What is Swordplay?
“Zhuang Yuanlang, you mastered the old geezer’s techniques thoroughly, huh?” Wanwan giggled.
Zhuang Yuanlang pretended he didn’t hear Wanwan and said to Mu Yu, “You were bound to be defeated. Sheet Shadow was designed to counter your swordplay. I know every technique in your arsenal as well as the back of my mind because I studied them when I learnt Sheet Shadow. My shifu eventually abandoned Sheet Shadow because he deed it inferior to Celestial Swords Nine Summons. Evidently, he overestimated Celestial Swords Nine Summons.”
Xie Bulao was the individual who created all of the discipline the unorthodox faction wielded. His later disciplines were all revolved around how to counter Dustfallen Swordplay. After deeming them unsatisfactory, he let his disciples learn them. Nonetheless, those were the very disciplines that made them notorious.
“Sheet Shadow beats Celestial Swords Nine Summons? Should I consider learning it, then? I’ll be able to beat Lie Shang if I do, huh? He’s the only one I’ve yet to beat,” mumbled Xin Buxing.
Xin Buxing always tried to get close to Lie Shang to find out any opening the latter might have. Unfortunately, Lie Shang always had Xin Buxing around his finger.
Zhuang Yuanlang, smiling subtly, declared his victory with a paper choreography.
Mu Yu’s mind was still in disarray. He contemplated, Celestial Swords Nine Summons has never been defeated because of its sheer power, yet I lost to Zhuang Yuanlang?
“Mu Yu, that jerk’s Celestial Swords Nine Summons isn’t that weak. You haven’t used its full potential,” verbalised Ku Mu.
Mu Yu shuddered. Ku Mu prompted a mory recall.
“Shifu, I have already grasped the essence of Dustfallen Swordplay, haven’t I?” Mu Yu proudly asked because Feng Haochen praised his progress.
Feng Haochen didn’t reprimand Mu Yu for being conceited. Caressing his beard with a smile, he replied, “What do you think is the best strength of Dustfallen Swordplay?”
“Regenesis. It combines all the prior techniques into a single simple strike and is difficult to counter.”
Feng Haochen nodded. “Simplifying is certainly the essence of Dustfallen Swordplay and its best strength. My question to you is, what’s the point of the simplification?”
“Mm… To replace complexity with simplicity?”
Feng Haochen acknowledged he heard with a shoulder pat. “Correct, it ans getting rid of nurous complex techniques. One thing you must bear in mind is that, the more simplistic a technique is, the more powerful it is. Having said that, it also ans the risk associated is also greater. It requires an unhesitant strike, holding nothing back. Because of its simplicity, you sacrifice its ability to attack and defend for a fully-committed strike.
“All that being said, the nine techniques don’t exist just to execute the last technique. Each technique addresses different changes. Each technique can be used to dismantle different attacks. While you think there are only nine techniques, there is more to it. Since you know the potential of Dustfallen Sword, do you know what makes Dustfallen ntal Cultivation special?”
“Dustfallen ntal Cultivation? I’m not sure. I thought it was purely to train us to wield multiple flying swords simultaneously. Didn’t you say we’d be able to wield nine flying swords at once upon reaching a certain point?”
“Once you do control them, you will find that, even though you can wield nine flying swords at once, you won’t be able to maximise each sword’s technique. Only once you grasp Dustfallen ntal Cultivation, will you truly understand Dustfallen Swordplay and that it’s best strength isn’t just the nine techniques but all sword techniques.”
Mu Yu didn’t understand the ssage when he heard Feng Haochen’s response, and that was as far as Feng Haochen explained. Sword techniques required one to grasp its essence. rely grasping one of the nine techniques would allow one to execute it to an extre degree. For that reason, Feng Haochen was satisfied with the depth of Mu Yu’s comprehension at the ti.
Mu Yu’s defeat indicated he only learnt the tip of the iceberg of Celestial Swords Nine Summons.
“Dustfallen Swordplay’s best strength isn’t just Regenesis but also the nine techniques,” Mu Yu muttered under his breath, replaying the nine techniques as originally taught.
Mu Yu needed to figure out why he wasn’t able to use Dustfallen Swordplay’s full potential, not worry about how innovative and clever his foe’s techniques were.
Mu Yu struggled to put his finger on why he couldn’t wield all nine swords perfectly using Dustfallen ntal Cultivation. He could resolve nine different scenarios simultaneously. Having said that, he couldn’t execute the techniques as proficiently as if he wielded just a single sword. He started to ponder if that was the extent of Dustfallen ntal Cultivation.
“You never grasped the true nature of Dustfallen ntal Cultivation?”
Mu Yu juddered upon hearing Lie Shang’s voice from behind. It shouldn’t have been surprising for Lie Shang to be around whenever Xin Buxing was around.
Mu Yu vividly rembered how Lie Shang pulverised the fiend at Eight Grass Village without even requiring his sword. Mu Yu presud Lie Shang used his fire-control ability to pull it off. The fact that Lie Shang could use the ability and get away with it in front of the likes of Cang Wanzi made a statent about his skills.
Mu Yu didn’t turn around to Lie Shang and continued mulling over Dustfallen ntal Cultivation.
“Shifu ntioned to that you had the most comprehensive understanding of swordplay. Unfortunately, you co up short when it cos to fathoming the concept behind sword techniques to the appropriate extent due to your personality. In my opinion, you put Dustfallen Swordplay, in other words, Celestial Swords Nine Summons, to sha,” Lie Shang calmly expressed.
Mu Yu didn’t like Lie Shang. Likewise, Lie Shang reciprocated the dislike in kind. It was hard to bla Lie Shang when he was forced to clean up for Mu Yu over and over. Still, as Mu Yu’s senior, he didn’t want to let Mu Yu embarrass himself and their ntor.
“Do you know what makes Dustfallen ntal Cultivation special?” Lie Shang questioned. Since Mu Yu kept his head down in silence, Lie Shang chided, “Shifu said you had the potential to surpass . All I see, however, is that you’ve failed to et his expectations. Your defeat is none of my concern. Howbeit, I cannot watch you embarrassing Shifu’s swordplay.”
Lie Shang summoned Sky Scorcher, warming the breeze. He continued, “Dustfallen ntal Cultivation isn’t just about manifesting nine swords simultaneously but also being able to wield the nine at one ti. Now, watch .”
Mu Yu raised his head to et Lie Shang’s gaze. Lie Shang wasn’t doing anything, but Mu Yu gradually saw nine Lie Shangs, each able to utilise Celestial Swords Nine Summons. Lie Shang’s swordplay had more intent and power behind them. Fighting Mu Yu was just fighting Mu Yu. Fighting Lie Shang, conversely, was fighting nine Lie Shangs.
The pinnacle of Dustfallen ntal Cultivation wasn’t wielding nine swords at once but spawning eight extra replications of oneself. Mu Yu was only able to manifest six swords and three replications.
“You two think looking into each other’s eyes will magically fix the weaknesses of Celestial Swords Nine Summons?” scoffed Zhuang Yuanlang.
“When did I lose?”
Mu Yu cracked a smile. Lie Shang stepped aside. Lie Shang wasn’t afraid of any of Xie Bulao’s pupils. In his opinion, Mu Yu was a failure if he couldn’t even win against Zhuang Yuanlang.
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