Narration System for the Journey of Martial Arts

"The Tao Te Ching is the Great Tao as described by the Taoist Ancestor. If one does not understand the Great Tao, one is not destined to be with the Taoist Ancestor. Since one is not destined, the teachings will not be easily transmitted."

Ye Fan frowned and said, "Senior, are you referring to the Dao Ancestor? Not Laozi?"

Su Yuchen glanced at him and said, "You are very perceptive. Unfortunately, the Dao Ancestor and the Dao are one. If there is no affinity, there is no affinity."

As he spoke, Su Yuchen gestured for him to look at his hand. Under the gaze of the others, the original stone scripture seemed to have gone through endless time, turning into a piece of dried-up stubborn stone, which fell to the ground.

With a "thud," the stubborn rock shattered, turning into a pile of sand and disappearing completely from the world.

Chapter 604 Teleporting to the Big Dipper

Watching the stone scripture fall and shatter into sand, Ye Fan and the others couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache, as if they had lost billions.

The group looked at each other, their faces showing disappointment. They hadn't gained any benefits from the Taiqing Sacred Realm this time. Fortunately, Su Yuchen hadn't forcibly taken them, so they hadn't made a profit or loss.

Li Tian's eyes darted around, and he asked, "I wonder if you know of any ancient star paths or altars leading to the outer realms within the Taiqing Sacred Realm?"

Su Yuchen nodded.

The group couldn't help but show excitement, and Li Tian was especially delighted, saying, "Please give me your guidance, senior!"

Su Yuchen looked at the Taiqing Sacred Realm small world that had been refined by the Vajra Bracelet, nodded in satisfaction, and stretched out his hand. The Vajra Bracelet, which was infinitely large and infinitely small, spun around and transformed into a white jade bracelet, which he put on his wrist.

Su Yuchen then stood up, and with a gentle flick of his sleeve, Ye Fan and the other three found themselves outside the Eight Views Palace, their vision shifting between light and dark.

The group looked around and realized that the Taiqing Sacred Realm had disappeared. Only the Eight Scenery Palace was floating in the sky. A group of cultivators were warily observing the place in the distance, but no one came over.

Upon seeing Ye Fan and his group of four appear, the eyes of several people in the distance lit up. They wanted to come over, but they were wary of the inexplicably appearing Su Yuchen, and for a moment they were undecided.

Ignoring them, Su Yuchen waved his right hand, and the entire palace flew into the air, revealing an altar that had been suppressed beneath the palace.

“It’s the Five-Colored Altar!” Ye Fan said.

As Su Yuchen casually channeled energy into the altar, five-colored divine light emanated from it, and a phantom of the Eight Trigrams unfolded in mid-air, engulfing the Eight Trigrams Palace that was floating in mid-air.

Before Ye Fan and the others could speak, Su Yuchen flashed and, before the Eight Views Palace had disappeared, led the others into the palace.

When the group opened their eyes, they saw that the Eight Views Palace was as transparent as if it were transparent. The array patterns under their feet were flashing, and a huge ancient life star was right under their feet. The Eight Views Palace was like a flying machine, flying towards an ancient celestial palace not far away.

Soon, the two palaces were connected, and Ye Fan and his companions rushed toward the exit. They found that the exit that originally belonged to the Eight Views Palace had become the entrance to another palace.

The group sped along the road and entered another palace complex, where a vast expanse of murals came into view on the palace walls:

An old man riding an ox, with purple clouds rising from his head from the east, stretching for 30,000 miles, was heading towards the gate of an ancient city. Beside the gate, a figure stood bowing, as if seeing the old man off.

The scene shifts, and the city gates of the ancient city are now open. Instead of the expected wilderness, there is a dazzling starry sky outside the city. The old man rides a blue ox along the ancient road towards the starry sky.

In the next scene, behind the old man, on the towering city wall of the ancient city, someone watches the old man walk away. The city gate that was originally open has now closed. Countless array patterns shimmer under the starry sky. On the ancient city gate, three ancient characters are carved.

