Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect
Chapter 46: Different Paths

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Different Paths

"Ahhhh! Senior Brother Wang was stabbed to death!!"

"He! He actually broke the Yuqing Divine Skill!"

"Ugh! Terrifying! So terrifying!"

"Quick! Quickly, let’s join forces to kill him!"

The remaining four were scared to death.

It’s the same thing, although they don’t know how skilled Tie Dan is, they do know how skilled Wang Zheng, who can use the Yuqing Body Protection Divine Skill, is. How could they, being of the same Yuqing Dao sect, not know?

The flawless and seamless Jade Divine Skill was broken!

What’s the point of fighting swords anymore?

Can’t win!

Absolutely can’t win!

"What are you standing there for?! Attack together! Use magic treasures to kill him!"

The one riding the deer screamed.

With her reminder, the Tiger Taoist and the Immortal Crane Taoist started shouting "Wah wah wah", and threw their magic treasures over.

Then the one on the deer turned and ran away...

"Ah, ah!? "You bastard!"

In the moment of turning around, Tie Dan had already gathered his energy, lifted his sword, and struck down.

"Yaah!"

The one riding the Immortal Crane didn’t have time to take off before the flying sword circled and took off the crane’s wing. As he fell, he was rushed by a White Tiger Leaping Over the Stream and split into two with a single sword strike.

"Xuanming Ice Heaven Dust Pearl!"

The one riding the tiger howled, summoned the Bright Pearl magic treasure, and smashed it hard at him!

The Bright Pearl flickered, shooting out a large expanse of ice blades and wind blades suspended in the air, unleashing an endless stream of Ice Qi, dropping the temperature by eight degrees.

But he missed...

Tie Dan didn’t even move, and the Bright Pearl shot its Ice Qi wildly, flying overhead...

They really need to practice their aim better...

So Tie Dan jumped forward with a slash, beheading the tiger rider, then reversed his grip on his sword to slice open the cultivator’s throat, splattering arterial blood all over him.

The last remaining female cultivator, seeing Tie Dan’s murderous demeanor, was so scared she almost lost her mind, with tears in her eyes, fell off the yellow deer, knelt, and kowtowed,

"P-please spare my life, senior! I am just a disciple from Shunyuan Peak Peach Blossom Rock, a loose cultivator living under someone else’s roof! It’s not my fault I got dragged into this! Please, show mercy and spare me, I am willing to be your slave..."

Then the flying sword flashed, and her head was severed.

She spoke so smoothly, in the time it took to plead, she could’ve chanted several curses, possibly pretending to be weak to launch a sneak attack.

Tie Dan’s shoulder was still hurting, so he couldn’t be bothered to argue, he killed her casually.

It’s a pity that Tie Dan is only at the Foundation Establishment realm, having killed four people and two demons, totaling six Golden Cores, he couldn’t catch his breath, letting the yellow deer escape... Oh right, there’s also an ox...

"Moo, moo!!"

The Green Bull was still tied with the Bone Whip, unable to move, crying miserably with tears in its eyes, probably also begging for its life, willing to serve as a slave...

Tie Dan was even less interested in wasting words with it, he drove a sword into its back end, tearing through its intestines and killing it with a "moo——!"

After swiftly dealing with the trash, Tie Dan quickly cleaned the battlefield, tossing out the demon cores and activating the Blood Jade Technique to heal his wounded shoulder swiftly.

It had to be said, these guys were truly useless...

Compared to the abilities of the Commander, they were far inferior.

Their spellcasting speed was slow, their magic treasure throwing was inaccurate, their beast taming was poor; the difference between domesticated critters and wild animals was absurd. If they entered the Spirit Communication Secret Realm, they would’ve been slapped to death by bears...

The guy surnamed Wang had some basic skills, but his strength was very limited. At the very least, it was evident he rarely fought others, lacking battle experience.

Honestly, no matter how strong your body protection divine skill is, what sense does it make to sit there motionlessly? Are you just making yourself an easy target?

Tie Dan then looked up at the sky.

Dense thunder clouds were rolling above, with Sword Rainbow crisscrossing through them like a Golden Dragon, rolling through the cloud masses, swallowing lightning and breathing electricity, traversing up and down, striking the storm clouds with explosive flashes and crashes, while bloody rain mixed with shredded flesh and bone fragments pounded down, smashing into bloody prints upon the ground.

With this amount of bloodshed; his master must have also made a move.

Well, indeed, Chen Huzi is no ordinary person, a true inheritor under the Ninth Peak Sword Masters, with sword skills that could challenge six at the same level as if he were playing...

It seems there’s a reason they are called Demon Sect...

Since joining Guangxia Mountain, Tie Dan has also gained some understanding of both the Immortal Palace Xuan Sect and the realm of the Mystic Sect.

It truly confirms an old saying.

Paths divergent, no meeting of minds.

Ultimately, whether it’s the Immortal Palace lineage or the side-path mixed cultivators like Yuqing Dao who’ve been documented in the Immortal Records and Divine List by the Three Constellations, their pursuit of the Dao fundamentally differs from the Mystic Sect.

