Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 472 Incarnation
With the help of the Tianfu Mountain Sect Leader candidate and his core team, no more small fry dared to challenge their might. They arrived in the capital region without incident, and in the distance, they could see the Yuntai Peaks, which were undergoing large-scale construction, faintly visible in the clouds.

Having arrived in this heartland of the Central Plains, the Xuanmen headquarters was naturally a place where no one dared to act recklessly. They could finally catch their breath. So Nie Yunlan led the fleet to Yuntai to resupply, and Tiedan naturally had to climb the mountain in person to pay his respects and thank Lingxuzi, the head of the Xuanmen.

Well, I've been tricked all this way and I still have to thank them. That's how the Xuanmen (Taoist sect) is—if you don't like it, don't play...

However, it wasn't so easy to see Ling Xuzi this time. After all, the head of the Xuanmen sect had to do his work. Right now, he was meeting with delegations from various forces at the top of Yuntai Peak, together with the nine major Xuanmen sects.

Well, there aren't really any major powers involved, just a celestial palace and a mystical sect. The main problem is that someone ruined things in Suiyang, so although Suiyang City hasn't fallen yet, the barrier hasn't been set up, so it can't hold back the Heavenly King's army.

Thus, the vanguard of the Heavenly King's Army had already approached the Central Plains, threatening Hulao Pass and terrifying the Three Enclosures to the point of losing their souls.

After all, although the imperial court had moved south, the powerful families in the capital region and the officials of the court all had large and wealthy families with hundreds or even thousands of treasure ships. It was impossible to arrange for their trusted confidants to transport them to the south in such a hurry.

So this time, several high-ranking officials and ministers came at once, clearly wanting Lingxuzi to help them protect their private property.

The popularity of the Eight Trigrams on Yuntai Peak was so great that the nine major sects immediately knew that the Immortal Palace was about to part with its spoils, and the sects were about to feast. As a result, the sect leaders and patriarchs who had been out of sight for hundreds of years all came out of seclusion and returned to Yuntai Peak to serve as permanent directors and participate in the feast of sharing the spoils of the Immortal Clan.

Of course, at such a feast where meat is distributed, the fewer people the better. Naturally, suddenly no one remembered that Tie Dan was also a member of the Nine Great Mystic Sects and invited him to the table. But since Tie Dan was busy with the sect's revitalization mission anyway, it didn't matter.

So at this time, the Yuntai Conference had reportedly been going on for several days, and the area in front of the mountain gate was already crowded with people. Leaders and elders of the second and third-tier Xuanmen sects were lining up to wait for an audience, hoping to curry favor with the head of the sect, get a job, and get a share of the benefits.

Therefore, under these circumstances, even though Tie Dan was the dignified sect leader of the Sword Sect and a ruthless figure, he could only take a number and wait in line with the other sect leaders and elders without an appointment...

"Mysterious Heaven Sword Lord, how have you been?"

Suddenly, the old man in front of him turned around and greeted him with a smile.

Tie Dan glanced at the old man, his white hair and youthful face, his eyes deep and unfathomable, his flowing robes and Taoist attire creating a striking appearance. At first glance, he did look quite good, indeed a standard immortal, a celestial being. But honestly, everyone on the mountainside dressed like this, making him rather unremarkable, which was rather inexplicable. He politely remarked...
"Forgive my poor eyesight, I do not know who you are..."

"Me? Me? You don't recognize me just because I have a different face?"

The old man swept his face away and suddenly put on a funny face.

Tie Dan also instantly made a face and stared at him coldly.

The old man wiped the funny face off and chuckled.
"Don't be so angry, I was just joking with you."

Tie Dan gritted his teeth, rolled his eyes, and glared at him with fierce beastly pupils, his gaze focused, ready to kill him with a single sword strike at any moment.

"Oh, you want to play? Very well, I will definitely pay you a visit another day, fight my way up to Kongtong, and have some fun with you, senior."

The old man smiled, his expression unchanged.

"Of course, of course. Our Kongtong Mountain is adorned with the North Star and the Central Star, shining brightly in the heavens. It is a magnificent sight. Xuan Tianjun is exceptionally talented. If you were to visit our Kongtong Mountain, you would surely gain new insights into the Star Gang Sword Power and the Northern Star Sword Intent."

"I happen to have a great-great-grandson, three hundred years old, at the peak of the Golden Core stage, with a solid foundation, having mastered the Five Arts, and a decent appearance. When she enters the inner sect next year, she will receive my true teachings. Why not have her accompany you on your tour of Kongtong? You're both young, you're sure to have something in common."

Tie Dan was so angry he laughed.

"Are you out of your mind?! You've killed my head, severed my body, and cut off my path! You've schemed and plotted against me all along!"
You don't think I'll let your whole family go just because you've said a few nice words to me, do you? No way, no way?!

