The Final Gift?
Yue Buqun carefully opened the booklet.
Each simple drawing is accompanied by tiny, neat characters.
The sword techniques are clearly demonstrated, and the details are also annotated.
Each of the three hundred sword moves is the essence of the Five Great Mountains Sword Sects School's sword techniques.
Ning Zhongze also leaned over to watch with Yue Buqun.
After only watching about twenty moves, Xiu's face was already full of surprise.
These three hundred moves are truly the culmination of the Five Great Mountains Swordplay. Any Mount Hua disciple in the future only needs to take out a hundred or so moves to study for a lifetime, and that will be enough to make a living in the martial world.
Once you've reviewed all three hundred moves, you'll have memorized the essence of the Five Great Mountains Swordplay. Even if you don't see all the dozens of sword techniques from the Five Mountains, breaking through enemy moves will be a piece of cake.
No matter how the sword techniques of the other four major sects change, they all remain true to the same principle and can hardly escape the scope of this book.
"This is another cornerstone of our Mount Hua Sect's strength, and we must not let the news leak out."
Yue Buqun praised her and then gave Ning Zhongze some instructions.
Ning Zhongze naturally had no interest in refuting it, and was still immersed in disbelief.
These three hundred sword moves have two uses.
One benefit is that it helps improve the swordsmanship of the disciples.
Another, of course, is the secret weapon used to deal with the Five Great Mountains Sword Sects, which cannot be spoken aloud.
We need this booklet so that we won't have to worry about anyone from the Five Great Mountains Sword Sects betraying us in the future.
"Master, the Purple Mist Divine Skill used to be exclusive to the sect leader, but now it has become the Azure Capital Purple Star Divine Skill that I created. As for the original Hunyuan Primordial Chaos Technique, it can be passed down to the disciples for practice. If there are those who pass the test, the Primordial Chaos Breathing Technique that I created and the original Purple Mist Divine Skill can be taught to the Mount Hua disciples. As for these three hundred sword moves, they can be taught to any disciple at will, and there is no need to attach much importance to them."
For the first time, Yue Buqun refused to listen to Ji Boying's words.
"Huh? That won't do."
Yue Buqun clutched the manual to his chest with both hands, his eyes wide, his face showing obvious reluctance.
However, when he first refused, his tone was still somewhat gentle, as he was facing Ji Boying.
"In the martial world, it's not the theft that's scary, it's having someone eyeing it. The hundred sword moves in this manual that belong to our Mount Hua Sect can naturally be taught to our disciples as appropriate. But the remaining two hundred moves that belong to the other four sects must never be known. If outsiders find out, firstly, they will covet the Mount Hua Sect, and secondly, the other sects will also be wary."
"At worst... at worst, when the disciples of the sect have made meritorious contributions or need to go down the mountain on business, we can pick out one or two moves to pass on to them, so that they can deal with the other four sects, or we can give them a different style of trump card."
Yue Buqun's behavior really makes him seem like a miser.
"Whatever Master says goes. This disciple has another sword technique here."
"You also have swordsmanship?"
Yue Buqun couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Judging from Ji Boying's solemn appearance, he was obviously no ordinary person. But he already had the essence of the Five Great Mountains Swordplay. What other amazing sword techniques could there be?
"This disciple has condensed and refined our Five Great Mountains Swordplay Technique into this three-hundred-move General Outline of Five Peaks Swordplay. After all, it is also borrowing from others, and these skills were all created by our predecessors. Moreover, three hundred sword moves are really too redundant."
"So he racked his brains, innovated and created seventy-two sword techniques, which he named the Heavenly Merit Five Directions Sword."
Ji Boying handed the manual to Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze, asking them to read it while listening to his explanation.
"The Seventy-Two Styles of Five Directions Sword: Twelve of them are the general principles of swordsmanship based on our Mount Hua Swordplay, while the remaining sixty are twelve styles created by various schools of swordsmanship, each with distinct directional characteristics and drawing on the strengths of the other four schools."
Ji Boying spoke, the two of them looked on.
Although Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze were successors of the Qi Faction, they were also renowned swordsmen, and they were completely absorbed in watching the performance.
The General Outline of Five Peaks Swordplay are broad in scope, but after some refinement, they are indeed concise and effective. Yue Buqun and his companions were full of praise and found them very inspiring.
However, the Seventy-Two Styles of Heavenly Merit Five Directions Sword took it to a higher level, taking only its core essence to create the Seventy-Two Styles of Swordsmanship.
It is both a summary of the Five Great Mountains Swordplay and an elevation of its essence.
It is clearly another treasure of the sect that can be ranked alongside the Azure Capital Purple Star Divine Skill.
"When I said that the general outline of the sword technique could be taught at will, I meant that I believed that as the Mount Hua Sect Leader, one could practice this set of Five Directions Sword. This set of Five Directions Sword can also be broken down into six sword techniques. Once the head of the sect has this general outline in hand, he can freely break down the other sixty sword techniques into twelve separate techniques, each of which is enough to make a name for himself in the martial arts world."
"In the future, the Mount Hua Sect Leader can each pass on the Twelve Sword Techniques to a few trusted confidants, so that they will not have to worry about the loss of the sword techniques and can greatly enhance the strength of their confidants."
Yue Buqun nodded repeatedly as he listened.
Any top-tier master, like Ning Zhongze, who has mastered these twelve sword techniques, would be able to surpass even a master like Zuo Lengchan.
Ji Boying has forcibly divided the martial arts prowess of people in the martial arts world into different levels, from high to low. The disciples of Mount Hua only need to step up to reach their respective positions.
The elite disciples under his tutelage, with the blessing of the Primordial Chaos Breathing Technique and the Purple Mist Divine Skill, can master the sword techniques and surpass even masters like the Thirteen Taibao, and are on par with Zuo Lengchan.
The elders under the sect, each practicing their own twelve sword techniques, may not be as skilled, but their combat power is subtly superior to that of the Shaolin and Wudang sect leaders.
As for the martial arts skills of the Mount Hua Sect Leader, Ji Boying naturally elevated them to a higher level.
As long as you practice step by step, you can easily surpass Shaolin and Wudang and reach a higher level.
This is not to say that Shaolin and Wudang cannot reach this level, but their kung fu was created by their predecessors, and although it is more powerful, it is also more difficult to master.
The Shaolin Muscle Tendon Changing Scripture is already fraught with difficulties, and breaking through it is even more difficult, just like Yue Buqun was stuck on the Purple Mist Divine Skill for decades.
The kung fu techniques that Ji Boying is now giving to the Mount Hua Sect are all tailor-made according to the style of kung fu in this era and the training characteristics of martial artists in this era.
It will be enough to dominate the martial arts world for at least one or two hundred years.
In a hundred or two hundred years, it will probably become a very difficult skill to master.
Later generations may not be able to master all the techniques, but even mastering just a few incomplete moves is enough to make a living in the martial arts world.
If they still don't live up to expectations, then Ji Boying has no other options.
Ji Boying then sat steadily atop Mount Hua.
He spent three months instructing Linghu Chong, Liang Fa, Shi Daizi, Lu Dayou, and Yue Lingshan to practice their internal energy cultivation while also learning the moves from the General Outline of Five Peaks Swordplay.
At the same time, he assisted Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze in practicing internal skills and guided them in practicing the Five Directions Sword.
This was Ji Boying's final gift to the Mount Hua Sect martial arts.