Zhou Li had never liked using swords.
Or to put it another way, most Spirit Qi Masters didn't have much regard for swords.
The ancients likened swords to gentlemen, mainly because swords were a symbol of status and identity. If you really wanted to use a sword to kill someone, you'd be better off wielding a cleaver. In battles between Spirit Qi Masters, the contest often required strong blows and hard hits. In most cases, a good sword was not as useful as a fine knife or an axe since the latter provided more force and power.
Of course, swords were indeed the mainstream weapons in the Cultivation World. After encountering Zhuge Qing, she even resolved Zhou Li's doubts about this.
