To this day, Wu Dayi could only manage seventeen steps of Intermediate Footwork—not even half. Besides, the further steps only got harder.
"How is that footwork? I think the basic footwork is more than enough!" Back then, they had only mastered the basic footwork because the Demon Sect and the four other sects had joined forces to hunt them down. They had fled all the way from the Central Plains to the Wildlands, and the threat of death had forced them to learn it.
Now, Wu Dayi felt he might as well give up on Intermediate Footwork! He still hadn't even mastered the Dragon Slayer Art.
Hearing Wu Dayi say he was giving up, Zhang Xiaofan set down his chopsticks and looked at him seriously. "Second Senior Brother! The Great Calamity has already begun! The battle at Qili Cave was only the beginning. We still haven't discovered what the Great Calamity actually is. If we don't make the most of our time now to cultivate, I'm afraid we'll regret it when the Great Calamity truly arrives!"
Wu Dayi understood all that, but Intermediate Footwork was just...
He Dazhi had managed to grasp the basic footwork well enough to break it down and explain it to them bit by bit. But even He Dazhi hadn't fully understood Intermediate Footwork, let alone how to guide the others.
"Wait!" Wu Dayi suddenly thought of something and slowly turned to look at Zhang Xiaofan. "You... have you already learned it?"
Wu Dayi still remembered that, back when the brothers were living in the Cave Dwelling on Big Bamboo Peak, Zhang Xiaofan had said Luo Yunji had already taught him Intermediate Footwork. A little calculation showed that had been more than ten years ago.
The more Wu Dayi thought about it, the more certain he