Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect-Chapter 127 - 126 Demon Extermination Order

Two travelers dressed in fur coats and straw hats, carrying bags on their backs, were heading north along the slopes of Xuan Nu Mountain.

The young man in front would occasionally stop, grab a handful of dirt to smell, make some calculations with his fingers, and then suddenly tiptoe, darting like a wild goose, disappearing from sight as fast as a flying eagle, stirring a gust of wind.

The girl behind, carrying a pot, was in no rush. She untied the pot, used Five Elements Taoist Skill, set up a stove with Returning Dust, kindled firewood with Purple Mist, gathered water with Xuanming, and lit a fire with Red Evil. When the water boiled, she flipped her hand, added some spiritual vegetables, placed a piece of dried meat, and with the Divine Gang True Qi on her fingertips, swiftly sliced the meat and began cooking.

By the time a meal was ready, the young man had returned. freewebnøvel.coɱ

Sometimes he would throw down a wild boar for some fresh meat and vegetables, other times he would toss some human heads. Once the meal was finished, he’d boil the heads, string the skulls with a rope, and store them in a skin sack.

The two didn’t talk much. Once they had eaten and drunk their fill, they would sit face to face, press their palms together, and let the wafting True Qi steam from their heads. One would exhale, the other would inhale, their Daoist auras intertwining as they practiced dual cultivation.

After repeating this process, once they were full, their essence ample, Qi Body replenished, and sufficiently rested, the two would pack up, sharpen their swords, wash the pot, and continue their journey.

Ah, this is the dual cultivation path of Tie Dan and Baiyu. Just so simple and plain...

What? Why don’t they undress? Hey, who told you dual cultivation always requires undressing?? Isn’t it cold in this freezing weather??

Ahem, so that’s basically how it goes.

Although Xuan Jizi seemed to have let the two of them go, truly never chasing after them again, considering that they weren’t fully prepared to face the heavy tribulations of the Holy Daughter, Tie Dan wasn’t someone naturally liked by others. So, he hadn’t changed his planned route, deciding to first head to Shuofang, then cross Kan Country, and finally return to Nine Yin Mountain.

Thus, Tie Dan and Baiyu were now practically inseparable. After traveling together for a month, he finally understood.

What does it mean to be trouble? Zhen Baiyu is precisely that trouble. Of course, he himself might also have some credit, but ultimately, with an excess of luck, too much entanglement of tribulations isn’t a good thing.

In just a month’s journey, calamities loomed at every third step, trouble at every fifth. Monsters, evil spirits, rogue soldiers, bandits, hill people, outsiders, blockers, robbers, scouts... Almost every two steps they would bump into someone or some demon, like they were magnets, inescapable, everyone rushing toward them.

Seeing Baiyu, they wanted to rob, seeing Tie Dan, they wanted to chop — urging them away was futile, and they couldn’t be shaken off, driving Tie Dan to numbness.

Damn it, punch first!

As long as something alive entered his Divine Sense range, he would rush forward with a sword, slaying everything, and after killing, return for dual cultivation with Baiyu, restoring Qi and continuing. In this way, they killed someone every ten steps, sweeping through tribulations swiftly, killing non-stop, ceaselessly cleansing.

"Big brother..."

After roughly a month of journey, Baiyu couldn’t help but question.

"Is this path we chose really right?"

Tie Dan, "Trust me."

Baiyu skeptically looked in the direction of his gaze, toward the distance.

Far off, they saw mountain ridges and snowy plains, glowing clouds lifted high; the two mountains faced each other, forming a gate, with flying geese emerging between them.

A majestic pass firmly stood between the mountain gorge, its walls two zhang high, with stone bases and brick structures, crenellations forming teeth, and the gate entrance triple-layered, its brick and stone construction extraordinarily robust.

The left inscribed, ’Three Passes, unparalleled land,’ the right inscribed, ’The most revered first pass,’ the stone plaque on the gatehead engraving the words "Yanmen Pass" in three characters...

Baiyu, "But didn’t you say we would first go to Shuofang?"

Tie Dan was silent for a moment, "...It’s all the same."

Then he quickly descended the mountain, almost leaving Baiyu unable to catch up...

Actually, it was almost the same, after all, Tie Dan was navigating by following horse dung. Finding a garrisoned border town was what mattered. How could the horse possibly know how the Demon Palace administrative regions were divided, which was called Shuofang, and which was Yanmen...

Anyway, it doesn’t matter! It doesn’t affect the big picture!

Yanmen, let it be Yanmen. Take some time to prepare here before going through the pass, preferably securing a few horses, then they could head north out of the border. Reaching Yin Mountain would mean returning home...

"Swish!"

"Halt!"

Tie Dan glanced at the long arrow that shot at his feet, said nothing, raising Xuanjian Treasure Sword in his hand, a green light flashed.

A corner of the military flag on the gate tower opposite was sliced off by the sword light.

