Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 474 Returning to the Mountain
Lingxuzi had other guests to attend to, and it wasn't convenient to talk in a crowded place. So Tiedan didn't linger at Yuntai and, with 207 containers under the protection of a group of sworn brothers, set off back to Jiuyin Mountain.

Throughout the journey, he studied the book "The Blood Codex Divine Sword Notes".

Having dealt with that old bastard Ling Xuzi for so long, Tie Dan has finally figured him out.

You can't really call him a liar. On the contrary, this chief has never bothered to tell lies.

This old fellow, who has lived through the generations of the Mystic Maiden, has truly lived too long, seen too much, looked too far ahead, and calculated too clearly. Why would he need to lie?

His experience and intelligence allow him to effortlessly speak to one person as one, and another person as another. He can use selective facts and partial truths to mislead everyone's judgment and achieve his own goals.

You're so frustrated you're practically seething with anger, but you can't confront him. Because if you get tricked, it's entirely your own fault for being poorly reasoned and lacking in knowledge. Because if you don't play by his rules and unravel his mysteries layer by layer, some truths might never be known.

So if Lingxuzi says that the way to break the deadlock lies in "The Blood Codex Divine Sword Notes", then it lies in this book.

If you can't see it, that's your own problem. Only when you can see it can you unlock the hidden dialogue that follows.

Well, Tie Dan could only admit that his skills were not up to par and he seemed to be stuck again. He had read the book until it was worn out but still couldn't figure it out.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with the techniques described in the book.

The fame of the Blood Talisman Divine Sword needs no further explanation; it is one of the three supreme divine skills of the Divine Sect, invincible under heaven.

Yes, invincible under heaven, no exaggeration.

As clearly stated in the preface of the book, this move was created by the God Lord after he reached the peak of Nine Yin and completely shattered the Nine Swords of the Northern Star.

We won fair and square, we triumphed with honor, we climbed to the top of the world by stepping on the face of the Sword Sect, who dares to object?

Ling Xuzi even added a note, stating that the former head of the Xuanmen sect, Tian Gang, the former leader of the Sword Sect, had once fought a peak battle with the leader of the Divine Sect, and was ultimately defeated and crippled by the Blood Talisman Divine Sword, further demonstrating that his reputation was well-deserved. Tie Dan was speechless with anger…

It's truly speechless, because the sword technique created by the God Lord is indeed powerful. Although it only uses the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind, it follows the laws of heaven and earth and nature. It seems to be profound and very simple, but in fact, it has already attained enlightenment. There is no room for him to talk nonsense or question it.

Yes, this divine skill is the supreme art created by the Divine Lord based on his analysis of the battle against the Sword Sect, his practical cracking of various ultimate secret sword techniques, his integration of the essence of sword qi, sword moves, and sword formations, and finally, his study of the nine volumes of the Mysterious Maiden's Heavenly Book in the Sword Pavilion. He comprehended the ability to transform blood into swords, to use swords to cleave the Dao, and for the Dao to be naturally formed.

Rather than calling this a sword technique, it is more like a Taoist book, or even a commentary on a scripture. It is the deity himself's annotation of the Beichen Sword Technique and his understanding of the Tao.

However, although the Blood Codex Divine Sword is incredibly powerful and has an extremely high level of prestige, it still cannot be compared with the Blood God Child Great Technique, and it is not as widely circulated in the Divine Cult because this divine skill was not completed.

Strictly speaking, the Divine Lord didn't write "Blood Talisman Divine Sword," only "The Method to Break the Nine Luminaries Divine Sword." This technique was based on the Nine Luminaries Divine Sword used by the Nine Peaks Sword Master of the Sword Sect. However, because the Divine Lord suddenly "DUANG!" and ascended to immortality, it wasn't finished. Successive Holy Maidens took turns compiling the fragments left by the Divine Lord into a book, which itself is incomplete. Every now and then, a Holy Maiden would wake up and remember a little more, so it would be updated...

Therefore, this technique is like something suspended in mid-air, completely lacking the so-called cultivation, Qi refining, and core formation methods of the early stages. It immediately reaches the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, the highest level of a Great Dao duel. The four sword styles of earth, water, fire, and wind can only be used by middle-aged and old Xuanmen masters, the Ten Absolute Supremes, and sect leaders who have cultivated to the level of Dharma Body and Heaven and Earth and Sword Rainbow Nascent Soul.

