Chapter 54 Sunflower Collection
Mu Gaofeng thought Yue Buqun was unwilling to tell him the real reason, so he did not dare to ask any more questions. He flattered him, “Brother Yue, I have told you everything I know. Is there anything else you want to ask? Or if you need my help, just tell me. I will definitely do it for you even if it costs me my life.”

Yue Buqun said: “No need. Chong’er, go and untie his acupuncture points.”

Shi Potian nodded, stepped forward and tapped a few times to untie the acupoints on Mu Gaofeng’s body.

Mu Gaofeng was overjoyed and immediately flattered him: “Brother Yue is indeed a gentleman, upright and honest, and he keeps his word. I, your younger brother…”

Before he could finish his words, he felt a sudden blur in front of his eyes, followed by a pain in his dantian. He let out a scream, and the internal energy he had cultivated for decades was drained out like a deflated ball.

Mu Gaofeng’s face changed drastically, all his rationality and forbearance disappeared, and he cursed: “Yue Buqun, you turtle bastard! You actually ruined my martial arts! I’ll fuck your ancestors…”

Bang!
Lu Dayou rushed forward and punched Mu Gaofeng hard in the face, knocking him to the ground. He then grabbed him by the collar and slapped him several times, leaving Mu Gaofeng with a swollen nose and eyes full of stars.

“You stupid hunchback, you wanted to kill my senior brother before. My master spared your life, which was already a great mercy, and you are still not satisfied!”

“My master is very broad-minded and won’t argue with you. I’m not that magnanimous. Try to scold me again? Even if I have to take the punishment today, I will kill you!”

Yue Buqun waited until Lu Dayou finished speaking before he shouted, “Stop! You have no right to speak here!”

Lu Dayou loosened his hand and stared at Mu Gaofeng fiercely, as if he was ready to rush forward at any time.

Yue Buqun said: “Brother Mu, I promised to let you go, and I will do what I said. However, you have committed all kinds of evils outside the Great Wall, such as burning, killing, robbing, and looting. If I let you go like this, I will be helping the tyrant to commit atrocities.”

“Although you have lost your martial arts skills, you should have saved a lot over the years, which is enough for you to live a carefree life in anonymity.”

Mu Gaofeng’s face was grim, and he wanted to rush up to fight Yue Buqun several times, but in the end he held back and said through gritted teeth: “Brother Yue is right, I appreciate your advice.”

Yue Buqun said: “Dayou, send him down the mountain.”

Lu Dayou responded with a “yes”, walked in front of Mu Gaofeng, and said, “Follow me.”

Ning Zhongze watched the two walk away and said, “Brother, this rumor must have been spread by Zuo Lengchan.”

Yue Buqun said: “There can’t be anyone else except him. I just can’t figure out why he did this?”

Ning Zhongze was puzzled and said, “Chong’er lost face for the Songshan Sect in Hengshan City, and he can’t just break up with us. Isn’t it normal for him to use this kind of conspiracy to plot against us?”

Yue Buqun doesn’t think so.

Although this rumor could cause them considerable trouble, it was just trouble. He did not think that Zuo Lengchan went to so much trouble to spread this rumor just to cause trouble for them.

However, he could not think of Zuo Lengchan’s real purpose for the time being, and said, “Maybe. Junior sister, go get the Zixia secret book. Chong’er, follow me to the back hall.”

Ning Zhongze didn’t understand why Yue Buqun asked her to get the Zixia Secret Book, but she still went back to the bedroom as he said and took out the iron box containing the Zixia Secret Book from under the pillow.

Yue Buqun led Shi Potian to the back hall and said, “Chong’er, you are my eldest disciple. Sooner or later you will inherit my master’s mantle and take charge of my Huashan Sect. It’s time for you to know some things.”

“Just now Mu Gaofeng said that our Huashan Sect has two sects: Qi Sect and Sword Sect. Do you know what the Qi Sect is and what the Sword Sect is?”

