Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 469 The Sword is as I Wish
Ling Ba Kui, having been upgraded from livestock to cattle, was naturally extremely grateful for the sect leader's favor. He hummed and hawed repeatedly, assuring his master that he would be well-behaved. He was content as long as he had some grass to eat and a place to stay.

Tie Dan could also see that this guy had been subjected to a thousand cuts, slow slicing, and stabbing, and then fed grass and medicine to grow fat again, only to be subjected to another round of this day after day, year after year. He had been tormented for too long, tortured too severely, and given too many hormones. He had long lost the ambition and aspirations of the general and vanguard he once was, and had become timid, cowardly, and utterly useless.

Yes, really, that's all. It seems that to ensure the meat wasn't too gamey, it was castrated when it was caught back then. It was absolutely horrific; even Tie Dan felt bad about messing with it...

So he casually cast a sword talisman to create a restriction, and then Tie Dan rode his newly acquired mount back to meet up with the fisherman.

As expected, the masked man had said that there were as many as nine Xuanmen sects watching him and his possessions. Even if Tie Dan was a formidable fighter, he would be overwhelmed. He had only spent a short time killing the masked man when he saw the sword formation activate again in the distance. Light flashed around him, and smoke and clouds rose. Clearly, there were more unorthodox cultivators observing and testing the sword formation, planning to rob and fish while Tie Dan was away.

Tie Dan was too lazy to waste words, so he just spat out a stream of sword energy from his mouth and casually killed a head.

If you kill one of nineteen birds with a sword, how many birds are left?
The answer is that not a single one was left; a whole host of demonic escape techniques were at their fingertips. Upon seeing Tie Dan's ferocity—a flying sword decapitating him from ten miles away—they immediately took flight with a whoosh, scattering and fleeing in all directions as the wind picked up.

Tie Dan didn't give chase; to be honest, he was exhausted too. He'd been fighting for days, covered in wounds. Although he'd swallowed an old Xuanmen disciple and had elixirs to aid him, his Qi wasn't lacking, but he still needed to prioritize circulating the Blood Jade Divine Art to repair his Dao body. He simply didn't have any extra energy left; he transformed into a sword rainbow, traversing heaven and earth, slaughtering in all directions.

So Tie Dan used a single move to scatter the bunch of trash and get it over with. Then he told Fen Yun and Ba Kui to quickly pack up the containers, carry the ship's hold on their backs, and set off, so that the pursuers wouldn't gather in ever-growing numbers.

The two, Fen Yun and Ba Kui, were meeting for the first time and were dumbfounded. However, they knew that this was not the place to talk. Since they were both Nascent Soul Ancestors and servants, they were evenly matched and there was no need to distinguish between them. They exchanged greetings and business cards before setting off.

Tie Dan, having learned his lesson, knew that with those unscrupulous and inhuman bastards from the Demonic Sect plotting against him, only those Nascent Soul stage monsters with abundant blessings, good fortune, thick skin, and immortality could barely withstand him. Ordinary mortals and mediocre people who got involved in this calamity were doomed to die, leaving no trace of their remains.

So he stopped wandering around densely populated towns and villages looking for help from passersby. Instead, he hurried on, driving his wild boar straight over mountains and valleys to reach secluded rural areas, so as not to cause too much trouble or unnecessary casualties.

It must be said that with these eight giant pigs as transport, their pace wasn't slow at all. Concerned that the creature had been suppressed for so long and was out of sorts, Tie Dan even gave it a Dragon Blood Nourishing Pill to stave off hunger, which truly ignited its fighting spirit and strength, allowing it to travel day and night, covering a thousand miles a day, as swift as the wind.

At this moment, the aura of a Nascent Soul level demon was there, and others could not tell that this castrated boar was all show and no longer had any fighting power. They could only see that it was incredibly powerful, moving like lightning over mountains and ridges. Naturally, no demons or monsters dared to disturb this hundred-foot mountain god.

Those cultivators who were secretly following Tie Dan, though they were eager to test how much power he still had left in a battle, realized that they were not confident in dealing with a sect leader and two Nascent Soul cultivators at the same time. However, they were also uneasy about joining forces with others. For the time being, they could only follow him from a distance, with his primordial spirits and ghosts flying over to check on him from time to time. Clearly, they still had ulterior motives.

They traveled westward in this way, and in a few days they passed the nineteen mountains of the Eighth Prince's fiefdom, only to be blocked by a long river.

Seeing this, Ba Kui grunted and transmitted his voice.

"Reporting to the sect leader, this place is called Yushui. The water originates from the northern hills, springs from a cave, and flows from seven different sources, spreading wide and boundless. It is swift and rapid, like an arrow flying with the wind. It flows south into the Zhishui River and east into the sea, covering a distance of 360 li."

Tie Dan said impatiently, "Speak like a human."

Ba Kui Khan said, “Uh, the current is too strong. If we try to cross it by force, we might be attacked halfway across and blocked from both sides. In that case, we won’t be able to move forward or backward and we will lose your things.”

