Chapter 17: Shadows in the Shadow Pond

At noon, Jiang Miaomiao had her meal and checked in at Tingsong Tower as she wished. Afterwards, the group left the city amid Lu Chong's endless cultural introduction and took an animal cart to the famous scenic spot Luoyingtan.

"Speaking of this Luoying Pond, its origin is long unknown. Before our Mengshen Sect was established, there was already a mysterious figure in the Luoying Pond, and its name came from that."

"Some people say that the figure in the pool is practicing a set of martial arts, while others say that it is practicing multiple sets of martial arts, because the movements of the figure in the pool are different at different times, and each person sees subtle differences."

"However, over the long years, many people have indeed comprehended different martial arts from it, the most recent one being Elder Fan Hongying of the Three Saints Sect." Lu Chong had obviously done his homework in advance, and his speech was neither too fast nor too slow, which was fascinating.

Martial arts are just martial arts after all, assisting warriors in their initial growth, fighting, and escaping. However, once they reach the level of martial arts true intention, the role of martial arts will be infinitely compressed. At the level of martial arts intention, warriors are no longer bound by form and can do whatever they want. Martial arts are more of a transition for warriors. Of course, if martial arts intention and martial arts can be perfectly integrated, it will be a different scene.

But if one wants to perfectly integrate the two, the martial arts created by predecessors can only be used as a reference at most. It is only possible to create martial arts with one's own understanding.

The "uniqueness" of a warrior is reflected in every aspect!
As a result, the value of Luoying Lake is limited, and it is for this reason that no sect has developed around Luoying Lake over the years. Even now, Luoying Lake is more of a tourist attraction to attract people to Jueshui City.

"What about the Luoxia Grotto?"

"The history of the Sunset Caverns is also untraceable, and it is impossible to determine whether it was formed in the same era as the Cold Pond and Green Shadow. From ancient times to the present, countless warriors have tried to use the magnificent sunset scenery in the Thousand Caverns to realize their own will and comprehend the martial arts, but no one has succeeded. Even in modern times, there are countless people who have tried their best to succeed."

The forces that built Jueshui City have long been buried in the long river of time, and no one knows where they have flowed. Many people, things, and objects have been washed away beyond recognition. Is it true? Is it false? Who knows?

The animal cart swayed along the way. In the intervals between Lu Chong's talk, Lu Lan would also intersperse some anecdotes, which brought everyone's interest to the highest point.

Luoying Pond is located in the northwest corner of Jueshui City. It is only half an acre in size, exudes a slightly cold air, and is bottomless. In order to make it easier for more people to watch, Jueshui City built a seven-story observation deck to encircle Luoying Pond in the center, and it is crowded with people.

A powerful martial art is enough to make a warrior dominate the second rank. Although those big forces look down on it, it is enough to make warriors from small families scramble for it. Over the years, the Lu family has made a lot of money from ticket sales alone. Compared with Luoxia Grotto, the development of Hantan Biying is undoubtedly a success.

With Lu Chong, a core member of the Lu family, there, they naturally didn't have to wait in line and could directly stand in the best viewing position.

The calm and peaceful ancient pond is like a precious mirror emitting a misty aura. A blurry shadow falls in it, sometimes standing still, sometimes stretching its arms and waving fists, and sometimes dodging and moving. This wonderful sight makes all those who see it for the first time unable to help but immerse themselves in it.

It was truly magical. The figure in the pool was like a martial immortal. Its simple movements exuded an indescribable mystery. However, Jiang Yi did not learn even a single move from them, as he had only mastered the basics of martial arts.

After observing for a while, Jiang Yi lost interest and looked around. Standing on the opposite stand was a group of young people of similar age. Judging from their clothes, they were from the Lingzhou Three Saints Sect. A young man on the opposite side also happened to look over. The two nodded to each other and then turned their eyes away.

As one of the ten sects in Shangmen, one is in the far east and the other is in the southwestern border. Among them, even Lin Xiao and Pei Hongyu, who had experience in going down the mountain before, only left their footprints in the three eastern states and had no contact with the people of the Three Saints Sect. Jiang Yi's understanding of the Three Saints Sect is limited to its history, but it is said that this sect with the shortest history among the Shangmen is stronger than the Wuhen Sect in Luzhou, and it is worthy of being a presence blocking the battlefield between the two worlds.

Sighs sounded one after another beside Jiang Yi. They also did not gain anything. They only felt that the movements of the shadow in the pool were extremely mysterious, but they were ordinary in their hands. Only Lin Xiao made a few gestures with his hands, smiled and shook his head.

"Brother Lin, did you gain anything?"

"It can't be considered a gain, I can only say that I have some insights." Lin Xiao shook his head. When he reached the first level, he no longer followed those fixed situations, but improved his martial arts through various insights.

What a great place!

Lin Xiao leaned on the wooden railing. The figure in the pool in front of him was standing still. The realization he had just had benefited him a lot. He could have come here often during the birthday party. Unfortunately, realization depended more on chance than diligence.

Everyone had a look of envy on their face, except Lu Chong!
At this time, Lu Chong was still staring at Luoyingtan, his pupils dilated with a hint of fear, and his body trembling slightly.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Lu Lan pulled Lu Chong and asked worriedly.

"Ah, nothing... nothing, just thinking of some old things." Lu Chong came back to his senses and breathed a little quickly, swallowing his saliva. He turned around, with his back to Luoyingtan, his eyes flickering, no longer confident as before.

Lu Chong was a little dazed. Did he see it wrong?
I must have seen it wrong! How could that shadow in the pond, how could it be...

Hallucination? It must be an illusion!

He had come to Luoyingtan frequently when he was a child, at least a hundred times, but he had never gained any insights. It was said that what each person saw in Luoyingtan would be slightly different, but it would not deviate from the scope of martial arts. However, what he saw this time was beyond his cognition and made him feel deeply terrified.

Everyone could see that Lu Chong was hiding something, but they couldn't ask him in detail. Even if they were from the same sect, it was taboo to ask about other people's secrets! But could he see fear from Luoyingtan? This was the first time I had heard of it.

Lu Chong was confused. He always held the initiative in his hands. On the way back, he was a little absent-minded and let Lu Lan lead the topic.

They talked and laughed along the way, and only the naive Jiang Miaomiao was still muttering that it would be great if the entire Luoyingtan could be moved back home, placed in the yard outside the house, and be influenced by the martial arts atmosphere day and night. Who knows when she might get enlightenment.

Tian Zhen, if it was possible to move, Luoyingtan would have been moved away by the neighboring sect. How could it have waited for the Lu family to come and reap the benefits?

(End of this chapter)