Chapter 189 Heavenly Source Master’s Terrifying Later Years (1/2)
Chapter 189 Heavenly Source Master’s Terrifying Later Years
“You really want to enter the purple mountain?” Fifth Grandpa Zhang had long since understood Ye Fan’s intentions. But no matter what he said he couldn’t change Ye Fan’s mind, so he sighed and said, “Wait a moment.”
He returned back to his stone residence and not long after lugged over a heavy wooden chest. It was yellow from being so old, and with a just a glance it could be seen that it came from a long ago era.
“What is this?” Ye Fan asked curiously.
“Before that ancestor from a thousand years ago entered the purple mountain, he left behind some meticulous preparations. This is what he left behind.”
Fifth Grandpa Zhang opened the iron lock and opened the wooden chest. A decayed wooden smell immediately came out. Who knew just how many years had passed for even the interior of the wood to begin rotting.
“This is…” Ye Fan first noticed a set of stone clothes.
This was a set of stone clothing made by stringing small stones together. It was extremely plain and simple.
“What is this supposed to do?” This meticulous set of stone armor had clearly taken a great deal of effort to make.
Fifth Grandpa Zhang took out the stone clothing and stroked it. “This was personally made by that ancestor from a thousand years ago. He wore a set in and left behind a set.”
Ye Fan placed it into his hand and didn’t find anything out of the ordinary about it. The rock it was made of was the kind of special stone that wrapped around Sources.
This kind of stone could block divine sense probing and could not be seen through. Thus without actually cutting through the Source stone, it was difficult to deal whether there really was a treasure inside or not. Stone gambling was also based on this.
Ye Fan believed that as long as he wished, he could easily tear apart this kind of stone armor. Such armor had no use to him at all.
“Don’t look down on this set of stone armor. It’s not ordinary. It has a powerful spiritual nature.” Fifth Grandpa Zhang saw through his thinking.
“It has spirituality?” Ye Fan carefully probed it and still didn’t find anything special about it.”
“This isn’t ordinary stone skin.” Fifth Grandpa Zhang rubbed it fondly. “This is the stone skin found around Divine Sources. It’s a material only for a Heavenly Source Master’s discerning eyes.”
“This is the stone skin that was wrapped around Divine Sources?” Ye Fan held the stone armor closely and carefully examined it, but was still unable to see anything about it.
“As a cultivator, you are unable to see through just how precious this stone clothing is.” He unfolded it and said, “Every single person looking for Sources would want such a set. After mining for days, it’s always possible to meet some unlucky situations. Such a Divine Source clothing can ward off the evil and allow you to avoid those unfortunate things.”
Ye Fan nodded. He immediately thought of many things. Back when he was mining in the Flickering Light’s mining site, he had repeatedly run into dangerous situations, so he naturally knew about the dangers involved.
“Stone skin from Divine Sources have a special spirituality that can avoid such evil things…”
According to what Fifth Grandpa Zhang was saying, this kind of stone skin coexisted with Divine Sources and had been infected by their spiritual nature. It had its own spirit that could seek luck and avoid calamity.
There was also a stone helmet within the wooden chest that could cover the face.
“You have to wear this stone clothing, as well as this stone helmet. It will conceal your whole body’s air. It might not be hard enough for you, but it can isolate you from the outside world, maybe allowing you to avoid the ominous lifeforms within the purple mountain,” Fifth Grandpa Zhang solemnly warned him.
Ye Fan started to feel nervous. “Weren’t the powerful lifeforms from that era all sealed within Divine Sources?”
“Who would dare say with confidence what is in the purple mountain? It’s better to be more prepared. Actually, I still wish that you wouldn’t take this risk.”
Ye Fan truly did start to have some second thoughts now. “I don’t want to enter into the depths of the purple mountain. As soon as I find the Heavenly Source Book I’ll come back. I don’t want to disturb any of those living lifeforms.”
“Also take this stone pendant.” Taking out a stone pendant from the wooden case, he said, “This was refined from my Zhang family’s ancestor. If you really end up attracting the focus of evil demons, it might be able to have some kind of effect.”
He then took out a stone dagger. The wooden chest had long since rotted, and the instant he took out the dagger, the chest completely broke into pieces.
This blade was only two feet long. On top of it were some carved stars, along with the sun and moon. There were also some other strange lines.
“Beneath the ground, you might end up seeing some strange things. Unless it absolutely cannot be avoided, don’t disturb them.” Fifth Grandpa Zhang gravely said, “Whether its ghosts or whatnot, if whatever is inside doesn’t attack you, treat it as an illusion and use this blade to cut a path forward.”
Ye Fan was somewhat nervous now. Before Grandpa Zhang said all these things, he hadn’t taken it seriously. But now he really did feel a bit unprepared.
Finally, Fifth Grandpa Zhang handed him a starry plate. “Now that this star plate has been inherited all the way to my generation, it contains a huge amount of astral star divine energy. Take care to use it at a critical moment. If you end up inside a ghost mine, it can be used to help you find a way out.”
Ye Fan truly was a bit speechless and hesitant now. He muttered, “Gramps, are you trying to support me or scare me? The more things you explain, the more terrifying it sounds.”
The stone clothes, stone helmet, stone dagger, and stone star plate were all made from the stone skin around Divine Sources. Nothing special could be seen from them, but they all possessed a spiritual nature.
“Gramps, where did that first ancestor of your family go? Did he peacefully live out his years in this village?”
Ye Fan had once asked about that Heavenly Source Master’s past, but the old man had only vaguely explained it. All he said was that he had known too many secrets about Sources and that unfortunate things were bound to happen to him in his later years.
“His death is a mystery.” The old man shook his head.
“What happened?”
“In that ancient past, the northern region successively produced five Heavenly Source Masters. In their later years, they all underwent dangerous trials. My Zhang family’s ancestor was no exception.”
“What dangerous trials?” asked Ye Fan.
“In his later years, he saw many dirty things that others were unable to see. He said that was the final destiny of Heavenly Source Masters.”
“Dirty things?” Ye Fan asked in surprise.
“Yes. In the end, he disappeared and no one knows where he went. That night before he left, a whirlwind of red fur blew outside and howls from nameless terrifying lifeforms rang out the entire night.”
“Gramps, I’m not someone who gets scared. If you don’t want to help me, then don’t be like this…”
“I’m not trying to scare you. Everything I said is true. My Zhang family’s first ancestor truly did disappear like this. The Jade Lake Sacred Lady was informed and once went over the entire northern region looking for him, all to no avail. In the end, she personally raised a gravestone for him,” Fifth Grandpa Zhang sighed.