Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect-Chapter 136 - 135: 1 Year

When Tie Dan woke up, above him was an azure sky, the sun was bright, and there wasn’t a cloud in sight.

For a moment, he couldn’t even tell what world he was in until the jolt of the carriage beneath him and the intense pain throughout his body brought him back to consciousness.

Then he turned his head and saw Zhen Baiyu with her head full of white hair lying beside him.

"..."

Then Zhen Baiyu suddenly opened her eyes,

"What are you looking at! You’ve screwed me over, you old fool!"

Tie Dan, "..."

’Zhen Baiyu’ cursed with her eyes wide open,

"You cursed star of disaster, you’ve made us suffer! She used up all her alchemy to save you, her lifespan is over!

Now I am using the Primordial Spirit Method to keep her soul locked for a year! If within that year you can’t find a peach, Ganoderma Immortal Medicine, Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, or other life-extending treasure to save your Baiyu sister,

when the year’s up, she’ll definitely have her soul scattered, becoming silence itself, never to reincarnate!

At that time, you’ll owe her for life! You’ll never be able to repay it in this lifetime! Hmph!"

Then she closed her eyes and fell asleep, snoring like thunder.

Tie Dan, "..."

Then Tie Dan turned his eyes again, looking at another person sitting in the carriage, chest exposed, looking melancholy, with long hair draping over his shoulders.

You are...

The man raised his orchid-like fingers, brushed aside the long hair over his forehead, looked Tie Dan up and down thoroughly, smiled, and said,

"Shall I teach you to play the flute?"

Nutter...

"Oh dear... Kindred spirits are hard to find..."

So the man raised his head with melancholy and stared at the sky, ignoring him.

What the hell is going on...?

Fortunately, Kun jumped out, gave Tie Dan a look, and briefly explained the situation.

Oh, so that’s how it is...

In short, they won.

Zhen Baiyu sacrificed her lifespan and cultivation, borrowed the power of the Divinity Transformation Treasure, instantly killed Taotie, and survived this calamity.

However, this battle had pushed them to their limits.

Tie Dan’s sword was broken, his body shattered, and he needed to slowly recuperate and recover.

Liu Changqing perished, Liu Chaoyan’s cultivation was lost, and before he could recover from his severe injuries, he probably had to perform Soldier Disintegration.

The Nie brothers were all injured severely, but they managed to save everyone back to Yanmen Pass with great difficulty.

Even though they killed so many demons and won the calamity fight, the overall situation remained unchanged.

Soon, new demons appeared outside Yanmen Pass again.

Upon receiving the report, the Yanmen Guardian knew that the situation was dire, fearing they may not withstand it, so they urgently arranged to close the gates to guard the city and started preparing to retreat.

The Guardian also thanked these righteous heroes for their assistance in killing many demons and buying time, even though the rewards for the demon-slaying command had to be sent from the Three Constellations, he had no extra funds, but at least he arranged for troops to escort the wounded to the safe confines within the pass, to temporarily stay in the Nie family’s village.

Well, so long as we survive.

Tie Dan looked at Zhen Baiyu, held her hand to feel her pulse, and observed her breathing.

This is not natural aging; it is the so-called Five Decays of Heavenly Beings.

The music is gone, the light of the body suddenly extinguished, soaking in water, clinging to the environment, with eyes flickering multiple times.

This minor sign of decay, where the primordial spirit is dim, and the soul disperses.

This is the price of forcibly using a Divinity Transformation Treasure.

Were it not for her possessing the soul of the Holy Daughter and having fate suppressing her, protected by the Primordial Spirit Method’s soul-suppressing, she would have turned into ashes on the spot.

A year, huh.

First of all, let’s find heavenly materials and treasures for Baiyu to extend her life.

This isn’t the hardest part, after all, in the cultivation world, life-extending, rejuvenating, and long-life elixirs exist in abundance, and even with their rarity, there are always trades within the Mystic Sect. Perhaps she might even just go out and run into divine beasts offering treasures out of the blue.

What really needs worrying about is the demon tide, like a tide, surging over Yin Mountain and heading towards the Central Plains.

