Chapter 34

Gu Hanyuan learned that the East and West Sects of the Wuliangjian Sect were about to hold their once-every-five-years martial arts competition at the Jianhu Palace.

On the road, he encountered many Jianghu figures who had come to observe the ceremony.

It seemed Gu Hanyuan had arrived just in time.

The Wuliangjian Sect's name sounded quite grand, but in reality, they weren't even qualified to be considered a second-rate sect.

Gu Hanyuan sneaked along the way, easily avoiding everyone, and arrived at the Wuliang Sword Sect's forbidden ground—the Wuliang Jade Wall.

There were often rumors of "Immortals Dancing with Swords" at the Wuliang Jade Wall.

In reality, it was nothing more than the reflections of Wu Yazi and Li Qiu of the Xiaoyao Sect practicing their swordsmanship while living in seclusion at the Langhuan Blessed Land.

After Gu Hanyuan arrived at the location of the Wuliang Jade Wall, he saw a massive waterfall cascading down from a cliff several dozen meters high; it was truly spectacular.

For the Wuliangjian Sect, a cliff several dozen meters high was an insurmountable natural chasm.

But for Gu Hanyuan, it was merely a slight inconvenience.

The Wudang "Ladder Cloud Step" was not fast, and its agility was only average, but when it came to climbing straight up and down, it was unrivaled in the Jianghu.

As long as it wasn't as smooth as a mirror and there were places to gain leverage, with sufficient internal energy, there was almost no cliff he couldn't climb.

Gu Hanyuan's "Ladder Cloud Step" had already been raised to the proficient level, so descending a cliff several dozen meters high was not difficult.

He initiated the "Ladder Cloud Step" and leaped downward, tapping lightly on a protruding rock, which caused his falling speed to drop sharply.

After doing this several times, he landed steadily.

Gu Hanyuan walked directly through the waterfall curtain and entered the cave.

The most eye-catching thing was the jade statue inside the cave.

The jade statue was lifelike; not only was every detail of the clothing carved with precision, but the face was no different from a real person, and no matter which angle one stood at, it felt as if the statue were watching them.

Gu Hanyuan felt a bit dazed while looking at the jade statue.

Suddenly, he felt a jolt, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Gu Hanyuan was not Duan Yu; he had long known the ins and outs of this jade statue, so logically, he shouldn't have been attracted by it, yet he never expected to lose his focus.

This jade statue actually had a hypnotic effect.

No wonder Duan Yu could never escape the influence brought by the jade statue his entire life.

When he met Wang Yuyan, who looked 80 or 90 percent like the jade statue, he acted like a brainless sycophant.

The kind that would make even a modern sycophant weep upon seeing it.

So, the jade statue actually possessed hypnotic abilities.

I wonder to what extent Duan Yu would lose his mind if he saw Li Qiu, who had only minor differences in detail, and the jade statue's original model, Li Canghai.

Hugging the leg of a ninety-year-old woman and shouting "Fairy Sister"?

Gu Hanyuan imagined that scene and couldn't help but find it bizarre.