Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Su Baichen stood beside Feng Linzi, silently watching the fake Taoist dance for a while, and then deceive the foolish rich man with a few words before rushing down the mountain before dark.

It seemed that the mountain forest was filled with a gloomy atmosphere, and none of these people wanted to stay any longer.

After the funeral procession had all left, Su Baichen and Feng Linzi came out.

"Bai Chen, open this coffin lid and take a look."

Su Baichen nodded, then took out an unsharpened greatsword made of refined iron, a replica of the Soul-Suppressing Sword, from his treasure pouch.

Although the sword was not sharpened, he reached out and swung it precisely into the gap under the coffin lid. Then, with a light flick of his wrist, the coffin lid flew off.

Feng Linzi, somewhat wistfully, said, "Your swordsmanship is becoming more and more refined."

He seemed to be witnessing the rise of a sword cultivator from his own Yin Sect.

Su Baichen humbly replied, "No, I'm actually all strength and no action. In any emergency, my body can't react in time."

The deficiency in his nerve reflex speed remains unresolved, but fortunately he still possesses illusion magic, which largely compensates for his lack of reaction speed... Of course, he has always overlooked his power as the inheritor of the Ancestor of Humanity, and the extent of his physical strength is unknown.

The coffin lid was lifted, and Su Baichen timidly approached, cautiously peeking inside, as if worried that something deadly might pop out.

Feng Linzi said speechlessly, "Don't worry, she's just an ordinary girl."

Su Baichen then saw the person lying inside the coffin... It was a little girl dressed in fine clothes, who looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old!

However, the little girl seemed to have been drugged and was currently fast asleep.

"This is absolutely outrageous! Why would they bury this girl here?"

Feng Linzi said, "Unorthodox secret arts always involve the creation of vengeful spirits or yin corpses."

"This girl is lucky; we just happened to run into her, so she doesn't have to suffer."

Su Baichen understood and suddenly said, "Senior Brother, let's chase after him and capture that fake Taoist priest."

After a moment's thought, Feng Linzi said, "You go ahead, I'll stay here and look after this girl."

He also considered that the other party had not gone far and there were no other cultivators around, so their safety was definitely not a problem.

However, he clearly underestimated Su Baichen's caution...

The more reckless Su Baichen was in the trial of the Soul-Suppressing Sword, the more cautious he was in reality.

He swiftly caught up with the funeral procession using his wave-walking technique, and then, following Feng Linzi's earlier demonstration, cast an illusion spell on them...

Under the illusion, the group unknowingly split up!

Just like the situation he encountered on the forest path near Changchun Palace, they unknowingly took a wrong turn, and when they realized it, there was no one around...

But in reality, everyone around them was there; it was just that Su Baichen's illusion made them unable to see or hear the presence of others.

They thought they had encountered something dirty, and they all ran away in terror... Of course, Su Baichen did not confuse their sense of direction, and the illusion would be broken by itself after half an hour.

By then, they'll probably have all run back to the city.

The fake Taoist priest was an exception.

Unlike the others who received a "minor punishment as a warning," Su Baichen deeply resented the fake Taoist's actions, so he confused the Taoist's direction, causing him to completely lose his way in the mountains.

"Who? What kind of demon dares to mock this humble Taoist?!"

The fake Taoist priest stopped walking and started shouting in a show of bravado but inwardly cowardly manner.

Su Baichen found him noisy, so she had an idea. She conjured up the image of a beautiful woman behind a tree and then controlled the illusion to sway her hips and walk out gracefully.

"Ugh, what a loud voice! You stinking Taoist priest, you can't even see through my illusions, so what right do you have to shout like that?"

The fake Taoist priest shouted angrily, "Witch, I am a disciple of Changchun Palace! Aren't you afraid that Changchun Palace will grind you to dust?"

The beautiful woman's image was slightly taken aback, then she covered her mouth and chuckled, "You dare to impersonate a disciple of Changchun Palace? Changchun Palace wouldn't allow a disciple who hasn't even begun the Foundation Establishment stage to roam freely... Do you even know what cultivation is?"

The words were full of sarcasm, which immediately provoked the fake Taoist priest to the point of agitation.

However, the fake Taoist suddenly suppressed his anger and said, "What do you know? I only happened to obtain a peerless divine skill that requires dispersing one's cultivation to start over, so I dispersed my original cultivation to prepare for starting over."

"Although my cultivation is temporarily gone, my eyesight and realm remain... Dealing with a mere monster like you is nothing to me!"

Upon hearing the keyword, Su Baichen immediately manipulated the phantom to begin its performance: "Oh dear, I'm so scared! What kind of unparalleled divine skill is that? I'm very curious too!"

Then, without making a sound, a fox tail hung down behind the phantom, swaying back and forth.

The fake Taoist priest subtly shook the dough, then said calmly, "Showing it to you isn't impossible. I really need an assistant to cultivate the divine skills in this manual..."

"If you are willing to cooperate with me, we can practice this skill together."

The fox spirit exclaimed excitedly, "Great! Where's the secret manual? Let me see it quickly..."

The fake Taoist priest reached into his robes and said, "Here you go, but can you even understand it?"

The fox spirit leaned closer, her face full of anticipation: "Yes, I'm sure I can understand it..."

As it was speaking, the fake Taoist suddenly flung out his hand from his robes, and three throwing knives flew out in a triangular pattern.

The fox spirit's expression froze, and then three throwing knives pierced its body... but there was no feeling of hitting a solid object. Instead, three "thud, thud, thud" sounds came from the tree trunk behind it, and the throwing knives all landed on the tree trunk.

"Or is it an illusion?!"

The fake Taoist priest reacted quickly, immediately rolling on the spot and then starting to move like a snake...

This is out of fear of being ambushed by a master of illusion in the shadows.

However, he was unaware that his senses had been deceived.

then……

"bump!"

The fake Taoist priest, fleeing for his life, suddenly crashed headfirst into an invisible tree trunk, then fell backward without uttering a sound.

Su Baichen walked over with a grin, intending to search the man's body.

He was still very curious about what exactly this "peerless divine skill" that the man was talking about was.

However, just as he reached out to touch the other's chest, the fake Taoist suddenly grabbed Su Baichen's arm with his other hand, and then, with his other hand holding a dagger, he stabbed it fiercely into Su Baichen's chest!

Su Baichen's pupils suddenly contracted, and then contracted again.

He panicked, but his body didn't react at all.

His slow reaction time in this emergency situation once again became a hindrance.

And in those very short moments, he was struck in the chest...

"Clang~"

A crisp sound.

The dagger pierced the hard object and slipped, tearing a gash in Su Baichen's chest.

His white, muscular chest held firm against the dagger's edge, without breaking a single inch of his skin.

Well, the body-refining technique he developed himself is quite commendable.

"This...this external martial arts technique..."

The fake Taoist priest was somewhat frightened, while Su Baichen was furious and embarrassed.

He thought he had the victory in the bag, but his clothes were still torn by this fake Taoist priest who had no cultivation whatsoever... This was certainly because he lacked experience in the martial world, but it was also because he wasn't careful enough!

Enraged, he resorted to a highly forbidden method of illusion.

That is to use illusion magic to erase all of a person's senses and create a "black cage" for them!

The fake Taoist priest's eyes instantly lost their light, and then he lay motionless on the ground with his eyes open.

He was still alive, but his consciousness was imprisoned in a black cage within his sea of ​​consciousness, and he could not sense his own body in the slightest.

This is a profound technique that can only be mastered by those who have reached the fourth rank of the Illusionary Yin Eight Transformations: Black Cage.