Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 372 Five Immortal Swords

He had barely left the territory of Yuqian Village and had been walking over mountains for less than half an hour when suddenly his meridians became blocked, he had difficulty breathing, his body stiffened, and he collapsed to the ground, unable to move. It was then that Huangfu Yi suddenly realized what was happening.

Holy crap, the snake is poisonous...

That thing that was dozens of meters long just now wasn't a python at all! It was a fat, long, thick, and huge venomous snake!
Fortunately, Huangfu Yi was not directly bitten, so he did not die quickly. However, due to his previous battle with his senior brother, his old wounds had not healed and he had wounds all over his body. Now that he was mixed with snake blood, he was bound to be infected by snake venom.

To be poisoned to death in this desolate wilderness... How frustrating! If only I had studied medicine...

Then the system suddenly popped up.
"No, no, no! Study anything but medicine! Medicine can't save the world! Besides, a doctor can't heal himself!"

Oh, right, there's also a system. But why are you so nervous? Never mind, is there still any way to save it?

system,

"Yes, but it's a bit troublesome. You'll have to hold out until dark, and I'm afraid that with the mountains and forests so dense and the clouds overhead, you won't be able to see the moon even after dark."

Looking at the moon? Why would we look at the moon?
Huangfu Yi collapsed to the ground, glancing sideways at the sky. He could only see ghostly, waving branches and leaves. The smoke spewed by the snake demon had not yet dissipated, and he could hardly see the sky. Heaven knows where the moon was.

system,

"If I can't see you, you're doomed. That's a Azure Purple-Striped Python, incredibly poisonous. The only reason you've lasted this long is because the residual poison from the Crimson Fiend Scorpion is still lingering in your body, and you're just holding on."

Besides, you have superior sword qi protecting you. Even if that mere dregs of snake venom enters your body, it won't matter until nightfall. But why did you have to swallow that pill? Right now, all your true qi is coiled in your body, fighting against the demonic power and vying for the sea of ​​qi.

Then, taking advantage of this opportunity, a toxin of blood invades your meridians, mixes into your muscles and bones, seeps into your skin, and penetrates into your internal organs and spinal cord! If you can no longer see the moonlight for a short while, medicine will be ineffective, and even a god cannot save you!

Huangfu Yi sighed, coughing up a mouthful of poisonous blood. "Damn it, what kind of filthy poison is this? My blood's turned purple..."

system,

"But don't worry, this system has a skill here. It's nothing special, but it might just be the right one to help you out of your predicament. What a coincidence!"

Oh, what a coincidence! But he has no money...

system,

"You didn't... Hey! You're so stupid! You're the most stubborn of all these idiots!"

"What time is it? Why are you still worrying about those rules? Alright, alright! If you don't have money, you can take out a loan!"

Oh, I didn't know you could get a loan like that? Wow, that's easy...

system,

"Hey, stop dawdling! The signal's so bad right now, I can only teach you, not train you for yourself! Are you going to die or not?! Make a decision now!"

Who's dawdling here...? Okay, I'll owe you for now, come on!

system,

"Having finished learning the Five Immortals Sword Manual, I'm only at the middle rank of the fifth grade, nothing special."

In an instant, Huangfu Yi's vision was filled with countless scripture characters and images. Although he was being attacked by blood poison and his whole body was festering in the darkness, these images were suddenly projected onto his retina with unparalleled clarity and reflected in his mind.

At this moment, the young man was completely focused, to put it bluntly, he had no energy to spare for anything else. He simply mobilized his mind and body, reading the scriptures while following the guidance of the meridian diagram to circulate his Qi. He even reached a state of divine enlightenment, practicing as he read, and mastering the true scriptures at an incredible speed.

I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but Huangfu Yi had previously cultivated some Qi Gong techniques in the Xuanmen, and the rudimentary form of his meridians seemed to be exactly the same as the meridians in the Five Immortals Sword Scripture in the picture. It was as if his whole person perfectly overlapped with the image in the meridian diagram.

