Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Chapter 124 Grandmaster's Examination

Beside his grandmaster, Su Baichen finally enjoyed a long-awaited moment of leisure.

Because his master gave him such a strong sense of security that he could finally settle down completely.

At the same time, the culinary skills he learned from his master also came in handy.

Shangshan Daojun is so thin he's practically skin and bones, so Su Baichen naturally has to make sure he gets proper nourishment.

At the same time, Master Xuanding was also quietly refining pills to replenish the body's essence for his uncle who had made a great sacrifice for Changchun Palace three hundred years ago.

Xuan Ding Zhenren was also a participant in that great battle, so he naturally knew what price Shang Shan Daojun had paid for it.

Of course, the materials needed to refine the pills were still provided by Hidden Dragon Manor.

At the same time, Shangshan Daojun, who had been in seclusion for more than two hundred years, began to formally teach his four grand-disciples.

Just as Xuan Yin Zhenren tested his disciples' progress, Shang Shan Daojun also allowed his four grand-disciples to demonstrate their abilities according to seniority.

First is Fenglinzi.

Needless to say, his cultivation at the peak of the Five Qi Convergence Realm was remarkable. This time, he could be said to have turned misfortune into blessing. With Su Baichen's help, he replenished his foundation and then cultivated with Youlian to regain his cultivation, which pushed his cultivation of the Qi Refining Realm to its peak.

But this is only the basic level of cultivation. Feng Linzi's other progress is that he has finally crossed a key threshold of the "Eight Transformations of Illusionary Yin" and successfully entered the third grade of illusionary arts.

From this point on, "Illusory Yin Eight Transformations" could be displayed as one of his signature skills.

Looking at Feng Linzi's skillful use of the Illusionary Fire in actual combat, Daoist Shangshan nodded approvingly: "With a profound foundation and natural talent in magic, you truly deserve the title of the Yin Sect's top disciple."

"Anything else?"

Maple Forest dissipated the illusory fire, and then displayed an amazing Void Condensation Talisman!

Zhang Qiuzhuo, who majored in the Yin Fu Bao Lu (a powerful martial arts manual), was greatly shocked: "Senior brother, you've cultivated the Yin Fu Bao Lu to the fourth rank?"

The fourth grade of the Yin Fu Bao Lu is characterized by its ability to condense talismans from thin air.

Feng Linzi smiled subtly and said, "When I was in Baizhou, I found that ordinary people really liked paper talismans, so I practiced them for a while to protect myself and earn some living expenses."

To be honest, he really knew how to put on a show.

He then demonstrated the "Yinming Curse Technique," which surprisingly possessed the power of a fifth-grade cultivator.

He has cultivated these three inheritances to an extremely high level, which has earned him the utmost respect from his fellow disciples.

Lord Shangshan nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, you are now worthy of carrying on your master's mantle."

To be honest, with Feng Linzi's talent, finding a demonic saintess as a Daoist partner is really not a big deal—it's just that Feng Linzi is amazing, he can make a demonic saintess abandon darkness and turn to the light!

To be honest, Lord Shangshan is very happy right now. It is definitely a happy thing to have such a decent successor among the younger generation.

To be honest, given Feng Linzi's current state, he is definitely a prodigy of Changchun Palace!

Normally, any sect having such a successor is enough to ensure its lineage for hundreds of years.

In a good mood, Shangshan Daojun looked at Zhang Qiuzhuo, the second disciple of Xuan Yin Zhenren.

Zhang Qiuzhuo's cultivation level appears to be the same as Su Baichen's, currently at the stage of just completing the furnace transfer.

His cultivation was actually delayed. If it weren't for Wu Nianzi's mischief that forced him to start over, he would have already been able to begin the Five Qi Gathering Cultivation.

Even so, the solid foundation made Lord Shangshan quite gratified.

Zhang Qiuzhuo's "Yin Fu Bao Lu" had already reached the fourth-grade Void Condensation Talisman realm, and his comprehension even seemed to surpass that of Feng Linzi, which surprised Shangshan Daojun.

