In the thousand-year-old Taoist temple, the ancient pines towered into the sky, like green dragons wriggling towards the sky. Under the trees, a group of old Taoists sat cross-legged on praying mats, looking over.
Guo Zhen had a guilty conscience, because the person he was facing was not someone else, but one of the strongest sects of Taoism, the Spirit Treasure Sect. He was a lone cultivator, and had never seen such a scene before. To him, this was a group of earth immortals.
Ye Fan patted his shoulder, saying, "Nothing, it's just a few stone steps. Go up four steps."
"A few stone steps? Such arrogance! " The core disciple stood up, a cold smile on his lips. He really did not think highly of these two lone cultivators, and felt that such words were especially piercing to his ears.
As a core disciple, he had an extraordinary cultivation, and his cultivation had reached the Life spring stage. Many disciples followed his lead, and some people went up to agree.
Guo Zhen bit his teeth, taking out a green metal piece. It emitted a gentle blue light in his hand, and he braced himself to walk forward, about to climb the stone steps to test himself.
"Slow down, this bit of cultivation dares to ascend Sect Master Supreme Being's dao platform? This is a type of blasphemy. How about this, you have to pass through my trial first." This core disciple spoke, changing his mind.
Guo Zhen had only opened up the Bitter Sea stage, and there were a few strands of essence qi seeping out of his life spring. He had not truly entered the second small stage, but to be looked down upon like this was also a kind of humiliation, and he had no choice but to accept the challenge.
"Let me test you." As the core disciple finished speaking, a divine chain shot out from the Sea of Reincarnation, emitting a beautiful light, slashing towards Guo Zhen's waist.
Guo Zhen was only at the peak of the Bitter Sea stage, and his divine abilities had not yet been revealed. He could only passively dodge, and was in an exceptionally difficult situation. Occasionally, he would use the blue-gold piece in his hand to block, emitting a ball of light.
"You're too far off, you really can't do it. You want to charge up the stone steps with this kind of method? You two don't know the immensity of heaven and earth. "The core disciple shook his head, as if he was giving advice to a junior.
Guo Zhen's face alternated between red and white. Although he had the blue-gold piece in his hand, but if he continued like this, he would not be able to back down. It was very uncomfortable to be humiliated like this.
Ye Fan stood up, and a streak of essence energy flowed out from the ground. Guo Zhen's pores immediately relaxed, and she was filled with divine splendor. The blue-gold sheet in her hand flourished with brilliance, and with a qiang sound, that divine chain was broken.
"Xiu!"
He stepped forward, waving the blue-gold sheet. A blue light flew out, and the Core Disciple was sent flying backward. He fell to the ground, where he struggled a few times and then passed out.
"How is this possible!"
"Even Ninth Senior Brother lost. He's a Life Spring cultivator, how could he lose to someone who just opened the Bitter Sea!"
The group of people were all stupefied as they watched this scene with disbelief. The core disciple was defeated, and it was a clean and efficient defeat. There was almost no suspense as he fainted.
An old Taoist went forward and felt the pulse of the core disciple. "He's not injured."
This result was difficult for everyone to accept, especially the four old friends who had previously ridiculed Guo Zhen. They were even more stupefied, their hearts beating rapidly. This was a bit inconceivable.
"What kind of treasure is that exactly?" Someone believed that it was the power of the blue gold sheet.
Guo Zhen involuntarily arrived in front of the stone steps. Step by step, he walked up. Everyone was flabbergasted. They had never thought that he would actually dare to climb the Heavenly Stairway. Even if he defeated a core disciple, he definitely did not have the strength to do so.
"Isn't he a little too arrogant? He's just a cultivator from the Sea of Reincarnation and he dares to ascend the Dao Platform? He doesn't even need to think about it!"
"These two people really don't know the immensity of heaven and earth. Could it be that they really think that they can be compared with the Sect Masters of the ancient times?"
Many people whispered among themselves. They didn't believe that a rogue cultivator could ascend it at all. This wasn't realistic.
However, Guo Zhen's following actions left them dumbstruck. He took six steps in succession, and with each step, he ascended six steps in succession, shocking many of the older generation figures.
