Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect
Chapter 193 - 192: Disconnect

Chapter 193: Chapter 192: Disconnect

"What, is this how you exterminated the Xiaoyao Sect back then?"

Could those people have accepted it willingly? It was too insidious...

Alright, Tie Dan understood too. This truly was a special secret strike aimed at the Life Gate of the Xiaoyao Sect.

In plain terms, it was intentionally taking advantage of their dual cultivation Qi Manipulation, using the sonic wave technique, or other skills, to interfere with the Primordial Spirit, shaking their heart and directing Qi into the life-and-death acupoints of their cultivation technique, causing them to lose control of the surging True Qi, become possessed by a demon, sever their meridians, and explode to death.

Of course, it sounds simple, it looks easy, and it’s not hard to boast about, but in reality, it’s quite insidiously vicious, a surefire hit.

Truth be told, no matter which line of cultivators one encounters, the sonic wave technique probably wouldn’t achieve such miraculous results, because after all, a Qi Refiner is just a Qi Refiner, what’s refined all day long is just Qi, isn’t it? Hidden Immortal Sect people would even hide in mountain caves and tree hollows, afraid of being disturbed while refining Qi, and if you played music outside, would they let you off? At the first sound, they’d stop their Qi and run out to chop you.

Even if it’s a weak chicken like Yao Honglei, who already has internal injuries and chaotic meridians, always on the verge of becoming possessed by a demon, might just cough up a few mouths of blood, scatter their energy and become paralyzed. After all, it’s their own Qi, could they blow themselves up?

Ah, the Xiaoyao Sect can.

Because the key word of the Xiaoyao lineage is Energy Replenishment! It pursues rapid cultivation! Breakthroughs with force! High power! It’s all about seizing Qiankun’s fortune, using it for oneself! It’s like a castle in the air! Without a firm foundation!

Unable to control their own Qi, rapidly advancing energy replenishment, seizing the fortune of dozens or even hundreds of people! Massive True Qi gathers within! So full they’re like a Qi Ball! Once out of control, who but you would explode!?

Of course, it’s not without a solution.

After all, as part of the Mystic Sect, they aren’t just going to explode if someone plays a tune on the road. As long as no one takes the chance to plot against them during Energy Replenishment and Energy Transfer, there wouldn’t be an explosion.

But is it that easy? You say a Xiaoyao Sect practitioner can hold back, replenish fewer people’s energy, and thoroughly refine all the True Qi they’ve seized, tempering it to stability and completion before proceeding to the next step?

Impossible, okay!

Life and Dual Cultivation, what a joyous affair! Enjoy while your power steadily increases! Having tasted sweetness, of those who have walked this path, how many can resist the temptation to go back?

They won’t! If they had a steadfast Daoist Heart to resist temptation and endure loneliness, they wouldn’t have embarked on the path of Xiaoyao to begin with!

Once on the Demon Path, there’s no turning back.

Root out evil completely, execute all, leaving no room for negotiation.

This was the little ’difference’ among the Mystic Sect back in the day.

Thus, the entire branch that diverged was neatly and cleanly pruned away.

Yet, thinking about it carefully, would the Life Gate of Inner Strength be so easily known by others? Wasn’t it that people from the Hidden Immortal Sect harbored killing intent long ago, feigning friendliness with the Xiaoyao Sect on the surface, even actively joining, and secretly investigating the weaknesses in their cultivation technique?

Finally, after countless studies and calculations, they discovered the Life Gate during their Energy Transfer, then specifically took advantage of their closed-door cultivation, plotting against them when they were defenseless, stabbing them in the back, and exterminating all these ’same sect’ members overnight.

Of course, those who achieve great things disregard small matters, the Xiaoyao Sect itself was completely trash, but the Hidden Immortal Sect wasn’t a good thing either...

In an instant, Tie Dan had many new insights, his Daoist Heart grew ever more steadfast.

Lord Xiao waited for him to finish his insights before speaking,

"There’s trouble, those two seemed like they were from the clan."

Tie Dan, "So what. Can’t the clan die?"

Lord Xiao was speechless, "They can die, but if a clan member dies, perhaps the Martial God of the Demon Palace will come charging."

Indeed, Liu Xiaoliu became famous after being blamed for a minor affair in the Xiao Family, now he even killed relatives of the Southern Country Immortal Emperor, perhaps Yao Honglei would also rise to be the first on the Immortal Thief List...

Forget it, rescue people quickly!

Yet, when Tie Dan glanced around, he speechlessly realized there wasn’t a dungeon anywhere.

Damn! You three made such a big fuss! Made it so intense! Just messing around in Xiaoyao!!

Alas, Lord Xiao acted too swiftly, Hehaha died leaving no bones, no way to pull him up and ask three questions...

Forget it, let him be dead.

Thus, Tie Dan headed straight for the Prince Mansion’s secret treasury.

What? How did he know the way to the secret treasury?

Well, that’s odd to ask, don’t we still have Kun.

The Kun Fish leaped! Hopped onto Tie Dan’s head, pointed with its fin!

Come on, dog!

So Tie Dan went as if returning home, all the way into the study, opened the hidden door, passed through the secret passage, perfectly infiltrated, and found the Prince Mansion’s dungeon effortlessly.

