Chapter 630: Preaching the Sword (II)

Chapter 630: Preaching the Sword (II)

Another young cultivator rose up to offer their knowledge. They were even less impressive than the first two and retreated with heads lowered. Preaching the Dao was not a simple matter. It was clear that even among the best of the best that the metropolis had to offer, it was a difficult challenge for those so young.

This was it meant to be a genius.

Everyone expected an old cultivation master with many decades of experience to be able to preach the Dao. Everyone expected an immortal who had traveled the world and seen unbelievable things to be able to guide others along the correct path. It was another thing entirely for young men and women who had not even reached the peak of the Spirit Initiate Realm. By average measures, everyone gathered in the meadow this morning was already talents that even immortal sects would fight over.

As the sixth participant sat back down with a disappointed expression, the preaching event fell into a lull. Nobody else wanted to immediately take the reins. Those not confident in their answers didnt want to go up and embarrass themselves. Others didnt stand because their ideas had already been presented by others.

Zhou Ziyun looked around and felt a small urge to go for it. Her answer was rather strange but she felt confident about it. The idea had suddenly come to her. She had thought about left to right and front to back. She felt that her deduction was the most accurate.

Her conjecture about the Falling Leaf Sword Dao was that it was weak because it had two glaring flaws. The first was that it was an incomplete sword art. In its current state, it had ten forms and eight movements in each form for a total of eighty-eight movements. It was a lot but it was still missing movements.

The movements were mostly cohesive but occasionally, there would be jarring pauses or irregular movements as if the pieces didnt quite fit together. It wasnt easy to spot these as pauses would only be for a split second or a slight imbalance in their movement which was corrected within a breath. Solving for the gaps, the natural conclusion was that there was something missing. This was what she had comprehended from the demonstration and from her own knowledge of the sword.

The second flaw was that the sword style had two creators and the two did not mess together seamlessly. Around three-fourths of the movements were created by a far stronger person and were filled with precision, vigor, and power. The rest were made up by a second person trying to imitate the first, resulting in a sword style that felt disjointed and messy, a sword that had great style and showmanship but lacked some fundamentals such as speed, killing power, and most importantly, sword intent.

Zhou Ziyun sighed and leaned back in her seat. Although she was convinced of the result of her comprehension, she couldnt be totally sure. She was already satisfied to be able to thoroughly analyze this sword art. She didnt feel the need to stick her out on the chopping block.

She pointed a finger accusingly at the old man, Your old founder must have encountered Immortal Liu at some point and gotten some pointers. Feeling that this was not enough, they stole most of the Falling Leaf Sword Style but they didnt even bother changing the name, only changing one word so that it became the Falling Leaf Sword Dao.

That cant be true that cant be

Tang Liang raised her hand as a shiny sword appeared, You dont have to believe my words, you just have to keep your doggy eyes wide open and watch closely! This is the true Falling Leaf Sword Style!

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