Raise a sword!

Daoist Luochen?

Jiang Peng remained outwardly calm, but inwardly she couldn't help but be startled, and her hand unconsciously brushed against the storage bag at her waist.

There was an ancient book in the storage bag called "The Travels of Luochen," which came from the legacy left by the old demon Dan.

The author of this travelogue is none other than the Fallen Dust Taoist mentioned by the remnant soul at this very moment!

Jiang Peng had already read through the entire travelogue.

After all, it was just a travelogue, yet it was placed together with Dan Laomo, many inheritances, and his own alchemy furnace. It seemed unusual no matter how you looked at it, and Jiang Peng always felt that there might be some secret in it.

However, over the years, Jiang Peng had already read through the entire travelogue.

It's really just an ordinary travelogue; there's absolutely no clue as to what it's all about.

"Now it seems that this book, 'The Travels of Luochen,' may indeed be hiding some secret, but I am too ignorant to see it... It's a pity that Old Demon Dan is dead, so there is nowhere to investigate this matter, and I can't ask anyone for advice," Jiang Peng thought to himself.

However, the most urgent task was not to find out the secret of the travelogue. Jiang Peng simply made a mental note of the matter and did not delve into it.

"Was the senior a Nascent Soul cultivator in his previous life?" Jiang Peng asked the remnant soul again.

"Hmph, you can find out about the name of True Monarch Tiancan by asking around in the Southern Mountain Region! Three to five hundred years is not enough time for my great name to disappear without a trace."

Jiang Peng memorized the name and then fell silent.

Jiang Peng's silence also alarmed the injured Tiancan Daoist.

"I'm still useful! Spare my life!" Tiancan Daoren said quickly. "Don't think that just because I'm a remnant soul, I'm useless. I was a Nascent Soul cultivator when I was alive. With just a little guidance, I can make your cultivation advance by leaps and bounds."

Jiang Peng shook her head slightly.

"I, Jiang, have a master."

"Your master is also a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

"At least my master didn't try to possess me."

The Heavenly Crippled Taoist was speechless.

Jiang Peng laid the issue out in the open, stating frankly that she did not trust Tiancan Daoren, which rendered Tiancan Daoren's flowery words useless.

"This is good! There are still treasures in my former cave!"

"Where?"

"It's located in the Earth-Ringing Mountains," Tiancan Daoist said rapidly. "You have that purple flame that restrains me, and you could take my life with a single thought. Aren't you still at ease?"

"You explored this cave, going through countless hardships to break through this hellish place, only to find it's just a sealed area with absolutely nothing to show for it... Are you really willing to accept this?"

Jiang Peng was somewhat surprised.

"Huh, you actually know about what's happening outside the stone gate?"

"After the earth dragon turned over, most of the sealing formation was destroyed, and I have long been able to explore the outside world... It's just that my remnant soul cannot leave this hall, and it also needs the yin energy in the hall to prolong its life, so I have not left."

Jiang Peng chuckled.

"Heh, one of the reasons you haven't left is that you're missing a suitable body to house your remnant soul, which is filled with malevolent energy, isn't it?"

The Heavenly Crippled Taoist remained silent, clearly acknowledging this statement.

Jiang Peng continued, "I do covet your Nascent Soul Cave, senior, but I am only at the Qi Refining stage. No matter how much I covet it, I know my abilities are insignificant. A high-level cultivator could easily take my life with a single arrangement."

"You could destroy my remnant soul with a single thought, yet you still think I'm trying to harm you?"

"Better safe than sorry."

Tiancan Daoren couldn't help but sneer twice, saying, "You coward! You are now both greedy for my inheritance and afraid of taking any risks, so you need me to come up with a way to gain your trust."

Jiang Peng readily admitted, "After all, your life is in my hands."

"Don't you have a companion outside? Once we get to my cave, have that person scout ahead and remove all the restrictions as I instructed... If you still don't believe me, you can always have him bring everything out of the cave!"

Tiancan Daoist sighed, "In that case, you naturally face no risk."

Jiang Peng shook her head.

"If I were to put my friend at risk for the sake of treasure, how would I be any different from those heretical cultivators like you, senior?"

"Is this what righteous people do to threaten me now?"

"Wasn't it the senior who possessed the junior first?"

Tiancan Daoren gave a light snort.

After a moment's thought, he said, "Open your mind, and I will teach you the art of puppet making! You will then control the puppets to explore my cave, and bring out what you find in the puppet's form, how about that?"

"If you still don't agree, then kill me!"

Jiang Peng was slightly surprised; she hadn't expected that this Heavenly Crippled Taoist was also capable of crafting puppets.

Puppetry is a branch of weapon crafting, and it is a particularly niche art among various crafts. It is rare to see anyone practicing this art.

This method is time-consuming, laborious, and costly. For cultivators, learning puppetry techniques is somewhat of a losing proposition.

Because puppets are no different from cultivators, they are purely for fighting against people.

The methods for fighting against other people are endless, and compared to that, the cost of puppetry is not worthwhile.

Jiang Peng relaxed her mind slightly, and then she felt herself reconnected with the remnant soul.

This time, however, the remnant soul did not attempt to seize control of the body. Instead, it filled Jiang Peng's mind with a great deal of knowledge about weapon crafting.

The transmission of the Dharma finally stopped in less than a quarter of an hour.

As Jiang Peng experienced the incredibly ingenious weapon-refining techniques in his mind, he felt a sense of wonder and wonder.

"They can even transmit the Dharma like this?"

A similar method of transmission had been used by Elder Hao before. He simply touched Jiang Peng's head with one finger, and Jiang Peng immediately understood the contents of the technique.

But the content of the exercise is extremely concise, consisting of only a few thousand words.

What Tiancan Daoist is transmitting now is not only the refining methods and experience up to the third tier, but also countless memories of his own refining experiences.

"Hmph, I've cut off most of the weapon-refining part of my memory and passed it on to you. Otherwise, with your rudimentary cultivation, I don't know when you'd be able to learn how to refine puppets."

Jiang Peng asked in surprise, "You severed your memories? What about you?"

"I am but a remnant soul. What is there that I cannot give you in order to save my own life?" Tiancan Daoren said bitterly. "I hope this will gain your trust and let you know that I have truly given everything without reservation in order to survive."

Jiang Peng believed most of what he said.

A Nascent Soul cultivator was sealed away, his physical body was completely destroyed, and he was reduced to ashes. Only his remnant soul was able to survive.

At least in terms of the will to survive, Jiang Peng believed in the Heavenly Cripples.

So Jiang Peng began to familiarize himself with the new weapon-refining knowledge in his mind. As he read, he casually asked, "To be honest, senior, I have wanted to learn weapon refining for a long time, because I have learned a sword-nurturing technique, in which weapon refining is of paramount importance."

"Sword nurturing technique? Heavenly Chen sword nurturing? Jade Pavilion sword nurturing?"

Jiang Peng was taken aback.

"It's the latter."

"Don't learn it." Tiancan Daoren said succinctly, "The Jade Pavilion Sword Cultivation Technique has drawbacks. If you really want to learn sword cultivation, learn the Heavenly Chen Sect's... Oh, by the way, does the Jade Pavilion Sword Pavilion still exist?"

"exist."

"The sword-nurturing technique of Jade Pavilion is an improvement on the Heavenly Chen sword-nurturing technique... and it's getting worse with each improvement."