Ye Fei: One Sword Against a Hundred Thousand

As a menial disciple responsible for sweeping the sect, Ye Fei's hardest task each day was climbing the mountain to carry a stone as heavy as herself, then using it to grind a sword. She had been grinding that sword for ten years. Later, the old men of her sect died. Every last one of them. Her sword was finally sharpened, too. She went down the mountain, and she could cultivate. (This story is silly, with no romance. Read if you like it; if not, feel free to move on. Thanks.)