"..."
After leaving the city, green mountains flanked the official road on both sides, their peaks dark as ink beneath swirling clouds and mist.
From time to time, Han Yu drew the newly acquired Earth Tier dagger from her waist and made a few practiced slashes, her eyes brimming with delight.
"Master... do you understand blade techniques?" Han Yu asked expectantly, looking up at her.
Su Yueli slowed her steps and pondered briefly.
Then she smiled, shook her head, and sighed. "What your master excels at is fist-and-foot combat. If you had chosen weapons like fist blades or punch daggers back then, teaching you would have yielded twice the result with half the effort."
Since stepping onto the Martial Dao, she had faced powerful enemies all the way, relying on nothing but her peerlessly tyrannical body and incomparably fierce fist intent.
As for the eighteen kinds of weapons—blades, spears, swords, halberds, and the like—she had occasionally dabbled in them over the long years, but practiced them very little in ordinary times. She could not be called proficient.
Still, the Great Dao was simple at its core; no matter how things changed, they never strayed from their origin.
Many years ago, when she had nothing to do, she would occasionally wield blades and spears for amusement, naturally picking up a few simple blade, spear, and sword techniques...
Given her current attainments in the Martial Dao, even without learning any profound blade techniques, guiding a little Third Realm girl who had just entered the path was more than easy.
Su Yueli casually snapped off a branch and began moving according to the principles of the blade, simply teaching Han Yu several basic techniques for cleaving, chopping, hacking, and splitting, along with methods of exerting force.
After finishing her guidance and seeing Han