Chapter 9: Peak of Swordsmanship
After Yue Buqun tested Wang Ming that night, the next day Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze went down the mountain to hunt down Tian Boguang. Before going down the mountain, he alone told Wang Ming to practice well.

Wang Ming was practicing on a stone platform on the mountain path leading to Siguo Cliff.
The opening of "Purple Cloud Magic Skills" says, "For martial arts in the world, training qi is the right way. The noble and upright qi is originally bestowed by heaven, but ordinary people are not good at cultivating it, and instead use their nature to destroy qi. The troubles of martial artists are that they are violent, arrogant, cruel, and treacherous. Violence disturbs the spirit and makes qi chaotic, arrogance causes the truth to leave and qi floats, cruelty causes benevolence to be lost and qi is lost, and treacherousness causes cruelty and shortness of breath. These four things are all knives and saws that cut off qi. Abandon your four natures, return to gentleness and kindness, control your violence and cruelty, cultivate your righteous qi, beat the heavenly drum, drink jade juice, shake the Huachi, knock on the golden beam, and practice it, and you will achieve a small success..."

It can be seen that this is an authentic cultivation method, which is particularly challenging. I also know why Linghu Chong has not been taught yet. His personality is too erratic, and giving it to him would harm him.

Wang Ming has changed a lot over the years. His personality has become very calm and he prefers quietness to movement, which is in line with the temperament standard of this martial arts.

Wang Ming initially thought that this skill was very difficult to practice.

Because Lao Yue didn't achieve mastery until he was in his 40s or 50s, it should be a process of slow practice that takes time to hone.

Unexpectedly, Wang Ming mastered the technique in just three days after he started practicing.

Wang Ming was very surprised at the time, but after studying it carefully for a while, he understood it.

Yue Buqun took over the position of the head of Huashan when he was very young. At that time, he might have only mastered the third or fourth level of Hunyuan Gong. In order to improve his strength, he put aside Hunyuan Gong and practiced Zixia Secret Book. Although Zixia Qi is more powerful than Hunyuan Qi, his training speed is as slow as a turtle.

Wang Ming was different, he had already practiced Hunyuan Gong to perfection, and then switched to Zixia Magical Art. Many of the meridians and acupoints that Zixia Magical Art needed to open up overlapped with Hunyuan Gong and Vajra Indestructible Magical Art, so he only needed to open up two more meridians.

Wang Ming converted all of his internal energy from Hunyuan Gong, which he had cultivated for more than ten years, into Zixia Qi. The conversion rate was three parts of Hunyuan Qi to one part of Zixia Qi.

When Yue Buqun was going down the mountain, he gave himself the key to the Huashan medicinal materials warehouse. This time he had permission to use the medicinal materials at will.

In the past few days, with no shortage of resources, Wang Ming relied on the transformed Zixia true qi and the assistance of the "Vajra Indestructible Divine Art" to open up the remaining meridians, so at this time Wang Ming successfully mastered the Zixia Divine Art.

Maybe someone will say, is Wang Ming invincible now?

No, cultivating the "Purple Cloud Divine Art" only means that Wang Ming has obtained the benefits attached to the divine art, but his true energy has not increased.

True Qi needs to be accumulated day by day, so there is a saying that internal strength lasts for decades.

So now Wang Ming is frantically practicing the "Zixia Divine Art" to accumulate true energy. Fortunately, there are sufficient resources, otherwise it would be troublesome.

Wang Ming gained five benefits from mastering the "Purple Cloud Magic Skill":
1. The attributes of internal strength are enhanced. When the strength is first exerted, it is vague and as soft as clouds, but it accumulates strength and is extremely tenacious. Later on, it becomes overwhelming and unstoppable.

3. 300D surround sound effect. You can speak in the same tone as usual and the sound can be transmitted within meters and can be heard clearly.

Third, the hearing is enhanced. By using internal energy within a few dozen meters, you can hear other people’s whispers.

4. Integrate and dissolve different kinds of true qi.

5. The mutual conversion between "The Indestructible Vajra Magic" and "The Purple Cloud Magic".

The sun was at its highest point in the sky and Wang Ming could hardly bear it any longer. He decided to go back and have dinner before coming back.

Fortunately, Tian Boguang finally arrived at this time.

Tian Boguang was seen carrying two jars of wine and flying rapidly along the Huashan Mountain Road.

"Oh my god, this Qinggong is amazing! No wonder he is not dead despite being labeled as a rapist."

Wang Ming also stood up and decided to go up the mountain. Of course, Wang Ming wanted to stay behind, but he didn't want to fight with Tian Boguang first, otherwise he would scare him away.

After walking for a while, I saw Tian Boguang walking away.

"Such excellent Qinggong, I am destined to be with you. Haha..."

I was a little unhappy at first, but when I think about it carefully, I realize it’s a good thing.

