"Heh, that's only a legend. Even those in the Divine Sense Realm can't fly. They merely spread their arms.
"With certain martial techniques, they can glide for one or two li.
"Sometimes, riding the wind, they can even glide as far as four or five li.
"It looks like flying, but it isn't," Xifang Kongming said, shaking his head.
"City Lord, there's something I don't understand. At the sixth-rank realm, you can already achieve external release of internal energy and wound people from a distance. But what realm do you need to reach for Flying Sword Wounding? Taking someone's head from ten li away with a flying sword, for instance," Tang Wen asked.
"Taking someone's head from ten li away? Heh, that's a legend too.
"Even a Divine Sense Realm expert can only control a flying sword to wound someone within about half a li.
"Otherwise, even if your cultivation reaches the concentrating spirit realm, you still can't perform Flying Sword Wounding.
"There are, however, martial techniques that involve throwing a saber or sword, making it look like Flying Sword Wounding.
"In truth, those are merely techniques. They don't qualify as Flying Sword Wounding.
"They simply look a little better than launching hidden weapons to wound people, so people often mistake them for Flying Sword Wounding.
"After all, it's easy to strike someone from a distance with your palm-that's your own palm. But you have to channel your energy into a sword.
"Then you have to make the sword wound someone according to your wishes. It's a sword, after all, an inanimate object. It isn't as handy as your palm, and it's even harder to control.
"So Flying Sword Wounding requires more than powerful true essence as its foundation.
"You also need to coordinate with the sword. That requires constant