'If it weren't for the series of epiphanies that followed, allowing me to comprehend the Mortal Martial Canon... Chen Shanhe would have been a mountain so high that just looking at him would have made me despair!'
'This…'
Qin Fang finally realized something.
'Maybe I'm... not as weak as I thought.'
'And these young prodigies from other commanderies, or even the Prefecture City... they aren't as strong as I imagined, either?'
'...At least, not within the limited scope of the Martial Arts Examination?'
Qin Fang realized that he might have... underestimated his epiphanies.
As he was spacing out a little, he suddenly noticed that even without paying special attention, Geng Ye's attacks held no secrets from him.
'I'm not even deliberately trying to 'read' his techniques.'
'But it's as if I just know what he's going to do next.'
'...It seems I've gotten even stronger than when I fought Chen Shanhe?'
'...When did that happen?'
