Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 453 Shanglin Treasure
Tie Dan had not forgotten about Hidden Sword Manor, of course. Not to mention that the madwoman was still hanging around him, he was already deeply involved in the affairs of the Shen family. The grudges and entanglements of these generations were not something that could be resolved in a few words.

Tie Dan thought he knew how ruthless the people of the Demonic Sect were and how shameless the Sword Sect was. But when these self-proclaimed righteous sects and so-called direct descendants of the Sword Sect appeared before him, ambushing and attacking him, and even using the Hidden Sword Manor to blackmail him for the sect leader's secret sword, Tie Dan was still furious.

"If you rely on your own abilities to fight me, even if you are not skilled enough and die by my sword, I will still look at you with respect."

If someone claims to be a disciple of the Sword Sect and comes to ask for the sect's secret techniques, I will never be as secretive as Benshan, and I will pass on everything without reservation.

But after resorting to such underhanded tricks and schemes, you still have the nerve to mention the Ruyi Sword Manual to me? Come and take it with your sword!

Tie Dan immediately activated the sword ball, ready to start fighting.

Tian Gui, however, felt no shame; instead, his eyes lit up.
"Fine, you admit it! The Ruyi Sword Manual is indeed in your hands!"
Hmph, you little bastard, don't think I don't know that Ling Xuzi is backing you up.

However, I never really cared about that wretched place, Jiuyin Mountain. Since you want it so much, I'll just give it to you.

"If you know what's good for you and hand over the sword manual, we'll spare the Shen family's lives and leave you alone!"

Tie Dan said coldly,
"Do you really think I care about the life or death of the Shen family?"

At this moment, Tianfu and Tianlu also flew over on their swords, their swords enveloping Tiedan on three sides.

Tian Gui was probably waiting for the sword formation to be set up before continuing his rambling.
"You don't need to pretend anymore. The Shen family lineage of Hidden Sword Manor is the Heavenly Demon Sword Seed, which is crucial to the thousand-year-long plan of our Sword Sect's inheritance. Since that old scoundrel Tian Gang has even entrusted the Ruyi Sword Scripture to you, he has naturally truly handed over the Sword Sect's Daoist teachings to you."

You've occupied Jiuyin Mountain and refuse to leave, even going so far as to take the title of sect leader yourself in a rebellious manner, and you still say you don't want to inherit the Daoist lineage of the Sword Sect? You even say it has nothing to do with the Sword Sect!
"Fine, if you want this position in the Sword Sect so badly, keep it. I'm too lazy to serve you anymore. Just hand over the Ruyi Sword Manual! And we'll have nothing more to do with the Sword Sect!"

Tie Dan fell silent for a moment. He had originally intended to go straight for it, but the other party didn't seem to be there to take a spot. They just kept chanting "Sword Scripture, Sword Scripture, Sword Scripture," which made him a little curious. He couldn't help but ask...
“If you want to betray your sect and abandon your sword, no one will stop you. Why do you have to come here to seek death?”
"This Ruyi Sword Manual is nothing more than a sword control technique; what's so special about it?"

Tianfu and Tianlu exchanged a glance and then continued.
"Every true lineage of my Xuanmen is passed down as a book of heavenly scriptures. Since ancient times, only those who have received the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden's Ruyi Book have become the true leaders of the Beichen Sword Sect."

"Back then, the Divine Lord broke through my mountain gate, stormed my sword formation, and stormed the peak of the Nine Peaks, seizing the Mysterious Maiden's Heavenly Book. Since then, the successive sect leaders have only had the Ruyi Sword Scripture, which was passed down orally and copied and recompiled. What is contained in it is all secret records of the sect leader that are not passed down outside the mountain."

Perhaps because he was certain of winning today, Tian Gui didn't hide anything from him and frankly said it in front of everyone.
"Back then, the old thief Tiangang arranged for us eighteen flying stars to steal countless rare treasures from the Martial Emperor's Shanglin Garden in the Immortal Palace. Although some of them were hidden in the Yuntai Treasure Vault, they were taken away by Lingxuzi and his gang."

But a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Back then, the old thief had foreseen the Sword Sect's impending annihilation and had moved most of its treasures to a secluded location outside the mountains beforehand. Only he knew the location of the treasure and the secret formula to open it.

