“Are you questioning the assessment?” the examiner asked, his tone indifferent. “You seem curious about the method. It’s simple.”
He gestured to the open space in the training hall. “Demonstrate the fastest sword strike you can manage. One strike is all I need to see. I will observe and I will judge.”
Yixian felt a wave of relief. He had expected a far more complex procedure.
Yuanchang, however, still looked anxious. Judging a martial artist
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