Falling Moon Cave on Falling Moon Peak

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Before Yang Yi subdued Lu Qianshan yesterday, the man had mentioned some secret.

Yang Yi had not thought the man possessed any earthshaking secret. Then one thing after another had happened, and he had forgotten all about it.

Now that Lu Qianshan brought it up again, Yang Yi was intrigued. "Tell me."

Lu Qianshan smiled and handed over his sword. "My lord, what do you think of this sword?"

Yang Yi glanced at him, accepted the longsword, and drew it from its sheath. After examining it carefully, he could not make out anything particularly special about it.

After all, he had only entered the martial world not long ago. Though he had cultivated three martial techniques at Qiao Family Fort, he had never had much contact with weapons, so naturally he could not judge the quality of this longsword.

Lu Qianshan had come prepared and took out another longsword. "This sword is forged from Hundred-Forged Iron. Though it cannot be called a Divine Weapon, it is still an excellent blade. My lord may as well test the power of these two swords personally and see what differences there are."

Yang Yi looked at him but did not take the sword. Instead, he tossed Lu Qianshan's personal sword back to him. "You attack!"

Holding the sword, Lu Qianshan immediately said, "This subordinate will attack with equal strength. My lord, please feel the difference carefully."

As he spoke, he suddenly thrust his sword at Yang Yi.

Almost at the same instant, Yang Yi activated Mountain Suppression. The blood and qi throughout his body gathered at the point of impact, forming a thick, palm-sized barrier outside his body.

The sword tip sank half an inch into the barrier and stopped!

Lu Qianshan could not help widening his eyes. Though he had not used his full strength in that strike, he had still used sixty percent of it. They were both Lan Blood cultivators—no matter what, the strike should not have dealt so little damage.

What incredibly solid and refined blood and qi! It actually possessed such terrifying defensive power.

He had no doubt that even if he went all out, he likely would not be able to harm Yang Yi in the slightest through such a blood-and-qi barrier.

Quickly reining in his shock, Lu Qianshan switched swords and thrust again. "My lord, be careful!"

This thrust struck the same spot, but Yang Yi raised his brows and stared fixedly at the sword tip.

Though this strike still failed to break Mountain Suppression's defense, it penetrated more than an inch—far deeper than before.

Yang Yi raised a hand and snatched Lu Qianshan's personal sword back. He slightly circulated his blood and qi and tested the edge with his finger, then examined the other sword in the same way. He clearly sensed that, compared to the other blade, Lu Qianshan's personal sword was sharper.

And that was not all.

"This sword... has a blood-breaking effect?"

The blood and qi he had condensed himself seemed more fragile before Lu Qianshan's personal sword, which was why that strike had seemed so much more powerful.

"My lord truly has eyes like torches!" Lu Qianshan promptly flattered him.

Yang Yi thought that if such an obvious comparison still did not let him see the problem, then he would truly be blind.

"What material was your sword forged from?" Yang Yi asked.

Lu Qianshan shook his head. "It is not a matter of material. My sword was likewise forged from Hundred-Forged Iron, no different from the other one."

"Oh?" Yang Yi raised his brows. "Then is it a matter of the person? Do you know some master blacksmith?"

"That is not it either. This is the secret this subordinate wished to tell my lord." Lu Qianshan turned to look outside. "Tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse. The timing is perfect. If my lord does not mind, could you accompany this subordinate? I will reveal the mystery to you shortly."

"Lead the way."

The two left Falling Moon Market and headed straight for a nearby mountain. Along the way, Lu Qianshan said, "My lord, do you know why this place is called Falling Moon Market?"

"Is there some legend behind it?" Yang Yi followed three paces behind Lu Qianshan, unconcerned that he might have some sinister scheme.

Lu Qianshan had already taken the Bloodbane Pill. Unless he no longer wanted to live, he would not dare act against him.

Lu Qianshan said, "Legend has it that moonfall radiance often appears here. When moonlight spills down, Falling Moon Peak bathes in Moonlight Essence, creating a spectacle magnificent and strange. Some have even seen extraordinarily wondrous scenes within it—people flying to and fro in the sky, countless rare treasures and exotic beasts. When the Moonlight Essence descends, a strange fragrance fills the air, causing wild grass to grow madly. If a person takes but one breath of it, they may live to a hundred without illness or calamity."

"Falling Moon Peak?"

"That is the mountain ahead." Lu Qianshan pointed at the peak before them. Their destination was Falling Moon Peak.

"It is because of these legends that this place is called Falling Moon Market."

"You said yourself that they are legends. Legends are often not to be trusted."

"My lord is correct."

Lu Qianshan wanted to perform well before Yang Yi, so he moved at a rapid pace. By the time they finished speaking, they had already arrived atop Falling Moon Peak.

He led Yang Yi to a certain spot before stopping. "My lord, please follow me."

With that, he leaped forward and suddenly vanished from sight.

Only then did Yang Yi see a pit there, black as ink and bottomless to the eye. A moment later, Lu Qianshan's voice came from below. "My lord, you can come down now."

Yang Yi focused his gaze, then listened carefully. Once he confirmed there was no problem, he leaped down, secretly circulating his blood and qi in preparation for any mishap.

From outside, the opening did not seem large, but the pit was extremely deep. When Yang Yi's feet touched solid ground, he vaguely felt that he was about twenty zhang below the surface.

Lu Qianshan stood beside him.

Yang Yi's gaze was immediately drawn to a faint beam of light. It was not bright, thin and intermittent, yet it formed a line that fell to the bottom of the pit.

Following the beam upward, Yang Yi saw the bright moon hanging high in the sky at a glance.

"Legends are indeed often untrustworthy, but one part of them is true." Lu Qianshan's voice sounded beside him. "Moonlight Essence truly falls upon Falling Moon Peak, except it can only be seen here."

Though this strange sight was not particularly grand, no matter how one looked at it, it was abnormal.

Yang Yi soon noticed a stone at the bottom of the pit, apparently placed there by human hands. A saber and a sword lay atop it.

The beam of Moonlight Essence shone directly upon those two weapons.

Yang Yi's heart stirred. "The peculiarity of your personal sword is connected to this place?"

"My lord sees clearly!" Lu Qianshan nodded. "Shi Zhongtang accidentally discovered this place when he was young, but he did not know what mystery it held at the time. It was only after he and I founded Golden Saber Hall and he told me about this place that I explored it repeatedly and discovered its secret. Just as my lord sees now, if weapons are placed here to bathe in Moonlight Essence, they become sharper and gain a blood-breaking effect."

"No one else discovered this place's peculiarity?" Yang Yi asked.

Lu Qianshan said, "This pit is extremely deep. Ordinary people do not have the courage to come down, and Shi Zhongtang and I have people guarding the surrounding area, so herb gatherers do not dare approach. As for Lan Blood cultivators... what Lan Blood cultivator would come here for no reason? Even if they discovered the pit, if the timing was wrong, entering would be pointless."

He had wanted to report this to Yang Yi last night, but there had been no moon. Reporting it would have been useless, so he had simply waited until this evening to come here.