When the Moon Is Full, It Wanes

The two sat facing each other, drinking tea without either saying a word.

The slender bamboo in the courtyard swayed gently in the breeze, rustling softly. Sunlight filtered through the bamboo leaves, casting mottled patches of light and shadow across the ground.

A long while passed.

Shao Yu set down his teacup and looked at Xu Wuyi.

"Where did you learn that style you used just now?"

Xu Wuyi knew what he was asking.

"Earlier, in a special environment, I encountered an opponent who used a fast sword," he said. "His sword was even faster than yours, Senior. I nearly failed to withstand it."

Shao Yu's gaze tightened slightly.

"Faster than what you faced just now?"

"Much faster," Xu Wuyi said. "So fast that its path was nearly impossible to see, so fast that every strike seemed capable of cleaving through space and time."

Shao Yu fell silent for several seconds before saying, "Ye Yixin?"

Xu Wuyi was slightly startled, then immediately understood. Shao Yu must have also taken part in the challenge against Ye Yixin back then.

"Yes."

"Ye Yixin's sword is indeed faster than mine. I am far inferior to him," Shao Yu said with a slight shake of his head.

They both used fast swords, but when there was a gap in realms between them, Shao Yu had almost no ability to fight back.

"And then?"

"Then I adapted," Xu Wuyi said. "I spent a month fighting him every day, breaking down his sword techniques bit by bit, analyzing his patterns, and eventually finding a way to counter them."

After hearing this, Shao Yu did not speak right away.

He poured himself another cup of tea and drank it slowly.

Only after a long time did he finally speak.

"So the method you used against me just