Chapter 2: "Sorrow" of Shenwu
"Finally, we have to break up!"
Ye Fan looked out the window at the thunderous sky with empty eyes, a pair of dark pupils filled with boundless darkness.
He didn't know how to describe his mood at the moment.
In fact, he was not particularly sad about the breakup.
In the past three years at Nanchen Martial Arts Academy, I and Cao Shanshan had drifted apart, and I had expected that the day of separation would come sooner or later.
I just didn't expect it to come so suddenly.
Ye Fan's heart was very cold, like gray.
Although he knew that this was the result today, he still tried to save it all by practicing hard in the past few years, and used fantasy to anesthetize himself.
Ye Fan raised his head and looked out the window, his pupils gradually became hollow and deserted.
But this is the truth.
He is just a little martial artist with no talent.
Bloodline talent is low.
There are no nine major categories of talents - martial arts talent, rune talent, beast control talent, adventure talent, medicine refining talent, business talent, weapon refining talent, city lord talent, sacrificial talent... there is no talent at all.
The young martial arts students of the same age have easily completed the basic martial arts training and have begun to practice the elementary, intermediate and high-level martial arts runes.
And he still can't master those basic martial arts.
In the past three years, I have been trying all the nine professions. The cruel facts proved that I have no talent in any of the nine professions.
Very unwilling!
I tried hard to reverse this taunting fate, but the result was in vain.
Even if he barely managed to squeeze into Nanchen Martial Arts Academy, one of the top ten in Luyang Mansion, he was getting further and further away from other martial arts students.
Cao Shanshan's cruel but true words tore all his desperate struggles into pieces.
It's all finally over!
The dream and future that I worked so hard for, got up early and came home late, and practiced hard day and night, came to an end the day before the Luyang Mansion examination.
In the end, he will still be eliminated in the government examination and fall back into the mortal world, becoming one of countless mediocre civilians.
Ye Fan smiled bitterly.
For the next half of his life, he would find a job in Luyang City, marry a wife and concubines, have several children, grow old slowly, and finish this mediocre life. This was his destiny.
Not willing to give in, but so what!
Even though I tried my best, I couldn't keep up with Cao Shanshan's growth. I just held her back, and she was eventually rejected and betrayed.
Ye Fan closed his eyes in pain and closed all external consciousness.
There was thunder outside the classroom, and the noisy hum of the martial arts students in the classroom could no longer be heard.
His consciousness drifted haphazardly in his boundless sea of dark consciousness. Just floating aimlessly in the dark sea of consciousness, not wanting to wake up.
"Click——!"
Suddenly, there was a strong distortion in Ye Fan's chaotic sea of consciousness.
A terrifying force tore a narrow crack in the space of the sea of consciousness, and from this center, waves of ripples spread out.
Ye Fan looked horrified, feeling that his sea of consciousness and soul were about to be torn apart by this terrifying force.
He widened his eyes and looked at the crack that was torn in front of him.
A huge book thousands of feet wide forcefully opened the crack in this small consciousness space and squeezed in.
Everything happened in an instant, and the space crack behind it quickly closed again.
"What's this?"
Ye Fan's pupils suddenly shrank and he was surprised.
He looked up at the huge and majestic ancient book that suddenly squeezed into his consciousness.
The cover material of ancient books is very special, with a light gray color, like rock murals or tortoise shells and animal bones. It is mysterious, ancient and full of historical beauty.
The cover is colorfully mottled with blazing divine flames and thick frost.
It appeared very suddenly, standing in Ye Fan's boundless sea of consciousness, as calm as a mountain, as if nothing in the world could take away its light!
After just one glance, Ye Fan was deeply attracted by this ancient book.
No matter how clumsy his eyes were, he could see without a doubt that this was an unimaginable divine book.
But this is not what shocked Ye Fan.
What shocked Ye Fan was that it had obviously been attacked extremely violently.
On the dusty outer cover of the ancient book, there is a ball of fiercely burning divine flames, trying to swallow up the billions of densely packed pages. But the material of the divine book is unusual, and it burns very slowly.