Huangfu Yi, who was completely focused and immersed in the practice, instantly guided the blood poison that had been rampaging through his spinal cord and his entire body, like true qi, to instantly open the eight extraordinary meridians, and then flow back to the twelve regular meridians in an orderly manner through the vital acupoints of the body, and re-gather in the sea of ​​qi in the uterus to complete the qi circulation.

This went on for an unknown period of time until the highly poisonous demon core that had been lodged in his abdomen like an iceberg was completely transformed by the sword power. Then, the sword energy and the blood poison converged together like a river flowing into the sea, swirling in the sea of ​​energy like a tai chi symbol. Only then did Huangfu Yi slowly blink and awaken from his trance.

Dazed, Huangfu Yi crawled out of the pool of blood and looked at his hands. Although his limbs were still somewhat numb, his senses were gradually returning. The swirling energy of the sword and poison within his body was maintaining a delicate balance. Even the purple blood that had spread throughout his body was no longer a 'poison' but had instead become a kind of 'medicine,' which was being attracted by the swirling energy within Huangfu Yi's body. It even flowed back into his body, congealing into scabs, stopping the bleeding, and healing his injuries.

Is this... treating snake venom as Qi (vital energy) and refining it?

Before he could recover, the massive amount of explanatory information that had been temporarily set aside, aside from the cultivation method, exploded in Huangfu Yi's mind with a 'buzz'. In the blink of an eye, the scriptures, secrets, mental techniques, and strategies imparted through initiation jumped out, leaving Huangfu Yi stunned. It took him a while to gradually come back to his senses.

The Five Immortals Sword Scripture, originally named the Five Poisons Sword Scripture, is, in short, a technique combining the art of controlling poisonous insects with swordplay by a certain sword immortal.

This scripture is certainly not merely about using poison to cultivate sword energy, or about applying more potent poison to a sword blade to add special damage or control effects—these are just anecdotal tricks. In fact, it can also be used to control Gu (poisonous insects), treating demons as one's natal flying sword, and upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage, refining them into a second primordial spirit, a battle beast avatar.

This unity of man and sword, man and poison, and sword and poison allows one to control poison like a sword during combat. The flying sword is the main weapon, while the poison assists, enabling multiple attackers to fight one at once. The poison inflicts damage explosively; a hit is fatal, and a wound is fatal. Even upon disintegration, one can directly use their natal poison to revive on the spot, reborn and ready to fight again, greatly extending combat endurance.

What's most impressive is that the title of the Five Immortals isn't just for show; they can actually ascend to immortality.

Yes, that's right. The "immortal" in "Five Immortals" is not an adjective, it's a noun!

This method has actually allowed one to cultivate their natal Gu (a type of poison) all the way up to the Immortal Ascension Realm!
Moreover, the "five" in "Five Immortals" is not the upper limit, but the lower limit!
Yes, to master the Five Immortals Sword Technique, the minimum requirement is to be proficient in all five elements of Tai Chi. But even if you've mastered them, you can continue practicing! Keep practicing and keep mastering! The five elements unite! The nine luminaries return to one! Theoretically, you can cultivate as many immortals as you have in your five elements!
In other words, in extreme cases, all twelve meridians and eight extraordinary meridians can be opened up, each meridian can condense a Qi, each Qi can forge a sword, each sword can combine with a life Gu, and each Gu can be refined to the point of ascension.

Then, when that person is saying, "Second Primordial Spirit! Get him!" you can just wave your hand and say, "Let him go." Then twenty Ascended Immortals will jump out and take him down!

Once this scripture is cultivated to its ultimate level, one will truly be immortal! And literally, one who can't die without slaying five to twenty Ascended Immortals! It's just ridiculously absurd…

But the most outrageous thing is the system's evaluation of this move...

A mid-level fifth-rank official, that's all?
Huangfu Yi was momentarily dazed.
"Wait, what standards are used for this rating...?"

The system scoffed.

"Don't be silly. There's no such thing as an invincible martial art in this world. The master can only lead you in; the cultivation is up to you. In the end, you still have to rely on yourself."

