Ning Zhongze said, "Although Tianyu's aptitude is ordinary, his heart is wholly devoted to martial arts. Even I worry that his reckless, life-risking determination will train him into ruin.
We'll take it one step at a time. Tianyu is indifferent to fame and profit; in that regard, he resembles a Daoist priest."
After Linghu Chong and the other left, Shi Yongheng went up to Cliff of Repentance.
Over the years, in pursuit of peace and quiet, he had built shelters in several of Mount Hua's most perilous and secluded places.
The next day, Shi Yongheng glanced at a certain spot within the cave on Cliff of Repentance and began practicing his swordplay. His longsword moved wildly and swiftly, streak after streak of sword shadows slashing across the cave walls.
"Crack..."
"Rumble..."
The instant it struck the entrance to the hidden cave, the entire entrance collapsed with a thunderous roar, revealing a passage. After waiting for the air inside to circulate for a while, Shi Yongheng took out a torch and walked in.
The first thing that met his eyes was a collection of skeletons. They were clearly the elders of the Demonic Cult who had been plotted against back then. Before long, Shi Yongheng also discovered stone carvings of the Five Sacred Mountains Swordplay on the cliff wall.
After looking over the sword arts of the various sects and finding that each had its own strengths and weaknesses, he did not stand on ceremony and began practicing them.
Given his current cultivation, he could draw inferences from one example to another. Before long, he had mastered those sword arts as though he had trained in them bitterly for years.
After coming down from Cliff of Repentance, he told Yue Buqun about what he had found there. Yue Buqun was overjoyed