Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect
Chapter 202 - 201 Quenching Sword Pond

Chapter 202: Chapter 201 Quenching Sword Pond

"The Taihua Yeqing Pond connects to the Earth Vein of Heng Mountain, using a secret technique to extract the Spiritual Vein Jade Milk. It was initially intended as a Quenching Sword Pond. However, since our Mountain Sword Furnace is yet to be completed, and we’re far from starting sword casting, it can be borrowed by Junior Brother for cultivation to cleanse impurities without issue.

It’s just that our Heng Mountain disciples might occasionally come here to cultivate. To avoid anyone accidentally intruding and disturbing you, I’ll keep watch outside."

Ning Lingshuang said this, but it was clear she was concerned about appearances. After all, Heng Mountain couldn’t possibly let an outsider like Tie Dan roam freely; it made sense to have a senior or junior brother accompany him.

Yet, for some reason, Tie Dan felt that when Senior Sister Ning heard he and Shen Jianjia were bound by a calamity, she seemed much more relieved, as if she really didn’t intend to cause him any trouble anymore...

But, isn’t this the best reason to eliminate someone swiftly?

Following the other person along the path by the White Dragon Pond into a cave, to avoid any sudden murderous intentions, Tie Dan pondered and asked,

"Senior Sister, do you know Liu Chaoyan and Liu Changqing, the two Fellow Daoists?"

Ning Lingshuang was taken aback,

"Of course, they are two senior brothers from Heavenly Pillar Peak and have already gone down the mountain to train. Are you acquainted with them, Junior Brother?"

So Tie Dan proactively took out the Flute, illuminating the ground with a greenish glow,

"I once exterminated demons with the two senior brothers in the Northern Domain. They fell victim to demons and, as a final deed, entrusted me to return this treasure to the Liu Family."

Ning Lingshuang nodded. Although she remained expressionless, she understood the implication, her eyes slightly saddened,

"Is it the Flute of Jingtian Immortal? The Flute returns, but the person does not... Junior Tie, you’re kind. Just focus on healing. Once recovered, I’ll accompany you to the Liu Family."

Hmm, this girl, even when faced with a Divinity Transformation Treasure, showed no sign of turmoil or greed. It’s probably genuine, likely naturally indifferent.

Tie Dan noticed as he took out the Flute to test her, and that Senior Sister Ning didn’t waver in her Daoist Heart, he estimated she truly was like him, devoted to seeking the Dao. Thus, he temporarily held back his Turbo Power, lest a slip of the hand broke her forehead with the Flute, and put away the Flute, asking,

"Thank you, Senior Sister. Also, I have a friend, seriously injured, with lifespan almost exhausted. Does Heng Mountain have any Immortal Pill to extend life that can be exchanged with Soldier Repelling Coin?"

"Lifespan almost exhausted? Is there any sign of premature aging? Major Five Declines or Minor Five Declines? Is your Qi and Blood still flowing smoothly? Any remaining poisons or ailments?

Is this friend you speak of actually yourself? Illness needs treatment; you shouldn’t avoid seeing the doctor out of pride."

Tie Dan, "...It’s a female friend."

When Ning Lingshuang heard this, her eyes surprisingly brightened.

"So Junior Brother already has a Daoist companion, that’s excellent. Cough, I mean if the Daoist companion’s lifespan is ending, it should indeed be taken seriously. Tell me about it."

Tie Dan didn’t know why she suddenly got excited, so he described Bai Yu’s condition. Anyway, the symptoms and causes were simple; it was caused by fighting monsters and excessively playing the Flute.

Ning Lingshuang listened carefully and said,

"So it’s because of forcibly using a magic treasure that damaged her lifespan. That’s not difficult; restoring lifespan and using some ointment to regain youth will do. I recommend exchanging for Heng Mountain’s specialty, the Longevity Grass Yellow Ginseng Pill.

This ginseng pill isn’t exactly some supreme Immortal Holy Medicine; digesting one can increase power by ten years and extend life by eighty-one years. Although only the first use is particularly effective, using it more will only offer normal Qi Refilling and Blood Replenishing, but it will be sufficient to solve her problem.

Moreover, one pill can be exchanged for nine with just one Soldier Repelling Coin. Carrying some on hand when traveling Jianghu for reviving and saving lives, extending life, and healing injuries, it’s extremely cost-effective. Oh, and it’s also good to prepare some black-bone chicken soup or carp soup to replenish her body..."