To everyone's surprise, the old man remained smiling, his expression unchanged, and said...
"Hey, that's not how it works. As the saying goes, 'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.' What did I do with offending you? It was my Three Corpses Pengju who did this."

"It's more like you killed him for me, and I owe you a favor, so of course I have to repay you."

"……ha!??"

The old man told him to calm down, then flipped his hand and produced a Taoist book, handing it to him.

"This is the 'Supreme Three Corpses Scripture,' which refines the spirits of greed, anger, and ignorance, the three corpses, and their external manifestations."

Once this skill is mastered, the Three Corpses can cultivate independently, following you like a shadow and at your beck and call. From cultivating flowers and plants, refining elixirs and gathering herbs, to highway robbery, murder, and other acts that are inconvenient to perform personally, the Three Corpses can be dispatched without incurring any karmic consequences.

This is truly an essential skill for home, travel, and any outing. Everyone at Yuntai Jiufeng has a copy; here you go, don't be shy.

Tie Dan glared at him.

"Oh... but isn't that still you ordering it around?!"

The old man laughed and said,

"This really has nothing to do with me. I've given you the cultivation method; you'll understand it at a glance. The advantage of this technique is that the three corpses can cultivate on their own, and you can let them grow freely without having to worry about anything else. They can also act as external avatars to help you survive the calamity of death. However, this is also the drawback of this technique."

Once the first calamity of death is overcome, the three corpses will spontaneously generate consciousness, harboring thoughts of greed, anger, and delusion. Gradually, they will develop the malice of being able to replace the original body, outwardly complying but inwardly defying orders, no longer listening to commands, and even secretly plotting and scheming, determined to kill the original body and take its place.

At this point, the three corpses will become a calamity in themselves, and it is time to sever the corpses.

Of course, if one can slay the corpse worms and refine them into a pill, the benefits are numerous and self-evident. Completely severing the three corpses and breaking through the desires of greed, anger, and ignorance can even provide a glimmer of hope for enlightenment. Therefore, many people in the Xuanmen (Taoist school) cultivate this path in hopes of achieving a breakthrough.

But those who perished at the hands of the Three Corpses, well, quite a few, too.

Tie Dan squinted at him, making no attempt to hide his suspicion.

The old man didn't mind and continued...

“My Peng Ju’s corpse is quite capable. It once saved me from a fatal calamity and then escaped my control.”

Then they plotted against me, slaying two of my avatars. Now, after 3,600 years of cultivation, they have become too powerful to control.

However, I have been living in seclusion in the mountains for a long time, and I also have a group of senior brothers to help me, so he can't do anything to me.

Therefore, he secretly plotted against you, instigated the Cloud Platform conflict, and caused internal strife within the Xuanmen sect, so that he could have the opportunity to profit from it.

However, man proposes, God disposes. The fact that this villain was slain by Xuan Tianjun, eliminating a major threat to my cause, is truly a win-win situation. If you, fellow Daoist, had disregarded the consequences and stormed my Mount Kongtong to vent your anger, you would have fallen right into his trap.”

"..."

Tie Dan frowned, having never heard of anything about the Three Corpses before, and wasn't sure if the old man was telling the truth or just spouting nonsense. The old man, of course, knew that although Tie Dan was young, he was no fool; he'd been around the world for so long without being easily fooled. He simply smiled and said...
"In the end, my Kongtong Mountain can't fly away. Fellow Daoist, when you've thought it through and figured it out, just come find me, Xuanzhenzi."

Tie Dan's face was cold.
“Kongtong Xuanzhenzi, remember this.”

So the two bowed to each other in a deep bow, and then Xuanzhenzi turned his head away, and everyone continued to wait in line as if they didn't know each other...

After waiting for a while, a commotion suddenly broke out ahead, and then a celestial gate opened in the clouds. Golden dragons and phoenixes led fragrant carriages and precious chariots out of the celestial mountains and peaks. The people waiting outside understood that the higher-ups had finished their talks with the celestial palace.

So the group of mountain dwellers filed in, then took flight and entered the thick clouds.

In a flash, Tie Dan found himself in a quiet room created by his primordial spirit magic.

Then, as soon as the blue light appeared, a divine thought clone was projected out to meet him.

"Greetings, Chief. I have come to express my gratitude for your assistance in helping me through this tribulation."

Lingxuzi, with divine thought, also bowed and said,
"Sect Leader Xuantian, you're too kind. We're all from the same sect and share the same ideals. These small favors are nothing to mention."

Tie Dan realized that the illusory figure before him was merely a distraction from Ling Xuzi's magical projection. Perhaps too many people were online trying to negotiate with him, and Tie Dan didn't have much important business to attend to personally. So, he didn't bother with any further maneuvering and simply raised the *Three Corpse Scripture* in his hand.
"By the way, does the head monk recognize this Taoist book?"