Well, this pig was once a soldier and a warrior. Seeing a long river stirred up memories of the lower classes, and he even launched an attack while the river was crossing.

However, what it said makes sense. Even if the two hundred crates were carried in the ship's hold and on the pig's back, there's no chance to find a carpenter to reinforce them; they're practically collapsing. The raging waves and swift currents make it impossible to set up a sword formation. It's likely that the group following behind will seize the advantage of the terrain, flanking from both sides, swarming in, overturning the crates and running away, grabbing whatever they can and slipping away, truly throwing Tie Dan into a frenzy.

Burning Clouds patted his chest.
"Don't worry, I'm a good swimmer, I can go into the river to retrieve it."

Ba Kui, "And there are monsters in the river."

Burning Cloud fell silent. The mighty Fire Flame Ancestor had been thoroughly thrashed since arriving in the Central Plains, completely shattering his confidence.

Tie Dan, "You recognize it?"

Ba Kui sniffed and hummed.

"Reporting to the sect leader, I smelled it. It turns out this is the River God. I knocked down the temple I saw on the way."

It was probably some foreign god or demon; the stench of corpses was overwhelming, and it had devoured many people. I don't know what kind of water monster it was.

One hurdle after another, it's really troublesome.

Tie Dan waved his hand at Fen Yun.

"Go, lure it up, I'll kill it."

Fen Yun dared not refuse, so he nodded and transformed into a fireball. With a "whoosh," he plunged into the water. Instantly, water and fire clashed, steam billowed everywhere, bubbles exploded, and all the fish and shrimp in the river were cooked.

This guy dares to call himself a good swimmer...

So Ba Kui took the time to rest, burying his head in eating grass on the shore, while Tie Dan sat on top of a pile of containers, closing his eyes to rest. Now was not the time to cultivate and forge swords, but since he was idle anyway, he just silently recited the Ruyi Sword Scripture, repeatedly refining his true energy to the extreme.

As a result, after sitting with his eyes closed for a while, before Fen Yun could lure the monster out, the demonic sect behind him couldn't wait any longer and pounced on him.

Having chased Tie Dan all the way, they knew that if they continued to pursue him, his cultivation and Qi would become even more difficult to defeat. So, taking advantage of the large river blocking their way and the opportunity presented by the Nascent Soul stage, they immediately sent three sword lights to oppose him.

Tie Dan had only been resurrected for less than seven days, his blood and physical body were not yet stable, and his Qi was insufficient. Naturally, he could not allow them to get close for a death match. Therefore, he decided to kill them all from a distance.

"Wow——!"

The green-robed swordsman opened his eyes and mouth, and a thread of qi as sharp as a cow's hair needle shot out, directly targeting the sword light flying through the air. Just as the figure landed, it suddenly pierced the person's head like a sharp needle.

"puff"

It burst open, just like a grape.

"Senior brother!" "Sword control technique!"

The other two were shocked! They seemed to never have expected that one of them would perish so soon after the light of escape landed!
Seeing their shock and indignation, their clenched teeth didn't seem feigned. Tie Dan suspected that their treasure-hunting team had joined later, and the others who had been chasing them hadn't told them about Tie Dan's sword-controlling skills. They'd been deliberately lured here to test their skills and die. Ha, after all, the Demonic Sect…

"Die!" "Kill!"

Perhaps the three had a deep relationship that allowed them to team up, or perhaps they didn't yet have the ability to cast two escape spells and turn around and run away, or maybe they were just thinking, "Since we're already here," they launched a desperate attack on Tie Dan from the left and right, charging forward with all their might.

"Wow—"

"puff puff"

Then Tie Dan flicked his tongue, twisted his Qi, and suddenly turned, killing the two men in mid-air with a single sword strike, their shattered bodies falling to the ground with a clatter.

Ba Kui sighed and ate the blood and flesh mixed with grass.

Hmm, the Ruyi Sword Manual is quite powerful.

Even without flying swords, killing is effortless. This breath of true qi can travel ten miles, and within its field of vision, it can hit any target, cutting through stone and jade, and slicing through iron like mud.

Well, even Tie Dan didn't quite understand before why the Xuanmen (mystical sect) would create a sword-controlling technique like the Ruyi Sword Scripture.

After all, the true qi refined through the sword-controlling technique is different from my sword; it cannot be used for body shaping and cultivation, nor does it aid in breakthroughs in cultivation. It's purely for unleashing attacks. It's like wasting a large amount of true qi on useless efforts. If it's simply for fighting, the Nine Luminaries Divine Sword is sufficient. Why waste a hundred years of true qi to painstakingly cultivate a secret sword technique? It's really unnecessary.

But after personally experiencing this tribulation and the fierce battles against the Xuanmen, Tie Dan seemed to have gained some insight and vaguely grasped the key to it.

The reason why people in the Xuanmen sect keep their trump cards hidden is partly due to the exchange of trump cards, but the main reason is probably that they have too much Qi.

Yes, there's too much Qi.

As is widely known, all the evolutions of Tai Chi techniques ultimately come down to 'Qi'.

