Chapter 184

184. Chapter 184: Nine Li Map

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Protagonist:

Jiang Xuan

The three of them casually found a tea stall in the mortal world, and over a pot of clear tea they chatted about their experiences these years since Jiang Xuan left.

Although the relationship between God King Jiang Taixu and Ye Fan did not develop as well as in the original Covering the Heavens plot, because of the grace of giving medicine, plus the good relationship between Jiang Xuan and Ye Fan, the major Holy Lands and Ancient Families no longer dispatched the old generation to intercept and kill Ye Fan.

Coupled with the fact that Ye Fan broke through the Four Extremes Realm at the time, possessing the strength to positively confront the Holy Sons of the major Holy Lands, his life improved by more than just a little bit.

But perhaps because they couldn't find Jiang Xuan, many Holy Sons began joining forces to hunt Ye Fan, forcing Ye Fan and Pang Bo to return to the Ancient Forbidden Land, where they encountered danger, saw the Copper Coffin, and finally gathered the Nine Peaks Ginseng Fruit to transform it into an Immortal Medicine; learned the "Xing Character Secret"; obtained the Killer Dynasty Heavenly Court's killing secret arts; killed Wang Teng's younger brother; together with the sick old man at the Qin Sect obtained the "Bing Character Secret"; killed the Ancient Times Experience Baby to obtain the Sun True Scripture; went to the Wang Family and fought Wang Teng and Zi Tiandou, and in the end were beaten so badly they fled to the Ancient Forbidden Land to recuperate.

Listening to the two's experiences, although Jiang Xuan's strength had greatly increased, overall Ye Fan's script still converged together; whether going to the Qishi Mansion Secret Realm, or heading to the Qin Sect, entering the Nine Dragons Nest were all things Ye Fan was destined to experience.

If following the previous plot, Ye Fan's first step onto the Starry Sky was because he couldn't beat Wang Teng, plus someone from the Ji Family secretly acted, forcing him to open the Star Road and head to the Ziwei Emperor Star.

But this time Jiang Xuan's strength was not Immortal First, but Immortal Second Great Power; against Wang Teng he did not fall behind in the slightest. Although Wang Teng had many techniques and treasures, our Ye Fan's opportunities were even more beyond words — in the same realm he truly had never feared anyone.

Originally thought this time Ye Fan's time stepping into the Starry Sky to seek his homeland would be pushed back; unexpectedly because Jiang Xuan's strength grew stronger, plus Pang Bo did not go solo, a one-on-one actually became a 2v2, forcing Ye Fan to run back to the Ancient Forbidden Land again.

Regarding this Jiang Xuan could only sigh that this universe's Dao should have a kind of inexplicable ability to repair fate; when it deviated from the world's development trajectory, this ability would try its best to repair it back.

Looking at it this way, even the future Ye Tian Emperor's fate was fixed in the dark without anyone realizing; who could guarantee that what they themselves do isn't also fixed and arranged?

The Buddhist Sect's spoken "karmic affinity," or perhaps "predestination," isn't it also a kind of call to submit to fate?

Jiang Xuan's thoughts diverged, and he thought of his own fate.

He originally shouldn't have appeared in Beidou, nor was he in Jiang Xuan's plot, one could even say he wasn't in the plot of any world he had been to before.

Then does he have fate? Does he have predestination?

"Benefactor! You have karmic affinity with the Buddha!" A light sigh rang out beside Jiang Xuan's ear.

Jiang Xuan's spirit violently shook, his gaze instantly turning sharp; he saw that before him were no longer Ye Fan and Pang Bo, but a twelve-or-thirteen-year-old yet baby-white-and-fat bald child, his face carrying a trace of seriousness.

As if noticing Jiang Xuan's gaze land on him, that bald little kid's face carried seriousness: "Benefactor! You are attached to appearances!"

"It is not because of fate that the myriad things of the world are solidified, nor is it because of myriad things that living beings' fate is changed. If fate is the only lamp here, then all things are merely moths seeking light; no matter how far they fly it is all darkness, ultimately they can only circle this one lamp."

The little monk pressed his palms together and slightly lowered his head, as if apologizing to the fate here: "No matter how far the moth strays it will seek light, unless you become a firefly!"

Jiang Xuan gazed deeply at the other party, only seriously listening to his words, not expressing any opinion.

You must know he just now was only because of Ye Fan's narration, pondering these things in his heart, and did not speak them aloud; he didn't expect the other party to suddenly appear, and moreover as if to relieve his worries and solve his difficulties, begin expounding the relationship of fate.

Could it be that monks nowadays have this little sense of boundaries? Whatever someone thinks in their heart you come out to explain?

"Benefactor, why not put down the stick, and also learn some Buddhist Dharma with me?" The little monk lightly shook his head.

