The Dao Companion Panel?

As for his physique, he knew his own condition. Although he worked out regularly and was a little stronger than the average person,

the possibility of having a special physique was slim.

In the original owner's memories, when Ye Fan was little, Jiang Yun, as his cousin, could still give Ye Fan some loving lessons. After Ye Fan turned eight or nine, Jiang Yun could only educate him verbally.

Jiang Yun was four years older than Ye Fan! Yet he was suppressed by Ye Fan instead. He had completely lost face as the older cousin.

So you're the fucking Sacred Physique? A Sacred Physique? Then forget it.

When he had first transmigrated, he had thought about waiting for Ye Fan to carry him, investing more in this cousin of his. After all, they were family, actual relatives. Ye Fan wouldn't forget his cousin, would he?

Now that he had a golden finger, Jiang Yun felt that his ambitions could be expanded a little further. For instance, he could latch onto the Ruthless Emperor's thigh!!

Having obtained his golden finger, Jiang Yun no longer paid attention to the developments surrounding the Five-Colored Altar and Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin.

What happened next was not particularly dangerous. The Nine Dragons' automatic driving function was about to activate, and even entering the coffin was automatic.

He should study his panel properly. Whether his future held mere vegetables and radishes or divine trees and sacred medicines depended on whether this panel was any good.

[Panel]

Realm: Mortal

Physique: Mortal Physique (Sacred Physique 1.22%)

Bloodline: None for now (obtained through dual cultivation with a Dao companion)

Cultivation Technique: "Dao Scripture" (to be learned)

Reflection Points: None for now (obtainable with a Dao companion)

Source Space: 20m*20m*20m

Dao Companion: None (single)

Mark: None for now (obtained through dual cultivation with a Dao companion)

Descendant Bonus: None

Looking at the crude panel, Jiang Yun fell into thought. Was this one of those wife-marriage systems?

Jiang Yun was quite familiar with this trope after spending time on all sorts of novel websites. Marrying wives and having children could both make one stronger.

Even after arriving in a fantasy world, he still could not escape being pressured into marriage.

Holy maidens, daughters of ancient emperors, Emperor's Daughters, divine maidens, demonesses—I want them all. Jiang Yun silently thought as he grasped at the air with one hand.

There was no surprise regarding his physique. It was a Mortal Physique. What surprised him was that he actually possessed a tiny bit of Sacred Physique potential.

After all, he was Ye Fan's cousin. It was just a little too low, more than fifty Jiang Yuns short of passing.

Starting off with the Dao Scripture was great, but he did not know how many volumes it contained. If there was only one, it would be rather useless.

However, now was not the time to study cultivation techniques. After all, he had no idea how long it would take to finish learning an emperor's scripture.

If he still had not finished by the time they reached Mars, he might be done for.

He could only hope it was complete. Jiang Yun did not seek to be like Ye Fan, cultivating the strongest ancient scripture at every realm. Having an emperor's scripture to cultivate was already excellent.

He did not know what the other two were for, though. When in doubt, ask the system.

"System, what are 'Reflection Points'? And what is this mark for?"

Jiang Yun asked the system in his heart.

What followed was silence.

Jiang Yun tried every method he could think of, calling the panel all sorts of names. He even offered it cordial greetings.

Yet the panel did not react in the slightest. It would not respond to kindness or force.

In the end, Jiang Yun gave up. At last, he understood why the panel's labels were so clear.

It was not considerate. This panel was an idiot. It did not deserve to be called a system and could not communicate at all. From now on, he would just call it a panel.

The only usable function right now was Source Space. The other functions could not be used for the time being.

Jiang Yun focused all his attention on Source Space and discovered that it was essentially a storage space.

It was a 20*20*20 cubic space. The interior was utterly empty, containing nothing at all.

With his consciousness inside Source Space, Jiang Yun felt as though he were a god.

The shape of the space could change according to Jiang Yun's thoughts. It could even be divided into several separate smaller spaces, so long as they did not exceed the maximum volume.

Within the space, I am invincible. Outside the space, I...

After experimenting for a while, this space had completely become Jiang Yun's shape.

Jiang Yun repeatedly stored and retrieved his phone and the bottled water on his body within Source Space, constantly testing it.

He discovered that anything his body could touch could be wholly stored inside Source Space. For anything he could not touch, there was nothing he could do for now.

After familiarizing himself with Source Space, Jiang Yun had a preliminary idea for what came next, though it still needed refinement.

What he needed now was to become more proficient in using the space and prepare for the encounters ahead.

He just did not know whether he could store living beings. Conditions were too limited to test it. He could not exactly use Ye Fan's classmates as test subjects.

Just as Jiang Yun was becoming familiar with Source Space's abilities, the bronze coffin suddenly shook violently.

After several successive violent tremors, everyone inside the bronze coffin fell to the ground.

"Light! There's light outside!"

At the sudden cry, everyone looked in that direction.

The Bronze Coffin had probably overturned. Its lid was tilted, and dim light shone in from outside.

Hope appeared on everyone's faces. As though they had survived a disaster, they rushed outside.

Yet after rushing out, every one of them stood frozen like clay statues, staring into the distance.

The earth looked as though it had been soaked in blood, a reddish-brown color. Cold, hard, and desolate, it stretched into a barren, empty expanse. Huge rocks stood sporadically across the ground, resembling tombstones at a glance.

