CHAPTER 979: CHAPTER 495: PRIMEVAL ERA

The belly is getting bigger!

A pulsating sensation comes from inside the belly!

The bearded man’s heart skipped a beat, feeling creeped out and showing a ghostlike expression.

Fang Zhixing calmly put away the Heavenly Yellow Bell and the Creation Whip, walked to a nearby rock, sat down, crossed his legs, looking leisurely.

"You, you..."

The bearded man could move, touched his bulging belly, gulped madly, his expression becoming extremely tense.

"What did you do to me?" The bearded man cried out.

Fang Zhixing retorted: "What do you think? Wouldn’t a dignified Upper Immortal of the Yellow Bell Sect be so ignorant?"

The bearded man was churning with thoughts, soon came to a possibility, said horribly: "Could it be the notorious Creation Whip?"

Fang Zhixing said earnestly: "What notorious, the Creation Whip can make people pregnant, create new life, clearly it is a Merit Immortal Treasure!"

The bearded man’s face twitched, bowed and said: "Senior, we were just trying to make a little profit, no intention of offending you, please forgive us."

Fang Zhixing ignored them, slowly questioned: "What’s going on with your Yellow Bell Sect? Why have you, an Upper Immortal Peak, fallen to the point of robbing travelers?"

Upon hearing this, the bearded man looked embarrassed, coughed dryly and said: "To be honest, although our Yellow Bell Sect has many disciples and ranks among the top ten sects, due to internal discord, it is now divided and the situation is not as good as before.

We originally belonged to the ’Heavenly Yellow Division’, but unfortunately we lost in the power struggle, lost most of our resource supply, and resorted to banditry, bullying some outsiders."

Fang Zhixing understood and pondered, then asked: "In your Yellow Bell Sect, do you cultivate Calamity or Merit?"

The bearded man replied quickly: "Of course it’s Merit, have you heard of the ’Ancient Bell’?"

Fang Zhixing shook his head.

The bearded man explained carefully: "It’s said that in the beginning of ancient times, the universe was chaotic, space was indistinct, and time was unclear, hence a divine artifact emerged.

This innate artifact, extremely sacred, suppressed heaven and earth, distorted time and space, evolved mysteries, and refined the elements, thus possessing boundless Merit.

And the contour of that artifact resembled a bell, hence it was named Ancient Bell, infinitely mysterious, infinitely creating!

Of course, no one has ever seen the Ancient Bell, and it’s even uncertain if it truly exists.

However, our sect’s founding ancestor, created a unique skill ’Ancient Skill’, condensing the Merit Immortal Treasure ’Yellow Bell’.

He glanced at the Heavenly Yellow Bell hanging from Fang Zhixing’s waist, and with a complex expression said: "Every time we strike the Yellow Bell, the grand sound reverberates through the heavens, seemingly able to resonate with the Ancient Bell, thus feeding back vast Merits to us, assisting us in gradual breakthrough, making us extraordinarily powerful."

Can striking a bell make you stronger?

Fang Zhixing raised his eyebrow and lifted his hand in a grab.

Swish!

The storage bag at the bearded man’s waist flew into his hand, he rudely erased the spiritual imprint on it, and forcibly opened it.

In no time, a yellow scroll unexpectedly flashed out.

Fang Zhixing spread open the yellow scroll, his gaze immediately sharpened.

The scroll revealed a totem, prominently a giant yellow bell, enormous like a mountain, rounded and heavy.

The surface of the bell was inlaid with gold and jade, glittering, engraved with living beings and cosmic oceans, surrounded by the elements, unmatched in sacredness, exquisite.

Beside the giant yellow bell were written:

With the sound of one bell, traverse the eight deserts, across the six realms;

With the second sound, Yin Yang transacts, life and death hold fate;

Third sound, day and night invert, stars change place;

Fourth sound...

As Fang Zhixing read these words, a wealth of information naturally emerged in his mind, forming an article on Supreme Divine Skill.

"Ancient Skill, Heavenly Scroll"

"Incomplete?" Fang Zhixing furrowed his brow and looked at the bearded man.

The bearded man quickly spoke: "Senior doesn’t know, the ’Ancient Skill’ is not only profound and obscure, but also extraordinarily powerful, with the power to suppress the universe, and can even create or destroy worlds.

The founding ancestor believed people have limited potential, unable to comprehend the entire divine skill, and that no one should possess such terrifying power.

So he split the Cultivation Technique into eight volumes, named them after the eight major elements forming the world, namely Heaven, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Mountain, Lake, Water, and Fire!"

Fang Zhixing understood: "You’re from the Heavenly Yellow Division, so you only have the ’Heavenly Scroll’."

The bearded man nodded: "Our Heavenly Yellow Division was originally the strongest, commanding the other seven divisions, but unfortunately our chief unexpectedly fell, leaving a gap, and was suppressed by the other seven divisions, putting us in a difficult situation."

He paused and added: "Ah, there’s no choice, the ’Heavenly Scroll’ is indeed the mightiest, but too deep to grasp, only a truly gifted genius can master it, causing our Heavenly Yellow Division to always face the embarrassing situation of successors being scant."

Fang Zhixing pondered, lowered his head, and carefully read the contents of the Heavenly Scroll.

The bearded man stayed quietly by the side, not daring to breathe heavily.

Wang Xiao and the others also stood motionlessly, fearing to disturb Fang Zhixing.

After a long time...

Fang Zhixing raised his head, clicking his tongue and said: "Interesting, the ’Ancient Skill’ is indeed ingenious, while practicing, one must forge a Yellow Bell to cooperate, each time one advances, the bell also upgrades!

Both grow stronger together, complementing each other, not only does the cultivation speed increase, but the combat power is also quite astonishing, integrating offense and defense, nearly achieving invincibility at the same level."

The bearded man hurriedly agreed: "What the senior said is correct, those who cultivate the ’Ancient Skill’ boast unparalleled explosive power, but the flaw is high consumption, with slightly short stamina."