Chapter 372: Chapter 372: Sword Sect’s Cong Buqi! Consecutive Breakthroughs Through Seven Trials

Ding Ling is not an unreasonable or overbearing person.

Yue Buqun and his wife’s courtesy and kind treatment of him.

Naturally, Ding Ling would choose to repay the favor with courtesy in return.

That’s how one should conduct themselves.

Whoever treats him well and courteously, he would clearly acknowledge it and wouldn’t arbitrarily take a dislike to them or resort to violence.

Ding Ling’s impression of Yue Buqun and his wife mostly remained within TV dramas and novels.

After interacting with them.

Only then did he realize.

Yue Buqun made people feel as if they were bathed in a warm spring breeze, truly embodying the demeanor of a gentleman.

Ning Zhongze, on the other hand, was righteous and dignified, courageous and knowledgeable, the very picture of a genuine heroic maiden.

Though Yue Buqun portrayed it exquisitely, Ding Ling would say that if a person could maintain the facade of a gentleman for decades, that’s quite remarkable. If he could keep it up till old age or death, he would become a true gentleman even as a hypocrite!

Moreover, Ding Ling had no grievances or animosity with Yue Buqun and his wife.

With their deliberate congeniality.

The two parties enjoyed a pleasant conversation.

Yue Lingshan watched from the back, very distressed, and just thought to herself:

"My senior brother said Ding Ling cannot distinguish good from bad, has a heavy killing tendency, repeatedly humiliating him. How come now it seems not quite right?"

Thinking this way, she quickly shook her head, denying herself:

"My senior brother must be correct. I’ll just listen to him. But why are my parents still so enthusiastic towards Ding Ling after listening to my advice?"

She was puzzled:

"Could it be just because Ding Ling is very powerful? But our Huashan Sect is also a top-notch faction in the world, with the Sword Sect’s Senior Feng Qingyang guarding Reflection Cliff, there’s no need to fear him."

Although deeply confused, Yue Lingshan still followed closely behind Yue Buqun and his wife.

Laudeno and several other direct disciples of the Huashan Sect also joined the group one after another out of curiosity.

A moment later.

The group arrived at Reflection Cliff.

Yue Buqun pointed to a steep mountain path ahead and said aloud:

"Beyond this mountain path is Reflection Cliff. To see Master Feng, you must start overcoming the barriers from the entrance of this mountain path. The first barrier is to learn some remnant moves of our Huashan Swordsmanship, learn and comprehend them to a level that satisfies Master Feng, and you can enter the second barrier to learn some remnant moves of the Taiyue Three Cyan Peaks...

All the way to the seventh barrier.

Then you can meet Master Feng and learn his unparalleled supreme skill, the Dugu Nine Swords."

Yue Buqun was somewhat emotional, his feelings extremely complicated:

"I don’t know why so many people want to learn the Dugu Nine Swords, but I suppose this sword technique must be extraordinary."

He is a disciple of the Qi Sect.

However, he cannot openly and legitimately conquer barriers to learn the Sword Sect’s techniques like other outsiders.

Not to mention whether Feng Qingyang would agree.

Even if Feng Qingyang agreed, he couldn’t get over that hurdle in his heart.

Thinking like this.

Yue Buqun added:

"In recent months, the number of people who came to conquer the barriers is countless, I’ve lost track of how many there were, but except for one person, all others have failed."

"Who?"

Ding Ling was curious.

"My senior brother."

Yue Lingshan, listening from the back, couldn’t resist a look of pride:

"He managed to conquer to the last barrier in less than a month and met Master Ancestor. He learned the ever-changing Dugu Nine Swords."

"Hmph."

Yue Buqun snorted coldly, seeming to feel some shame:

"The senior brother of the dignified Qi Sect, yet learned the techniques of the Sword Sect."

In front of Ding Ling.

He couldn’t say much more.

But just this one sentence scared Yue Lingshan, her face turned slightly pale, she became timid and lowered her head, not daring to speak further.

"Alright, let me take a look."

Ding Ling didn’t say much, just walked over directly, looked at the carving of some remnant moves on the wooden plaque of the first barrier.

At this time, quite a few people came to conquer the barriers too.

But knowing that Ding Ling also came to conquer the barriers, everyone made way to the side, becoming onlookers.

One after another, they began discussing enthusiastically, the player community especially lively:

"How long do you think it will take for Ding Ling to meet Feng Qingyang? I think it shouldn’t take more than half a month."

"I think a day should be enough. Who doesn’t know now that Hero Ding can cheat!"

...

The players’ words drew the attention and anger of three distinctly different, middle-aged men with diverse temperaments not far off.

Among them, a man with a coarse appearance and a frivolous gaze couldn’t help but retort:

"Nonsense! Master Feng’s barriers are extremely difficult. That Linghu Chong kid could conquer them in a month, that’s because he had learned Huashan Swordsmanship and related sword moves long before, so he could successfully break through these barriers one by one.

Ding Ling doesn’t understand our Huashan Sect’s sword techniques or moves.

He’s starting from a completely different point than Linghu Chong.

How can he break through the barriers and meet Master Feng in half a month? Saying such wild things, aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning with such wind!"

The players, seeing that the speaker was Cong Buqi of the Sword Sect, promptly closed their mouths.

This person is extremely vile and despicable.

Once they offended him.

Want to conquer the barriers and meet Feng Qingyang? That probability is basically zero.

The players who were infinitely longing for the Dugu Nine Swords also thought to first apprentice under Cong Buqi and others to learn some exquisite sword techniques before conquering the barriers to meet Feng Qingyang. How could they dare to argue with him?

They just complained inwardly, thinking: ’It’s not that we’re talking big, but this Ding Ling guy, from the Three Kingdoms to The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, everything he did along the way shows that he learns martial arts incredibly fast!’

But perhaps because of the players’ words.

Cong Buqi, Feng Buping, and Cheng Buyou of the Sword Sect all couldn’t help but glance at Ding Ling.

They did this.

Yue Buqun and his wife exchanged glances and also felt that Ding Ling probably couldn’t achieve anything on the first try, because as people of the Huashan Sect, facing these seven barriers, except for the first few due to having learned related sword techniques, they could naturally break through easily.

But later sword exercises they had never heard of or seen, they found it very hard to break through in a short time.

Ding Ling, being an outsider.

How could he break through in such a short time?

Ding Ling was unaware of what people thought.

After reaching the first barrier.

He just scanned through the remnant moves.

[Huashan Swordsmanship (remnant) Full Level]

He moved to the second barrier.

[Taiyue Three Cyan Peaks (remnant) Full Level]

Third barrier.

[Life-taking Linked Three Immortal Swords (remnant) Full Level]

Fourth barrier.

[One Hundred and Eight Forms of Furious Wind Swift Sword (remnant) Full Level]

Fifth barrier.

[Dugu Nine Swordsmen’s Blade-Breaking Technique (remnant) Full Level]

Sixth barrier.

[Dugu Nine Swordsmen’s Arrow-Breaking Technique (remnant) Full Level]

Seventh barrier.

[Dugu Nine Swordsmen’s Sword-Breaking Technique (remnant) Full Level]

All seven barriers.

Ding Ling stood at each barrier for no more than three breaths.

After walking through all seven.

It was a matter of moments.

To Yue Buqun and others, such a short time raises doubts if it’s possible to even carefully look at them. Yet Ding Ling walked through like a brief survey.

They became increasingly certain of one thing, Ding Ling’s first visit might really just be to assess the difficulty of these seven barriers.