Keyboard Immortal - Chapter 2798

Chapter 1311: The Nine Swords of Dugu and the Great Nine Heavens Hand

Zu An was startled and quickly caught her as she fell, noticing that her hands were incredibly cold.

He immediately realized it was a backlash from her cultivation of the Ancient Tomb Sect’s “Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.” While the Ancient Tomb Sect’s internal energy techniques were unique, their biggest drawback was that extreme joy or sorrow could easily lead to qi deviation.

He hurriedly helped Tingxue back to her room and used his internal energy to heal her injuries.

After a long while, Tingxue slowly woke up: “Thank you.”

“There’s no need for thanks between us.”

Tingxue smiled faintly, then said sadly, “Although they weren’t my real parents, I still couldn’t help but feel heartbroken after seeing them die.”

“Humans aren’t plants or trees, how can they be without feelings?” Zu’an also sighed, “Moreover, their love, which transcended life and death, who wouldn’t be moved by it?”

Tingxue looked somewhat lost: “Before, even though I was alone, I never felt lonely. But now that they’re dead, I’m really all alone.”

“How can you be alone? You still have me, and you still have friends like Yanhua and Isabella.” Zu’an quickly comforted her.

Tingxue sighed: “It’s good enough that Yanhua isn’t angry with me.”

Zu’an thought of Yanhua’s last words before leaving, and his expression became somewhat unnatural. He quickly changed the subject: “We have a big problem now. It’s one thing that they’re dead, but it proves that all our previous assumptions were wrong.”

Many of their previous plans were based on Yang Guo, but now that he’s dead, those plans are naturally out of the question.

“Not necessarily.” Tingxue thought for a moment and picked up Yang Guo’s will. “Look here…”

Zu’an was still shocked by the news of Yang Guo’s suicide and hadn’t looked closely at the rest of the text.

Those were the martial arts manuals Yang Guo left for his “daughter.” Besides various martial arts from the Ancient Tomb Sect, there were also the Nine Yin Manual, Toad Stance, and most importantly, the Ecstasy Palm.

However, he also knew that the Ecstasy Palm was a special creation, only suitable for his disabled state and his grief over his missing wife. It couldn’t be passed on to others, so he wanted to create a new set of martial arts.

Yang Guo possessed the skills of the Five Greats, plus the essence of Dugu Qiubai and the Ancient Tomb Sect. His martial arts and knowledge were far superior to those of the other Five Greats.

He integrated the strengths of each school to create a sword technique and a palm technique. Because Dugu Qiubai had the greatest influence on him, and because he didn’t want his invincible predecessor to be buried in obscurity in the mountains, he named his sword technique the Dugu Nine Swords.

The new palm technique was given a similar name—the Great Nine Heavens Hand.

However, due to Xiaolongnu’s sudden death, he died before completing his sword and palm techniques.

Aside from the unfinished sword and palm techniques, he did complete a set of finger techniques.

Inspired by Master Yideng’s One-Yang Finger, he created the One-Yin Finger, utilizing the Yin-Yang characteristics of the Nine Yin Manual and the Ancient Tomb Sect’s internal energy. While not as profound as the Dugu Nine Swords or the Great Nine Heavens Hand, it was enough for his daughter to protect herself.

Seeing these resounding martial arts names, Zu An was utterly shocked. He never imagined these martial arts were created by Yang Guo.

At first, he thought it was too coincidental, but upon reflection, it made perfect sense. The origins of these martial arts were debated, but now, Yang Guo was indeed the most likely founder.

No wonder Yang Dingtian of later generations, despite only being able to cultivate his internal energy to the fourth level of the Qiankun Great Shift, could be invincible with the Great Nine Heavens Hand, forcing the Three Monks of Shaolin to remain at home for decades.

Because the Great Nine Heavens Hand and the Dugu Nine Swords share the same origin and don’t require as much internal energy.

