Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 241 Confinement
Tiedan returned to Jiuyin Mountain.

However, this time he did not go up to the Sword Pavilion, the Cloud Platform, or even the mountain. As soon as he bowed at the mountain gate, he was stopped by the Sword Sect's real person who came to welcome the head of Xuanmen.

People didn't even look at him, they only spoke to Daojun. However, it sounded like they were saying that this boy had violated the sect's rules and was not qualified to enter the mountain. He should go to the foot of Jiuyin Mountain to receive punishment and wait for punishment from the sect leader.

Lingxuzi gave him a look, indicating that he should express his opinion and then we would turn around and leave.

But Tiedan didn't agree, he just bowed to him and said goodbye.

Since he had chosen this path himself, Lingxuzi had no choice but to shake his head and follow the immortal to Jiange.

Indeed, no one forced him, after all, the Sword Sect didn't care.

If you are so awesome, why did you join the Sword Sect? Why did you return to Jiuyin Mountain?

The rules of Jiuyin Mountain can only constrain the disciples of Jiuyin Mountain. If you don't agree, then go away. The world is so big, there is no place where you can't practice, and no one can stop you.

Tiedan didn't care. He had suffered a lot and lived in a dog cage before, so he really didn't care about these disgusting methods.

What else can you do? Skinned and beheaded or pierced through the heart by a flying sword?

So Tiedan flew down the mountain by himself. Clouds and mist rose up along the way, obscuring the view of the fairy mountain. It was probably to prevent him from entering or spying on the fairy mountain.

When they arrived at the foot of Jiuyin Mountain, they could only wander in the fog for a while. Finally, Tiedan came to a rock wall and saw a Taoist tower. In the shrine of the main hall of the tower, there was a stone statue of a giant beast with the body of an elk, the tail of an ox, and one horn. It looked like an ox, a sheep, and a deer.

This beast is called Xiezhi. It can ward off nightmares and drive away evil spirits. If it sees people fighting, it will attack what is unjust. If it hears people talking, it will criticize what is unrighteous.

Well, actually, when he was preparing to escape from the mountain gate, Tiedan had asked Tang Tong what would happen if he was caught, so he had an idea in mind, and came up to pay his respects and touch the Xiezhi horn.

So the stone statue stood up, shook off the dust on its body, and cursed Tiedan in the room.

Basically, it said that he left the sect without orders, defected without permission, refused to return to the sect when called, killed his fellow disciples, had no respect for his elders, was lawless, and there were about 17 or 18 other miscellaneous things. Tiedan didn't listen to the details.

In short, after scolding, the conclusion is to reflect on one's mistakes and refine one's swordsmanship.

So Xiezhi jumped off his seat and asked Tiedan to sit on it. Ahem, no, it revealed a hole under the seat and asked him to go down into the mine and receive his punishment.

Tiedan did not hesitate. After receiving a breath of immortal energy from the Xiezhi to protect his body, he jumped into the cave and fell straight to the bottom of the mountain.

With the help of this magical power, he traveled underground and arrived at a place deeper than the Demon-Suppressing Tower and the Demon-Locking Cave. He passed through countless abandoned and hollowed-out ruins of earth veins and finally went down to the bottom of Jiuyin Mountain. He came to a dark cave full of dust and graphite. There was no spiritual breath and no sound at all in front of the stone chamber.

Since he was here, Tiedan hung the iron plate on the cave entrance to show that he was refining his swordsmanship and facing the wall to reflect on his mistakes. Then he knelt quietly in the dark stone room to meditate.

This place is too deep, even spiritual consciousness cannot penetrate it. There is endless darkness in all directions, and the spiritual veins have long been mined and exhausted. There is no spiritual energy around, and even breathing is not smooth. You have to spontaneously mobilize your abdominal muscles to breathe to barely catch your breath. Only the stalactites on the top of the cliff drip down one by one to drink.

The cultivators imprisoned here will not only be unable to use any magic weapons, but the true energy in their bodies will also spontaneously dissipate, wasting their time and cultivation. This is of course an extremely severe punishment.

However, Tiedan has already refined the Disha Youquan Sword Embryo, so any amount of energy released can be absorbed back, so it doesn't matter. He can even recuperate and digest the elixir given by Lingxuzi to recover from the injuries of his Taoist body, while at the same time meditating in the Divine Court, trying to figure out the sword marks and sword techniques left by the Heavenly Blade, reviewing the experiences of these days, and calmly summarizing his practice experience. It is not a waste of time.

