Zhong Zhen's eyes overflowed with intense longing, as if a flame was burning within them.
...
"Elder Brother, you don't actually want to practice the martial arts from this Sword Manual, do you?"
At Mount Hua's Jade Maiden Peak, inside a lit building beside the Hall of Righteousness.
Ning snatched the book from Yue's hands. It was still stained with blood. They had found it under a dead man in black clothes on their way back to Mount Hua.
Seeing Yue engrossed in it, Ning Zhongze was quite nervous.
She had looked through the secret texts, and although she wasn't sure if they were authentic, the unorthodox methods described within were glaringly disturbing, unforgettable once seen.
Yue Buqun said, "This secret text contains many incomprehensible and difficult passages; it must be incomplete."
