Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect-Chapter 903 - 467: Death by a Thousand Cuts (Part 2)
Won.
Right, the disaster at Suiyang, Tie Dan defeated Emei and reaped great benefits, reaching two thousand years of cultivation and Dao power. Unfortunately, he’s been busy with calamity trials, treasure digging, and boss battles, having no proper time for seclusion and refining. So Tie Dan naturally took the opportunity from a previous dual cultivation session to casually squeeze it a few times. Ahem, don’t misunderstand, the sword, it was the sword he was squeezing...
In any case, my sword now is forged by Tie Dan using all his sword power. However, it hasn’t been refined; the first thousand years are fairly refined, but the next thousand years still need honing. It’s not even useful for dealing with small fries, as a major battle just now actually got it broken.
Of course, the problem isn’t serious. After all, my sword was forged with power, breaking it is no issue; just refine and recast. Although it might waste a few hundred years of power, that cultivation was stolen anyway, so it can be stolen again later.
As for this current pair of broken swords, whether they turn into a dual-handed sword, dual-wielding mother and child swords, couple swords, or willow leaf sharp tips, it can be changed as needed based on the battle situation. We’ll see when the time comes.
But indeed, this battle was won by luck, even perilously. Beichen Sword Qi couldn’t break the Mystic Lady Dao Body; the Daoist energy contest lost to the opponent, and every move of the opponent broke Tie Dan’s defense, leaving his body exposed and in a pitiful state.
Although Tie Dan had enlightenment in a dream before, there was no full assurance of breaking that ghost-faced man’s Nine Heavens Profound Lady’s Three Transformations and Nine Changes Refining Form Chapter.
Ultimately, Tie Dan relied on the trust in that boastful, dismissive old fart who looked down on everyone else.
Since that old guy even dismissed the Xuan Nu Chapter as trash, my sword should be able to handle this move. If it didn’t work, it would be embarrassing to call it trash and do nothing, wouldn’t it?
Thus, Tie Dan gritted his teeth, seized the momentary rigidity after the opponent used a great move, and fought desperately.
Fortunately, the gamble paid off.
My sword, unexpectedly, broke the Mysterious Lady’s Refining Form; once the sword was inserted, it destroyed her Divine Skill, sealing most of her Qi Circulation. Although the Taiji Five Qi might not have been enough damage, the Formless Sword Qi could twist things afterward.
However, this time the trump card was seen by the opponent; next time it might not be so easy.
Indeed, there will be a next time.
Although Tie Dan broke the ghost-faced man’s Dharma Body, twisted his Dao Body, and drained his blood and flesh clean, such an old monster surely has prepared a Soldier Disintegration Dao Body and a Possession Body. Probably, when he returns home, he’ll update the battle intelligence against Sword Sect Leader Xuantian in the sect’s Daoist Collection.
Moreover, the opponent’s final move seemed familiar from a dream. Apparently, this group of disciples is also causally linked with Huangfu Yi.
This calamity isn’t over yet; sooner or later, there will be another confrontation.
Having completed the Dao Body Gathering Form, he sat on the ground, controlled his breathing, and ate three Taibai Star Essences, Heavenly Replenishing Qi, and Dragon Blood Nourishing Essences before Tie Dan could stabilize his Inner Breath and regain his strength.
This battle was extremely consuming, nearly similar to the previous fight against Emei where Tie Dan almost broke several stages and nearly died, saved by Chen Xuantian’s intervention behind the scenes.
But fortunately, Mystic Sect’s calamity trials have risks proportional to rewards. Thus, just like last time with the Blood Transformation Divine Pill, after passing the trial, he literally devoured an old Mystic Sect member with mystic lady refining form and nine qi perfection, several thousand years of cultivation as a jackpot, truly a human-shaped Heavenly Materials Treasures — overly enriching.
It’s just a pity that Tie Dan isn’t well-versed in alchemy; such raw consumption lacks the efficiency of refining into Immortal Pills. It can only be crudely swallowed first.
