[Were they? Maybe? He wasn't sure how to judge. It was true that Ning Yingying had definitely improved since she was younger, at least in regards to being annoying and thoughtless. They were obedient and did their studies properly and their training so... perhaps they were?]

We do also practice in the martial arts, of course not to the extent that a more military-focused peak might, but we are still sword cultivators so that is a given. Training involves half study and half martial training.

[And a lot of goofing off because he was a bit terrible at actually keeping things on track most the time.]