Of course, being put in solitary confinement would definitely affect Tiedan's progress in cultivation. After all, the progress gained from digging for treasures and killing people outside would be much greater than staying at home in a cave.

But Tiedan really had to go through the suffering in Jiuyin Mountain.

Because he wants to participate in the Yuntai competition.

Of course, it is not for the false reputation of being a disciple of the Sword Sect, nor is it to flatter Benshan, nor is it even for the true teachings.

He wants revenge.

That crazy woman was right about one thing she said. If you don't take revenge, there will be a problem in your Tao heart. You will feel upset and unhappy, and your Tao will not flow.

Tiedan actually has the same petty personality.

The two senior brothers rescued him from the dog cage and brought him all the way back to Yanzi Cave from Shuofang. They really made friends with him along the way and sincerely wanted to accept him as their disciple. If they had shown any impatience or even hostility, Goudan would never have followed them all the way.

Not to mention the master, it was he who taught me the flying sword techniques, the Nine-Star Sword Sutra and the Formless Sword Qi. Without these true skills, I would have died on the roadside like a stray dog.

To enter the Sword Sect, Tiedan had to have Chen Huzi’s approval. The Swallow Cave in Guangxia Mountain is a legitimate inheritance.

Even if Benshan dislikes him and tries to suppress the outsiders, he can only use punishment and exploitation and attack secretly. Unless he is forced to betray his sect and abandon his teachings, no one has the right to take away the sword passed down to him by Chen Huzi.

Inheritance from master to disciple, this is the biggest rule of Xuanmen.

Without them, there wouldn't be anyone kneeling here with his back straight.

How can I not repay this kindness? How can I not avenge this hatred?

Then we must go back to Jiuyin Mountain.

According to Tian Ren, the master was ordered by the mountain to use the Eighteen Flying Stars to almost wipe out the Swallow Cave branch of Guangxia Mountain and cut off the side branches.

But according to Lingxuzi's calculations, his enemy was someone from the Divine Religion.

So who was the perpetrator? He pretended to be from the Divine Cult and deliberately pushed the cause and effect to the Demon Cult to take the blame.

Or was the person who did it really a member of the Divine Religion, an undercover agent who was ordered to lurk in Jiuyin Mountain?

If this is the case, Tiedan even has a bolder guess.

Maybe, among the Eighteen Flying Stars of Benshan, there really is an undercover agent of the Divine Religion.

This person is his enemy, and the master might have been framed by that enemy.

After calming down and thinking back carefully, Tiedan realized that there was something wrong with him being able to pick up the blood jade from several of his dead fellow disciples.

Because according to the Saint, the most popular God Lord Jade of the God Cult is the Ghost Face God Lord Jade. But this one is the authentic one with the God Lord's true appearance!

How could it be possible that some treasures that even the Dharma Kings did not have were easily passed down to the hands of a few guys who were taken in from refugees, beggars, and human-headed dogs along the way? With such a humble fate, they had gone through so much hardship to join the Sword Sect. Could they really get such an opportunity?
But if the original owner of the True Divine Jade was an elite who could, with his personal abilities, go undercover in the Sword Sect or even infiltrate the upper echelons of the Eighteen Flying Stars, then this would make sense.

Those disciples died too early, and although they did not know each other, what if they were deliberately arranged by someone, and Yue Peng and Zhou Feng were deliberately asked to find them and bring them back to Yanzi Cave to become disciples?

Further speculation could be made that perhaps when Chen Huzi brought his disciples out of the mountains, left the Central Plains, and settled in Guangxia Mountain, he had vaguely sensed something and came out to avoid the others.

Or maybe, the undercover agent of the cult revealed something, and Chen Huzi guessed it, so he secretly arranged this.

Chen Huzi's personality is probably well known to everyone in the Sword Sect. They know that he treats his disciples as his own and does not care much about many sect taboos.

He even taught Tiedan secretly the secret skills of the sword, and took the same care of Jianjia. He also asked Huilan to teach her the secrets of the Huangting Palace, let alone other people.

It's nothing more than being passed on, but the only thing is that we can't learn it.