Those Nascent Soul stage masters, as long as they grasp the natural principles of swordsmanship and learn a superficial understanding, can already unleash tremendous power. The sword manual leaves many blanks, allowing practitioners to tailor their techniques to their own strengths and specialties.

Therefore, Ling Xuzi was indeed right. This book, "The Blood Register Divine Sword Notes," incorporates the Eight Immortals Sword of Qingcheng and can be considered his original sword technique.

To be fair, this cultivation technique is an improvement for Tie Dan. After all, he now has thousands of years of cultivation, has already unlocked the supernatural power of "Law of Heaven and Earth," and is extremely proficient in the "Body Transformation into a Sword Rainbow" technique. Practicing the four forms of the Blood Talisman Divine Sword can directly enhance his understanding of the Dao, and he will benefit greatly.

But that alone probably isn't enough to break the deadlock and save lives, is it? Could it be that Ling Xuzi's ultimate move is hidden within the Qingcheng Eight Immortals Sword? But these eight moves seem to be just simple Returning to Dust Dao techniques, still considered part of the Tai Chi method...

Tie Dan pondered deeply for seven days and managed to learn the four forms of the Blood Talisman Divine Sword and the eight moves of the Qingcheng Immortal Sword, but he still couldn't see through the deeper scheme.

The light boat, however, had a smooth journey and arrived safely at Jiuyin Mountain.

Interestingly, some people had already been waiting in front of the mountain gate for quite some time.

It's not reeds.

"Mysterious Heaven Sword Lord".

Looking at the man in front of him with white eyebrows and beard, a tiger's jaw and a swallow's chin, bowing to him in greeting, Tie Dan looked on with suspicion.

Of course he still remembered Tianyin Zhenjun, one of the Eighteen Flying Stars. Back then, when this guy was in charge of Yaoguang Peak, he brought his whole family to Cangjian Villa to serve as stewards, and locked Tiedan at the door for two hours. How could he forget that?

However, this time the other party was clearly not there to rob or rob, nor to compete for any position.

Out of the corner of his eye, Tie Dan spotted the airship parked in front of the sword formation at the mountain gate. A quick scan with his divine sense revealed a group of people who had already settled down and were temporarily staying at the Jiuyin Mountain.

Zhen Gang, Que Xie, and not only Tian Yin's family and disciples, but also the four sons and eight daughters of the Shen family, a large group of beautiful women, and dozens of child disciples previously taken in by the Hidden Sword Manor, are practicing body tempering and swordsmanship in the training ground, led by Golden Core disciples such as Ding Guang and Zhao Dan.

Tie Dan looked at him.
"It was you who took the people from Hidden Sword Manor away ahead of time."

Tianyindao
"I heard that Sword Lord seized Sword Pavilion and proclaimed himself the seventeenth generation sect leader, determined to revive the Sword Sect, so I sent all my disciples back to the main mountain to cultivate."

Tie Dan rolled his eyes.
"I've been in seclusion for over seventy days, and it's taken me this long to come out of the mountain. Does it really take this long to get here from Hidden Sword Manor?"

Tianyin said calmly.
"The Central Plains are plagued by war and disaster, and evil spirits and heretics are rampant. Therefore, we had to take a detour through the Qian region, which delayed our journey."

Tie Dan sneered.

"Delay? Perhaps Your Excellency heard that even the likes of Tianxu and Tiangui could not do anything to me, and knowing that you had no chance of winning, you wanted to get a share of the Shanglin Daoist Canon, which is why you showed up here."

"What, do you want me to give you a mountain to live on? Or appoint you as an elder?"

Tianyin did not deny it.

"If the sect leader wants to revive the Sword Sect, do we not want to revive the Sword Sect as well?"

The sect leader destroyed the mountain gate because of the distinction between internal and external factions. Must the rebuilding of the Sword Sect also involve this internal and external division?

Tie Dan remained silent for a moment, his face cold.
"Alright, I don't discriminate between insiders and outsiders. Even if it's you, I'll give you a chance."

Immediately, Tie Dan drew his sword and slashed. The sword light flashed and cut straight across Tian Yin's head. With a loud crash and a deafening roar, the outer mountain of Jiuyin was carved into nine flat, mirror-like stone walls. The sword's inscription, along with the corresponding method to counter it, was engraved on the walls.

