Chapter 4: West of the Three Gorges, the best swordsmanship
backyard.

The north wing courtyard.

In a certain room.

There is everything you need including tables, chairs, screens, vases, beds and more.

There are also several paintings of Minjiang River landscapes hanging on the wall, which look quite elegant.

This is the room where Yu Canghai, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, lives.

"How has your junior uncle been doing during this period?"

Yu Canghai, a short and thin man wearing a Taoist robe, sat upright on a black lacquered wooden stool.

There were three disciples standing in front of him, namely the second disciple Hong Renxiong, the third disciple Yu Renhao, and the fourth disciple Luo Renjie.

"Little uncle..."

Hong Renxiong seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

"what happened?"

Seeing that the second disciple seemed to be hesitant to talk, Yu Canghai became curious.

"Could it be that your junior master-master has caused trouble in Songfeng Temple these days?"

Yu Canghai frowned immediately.

"That's not true."

Yu Renhao is a young Taoist priest with an elegant temperament, fair complexion, and the appearance of a scholar.

"It's just that our junior uncle is very eager to learn martial arts. He hasn't even formally started yet, but he has been pestering us these past few days, asking us brothers and sisters to teach him the complete set of Qingfeng Sword Technique. Practicing martial arts requires gradual progress. Being too eager for quick success is not a good thing."

The fourth disciple Luo Renjie sighed.

"Oh?"

After listening to this, Yu Canghai felt relieved.

"Maybe it's just the mentality of a child. Although your uncle is of a high generation, he is only six or seven years old. It's inevitable that he is a little excited when practicing martial arts for the first time. He doesn't know the principle of gradual progress. Don't make a fuss."

Yu Canghai shook his head and didn't take the matter to heart.

Disciples of martial arts sects usually start practicing martial arts from a young age.

Children are young and naive, so it is understandable that such things would happen to them.

"Master is right. Maybe we are overthinking it."

Hearing what Master Yu Canghai said, Yu Renhao hurriedly said.

Having said that, it aroused a hint of curiosity in Yu Canghai's heart.

Chu Yuan was accepted as a disciple by Ziyun, the abbot of Baiyun Temple who was of very high seniority, at such a young age. He must have some extraordinary qualities. He decided to ask Chu Yuan about it later.

"I called you here today because your Junior Master has been in the temple for some time. Today I have time, so I called you here and, under your witness, I will formally accept your Junior Master as my disciple."

Yu Canghai said.

Hong Renxiong, Yu Renhao and Luo Renjie were moved when they heard this.

Before they were called, they had some vague guesses in their minds.

Looking at it now, it is indeed the case.

"Master, I have brought my junior uncle here."

Just then, Hou Renying's voice came from outside the door.

"Come in together."

Yu Canghai looked outside the door.

Hearing the sound coming from the room, Chu Yuan and Hou Renying stepped over the threshold and walked into the house together.

After entering, Chu Yuan saw Yu Canghai sitting on a stool, and his three other nephews were all here. He immediately guessed the purpose of Yu Canghai calling him here today.

"Brother!"

Walking up to Yu Canghai, Chu Yuan bowed to him.

"I haven't been home for many days. The affairs of the sect are numerous and piled up. I have finally finished them in the past few days. Today I am finally free, so I thought of summoning you, Junior Brother, to officially accept you into the sect."

Yu Canghai saw Chu Yuan walking in from outside the door, and a smile appeared in the corner of his eyes.

"It's all up to senior brother to make the decision."

Chu Yuan nodded.

He had learned all the martial arts of the Qingcheng Sect, so naturally he had no objection to joining the sect.

"Since you want to become a disciple of the Qingcheng Sect, you should know the name of our master. Do you know who our master is?"

Yu Canghai looked at Chu Yuan who was standing in front of him and said.

"I don't know, please tell me."

Chu Yuan shook his head.

In this martial arts world, he only knew some main characters and plots.

As for Yu Canghai's master, who was also his master, he didn't know.

However, Chu Yuan had a vague guess in his heart that his cheap master should have passed away.

Otherwise, there would be no need for Yu Canghai to accept disciples on behalf of the master.

"Our master's name is Chang Qingzi."

