Although Longqiu You's attainments in swordsmanship were far from low—especially after entering my sect, when his progress had been astonishingly rapid, to the point that he increasingly no longer needed to rely on dual inheritances or the techniques of two Great Daos to win—asking him to understand this "Sword Dao of Original Intent" was still asking far too much of him.
"Master, Susu is asking you—does this swordsmanship really deserve such praise?" Xiang Ling shook me.
I came back to myself from my deep contemplation and said, "In the eyes of someone who truly knows its worth, this set of swordsmanship is enough to trade for any of the finest sword arts. Of course, swordsmen capable of recognizing it have usually already entered the realm of returning to simplicity, and are as rare as phoenix feathers among sword immortals. Besides, being able to understand it is only the beginning. How much of its essence one can learn—that is what truly matters."
"There's really swordsmanship like this?" Xiang Ling could not help looking through it again in astonishment, but she still ended up shaking her head.
"Um... is it really that complicated...?" Siniang, on the other hand, seemed a little embarrassed, perhaps because she felt it was actually very simple.
"If one's heart is as pure as fresh snow, this swordsmanship will seem exceedingly simple. It would be like showing it to a child. I imagine a child would see more than any of you. Unfortunately, children learn to read and understand the world very early. Once they begin accepting new things, it is like recording words on a blank sheet of paper. Their thoughts become fixed, and trying to take an eraser to wipe them away afterward becomes extraordinarily difficult. The formidable aspect of this Swordsmanship of Original Intent is