Chapter 39 The Ten Elders

"Let's go in and take a look together?"

Chu Yuan finished his training and stood up, looking at the others.

"Senior Chu, please go first."

Linghu Chong said.

Chu Yuan nodded and walked in first.

Linghu Chong, Dongfang Sheng, and Yue Lingshan also followed behind.

A few steps inside, there is a passage no more than four feet wide.

However, after entering the passage, there was no light source, the surroundings immediately became dark, and the scene ahead could not be seen clearly.

Fortunately, Chu Yuan had made preparations in advance when he came.

He took out a tinder, blew gently with his mouth, and with a "bang", the tinder caught fire. Along with jumping sparks, a faint flame lit up from the tinder, illuminating a little light in the passage.

"Brother Chu, you also brought a fire starter!"

Walking on the final Eastern Victory Road.

Seeing that Chu Yuan was fully prepared, he became more certain of his previous guess about Chu Yuan.

"When traveling down the mountain, it is inevitable that you will need fire, so I brought a fire starter with me."

Chu Yuan turned around and explained with a smile.

"what!"

Suddenly Yue Lingshan screamed in fear, startling everyone.

Everyone turned around and found a white skeleton sitting against the wall in the corner of the passage.

The reason why Yue Lingshan screamed just now was because she accidentally kicked off the skeleton's leg bone.

"It's okay, Junior Sister. It's just a skeleton."

Linghu Chong comforts Yue Lingshan.

After saying this, he felt that in such a dark environment, the small fire starter in Chu Yuan's hand was completely useless.

"Please wait for me for a moment."

After saying that, Linghu Chong walked out along the wall.

Everyone waited there, and after about a quarter of an hour, Linghu Chong came back.

He took four torches in his hand, made from dry firewood and hay, and tore some from the hem of his clothes!

Each person got one.

After Chu Yuan used a fire starter to light all the torches, the passage suddenly became much brighter.

Chu Yuan leaned over to look at the skeleton, only to see that the clothes on its body had decayed and turned to dust, revealing its white bones. The long hair on its head was like dry grass. Beside the skeleton were two large axes, which were still shining brightly under the light of the torch.

"It really is a skeleton. Come on, let's move on."

Chu Yuan stood up and continued to move forward, and everyone followed.

After walking forward a few feet, Chu Yuan and the others saw two more skeletons, some sitting against the wall, and some curled up in a ball.

Following the corridor to the left, a huge stone cave appears in front of you, large enough to accommodate thousands of people.

There were several skeletons in various places in the cave, some sitting or lying, with weapons beside them.

A pair of iron plates, a pair of judge's pens, an iron rod, a copper rod, one that looked like a thunder block, the other a three-pointed, double-edged sword covered with wolf teeth, and another weapon that looked like a knife but not a knife, like a sword but not a sword, which had never been seen before.

"Senior Chu, Mr. Dongfang, I counted them. Including the three skeletons I just encountered, there are a total of ten skeletons."

Linghu Chong roughly counted the number of bones in the cave and said.

Dongfang Sheng didn't say anything. He looked at the skeletons and seemed to have thought of something. His eyes widened instantly.

But in this dark cave, no one noticed.

"There are exactly ten skeletons... These people seem to have been trapped to death in the belly of Mount Hua. They must be the enemies of the Huashan Sect, and the seniors of the Huashan Sect found a way to lure them in and trapped them to death here."

Chu Yuan pretended to think for a moment.

When Yue Lingshan saw those skeletons, she was terrified and followed Chu Yuan closely, holding onto the hem of his Taoist robe, not daring to move away from him.

“Senior Chu, I have found the weapons of Hengshan, Taishan, and Hengshan sects. Many weapons of the Five Mountains Sword Sects were left in this cave.”

Linghu Chong was looking for clues in the cave. He picked up two sword weapons that were thrown on the ground, looked at them carefully and said.

Although the Five Mountains Sword Sects all use swords, their weapons have their own characteristics and are not the same.
The swords used by the Taishan School are usually short swords, with a blade that is twice as wide and heavy in the hand.

The weapons used by the Hengshan School are light and soft.

The sword used by the Hengshan School has a curved blade.

Linghu Chong recognized at a glance that most of the swords dropped on the ground were weapons from the Five Mountains Sword Sect.

"That's right. These weapons should be the ones used by the elders of your Five Mountains Sword Sect." "It is said that sixty years ago, all the major sects in the martial arts world experienced a catastrophe. The Demon Cult attacked the major sects and seized their secret manuals and magic weapons."

"I don't know where your Huashan Sect got a magical skill called "Sunflower Manual" from, which is also one of the targets of the Demon Sect."

"Later, it was said that the Five Mountains Sword Sects joined forces to fight against the Demon Cult on Mount Hua, but the Demon Cult eventually took away the Sunflower Manual. However, the Demon Cult's ten great elders also died on Mount Hua."

Chu Yuan looked at the corpses and weapons on the ground and said.

"Brother Chu, you actually know the Sunflower Manual?"

Dongfang Sheng's pupils suddenly shrank when he heard that, and he looked at Chu Yuan with a look of surprise.