While this sword manual allows cultivation using poisons, refining special sword energy to greatly increase sword power, and even turning demons into a second primordial spirit for self-destruction, it ultimately takes a deviant approach to combat and sword fighting. The tribulations are too easily overcome, inevitably resulting in insufficient tempering of the sword heart. Furthermore, the benefits gained must be shared with the natal Gu (a type of poisonous insect). Besides, the damage output is ultimately limited. In the early stages, one might be able to use a few poisoned blades to bully others; in the mid-stages, one might be able to quickly progress by borrowing the power of demons. However, in the later stages, the difficulty of leveling up with demons quickly renders it a useless burden, and by the end, it won't even be considered worthwhile…

In short, this method is too easy and opportunistic. It is merely a skill for those who lack talent or have inherent deficiencies to protect themselves. It cannot be considered a superior or righteous path at all.

And you must remember, cause and effect are finite. The more you gain early on, the less you'll have later. So speed things up in the early stages. Overcome challenges and tribulations as they come; just manage them. Don't waste too much time and energy practicing fancy tricks; you'll never need them. We're running out of time…”

"No time? What do you mean no time? The Blood Demon is about to emerge from seclusion?...System? System?"

Well, the system's gone down again. Probably some kind of bad signal...

After sitting for a while, Huangfu Yi regained his composure, stood up, and tried to lift the sword into the air, channeling the newly upgraded Five Immortals Sword Qi into the blade through his Shangyang acupoint. At this moment, it was clearly visible that the blade displayed three colors: gold, red, and purple.

The golden one is naturally Yangming Sword Qi, the purple one is snake venom, which looks like a variant of Zixia True Qi. The red one is probably the previous scorpion venom, which has also been refined into some kind of Crimson Fiend Poison Qi.

This sword strike carries two poisons, and the damage increase is real and visible. Besides, that senior brother had already experienced it firsthand; even a Core Formation cultivator couldn't withstand such a minor poison injury. It's truly an essential divine skill for fighting the strong with the weak and killing enemies of higher levels.

But then he thought about it again, and the system was right. He already had the peerless sword in his hand, which was enough damage. Yao Guang Yang Ming could strike three times in one go, and there was nothing he could cut or kill. Applying poison was just a waste of time and effort.

Therefore, unless he specifically wanted to use the Five Immortals Sword Technique to condense his natal sword gu, this sword manual wouldn't really improve him much. And as the system said, the Five Immortals Technique is ultimately just a shortcut in the early stages that will lead to imprisonment later on, so there's really no need to spend too much effort cultivating it...

Oh well, it's still a long way from forming a nascent soul or even condensing a second primordial spirit. Let's just leave it to fate.

Composing himself, he continued on his way. He had probably wasted too much time cultivating and daydreaming. By the time Huangfu Yi emerged from the vast jungle after traversing mountains and valleys, it was already dawn. He hadn't seen the moon all night. It was only by chance that he had survived this ordeal.

Fortunately, once we left the mountains, we soon came to a basin plain surrounded by three mountains, and we could see wisps of smoke rising from chimneys in the distance. We had finally arrived in the human world.

As Huangfu Yi traveled west along the plank road, he didn't encounter any trouble for the time being. After all, he was covered in poisonous blood and bits of flesh, and his stench was overwhelming. Wild animals in the mountains would avoid him from afar, and passersby, upon seeing him, would assume he was a ruthless bandit and flee with a howl.

Huangfu Yi had no choice but to make do and walked for half a day before finally finding a small river. He quickly went to the riverbank, stripped naked, and jumped into the water to wash off the blood and grime.

"Hehehe!" "Giggle!"

He had only been washing for a short while when bursts of giggles came from the opposite bank. Huangfu Yi turned his head and saw a group of village girls passing by, their eyes fixed on his broad, muscular back, their gazes sweeping over his clearly defined groin. A few of the bolder ones even stopped and stood watching, staring intently at him.

Anyway, being looked at a couple of times wouldn't hurt him, so Huangfu Yi didn't pay any attention at first and just washed the blood off his clothes. But after a while, the village girls suddenly exclaimed and turned to look, only to see a troop of fast horses galloping towards them from the opposite bank.

"It's really here!"

"it's him!"

"Arrest them!"

Ugh, what a mess this is again...

