105: Mind’s Eye Knife

"Based on the intelligence gathered so far, this is indeed the only possibility..."

Han Yi pondered for a moment but said nothing more.

A few days ago, he had asked Bai Sanren to inquire about the Hungry Tiger that attacked them in the forest that day.

After all, he and Qian Xue didn't have the connections that Bai Sanren did.

However, looking at the results today, they were unsatisfactory...

Bai Sanren found nothing in his network, and even inquired with Yi Executive of the Bureau of Unusual Matters, but the Tianji Mirror also found no trace of the Hungry Tiger's origin.

They could only speculate that this Hungry Tiger had previously lived deep within the Black Rock Mountain, as only then would the Tianji Mirror not detect it; it could only detect fluctuations of Yins near An Yan City.

And the Black Rock Mountains are vast and boundless; no one knows how many wild beasts and fierce creatures reside within, and only in such a place could such a ferocious Yin be nurtured.

"Come, Sanren Bai, have another drink!"

Han Yi no longer dwelled on the matter and began chatting freely with Bai Sanren about everything under the sun.

Thanks to Bai Sanren's extensive knowledge, and the fact that he treated Han Yi like a nephew, holding nothing back, his martial arts cultivation techniques occasionally gave Han Yi some inspiration.

And with Han Yi's perspective from his previous life, he possessed a scientific view on training methods incomparable to this world, and the combination of the two generated wondrous insights.

As Bai Sanren spoke happily, Han Yi occasionally interjected a couple of sentences, and the smiles on the faces of the old and young man grew wider.

They chatted enthusiastically, drinking from dusk till deep into the night, the private room a mess of empty wine jars and cups.

As for Qian Xue, she had long grown impatient with their constant toasting and had returned to the small courtyard early...

The next day, early morning.

Han Yi lifted the quilt off himself and shook his head slightly.

Although Martial Artists have exceptional Physiques and a high alcohol tolerance, he and Bai Sanren had drunk too much last night.

Besides the two jars of Hua Diao wine they started with, they ordered four jars of Green Ant wine with a lingering fragrance when their spirits were high, and they had unknowingly drunk too much...

This left Han Yi with an overwhelming sense of intoxication, even his memory of returning to the inn last night was a blur.

"What were my plans for today, anyway..."

Han Yi's thoughts spread out like a vine, tangled and blurred by the heavy drunkenness.

System!

He silently called out.

【Martial Arts】: Ben Lei Palm Technique (Yellow Rank High Grade, Characteristics: Stone Shattering Earth Cracking, Frenzied Strike, Proficient (5/20), can be upgraded); Basic Knife Technique (Mortal Rank, Characteristics: Knife Dance, Mind's Eye, Great Accomplishment, cannot be upgraded); Flying Swallow Kick (Yellow Rank Low Grade, Characteristics: Gale, Minor Accomplishment (1/50), can be upgraded); Bai Family Swordplay (Yellow Rank High Grade, Beginner (1/10), can be upgraded)

Seeing the Bai Family Swordplay on the panel, he immediately had a clue.

"Deduce 'Bai Family Swordplay'!"

A surge of memories immediately surfaced, memories of years of hard training with the knife, of pouring out sweat.

After the 'Heart-Eye Saber' became famous, he remained neither arrogant nor discouraged, dedicating himself solely to studying Blade Technique, aiming to Cultivate it to its peak.

But even though he didn't seek trouble, trouble came looking for him; a skilled swordsman he had defeated, after returning home in defeat, harbored a persistent inner knot, believing he had disgraced the way of the sword, and in a moment of despair, hanged himself.

Consequently, the Disciples, friends, and family of the skilled swordsman continuously came seeking trouble with the Heart-Eye Saber.

They either used the name of revenge or the claim that the sword was stronger than the knife to surround and force the 'Heart-Eye Saber' into a duel.

At first, the Heart-Eye Saber was somewhat pleased, as he had people to spar with and hone his Blade Technique, but gradually, he began to grow weary.

He burned all the challenge invitations, refused all duels, closed his gate tightly, and declined all visitors.

But unexpectedly, seeing that the Heart-Eye Saber stayed behind closed doors, these people actually threatened the lives of his friends, family, and neighbors to force him into a duel!

The Heart-Eye Saber had no choice but to reluctantly comply; he defeated all who came, but this only put him in a more difficult position.

In the martial world, Blade Technique Martial Artists regarded him as a role model, while those who wielded swords saw him as a major enemy that had to be defeated!

In desperation, the Heart-Eye Saber had no choice but to leave his hometown; he came to a majestic mountain and decided to enter it for secluded cultivation.

Little did he know that his departure caused even greater controversy!

The Knife faction said that the Heart-Eye Saber believed sword techniques were too weak and was tired of fighting weak opponents.

However, the Sword faction said that it was clearly the Heart-Eye Saber who feared the challenges from those in the way of the sword and fled before the fight.

Thus, the matter became a sensation and escalated; it began with arguments between groups of those who wielded knives and those who wielded swords, and gradually spread to the major powers of the martial world.

Since ancient times, the debate over whether the knife or the sword is stronger has never ceased, and there has never been a true victor; perhaps the knife is stronger now, but in the next era, the sword might be the protagonist.

At this time in the martial world, there was a saying circulating, 'Overbearing Saber is Edged, Seven Swords are Lifeless'.

This saying refers to two major powers that respectively use the knife and the sword - the Overbearing Saber Gate and the Seven Swords Manor.

The Overbearing Saber Gate's foundational martial art is the 'Overbearing Saber'; when this Blade Technique is cultivated to Great Accomplishment, a single strike unleashes the force of mountains collapsing and earth splitting, the saber energy is incomparably overbearing, making it a renowned first-rate power in the northern martial world, with tens of thousands of Disciples and an extremely vast influence.

The Seven Swords Manor was originally called the Ten Thousand Swords Manor, but later, an exceptionally talented Genius emerged; with his extraordinary talent, he simplified the complex, transforming ten thousand swords into seven swords, each strike piercing forth as if accompanied by ten thousand long swords, earning the title 'Seven Swords are Lifeless'!

With these seven sword forms, the Seven Swords Old Man forged a formidable reputation in the martial world, and the Seven Swords Manor also rose as a result, becoming a first-rate power; although it had fewer Disciples, each one was an elite, and among the various powers in the southern martial world, it held a dominant position.

These two powers, one in the south and one in the north, had already had friction due to the theory of knives and swords, as well as territorial disputes, but with wins and losses, they could not determine a clear victor.

However, with the mysterious disappearance of the Heart-Eye Saber, the conflict between Martial Artists who used knives and those who used swords, and the covert instigation of a group of people, the two major powers became involved...

Thus, the situation began to escalate, and this incident erupted into a major event of the conflict between the knife and the sword!

For a time, in the martial world, chaos suddenly arose, with flashing blades and swords, bloody storms, and intertwined grievances and affections!

A young girl asked her father who was leaving, isn't the conflict between the knife and the sword just a matter of spirit?

But her father, without turning his head, said, the spirit of the martial world, this martial world, what is fought for is a single breath of spirit!

Behind him, only the mother and daughter were left, tears welling up in their eyes.

And the fuse of the conflict between the knife and the sword, the Heart-Eye Saber, stood quietly on the mountain, gazing into the distance.