Since Tiangang is dead, the treasure map must have been hidden in the sect leader's secret records, the Ruyi Sword Scripture, and passed down to you.

Hand it over.

After glancing at the group of cultivators around him and seeing the greed gleaming in their eyes, Tie Dan understood perfectly well what was going on.

So that's how it is, Damn, he's here treasure hunting...

Tie Dan was both annoyed and amused.

"You believe him just because he says he has a treasure map? Tian Gang died by my sword, what treasure would he pass on to me?"

Do you guys even have brains? This guy is just making up some excuse to trick you into ganging up on me.

If there were any real treasure, the Xuanmen sect would have taken it long ago to build the Cloud Platform!

But these people still silently gathered around, probably because it was a highly profitable deal, and everyone chose to believe it was a gamble that would turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.

Tie Dan knew that further discussion was pointless; since they couldn't reach an agreement, all that remained was a duel to the death. However, he was still unsure how the other side intended to use the Shen family card they held.

Has Hidden Sword Manor already fallen into their hands? Have the Shen family members been taken hostage? Or are they all dead, their souls captured?
"Alright, since you really want it, take it."

Tie Dan thought for a moment, then casually picked up a jade pendant and held it in his hand.
"Where are the Shen family members now? We'll exchange them for their goods."

The ten sword cultivators seemed to doubt his willingness to agree so readily. Tian Gui sneered.

“No problem. Hand over the sword manual, and once we open the treasure and confirm its authenticity, the Shen family will naturally return it to you.”

Tie Dan sneered.

"Okay, go on!"

The jade pendant was flung into the air, whereupon a storm arose, sword light flashed, and it was instantly shattered by the eleven sword rainbows.

As expected, none of those in the Xuanmen sect were honest or trustworthy. They implicitly accepted that everyone was a scoundrel, and unless you were hacked to pieces and your bones were crushed to dust, even the truth would be false. Without further ado, the group engaged in sword combat. Sword lights flashed and crisscrossed the sky, filling it with swirling sword light that shattered the remaining clouds.

At this point, it's necessary to add a few more points. If a scheme is set up, and a battle of wits and strength is waged among fellow practitioners, then the Xuanmen (Taoist) martial arts competition must naturally adhere to rules. Everyone should exchange moves, leaving room for maneuver, to determine the victor. However, if someone claims to be eliminating traitors but is actually hiding their true intentions and directly aiming to kill and seize treasures, then that's a completely different matter.

If it were a battle on the battlefield, Tie Dan would naturally not be afraid. But facing ten opponents alone, with swords clashing and their power colliding, it must be said that Tie Dan was indeed not confident of victory.

After all, in such a life-or-death moment, who cares about the subtlety of the moves or the skill level? Both sides immediately unleash their full power, clashing their life's true energy, and transforming their essence, energy, and spirit into sword rainbows, becoming one with the sword and cleaving through the heavens and earth. Such a clash of sword light and power is a true contest of hard skills, where even the slightest difference can be fatal!
If there were only one person to clash with Tie Dan, then relying on the Nine Luminaries United and the Northern Star Sword Qi, Tie Dan could naturally kill the person with a single sword strike.

But now, the sky and earth were filled with sword lights that could shift in an instant. Tie Dan had to consider that if he engaged any one of them in a prolonged sword fight, and was thus restrained, he would be directly attacked by the other nine. At that time, even with his two thousand years of sword power, he wouldn't be able to withstand the onslaught. A slight mistake would mean certain death, and he would have to ask Chen Xuantian to revive him on the spot...

Therefore, Tie Dan did not seek a quick victory through valiant fighting. Instead, he searched the entire arena for opportunities. If he could not kill his opponent with a single sword strike, he would simply draw his sword and leave. He fought his way through the ten sword rainbows that were chasing and blocking him. Relying on his exceptional sword speed, he repeatedly broke out of the encirclement and avoided falling into the predicament of being surrounded and blocked.

These Xuanmen assassins, shameless in their pursuit of the treasure, fought with all their might, forming a tight encirclement of Tie Dan in twos and threes, ensuring that Tie Dan would never have the chance to defeat them one by one.