The cultivation methods of the three major sects are essentially about refining 'Qi' into the skin, flesh, bones, lungs, essence, blood, spirit, and soul. The Blood Jade Divine Art, Turbo Technique, Nine Luminaries Divine Sword, and My Sword that Tie Dan cultivates are all essentially methods of unifying all Qi to forge one's body and refining essence, Qi, and spirit to perfection.

All the Qi practitioners in the world are devouring, refining, digesting, absorbing, intercepting, and extracting the Qi of the Taiji world, the energy of heaven and earth, and refining it into something that belongs only to themselves.

Therefore, during the stage when divine skills are not yet complete and the Dao body is developing, 'Qi' is naturally the more the better, as it is never enough.

With each upgrade and breakthrough—Foundation Building, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation—it's like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon. The amount of 'Qi' that the Dao Body can contain, absorb, and acquire also increases exponentially.

However, living beings cannot grow and grow indefinitely. Qi cultivators get stuck at the Nascent Soul stage, with no further path to follow. This is a well-known bottleneck.

If there were such a thing as breaking through with just one breath or ascending to immortality with just one breath, wouldn't it be perfect if everyone lived in the Spirit Spring Qi Aperture? Then there wouldn't be any distinction between the three major sects and the Nine Mysterious Gates of Dao.

Therefore, as Tie Dan repeatedly broke through tribulations and achieved great mastery of his divine skills, his Dao body developed and grew at an incredible speed, reaching its final form. He also discovered the conflict between 'Qi' and 'body', as well as the bottleneck in his own breathing techniques, and began to understand the troubles of the old Xuanmen sect.

There's too much Qi to refine in time.

Yes, now, with each breath, Tie Dan's Qi channels can absorb a large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. A single bite of rare and precious herbs could boost his cultivation by several hundred years, accumulating hundreds or even thousands of years' worth of Qi within his body. Even with Tie Dan's exceptional talent and high efficiency, he is limited by his Dao body and cannot refine and absorb thousands of years' worth of spiritual Qi in an instant.

Of course, Tie Dan possesses the innate advantages of being a Yazi Dragon, making him a formidable fighter. This allows him to have a much higher Qi capacity than ordinary cultivators. Furthermore, using the Blood Jade Divine Art to revive and reshape his Dao body on the spot also consumes a large amount of true Qi. Therefore, there's no need to worry too much about him being overwhelmed by Qi like the old Xuanmen sect did.

However, repairing one's Dao body is not something that can be accomplished overnight. Without careful refinement and concentration, simply consuming Qi and transforming it into blood, and using a jumble of mixed spiritual Qi to reshape one's Dao body, one can only create a clay doll that crumbles at the slightest impact or blow, a rotten corpse.

To forge the sword and cleave the nine luminaries, and to refine the North Star, one must repeatedly circulate and refine the spiritual energy, returning it to its original state through countless refinements. Not to mention, the forging of my sword requires the consumption of materials from the Great Void Demon, which cannot be accomplished overnight.

In this way, too much Qi gets stuck in the meridians and Qi Sea, which reduces the efficiency of Qi cultivation. However, it is really hard to give up this rare spiritual Qi if we directly disperse our energy and let it all pour out from the Qi Aperture.

Therefore, it's better to use it for killing.

Yes, this is when the Ruyi Sword Manual makes its appearance.

The leaders of the Sword Sect are always exceptionally powerful in combat and often guard the scriptures for the Xuanmen (mysterious sect). This is because even when they reach the bottleneck of the Nascent Soul stage of enlightenment, they never have to worry about having too much Qi and being forced to retreat into the mountains for seclusion. This is because they can directly use the excess Qi to refine their sword control techniques, taking it to the next level and continuing to improve their combat power.

This is because the most superior sword control technique is a true late-stage method.

It is called sword control, but in reality it is qi control. It does not follow the meridians or store qi in the sea. It refines and gathers the complex true qi in the body and the cultivation of thousands of years in the lungs and viscera, compresses it to the extreme, and condenses it into a breath of true qi. Finally, it reaches the peak and refines the true qi of ten thousand feet. With each breath, wherever the mind goes, the sword intent arrives. It moves with the mind and the true qi arrives instantly. It is like a supreme divine skill that controls the sword with the mind and breaks the body with the spirit.

If one's own cultivation level is not yet at the level of a sect leader or mountain master, one will not have the trouble of 'too much Qi', nor will one have the experience and skill of cultivating Qi for thousands of years. Naturally, one cannot talk about cultivating such a superior internal energy manual. But once you cross the threshold and witness the realm behind the door, you will know the power of this sect leader's secret transmission, an unparalleled skill.

"boom!"

"Sect Leader, save me!"

A giant dragon, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, chased after the fireball and burst out of the water!

"Wow——!"

Tie Dan opened his mouth and unleashed a burst of true energy, sweeping across the hundred-zhang-long dragon. The dragon was instantly cleaved in two, its scales broken and its spine severed, cleaving it into three pieces. In the blink of an eye, it was killed on the spot.

Really fragrant.

(End of this chapter)