At this time, the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin had yet to reach Earth, though it would not be long. While Su Yu was asking passersby for directions, someone observant had noticed him muttering Ye Fan's name to himself.
Perhaps because of his striking appearance, or perhaps because of his understated yet valuable silver kesi robe, he was taken for a young master. Someone came over of his own accord to ask what he wanted and told him about Ye Fan.
Then the man mentioned Pang Bo, Liu Yiyi, Lin Jia, and the others...
This saved Su Yu a great deal of trouble.
When he learned that the group of classmates would set out to climb Mount Tai two days later, Su Yu nodded to himself.
Finally, he asked the man's name. The latter gave a hearty laugh and said his name was Xu Chuan.
Born into wealth, did he see that there was something extraordinary behind me? Did he want to form a good connection?
Watching him leave, Su Yu's lips curved slightly as he speculated about Xu Chuan's thoughts. Still, the man really had helped him a great deal.
Afterward, Su Yu found the hotel where Ye Fan was staying at the foot of Mount Tai. The Emperor Weapon, the "Big Benz," which readers in his previous life had never forgotten, was also parked nearby.
That evening, he watched a large group in front of the hotel. Among them was a man whose Qi and blood were abundant and whose life essence was exceptionally vigorous, far surpassing the other mortals. The Indestructible Heavenly Art Su Yu cultivated was highly sensitive to such special constitutions.
"Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, Ye Fan! I've finally found you."
Su Yu did not show himself. Instead, he circulated his magical power and took a strand of Ye Fan's hair from a distance. Then he produced an ink-black jade disk, placed the hair on it, and silently recited an incantation.
He was using divination to find Ye Fan's blood relatives.
This was a contingency he had prepared for himself...
He would first do them a kindness, paying only a few rare treasures, and reap enormous rewards in the future: the Nine Secrets, Immortal Gold, or divine medicines. It could be called a business with no capital cost.
It was calculating, but in the adult world, there were only positions.
Su Yu was not proficient in this divination art and would have had difficulty divining a cultivator's whereabouts. But Ye Fan was only a mortal now, so he could not escape it.
Before long, the secret art succeeded. The strand of hair on the ink-black jade disk pointed toward a distant direction, where the people closest to him by blood were located. Ye Fan had no siblings, so it pointed toward his parents.
He immediately rose into the air and flew toward his destination.
On the way, Su Yu discovered a middle-aged man in the Bitter Sea Realm in J City.
He casually subdued him. The middle-aged man's identity was no ordinary one, and he held an extremely high position in J Province.
Seeing the man's eager gaze, Su Yu smiled, then took him along for a flight.
On Earth at this time, although the laws were suppressing everything severely, Su Yu had the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid on him, which resisted part of the effects of the Age of Dharma's End. Thus, he could fly through the air here.
After handing him a voice-transmission jade pendant, Su Yu rode the wind away like an immortal.
The middle-aged man was left with private regrets. He had twice asked Su Yu to take him as a disciple, but had been refused both times. Looking at the flame Divine Source in his hand, he made a phone call. Soon, a helicopter appeared and took him away.
The morning glow dyed the eastern horizon red as Su Yu arrived in B City. The city was bustling, with skyscrapers standing tall in the rosy light, their edges gilded by the dawn.
The hair on the jade disk shifted again. This time, it pointed toward the outskirts of the city, finally stopping at a small county town. Su Yu landed beside an artificial lake, where a woman in her forties was walking along the shore.
Though no longer young, the woman was attractive and had an intellectual air. Her long, slender legs were clad in black pantyhose and covered by a long skirt, and she wore high-heeled leather shoes. She had an elegant bearing and could certainly be considered a beauty.
But wrinkles had already begun to spread from the corners of her eyes, and her life was already on its downhill path.
Su Yu's gaze rested on the woman. Her blood and Qi were relatively vigorous.
Once Ye Fan went to the Big Dipper, more than twenty years would pass before he returned. The saddest thing in the world was for a child to wish to care for his parents only to find they were no longer there. Ye Fan was an only child, and his parents had waited for him to return, but he never came.
By the time Ye Fan was capable of returning to Earth, all that remained were a diary and two graves.
This was the contingency Su Yu had prepared for himself: he would extend his parents' lives, leaving Ye Fan owing him a karmic debt.
He took out a thousand-year-old spiritual herb, the oldest medicinal ingredient in his storage bag. Then he took out some herbs to assist and harmonize it, followed by ten jin of Fire Jade Source, a rare kind of Source that could strengthen the human body, and a jar of spiritual spring water.
