pappabearbooks Chapter 198 Ancient Scriptures
Chapter 198 Ancient Scriptures
The young man did not attack the old professor and the students. Instead, he walked up to the middle-aged man, said nothing, and decisively cut off his head with a single sword stroke!
The middle-aged man died without understanding why his opponent killed him without saying a word, even though he was someone important...
Then, the young man held the sword in his right hand, made a hand seal with his left hand, cast a spell on the long sword in his hand, and then threw it into the sky.
The sword transformed into a streak of light, shooting into the sky with a whoosh. With a soft thud, a burst of blood-red light erupted, and a humanoid creature with wings on its back fell to the ground, pierced through from both ends.
The helicopter was stuck on the ground and could not take off.
Because the driver had his head chopped off.
The young man, expressionless and silent, walked up to the trembling old professor. The professor stared wide-eyed at the scene, his worldview utterly shattered, unable to believe his eyes, and speechless: "You…"
The young man made a mudra with one hand, then extended his index finger and gently touched the old professor's forehead, instantly putting him to sleep.
Then, the other young people also fell into a coma.
Yun Chen and Qin Xi, along with the other three, appeared.
"Fellow Daoist!"
They moved sideways and appeared in front of the young cultivator, who wrapped the bloodless longsword in coarse cloth.
Chu Miaomiao stepped forward and examined the corpse that resembled a humanoid creature. It turned out to be a bat demon with an extremely ugly appearance and a strength that was probably at the late stage of the Qi Refining Realm.
The young man ignored them and instead unloaded all the old boxes from the helicopter, searching through them for scriptures.
Yun Chen and his companions could not determine whether he was friend or foe. Although they appeared calm, they were actually extremely vigilant.
The young man spoke up: "You've also come for the scriptures?"
Yun Chen and the others nodded: "That's right."
The young man said, "Go find the scriptures outside of China. Almost all the scriptures in the country have been moved away. Look, we just discovered an ancient cave, and those foreign demon beasts came smelling the scent."
"These people deserve to die! Under the guise of so-called cooperation, they've transferred all the ancient artifacts from China overseas!"
*Pfft!*
He formed a hand seal, channeled his true energy, and a burst of true energy fire overflowed from his fingertips. The fire was extremely hot, and with a flick of his finger, he burned the corpses of the soldiers and middle-aged men on the ground to ashes!
Yun Chen and the others stepped forward expressionlessly.
They gazed at the ancient scriptures and fell into deep thought.
In the end, the young man found a cultivation secret manual that was still somewhat valuable and could be of some use for his current cultivation.
On one side, Qin Xi picked up an ancient book and looked at the scriptures inscribed in ancient script. The content was already very incomplete, but she could still decipher a few lines: "The sky is high and the earth is vast, making one aware of the infinity of the universe; joy ends and sorrow comes, revealing the cyclical nature of fullness and emptiness. The passes and mountains are difficult to cross, who will mourn the lost traveler? Meeting by chance, we are all strangers in a foreign land..."
The few lines of scripture evoked a sense of melancholy in Qin Xi, as if she were feeling a sorrow that transcended time and space.
Ye Mo and Chu Miaomiao also stepped forward to look through these ancient scriptures. The square, dignified characters were almost exactly the same as the characters of today, except that the word arrangement was very concise, but the meanings were not quite the same.
The scriptures contained so much content: historical records, artifacts, techniques, laws, construction, herbal medicine, animal control, culture, cuisine, entertainment—truly all-encompassing. After piecing together the fragmented parts, they were filled with deep doubt.
Just how glorious was the ancient Immortal civilization?
Nowadays, almost no one in China knows the concept of the Immortal Clan. Instead, the country is filled with various forms of conflict: gender antagonism, class antagonism, ethnic antagonism, regional antagonism, and a chaotic social environment.
According to these historical records, it was once very glorious.
It was at least more glorious than it is now.
Qin Xi couldn't help but recall the words that the elders had repeatedly told them when they went up the mountain: "Remember this well, the Immortal Clan has been tarnished!"
Ye Mo negotiated with the young cultivator: "My name is An Ran, and my given name is Ye Mo. May I ask how you should address me, fellow cultivator?"
The young cultivator clasped his hands in greeting and said, "My name is Qinglan, and my original name is Chen Qinglan."
He stored several relatively intact scriptures in his storage ring.
Yun Chen flipped through a scripture and found a notebook containing a record of this cave dwelling: "Look, the owner of this cave dwelling is called Xu Kun, also known as Tai Mei. He was originally a great beast tamer."
The crowd immediately gathered around.
