"Green Mountain Immovable Sword"?
A second sword art?
But I've only learned the first few forms of the first manual. Does Chen Jin want me to learn three sword arts at once?
Just as Mo Chen was thinking this, Chen Jin happened to address that very question.
"Over this time, I've seen that your grasp of intent surpasses your grasp of sword moves and forms."
"So I intend to blaze a different trail rather than follow the old path. Before teaching you each sword art, I'll have you understand its intent first. Then you can express it through practicing its moves and forms..."
Chen Jin said Mo Chen was progressing with astonishing speed, but only Mo Chen knew he was merely drawing on his old foundations.
Without his previous practice in Vast Sea Blade Intent, he would never have understood so quickly.
Chen Jin then took the wooden sword from Mo Chen's hand and assumed a stance.
"My Green Mountain Immovable Sword emphasizes defense. Its essence lies in using stillness to control motion, softness to overcome hardness. Let your opponent's attacks rage like wind and rain; you remain a mountain, unmoved. Understand this principle before you practice."
"How do you accomplish that?"
Chen Jin turned his wrist slightly, tracing a semicircle through the air with the wooden sword.
"The key lies in redirecting. When an attack comes, first sense its force, then guide its momentum, drain its strength, and change its direction."
Chen Jin told Mo Chen to attack with his wooden sword, and Mo Chen thrust with the Dripping Water Thrust.
Though it lacked the reinforcement of spiritual power, months of arduous practice had given this thrust considerable speed and strength.
Yet Chen Jin merely rested his wooden sword lightly against it. Then, with a circle of his wrist,