Ye Fan opened his Heavenly Eye and could clearly see that there was something inside the coffin. There were some dao patterns fluctuating within. It was an old jade box with an extremely ancient appearance. It lacked luster, but it was still stored inside the precious and heavy coffin.
He was greatly moved. Chi Song Zi's origins were too great. He was revered as an immortal by the Taoists, so how could the things he left behind be ordinary?!
"Chi Song Zi, exhaling and breathing, expelling the old and taking in the new. Losing the form and losing the wisdom, embracing the plain and reversing the true. Traveling through the profound, ascending to the heavens." This was a passage recorded in the 'Huainan Zi'. It described Chi Song Zi's miraculousness and that he was an ancient immortal.
"Chi Song Zi, the Rain Master of Shennong. Using the water jade to teach Shennong, he could enter the fire and burn himself."
This passage came from the 'Legends of Immortals'. It was said that he was someone from Shennong's era. Before Shennong achieved the dao, he had even taught him techniques. It could be said that he was one of the most famous cultivators of the ancient era!
What kind of person was Shennong? Ye Fan had already stepped onto the path of cultivation. He had reason to believe that he was definitely one of the most powerful individuals in ancient China. Chi Song Zi was from the same era and had passed on his techniques. His status was extremely high and left others shaken.
Moreover, there was another one. In the ancient era, before the Yellow Emperor achieved the dao, he had also asked for guidance. It was recorded in Chi Song Zi's Admonition Scripture. It was an extremely long conversation that involved many issues.
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that Chi Song Zi was the most famous cultivator of the ancient era. His status and cultivation were terrifyingly high, and no one could fathom his depths.
The ancient era was too distant, and no one could say for sure how long it was. However, the people of the present world speculated that four thousand years had passed since the Yellow Emperor's era. Some people discovered that there were many periods of time that had been destroyed or that there was a vacuum, making it difficult to deduce the true date.
It was precisely this kind of person whose name shook the ancient era and was revered as an ancient immortal by the Taoists. Now, he saw his coffin here, so how could Ye Fan not be shocked?
Komatsu was extremely curious. When Ye Fan dissolved the surrounding Extreme Yang Flame Essence, it also moved forward and touched the ancient vine. it then touched the bronze tablet, causing qiang qiang sounds to ring out.
How to open the coffin? This was a headache. They couldn't destroy the fire vine, right? That would be too disrespectful to the deceased.
He did not want to do anything outrageous to the most famous cultivator of ancient times. He did not want to destroy the coffin, but he definitely had to take out the jade box.
The fiery vine's entire body shone brightly like scarlet multicolored clouds. Every single leaf was like blood-colored divine gold, releasing clanging sounds with a light touch. Moreover, it was incomparably sharp, able to cut through fine iron.
Its trunk was as thick as a water bucket. It was like a blood-colored True Dragon lying dormant, bold and powerful. It coiled around forty-nine times, one of which firmly wrapped around the coffin and lifted it into the air.
Ye Fan tried a few times, but even with his godly strength, he couldn't move the ancient coffin down unless he used the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist to shatter this ancient vine.
This was a spiritual plant nurtured with a saint's blood essence. Whether or not it could be destroyed was another matter. Otherwise, it wouldn't be called a divine material for refining tools.
Komatsu's entire body flowed with purple light. It pulled the corner of Ye Fan's clothes and blinked its big eyes. It pointed at the base of the bronze tablet. It was buried underground, and there were actually words under the stone.
The purple little thing was very careful. It dug up the stone and found those scribbled words that were between the Oracle Bone Script and the Bell Cauldron Script.
Ye Fan rejoiced that he was respectful and didn't act rashly. The records under the bronze tablet described the method of opening the coffin. It clearly stated that if one used force, the spiritual vine could even kill a half-saint.
The fire vine planted by Chi Songzi himself had a powerful spirituality. It had been soaked in his blood and was a coffin guard spirit. It needed to be fed with powerful blood essence before it would lower the coffin.
Ye Fan carefully read and found that there was a condition that the fire vine couldn't be fed with the blood of a Dao Severing King. Otherwise, the blood wouldn't have enough spirituality and would be useless.
He cut his finger. As a human's sacred body, his blood was golden, even more so than those of a Dao Severing King. There was no problem with its spirituality.
The golden blood dripped onto the fire vine, and the scarlet misty leaves made a soft sound. The branches actually stretched out, and the coffin slowly fell to the ground.
Ye Fan was very excited. This was an ancient immortal with a shocking origin. What kind of jade box would he leave behind? Could it be the secret of immortality or the opportunity to become an immortal?
He carefully opened the coffin lid, and a mysterious Dao pattern rippled out, revealing the scene inside. He looked inside, and Komatsu also jumped up to take a look.
Ye Fan let out a sigh. It was impossible for Chi Songzi to come back to life. He had already passed away and left a human-shaped imprint at the bottom of the coffin. His flesh and bones had completely melted away.
"Even ancient immortals have to die?"
Ye Fan muttered to himself. Were there really people who could live forever? The ancient immortals of the Taoist Venerables all had their lifespans come to an end and couldn't coexist with the world.
After passing away, waves of Dao ripples spread out. He was shocked. He knew Chi Songzi's cultivation. He should be a Great Sage!
"In that case, he wasn't a true immortal, but one of the most powerful 'humans' in human history." Ye Fan frowned.
It seemed that the ancient immortals mentioned by Taoism were only an achievement and not a true immortal. They were still in the category of humans, just that their cultivation was profound.