"Xu Kun, the Immortal Traveler's Residence, Self-Record: Xu Kun, born in the 362nd year of the New Immortal Calendar (2498), a native of Blue Star, named Tai Mei, established his foundation at the age of fifteen, studied the Great Heaven Creation Scripture, condensed his elixir at the age of twenty, studied the Myriad Beasts Spirit Control Technique, touched the Way of Beast Control, conceived an infant with his elixir at the age of one hundred, controlled myriad beasts and achieved the Great Ascension, fought against the dragon demon for more than twenty years, transformed his nascent soul into a deity at the age of two hundred, his realm was stable, and created the Eight Trigrams Beast Control Extension, the Myriad Spirits Communication Theory, and dozens of Extreme Embryo Spirit Languages."
Yun Chen translated the contents of the ancient scriptures. This is a short narrative, an autobiography of the cave master.
Everyone was curious, and Chu Miaomiao exclaimed in surprise, "Beast Tamer? Did ancient cultivators have this kind of classification? I've never heard of it before!"
Qin Xi said, "There's a lot we don't know."
Ye Mo asked in surprise, "The Great Creation Scripture and the Myriad Beasts Spirit Control Technique—what kind of scriptures are these? They're not found in these ancient books."
Chen Qinglan murmured, "So it's actually the Nascent Soul Realm?"
They searched again and again.
Chu Miaomiao said, "They probably already took it away."
While everyone was wondering what was going on, a rumbling sound came from the distant mountains.
A helicopter quickly landed here.
Yun Chen said, "Let's go inside the cave and take a look!"
Everyone nodded and carried the boxes of tools and scriptures back to their cave.
The cave is very empty and has a very complex structure, more like an ancient tomb, but it is completely different from an ancient tomb. There are many stone chambers here, which are interconnected, very orderly, and exceptionally exquisite.
Yun Chen realized: "This place should have been protected by a magic array, and ordinary people cannot enter these places."
Qin Xi asked, "Why did the magic array disappear?"
Ye Mo lamented, "What a pity! It's been ruined and bombed like this by these foreign bandits. If this old senior were still alive, he certainly wouldn't have let these beasts get away with it!"
Finally, they sat down in a main room.
"Fellow Daoist Qinglan, which school do you follow?"
All eyes fell on Chen Qinglan.
Chen Qinglan said to everyone, "I am a disciple of Kunlun."
Yun Chen and the other three looked at each other, and Chu Miaomiao exclaimed with delight, "What a coincidence! We're also from Kunlun Mountain. So you're also a disciple of Kunlun. I wonder which elder you studied under? Maybe we're even from the same sect!"
Chen Qinglan said, "Then there's no need to inform me."
He exuded a coldness and melancholy.
"There are two more undiscovered caves over there. If you're interested, you can go and take a look."
He then pointed out several places to the four of them.
Yun Chen and his three companions set off for those ancient cave dwellings and successively found some records, including the autobiography of a formation master and a rune master. All sorts of incomplete records proved that there was once a very glorious civilization.
When they left the cave, Chen Qinglan had already disappeared.
Outside the cave, there was a scene of shock.
When the helicopter landed, the officials were on the ground. Only the unconscious old professor and a few students remained on the ground; the bodies of the others had long since turned to dust.
As for how to handle the follow-up.
Yun Chen and the others didn't want to concern themselves with that.
Without a doubt, this matter has been completely covered up by the authorities, and not a single word or hint of it will leak out.
From Chen Qinglan, Yun Chen and the others learned that a large number of scriptures unearthed from caves in various parts of China had been transferred abroad, and that other countries in the world today are basically controlled by the demon race.
For example, that bat demon we just saw infiltrated China to cause all sorts of destruction and harm the descendants of the immortals.
Yun Chen and his group left with some scriptures.
These scriptures have virtually no value for cultivation; however, some of the information recorded on them is quite astonishing.
"The immortal race is tarnished; let us not forget our revival."
Those few words deeply moved them.
They returned to Suzhou and studied these ancient scriptures.
Through various corroborations, they have come to some conclusions: in the past, on this land of China, their ancestors must have experienced an unprecedented interruption of their lineage and a break in their civilization!
Several days later, they met Chen Qinglan again.
At this moment, Chen Qinglan was severely injured, swaying precariously, covered in blood, and on the verge of death. Before losing consciousness, he said to everyone, "Beware of the Dragon Group!!"
Yun Chen and Ye Mo quickly carried him into the villa, and Qin Xi and Chu Miaomiao immediately used magic to treat him.
"Dragon Group?"
They were all taken aback when they heard the name.
Yun Chen and Qin Xi exchanged a glance.
Several months ago, when they were dealing with the bullies, a cultivator claiming to be from the Dragon Group appeared and said he wanted to punish them.
Now, we can only wait for Chen Qinglan to wake up before we can discuss anything else.