Within the Secret Realm.
Time flew by quickly.
As Lin Xiao mimicked the swing of his sword, he executed a series of sword flourishes suffused with Mysterious Sword Rhyme, which naturally formed their own pattern.
He was utterly stunned!
"Heavens, Master..." he stammered. "It seems I've learned your sword technique!"
Lin Xiao looked at the broken sword in his hand, his face a mask of disbelief.
He had initially just been going through the motions to appease his beautiful Master, deliberately reciting the verbal formulas incorrectly. He never expected...
Yet, after a few tries, he had actually grasped it!
"HEH HEH, see? See?" Xiao Hongling sat on the swing, her long, slender legs elegantly crossed, a captivating smile playing on her lips. "As your Master, I told you that you are a prodigy of the Sword Dao, the likes of which are rarely seen in millennia. No one can question that!