"He was once very famous in the martial arts world, and earned the title of "the best swordsman west of the Three Gorges." Unfortunately, he lost to Lin Yuantu in a duel twenty years ago. He was filled with resentment after returning, and died of depression within two years."

When Yu Canghai said this, he looked angry and his eyes were filled with jealousy.

"It seems that my senior brother is jealous of the Lin family because of this. No wonder he wants to wipe out the entire Lin family in the future and plot to obtain the "Bixie Sword Manual."

Chu Yuan said secretly in his heart.

In Chu Yuan's opinion, he was so angry that he died just because he lost to his opponent.

His master Chang Qingzi, whom he had never met, was too narrow-minded.

This also indirectly implicated his apprentice, making this matter Yu Canghai's obsession.

Later, when his son was killed by Lin Pingzhi, Yu Canghai wiped out the entire Lin family, and the two sides were completely formed into an irreconcilable feud.

"Brother, are you going to the Central Plains just for..."

Chu Yuan had some vague guesses.

"Since Master passed away, I have been practicing Songfeng Sword Technique and Guixin Palm day and night. My martial arts skills are no less than Master's. I went to Central Plains this time because I heard that Lin Yuantu was also in Central Plains. I wanted to avenge Master's previous shame."

"But in Luoyang City, I happened to see that old villain Lin Yuantu fighting with others. His martial arts were already top-notch in the world. I thought I was no match for him, so I had no choice but to return. I decided to practice hard and then seek revenge on Lin Yuantu..."

Yu Canghai did not hide anything from Chu Yuan and told Chu Yuan about the feud between his master Chang Qingzi and the Qingcheng Sect.

In Yu Canghai's opinion, since Chu Yuan is about to join the Qingcheng Sect.

One must know about the past grievances of the Qingcheng Sect.

However, when he went to the Central Plains this time, he didn't even have the courage to fight with Lin Yuantu. Just seeing the scene of Lin Yuantu fighting with others scared him so much that he retreated back to Shu. This was really embarrassing.

When Yu Canghai spoke, his expression was gloomy, as if he was upset about this. "But now in the martial arts world, Lin Yuantu is as bright as the sun, and his 72-way sword technique can defeat both the black and white worlds. Perhaps only the leader of the Demon Cult, Ren Woxing, can compare with him. It's not shameful for me, senior brother, to not be his opponent."

Then, seeming to realize that he had said too much, in order to restore his image in Chu Yuan's heart, Yu Canghai forced himself to calm down and said.

"The reason why I'm telling you all this is because I hope you can become successful in martial arts training in the future and wash away the shame for Master and our Qingcheng Sect."

Yu Canghai looked at Chu Yuan and said.

"Brother, rest assured. If I succeed in learning martial arts, I will definitely help Master and our Qingcheng Sect wash away the shame."

Chu Yuan agreed.

Since he joined the Qingcheng Sect and practiced Qingcheng martial arts, he bore the cause and effect of the Qingcheng Sect.

Although he was unwilling to kill an entire family just to obtain the martial arts secrets, he was still willing to do it to help his master defeat Lin Yuantu and wash away the shame for the Qingcheng Sect.

"Brother, I feel relieved after hearing your words."

Hearing Chu Yuan's words, Yu Canghai said with satisfaction.

"You should light a stick of incense in front of the master's spirit tablet, offer him a cup of tea, and kowtow. Then you will be accepted as a disciple of Qingcheng Sect."

He stood up and pointed to a tablet placed on the altar next to him.

Chu Yuan looked in the direction Yu Canghai pointed.

There was a square altar near the wall, with a tablet on it. In front of the tablet were incense burners, fruits and other offerings. On the tablet was written:
"The position of Chang Qingzi, the seventh generation leader of Qingcheng Sect!"

Chu Yuan did as his senior brother Yu Canghai said. He first served him a cup of tea handed to him by his senior brother Yu Canghai, then lit a stick of incense in front of him and knelt on the ground and kowtowed to him three times.

"Okay, Junior Brother, you will be my Qingcheng Sect disciple from now on."

After seeing Chu Yuan complete the apprenticeship ceremony and waiting for Chu Yuan to get up from the ground, Yu Canghai said with satisfaction.

"By the way, Senior Brother, I just heard from Ren Hao and the others that you, Junior Brother, have learned the full set of Qingfeng Sword Technique from them these few days, even before you officially started."

