Chen Xiaojun changed the subject with a smile. "Enough about me. How are your Lone Peak Sixteenth Sword and seventeenth sword coming along?"
Chen Mu frowned, pillowed his head on his hands, and gazed at the sky. "I'm still working out the sixteenth sword. It's pretty difficult."
"The variations and Conception of that sword are so subtle. I always feel like I can't quite grasp them. Sometimes I think I'm about to catch hold of them, but they slip away again in the blink of an eye."
Chen Xiaojun patted Chen Mu's shoulder and suggested, "Then ask Seventh and Eighth."
Chen Mu sighed, helplessness showing between his brows. "I did. Knowing is easy; doing is hard."
"There are two of them, so naturally they can coordinate without a single seam showing. But I have to produce two different attributes and Conceptions-light and darkness-with one sword. That's no ordinary challenge."
"I feel like I'm walking a tightrope. One wrong step, and Yin-Yang falls out of balance and blows up. What a headache."
At that, Chen Xiaojun said casually, "Then let it blow up."
Chen Mu froze. "???"
Chen Xiaojun explained lightly, "Sometimes an explosion can be tremendously powerful too. As long as you can send it out in time, it might produce an unexpected effect."
Chen Mu blinked. That was an option?
Seeing his confusion, Chen Xiaojun said, "I mean, you don't have to pursue balance so obsessively. Sometimes imbalance can become an advantage too."
"Just like an explosion. It might look out of control, but used properly, it can unleash tremendous power."
"It's like Five Elements Overcoming: establish balance first, then upset it to unleash an attack of extraordinary power."
"The same applies to your swordsmanship. You don't have to cling to a perfect fusion of the two attributes. As