The first morning after Li Xunhuan's departure, Li Garden was frighteningly quiet.
I stood in the training ground, mechanically repeating the basic sword moves Li Xunhuan had taught me. Without him standing by to scold me, my movements were even more clumsy. The sound of the wooden sword cutting through the air echoed in the empty courtyard like a lonely sigh.
"Relax your wrists, raise the tip of the sword by three tenths."
Chapter 31