On the journey that followed, he used his extraordinary perception to catch the trail Feng Suixin had left behind and followed her all the way.
On the second day, a thousand miles away in Southern Capital, he caught her trail. Eight days earlier, she had fought Sword Saint Li Muyang here. The great river had been cut off, mountains had crumbled, and she had defeated Li Muyang in eighteen strikes.
On the third day, in Fangshan Town another thousand miles away, he caught her trail again. Four days earlier, she had challenged a swordsmanship master living in seclusion there. They had fought for ten hours, and she had won again. This swordsman had not been on her list of challengers, but the girl clearly did not restrict herself to that list.
On the fourth day...
On the fifth day...
On the sixth day...
Lin Su followed the Jianghu road Feng Suixin had walked and heard accounts of her four earthshaking battles.
His heart gave a little leap.
He had made two discoveries...
The first was this: when her route of challenges was connected together, this little lady's destination was the snow plains.
With skills like theirs, reaching the snow plains took no more than a step. They could have arrived in just a few steps. Yet Feng Suixin had not done so. She had chosen a straight route, walking all the way to the snow plains. Along the way, she had fought six major battles so far, winning every one.
The second was this: there were clues in those six battles. Her momentum had grown stronger and stronger. The first six battles seemed to have been building her momentum, much like the swordsmen's "Seven Steps Heavenly Kill Sword" at the Jade Pool Gathering—six steps to gather momentum, then a seventh