Early in the morning, Hao Ye earnestly sought Zhu Minglang's guidance on the intricacies of swordsmanship.
Zhu Minglang, with a sincere face, said to Hao Ye, "Imagine yourself as a servant holding a grass-trimming sickle, your sword strokes so delicate that you do not harm a single flower or plant around you, whilst clearing all the overgrown and miscellaneous grass in the entire estate, that too is a form of practice."
So that morning, Hao Ye practiced, though he possessed powerful Sword Spirits capable of leveling the entire estate with a single stroke, he had to gently ensure that each of his strokes cut only one patch of weeds!
Zhu Minglang glanced outside Li Yunzi's room, saw she was still resting, and decided not to disturb her, walking outside instead to see for himself the mix of fish and dragons in Runyu City...
He still hoped that Runyu City could help alleviate the burden of his dragon pets' feeding costs, so he had to take this city seriously.
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