Patriarch Lü's legacy naturally inspired covetousness.
Pure Yang Skill and Heavenly Dao Sword Stance were both supreme arts that astounded the world. In this age when manuals of the upper three grades had vanished from the Jianghu, they were incomparably precious!
But to Cao Jinxing, anything that could not draw the Eight Qi of heaven and earth into his body and absorb the essence of the sun and moon to convert into true qi held limited appeal.
Compared to the internal cultivation method of Pure Yang Skill, Cao Jinxing was more interested in Pure Yang Palm, Pure Yang Finger, and Heavenly Dao Sword Stance.
Given Patriarch Lü's renown, these offensive techniques might well have surpassed the limits of the fourth grade...
Medicine King Valley had no interest in fighting and killing, and Wei Yunqing had promised Yue Zongwu to keep his lips sealed. That left Cao Jinxing feeling rather awkward about seizing them.
After all, Wei Yunqing had revealed the information, and Cao Jinxing himself could count as half a member of Medicine King Valley. He ought to show them some consideration...
"Forget it."
Cao Jinxing roughly estimated the distance. Medicine King Mountain was over three hundred li from Mount Hua, not somewhere he could reach in a moment. Since this concerned Patriarch Lü's Pure Yang Stone Inscriptions, word would get out sooner or later. There was no need to rush.
-No secret stayed secret forever.
"I'll act once more people know. Then it won't count as going back on his word..."
Cao Jinxing was showing the Mount Hua Sect plenty of consideration and had decided not to act. Unexpectedly, the number of "people who knew" soon grew-and by far more than he had anticipated!
Night fell.
The banquet at Jingming Palace was nearing its end. Hosts and guests had