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Feng Qingyang was born into a martial arts family and has been obsessed with swordsmanship since childhood. He is extremely talented and has a unique character, making him an excellent candidate for martial arts training. He joined the Huashan School at a young age.

At that time, the Huashan Sect had not yet been seriously damaged by internal fighting, and it was quite famous in the martial arts world. After Feng Qingyang entered the sect, he plunged into the study of swordsmanship, practiced hard day and night, and soon stood out among his peers. He was free and unrestrained by nature, and did not pay much attention to red tape and sect rules. He only loved the purity and exquisiteness of swordsmanship, which won the appreciation of several predecessors of the Sword Sect and was regarded as the future pillar of the Sword Sect.

Several decades before the start of the plot of Swordsman, Yue Su and Cai Zifeng of Huashan Sect visited the Shaolin Temple in Putian, Fujian, and secretly read the secret martial arts manual "Sunflower Manual" of Putian Shaolin Temple. Due to time constraints, the two could not read the whole book at the same time, so they read half of it each and returned to Huashan to study and comprehend it together.

However, the contents recorded by the two were totally irrelevant and each of them firmly believed that the other had read the wrong book and only what they remembered was correct. As a result, the pair of brothers who were originally close as brothers gradually became enemies, and the Huashan Sect was divided into the Qi Sect and the Sword Sect.

The Sword Sect believes that the key to Huashan martial arts is the "sword". Once the sword skills are mastered, even if the internal strength is mediocre, they can still defeat the enemy. The Qi Sect emphasizes the use of internal strength as the foundation and the use of Qi to control the sword. According to Yue Buqun, the Huashan Sword Sect's kung fu is easy to master quickly and the effect is very fast. If the Sword Sect and the Qi Sect practice kung fu for ten years each, the Sword Sect will definitely have the upper hand. After twenty years of practice, both sides will be good at winning and it will be difficult to tell who is better. After thirty years, the Sword Sect's kung fu can no longer be compared with the Qi Sect.

Twenty-five years before the story of "Swordsman" begins, dozens of masters from the Sword Sect and the Qi Sect of Huashan Sect launched a brutal battle on the Jade Maiden Peak, and eventually the Sword Sect was defeated. At that time, Feng Qingyang, as the top master of the Sword Sect, was tricked by the Qi Sect disciples to return to his hometown to get married, and thus missed this crucial showdown. Otherwise, with his swordsmanship, the outcome of the Sword and Qi Sects would be uncertain. When Feng Qingyang returned to Huashan Sect, the game was over. The disciples of the Sword Sect either died in battle or committed suicide with their swords, and the few survivors also quietly retired. Feng Qingyang felt deeply guilty and disheartened, so he lived in seclusion on the Cliff of Repentance, and vowed never to get involved in the disputes in the martial arts world again.

Later, Feng Qingyang met Linghu Chong at the Cliff of Regret. At that time, Linghu Chong had been defeated repeatedly in sword fights with Tian Boguang. Feng Qingyang was delighted to see that Linghu Chong was free and easy-going by nature and not as rigid as the Qi Sect disciples. He taught him the Dugu Nine Swords. The Dugu Nine Swords was not a martial art created by the Huashan Sect, but was passed down to Feng Qingyang by chance from the Sword Demon Dugu Qiubai.

During his time in Huashan Sect, Yi Huawei often heard Yue Buqun talk about the sect's past. The more he thought about the dispute over sword energy in Huashan Sect, the more he felt that there was something fishy behind it. It was most likely a conspiracy secretly planned by Shaolin Temple.

When Yue Su and Cai Zifeng visited the Shaolin Temple in Putian, Fujian, it was a normal exchange between martial arts sects. As a major sect with a profound background in the martial arts world, the Shaolin Temple in Putian has always been the most important place for storing confidential documents. The Sutra Library, which contains martial arts classics that are regarded as treasures by many sects, must be heavily guarded. Not only are there martial arts monks with high martial arts skills guarding day and night, but there are also various secret guards around it. Outsiders should be detected even if they get close, let alone sneaking in.

