After sheathing his sword, Keqing walked over to Yanqing’s side.
“Did you see that clearly?” Keqing asked calmly.
“I saw it clearly,” Yanqing nodded.
“Your body hasn’t fully developed yet, so don’t think about using strength to suppress your opponents.” “You need to use your own advantages.
You’re currently quite small, so if an opponent wants to hit you, they have to adjust their attack direction accordingly.” “That is your current advantage.” As he spoke, Keqing formed a sword hand gesture and lunged toward Yanqing’s neck.
“Even for me, if I want to strike a vital spot on you, I have to change my direction.” “Don’t always think about clashing head-on with your opponent’s weapon.
We use swords, which are inherently agile weapons.” “Why is it that in your hands, you’re always thinking about pitting your strength against someone larger than you?” After saying this, Keqing gave Yanqing a light tap on the head.
“That’s very true.
I’ve also seen people who are formidable with a sword; if they wanted to hit me, my head would probably fall off before I could even react,” Zhixin added at this moment.
“However, this…
um, Miss Keqing, this Little Fellow is still young.
There’s no need to be so strict; there’s plenty of time to correct him,” Zhixin said, patting Yanqing’s shoulder and resting an arm on him.
“You don’t need to speak up for him; he knows where he went wrong.” “I’m sorry, Big Sister Keqing,” Yanqing said, lowering his head.
“I didn’t mean to blame you.
However, it will be good for you to practice with others; it was an oversight on my part.” After speaking, Keqing looked at Zhixin again.
“Thank you for going easy on him and sparring with him.” “No need for thanks.
Seeing this Little Fellow practicing all by himself, I could hardly stand to just watch.” “Practicing alone is so boring.
Having someone to spar with to point out your flaws is much more effective than just practicing blindly.” “But how long have I been away?
Fifty years?
Do the Strategists in the Seat of Divine Foresight all have to be this good at swordsmanship now?” Zhixin said, looking at Chi Yan beside him, wanting him to explain the situation.
“Not exactly.
Miss Keqing is an exception.
We knew he practiced the sword before, but we didn’t expect him to be this strong,” Chi Yan said, scratching his head awkwardly.
As a Cloud Knight on duty, being unable to defeat the Strategist he was supposed to protect…
if word got out to the other Xianzhou ships, he’d probably be laughed to death.
“Keqing…
forget it, I’ll just call you that.
Want to go another round?
This time, we’ll use our own preferred weapons,” Zhixin said to Keqing.
One could tell from his eyes that he was excited to fight.
“Instead of these training weapons, let’s have a match with our own.
What do you say?” “Hey, Zhixin, don’t go too far.
How old are you already?” Chi Yan said hurriedly.
“Fine,” Keqing nodded.
“Miss Keqing, why did you agree?
Zhixin just came back from the front lines and doesn’t know his own strength.
What if you get hurt?” Chi Yan even brought up the possibility of injury.
For these Xianzhou people…
do minor injuries even count?
Would a fatal wound even kill them?
It’s just a fatal wound.
“Hey now, Chi Yan, after all these years back on guard duty, how have you become so timid?” Zhixin said, placing a hand on Chi Yan’s shoulder.
“Go get your weapon; let’s have a proper match,” Keqing said.
“Splendid!
Keqing, you’re much tougher than this brother of mine.
He’s a grown man, yet he’s as fussy as an old woman,” Zhixin said before leaving to fetch his weapon.
“Miss Keqing, people who have just come off the battlefield tend to have a more brutal fighting style.
You must be careful,” Chi Yan said, still somewhat worried.
“I know what I’m doing, don’t worry,” Keqing said, then looked at Yanqing.
“Watch the upcoming fight closely.
You can record it with your jade message.
There are many ways to attack with a sword; I’ll try to demonstrate them for you.” “Yes, Big Sister Keqing,” Yanqing nodded and took out his jade message.
Seeing Keqing still standing there, Chi Yan asked again, “Miss Keqing, aren’t you going back to get your weapon?” “My weapon?” Keqing tilted his head and then held out his hand.
Arcs of electricity and points of light converged, and a longsword appeared in his hand.
Watching the way the longsword appeared in Keqing’s hand, Chi Yan looked at the sword, then back at Keqing.
“This…
is truly a peculiar weapon,” Chi Yan couldn’t help but exclaim.
“If the Cloud Knights had a way to summon weapons like this, we wouldn’t have to go to logistics for replacements every time.” Hearing Chi Yan say this, Keqing shook his head.
“This weapon has been with me since I was young.
As for when it first came to me, I’m not entirely sure either.” After saying this, Keqing let go.
Just like before, the sword turned into points of light, then converged behind him, floating there.
Chi Yan had seen this before and had assumed Keqing was simply using his qi to deliberately control the sword and make it float.
Now it seemed this was a characteristic of the weapon itself.
“Eh?
Are you that fast?
You’ve already got your weapon?” Zhixin walked over, carrying an array blade that was clearly different from the standard-issue ones.
“Do you need me to wait a bit longer?
You should rest for a while,” Zhixin said, leaning on his array blade as he stood to the side.
“No need.
Let’s start early and finish early,” Keqing said, reaching out his hand.
The sword appeared in his grasp, its tip pointing at Zhixin.
“Good, good, good!
You’ve got spirit!
Then…” Zhixin also took a charging stance.
“Begin!” At Zhixin’s shout, he had already rushed in front of Keqing.
Before Keqing could say anything, the surrounding Cloud Knights retreated and began to grumble in low voices.
“Holy crap, using such a devious method against a little girl.” “Exactly.
Winning like this wouldn’t be honorable, would it?” Listening to his brothers’ discussion, Chi Yan’s lips twitched.
“I say, have you all forgotten?
In a real fight, even I might not be able to beat Miss Keqing.” “Besides, Zhixin just came back from the front lines.
When fighting those Abominations of Abundance, who follows the rules?” Chi Yan couldn’t help but say a few words for his brother, even though he himself felt Zhixin’s actions were quite…
despicable.
The two in the middle of the Training Ground had no time to pay attention to the talk around them.
Keqing watched the rapidly approaching blade, his pupils contracting.
Subconsciously, he pushed off with his toes and quickly dodged to the side.
Mid-dodge, several flashes of sword light struck Zhixin’s array blade and his body.
In the eyes of others, at the same time Keqing dodged, blood already spurted from Zhixin’s body.
They had no idea when Keqing had actually hit Zhixin.
But in Keqing’s eyes, the moment he dodged, everything around him became incredibly slow.
He first swung his sword, trying to knock the weapon out of Zhixin’s hand.
But his strength was still a bit lacking, so he could only resort to slashing at Zhixin’s body.
Aside from the wounds on Zhixin’s limbs, which were already healing, only his clothes were torn on his torso.
“Damn, this guy is actually wearing inner armor!” There was no shortage of sharp-eyed Cloud Knights who could see the inner armor through the tear in the front of Zhixin’s clothes.
The voices of the discussion around them grew even louder…