Hmm, every family in the Demon Palace does have a dungeon...

However, the Southern Country Lord’s tastes aren’t too bad, since people of his age, the passionate years have passed, he doesn’t fancy things too strange or bloody, so there wasn’t a single person in the dungeon, Tie Dan only found countless gold and silver jewelry, Divine Skill Secret Manuals, Immortal Elixirs and Spiritual Medicine, antique calligraphy and paintings, still no sign of prisoners or the trace of a thousand-year-old sow...

"Could they have truly imprisoned them in the barracks?"

The Kun shook its fish head, pointed at a landscape painting.

Tie Dan looked at the antique-looking precious item, momentarily puzzled.

Fortunately, his cheat was more knowledgeable.

"Oh, so it’s the Dongxuan Taixu Realm."

Knowing that Tie Dan hadn’t seen it before, Lord Xiao stood with his hands behind, looking at the scroll, briefly explaining,

"The atmosphere subtle, the smoke forests vast and clean, brushwork sharp, ink method exquisite, this is the style of the Ying Hill. Stone structures firm, mixed woods lush, giving an ancient and elegant aura, the people and the scenery speak of the Guan Family style.

This is an Ancient Time secret technique of entering Dao through painting, capable of creating a world within the void and true emptiness. With the supreme secret technique, it constructs a Void Illusion Realm, which is an extremely top-notch Mustard Seed Sumeru Divine Power, Heaven and Earth Changing Skill. It’s said the current Thirty-six Cave Heavens and Seventy-two Blessed Lands were made with this method, but unfortunately, this technique has long been lost."

Tie Dan asked straightforwardly,

"How to break?"

"Break? If you break it, how would you find those people back?"

Lord Xiao shook his head directly,

"This painting is merely a door, directly leading into the Void Illusion Realm inside. Its space has jumped outside the Taiji Realm, not within the Five Elements, forming its one circle of heaven and earth. However, if you’re fated, you can try to take a look inside."

Go in, how to go in...

So Tie Dan attempted to probe his Divine Sense into the painting.

Then Chen Xuantian woke up.

Chen Xuantian, "...??"

He looked at the orange-red LCL solution in front of him, utterly confused.

What’s going on? Why did I wake up midway? But the LCL hasn’t drained yet? Is this normal?

Then a man’s voice sounded,

"Fang Su Sixth Zeng, keep calm, it’s unidentified interference causing a sudden break in the quantum signal."

Fang Su Sixth Zeng... Cangtian Base, Fang Su, Wang Wei...

Chen Xuantian’s memories gradually resurfaced in his mind.

Then the familiar system female voice sounded,

"Deviation value rising, deviation value rising, deviation exceeds the limit, link is disconnected. LCL draining."

So the liquid level began to rapidly drop.

Ugh, completely disconnected now...

"We’re now commencing physical rehabilitation, please inhale the LSL solution into your lungs."

"Welcome back, Fang Su Sixth Zeng. Your genes have been reorganized, your body has recovered, current memory resonance string progress is thirteen percent."

This sudden disconnection really left Chen Xuantian inexplicably confused.

Also, whether the landscape painting of the Void Illusion Realm was to blame, or simply memory loss.

But progress at thirteen percent, that’s alright, should mean I’m not dead yet?

Crawling out of the virtual cabin, Chen Xuantian went back to the changing room, where he had just started taking off his clothes when suddenly a strange female voice came from behind.

"You’re the new Fang Su Sixth Zeng."

"No, who might you be, maybe you entered the wrong changing room?"

Chen Xuantian, after all not as steely as Tie Dan, remained calm even when Mount Tai collapsed, he hurriedly pulled his pants up.

Then he turned to see a woman, similar to him, wearing a black rubber one-piece bodysuit. Her hair wet and dripping, just emerged from the connection cabin.

"I’m Fang Su Fifth Zeng, this is the Squad Three quarters, I surely haven’t gone wrong. Besides, you should address me as squad leader, or lieutenant."

The woman looked at Chen Xuantian with a cold, unfeeling face, her frosty gaze almost rivaling Tie Dan in the mirror.

And under the tight suit’s constriction, one could clearly see her contoured muscle lines, her height almost on par with the geneally coordinated and modified Chen Xuantian, undoubtedly a figure augmented through some degrees of strengthening, delivering a fierce oppressive feeling, leaving Chen Xuantian shaken!

No! This face, isn’t it Yao Honglei!!

Of course, if a woman meticulously dressed up, she truly might not even be recognized by her mother, but at least Yao Honglei’s true bare-faced state, Chen Xuantian remembered, naturally wouldn’t mistake...

Then Chen Xuantian expressionlessly lowered his gaze a bit.

Hmm, not the same person then...

Fang Su Fifth Zeng also scrutinized Chen Xuantian, surveying his body from head to toe, eyes burning while staring at those massive muscles.

"Cangtian, open the room."

Then the familiar system female voice sounded,

"Authorization verified, Fang Su Fifth Zeng, reservation completed."

Then Fifth Zeng approached Chen Xuantian, pulled open the tight suit in front of him, stripped off the clothing, revealing a body soaked in LSL solution.

"I’ve reserved the place, let me see your real skills, soldier second class."

Chen Xuantian swallowed a gulp,

"Reserved the place... for basketball?"