Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Chapter 167 Physical Doppelganger

After the explosion, a group of people quickly gathered around Su Baichen.

Master and Uncle-Master naturally came over, and the other elders also arrived. The Fisherman, the most senior Uncle-Master who remained in the Yin Sect, also came.

They rushed over in a panic, but when they saw it was Su Baichen, they didn't say anything. They just looked at Xuan Yin Zhenren and waited for his judgment.

At this moment, Su Baichen really didn't expect to see so many fellow disciples and elders.

He counted them; there were a total of seventeen elders!

Although their cultivation levels varied, the lowest level was the Five Qi Gathering Realm.

After all, without reaching this level, it would be difficult to have such a long lifespan.

Among them, there are eleven people at the Nascent Soul stage!

This is the result of the Yin Sect's two hundred years of seclusion and three hundred years of arduous internal cultivation.

"You succeeded?"

Xuan Yin Zhenren's lips twitched slightly as he looked at the site of the explosion, but he asked calmly.

Su Baichen glanced around and silently nodded.

He could still distinguish between what was important and what was not. Although the elders of the Yin Sect could be trusted at this time, since the Soul Gold had already shown such characteristics, it should be kept strictly secret and become one of the core forces hidden by the Yin Sect.

Seeing this, Mizuki immediately understood and waved her hand, saying, "Alright, everyone disperse. They're just kids playing with firecrackers. Don't act like you've never seen anything like this before."

Upon seeing this, the elders chuckled but said nothing more, and turned to leave.

A moment later, only Su Baichen, who was holding the fox, Xuan Yin Zhenren, Shui Yin Ji, and the fisherman remained on the wide expanse of water.

Mizukage tilted her head and looked at the fisherman.

The fisherman immediately retorted with displeasure, "What? Do you have some secret that even I, your senior uncle and great-uncle, can't hear?"

Shuiyin Ji nodded seriously and said, "Uncle-Master, you're too unreliable. I think it's better to be more cautious."

The fisherman felt a pang of distress upon hearing this, sensing that there must be some misunderstanding.

Fortunately, Master Xuan Yin said, "It's alright. It just so happens that this matter involves another senior uncle. Senior Uncle Fishing Man should know that person."

As he spoke, he recounted in detail how Su Baichen discovered Kunyu's Notes and found a special spiritual material within them.

Then, looking at Su Baichen, he asked, "Now it seems you've discovered another use for Soul Gold besides puppets?"

Su Baichen said, "Yes, Master, I have discovered that Soul Gold can be used as a casting material for the Illusionary Clone Technique. This can greatly enhance the duration of the clone technique and enable the clone's consciousness to be synchronized with the original body in real time."

Xuan Yin Zhenren was suddenly startled. If that were the case, then Su Baichen's "Cloning Technique" would truly become an external avatar! Moreover, it would be an external avatar that could be successfully cultivated in the Qi Refining Realm!

"And the explosion just now... I suspect this Soul Gold can open a portal to the Underworld! The explosion was caused by the clash between the power of the Netherworld and the power of reality—"

Xuan Yin Zhenren could no longer remain calm. He quickly took a Soul Gold and, following Su Baichen's instructions, infused it with his divine sense, then used the Illusionary Clone Technique—

The next moment, his expression turned horrified!

He looked at Su Baichen and said seriously, "You're saying this can open a passage to the underworld?"

Su Baichen nodded in confusion. Was something wrong?

Master Xuan Yin said with a horrified expression, "This is indeed related to the underworld, but it is probably not the underworld as we know it."

Su Baichen asked, puzzled, "What is that?"

At this moment, the fisherman seemed to understand, and then interjected, "It's the Primordial Underworld."

"That is, the origin of ancient vengeful spirits—"

He took a deep breath and said, "Back when that icy-faced guy was still alive, he told me about the ancient underworld."

"Ice Face knows about the existence of the Primordial Underworld, so he probably also knows the secret of Soul Gold—it might even be that he guided Senior Brother Kunyu to discover Soul Gold."

"As for what he was thinking—that's not important now."

Su Baichen then asked, "Will using Soul Gold reopen the passage to the Primordial Netherworld?"

Master Xuan Yin smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, take a close look at what materials the Soul-Suppressing Sword in your hand is made of."

Su Baichen was surprised to hear this, and quickly untied the Binding God Sash, taking the Soul-Suppressing Sword in his hand to examine it carefully.

Then it suddenly dawned on him: "It's entirely made of soul metal!"

He had previously wondered what material the Soul-Suppressing Sword was made of, that it could withstand so many ancestral souls.

Now I understand, it's this magical Soul Gold!

Then Master Xuanyin added, "Furthermore, I believe it's not that this Soul Gold can communicate with the Primordial Underworld, but rather that Yinfeng Gorge, as the entrance for Primordial Vengeful Spirits to invade this world, was constantly exposed to the power of the Primordial Underworld, causing some of the soil to absorb that power and transform into Soul Gold."

Su Baichen suddenly realized that his master's prediction was correct.

They then began to study how to use the Soul Gold together.

The explosion experiment was discontinued, as it now seemed like a complete waste of Soul Gold.

This kind of soul metal can be forged and shaped simply by being fired with the "fire of the spirit," making it very useful.

Without a doubt, this would be an excellent material for forging magical artifacts.

Coincidentally, Illusory Fire is also a kind of spiritual fire, so the disciples of the Yin Sect are really well-suited to Soul Gold.

Shuiyin Ji has already taken a palm-sized ball of soul gold to prepare for refining her own natal magic weapon.

Xuan Yin Zhenren, however, was not in a hurry and simply accompanied Su Baichen to conduct further research.

As a result of a sudden inspiration from Su Baichen, they actually created a simple artifact spirit.

To be fair, Master Xuan Yin's crafting skills were also quite poor.

He wanted to imitate the method recorded in Kunyu's notes to make a top-quality puppet, but he used up a lot of precious ebony and only made a wooden lump that couldn't move.

Fortunately, once the Soul Gold was placed inside, everything was transformed from decay to magic.

The spiritual energy within the wooden lump began to circulate around the Soul Metal, causing the terribly damaged wooden figure to move in an extremely distorted manner—like a ghoul in a horror movie.

Moreover, this thing doesn't have much intelligence; it's just some very shallow consciousness.

It's hard to imagine that this level of intelligence could make Grandmaster Kunyu so happy.

Su Baichen, however, had a different opinion on this.

If the puppet were made any better, he could use the same principle as the illusion clone technique to turn the puppet into a real physical clone of himself!

If that's the case, then he can do many more things.

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