Mount Hua Swordplay Unleashes Sword Qi

Ji Shu smiled.

Yue Lingshan seemed even more lively and spirited than the original work described.

It seemed that the players flooding into the martial world had inevitably brought enormous changes to this world!

Mount Hua was perhaps merely one evocative corner of this vast martial world.

I'm already ten years behind those players from powerful factions.

And during those ten years, people who bought tickets to enter the Tower of the Multiverse had come in an endless stream, like crucian carp crossing a river. Yet everything concerning the Tower of the Multiverse had been sealed away completely. For ten years, not a single person had discussed what happened inside the Tower, whether online or in real life.

There were only a few possibilities. Those players were either dead, crippled, controlled by powerful factions, or had remained in the martial world forever.

But players all had families in reality. Once they had achieved something, most would surely choose to return home in glory. Yet ten years had passed, and there had not been the slightest ripple online or in reality!

It seems I can't leave the Tower of the Multiverse until I no longer fear guns, cannons, and missiles.

The Blue Star world was somewhat more technologically advanced than Earth.

If an "Independent Player" like Ji Shu rashly went out, he would most likely be harvested like a cash crop.

What a dark world.

Ji Shu had deeply experienced that while working.

All he could say was that the capitalists' world was one where people devoured one another.

And this martial world was no different.

I need to grow stronger as soon as possible.

Ji Shu stood at the entrance to the courtyard and waited for Yue Lingshan. He was starving, but he could only endure it. He had decided to show off a little before Yue Lingshan. Once he earned her regard, he would make his request. At that point, Yue Lingshan would surely agree.

After waiting for quite a while.

Yue Lingshan came skipping over, but while she was still some distance from Ji Shu, she straightened her back and approached him with a solemn face, seemingly trying her best to display the dignity of a master.

Ji Shu cooperated with her and took the initiative to call out, "Master Yue."

Yue Lingshan nodded seriously.

"Ji Shu. Your Master Yue will now teach you our Mount Hua Sect's swordplay. How much you can remember will depend on your own comprehension."

She tossed the sword in her hand to Ji Shu and told him to take it. Ji Shu caught it.

Then, Yue Lingshan assumed a stance and began demonstrating the swordplay in a meticulous, orderly manner.

"Ji Shu, watch carefully!"

"Our Mount Hua Swordplay uses the orthodox to meet an opponent and the unexpected to prevail. It stands alone, and its power is unparalleled!"

"This is the first move, White Clouds Emerging from the Peaks!"

Next come Phoenix Arrives, Heavenly Girdle Hanging Upside Down, White Rainbow Piercing the Sun...

Yue Lingshan demonstrated the swordplay in the open space before the courtyard. She moved very slowly and explained every detail carefully.

Even so, her swordplay remained sharply keen and fierce. Standing five feet away, Ji Shu could still feel a chilling, intimidating cold rush toward him.

His Baji Quan had reached mastery, yet he felt he would not be able to withstand even a single move beneath Yue Lingshan's sword!

Yue Lingshan is already this formidable. What about Yue Buqun? What about Dongfang Bubai?

Ji Shu's heart trembled.

He suddenly understood why players flocked even to the Mount Hua Outer Sect. Even the most ordinary Mount Hua Swordplay was a superior art to those players!

It was not something Baji Quan could compare to.

"...The final move, Poetry and Sword Fellowship!"

After finishing her demonstration, Yue Lingshan sheathed her sword and stood there, smiling brightly at Ji Shu.

"Ji Shu, how was your Master Yue's demonstration?"

"Very good."

"Right?"

Yue Lingshan beamed, her eyes curving into crescents. Clearly, Ji Shu's words pleased her greatly. But she quickly became serious.

"Ji Shu, your words may sound nice, but as your master, I absolutely won't go easy on you when I need to be strict! I won't lower my standards for you. You must learn this swordplay to eighty percent—no, fifty percent—of my level before I take you to the next stage. Otherwise, you can only keep practicing Mount Hua Swordplay year after year."

Ji Shu nodded and said, "Master Yue. If I reach fifty percent of your level, can I immediately learn the next martial art?"

"Of course."

Yue Lingshan nodded instinctively, but quickly caught herself and put on a stern face.

"Ji Shu. Your Master Yue may be young, but she isn't stupid. Don't try to fool or sweet-talk me, okay? Practice this swordplay properly from now on. Once a few years have passed and you've achieved something, I'll teach you something else."

Blinking, she asked, "Oh, right. Did you remember the sword moves just now? Do you want your Master Yue to demonstrate them a few more times? Don't worry. As your master, I am absolutely qualified! I won't half-ass it!"

She patted her chest in guarantee.

Ji Shu smiled.

"Master Yue. I remembered them. There's no need to demonstrate them again."

Ji Shu suddenly felt that taking a guileless girl like Yue Lingshan as his master was an incredibly fortunate thing. If he had taken a treacherous bastard like Lao De Nuo as his master, he might have suffered greatly.

"You remembered them?!"

Yue Lingshan's glass-like, starry eyes widened.

"Yes."

"Really?"

Yue Lingshan was doubtful.

"Demonstrate them once for me to see."

"Yes, Master Yue."

Ji Shu drew his sword and began demonstrating Mount Hua Swordplay.

How high was his comprehension? Even he did not know. But after watching it once and hearing the explanation once, he had completely grasped Mount Hua Swordplay. Moreover, due to his Peak Inner Strength Talent, a different kind of force had already arisen within his Dantian, distinct from the force of Baji Quan!

This force was brimming with sharpness. The instant it emerged, it shattered the force of Baji Quan into fragments!

As Ji Shu demonstrated the swordplay.

The force circulated faster and faster. After only a few cycles, it had grown by a whole measure, and in the process completely devoured the force of Baji Quan, growing by another measure!

Ji Shu was delighted. The more he practiced, the more exhilarated he became.

By the end.

His sword danced so tightly that not even water could penetrate, nor a needle pierce through!

His first repetition was still somewhat unpracticed.

But by the second, he had fully brought out the perilous grandeur, elegant beauty, and lofty excellence of Mount Hua Swordplay!

By the third, sword qi was already faintly flickering at the tip of his blade. When he thrust out, the sword rang with a clear tremor, and even the air whistled!

The fourth, the fifth...

After seven or eight repetitions in a row.

That force stopped growing, as though it had reached its limit. No matter how he practiced, he could not break through any further!

It was as though Mount Hua Swordplay could only be cultivated to this point and could not break free from its shackles.

Ji Shu stopped, sheathed his sword, looked at Yue Lingshan, and said loudly, "Master Yue. What do you think?"

"...!!!"

Yue Lingshan was utterly dumbfounded.

When Ji Shu demonstrated it the first time, Yue Lingshan had already been deeply moved.

The second time, she was shocked.

The third time, she began questioning reality.

The fourth time, she went numb.

Now that Ji Shu had asked what she thought, Yue Lingshan's lips trembled as she stared at him in disbelief.

"You, you, you... are you s-sure this is your first time practicing our Mount Hua Swordplay?!"

"Master Yue. Absolutely!"

"You, you, you..."

Yue Lingshan's body trembled slightly, and she even began to stammer. She had clearly been shocked to the extreme, her thoughts thrown into turmoil and her tongue tied beyond control!