When the sound of metal scraping against metal sparked against his eardrums, Pi Yanlin’s boot soles were treading over the cracks in the bluestone pavement.
He could hear the crisp clashing of Gu Qinghuan’s blade against the broken sword, sounding like two red-hot iron bars colliding. He could also feel his own heartbeat, which was half a beat slower than usual—a state induced by the activation of the "Lazy Heart Observation Technique," where all external stimuli were filtered by the System into decomposable code.
"Turn left, at the third eave corner." He silently recited the direction guided by the golden thread in his mind, his hair ends flickering as they were caught and released by the draft.
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