Past life sage: This life a dual cultivator

"You are finally awake", Zhan Chen heard a voice when he opened his eyes. He turned around to see the person who was speaking yet he didn't found anyone in the place.

"Who is talking?", Zhan Chen asked in a cautious voice as he scanned the entire place with his soul consciousness.

"No need to look for me. I am here", a voice came out of thin air and a person appeared Infront of Zhan Chen out of thin air.

The person was wearing an ancient looking robe and he had long white beard which was floating in the wind. The eyes of the ancient looking person was deep and Zhan Chen could only tell one word 'unfathomable ' after seeing the person infront of him.

"Brat, you are indeed full of surprises. Your cultivation is nothing great but your soul is already strong to such an extent", the ancient looking person spoke while looking at Zhan Chen.

"Senior, my power is meagre infront of your cultivation", Zhan Chen spoke politely. He showed a polite appearance but inside, he stayed cautious. The appearance of such an unfathomable expert was outside his expectation.

"No need to act cautious infront of me. You have already comprehended eight trigram slaughter formation. So, you are already a choosen inheritor of my master", the ancient looking person spoke calmly.

"Senior, may I inquire about your master?", Zhan Chen looked towards the ancient looking person.

"Be assure. I will answer all of your questions but before that let me send away two little girls. They have remained long enough", the ancient looking person spoke.

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"Senior Mo, I am going then", Zhan Chen looked towards the ancient looking person with long beard. He had already finished a long conversation with the ancient looking person and his gain was plenty. So, now he wanted to leave the ancestoral palace of Cleansing Incense ancient sect.

"Remember to protect yourself in any condition. My Cleaning incense ancient sect will not emerge unless you find a successor for us. I leave everything on your shoulders", the ancient looking person spoke. Then, he waved his hand and Zhan Chen's figure vanished from the second floor of the ancestoral palace.

The ancient looking person looked towards the direction where he sent Zhan Chen. His gaze was deep as his gaze crossed through the walls and fell upon Zhan Chen who was sent some distance away from the ancestoral palace.

"Good bye, youngster. It is nice to have a chat with you", the ancient looking person murmured as his figure started to blur.

Zhan Chen spread his soul consciousness and found the group of Shen clan some distance away.

"Looks like they are waiting for me", Zhan Chen smiled and walked towards the direction of Shen clan group.

There were too many things he had learned from his covesation with senior Mo but his most prized finding was still the Eight trigram slaughter formation.

It would be best to call it, Eight trigram nine palace divine formation rather than calling it Eight trigram slaughter formation. What Zhan Chen had learned from the painting was only one part of the entire formation. It was only after talking with senior Mo that he managed to learn the entire formation.

As for the background of Cleansing Incense ancient sect, it's true root lied in the upper world. It was probably two thousand years ago when a mighty figure of upper world lost a battle to his bitter enemy. He got killed but his weapon spirit managed to get away with some strands of his soul.

The weapon spirit was senior Mo and his master, the founding ancestor of Cleansing Incense ancient sect, passed away after leaving behind his life time of knowledge in the third floor of ancestoral palace.

Since then, the weapon spirit was protecting the inheritance of his master and imparting the knowledge of his master to suitable candidates. Some inheritors managed to become powerful and it was them who built a sect around the ancestoral hall. This was how Cleansing Incense ancient sect came into being.

Zhan Chen learned the truth but he had no intention to share it with anyone. As for who got the final inheritance? Zhan Chen decided to feign ignorance about it.

He was aware that the appearance of Cleansing Incense ancient sect would surely bring a storm in the entire Northern desert continent. The cultivators would spread the words about the wonders of Cleansing Incense ancient sect and many would search for the final inheritor.

Zhan Chen didn't want to be the centre of this upcoming spiral related to the Cleaning incense ancient sect. The weapon spirit was aware about such possibilities. So, he didn't send Zhan Chen to the group of Shen clan right away.

"Looks like I have to find someone who will suport my execuses", Zhan Chen thought to himself. Zhan Chen spread his soul consciousness and a group of two cultivators got his attention.

"My father will beat me if he knows that I do not get a single thing from this trip", a chubby looking cultivation told to his companion.

"Brother, I am also same. I thought I will find something good and impress Ziuer but look at my damned luck", his companion said with a bitter look on his face.

Zhan Chen found the combination of two funny and found their conversation interesting.

"These two brothers, may I ask something?", Zhan Chen spoke from a distance. The two cultivators stopped after hearing Zhan Chen's voice.

They turned to look towards Zhan Chen but their eyes became blank as they stood there like two wooden statues.

'It will be my first time to use something like memory manipulation. Let's see how will it go', Zhan Chen thought to himself.

He tried to separate an extremely thin strand of his soul but he felt to do so in his first try. He tried for a second time but he still failed.

'After reading it, I thought it will be easy when I try but now...', Zhan Chen shook his head.

Despite his failure, he didn't give up and tried further. According to the soul codex, if the separated soul strand was not extremely thin then it would leave a trace of the casters presence in their soul.

It wouldn't be a problem if the manipulated person didn't came by a peak expert but if he or she came in contact with a peak expert, then the expert would find some irregularity in the soul of the manipulated person. That would lead to further problems for the caster. Zhan Chen didn't want such things to happen. So, he tried to make the technique as much perfect as it could be.

"Finally, a success", Zhan Chen muttered to himself after several attempt. An extremely thin strand of his soul was now separated. Zhan Chen imprinted some false memories of inside the soul strand and send it towards the soul of the chubby cultivator.

His second attempt in memory insertion was less difficult as he successfully sent a soul strand into the soul of the chubby cultivator's companion.

"Brother Chen, what happened to us?", the chubby cultivation asked after he opened his eyes. Zhan Chen sighed in relief after hearing the question of the chubby cultivation.

"Fortunately, the memory manipulation is a success.'

'Now, it will be easy to explain the matters to the Shen clan cultivators', Zhan Chen thought to himself.