Character Quote · Lin Shiyu"Rules are limits, not where I start."
[Shinonome Gakuen, Swordsmanship Club, Special Training Room]
Early in the morning on the second day:
Tiandao Jingyi initiated a "technical research sparring" session with Lin Shiyu, focusing solely on breaking style, regardless of victory or defeat.
This is one of the few private fights in the Sword Department where you can set your own rules.
"I want to confirm yesterday's sword... Not by chance." "
Kyoichi said lightly.
Lin Shiyu flicked his sleeves and nodded. "Each other," he said. "
The two entered with wooden swords. Shirakawa, the deputy head of the swordsmanship department, and three high-ranking swordsmen watched the battle.
Sparring began.
Jingyi took the lead, probing with the "Heavenly Dao Flow, Broken Sword," setting up an extremely high-angle horizontal slash that forced Lin to move.
Lin did not block or retreat but moved lightly as if a trace of wind were blowing.
"Light Wind Walk."
He missed the blade of the sword entirely, passing close by, and the wooden knife in his hand drew a half-arc.
"Heartbreaking."
Jingyi responded by retreating with footwork and interrupting Lin Dong's rhythm.
Lin raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, your heart is more stable than yesterday."
In the next moment, he suddenly roared.
"That..." "Try to break the trend?" "
The wooden knife struck three times in a row, and the three-point pressure came at full angles, almost locking Jingyi's maneuver space.
It was the first time the Heavenly Dao triple frame appeared sluggish.
Bai Chuan's expression tightened. "Can he break the 'potential' of the Heavenly Dao?" "
No.
Jingyi raised his knife with his backhand, and a "slashing reversal roundabout" split the lingering three-way of the forest.
"I said,
"Today, I won't spare any of you."
The wooden knives rang out, and the sound burst forth.
The entire training room echoed like a hail of swords for a while.
Their sparring transcends the conventional concepts of "style" and "defense."
It's a collision of two kendo philosophies.
Kyoichi: Finding a breakthrough from order.
Lin Shiyu: Reconstructing order from destruction.
[Rest Area] "Where are you from?" Jing Yi asked after the practice ended. Lin wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied softly. "Qingming Academy, Duanmai Sword Sect." Jing Yi was slightly surprised. That was the place that had been forced to undergo restructuring by the Alliance over the past three years due to "excessive real combat." Lin smiled. "I am the only graduate. "Because I adhere to only one rule: effectiveness." He walked to the window and looked at the distant training ground. "I dislike unnecessary formalities, but I appreciate you. You are not obsessed with tradition. Rather, you are in the tradition, trying to pursue someone."
Jing Yi's expression changed slightly.
Lin Shiyu turned around, his gaze sharp as a knife. "If your sword is meant to 'return to someone,' then I can understand you. "Because I also came to Dongyun to pursue a person's sword."
[Night · Vice Director's Conference Room]
Vice Director Baichuan had a private meeting with Tiandao Jing Yi. "Do you think Lin Shiyu can be integrated into the main force?" Jing Yi pondered for a moment. "His sword has never stopped, but he has not made an oath."
"As long as he finds a worthy target to swear to, he will surpass me." Baichuan nodded gently. "Then perhaps you should take the initiative to create an opportunity for a 'sword oath.'" He paused and said quietly, "Between you two."