Lingxuzi nodded in spiritual thought.
"I recognize that I wrote this book."

Tie Dan was taken aback, quite surprised.
"Did you write this? Is this the Qingcheng martial arts manual?"

Lingxuzi shook his head with his divine sense.
"No, the original manuscript of the Daoist book was obtained by our predecessors from the Taixu Realm and is an ancient Daoist treasure, a wordless heavenly book."

I merely observed and comprehended the Dao, then transcribed and copied it, made some minor adjustments, and improved it according to the current celestial conditions of Taiji Heaven. Ultimately, I restored the Daoist text, allowing this practice to see the light of day again.

This skill is available for purchase in the Yuntai Daoist Canon; it can be exchanged for one hundred coins for warding off enemy soldiers.

Tie Dan was also surprised by the coincidence and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Since this was said by the Chief, is it true that the Three Corpse Incarnations will replace the original body and rebel against it? And are the sins committed by the Three Corpse Incarnations unrelated to the original body?"

Lingxuzi nodded in his divine sense, then shook his head.
"The corpse is an insect, and the clone is not human, but a part of yourself. The three corpses you have refined are, in the final analysis, just projections of yourself."

This skill is simply based on the attachment to greed, anger, and ignorance. Therefore, the resulting spiritual essence may be exceptionally stubborn and biased, which is why it can solidify into a physical form and endure in the world.

But in essence, all the actions of the Three Corpses are your own desires, and all the actions of the Three Corpses are your own plans.

The "corpse" in "Three Corpses" refers to your corpse. What you can do, he can also do; what you can calculate, he can also think of.

If you were in the same position as the Three Corpses, your actions would be no different.

They understand each other perfectly, their thoughts are connected, their hearts are in perfect harmony, as if they were two separate beings, without any distinction between them.

Only then can it be called an avatar outside the body.

Tie Dan understood.

in other words,

The fact that Xuanzhenzi's Peng Ju's corpse would attempt to assassinate Tie Dan was, as Xuanzhenzi himself said, because he knew that doing so would cause turmoil within the Xuanmen sect, allowing him to take advantage of the chaos.

But Peng Ju was able to calculate to this extent because, in essence, Xuan Zhenzi had such insight and shrewdness. He saw the weakness of the Sword Sect, the contradictions in the Xuanmen's struggle for power, and the chaos and opportunities that the assassination of Tie Dan could create, and he had the same idea.

So you could say that karma shouldn't affect you, since Xuanzhenzi really didn't do anything; he just thought about it. But who knows if it wasn't he who had the thought in his mind and gave Peng Ju the order?

If he hadn't had that thought, if he hadn't harbored that murderous intent, how could there be any talk of cause and effect?

Even if we take a step back and say that Xuanzhenzi appeared before Peng Ju made his move to warn Tie Dan that his corpse was about to ambush him and that he should be careful, then it could barely be considered that it was none of his business.

But to wait until Tie Dan has fought a fierce battle and survived this life-threatening ordeal before showing up to clear his name is wishful thinking...

In short, the feud is now set in stone, and a showdown with Kongtong is inevitable.

"Shh."

Suddenly, another Ling Xuzi flashed into the room, snatched the "Three Corpse Scripture" from Tie Dan's hand, casually waved away the divine thought projection, and then tightly closed the door of the hermitage.

"Who gave you this?"

Tie Dan had no intention of letting Ling Xuzi interfere in his feud with Kongtong. Even though he was now a staunch supporter of Ling Xuzi's faction, he felt it would be shameful to constantly call the sect leader over to a child's fight and then complain to the teacher. So he shrugged.

"I guess it's something you get from killing monsters."

Lingxuzi didn't ask any questions. He simply put the "Three Corpses Scripture" into his sleeve and gave him another scripture instead.

"You shouldn't practice this anymore. The Three Corpses Scripture conflicts with the Ruyi Scripture."

You must cultivate until you are completely focused, one with the sword, to achieve true sword intent. But to cultivate this, you must cultivate with divided will, with your soul and spirit separated. Otherwise, you will suffer a qi deviation and a significant decline in your cultivation.

Luckily, I have a new book here, perfect for you to practice with. Here, take it.

Tie Dan didn't really care; he just wanted to confirm whether Xuan Zhenzi was lying to him. So he glanced at the cultivation technique Ling Xuzi had given him…

Bloodstained Divine Sword Notes

"No! Is this the cultivation technique you wrote!?"

"Why not? I registered it, so it's my work."

Ling Xuzi gave him a wink.

"If you're going to pretend, then pretend to be serious. Anyway, just keep an eye on it and be prepared. It'll come in handy when we're going to take down the evil cult in a while."

(End of this chapter)