"The Sword Immortal Lin Han's swordsmanship was exquisite, her sword might vast and mighty. Ling Rui had truly broadened his horizons today."
"The Azure Wind Mandate Official indeed lived up to his reputation. With such strength, he deserved such renown."
"Thank you for your guidance."
"You let me win."
High in the sky, Yang Lingrui and Ning Jiu exchanged formal salutes, thus delivering the final verdict on this discussion of the Dao.
Judging from the course of the battle, the two had ended in a draw.
Yet judging solely by the final outcome, Yang Lingrui had almost exhausted every trump card he possessed, while Ning Jiu had only reached her sixth sword. There was still clearly considerable room for her strength to rise before reaching its limit. Who would win and who would lose was therefore plain to see.
Yang Lingrui understood this outcome perfectly well.
He was not so arrogant as to believe that he already possessed the strength to ascend to the second page of the Gold Ranking.
Thanks to the two opportunities of successfully seizing the Dao and comprehending the Dao beneath the azure heavens, his combat strength had advanced by leaps and bounds.
But before the Heaven's Pride Golden Ranking, where masters gathered like clouds, wanting to soar to the heavens in a single step with merely this degree of improvement was still far from enough.
Still, judging from Ning Jiu's appraisal of him during their discussion of the Dao, Yang Lingrui's current strength had reached the very peak of the third page of the Gold Ranking.
Compared to the last place on the third page assigned to him by the Dao Academy before, this was already a tremendous improvement.
"Your discussion of the Dao was truly earth-shaking. Shen admires you both."
Shen Yue flew over