Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 479 Closed door

"After we parted ways, I was rescued by Senior Cangsong and sent to Wangwu Mountain to recuperate."

There is chaos and war outside, and I am still recovering from serious injuries, so I cannot travel far and will stay here for the time being.

Fortunately, he had made a lot of connections beforehand and had obtained the title of deacon of the outer court of the Sword Sect, so he simply took charge of purchasing and trading in the mountains and did some business himself.

It's truly unexpected that we've met again; you've already become the sect leader and lord...

Tang Tong took the handkerchief handed to him by Tie Dan, dipped it in medicinal wine, and wiped the blood from his face. He covered the swollen bump on his head, his nose stuffed with blood clots, and he breathed heavily.

"Of all the fellow students from our class, only the two of us are left... Oh, where's Jianjia?"

Tie Dan's smile vanished momentarily. After a brief silence, he took a sip of his medicinal wine.
"...He's not dead yet."

"Not dead yet..."

Tang Tong understood what was going on seeing him like this. After a moment of silence, he scratched his head.

"Alright, it's good that you're not dead. There's a difference between immortals and mortals, and everyone has their own destiny. Don't take it too hard."

"Tie Dan, you're destined to become an immortal sooner or later. If fate allows, we'll have a drink together; if not, you can help sweep my grave. It's alright."

Tie Dan frowned.

"You're not coming back to the mountain with me."

Tang Tong seemed to want to stretch to show he was relaxed, but the strain made him wince in pain, so he could only manage a wry smile.

"Thank you for your kindness, Sect Leader, but I am self-aware and have already figured it out."

What I couldn't win even when I was fully healthy, can I still get now that I'm crippled? I'm just not destined for that.

No matter how hard one strives in this life, there is no guarantee that one will achieve the Nascent Soul stage.

If I cannot protect my three souls and seven spirits, even if I am reborn after death, I will no longer be Tang Tong. What is the point then?

Don't worry about me, I'm doing great now! I have such a large fortune, and dozens of fellow Daoists to take care of me.

Life's wonderful! I wouldn't trade it for a god, haha!

Tie Dan turned his head and glanced at the wrecked trading post, then looked at his own little life.

Tang Tong coughed.
"Ahem, it's just a temporary setback. Life is full of disappointments."

It's normal to occasionally run into a spoiled rich kid with no common sense. Don't worry about it, I can handle it.

"Bang!"

The plaque of the Tang Clan Chamber of Commerce fell down and shattered into pieces.

Tang Tongdeng's plaque.

Tie Dan shook his head and said,
"Come on, don't try to fool me. You were beaten for at least the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, and there wasn't a single person on the mountain to be seen. Who was taking care of you?"
Besides, the token you're holding is issued by Tiangang; who cares about him anymore? Who would allow you to stay here?

Tang Tong scratched his head.
"Then... how about you give me a sign too?"

Tie Dan looked at him.
"Okay, that's easy. Don't even mention a brand nameplate, I'll give you one worth hundreds or thousands of dollars."

But in this world, who would willingly give up once they've reached the threshold of transcendence and immortality?

The talk of enjoying worldly riches and witnessing human prosperity is nothing but the self-comforting nonsense of a loser.

In this world, there is no such thing as destiny or divine favor. In the end, it all comes down to connections and relationships. Someone has already arranged everything for you.

Old Tang, just because you're not destined for the Sword Sect doesn't mean you're not destined for me.

Now that I am rebuilding Nine Yin, I need people just in time. If I give you a hand and help you reach the Nascent Soul realm, making you an elder of my new Sword Sect, what difficulty is there in that?

Of course, if you have too much pride and can't accept it, you can try to fight for it yourself.

I have inscribed the Nine Luminaries Orthodox Method in front of the mountain gate, and everyone is welcome to try it. As long as you can learn the sword manual and pass the sword formation, you will be a disciple of the Sword Sect, and your name will be in the Sword Pavilion.

Didn't you complain that Benshan wasn't passing on the true teachings? Now I've passed them on to you, do you dare to give it another shot?
"At worst, you'll die from a defeated sword; you won't lose anything anyway."

Tang Tong was speechless.
"Who gives advice like that? Can't you be a little more tactful?"

Tie Dan stood up.
"Okay, then I'll go out for a walk and give you some time to hesitate. I'll come back and take you away. Isn't that tactful enough?"

Tang Tong quickly grabbed him.

"Wait, where are you going? Are you going to kill someone's whole family again?"

Tie Dan shrugged.

“I told you, I was just going around in circles… It was my sword that went to kill my whole family.”

Juque is happy.

Tang Tong also sighed and rubbed his forehead.
"I'm really scared of you... Okay, okay, I promise, I'll try again. If I don't get the sword pass... then you can help me out again."

"it is good."

Tie Dan nodded and pulled Tang Tong up.

