Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Hekou Town, which should actually be called Hekoujin, is a wharf under the jurisdiction of Xianyou County.

Although this is not a major shipping route, there are still more than a dozen merchant ships coming and going to unload cargo every day, making it arguably the most prosperous area under the jurisdiction of Xianyou County.

Su Baichen blended into the crowd and walked inconspicuously; the street seemed unchanged.

Upon arriving at the port, we found six merchant ships docked for resupply, and another unloading cargo.

Su Baichen went up to take a look and, following his spiritual senses, clearly sensed something unusual about one of the merchant ships that was resupplying.

He just didn't know what this anomaly was, and he needed to carefully investigate before making a decision.

He quietly approached the dock and erased all traces of his existence.

He felt that rather than disguising himself as an ordinary person to get close, it would be better to approach without leaving a trace, thus minimizing his chances of making a mistake.

He slowly approached, and his spiritual senses quickly detected traces of a cultivator.

Those were cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage, or even those who had not yet completed the Lesser Heavenly Cycle.

A young man stood on the dock where the merchant ships were moored, his cold gaze sweeping over the surroundings, clearly on guard against something.

Su Baichen walked up slowly, appearing quite composed.

Anyway, if someone can see through his illusion, there's no point in him hiding it anymore; if they can't see through it, then they just can't see through it.

Of course, not just anyone can see through the Fourth Grade Illusionary Yin Eight Transformations.

He simply brushed past the young man, who didn't even notice.

He then walked onto the merchant ship, passed between two Foundation Establishment cultivators, and went directly into the cabin.

He continued down the path, concealing everything about himself with illusions.

Along the way, his spiritual senses were able to detect many auras on the merchant ship, including eight Foundation Establishment cultivators, and another being in the cabin whose aura was no weaker than his.

This should be a formidable rival.

Instead of seeking out the mysterious cultivator of equal cultivation level, he went directly to the lowest level warehouse to see what had caused his greatest discomfort in his spiritual senses...

When he arrived at the warehouse, he found it full of grain.

Is this ship carrying grain?

But why does food give him such a bad feeling?

Could there be something hidden inside the grain?

Since he was already there, he couldn't help but want to find out what was going on.

However, when he actually stepped into the lower cabin, he suddenly stepped on a loose plank.

After triggering a certain mechanism, a foul-smelling, dark green liquid suddenly sprayed out from the surrounding area.

Su Baichen's heart skipped a beat. This time, he reacted quickly, immediately using the "Wave-Stepping Technique" to slide forward a large step, dodging the spray of the highly poisonous black water.

This shows that his reaction speed is actually quite fast. However, when he holds a sword, he can't help but think about moves, and once he starts thinking about moves, his mind gets cluttered and his body can't react in time.

I don't know what kind of problem he has.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from the doorway.

His heart tightened, and he quietly hid at the bottom of the cabin.

The next moment, a group of people rushed into the bottom of the ship's cabin.

"What's going on?"

"Looks like nobody's here?"

"Wait, the mechanism has been triggered. Who stepped on it?"

Some of the Foundation Establishment cultivators were confused as they searched for the person who had triggered the mechanism.

Su Baichen quietly moved to the entrance of the warehouse, preparing to slip out at the right moment.

Just then, the fellow cultivator who had been in the cabin appeared.

He was a young man dressed in a black robe, his age was hard to tell... but he looked to be around thirty years old.

He walked over, looked at the activated mechanism, and asked, "Did you find anything?"

The others immediately replied, "Reporting to Xian Daozi, we found nothing. We came down as soon as we heard the noise, but we didn't see anyone going out."

"Kendoko"?

Su Baichen was somewhat surprised, because righteous cultivators wouldn't refer to their own people like that... He suddenly remembered some things his master, True Person Xuanyin, had mentioned.

Those who follow the demonic path always refer to the outstanding young talents in their sect as "Virtuous Disciples"!

Of course, those in the righteous path would call these people "demons".