"Hangu Pass!"

Ye Fan said softly.

"Hangu Pass? The Hangu Pass guarded by Yin Xi, the Hangu Pass where Lao Tzu traveled west, why is there a starry sky outside the pass? Why does this place not exist on Earth?"

"What exactly happened on Earth? Why are there so many legends and scriptures on Earth, but no methods of spiritual practice have been left behind?"

"Is this the Earth I know?"

Faced with Ye Fan's mutterings, the other three couldn't help but look at each other, not understanding what he meant, but they could feel the sorrow in Ye Fan's words.

Ignoring him, Su Yuchen strode deeper into the palace. At the very heart of the palace, a massive five-colored altar stood silently, bearing the marks of time.

"What a huge altar! It's definitely an altar that can traverse the starry sky."

The others who arrived later couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Su Yuchen ignored them and swept his divine sense across the ancient palace. It was a complete Bajing Palace, but unfortunately, nothing was left behind.

He raised his hand and channeled a stream of true energy into the altar, which had been dimly lit, and a five-colored divine light emanated from it. A phantom image of the Eight Trigrams rose into the air.

"Senior, could you send me back to Earth?" Ye Fan asked Su Yuchen.

"Do you have Earth's coordinates?" Su Yuchen asked.

Ye Fan shook his head.

Su Yuchen said helplessly, "Without coordinates, we can't open the corresponding passage. The only coordinates left here, I don't know where they lead to, but I guess they're not Earth."

"Why?" Ye Fan asked.

Su Yuchen smiled and said:

"Since Lao Tzu left the Eight Views Palace in the Ziwei Star Region, it means that he doesn't want people to know the location of Earth, or rather, that this is a star outpost guarding Hangu Pass."

"If this place leads directly to Earth, wouldn't that be guiding the enemy? So, while Earth has a way to get here, it's not necessarily possible to get back to Earth from here, unless we have the correct coordinates."

As he spoke, Su Yuchen casually activated the coordinates reserved on the Bagua, and a five-colored divine light flashed, and a void passage appeared on the altar.

“It’s the Big Dipper Star Region. I can smell the aura of the Eastern Wilderness.” After a moment, Ye Fan said in a daze.

Upon hearing this, the other three showed a hint of joy, and Su Yuchen also nodded. Very good, here I come for the materials to refine the Soul-Sweeping Bell!

………………

Su Yuchen took a step forward, crossing the long void passage and arriving at the other end of the opened altar.

Upon appearing, Su Yuchen was slightly taken aback. Before him lay an ancient valley formed by thousands of ravines, with ancient palaces rising from the ground, the shortest of which was tens of meters high.

The altar that Su Yuchen stepped onto was located at the very center of this group of ancient halls. As Su Yuchen stepped out, groups of completely different beings appeared before him.

These strange creatures included some with black wings, exuding black demonic energy and blood-red eyes; some with four heads and eight arms, and horns on their heads; some with bull heads and horse mouths, and their bodies covered in scales; some with fish heads and bat claws, and mouths full of fine, sharp teeth; all sorts of bizarre creatures, like a monster expo, which was where Su Yuchen was lost in thought.

After years of cultivation, you have finally encountered beings beyond the human race, and you are proud of the wonder of life.

Unfortunately, they're just a bunch of insignificant nobodys; you have no interest in knowing where they came from.

The moment Su Yuchen appeared, all the strange creatures looked over. Both sides remained silent, seemingly not expecting that a human like Su Yuchen would appear when the altar opened. Su Yuchen, on the other hand, had no idea what these creatures were.

"Human race?"

"Where is the ancient king? Why wasn't it the ancient king who was receiving them? Why was it a human?"

"Could it be that this human killed the ancient king?"

Just as the group of creatures were discussing, a divine light flashed on the altar, and Ye Fan and his two companions stepped out one after another. The three of them were completely dumbfounded when they saw what was happening.

“Senior, this seems to be the territory of ancient creatures. They seem to be guiding a group of ancient creatures.” Ye Fan’s gaze shifted, and he had already figured something out. He said to Su Yuchen.

