When he saw the Dragon King leap down from the wall, Old Man Mu breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as they reached a secluded spot, he whispered, "You scared me to death. I thought those two halves of a corpse... Thank goodness I didn't let that good girl down."
Gu Shenwei gave a soft snort. "Wait here. I'll be back."
"Ah, the Dragon King still has—"
Before Old Man Mu could finish, the Dragon King had vanished.
Gu Shenwei was baffled by what he had just discovered. All the men of Great Snow Mountain were swordsmen; only some of the women knew a few crude saber techniques. How could they have left behind a martial art like the Tiangang Saber Technique, and how had it ended up hidden inside Golden Peng Fortress?
To uncover the truth, he had to inspect more stone chambers.
There were plenty of empty courtyards. This time, Gu Shenwei knew what to do. After slipping inside, he headed straight for the far-right corner and felt for the writing carved there.
Lesser Sword Peak of Great Snow Mountain
Thirteen Forms of Falling Geese
Gu Shenwei felt his way over a few of the diagrams and realized this was another saber technique.
The stone chambers in several rows all bore Great Snow Mountain martial arts. Luoshen Peak, Tanduo Peak, Huagai Peak, Great Sword Peak, and Lesser Sword Peak were all represented. Saber, sword, staff, spear, fist, palm, leg, and finger techniques—everything was there. Saber techniques were especially numerous, and they seemed to hint at the source of Great Snow Mountain's heavy sword style, only with dozens, even hundreds, of times as many moves.
By Gu Shenwei's estimate, the stone chambers south of the narrow alley contained some fifty or sixty supreme arts. Even in the Central