After 100 years of leatherworking, I have become a giant in the magic sect.

Chapter 66 65. Rainbow (5.2K words - please subscribe)
[You begin to practice "Mysterious Sword Canon"]

[Like the "Xuan Qi Guiding Technique", the "Xuan Hua Yi Jian Dian" is just a method to absorb Xuan Qi. You only need to follow it to practice normally. There is no distinction between small success and big success.]

[Ten years later, your profound energy has not improved, but you can feel a hint of sword intent being nurtured in your soul.

That trace of sword intent is so mysterious that you can’t see or touch it, but you can feel that your soul is indeed becoming sharper.]

[One hundred years later, you are visualizing the sword as usual. The tip of the sword is not visible, only the sword body under the clouds.

An indescribable strong emotion arises in your heart.

The surging sword intent began to merge with the spirit that you had nurtured for three hundred years through the "Cold Prison Floating Life Bracelet", making those spirits begin to take shape.

The tip of the sword takes shape bit by bit due to your accumulated spirit, and finally pierces the sky, the clouds and fog dissipate, and it becomes a complete sword that reaches the sky.

[You have comprehended the final secret of "Mysterious Sword Canon" - the unity of man and sword]

In the study room in the cave, Song Yan came back to his senses. He slowly put down the animal skin at hand and looked at the flying sword on the other side.

Before, even though he possessed this ownerless sword, “the sword is the sword, and he is him”, and the two had nothing to do with each other.

The way he wielded the sword was just like a child picking up bricks. He used his strength in vain but was unable to unleash any deeper power.

He reconnected with the flying sword with his mysterious energy.

This time, he felt that his soul was integrated into the flying sword in a strange way.

The flying sword suddenly exploded with light, and he moved his body and merged into the light. With a slight movement, he flew out like a rainbow.

Fortunately, Song Yan only used a small amount of strength and was careful enough, so the long rainbow only spun rapidly for dozens of times in the study before settling down.

The glow faded, and the man and the sword separated again.

This time, the man is the man and the sword is the sword.

But when Song Yan's mind moved again, it merged with the glow of the sword.

At this moment, he felt more.

He is stronger because of the sword, and the sword is sharper because of him.

Song Yan closed his eyes, thought carefully for a long time, and finally understood.

'I see.'

'Whether it is a flying sword, a paper figurine, or a shadow puppet, they all involve the cultivator's own soul to a certain extent.'

'But the three are different.'

'The flying sword is completely integrated with the sword. The sword strengthens the person, and the person also strengthens the sword. But at the same time, if the sword is destroyed, it will also cause harm to the person.

Because man and sword are one, man and sword cannot be separated.

Wherever the man is, there the sword is.'

'The paper man should have separated a wisp of spirit and soul and merged it into the paper man. No matter how powerful the paper man is, it will not have any effect on the original body. If the paper man dies, the original body will at most take back that wisp of spirit and soul. It is harmless and much safer than the integration of man and sword.

And because the paper man is a wisp of soul separated from the main body's soul, it cannot leave the main body too far.'

'The shadow puppets originally had no soul inside them, but were only pulled outside by the manipulation method. Whether they were strong or not depended entirely on the shadow puppets themselves.

If the shadow puppets are not manipulated, they will not become scrap metal like flying swords, nor will they lose control like paper figures, because there are evil spirits in them and they are driven by evil spirits. These can be well proved in today's evil land.

Shi Zuo Weng is indeed a man of natural talent. He uses the method of painting skin and spirit to simulate hundreds of appearances, and then integrates a wisp of soul into the shadow puppets, making the shadow puppets produce the effect of paper figures.

But compared to paper figures, shadow puppets are more dangerous.

Because the paper man only contains a wisp of the original body's soul, while the main body in the shadow puppet is the evil spirit that is summoned. If it is not integrated properly, it may be attacked by the evil spirit at any time.

That is why Shi Zuo Weng attached great importance to the divine appearance.

Because if you have not realized the true meaning of the spirit, it will be difficult to grasp the spirit in the shadow puppet, and the possibility of backlash when integrating into it will be very high.'

'But I was able to spend thousands of years, with the help of evil spirits, to perfect the "Painted Skin Requiem", so that the summoned souls turned into slave souls, and then into deformed souls.

Other people who have their souls integrated into the shadow puppets have to be careful to avoid backlash, but I don’t have to worry about that.

Because the evil spirit that was summoned has already been controlled by me.

Therefore, I can use only a little bit of my spirit to control the shadow puppets from thousands of miles away, just like a clone.'

"This is really a bug."

Song Yan flicked his fingers slightly, and the flying sword fell lightly back into the sheath.

