Chapter 41

"I am Lu Xiaofeng, and I would like to ask a question!"

Su Hang nodded, and Lu Xiaofeng continued:

"I heard you say that the Evil-Warding Sword Manual requires castration, but..."

"Is this sword technique that difficult?"

"Mr. Su, if one doesn't castrate oneself, but skips this step and practices the sword moves directly, wouldn't that work?"

"Or, if one doesn't practice all the sword moves, but only a part of them, wouldn't that also work?"

"In my opinion, not everyone who practices the sword has to castrate themselves!"

After hearing this,

Ning Zhongze reacted, and a glimmer of hope appeared in her eyes.

But at this very moment, facing the hero's question and Ning Zhongze's hope,

Su Hang just shook his head gently and said softly:

"I'm afraid not!"

"Castration is absolutely necessary!"

Everyone was confused, and Su Hang continued:

"Then I will say a few more words today so that everyone can understand clearly."

"About five hundred years ago, in the Great Song imperial palace, there was an incredible eunuch."

"This person had white hair and beard, lived to be one or two hundred years old in the palace, and called himself the Sunflower Eunuch."

"Although this Sunflower Eunuch was a eunuch, he was extremely interested in Wu Gong."

"He was disabled but had a strong will, studying various Wu Gong day after day."

"I imagine you all know that a eunuch is a disabled body and is not suitable for practicing most of the current Wu Gong."

"But this Sunflower Eunuch was a true Wu Gong fanatic, so after studying it, he created a peerless Wu Gong that only eunuchs could practice—the Sunflower Manual!"

"And the Sunflower Eunuch recorded all his life's Wu Gong insights into this Sunflower Manual."

"And he himself, after more than a hundred years of practice, ascended to immortality."

"Later, the Great Song imperial court was in chaos, and this peerless Wu Gong was passed down along with many imperial classics, eventually falling into the Shaolin Temple in Fujian."

"Until one day, Yue Su and Cai Zifeng of the Huashan Sect visited Shaolin and discovered this scripture in the library."

"The principles explained in this scripture were exquisite, and the moves were ruthless, which fit the sword style of the Huashan Sect very well."

"Seeing the book, the two had ideas and stole the scripture at night."

"But because there were too many scriptures, the two brothers agreed that each would memorize half."

"Not long after, the two bid farewell to the abbot and returned to Huashan."

"When they returned to Huashan and compared them, they found they were completely different,"

"the two held their own opinions and would not give in,"

"and after some pulling and fighting, the Huashan Sect split, forming the Qi Sect and the Sword Sect."

"But just at this time, Shaolin discovered that the scripture had been tampered with, fearing that the scripture would be leaked and harm the Wu Lin."

"So they sent a monk named Duyuan to Huashan to verify this with the two,"

"and the two couldn't withstand the questioning of the monk Duyuan, and plus they felt guilty, so they told him about stealing the scripture."

"Having said that, the two also studied the scriptures they had copied with the monk Duyuan."

"This monk Duyuan didn't reveal his feelings, nor did he speak, but secretly memorized the scriptures copied by the two brothers."

"Not long after, the monk Duyuan completed his master's order and bid farewell to the Huashan Sect."

"But this time, he didn't return to Shaolin, but returned to secular life directly."

"He reversed his dharma name and took the name 'Tu',"

"and so the monk Duyuan transformed into the later Lin Yuantu!"

"This is the origin of the Lin family ancestor..."

Speaking of this, Su Hang sighed slightly and said to everyone:

"So, this Evil-Warding Sword Manual originated from the Sunflower Manual,"

"every move, and even every word, is based on castration to practice."

"Only by castration can the clear and turbid be balanced, and ice and fire be balanced."

"If one practices the sword alone, the end will definitely be turbid energy attacking the heart, leading to death by fire!"

"You can all think about it; if it were possible to practice the sword without castration, then with Lin Yuantu's intelligence back then, he would have done it long ago."

"Why would he later establish family rules, seal this sword technique, and not let this Evil-Warding Sword Manual see the light of day again?"