"How could that be? Daoist Cang Song actually thought Duàn Yì's swordplay was more profound, but I clearly felt Qi Yan's swordplay was stronger?"
"Didn't you hear what Daoist Cang Song and Martial Uncle Bái said?
Qi Yan's sword erupted in an instant, immensely powerful but lacking in variation. Duàn Yì's swordplay, however, possessed not only power but ten entirely different variations. That was the stronger sword art. So this Evil-Slaying Sword truly had some skill—no wonder he defeated Lin Bohui."
Among the Golden Cauldron Sect's inner disciples, some were discerning while others were shallow in cultivation, and they discussed the matter animatedly. Those with lower cultivation believed Qi Yan's swordplay was clearly stronger, while those with deeper cultivation leaned closer to Cang Song's view.
"Not at all. I merely won through a trick. If this had been real combat, Senior Brother Qi's Life-Taking Chain Swordplay would certainly have been more formidable. I had no assurance of victory either."
Hearing Cang Song's assessment, Duàn Yì was quite delighted. After sheathing his sword, he clasped his hands respectfully and replied.
Ever since coming up the mountain to practice martial arts, he had trained diligently every day. Aside from inner cultivation, swordsmanship was what he honed most often. He had even used his nightly rest time to enter the Tower of Hidden Martial Arts and study Songshan Swordplay. With the boost of his peerless comprehension, his progress had surged forward by leaps and bounds, covering a thousand miles in a day.
This Myriad Peaks Paying Homage was the most basic move among the seventeen forms of Songshan Swordplay, yet also its strongest move.
The so-called most basic move meant that all seventeen forms of Songshan Swordplay could evolve from Myriad Peaks Paying Homage. It was the foundation beneath all foundations; the meaning