Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Chapter 161 The Disparity Is Quite Large

With the help of his illusory clone, Su Baichen was able to handle all his affairs with ease.

He has different illusory clones doing different things, while his main body has rediscovered its carefree and leisurely pursuits.

Su Baichen uses his illusionary clones to take care of the children every day, and also prepares some lessons to teach them.

He never demanded that they learn well; he only hoped that they could recognize the scriptures when they formally began their cultivation.

But both children studied very diligently, eagerly absorbing all the knowledge that Su Baichen imparted.

Of course, the most important thing was that Su Baichen led them to cultivate their bodies from a young age.

The two children are clearly malnourished and underdeveloped, and it's unlikely that any amount of care will be able to restore their lost vitality.

Only the ancestral body-refining technique could restore these two human children.

"By the way, Master, Uncle-Master, what Taoist names do you plan to give Gouwa and Erya?"

Master Xuanyin said, "Let's wait until they officially begin their cultivation. For now, let's just use their nicknames."

Su Baichen chuckled: "That's true, they're still young, there's no need for them to start cultivating so early."

Master Xuanyin paused for a moment and said, "The Changchun Palace disciples' competition will be held in six months. You should prepare well."

Su Baichen frowned: "This disciple doesn't really want to participate in this disciple competition."

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Master Xuanyin asked with amusement, "What's wrong? You have no interest in the secret treasures of Changchun Palace?"

Su Baichen shook his head and said, "Of course I'm very interested, especially in seeing what the 'Kunwan Zhenshi Immortal Scripture' is all about."

"But for me, this is just broadening my horizons. Besides, I think there will be many more opportunities like this, so there's no need to compete with other fellow disciples."

This is a case of "the drought killing some and the flood killing others."

As a true prodigy disciple of Changchun Palace, Su Baichen naturally enjoys various preferential treatments.

Needless to say, he could freely enter and exit the Daoist canon without any qualms, even within his own Yin Sect.

If he wants to access the secret treasures of Changchun Palace, he only needs to make some contributions.

Is it true that such contributions are hard to obtain?

He didn't see it that way. Based on his experience from his last trip to that secret treasure, this kind of contribution was practically offered up on its own.

Upon hearing this, Master Xuanyin stopped teasing him and stated frankly, "This disciple competition is just a pretext, or rather, we've decided to change the way we conduct the competition."

"We will use the disciples' grand competition as an excuse to gather the strength of the entire Changchun Palace and simply raze that Yuanmo Cave to the ground in one fell swoop!"

"At that time, the top ten disciples in terms of merit can enter the Changchun Palace's secret treasury to retrieve a piece of inheritance or a secret treasure."

Good guy!

Su Baichen was truly awestruck by the astonishing courage of his elders.

He asked, "The Yuanmo Cave was able to fight us to a standstill three hundred years ago, so it's probably not weak now either, is it?"

"Even if Sister-in-law Youlian can bring information about the formations and defenses of the Yuanmo Cave, doing so is still too risky —"

Master Xuan Yin gave him a strange look and said, "Bai Chen, do you know what the most helpless thing in this world is?"

Su Baichen shook his head blankly; he didn't even know why this topic had suddenly come up.

Master Xuan Yin said wearily, "Our generation has spent two hundred years cultivating our inner strength in seclusion, with the Yuan Demon Cave as our hypothetical enemy—after all, back then, the Yuan Demon Cave had ten elders, four protectors, and left and right envoys who were all Yang Gods, plus the Yuan Demon Venerable who was at the mid-stage of the Returning to Emptiness realm—what awe-inspiring power and intimidating force it possessed!"

"To be honest, even after your grandmaster comes out of seclusion, our Changchun Palace only has four Yang Gods: myself, your Uncle Kaiyang, Grandmaster Shangshan, and Uncle Shichang. We really intend to endure humiliation and adopt a defensive posture for the time being."

Su Baichen blinked upon hearing this, sensing that a magical turning point was about to unfold.

Xuan Yin Zhenren said, "As a result, I learned from You Lian that the once incomparably powerful Yuanmo Cave now only has her father, the Wuxiang, as its current Yuanmo Venerable, who is the Yang God."

"The remaining ten elders, though seemingly more numerous, are all only at the initial stage of the Nascent Soul realm."

"There are also the four guardians and the left and right envoys, who are all at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm."

"There are quite a few demons at the Nascent Soul stage, but very few who possess truly decisive power."

Su Baichen found it unbelievable: "How could it have turned out like this?"

"Back then, the Yuanmo Cave connected many demonic sects in the Divine Continent. It was only through the combined efforts of my Changchun Palace and many like-minded people that we were able to barely resist it."

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"Why has it turned out this way?"

Master Xuanyin said, "We didn't expect this either—"

"According to Youlian, her father used every means to climb to the top, framing and harming many of his peers who were geniuses in the demonic path. After he came to power, he continued to suppress emerging geniuses in the demonic path."

"Not only that, he also murdered several elders who survived the last battle, all in order to gain complete control of the Yuanmo Cave."

"Now, the older generation of strongmen are either dead or have fled, while the new generation is left with only mediocre people."

"The power of the Yuan Demon Venerable has become more centralized than ever before, but the strength of the Yuan Demon Cavern has also fallen to an unprecedented low."

Su Baichen roughly understood what was going on—good heavens, Changchun Palace had been diligently cultivating its internal energy for two hundred years. When it reopened its gates to the world, it was because it simply couldn't sustain itself any longer. Changchun Palace needed a new generation of disciples to fill the gap, otherwise its lineage would be cut off.

The generation of Master Xuanyin were even prepared to fight to the death to preserve the legacy of Changchun Palace.

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Well, their supposed formidable enemy has failed them.

And it wasn't just a tiny bit.

However, the experience in the Yuanmo Cave became a profound lesson, making Changchun Palace extremely vigilant and unwilling to allow those formless beings to continue to grow stronger.

Su Baichen suddenly thought of something and said, "Master, if we hadn't discovered Wu Nianzi in time—would he have also wanted to do something similar in the Yin Sect?"

Master Xuanyin said, "Alright, stop thinking about the dead. You should start preparing for the battle six months from now."

"At that time, all the elder-level demons will be under our control. You can focus on dealing with the lesser demons under them. You must win a good ranking for our Yin Sect."

Su Baichen then replied, "Okay, I will definitely try my best—and even if I can't do it, I still have my senior brother, right?"

Master Xuan Yin said irritably, "Your senior brother has forgotten about Master and you, his junior brother, ever since he got married. Look how long it's been since he came back to visit!"

Su Baichen sensed a strong resentment, which was truly terrifying.

He quickly suggested, "Why don't I go and talk to my senior brother about it?"

He actually just wanted to go to the capital of Liang, and also check on the situation with Tang Dezhao.

"No, you're going to stay here and cultivate properly for the rest of the time."

"Fighting is no child's play; you must be fully prepared."

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Upon hearing this, Su Baichen had no choice but to accept his fate.

However, six months should be enough time for him to officially begin the next stage of his cultivation.

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