Shen Yi looked at Tao Tao's serious expression. He knew that the inheritance of martial arts manuals had always been held in the highest regard:
"I understand your predicament."
"I won't learn your lightness skill, but your eye is sharp. Take a look at the lightness skill I'm using now—what can be improved?"
Tao Tao smiled.
"You're not too rigid, are you?"
"Fine. We can still exchange pointers."
Then Tao Tao stuck out her tongue and launched straight into a blistering critique:
"Don't blame me for being blunt."
"Actually, I noticed your movement technique the first time I met you. In one sentence, it's utterly useless."
"Even if you've practiced it to the point of perfect mastery and can move incredibly fast, that cannot conceal the fact that this lightness skill is Third-Rate."
Shen Yi was not angered, because Tao Tao had spoken the truth.
He smiled.
"My movement technique is called Grass Treading Flight."
"Qin Jianghe of Broken Blade Hall taught it to me."
Tao Tao sniffed disdainfully.
"If you ask me, this is something mountain bandits and roadside thieves use for climbing mountains and traveling. It isn't fast, its body-lightening is poor, and it makes a racket when used, as if you're afraid people won't know you've come plummeting down from midair."
Shen Yi was intrigued.
"Then yours—no, what should a good lightness skill be like?"
Tao Tao cleared her throat, and immediately began speaking with everything at her fingertips, explaining in a smooth, unhurried stream:
"Speed, body-lightening, and evasion—these are the most important factors in judging whether a lightness skill is superior."
"A master can make their lightness skill work seamlessly with inner force, fist techniques, footwork, and weapons, each bringing out the best in the other."
"A greater master can make lightness skill into a complete