For this question specifically designed for transmigrators, the correct answer is actually very subtle.
Because anyone who has read Jin Yong's The Smiling, Proud Wanderer knows that the Nine Solitary Swords is a sword technique created by Dugu Qiubai, Feng Qingyang is merely his successor, and the most famous user of the Nine Solitary Swords should be Linghu Chong.
The combination of Feng Qingyang and the Nine Solitary Swords is truly easy to make one have an illusion.
So, whether it is a simple yes or no, Fang Bie could hear a clue from his words.
However, the answer Lin Xue gave is, in a sense, the standard answer.
After all, in this world, both the Nine Solitary Swords and the Purple Cloud Divine Skill are the Sect-Protecting Ultimate Skills of the Mount Hua Sect, and their actual power might be even stronger than what is recorded in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. However, as to whether this Nine Solitary Swords is that Nine Solitary Swords, Fang Bie has never seen the Sword Manual of the Nine Solitary Swords, nor has he seen anyone perform it, so he could only speculate in secret.
But being able to learn some familiar, even if only seemingly correct, martial arts names is a significant benefit for Fang Bie.
Because his martial arts style is quite different from everyone else in this world.
"Since you are an Outer Sect Disciple of Emei, what are the current Seven Great Sects?" Fang Bie asked, following up on the previous question, fearing that Lin Xue might have discovered his abnormality.
After Lin Xue's family was robbed, she was left under the care of an Outer Sect Disciple of the Emei Sect, learned a few years of superficial Emei martial arts, and was then accidentally left in the Beehive training camp, where she was specifically trained to become Bee Wing and then assigned as Fang Bie's partner. This is all of Lin Xue's background information.
However, the training camp that trained Lin Xue was raided a while ago by the Imperial Guard of the Six Doors, who were dispatched in full force like a poked beehive because the Beehive had adventurously assassinated the Vice Minister of Revenue, Zhou Haitian. Although the people were evacuated, all the assets of the training camp were lost completely.
"Shaolin Temple in Henan, Wudang Mountain in Hubei, Mount Emei in Sichuan, Mount Hua in Shaanxi, Kunlun Mountain in the Western Regions, White Egret Academy in Jiangxi, and Penglai Pavilion in Shandong." Lin Xue named these famous sects one by one.
After all, they are known to almost everyone in the Jianghu; they are prestigious brands.
Except for the first five names that frequently appear in traditional martial arts novels, the White Egret Academy in Jiangxi is a sect that cultivates Righteous Qi. Its ancestors entered the martial arts world through literature, much like Huang Shang in Jin Yong's novels, gaining the true meaning of martial arts from Confucian classics. Their martial arts form their own school, capable of reaching the heights of the imperial court or retreating to the distance of the Jianghu, becoming a force to be reckoned with.
As for Penglai Pavilion in Shandong, that is another matter entirely. It is said that they once received a legacy from a Taoist immortal, so their martial arts are surprisingly high, and they rarely enter the world to cultivate. Fang Bie does not know if they are as powerful as the Xiaoyao Sect, but for things he does not understand, staying away is never wrong.
Thinking this, Fang Bie asked casually: "What is the Sect-Protecting Ultimate Skill of the Shaolin Temple?"
This question is a freebie. Fang Bie was currently a bit lost in thought. As the head of the Seven Great Sects, the Shaolin Temple is famous, and it also has the most Sect-Protecting martial arts. To say nothing else, the Yi Jin Jing, the Seventy-Two Ultimate Skills, and the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill are all names that ring like thunder.
"Yi Jin Jing?" Lin Xue asked tentatively, because this question was a bit too simple.
"The Yi Jin Jing is famous; everyone in the Jianghu knows it," Fang Bie said calmly.
At this moment, Fang Bie had already put down his blade. The two of them were standing in this cramped room, but Lin Xue still felt an involuntary sense of being respectful, just like when her father used a ruler to supervise her reciting the Heart Sutra of the Purple Qi Comes from the East when she was a child.
"Besides the Yi Jin Jing?" Fang Bie asked.
"I don't know!" Lin Xue said, enunciating each word: "If you're so capable, why don't you ask about the Emei Sect?"
The Emei Sect was Lin Xue's original sect as a lay disciple, and it was also the sect she was most familiar with. This sentence was actually a form of protest and counterattack.
