Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Chapter 122 A Thousand-Year Legacy

"Someone tell me, what exactly happened?"

Hu Hui asked with an unfriendly expression.

The enormous fox-like beast lay respectfully beside him, appearing very docile and obedient.

Lord Shangshan slightly turned his head to signal, and his gaze met that of True Man Xuanyin.

Master Xuan Yin understood and glanced at Su Baichen again.

Su Baichen then stepped forward and said, "The initial clues to this matter were actually discovered by Senior Yu Xiangke."

Xuan Yin Zhenren said at the right time: "After the disintegration of the Great Yu Kingdom, the former National Preceptor Tianhui Zhenren has been living in seclusion in Liang Kingdom under the pseudonym Yu Xiangke, while protecting the last royal bloodline of the Great Yu Kingdom."

Upon hearing this, Daoist Shangshan revealed a complex expression that seemed to be a mixture of nostalgia, resentment, and worry: "He's still alive?"

This attitude is quite subtle, making it difficult to discern whether he wants to hear good or bad news about Yuxiangke.

Su Baichen's narration at this time was unbiased, or rather, he simply narrated according to his own understanding.

He recounted the experience of Yu Xiangke, who was betrayed three hundred years ago, lost all his power, and narrowly escaped death. He also told the story of how they captured an unusual person from Hidden Dragon Manor and finally caught this group of strange people for the first time.

He then recounted the targeted preparations made by the elders of Changchun Palace and the subsequent purge within the palace.

Upon hearing this, Daoist Shangshan couldn't help but interrupt and exclaim, "I never imagined that my Changchun Palace would also be corrupted by alien forces. Fortunately, a great battle three hundred years ago forced us to close our mountain gates for two hundred years. Otherwise, it would be hard to imagine how terrible the extent of this corruption would have been."

Then, he clearly showed a hint of relief and said, "Brother Tianhui must have suffered a lot because of this."

At this moment, the great demon Hu Hui said, "Compared to my fox clan, Changchun Palace is luckier. At least you discovered it early and were able to deal with the problem as soon as possible."

The Great Fox Beast Quan roared in agony, "So Princess Yunxiang was like this after all? All her gentleness and kindness were a lie—"

Amid its agonizing roars, the crowd fell silent for a moment.

Su Baichen could sense through the Xuan Yin Heart Mirror that it was truly in pain.

To find that the person you trust and even admire is an abnormal individual with ulterior motives is tantamount to having your worldview reshaped.

Master Xuanyin pondered for a moment and said, "If Senior Hu Hui needs it, I can leave behind the cultivation method of the Great Black Heaven."

"Although the Great Black Heaven is derived from the profound meaning of my Yin Sect's 'Illusory Yin Eight Transformations,' I have already broken it down so that those who have not learned the 'Illusory Yin Eight Transformations' can also practice it."

"Given the fox clan's expertise in illusion magic, it's likely that many people will soon master this illusion technique."

Hu Hui exclaimed in surprise, "If I am not mistaken, this 'Great Black Heaven' must be your signature move, 'Black Heaven Dao Lord,' right? Isn't it widely rumored in your human cultivation world that you can capture the attention of all demons with this 'Great Black Heaven' move?!"

Master Xuanyin didn't let Hu Hui continue. He simply said calmly, "That battle mainly relied on the power of the Yang God of the Kaiyang Palace Master. As for my name—I am Master Xuanyin, the so-called Black Heaven Dao Lord—what does that have to do with me?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Hui's eyes lit up with admiration. He said to Daoist Shangshan, "Congratulations! Another outstanding talent has emerged from your sect."

A faint, almost mocking smile appeared on Shangshan Daojun's withered face: "He's still far from it."

To be honest, Su Baichen felt a little indignant on behalf of his master.

Xuan Yin Zhenren is clearly a very reliable and capable master, so why does he always seem so bad in the eyes of his grandmaster?

However, Daoist Shangshan then said to Su Baichen, "My dear grand-disciple, continue. I never imagined that you had experienced so many remarkable things at such a young age."

This is blatant favoritism!

Su Baichen suddenly realized that the person being favored was him—and he felt rather embarrassed.

He cleared his throat and said, "After we purged the internal forces, we cooperated with Senior Yu Xiangke to help them clean up Hidden Dragon Manor and the entire Liang Kingdom."

As he spoke, he shook the Myriad Souls Banner in his hand: "The souls of all the heretics are collected in this Myriad Souls Banner. Because we discovered that even if we kill them on the spot, it only allows them to be reincarnated, and cannot stop them from continuing to erode the human world."

"The only way to bind their souls is with the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls—"

Lord Shangshan revealed a look of affection: "So that's how it is. I thought you were coveting the power of the Myriad Souls Banner and that's why you forged this demonic artifact. It turns out it was to contain these formless souls."

"A formless soul?"

Su Baichen and Xuan Yin Zhenren both showed surprise. They had previously named it a strange soul because they could only define it that way because they did not know its exact origin.

But now it seems—

Hu Hui also explained, "The world of cultivation was not actually completely unaware of the world's collision a thousand years ago."

"All the renowned cultivators of this era, whether human or demon, have participated in an attempt to prevent the collision between that world and this world."

Su Baichen asked in surprise, "And then?"

The Supreme Daoist Lord said, "The cultivators at that time combined their magical power and used all their strength to shatter that world directly."

"If this is not the case, and the two worlds truly collide completely, it will inevitably result in a cataclysmic event where both sides suffer heavy losses."

Hu Hui continued, "That world was later named the Realm of No Form, because research on its fragments revealed that the Realm of No Form was formless and without appearance, a world like a chaotic void."

"There seemed to be nothing there, but I remember someone discovered that life actually existed in that world."

"But when that world was destroyed, these lives naturally disappeared as well."

"And because of the guilt over the lives lost in this world, this matter was not widely mentioned, but was only recorded and passed down in some major sects."

After hearing all this, Su Baichen and Xuan Yin Zhenren finally understood the cause and effect.

However, he couldn't quite understand the guilt of those senior masters from a thousand years ago. When they were already in danger of their own world, how could they care about others?

The ancestors from a thousand years ago were kind-hearted. If it were them, they might have tried to study the state of these life forms and judge whether they would pose a threat to the world.

Therefore, in Su Baichen's eyes, the fact that the world is now facing the situation of being eroded by the Formless Soul is actually because the predecessors a thousand years ago did not do things properly!

Just as he was pondering this, Master Xuanyin handed over the agreed-upon "Great Black Heaven Universal Version" to Hu Hui.

However, Hu Hui made an unexpected decision the moment she obtained this illusion technique.

He turned to the Great Fox Beast Master Quan and said, "Guardian Quan, you are the most powerful beast cultivator of my Nanqiu Fox Clan. I hope that you can stay by this young man's side and protect and follow the last ancient bloodline of my Nanqiu Fox Clan."

Quan was taken aback, then replied in a low voice, "Your subordinate understands. Your subordinate will definitely protect Xiao Qi—no, Princess Su Xiangxiang—with his life."

Xiangxiang seemed startled and grabbed Su Baichen's clothes in terror, hiding behind his back. Her little head, which was exposed, had a very human-like expression of disgust on it.

Seeing this, Quan quickly forced a smile.

As a result, Xiangxiang let out two sharp cries, then shrank her head and refused to look at it anymore.

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