Su Yu did not take out a cultivation technique, because that might carry hidden dangers. If the two of them then suffered a mishap in the cultivation world, what would have been the point of everything he had done?
He flew high into the sky, with thick clouds beneath his feet and the blazing sunlight shining directly on their white surface.
Su Yu directly summoned the damaged Silver Moon Jade Pagoda. The crystalline pagoda shone brilliantly, chaos Qi flowing around it, while the three damaged corners of its eaves radiated a terrifying Saint Dao presence. Then he took out two fragments of Saint bone and unleashed two attacks. Using a sealing art, he sealed one attack into each bone fragment.
The two Saint bone fragments were more translucent than gemstones, like two pieces of the finest mutton-fat white jade. During this casting, much of his divine power dispersed into the sky.
At Su Yu's current realm, he could not fully control a Saint Weapon.
This method was extremely extravagant. With his strength, the divine light unleashed by a Saint Weapon was enough to kill an existence in the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm; even someone at the Immortal Platform would not dare take it head-on. After being sealed in Saint bones as protective talismans, its power was greatly reduced, possessing only about the strength of the Four Extremes, and it could only defend. Ninety-nine percent of its energy had been wasted.
Su Yu did not care.
The two jade talismans contained a Saint's presence. Cultivators on Earth who were truly capable of breaking through their defenses would recognize the Saint Dao presence and be somewhat wary of it.
The materials consumed by this method far exceeded those needed for two defensive jade talismans of the Fifth Transformation of the Dragon Transformation Realm. Though the two Saint bone fragments had lost most of their essence, they were still top-grade materials...
Besides, he could repay a small part of the karmic debt he owed the Empress through her "brother's" parents...
Su Yu placed everything inside a jade purification bottle, then left a divine-sense jade pendant as well. He circulated his magical power, and, like Mount Sumeru fitting into a mustard seed, the two objects slowly shrank to the size of dust and drifted into Ye Fan's mother's pocket.
Afterward, Su Yu found the middle-aged man through a voice-transmission jade talisman and paid him a piece of Fire Jade Source to look after the two elders!
Once everything was done, Su Yu drifted away.
This time, he had repaid a small part of his karmic debt to the Ruthless Great Emperor and formed a good connection...
Chapter 11: A Pair of Legs Entangled in Great Karma
In the depths of space, where desolation and darkness coexisted, nine enormous dragon corpses lay stretched out. The great bronze coffin was ancient and imposing, as though it had existed alongside the universe since time immemorial. The Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin were slowly descending.
Su Yu returned to the foot of Mount Tai and took out a meditation cushion made of special divine jade. It could float in the air and help a cultivator calm his mind and comprehend the Dao. He sat on it, contemplating the Indestructible Heavenly Art as he waited for tomorrow's journey through the starry sky.
A day passed quickly. After resting at the hotel, Ye Fan and the others began climbing Mount Tai the next day.
The following afternoon, the great sun began its westward journey, and rosy clouds filled the sky. The brilliant evening glow began to reveal its colors from behind the western mountains, draping the varied landscape in a layer of rose-red golden frost.
Su Yu also ended his meditation. He had originally intended to go straight into the coffin, but suddenly stopped and, as if guided by spirits, turned toward the hotel's underground parking garage.
Quite a few luxury cars were parked in the not particularly large garage, including several "Big Benzes."
He took out the ink-black jade disk again and followed its guidance to find the one that belonged to Ye Fan.
Looking at the familiar triangular hood ornament, Su Yu's thoughts swirled, and a smile appeared on his face.
BBA!
In his previous life, he might have found it difficult to drive a car like this...
Forming a hand seal, Su Yu circulated his divine power, lifted the car, and stored it in a spatial artifact.
Don't ask him why he did it. If asked, the answer was "tribute" and "collecting."
He then cast a spell to restore the previous scene. A little trick like this would not last long, but it was enough. Ye Fan, the owner of the Mercedes-Benz, would soon ascend to heaven.
In another spacetime, many people called this car an Emperor Weapon. Bringing it along would grant him quite a bit of good fortune.
It also satisfied his own wicked sense of amusement, while saving Ye Fan hundreds of billions in parking fees. The parking lot security guard would not have to travel the entire Path of Reincarnation just to find the brat surnamed Ye and collect the parking fees.
This was killing three birds with one stone.
