Nourishment

The Cliff of Contemplation is located on the Jade Maiden Peak of Mount Hua.

Reaching the summit of Jade Maiden Peak, there is a precipitous cliff with a cave on it. This place is unlike the rest of Mount Hua; it is barren and lacks the serene beauty of Mount Hua.

Ji Boying traversed the extremely dangerous mountain path as if it were flat ground, and soon arrived at the Cliff of Contemplation.

Upon entering the cave, one comes to a large rock that has been worn smooth by countless generations of Mount Hua disciples.

"I wonder where Old Man Feng has gone."

Ji Boying looked at the three characters "Feng Qingyang" carved half an inch deep on the stone wall and sighed.

Feng Qingyang said he lived in seclusion on Mount Hua, but Mount Hua is quite large.

Mount Hua alone has so many peaks, and Mount Hua southern side is directly connected to the Qinling Mountains.

The mountain range stretches for thousands of miles; how can one see its end at a glance?

Ji Boying sat on a large rock.

It's been decades since the Cliff of Contemplation has been this lively.

Without wasting any time, he held a handful of Iron Lotus Seed in his hand and gently tossed them onto the stone wall.

The stone wall is only a thin layer. When the Iron Lotus Seed is gently tapped on the stone wall, it will naturally produce a hollow sound.

Ji Boying quickly located the area and found the cave.

He then launched another hidden weapon with greater force, which indeed punched a small hole in the stone wall.

Ji Boying came down from the big rock and walked to the stone wall.

With a gentle exertion of force in his right palm, he punched a large hole in the thin layer of stone wall.

He swung his palms out in quick succession, tearing apart wherever they struck.

Like two iron hammers, they quickly cleared the hole.

A wave of foul air hit her face. Ji Boying first let out some fresh air, and after a while, seeing that the air was fresh, she stepped inside.

The numerous skeletons and the various weapons of the Demonic Cult elders need no further mention.

Possessing profound internal strength, he can see even in the darkness.

They also ignored those strange and unusual ways to break through the opponent's moves.

He memorized all the lost sword techniques of the Five Great Mountains Sword Sects.

While memorizing it in my mind, I also deduced its meaning.

With Ji Boying's current skill level, these sword techniques alone pose no difficulty whatsoever.

A broad perspective leads to comprehensive understanding.

He quickly learned all of these sword techniques.

However, learning these sword techniques was not Ji Boying's goal.

With Ji Boying's current skill level, the few sword techniques he has mastered are sufficient.

Even if he learned all the sword techniques on these stone walls, it wouldn't be enough to improve his skill by even half a percent.

This is also Ji Boying has never been able to go up to the Cliff of Contemplation and learn the sword techniques of the Five Great Mountains Sword Sects.

For him, swordsmanship at this level is always just technique; having a few that are sufficient is enough. There's no need to relentlessly pursue the pinnacle of technique.

Besides, most of the sword techniques I've learned have similar effects, so it's not worth the effort.

But the situation is different now.

Ji Boying sat on the Cliff of Contemplation for three days.

Besides finishing all the food delivered each day, he would sit on this large rock and meditate with his eyes closed.

He mentally reviewed more than a dozen exquisite sword techniques from the Five Great Mountains Sword Sects that had been lost to time.

By the third day, he had mastered more than a dozen sword techniques in his mind.

Ji Boying finally opened his eyes in the stone cave, his eyes faintly gleaming with a sharp light.

He drew the longsword he had brought up the mountain.

He performed all of these sword techniques from beginning to end.

The sword flashed, its sharpness intimidating.

At first, his swordsmanship was quite powerful, leaving many sword marks in the cave.

Gradually, the sword light receded to within three feet of his body, and each move returned to its simplicity.

When the Five Great Mountains Swordplay was used, it seemed to have lost all its essence.

The Mount Hua Swordplay has lost its lightness and wonder, the Mount Tai Swordplay has lost its ancient simplicity and grandeur, the Mount Song Swordplay is no longer magnificent, the Hengshan Mount Heng Swordplay is no longer ever-changing, and the Mount Heng Swordplay has also lost its subtle and insidious nature.

If any disciple of the Five Great Mountains Sword Sects were to see this, they would all curse Ji Boying for wasting things.

But Ji Boying did just that, transforming these complex sword techniques into basic sword moves.

He swung his sword slowly and deliberately, one strike at a time, and occasionally his moves were incomplete or lacking in precision.

He became obsessed with practicing swordsmanship.

Liang Fa came up to deliver food because he was ordered by Yue Buqun and was afraid of disturbing Ji Boying's seclusion, so he always left the food outside the cave.

He was not qualified to meet Ji Boying at all, and naturally could not see how clumsy Ji Boying was practicing his swordsmanship.

Inside the cave, Ji Boying, a disciple of Mount Hua who was vaguely revered by the martial arts world as the number one master in the land, now seemed to be a complete novice.

He wielded the sword, but always felt as if his arms and fingers were not obeying his commands, making it impossible to perform sword moves; his movements were clumsy and awkward.

He practiced his swordsmanship, his feet treading the air.

This peerless master, with his ghostly figure and astonishing Lightness Skill, seemed to have forgotten how to walk, his left and right feet occasionally getting tangled together in a fight.

I spent the whole day clumsily playing around like that.

Finally, it seems I've regained some of my feel for it. Although my sword is still clumsy and awkward in my hands, I can finally use it without worrying about hurting myself.

My left and right feet finally stopped fighting, and at least I can stand steadily now without worrying about tripping over myself.

As night deepened, Ji Boying lay on the large rock, his eyes fixed on the three characters "Feng Qingyang" on the stone wall, but his mind was already elsewhere.

After only a few hours of rest, he got up at dawn the next day to practice martial arts.

He continued practicing his clumsy swordsmanship.

After a night's rest, I practiced this sword technique again today, and it flowed very smoothly.

It is clear that he gained some new insights at night.

Having overcome this hurdle, Ji Boying made even faster progress.

His movements and footwork became increasingly smooth and fluid.

After another day, when he began to use his swordsmanship again, there was a faint whistling of sword wind, and he regained some of the demeanor of an elite disciple of the Mount Hua Sect.

This naturally brought a smile back to Ji Boying.

As Ji Boying felt the smooth movements, he sensed a layer of sword intent within the sword.

He unleashed the Mount Hua Swordplay he had mastered to perfection, his sword intent restrained, yet its power greatly increased.

"Good, the Five Great Mountains Swordplay has finally become my nourishment. Now I have absorbed and digested it completely!"

With a thought, the tip of the sword trembled slightly against the stone wall.

The three large characters "Ji Boying" were already engraved next to "Feng Qingyang".

The strokes are as sharp as silver hooks and as bold as iron, penetrating an inch into the stone.

"I've mastered the Mount Hua Swordplay; it's time to move on to the next mission."

Ji Boying then performed the Five Great Mountains Swordplay from beginning to end, move by move.

This time, however, all the characteristics of the Five Great Mountains Swordplay —whether profound, ancient and magnificent, or ever-changing—were fully displayed.

And these dozens of sword techniques have become increasingly simplified.