Chapter 28: Filling in the gaps (Please read~Please collect~)

“Fortunately, Chong’er was very lucky and did not reveal the fact that he had learned the Zixia Magical Skill as soon as he arrived in Fuzhou City.”

“Lao Denuo sent me Chong’er’s news by carrier pigeon without my knowledge. Otherwise, it would have been terrible.”

Shi Potian has strong internal strength, but lacks practical experience. He has learned many martial arts moves, but has not been able to integrate them because he has no foundation.

Yu Canghai suffered a great loss due to his ignorance and impatience, but if it dragged on for too long and he calmed down, Shi Potian would almost certainly lose!
When Yue Buqun thought of this, he became restless. He brought Shi Potian and Yue Lingshan to the open space in the backyard of the inn and dismissed all the idlers.

“Chong’er, your internal strength has already matured, it’s time to learn the swordsmanship of my Huashan School.”

Yue Buqun drew out his sword, held it across his chest, and made a sword gesture with his left hand as if he was writing with a pen.

“This is the opening move of our Huashan swordsmanship, called ‘Poetry and Sword Meeting Friends’. It means that everyone is competing in martial arts. A sword fight only determines the winner, not life and death.”

Shi Potian’s eyes lit up and he shouted repeatedly: “This is great! This is great! I want to learn! Just fighting and sparring, no need for fighting and killing!”

Yue Buqun felt a little helpless, but didn’t say much and continued to practice his swordsmanship.

“This move is called Welcoming Guests with Pine Trees…

“Then the white clouds came out of the mountains…”

“Then the Heavenly Gentleman was hanging upside down…”

“Endless Falling Leaves…”

……

The sword spirit of Huashan swordsmanship is derived from the words “strange” and “dangerous” of Mount Hua, the Western Peak. Strange and dangerous are often associated with beauty. Therefore, Huashan swordsmanship is peculiar, majestic, lofty and unparalleled, and its moves are full of the artistic conception of winning by chance and seeking victory in danger.

Shi Potian only watched a few moves before he became completely focused, completely forgetting about the outside world, and used his fingers to represent the sword as he followed the movements.

Even after Yue Buqun had finished practicing all the sword techniques, he was still immersed in them. After a while, he came back to his senses and kept clapping his hands, shouting, “Good! Good! Master, you are so good at using the sword!”

Yue Buqun: “…” It feels like I’m just performing a street show!

Yue Buqun suddenly remembered that Shi Potian wanted to give him a reward in the ancestral hall that day. Fearing that Shi Potian would do it again, he quickly said, “Chong’er, our Huashan Sect’s entry-level swordsmanship has a total of 36 moves. I have used them all. Do you have any questions?”

Shi Potian nodded repeatedly: “Master, I didn’t see clearly here, you just did this… this… then what?”

“There is also this trick…”

“I didn’t see this move clearly…”

……

Yue Buqun stayed where he was.

His original intention was just to ask Shi Potian what he wanted to ask about Huashan swordsmanship as a whole, and then teach him one move at a time. He never expected that Shi Potian would start practicing right away.

Shi Potian’s moves were not standard, and some parts were even half-baked and full of flaws, but he used all thirty-six moves of Huashan swordsmanship in its entirety.

More importantly, when he leaped forward and swung his sword, the sword light flickered, appearing and disappearing, changing in all kinds of ways. It was obvious that he had already mastered the Huashan School’s sword technique of “winning by taking advantage of unexpected opportunities and seeking victory in danger.”

This is several times more difficult than simply learning sword techniques!
The problems he encountered were not in the key changes of sword techniques, but in the most basic and crudest things!
Obviously, Shi Potian relied on his amazing memory to memorize these moves, and even memorized the sword intent together!

Yue Lingshan couldn’t help but ask, “Dad, is it because Senior Brother practiced Huashan Swordsmanship before that he was able to use it again so quickly?”

Yue Buqun also wanted to know the answer, so he said to Shi Potian who had already finished practicing the introductory Huashan sword technique: “Chong’er, these questions of yours are just some of the most basic martial arts principles. I will explain them to you in detail later. I will show you another set of sword techniques, and you learn them carefully.” After that, Yue Buqun drew his sword again, came to the open space, and practiced his own Yangwu sword technique.

The “Yangwu Sword Technique” is different from the Huashan entry-level sword technique. It was created by Yue Buqun after he had achieved some success in the Zixia Divine Art, in accordance with the core principle of the Zixia Divine Art, “Yang Haoran Zhengqi”.

Linghu Chong has never learned it and is not suitable to learn it.

However, for Shi Potian, whose Zixia magic skill is close to perfection, Yangwu swordsmanship is much easier to learn than Huashan’s introductory swordsmanship.

He only watched it once before performing it completely. With his profound internal strength, his sword intent was so upright and righteous that it was even better than Yue Buqun’s.

Yue Lingshan was stunned.

Yue Buqun could no longer maintain his usual elegance and composure; his whole body was trembling, tears were streaming down his face, and he was so excited that he could not control himself.

His ancestral tomb in Huashan was not just emitting smoke, but was on fire!

A raging fire!

This disciple of his is not only unrivaled in the cultivation of internal strength, but also in his swordsmanship!

The only historical figures that Yue Buqun can think of as his counterparts are Bodhidharma of Shaolin Temple and Zhang Sanfeng of Wudang Sect!
Shaolin and Wudang are the two leading groups in the martial arts world today!

The scene of Huashan, Shaolin and Wudang standing on equal footing began to emerge in Yue Buqun’s eyes, and he could not help but burst into laughter.

Shi Potian was so scared when he saw Yue Buqun crying and laughing that he almost cried too: “Master, what’s wrong with you? Are you okay?”

Yue Buqun came back to his senses, feeling refreshed, as if he was twenty years younger: “I’m fine! I’m so fine! I’ve never felt so good before! Chong’er, I’m here to answer your questions now!”

Yue Buqun’s teaching level is very poor, especially in sword techniques. He emphasizes rigidity and inflexibility. He pursues the ultimate standard, and every move must be perfect without any mistakes.

This was a constraint for Linghu Chong, who was originally free-spirited and unrestrained, and it restricted the improvement of his swordsmanship.

However, for Shi Potian, who had no foundation and did not even understand the most basic martial arts principles of fists, feet and weapons, this was like a blessing after a long drought. It was simply too perfect.

While Yue Buqun was explaining these basic martial arts principles to Shi Potian, he was also fighting with Shi Potian. Whenever he saw flaws in Shi Potian’s moves, he would give guidance and correct them at any time.

Shi Potian had great internal strength. From noon till night, he concentrated on learning sword skills without feeling tired at all. After practicing for half a day, his face did not turn red and he did not breathe heavily.

Yue Buqun already had internal injuries from practicing the Arhat Subduing Demon Technique, and he was sweating profusely after only half a day of teaching him such hard moves.

But seeing Shi Potian’s rapid progress, Yue Buqun didn’t feel tired at all. He was completely immersed in the sense of accomplishment of a famous teacher and his apprentice. He even forgot about Liu Zhengfeng’s retirement.

As for Lin Pingzhi, Yue Buqun had no time to deal with him and directly threw him to Yue Lingshan, asking Yue Lingshan to teach him the introductory internal skills of Huashan.

Six days passed like this.

Shi Potian learns too fast.

There is nothing more that can be taught about Yue Buqun.

The rest can only be understood and mastered by Shi Potian himself.

The four of them set off for Hengshan.

(End of this chapter)