NOVEL NEXT Chapter 321: Stealing the Sword
Tie Dan controlled his breathing to replenish his Qi while circulating the Blood Jade Technique to repair his Dao Body, all the while replaying the battle that had just occurred.
The fight was indeed perilous, as none of the five from the Zhongxuan Sect were easy opponents. Although it was their first collaboration, their roles were well coordinated. One entangled him in close combat, another dismantled the Array, then three used magic treasures, Daoist skills, and Primordial Spirit skills to attack. After breaking Tie Dan's magic treasures and substitutes, they immediately launched their skills to unleash powerful attacks, each strike lethal.
If Tie Dan hadn't countered by attacking head-on and using Heavenly Ruined Thunder Flash to break the stalemate, he might have risked losing his life.
Now, even if he could rely on his Divine Skill to heal and recover, he was still severely injured, his meridians in disarray, his muscles and bones fractured. Additionally, foreign True Qi from another sect had invaded his body, greatly diminishing his power, necessitating a period of secluded recovery.
Upon reflection, Tie Dan felt that the difficulties primarily stemmed from his own lack of power.
Yes, even if the Beichen Nine Luminaries Sword Qi could break magic and defenses, and the Yao Guang Sword Ball could provide comprehensive defense, the strikes from their Palm Waves and the tremors of their Inner Strength were solid. Each from the Zhongxuan Sect had two thousand years of power, enough to shake the heavens and earth; there's no joking about it.
Though Tie Dan's Dao Body had undergone multiple refinements, he had not been cultivating long enough, having formed his Nascent Soul less than a year ago, and lacking sufficient accumulation of Heavenly Materials Treasures. When faced with a group, he truly couldn't hold them off.
Once this task was concluded, he certainly needed a period of consolidation, closed-door sword casting, refining the Xuanwu Shell, Fu Zhu's White Jade Kidney, and dual horns. Adding in the Kaiyang Sword Bone from before, refining the Five Luminaries, comprehending the true inheritance of the Yao Guang and Kai Yang lines, soon he could prepare to challenge Honzan and pass on the sword.
Having set the broken and shattered bones in his arm, Tie Dan picked up the Heavenly Cover Ruler, swung a sword to split open the Qi Wall, and entered the cave. Indeed, he found a Pill Furnace Refining Qi within, with a man breaking through seclusion, his power having already reached the peak, approaching the breakthrough threshold, and he seemed about to wake up.
Tie Dan observed the man, dignified in appearance, resembling Shen Yong in likeness. A slight phosphorescence on his face made him appear even younger, identifying him unmistakably as a Shen Family member.
At this moment, the man's eyes moved erratically, Divine Light surging in the sockets, True Qi radiating in all directions, truly reaching the critical moment of awakening.
Might he not be about to break through to awakening! Without further ado, Tie Dan swung the Heavenly Cover Ruler, aiming for the head! The ruler struck the man's skull with a devastating blow! Blood splattered everywhere as he cleaved straight to the Dan Embryo, directly slaying the Nascent Soul!
Then Tie Dan felt his wrist seized by a hand.
Someone whispered in his ear,
"Don't kill."
Tie Dan quickly turned his head to look, the Child Sword poised to strike!
Yet all he saw around him was nothing...
Tie Dan blinked, a sudden heartbeat prompting him to turn abruptly.
He saw the Shen Family member still sitting in meditation, unscathed, without any sign of having been struck and severed moments ago.
...Was it an illusion?
Tie Dan looked at his right wrist and noticed a blood mark like a scratch, as if clawed open.
Just a scrape from five fingers and it had damaged his right hand's meridians, severed the tendons, rendering him unable to use any Qi Power.
What the hell? What kind of ghostly thing is so powerful?
And what was that technique? Time Travel? Reverse Heaven and Earth? Primordial Spirit Illusion Technique?
Though unable to deduce who orchestrated the hidden calculation, this unfathomable skill far exceeded that of typical Old Xuan Sect!
It wasn't a battle in the same dimension at all...
Could it be, an elder Daoist Lord Immortal from within the Cloud Platform...
Tie Dan remained silent, unaware yet feeling the awe-inspiring power.
At this moment, the man before him once again moved his eyes erratically, Divine Light surged in his sockets! True Qi radiated anew! Again, nearing the awakening threshold!
This time Tie Dan did not hesitate, raised his arm to point, and thrust the ruler into the shoulder!
"Bang!"
"Puff!"
The ruler directly struck the Shen Family member, sending him flying! Spitting fresh blood, severely wounding him! Awakened from his stupor, retreating in realm, failing to break through!
"Fine, if you say don't kill, then don't kill..."
Tie Dan, not in a pleasant mood, coldly addressed the bleeding man on the ground,
"What's your name."
Having his cultivation interrupted at a critical junction and his Immortal Fate destroyed, the man had no kind words!
Despite his heavy injuries, he roared with anger, raised his hand to brandish his sword, and stabbed directly at Tie Dan!
"Bang!"
However, before his sword could strike, the Magic Ruler thrust faster, striking the man's brow, pounding it so that his skin split and bones shattered, stunning him into a daze, staggering before collapsing unconscious.
Having subdued him, Tie Dan cast a Sleeve Universe, binding the man's entire body with silk and storing him inside his sleeve.
The hidden master made no move as expected, as long as he didn't kill the Shen Family member, the old ghost wouldn't interfere.
Thus Tie Dan used earth movement to exit, traversing directly through the secret realm, quickly breaking through the maze of the Immortal Tomb, reaching another villa in the depths of the Grotto Heaven.
This was also a Hidden Sword Manor, a legitimate sword repository, as Divine Sense swept the vicinity revealing villages, many with blacksmith shops and Sword Furnaces, crafting numerous sword embryos, clearly engaged in sword casting.
Swords...
Tie Dan, momentarily curious, took a stroll around the Sword Casting Village.
He had studied Xuan Sect Daoism for a long time, collected Five Arts Daoist Collections, various Calculus, Alchemy, Array Diagram, Rune, Artifact Catalogues, with a decent collection at hand, but rarely any sword casting skills, owning only one scroll, from his own Guangxia Mountain.
Indeed, Guangxia Mountain certainly had its Daoist Collection, with sword casting methods, quenching sword techniques, and sword nourishing secret books, for their original mission was to wash, quench, and nourish swords for Honzan.