Chapter 605 The Destruction of the Divine Valley

Before Ye Fan could finish speaking, a mountain in the distance suddenly moved, and a pair of huge blood-red eyes opened, like two blood-red suns illuminating the world.

"Intruding into the Valley of the Gods, showing contempt for my ancient royal family, the human race, deserves to die! Kill! Kill the human race!"

With that cold snort, figures of ancient creatures rose up in the valley spanning tens of thousands of miles, their eyes filled with bloodlust and a thirst for slaughter as they looked at Su Yuchen and his companions.

"It's over, it's an Ancestral King level from an ancient royal family. Senior, what do we do?" Ye Fan asked.

Behind him, Li Tian, ​​looking tense, and another man cursed and swore as they jointly summoned a cauldron.

Su Yuchen shifted his gaze and shook his head: "Truly, they are not of our kind, and their hearts are unfathomable! But they are perfect as experimental material to test their quality."

As he spoke, a small bronze bell appeared out of nowhere, flying out from Su Yuchen's chest and spinning in the void in front of him.

"Boom!"

As Su Yuchen flicked his finger, a clear bell rang out. Ye Fan and the other two went black, feeling as if their primordial spirits were about to be shaken out of their bodies by the sound of the bell. Their minds instantly lost control, and all their desires and thoughts turned into a blank.

"Boom!"

As Su Yuchen flicked his finger and struck the bell for the second time, the invisible sound waves vibrated, and Ye Fan and the other two felt their souls tremble and were shaken back into their bodies. The ultimate temptation of regaining control of their blood and qi made them burst into tears.

When the three opened their eyes, the valley, spanning tens of thousands of miles, had been transformed into a desolate wasteland. Apart from a few ancient royal family members at the Ancestral King level who were still resisting, their blood-red aura soaring into the sky, all other ancient royal family creatures had perished.

"Boom!"

As the third bell rang, to the horrified eyes of Ye Fan and the other two, the three members of the Primordial Royal Family were also reduced to a cloud of blood mist with a 'bang'.

The small bronze bell spun in Su Yuchen's palm, then expanded in the wind, transforming into a sky-covering phantom that spun in mid-air.

With each rotation of the bronze bell, countless ancient creatures turned into blood mist. With each rotation, all the blood mist was attracted by the bronze bell. As the bell rotated, some of it was intercepted, while some fell back to the earth and turned into black demonic energy.

"This place is about to turn into a terrifying demonic land! Demons will roam freely, ghostly soldiers will gather, and all things will be forbidden. It won't be much worse than a forbidden zone." Ye Fan sighed as he looked at the valley that was being swept by demonic energy and endless resentment.

"Big boss, big boss, senior, what kind of divine weapon is this? I've never heard of it before. Could it be the Boundless Bell?" Li Tian looked at Su Yuchen's expression and leaned closer to ask.

Ye Fan's lips twitched, and he said, "The Beginningless Bell is still suppressing the demons in Purple Mountain, it couldn't possibly be here. This divine weapon already possesses the power of an Emperor-level weapon!"

"An Imperial Weapon!" Li Tian exclaimed in surprise, "Senior, you are truly a Quasi-Emperor!"

The three of them talked to themselves while cautiously exchanging glances, but they received no response and were quite disappointed.

Li Tian and the other man only learned later that Ye Fan was not familiar with the person in front of them; they had only met once and Ye Fan had invited him to join the formation.

The two of them were still terrified when they thought about it. They had cursed Ye Fan and his ancestors countless times in their hearts. Fortunately, Su Yuchen seemed easy to get along with, otherwise they would have been skinned alive and drained of their lifeblood long ago, and would have been dead without even ashes.

"Believe me, this senior is definitely a good person."

Thinking back to what Ye Fan had said at the Eight Views Palace, Li Tian's lips twitched.

………………

Ye Fan and the other two confirmed that you meant no harm and wanted to find you as a backer.

