Confusion of the True Heart

"Ice Spear" Chen Han of the Northern Plains War Zone practiced an extreme path of frost with his spear. Every thrust froze fine frost into the air.

In battle against him, Xu Wuyi truly experienced the meaning of "yin and yang complementing one another."

For the first time, the true intent of Burn met a genuine opponent in the face of Chen Han's ice. The two fought three matches—one win, one loss, and one draw. In the end, Chen Han treated him to three days of drinks and regarded him as a friend despite their age difference.

"Shadow Blade" Su Yu of the Southwest Military District was someone Qin Qinghe had specifically reminded him to visit. This female quasi-Grandmaster followed an unorthodox path; her movements were like a shadow, and her assassination arts had reached the pinnacle.

In fighting her, Xu Wuyi experienced for the first time what it meant to be impossible to guard against. Su Yu's blade always stabbed from the most unexpected angles, so fast that there was no time to react.

Xu Wuyi lost all of the first three matches. In the fourth, he finally adapted to her rhythm and barely managed a draw before eventually turning defeat into victory.

"Interesting," she said. "You're the first person to adapt to me within four matches."

She also told Xu Wuyi that her blade arts had been passed down through a hidden school deep in the mountains of the southwest, completely different from the Federation's mainstream martial arts style.

If he wanted to learn more, he could take a trip into those deep southwestern mountains. Several senior predecessors still lived there, and they might offer him further inspiration.

Xu Wuyi committed it to memory.

He also visited "Tide-Sound Sword" Luo Qinghe by the Eastern Sea. This old Grandmaster