Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Chapter 164 Weapon Making Notes

Su Baichen locked himself in the Daoist Canon again, but this time, in his spare time, he did not read any classics on Daoist Qi cultivation. Instead, he devoted himself to studying books on weapon crafting.

Fortunately, their Yin Sect has a long history, and as long as it exists for a long time, some extraordinary talents will always emerge.

Just like the weapon-refining notes that Su Baichen has just found, it was written by a rare senior in the history of the Yin Sect who liked weapon refining.

However, this senior never left Yinfeng Gorge in his entire life, so apart from some common materials, he used spiritual materials available near Yinfeng Gorge to make artifacts.

Su Baichen looked at the crafting manual, studying the various ideas within. While marveling at the ingenuity of this senior, he also realized that he was probably not cut out for crafting.

However, as he flipped through it, he discovered that the journal had almost become the diary of that senior, in which he poured out much of his loneliness—he seemed to be an oddity of that era, with no one to talk to, and he was always alone when he was in the Yin Sect—

Su Baichen immediately empathized; he understood all too well the feeling of being treated as an outsider.

He was the only sword cultivator in Yinfeng Gorge, while this senior was the only weapon maker in Yinfeng Gorge; he could understand this loneliness.

"Bai Chen, come back for dinner!"

Suddenly, a voice from outside the door called out, sounding more and more like that of the master's wife, Shuiyin Ji.

Su Baichen quickly put away his sentimental thoughts, stuffed the note into his pocket, and walked out.

The elder guarding the Taoist temple merely twitched his eye upon seeing this, then turned his head away as if he hadn't seen anything.

Good heavens, what is Su Baichen's status and position in the Yin Sect now?

He's practically like the little emperor of the Yin Sect; everyone from top to bottom spoils him.

"The master's wife is here!"

Su Baichen ran out quickly.

Mizuki-hime gave him a sharp rap on the head, annoyed: "I told you, you're not allowed to call me that!"

Su Baichen rubbed his head and said, "I only call you that when no one's around. In front of Master—"

Mizukage immediately reacted somewhat nervously, saying, "You absolutely cannot call me that in front of your master!"

Su Baichen immediately replied, "Okay, then that's what we'll call you in private."

Shuiyin Ji was stunned for a moment; she felt that something was not right.

But overall, she wasn't that resistant. After all, she'd watched this child grow up, so she figured she could let him do as he pleased.

She easily shifted the blame onto Su Baichen.

Su Baichen smiled faintly and chose to take the blame.

He returned to his master's study and saw the family preparing the dining table.

He quickly stepped forward to help, setting out the dishes and tidying the table and chairs.

As everyone sat down, Master Xuanyin smiled and said, "Having that illusion clone technique is really convenient. Cooking will be faster and cleaning up will be much easier in the future."

Su Baichen quickly became modest.

After all, he knew that this spell wasn't actually that useful for a Yang Shen master; he was just looking for an excuse to boast about himself.

Afterwards, Master Xuanyin tested Gouwa and Erya's studies and found that they had learned many characters over time. He then praised Su Baichen for his educational achievements.

"Master, don't just praise me. They both work very hard too. Teaching them is really not difficult at all."

The boy quickly stood up and said, "Senior brother deserves Master's praise. If it weren't for your patient teaching, how could we have mastered so much useful knowledge?"

Su Baichen waved his hand and said, "Alright, sit down and eat. We're family, no need to be so polite."

Both children are so sensible that it breaks your heart.

Shuiyin Ji rolled her eyes at Xuan Yin Zhenren and scolded, "Aren't you going to let the child eat in peace?"

Master Xuan Yin felt somewhat aggrieved, but at this moment he could only chuckle and say nothing more.

After the meal, Su Baichen created a clone to clear the dishes, while his main body was being tested on his studies.

"How has your practice been lately? Is there anything you don't understand?"

Su Baichen thought for a moment and said, "Everything is going smoothly in my cultivation. I have refined nearly 50% of the five elements in my chest. I think I can refine them completely in another month or so, and then I can try to combine my spirit and energy."

Upon hearing this, Master Xuanyin said seriously, "Be careful; the union of spirit and energy cannot be taken lightly."

"During this process, the five elements of spiritual energy will present you with some special illusions. If you cannot control them, you will suffer great damage to your mind and spirit, and there is even a risk of losing your power."

"This is why I insist that you fully refine and fuse the five elements in your chest with your own true energy before engaging in the union of spirit and energy. It's not because it will make you more powerful, but because it's safer; you can stop the process of union of spirit and energy at any time."

Su Baichen understood; this was what he liked about the current kung fu style—it was more stable, safer, and more solid.

"Anything else? Your cultivation progress is normal. Have you made any progress in other areas?"

Other aspects —

Su Baichen's illusion technique has reached the second rank, and theoretically he could have started cultivating other Yin Sect inheritances long ago.

He simply didn't like making talismans, so he wasn't planning to cultivate the "Yin Talisman Treasure Book." As for the "Yinming Curse Technique," he could have learned it, but now he felt that this inheritance was not as simple and direct as his swordsmanship, and he felt there was no need to put more effort into it.

So he scratched his head and could only honestly say, "I've been studying Master Kunyu's manuscripts recently."

"Who?"

Master Xuan Yin was completely dumbfounded; he had never heard of such a patriarch.

Su Baichen quickly took out the note and pointed to the signature on it, saying, "This is the work of Ancestor Kunyu."

Master Xuan Yin recalled for a long time before coming to his senses and saying, "It seems that there is such a senior uncle."

"It's just a pity that he ultimately perished together with a Yuanmo elder."

Su Baichen was taken aback, and then his mood became heavy.

In his heart, this Grandmaster Kunyu was an absolutely remarkable person, but such a person died in the war to exterminate demons three hundred years ago.

Just how much pain did that battle inflict on Changchun Palace?

Master Xuan Yin then noticed that the manuscript was actually a manual on crafting artifacts. He sighed helplessly, "Bai Chen—can't you learn something more proper?"

Su Baichen said, "Since Grandmaster Kunyu has sacrificed so much for my Changchun Palace, I don't want his lineage to be cut off."

Master Xuan Yin was speechless and could only say, "Alright, just don't delay your cultivation."

That hesitant look was just like that of a parent who wants to interfere with their child's interests but doesn't want the child to complain.

At this moment, Shuiyin Ji stepped in to smooth things over: "Alright, Bai Chen knows his limits. When has he ever let us down?"

Master Xuan Yin's expression improved somewhat.

He said, "Well, he's got plenty of strange things going on about him, one more won't make a difference."

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