God Emperor

Elder Xuanji noticed Zhang Rouchen ’s distress and assumed he had demoralized him too much. He was about to console him.

But Zhang Ruochen, looking very solemn, instead gave a sigh. ”Sword One is very difficult to understand. Your disciple is too dull-witted; I could only comprehend three-tenths of it. ”

Elder Xuanji was stunned.

What?

He had looked through it once, and was able to understand three-tenths of the contents?

Elder Xuanji himself had not even understood one-tenth of it when he first read through Sword One.

He called himself dull-witted, after comprehending three-tenths of the book? This boy deserved a thrashing!

Elder Xuanji sized Zhang Ruochen up carefully and asked in disbelief, ”You ’re certain you understand almost a third of it? ”

Zhang Ruochen said, ”I understood only three-tenths of its contents. Why are you so surprised? ”

Elder Xuanji knew Zhang Ruochen would not lie. He could only sigh inwardly to himself. This youngest disciple had such astoundingly high endowments in sword skill.

Elder Xuanji stroked his white beard and smiled. ”If you could understand three-tenths of Sword One, your level of understanding surpasses that of many Half-Saints. ”

”But it only means you are highly qualified to practice the Tao of the sword. It doesn ’t mean you will necessarily master Sword One. ”

”Understanding is just the first step. Only by mastering Sword One can you achieve the Beginner level of a sword practitioner.

Only now did Zhang Ruochen realize his achievement. It must be quite some feat for him to have understood three-tenths of Sword One.

But what Master said was reasonable. To understand the manual completely was not a big deal. The true achievement was to master it.

Zhang Ruochen said, ”You said that many Half-Saints can ’t understand Sword One. Does this mean that only someone in the Half-Saint realm can successfully master Sword One? ”