"I have been to the Emei Sect before. The Emei Sect was even wiped out in this battle and was later rebuilt. I also learned this information from the Emei Sect."

After Chu Yuan explained, he asked again: "Why, Brother Dongfang, you also know the "Sunflower Manual"?"

Dongfang Sheng responded very quickly: "I know a little bit. I heard it from a good friend."

Chu Yuan looked at Dongfang Sheng not far away with interest and thought that Dongfang Sheng was doing a good job in making friends out of nothing.

Unfortunately, the light in the cave was dim, and Dongfang Sheng did not notice the playful look in Chu Yuan's eyes when he looked at him.

Linghu Chong suddenly raised the torch and pointed at a stone wall in the cave: "Everyone, look, there are words on the stone wall."

Upon hearing this, everyone raised their torches and looked in the direction Linghu Chong pointed.

Sure enough, there were many words and patterns on the four walls of the cave, and the patterns looked like sword moves!

On the right side of the mountain wall, a few feet above the ground, there was a large rock protruding, which looked like a stone platform. On the rock wall below the large rock were engraved sixteen large characters: "The Five Mountains Sword Sect, shameless and vulgar, unable to win in martial arts competitions, plotting against others and harming others."

There are four characters in a row, and there are four rows in total. Each character is about a foot square and is carved deep into the rock. They were carved with extremely sharp weapons. It can be seen that the people who carved the characters are all masters with extremely profound internal strength.

In addition, there are some small characters in other places on the mountain wall, all of which are words cursing the Five Mountains Sword Sect. The meaning of them is all about how despicable and shameless the Five Mountains Sword Sect is.

Linghu Chong's expression suddenly changed when he looked at the words on the stone wall of the cave. Could it be that the dry bones in the cave were all from the evil cult as Chu Yuan said?

Then Linghu Chong saw the sword techniques on the stone wall and began to become distraught:
"There are sword techniques from our Huashan Sect, as well as some from other Five Mountains Sword Sects... No, why are there methods to break the Five Mountains Sword Sects? All the sword techniques from the Five Mountains Sword Sects have been broken..."

He really didn't expect that the Huashan School sword skills he had practiced since he was a child would actually be broken by someone else.

Then wouldn't all the sword skills he practiced in Huashan Sect for so many years be in vain?

Chu Yuan stared at the Five Mountains Sword Techniques and Breaking Techniques on the stone walls of the cave.

The Five Mountains Sect's sword techniques and breaking techniques mentioned above are exactly what he needs.

As he watched the sword techniques on the stone wall, Chu Yuan felt that the outlines of the sword techniques he created were becoming clearer and clearer.

In Chu Yuan's opinion, each major sect in the martial arts world has its own unique sword techniques.

The Huashan School's swordsmanship is characterized by its strange peaks and sharp edges, emphasizing the word "strange" and pursuing victory by surprise.

The swordsmanship of the Songshan School is characterized by stability, simplicity, and grandeur, emphasizing the word "dominance", controlling the rhythm of battle through powerful strength and steady pace.

The Taishan swordsmanship is characterized by solemnity, simplicity, and emphasis on the word "calculation". It emphasizes strategy and calculation, and determines the outcome of the battle through precise judgment and calculation.

The Hengshan School's swordsmanship is characterized by its erratic, swiftness, and variety, and it defeats opponents through rapid movements and ever-changing moves.

Hengshan swordsmanship, as it is practiced by women, is characterized by being tough yet gentle, and emphasizes the word "soft". Swordsmanship emphasizes being soft yet firm, and uses soft techniques and strength to achieve the purpose of combat.

The sword technique of the Qingcheng School is both gentle and strong, and it emphasizes speed and strength, following the path of agility.

And he defeated the invincible Lin Yuantu by relying on his self-created 72-stroke Sword Technique to Defeat Evil.

The characteristic of his "Bixie Sword Technique" is its speed.

If Chu Yuan wants to create his own sword technique, he must determine the characteristics of the sword technique he creates.

Only when the sword technique has its own characteristics and the moves are filled in within this framework, can a peerless sword technique be created.

When Chu Yuan saw this, he turned into a statue and stood there motionless.

It was not until the torch in his hand burned, the surroundings fell into darkness, and the charcoal fell on the back of his hand, burning his right hand, that Chu Yuan came to his senses.

"Senior Chu, we should go back!"

There was still some light from the torches in the hands of the others, and Linghu Chong reminded Chu Yuan from the side.

"You and Lingshan should go back first and tell your master and mistress about this matter."

Chu Yuan added: "Brother Dongfang and I are waiting here for your master and his wife to arrive."

Linghu Chong thought about Huashan Sect. With such a big thing happening, he really needed to inform his master and mistress first.

"Then Senior Chu, please wait here with Mr. Dongfang. We will be back soon."

After leaving a few words, Linghu Chong quickly left with his junior sister Yue Lingshan.

After Linghu Chong left, Chu Yuan found a piece of bluestone, sat cross-legged on it, and tried to comprehend the sword technique he had just seen on the stone wall.

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