Tang Tong added,
"However, this matter today can be considered my karma. I will settle it myself when I have mastered my divine skills. You don't need to overstep your bounds and take the blame for me."

Ju Que is unhappy.

Tie Dan was curious.

"Why are you so conflicted? Just let you use your final sword strike to end the karmic entanglement, and that's it."

"Sigh... You act too recklessly. You always think that everything can be decided with a sword, but the affairs of the world are complicated and intertwined. How can they be so easily resolved? You didn't come to Wangwu Mountain this time just to see me, did you? Judging from your appearance, you're alone with your sword, so you're not here to destroy the mountain or the temple. You must have some important business to attend to at the mountain, right?"

Tang Tong sighed, pointing to the corpse of a Golden Core cultivator who had been caught off guard by the sword wind near the door, instantly killed in two.

"This guy is an outer disciple of Yangtai Palace. He received offerings from the powerful clan and became their guest advisor. He took on this karmic debt to persuade me to sell my shop."

He has four Daoist companions in the mountains. His first wife cultivates in Hidden Immortal Valley, an ancestor is an inner disciple of Yugong Cave, and a grandson was taken in as a disciple by Taiyi Peak.

I heard he's gotten rich recently and even found a junior sister from Qingtang for dual cultivation, but that can be disregarded in the calculations.

Tang Tong pointed to several mountain peaks shrouded in mist in the distance.
"Lingxiao Peak, Wudou Peak, Yugong Cave, Yangtai Palace, Jiuligou, Yinxian Valley, Taiyi Cave, Ziwei Peak, Tiantan Peak, Liuli Cliff..."

Hebei is mostly plains, and its famous mountains and rivers, and blessed lands, are few and far between, and cannot be compared with the towering mountains of Qianzhou. Wangwu Mountain, however, has extremely deep and vast veins, abundant spiritual energy, and is a place of outstanding people and spirits, making it the foremost mountain in Hebei. Therefore, various reclusive immortal sects have gathered here. Now, cultivation families from all over Genzhou have also come to Wangwu to join, and the mountain's momentum is at its peak. It is said that there are thousands of true immortals in the mountain, and various forces are deeply intertwined.

Therefore, the rules of Wangwu Mountain are completely different from those of Jiuyin Mountain. There is no dictatorship of the sect leader. In daily affairs, a grand assembly of a hundred immortals is held to discuss matters. As long as a hundred immortals nod in agreement, it can be implemented as a sect decree of Wangwu Mountain.

Due to historical reasons, the Gen region has been hostile to the Qianzhou region for many years. Cultivators from both regions compete for cultivation materials. Local cultivators are very wary of outsiders and often exclude them. They rarely send their own children to the Xuan Nu Mountain to become disciples. Instead, they recommend them to disciples in the Wangwu Mountain. Over time, cultivators who casually practice the Dao all become related to each other, either as relatives, friends, disciples, or Daoist partners.

"Those powerful families often keep four or five such retainers. If you kill them all, you'll make enemies of all the temples, monasteries, and Taoist sects across the mountains and fields. They can easily gather a hundred of their relatives and friends to oppose you at a grand assembly, and you won't be able to get anything done."

Although Tang Tong made it sound serious, Tie Dan wasn't worried at all, and even patted him on the shoulder with a smile.

"Having Lao Tang with me is like a fish in water."

"Don't be disgusting, so what exactly did you come here for..."

Just as Tie Dan was about to speak, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and he turned around to shield Tang Tong behind him.
"As expected, the situation is very complex! Senior has come to avenge his grand-disciple?"

Having been discovered by Tie Dan, a Qi cultivator walked in from the doorway.

This person wore a nine-beam turban on his head, adorned with a single dust-repelling bead, a silk cloak, a waist belt with eight-treasure sash, cloud-treading shoes, and a unicorn-tail whisk in his hand.

He was large and stout, with a high, protruding belly, long, sparse eyebrows that reached his temples, a full forehead, a square jaw, and a swift, breezy gait, as if sprinkling a refreshing rain.

When they reached the ground, they swept up the corpses and flesh scattered on the ground like fallen leaves and tucked them into their large sleeves.

"Xuan Jing, the Qi Refiner of Yangtai, is unaware of the arrival of the Nine Yin Sword Master. What brings you here?"

Before Tie Dan could speak, Tang Tong behind him knelt down on the ground.
"This junior, Tang Tong, pays his respects to the Headmaster Daoist."

The head of Wangwu Mountain is actually a Daoist master?

Tie Dan was also quite surprised. These days, most of the top sect leaders who suppress the Xuanmen Mountain Gate are actually stuck at the Nascent Soul stage. Earth Immortals, Corpse Immortals, and Feather Immortals are already very rare, and Dao Lords are even rarer.

