being limited.

  He then composed himself and continued to look around the stone wall, only to see that the remaining three sects of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, namely the "Songshan Sect", "Taishan Sect" and "Hengshan Sect", had all been defeated by the ten elders of the demonic cult. Even many long-lost superior martial arts were also overshadowed in front of these demonic cult elders.

  At this time, Ling Jing had already roughly seen all the martial arts on this stone wall, and was amazed in his heart at the same time, also greatly inspired.

  Because the martial arts on this stone wall are all top-notch martial arts of various schools of Mount Wudang Swordsmanship, counting them carefully, there are at least twenty to thirty doors, and each door corresponds to a school of Mount Wudang Swordsmanship. The ten elders of the Demon Sect will create a special martial art to break through based on their own expertise, which has already become a unique path and is also a top-notch martial art.

  So it turns out that this mountain wall actually has fifty or sixty superior martial arts moves?

  Ling Jing sized up the surrounding stone walls, his eyes gleaming with excitement, a "raring to go" expression on his face. He thought to himself, as long as he could master the martial arts inscribed on these stone walls, not only would he be able to complete this extraordinary task, but his own swordsmanship and martial arts would definitely reach new heights. At that time, even Ning Zhongyan, a high-ranking expert in the second-grade realm, might not necessarily be a match for him.