A Quick Shortcut, Part Two
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"You're just that stupid! The only reason you got to be the number-one expert was because the dual-sword technique I taught you was so powerful!"
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That was the truth!
Sure, Mount Hua Swordplay and the Nineteen Forms of the Jade Maiden Sword had deep roots in common, and were tangled up with the Quanzhen Swordplay and Jade Maiden Swordplay, which were originally designed to be used together. But if Annie hadn't spotted the connection at a glance, then pieced those two thoroughly altered styles back together and improved them, would someone like Yue Lingshan really have become the top female expert of her generation?
"Anyway!"
"The Misty Rain Swordplay I taught you is different. You'll have to comprehend it on your own!"
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As she spoke, Annie thought for a moment, then casually traced a few strokes in the air with her little hand.
There was no fluctuation of inner power at all, yet Yue Lingshan seemed to see a hazy drizzle, with an ethereal streak of swordlight appearing and disappearing within it. The strange mood of it made her heart tremble.
"!!"
But when she came back to her senses, it had all vanished.
Even when she tried to recall it and puzzle it out, she still couldn't quite understand what she'd just seen.
"Did you understand it?"
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Only then did Annie suddenly ask from beside her.
"..."
Yue Lingshan just shook her head in bewilderment.
"Sigh--"
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"See? That's why I said you're stupid!"
With a sigh, Annie began ticking off her points on her fingers:
"First, maybe you really aren't suited to this swordplay and can't comprehend it. And stop thinking you can force it with inner power. That won't work!"
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"Second, to comprehend this kind of