After all, those who practice unorthodox methods can become immortals, while those who follow unorthodox paths can become demons

If you have profound cultivation, exceptional talent, and the courage to create your own path, you can certainly try to comprehend the Dao and break through your limitations, emulating the Three Venerables and forging an unprecedented path. Perhaps in the future you will have the opportunity to attain enlightenment and become an ancestor...

However, don't deceive yourselves. You can choose to seek enlightenment, but that doesn't necessarily mean you will attain it.

Ultimately, the old gods of the Xuanmen sect who are stuck in the caves in the mountains are all trying to comprehend the Dao, but they are merely adding icing on the cake based on the foundation laid by Xuan Nu, and they can't come up with anything new.

So far, apart from the God Lord, almost no one has successfully opened up a great path; the vast majority of people will fall into the demonic path, and their bodies and paths will perish.

Although countless brilliant predecessors have pioneered many unorthodox methods to temporarily solve the problem of death by lightning tribulation.

However, it seems that each has its own drawbacks. Not only does their combat power decline, making them inferior to those of the Xuanmen Golden Core Dao, but after various Dao transformations, ascensions, and corpse transformations, their fates are basically fixed, and they can only slowly wait to die and face their own end.

Although the Tai Chi path of the Mysterious Woman has no way forward, at least those at the Nascent Soul stage have the option of disintegration, possession of another body, and reincarnation to start anew.

There are so many intelligent people in the Xuanmen (Taoist sects) world. Maybe if we just wait and wait, a genius Daoist will emerge and discover a new version of the answer.

Therefore, the old Xuanmen would rather be stuck in the mountains and cultivate in seclusion, enduring the lightning strikes head-on, unless absolutely necessary, when they really couldn't withstand the tribulations of killing, lightning, or death. They would rarely choose to reconcile with the Heavenly Dao.

So although we don't yet know what Dao this Dao Lord of the Mountain has comprehended, no matter what, being able to take this step is undoubtedly the work of a genius.

However, it seemed that Daoist Xuanjing was quite reasonable, as he nodded to Tang Tong.
"My unworthy disciple has caused trouble for young friend Tang. This coin of 'Soldier-Repelling Coin' is my apology."

Since the dignified mountain lord chose to let the matter rest out of respect for Tie Dan, Tie Dan naturally reciprocated.
"Xuantian greets Daojun. I have come here for tea at someone's invitation."

"In my haste on this journey, I inadvertently caused the death of your disciple. This 'Soldier-Repelling Coin' is offered as an apology."

"Oh, you've come for tea."

Xuanjing Daojun glanced at the money for warding off soldiers that Tiedan offered, but didn't reach out to take it. He only gave Tiedan a deep look.
"It's a pity that you've come at the wrong time. Sect Master Qingtang has recently gained enlightenment, and Liuli Cliff has closed its doors to outsiders."

"As the head of Wangwu Mountain, I must protect my fellow Daoist. I can only ask the headmaster to reschedule for another day."

Tie Dan was silent for a moment, then chuckled.
"I've heard a little about this matter, so I won't insist on it."

"Since you're already here, I wonder if Fairy Ruowei has the time to meet and chat?"

Xuanjing Daojun remained unmoved, his expression unchanged and his voice unwavering.

"Unfortunately, my wife caught a cold and is feeling unwell. She is in seclusion in my Yangtai Palace to recuperate, and I am personally taking care of her."

If you have any instructions, please convey them to me.

Tie Dan was silent for a moment, then smiled.

"Is that so? Is your wife alright? I have some medical knowledge, so why don't I take a look?"

Tang Tong was greatly surprised and couldn't help but look sideways.

Daoist Xuanjing remained unmoved, his expression as deep as an abyss.
"Thank you for your concern, Sword Master. It's just a minor injury, which I can heal myself. There's no need to trouble you, Brother Dao."

"I see……"

Tie Dan chuckled.

"A few days ago, the two ladies warmly invited me to visit the mountains. I have long heard of the great reputation of the Qingtang Treasure and the Moonlit Jade."

I was just about to savor its flavor today, how could this happen? What a terrible coincidence...

By the way, would the Mountain Master happen to be carrying some freshly picked buds that his wife personally gathered?

Tang Tong was drenched in sweat, his back covered in cold sweat, as if he had been caught in a downpour.

Xuan Jing stared at Tie Dan for a while, then took out a tea bag wrapped in a Taoist talisman from her sleeve.

"Since my wife has agreed, please use it."

Tie Dan chuckled.

"Thank you, Daoist. I will visit you again another day."

"No delivery!"

With a flick of his sleeve, Xuanjing Daojun rode away on a cloud.

Tie Dan stared coldly at the departing light, picked up the tea bag, smelled it, and casually tossed it into Tang Tong's arms.
"Try it, it's good tea, this is to make up for it."

(End of this chapter)