Shi Potian shook his head: “I don’t know.”

Yue Buqun did not rush to explain, but pointed at the plaque on the beam and asked: “You should be able to recognize these four words now, right?”

Shi Potian recited: “With, Qi, Control, Sword. These are the four words that Junior Sister first taught me.”

Yue Buqun said with relief: “That’s right, using Qi to control the sword. This is the core purpose of our Qi Sect. Qi is the foundation of martial arts. Once Qigong is mastered, no matter whether you use fists or feet, or wield a sword, you will be invincible.” The dispute over Qi and sword was a scandal in the Huashan Sect. Yue Buqun never mentioned the titles of Qi Sect and Sword Sect in front of any of his disciples, and only kept emphasizing the importance of internal strength.

He had said this countless times before, but this was the first time he said it to Shi Potian after he lost his memory.

Shi Potian said “hmm” and nodded seriously.

Yue Buqun was very satisfied to see that Shi Potian, the peerless genius and top master, recognized his words so much, and said with a smile: “You think so too?”

Shi Potian was stunned: “Isn’t this what you said, Master?”

Yue Buqun: “…Then what do you think? Do you think inner strength is more important or the moves are more important?”

Shi Potian thought for a moment and shook his head, “None of it matters. The most important thing is that everyone is happy.”

Yue Buqun was stunned.

Shi Potian’s answer was completely beyond his expectations, but it was not surprising at all when these words came from Shi Potian’s mouth.

Yue Buqun suddenly realized that Shi Potian did not understand the crucial dispute over the orthodox doctrine and the debate between good and evil in their eyes, and it would be a waste of words to talk to him about it!
Yue Buqun was too lazy to talk about the Qi-Sword dispute, and simply said, “You are a disciple of our Qi Sect. You must always keep in mind the four words ‘control the sword with Qi’, and never go astray.”

As he was talking, Ning Zhongze came in with an iron box and handed it to Yue Buqun: “Senior Brother.”

Yue Buqun took the iron box and continued, “Chong’er, most of the rumors that Mu Gaofeng just told you are false. For example, the internal conflict between the Qi and Sword Sects of our Huashan Sect broke out over the “Sunflower Manual”, and both sides suffered losses.”

“But a small part of it is true. Part of the Sunflower Manual is indeed in our Huashan, and you did practice it.”

Shi Potian scratched his head, he really couldn’t remember when he had practiced the “Sunflower Manual”.

Ning Zhongze was shocked: “Chong’er practiced the Sunflower Manual? How come I didn’t know?”

Yue Buqun looked helpless.

It is natural that Shi Potian doesn’t know these things, and Ning Zhongze doesn’t know this matter, which can only be said to be too careless.

Yue Buqun opened the iron box, took out the Zixia Secret Book, turned to the last page, pointed to the last sixteen words and said, “Look.”

Shi Potian and Ning Zhongze looked in the direction of his finger and saw the sixteen words written: “Purple Cloud Secret Book, entry level. Sunflower Secret Book, the pinnacle of perfection.”

Although the Zixia Magical Art is the secret of Huashan Sect and only the sect leader can practice it, the sword battle in the twenty-fifth year resulted in the death or injury of all the Huashan disciples, and in the end only Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze were left.

In order to improve the strength of Huashan Sect as much as possible, Yue Buqun broke the rules after getting married and read the Zixia secret book with Ning Zhongze.

However, there are many taboos in practicing Zixia magic skills, and the progress is very slow. Ning Zhongze was very impatient with this kind of slow practice, and after practicing for several months without any results, he gave up practicing.

——This happened nearly twenty years ago.

Because it happened so long ago, Ning Zhongze never took it to heart and forgot about it.

It was only at this moment that she connected the “Sunflower Manual” mentioned in Zixia’s secret book with the rumor, and said in disbelief, “There really is a “Sunflower Manual” in this world?”

(End of this chapter)