Therefore, if the traitor arranged for a disciple of the Divine Cult to take the Divine Jade to become their disciple, and waited for the disciple to learn the Nine Yin Secret Sword, he would turn around and accuse Chen Huzi of having secret dealings with the Demon Cult and leaking the true teachings. Once he found out that the Divine Jade did exist, wouldn't he be unable to defend himself?
No, there is no need to argue. Benshan also wants to cut off the branches and leaves. He finds a good reason, and with Jiufeng's approval, he takes action himself and kills them all.

As long as we can win and get away with it, anything is fine. It will be a clean slate, with no evidence left.

But if that's the case, what's going on with Sanyuan this time?

Didn't Huilan say that the enemy was in Gyeonggi? Logically, it should be Tianren and his group, right? Why didn't Tianren admit it?
Why would such an arrogant person who wanted to win everything hide this? Could it be that she miscalculated?
In short, Tiedan still lacks the key clues and it is difficult to complete the calculations. They are all bold assumptions, so he must at least see the remaining sixteen flying stars with his own eyes before he can make a judgment.

After all, Tiedan was a disciple, and they had established karma. If there really was such an enemy in the flying stars, there would definitely be a chance for karma to flow. If they met face to face, there would be no way there would be no induction. Xuanmen, the mysterious door, the door to all wonders. Ironclad evidence is not important, just chop him off if you think it is true.

Kill a thousand wrong ones without missing a single one, and kill until you feel relieved, then you will be through with this disaster.

Therefore, the most direct way to meet these people is the Yuntai Competition three years later.

At the peak of Jiuyin Mountain, the Yuntai Competition was held. Not only would the Jindan disciples join the Sword Sect and become disciples of the Sword Sect, but Yuanying disciples would also be selected to fill the vacancies of the Eighteen Flying Stars.

The enemies of Swallow Cave will surely reveal their true forms by then.

Come on, the worst that can happen is that we lock him up for three years. Tiedan can endure it anyway.

Only by finding the enemy and killing him can you overcome this hurdle in your heart.

So, no one knew how long he had been meditating and practicing in the darkness, refining his swordsmanship, but suddenly Tiedan felt that something was wrong.

The Qi force has increased.

In this dark cave, at the bottom of the underworld, where there was no light at all and no trace of spiritual energy, Qi actually appeared out of nothing!
Tiedan frowned, took out the black sword, and weighed it in his palm.

It doesn't seem to be an illusion, it is indeed a little heavier, but not as big as the improvement when Chen Xuantian killed monsters. It is only a slight one, almost indistinguishable.

If there were not a trace of spiritual power in the stone cave itself, no one would have noticed the change in the mass of the black sword, or the Qi power attracted from the unknown.

And this 'Qi'... doesn't seem to be the Five Qi he has tempered, nor is it the Nine Lights Sword Qi...

Is there any Qi outside of Tai Chi?

If you have Qi, just cultivate it. There’s nothing else to do anyway.

So Tiedan tempered my sword again, using this dark breath and the energy of nothingness to refine and replenish his remaining sword energy, and by the way, he deduced and dissolved the power of the three swords of wind, fire and thunder that Tianren had left in his temple.

Once, twice, three times...

Dissolve the sword power left by Tianren bit by bit.

Four times, five times, six times...

One by one, they temper the Qi sea in the meridians throughout the body.

Seven times, eight times, nine times...

Since there is nothing to do anyway, just continue practicing.

Keep tempering and refining until a call comes from above your head.

"Tie, come out."

Tiedan didn't care about the disgust in the other person's voice. He left the stone chamber upon hearing the voice, retrieved the sign, and climbed up along the stone steps that suddenly appeared in the darkness.

I didn't know how long I flew when I came down, but it took me a while to climb up. After a while, I saw the light. The exit was no longer the Taoist pagoda shrine, but a place like a mine cave with cracks in the rocks.

A Jindan realm disciple of the Sword Sect was standing outside. He had an ordinary appearance, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was tall and strong, and looked like a swordsman. He had an impatient look on his face.

When he saw people crawling out, he was about to speak when suddenly a foul odor hit his nose. It turned out that Tiedan had been fighting in Sanyuan before and had not changed his bloody clothes, which were already smelly and scabby. He also refined the sword underground and used the elixir to eliminate impurities in his body, so naturally the smell was strong.

The man took two steps back, covered his mouth and nose, and asked in disgust,
"The headmaster asked, have you repented?"

Tiedan had no expression on his face.

"changed."

That person said,
"You disobeyed the admonition and left the mountain without permission. You should have been expelled from the sect, but considering your contributions to the Xuan Sect and the fact that someone has pleaded for you, you will be confined to reflect on your mistakes for three months, and that will offset your merits and demerits."