He hadn't expected that the people on this ship would actually come from the demonic path. What were they up to?

No, he couldn't just sit idly by, no matter what it was.

This demon's cultivation level was comparable to his own, making him the greatest enemy he had ever faced. In addition, with so many Foundation Establishment realm subordinates around him, he really had no confidence.

So at that moment, he tried to walk towards the warehouse door, intending to slip away while the other party couldn't detect his illusion.

So he quietly moved through the crowd, inching his way to the door.

As it turned out, his illusion magic was indeed powerful enough; he practically squeezed through a crowd without being detected.

However, the "Wise Daozi" made another move. He suddenly began to perform a ritual, chanting incantations and releasing a burst of spiritual light between his interlocked fingers... This should be some kind of detection spell.

Su Baichen felt a chill run down his spine upon seeing this, thinking to himself, "This guy is indeed a formidable opponent. Could this kind of detection method be able to see through my illusion?"

However, this detection spell is projected forward in a fan shape.

Su Baichen stood parallel to the 'Xian Daozi', so he was not affected at all.

"Really nobody's here?"

The 'Kendoko' looked puzzled.

A subordinate cautiously inquired, "Xiandaozi, what do we do next? Should we continue sending this batch of grain to the capital of Liang?"

This was quite a lot of information, so Su Baichen stopped and started gathering intelligence... The main problem was that 'Xiandaozi' was blocking the door, and he couldn't just push him aside and run away, could he?

The Demon Prince hesitated for a moment, then said, "No, we'll sail the boat onto the river and then burn it!"

His subordinate exclaimed in surprise, "This...this means the mission failed!"

The Demon Prince said coldly, "Don't forget, our mission is to transport the plague-ridden grain into the capital of Liang Kingdom without being detected."

"The premise of everything is 'not being exposed'!"

"There's more than one grain transport team. Someone must have triggered a trap earlier. We can't take the risk!"

Su Baichen was stunned. He suddenly felt that he couldn't just leave like this.

These demonic disciples transporting such a large batch of grain to the capital—they're definitely up to no good!

As he thought this, a murderous intent suddenly flashed in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, the sage of the demonic sect was very perceptive and immediately sensed the killing intent. He reflexively unleashed a spell at the person next to him!

The spell passed in front of Su Baichen and struck a demonic disciple directly. He screamed in agony as his body was quickly broken down into pus!

"Kendouko, this is...?"

The demon prince didn't even glance at the demonic disciple who had been reduced to pus, and coldly said, "The intruder is still here!"

"Come out! You can't hide!"

Su Baichen's face turned ugly.

He was now thankful that he had habitually cast an extra illusion on himself to confuse his location, otherwise that spell would have hit him!

Fortunately, he had experienced countless life-or-death situations within the Soul-Suppressing Sword, and he quickly devised a solution.

What he relied on was still the swordsmanship and illusion techniques he had mastered!

The next moment, everyone saw a flash of sword light, and an incomparably sharp sword aura suddenly burst forth from a demonic disciple, stabbing towards the demon prince.

"Finally couldn't hold back anymore?!"

Seeing this, the demon prince didn't dare to confront them head-on, so he grabbed someone nearby and threw them up...

"Spare me..."

The man screamed.

However, the sword energy pierced through his body, creating a large hole in his chest!

This was the Changchun Sword Qi unleashed by Su Baichen, making everyone tense and aware that there really was an enemy here.

But the next moment, all the demonic disciples in the cabin were caught in a chaotic battle.

There was no other reason than that Su Baichen used illusion magic to confuse the location from which the sword energy was emitted, making different people think that the sword energy appeared in different locations... Thus, in the eyes of these demonic disciples, the people next to them or opposite them were enemies.

What a chaotic battle!

These demonic disciples are all ruthless and decisive individuals. If they feel threatened, they will not hesitate to take action.

Perhaps everyone has realized that someone is using illusions to deceive them, but... they can't stop.