Chapter 25: Caught a Free Ride

Fang Yu was not at all surprised by the appearance of the nine dragons, while the others remained shocked and terrified.

It all happened too suddenly; everything before their eyes exceeded people's imagination.

At this moment, nine enormous dragon corpses lay ahead, along with a massive bronze coffin, covering everyone's faces with panic and fear, impossible to calm.

"Should we go back?"

After a long pause, a woman finally awoke from her terror and spoke.

This woman's name was Lin Jia — the very same woman who had called Ye Fan not long ago. She appeared to have regained her senses and did not wish to stay.

"What is that?"

Just as everyone nodded and decided to leave, they could see, beneath the cracked earth ahead, half a jade slip exposed, shaped like a jade book.

"How could this be? Could something be buried below?"

The crowd halted their steps to leave, each one surveying the scenery not far away.

Ahead stood a garden altar, ancient and simple, cast from five-colored earth — no one knew how many years it had existed.

"What kind of earth is that? Why is it everywhere?"

Beneath the fissure, the five-colored earth altar could be seen, and the jade slabs sealed within were exposed, inscribed with some text and symbols, though no one could read them.

"Could it be that the matter of the ancient Feng and Shan sacrifices is true?"

Curiosity flickered across Ye Fan's face. The words "Feng" and "Shan" sprang to mind — could the thing before them be an ancient altar for sacrificing to Heaven?

The broken ground revealed not just one such five-colored divine altar, but dozens of them.

Every five-colored divine altar was exceedingly ancient, seeming to have existed for endless ages — relics of a primordial era. This made those who had wanted to leave all halt their steps and gaze closely.

If they could obtain some ancient secrets or treasures here, then this trip to Taishan would not have been in vain.

Unconsciously drawn in, the crowd circled most of the way around the bronze coffin — awed by the ancient bronze coffin, intimidated by the nine dragon corpses, astonished by the five-colored divine altars beneath the earth.

They did not sense any danger, so one by one their expressions gradually relaxed. Some even wanted to dig up a bit of the five-colored earth, thinking it might be useful in the years to come.

Fang Yu's gaze also fell on the five-colored earth. These five-colored earths did have some peculiar uses, but the time had not yet come to dig them up as well.

Looking toward the central giant pit, one could see the ancient bronze coffin had smashed a great crater into the ground, revealing the super altar beneath — all piled from five-colored giant stones, bearing the twenty-meter-long ancient bronze coffin without a single crack.

From this, one could see the mysterious nature of this ancient altar.

"Ah!"

A woman suddenly let out a scream. A large stone beneath her feet rolled toward the giant pit, and she lost her footing, plunging downward.

A man moved swiftly to grab her — but at that very moment, the giant altar emitted a five-colored halo. Everyone felt their bodies enveloped by a tremendous force, and in the next instant they were all drawn onto the five-colored altar.

Fang Yu also arrived atop the five-colored altar, his expression still calm.

Having come to this realm, what he had been waiting for was naturally this very scene — and of course he felt some anticipation.

At this moment, five-colored radiance blazed. Upon the five-colored altar, the jade pieces and stone slabs became crystalline, the ancient characters inscribed upon them all glowing with light, and the entire altar finally emanated a gentle radiance.

In the end, those inscribed ancient characters seemed to come alive, all rushing forth and floating into the void.

Above the ancient bronze coffin, around the giant pit, fully several thousand ancient characters shimmered, bearing a metallic luster.

Around the giant bronze coffin, what seemed like stars swayed with radiance — exceedingly wondrous.

"What is this? What thing is this?"

"What do I do? I'm so scared, I really want to leave!"

"Oh heavens, what are all these things? How can the characters look like this!"

Many of Ye Fan's classmates were once again seized by terror. Fang Yu, meanwhile, watched as the radiant ancient characters gradually gathered in the void, finally forming a giant Bagua diagram, from which a mysterious power trembled forth.

Fang Yu's gaze did not waver, as if he meant to imprint this scene firmly in his mind.

With his current realm, he was not yet sufficient to comprehend the supreme Dao principles contained within this Bagua diagram, but the diagram did indeed contain the supreme Dao. Placed within the Eternal Life Realm, it seemed somewhat similar to the Great Teleportation Art.

That's right — the Great Teleportation Art, not the Great Bagua Art.

Among the Three Thousand Great Daos, the Great Teleportation Art enables spatial teleportation. If wielded by an existence of extremely high cultivation base, a single teleportation could traverse several great worlds.

And as soon as this yin-yang Bagua Taiji diagram appeared, space began to distort, light grew hazy, and the Bagua symbols corresponding to Qian, Kun, Xun, Dui, Gen, Zhen, Li, and Kan emitted their light in succession, as if opening a distant ancient path through time and space.

The two yin-yang fish of the Taiji diagram resembled two doors, trembling ceaselessly, slowly opening a crack that connected to a distant and unknown starry sky.

Fang Yu's gaze did not waver, and he recorded every one of these scenes in his mind.

His current realm was the Divine Power Realm. Although he had not yet reached the stage of developing his sea of consciousness, his eyes were sharp and his memory excellent, allowing him to engrave the scene before him.

Perhaps when his cultivation base grew higher, he could comprehend a divine ability from it.

Boom!

Just then, the two yin-yang fish of the Taiji Bagua diagram finally opened an ancient star-path, and Fang Yu could even see the starlight twinkling not far away.

In the end, this ancient path opened completely.

At the same time, a great crack appeared in the lid of the giant bronze coffin, and a strange aura drifted down, as if saying, "Come in, sir — the road is ready."

Fang Yu did not hesitate, and immediately entered the ancient coffin.

The others' faces showed shock and fear — some of the female classmates even wept — but at this moment they seemed unable to leave. The bronze coffin emanated a tremendous suction, and in the next instant everyone was drawn inside.

The ancient bronze coffin sealed shut at once. Then the nine dragon corpses rose into the sky, dragging the massive bronze coffin into the mysterious passage formed by the Taiji Bagua diagram.

The entire Taishan shook violently, as if the heavens were about to collapse. From the Jade Emperor Peak, five-colored divine light pierced through heaven and earth.

In the end, both the ancient bronze coffin and the giant Taiji Bagua diagram vanished without a trace.

Everything returned to calm.

It seemed the nine dragons had come to Taishan for the sole purpose of carrying Fang Yu and his group off to another place.

"This time, I've caught a free ride."

Fang Yu naturally knew why the nine dragons had come to pull the coffin — there was an existence that meant to take Ye Fan. But he too had caught a ride heading far away.

"All aboard."