"What's going on?" Everyone was dumbfounded and extremely puzzled. The jaws of those who were waiting to see a joke almost dropped to the ground.
A few people who were preparing to mock him immediately shut their mouths. At the same time, they forcefully swallowed a mouthful of saliva and wanted nothing more than to rub their eyes. This was just too inconceivable.
"He's merely a rogue cultivator who opened up the Sea of Bitterness. What qualifications does he have to ascend six steps?"
The core disciple who just woke up just happened to see this scene and almost fainted again. Half of it was due to anger and the other half was due to shock. How could he endure this?
Guo Zhen seemed as if he was sleepwalking. Both his legs were not under his control and he once again retreated. Even he himself was baffled and felt dizzy. When he landed on the ground, his legs were a little unsteady.
On the other side, Ye Fan had already stood up and wandered around the Daoist temple. He released his powerful divine sense and scanned every inch of the land, searching for the dao marks left behind by the ancient sages. He didn't want to miss out on anything in this kind of treasured land.
"How did you do it? Who are you?" An old Daoist stared at Guo Zhen.
When the group of young people heard this, they looked at each other in dismay. They were all shocked and no longer dared to have a trace of contempt. They all stared at Guo Zhen, wanting to understand what was going on.
However, even Guo Zhen himself couldn't figure it out. He stood there in a daze and didn't know how to explain. He looked absent-mindedly at the faint blue metal piece in his hand and then at his own feet.
"Hey, what's going on with you? When did you go up? How did you get on the dao platform?" The group of young people couldn't take it anymore. They didn't expect Ye Fan to ascend the Patriarch's lecture platform. They didn't know when he had been standing there.
Ye Fan roamed about the rooftop and searched every corner. He searched the entire Daoist temple but didn't find anything. In the end, he only found that there were dao marks fluctuating on the dao platform, so he ascended it.
"You ascended from the stone steps at the back?" The dozen or so old people all stood up with a jump and were incomparably shocked.
There were also stone steps on the other side, and they were all constructed from green jade. They were also 33 steps, but it was even more difficult to ascend. This was because that was a path to heaven prepared for Dao Severing cultivators.
Now, how could there still be such a great divine ability expert? When these old Daoist priests saw this scene, they were all stupefied. They couldn't believe anything at all.
Ye Fan didn't pay them any attention. He stood on the dao platform and extended out his powerful divine sense to sense it seriously. He vaguely saw an expanse of ancient scripture characters that were engraved in the void.
"That's right, this is the place where the past Patriarchs preached the dao. This is the dao ripples from the past that were imprinted into the dao platform." After a long time, Ye Fan nodded and muttered to himself. He understood the situation. From a certain perspective, this platform was a rare treasure.
"Did he … climb up from the thirty-third jade step? It represents ascension to the heavenly position of achieving dao and crossing over the 33 heavens. Not even the great divine ability experts of the ancient times could do this! "
After the group of young people understood the situation, they felt a chill run through their pores. This was just too frightening. Just how deep of a cultivation did he have to be to be able to do this?
Everyone revealed expressions of shock. Just what kind of background did this loose cultivator have? How could he do all of this? His expression didn't change as if he was taking a leisurely stroll in a courtyard.
Ye Fan walked down the stone steps step by step. He took a total of 33 steps to reach the ground. This time, everyone saw it clearly. They were all tongue-tied and speechless.
He didn't pay them any attention and walked around the dao platform. He closed his eyes and listened to the voice from thousands of years ago, hoping to capture the nine secret scriptures. However, he was disappointed. Even though there were many techniques imprinted on the dao platform, there wasn't any secret technique.
"Greetings, senior!" An old Daoist priest was the first to come back to his senses. He bowed deeply and paid his respects. His expression was both excited and a bit flustered. It was extremely rare to see a great divine ability expert in this era. He didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse.
The other old Daoist priests also hurried forward and paid their respects. They were inwardly anxious. Such a young great divine ability expert appearing in front of them was like a fantasy story.
That kind of vitality was definitely not fake. There wasn't the slightest bit of lethargy. It was hard to imagine how he did it. Did he rejuvenate his youth or was he young to begin with? Everyone was making their own guesses.
