The Corpse Resolving Immortal Qi was speechless,
"Damn you... alright, alright, stop showing off! So what if you can dual cultivate! Just kill me already!"
Tie Dan hesitated for a moment,
"But there is indeed a flaw in this plan. My move was originally intended as a Primordial Spirit Method to fight ghosts, and this level of pulse explosion might cause some damage to your Primordial Spirit, senior."
The Corpse Resolving Immortal also hesitated for a moment,
"If you put it that way, I might actually believe you, because my Primordial Spirit is firmly bound to the Immortal Body, and without taking this step, it’s impossible for me to free myself.
Sigh, I know that reaching this final step, retreating and recomposing would surely result in losses, and I might even end up with my soul scattered beyond recovery..."
"It won’t come to that. After all, you are an Earth Immortal alive, half-step Harmonization. I currently can’t kill you.
It’s just that I slipped through your brain earlier, and later I also need to detonate from there. There’s an eighty to ninety percent chance that it could blow you into an idiot."
The Corpse Resolving Immortal gritted his teeth,
"Fine, fine! Better a short pain than a long one! An idiot is better than an old virgin! Come on! Explode!"
Tie Dan clasped his hands in respect,
"Senior, please don’t worry. You’ve guarded peace for Genzhou from here for so many years, and now the Immortal Palace’s luck has run out, and people’s thoughts have changed. It’s not your fault.
Moreover, you’ve already touched upon the ultimate truths of the Heavenly Dao; even if you become an idiot later, you’ll be an idiot favored by Heavenly Destiny and Luck, destined to turn misfortune into a blessing."
The Corpse Resolving Immortal laughed,
"Ah, you’re getting carried away! Enough with the nonsense! Come on, come on! I too want to reincarnate! I too want to understand new Daoist Skills through dual cultivation!!"
Tie Dan nodded and turned to leave,
"Alright, please calm down, senior. I’ll be right back."
The Corpse Resolving Immortal grabbed him,
"Go where? We’ve talked it out to this point, and you’re still thinking of leaving? Are you trying to con me!? Escape!?"
Tie Dan was also helpless,
"Senior, be reasonable. You’re a corpse, he’s practically a ghost, he can sit underground for decades. But I’m a living person, I need to go up and catch a breath.
Besides, the Death Qi down here is heavy, and I can’t refine it. That sword just now nearly exhausted my Refining; I need to practice some Breathing Control, find some Spirit Pills, and prepare, right?"
The Corpse Resolving Immortal thought it over and agreed,
"That’s not difficult, follow me."
So he pulled Tie Dan along, not caring whether he was willing or not, speeding through like the wind, and in the blink of an eye, the bleakness gave way to brightness, arriving at an idyllic paradise.
"Huh? Is this the Cave Heaven Illusion? Could this be the senior’s Daoist field?"
Tie Dan looked around and saw a landscape of peach blossoms and green willows, with mountains and rivers, unexpectedly carved out of the underground as a mustard-seed space.
The Corpse Resolving Immortal shook his head,
"This isn’t my territory. Long ago, someone came to open my palace, break my coffin, trying to steal my cauldron.
I just lay there and let him hit, he couldn’t break it, then Death Qi entered him, and he got possessed by a demon and died. Is that my fault?
This place is where he left his Lifebound Magic Artifact, occupying the transformed space of the local Spirit Vein.
It seems he wanted to resist the Death Qi, to preserve his master’s remains.
So I occasionally come to tease that Artifact Spirit. You want to use Spirit Pill? His master should have some on him."
The Corpse Resolving Immortal dragged Tie Dan into the Peach Forest, where everything he passed—trees, mountains, and water—was destroyed, turning into Death Qi gray wind.
Tie Dan only managed to endure this with the Secret Technique of Sword Light Protection and the Nine Luminaries Breaking Qi; without these, this half-step Harmonization Immortal could easily kill him with a flick.
Thus, the Corpse Resolving Immortal led Tie Dan to the center of the Peach Forest, where there was a tomb nestled among the mountains and rivers, with enchanting scenery, and a woman dressed in mourning, holding a treasure sword, sitting lost in thought by a tombstone.
The Corpse Resolving Immortal called out to her,
"Hey! Zhu Ming Sword Lord! I found you a helper, this kid also came to kill me."
Tie Dan was taken aback.
The tombstone inscribed, ’Here lies the Beichen Sword Master’s sword hidden by Xiao Lian.’
The woman, holding the treasure sword, stood up and looked back at Tie Dan.
Turns out she had no face.
The Corpse Resolving Immortal leaned over,
"Be careful, in your past life, she chopped you to death."