Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect
Chapter 200 - 199 At the Foot of Heng Mountain

Chapter 200: Chapter 199 At the Foot of Heng Mountain

"Humph humph! Sniff sniff! Humph humph! Sniff sniff sniff!"

The Big Wind Pig snuffled the dirt with its pig nose, sniffing around the mud pond.

Tie Dan held his breath and crouched at the bottom of the mud pond, hidden in the muck, masking his scent. After all, Tie Dan had been adaptable since childhood; he would stay hidden and wait for an opportunity for a counterattack, and if there was no chance, he would endure.

However, it seemed that the Big Wind Pig was not fated to die, as it lost interest after rooting around for a while and quickly became hungry, grunting as it turned to leave without giving Tie Dan a chance to strike.

So, Tie Dan held his breath a bit longer, emerged from the mud with a cold face, and almost fainted from the pig’s stench.

What an utter humiliation, to be chased to such a desperate state by this beast. Just you wait, this grudge will be avenged...

He wiped the mud off his face and glanced around.

Where the hell have I been chased to now...

The deep mountain forest, tall trees, wind and rain intermingling, the sky dim and overcast, devoid of sun or moon.

Now, with his Primordial Spirit damaged, he couldn’t condense the Blood God’s Son, and he couldn’t even detect a pig, Tie Dan could only avoid the pig’s territory temporarily, enduring the drizzle as he wandered and circled in the forest.

He didn’t know how long he had stumbled through the forest; when the wind and rain ceased, the clouds parted and the fog cleared, gradually letting the morning light sprinkle down, casting layers of colorful rainbows through the forest.

Without the interference of wind and rain sounds, Tie Dan held his breath and listened carefully, eventually hearing the sound of flowing water nearby. Following the sound, he found a clear spring in the mountains.

Tie Dan breathed a sigh of relief, took a drink to quench his thirst, and then stripped off his mud-covered robe to wash himself in the water.

While washing, Tie Dan suddenly felt a breeze at his back, followed by a rush of fragrance. He immediately sensed someone watching him, so he whipped around defensively, crossing his dual knives in front of his chest as he stood up from the water in a protective stance.

When he turned around, there was a woman standing barefoot on the water, staring straight at Tie Dan. Caught off guard, their eyes met, and both were stunned.

Tie Dan looked intently, seeing the woman,

Liu Rumei, her hair like clouds, draped in a misty silk veil fragrant like snowy flowers, her slender waist walking gracefully in golden lotus steps, and her smiling cheeks creating dimples like fragrant blossoms.

An abundant luster like snow, with hues of dawn on her skin, an apricot face with peach blossom cheeks, side hair like a raven’s feather, a beauty seducing with her rosy complexion, effortlessly charming without using any makeup.

Such beauty, of unmatched allure, was equal to Zhen Baiyu.

Moreover, at that time, she had just untied her sash, her skirt slipped off, presenting her pure hands, her light silk dress swaying with the wind, leaving only this single layer of gauzy fabric like smoke around her body.

Thus, her graceful figure, with soft shoulders and creamy skin, was fully displayed before Tie Dan, offering him an unobstructed view.

This figure was comparable to the Shen Family sisters, perhaps just slightly less than Yao Honglei.

Tie Dan was speechless for a moment.

He clearly saw the Dao Breath gathering around her body, with the heavens above exuding dual streams of green and white energy; the rainbow had not yet dispersed, clearly showing she had just flown over after tunneling. Had she intended malice, a strike while flying just now would have rendered him defenseless, leading to certain death. And now, standing directly exposed like this, showed that it was purely a coincidence, the woman having just accidentally flown here for a bath in the Spiritual Spring.

Evidently, the woman was also taken aback, caught off guard by someone’s presence. Such sequences usually allowed her to scold an offender for being a pervert, but the current order of events was clear, leaving her embarrassed due to her lack of prior Divine Sense exploration, leading to this awkward situation.

But Tie Dan, being heavily injured and the person in front being a cultivator skilled in Escape Skill, wisely avoided causing the woman to become angry, getting up cautiously and stepping back to retrieve his clothes on the shore.

The woman made no movement, continuing to stand on the surface of the lake, staring intently at Tie Dan, like a jade statue.

Seeing that the woman made no move, Tie Dan breathed a sigh of relief and hastily put on his Daoist robe, ready to leave.

"Wait."

Unexpectedly, the woman suddenly spoke.

Tie Dan immediately stopped, ready to defend, his feet poised to launch an attack at any moment.

The woman stared intensely at Tie Dan’s lower abdomen,

"Fellow Daoist... could it be that you possess the Divine Gang Dao Body, Sword Bone Golden Body?"

Tie Dan remained silent.

Then the woman’s eyes quickly moved up to meet Tie Dan’s eyes again,

"I am in urgent need of a breakthrough; might you assist me in my cultivation?"

Help you with your cultivation... Guess I’ve triggered a tribulation again.

Tie Dan was not surprised, knowing as a cultivator that tribulations were no joke. A crisis of tribulation carried significant challenges, so he responded seriously.

"I already have a Daoist companion."

Unexpectedly, the woman responded,

"No matter, I only ask for your assistance in overcoming this barrier, not a companionship."

Forceful, aren’t we!

Tie Dan replied coldly,

"I refuse!"

The woman was taken aback, genuinely surprised that despite her conditions, Tie Dan would refuse. She then glanced at the pool, and inspiration struck, pointing toward the muddied pool,

"This is the Spiritual Spring I was bathing in, tarnished by you, a cause-and-effect matter that deserves resolution!"

Upon hearing her talk about cause and effect, Tie Dan realized at once.

