Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Now that Su Baichen has returned, Feng Linzi still needs to go back to Xianyou County to take charge.

But this time, before parting, Su Baichen said, "Senior brother, I want senior sister to go with you."

Feng Linzi asked in surprise, "Why is that?"

Lin Zhaodi looked over in surprise, wondering why she was being asked to leave when she was perfectly fine there.

Su Baichen said, "This Xuanmiao Temple has become a target. If things don't go smoothly, I will abandon it."

Feng Linzi agreed, saying, "It's just a Taoist temple; there's really no need to worry about it too much."

"But Junior Brother Qingmozi's grave is here..."

Su Baichen resolutely said, "I will guard Senior Brother Qing Mozi's grave."

Feng Linzi nodded in agreement and, following Su Baichen's instructions, took Lin Zhaodi to the county town.

After the two of them left, only Su Baichen remained in the Taoist temple.

He was actually very happy that he hadn't implicated Fenglinzi because of his own actions.

Su Baichen simply sat down cross-legged beside the grave and patiently began cultivating the "Mysterious Yin Qi Technique".

Because the cultivation of true qi in the "Mysterious Yin Qi Technique" requires the assistance of yin qi for tempering, and his mysterious yin spiritual qi is all gathered in the Soul-Suppressing Sword.

So he simply circulated his true energy within his body, and then injected it into the Soul-Suppressing Sword to complete the final 'quenching'.

In this way, he essentially broke down the cultivation of the "Mysterious Yin Qi Technique" into two parts.

The first part is cultivating one's own internal energy, and the second part is incorporating the profound yin spiritual energy that should have been stored in the bones and meridians into the Soul-Suppressing Sword.

Thus, the Soul-Suppressing Sword became his cultivation cheat code.

It can maintain the unique features of the "Mysterious Yin Qi Technique" by using Mysterious Yin spiritual energy to refine true qi, without worrying that the Mysterious Yin spiritual energy will suppress one's own vitality and slow down the speed of true qi cultivation.

It can be said that Su Baichen's Qi refining speed has increased by more than double compared to before.

As his true energy circulated, he even began to feel the inconvenience of storing it in his lower dantian.

The lower dantian is located above the sea of ​​essence, making it convenient for gathering essence and refining qi.

However, when he tried to circulate his Qi throughout his body, he experienced many inconveniences.

This is why it is necessary to "shift the furnace" after completing the Great Circulation cultivation... The "Five Qi Returning to the Origin" of the Qi Refining Upper Realm can only be carried out after the furnace is shifted, since the Tanzhong position is exactly in line with the principle of "Returning to the Origin".

After cultivating for two days, Su Baichen was still at the level of the Twelve Meridians and did not rush to open up the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

That very night, he suddenly heard the sound of wind on the wall.

Looking up, I saw a person nimbly vault over the wall and land on the ground.

"Master Qi, what brings you here?"

He recognized him; it was Qi Weiyuan, the swordsman who had been abandoned by Zhou Cong earlier.

Qi Weiyuan had no knife in his hand and pretended to be hiding behind a mask.

Upon hearing this, he unexpectedly removed his face mask, but did not ask any further questions. He simply said, "Please, Daoist, leave this place with me immediately. Zhou Cong has already led five hundred Imperial Guards, armed with oil-soaked arrows, and is heading this way."

"If we hesitate even slightly, this Taoist temple will probably be engulfed in flames."

Su Baichen's expression shifted slightly, and he looked at Qi Weiyuan with a smile, saying, "Good!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Weiyuan saw that 'Thousand Illusions White Dust' in front of him had stood up, as if preparing to leave with him.

He quickly turned around and jumped onto the wall.

He glanced back from the top of the wall to make sure Su Baichen had caught up before hurriedly leaving.

But how could he know that Su Baichen hadn't moved a muscle the entire time?

He remained seated cross-legged beside the grave, his gaze calm, but gradually a flame began to rise from within.

Before long, another person jumped over the wall and landed beside him.

