Chapter 26 Ancient Star Map

  Ye Fan stood still, his hand resting on the ancient bronze coffin, his body as calm and serene as a moonlit lake. He didn't move, exuding an otherworldly aura that seemed to transcend the mundane world. In this moment, he appeared ethereal and detached, like an immortal who might vanish into thin air at any moment, untouched by the worldly cares of mortals.

  But his inner world at this moment was not as calm as his body, the Great Dao Heavenly Sound, like a deep sea, vast and profound, every word that sounded out, was like a tsunami, shaking the heavens.

  It was like an ancient chant, and also like a prayer of the gods in the vast wilderness, endless and unceasing, tearing through the ancient sky, slowly flowing into Ye Fan's heart, making his mind tremble, thoughts rising and falling, unaware of where he was.

  In the distance, everyone looked at him quietly and still, all showing puzzled expressions, not knowing what had happened, only feeling that he was like a dust-free immortal, with an air of being detached from the world.

  Ye Fan stood there, his voice like a bell, vast and profound, yet obscure and difficult to understand. One moment he was as if standing at the edge of an abyss, the next as if walking into a sacred realm, all sorts of inexplicable feelings rising in his heart, leaving him both alert and bewildered.

  This abstruse divine sound is not verbose, on the contrary, it is concise and precious, with a total of only a few hundred words, which has a sense of simplicity, elegance and plainness.

  The majestic sound of the Yellow Bell and the Great Yu, like a heavenly music, echoed again and again. Every word that fell into Ye Fan's heart was first like a shockwave shaking the mountains and rivers, and then like a bright moon rising from the sea in silence. Hundreds of ancient characters had already been clearly engraved in Ye Fan's mind, but the divine sound did not stop, still echoing continuously in his ears.

  In this process, the Bodhi seed in Ye Fan's abdomen was warm and incomparable, making his whole body warm and comfortable. It was precisely because of it that Ye Fan heard such a profound and mysterious sound.

  Legend has it that the Bodhi tree can awaken human divinity, enlighten oneself, and capture the rhythm of heaven and earth. Obviously, this Bodhi seed buried under the ancient Bodhi tree in front of Daluo Temple is extraordinary.

  When Ye Fan was silent and motionless, others began to feel suspicious. Someone suggested pulling Ye Fan away, after all, he was leaning on an ancient bronze coffin, which was unlikely to give people a good impression.

  Pangbo circled Ye Fan twice, seeing that he didn't have any painful expression, but instead had a refined and elegant aura on his body, and the bronze coffin was emitting a divine breath.

  In the end, Pang Bo did not make any rash moves, but instead stood guard beside her, quietly waiting.

  "Could there be an evil spirit possessing his body?" Li Changqing stared at the bronze ancient coffin, then looked at Ye Fan and said.

  Others clenched the divine relics in their hands, and several people involuntarily retreated a few steps back. The mysterious ancient coffin was filled with unknowns, making people uneasy.

  "Your butt decides your brain, if you don't splash dirty water on Ye Fan's body, you'll die! What kind of thinking is this? What kind of thoughts are in your mind?" Pang Bo didn't welcome him from the heart, since they were opposed at the Five Color Altar, he had been targeting him and Ye Fan, so his words were also very blunt.

  "Alright, stop arguing." Zhou Yi slightly furrowed his brow and then scanned the surroundings, saying: "For now, we can't confirm whether there's a divine crocodile inside this bronze coffin or not. Let's be cautious and search carefully."

  Others who heard this immediately felt a tightening in their hearts. This was the truth, and since one divine alligator had already been discovered, it was hard to guarantee that there wouldn't be a second or third, or even more. This concerned the lives of everyone, as fourteen people had already lost their lives due to the divine alligators. These ferocious and frightening creatures made people's hearts turn cold.

  The crowd didn't disperse too much, only dividing into two groups, so they could take care of each other. They lit up their phones and grasped the sacred relics tightly, starting to search in the darkness.

  However, after searching every nook and cranny until the two groups reunited again, nothing was found. Even so, everyone did not dare to be careless, the copper coffin is very large, so empty, it's easy to hide a few divine alligators without being discovered. Moreover, it's hard to say that there won't be any divine alligators clinging to the high places on the wall of the coffin, those places are pitch black, and it's impossible to see clearly.

  "Let's be more vigilant, it's always better to be safe than sorry." Lin Jia reminded everyone, and comforted them at the same time: "Even if there is still a divine crocodile, it will also be wary of the Buddhist artifacts in our hands, otherwise it would have attacked us again long ago."

  Suddenly, everyone heard a strange sound, although very faint, almost inaudible, but it shook people's hearts! There seemed to be drumbeats coming from the distant space and time, dull and full of sorrow. Later, there were bell tolls, sad atmosphere filled the air, ethereal yet real.

  "Where did the sound come from?"

  Everyone was shocked and looked around, but nothing was found.

  The heavy drumbeats and mournful tolling of the bell seem to be coming from inside the coffin, sending shivers down one's spine.

