"You're thinking like warriors," Old Xiao chided, appearing briefly beside each of them in turn. "A shadow doesn't attack—it simply exists where darkness needs to be. A breeze doesn't strike—it merely flows where air must travel. Stop trying to force your will upon the world and instead become the medium through which force naturally expresses itself."
The siblings paused, absorbing Old Xiao's words. Each found their own way to understand what it meant to attack without attacking.
Li Wei began to approach combat like a scholar solving a puzzle. Instead of striking directly, he created patterns of movement that led the training constructs to interfere with each other. His presence became like a complex equation—when one variable shifted, the entire solution changed, leaving his opponents striking at empty air while stumbling into each other's paths.