For a moment, it was as if a group of shooting stars had come to life, leaping and darting about in the sky and the earth.

Although the situation was fraught with danger, Tie Dan remained calm.

Although Jian Hong was powerful, it consumed too much energy, making it impossible for him to unleash dozens of moves in a row without pausing for breath. Moreover, the abilities of these ten sword immortals varied greatly, with most of them having less human strength than Tie Dan. Sooner or later, some of them would run out of energy and need to catch their breath. At that time, they would naturally split up and break away, revealing weaknesses, which would be his opportunity to counterattack.

However, after a while of fighting, Tie Dan realized something was wrong. His opponent was disjointed, and someone stopped to catch their breath later than he expected. It seemed that they were not using their full strength. Although their attack seemed very urgent, they were actually deliberately leaving a gap and driving him eastward in a planned manner.

What, could it be that there are more than ten people? Is there an ambush ahead?

How many people have been gathered here? Does Tiangang really have some treasure that's enough for so many people to share?
Tie Dan was also a little suspicious, so he took out the Ruyi Sword Manual again and recited it silently.

Tie Dan naturally remembered that this sword manual was taught to him in his dream when he was trapped under the sword furnace, being cut into countless pieces to forge the body of the Boy Sword. Tian Gang was beside him, nagging and teaching him sentence by sentence. He taught him a sentence for every sword mark, a truly heart-wrenching experience that he remembered vividly. How could he possibly forget it?

Just as he said, the Ruyi Sword Manual is indeed a pure sword control technique. It is a superior Qi skill that involves repeatedly refining a mouthful of innate true Qi and then sending it out to penetrate the enemy's vital points and kill them invisibly.

However, this skill is extremely advanced and profound. It takes at least a hundred years of refinement for a single sword aura to truly take shape. Tie Dan possesses countless genuine divine skills, so why would he need to specifically control this sword aura to kill someone? To be honest, he doesn't have the time to refine it. Otherwise, when he fought Emei, if Chen Xuantian had suddenly unleashed a powerful sword aura, he would not have just severely injured Cangwu, but would have killed him in battle.

...Wait a minute, something seems off...

I hadn't paid much attention before, but now that I think about it, Huangfu Yixue's sword control technique seems to be very similar to the Ruyi Sword Manual.

Indeed, Tie Dan also saw and remembered all the messy and useless divine skills that Huangfu Yi learned in his dream.

Upon closer examination, Tie Dan suddenly realized that the nameless basic sword control technique that the system had taught him seemed to be the same technique from the Ruyi Sword Manual.

Of course, the Ruyi Sword Manual requires the foundation of the Boy Sword Dao to be rebuilt, so it is definitely not the same. But now, after carefully comparing the two techniques, Tie Dan can clearly see some problems.

From the perspective of sword control techniques alone, the Ruyi Sword Scripture contains a lot of information.

In comparison, the basic sword control technique is very concise, only teaching disciples to cultivate Qi and control the sword.

Even excluding the parts about the Killing Sword and the Child Sword Secret Technique, there are some chapters and formulas in the Ruyi Sword Manual that Tie Dan now looks back at and realizes could indeed be drastically reduced and refined.

Wait, could it be... that there really is a treasure map hidden among these redundant scriptures?

"Traitor! Where do you think you're going!"

Before Tie Dan could recover, a loud shout suddenly came from the east, followed by a flash of bright light. Hundreds of bright mirrors suddenly lit up from the clouds, shooting out dazzling light and forcefully blocking the sword rainbow, stopping the group of sword immortals who were chasing and fighting halfway.

Then the light dispersed and the clouds cleared, revealing dozens of true sword immortals flying out of the mirror array. Each brandished their magical treasures, their sword lights converging and forming a battle formation in the air. One of them had a sword wheel spinning behind him, displaying four fully-developed sword beams, and he transmitted a command through his voice.

"The True Disciple of the Mysterious Maiden! The Head of the Sword Pavilion! The Sect Leader of Beichen! Tianxu is here!"

You traitors and disloyalists, you who betray your sect and your master, surrender now!

"If you don't return my Sword Sect disciples, you will be executed without mercy!"

Oh, it seems this group is here to take his seat.

(End of this chapter)