But Yue Su and Cai Zifeng actually managed to sneak into the Sutra Library so smoothly. They even lit the lights and leisurely flipped through the "Sunflower Manual" inside. They did not encounter any obstructions and did not trigger any alarms. It was as if the entire Southern Shaolin Temple was completely unaware of this. This was really abnormal. The only reasonable speculation was that Southern Shaolin Temple did this on purpose and deliberately let them see the manual.

Master Du Yuan, a disciple of Master Hongye of Southern Shaolin, was ordered to go to Huashan after learning that Yue Su and Cai Zifeng had secretly read the treasure book. This arrangement was full of doubts upon closer examination.

The original copy of the Sunflower Manual was left intact in Southern Shaolin, so what was the purpose of sending Du Yuan to Huashan? It was said that they were warning the two not to practice, but a verbal warning was not very intimidating. Besides, it was more like the style of a big sect to kill one person to warn the rest of the people for reading such a confidential matter. If they wanted to silence him, why did they only send one person? Wouldn't that give him a chance to resist and escape? How could Master Hongye be so sure that Du Yuan could complete this difficult task?
Moreover, Yue Su and Cai Zifeng had different understandings of the contents of the treasure book and were arguing with each other, so they asked Master Du Yuan for advice. Du Yuan also answered their questions and resolved their doubts.
After leaving Huashan, Du Yuan carefully recorded what he had written down on his cassock, which later became the "Bixie Sword Technique" that became famous in the martial arts world.

After returning to secular life, he founded the Fuwei Escort Agency, which was located in a very strategic location, only 200 miles away from Southern Shaolin, and only a day's journey on horseback. Then, Lin Yuantu suddenly became famous in the martial arts world with his "Evil-Bearing Sword Technique", and his martial arts skills were invincible.

It is reasonable to say that Master Hongye should have taken some action when his disciple returned to secular life to practice the martial arts he had secretly learned and became famous. However, he turned a blind eye, as if all this had nothing to do with Southern Shaolin, which was really unreasonable. Based on various signs, Du Yuan's trip to Huashan was undoubtedly a key part of the Shaolin Temple's conspiracy. They deliberately let the "Sunflower Manual" flow into the martial arts world just to provoke fighting among all parties.

At that time, Shaolin and Wudang had been firmly in the leading position for a long time, but new forces continued to rise. The Five Mountains Sword Sects united and were aggressive, and the Demon Sect was even more erratic and powerful, which posed a threat to the status of Shaolin and Wudang in the martial arts world. In order to protect its own interests and the right to speak in the martial arts world, Shaolin Temple came up with this vicious plan and deliberately spread the word that Huashan Sect had the "Sunflower Manual", a peerless secret book, which made the Demon Sect salivate. The ten elders of the Demon Sect besieged Huashan fiercely. Upon hearing the news, the Five Mountains Sword Sects rushed to help and gathered at Huashan to fight against foreign enemies. That battle was extremely tragic. Both sides fought fiercely and were seriously injured. Although the Demon Sect finally snatched the Sunflower Manual, the ten elders were also seriously injured.

Five years later, the Demon Cult took a rest and came back again. With the experience of the last fight, the ten elders came well prepared and directly broke the exquisite sword moves carefully studied by the Five Mountains Sword Sect. The two sides were once again in a bitter battle. After this fight, the strength of the Five Mountains Sword Sect was further weakened, many masters fell, and the sect was short of talent.

Huashan Sect was in chaos because of the "Sunflower Manual" brought back by Yue Su and Cai Zifeng. The Qi Sect respected Yue Su and firmly believed that internal cultivation was the best way. Only with deep internal strength could one master swordsmanship. The Sword Sect followed Cai Zifeng's thinking and believed that exquisite swordsmanship was the key. As long as the swordsmanship was superb, even if the internal strength was slightly inferior, the enemy could be defeated.

