Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect-Chapter 881 - 455: Dig Three Feet Deep

The YCM Primordial Spirit Technique is Chen Xuantian’s unique secret, and there are fewer than three people in the world who know this technique. It couldn’t have been released by Kun.

After some thought, Tie Dan vaguely recalled that there seemed to be such an event in the past, as if during one of Chen Xuantian’s quantum communication tests, he took over the body of his master, Immortal Tianku, and encountered a Mystic Sect spy named Fei Yan.

Wait a minute, could these people be the descendants of that Fei Yan? Judging by their age, it doesn’t seem quite right... But recalling, Fei Yan seemed to have claimed to have old ties with Lady Gou Ge from the Shanglin Garden. That being said, there are indeed some connections to the Shanglin Treasure...

Finally finding a clue, Tie Dan was too lazy to dwell on these details. He used his Primordial Spirit to capture the jade hairpin and the scroll mid-flight, acquiring these two crucial items. Then, right there in the icy wind, he set up an altar, consulted his horoscope, and made calculations, attempting to use geomancy to deduce the location of the treasure chamber.

Geomancy, it’s the Heavenly Way and the Earthly Way. Essentially, geomancy is observing the celestial phenomena and investigating the geography to understand the natural laws. To put it plainly, it’s about looking for the best Feng Shui and finding a spot where treasures might be buried to dig graves and tombs.

Yes, for long-term preservation and to prevent the leakage of spiritual energy from Heavenly Materials and Treasures, most treasure chambers within Cave Heaven Blessed Lands are hidden underground, adhering to the laws of heaven and earth, and leveraging the earth’s spiritual nodes. There are only a few such Feng Shui treasures and dragon veins in the world. Over time, these treasure troves naturally pile up together. A well-placed shovel is sure to unearth a lot. Geomancy grave robbery is indeed a handy secret skill in cultivation for making unexpected gains on the road.

This remote island near Liu Village is not small. If Tie Dan were to dig three feet deep and flip the entire island in seven days to catch someone, it is not impossible, but it would be a bit of an overreaction.

However, as long as the so-called Shanglin Treasure exists, it is bound to be linked to Lady Gou Ge. As long as he can use these two causal tokens to trace and track, he can find the approximate location of the buried treasure. Then it wouldn’t be too late to dig three feet deep.

What surprised Tie Dan, however, was that despite setting up the array, plucking grasses, and casting lots, he couldn’t calculate anything.

This certainly wasn’t because Tie Dan was bad at arithmetic. Although he wasn’t proficient in numerical arts, with Chen Xuantian in his mind helping with a notebook, he should have at least had a vague sense of something.

The problem was that the more he calculated, the more mistakes he made. It was as if layers of heavy mist gathered around him, obscuring his spiritual sense. Even the heavens and earth exhibited strange phenomena, with clouds covering the sun and rainstorms, so much so that after three consecutive days of divination, the results were inconsistent and full of errors.

Tie Dan wasn’t stupid; he immediately realized that someone was secretly opposing him, concealing the heavenly secrets, and disrupting his divination mechanisms.

Could it be that Tian Gui, that rascal, even after being split in two by a sword, still had the energy to fight him across a distance?

Or was there someone else, or perhaps many others, concealing the heavenly secrets in the dark, all watching the Shanglin Treasure, not allowing him to easily acquire it?

Tie Dan was also frustrated. Unfortunately, Mystic Sects indeed do not just rely on sword fighting, arithmetic and spell combat are also common play. It couldn’t be ignored. Having wasted three days, Tie Dan realized he was behind in the mental game, seriously lacking foundational skills, and his arithmetic capabilities were far inferior to his sword skills, putting him at a disadvantage against others. Delaying any longer would yield no results, and he might truly let the enemy escape.

Damn it! Enough with the calculations! Time is of the essence, pick a promising spot and start digging! This time, I’m betting on luck!

"Boom boom boom!"

With that, Tie Dan chose the best Feng Shui spot on the island, even one he would wish to enter upon death, and with a roll of his sleeves, transformed his Dharma Manifestation into a ten-zhang enormous Yazi form, digging up the earth with his claws.