The light between heaven and earth was dim and murky, like a lifeless twilight wreathed in a faint black mist.

Everyone stood dumbstruck. This could not possibly be the summit of Mount Tai!

The boundless reddish-brown land was remote and deathly silent, without the slightest trace of life. It was not anywhere they knew.

They had never seen it, never heard of it. It was a completely unfamiliar and mysterious place!

"Where is this... Have we... left Mount Tai?" Even the speaker's voice trembled.

At this moment, Jiang Yun slowly walked out from the rear, his calm voice carrying over.

"We really are no longer on Mount Tai. Perhaps the ancient texts I once read were not myths, but history that truly existed."

Everyone looked toward Jiang Yun. Their expressions, which had fallen into despair as hope vanished, were influenced by Jiang Yun's calm and confident demeanor, and they settled slightly.

Although they had only spent a short time in the bronze coffin, everyone had learned of Jiang Yun because of the number of people present. He was Ye Fan's cousin, not some ghost or monster.

Only after leaving the bronze coffin did they realize that Ye Fan's cousin was truly handsome and elegant, imposing and dignified. His features were sharply defined and profound, like a Greek sculpture. Especially his eyes, as deep as the sea, seemed able to draw people into sinking into them unconsciously.

All the women present looked at Ye Fan, then at Jiang Yun, and had to admit that the cousin was more appealing.

Ye Fan had clearly understood what those female classmates were thinking, but he did not care much. He had long grown accustomed to such gazes when walking alongside his cousin.

"Cousin, why do you say that? Have you seen relevant records before?"

Ye Fan walked out alongside Jiang Yun and played along.

Whenever Ye Fan and Jiang Yun discussed business or communicated with others, they liked doing this. One would support and assist from below while the other talked things over, making people unconsciously trust them.

He just did not know whether his cousin was talking nonsense or whether such records truly existed.

"I once saw a description of Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin in an ancient travelogue belonging to an old collector. Before, I treated it as a mythological story. Only after arriving here did I realize that what I had seen recorded as myth might have been history."

"It is said that Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin has existed for endless ages, its history long impossible to verify. Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin drifts through the vast universe along a fixed route, descending upon one ancient star after another, whether barren or teeming with life. The road has no beginning and no destination."

"Those with 'Source' can use it to keep moving onward, descending upon one ancient star after another. This planet does not seem suitable for human survival. Perhaps the next one will be an ancient star of life where we can remain."

"The Qi Refiners of the pre-Qin era left Earth through the Five-Colored Altar. We have the chance to follow in the footsteps of those ancient predecessors. Perhaps we may meet figures from myth, and perhaps some among us may become immortals and ancestors."

When he had seen the Starry Sky Ancient Road atop the Five-Colored Altar earlier, Ye Fan had already had a premonition. He just had not expected it to truly come true.

He felt somewhat excited. This was the sort of thing that interested him most, though he was worried about his parents still on Earth.

The crowd was stunned for a long while.

"Is what he said true?"

Someone murmured softly.

"Can we still go back?"

"So long as we become powerful enough, crossing the void with our physical bodies may become reality."

Jiang Yun gazed into the distance and spoke confidently.

The crowd began discussing among themselves, while Jiang Yun pulled Ye Fan and Pang Bo away to explore the nearby area.

Jiang Yun did not want to keep discussing these things with their classmates. Otherwise, he was afraid he would not be able to keep making things up.

"Oh, praise... merciful God! Do I... have a chance to meet God?"

The foreigner Kaide shouted excitedly. His comprehension of Chinese was mediocre, and only now had he roughly understood.

"Cousin, was what you said true? Are all those myths and legends real history? What else did that ancient book say?"

Ye Fan pulled Jiang Yun aside and asked in a low voice.

Pang Bo echoed quietly from the side, "I want to know too. Was everything Cousin said true?"

"Of course it was true. Once we explore this region, we should soon discover something."

Jiang Yun quietly explained it to the two of them.

"Then who could have written that ancient book?" Ye Fan stared blankly into space and muttered.

"Shrouding the Heavens really does have that book. I did not lie to them. As for who wrote it..."

Jiang Yun silently mocked himself. The reason he had told Ye Fan's classmates these things was to give them some hope for the future. On the other hand, it was also to establish trust among them, since he was an outsider.

Soon afterward, everyone saw a giant boulder bearing the words Yinghuo, as well as vast ruins resembling the Heavenly Palace Ruins.

The crowd became even more trusting of what Jiang Yun had said earlier.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yun led Ye Fan and Pang Bo toward the Great Leiyin Temple, where light shone at the end of the ruins. He was preparing to loot some treasures. Jiang Yun was determined to obtain the Quasi-Emperor Forbidden Artifact.

After all, without some trump cards upon reaching the Big Dipper, he truly would not be able to withstand danger.

Jiang Yun had also considered the issue of the Crocodile Ancestor's Divine Fetus. The divine fetus definitely would not be inside the Great Leiyin Temple right now. It should have been suppressed beneath it together with the Crocodile Ancestor.

In the original story, the divine fetus should have slipped into the bronze coffin with a group of Little Crocodiles when Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin was about to depart later on.

The Crocodile Ancestor's Divine Fetus might have discovered that Li Xiaoman had the best fortune, so it possessed Li Xiaoman.