Chapter Thirty-Six: The Ancient Sacred Body

  A dozen or so people walked into the hall, their rainbow-colored auras retracted. These men and women were all over forty years old, some as quiet as a secluded orchid, others as sharp as a sword's edge, and still others as steady as a boulder, each with their own unique temperament.

  One of the middle-aged men spoke with a strong and sonorous voice, laughing loudly: "In the territory of Yan, although it is said that there are six 'Dongtian', but your 'Lingxu Dongtian' is somewhat undeserving of its name, calling it a 'blessed land' would be more fitting."

  "What do you mean, Liu Wanshan?" The several old men from Ling Xu Dong Tian stepped forward with unpleasant expressions, blocking Zhou Yi and Lin Jia et al. behind them, while focusing on protecting Ye Fan and Pang Bo.

  A middle-aged man named Liu Wanshan, as his name suggests, stood there like a mountain, giving people a sense of oppression. He spoke very directly and laughed loudly: "Since we have more than a dozen good seeds for cultivation, we naturally want to lead some of them onto the path of cultivation."

  Next to her, a white-haired old woman also nodded and said: "That's right, the six Dongtian Fudi in Yandi have always been connected by the same breath. Suddenly finding so many extraordinary talents, we naturally want to take away a few."

  An old man from Lingxu Dongtian frowned and said, "Li Ying Shijie, you can't say that. Three years ago, your Jinxia Dongtian found several disciples with excellent roots and bones, but not one was sent to our Lingxu Dongtian."

  "Those people are mediocre in talent, where can they be considered as heavenly material? Naturally, they wouldn't stir up any commotion among you." The white-haired old woman replied with a smile.

  At this moment, a white-haired old man walked up, looking quite ethereal and otherworldly. He spoke slowly and calmly: "I think these dozen or so people don't even qualify as immortal material. How about this? We'll just take a few of the best ones from the blessed lands and leave a few for 'Lingxu Cave Heaven'."

  The old men of Ling Xiu Dong Tian suddenly became restless, seemingly intimidated by this elder with an otherworldly aura and demeanor. "Elder Ma Yun, I heard that your Jade Ding Dong Tian has found two genuine celestial sprouts, so why are you still looking for talented disciples?"

  The old man known as Ma Yun smiled but didn't speak, constantly sizing up Ye Fan and Pang Bo, occasionally nodding his head. This made the several old men of Ling Xu Dong Tian suddenly feel a bit tense; others could be sent away, but these two were definitely to be kept.

  "Alright, I'll just choose one person to represent the Jade Ding Cave Heaven." The white-haired and white-bearded Ma Yun pointed at Ye Fan and Pang Bo, saying: "I won't be excessive, either of them will do if you send one over to me."

  "No way!" Several old men in Ling Xiu Cave Heaven almost simultaneously refused.

  At the same time, other grotto heavens and blessed lands also started selecting people, refusing to give in to each other, and arguing on the spot. Ye Fan listened carefully and obtained a lot of information, "Grotto Heaven" is better than "Blessed Land", more suitable for cultivation, and with the words of Grotto Heaven, it is very likely that a blessed land will naturally evolve from it.

  At this moment, Ling Xuan couldn't possibly keep everyone in the cave. People from the other five caves arrived, and they could only bear to send some away. However, it was difficult to decide who to choose. In the end, it came down to a standoff, with an extremely tense atmosphere, as people from the six caves refused to give in to each other.

  The middle-aged man Liu Wanshan, with a majestic and imposing presence, stepped forward a few steps and said, "It seems that we can only have a duel now."

  "It should be so." The old woman Li Ying from Jin Xia Cave nodded in agreement.

  "To avoid hurting harmony, let's just stop here." The old man with white hair and beard from the Jade Tripod Heaven also expressed his agreement.

  The old men of Ling Xiu Dong Tian looked very ugly, Ye Fan and others were found by them, but the result was that other Dong Tian people also wanted to intervene, and it was really hard to say how many people could be left in the end.

