Zhang Yuanqing pulled a blade from his Inventory. It had no sheath or guard. One side of the blade was white, the other black. It was fifty centimeters long in total, like a shrunken Tang saber or katana—essentially a Japanese wakizashi.
"Why is it a Japanese sword?" Zhang Yuanqing was somewhat startled. He had seen this kind of weapon many times on television. People from that little island nation often used it to commit seppuku as an apology, or for close-range sneak attacks.
In reality, the Thousand Crane Group's executives also wore short swords of this style at their waists.
The Body and Soul Annihilation Blade looked simple and cool, but Zhang Yuanqing found it hard to accept that it was a Japanese short sword.
Lady of Three Paths Mountain glanced at it. "This is a Tang dynasty hengdao."
"Wasn't a hengdao a long saber? Why is this a short sword?" Zhang Yuanqing froze.
Lady of Three Paths Mountain gave him a deep look. Rather than explain, she said coldly, "Didn't you call yourself a student of the Imperial Academy? Why do you not even know such common knowledge?"
The disdain on her face became plainly visible.
Huh? Zhang Yuanqing sensed Old Clapper's displeasure and contempt. He suddenly remembered that she was an imperial princess of the Song dynasty. Does this woman discriminate based on education too?
He immediately let out a long sigh and explained, "Your Ladyship may not know this, but modern times also suffered wars and calamities akin to the chaos of the Five Barbarians, causing a break in cultural inheritance. Nowadays, the court has castrated itself in the cultural sphere, while foreign cultures invade from beyond our borders. Domestic students admire foreign cultures as the nations of old once worshipped the Great Tang, yet they discard