However, Fang Bie did not mind and continued to ask: "May I ask who the current Sect Leader of the Emei Sect is?"
"Master Zhenru," Lin Xue said.
Mount Emei is one of the four sacred mountains of Buddhism and the dojo of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. Its martial arts are primarily Buddhist, and it can be considered a famous Buddhist sect, though their mountain-guarding formation is a bit awkward.
"Then what is the Sect-Protecting Ultimate Skill of the Emei Sect?"
Lin Xue entered her area of expertise and said without hesitation: "The Two Forms Dust-Parting Formation."
Fang Bie smiled inwardly. Yes, the Two Forms Dust-Parting Formation is the Emei Sect's signature skill and also their mountain-guarding formation. It has infinite power and is said to be so formidable that even top-tier experts cannot retreat from it unscathed. It can be described as extremely overbearing and fierce.
It is just that this overbearing formation is not a Buddhist formation, but a Taoist wonder-formation obtained by the founder of the Emei Sect herself. To be honest, using it is truly a bit awkward.
However, people in the Jianghu do not care about that; as long as it works, that is enough.
"The formation doesn't count, give me another one," Fang Bie said.
Lin Xue nodded: "Then that would be the Samantabhadra Heart Sutra."
The Samantabhadra Heart Sutra is the supreme Internal Energy Cultivation Method of the Emei Sect. It is not wrong to call it their Sect-Protecting skill. Fang Bie nodded and continued to ask: "List three palm techniques of the Emei Sect for me."
Lin Xue looked at Fang Bie: "I am your Bee Wing."
She emphasized, instead of being threatened like this to answer endless questions.
"No, not yet," Fang Bie shook his head and said: "How do I know you aren't someone else impersonating her?"
"I have the organization's seal and the secret code. Isn't that enough?" Lin Xue said, her expression calm.
Fang Bie looked at her: "Anyone could potentially hold the organization's seal and recite the secret code."
Lin Xue stared coldly: "You don't even trust the organization?"
This was already a question that struck at the heart.
But Fang Bie nodded: "Yes, I don't trust it."
In this world, he would rather trust himself. A massive entity like the Beehive, in particular, cannot be trusted.
Even if he is still in it now, struggling to protect himself.
Lin Xue could only sigh: "Golden Summit Soft Palm, Snow Fluttering Cloud Piercing Palm, Nine Styles of Intercepting Hands."
She chose to answer Fang Bie's previous question.
"What can you do?"
"Snow Fluttering Cloud Piercing Palm."
"What is the move after Piercing Clouds and Breaking the Void in the Snow Fluttering Cloud Piercing Palm?"
"Parting Clouds to See the Moon."
"What about the move after Snow Fluttering for a Thousand Miles?"
"Clouds Vanish and Rain Clears."
"What about the move after Vanish into thin air?"
The two began a purely mechanical Q&A. No matter how dissatisfied Lin Xue was with the cold man in front of her, this was a hurdle she had to pass.
"There is no such move in the Snow Fluttering Cloud Piercing Palm."
Lin Xue said.
Fang Bie nodded.
"Alright," Fang Bie smiled. Lin Xue did not like this boy's smile at all right now. Although it looked good and clean, it really gave her the illusion that her whole body was uncomfortable.
"You can go," Fang Bie said.
"Go?" Lin Xue looked at him: "Did I pass?"
Fang Bie shook his head: "No, you have been eliminated."
"I don't want a Bee Wing like you."
Lin Xue felt her whole body trembling. She did not know where she had gone wrong.
"Why? What did I say wrong?" Lin Xue asked.
If she could not even succeed at the first stop, she would surely die upon returning to the Imperial Guard. After all, this mission was a suicide mission from the start. She either had to succeed or die here. Returning to the Imperial Guard alive would be considered insubordination and desertion.
No matter which it was, Lü Yuan could put her to death according to the military orders of the Imperial Guard.
"You didn't say anything wrong," Fang Bie said.
"But—you answered too perfectly." The youth smiled, a clean smile that made Lin Xue feel cold.
"Let me ask you, a person whose parents died when she was nine, who was adopted at nine, a person who only practiced Emei martial arts to a superficial level."
"How could you answer all my questions perfectly?"
"This kind of perfection is, in itself, a reason for elimination."
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