In the ancient era, cyber martial arts had not yet been born. Back then, the only martial arts that existed in the world were "martial arts that seem useless now," "what is considered martial arts now but wasn't at that time," and "fictional martial arts."
In the wuxia stories that were based on "fictional martial arts," it was common to see scenes like this: two great heroes sat opposite each other, either standing still or seemingly engaging in casual conversation. Meanwhile, in their mind's eye, they were already engaged in a flurry of blade and sword shadows.
The outcome of this mental duel would either result in one party killing the other with a single move or the weaker party would voluntarily take a step back to avoid the terrible situation from truly unfolding.
Although these stories were fictitious, they followed a certain logic of reality in some respects.
