The subsequent lessons still focused on basic swordsmanship. For Church members who already had a foundation, these topics were indeed of little interest.
But for a swordsmanship novice like Lu Luo, it was like drinking sweet dew or a fish finding water; he desperately needed this foundational knowledge.
The afternoon's lesson felt exceptionally long for many, as everyone had to use their own energy to shield themselves from the rain.
In such a downpour, the rainwater itself posed a significant hazard.
Some Fourth Ring members of the parish and ordinary Transcendents had already fainted from energy depletion and physical exhaustion.
Qiao Xing had them carried into a building to dry off and made no further mention of elimination.
This led the students to feel they were beginning to understand Qiao Xing's methods: whether they could actually do it wasn't as important as trying. Trying versus not trying—these were two entirely different concepts.