Uh, Senior Sister Ning is really a warm-hearted person despite her cold exterior; her nagging is as if she were a grandmother...

"Junior Brother, your clothes are at the cave entrance. I will be guarding outside. No one will disturb you."

"Thank you, Senior Sister."

Ning Lingshuang, after much nagging, took Tie Dan to the edge of the Taihua Yeqing Pond and finally stopped talking.

So Tie Dan entered the cave abode by himself, only to find a pool of Spiritual Spring inside the stone chamber, glowing like emerald jade. True Breath swirled, giving the feeling of the Immortal Realm, but there was no other decoration; it seemed indeed newly established.

They even specially dug through the mountains and tunneled the Earth Vein to find this exit for the Spiritual Spring, and they are preparing the Sword Furnace, showing that Heng Mountain truly intends to cast their own sword. It’s an expensive venture with significant aspirations.

But casting a sword will take hundreds of years, and someone else’s sword matters nothing to Tie Dan. Hence he focused solely on the spiritual liquid in the Taihua Yeqing Pond.

This Earth Vein Jade Liquid contained highly pure Spiritual Qi Tao Breath, fundamentally using high-density Spiritual Qi to cleanse and purify the meridians and internal organs, forcefully expelling the remaining Earth Spring.

Of course, an ordinary person sitting beside the pool meditating to cultivate, just steaming like in a sauna would suffice. After all, too much Spiritual Qi isn’t good for the human body; even the strongest cultivator falling into the Earth Vein Elixir would have their Essence Blood and cells corroded by Spiritual Qi, resulting in ruptured cells and meridians, the Qi Sea exploding, and ultimately the whole person possibly becoming possessed by a demon, melted in the Earth Vein, becoming like a spirit stone jade.

But Tie Dan felt he could endure it; he tested with a hand and found that while high-density Spiritual Spring would damage the meridians while expelling the Earth Spring, it would also activate the Blood Jade Technique to remold the Taoist Body. As long as he could endure the pain of the Dao Body being torn apart and remolded repeatedly, he could restore power in a few days within a month.

Just as he was about to enter the pool, a Kun suddenly jumped out, signaling him to wait.

Tie Dan watched to see what it wanted to do.

Then the Kun jumped into the pool, puffed its belly, and spewed out countless black springs!

Tie Dan was dumbfounded.

No! Didn’t you hear them say it’s dirty!!

Ning Lingshuang, hearing the commotion outside, asked,

"Uh? Junior Brother, are you alright?"

Tie Dan watched as the Kun kept spewing, making the pond murky, feeling overwhelmed.

"It’s nothing, nothing! Uh, I’m fine, just expelling toxins from within, doing some cleaning..."

Ning Lingshuang seemed to smell the pungent black odor,

"Then I’ll stay farther to avoid disturbing your cultivation."

As she left, Tie Dan quickly went to scoop up the Kun, but the Kun waved its fin, indicating him not to move.

Then it spewed again, until the Taihua Yeqing Pond was divided, half black and half green, before it jumped out.

Wiping its mouth and patting its fin, it gave Tie Dan a look, indicating he could enter.

Tie Dan frowned, seeing it deliberately spew so much in the pool, but could understand its intention.

"Do you want me to cultivate using the Earth Spring?"

The Kun nodded.

Tie Dan asked,

"Which Cultivation Technique should I use to cultivate?"

The Kun pointed at Tie Dan.

Tie Dan expressed confusion.

The Kun rolled its eyes, spat out a purple bubble which burst like muffled thunder in Tie Dan’s Divine Court, expressing an ancient roar.

"Fool! Cast My Sword!!"

Cast My Sword?

This means using the Earth Spring to recast the sword embryo? Then refine the sword energy?

But Earth Spring can’t be controlled and can’t be refined like Spiritual Qi...

Then the Kun rolled its eyes at him, using its fin to stir the pool, as if reversing the Taiji Yin Yang Fish.

Tie Dan understood then.

That’s it! That’s the principle!

Isn’t this just like the Washing Sword Style!

If the Heavenly Breath can cast a sword, then the corresponding Earth Spring can also cast a sword!

Not bad, previously he cast the Nine Luminaries Divine Sword Embryo, which was fundamentally born of True Qi. And Taiji Spirit Qi ultimately evolves from Innate Qi.