Feng Linzi is Yin Zongtian's senior brother, so it's only right that he displays his all-around talent.

Zhang Qiuzhuo's performance in specializing in the "Yin Fu Bao Lu" is already enough to make him a genius disciple of the sect.

As for Wuxiang Yuyao later on —

Qi Refining is only at the initial stage, and the Eight Transformations of Illusory Yin is only at the fifth grade, which makes it hard for Daoist Shangshan to bear looking at.

He didn't blame him. After all, including Su Baichen, he had already seen three outstanding grand-disciples. He could accept that Wu Xiangyu's performance was a little worse. After all, didn't his generation also have that blockhead who loved fishing?

He calmed himself down and looked at Su Baichen again—

When Su Baichen showed it—his inner demons almost jumped out!

His cultivation level is indeed at the Furnace Shifting Realm, which is truly astonishing for someone of Su Baichen's age.

But the problem is, how come this little brat is a sword cultivator?

He hadn't noticed it during the battle at Yinfeng Gorge, since Su Baichen was incredibly skilled at using illusions and relied mainly on sneak attacks with his sword, showing absolutely no swordsmanship.

So much so that Daoist Shangshan only felt that Su Baichen was a child of his Yin Sect, and that he had no choice but to take the Soul-Suppressing Sword.

But what did he see now?

Aside from the illusion technique that seemed to be extremely close to the second rank, which was a pleasant surprise, Su Baichen then displayed a series of wondrous sword techniques, each with its own unique meaning!

The first thing shown was the "Mysterious Yin Sword Technique," a sword cultivation method derived from the "Mysterious Yin Qi Technique," which almost made Daoist Shangshan lose his mind.

What did he see?

This is a remarkably complete and profoundly inspired swordsmanship technique that, from the very beginning, incorporates the mysteries of the harmony of Yin and Yang.

Compared to the "Mysterious Yin Qi Technique," which requires reaching a high level of cultivation to achieve the state of Yin-Yang harmony, the "Mysterious Yin Sword Technique" has followed this path from the very beginning—its only drawback is that this sword technique is actually not easy to learn and has very high requirements for the practitioner's aptitude.

Then Su Baichen used the "Nanshan Misty Rain" technique he had comprehended at the summit of Nanshan Mountain and the "Nanshan Undying Flame" technique he had comprehended on the hillside.

This set of illusory water, which involves turning the illusory into the real, and this set of illusory fire, which involves turning the illusory into the real, actually correspond to the third and second ranks of the "Eight Transformations of Illusory Yin" respectively.

It can be said that although Su Baichen demonstrated his swordsmanship, he also seemed to have opened up different possibilities for the original inheritance of the Yin Sect.

This made Shangshan Daojun feel his worldview crumble, but he also discovered a key point—

If a disciple of the Yin Sect cultivates the "Mysterious Yin Qi Technique" and reaches a critical point where Yin and Yang need to be harmonized, can they use the "Mysterious Yin Sword Technique" to draw inferences from it?

If a disciple cultivates the "Eight Transformations of Illusory Yin" to the third or second rank, he will be able to learn "Southern Mountain Misty Rain" and "Southern Mountain Undying Flame" to increase his methods, without having to use the profound technique "Black Cage" which consumes a lot of mental energy right away.

Moreover, those without form are immune to the Black Cage, which is a great threat to the Yin Sect.

After understanding this, Shangshan Daojun's attitude towards Su Baichen changed.

His view was the same as that of Xuan Yin Zhenren: Feng Linzi was the foundation of the Yin Sect and would inherit everything from the sect in the future, making him a figure of ultimate support.

A genius disciple like Su Baichen, whose talent seems to have been "misplaced," represents a different path and a different possibility for the Yin Sect. His potential shouldn't be restricted; rather, he should be allowed to grow wildly within certain frameworks.