One person ascends to the Pure Huang Court

"Brother, this is the secret manual of Youyue Sword Skill that I copied from memory. It also contains the move of Cold Mirror Breaking Mountains and Rivers. Please check if there are any mistakes."

Yu Baiyuan's expression changed. He took the notebook from Hu Xiuwu's hand and carefully compared the contents of the notebook.

The Youyue Sword Technique that Hu Xiuwu copied by hand in the notes is somewhat different from the current sword technique of the Penglai Sword School, but this is normal. There is no unchanging method in this world.

After all the skills and secret techniques are created, there will be younger generations who will take over the inheritance from their ancestors and constantly refine and polish them on the original basis, making the skills more and more perfect, and even bringing forth new ones.

The Golden Light Mantra of Longhu Mountain, the Seven Killing Orders of Gods and Ghosts of Shangqing, and Wudang's Tai Chi have all become what they are today through the efforts of countless generations of people in the sects.

After Yu Baiyuan finished reading Hu Xiuwu's handwritten notes, especially the lost move of Han Jing Po Shan He in Penglai Sword School, he closed the notes, a figure emerged in his mind, and he practiced sword moves silently.

After a long time, Yu Baiyuan opened his eyes again and sighed:

"Han Jing Po Shan He is indeed worthy of being the supreme sword of You Yue Sword Technique. Its purpose is probably even higher than Guang Han Ling Xiao."

"By the way, since you, Xiuwu, have become the successor of our Penglai Sword Sect, I also have a gift for you."

Yu Baiyuan put away Hu Xiuwu's handwritten version of the Youyue Sword Skills Secret Manual, and took out a scroll that had been prepared long ago from beside the chair, wanting to give it to Hu Xiuwu.

Bang!

There was a sudden loud noise in Zhang Duan's knife forge, as if something heavy had fallen from a great height. Hu Xiuwu and Yu Baiyuan rushed into the house, worried that something might have happened.

When Hu Xiuwu and Yu Baiyuan rushed into the knife forge, they were greeted by a wave of heat.

The forging furnace used in Zhang Duan's knife forging workshop is the latest industrial forging furnace. The temperature inside can reach up to 2000 degrees. With such a large heat source, the temperature of the entire knife forging workshop is more than ten degrees higher than the outside temperature.

Inside the sword forging workshop, Zhe Gui was placed on an iron felt, with half of the nails used to fix the hilt removed, making the hilt loose. For some reason, Ah Man appeared on top of Zhe Gui, looking at Zhang Duan angrily.

She was a serious person, and she didn't agree when Zhang Duan stripped her sword costume without her permission.

Just now, when Zhang Duan was removing the nails on the laurel tree, he disturbed Ah Man.

Ah Man was suddenly awakened and found that Hu Xiuwu was not around, so he stimulated the Gengjin Qi in the body of the Zhegui sword, transforming it into several sword Qis to protect Zhegui.

The consequence of this was that the clothes on Zhang Duan's chest and the leather apron were cut open by the sword energy, and a corner of an unused iron felt next to him was also cut off by the sword energy, falling to the ground and making a small hole, while only a smooth fracture was left on the iron felt.

After seeing this scene, Hu Xiuwu realized belatedly and thought:

"Oh no, I just forgot to say hello to Ah Man!"

Chapter 98: Penglai Past

Seeing Hu Xiuwu, Ah Man threw herself into his arms, and then complained to Hu Xiuwu aggrievedly, pointing at Zhang Duan and crying angrily.

Basically, when she just woke up from the sword, she saw a wretched old man stripping off her clothes.

Ah Man's words were sincere and heartfelt. If she wasn't actually a sword, Zhang Duan Lao really wouldn't have been able to explain it clearly.

Hu Xiuwu rubbed Ah Man's head to comfort her and explained to her that Senior Zhang Duan had no ill intentions and just wanted to change her clothes into more suitable ones.

Ah Man understood that this was for her own good, so she accepted it with a grumble. Then she turned into a sword light and went back to Zhegui to sleep, out of sight and out of mind.

Hu Xiuwu let out a breath, feeling as if he was dealing with his own unruly little sister, and then he apologized to Zhang Duan on behalf of Ah Man.

Zhang Duan waved his hand generously, indicating that he didn't care about this little thing at all. Instead, he was more curious about A'man's existence. When Hu Xiuwu apologized, he glanced at the gash on Zhang Duan's chest that was cut by Gengjin Qi.

Only Zhang Duan's clothes and fireproof apron were cut by the sword energy, but nothing inside was hurt. The Gengjin sword energy didn't even leave a white mark on Zhang Duan's body.

Good fellow, the Gengjin sword Qi that could cut through a dozen centimeters thick iron felt was not qualified to leave a wound on Senior Zhang Duan. He now doubted whether he could break Zhang Duan's defense by performing the Nine-headed Dragon Flash with the Zhegui in his hand.