  A dozen or so long rainbows rose into the sky, exceptionally bright in the night sky. The battle between the two had begun in the land of good fortune. Ye Fan and the others all arrived outside the main hall, looking up at the sky, but unfortunately, those people flew out of the small town, getting farther and farther away, unable to truly see clearly.

  Distant light shines through the sky, divine rainbows stretch across, occasionally bursting into thunderous roars, and strong gusts of wind blow, sending sand and rocks flying.

  Zhou Yi, Lin Jia and others were dazzled, the old men who had just been calm and peaceful were now flying in the sky and escaping to the ground, creating such a powerful momentum that they couldn't help but admire.

  Before long, those divine rainbows in the distant sky all disappeared, and it was unknown where the fierce battle had gone.

  It wasn't until half an hour later that a divine rainbow appeared in the sky, tearing through the air and arriving instantly.

  The first to descend was a girl named Vivian, who was elegant and refined, with curved eyebrows, eyes like water, red lips that were moist and luscious, and teeth as white as jade. Under the moonlight, she was hazy and indistinct, slender and delicate, like the goddess of the moon descending to earth, beautiful to the extreme.

  Then came down the other elderly people of Lingxu Cave Heaven, although they looked very disheveled and even had bloodstains on their bodies, but all of them were smiling triumphantly.

  Those people in the back also had some injuries, but compared to them, their faces didn't look so good. The strong middle-aged man Liu Wanshan's shoulder was still bleeding, the white beard of the elegant and refined old man Ma Yun was cut off, and the walking stick in the hand of the elderly woman Li Ying with gray hair was also broken into two pieces.

  "Unexpectedly, Vivian has surpassed us at this age, Ling Xuan Dongtian has produced a rare talent!" Ma Yun sighed.

  Ye Fan and the others were all shocked, this young girl Weiwei looked gentle and elegant, but was actually so powerful, defeating these old men, it was really astonishing.

  "Since we lost, there's nothing to say. You can choose two people from Lingyuan Cave first." Liu Wanshan's face didn't look very good, not only because of the feeling of losing to his juniors and having no glory on his face, but also because he couldn't choose people first.

  The old men of Lingxu Dongtian didn't hesitate at all, and directly chose Ye Fan and Pang Bo, their faces almost bursting with joy. Next was Ma Yun from Yuding Dongtian who chose Liu Yiyi, followed by Old Lady Li Ying from Jinxia Dongtian who chose Zhang Ziling.

  However, at this time, on the side of Ling Xu Dongtian, several old men changed their colors after carefully checking Ye Fan's body, and the smile on their faces disappeared instantly.

  "How could this be?!"

  Others quickly noticed the situation here and suddenly looked up to see that several old men in Lingxu Cave Heaven had unpleasant faces, but they didn't know what happened.

  "What's wrong, aren't you satisfied with letting Ling Yuandong and Tian Xuan choose two people first?"

  "Not like this, come and see." The old men of Ling Xu Dong Tian looked at Ye Fan with a disappointed expression.

  Others suddenly understood and immediately surrounded him, thinking that Ye Fan's body had a problem.

  The old man Ma Yun from the Jade Cauldron Cave Heaven stepped forward and said, "Just by looking at him like this, one can sense that this young man's vital energy is exceptionally vigorous, almost comparable to a dragon or an elephant. He should be a rare celestial sprout, isn't there something wrong?"

  At this time, others also walked up and began to examine Ye Fan one after another. Being touched all over by people, Ye Fan felt quite uncomfortable, but it was not good to stop them in this situation either.

  The old woman Li Ying of Jinxia Cave Heaven was shocked and uncertain, saying: "How can there be such a physique?!"

  Liu Wanshan investigated for a long time, then revealed an unbelievable expression, saying: "The Life Spirit Wheel is quiet, the sea of suffering is as hard as divine iron, stable like a boulder, unshakeable, and fundamentally cannot be opened..."