Yet as long as he can peacefully retreat for about a hundred years and absorb this old Xuan Sect’s full power, increasing one or two thousand years of cultivation should be possible. By then, recasting my sword, his combat power will step up to a new level, so he can charge up the mountain, raid, and get vengeance.
"Ding"
Then a light sound came from his ear; it was the flying sword Yun Xiu regaining Qi Power, striving to fly away, to follow its ancestor.
However, there’s no escape. The sword’s Essence Blood formed into a blood hand, sweeping to grab the flying sword as if catching a wriggling silver fish, bringing it before Tie Dan.
Tie Dan observed the three-inch blade on which my sword cut open a notch, sensing this sword’s extreme rejection of him, nearly viewing him as an enemy, refusing Divine Sense and control, merely gave a cold snort,
"Yun Xiu, is it? Rest assured, after I annihilate your entire family and take the old thing’s head, I’ll send you to the Sword Tomb as a burial!"
Then stamped a talisman to seal the flying sword and put it in his sleeve. Just ready to fly away, Tie Dan sniffed with his nose, furrowed his brow, and with a quick calculation gesture, flung away the five-colored giant stones scattered around.
"Rumble"
Amidst the landslide and falling rocks, within the ruins, gradually revealed a giant pig’s butt squatting with its head in its arms.
After being struck down by that ghost-faced man, the Sealing Demon Seal broke easily, lost its suppression. The surrounding True Qi was absorbed by Tie Dan for Qi replenishment. Thus, the Mountain Boar lost its restriction and reverted to its original form, becoming a colossal beast as large as a mountain peak, ten zhang tall. The ghost-faced man’s strike was powerful but didn’t immediately kill it.
"Come out!"
Tie Dan gave a cold shout, causing the pig to shiver all over, stammeringly lifting its human head from the rocks to look at the floating Sword Immortal, sweating profusely, knelt in continuous kowtows, the ground shaking.
"Immortal, have mercy! Immortal, have mercy! I saw nothing, understood nothing!"
Tie Dan stared down from above, with sword energy in his eyes, killing intent overwhelmingly evident,
"This battle broke your seal. Without killing you, you’d endanger the world; the sins would fall on me."
"Eek! Immortal, spare me!"
The human-headed pig cried,
"All the Immortal Gods are eyeing me for my flesh! How dare I do harm and court death myself!
I’m willing to serve under the Immortal’s command, willing to toil! Just please, Almighty Immortal, spare my life!"
Tie Dan was silent for a moment, gauged the pig’s physique, considered that asking it to move a few hundred boxes should pose no issue, and thus relented to ask,
"Do you have the ability to change size?"
"Yes, yes, yes! I can change! I change!"
Upon hearing the chance of survival, the human-headed pig quickly nodded, transformed into a human form, and manifested with three heads and six arms, as an eight-zhang-tall Dharma Body, muscular with a strong general’s belly, evidently boasting Gang Fist-hardened muscles, a battlefield-veteran beast; moreover, the human-headed pig appeared quite handsome, remarkably amiable and agreeable, seemingly not an evil demon.
"Under command of Left General as a vanguard, Shi Suo Guard, Flying Cavalry’s Ling Baqui. Greetings Immortal."
Tie Dan frowned for a moment,
"You... know a centipede? Also from Flying Cavalry..."
Ling Baqui, upon realizing encountering an acquaintance in a foreign place, eagerly nodded,
"I know, I know! The Immortal refers to Bai Yang, correct! Oh, long time no see, heard he soared and was selected for court duty!"
Tie Dan curiously asked,
"Are you also serving the Immortal Palace? Could it be that you’re also stationed here, suppressing some Insect Clan?"
Ling Baqui suddenly looked desolate,
"How could I be so lucky? I was captured for rebelling with Left General back then. Three Constellations spared me, stationed me here, just so they could annually feast, carve me up for my five-flower pork..."
My goodness, no wonder so much effort was put into it, nourished by Spiritual Qi and Spirit Grass to fatten it up. Originally thought that centipede was miserable enough, but there’s a pig even worse off.
Seems like working for the Immortal Palace always ends up like this...
