339 Remnants of Tantai

At dawn, the sky was still dim.

In the rear courtyard square of a grand residence in Suian City, a man of around twenty wielded a four-foot refined steel saber, its motions roaring with tiger-like force.

Bare-chested, he had a powerfully built physique—broad shoulders, long ape-like arms, and legs planted like stakes. This man was Sheng Yuzhou. With the steel saber in hand, he was practicing the Greater and Lesser Tiangang Saber Techniques of the Evil-Slaying Bureau.

This saber art originated in the military and was divided into the Greater Tiangang Saber and Lesser Tiangang Saber. Each had yin and yang variations. The Greater Tiangang Saber was fierce, forceful, and thunderous, while the Lesser Tiangang Saber was yielding, sinister, and ever-changing. Once practiced to consummate mastery, the yin and yang paths could blend hardness with softness, producing endless transformations, fantastical and unfathomable.

There were quite a few experts in the Evil-Slaying Bureau who hailed from the military's three great training grounds. Among them were many skilled practitioners who had first built their foundations in martial arts before turning to Daoist arts. Moreover, when dealing with cultivators and spellcasters, the Evil-Slaying Bureau often had opportunities to prevail through sheer martial force.

Thus, the Greater and Lesser Tiangang Saber Techniques were widely practiced within the Evil-Slaying Bureau. Few skilled Bureau agents bearing bat insignias did not know them. Yet not many could train both saber arts day after day to such a level.

At that moment, Sheng Yuzhou's saber force was fierce yet nimble, while his footwork was agile as a racing serpent and slithering viper. Silver light surged and churned like ocean waves.

Just then, several men dressed as household servants standing nearby lifted the buckets in their hands and suddenly splashed their contents at Sheng Yuzhou.

In an instant, the