As the only known quasi-emperor-level powerhouse, you are a golden trump card; with you, we can sweep across the Big Dipper Star Region.

Hearing the narrator's hints, Su Yuchen didn't take it seriously. He reached out and the bronze bell covering the entire valley spun around and shrank to the size of a palm, landing in Su Yuchen's hand. It spat out two pill-like objects. One of them was crystal clear and blood red, as if it were made from cinnabar. The other was crystal clear and occasionally flashed with seven-colored light.

Su Yuchen looked at the two pills, flicked his finger, and one of them, crystal clear and radiant with seven-colored light, shattered silently, turning into streams of air that were absorbed by the bronze bell.

Looking at the unchanged bronze bell, Su Yuchen shook his head. These small fry were not worthy of being used as materials for refining the Soul-Sweeping Bell. He could only rely on the little cuties in the forbidden zones.

"Senior, what is this?" Ye Fan asked, looking at the pill in Su Yuchen's palm as he pondered.

With a thought, Su Yuchen transformed the bronze bell into a magical weapon and retrieved it into his body, saying indifferently, "It's nothing more than the essence, energy, and spirit extracted from these small fry. It's a pity that its quality is impure and mixed, so it has no practical value."

As he spoke, Su Yuchen flicked his finger, and the remaining pills fell into Ye Fan's hand.

Caught off guard, Ye Fan reached out and caught it. Instinctively, he felt a heavy weight in his hand, as if a terrifying pressure, like a mountain, was pouring down on him, accompanied by an extremely hot sensation, as if he were holding something even more terrifying than volcanic lava.

"Buzz!"

Ye Fan caught the seemingly light pill with golden qi swirling around his right hand.

Su Yuchen glanced at it and said, "Your cultivation is too weak! You can't even withstand such a small amount of qi and blood power. You still need to cultivate properly."

Ye Fan didn't care about any of that. He looked at the pill in his hand and asked, "Senior, are you saying that this is a crystallization of blood and qi extracted from those ancient royal families?"

Su Yuchen swept his divine sense across the entire valley, nodded indifferently, and said, "We can only extract this much, sigh, and it's completely useless. Forget it, let's go. There isn't even a single Emperor Weapon here, let alone any decent divine materials. A bunch of poor bastards."

Seeing that Su Yuchen had already walked far away, Ye Fan sealed the pill in his hand, and then the three of them quickly followed.

………………

half a month later.

Beidou Star Territory.

The five regions were shaken, the human race was excited, and among the ancient races, some were eager to make a move, some watched coldly, and some clamored for supremacy, but everyone remained calm and obedient. The more fiercely they clamored, the less they dared to take any action.

Although the Divine Valley was just a royal family, in an era when supreme beings and imperial weapons did not exist, they were one of the most powerful forces in the world. However, such a powerful force was inexplicably wiped out, and the entire valley was transformed into a demonic realm.

No one knows who did it. Some ancient beings didn't believe it and tried to investigate, but they died silently and without even knowing how they died.

Six experts at the Ancestral King level joined forces to investigate, but were annihilated by the sword intent emanating from their deceased kinsmen. From then on, no one dared to investigate further.

All the ancient races are waiting, waiting for the royal family to make a move.

In a large city not far from the Valley of the Gods, Su Yuchen sat in a teahouse like an ordinary person, looking at the three excited-looking people and asking, "In the Big Dipper Star Region, which forbidden zone is the largest?"

"Senior, are you going to make a move against the restricted area?" Ye Fan asked worriedly.

He then added, “Senior, why don’t you go and eliminate the Heavenly Emperor’s son first? He’s the one who’s been clamoring to massacre the human race and reclaim his family’s glory. He’s the source of all this turmoil.”

Su Yuchen shook his head and said, "You should learn to handle small fry yourself. Let's go to Zishan."

Chapter 606 Purple Mountain

"Senior, do you wish to take the Beginningless Bell?"

Seeing Su Yuchen get up and leave, Ye Fan, Li Tian, ​​and the other two exchanged glances and hurriedly followed.