"I have passed down the sword of Jiuyin Mountain. I have also set up the formation of the Sword Sect."

Anyone who can obtain this sword technique and pass the sword formation can become a disciple of the Sword Sect.

Tianyin gazed up at the nine sword scriptures carved on the wall, sighed deeply, and bowed in gratitude.

"As the sect leader commands."

"Ninth Brother has many miscellaneous matters to attend to, so we'll take our leave as well." Seeing that Tie Dan had a bunch of guests, and that they had finally settled Tian Yin and that the Eight Heroes of Burning Cloud had successfully delivered the goods into the mountains without any further trouble, Nie Yunlan and his brothers also came to say goodbye.

"Brothers, wouldn't it be better to stay in my mountains for a few days? Why don't you take a few sword manuals with you?"

Nie Yunlan laughed.
“Ninth Brother, there’s no need to be so polite. We’ve been away for a long time, and it’s time for us to go back and relieve ourselves of our duties at the border. After a while, we brothers will naturally follow Jian Hong and serve the Xuanmen together. We can talk again then.”

Hopefully, we can meet again sometime in sixty years.

So Tiedan thanked his sworn brothers one by one and took his leave.

After the task was handed over and signed off, two more people came to pay their respects to Tie Dan.

"Greetings, greetings to Sect Leader Sword Master..."

When Tie Dan turned his head, he thought it was the Hehuan Sect coming to his door, but upon closer inspection, he realized that it was a sword maid's attire.

It was actually the "Dark and Bright Cutting Iron" technique.

Tie Dan was also taken aback. Now that he thought about it, he realized that he hadn't seen the two sword servants that Ben Shan had assigned to him since the last encounter with the immortal bone in Genzhou. So they were still alive.

However, Tie Dan noticed that the two of them were acting awkwardly, as if they suddenly felt uncomfortable wearing their backless, midriff-baring, and leg-revealing sword servant outfits, unlike their usual open and intimate demeanor.

Meanwhile, the other women from the Shen family, both young and old, were watching from the sidelines, each with a complicated expression, as if they had some hidden secrets.

Tie Dan understood immediately and realized what was going on.

Oh, they've woken up.

The other person also clenched her teeth, bit her lip, her cheeks flushed, and said with a forced smile,
"Thank you so much, Sect Leader, for taking care of Jiajia these past few days..."

"I have no way to repay your life-saving grace; it is a debt my Shen family owes you..."

"However, however we, we..."

"We wish to resign from our positions as sword attendants..."

Sure enough, the two bodies in front of them were no longer controlled by the spirit of the Obscure Iron-Slaying Sword, but were the real bodies of the Third and Eighth Sisters of the Shen family awakened.

The two of them mumbled and whimpered, offering their explanations one after the other.

It turns out that after Huiming Zhan Tie and Tie Dan were separated, they invited Yuan Ying from Kongsang Mountain to go down into the valley together to search for them. Along the way, they encountered many demons and rogue cultivators vying for the Genzhou Cauldron. After a series of fortuitous encounters, they indeed ran into Zhu Ming Sword Lord. Unfortunately, the two sword maidens were ultimately no match for this Nascent Soul Sword Master, and after a fierce battle, they were defeated. Yuan Ying was possessed by Zhu Ming Sword Lord and disappeared without a trace.

Meanwhile, Huiming Zhan Tie was also severely injured, and his sword spirit was greatly damaged and fell into a deep sleep. Thus, the Shen sisters turned misfortune into blessing, regaining control of their bodies and eventually arriving at Cangjian Manor to reunite with their family.

Tie Dan looked at them, did some mental calculations, and realized that they were lying. Or rather, they were concealing many key details.

It's very simple; logically speaking, they should have died too.

Ahem, it's not that Tie Dan is cursing people; it's just that, according to astrology, these sisters should have reached the end of their lifespan long ago.

After all, they were from the "mother" generation of the Shen family, and they weren't young anymore. They also had flying swords growing inside their bellies, and their previous forced battle with the sword spirits had left them exhausted and their souls on the verge of shattering. It was only thanks to the intervention of the Po Jun Sword Lord, who awakened the Obscure and Bright Iron-Cutting Technique to give them something to cling to and prolong their lives that they were able to survive.