"Hill folk! Death to those who block my way!"

Gatekeepers’ most crucial skill was eye power, knowing who could be stopped and who couldn’t, so the soldiers on the gate tower put away their bows and disappeared from the embrasure.

Tie Dan also sheathed his sword, nodded to Baiyu, "Let’s enter the city."

Borderlands were such places; you had to plainly display your swords and blades, exposing the killing intent in your heart, letting everyone know at a glance how strong you were. If they dared to glance at you one more time, it meant death. Only then did you have the right to stand and talk to people.

Thus, with Tie Dan holding green blade, striding ahead, indeed no one dared to look at him too much, so the two entered the city smoothly, intending first to go to the government office to hand over some heads for petty cash, then to the market for supplies, and finally finding an inn to rest.

Walking down the main street, one couldn’t just start chopping people; so Tie Dan enveloped himself with sword wind, his murderous aura laid bare, a bloody aura rising to the sky. With one glance, even dogs on the street wouldn’t dare to bark, and passersby avoided them, his ferocity evident.

But even with all this malevolent display, under the increased luck of two human troublemakers, they still managed to attract trouble.

"Hold it!"

The two halted, Baiyu raised her pot, Tie Dan clutched his sword and looked back, seeing several borderland samurai, bows drawn and swords raised, rushing from behind, seemingly the same who had fired an arrow from the city tower earlier.

The captain at the front asked, "Hill folk?"

Tie Dan, too lazy for words, held Xuanjian Treasure Sword horizontally, showing the sword energy.

The captain, not one for wasted words, nodded,

"Demon Extermination Order, do you accept it."

Tie Dan’s eyes lit up, "Accept."

The other party tossed a warrant, saluted from afar, then left with the soldiers.

"Demon Extermination Order?"

Seeing Baiyu’s curiosity, Tie Dan handed her the warrant to read.

The warrant was issued on behalf of the Yanmen General, roughly stating that a Nascent Soul Realm Great Demon had slipped into the territory. Normally, as the Yanmen Guardian, the General should personally drive it away, but due to the dire war situation, he couldn’t leave his post, hence offering a bounty for capable individuals to exterminate the demon.

Such a Demon Extermination Order was equivalent to a high-difficulty urgent mission. According to the rules set by the Immortal Venerable of old, every region had a Nascent Soul Realm Martial God Level expert stationed, precisely to suppress and crush local demons and monsters before they grew unmanageable, becoming a proverbial dragon’s tail.

However, as the Demon Palace became corrupt over time, such guardian roles were no longer assigned based on individual combat prowess and achievements but rather by family background and selling official positions. These wastrels were self-aware enough not to risk their lives fighting big monsters, hence began frequently issuing Demon Extermination Orders, hiring freelance heroes to fight and die.

Of course, those freelance heroes referred to hill folk.

Yes, despite the official stance of the Demon Palace and Demon Sect supposedly being at odds, the local cooperation was indeed very tight-knit.

Local Demon Palace inspectors, county magistrates, guardians, and the Gate Valve noble families openly or covertly collaborated with nearby Mystic Sect forces.

Because in reality, the most powerful fist in the land was no longer the Three Constellations Court, but rather the nine major sects.

Thus, not only did locals secretly offer tributes and send disciples to the hills for protection, if they encountered events like a Demon God descent, a Great Demon awakening, or a beast tide outbreak, they no longer relied on the court sending troops for suppression, instead sending Demon Extermination and Demon Path Orders to the hills, asking hill folk to resolve the calamities.

Mystic Sect naturally welcomed this; who wouldn’t fight a demon if given the chance, a godsend opportunity.

Guardians of critical locations like Yanmen Pass were all from generations-old Guardian Immortal Army; the generals of such crucial Nine Border Towns were expected to have some true abilities.

Only recently, Kan Country broke Shuofang and invaded Gen Kingdom. Yanmen was close at hand, and there was a possibility that the Three Constellations might at any time order the Nine Border vassal guards to suppress rebels, or that Marquis Zhongshan’s iron cavalry could arrive at any moment seeking passage or assistance. They indeed couldn’t leave their posts lightly.

Tie Dan, calculating with his fingers, circulated True Qi, nodded secretly.

"Nascent Soul can be slain."

If it were a Divinity Transformation Demon Ancestor, he indeed wouldn’t be confident of survival, but a Nascent Soul Realm monster, with his current skills and a month’s experience, was still within his grasp.

Spending all day instant-killing Golden Core Level was honestly getting tiresome...

Since Tie Dan said so, Baiyu wasn’t worried either, and she did some mental calculations, nodding.

"I also feel that with my Qi movements complete, this demon might just be my Core Formation opportunity."

Tie Dan,

"Then let’s go, first buy some cumin and chili."

Baiyu,

"Huh? You think my cooking is too bland?"

Tie Dan,

"...Kun said it."

Kun was shocked!

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