Fast-Slow Blade, Great Mastery! (4,000 words; monthly votes appreciated; bonus chapter for 14,000 monthly votes)

For a long time to come, Cook Ding's True Interpretation and Whale-Killing Fist would be his two most important Combat Methods.

One was for killing in secret; the other was for handling the Learning Society's various selections and assessments.

After several days of practice,

once Li Xiuwen had grown familiar with its forms, he could fight Gui Xuanling to a draw with Whale-Killing Fist even without Hard Qigong.

For some reason, he always felt that Whale-Killing Fist worked particularly well against Gui Xuanling's turtle fist.

There was almost a hint of one suppressing the other.

At first, he thought it was due to the Five Elements.

After all, Training Methods were divided among the Five Elements, so Combat Methods naturally were too.

But before reaching the Inner Heaven and Earth, one's realm was too low for the distinction between the Five Elements to matter much.

Yet judging by the Vast Ocean and the giant turtle holding up the sky behind Gui Xuanling, his force belonged to the Water Element, and his Combat Method naturally did too.

They both used the Water Element, so neither should generate or suppress the other.

That left him puzzled.

[Whale-Killing Fist proficiency increased by 1%...]

[Whale-Killing Fist: Second Level (16%)]

Putting his doubts aside, Li Xiuwen ended his Whale-Killing Fist training, drew his twin blades, and charged at Thunder God Lo.

He had already tested Purple Lightning Hand and Little Fenglian.

Though both practiced advanced Movement Techniques, neither had reached Minor Mastery in them. Their advanced Combat Methods had only reached Minor Mastery as well.

As for Qi and Blood, Purple Lightning Hand and Little Fenglian were both at the level of two Blood-Qi Seeds, about the same as Gui Xuanling.

All told, his Blade Technique combined with Hard Qigong should let him