Lin Bai and Lin Chen carefully searched within the Cave Mansion left behind by Dugu Qing for a long time, but still couldn’t find any hidden mystery inside.
Two hours later, Dugu Fei laughed and said, "If you haven’t found any clues for the time being, I can take you to see the Cave Mansion legacies left by the other Swordgods!"
Lin Bai looked at Lin Chen.
Lin Bai shook his head in complete confusion and said, "I didn’t find any mystery at all. What about you, Brother Lin?"
Lin Bai laughed and said, "The Sword God Family has so many sky‐defying Warriors who’ve been trying to comprehend this for decades and still couldn’t find the mystery. We’ve only been here for a mere two hours; how could we possibly find it!"
"Let’s go, let’s go take a look at the other Divine Caves!"
Lin Chen also nodded with a smile.
Right away, Dugu Fei led the two of them onto the Gu Dao of Sword God Mountain, heading toward the other Divine Caves.
For a whole day, Dugu Fei led Lin Bai and Lin Chen, as well as Lin Ye, walking and stopping along Sword God Mountain, taking Lin Bai and the others to visit the Six Divine Caves, but in the end both Lin Bai and Lin Chen came away empty‐handed.
However, Lin Bai did at least learn the names of the Sword Skills in the Six Divine Caves.
The Sword Skill left behind by Ye Yuesheng was called "Moon Sword Skill".
The Sword Skill left behind by Ye Changye was called "Wind Sword Skill".
The Sword Skill left behind by Ye Yi was called "One Sword Skill".
The Sword Skill left behind by Dugu Qing was called "Qing Sword Skill".
The Sword Skill left behind by Dugu Bai was called "Undefeated Sword Skill".
The Sword Skill left behind by Dugu Yunhe was called "the Mist Sword Skill".
These six sets of Sword Skills, within the Sword God Family, were all referred to by every Warrior of the Sword God Family as "Wind and moon are heartless, one sword undefeated."
And the "wu" in "wind and moon are wuqing" referred precisely to "the Mist Sword Skill".
It was said that this phrase "Wind and moon are heartless, one sword undefeated" was formed bit by bit over the years by those Sword Cultivators who had once comprehended the six sets of Sword Skills, after they were tempered by time.
Within the Sword God Family, there were once Warriors who felt that the essence of these six sets of Sword Skills was hidden within those eight characters.
Although Lin Bai and Lin Chen gained nothing in the Six Divine Caves, they still benefited greatly.
Dugu Fei not only took Lin Bai to see the Six Divine Caves, he also took him to see the other Eighty-One Sword God Caves.
Among them, when they came into Ye Honghua’s Cave Mansion, Lin Bai saw Yu Yu standing inside the Cave Mansion, eyes dazed, as if he had gained some insight.
Dugu Fei took one look and laughed, saying, "Oh? This little brat’s comprehension isn’t bad. He’s just arrived and has already resonated with the sword charm within Ye Honghua’s Cave Mansion. Looks like it won’t be long before he gains understanding."
"Come on, we’d better not disturb him."
"Let him comprehend here."
Lin Chen laughed and said, "He originally cultivated the ’Red Flower Sword Skill’. Now that he’s come into Ye Honghua’s Cave Mansion, there will naturally be some kind of mysterious Resonance!"
"Truly congratulations to him."
Lin Chen said somewhat enviously.
Lin Bai also let out a laugh, lifted his feet, and left.
At Night, Dugu Fei escorted Lin Bai and Lin Chen back to Flying Dragon Forest.
Over the next few days, Dugu Fei once again took Lin Bai and Lin Chen around other places of the Sword God Family, so that the two of them could thoroughly familiarize themselves with the environment of the Sword God Family.
As for Yu Yu, he didn’t return to Flying Dragon Forest at all during these days, but remained on Sword God Mountain to comprehend.
On this day, Lin Chen came to the front of Lin Bai’s Wooden House.
Lin Bai asked, "Brother Lin Chen, where are you planning to go?"
Lin Chen said, "Brother Lin, I came this time to let you know that I’m going up to Sword God Mountain to seclude myself. It wasn’t easy to enter the Sword God Family, I can’t let go of this precious Opportunity."
Lin Bai frowned and asked, "Oh? Brother Lin Chen is going to comprehend which Sword Skill? One of the Sword Skills in the Six Divine Caves? Or some other Sword Skill?"
Lin Chen laughed and said, "If you’re going to learn, of course you learn the best. I’m planning to try my luck in the Six Divine Caves. What if I step on dog‐shit luck and comprehend one of the Sword Skills?"
"Hahaha."
Lin Chen said with a laugh.
Lin Chen’s talent was already not low, and his Cultivation in Sword Art was also decent. If he was willing to work hard, it might truly be possible for him to comprehend a Sword Skill from the Six Divine Caves.
