It's been two days since my arrival at Mount Hua. This place, as the internet reviews said, is truly beautiful.
The old man had yet to start my training. For now, he was educating me on martial arts and the history of combat in general.
However, at some point, he trailed off from the topic and started ranting about how swords were the greatest weapon of all.
"Throughout the countless eons of human existence, can you name mankind's most remarkable invention?"
I furrowed my brow for a moment before replying with some reservations, "Fire?"
"Wrong!" The old man declared. "Our most remarkable invention has been weaponry! What good is fire if you don't live to see the night to use it?!"
I found that statement flawed on many fundamental levels, but I kept my mouth shut like I was instructed to do at the start of the lecture.