The two sects had opposing ideologies. Disciples were influenced by their masters, and daily frictions continued, and conflicts gradually escalated. In the end, a shocking internal fight broke out at the Jade Maiden Peak. The fellow disciples were ruthless, and the friendship of the past was thrown out of their minds. After a fierce fight, most of the elites of the Huashan Sect were killed, and the overall strength plummeted, gradually becoming the bottom of the Five Mountains Sword Sect.

Huashan Sect has a long history. Its founder, Hao Datong, was born into a noble family and was one of the Seven Sons of Quanzhen. In his early years, he followed Wang Chongyang and mastered the essence of Taoist martial arts. After coming to Huashan, he innovated and improved the martial arts he learned based on the terrain, local conditions and people of Huashan, thus establishing a unique Huashan Sect martial arts system. Hao Datong himself was an outstanding martial artist and a chivalrous man with a high prestige in the martial arts world. He was very dedicated in accepting disciples and teaching them, laying a solid foundation for Huashan Sect.

After Hao Datong, successive leaders and masters of the sect passed on the tradition. They studied martial arts carefully, constantly absorbed the strengths of the outside world, integrated them into the sect's kung fu, and recruited many disciples and cultivated many outstanding disciples. Relying on the unremitting efforts of generations, the Huashan Sect gradually became famous in the martial arts world and became an important sect among the Five Mountains Sword Sects, and also had a say in major martial arts events.

But who could have expected that a conspiracy secretly planned by Shaolin Temple, through the sword energy dispute triggered by "Sunflower Manual", would severely hit Huashan Sect. After this fight, Huashan Sect fell into a long period of decline. The number of disciples dropped sharply, high-quality seedlings were scarce, and the inheritance of martial arts was also broken. Many exquisite sword moves were gradually lost because they lost the demonstration and explanation of masters. It became increasingly difficult to obtain resources for the sect, and the previous allies also had a cold attitude towards it. The living space of Huashan Sect in the martial arts world was constantly squeezed, causing it to fall into a long period of decline.

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Yi Huawei stood quietly in the cave, knowing the situation behind the cave clearly. It was the battlefield where the Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Demon Sect perished together. The stone walls of the cave were engraved with diagrams that could break many exquisite sword moves.

For martial artists, it was a treasure trove of martial arts that they had always dreamed of. If it were any other martial artist, upon learning of such a mysterious place, they would have rushed in to find out what was going on. However, Yi Huawei showed no interest in the cave.

In Yi Huawei's martial arts philosophy, the key to superior martial arts lies in a deep understanding of the essence of internal strength, and then being able to control it at will. In his view, moves are just an extension and external manifestation of internal strength. Take Zixia Magical Skills for example, when the internal strength is cultivated to a sufficiently powerful and profound state, even if you just swing your arms and move your feet at will, you can form a sharp killing move. Being overly rigid about those established sword moves is like putting shackles on yourself, falling into the inferior realm of martial arts.

Therefore, in Yi Huawei's eyes, those so-called sword-breaking moves on the cave wall were just some fancy, useless superficial skills. It was a waste of time to look at them, so he naturally didn't take them to heart. In fact, Yi Huawei just didn't find the right time to tell Yue Buqun.

Because the Cliff of Repentance is a forbidden area in Mount Huashan and is usually guarded by someone, he has no chance to come in. He came here by accident because he was punished this time.

Yue Buqun's aptitude is really ordinary. In order to improve his Zixia magic skills, he has practiced day and night for decades and invested a lot of energy and time. However, the results are minimal. He is always stuck in the same place and unable to break through the bottleneck.

Although Yue Buqun was born into the Qi Sect and had been instilled with the idea of ​​the supremacy of internal strength since his initiation, and although he did not delve deeply into sword techniques on a daily basis, Yi Huawei knew in his heart that if Yue Buqun had the opportunity to observe the exquisite sword techniques in the grottoes, he might be able to capture some inspiration from them and open up a new path for his stagnant martial arts practice.

After all, in the study of martial arts, one can learn by analogy, and sometimes a completely new perspective can activate years of accumulation.