"Although Qingfeng Swordsmanship is the entry-level swordsmanship of the Qingcheng Sect, martial arts training requires gradual progress. It will take one or two years to learn it. Junior brother, you should practice martial arts down-to-earth and don't be so anxious..."

Yu Canghai advised Chu Yuan.

"I will remember what my senior brother taught me, but I have already learned the Qingfeng Sword Technique."

Chu Yuan thought about it and decided to tell Yu Canghai the truth.

"Don't aim too high, don't rush for quick success..."

Yu Canghai admonished Chu Yuan. After hearing Chu Yuan's words, his face suddenly changed, and his voice trembled slightly:

"Master... Junior Brother, you said you have already learned the Qingfeng Sword Technique!"

Chu Yuan nodded.

"Yes, Senior Brother, I have already learned the Qingfeng Sword Technique."

Chu Yuan confirmed.

After successfully joining the Qingcheng Sect, Chu Yuan did not mind showing off his "extraordinary talent".

Even this extraordinary talent is actually disguised by "entering dreams", which is similar to the ability of the golden finger.

In Chu Yuan's view, the only way is to show his extraordinary talent.

The Qingcheng Sect would devote all its efforts and cultivate itself regardless of the cost.

As for being envied and murdered by fellow disciples...

In Chu Yuan's opinion, this was a bit too much of a worry.

Qingcheng faction!
It's just a martial arts sect.

It’s not a sect of immortals in the fairy world.

You need to compete with fellow disciples for cultivation resources.

After Chu Yuan has mastered martial arts, it will be beneficial to Qingcheng Sect and can bring benefits to it.

Therefore, after knowing Chu Yuan's extraordinary talent disguised as the ability to "enter dreams", Yu Canghai would definitely cultivate himself regardless of the results.

"Take the sword and let's go to the yard."

Seeing that Chu Yuan didn't seem to be joking, Yu Canghai turned around, took out his sword and threw it to Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan took it and looked down at it.

He discovered that compared to his own, this should be the standard iron sword used by the disciples of the Qingcheng Sect.

This long sword has an exquisite shape, and the hilt and scabbard have fine patterns.

shhhhh!

Chu Yuan drew his sword and swung it twice.

The sword blade made a crisp sound as it broke through the air.

Looking at the sword body, it is as bright as a mirror; looking at the blade, it is chilling.

The material used to forge the sword is obviously top-grade steel.

"This sword is very valuable. It must be the sword of my senior brother. It is a top-grade weapon."

Chu Yuan said secretly in his heart.

He did not show any fear. Under the gazes of his senior brother Yu Canghai and four other nephews, he walked out of the house with a sword and came to the small courtyard outside.

Then he showed the four masters and apprentices the "Qingfeng Sword Technique" he had just learned.

Yu Canghai and his four disciples also came to the yard, stood by, and watched Chu Yuan demonstrate his swordsmanship.

Chu Yuan held the sword across his chest and swept past.

It is the first move of “Qingfeng Sword Technique” “Qingfeng Gentlely Coming”.

Yu Canghai, Hou Renying and other disciples remained calm but were slightly surprised.

Because from the looks of it, the sword technique Chu Yuan displayed was undoubtedly the "Qingfeng Sword Technique".

Afterwards, Chu Yuan was seen using the entire set of "Qingfeng Sword Technique" step by step.

However, the Qingfeng Sword Technique that Chu Yuan displayed seemed rigid and a little awkward, and was far from being proficient in it.

It seems that he has just learned it, and it is still a long way from being able to use it against the enemy.

"This this……"

Yu Canghai involuntarily grasped his mustache with his right hand, and he was so excited that he didn't let go for a long time.

The four people headed by Hou Renying were filled with surprise the more they looked.

Damn it!

Their junior uncle had only been in Songfeng Temple for five days, and had only officially become a disciple of the Qingcheng Sect today!
How did you really learn the Qingfeng Sword Technique?

"Master, has Junior Uncle really never learned the Qingfeng Sword Technique in other places before?"

Hong Renxiong closed his mouth which had opened wide without him noticing and could never be closed again, and asked his master Yu Canghai who had turned into a sculpture beside him.

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