The world begins with refining skills

Chapter 105: Using Force to Overcome Cleverness

At this time, Linghu Chong was lying in the cave with a decadent look on his face, his beard untidy and untidy, like a frustrated homeless man.

Ten days ago, after waiting for his junior sister in vain, he finally forced himself to ask her the reason when Liu Dayou came to deliver food again.

Knowing that the junior sister had been accompanying Mu Sheng in traveling and practicing swordsmanship recently, he couldn't help but think of the Chongling swordsmanship that he once used to make the junior sister happy.

When he heard that his junior sister and Mu Sheng often played until late at night, or even did not come home all night, he felt even more sad.

The thought that my junior sister had fallen in love with someone else emerged in my mind, and I felt more and more that this was the case.

In fact, it can't be considered as a transfer of affection. After all, the two of them can only be said to be childhood sweethearts who grew up together, and there is no real confirmation of their relationship.

Unfortunately, Linghu Chong didn't think so. In his grief, he waved his sword randomly in the cave, and by chance he discovered a secret room hidden behind the cave wall.

The walls of the secret room record not only the sword techniques of the Five Mountains Sword Sects, but also many lost sword techniques, as well as the methods to break these sword techniques.

Seeing that the sword skills he was so proud of were broken, and the sword techniques that his master and his mistress were good at were also easily broken, he couldn't help but feel despair.

He didn't know what the meaning of all the martial arts he had practiced for so many years was, especially since his junior sister had fallen in love with someone else.

Under the double blow of love and career, he lost all his energy and spirit, looking dispirited all day long.

After Yue Buqun and his wife brought Mu Sheng and Yue Lingshan up, they did not see Linghu Chong and knew that he should be in the cave.

The cave was narrow and several people refused to go in. Ning Zhongze shouted inside.

"Chong'er, Chong'er"

Linghu Chong seemed to hear someone calling him vaguely. After listening carefully for a few times, he found that it was the voice of his master's wife Ning Zhongze.

Is it Master's Wife who came to see me? Is Junior Sister here too?
Linghu Chong couldn't wait to get up and went outside the cave, where he saw his master, his mistress, and his little sister coming to see him, and he was delighted.

Turning around, he saw that there was another person between the junior sister and the master and his wife. At this time, the junior sister was standing close to that person, looking at him in surprise.

Looking at the tall and suave Mu Sheng, and then at his own dirty, shabby and haggard appearance, his mood, which had just been somewhat lifted, fell again.

"Chong'er, why are you like this? Are you sick?"

Ning Zhongze looked at Linghu Chong in front of him and walked forward to check with a worried look on his face.

Yue Buqun's face looked a little unhappy. He punished Linghu Chong by making him face the wall and reflect on his mistakes in order to make him cultivate his mind and cultivate his character, but he didn't expect that Linghu Chong would look overly worried instead.

"Master's wife, I'm not sick. I just miss you and Master so much."

As Linghu Chong knelt down to greet the two of them, he secretly glanced in the direction of Yue Lingshan.

Yue Buqun also noticed his little action, and instantly understood something, feeling a little complicated.

"Chong'er and Shan'er have been childhood sweethearts. Although I have no regrets in making this decision for the Huashan Sect, I am still somewhat letting Chong'er down."

He reached out his hand to help Linghu Chong up, and sensing through his pulse that his internal strength had declined, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

If the Huashan Sect had not lost its talent and had no outstanding figures, why would he bother?
The eldest disciple who was originally expected to be very successful is now in this state. It would be fine if there was no Mu Sheng for comparison, but no matter how unruly Linghu Chong is, his martial arts skills are still top-notch among the younger generation.

But now with the comparison, I feel that he is wasting his talent and is not ambitious at all.

"What have you been doing in the past few months at the Cliff of Repentance? Why is your inner strength declining instead of improving?"

"Master, I, I..." Linghu Chong wanted to explain but didn't know how to start, so he could only apologize.

"Brother, Chong'er may not be used to the life in Siguo Cliff and may be a little sick."

"He's not sick, you don't need to make excuses for him. Zuo Lengchan is very ambitious now, and there are many changes in the martial arts world. I thought he could share some of the responsibilities for Huashan Sect, but I didn't expect that."

"I deserve to die. I have failed my master's expectations." Linghu Chong knelt down again and said.

"Dad, the eldest brother knows he is wrong, please give him a chance." Yue Lingshan also helped to ask Yue Buqun.

"Well, I'll come back in a month to test your sword skills and martial arts. You can do whatever you want."

Having said that, he turned around and walked down the mountain. Ning Zhongze comforted Linghu Chong and then left.

Mu Sheng stayed with Yue Lingshan and talked to Linghu Chong for a few more words before leaving quickly.

"Brother Sheng, why did Senior Brother become like this?" Yue Lingshan asked worriedly.

"Hen, if you don't know, then I'm even less likely to know." Mu Sheng said casually as he thought about the scene he had just sensed.

"Hen? What does that mean?"

“It means I don’t know.”

"What does that cock mean?"

“That’s what rooster means.”

"Ah, no. We'll be seen."

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After descending from the Cliff of Repentance, Mu Sheng explained the meaning of the rooster to Yue Lingshan, and then continued to ponder the scene he had sensed on the Cliff in the morning.

