I stopped refining the Dao lineage pill. After all, now that Grandmaster had started reminiscing about the past, he must have remembered something; otherwise, with his temperament, he would never have taken the initiative to discuss history with anyone.
But the moment I stopped, he stopped speaking too, as though there were no more to the story. I hurriedly asked, "Grandmaster, don't tell me you intend to tell only half of it? Why did you name one of the Nine Songs of Annihilating the Dao 'Fallen Sword'? And what does the Annihilating Dao Art of the Nine Songs of Annihilating the Dao mean?"
"The Nine Songs of Annihilating the Dao were split into nine sections. At the time, each section was called an Annihilating Dao Art by us children, so only when combined could they be called the Nine Songs of Annihilating the Dao!" Grandmaster snorted.
I secretly marveled that Grandmaster had actually recalled the days of his hot-blooded youth. That was quite a rarity, so I asked again, "Then among these nine types—specializing in strength, specializing in defense, specializing in pressing attacks, long-range attacks, controlling the body, external arts, internal arts, single combat, and group combat—which type does each of the nine Annihilating Dao Arts correspond to?"
"Zhengding specialized in strength, Qingyi in defense, Liuyue in close combat, Xingtian in long-range attacks, and Beiye—he only played dirty tricks and was best at controlling others. As for Heiyang, he was first in external arts, while Shenhuan specialized in internal arts. I, Fallen Sword, was invincible in single combat beneath the heavens, while Chenxiang excelled in group combat in her own way." Grandmaster took a deep breath and recited all nine Songs of Annihilating the Dao in one breath.
I was inevitably astonished. Although I had known long ago that these