  "Could this... be a lament from an ancient emperor's funeral?"

  Suddenly, more voices came, like endless mourning sounds, hundreds of thousands of people were all worshiping and praying for a person's funeral.

  The funeral bell tolls, the mournful drum beats, as if a grand funeral is unfolding before everyone's eyes, with endless crowds of people in the sky and on earth wailing and praying.

  At this moment, nine loud dragon roars suddenly shook the sky, shaking the mountains and rivers, spreading across the land, as if a real picture was etched into the starry sky of history...

  At that moment, everyone felt a strange sensation, as if they had witnessed a scene of an ancient emperor dominating the vast land and traversing the sky, followed by a grand funeral on an unprecedented scale.

  Actually, there was no scene, all of this was just an association produced after hearing the dragon's hum and the endless crowd praying. The crowd quickly came to their senses, that ethereal mournful sound still lingered, making everyone feel a chill run down their spine.

  "The divine relic in our hands is shining again..."

  At this time, the divine light spilled over, and all the Buddhist instruments in everyone's hands were radiating light, but not recovering their divine power, but rather losing their luster as if they were almost exhausted. Tens of thousands of divine lights flowed out and rushed towards the bronze giant coffin, pouring into those ancient bronze carvings.

  The copper wall was covered with a thick layer of green rust, but it couldn't conceal the ancient ancestors and gods depicted in the pictures. At this moment, they all seemed to be reviving, as if they were about to come back to life. The carvings of fierce beasts and divine birds also became vividly lifelike. These ancient copper carvings were filled with a mysterious power.

  "Look quickly, that starry sky is twinkling..."

  Everyone noticed the anomaly there, it was the largest ancient bronze inscription, a vast starry sky, and at this moment all the stars were shining. The dark coffin wall in the background did not change at all, like a pitch-black night sky, as if countless real stars were dotted in the vast night sky.

  "Is that a faint line twinkling on this starry sky map? Could it be the ancient starry road we've traveled before?"

  The crowd gathered around, watching together, and speaking out one after another, all showing a look of surprise.

  This starry sky is vast as the sea, with many stars small like dust, but there are some special stars that are particularly bright, more eye-catching than other ordinary stars, attracting attention.

  "These seven stars are exceptionally bright, as if they were the Big Dipper!"

  When Wang Ziwen said this, everyone stared at the front of that suspected ancient starry road, and the North Dipper Seven Stars shone brightly, exceptionally eye-catching.

  There are many stars as bright as the Big Dipper, and a few people show surprise after careful identification. Zhou Yi not only looks elegant but has also read many books, and he immediately identified those particularly bright stars on the spot, saying: "Those are ancient Chinese constellations."

  In ancient China, the starry sky was divided into several regions, with different names for different star domains. The three enclosures, four symbols and twenty-eight mansions can be used to summarize the Zhou Tian Xing Tu.

  The ancient bronze inscription in front of you is divided according to this method, and some very famous stars are specially marked.

  "After watching this starry sky map, and taking a closer look at that ancient starry road, it's truly breathtaking. The ancients were not superstitious when dividing the starry sky map, different constellations represented different star domains, seemingly having extremely special and significant meanings..."

  "Not bad, it seems to be related to the Starry Sky Ancient Road at present. Maybe also possibly related to the origin of life..."

  Everyone was shocked and couldn't speak for a long time.

  "Look, the bright lines on the starry sky map are extending, don't they represent the direction we're heading in, an extension and manifestation of the ancient starry road?"

  "This thin line is infinitely approaching the Big Dipper!"

  Everyone was stunned. They were originally on Mount Tai on Earth, but in just a short period of time, they had already approached the Big Dipper! This was simply like a dream, extremely unreal.

  Even with the current technology of human beings, it is impossible to reach the vicinity of the Big Dipper in tens of millions of years of flight, and it is fundamentally impossible to achieve, the distance is too far!

  Everyone was stunned and extremely shocked in their hearts.

  "In front of the Big Dipper, there is a brighter star - Ziwu Star. Will our destination be a planet in that star field? It's worth noting that Ziwu Star had special significance in ancient times." Someone raised this speculation because Ziwu Star is indeed very dazzling on this star map, one of the most striking stars.

  "It's hard to say, maybe it will even head towards a more distant star domain."

  At this moment someone exclaimed: "That bright thin line is no longer spreading, it has stopped there, in the star field of the Big Dipper!"

  At the same time, everyone felt the bronze coffin violently shaking, as if it was an earthquake.

  "It seems like we've reached the end..."

  "Could it be that we have really arrived at the dwelling place of all the gods?"

  "Could it be the legendary Fairy Realm..."

  "It may also be a country with a brilliant technological civilization."

  "If there really were immortals and Buddhas, perhaps we would see legendary figures."

  "Along the starry ancient path created by the gods, when we finally reach the end, what kind of world will it be?!"

  Everyone was extremely tense and full of anticipation in their hearts, they no longer wanted to stay in the copper coffin.