Since the cave was not big, Mu Sheng easily sensed the gap in the cave wall. It was obvious that Linghu Chong had discovered the secret room engraved with the Five Mountains Sword Technique. But for some reason, Linghu Chong never mentioned this matter from beginning to end.

'Is it because I was there and you didn't want me to know?'

A thought flashed through Mu Sheng’s mind, and he felt that it was not just that.

The original novel describes Linghu Chong wanting to speak twice, but being unable to do so because of the departure of Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze, isn't this nonsense? If you really want to say something, can't you just say it in one sentence?
It's like you discovered a gold mine and wanted to tell others, but in the end you didn't say anything because you didn't have the chance.

Are you really saying that? You obviously have selfish thoughts in your heart. Otherwise, if you say there is a gold mine here, people who have come a long way will come running back.

It is difficult to evaluate the character of Linghu Chong. From different perspectives, there are different Linghu Chongs. But for Mu Sheng, Linghu Chong is like a spoiled child.

They are self-centered and base everything on their own feelings.

He concealed the origin of his strange martial arts from his master and mistress, which was a sign of keeping his word and being loyal. His master and mistress suspected him, which was a sign of not trusting him, which hurt Bao Bao's heart and made Bao Bao unhappy.

He would not explain when there were misunderstandings, but instead he would think some members of the Demon Sect were trustworthy based on his impression of them and would tell them anything.

The junior sister and Lin Pingzhi got close, and she abandoned him, looking desperate. Not long after that, he got together with Ren Yingying.

If Mu Sheng were to give his evaluation, he would feel that Linghu Chong was more like a sensitive and self-centered little fairy boy.

It can’t be said that he is that bad, it’s just that his values are a little abnormal.

In addition to discovering that the secret room was opened, not long after descending the Cliff of Repentance, Mu Sheng's Crow Reconnaissance Team also found traces of Feng Qingyang's life.

Late at night, at the South Peak of Huashan, in a wooden house hidden in the forest.

Feng Qingyang was lying on the bed resting. Suddenly he opened his eyes, jumped up from the bed, and ran out of the room quickly.

As soon as he came out, he saw a tall and straight man standing about ten feet away, staring at him.

"This wooden house of Senior Feng is quite elegant."

"Who are you and how do you know me?"

Feng Qingyang was somewhat surprised and confused when he heard the person calling out his name.

In the eyes of the world, he should have been dead for a long time. How did the other party know that he was still alive and found this place?

"I heard that Dugu Nine Swords can break all martial arts in the world. I heard that Feng Jian Musheng has won, so I came here to ask for your advice. Please!"

Mu Sheng did not reply. He locked his aura on Feng Qingyang and drew his sword to challenge him.

"Great Kung Fu! I have been living in seclusion for many years, but I never knew when a young master like you would appear in the martial arts world."

Although he had never heard of Mu Sheng's name, Feng Qingyang did not dare to underestimate him when he felt his powerful aura. He instinctively used his internal strength to resist.

"careful!"

Mu Sheng shouted easily, and the sword in his hand followed closely, stabbing at Feng Qingyang.

It was a very ordinary straight stab, and Feng Qingyang could block it without using the Dugu Nine Swords, but then Mu Sheng's sword moves became more complicated.

There are Huashan swordsmanship, Hengshan swordsmanship, and many other different swordsmanship mixed in.

Feng Qingyang used the Dugu Nine Swords to break them one by one. With his concentration, his internal energy gradually boiled over, and he used up all his strength without realizing it.

"Good swordsmanship, good talent."

After several hundred moves, the two separated tacitly. Feng Qingyang couldn't help but sigh that this person was not only proficient in many kinds of swordsmanship and had practiced it to a very high level, but his internal strength was also incredibly profound.

"Nine Swords of Dugu, quite interesting. Senior Feng, be careful, I am going to get serious."

As soon as Mu Sheng finished speaking, he rushed forward again, still using a straight stab, but at a much faster speed.

What? This is not even full strength, how is it possible?

Feng Qingyang couldn't quite believe it, but the sword in his hand wouldn't lie, and the opponent's speed became even faster.

Ignoring Feng Qingyang's shock, Mu Sheng increased his internal force little by little, and the speed of his attacks also increased little by little.

It was still the same sword techniques as before, but Feng Qingyang was not as comfortable dealing with them. Fortunately, they were all familiar sword techniques, so he did not need to calculate a way to break them on the fly.

Seeing that the opponent's speed was getting faster and faster, as if there was no end, Feng Qingyang for the first time felt that he could forgive Dugu Jiujian for not being invincible.

'No, the opponent is faster than me. At the same speed, Dugu Nine Swords is still the most powerful martial art.'

Feng Qingyang was somewhat reluctant to admit that he was inferior to others despite his many years of martial arts training, so he consoled himself.

Just when Feng Qingyang was finding it increasingly difficult, he suddenly discovered that the opponent's speed was slowing down.

"Is it some kind of secret method? Sure enough, Dugu Jiujian is it."

A force suddenly came from his wrist, and Feng Qingyang's sword move was deviated in panic. Before he could come back to rescue, Mu Sheng struck again with a sword, knocking the sword in Feng Qingyang's hand away.

"Impossible? What kind of magic is this?" The sudden change made Feng Qingyang exclaim in surprise.

　It’s a bit late today, Xiao Kong apologizes profusely!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)