In one corner of the book, there is a large piece of ice covering hundreds of feet that exudes endless cold air, trying to freeze the divine book forever.
There is a faint blue poison, glowing with a strange and evil blue light, which draws a deep ravine on the page.
There is a large body of invisible water from the Styx that erodes, trying to melt the divine book into the water.
There is also the sword of time, which is indestructible. The sword invisibly tortures the divine book, making it increasingly decayed.
There are all kinds of terrifying divine injuries, no less than dozens of them, all desperately attacking this mysterious ancient book, trying to destroy it.
This ancient book is full of scars, as if it has experienced the desolate and inhabited ancient wilderness, traveled through the long time and space, flowed through the river of destiny, read the rise and fall of countless prosperity in the world, encountered millions of disasters, and exhausted everything. The last bit of strength, finally. Fleeed here.
The cover of the book is very old and shabby, with four huge oracle bone talisman inscriptions written on it.
Three of the oracle bone runes were burned by the fire and eroded by the ice, and were no longer identifiable. Only the last word "shang" was still clearly visible.
This word "sorrow" is as deep as the deep starry sky, repeatedly carrying endless sadness, making people feel sad at a glance, and all the difficulties and sorrows in the world are contained in it.
Ye Fan turned pale with horror, his mind was shocked by the appearance of this sacred book, and he was a little at a loss.
"Hello! I'd like to take shelter in your place. I'm sorry for disturbing you!"
An extremely weak, tired, but unremarkable voice came out.
"Who? Who is speaking?"
Ye Fan woke up with a start, looked around, and was startled. This is his own sea of consciousness, how could there be other strange voices.
"Me? My name is. 'Shang'!"
The voice hesitated and said.
Ye Fan heard it clearly this time, it was coming from an ancient book.
"Are you a book? You can also speak human language!"
Ye Fan was obviously stunned for a moment.
But he soon woke up. This mysterious ancient book could be forced into his consciousness. It was not unusual for him to be able to speak human language. He asked again, "Then you, how did you get into my mind?"
It pondered for a moment and said slowly, "How did I get in? This is a long story. To put it simply, I am the first book in the world of Shenwu that was born in the age of ancient gods. It is a book of knowledge inheritance and has witnessed the birth of Shenwu. The birth and destruction of countless ancient gods on the mainland witnessed the rise of the four major races. Later, I traveled in the Shenwu Continent, broke into countless dangerous places, experienced countless adventures and disasters, experienced as vast as smoke, and saw countless Divine skills and hidden realms."
"You actually have such a powerful experience!"Ye Fan was filled with surprise and envy when he heard its origin.
What Shang said was a grand world that was out of reach and unimaginable to him, a young martial artist from Luyang Mansion.
In his entire life, Ye Fan has never even gone out of the hundreds of miles of Luyang Mansion.
"Shang, you have even seen the ancient gods, you must be very powerful. However, your body is still being burned? Doesn't it matter? Who is chasing you?"
Ye Fan was still very confused and pointed nervously at the various horrific injuries on its body and said.
Shang explained, "I have traveled to various dangerous places in the divine martial arts world, experienced many disasters, and left many scars on my body. However, these are not fatal.
The most dangerous thing is that I was accidentally discovered by some powerful saints from the four tribes. I am just a book of knowledge created by ancient gods, not a holy god. I lack the powerful power and means to fight against them.
These holy men are chasing me and want to plunder this knowledge inheritance. These are divine flames and divine ice on my body, and there are many injuries left by them.
These divine flames and divine ice cannot be extinguished by my own strength. I need your strength to recover.
Fortunately, I have hundreds of millions of book pages, which are extremely powerful. Even if they try their best to erode me, they will not be able to destroy me in a short time. If it continues to burn for thousands of years, it can only burn away a small part of my book pages.
I exhausted my strength, tore open a space of consciousness, and escaped here. You are too weak to escape now. Use your memory to hide in the sea for a while and regain your strength. "
"Why did you choose to enter my sea of consciousness?"
Ye Fan said strangely.