"Are there really immortals in this world? Is immortality an illusory goal that can never be achieved?"
Ye Fan let out a long sigh. The Great Sage of the human race had to die, and the ancient emperors had to ascend to heaven. Until now, not a single person had survived. There was no real example of someone becoming an immortal.
Immortals were only legends. Everything was fabricated and guessed by later generations. There was no proof at all. The more one understood the truth, the more helpless they felt.
Chi Songzi was the best example. He was the most famous immortal of the ancient times. His true identity was the Great Sage of the human race, but he still passed away and passed away here.
Beside the human-shaped imprint, there were seven palm-sized ancient swords that had already turned to dust. They had been cleansed along with Chi Songzi, leaving not a single fragment behind.
Ye Fan knew that those were definitely divine weapons. The seven flying swords flickered with scarlet, purple, gold, and blue lights. In the stone room where he was training, just by looking at the sword light imprinted on them, one could tell that they were all divine grade.
"It's really a pity. These seven weapons were all made by the Great Sage of the human race, but they have all followed him." He was incomparably regretful.
At the same time, he remembered that Chi Songzi was born in Sichuan and used flying swords as his weapons. There were many legendary swordsmen of Mount Shu in later generations. Could it be that they were of the same origin?
Ye Fan took out the only item in the coffin — the jade box. He solemnly took it out. Even Chi Songzi treasured it so much. Even though he had passed away, he did not want to destroy it. This was enough to show how mysterious and precious it was.
He bowed to the coffin and pushed the coffin lid back to its original position. The fire vine immediately wrapped around the coffin and lifted it into the air again.
"The archaeologists can't do anything about this place. With the Flame Essence of Extreme Yang here, mortals can't get close, and I definitely can't give this coffin to them for research."
A spirit vine growing vigorously in the Flame Essence was too mysterious. It was impossible for modern people to understand. If it was not hidden, there would be many troubles in this place.
Ye Fan thought for a moment and used his great magical power to carve out the entire area. He then fiercely pressed it down into the depths of the earth, going a thousand zhang deep.
In the end, he used earth and stone to seal this place. He opened a new tomb in the original place and used his cultivation to leave traces of the passage of time.
He walked around the underground palace again and destroyed all the dangers that could harm mortals. Then, he left and returned to the surface.
In the end, the armed army left. Because there were no more dangers underground, the archaeologists smoothly went deeper and let out gasps of surprise.
The jade artifacts, chimes, and stone carvings were all magnificent and priceless works of art. They were enough to cause a stir in the archaeology world. Yang Xiao and the others were completely immersed. They did not know that a dazzling and dazzling world that involved ancient secrets had been sealed by Ye Fan.
At this time, he stood under an ancient tree on Mount Eight Ling and carefully opened the jade box. There was only a piece of bone inside. It was inconspicuous and gloomy.
He couldn't help but feel puzzled. It was just a piece of bone and did not seem special at first glance. However, this was something that Chi Song Zi seriously collected. He was a great and famous individual, someone who had to be mentioned when talking about cultivation in the ancient times.
This piece of bone was exceptionally heavy. When he lightly flicked it, keng qiang sounds rang out and waves of metallic sounds rang out. It was unknown what kind of creature this bone was from, but it was so hard that even when Ye Fan forcefully pinched it a few times, it still didn't break.
He opened his Heavenly Eye and discovered four ancient characters. They immediately left him shaken. It was actually 'Immortal Ascension Opportunity'!
Ye Fan was almost possessed by the word 'immortal'. It was because the more he understood, the more disappointed he became. He couldn't see any proof, and even Chi Song Zi died.
However, Chi Song Zi's relic was a piece of bone. The four characters seemed to possess a type of magical power. This was something he protected even in death.
When Ye Fan opened his Heavenly Eye, he continuously moved the bone piece towards the sunlight. The light from different directions illuminated different patterns. He held his breath and carefully observed it.
Afterward, he carefully compared them and carved out a diagram on the ground. There were mountains, great rivers, and ravines. The terrain was very complex. This was a topographic map.
Ye Fan was shaken and revealed an expression of disbelief. He quickly drew the stone carvings he had seen in the underground palace of Mount Lu on the ground. He was immediately stunned after comparing the two.
These two diagrams each had a corner that could be linked together to form a whole to describe a place!
In the underground palace of Mount Lu, there was definitely an ancient saint who had been imprisoned there and tortured for countless years. Even his torso had been chopped off. Yet, he stubbornly lived on. Only a hundred years ago did he carve the stone diagram and take his last breath.
Ye Fan had reason to make a few conjectures.
The person who took action was most likely trying to interrogate him about the stone diagram, but he didn't obtain it. Perhaps the person who had been chained to the altar a hundred years ago had a premonition that the world had changed greatly and everything from ancient times had turned to ashes. That was why he left behind the stone carvings, unwilling to let the secrets disappear from the world.
To imprison an ancient saint and force him to hand over the secret diagram — just how powerful did one have to be to accomplish such a thing? The goal was naturally shocking, and one didn't even need to think to know that it was of great importance!
And now, the words' opportunity to become an immortal 'explained everything. Needless to say, even the great ancient emperors would be shaken upon seeing it.
"The corners are connected, making this diagram twice as large. It's obvious that it's still an incomplete topography. Just where does it lead to?"
Chi Song Zi and the unknown ancient saint each held a piece of the diagram and used their lives to protect it. They carried it with them even in death, which was enough to show how valuable it was!
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