After all, even if one extends their life by a thousand years, getting killed by demons still leads to a dead end.

And if it were just a normal demon tide, well, Tie Dan and the group of Golden Core Masters and Foundation Establishment Warriors managed to slay eight Great Demons, showing that under normal circumstances, the Human Clan still has some strength to fight.

But suppose the Demon Palace in the Three Constellations, rather than stepping up, shouldering the duty of ruling the world and protecting the living, secretly aligned with the Demon Clan for personal gain, providing them with Divination Transformation Pills to boost their strength, and using them as external helpers to harm their own people instead.

Then this world would truly be in dire straits...

Anyway, focus on the task at hand, and do your best with the rest.

So, after a week of brief recuperation at the Nie Family Castle, with others still bedridden, Tie Dan was already able to get out of bed and move around.

However, Zhen Baiyu’s vitality and lifespan were now on a countdown, with most of the day spent in a stupor and less when she was lucid, sometimes she couldn’t even see Tie Dan’s face, relying entirely on the Nie family’s women to care for her.

Amid such a situation, Tie Dan naturally couldn’t continue to lie around, so he borrowed a bow, horse, and saber from the Nie family, ready to go out alone to Yin Mountain to find the Snow Lotus.

Before he left, Zhen Baiyu was still in a deep sleep, unable to come around; Tie Dan went to see Liu Chaoyan, returning the flute to him.

"I’m about to prepare for Soldier Disintegration, best to ask Fellow Daoist to take care of it."

Liu Chaoyan looked at the flute, sighed,

"In case there’s a chance in the future, please have Brother Tie take it to the foot of Heng Mountain and return it to the Liu Family’s ancestral home."

Tie Dan nodded,

"Alright. I will definitely do that."

The man with long hair lay by the door, wanting to cry with no tears,

"Don’t, I’m a flute, you’re supposed to play me, what’s the point of placing me in a shrine on the spirit tablet! Sigh! Oh dear..."

Unfortunately, Liu Chaoyan didn’t even see him, just sighed,

"The treasure aura is too strong, and with insufficient destiny to possess it, it naturally reduces lifespan. But what’s more lamentable is that we, these undeserving descendants, fail even to qualify to use the treasure.

Since our ancestor ascended, not a single Liu family member has obtained the family legacy, and now we have to rely on your wife sacrificing herself to save us, which is truly shameful."

Tie Dan shook his head and said,

"We have shared life and death together, no need to say more, I will certainly fulfill Brother Liu’s request."

"Thank you... Does Brother Tie have anything else to say?"

Liu Chaoyan saw that Tie Dan’s face didn’t look right since this guy typically had no expression at all...

Tie Dan nodded gravely,

"Indeed there’s a private matter; Brother Liu is a true inheritor of Heng Mountain, ever heard of our Guangxia Mountain?"

Liu Chaoyan felt ashamed,

"On this... I indeed haven’t heard of it. Ever since Changqing and I completed our Elixir to perfection to collect heavenly materials for Nascent Soul formation, we’ve been practicing everywhere, only recently arriving in Hebei, and haven’t really met local Daoist friends."

Tie Dan saw that the other party thought he was a Northern Land cultivator, seemingly truly having not heard of Guangxia Mountain, probably away from the mountain for a long time, and perhaps unaware of his master’s affairs, but still persistently asked,

"My master was the Heavenly Evil Star among the Eighteen Flying Stars of the Beichen Sword Sect, with old ties to Master Huilan of Yellow Court Temple in your mountain, once sent a Junior Sister to your place to cultivate, do you know anything about this?"

Liu Chaoyan shook his head helplessly,

"The Eighteen Flying Stars are famous, and the Yellow Court Temple indeed resides within Heng Mountain cultivating Daoist friends, but we are merely Outer Door disciples of Shangqing Dao and not officially initiated, thus our fate never connected with the two True Men."

Tie Dan gritted his teeth, remained silent for a while, and then asked,

"My master went to visit your place and was ambushed by traitors midway, hiding the heavenly mechanism; even the sect couldn’t ascertain it.

