Yue Buqun, Eavesdropping

Yue Lingshan and Lao De Nuo, who both knew Bixie Swordplay and possessed greater martial understanding, saw even more.

The true marvel of the swordplay Li Lin demonstrated lay neither in the transitions between moves and their subtle variations, nor in the lightning-swift method of drawing the sword, but in its speed.

All those changes were merely byproducts of increased sword speed.

The sword was so fast that the movements became distorted, and even the recovery and changes of stance transformed accordingly.

In truth, if he merely increased his sword speed while keeping the moves themselves utterly ordinary, Li Lin could have done that just as well.

Yet that loss of control was precisely the brilliance of this swordplay.

"Bixie Swordplay is a method for controlling speed that surpasses the limits of the human body and one's own ability to react." Li Lin sighed and slowly sheathed his sword.

Even at the end of the demonstration, he and his sword had appeared to everyone as no more than a streak of light, fused into one.

Though they stood far away, the wind raised by man and sword still lashed their faces painfully.

Yet this was still not Li Lin's limit.

The same martial art could display different levels of power at its peak depending on one's innate gifts.

The Anti-Gravity realm Li Lin had cultivated through the Crane Cry Nine Heavens Divine Skill had already surpassed even its founder's imagination.

In the founder's conception, this divine skill merely imitated the hollow bones of birds, channeling qi through the skeleton to make the body light. Leaping and moving while circulating qi was itself cultivation and recovery; the more one moved, the more invigorated one became.

And because one's body became as light as a feather, even with the commonplace Grass on