because Qi Jian felt flustered. He was flustered because he had too much pressure.
As if he expected it, facing the sword momentum burn like a cloud at sunset, facing the white light like a setting sun on the tip of Tang Thirty Six’s sword, Qi Jian remained calm. His Iron Rule was still stable and he didn’t look scared at all. The two invisible mountains were still slowly closing up and Gou Han Shi could see that. He began to become anxious.
Gou Han Shi frowned.
People would probably have thought that Tang Thirty Six’s idea of hiding in his sword spirit was shameless because he was tricking a child, but he didn’t think so. Like what he said before, as long as it’s one’s own strength, then people should use it. Since it was a battle, then regardless of one’s mind or capability of taking pressure, all should be attacked.
He just felt unfortunate because his youngster was stronger than the opponent but lost because of his mental state.
Tang Thirty Six already appeared in front of Qi Jian.
His Wen Shui Sword had already ignited all of the clouds on the sky. Even the grasses in the gap between the stones on the square were fully colored red.
Fire was everywhere and the setting sun shrouded the world.
Qi Jian looked determined. He placed the Iron Rule in front of him like a mountain defending the brook in his heart refusing to dry out.
Tang Thirty Six did not give him a chance.
After one roar, Wen Shui Sword drastically shook as if there were tens of thousands of brooks flowing on the sword eventually turning into a river.
The burning clouds in the sky, the setting sun on the tip of sword, the red grasses on the ground all fell on the body of sword and fell into the river to become tens of thousands of gold coins.
Along with the sword spirit, the river gradually flooded the shore. The trees on the shore were firing up like the red maple in the fall.
The last move of the Wen Shui Three Movements!
A river of maple!
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A little fear appeared on Qi Jian’s face.
Now many people saw it, he was going to lose.
This close-door disciple of the master of Li Mountain Sword Sect did not even have time to fully express the power of Li Mountain Sword Technique and was going to lose sadly like this.
Seeing the daze and pain in his disciple’s eyes, Gou Han Shi could no longer stand it.
He shouted to the field, “Flying the clouds on distance and close mountain!”
Qi Jian heard the words but he did not understand why his senior would say this sentence as this key moment.
This sentence a very common move among the Li Mountain sword techniques. More accurately speaking, it was in the Calm Heart scroll that every disciple would learn.
However, just like how he practiced sword techniques before in the Li Mountain, Qi Jian did as what the senior said and did not hesitate at all.
He raised right knee, twisted his wrist slightly, took back his Iron Rule and moved back like a lotus in wind.
As he took back the sword, the two slowly falling mountains paused in mid air.
Tang Thirty Six’s sword thrusted in, shined in the sky and moved to Qi Jian instantly.
Ca! Ca! Ca! Ca!
Part of Qi Jian’s clothes broke and fell off. A cut appeared on his shoulder. He looked shabby, but he actually got away from Tang Thirty Six’s sword momentum!
No one had thought of this result.
People were certain now that the key was Qi Jian’s retreat.
How was the retreat so great that Qi Jian could dodge the Wen Shui Three Movements?
Qi Jian clearly knew what helped him dodge the Wen Shui Three Movements was his movement method and sword spirit.
But the premise was the retreat.
He must retreat first and then he could stand still again.
The retreat was admitting his weakness and following along with the momentum.
Was the mountain distant or close? Sometimes, was the cloud on the sky coming or leaving?
What Gou Han Shi taught him was not an actual sword technique, but was how to correct face pressure.
Because of age, because of some objective reasons, there would always a moment when one could not take the pressure.
Forcing oneself to stand the pressure was truly brave, but learning how to retreat was more wise.
Gou Han Shi used his wisdom to help Qi Jian remove the pressure from Tang Thirty Six’s Wen Shui Three Movements.
Now, it was Tang Thirty Six’s turn to bare the pressure.
Qi Jian’s expression turned calm and his sword momentum revitalized as sharp as the rock in the mountains.
But different from before, his Iron Rule, followed the clouds and moved up.
The two mountains no longer slowly closed up like before, but rather, they completely fell off!
The wind blew hard. The youngster stabbed his sword forward which broke the setting of the sun. His sword momentum fell down like the cliff!
The cliff suddenly broke which caused the clouds at night to collapse!