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Another month passed, and the old man began teaching him the martial skills he had cultivated. He said with a smile, "I can get you to minor mastery in the first form of the Ghostly Stab Divine Sword, Point East Strike West, in just one month. I've watched you use your sword and saber techniques, and neither compares to the Ghostly Stab Divine Sword. Once you master the first form, you can blend it with your other God-tier Martial Skills and greatly increase your combat strength."
He paused, then continued, "My Ghostly Stab Divine Sword has no fixed moves. What I mainly teach is sword intent. Once you've learned the sword intent, you can apply it to your fist and leg techniques, too. Kid, I've said all this—are you going to learn or not?"
"Of course I'm going to learn!" Bi Fan was visibly excited.
By now, he had seen hundreds of God-tier Martial Skills, so he could naturally tell good techniques from bad ones.
The Ghostly Stab Divine Sword's lack of powerful fixed moves was precisely what made the technique so formidable.
If he succeeded in cultivating its sword intent, that would be the real power. Once he mastered it, he could bring every martial skill he knew to hand and unleash them with even greater force.
The sword intent of the first form, Point East Strike West, was simple. Nearly every cultivator understood it, but few experts could truly wield it well.
The old man's use of it was simply sublime, Ghost God Unpredictable.
That was the power of the Ghostly Stab Divine Sword. If Bi Fan succeeded in cultivating it, there was no doubt his combat strength would surge again.
His discerning eye saw that clearly.
In the days that followed, they continued onward while cultivating.