Volume 9 Chapter 115 Quasi-Divine

Feng Jian’s speed really did compare to teleportation. Yu Feiyuan could also hardly sense his hostility. Upon sensing a blade approach, she slipped back and then pivoted to the side. Feng Jian flexed his extended wrist to mount a combination. Yu Feiyuan guarded all of the slashes with gauntlets and had to abandon her plan to attack in order to retreat, yet Feng Jian got a step ahead of her.

Despite Yu Feiyuan finding herself fending off another stream of attacks, she was Yu Feiyuan. She countered his speed with controlled fluidity, intercepting all of his rigid strikes with both arms one by one.

Feng Jian had travelled with Luo Ming before. Howbeit, very few ever identified him as being with Luo Ming for the reason that he didn’t execute the same style with the same flair.

Luo Clan’s swordplay emphasised their regal characters, meaning that masters of the style dominated with order and control, traits deemed “graceful”. If anybody said that, they would be called failures - if not slapped silly. Luo Clan started off as a clan of blacksmiths, and Repository Sword Theory originated from it. What’s so graceful about being a blacksmith? Luo Clan’s swordplay’s true emphasis was bound to the concept of “principles”.

While Mount Lu Sword Sanctuary was a living library of swordplay styles in the Nine Provinces thanks to their millennia of history, they never dove as deep as Luo Clan did when it came to principles. Mount Lu Sword Sanctuary devoted themselves to studying every swordplay in existence. Conversely, Luo Sword Manor focused solely on Repository Sword Theory through the ages.

Luo Clan’s scions inherited their predecessors’ determination and patience to continue digging and digging into the principles and systems of all existing things. After being bestowed the title of the a Champion White Princes, though, the future generations gradually discarded the pursuit, opting to denote their style as being graceful.

Feng Jian was lucky to see the undiluted version of Luo Clan’s swordplay when Luo Ming slew a beast in his presence, a feat he referred to as a miracle for the rest of his life. At the end of the day, nevertheless, principles and systems are inexorably subjected to one’s interpretations to some extent. As a result, the conclusions Feng Jian drew led to