Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Su Baichen and Guanlan Jian'ao left Tianxia Mountain together.

On the way, Guanlan Jian'ao asked, "Where do you plan to begin your investigation?"

Su Baichen said, "Let's first take a look at the counties and towns within the Tianxia Mountain area and see what the local situation is like."

"After all, based on my experience in Liang, these people without form mostly like to gather in prosperous places and then seize the upper power in prefectures and counties."

"Let's first investigate the situation nearby, focusing on the condition of those wealthy families."

Guanlan Sword Maiden said regretfully, "It's a pity I can't distinguish the formless ones like you can, otherwise I could help you distinguish them."

Su Baichen said, "It's okay, we can just look around together."

The two of them started by checking out the surrounding towns and villages around Tianxia Mountain.

They started by checking the surrounding villages.

"This place is not bad; at least there shouldn't be too many problems in the villages and towns around Tianxia Mountain."

Su Baichen unfolded a map and, while speaking, drew pleasing hooks in the area near Tianxia Mountain.

Guanlan Sword Maiden said, "Isn't that a bit odd? Didn't we also discover two Formless Ones?"

Su Baichen said, "We spent three days visiting twenty-nine villages and hurriedly checked more than six hundred households, and we only found two people without form. This ratio is already very low."

He said this with a deep sense of regret, after all, he had promised his master that he would not kill indiscriminately while traveling.

Guanlan Sword Lady said, "What should we do now? Should we go to the capital of Wu and take a look?"

Su Baichen shook his head and said, "What's so interesting about the capital? You can almost imagine it. All the key departments there have been taken over by the Formless Ones. I can't stand being able to watch without being able to do anything to change anything."

They went to a slightly larger city nearby to investigate.

The city was ablaze with lights, and ordinary people were living their simple lives. But in the grand mansions that they could never reach, lived those who were without form.

Some families are headed by individuals without the ability to manifest their forms, while others have members who are also without the ability to manifest their forms...

Su Baichen examined them expressionlessly, and also pointed out the Formless Ones to Guanlan Sword Elder one by one.

This time, even the shrewd and pure-hearted Guanlan Sword Maiden was in a bad mood. She discovered that these Formless Ones had practically parasitized the entire elite class of the Wu Kingdom!

The selection system for officials in Wu is different from that in Liang. Liang's system is similar to the imperial examination system in Su Baichen's memory, but Wu's system is a recommendation system completely controlled by the elite class.

Without a doubt, under such a system, the entire upper echelons of the Wu Kingdom must have been thoroughly corrupted.

Su Baichen breathed a slight sigh of relief: "Fortunately, they still cannot pass on their lineage through bloodlines, so even in families of those without form, there is still a high probability of ordinary people being born as offspring."

After saying that, he couldn't help but pull Su Xiangxiang out of the basket on his back and said, "It's a good thing you came out to find me, otherwise it's unimaginable what this world would have become if they had really used your power to achieve the bloodline inheritance."

Facing these Formless Ones who had usurped the authority of humanity, the more Guanlan Sword Maiden saw, the more suffocated she felt. After spending twenty days traversing all the major cities of Wu, her spirits plummeted. Because what she saw were kingdoms ruled by the Formless Ones, she couldn't imagine that Changchun Palace's enemies would include the entire human race… Before setting off for Qingming Sword Mansion to meet with Wufeng Sword Elder and the others, Su Baichen buried a pill in a dry well on the outskirts of Wu's capital. He then used earth-elemental spiritual power to cover the pill with soil and placed a simple seal on it.

The Nine Netherworld Earth Sword is a comprehensive ancient inheritance, possessing the icy coldness of Yin energy, the heaviness of earth element, and various uses such as entanglement, control, suppression, and sealing.

Seeing this, Guanlan Jian'ao asked with a chill down her spine, "What did you put down?"

Su Baichen didn't hide anything: "This is the 'Black Plague Pill' newly invented by Senior Uncle Xuanding. Each pill contains a modified version of the 'Black Plague' that Senior Uncle has improved. When ordinary people are infected, it's just like a common cold, with some headaches and fever. But when those without form are infected, it will seal off their spiritual apertures, making them feel 'darkness'."

"Moreover, in order to increase its transmissibility, my senior master deliberately slowed down its onset and alleviated some of the symptoms..."

Su Baichen shared the details of the "Black Plague Pill" as if presenting a treasure.

Guanlan Sword Maiden's worldview was probably about to collapse again, because from a normal perspective, shouldn't the "Black Plague Pill" refined by Xuanding Zhenren be something only those despicable bastards from the demonic path would produce? And shouldn't it be their righteous sects who would commit such a thing as "poisoning"? But after Su Baichen completed the seal and covered up all traces, Guanlan Sword Maiden said nothing.

The thought of all the formless beings in the city terrifies her; she even asks, "Even if the formless beings die, they will still be reincarnated, right?"

Su Baichen said, "So this 'Black Plague Pill' still needs further research. Senior Uncle Xuanding still has a lot of work to do."

Guanlan Jian'ao was speechless. She increasingly felt that her Changchun Palace was making great strides toward becoming the "Changchun Demon Palace".

The investigation of the mortal realm in Wu Kingdom has come to an end, but the situation is not optimistic.

Su Baichen didn't know if the "Black Plague Pill" he left behind could play its due role after activation.

This "Black Plague Pill" will not take effect immediately, but will be activated after they complete this tour, in order to prevent anyone from associating the matter with them.

The Azure Nether Sword Mansion is located in the southeast of the Wu Kingdom. This area doesn't have any particularly high mountains, only some small, beautiful hills and lakes. Given this environment, the Azure Nether Sword Mansion's swordsmanship clearly follows a path of lightness and swiftness.

When Su Baichen and Guanlan Sword Lady arrived at Qingming Sword Mansion, the disciples of the Sword Sect had already been communicating with them for seven or eight days.

Compared to what they gained in Tianxia Mountain, the Sword Sect disciples had very little to exchange ideas with in Qingming Sword Mansion.

So when they rejoined the team, Wufengjianlao couldn't wait to leave.

It seemed that the Azure Sword Palace was not planning to keep the guests, and the next day they politely sent the Changchun disciples out of the country.

However, once he was completely out of sight of the Qingming Sword Mansion members, Su Baichen's expression instantly darkened.

They were flying on their swords when Guanlan Sword Maiden approached them, her face full of questions.

"Uncle-Master, you noticed it too?"

Su Baichen asked a question with some surprise.

The Sword Maiden Guanlan asked with some bewilderment, "Is it really true? Is the Azure Nether Sword Mansion truly filled with those who have attained the Formless Realm?"

Su Baichen nodded: "It's already 60% complete."

He then asked, somewhat surprised, "Uncle-Master, weren't you unable to distinguish those without form?"

Guanlan Sword Maiden was still feeling a bit down, but after Su Baichen reminded her, she thought about it carefully and said, "Maybe it's because I saw so many people with you before, but when I look at those people from the Azure Nether Sword Mansion, they don't seem very human..."

With just this one sentence, Su Baichen vaguely sensed something.

Therefore, the disguise of the formless one is not so seamless.

He has killed so many people that it can be recognized directly from a spiritual level.

But after watching a lot of them, you can actually find clues from their expressions.