Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect-Chapter 1008 - 516: Forming the Dragon and Tiger

"Don’t mention the Li Dragon and Kan Tiger, nor speak of red marrow or yellow sprouts. Don’t talk about moving the purple chariot. Don’t discuss the charming yin-yang twins.

The best is to forget worries and remain calm, to clear the mind and nourish the spirit is most excellent. Do nothing and make no effort, the road has no wrong turns. A generous spirit root is priceless."

Under the warm sunshine and in the cool lake breeze, Chen Xuantian hums the ’West River Moon,’ lying on a bamboo pole on the water, rubbing his belly, chewing fish meat, and spitting out fish bones, thoroughly at ease.

Hmm, watching Tie Dan on his cultivating, monster-slaying, and leveling-up path, one might mistakenly think that all those who achieve the Dao are insane killers, bathing in blood and slaughtering their way to the top. But that’s not entirely true.

Mystic Sect People, in essence, are still pursuing their own Great Dao; it’s just that in this process, due to the rules of the Heavenly Dao, they happen to become a little stronger.

So Tie Dan genuinely enjoys chopping people; his path is how to efficiently split someone in half. Meanwhile, Chen Xuantian himself doesn’t like killing people, and that’s that.

Yes, even the Three Corpses don’t particularly ’enjoy’ killing. Even Peng Ju only acts when necessary. If it wasn’t for Tie Dan killing the business contact, realizing he had been tricked by Lingxu, ruining his efforts and breaking his defense out of rage, why would he have to wield his sword in hatred, killing tens of thousands in Jiangdu?

Of course, killing is done, and it doesn’t matter much.

Chen Xuantian is not badmouthing Tie Dan, but after all, Tie Dan is literally a natural madman, designed as a Demon Dragon for slaying.

And he himself is not an Innate Killing Ghost, so there’s no need to walk the Sword Sect’s bloodthirsty path, nor is he interested in saving the world. He’s not some Qi Refining purist who insists that during Foundation Establishment and Core Formation, he must perfect Nine Qi and unite the three paths of essence, qi, and spirit—that’s just asking for trouble, isn’t it...

Chen Xuantian just wants to live as safely and securely as possible, so he has mapped out his leveling path as balanced, ensuring safety and stability, while strengthening hard power and leveling speed in the later stages.

This is, after all, the Li Dragon and Kan Tiger, the Golden Core Path.

Yes, even though the Taiji Dao will have its ’woe is me’ days sooner or later, currently the best answer still lies in the methods of the Mystic Sect.

And this Alchemy Technique is indeed the authentic Mystic Sect orthodoxy, the ultimate skill of Tiger Observation, the Elixir Formulas personally passed down by the Thunder Ancestor.

Li Palace for fire, Kan Palace for water, clouds follow the dragon, winds follow the tiger, can reconcile water and fire, form a union of dragon and tiger, which means that the cultivator can unify two completely opposing forces, merging Yin and Yang, and connecting to the Heavenly Dao.

To cultivate this Elixir, one can claim that the practice of Daoist Skill has reached the highest and most mysterious level.

Of course, Chen Xuantian took a shortcut, the Balance of Li and Kan wasn’t crafted by himself but borrowed from the power of miscellaneous fish, but so what? Just say whether he achieved it or not!

In short, by wildly consuming a belly full of Essence of Yin-Yang Fusion as the Elixir Core Seed, and cultivating the Crane Cry Nine Heavens Divine Skill within his Qi Sea inner scene, nurturing and growing the Innate Gang Qi transformed from the Postnatal state, there are absolutely no risks, and he can directly form the Core.

Easy, right? It’s simple and strong, actually really strong.

Because this isn’t just a core formed from the complete paths of Xuanming and Red Evil, but a special Golden Core formed after advancing the paths to Special Dao Breath, although it doesn’t quite compare to something like Tie Dan’s incomprehensible hack achieving nine qi perfection, it indeed has no match on the same stage.

However, compared to lower tiers, it’s more than sufficient, and is top-tier first class in the Mystic Sect True Inheritance. Almost only those who were already Mystic Sect True Inheritors and Divination Transformation Ancestors in a past life, Alchemy Masters who spent lifetimes meticulously planning, could in their next life form such an Elixir with a cauldron full of Essence of Yin-Yang Fusion.

Indeed, exceedingly superior Elixir Formulas exist within the Mystic Sect beyond the Li Dragon and Kan Tiger, and it’s not that Chen Xuantian cannot master them, but considering applicability and cultivation difficulty, it’s hard to find a better option.

Moreover, Chen Xuantian has to consider early stage risks, mid-stage leveling difficulty, and bottlenecks, in addition to end-stage power.

After all, where does one easily acquire a Divinity Transformation Treasure, especially since Tie Dan’s thousand-year cultivation was gifted by Lingxu and the Five Elders of Five Directions? Who would give Chen Xuantian such recognition, who would spare him a glance?

And later on, when leveling and fighting in Yunmeng Swamp or even the Southern Border, even with the best Heavenly Materials Treasures there, it boils down to Azure Dragon Essence and Phoenix Bone, and Peng Ju has been working on it here for a long time, not sparing even a tiny fish among the water grasses— his plan for these two treasures is thorough.

As long as Chen Xuantian can follow the strategy and navigate through smoothly, he has a great chance in Yunmeng Swamp to seize the Xuanming Red Evil two Great Treasures, ensuring he clears with two qi of Nine Qi Unity, and refining the Twinflame Waters to Great Success. Not to mention forming the Nascent Soul, achieving Divinity Transformation wouldn’t be an issue either.

When reaching such a realm, crossing even the great tribulations of heaven and earth wouldn’t be a concern, let alone setting up on the playing field and scheming to snatch another five, six, or seven Great Treasures, achieving Nine Luminaries Unification and becoming a god or ancestor, wouldn’t that be feasible too? 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Ah, I’m just too clever! The calculator always right, oh hahaha kekeke!

"Mama mama! There’s a sea cow in the lake!"

"What kind of nonsense, how could there be a sea cow in Yunmeng Swamp? It’s probably a water buffalo."

"It’s true! Look at that fatness! It’s definitely a sea cow, definitely a sea cow!"

"Oh? Really? But how could there be a sea cow in Yunmeng Swamp?"

"A sea cow my foot! Sea cow! I’m just fattened up ready for retreat! Don’t get carried away!"

Chen Xuantian quickly turned his head and yelled, startling the passengers on the passing merchant ship terribly.