As Escort Master Huang's voice echoed, everyone stopped their actions and began to gather.
It was only then that they noticed two baskets of wooden sabers had been placed beside the two escort masters who had never left, along with a giant stone.
"It seems the Head Escort is preparing to teach us saber art!" someone speculated, eyes filled with anticipation.
Once everyone was lined up, Chief Escort Liang surveyed the group and announced loudly, "You have been practicing for nearly ten days; it's time to study martial techniques!"
The crowd glanced at the wooden sabers in front of them and listened quietly.
The Head Escort continued:
"Practicing the Nourishing Life Art strengthens your body and enhances your power, while martial techniques allow you to unleash that power to its fullest potential."
"What I will teach you is a saber art from our escort agency, called Flying Snow."
"Bring the saber."
At his command, Escort Master Huang immediately went to the weapon rack at the side of the Martial Training Ground and drew a standard black long saber.
To Jiang Ping, this black saber resembled the Tang Saber from his past life.
After obtaining the saber, Chief Escort Liang did not immediately demonstrate but addressed the crowd:
"Those of you who live in Yangcheng City must have seen some martial artists. What is the most common weapon they carry?"
"Sword?" a local from Yangcheng tentatively answered.
"Correct, it's the sword, known as the king of all weapons. Many martial artists, after gaining fame, prefer to travel the Jianghu with a sword."
Liang Sheng nodded slightly, then suddenly lowered his head and muttered softly, "Actually, I also prefer carrying a sword."
"......" The crowd.
Everyone was dumbfounded, caught off guard by the Head Escort's remark.
Hey! This is a saber lesson, isn't it?
"But!"
The Head Escort continued, with a light chuckle:
"But the saber also holds the title of the commander of all weapons. Compared to the sword's agility and finesse, which emphasize skill, the saber focuses on ferocity and directness, with grand and powerful moves, greater strength, and a natural aura of dominance."
"The saber's techniques are relatively simple, such as chopping, hacking, hanging, slicing, lifting, and slashing."
"And the Flying Snow Saber Art I will teach you today is a fast saber from the Overbearing Saber style!"
"The Flying Snow Saber adheres to this principle, emphasizing speed. When the saber techniques are executed seamlessly and reach a certain speed, the person and the saber become one, producing incredible effects, with the saber revealing its sharpness."
"What kind of effect signifies the fusion of person and saber?" Qian Dele asked instinctively, quickly realizing he had just been reprimanded. How did he...
Chief Escort Liang shot him a sharp glance, making him lower his head sheepishly, and after a moment, he said, "Radiance!"
"Radiance?" The crowd was puzzled.
"You can think of it as a kind of artistic conception. When sword art is mastered, it can manifest sword radiance, while saber art can produce saber radiance with astonishing destructive power."
"Like this!"
With that, Chief Escort Liang swung the saber in his hand, drawing a crescent moon in the air, while Escort Master Huang had already moved away, giving Liang Sheng space.
The 8th-Rank Martial Artist wielded the black saber in the Martial Training Ground, each move simple yet carrying immense momentum, grand and sweeping.
Moreover, as time passed, the saber in the Head Escort's hand moved faster and faster until the crowd could no longer see the trajectory of the black saber, only hearing the low hum of the long saber tearing through the air.
"Too fast, I can't see it, can't see it at all!" someone exclaimed in shock, unable to even remember the techniques, their eyes dazzled.
"Look!"
At this moment, someone pointed to a spot beside the Head Escort, their face filled with awe.
"This must be the radiance, saber radiance!" Sun Qi observed the white radiance within the range of Liang Sheng's saber art and said solemnly.
Buzzing!
The black saber hummed loudly as the crowd focused intently on the Head Escort's saber dance, watching the white saber radiance multiply, gathering around the Head Escort like a flurry of white snow suspended in mid-air.
"This must be the origin of the Flying Snow Saber, with saber radiance like snow, cold light splashing," Liu Wensheng mused.
At a certain moment.