However, although the dispute over sword and qi in Huashan Sect has been over for many years, the aftermath is still surging in the sect. As the head of Qi Sect, Yue Buqun has always regarded himself as the orthodox one, emphasizing that internal strength is the foundation of martial arts, and has always sneered at the idea of ​​Jian Sect that focuses on the changes of sword moves. Moreover, the old guy Feng Qingyang is still hiding near the Cliff of Repentance, which is also a tricky factor.

Yi Huawei really didn't have a good impression of Feng Qingyang, the former Sword Sect legend. When the Demon Sect attacked the Qi Sect of Huashan, Feng Qingyang was clearly close at hand, but he stood by and watched, allowing his fellow disciples to fall into a desperate situation. His absence at the critical moment of the sect's life and death was undoubtedly an unforgivable dereliction of duty in Yi Huawei's view. Moreover, according to various signs, it is highly likely that Feng Qingyang was related to the closure of the cave.

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Looking at the sky, he estimated that it would take a while for Yue Lingshan to bring the meal.

Yi Huawei sat cross-legged with his five hearts facing the sky, and the aura around him slowly flowed along the veins of Zixia Divine Art.

When the Zixia Magic Art was in operation, the internal force in the body was like a lively stream, flowing from the Dantian through the eight extraordinary meridians. Yi Huawei closed his eyes and concentrated, carefully sensing each circulation and gathering of the internal force, trying to dig out a little gap for improvement from this daily practice. As he silently recited the mantra of the mental method, his chest rose and fell rhythmically. Every time he breathed in and out, it was as if he reached a secret harmony with the air in the cave, and the strands of internal force became more and more condensed.

Just as he was deeply immersed in the practice, a sound of surprise, as slight as the flapping of mosquito wings, suddenly entered his ears. The sound was fleeting, as if it were an illusion, but Yi Huawei was instantly alert, his mind raced, and he slowly ended the practice.

The internal force returned, and the breath returned to its source. In the blink of an eye, he stood up neatly, drew the long sword from his waist, and began to practice Huashan swordsmanship. Each move was steady and sharp, and the wind of the sword whistled in the cave.

After practicing for a while, Yi Huawei seized the opportunity and used the move "White Rainbow Piercing the Sun" to pierce the stone wall with his long sword.

Yi Huawei's mouth curled up slightly, he uttered a sigh, raised his hand and slapped the stone wall. With a muffled "bang", the stone wall cracked, and a hole appeared that was big enough for the head to fit into.

Then, Yi Huawei used his strength again and struck out with another palm strike. This time the force was even stronger, causing gravel to fly. The hole instantly expanded and became a passage wide enough for one person to pass through.

"There's actually a secret passage here?"

Yi Huawei muttered to himself, then picked up the prepared torch from the corner, lit it and looked into the passage. Seeing that the torch was still bright, he slowly moved sideways and went in.

As soon as he stepped into the passage, he was greeted by a stale and decayed smell. This was a narrow passage with dim light. Yi Huawei walked forward cautiously. He looked down and found a skeleton lying at his feet. The skeleton had long lost its skin and flesh, and its clothes were shredded into dust, leaving only some residue. Two large axes lay quietly beside it. Although the axe blades were rusty, they still revealed a bit of the heaviness of the past.

Yi Huawei looked calm. He simply bent down to take a look and then continued walking forward.

After walking a few more feet along the tunnel and turning left, a huge stone cave suddenly appeared in front of us. This stone cave is extremely spacious and can easily accommodate a thousand people. The cave is gloomy, with seven skeletons scattered around, in different postures, some sitting upright, and some lying casually. Next to each skeleton is a weapon, a pair of iron plates, although mottled, still thick; a pair of judge's pens, with a faint cold light at the tip; an iron rod, thick and handy; a copper rod, heavy; a guy shaped like a thunder block, with a unique shape; and a three-pointed two-edged knife covered with wolf teeth, which is frightening at the sight; there is also a rare weapon, which looks like a knife but not a knife, and like a sword but not a sword, which has never been seen before.

Yi Huawei understood in his heart that these should be the remains of the ancestors of the Five Mountains Sword Sect and the guardians of the Demon Cult.

(End of this chapter)