Lu Yichuan asked in confusion, "Sir, aren't you going to Wuxi?"
Li Yao said, "I have a personal matter to take care of. I will head to Wuxi after I finish it."
Lu Yichuan didn't ask any more questions, because he knew that the stronger one's curiosity, the faster one would die.
Chapter 200 The Hunk of Mount Hua, Feng Qingyang
Mount Hua is one of the Five Sacred Mountains.
It is named for the fact that the mountain peaks are naturally arranged like flowers (in ancient times, 'flower' and 'splendid' were interchangeable).
Mount Hua is connected to the Qinling Mountains in the south and overlooks the Yellow and Wei Rivers in the north. It is renowned for its unique, precipitous, steep, and beautiful scenery.
Such a beautiful and spiritually rich place is an ideal retreat for chivalrous heroes and Taoist masters to establish their own sects and cultivate in seclusion.
Legend has it that Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, once lost Mount Hua to the venerable Chen Tuan.
Hao Datong, one of the Seven Masters of Quanzhen, even founded the Huashan Sect on Mount Hua.
Now, Li Yao's figure can be seen at the foot of Mount Hua.
Before us stands a massive, steep mountain peak that seems to pierce the clouds, towering majestically on the earth.
The mountain spring gurgles, and vines entwine.
If there were more cranes and deer, this place would be almost like a fairyland.
However, Li Yao came here not to admire the scenery, but to find someone.
That is the number one swordsman in this world: Feng Qingyang.
With Li Yao's current skills, it would be easy for him to sneak up the mountain unnoticed by the Huashan Sect.
His figure moved like a ghost along the winding mountain path.
Soon, he arrived near the Huashan Sect's Cliff of Contemplation.
Siguo Cliff is located on the waist of the South Peak outside the South Heavenly Gate of Mount Hua, at the end of the perilous "Long Sky Plank Road" of Mount Hua.
Below is a deep canyon, and above are precipitous cliffs. Only narrow plank roads are available for passage. If you are not careful, you will fall to the bottom of the valley and be smashed to pieces.
If an ordinary person were to walk on the plank road, they would probably be scared out of their wits after just a few steps.
Li Yao possessed advanced lightness skills such as the Ladder Cloud Leap and the Spiral Nine Shadows, and walked along as if on flat ground.
Upon arriving at the Cliff of Contemplation, he quickly discovered a stone chamber.
This stone chamber is where the Huashan Sect reflects on their mistakes.
In the original novel, Linghu Chong spent a long time here, which was also a turning point in his life.
Upon entering the stone chamber, Li Yao tapped on the stone wall.
He quickly identified a location.
Immediately, he raised his hand, clenched his fist, and slammed it into the stone wall.
With a loud 'boom', a hole half a meter high was immediately revealed in the stone wall in front of them.
The secret cave had been sealed off for a long time, and the air inside was very murky.
After waiting a short while, Li Yao lit a thick wooden stick and entered the secret cave.
There is a narrow and cramped passageway inside the cave.
Li Yao had only taken a few steps when he heard a 'crack' sound.
Looking down, he realized he had stepped on a bone, which had already turned to dust beneath his feet.
They continued onward, traveling several dozen feet.
Following the passageway, Li Yao turned left and immediately came into view an extremely spacious stone hall, large enough to accommodate thousands of people.
By the light of the fire, Li Yao discovered many more skeletons, some sitting and some lying down, each with various weapons beside them.
Not far away, there were many longswords of different styles.
There are swords in the style of the Huashan School, swords in the style of the Songshan School, and swords from the Hengshan School, Hengshan School, and Taishan School.
Li Yao had fought against the masters of the Five Mountains Sword Sect one by one at the "Butcher's Knife Assembly".
Therefore, he recognized these swords.
Clearly, these swords were left over from the great battle between the Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Sun Moon Sect.
Li Yao raised the burning wooden stick and examined it against the stone wall of the cave.
A huge rock protruded from the mountain wall on the right.
On the stone wall beneath the boulder, sixteen large characters are carved: "The Five Mountains Sword Sect is shameless and despicable, unable to win in martial arts competitions, and plots to harm others."
