The "Golden Snake Sword Technique" ranked at fifth grade. Apart from its two great specialties, gu and poison, it was the Five Poisons Cult's most powerful publicly known martial art. Created by the third Spirit Snake Envoy, it had since become the secret art practiced exclusively by successive Spirit Snake Envoys.
Performed with a flexible sword, its moves were unpredictable: now curved, now straight, now supple, now rigid, changing endlessly at the wielder's will, vicious beyond measure!
Bai Yunxiu had begun practicing the sword at ten, achieved minor mastery at thirteen and major mastery at sixteen. Only now, at twenty-one, had she truly perfected it.
After demonstrating it once, she assumed Cao Jinxing would have trouble understanding it and prepared to demonstrate it again.
"That's enough."
Cao Jinxing waved to stop her. "The Golden Snake Sword Technique is indeed exquisite. Learning a few moves to catch people off guard will do. Time is short. We should get moving."
Bai Yunxiu sheathed her sword, surprised. "You understood it?"
This sword technique was exceptionally difficult to practice. Its fifth-grade ranking was not due to insufficient power; rather, it was similar to the Heaven and Earth Great Shift.
A flexible sword was already difficult to control, and the Golden Snake Sword Technique specialized in variation. The slightest lapse could result in injuring oneself.
Bai Yunxiu had often been wounded by her own flexible sword while practicing as a child. Even with her exceptional talent, she could only make up for her shortcomings through diligence and slowly gain understanding.
Understood it?
Cao Jinxing thought, I've already learned it.
But there was no need to say that outright.
Cao Jinxing nodded. "I understood part of it. It's only to disguise my identity. That's enough."
Beside them, Song Chengxi nodded inwardly.
He knew what Cao Jinxing's