[You begin to practice the "White Snake Sword Technique"]

[Seven years later, you will have perfected this spell]

[Forty years later, you deduced a variant spell, "Mysterious Snake Sword Technique"]

[Seven hundred and twenty-five years later, you have deduced the second perfect variant spell "Black and White Evils"]

This is the end.

The deduction is over.

Song Yan scanned the panel.

The life span changed from [27/5947] to "[27/5122]".

He closed his eyes and tried to sense the new magic he had comprehended.

If the "White Snake Sword Art" is to integrate the body's mysterious energy and the spirit's sword intent into the flying sword, it will move like a snake and kill the enemy.

Then the "Mysterious Snake Sword Art" condensed a layer of evil energy on the surface of the mysterious energy, which greatly increased its power, and the white rainbow light thus turned into black rainbow light.

The perfect mutation spell "Black and White Evil" is the sublimation of two possible mutations. This requires a certain amount of mental power as a prerequisite, and when the mental power is sufficient, the number of flying swords that Song Yan can control has also increased from "one" to "two".

Two swords are unsheathed, one of which is a strengthened version of the black snake, hence the name Black Evil. When this sword is used, the person does not need to merge into the sword, but is driven only by the evil spirit;
The other sword is a white snake with the ability to devour, which can be called Bai Sha. When this sword is used, it can tear apart and absorb other people's mysterious energy and shatter other people's spells.

After completing his training, Song Yan breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and went back to bed, hugging the young lady with jade makeup.

The young lady woke up slowly and called out in confusion, "Master, do you still need Yuzhuang to serve you?"

Song Yan felt the tension in his arms and said, "Didn't I give you an order to sleep until dawn?"

The young lady in jade makeup was stunned.

It seems to have crashed.

"When touched by the master, you need to ask if you need to be served" conflicts with "the master's previous orders"
The young lady in jade makeup began to tremble all over, her eyes turned red, and she looked afraid.

Just as she was about to say something, Song Yan said, "The master's new order is that from now on you must sleep until dawn. The previous one does not count."

The young lady started to "restart" and this time there was no jam.

She responded sweetly, then obediently lay on her side, slightly arched her waist, and leaned her fat buttocks against her master's body, then closed her eyes and began to sleep seriously. During this time, no matter how the master moved, she would try her best to sleep until dawn.

But Song Yan is not that boring.

He felt the young lady's thoughts and understood that she must have suffered a lot of hardships and abuse to be trained like this.

He rubbed the young lady's hair, not knowing what to say.

a few days later.

The "Thorn Fox Alliance" of the Fu family is proceeding in full swing, and many masters are gathering there.

This information was also fully fed back to Song Yan through shadow puppetry.

However, his nickname "Hua Rong" can only pretend to be clumsy, after all, shadow puppetry cannot be improved through learning. Fortunately, cultivation is not a matter of one or two days, so others will not be surprised if he cannot absorb the sword spirit.

He began to try to let Hua Rong obtain some information about the "Jiang Palace Realm" and the "Nanwu Sword Gate".

These actions did not affect his leather making in Shadow Puppetry Pavilion at all.

Shen Nongjia studied seriously and would stand up to ask questions if he had any. Song Yan would also answer all his questions. After all, what he was teaching now was only the basics of "Painted Skin Recalling the Soul".
It doesn't matter even if all of this stuff is taught to others, because he also has the "Painted Skin Soul Slave Technique" and the "Painted Skin Deformed Soul Technique". However, Shen Nongjia cannot learn the latter two, as they are only limited to ghost cultivators.

As for Shi Zuo Weng's "Bai Xiang Shen Yu", he would also occasionally mention it in "Painted Skin Recollection".

Guhuangzi sent these two people here so that he could pass on Shizuoweng's legacy.

He will teach naturally.

Teach little by little.

In fact, if he was not worried about "killing the donkey after it has done its job", he would not mind handing them all over. The same reason, because he had already deduced "The Hundred Aspects of God" to the level of "The God Devouring the Hundred Aspects" and "The Hundred Aspects of Demon Body".

Chi Chi Chi.
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Song Yan's daytime life has always been simple and plain, even to outsiders it seems extremely boring.

At this time, after completing a shadow puppet of a blood-bladed elk, he did not stop, but continued to complete the second one before going to the small dark room behind the shadow puppet pavilion.

He raised his hand to summon the soul, and casually constructed a shadow puppet using the "Deformed Soul Technique" and stored it in the storage ring.

Then he used ordinary "necromancy" to construct another shadow puppet, which he carefully folded and placed in a sealed jade box.

The complete "necromancy" includes the step of making the evil spirits temporarily sleep. This step is also the most difficult step in the "necromancy". If Master Pi senses any danger, he should disperse the spirits immediately.