If what they said is true, that they went through danger in the valley and were defeated by Zhu Mingjianjun, and that Huiming Zhan Tie was seriously injured and fell into a deep sleep, how could the two of them have survived? Moreover, how ferocious is the sword spirit? Since Yuan Ying had already possessed them, why did he spare their lives? Why did he even allow them to return safely to Cangjian Manor and be reunited with their family?

Is it really possible for such a fairy tale to happen in the world of Tai Chi?
Of course, everyone has their own destiny. Perhaps they really did stumble upon good fortune, encountering some extraordinary event during their trials, obtaining rare and precious treasures that prolong life, defy fate, and transform their bodies. And since Tie Dan wasn't familiar with them to begin with, it's not impossible that they might have been hiding something, although the probability is very low.

However, Tie Dan has a more probable guess.

They may have already fallen into the hands of some old mystical sect and had their fates changed.

After all, the Shen family's Clear Sword Heart and SSR-level bloodline of the Heavenly Demon Path are a destiny of immortality that Tian Gang specifically instructed them to pursue before his death, which is extremely attractive to people in the Xuanmen sect.

This is probably a powerful bloodline comparable to Tie Dan's combat-ready Dao body. The old Xuanmen are scheming against each other, fighting day and night, and the pressure of reincarnation after death is so great, they must have been drooling over it for a long time.

Moreover, he knew very well about the background of the four sons and eight mothers of the Shen family. He knew that they were the ones who had plotted against Shen Huai back then, which was why they were imprisoned by the Sword Sect and reincarnated after their deaths.

Therefore, Tie Dan even suspected that these two might have awakened their former souls and come to infiltrate his ranks.

Even according to conservative estimates, if they did encounter Zhu Mingjianjun and were severely injured and unable to defeat him, there should be someone behind the scenes who kidnapped Shen Sanniang and Shen Baniang in the ruins. Seeing that their lifespans were nearing their end, even if they were brought back to the sect, it was doubtful they could produce many top-tier Dao embryos like Shen Junyou. They were neither good enough to keep nor good enough to discard. But then again, Hidden Sword Manor still has many children and many mothers!
So the other side used some kind of talisman, incantation, unorthodox techniques, and even skinning and substitution methods to control them, infiltrating the Hidden Sword Manor as spies, waiting for an opportunity to abduct and sell the Shen family members...

Hmm, this kind of scheme is indeed more in line with the style of the Demonic Sect!
Unfortunately, there were far too many shrewd individuals secretly eyeing the Shen family, this huge cash cow. The Eighteen Flying Stars, in particular, were all incredibly cunning, each eyeing the Sword Sect's inheritance. Thus, before the person orchestrating their scheme could even act, Tianyin beat them to it. Had he been even a fraction slower, the likes of Tian Gui and Tian Xu would probably be lining up to come...

Tie Dan was extremely busy right now and had no time to get involved in these troubles, so he simply waved his hand dismissively.
"I see. Don't worry about it. I don't need anyone to serve me. You can leave if you want."

The Shen family members were taken aback, but Tie Dan had transmitted these words to each of them using his sword-controlling technique, so they naturally wouldn't have misheard.

Seeing everyone hesitant, as if they didn't believe him, Tie Dan found it amusing.

"Back then, I brought you all to Hidden Sword Manor for protection on the orders of the mountain."

Now that I am going to reform the Sword Sect, our fates have run their course, so you are no longer considered part of my Nine Yin Mountain.

If you wish to leave the mountain, please do so. If you wish to enter the mountain, you may also give it a try.

Do you think my Sword Sect is begging you to stay?! Hmph!

A moment of silence fell over everyone. Shen Ba Niang couldn't help but ask,

"Then, what about Jianjia? If she wants to leave, will the sect leader let her go with her?"

Tie Dan snorted coldly.

"What does this have to do with me? Of course she can leave if she wants to. It's not like I asked her to come... Hmm? Where is she? Juque!"

Upon hearing the sect leader's call, a streak of light shot out from the mountain gate, and an iron sword as thick as a door flew down, excitedly circling around the iron egg, nearly knocking its head off...

Tie Dan picked up his sword, probed with his divine sense, his eyes narrowed, and his eyebrows rose.
"What do you mean they're fighting in my cave?"

(End of this chapter)