Chapter 92 - 91: Moon Stick and Year Blade! What is a Genius! (Subscription Request)
"Let’s go."
"This place is too small; it’s hard to maneuver."
With his hands clasped behind his back, Qiu Lao led Jiang Shu through the inner city streets to a compound with red brick walls. As the master of the Hungry Tiger Martial Arts School, he was known as a Bone Forging Realm powerhouse. Of course, he owned more than just one property. The Hungry Tiger Martial Arts School was merely a convenient place for him to teach disciples and reside casually.
Inside the compound, the ground was paved with bluestone, flanked by large trees with lush branches. Under the shade of the trees, several precious sabers lay horizontally on a weapons rack, their edges glinting coldly.
"I’ve told you before: first fists, then legs, followed by grappling, and finally, integrating weapon force with your martial arts."
"Among these, weapon techniques are often the ultimate martial arts of any school. Why? Because Martial Artists have limited resources. You’ve been to the great mountains; you know that when facing ordinary wild animals or small, relatively harmless Mutant Beasts, you can rely on physical strength. But what about a Second Rank Mutant Beast?"
"The Stepping Cloud Ink Leopard and the Red-haired Purple-skinned Ape—could you defeat those two Fierce Beasts without a weapon?" Qiu Lao asked, pulling out one of the precious sabers.
As Jiang Shu shook his head, Qiu Lao continued, "Only by mastering weapons can one hunt Second Rank or higher Mutant Beasts! Even among the county’s martial arts schools, very few possess a true weapon arts foundation! Most only have some unranked weapon-based Martial Arts."
"They might be barely adequate for a Skin Grinding Realm practitioner, but when a Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist faces a Second Rank Mutant Beast, such weapon arts will only be a hindrance!"
"Only ranked weapon arts can channel a Martial Artist’s energy, unleashing power several times, even ten times, greater than fist and leg techniques!"
"Martial Arts without rank are mere empty shells! Of course, any ranked Martial Art must be learned from the basics. I will now teach you the Thirteen Saber Forms of our Da Jing Dynasty. Although this saber art is unranked, once you learn these thirteen forms, you’ll have a foundation to learn any other saber art in the future."
He tossed a saber directly to Jiang Shu.