Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 337 Five Elders

Is it time? Fate? People?

In this world, there are many people with great ambitions, but few who can achieve great things.

The road to royal power, success and fame must be a bloody one.

When you reach the top, what you may be crushing under your feet may be other people's dreams.

Of course Tiedan has never been so sentimental. After all, a guy like him who has been struggling on the line between life and death since childhood doesn’t even care about his own life, let alone the lives of others?
You are still dreaming, pursuing ideals, pursuing ambitions. You don’t even know where your next meal is going to come from. Just forget about it!
So yes, Tiedan doesn't have any dreams or ambitions at all, and he is basically still in the "not having enough to eat" stage.

Although he had made some progress in cultivation and had some knowledge of Taoism, he was still lacking a suitable weapon. Since he couldn't find a suitable one and the Sword Sect was unwilling to give it to him, he decided to forge one himself.

Good, sword forging!
What Tiedan lacks most now is actually a good sword. Of course, it doesn’t mean that he can’t fight without a sword, but it’s simply not fun to fight by just making hand gestures and snapping fingers.

With a casual wave of his hand, he strangled the demons with the sword formation. Although the corpses were scattered all over the ground, he always felt empty in his heart, as if there was missing something around him to share this joy with him.

That’s right! I’m in need of a sword! A sword immortal needs a sword! A sword immortal must use a sword to cut! Break the skull, decapitate, rip out the heart, and cut open the stomach! It’s so cool to splash the hot blood on your face! What’s the point of always looking at a finger poking? Sissies are like women! Finger immortal? ? Flute, ruler, and stick don’t count! You are not swords!

So Tiedan decided to forge a sword.

Of course, the saying that alchemy can make three generations poor and sword-making can ruin a sect has long been deeply rooted in people's minds. Tiedan naturally knows this, but it doesn't matter. There is nothing left of his sect anyway, so it may as well be destroyed.

Besides, Tiedan's request was actually not high. Any real big sword would have to be stewed for hundreds of years before it could be taken out of the pot. He was in a hurry to use the sword to go up the mountain at the end of the month. How could he have the time to guard it here all the time?

Fortunately, Tiedan has the weapon refining secret scroll that Xuantian picked up on the road, as well as years of practical research at Cangjian Villa. He has all the theoretical skills and has mastered the family secrets. He can first forge a sword embryo, and then strengthen the blood refining step by step, and upgrade it slowly. It's just the right time for Tiedan to grow together, experience together, kill people together, and drink blood together.

Xuantian had already compiled these classic instructions into a book, which was as simple as an operating manual for Tiedan. As long as he followed the instructions, he wouldn't say he could forge a great sword, but at least he could use it well...right?

Never mind him, the explosion is just a training! Cast! Cast! Cast the fucking thing!

So how to cast it?

In fact, if we exclude those messy and minor metaphysical elements, the principle is still steel smelting.

As we all know, metallurgical steelmaking is to reduce and melt the iron ore raw materials in the iron-making furnace to make pig iron, and then use the pig iron as the raw material and add various secret recipes to make steel, which is then cast into steel ingots and continuous casting billets. This is the most basic sword blank.

Of course, this is just the beginning. The sword blank must be added with various natural treasures, the sword edge must be repeatedly refined, the sword seal must be engraved, and it must be hammered and forged thousands of times, and then smelted and stewed.

But Tiedan didn't need to go through so much trouble. He still had to eat one bite at a time. Besides, he was forging a sword before the battle, so he just needed to forge a sword blank first.

So Tiedan first prepared the sword-making furnace.

This sword furnace is ready-made; it is the arsenal of magical weapons in Yingzhou City.

Speaking of which, the setting of the treasury is actually very interesting. These are actually the products left over from the ancient demon civilization, and most of them fell into the hands of the Immortal Palace. Because they have stood for thousands of years, they are immortal, indestructible and incorruptible, and ordinary Taoist magic cannot destroy, penetrate or escape them. That is why they are used as warehouses to prevent some thieves from coming to people's homes to rummage through drawers and pick up things.

However, Tiedan seems to be buying a box and returning the pearl. First of all, what are the materials of these "treasure houses" and why are they so good? Secondly, is it possible that the demon tribe mobilized a large number of troops and used such good materials to build an empty house for you to store gold, silver and jewelry? So what "treasure" does this "house" exist to protect? This is the most important thing, right?