Therefore, since Heavenly Breath and Earth Spring are two sides of the same coin, each diminishing the other, in situations where Earth Spring was abundant and Heavenly Breath scarce, then cultivation techniques based on Heavenly Breath Spiritual Qi would be ineffective.

However, conversely, Earth Spring can’t be controlled, but since Heavenly Breath and Earth Spring influence each other, merging naturally, it can be controlled by manipulating Heavenly Breath in reverse to control the Earth Spring’s trajectory.

Just like the Washing Sword Style, guiding the enemy’s sword into one’s own sword path, dual shadows interfering, one can mirror the Nine Luminaries Sword Embryo! Cast My Sword Embryo!

Excellent! Earth Spring Washing Sword! Let’s do it!

Thus, Tie Dan jumped into the pool, cultivating between the green and black taiji, merging the Earth Spring Dao Liquid into his meridians.

Although cultivating like this meant allocating half of his Dao Meridians for Earth Spring usage, reducing power by at least half.

But it doesn’t matter!

Originally, Tie Dan was twelve plus eight! Twenty meridians output breaking limits! Even halved still works just fine!

Besides, no matter how strong your cultivation, how immense your power, how high your realm, encountering that Void Heavenly Demon, and not being able to use any of it, isn’t that all in vain?

Cast! Cast the sword for me!

Thus, taking the opportunity of being near death from the Heavenly Demon, Tie Dan washed and reforged in the Heng Mountain Sword Pool.

The Kun was also beside him, gesturing wildly and giving random suggestions, mainly telling Tie Dan to take out the Heavenly Books he had stolen from Dongzhen Taixu Heaven, and project the Rune Secret Talismans unreadable to him onto the sword embryo.

Of course, Tie Dan had to ask what the use of these Heavenly Book Secret Spells was, but the Kun indicated it couldn’t explain with just a look, just this way, you trust me...

Sigh, whatever...

He stayed in closed-door cultivation for three days straight! Tie Dan absorbed all the Earth Spring within himself, and that which Kun had spewed, from the pool into his meridians’ Qi Sea! Recasting the sword embryo!

Finally, it was complete!

The original Nine Luminaries Divine Firmament Taibai Sword Embryo! After this quenching! It cracked!

Alright, originally there was only one sword embryo leaf; now, split half to be refined with Earth Spring, split into two pieces.

That green leaf, clearly gathering Dao Breath, flickered with purple, white, gold, and red sword aura.

While that black leaf, black as ink painting, shadowy as a dark shadow, smoke-like haze swirling, the sword tip unclear.

One green, one black, one illusory, one real, like dual-born shadows, the exterior reflecting the interior, just like the Yin Yang Fish, swirling around in Tie Dan’s palm, forming a Taiji Ball.

Uh, looks like it’s forged into some special sword embryo...

How powerful will this sword strike be when unleashed, could it double the power...

"Senior Sister Ning, how about we have a duel?"

Thus Tie Dan walked out of the sword pool, issuing a challenge to the first person he saw.

And Ning Lingshuang, who had been guarding outside for three days, opened her eyes and looked at Tie Dan in surprise.

She subtly sensed that this person had a significant increase in cultivation, power unpredictable. But since Tie Dan was previously severely injured, a substantial increase in power was normal. Moreover, looking closely at his Qi Observation, it seemed he was just at the average standard of a Mystic Sect Golden Core Realm disciple, nothing particularly astonishing, making her curious about his capabilities that Shen Jianjia found so noteworthy. She nodded slightly.

"Alright, I also want to learn of the Sword Sect’s high techniques. Junior Brother, follow me to Heavenly Pillar Peak’s Sword Fighting Platform."

The Kun quickly jumped out, signaling Tie Dan to hold back, not to accidentally kill this person with one strike again.

Tie Dan, "Again?"

Then the Kun leaped and ran away.

"What’s wrong, Junior Brother?"

Seeing Ning Lingshuang turning back, Tie Dan said,

"Senior Sister, do you have any tunneling technique?"

Ning Lingshuang shook her head,

"I haven’t had such an opportunity yet."

Oh, so she doesn’t know tunneling, then I’ll hold back a little.

And so, both said let’s do it, immediately using Qi Manipulation to fly to Heavenly Pillar Peak for a duel.