At this moment, Tingxue spoke up, “However, there’s a problem. These martial arts techniques are only about half-created, and they don’t appear later. The arrangements you mentioned might have to be remedied by other means.”

Zu’an laughed heartily, “What’s so difficult about that? Perhaps only Yang Guo could unlock these secret manuals in this world, but how could that stop us? We can complete them together.”

Tingxue thought it made sense. With their knowledge, the completed martial arts would only be more powerful than those created by Yang Guo himself.

“As for Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü’s deaths, that’s easy to solve too. We can just create another Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü.” Zu’an’s eyes gleamed, as if he had thought of a plan.

“How do we create one?” Tingxue looked somewhat bewildered.

“The Condor Hero, as seen by the world, has often been seen wearing a mask while traveling the martial arts world these past years. Many people don’t even know what he looks like. I can just wear the same mask. Besides, your appearance is similar to Xiaolongnü’s, so impersonating her shouldn’t be difficult.” Zu’an said as he found the masks.

Tingxue blinked. Did this guy want to be her father and have her pretend to be her mother?

“It feels a bit strange, does it really have to be this way?”

“Of course, after all, we shouldn’t exist in this world, so we can only borrow the existing identities of this world. But even in the original timeline, there’s no record of Guo Polu. He disappeared after the fall of Xiangyang. Everyone says he died for his country when the city fell. If I continue to travel around under the identity of Guo Polu, the records I leave behind will conflict with the original timeline, which may lead to failure in the trial.” Zu An said seriously, “You are in the same situation.” “

Now, only we know about the deaths of Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu. It’s most appropriate for us to travel the world using their identities.”

“Okay.”

Tingxue naturally had no objections.

Next, the two began to study the unfinished Dugu Nine Swords and Great Nine Heavens Hand.

It must be admitted that Yang Guo’s talent was indeed extraordinary, actually able to create such a high level of martial arts in this world.

To some extent, these two martial arts have already transcended the peak of martial arts in this world.

Fortunately, both of them are strong from various universes and are skilled in swordsmanship. The two studied together for several days and finally perfected the Dugu Nine Swords.

Tingxue couldn’t help but sigh, “If someone with high comprehension learns this sword technique, even without much internal energy, they can unleash formidable combat power.”

Zu’an was also very satisfied with his work over this period: “The Great Nine Heavens Hand is a bit lacking, though. Our forte is swordsmanship. If Yan Hua were here, she could probably perfect the Great Nine Heavens Hand even more.”

“Missing her?”

Hearing her words, Zu’an was taken aback, finding it hard to believe such words would come from the icy Tingxue.

Tingxue’s jade cheeks flushed slightly, and she quickly changed the subject: “Don’t worry, the Great Nine Heavens Hand is only slightly inferior to the Dugu Nine Swords, but it’s still enough to dominate the martial arts world.”

Zu’an thought it made sense. In any case, it seemed that only Yang Dingtian knew how to use this unique skill in later generations, unlike the Dugu Nine Swords which had a far-reaching influence, so there was no need to spend too much effort on it. Suddenly, their

ears twitched: “Huh, there seems to be fighting sounds coming from the Quanzhen Sect’s side. That’s strange.”

“Let’s go take a look and we’ll find out.”

The two concealed themselves and left the ancient tomb, suddenly discovering that the Quanzhen Sect members were chasing after more than a dozen Taoists, whose clothing suggested they were also from the Quanzhen Sect.

Internal strife?

The side being hunted was outnumbered and quickly fell into a disadvantageous position. If it weren’t for the outstanding combat skills of one young man in his twenties, they would probably all have been killed long ago.

“Zhang Junbao, this is an internal matter of my Quanzhen Sect. Do you have to interfere?” the pursuers shouted.

The young man said in a deep voice, “I’m just here to help a friend. Not all Quanzhen Sect disciples want to surrender to the Mongol Tartars. Why are you so determined to kill them all?”

Zu An was astonished, never expecting that this young man would later become a legend and myth in the martial arts world—Zhang Sanfeng.