Hearing this, Lin Bai said with a light smile, "Seems Brother Lin Chen has already gained some insight?"
Lin Chen’s Eyes flashed as he asked, "Brother Lin, what makes you say that?"
Lin Bai smiled and said, "That day when Elder Dugu Fei first time took us to Sword God Mountain, in the Cave Mansion of Swordgod Ye Changye, I could already tell that you seemed to have some realization!"
"But since you didn’t want to talk, I wouldn’t pry!"
"Since Brother Lin Chen has already gained some insight in Swordgod Ye Changye’s Cave Mansion, then go. Such insight is hard to come by!"
Lin Chen said with a bitter smile, "I didn’t expect Brother Lin Bai to see through it. In that case, I’ll take my leave first."
With that, Lin Chen left Flying Dragon Forest and went to Sword God Mountain.
After Lin Chen left, Lin Bai also stood up and said softly, "I should go to Sword God Mountain to comprehend as well. Lin Chen is right. It wasn’t easy to come to this Sword Cultivator Sacred Land. If I return empty‐handed, wouldn’t that be a letdown!"
"I’d like to see just what kind of mysterious Opportunities are hidden within these Six Divine Caves!"
"Let’s go, Lin Ye, to Sword God Mountain!"
A surge of fighting spirit rose in Lin Bai’s heart. He took Lin Ye, left Flying Dragon Forest, and headed straight for Sword God Mountain.
Upon arriving at Sword God Mountain, Lin Bai walked along the Gu Dao, smiling slightly as he said, "Then I’ll start by comprehending ’the Mist Sword Skill’ left behind by Swordgod Dugu Yunhe!"
"That day Elder Dugu Fei said that among the Warriors in the Sword God Family, the Sword Skill most often comprehended is Dugu Yunhe’s Mist Sword Skill!"
"Dugu Yunhe was a Warrior from the near‐ancient era, and also the last Swordgod within the Sword God Family. The Sword Skill he left behind should be the one closest to the era we live in!"
"But it seems that ever since Dugu Yunhe fell, the Sword God Family has never produced a new Swordgod again!"
Walking along the Gu Dao, Lin Bai moved step by step toward Dugu Yunhe’s Cave Mansion.
He entered the Cave Mansion.
Inside this Cave Mansion, every stone and flower, every table and chair, all remained in the state they were in before Dugu Yunhe fell back then. Throughout the countless years, the Sword God Family had strictly forbidden any Warrior from disturbing the arrangement within the Cave Mansion.
Entering the Cave Mansion, Lin Bai saw a stone table placed in the main hall, with four stone stools around it.
Just like Dugu Qing’s Cave Mansion, Dugu Yunhe’s Cave Mansion also had three side chambers, but what these three side chambers were actually used for was unknown; only Dugu Yunhe himself would have known.
On the floor, walls, and ceiling of the Stone Chamber, there were some Sword Marks left behind, and those Sword Marks also bore traces of time.
However, because too much time had passed, the Sword Intention on the Sword Marks had completely dissipated.
If the Sword Intention were still there, it might increase the chance of comprehending the Sword Skill.
But now that the Sword Skill’s intent had scattered, wanting to comprehend "the Mist Sword Skill" would be even more difficult.
Lin Bai walked back and forth within Dugu Yunhe’s Cave Mansion, carefully examining everything for a long time. Then, finding nothing interesting, he sat down cross‐legged before the stone table in the main hall and said, half laughing and crying, "These God Level Warriors, can’t they just directly write their Cultivation Skills on the stone walls? Why do they have to hide them and make us guess back and forth? Is that fun?"
Lin Bai was somewhat helpless and depressed, grumbling a couple of sentences.
In fact, there was a reason for doing things this way.
These Strong Ones who had Once Wending the very peak of the Barbaric Ancient Continent, their Sword Skill legacies were naturally incomparably powerful.
They hid their Sword Skills within the Cave Mansions for three main purposes.
First, they wanted to test the later‐generation Warriors. If the later Warriors were stupid donkeys and fools, then they didn’t deserve to cultivate their Sword Skills.
Second, to reject those impatient and restless types. Some Warriors always aim too high, trying too hard to fuse all the Martial Arts Under Heaven into one. But in doing so, the more Cultivation Skills they practice, the more mixed and muddled they become. In the end many people achieve nothing, burying those Sword Skills!
Third, things that are too easily obtained are often not cherished. Only what is gained through enduring hardships will people treasure all the more.
"Let me see what mystery this place actually holds..." After sitting down cross‐legged, Lin Bai put away the emotions in his heart and began to slowly comprehend every single thing in the Cave Mansion.
As Lin Bai’s mind immersed itself, it seemed that wisps of white mist gradually began to spread within the Cave Mansion...

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