"Daoist Master, Zhou Cong has already led five hundred Imperial Guards here. You should leave with me quickly to avoid further trouble."

Qi Weiyuan, the master swordsman, had just arrived, and now Xie Yi, the swordsman of Funan, has also come.

Su Baichen was both amused and exasperated. He hadn't expected that after letting these two go that day, they would now both want to help him escape danger.

This is what it means to reap good results from good causes.

He nodded and replied, "Good."

Then Xie Yi also left with a phantom.

A moment later, Su Baichen looked up at the sky.

With a whooshing sound, hundreds of rockets fell from the sky and landed inside the Taoist temple.

Su Baichen sat beside the grave in the courtyard, where a large tree stood tall and spreading its canopy.

The rockets soaked in kerosene could burn continuously when they landed on the houses, quickly setting the entire yard ablaze.

However, no arrows fell on Su Baichen's head because of the big tree.

"When my senior brother Qingmozi was alive, he swept the fallen leaves for you every day. After he died, you will have to shelter him from the wind and rain."

He uttered a phrase softly, and then the profound Yin spiritual energy emanated from the Soul-Suppressing Sword resting on his lap, instantly extinguishing the flames on the tree.

The surrounding area was engulfed in flames.

The entire Taoist temple was engulfed in flames.

However, the tree and the space beneath it remained unharmed.

The fire burned for half the night, setting the Taoist temple's buildings ablaze.

However, because the temple was mostly built of bricks and tiles, the flames slowly went out after the wooden structure was burned.

Only then did Su Baichen stand up.

The spot where he stood up was covered with a layer of frost, and he had been refining the profound yin spiritual energy the whole time.

However, as he walked out, a double image appeared on his body first.

Then another Su Baichen stepped out of him and walked straight out.

This is his illusion; he won't expose his true form directly.

……

Outside the ruins of the Xuanmiao Temple, five hundred imperial guards surrounded it.

Led by a commander, the five hundred people silently surrounded the Taoist temple until the fire subsided.

The commander then ordered, "Crush it in!"

The imperial guards immediately stepped forward, preparing to rush into the ruins.

But at that moment, a figure slowly walked out from the flames at the entrance of the temple, where the fire had not yet been extinguished.

The commander immediately raised his hand, and the five hundred imperial guards stopped and watched the person walking out of the gate.

Su Baichen walked out of the flames with an air of nonchalance, not a trace of fire on his clothes, as if the flames did not exist for him.

"Didn't Zhou Cong come?"

Su Baichen said calmly, then added disappointedly, "That's true, he probably doesn't dare to come."

"Release the arrows!"

The commander of the Imperial Guards gave another order.

The next moment, the rain of arrows arrived as expected.

However, Su Baichen didn't take the dense rain of arrows seriously at all.

All the arrows that struck him bounced off as if they were hitting a steel plate.

After three rounds of arrow rain, he was surrounded by arrow-studded wooden stakes.

But his clothes were completely undamaged, not even a single tear.

This scene had already surprised the Imperial Guard soldiers.

Or rather, it was fear.

Su Baichen then continued, "I originally wanted to teach you a lesson for daring to destroy my Taoist temple... but considering that you were acting under orders, I will naturally go and resolve this matter with the Zhou family."

As he spoke, the figure vanished in an instant!

To these soldiers, it was like a ghost!

The Imperial Guard commander steadied himself and immediately ordered, "Play tricks! Go in and search!"

But this time, the Imperial Guards, who were usually obedient, all hesitated.

The commander of the Imperial Guards was furious and simply stormed into the Taoist temple himself...

However, all he could see was ruins and scorched earth.

The commander of the Imperial Guards was stunned for a long time before he awkwardly led his troops away.

Shortly after he left, the courtyard, which had been in ruins, changed.

The large tree in the backyard appeared along with the grave, then quietly disappeared again, blending into the surrounding environment.

Su Baichen's figure appeared in the ruins, and then headed towards Linxian Mansion.