"Your Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect has quite a few secrets. This thing is no use to me—I can't comprehend anything from it. You might as well have it." I handed the fragmentary scroll in my hand to Li Zhi'er. It actually wasn't of much use to me. I couldn't understand the writing, and ultimately had no way to bring out even a tenth of the scroll's effect. Besides, this fragmentary scroll might not be just one of two volumes.
"But you traded three flying swords for it..." Li Zhi'er still meant to refuse, but when she saw that I was about to take it back, she immediately snatched it away. Of course, I had only been teasing her on purpose. Seeing how much she liked it, I felt that this was a good thing after all.
"I suspect the Divine Sword Immortal Sect still has some of these fragmentary scrolls," I said.
"If they were left behind by an ancestor who came out of Heavenly Sword Mountain, it's possible. Legend says these fragmentary scrolls have as many as twelve pages, encompassing the twelve ancient chapters of Cloud Sword Control, Great and Lesser Sword Arts, Inner and Outer Sword Hearts, Offensive and Defensive Sword Forms, Yin-Yang Sword Body, and Suppressing and Controlling Sword Seeds. Even comprehending just one of them would give someone the ability to stand at the summit of Heavenly Sword Mountain. The ancient scroll we obtained just now should have been the first chapter among the ancient scrolls—'One Sword Control.' This mental method should be a sword-controlling technique, which is why the Six Yang Sect understood nothing of it and thought it was a sword move." Li Zhi'er nodded.
"What? Cloud Sword Control, Great and Lesser Sword Arts, Inner and Outer Sword Hearts, Offensive and Defensive Sword Forms,