This will lead to the failure of the "shadow puppet making", and the shadow puppet will be torn into pieces due to the rampage of the soul.

Everything has to start over again.

Therefore, the failure rate of leather masters is still quite high.

If successful, the shadow puppet will fall into a "sleeping" state and will not be activated until someone uses the "skin-controlling technique".

At this time, it depends on the level of the "Yu Pi" disciple himself.

If you don't have the strength, you will be backfired.

Therefore, the requirements of the Puppet Sect for "controlling skin" disciples are very strict. It's not that you can't control the "low-level monster's shadow" when you are practicing the second or third level of Xuan, but it's not safe and the backlash may be great.

But if you practice Xuan to the fourth level and then try to control it, it will be almost certain.

After finishing a set of "Intermediate Monster Shadow Play", dusk has arrived.
He walked to the door of the shadow puppet pavilion and yawned.

The young lady in jade makeup came running from behind and asked caringly, "Brother, would you like some hot tea? I just made a pot of tea with moonlight grass."

In the puppet theater, Song Yan corrected her title, not allowing her to call him "master" or "slave". So, Miss Yuzhuang racked her brains and came up with the title "Daoist Brother".

As for moonlight grass, it is one of the main ingredients for making Xiaoxuanling Pills. Although pills only care about their effects and not their taste, moonlight grass itself is very delicious when used to make tea.

"Well, have a drink."

"Brother, wait a moment."

Miss Yuzhuang went to pour tea.

Outside the door, another inner disciple from the paper man's lineage came.

This disciple's name is Guan Wu. He seems to be the nephew of an elder in the sect. He has average qualifications and was previously responsible for tasks such as "escorting shadow puppets to Shadow Puppet Peak."

After all, for the Puppet Sect, shadow puppetry is something that everyone can use.

Song Yan handed over the finished shadow puppet jade box, and Guan Wu couldn't help but praise him: "Master Song can complete an intermediate shadow puppet every day, which is really amazing. I went to the Shadow Puppet Peak to get the finished shadow puppets before, and I have never seen a leather master like this, even a stone master is not as good as him.

And the fellow apprentices all praised Master Song’s craftsmanship.”

Song Yan waved his hand and smiled, "I am not as good as the teacher. I often fail and waste a lot of shadow puppets. I am just faster."

Guan Wu said, "Master Song, don't be too modest. Master Shi passed on his teachings to you because he believed you could surpass him. To be honest, I, Guan Wu, didn't know you well enough before, but now that I know you well, I feel that this teaching should really be passed on to you."

Song Yan smiled.

The two said goodbye.

Behind him, the young lady with jade makeup hurriedly brought over tea.

Song Yan took it, took a sip, and felt relaxed.

Even though Hua Rong was in the midst of numerous crises, he himself was working a normal "nine to five" job.

In this "9 to 5" daily routine, the most leisurely time is when it's almost time to get off work.

During this period of time, he has used his own strength to prove his terrifying talent in shadow puppetry.

His title also changed from the slightly perfunctory "Uncle Master", "Master Song", "Little Song" and so on to the unified "Master Song".

At this moment, Yue Yang Luo was seen hurrying back from a distance, with a disciple beside him chatting and laughing with him. When they arrived at the puppet pavilion, the disciple clasped his fists to Yue Yang Luo and said, "Brother Yue, remember to come."

Yueyang Luo laughed and said, "Junior Brother Liu, you're welcome. I will definitely come."

The disciple respectfully called Song Yan "Master Song" again before leaving.

Yueyang Luo said, "Master, this is Liu Wenzan. He is quite sensible. He took the initiative to lower his head today and even invited me to go with him to recruit new members in a few days."

Speaking of the word "recruit new members", he chuckled, obviously knowing that there was something fishy going on.

Song Yan didn't say much, just waved his hand and said, "Don't leave the leather making behind."

Yueyang Luo entered the pavilion, and when he saw Cao Yuzhuang, he did not call her "Master's Wife" as he did before. Instead, he just glanced at her with contempt and even a bit of evil, and then sat down to make leather.

Shen Nongjia didn't even raise her head and said calmly, "Why don't you call me Master's Wife?"

Yueyang Luo said: "You called me the wrong name! This is just a furnace tripod issued by the sect, a tool. Why call her Master's Wife? Is she worthy of being called Master? Humph!"

Shen Nongjia said: "Even so, since Master has acquiesced, you shouldn't say anything."

"Yo!"

Yueyang Luo stood up suddenly and asked, "When is it your turn to teach me a lesson?"

Shen Nongjia smiled faintly and said nothing more.

Song Yan sighed softly.

