Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 1039 - Three Thousand Sword Moves

Li Qingshan shut his eyes slowly, and his sea of consciousness settled down, without a single ripple anymore.

When it came to comprehension, he had never believed this was a field he was particularly strong in. When he first saw the Cursive Sword Calligraphy, he could not understand it at all. Instead, Xiao An had comprehended a set of sword moves before teaching it to him.

However, through his observations from earlier, he discovered that studying the Sword Collection Manual of Heaven and Earth did not require comprehension, but deduction.

The two often seemed similar, but they actually had differences down to their very essence.

Comprehension was the flash of inspiration when the apple fell on the head, while deduction was a large quantity of calculations, eliminations, and experimentations. While the final objective of the two were the same, to find the correct answer, the abilities they required were actually different.

When the Great Banyan Tree King comprehended the laws of the world through the Mist Province cauldron, he used his tremendous number of cuttings for deduction. It did not rely on his ability to comprehend.

No one could comprehend the entire set of sword moves within the Sword Domain of Heaven and Earth; it was not because the Sword Collection palace was actually useless—over the past several thousand years, who knew how many startlingly talented figures they had produced, so how could absolutely none of them possess an outstanding ability to comprehend? Xiao An’s ability to comprehend was outstanding, but it had not reached the level where it was unprecedented yet—instead, the complexity of the Sword Collection Manual of Heaven and Earth had exceeded the limits of what a person could deduce.

When it came to deduction, Li Qingshan was filled with confidence. This was the spirit turtle’s forte!

He silently criculated the Spirit Turtle’s Method of Sea Suppression. His sea of consciousness reflected the entire Sword Domain of Heaven and Earth as he began his deductions.

Li Qingshan raised his hand,

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