Hm?
Xu Xing rose from the bamboo chair and tilted his head toward Bie Xuening.
"Test our swords?"
Senior Sister's sudden suggestion genuinely surprised him.
"Mm."
"Since Senior Sister has invited me..."
Xu Xing did not ask why. He merely raised a hand in summons.
The tops of the two green bamboos beside them snapped off, their side branches falling away until only straight main stalks remained. They dropped into his hand.
He handed one of them to Bie Xuening.
"I naturally have no reason to refuse."
As he spoke, the two green bamboos, each missing a section from the top, visibly began to recover. In the brief time it took Bie Xuening to accept the bamboo branch from Xu Xing, they had already returned to their previous state.
The two rose from their bamboo chairs.
"Only testing sword moves?" Xu Xing asked.
The two of them were no longer as they had once been. If they truly fought in earnest, the entire Central Continent would be thrown into turmoil.
"Alright."
That had been her intention as well.
She had not crossed swords with her junior brother for many years; this was merely a whim of the moment.
Suddenly, a Spirit Fish in the pond leaped from the water to fight over the last bit of fish food.
Whoosh!
The currents of air in the grove abruptly descended into chaos, and the two figures vanished at once.
For a moment, the entire small courtyard amid the bamboo grove seemed completely frozen. Only countless sword shadows churned the winds and clouds, pressing the dense bamboo forest down in every direction.
Though they were merely testing sword moves, using nothing more than basic techniques such as pointing, thrusting, parrying, and striking.
Yet their cultivation was no longer what it had been. Their