Shang did not deliberately conceal it and said truthfully, "I was chased by the saints and exhausted all my strength. In desperation, I used my last strength to tear open a space, and I somehow entered your body." In the sea of consciousness. It may be random. When I regain my strength, I will leave and will not affect you. It is estimated that it will take hundreds or thousands of years to temporarily live in your sea of consciousness and draw some power from your body. Of course, this I will also pay you for a period of time, as a fee for staying overnight and replenishing your strength!"
After it broke into Ye Fan's sea of consciousness, it discovered that the man in front of it was just a weak secular warrior.
Such a little warrior poses no threat to its safety.
Even if it told Ye Fan that it was a book of knowledge inheritance, Ye Fan would not have the power to swallow it up. Unlike those powerful Holy Spirits who can unscrupulously plunder its book of knowledge inheritance.
Ye Fan provided it with a temporary place to live.
And it gave Ye Fan some benefits - this was a must, because it needed Ye Fan to help it regain enough power. Otherwise, it cannot restore strength on its own.
"Oh, I see!"
Ye Fan nodded and gradually understood.
This ancient book just wants to stay here for a while and draw some power from his body to replenish it with divine power.
This deal is obviously a good deal.
It is a sacred book. If you give yourself something, it will be a very valuable thing.
I am just a hardworking little person on the warrior level. I really have nothing to bargain with.
"What reward can you give me!"
Ye Fan asked curiously.
Shang said flatly, "As a book for the inheritance of knowledge, I divided it into two parts. The first one is 'Martial God's Martial Arts', which records all the techniques I have seen. The second one is 'The Vast Years', which contains the long history recorded in the book. What I have seen and heard during my adventure years.
Once you activate the 'Martial God's Martial Arts Performance', you can re-enact all the magical skills I have recorded on you, provided that your body can withstand this level of martial arts performance.
Once you open "The Vast Years", you will be able to read all the things I have learned over the long years.
These two points are the benefits I can give you.
I would like to solemnly remind you that whether you activate 'Martial Arts' or turn on 'Years', you will consume a lot of physical and mental energy in an instant. You have to be careful not to overuse it, and don't try to use advanced martial arts. "
"This is so powerful!"
Ye Fan was simply deeply shocked.
One of the functions is that the God of War performs martial arts!
He can replay all the techniques recorded in "Sorrow" in the endless years, not only the martial arts system, but also the beast control system, the adventure system, the weapon refining system, the alchemy system... there are nine major systems of techniques.
Function two, vast years!
He can experience all the knowledge that "Shang" has seen and heard during the long adventure. This one is as vast as the stars, too numerous to imagine.
Ye Fan suddenly wanted to cry, but also wanted to look up to the sky and smile.
Just when his dream was shattered and he thought he would never have a glimmer of hope in his life and embarked on a higher level of martial arts, this mysterious book of knowledge inheritance suddenly squeezed into his sea of consciousness.
The peak of the Holy God, the heaven-defying supreme existence, seemed not as far away from him as he imagined, and existed in his sea of consciousness.
As long as he opens the sacred book, an unimaginable world will open to him.
...
Summer noon.
A large dark cloud suddenly swept in, and then quickly dispersed after a heavy downpour.
The sun was shining brightly in the sky again, and the air seemed humid and muggy. Even the summer cicadas on the branches of the trees were so stuffy that they couldn't breathe and screamed desperately.
"Ye Fan——! It's the last class, why are you still dazed!"
Ye Fan was quiet in his own consciousness, and vaguely heard someone calling him loudly.
He came back to his senses in a daze, and then saw a plump female evangelist on the podium, glaring at him with a bulging face and shouting.
At some point, there was silence in the classroom. All the young martial arts students were sitting upright and began to teach with solemn expressions.
"This guy Ye Fan, it seems that Cao Shanshan broke up with him just now, which was a big blow to him!"
"You dare to be in a daze in Wang Jiaoyu's class. Wang Jiaoyu is famous for being acrimonious. It seems that he is going to be in trouble!"
"This is because the house leaks and it rains all night. Misfortunes never come singly!"
Almost all the martial arts students in the class looked at Ye Fan secretly with mocking and gloating eyes.
Ye Fan slowly remembered that today was his last day before graduating from Nanchen Martial Arts Academy, and Wang Meijiaoyu would give them the last lesson.
