The Heart Mirror recorded that when people successfully completed a task, their bodies and minds would relax for an instant.
When Li Mu Yang handed the Fire Rock Fruit in his hand to Zhong Yu, Zhong Yu let go to receive it, and Li Mu Yang released the fruit. That meant he had completed the task of delivering it, and his body and mind naturally relaxed their guard.
Because at that moment, he had seen Zhong Yu reach out and take his fruit with his own eyes.
The fruit represented the goodwill he had extended. Since the other party had accepted his goodwill, they should have returned goodwill in kind.
He had never expected Zhong Yu to draw his sword.
No one had.
When he used his right hand to accept the Fire Rock Fruit Li Mu Yang offered, his left hand drew its sword at the same time.
A left-handed swordsman.
Anyone skilled with the sword in his left hand was a genius.
Most people were accustomed to using their right hand, because the right hand was naturally more flexible and powerful than the left. Anyone with common sense could clench both fists and compare them clearly.
However, some people were the opposite of normal. Their left hand was more flexible and powerful than their right. These were what the people of Divine Continent commonly called "left-handers." Those who wielded swords with their left hand generally took a cunning, sinister route.
Fast, accurate, ruthless—catching people off guard and killing them with a single strike.
Zhong Yu was different. He was not left-handed. Nor was he merely skilled with the sword in his left hand.
What he was best at was the sword in his right hand, no different from most experts in the sword dao.
It was only because