Beside the sixteen large characters, there can be many smaller characters, such as curse words like 'despicable and shameless', 'utterly shameful', and 'cowardly'.
Needless to say, Li Yao knew that it was carved by people from the Sun Moon Cult.
Li Yao scoffed at this.
The Sun Moon Cult is certainly not a good thing, and the Five Mountains Sword Sect may not be a good thing either.
These two forces are birds of a feather.
Then, Li Yao turned his gaze to the side and saw a line of words carved on the stone wall: 'Fan Song and Zhao He broke the Hengshan sword technique here.'
Beside this line of text, there are many human figures, in pairs, one wielding a sword and the other wielding an axe.
I did a quick count, and there were at least five or six hundred human figures.
Clearly, it is the axe-wielding humanoid who is breaking the swordsmanship of the sword-wielding humanoid.
Li Yao reached out and touched the stone wall.
Suddenly, a notification sound rang in my mind.
The system notified him that it had discovered the complete version of the Hengshan Sword Technique and asked him whether he wanted to integrate it into the Hengshan Sword Technique he had already acquired.
In fact, Li Yao had already acquired the Hengshan Sword Technique at the 'Butcher's Ceremony'.
However, the Hengshan sword technique he obtained at that time was incomplete and fragmented.
Of course, he can upgrade his swordsmanship by consuming a certain amount of luck points, trace back to the source, and obtain the complete Hengshan Swordsmanship.
However, he did not waste his luck points to upgrade the Hengshan Sword Technique.
Because he already possessed far more powerful sword techniques, he simply looked down upon the Hengshan sword technique.
Originally, he planned to have the system reclaim the incomplete version of the Hengshan Sword Technique.
However, he then remembered that there was an even more complete Hengshan sword technique here.
The complete version of Hengshan Swordplay is definitely more valuable than the incomplete version, and the amount of luck points gained in exchange will certainly be greater.
Moreover, since the same martial arts skills or techniques cannot be obtained repeatedly, they can be combined and perfected.
Therefore, he did not have the system reclaim the incomplete version of the Hengshan Sword Technique before.
Now, he has obtained a more complete Hengshan sword technique here, and then integrated it into the Hengshan sword technique he already had.
Only then did he have the system reclaim the Hengshan Sword Technique.
I immediately gained 300 points of luck!
Next, Li Yao obtained complete versions of the Huashan Sword Technique, Songshan Sword Technique, Hengshan Sword Technique, and Taishan Sword Technique from the stone wall.
He had all of these sword techniques reclaimed by the system.
He gained 300 points of luck for each sword technique he learned.
In other words, he gained a total of 1500 points of luck this time.
It seems this trip was quite fruitful!
Of course, his purpose in coming here was not only to learn the sword techniques of the Five Mountains Sword Sects.
He then left the secret cave and came outside.
Looking around, he called out, "Since you're here, show yourself!"
A moment later, an old man with a white beard and a green robe appeared, looking depressed and with a face as white as gold.
This old man must be Feng Qingyang, the otaku from Mount Hua.
In fact, the moment Li Yao punched open the secret cave, he had already noticed someone suddenly appearing and secretly watching him.
He immediately guessed that the person hiding in the shadows was Feng Qingyang.
However, he did not expose Feng Qingyang.
He wanted to see if Feng Qingyang would actually show up on his own.
As a result, he stayed in the secret cave for quite a while, but Feng Qingyang did not show up.
This guy is really a homebody!
Since the otaku was unwilling to show himself, Li Yao had no choice but to directly ask him to show himself.
Sure enough, upon hearing Li Yao's call, Feng Qingyang was surprised and hesitated for a moment before revealing himself.
Chapter 201 In the world of martial arts, speed is the only way to break through.
Feng Qingyang never expected that Li Yao would discover his whereabouts.
It seems this kid of unknown origin has quite a bit of skill.
Moreover, this kid actually knows the secret of the secret cave!
Just who is this kid?
Feng Qingyang hesitated for a moment before revealing himself and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you? What brings you to Mount Hua?"
His voice was loud and clear, and his tone carried a chilling air of authority.