Do you know if there are any demons around Heng Mountain, or anyone capable of such acts?"

Liu Chaoyan understood, frowned, and thought carefully,

"The Flying Star True Men of the Sword Sect are all expert fighters from the Cloud Platform Sword Fighting, first-rate experts even within our Mystic Sect, ordinary Divine Monarchs are no match for them, yet to be sneakily harmed by someone..."

Liu Chaoyan pondered carefully, calculated,

"If it were indeed a Southern Country cultivator in play, apart from the Mystic Sect’s Sect Leaders, Supreme Bliss of the Demon Sect, few Demon Cultivators or Heterodox have such skills, I think it might be three, well, two people, right?"

Tie Dan’s eyes lit up, murderous intent apparent,

"Which three."

Liu Chaoyan saw the sharpness in his gaze as if determined not to leave one threat unchecked, he hurriedly mentioned all three.

The Mystic Sect Divine Sect, being the most elite of the two great factions nowadays, full of experts, with countless intrigues, the odds of them committing the crime was naturally the greatest, but it boiled down to a factional struggle; once an opportunity arose, they would fight, not much else to say.

But besides the Three Great Sects, there were other independent demon cultivation experts. These demon-human spirit phantoms, being purely chaotic Demon Gods, having risen large and mighty through personal adventure, innate talent, and endeavors, not bound by any rules, acting at will, and became demonic magnates.

Among them, two were founder-level figures, one was something Wuyi Zen Master, another was something Xuanpin Palace Master, all depending on Ancient Taoist Sect legacy, reaching an extremely profound realm as heterodox independent cultivators, commanding many disciples and being enticed by the Demon Palace, listed on the Divine List and Immortal Record, appointed as the Southern Country National Preceptor and leader against the Mystic Sect forces.

These two sects had long been in conflict with the various branches of Heng Mountain, fighting over the ruling rights and heavenly materials and treasures of the Southern Immortal World’s Cave Heaven Blessed Lands, with battles continuing for many years.

So if Tie Dan said that his master, Tianku, was visiting Heng Mountain when he fell into an ambush, then in the locale, those who had the motive and capability to harm him, well, these two couldn’t escape the cause and effect.

As for the possible third person, it was a self-proclaimed Supreme Bliss fellow, quite something in his way, a Mystic Sect traitor. Naturally, not a legitimate Mystic Sect, this person was from the infighting of the ancient Mystic Sect, and the remnants were completely eradicated by the current Hidden Immortal Sect, those remnants of the Xiaoyao Sect.

Of course, the Xiaoyao Sect was completely destroyed at that time, naturally having no legitimate inheritance; presumably, this Supreme Bliss fellow had a bit of talent, also some immortal fate, thus acquired the Taoist Secret Manual, Divine Skill, and Treasures hidden in the Xiaoyao Sect’s grotto heaven, inheriting the cause and effect of the Xiaoyao Sect, seeking revenge against the Hidden Immortal Sect.

So this person, relying on the quick progress immortal cultivation wonder of cultivation through energy replenishment, rapidly rose to become a demon path bigwig, considered the subversive protagonist of the rapist-type evil cultivation.

This person, practicing evil techniques, naturally harmed many female cultivators of the Southern Country, also violated the taboos of the Mystic Sect, with various sects attempting multiple times to capture him, yet always failed to track him down, even repeatedly killing many Nascent Soul Realm disciples, causing small sects to send their women to Yellow Court Palace to escape disaster.

According to the estimation of Heng Mountain’s bigwigs, this person should be secretly protected by the Heavenly Dao, with fate yet unfinished, which allowed him to run rampant, but how much skill he had was still unclear. Whether there was confidence in defeating the Flying Star, Liu Chaoyan felt uncertain.

But anyway, none of them were good people, sooner or later they would be completely eradicated.

So Tie Dan didn’t dwell longer, thanked Liu Chaoyan, bid farewell to the Nie brothers, and took another look at the still sleeping Zhen Baiyu outside the door.

Then he mounted his horse and departed, alone leaving the Nie Family Castle, heading north to Yin Mountain to seek medicine.

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