PS: Happy Lunar New Year's Eve! There's no point saying anything else. The only thing Old Duo can do is put out two extra chapters to satisfy everyone-that's the most tangible thing I can offer.
No drinking this Lunar New Year's Eve. Once I've eaten and drunk my fill, it's back to writing. Such is the life of a word grinder, and it's been five full years now.
It was precisely because he had seen the shortcomings of the Body Sword Technique that, after all his twists and turns, he finally understood what his normal combat stance as a Sword Cultivator ought to be.
It should be the most mainstream Flying Sword Stance!
Then he could change sword stances according to the circumstances to achieve the best results.
So Shanmen Quanzhen had not exactly taken the wrong path. They had only gotten part of it wrong.
Since a Sword Cultivator should still fight in Flying Sword Stance under most circumstances, after all those twists and turns, he was back to his original problems.
There were two: first, the lack of sufficiently fine control when attacking with a flying sword without a sword spirit; second, the safety of his own defenses once his flying sword had shot out.
The Five Elements Mystic Light was meant to solve the second problem. Only once that was properly resolved could his flying sword truly act without restraint, without his constantly having to consider recalling it for necessary defense.
That was why his heart had leaped the moment he saw the Langzhong Sect's Mingwang Spreading Its Screen. There was no other reason-it suited him far too well.
He would rather put his efforts into this than waste his days and hours on all manner of treasured artifacts and talismans.
...His leisurely cultivation did not