"Hehe, I told you he couldn't beat you."
Xiao He peered about all along the way, her face alight with delight.
Song Yan, however, walked on in thought and offered no comment.
Kong You was the first opponent Song Yan had faced in a proper bout within the Inner Sect.
Unfortunately, his opponent had not taken him seriously.
As a result, the bout had not offered him much to gain.
Still, it did not really matter.
For one thing, the two Late Qi Refining Stage cultivators at South Mountain Monastery, together with the brief exchange with Kong You just now, had amply demonstrated how readily Green Snake in the Sleeve could be used.
Its variations were endless, its movements nimble and unpredictable. In sparring bouts against ordinary cultivators, it could secure victory easily and swiftly.
At the same time, when driven to its fullest, its Sword Qi surged in mighty waves and could take on a solid, forceful form, holding its own even against powerful opponents.
Most importantly, the two sword forms, Green Snake in the Sleeve and Sword in the Clouds, could be unleashed and withdrawn at will, making them sufficient for most situations.
For another...
The Sect Grand Competition was only half a year away. There would be no shortage of people for him to test his sword moves against then.
If what the disciples around him had said was true, Kong You ranked among the top ten Qi Refining cultivators in this competition.
That meant that among this group of disciples, there were nine more experts like him, or even stronger...
Looking back over his Dao Path, in such a vast sect with tens of thousands of disciples,
he was actually acquainted with only a handful of them. He did seem a little solitary.
It was not