Forget it, it’s empty now and I can’t care about it for now.

At this time, the treasury was full, and a lot of garbage was stuffed into it by Xichang Hou. Not only was there the piece of "Chaoyi Meteorite" that was thrown in front of him by the sky, which almost killed him, but also this guy, in order to make progress, went all in this time, and all the wealth he had accumulated over the years was exchanged for military supplies.

Even the Xiao family knew that now was not the time to fall behind, and they had used all their national strength to prepare and mobilize military armor and equipment, originally intended to supply weapons to the entire Northern Expedition Army. Now all of them were here, serving as materials for forging iron, firewood for cooking, and the base for boiling the sword soup.

Then start preparing the fire.

In order to melt and reduce the raw materials and remove impurities through high temperature, a good fire is essential.

But fortunately, Tiedan had good fire, and it was the best batch, the Kaiyang Zhuming Sword Fire Array. Chen Xuantian had watched it for ten years and knew it by heart.

First, he used the thousand-year sword force to rush to the sky, and used the secret method of Kaiyang Sword Formation to drink from the sweet spring, enjoy the eternal wind, and light the jade candle. He used the sword three times in a row, and finally used the jade candle to ignite the red sword fire and began to heat up the treasure house.

Then, using the tiger talisman that Xichang Hou had handed over to save his life, he transferred the earth veins that Zhenguo had been preparing for many years, which were originally used to set up the formation in order to defend the city, from the city defense formation to Tiedan's Zhuming sword formation to continuously supply the fire for the sword-making furnace. He also used the Tianpeng Ruler as the center of the formation to guard it.

This formation keeps burning and boiling, and all those precious swords, armors and weapons are melted into pig iron. Up to this point, basically every high school student can do it, and it is not difficult. Then you can start making steel... Hmm?

Tiedan had just finished setting up the most basic iron smelting array, when suddenly! "Pika! Pika Pika Pika Pika!" Lightning flashed in front of his forehead! He was terrified! His mind was in a mess! He felt five unprecedented terrifying thoughts! Exploring from the dark void!

It was as if the boundless sky had stretched out an invisible tongue and licked the grooves of his brain! !

And there are five fucking ones!

Tiedan was greatly shocked!

Holy shit! Too strong! The one coming is too strong ahhhhh!!

"YCM Soul Defense Technique ahhhh!"

Tiedan roared! He used all his power! He used the method of Yuanshen to set up a formation for his own palace! Yuanshen turned into swords! Instantly, he set up a dense array of Yuanshen swords to protect his body! The Yaoguang sword formation flashed with nine lights! In an instant, it shrank into a hedgehog-like sword ball!
Then it whooshed straight into the sky!

Looking up, I saw five colored lights, purple, white, gold, green and red, flashing from the horizon. In a flash, five old men jumped in front of me.

There is an old man in the East, wearing a green jade crown and a nine-qi green feather flying robe. He guides the harmony of the nine heavens above and the fragrance of the nine springs below. He nourishes the two instruments for longevity and protects yin and yang for eternal prosperity.

An old man in the south wears a red jade crown and a three-qi red feather flying robe. He guides the spiritual transformation of Taiqing Xuanyuan from above and harmonizes the melting of the three qi from below, allowing all things to exist forever and transporting the heavenly essence to Nanxia.

In the center is an old man, wearing a Huangjing jade crown and a black and yellow flying robe. He is the harmony of nature, and the spirit of the five earths. He protects the heaven and earth from loss and uses the yin and yang to prevent them from tilting.

An old man in the west, wearing a white jade crown and a seven-qi white feather robe. He guides the great essence to the heavens above and harmonizes with all living beings below. He cuts down the heaven and earth to make them not full, and cuts off the disharmony between yin and yang.

An old man in the north, wearing a black jade crown and a five-element black feather robe, guides the five emperors' qi upwards, saves the harmony of all living things downwards, protects the two principles and keeps them from falling, and protects all lives for eternal peace.

Hey wow old man...

Tiedan quickly put away his sword, lowered his head, put on a smile, and bowed his head in courtesy and respect.

"Tiedan, the Qi-refining practitioner from the Swallow Cave in Guangxia Mountain, respectfully welcomes the Five Elders from the Five Directions."

The Five Elders of the Five Directions and the True Heavenly Lord

The names of these five elders must be recorded in the nine major Taoist canons, such as the arithmetic, array diagrams, talismans, elixir recipes, and instrument catalogs. They are mainly included in the prefaces and quotations of various scriptures, classics, and inheritance papers.