Seeing that his opponent was galloping across the river, splashing water and heading straight for him, Huangfu Yi quickly pulled up his pants and went ashore. He didn't even have time to put on his clothes and immediately drew his sword to protect himself.

In an instant, the swift horsemen arrived before him, flanking him in a line. Six warriors, cloaked and booted, armed with swords and crossbows, some shackled and chained, rode high on their horses across the knee-deep stream, looking down at him. Then, with a whoosh, they all threw off their cloaks, revealing...

He wore a black gauze hat with a folded turban, two red tassels fluttering on his forehead. He wore a dark robe with arrow-sleeved sleeves, and a gilded lion-head belt around his waist. He wore thin-soled boots that concealed three-inch iron caltrops. His left hand held a goose-feather knife, while his right arm held a flail raised high. His tiger-like eyes flashed like lightning, revealing the true form of any demon or monster he encountered.

Huh? This group of people, their attire... could they be the legendary...?

"The Left Supervisor of the Court of Justice is arresting the thief! All bystanders, please stand back!"

"Snapped!"

The head constable casually cracked his whip, making a loud bang in the air. The village women and girls screamed in terror and scattered in all directions, then turned to Huangfu Yi and angrily berated him.

"Zhang San! You've been caught! Drop your sword!"

……who?

Taking advantage of Huangfu Yi's momentary distraction, the six riders launched their attack simultaneously! They galloped across the shallow riverbank and charged forward in the blink of an eye!
Huangfu Yi was startled for a moment, but not afraid. He simply stood firmly in a horse stance, holding his sword horizontally in self-defense.

The six riders who were chasing the thief did not charge at him. Instead, they suddenly split into two concentric circles in front of him, galloping around him on the left and right, splashing up large amounts of water to obscure his vision.

After circling three times, the two constables who had circled behind him on horseback suddenly made their move! They spurred their horses forward, one raising his hand and lashing out with a whip, aiming straight for the constable's right wrist holding the sword! The other threw an iron yoke over his head, aiming to lasso the left side of his neck!

Huangfu Yi naturally refused to surrender and wait for death. Hearing the whistling wind behind him, he dodged away.

However, these barbarians were seasoned veterans. They had anticipated all sorts of unexpected changes, such as the sudden appearance of fast horses to surround them and their well-prepared formation to capture the thief.

Seeing 'Zhang San' dodge sharply to the left, even deftly flicking his sword to twirl the horsewhip, it became clear this fellow was quite skilled. Not only could he pinpoint location by sound, but he could also deliver a counter-attack; he was no ordinary person. Immediately, shouts of anger rang out from all sides! They all attacked together!
Swish! A burst of light! Hand crossbows, darts, dark blue projectiles, thunderbolts, and fireballs! A jumbled mess of random things, all hurtling towards Huangfu Yi!

"Blazing Wind and Fiery Whirlwind!"

However, Huangfu Yi was not surprised but rather delighted. It turned out that his Huangfu family's sword technique included a move specifically designed to deal with the onslaught of arrows raining down from the sky during battle. Having been in the Central Plains for so long, it was finally going to come in handy. He immediately drew his sword and began to dance, his movements becoming a blur of sword light, shattering the hidden weapons and stray arrows in mid-air without a single one touching him.

"Take this!"

When the bandits saw that this 'Zhang San' was quite formidable, and that his sword was sharp enough to cut through iron and metal, they realized that ordinary methods would not be enough to subdue him, so they immediately increased their efforts.

An eight-petaled purple-gold hammer came crashing down, forcing Huangfu Yi to dodge. At the same time, two other men charged in from the side, one wielding an iron mace and the other a copper whip, using the momentum of their charge to fiercely strike the sword.

Even the sharpest weapon can be severely damaged if its spine is struck or bumped by a blunt object. Huangfu Yi was naturally unwilling to be injured while airborne, and was forced to dodge left and right under the horse's legs.

Suddenly, the other four men split into two groups, each wielding a wire fishing net. They charged forward on horseback, then spun around abruptly, scattering their nets in a flash. Instantly, the nets spread across the sky, covering everything and swirling down on Huangfu Yi's head!

(End of this chapter)