Liang Sheng suddenly swung the saber towards the nearby giant stone, and the surrounding saber radiance followed suit.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Explosions echoed continuously, with stone fragments flying and dust swirling.
When the dust settled, the crowd saw the giant stone covered in countless tiny holes.
Many were sweating, wondering what would happen if those saber radiances hit a person.
At this point, seeing the Head Escort stop, Fang Yong couldn't help but ask, "Head Escort, how long does it take to reach your level, with saber radiance like flying snow?"
Liang Sheng glanced at him, paused, and replied, "It varies from person to person. I practiced the Flying Snow Saber for ten years to reach the Great Accomplishment level."
"Ten years?!"
Upon hearing this, the crowd couldn't help but gasp, their faces showing shock. New chapters come out on g.com first.
"And that's just Great Accomplishment, not Perfection, right? Doesn't that mean this fast saber is even harder to master than the Nourishing Life Art?" Sun Qi's pupils contracted, speaking with gravity.
Liang Sheng shook his head and said, "This fast saber indeed relies heavily on personal talent, and it has no concept of Perfection. If there is a Perfection, it would be another level of Saber Realm."
"Oh? What level of Saber Realm?" Fang Yong asked, full of excitement and curiosity.
Compared to Qian Dele, Chief Escort Liang was not impatient with Fang Yong's inquiry, and he replied calmly:
"Let's talk about the Flying Snow Saber first. This fast saber is divided into three levels."
"The first level, Entry Level, involves mastering the saber techniques seamlessly and initially understanding the mystery of the fusion of person and saber, revealing ten saber radiances."
"The second level, Minor Accomplishment, increases the saber radiance to thirty, while Great Accomplishment allows for the release of a hundred radiances at once. However, as the level increases, the power consumption is also significant. Generally speaking, only at the martial artist stage can one easily perform it multiple times."
"Of course, whether you reach Great Accomplishment or not is not something you need to worry about right now. In the next six months, you only need to bring the Flying Snow Saber Art to Entry Level to be considered qualified, which is also the second requirement to become an Escort Master at our agency."
"As for the other level of Saber Realm," Chief Escort Liang raised his eyebrows, pondered for a moment, and said:
"I fully mastered the Flying Snow Saber in ten years, but for the next twenty years, I never comprehended that level of Saber Realm."
"This Saber Realm is the Saber Qi Domain, evolved from saber radiance. While saber radiance barely extends two to three feet, saber qi can stretch from one to several tens of meters. Not only is the range larger, but the power is also incomparable. Even the iron bones of an 8th-Rank Martial Artist can be pierced, killing from a hundred meters away."
"So powerful?" The crowd listened, their hearts pounding with astonishment.
"If it weren't powerful, why would the Head Escort not have understood this realm in twenty years? In the entire Four Seas Escort Agency, only the Chief and another Head Escort have reached this domain. Looking across Yangcheng City, they are remarkable figures," Escort Master Huang interjected at the right moment, eyes filled with longing.
"Alright, enough idle talk. These are too far away for you. Now I will teach you the techniques of this fast saber. Once you can execute the saber art seamlessly, it will be formidable enough."
Chief Escort Liang said, instructing Fang Yong and Jiang Ping to distribute the two baskets of wooden sabers beside him.
Jiang Ping was somewhat surprised, as he, who usually kept a low profile and didn't like to ask questions, was named by the Head Escort.
"Am I being too conspicuous?" he muttered to himself.
Unexpectedly, Sun Qi's face turned somber. Being called out was a minor issue, but the Head Escort named the two who had mastered two layers of power as the outstanding ones.
He felt a strange emotion, as he was clearly the number one in fist strength!
Fortunately, the Head Escort's next words dispelled his emotions:
"Each wooden saber weighs three pounds, and two people might find it a bit strenuous. Liu Wensheng and Sun Qi, come help as well."
Fang Yong struggled to carry the large basket, his face flushed, while Jiang Ping, who had reached the fifth layer of the Nourishing Life Art, had to feign difficulty.
With the help of the two, the wooden sabers were quickly distributed.