Wang Ming followed him up the cliff, but did not leave. He hid on the rocks nearby and watched Linghu Chong fighting with Tian Boguang. Then he watched Tian Boguang and Linghu Chong fighting, and found that their moves were similar in level, but the difference in internal strength was huge.

No matter how many moves he changed, it was useless. The level of the Five Mountains Sword Technique was not much different from Tian Boguang's, and the gap in internal strength could not be made up at all.

Except for the "Nine Swords of Dugu" which was a martial art that was so powerful that it was beyond compare, it was useless for Linghu Chong to learn all the martial arts in the cave.

Seeing that Linghu Chong was defeated again, Tian Boguang was surprised that Linghu Chong's martial arts became stronger every time he entered the cave, so he wanted to go into the cave to take a look. Linghu Chong lied to him that there was someone inside.

"Haha! Follow me down the mountain! Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze are not here right now. All the masters of your Huashan Qing generation died overnight. There shouldn't be any masters left, right? Haha! No one can stop me now."

Tian Boguang spoke wildly, but before he could finish laughing, a figure floated by and shoved Tian Boguang back.

At the entrance of the cave, he saw an old man with a white beard and a green robe, looking depressed and with a face as white as gold paper. Wang Ming thought to himself, "This should be Feng Qingyang."

Feng Qingyang said angrily: "Who said there are no more people of the Qing generation? I will teach him a few moves. I don't believe I can't deal with you."

When Tian Boguang saw Feng Qingyang coming out, he asked Linghu Chong, but he was even more confused, after all, Yue Buqun never mentioned the previous generation. In the end, Tian Boguang guessed it himself
Tian Boguang revealed his identity, Linghu Chong immediately saluted, and Feng Qingyang stroked his beard and accepted the gift calmly.

Then Feng Qingyang taught Linghu Chong a few moves of Huashan swordsmanship and let Linghu Chong fight Tian Boguang.

Feng Qingyang was very confident, but unfortunately, no matter how good his moves were, the gap in internal strength was still too big, and Linghu Chong still lost when he went up to fight.

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Wang Ming was afraid that Feng Qingyang would discover him, so he kept hiding behind a rock, not daring to move, his legs almost numb.

The moon was at its highest point in the sky when Feng Qingyang finally began to teach them his special skills. The two entered the cave.

Wang Ming used the "Purple Cloud Divine Art" and heard a voice from inside the cave:

"Gui Mei moves towards Wu Wang, Wu Wang moves towards Tong Ren, Tong Ren moves towards Da You, Jia turns to Bing, Bing turns to Geng, Geng turns to Gui, the intersection of Zi and Chou, the intersection of Chen and Si, the intersection of Wu and Wei, wind and thunder are one change, mountain and marsh are one change, water and fire are one change, Qian and Kun stimulate each other, Zhen and Dui stimulate each other, Li and Xun stimulate each other, three increase to become five, five increase to become nine..."

Linghu Chong's voice said, "Yes." He closed his eyes and silently thought about the main points he had learned that night. Suddenly he opened his eyes and said, "Uncle Taishi, there is one thing I don't understand. Why are all these changes just offensive moves, only attacking and not defending?"

Feng Qingyang said: "Nine Swords of Dugu, there is only advance and no retreat! Every move is an attack, and the enemy has to defend when attacking, so of course you don't have to defend yourself.

Afterwards, Feng Qingyang taught several moves of "Nine Swords of Dugu" one after another, and then he asked Linghu Chong to practice on his own while he lay there to rest.

Upon seeing this, Wang Ming stopped practicing the "Zixia Magic Art" and began to recover his true energy. He closed his eyes and rested, but he didn't dare to really fall asleep. First of all, it was not safe to be outdoors, and secondly, he was afraid of missing something.

The next morning, Tian Boguang challenged him to a fight outside the cave.

Wang Ming saw that Tian Boguang was knocked to the ground by Linghu Chong after only a few moves, so he let Tian Boguang go.

Watching Tian Boguang's departing back, Wang Ming wanted to follow him and kill this flower-stealing thief. In Wang Ming's opinion, killing as many martial artists as possible could be forgiven. After all, everyone in the martial arts world has blood on his hands, and the moment he picks up the sword, he is mentally prepared to be killed.

This bad guy, an innocent rapist, is the most hateful, and Wang Ming also likes his lightness skills.

Wang Ming hesitated for a moment, but gave up chasing Tian Boguang as there were still a few sword skills in the cave that had not been taught.

Tian Boguang has gone down the mountain, and Wang Ming doesn't need to take any action, as Monk Bujie will take good care of him.

Wang Ming came back to his senses and continued to focus on the cave. After all, this was the only chance to get the Dugu Nine Swords! If he missed it, it would be gone.

Wang Ming doesn't dare to exchange the secret book like in the previous world. Linghu Chong is not an honest person and his personality is unpredictable. Feng Qingyang wants to find a successor before he dies, which is more realistic.

(End of this chapter)