Chapter 123 (1/2)

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Chapter 123

Mountain of Ten Thousand Swords

Li Chengfeng tossed and turned all night but finally managed to sleep in the end. The next day, before the sun had risen, he was awoken by Su Yuehan. The three of them washed and tidied up before they left their quarters, heading towards the Valley of Ten Thousand Swords that the Grand Senior Brother had mentioned.

Cangjian Court had five mountains and sixteen peaks. Namely Ten Thousand Sword Mountain, Eagle Mountain, Cloud Mountain, Ziwu Mountain and s.h.i.+wu Mountain. Among them, Ten Thousand Sword Mountain was the main mountain of Cangjian Court, inside it laid the Valley of Ten Thousand Swords. Within the valley was where the Heaven Splitting Ten Thousand Sword Array had formed, it was the last place where the disciples of Cangjian Court hid when they were attacked. It was said that when the Heaven Splitting Ten Thousand Sword Array was activated, it would unleash a mighty power that could even shake the heavens, containing a force that no men could withstand.

Whereas Eagle Mountain, true to its name, was shaped like an eagle of sorts. It was where the disciples of Cangjian Court trained and cultivated, and also the mountain that Li Chengfeng and the gang resided.

Cloud Mountain was the tallest mountain within the Spiritual Moon Sect, it was where the highest mountain peak, Cloud Peak, stood. Legend has it that the peak of Cloud Mountain was only three feet below the heavens; When one crossed the peak of the mountain, the top of their crowns would break through the nine heavens with a raise of their heads.

Ziwu Mountain was the peak where Cangjian Court's legendary Court Master, Chao Tianque, stood as he reached enlightenment. It was originally named Zifeng Mountain, or “Purple Peak Mountain”, because of the beautiful lilac orchids that covered its land. But after Chao Tianque's enlightenment, he wrote a ballad called “The Fisherman's Song” which read, 'Ziwu* is the essence of the sun and the moon, even when one opens profound entrances. If one grew up with this philosophy, one would live fruitfully for the remaining of their life, slowly brewing with the flow of yin and yang.”

[T/L note: Ziwu （子午） means midday meal]

And thus, the later generations of Cangjian Court renamed the mountain as Ziwu Mountain.

This mountain was once the home of the great Chao Tianque, it was regarded as the Mountain of the Court Master. This was where Cangjian Court's powerful cultivator Chao Tianque resided. During Cangjian Court's glorious days, thousands of disciples would spend countless nights and days climbing up the mountain to seek guidance from the powerful Chao Tianque on the peak of the mystical Ziwu Mountain. However, after Chao Tianque's disappearance, Cangjian Court began to encounter many sabotaging ambushes and attacks. This led the mountain to be abandoned, and it had no visitors or signs of human life since.

s.h.i.+wu* Mountain, on the other hand, was just as its name described, it was a mine filled with precious minerals that were used to craft magical weapons. It was because of this mountain that the Spiritual Mountain Sect could thrive and stand out among the vicious compet.i.tion among other sects. Its spiritual stones, jades and crystals had crafted many strong and powerful magical weapons that aided in the strength of their sect, solidifying their standing as one of the three most significant sects in the world.

[T/L note: s.h.i.+wu 石武 literally means Stone Martial Arts]

Cangjian Court had once been able to regain their honour, power and recognition due to their control of s.h.i.+wu Mountain. It was also because of this precious mine that Cangjian Court was not guilty of harbouring any magical treasures! As the saying goes, a common man's only crime is to carry a jade.

Li Chengfeng and his group left the peak of Eagle Mountain, pa.s.sing by s.h.i.+wu Mountain and Cloud Mountain. When they pa.s.sed Ziwu Mountain, Li Chengfeng, who had a had read “Cangjian Court's Records”, raised his head to look at the unremarkable mountain. His heart was filled with admiration and yearning, when would he be able to be like Que Chaotian, holding a sword in his hand as he looked down onto the world from the heavens?

After he gazed at Ziwu Mountain from the foot of the mountain, Chengfeng let out a long sigh. The group then made their way through it and arrived at the main mountain of Cangjian Court, Ten Thousand Sword Mountain.

The Mountain of Ten Thousand Swords was nothing like Chengfeng had imagined, it was not as magnificent as he had hoped. On the contrary, it was no different from any ordinary mountain, yet the only difference it had was that there was only one entrance to it. The entrance was a narrow canyon, and the cliffs by the entrance were smooth and tall. It looked as if an axe had been used to slice it open, leaving s.p.a.ce for only two people to pa.s.s through at once.

As Li Chengfeng pa.s.sed through the narrow canyon, he realised that the walls of the cliffs were as smooth as a mirror! He then reached out his arm to give the smooth surface a touch, only to discover that other than a few cracks, the cliff had no rough surfaces at all!

Furthermore, the outer parts of the cliffs on both sides of the canyon were covered by dense forests. However, the inner sides of the two cliffs were completely barren with not even a single weed in sight. This made the entrance seem even stranger!