Chapter 498 - 312 Body Seizing

"Junior Sister Shen from the Sword Sect? Of course I remember. A few days ago, during the chaos in the Ye Capital, we went together to the Imperial Music Bureau to eliminate the rebel families. We were nearly captured by a Divinity Transformation Monster there, but fortunately, a righteous hero, carrying a peerless beauty, intervened..."

Tie Dan hadn’t spoken yet when Ning Lingshuang, already anxious, asked,

"Alright, alright, I’ve already asked around and heard these stories several times. I don’t care about some unrivaled beauty carried in his arms!

I’m only asking, what happened after you left the city? Weren’t you supposed to go to the Hidden Sword Manor? Didn’t you act together with Junior Sister Shen?

When and where was the last time you saw her, and who was she with?"

The Golden Core Disciple recalled,

"To respond to the two True Men, I remember it seemed there was a Fellow Daoist whose hidden injury flared up, and he fell behind while flying.

Junior Sister Shen was worried he might encounter danger alone and told us to go ahead while she covered the rear escorting him."

Ning Lingshuang pressed on,

"What is this person’s name and from which mountain?"

"Well... the situation was urgent, and it was dark and chaotic, everyone was concealing their presence and masking themselves, so we couldn’t see clearly..."

"But you saw the beauty clearly?"

"Uh, well, that, that beauty was indeed extraordinary..."

After much questioning with no answers, Ning Lingshuang became impatient, grabbing Tie Dan’s hand,

"Junior Brother, there is something suspicious about that person left alone! Everyone from the Imperial Music Bureau was present that night, except for this person and Jian Jia.

I asked them, and they all vaguely knew about such a person but couldn’t detect his Qi Path Technique or sect origin.

I’m afraid this scoundrel’s cultivation is far superior to theirs, deliberately plotting and targeting Jian Jia!"

"...Oh."

Tie Dan was equally puzzled, why are you so agitated?

As the Guardian Master of the Hidden Sword Manor and the Senior Brother of the Mad Woman, Tie Dan would be out for vengeance anyway, so it was fair to casually trace her whereabouts given the Sword Sect’s secret treasure, the Shen family bloodline.

But why were you, from Heng Mountain, so worked up? Do you also seek the Shen family’s line, to snatch the Sword Sect’s sword sheath?

"Senior Sister just crossed the Heavenly Tribulation, her realm is unstable, currently lacking in Qi power, better to rest in the manor for a few days..."

"No need! Thanks to Junior Brother’s support, I survived the tribulation, my Dao Body is unharmed.

Jian Jia is like a sister to me. It’s been seven days, if we delay any longer, we may lose her trail forever.

There’s no time to waste, I’m willing to lend a helping hand!"

"Alright, if that’s the case, then let’s go together."

Right away, Tie Dan ordered Shen Yong and others to guard the Sword Mansion and invited a few who recently formed their infant to rest in the manor, providing some care and supervision; then wrapped a Sword Rainbow around, taking Ning Lingshuang with him flying west.

"Huh? Junior Brother, why not head to the Ye Capital?"

Tie Dan was baffled, "Why go to the Ye Capital?"

Ning Lingshuang anxiously replied,

"To find someone through divination, naturally you need the personal belongings they often carry or the place they recently stayed for the most accuracy.

I haven’t seen Junior Sister for almost a year and don’t have her belongings, so of course, we need to start with where she was abducted.

Maybe she, aware of a plot against her, would have left some clues voluntarily."

Tie Dan said,

"Oh, don’t worry. Even if you can’t divine it, I’ve cast enough divinations to pinpoint it, it’s to the west."

"You’ve divined it! Then why are you still asking around the manor!"

Ning Lingshuang almost broke her composure, controlling her emotions,

"Junior Brother, apologies..."

Tie Dan didn’t mind at all,

"Senior Sister Ning is warm-hearted, looking out for fellow sect members, and since she and Junior Sister Shen are like sisters, concern naturally leads to confusion, I understand that.

However, disasters and tribulations are personal trials, if one can overcome them, they pass, and if not, they cannot be forced.

Supporting a bit is fine, but if you forcibly protect, shielding from all storms, how far can she progress in her realm?

This isn’t the way we conduct ourselves in the Mystic Sect."

Ning Lingshuang sighed,

"I understand this principle too, it’s just that Junior Sister is elegant and adorable, I’m afraid she may attract vile pursuers, but if we arrive too late, I’m worried..."

"Worried about Energy Replenishment? That won’t happen."

Ning Lingshuang sneered coldly,

"Ha, men, pardon me, Junior Brother, but we just asked around, didn’t you notice each one of them was ogling that singer’s body, yet no one remembered the looks of the benefactor who saved their lives, what a disgrace!"

Uh, that’s misunderstood them, it was Tie Dan who purposely used a light membrane to obscure his face.

But indeed, bringing a naked woman to a sword fight is quite practical, it really can slow down the opponent’s moves, maybe there’s a potential to develop a new sword dao... cough cough, wicked ways, wicked ways, better not...

"Cough cough, I meant harboring evil thoughts and being seduced is one thing, Energy Replenishment is another.

After all, Junior Sister is a disciple of the Sword Sect, cultivating the Nine Luminaries Profound Sword Qi, the sharpness of the sword energy is such that even we, during our cultivation, cannot avoid cutting open our bellies and piercing our hearts, occasionally getting possessed by demons. Who can forcibly replenish her?

Even if someone really wants to do it, they need to prepare for at least three to five days to first slowly disperse all the Qi Power and inner scene she has refined throughout her life, making her unable to form a sword shape, and then they can proceed..."

Ning Lingshuang glared over,

"...Why is Junior Brother so knowledgeable about Energy Replenishment?"

Because that’s how he learned from the Xiaoyao Taiyin Daoist Collection.

"Taught by Senior Sister from the Qingtang Sect."

"I guessed it..."

Ning Lingshuang muttered for a while, advising,

"Junior Brother is Heaven’s Chosen Son, having already crossed the tribulation and formed an infant, in the future taking on the role of the Eighteen Flying Stars or even the Ninth Peak Sword Masters is not out of reach, so it’s easy to attract attention.

But the Qingtang Sect cultivates the Heartless Dao, the most extinguishing of emotions and relations, requiring first to borrow emotional tribulations, and then cut ties and relationships. Quite a few Fellow Daoists from the Mystic Sect have fallen into this path, with their Daoist Heart severely wounded, Junior Brother must be careful."