That morning's sunrise had been no different from usual, and Zhou Yi, Wang Ziwen, and the others, who had regretted not getting tickets, had let it go.
Led by their guide, Ye Fan and the others began climbing the mountain. When the guide spoke of the ancient rites of worshipping Heaven and Earth, it set their imaginations roaming. Humans were always full of longing for the unknown and mysterious.
Li Xiaoman walked beside Kaide, translating and explaining things for him. This foreign devil clearly held ancient Chinese culture in great reverence, repeatedly nodding and exclaiming in amazement.
Su Yu also noticed this woman who had studied abroad and had a good figure, paying particular attention to her legs.
Those were the legs Heavenly Emperor Ye had carried on his shoulders. The karma attached to them was too great.
But he had a very poor impression of Li Xiaoman. A woman like this looked refined and independent, with a heart higher than the heavens and a life thinner than paper. In her own mind, she was noble and graceful; in reality, everything was a mess of chicken feathers.
An independent woman?
Just the fawning over foreign things and people that was typical of a little fairy.
At this moment, the minor villain Liu Yunzhi looked playfully at Ye Fan, then at the two ahead. But Ye Fan seemed to ignore his obvious expression entirely, giving no reaction at all, which disappointed him.
In fact, Ye Fan had not noticed him at all, so naturally he remained calm...
Toward evening, the group reached Jade Emperor Peak on Mount Tai.
The setting sun hung low, and the peaks of clouds were all edged in brilliant gold, gleaming like rare treasures.
Such a magnificent sight could not help but leave one entranced.
Su Yu also revealed himself and walked naturally into Ye Fan's group of classmates. His bone age was only thirteen, but he was 1.73 meters tall and had an extraordinary bearing. Clad in a silver kesi robe patterned with divine markings, his long hair flowing, he soon drew the tourists' attention.
Ye Fan was also surprised. He remembered that this person had not been there just now, as though he had suddenly appeared out of the void.
Liu Zhiyun looked at Su Yu enviously and muttered, "Putting on a supernatural act."
As a man of society with a modest business of his own, he looked down on deceitful Daoists like this and, having already formed an impression, wanted to belittle him.
Lin Jia, Wang Ziming, and the others also looked over. Their eyes were sharp, and they recognized the material of his clothing at a glance.
"It's not ordinary silver. The color is too splendid..." the businessman surnamed Wang thought to himself, feeling that the newcomer was certainly no ordinary person.
Su Yu paid them no mind. He simply stared intently at Ye Fan as the meridians in his body churned and the Indestructible Heavenly Art began circulating on its own. His body craved the Sacred Body's source and true blood; Ye Fan's source could greatly improve his own constitution.
He silently recited a mind-calming incantation and suppressed the restlessness in his body.
Although Ye Fan and his classmates were very curious about Su Yu's identity, the red evening glow had descended and mist filled the sky. The entire group was immersed in the sunset.
Suddenly, several small black dots appeared among the red clouds filling the sky. They gradually grew larger, accompanied by rumbling sounds of wind and thunder.
Nine enormous forms descended from the sky like nine long black rivers falling to earth. At that moment, everyone on Mount Tai froze in shock and stared at one another in astonishment.
They were nine enormous dragon corpses, pulling an ancient bronze coffin down toward the peak of Mount Tai. Dragons were creatures of legend, standing alongside gods, manifestations of ancient myths and proof that the laws of nature could be violated. But with science having advanced this far, who would still believe dragons really existed?
Everyone on the mountaintop was stunned by the spectacle. They held their breath, even forgetting to cry out.
After a brief silence, Mount Tai erupted. Everyone fled in panic, rushing in all directions to escape the massive dragon corpses drawing near.
To mortals who had long lived in peaceful times, it was a shocking sight: in the blood-red sunset, nine dragons pulled a coffin down to Mount Tai.
In an instant, cries filled the crowd: screams of terror and helpless sobbing as people scattered.
The Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin were not falling particularly fast, but when they landed, they still shook the summit of Mount Tai heavily.
"Boom..."
The nine dragon corpses crashed down like nine mountain ridges, shaking Jade Emperor Peak until enormous cracks split it open. Earth and stone flew, and dust filled the air.
The ancient bronze coffin also crashed heavily onto the summit of Mount Tai with a clang. The mountain shook as though an earthquake had struck. Many rocks tumbled down the mountainside, and quite a few people were caught in their path, battered into bloody pulp and sent tumbling down the mountain.