Golden Wild Goose Technique Simplified... Running!

Life on Mount Hua returned to peace once more.

But aside from Ji Boying and the others, no one knew where Second Senior Disciple Brother Laodeno had gone.

When Liang Fa and the others asked about it, they were only fobbed off with vague excuses.

Nor did anyone know why Senior Disciple Brother had suddenly been confined to Cliff of Contemplation to face the wall and reflect on his mistakes.

The disciples all felt that something had happened, but since their master said nothing, they did not dare ask too much.

All they could do was watch Junior Disciple Brother continue rising at dawn every day to train, practicing until the moon hung high in the sky.

Yue Lingshan, who had once spent all day playing and fooling around, seemed to have been reborn. Such a lovely young girl now had a touch of determination on her face.

She worked diligently every day as well. Sometimes she did not even have time to dress herself up, her hair disheveled and her face drenched in sweat.

Yet those beads of sweat only added a heroic air to her determination.

With that determination and heroic spirit, Yue Lingshan truly began to resemble Heroine Ning a little more.

Ning Zhongze naturally found this immensely gratifying.

Lu Dayou, who had once been lively and mischievous, never able to stay still for a moment like a monkey, had also become quiet and reserved. There was now a touch of fierceness in his training.

In barely a month, relying on his willingness to fight and gamble everything, this sixth brother had defeated fourth brother Shi Daizi's sword.

This truly left everyone astonished.

Fourth Senior Disciple Brother was also somewhat unwilling to accept it.

One after another, they all began to train harder.

They pushed each other, competing to get ahead and refusing to be outdone.

Sometimes, after training until they were soaked in sweat and exhausted, they would complain to their fellow disciples that it was all Junior Disciple Brother's fault. He trained so hard that he had driven them all mad.

They would say they should not follow the trend.

But after talking for half the day, they would still secretly work harder.

This atmosphere on Mount Hua was naturally excellent. Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze's previously gloomy moods had completely brightened as well.

This was all thanks to their youngest disciple, Ji Boying.

As they thought of it, that precious treasure appeared before them.

Ji Boying smiled at his master and Mistress before he could even open his mouth.

Yue Buqun spoke first with a smile.

"I never see you around all day. I figured you would come today. It seems your master and Mistress don't have any martial arts manuals that make you feel close to us."

How could Ji Boying let Yue Buqun needle him like that?

He quickly replied with a smile, "What are you saying, Master? This disciple trains diligently to increase his strength, so that I can relieve Master and Mistress of your burdens sooner, can't I?"

Yue Buqun merely sat in his grand chair, waving his hand with a smile.

"You, ah. Mount Hua only has so many martial arts. At this rate, if you come to me for a new technique every month, it will not be long before you drain your master dry. Tell me, what do you want today?"

Ji Boying chuckled.

"Master, does our Mount Hua Sect have any good lightness skill footwork? During my last fight with those bandits at the foot of the mountain, I felt my footwork was not agile enough. This disciple would like a movement technique to practice."

Yue Buqun stroked his beard and considered the matter carefully.

"There are two kinds of lightness skill. One aids long-distance travel, making the body light and conserving strength while allowing great speed. Of course, once such a technique is mastered, your body will become nimble, and your movement in battle will naturally be more agile than that of ordinary people. The other focuses on footwork, with subtle steps suited for close-range combat. Which of these two do you want?"

Ji Boying pursed his lips, thought for a moment, and said, "Are you saying that our great Mount Hua cannot even find one technique of each kind? This disciple wants to learn both."

Ji Boying's words made Yue Buqun blush with embarrassment.

The Mount Hua Sect truly possessed a deep foundation. At its peak, it had even faintly carried the bearing of the greatest sect under heaven.

But it had declined along the way, and more than half of the many exquisite martial arts passed down from the Quanzhen Sect had been lost.

After the Qi-Sword Conflict, its disciples had suffered devastating casualties, and who knew how many other exquisite martial arts and sword techniques had vanished completely.

"If you want something for close-range combat, Mount Hua only has some ordinary fare. You might as well not learn them. Better to choose two profound sword techniques to practice—the footwork within them is more subtle than those ordinary techniques. No, that is not quite right."

Yue Buqun frowned.

"Actually, Mount Hua does have an exceptional lightness skill passed down from the Quanzhen Sect. It is just that few people have successfully learned it over the years."

Ji Boying's eyes lit up when he heard Yue Buqun say it came from the Quanzhen Sect.

"Master, what lightness skill is it?"

"It is the Golden Wild Goose Technique."

"The Golden Wild Goose Technique!!"

Ji Boying was overjoyed.

"Master, I want this Golden Wild Goose Technique!"

"What? Have you heard of this lightness skill?"

Ji Boying nodded excitedly.

"Of course I have. It was an exceptional lightness skill of the Quanzhen Sect, complementing internal cultivation. When mastered to a profound level, one can walk through the air for dozens of steps and turn back in midair, its uses endless."

"Even those who practice it ordinarily can run three feet straight up a smooth wall. I have heard that the great hero Guo Jing mastered this technique to the highest level. Relying on his profound internal energy, he could rise several zhang straight through the air!"

Yue Buqun was filled with emotion as he listened.

Their Mount Hua Sect still had some foundation. This lightness skill was among the best in the world.

Unfortunately, later generations were incapable of mastering it. Perhaps some people had succeeded back then, but they had all died in that conflict.

His own aptitude was only above average. Studying the Purple Mist Technique had already consumed a lifetime of effort, and he truly had no energy left to delve into the Golden Wild Goose Technique.

Moreover, for him back then, the urgent matter had been to quickly master the Purple Mist Technique and stabilize Mount Hua. A lightness skill meant for long-distance travel and escape was not particularly necessary.

"Wait here. I'll fetch the manual for you."

Yue Buqun turned and walked toward the back. After quite a while, he emerged holding an old, worn booklet.

Ji Boying excitedly accepted it with both hands.

He could clearly see traces of dust still on the manual. Old Yue had evidently already shaken it off, but years of accumulated dust could not be removed all at once. This manual had been neglected for a long time.

"Take a look. See if you can learn it."

Yue Buqun was also rather expectant.

Ji Boying could learn other martial arts after merely looking at them once. He did not know whether he could likewise learn this exquisite lightness skill from the previous dynasty at a glance.

Ji Boying eagerly began flipping through it.

Page after page passed beneath his fingers. As he read, Ji Boying nodded; he could understand the circulation of energy through many of the meridians.

With his talent alone, after reading through this lightness skill once, he had already grasped forty to fifty percent of it. A slight attempt at circulating his energy should be enough to make it work.

Unfortunately, Ji Boying's talent had no chance to show itself this time.

The Golden Finger had already activated automatically.

Lightness skill "Golden Wild Goose Technique" detected. Simplify immediately?

Simplify!

Simplifying lightness skill "Golden Wild Goose Technique"... Simplification successful... "Golden Wild Goose Technique" → Running.

Running! Was running all he needed to practice this lightness skill? Ji Boying was overjoyed.