Hu Xiuwu secretly clicked his tongue, finally understanding what Yu Baiyuan meant by tempering one's own body into a magical weapon.

"Okay, both of you go out and don't disturb me while I'm working. I'll come find you after I finish making the scabbard and sword armor."

Seeing Hu Xiuwu and Yu Baiyuan gathered here and disturbed his work, Zhang Duan started to drive them away impatiently.

Yu Baiyuan and Hu Xiuwu could only return to the yard and wait for Zhang Duan to finish his work. After leaving the knife forging workshop, Yu Baiyuan continued the previous topic and handed the scroll in his hand to Hu Xiuwu:

"I almost forgot about it, Shugo. Take this Red Lotus Scroll back. You can read it in your spare time and learn a few self-defense techniques from it. Remember not to go too deep into it."

At the end, Yu Baiyuan couldn't help but remind Hu Xiuwu.

After hearing Yu Baiyuan's bluffing, Hu Xiuwu opened the scroll directly in the courtyard. He saw that the beginning of the Red Lotus Scroll read:

If you want to live forever, don't enter this door.

The body broke into pieces and looked like a red lotus.

Hu Xiuwu frowned and looked down. After reading only a few spells recorded at the beginning, he understood why Yu Baiyuan only asked him to learn a few tricks.

The most basic ninjutsu techniques in the Crimson Lotus Scroll are all quite normal, but they are somewhat similar to the Fire God Sect's methods, using the method of transforming Qi into fire and then attaching the red flame to the blade to increase the power of the sword techniques.

However, the more advanced the moves in the Red Lotus Scroll, the more extreme they are, and in the end one even needs to burn one's life to enhance the power and burst intensity of the spell.

The ultimate skill is to burn oneself to death, to burn all one's life out in an instant, like fireworks, bursting out with the most brilliant sword in this life.

Even the Seven Killing Orders of Gods and Ghosts practiced by Hu Xiuwu only looks fierce on the surface, but inside it is still based on the essence of Taoism and its purpose is longevity and ascension to heaven.

However, the Red Lotus Ninja Technique completely disregards one's own life, and uses one's own lifespan as a bargaining chip to increase the power of one's own spells. This is simply a move that only death warriors in ancient times would practice.

Hu Xiuwu looked up at Yu Baiyuan. It turned out that the Penglai sword sect, which had been passed down for thousands of years, had such extreme and almost demonic methods.

Yu Baiyuan sighed, sat back in his seat, and raised his hand to signal Hu Xiuwu to sit in Zhang Duan's seat.

There is a long story about the Red Lotus Scroll, and I'm afraid it will take him a long time to tell it.

"Brother Xiuwu, since you have entered Master Pei Min's memory, you should know that during the Tang Dynasty, the Penglai Sword Sect only had the Youyue Sword Technique, and there was no such thing as the Youyue or Honglian branches."

"Even the so-called Red Lotus Ninja Technique does not exist. This all started in the Ming Dynasty..."

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates repeatedly invaded the northern coastal areas. Among the large Japanese pirate forces, there were a small number of strange warriors and ninjas.

These strange people hid among ordinary ronin, and together with them robbed property and harmed the people along the coastal areas.

Qi Jiguang, the commander of Dengzhou Guard, was ordered to fight against the Japanese pirates.

Qi Jiguang was also an extraordinary person, and he was also the leader of the Penglai Sword School.

The Youyue sword technique of the Penglai Sword School excels in battlefield fighting, which means that the people of the Penglai Sword School are destined to always earn glory and hone their sword skills on the battlefield.

Fighting against the Japanese pirates was a long process. Once, Qi Jiguang received intelligence that a small group of Japanese pirates had sneaked into a small fishing village. Qi Jiguang ordered his troops to go to support them.

But they were still a step too late. The whole village was burned down, and only a young child survived.

The child was brought back by the soldiers, and Qi Jiguang unexpectedly discovered that the child was actually a talented person in Qi training, so he took him as his disciple and named him Lin Pokou.

Lin Pokou carries a deep blood feud, and practices Qi and sword skills very hard every day.

But sometimes human power really has its limits. Although he has good talent, he has not yet reached the level of a peerless genius. So even if he studies hard every day, his strength can be said to be above average among people of the same age.

However, this level of power was still not enough to help him get revenge, but he had no other way to become stronger.

Hating his own incompetence, he could only practice even harder, even using self-harming methods to practice swordplay.

When Lin Pokou was still a young man, his strength was finally recognized by his master Qi Jiguang, and he was allowed to fight with the army. He led the charge in every operation to suppress the Japanese pirates, and always fought against the strange men among them with a life-threatening attitude.

Exchange life for life, never back down.

