Lost Training Notebook

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The notes record the key points of various sword techniques. The author also included carefully drawn illustrations of the poses, although many of them resemble abstract art more than practical guidance. Buried among the notes is a letter that seemingly was never sent. To the Lone Swordsman, author of many swordsmanship books, Hello! I am a devoted reader of yours and have read all the books you published. I even studied the art of speaking—which, frankly, turned out to be less useful. Despite this, I still ran into some problems when practicing the moves. Take, for example, the "Swordsman's Trump Card" you introduced—the silky smooth combo of upward and downward slashes—is really confusing in practice. How exactly is it done? Um, maybe I just lack the strength, but the most I can achieve is cut off a few leaves off the branches. My big sister mocked me, saying the leaves simply fell on their own and weren't touched by my sword at all (how cruel!).…