"I thought this Western Buddhist Land at most only had Emperor Level Foundation; didn't expect there to be a figure like you!" Jiang Xuan secretly probed this mental world and there was no sense of coercion; he could leave at any time, which also made him willing to briefly chat a few sentences to judge the other party's purpose.

The little monk blanked for a moment, as if probing the Western Regions Buddhist Land's situation; a few seconds later he laughed and shook his head: "I am the same as Benefactor, not a person of this universe either; merely wandering idly, only because I heard Benefactor's contemplation of fate did I pause."

"As for this universe's Buddha, although they have formed a climate, they are too rigid, having form but no intent, and have no possibility of seeing through the universe!"

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan's inner heart was already shocking waves!

The information provided by the other party's few short sentences made him ten thousand parts shocked!

First, the other party and Eighteen Levels Mister are both not people of this universe, able to freely shuttle through various universes; even those Ancestral Fiends on the Supreme Platform probably haven't reached this realm.

Second, the other party said this universe's Buddha have no possibility of seeing through the universe, which also represents that there are many people who can, after cultivating to a certain extent, see through the universe, and can roam amidst these Myriad Realms.

"Benefactor! Would you consider learning some Buddhist Dharma?" The little monk's body emitted a faint light, looking fairly solemn.

"Forget it! Although Buddha is a Dao, it is not my Dao!" Jiang Xuan shook his head and refused.

The little monk lightly nodded and did not force it, but with a trace of curiosity: "May I observe a single thread of Mister's Dao?"

Just as Jiang Xuan prepared to refuse, the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror inside Jiang Xuan's body suddenly actively emitted a faint hidden light; the next moment the little monk's eyes violently widened, his mouth opening so wide three chins could run out.

Before Jiang Xuan could ask what was going on, a beach-shorts man appeared out of thin air in this little monk's constructed small mental space.

Still that leisurely hateful appearance; this time even more excessive was that his face still had the paper strips stuck on from the gambling fight, several red lip prints clearly visible on his face.

The middle-aged man walked out and first glanced at the little monk: "Yo, how come a little monk is willing to come out!"

Seeing the middle-aged man, the little monk's shocked expression returned to normal: "Eye! I just come out less, not that I don't come out! He……"

The middle-aged man's face carried a smile but he didn't speak.

The little monk lightly shook his head: "I observed he has karmic affinity with the Buddha, I also wanted to……"

"Bullshit! You've severed the root, a person who doesn't touch fate and karma, you still spout what karmic affinity!" The middle-aged man yanked off the paper strips on his face, brows knitted together.

"Tch! He already refused just now! Am I the kind of person who forces others?"

The little monk coldly snorted, his figure vanishing from this mental space.

Watching the monk leave, the middle-aged man only then turned his head, a face full of cheer looking at Jiang Xuan: "Young man! I observe your Yintang is black, you must have a Blood Calamity!"

"Just chased away a monk, so you're a Daoist?" Jiang Xuan helplessly looked at Eye who had already appeared several times before; the other party seemed to have installed a tracker on him, wherever he went the other party could appear.

The middle-aged man shook his head: "Didn't I say, you can call me 'Eye', how could I possibly be a Daoist!"

"Then you say I have a Blood Calamity; last time you said it and it wasn't accurate!"

"This is also because I didn't expect to meet again this fast! If we met a few years later it would be accurate!" The middle-aged man muttered in a low voice.

The other party acted like he was treating himself as an ordinary person; although speaking softly, with Jiang Xuan's cultivation he heard it incomparably clearly, his face couldn't help but darken.

Could it be my fault? You're so capable at seeing, how come you can't see that you'd meet me this fast again!

But in the end Jiang Xuan still didn't retort, instead actively asking about that little monk.

Eye seemed to suddenly discover the lip prints on his face a bit ruined his wise and mighty image, hurriedly wiped them, only making his face even redder: "That little monk and I are about the same; it's just he generally shuttles through the Myriad Realms to find some people willing to listen to him expound Buddhist Dharma; after all, having too much ink in the belly and not using it in time is also a kind of vexation!"

"Then what about you?" Jiang Xuan quietly looked at the other party, yet asked a question extremely important to him.

Regardless of whether the other party was deceiving him, he could obtain some information from this answer; he was equally even more curious about "Eye".

If appearing once or twice was out of curiosity, then because the little monk appeared, he rushed over in a frantic hurry without even time to wipe his face — that absolutely could not be like the last time he asked, simply because he was bored!

"Actually it's because the Dao you walk is very novel, making me focus on you, to see to what extent your Dao can go — also counts as collecting data, after all I am the 'Eye'!" the middle-aged man said seriously.

Jiang Xuan nodded, as if he believed the other party's words!

"Forget it! I'm over there fighting three fairies quite happily, no time to chat more with you!" The middle-aged man dropped a sentence and dissipated in the air.

Jiang Xuan shook his head speechlessly.

Are those three fairies really fairies? I'm too embarrassed to call you out on it!

