The man’s face changed as he looked at Jian Chen with amazement. Just now, he had been unable to control the movements of his own Guan Dao. If he had been facing an opponent that was only slightly weaker than him, then he wouldn’t have been so amazed. But against Jian Chen who was by far the inferior person, the man was not really able to accept what had just happened.
“What technique was that?” The man asked with a look of disbelief.
“Tai Ji Jian” Jian Chen answered. When it came to Tai Ji Jian, he wasn’t all that proficient at it. However, he had still been in contact with it enough times to understand the Tai Ji Jian’s philosophy of “using softness to conquer strength”; it was the principle of deflecting weapons. Now that he was not only weaker than his opponent, but also in a state where his energy was all but gone now, Jian Chen was forced to use the Tai Ji Jian techniques that he wasn’t very proficient in to block the attack.
TL Note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taijijian
Tai Ji Jian emphasized the idea of “using softness to conquer strength” in order for the weak to beat the strong. With the ability to deflect attacks in such a way, this would prove to be extremely beneficial to Jian Chen at this current moment. The only flaw was that Jian Chen only had a few ideas on what Tai Ji Jian was like, and was not good at it at all. After all, he was a master of the One Hand Swift Sword style. Nonetheless, it was proving helpful to Jian Chen against the man at that moment.
The man’s eyebrows creased together as he ran the word through his head. Soon after, he shook his head and said, “Tai Ji Jian, I’ve never heard of it.” His eyes looked at Jian Chen in a confused manner before laughing, “Brat, although you’re quite weak, I didn’t think you would know so many techniques. It seems that killing you would be a waste; I should capture you instead. This would be a pretty great favor towards you as well.” The man moved towards Jian Chen once more with his Saint Force enhanced Guan Dao in hand. He had came to a decision that no matter what, he would capture Jian Chen. Although the Tai Ji Jian technique wasn’t something he was extremely determined to learn, the man seriously wanted to figure out the technique that had allowed Jian Chen to move so fast.
Jian Chen used his Tai Ji Jian to deal with his opponent. With its profound ways of dealing with each attack from the man, the man felt as if he no longer had any control over his own Guan Dao.
Although he wasn’t very proficient in it, Jian Chen’s Tai Ji Jian made the man’s strong strength seem practically non-existent. However, it was taking an extraordinary amount of effort on Jian Chen’s part. Despite Tai Ji Jian allowing one to deflect and divert another person’s attacks, Jian Chen was only just a Saint, so it was taking all of his energy to break away the man’s monstrous strength from his Guan Dao and send it elsewhere. So while it looked easy to do, it was actually hard to pull off.