Chapter 114 The Truth (3)
Descending Mount Tai after sunset, Gu Yangji was consumed by considerable worry.
How indeed should he handle the secret manual?
He hadn’t read it in detail, but it was Jie Shang’s secret manual—one that had unleashed formidable power even in a state of near-total mental collapse.
Moreover, the Heavenly Light Thunder Sword technique described at the end was beyond even Gu Yangjie’s current ability to wield easily.
If he studied it slowly and mastered it, he might eventually learn the Seven Stars technique through the unique包容力 of the Zha Xia Jin Qi. But he couldn’t shake the question of whether that was the right path.
He could have made excuses.
To teach it well to the disciples of the Taishan Sword Sect he would meet later, or to defeat the Palm Master who had made him this way.
If he were the original Gu Yangji. In short, if he were the man from his Blood Dog days, he would have mastered it without much hesitation.
‘With the Taishan Sword Sect in decline now, there’s little worry of being discovered even if I learn it.’
Gu Yangji was unsettled by his own transformation.
His resolve to live by imitating the Taoist had somehow become breathing, living, and assimilating with them.
Yet, a trace of worldly desire remained.
Whether as an excuse or not, the craving to master the Heaven-Shattering Thunderbolt Sword burned within his heart.
‘It might be entirely unexpected… but it complements the Divine Demon Fist’s martial art, the Thunderbolt Fist, quite well.’