Once, Lin Pokou was ordered by his master to stop a group of Japanese pirates, but he did not expect that there was a ninja with high skills hidden among the pirates. The ninja's fire ninjutsu was superb and could be called unique.

They were suppressed for a while, but in the end Lin Pokou braved the pain of being burned by flames and used the Lone Wheel Flash to force his way within five steps of the ninja and killed this tough opponent.

After the war, when his personal soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, they found a scroll containing fire ninjutsu from the ninja's body and presented it to Lin Pokou.

Lin Pokou was deeply impressed by the ninja's ninjutsu. After his injuries recovered, he couldn't wait to study late into the night.

The most unique feature of this scroll of fire ninjutsu is the method of transforming one's own cultivated Qi into red lotus karma fire, which is comparable to the skills of the Fire God Sect.

However, what surprised Lin Pokou the most was that at the end of the scroll, there was a record of a secret technique that could enhance ninjutsu by burning one's lifespan, which made Lin Pokou feel like he had found a treasure.

The Japanese pirates killed my relatives and destroyed my homeland, but they had nothing permanent left but a rotten skin.

Then my remaining body will be burned and turned into red lotus fire.

Die with the enemy!!

Lin Pokou combined Youyue swordsmanship with Honglian ninjutsu to create the Honglian branch of Penglai Sword School.

He created the secret technique of Red Lotus not for any other reason but to pursue the strongest killing skill, for revenge, and also to prevent other children from having their families destroyed like him.

With Lin Pokou's talent, if he had practiced the Youyue sword technique diligently, he could have lived to be a hundred years old, but he eventually died before he was forty.

But he died with a smile on his face, because before he died he helped his mentor to pacify the 800-mile sea waves, so that there was no more trouble from Japanese pirates in the northern coastal areas.

“…This is the origin of the Red Lotus branch of Penglai Sword Sect. After suppressing the Japanese pirate rebellion, Master Qi Jiguang was heartbroken by the fate of his beloved disciple and wanted to destroy the Red Lotus scroll written by Lin Pokou before his death.”

"But he changed his mind and realized that his disciple died with a smile on his face."

"Compared to the pain of being eaten by thousands of ants when your loved ones are in danger and you are powerless to help, most Penglai disciples would probably be more willing to burn their lifespans and die generously in exchange for the strongest sword to protect their loved ones."

"In the end, Master Qi Jiguang left this scroll behind."

I hope my future disciples won’t need to use it.

But I also hope that if any disciple encounters something he is willing to protect even at the cost of his life, he will have the opportunity to transform himself into a red lotus and die together with the enemy.

Chapter 99 Kunlun

Yu Baiyuan said: "Today I am passing this Red Lotus Scroll to you, but I sincerely hope that you will never need to use the Red Lotus Secret."

Hu Xiuwu rolled up the Red Lotus Scroll again, and using the cover of his schoolbag, he placed the scroll into the Ghost Tomb.

While waiting for Zhang Duan to make the scabbard, in order to pass the time, Yu Baiyuan taught Hu Xiuwu some techniques of the Youyue Sword. During this process, Hu Xiuwu's casual words were able to inspire Baiyuan.

Hu Xiuwu had experienced Pei Min's experience before, and these words were Pei Min's understanding of the way of the sword. In the end, Yu Baiyuan was no longer giving instructions, but discussing the way of the sword with Hu Xiuwu.

It was as if the person sitting opposite him was not Hu Xiuwu, but the Sword Saint of the Great Tang Dynasty who wore an embroidered robe with a notch and protected a city with a single sword. From these few words, Yu Baiyuan could vaguely glimpse the elegance of the former Sword Saint of the Great Tang Dynasty.

Yu Baiyuan said to Hu Xiuwu with emotion: "With the experience of Master Pei Min, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort in swordsmanship."

The two chatted in the yard for a long time, and Yu Baiyuan had not expected that he could gain something.

He did not say anything to Hu Xiuwu about breaking away from Pei Min's ties and walking his own path. That was something that only people like him who were almost at the end of their swordsmanship should consider.

Hu Xiuwu has just started to walk on the path of swordsmanship, and it is the time to lay the foundation. What's wrong with absorbing Pei Min's experience and following the footsteps of his predecessors?

Don’t say nonsense like what suits you is the best. You want to fly before you even learn to walk?

Take mathematics for example. This is a subject that everyone starts to lay the foundation for from a young age and learns step by step. How many people have mastered it?

How many of you passed Algebra and Advanced Mathematics in one go? Raise your hands so I can see.

Yu Baiyuan and Hu Xiuwu, or rather, Pei Min, discussed swordsmanship in the courtyard for a long time. After the street lights were on, Zhang Duan finally came out of the swordsmith shop, holding the Zhegui with a new scabbard and hilt in his hand.