After all, back in the day, these Demon Sect cultivators were labeled as rebellious by the Three Constellations, day and night besieged by armies, being pursued and eliminated. Without cultivation resources and lacking medicine, they could only break through realms for survival, spraying out a breath of sword energy, striving for a ray of hope, naturally the only choice was to advance, never retreat! Losers eat dust!

Even though the Three Constellations have now been beaten back and can no longer mobilize armies to wage war against the nine major sects, opting for a policy of out of sight, out of mind, the habit of the Mystic Sect has already been formed.

To fight! To contest!

Fight with the Demon Palace, fight with the Demon Sect, fight with the demons!

Contend with senior brothers, spar with junior brothers, battle with fellow sect members!

Challenge the heavens! Compete with destiny! Fight for life! Struggle for a breath! Compete for the path!

Although a bit extreme, it indeed suits Tie Dan’s taste quite well.

However, the cultivation of Immortal Palace members is entirely different.

Compete for some nonsensical path??

The lords want longevity!!

Yes, they seek extended life, eternal youth, eternal spring, immortality comparable to Nanshan Mountain! They wish for eternal life, not to fall into reincarnation, generation after generation, eternally enjoying wealth!

Emperors and nobles, for four generations as Three Ministers, Gate Valve Clans, how could they possibly risk their lives for some inexplicable reason?

These upper-class fortunes are theirs from birth. Magic couples, heavenly material treasures, high official positions, ranks of nobility as ministers are all prepared and handed to them; what’s there to contest, fight, or grab?

Clearly, living is such a wonderful, enjoyable, carefree thing, going to die for those inexplicable ’paths’?

Isn’t this precisely,

’Demon Path’?

Hence, the differences among varying realm cultivators in the Immortal Palace are evident in wealth, magic treasures, attire, and grandeur.

You might even say that to stand out in the Immortal Palace, one’s social ability must be exceptional, superior to others.

But time and again, this ferocity and fight-for-life combat power does not fundamentally relate to the cultivation realm of these ’immortals’.

Yes, the way of the Immortal Palace is the way of survival, the way of extending life, emphasizing that children of wealth do not venture into danger zones, never personally taking risks.

Such frontline, death-delivering tasks are naturally for those seeking advancement, while they only need to stay behind the scenes, watching their henchmen and animals struggle, casting their magic treasures and talismans.

Indeed, if a casually conjured magic treasure can turn a person into minced meat, why would anyone willingly endure harsh winters and sweltering summers to build a domineering muscle body to swing a blade?

With that time and effort, finding a Daoist companion, drinking some wine, indulging in pleasure, discussing the Great Dao of Yin and Yang — isn’t it delightful?

Isn’t it carefree?

Isn’t it pleasurable?

So now they all fall, like slaughtered chickens and dogs, under Tie Dan’s sword.

"Hiss——"

Steam rose from Tie Dan’s shoulder, as the previously bruised, bloodied flesh and shattered bones from Ruyi’s strike healed at a visibly fast pace.

This period of constant near-death experiences made Tie Dan proficient in cultivating the Blood Jade Technique; now he could call upon Essence Blood Qi for emergency treatment, accelerating wound healing.

And based on the rich experience Tie Dan accumulated over these days, he found this technique’s effect seemed to enhance gradually; during the process of getting injured, healing, then injured again, not only Tie Dan’s potential improved but even the Blood Jade Technique itself subtly adjusted and evolved, fitting Tie Dan’s body optimally.

But Tie Dan feels it can still get stronger.

After all, as the Blood Jade Technique is a form of Qi Refining, it should have a Foundation Establishment method later; it’s just that he currently has no idea where to obtain it, so he temporarily uses it as a healing technique.

Thus, while channeling energy to heal injuries, Tie Dan was also cutting open and eating demon cores to restore energy, clearing out the trash magic treasures.

He was planning to rush up the mountain, to kill them all as ordered by his master when suddenly Tie Dan remembered the conversation earlier. He turned and stabbed the abdomen of the guy surnamed Wang.

Reaching his hand into the intestines, Tie Dan pulled out a Golden Core.

Yes, a genuine ’Golden’ Core, resembling a metal ball the size of a baby’s fist, its joint looking just like two half Yin Yang Fish embracing each other, forming a Taiji Treasure Bead.

The ’eyes’ of the Yin Yang Fish were gemstones resembling glass windows, with something like a flame flickering inside, radiating, emitting, shining a cold white light.

Indeed, a Demon Palace Outer Elixir...

But if Tie Dan remembered correctly, he said earlier he was a Qi Refiner of the Inner Elixir Dao?

Tie Dan pondered for a moment, and slashed Wang Zheng’s head open, just like splitting a watermelon.

Sure enough, Tie Dan’s guess was right, this person cultivated both Inner and Outer Elixirs, with his brain containing a faint green Jade Pearl, probably the Yuqing Dao’s Inner Core.

Like that human head monster, a mixed cultivator.

So Tie Dan casually discarded the Outer Elixir while he cleaned the Inner Core, and threw it into his mouth to chew.