PS1: Good grief, researching this stuff nearly killed me!
I looked it up on Japanese Yahoo, since the original sources were on Japanese websites, so they should be more or less accurate! My beginner-level Japanese certificate finally came in handy, lol. Now here's a bit of completely useless trivia, translated for you.
Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen this information in many other books. They all just casually have people carrying knives illegally.
PS2: I talked it over with my editor, and they said the current title was actually fine. Emmmm... They said anyone who thinks the title is bad can come out and get beaten up! I really did believe you guys!
I'll leave the title poll up for now and think about it some more.
Section 70: 61 — The Waters Run Deep
Three weeks had passed since Shuya began cultivating.
Li Shuhong had taught Shuya the entire Northland New Snow Thousand-Fold Style.
The advanced techniques of the Northland New Snow Thousand-Fold Style, as modified by Ikeda Ichinosuke, required qi with an ice attribute.
Even the techniques that didn't require ice qi could be strengthened by using attribute qi.
Changing qi's attribute also took energy. Shuya currently had about an arm's worth of qi in total. If he converted all of it to the ice attribute, he would lose roughly half a palm's worth.
But ice-attribute qi increased the freezing and slowing effects, so it was worth it.
Shuya's progress left Li Shuhong in a bit of a bind. He was trying to figure out what else to teach him so he could fulfill their one-month agreement.
On the first day of the fourth week, Shuya got up early as usual.
After eating the lunch his beloved wife had made and gathering his things,