What? It's been three months? That's weird, isn't it...

Then the man said,
"Stop dawdling, come out with me, change clothes and take a shower, you stink!"

So the man strode ahead to lead the way, and Tiedan followed behind, breathing in and out of the Qi while looking up at the Yuntai Peak in the sky.

Although we haven't reached the top of the fairy mountain yet, we have already entered Jiuyin Mountain.

Looking around, you can see many Taoist temples, alchemy rooms, medicine shops, classrooms and playgrounds, and you can also see many children.

Yes, the children, or boys, were all boys at first glance, about fifteen or sixteen years old. Nine of them were organized into a team, wearing single clothes and tied with sandbags. Some were running around the mountain, some were jumping on the plum blossom piles, some were fighting with wooden swords, and some were hung on trees and tied to piles, and the foundation-building coach was whipping them with a whip.

Tiedan saw it at a glance. This was an ancient method used by the imperial guards to train soldiers. It was considered the most basic physical training. He had also seen it in Shuofang, but the specific training courses were slightly different. For example, they mostly practiced horseback archery, while here they obviously practiced fighting.

Of course, it's not just about refining the body. The Sword Sect practices the dual cultivation of Qi and body. But to refine Qi you must first be able to read and write.

Tiedan used to be a dog with a human head, so he could squat at the gate of the aristocratic family's school and receive family enlightenment. Later, his memory merged with Chen Xuantian's, and he was also given the initiation of Lao Xuanmen's Taoist canon. Relying on his extraordinary comprehension, he was barely able to enter the sect.

However, most of these boys were practicing for the first time, so they had to start by learning to read and write. Only after they had mastered it could they practice and refine Qi. When I entered the Taoist temple in the village, I saw more boys in the school reading and practicing calligraphy. Of course, they were still the same. If they made a mistake, they would be spanked with a ruler.

Along the way, Tiedan had seen hundreds of people, all of whom had been screened once before, and those who had a certain level of aptitude and talent could practice Qi. And for the subsequent basic civil and martial arts courses, it was estimated that they would have to carefully select a group of talented and intelligent people with high comprehension and successful foundation building to become the serving boys on the top of the Yuntai.

Of course, these boys were picked up by looking for their aptitude for immortality, and they were all from outside the mountain. They were different from Tang Tong, who came from the mountain directly after his family donated money to climb Yuntai.

As for the process of entering the gate, sword transmission, and competition after ascending the Yuntai, there is no need to elaborate on them.

The man brought Tiedan to a side yard, covered his nose and pointed.
"Wash it clean, it stinks!"

Is it a public bath, a medicinal bath for boys to wash and scrub their bodies...

So Tiedan didn't hesitate and soaked in the pool. He opened his eyes and looked at his face reflected in the bathtub.

He was skin and bones, with protruding cheekbones, a pair of eyes with extremely small pupils, a fierce look, and an ugly sword scar between his eyebrows, but the power of the sword was still there.

Because his life span was exhausted and he had to rely on elixirs to keep it alive, his hair was dull and rough, without any luster. Coupled with his dark skin color, he looked even more gloomy and grim, as if he was about to die.

As thin as a stick...

Well, after all, although monks can go without food, in order to replenish nutrients for the brain, they also need a Feng Shui treasure land with abundant spiritual energy before retreating. If they have not eaten the meat of any divine beasts, most people still need to hold the Fasting Elixir in their mouths and take the Ginseng and Angustifolia Pill Soup.

As for warriors, lifting weights to train their bodies consumes a lot of their essence and blood. If they don't replenish protein for a few days, the muscles on their bodies will shrink. But this time, they have become like a half-human, half-ghost. It seems that a lot of time has passed.

But Tiedan still felt a little puzzled. After all, he knew how many rounds of Qigong he performed every day. It was certainly possible that his performance slowed down involuntarily due to serious injuries or the damage to his spiritual consciousness, but wasn't the difference in the number too big?
According to his estimation, he had only stayed in the cave for three to five days at most. How could three months have passed in the blink of an eye?

What's more, it's been three months since I killed anyone. Is it really okay?... I guess my efforts have been wasted...

So he raised his hand and condensed a sword energy to check his own skills, and then Tiedan was stunned.

Uh, the Tiancan sword energy turned black...

(End of this chapter)