Indeed, having awakened this combat form after consuming a bunch of blood kin, it would be a waste not to use it. A substantial figure like this is perfect for manual labor.

So, along the earth vein’s spiritual core beneath the ancestral temple of Liu Village, Tie Dan kept digging downward. After all, no matter how deeply buried, the treasure chambers and immortal tombs of Cave Heaven Blessed Lands would eventually have to access and make use of the earth vein’s spiritual power, setting up arrays to hide the traces of Heavenly Materials and Treasures.

So even if he couldn’t pinpoint the exact location, as long as he violently disrupted and severed the earth veins, and disrupted the operation of spiritual breath, it would soon lead to array damage, and reveal the position of the immortal light and treasure light.

Thus, after another three consecutive days of digging, the treasure light indeed burst forth, and Tie Dan unearthed a large heap of immortal fate.

Loads of dinosaur fossils...

Goddammit, this is a joke!!!

With a rush of dragon bones, immortal light, and treasure energy, the island’s Feng Shui became even more chaotic. Tie Dan was at an impasse and had to grab someone randomly from Liu Village for questioning,

"Are you people the clan of Lady Gou Ge from Shanglin Garden? Do you know the old master called Kong Liuzi from your village?"

The person from Liu Village couldn’t have imagined such an immortal would seal off the island without a word and even unleash beasts to cause havoc and run over to dig up their ancestral tomb, so he could only beg for mercy in a low voice.

"Immortal Master, spare my life. We are refugees from Genzhou, fleeing here to avoid military calamities. We really don’t know anything about Kong Liuzi, just begging the Immortal Master to show mercy, spare us, please..."

Tie Dan stared at him and said,

"Do you know about the Shanglin Captain during Emperor Wu’s time? It’s said that scoundrel committed all sorts of evil, embezzled, and hid a massive treasure in your village?"

"Completely fabricated! Absolutely untrue! Pure rumor! Immortal Master, please see the truth!"

Tie Dan impatiently said,

"If I killed you with one strike and asked again, would you still give the same answer?"

The person was almost in tears,

"If you killed me, how could I even answer..."

Tie Dan realized he couldn’t get anything from him, thought for a moment, released the person, and even removed the sword array outside the island. Then, summoning a Sword Rainbow, he took off into the air.

However, halfway, he sneakily returned, calculated the timing, used a Formless Sword Ball and the Hidden Star Evasion method, and silently hid in the beams of the ancestral hall to keep watch.

As expected, in the dead of night, several people from Liu Village came quietly, secretly opened the secret chamber door of the ancestral hall to inspect.

Seeing that the hidden tribute scroll was missing, surely stolen by that Demon Path, everyone leaned on the table weeping,

"Heavens, the immortal fate left by Lady Quan has indeed been stolen by that person, what should we do!"

"Never mind the immortal fate, since the Demon Path couldn’t find the treasure, they won’t rest! I say we all just flee for our lives!"

"But Mr. Liu said unless we obtain the immortal fate, we must not leave this place lightly..."

"Don’t mention Mr. Liu, he hasn’t been seen these days, probably already met a violent end.

We should first seek refuge overseas for three to five years and return when the trouble dies down. If we hesitate any longer and let the Demon Path find out, it will be too late to regret."

Thus, after some discussion, they decided to split the family assets and seek refuge. Taking advantage of the dim starlight, carrying lanterns, they made their way from Liu Village to the shore. Reaching a rocky coastal area, the leader lit a talisman, silently chanting incantations while gesturing underwater.

Before long, suddenly there was a thunderous sound, followed by towering waves splitting the sea. From the chaotic rocks at the ocean floor emerged a Treasure Ship.

It was a flying Treasure Ship from the Immortal Palace, a massive warship as tall as a four-story building. Wrapped in canvas and sails, it didn’t show a hint of its treasure-light until the canvas was unfurled. The sails unfolded like butterfly wings, emitting a dreamlike, serene blue glow, reflecting the scattered stardust of the Milky Way. It was truly a breathtaking sight.

The people of Liu Village were wholeheartedly trying to escape, not hesitating as they skillfully pinched the formula and cast magic, controlling the treasure to set sail. The treasure ship’s sails were raised swiftly, its massive body ablaze with runes, illuminating like a mirage chariot at sea, preparing to sail overseas.