In short, the Five Elders are the essence of the Lao Xuanmen.

Well, you may not believe it, but Xuanmen is essentially not a violent criminal gang, nor a villain organization trying to conquer the world, but an academic research institution.

Although the nine Xuanmen masters are the nine most capable fighters of each session, the true disciples of Xuanmen are actually not interested in pursuing battle rankings. What's the point of being able to fight? What does it matter if you win or lose? Is the opponent of Xuanmen a single person? No way, it's the way of heaven! Fighting is not the goal at all, but a means. Everything is for the ultimate purpose of achieving the Tao!
Therefore, the most respected person in Xuanmen is not the head of Yuntai, except for the head of their own sect. The most respected ones are actually the Five Elders of the Five Directions, because the main responsibilities of these five elders are to set questions for the Xuanmen unified examination, mark papers, review papers in the discussion conference, and defend the final heavenly book...

Well, it's useless to get the first seat of the nine major sects. The real way is to get the heavenly book and realize the truth. And getting the heavenly book is not done by fighting, but by discussing the truth and comparing the five arts, so that you can be convinced.

In short, the nine major sects would hold a five-arts examination every sixty years, divided into three times: high-level, master, and grandmaster. All disciples of the Yuanying realm of the Xuanmen could participate. Those who passed the high-level alchemy examination were called alchemy practitioners, those who passed the master examination were called alchemy masters, and those who passed the grandmaster examination were called alchemy grandmasters.

Obtaining the Grandmaster Qualification Certification means that one has studied alchemy for at least two hundred years and has mastered the inheritance of the Xuanmen alchemy art, and is eligible to participate in the discussion of the Heavenly Book.

And if one can bring forth new ideas at the Heavenly Book Conference, contribute his own research to enrich the Taoist Canon, surpass others in skills, and benefit the Taoist sect, then he can be publicly elected as a Grand Master and be qualified to comprehend the Heavenly Book.

Of course, who has good research results and what counts as good are different opinions, and someone still has to review the paper.

The requirements for evaluation are naturally the highest. Therefore, in Xuanmen, only five masters who have been elected as grand masters in each of the five arts, have combined the five major grandmaster titles, and have completely refined the way of practicing and refining Qi to the extreme, will be selected and respected as the Five Elders of the Five Directions to supervise and identify the true teachings of Xuanmen disciples. They are called the Heavenly Lords of Supervision.

The main responsibilities of the Five Elders are to set questions for each Grandmaster Examination, supervise the examinations, mark the papers, and select the Grandmasters who can participate in the discussion from among the masters of the five arts.

Then, in the following discussion of the Heavenly Book, he would play the role of asking questions during the defense, and when there was a dispute over the results of the Grand Master selection, the Five Elders would negotiate and select the winner of each Heavenly Book.

If there are many outstanding achievements in that class, the Five Elders will naturally make appropriate arrangements and add additional Grand Master positions. Of course, if they have never seen such a bad class, then it is better to have nothing than to have something of poor quality. Go back and practice for another 60 years!
Tiedan never expected that he would lure out these five old monsters just by going to a place to forge iron. And...

There seem to be two of them. Have you seen them somewhere?

Tiedan looked at the five elders with suspicion. With his level of Taoism, he could only vaguely see five ordinary-looking old men from the Dharma light that penetrated the sky and the earth.

These are naturally the Dharmakāya of Tao, and of course they may also be the true bodies of Tao that have returned to their original state. Although I have never seen them just by looking at their faces, when their spiritual consciousnesses intersect, through the YCM soul-counter-reconnaissance method, I can sense that there are at least two spiritual thoughts among them, and they seem to have intersected somewhere before.

"Okay, don't worry about us, just go on, just go on."

"Not bad, not bad. We are just out for a stroll and doing whatever we need to do."

"The stove is OK, barely adequate, but the fire is a little off."

"Well, this earth vein is not strong enough. After all, it is not a blessed land. It affects the power of the Jade Candle Sword."

"Stop talking nonsense, let him cast it, let him cast it."

"..."

Then the five elders just looked at him, as if they were just looking at him and not saying anything.

Well, Tiedan had no ability to drive them away anyway, so he had to continue doing his own thing.

So they simply drew a circle and set up their formation around Yingzhou City, basically encircling the main battlefield and the camps of the two opposing armies, ready to use them to forge swords.

