CHAPTER 67: 65. BECOMING A RAINBOW (5.2K WORDS - SUBSCRIBE REQUEST)_2

Another sword possesses the devouring ability of a white serpent, known as the White Sha; when this sword strikes, it can tear apart and absorb others’ Profound Qi, shattering their magic.

After completing his cultivation, Song Yan let out a small sigh of relief, turned around, and climbed back onto the mat, embracing the young maiden, Yuzhuang.

The young maiden stirred awake and drowsily asked, "Does Master still need Yuzhuang to serve you?"

Song Yan felt the shyness in his embrace and said, "Didn’t I give you an order to sleep until dawn?"

The young maiden, Yuzhuang, was stunned.

It was as if she froze.

"Being touched by Master requires asking if service is needed" conflicted with "Master’s previous order"...

The young maiden, Yuzhuang, began to tremble all over, her eyes turning red, showing a look of fear.

Just as she was about to speak, Song Yan said, "The new order from Master is to sleep until dawn from now on; the previous one’s void."

The young maiden began to "restart" and this time, she didn’t freeze up again.

She sweetly responded, then obediently lay on her side, her waist slightly bent, her ample hips closely pressed against Master’s body, then closed her eyes and earnestly fell asleep. During this time, no matter how Master moved, she strived to sleep soundly until dawn.

But Song Yan was not so dull.

He sensed the young maiden’s thoughts and understood that she might have suffered much hardship and abuse to be trained to this level.

He gently ruffled the young maiden’s hair but couldn’t find the words to say.

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Some days later.

The "Fox Stabbing Alliance" on the Fu Family’s side was in full swing, with many experts gathering there.

These messages were also fully relayed to Song Yan through the shadow puppet.

However, with his "Hua Rong" identity, he could only pretend to be slow-witted in aptitude, since... shadow puppets cannot progress through learning. Fortunately, cultivation is not a matter of a day or two, and no one would be surprised at his inability to comprehend Sword Intent.

He began to try obtaining some information about the "Crimson Palace Realm" and "Nanwu Sword Sect."

These actions in no way affected his skin making at the Shadow Puppet Pavilion.

Shen Nongjia studied diligently and would ask questions if any arose. Song Yan also shared all he knew, as what he was currently teaching was only the basics of the "Skin Painting Soul Summoning Technique"...

Even if he taught this entirely, it wouldn’t matter because he still had the "Skin Painting Slave Soul Technique" and the "Skin Painting Strange Soul Technique," but the latter two couldn’t be learned by Shen Nongjia; they were exclusive to ghost cultivators.

As for Stone Seat Elder’s "Hundred Forms Divine Control," he would occasionally mention it while teaching the "Skin Painting Soul Summoning Technique."

Since Gu Huangzi sent these two people to him, it was to ensure that Stone Seat Elder’s teachings were passed down.

He would certainly teach.

He would teach bit by bit.

If he weren’t worried about "retiring the donkey after grinding the mill," he wouldn’t mind imparting everything. The principle was the same because he had long deduced the "Hundred Forms Divine Control" to the levels of "Divine Swallowing Hundred Forms" and "Hundred Forms Demon Body."

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Hiss hiss hiss...

Whoosh...

Song Yan’s daytime life was always simply plain, even appearing incredibly tedious to outsiders.

At this moment, after completing a Blood Blade Deer’s shadow puppet, he didn’t stop but continued with a second one before going to the small dark room behind the Shadow Puppet Pavilion.

He raised his hand, summoned souls, and casually used the "Deformed Soul Technique" to construct a shadow puppet, storing it in the storage ring.

Then he used the ordinary "Soul Summoning Technique" to construct another shadow puppet, carefully folding it and placing it in a sealed jade box.

The complete "Soul Summoning Technique" includes a step to temporarily put evil souls to sleep, which is also the most challenging part of the technique. If the skin master detects danger, the soul must be dispersed immediately.

This would lead to the failure of "shadow puppet creation," and the puppet would be torn apart due to the rampage of the divine soul.

Everything would need to be done all over again.

Thus, skin masters had a fairly high failure rate.

However, if successful, the shadow puppet would enter a "sleeping" state until someone used the "Skin Control Technique" to activate it.

At this point... it depends on the level of the disciple controlling the skin.

Lack of strength would lead to being backfired upon.

Therefore, the Puppet Sect had very strict requirements for disciples controlling the skin.

It’s not that you can’t control "low-level demon beast shadow puppets" while on the second or third layer of Refining Profound, but it’s not stable, and the backlash might be significant.

However, controlling it upon reaching the fourth layer would be nearly foolproof.

After completing a piece of "intermediate-level demon beast shadow puppet," dusk had settled...

He walked to the front door of the Shadow Puppet Pavilion, yawning.

The young maiden, Yuzhuang, ran over from behind, asking considerately, "Senior Brother, would you like some hot tea? I just brewed a pot with Moonlight Grass."

At the Shadow Puppet Pavilion, Song Yan corrected her address, prohibiting her from calling him "Master" and referring to herself as "slave." So... the young maiden, Yuzhuang, racked her brain and came up with "Senior Brother."

As for Moonlight Grass, it’s one of the main ingredients for making the Little Profound Spirit Pill, though pills focus solely on effects, not taste. Yet, when used for brewing tea, Moonlight Grass is still quite delicious.

"Hmm, I’ll have a cup."

"Senior Brother, please wait a moment."

The young maiden, Yuzhuang, went to pour the tea.

Meanwhile, another Inner Sect Disciple from the paper doll lineage arrived outside.

This disciple’s name was Guan Wu, seemingly the relative of some Elder in the sect. His aptitude was ordinary, and he was previously responsible for escorting shadow puppets to Shadow Puppet Peak and similar tasks.

After all, shadow puppets were tools that everyone in the Puppet Sect could use.

Song Yan handed over the completed shadow puppet jade box, and Guan Wu couldn’t help but praise, "Elder Song can complete an intermediate shadow puppet every day; it’s incredibly strong. Before, when I went to Shadow Puppet Peak to collect finished shadow puppets, I never saw a skin master like you, not even someone as skilled as Elder Stone."