However, before they could finish preparing and gather their families aboard, a ball of sword light suddenly floated out of the cabin. In the night, it flickered like a ghostly fire, swaying left and right like a firefly, revolving around the people’s backs. In an instant, it slaughtered them all, drenching the deck in blood in the blink of an eye.

The sword light paused for a moment under the moonlight, revealing the cold form of a three-foot-long small sword.

Not satisfied with having killed so many so quickly, the treasure sword vibrated with blood and soared into the sky as a flying sword, casting a bright light toward the horizon. It clearly intended to use Sword Control to slaughter the entire Liu Village with no survivors, stopping only then.

Thus, Tie Dan could not wait any longer; he rushed downstairs, following the scent of blood straight into the cabin.

The deep sword wounds on Tian Gui’s back had not dried, and the sword marks were hard to erase. To avoid leaving traces for the Liu Village people to discover, he acted swiftly, but this could not escape Tie Dan’s keen eyes.

Tie Dan came quickly, and Tian Gui heard his footsteps. Startled, he leaped up, neglecting even his flying sword. "Crack!" he flung a whip punch backward towards the sound.

Unfortunately, though this punch contained all his life’s power, mixed with fierce winds and thunder, it was cut into three pieces by the sword light’s cold flash.

Tian Gui, still wanting to escape, was overtaken by formless sword energy. His knees and legs twisted into chaos, his body wrecked in a cloud of blood mist, and in an instant, he was hacked by random sword strikes, shattered into eight pieces, scattering all around with "crackle and snap."

"You won."

Being dismembered, Tian Gui, already aware of his doomed fate, could only lie among the chunks of flesh, staring blankly at the shadow in the dark.

"Just two more hours would have passed, marking the seventh day, if only my luck had held..."

Tie Dan didn’t rush to strike again, speaking coldly,

"You, so ruthless and unfeeling, regardless of the situation, even if the full seven days had passed, I would not spare you."

Tian Gui stared defiantly at Tie Dan,

"Why waste words? Aren’t you striking? Or are you interested in the treasure?"

Tie Dan shook his head, stepping out from the shadows, his face showing a strange color for a moment,

"Where did you bury my master?"

Tian Gui was puzzled,

"... Your master?"

"Guangxia Mountain, Chen Tianku."

Tie Dan was silent for a moment, then could not resist asking further,

"Didn’t Tian Gang send you and the Eighteen Flying Stars after him? Since you all returned... is he dead?"

Tian Gui snorted coldly,

"Humph, don’t know. I only feared Tian Gang. I came back as soon he died; who cares about the rest."

"Is that so..."

Tie Dan was momentarily taken aback, not knowing if he felt disappointed or relieved.

Seeing him like this, Tian Gui suddenly laughed mockingly,

"You still call him master? What has Chen Tianku taught you?

Everything you have came from that rogue Lingxu sending it to your hand.

You’re just a pawn used by others; what right do you have to be the Sect Leader of Sword Sect?"

Tie Dan looked at the sword light on his fingertip,

"Maybe you’re right. I’m unworthy, but it doesn’t matter.

If my master hadn’t picked me up, I would have died on the roadside like a stray dog long ago.

Since he took me as a disciple of Sword Sect, for the rest of my life, I am a disciple of Sword Sect.

If you refuse to be part of Sword Sect, that’s also fine.

As long as I live one day, Sword Sect remains one day."

Tian Gui was silent for a while, then sneered,

"You’re strong, but easy to deal with. Whoever angers you, you chase them to the ends of the earth, not even nine bulls can pull you back.

Focused only on immediate grudges, oblivious to others’ interests, that’s no demeanor for a Sect Leader.

A Sect Leader should stand like a mountain, unmoved by winds and storms.

Do you know how Tian Gang leads?

Just for a few things in this village, people skinned and dismembered his pupils and grandchildren alive, and he didn’t make a sound.

No one can manipulate him; no one can take his possessions; no one can block his path.

You, you’re far from that."

"Is that so? Taught well."

Tie Dan flicked his finger, beheading Tian Gui.