"Why draw it so big? You can practice it."

"What kind of formation is this? Have you never seen it before?"

"It seems to be some kind of spiritual illusion?"

"So that's how it is. He saved a portion of the earth veins to support the formation here."

"Hey, hey, hey, don't bother me! It's okay, it's okay, just do your thing."

"..."

Tiedan narrowed his eyes and looked at the five elders who stood side by side and followed him wherever he went, cheering for him like neon signs.

The five elders also stared at him with fifteen curious eyes. There were colorful lights in their eyes, which were as annoying as fifteen flies.

Well, they all opened an extra third eye between their eyebrows, which seems to be some kind of Taoist magic. The effect should be similar to Tiedan’s own pupils, able to see invisible things and break through unrecognizable methods.

Tiedan couldn't drive them away, so he had to turn a blind eye and continue to set up his formation.

To get back to the point, once iron is produced, it must be refined into steel, and then the steel is used to make swords.

Therefore, the real steel used to forge this sword must have been borne in times of disaster and born for battle. It would be best to use the murderous spirit and blood-feeding human souls to refine it.

Therefore, in the ancient sword-making method, killing animals was usually performed as a sacrifice to the sword.

This was originally some evil and heretical secret technique, just like the Blood Robe Cult, which used human souls to sacrifice to the Blood Robe and used evil ghosts to refine the spirit of the weapon. In the long process of practice and verification, the Xuanmen found that this seemingly evil and sorcerous behavior was indeed effective. Although they did not understand why, it seemed to have some metaphysical reason. So it was also preserved.

Therefore, when forging a sword, it is common to kill several people as a sacrifice to the sword, and one or two waves of killing are not enough. The sword spirits of some swords begin to drink blood before they are born, and they often behead hundreds of people as a sacrifice to the sword.

When those world-shaking and peerless divine swords are forged and sharpened, the sect must take the initiative to start the killing sword battle, and use the blood of ancient mythical beasts, evil spirits, demons, and mountain immortals to sacrifice to the swords.

Therefore, it is often said that forging a sword will destroy a sect. This is the literal destruction of a sect. At least all the lives and blood of the sect must be killed to obtain a fierce weapon or a peerless sword!

Tiedan was determined to do something, and although it was his first time, he came here for a peerless sword, so he would sacrifice blood to the sword.

But the problem is that Tiedan doesn't have the resources of a sect, nor does he have so many rare treasures. He only has hundreds of thousands of soldiers trapped in the killing calamity that he can borrow and use.

But in fact, there is no need to kill hundreds of thousands of people and throw them into the pot. After all, Tiedan is not a demon who kills innocent people indiscriminately. Every time you refine, you only need to capture a few Martial God Realm essences and blood for sacrifice.

Yes, integrating the knowledge of Cangjian Villa, the weapon-refining sect, the Blood-robed Demon Cult, and the mysterious scientific principles of steel metallurgy, Tiedan and Xuantian designed a brand new process.

Refining outside the furnace, multiple remelting, and continuous steel casting.

In short, traditional steelmaking is to melt, dephosphorize, desulfurize, remove impurities and alloy in a furnace to obtain primary molten steel. Refining is to move the primary molten steel to a vacuum or inert gas for degassing, deoxidation, desulfurization, removal of inclusions and fine-tuning of composition, thereby improving the quality of steel, shortening smelting time, optimizing the process and reducing production costs.

So Tiedan used the 'YCM ultra-large-scale wide-area interference method! ! ' to make an 'external furnace'.

The two armies on the battlefield of Yingzhou were drawn into an illusion of endless killing under the influence of the YCM method. They would fight repeatedly in this illusion of killing, endlessly and without end.

The two armies seemed to have fallen into an endless purgatory, a Shura battlefield, with fierce clashes and endless slaughter. Even though they were in a dream, the murderous aura continued to emanate from them, filling the 'outer furnace'. With the murderous and death intentions of hundreds of thousands of people, without any distracting thoughts other than 'killing', they were used to temper and refine the real steel.

Finally, after countless times of refining and extraction, removing the dross and retaining the essence, and striving for perfection, it was finally refined into a peerless weapon that could only be cultivated from the endless war prison, bathed in the reincarnation fighting of hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds of generations.

The sword blank has been forged.

The five elders: "Oh my god..."

(End of this chapter)