Ah, another Mystic Sect, and this place is near Heng Mountain’s territory; she might as well belong to Heng Mountain’s female cultivators.

So, Tie Dan pondered for a moment, nodded, and lowered his combat stance, crouched by the pool to place his dual knives by his clothes.

"Fine, let’s settle this matter of cause and effect, and then we’ll have no more entanglements."

Seeing that Tie Dan agreed, the woman seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, stepping into the pool and immersing herself entirely in the water, then turned her back and removed the sheer silk from her body,

"Thank you for your assistance, Fellow Daoist. You possess a Divine Gang Mysterious Body, Sword Bone Golden Body, which is rare in this world. I carry the Returning Dust Mysterious Xuanming Dual Meridians Dao Body, the three meridians complementing each other, being naturally the perfect match.

This time, I ask you to lend me a breath of Divine Gang True Breath to help me break through the bottleneck, open the pathway, and glimpse the Great Dao..."

She waited for a while, yet there was no response, and when she turned her head, she discovered that Tie Dan had already seized the opportunity to grab his clothes and make a squat starting dash, fleeing...

"..."

The woman was taken aback, hesitating for a moment. When she calculated with her fingers, her brow furrowed slightly, and she decided not to pursue.

But Tie Dan didn’t dare to gamble, and of course, went all out to run away.

Joking, discuss dual cultivation; just now, that woman could casually escape, her Daoist energy pure, her cultivation profound, her power level clearly a notch above Yao Honglei, definitely a Nascent Soul True Man.

In essence, here was another elderly woman, perhaps a few centuries old and having survived a thunderstrike, eyeing his Innate Dao Seed, Pure Sword Bone, and intending to forcibly dual cultivate, absorb his Primordial Yang for her cultivation.

Some might think "wow, such a beautiful Immortal approaches and you still refuse, aren’t you at a loss?"

Ha, ha, if your painstakingly cultivated True Yuan from decades or centuries gets absorbed in one session, how is that not a loss?

Moreover, being an Immortal cultivator, it’s not difficult to appear beautiful. Who knows where that skin she wears is peeled from, perhaps beneath it lies an old Mystic Sect man, many generations old!

Tie Dan wasn’t foolish; before, Yao Honglei at least saved his life and had ties with Chen Xuantian, with considerable causal entanglement, so he reciprocated.

But this woman? Didn’t even express desire for companionship, straight-up asking out of nowhere! Why the hell should he give it?!

Off he went, escaping!

Fortunately, Tie Dan ran for a while, and the woman didn’t pursue aggressively to capture him.

Possibly being from the Mystic Sect’s hidden branch, she also understood that coercively draining another of their energy by power level superiority is forbidden among the Mystic Sects.

Better to be cautious in these matters, as a single misstep in desire could lead to a ruined cultivation.

Tie Dan had self-awareness, knowing he hadn’t learned any secret skills from the Demon Palace or Xiaoyao Sect, he couldn’t possibly battle two at once, day or night, sleepless without spilling a drop. If caught and given a potion for forced action, he likely couldn’t maintain the golden guard against critical thresholds and restraint...

After a burst of sprinting and distance gained, Tie Dan finally paused briefly, throwing on his yet uncleaned clothes.

Darn, dirty with sweat and mud again, bathing did nothing. Recently, his luck was truly in a slump...

"Ding ding ding"

Tie Dan suddenly halted, sharp eyes on alert again.

The sound of swordplay.

Again?

He gripped his dual knives, cautiously following the sound, cutting through the forest, where he saw a square-shaped clearing in the woods.

A thin-figured girl wielded a treasure sword, performing a rapid sword dance in the clearing. At the same time, her hand encircled with a sword finger incantation, channeling a bright light around herself, evidently using Sword Control Skill.

As the girl spun and danced, the treasure sword in her hand spun and thrust, while the illumination flew and struck, resulting in two soft clinks, as both swords were released to cut a tree a hundred steps away into three parts.

Thus, Tie Dan clearly saw the appearance of the sword-dancing girl.

"Damn, it’s her..."

Resulting in an urge to kill, when suddenly a cold voice rang behind him.

"Humph! Fellow Daoist, sneaking into the base of my Yellow Court Peak and spying on our Heng Mountain Disciples, what are your intentions!"

Tie Dan turned to see the same woman appear behind him without a sound, proving that mere running could hardly escape her Five-Finger Mountain hold.

She had now donned a full silk robe and additional Spirit Silk Taoist Robe to cover herself, too, along with a white headscarf veil, appearing like a nun, with her Dao Breath of green and white energy enhancing her solemn extreme aura.

The woman’s gaze toward Tie Dan was no longer that of the earlier eager dual-cultivation in heat, and her crystalline pupils stared intently, her left eye green and right eye white, emitting bright light, fixating on Tie Dan from head to toe, leaving him no way to escape.

Then the girl practicing sword techniques noticed the sudden surge of Daoist energy there, immediately coming over to pay respects,

"Disciple Jian Jia, greets Master. Eh? You, you are..."

The first enemy pursued after stepping into cultivation, the same sect junior sister from Yanzi Cave, Shen Jianjia, took on a strange expression examining him.

Faced with this ’Master of Shen Jianjia’, staring coldly and tightly, Primordial Spirit locked, suppressed by opportunity, immobile.

Tie Dan sighed inwardly over his bitter fate and bowed with clenched teeth,

"Guangxia Mountain, Disciple of Yanzi Cave, Tie Dan, greets Master Huilan."

Huilan and Jian Jia were astonished!

"What!! You are Tie Dan (bastard)!"