  "What's going on?!" Everyone looked puzzled, this physique was too strange and didn't make sense at all.

  At this moment, Ma Yun of the Jade Cauldron Heaven seemed to suddenly remember something and muttered to himself: "Could it be...the legendary physique?" He began to re-examine Ye Fan's body, his fingers crystal clear like jade, with a hint of divine light sprinkled out, constantly feeling and pressing, this was a serious "measuring bones" and "gauging spirit".

  It wasn't until much later that Ma Yun finally stopped and stared blankly, saying: "This world actually has the legendary physique..."

  "What physique?" Everyone present looked at him with a strange expression.

  "Unparalleled in ancient times, a saintly body that covers the world." Ma Yun spat out these eight words.

  "What?!" The people present were all shocked and could hardly believe their ears.

  The old men of Ling Xiu Dong Tian reacted quickly, directly pulling Ye Fan behind them, and several people surrounded him in the center, protecting him tightly, fearing that others would snatch or assassinate him.

  Liu Wanshan felt it was hard to believe and said, "The land of Yan is 2,000 miles long from north to south and 3,000 miles wide from east to west. Such a vast territory is just a drop in the ocean compared to the boundless Eastern Wilderness. On this land, even if we go back thousands of years, it's unlikely that someone with a transcendent physique would appear. To know that since ancient times, the entire vast Eastern Wilderness has not produced many such figures."

  The old woman Li Ying from the Golden Cave Heaven shook her head and said, "It's not impossible that such a person has appeared. I've heard that in the current Eastern Wilderness, it's highly likely that someone like this has already emerged. Moreover, there are rumors that it's not just one person, but because they're still growing up, they haven't yet appeared before the eyes of the world. I think now they must be hidden away in some sacred place or concealed within an ancient family lineage from the ancient world."

  At this moment, the eyes of these old men looking at Ye Fan all changed, and they were all fierce and resentful, as if they wanted to grab him in front of them and take him as their apprentice. Even people like Zhou Yi and Lin Jia next to him looked at Ye Fan with a strange expression.

  Just then, Ma Yun of the Jade Cauldron Heaven coughed and said, "I think... you've misunderstood, perhaps I didn't make myself clear."

  "Huh?"

  "What's going on?"

  Everyone looked at him in shock and uncertainty.

  "He indeed possesses a transcendent physique, flawless, but with a time limit, from the Primordial Era."

  "What does it mean?"

  Ma Yun explained: "Everyone should have heard some ancient legends, right? At that time, there was a kind of unparalleled physique, unmatched in the past and present. In that era, nine generations of characters appeared one after another, each person being invincible in heaven and earth, shocking the past and present. That physique, if it walked on the path of cultivation, its ultimate achievement could not be measured, and was known as the number one sacred body in ancient and modern times."

  "Yes, I've naturally heard of it. You're not saying..." As he spoke, everyone looked at Ye Fan, but there was no longer any surprise or enthusiasm, only disappointment in their eyes.

  "If I'm not mistaken, he's that kind of physique. What a pity, since the ancient times, for endless years, this physique occasionally appears in the world, but it no longer has its former power and can't look down on all heavens like before."

  In fact, this physique doesn't know why it gradually disappeared from the world in the Post-Ancient Era, and is no longer suitable for cultivation. There isn't a single person who can successfully cultivate anymore.

  "Now, many immortal sects are spreading rumors that a divine seed with a peerless physique has appeared in the Eastern Wilderness. Just now, I thought that our Yan Territory would also produce an earth-shaking figure, but unexpectedly it's like this..."

  "The ancient, unparalleled sacred body, compared to the invincible divine body of today... Alas!" The several old men in Ling Xuan Cave Heaven all let out a sigh, filled with boundless disappointment, and no longer paid attention to Ye Fan.

  The others in the Dongtian Fudi also had complex expressions, unsure whether they should be congratulatory or disappointed.

  At this moment, no one is looking at Ye Fan anymore. From the enthusiasm earlier to the coldness now, the contrast is very striking.