His spirit alone existed in this space, Jiang Xuan lowered his head in deep thought.

First, he didn't believe a single word of the middle-aged man's explanation; if even one word he said was true, Jiang Xuan would be willing to re-cultivate language arts.

However, although it was all lies, it still revealed two pieces of intelligence to Jiang Xuan.

With the other party's strength to traverse the universe, his strength is fundamentally not something Jiang Xuan can imagine; if the other party really didn't want to tell him, he could directly refuse, but the other party still thoughtfully prepared a reason that was thoroughly fishy!

Because the other party's punctuation was all wrong! He explained his purpose yet used a question sentence!

It was precisely this perfunctory reason that let Jiang Xuan temporarily confirm the other party currently had no malice toward him, even respected Jiang Xuan to some extent — questions raised, even if fabricated, had to have one.

This also meant Jiang Xuan currently didn't need to worry too much; of course his worrying would be in vain anyway, because he fundamentally couldn't win!

Second, generally when telling lies, one speaks options that are relatively close to the truth; plus the other party almost half-chased away the little monk, which almost explains that the other party is indeed quite interested in some of his characteristics.

And the only thing Jiang Xuan could think of that would interest someone of that standing, besides the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror, was only the Myriad Worlds Fame System left!

Understanding is only the first step!

Not with his current strength — this level of understanding is already his limit!

Exiting the small spirit space, yet discovering Ye Fan and Pang Bo were actually continuing from the last sentence Jiang Xuan heard, making Jiang Xuan's eyebrows raise slightly.

Just pulling into a small spirit space, possessing time — a power Jiang Xuan had almost never touched — and this might merely be an insignificant small trick of the other party's strength.

"Jiang Xuan, Pang Bo and I these years of tempering, also found some good stuff — you look and take whatever's useful!" Ye Fan finished telling the two's story, took out quite a few things from space. Among them were Heavenly Ginseng Fruit Spirit Medicine, Xing Character Secret, Bing Character Secret, and Sun True Scripture and so on a whole pile.

Among them, the second of the Nine-Character Secrets he observed a bit; along with understanding of rules in the Mysterious World and accumulation of knowledge, now two kinds of Nine Secrets he only used five minutes to finish analyzing; the incomplete Sun True Scripture also didn't take much time to understand quite a bit.

As for the Heavenly Ginseng Fruit Spirit Medicine that can compose Undying Medicine, and a few drops of Undying Medicine essence, Jiang Xuan didn't want them either — after all he really doesn't lack Undying Medicine.

Of course what moved Jiang Xuan's heart most was that the Nine Li Great Emperor's Nine Li Map was actually among them.

According to the original plot, Ye Fan in the Qinling Dengxian Land was impossible to get the Nine Li Map; after all at that time the big shots who entered were quite many, six Emperor Soldiers collided in the sky — could it reach Ye Fan to pick up a bargain?

Didn't expect reality actually let Ye Fan get it! As expected there are still some deviations from the original plot.

"This Nine Li Map is an Emperor Soldier! Even among Extreme Dao Emperor Soldiers it counts as fairly formidable — you're willing to give it to me?" Jiang Xuan smiled looking at Ye Fan.

Ye Fan's eyes had not the slightest fluctuation: "Before you helped me and Pang Bo so much, we two never helped you! Even if you don't want it, we also prepared to stuff this highest-value Nine Li Map to you!"

Pang Bo nodded heavily at the side: "Right, Jiang Ge! Without you how could we possibly look down on all Heaven's Prides! The feeling of having backing is really good!"

"Have you really looked down on all Heaven's Prides?" Ye Fan splashed some cold water at the side at the right moment; the original intention was actually to encourage Pang Bo.

However it's not that Pang Bo doesn't cultivate hard; it's just the opportunities obtained mostly can't be used by him, so progress speed can't catch up to Ye Fan.

Pang Bo snorted lightly: "My path of gnawing coffin boards has already been cleared! When resources suitable for the demon race come up, my strength will absolutely very quickly surpass you!"

"Oh! Right! I happen to have two gifts for you two!"

Speaking, Jiang Xuan first took out a blood-red crystal stone — Demon Blood Stone.

This is what he got from the first draw of five draws crossing tribulation; only a few pieces given to Yao Xi, the rest all kept.

Demon Blood Stone — in ancient times formed from Great Demons' essence blood after death; can hammer-refine bloodline, temper tendons and bones, strengthen bloodline and strength.

Not yet in hand, Pang Bo already stared straight at the Demon Blood Stone in Jiang Xuan's hand, gaze as if welded on it unable to pull away.

"This thing is good!" Pang Bo muttered in a low voice, subconsciously licked his lips.

"Having one of these, my future cultivation speed will definitely increase quite a bit!"

Jiang Xuan raised an eyebrow: "One? A pile!" (Chapter End)