Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Chapter 105 Something Happened in Maple Forest

It smells so good!

Inside Su Baichen's Xuan Yin Heart Mirror, the little fox in his arms was always in this infatuated state—it looked very cute, but it didn't seem very smart.

Su Baichen chuckled, suddenly realizing he was being rather silly, then tossed the little fox to the ground and vanished on the spot.

This time, the little fox was clearly bewitched and remained there, completely absorbed in the moment.

Because Su Baichen left behind a phantom that perfectly replicated his aura, this phantom was incredibly realistic and managed to deceive the magical little black fox.

Su Baichen put the matter out of his mind. He certainly wouldn't lay a hand on those pure, unpolluted little demons, but he also absolutely didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the demon race.

He traveled quickly and soon arrived outside Baizhou City.

Baizhou Prefecture, with the Mangdang Mountains as its natural barrier, can be considered a crucial pass to block the Northern Wei's attacks.

In fact, the Baizhou Prefecture was originally responsible for supplying military provisions to the several passes in Mangdang Mountain.

Unfortunately, these passes were all lost in the previous major collapse.

Su Baichen stood outside Baizhou City with a relaxed expression on his face.

He took out a communication jade pendant and then infused it with his true energy.

The next moment, the jade pendant seemed to pulsate faintly in his hand, as if it were about to fly away in a certain direction.

After sensing for a moment, Su Baichen revealed a strange expression: he used this jade pendant to locate his senior brother Feng Linzi's position, but judging from the sensing just now, senior brother Feng Linzi was clearly beyond the sensing range!

This is not right. The communication range of this communication jade pendant is within a hundred miles. Feng Linzi should theoretically be stationed in Baizhou City. Why has he disappeared without a trace?

At this moment, Su Baichen felt a deep sense of unease.

Instead of entering the city, he hurried towards the quarantine zone built outside the city.

It wasn't that he was thinking about collecting heads at this time, but rather that he was going to find the people of Hidden Dragon Manor to obtain intelligence.

He is now considered a special guest elder of Hidden Dragon Manor, possessing extremely high authority.

The moment he arrived at the quarantine zone, he fired a signal flare belonging to Hidden Dragon Manor.

The next moment, a somewhat short and stout middle-aged man appeared in front of him: "Your subordinate Jiang Yuzi greets Your Excellency the Envoy."

Su Baichen could tell from his attitude that Jiang Yuzi was probably a rogue cultivator working for Hidden Dragon Manor.

Judging from his cultivation level, he should be at the initial stage of the Five Elements Gathering at the Origin.

Su Baichen didn't have time for small talk and asked directly, "Where is Fenglinzi?"

Jiang Yuzi's expression froze, and his eyes darted around as if he was thinking of something to say.

Upon seeing this, Su Baichen knew that these recruited rogue cultivators must have their own ulterior motives.

He snorted coldly, then waved his hand and flung out the Soul Banner that had already collected nearly 50,000 souls—this was the real Ten Thousand Soul Banner!

The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls flew towards the quarantine zone, and then demonic energy surged, rapidly drawing away all movement within the quarantine zone, before returning to calm.

In contrast, a strange aura emanated from the mountain valley that served as the isolation zone—Su Baichen was already familiar with this smell known as "death aura".

He calmly retrieved the Myriad Souls Banner, then looked at Jiang Yuzi and said indifferently, "My work is done. Haven't you decided how to answer me yet?"

Jiang Yuzi was startled and quickly said humbly, "Your Excellency is too kind. I was just unsure whether Your Excellency intended to make things difficult for my brother Feng Linzi!"

Su Baichen raised an eyebrow—goodness, Jiang Yuzi is quite something, he's already discovered his close relationship with Feng Linzi.

He immediately said, "Feng Linzi and I are from the same sect. Tell me quickly, how is he now?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuzi immediately spoke up, revealing all the information he knew: "In reply to the envoy, I am not entirely clear on the specifics of what happened to Feng Linzi. I only know that a month ago he discovered traces of demonic activities and went to the vast mountains to investigate."

"But three days ago, some bad news started circulating in the cultivation community around here—"

Su Baichen's expression tightened, and he asked, "What news?"

Jiang Yuzi hesitated before saying, "Yes—yes, it means that Feng Linzi has been bewitched by the Yuanmo demoness and has become her lover, even committing some heinous acts—"

Su Baichen was stunned; he simply couldn't understand how such a thing could happen.

Then he narrowed his eyes and asked, "And you, did you go to help him?"

Jiang Yuzi's expression suddenly turned somewhat ugly, and then he forced himself to say, "I want to help, but I am powerless to do so. Apart from being unable to leave due to my duty, I can only try my best to cover up the news for Brother Fenglinzi."

Su Baichen, too lazy to argue, asked directly, "Do you know where Maple Forest is?"

Jiang Yuzi shook his head and said, "I only know that they are still in the Mangdang Mountains."

Su Baichen closed his eyes helplessly, and then, without any intention of being presumptuous, he channeled his true energy into the Spirit Communication Copper Finger to transmit the message to his master.

In any case, this matter should be informed to his master first, and he believed that his master, upon hearing the news, would surely share similar feelings with him.

"How could it have come to this!"

Master Xuan Yin responded quickly, also filled with astonishment.

However, compared to Su Baichen, who didn't have any good solutions, Xuan Yin Zhenren appeared much more composed.

He said, "I will find a way to help you find Maple Forest right away. You should go to Mangdang Mountain now and not waste any more time."

Su Baichen immediately agreed, then left with the words, "I'll go find him. You can do as you please."

He left in a hurry after saying that.

Jiang Yuzi showed a relieved expression.

He left in a hurry, not wanting to stay in this place full of corpses any longer.

However, not long after he left, a small figure quietly appeared in the shadows.

It was that little black fox!

The little fox ran merrily through the pile of corpses, its mouth open as if greedily sucking something.

Su Baichen sped along, taking about fifteen minutes to enter the Mangdang Mountains.

Not long after he entered the mountains, his spiritual senses detected a very powerful evil spirit quietly approaching.

He immediately assumed a defensive stance, simultaneously drawing his Luan Ke sword, his earth elemental energy and profound yin energy converging at the same time.

But soon, the voice of Xuan Yin Zhenren came from his spiritual realm: "It is me, this is my Yin spirit."

Su Baichen was startled, then overjoyed.

One can leave the body with their Yin spirit once they reach the initial stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Although the Yin spirit is vastly different from the Yang spirit, it can still travel thousands of miles in a single thought, making it comparable to a terrestrial immortal.

At this moment, the outline of a Xuan Yin Zhenren vaguely appeared in front of him, and he knew that this was his master's Yin spirit body.

He asked, "Master, have you found my senior brother?"

Master Xuan Yin nodded, but said in a heavy tone, "We found him, but his condition is not good. Do you have any elixirs that can strengthen his body and replenish his vital energy?"

Su Baichen immediately took out a jade bottle from his treasure pouch and said, "Yes, the Purple Sun Pill that Senior Uncle Xuanding refined earlier."

There's one more here, I don't know if that's enough.

Master Xuan Yin said with a helpless yet slightly relieved tone, "That's enough for now. Come with me."

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As he spoke, he led the way, taking Su Baichen deep into the vast mountains in search of the maple forest.