These two disciples, one has a hot temper and is bloodthirsty; the other is cunning and scheming.

They are really not easy to deal with.

He turned his head and saw Miss Yuzhuang lowering her head nervously, and said, "Xiao Yue, in this room, she is your master's wife, do you understand?"

Seeing Song Yan's back to him, Yueyang Luo couldn't help but quietly rolled his eyes and said, "Got it, Master."

Shen Nongjia said: "Teacher, Yueyang Luo actually rolled his eyes at you."

Yueyang Luo was startled and said hurriedly: "Don't talk nonsense, how dare I be disrespectful to the teacher?"

Song Yan said: "Stop arguing!"

The two of them fell silent and lowered their heads to make leather.

That night.

Song Yan flew back to the cave with Miss Yuzhuang on his sword.

As soon as I opened the door, a piece of paper fell out from the crack.

Song Yan grabbed the paper and looked at it.

Letter to the Emperor: Fellow Daoist Song, can you demonstrate your Jianmen skills in front of many people to prove your identity?

There is no signature, nor is there any mention of who put it there and when.

Song Yan began to think.

The next day, Song Yan simply opened the door of the shadow puppet pavilion, then carried a sword and came to the edge of the cliff where there were many disciples.

Although his life was peaceful during this period, the Puppet Sect and the Ghost Cultivators were working together to eliminate the infiltrated fox demon.

Outside the cliff, many disciples felt extremely strange when they saw Song Yan here.

Song Yan just said, "I will also do my best to kill the fox."

After saying this, he pinched the White Snake Sword Technique, and the sword came out of its sheath, turning into a white rainbow and flying away. His body merged into it and disappeared into the horizon in an instant.

The disciples were stunned.

After a long time.
From a valley, noisy sounds were coming.

Those were the disciples who were surrounding and suppressing the fox demon.

But the fox demon was cunning and quite powerful. This time, the disciples of the Puppet Sect seemed to have disturbed the fox's den, luring out three or four fox demons, and were now struggling to deal with them.

The disciples here saw that they were unable to hold on, but suddenly they felt a white rainbow passing through the sky. Looking again, they saw the rainbow light flying down and cutting off a fox's head.

"What mysterious weapon?!"

"No! It's not a mysterious weapon, it's Master Song!"

"Master Song? Impossible. Isn't he only good at leatherworking?"

"How can this be?"

Song Yan turned into a rainbow in public, and picked out the weakest fox demon among the crowd. He killed it instantly with a sneak attack and then returned.

Above the shadow puppet pavilion, a rainbow light came from afar and then suddenly stopped.

A man in a white robe descended from the sky, holding a sword. He swung the sword lightly and put it into the sheath. He had an upright posture and eyes like lightning, as if he had absorbed the sharpness of all things around him and gathered it all into himself.

"Master?"

Yueyang Luo was standing in front of the door. He had already walked out of the door when the rainbow light flew in. When he saw that the man who fell to the ground was actually his master, he couldn't help but be stunned.

When she looked at the man's eyes again, she felt their sharpness was scorching. She quickly lowered her head, her heart trembling with fear. Thinking of her own disrespect yesterday, she felt even more afraid.

His legs suddenly felt weak, and he turned around and entered the puppet pavilion. He looked up and saw the young lady in jade makeup huddled there, serving tea and water. He lowered his head hastily and said respectfully, "Master, he's back."

The young lady in jade makeup was stunned for a moment, nodded, and responded: "Yeah."

Song Yanda walked into the shadow puppet pavilion.

He wasn't panicked.

From today onwards, the name of this swordsman who has reached the seventh level of Xuan and the master of leatherworking will spread.

The explanation of his identity as a disciple of Jianmen and his strength can also come to a perfect end.

Although the power he displayed was powerful, it should be only an average talent, which can be used by every disciple who took the time to cultivate the sword spirit and practiced the "White Snake Sword Art" diligently.

Sword cultivators are already quite good at single-target killing power.

And these, of course, have never touched upon his true strength.

Song Yan raised his hand, took two animal skins from the shelf, and continued working.

He would "destroy" an animal hide every now and then, firstly to make his success rate not 100%, and secondly to hide another "destroyed" "intermediate monster shadow hide" in the storage space.

The more shadow puppets there are and the stronger they are, the more terrifying the power of his "Hundred-Aspect Demon Body" will be.

These days, he has saved up nine "intermediate monster shadow puppets".

Today is the tenth.

There are more and more to be saved. If he is forced to escape in the future, he will be able to swallow up all the images in one gulp, fuse those hundreds of "deformed soul puppets of intermediate monsters", manifest a demon body, and gain more vitality, right?

(End of this chapter)