According to common sense, in this Cultivationless Age, to have this kind of accomplishment at this age was the same as finding proof of ascending to immortality. It was extremely unrealistic!
The dozen or so old Daoist priests' appearances made the group of youngsters even more stupefied. They didn't even dare to breathe loudly as they paid their respects together. In their eyes, this was a living ancestor level figure.
Guo Zhen was a bit stupefied. Why did the loose cultivator friends they traveled with suddenly become so unfamiliar? They actually gave off an unreachable feeling. Even the Spirit Treasure Sect's experts were intimidated, making him feel as if he was in a dream.
Meanwhile, the faces of the four youngsters he was acquainted with were snow white. Their bodies were trembling, and they ridiculed him several times. They felt like they provoked a great disaster.
At the same time, they were incomparably regretful. Back then, on Mount Tai, Ye Fan originally wanted to travel with them, but in the end, they felt disdain and threw him to Guo Zhen, missing out on a great opportunity. This was originally a natural opportunity.
The four of them regretted and hated themselves, but it was too late to say anything now. They could only tremble with fear and wait for their unknown fate, fearing that Ye Fan would descend upon them and kill them all.
They were naturally overthinking things. How could Ye Fan lower himself to their level? At this moment, he left the dao platform and completely came back to his senses. Seeing the situation, he said, "All of you … get up."
Whoosh!
At this time, the Komatsu hiding in Ye Fan's spatial artifact saw that the atmosphere had calmed down. It jumped out in a lively manner and climbed up the ancient pine tree in the courtyard to find pine nuts.
"A purple squirrel!"
"A sparkling and sparkling Komatsu Rat with purple splendor all over its body. It's … that person's pet, a great divine ability user!"
The group of people was stunned. Regardless of whether it was the older generation or the youngsters, there wasn't a single person who wasn't shaken. They immediately thought of a recent rumor. The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow race had four great branches, and a while ago, one of them was almost wiped out by one person.
Recently, all the sects in Middle Earth were discussing this, and it caused a huge uproar. It was rumored that an undying old demon had appeared in the main branch of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow and was specifically investigating this matter.
An agile purple Komatsu Rat and a mysterious youngster all matched the characteristics of that great divine ability user. These people felt a wave of dizziness. As expected, a great character had descended here.
They paid their respects again, which made Ye Fan a little uncomfortable. This group of old Daoists was far older than him. When he was in the Big Dipper Zigzagging Sect, he had never enjoyed such treatment.
He told them to get up and then told Guo Zhen to continue befriending them like before and not to fear anything. He wasn't some old antique that had lived for a long time.
When everyone heard this, they immediately understood. This was clearly a modern person and not a great divine ability user that had survived since ancient times. It was even more shocking for him to have such achievements.
Guo Zhen slowly relaxed while the four people who knew him sighed in their hearts. They deeply understood that sometimes, fated chances were just a turn's distance away, and they missed it just like that.
More than ten old Daoists came forward in unison to ask Ye Fan to preach the Dao, dispel their doubts, and impart some cultivation methods. Ye Fan was called senior again and again, especially by these two to three hundred years old people. Even he himself felt apologetic. Thus, he ascended the dao platform and earnestly preached the scriptures. He used the materials on the spot and carved the marks of the Dao he had just captured into the void. The scriptures filled the sky, and every word flickered with divine splendor.
"Could this be the fifth volume of the Crimson Jade Book Wonderful Scripture? Why is it even clearer than the records in our sect's secret land? It's truly flawless. "The people of the Spirit Treasure Sect were astonished. Torrential waves surged in their hearts, and it was difficult for them to calm down.
Ye Fan said frankly that this was an imprint he found in the dao platform. All of this originally belonged to them and was left behind by the ancient sect venerables when they preached the Dao.
"Senior, please come to our sect's secret land and impart the lost method." A few Daoists bowed in excitement.
Ye Fan nodded. He had the same intention. This place didn't have the Nine Secrets, and he had already searched carefully. Perhaps there really was one in the secret land of the Spirit Treasure. At the same time, he wanted to ask these people about the demon god's bloodline. This time, no matter what, he had to completely unravel the mystery of whether Pang Bo was real or fake!
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