Cao Shanshan saw Ye Fan's devastated look and had mixed feelings in her heart.
She was very worried that Ye Fan would continue to pester her and destroy her relationship with Zhao Feiyang.
But to her surprise, Ye Fan was shocked when he learned the truth. He just remained silent without entangled, and he didn't even say a word to save her.
Everything ended more easily than she imagined.
Seeing Ye Fan's expressionless expression, she felt a faint pain in her heart, and sighed in her heart: "He and I are destined to be people with different destinies! I am a proud phoenix who wants to fly to the nine heavens. He is a mud worm who has nothing to sink and cannot see the bottom. It is short-lived. After their fates intertwined, they will eventually part ways and go further and further apart!"
The plump and graceful female instructor Wang Mei couldn't help but get angry when she saw Ye Fan's stupid look, and angrily said, "Tomorrow, the top ten junior martial arts academies in Luyang Prefecture will hold joint examinations. Determine whether you can advance to the higher-level Luyang Mansion! This is the last lesson I give you, and you are still distracted! Ye Fan, stand up and answer my question just now!"
Ye Fan stood up honestly and whispered with some shame, "What did the instructor just ask? I didn't pay attention." He usually listens to the lecture carefully, but he was distracted just now and didn't hear it at all.
"As expected, he is the loser at the bottom of the class! He doesn't even know anything about teaching!"
A roar of laughter suddenly erupted in the classroom.
"Ye Fan, if I were you, I would have dropped out of school long ago and gone home to raise my children and plant sweet potatoes! You are a loser like you. You are a first-level warrior and only know a few basic martial arts. Why are you still doing it at Nanchen Martial Arts Academy? You If you take the joint examination of the Ten Academy, wouldn't it bring shame to our Nanchen Martial Arts Academy! People like you should be removed from the Martial Arts Academy directly, so as not to hinder the Martial Arts Academy!"
Zhao Xing, who was sitting in the front row of the classroom, stared at Ye Fan coldly, with a look of pride, and loudly humiliated him without any concealment.
"Zhao Xing has had a crush on Cao Shanshan for a long time, but it's a pity that Cao Shanshan has never looked at him!"
"Zhao Xing is also from the Zhao family, but he is a side branch, and his status in the family is far inferior to that of Zhao Feiyang, who is a direct descendant. He is not as good as his cousin Zhao Feiyang in all aspects. It seems that there is no chance of pursuing Cao Shanshan. ."
"Haha, he has always looked down on Ye Fan, but he hates Cao Shanshan for being Ye Fan's girlfriend. This resentment will definitely be vented on Ye Fan."
The young martial arts students in the classroom suddenly became secretly excited and looked at the two of them, waiting to see a good show of beating up a drowned dog.
If it were in the past, Ye Fan would definitely try his best to avoid conflicts with wealthy children like Zhao Xing and not cause trouble, so as not to affect his studies at Nanchen Martial Arts Academy.
But now, Ye Fan just glanced at Zhao Xing coldly, as if he was watching a dog barking, and he was too lazy to pay attention.
After experiencing this ups and downs, his mood has begun to change, and he no longer cares so much about other people's attitudes.
"Damn, what's your attitude like a loser? You're looking for a beating, right?"
Zhao Xing suddenly became furious, with a fierce look in his eyes, and wanted to stand up and beat Ye Fan violently.
He is the most powerful person in this class.
Ye Fan, a scumbag with a fighting power of one, actually dared to look at him with naked contempt. This was a rebellion!
"Zhao Xing, you are a powerful second-level warrior, does it show your ability to bully a weak first-level warrior like this?"
Cao Shanshan suddenly scolded softly at this moment, staring angrily at Zhao Xing with a pair of beautiful almond eyes.
Then she looked at Mark with a somewhat apologetic look, as if she was sorry for causing him such trouble. If it weren't for her, Zhao Xing wouldn't have the slightest interest in finding trouble with people like Ye Fan.
Zhao Xing's expression changed and he glared at Ye Fan fiercely, "Huh! You're a loser, you're lucky. If Shanshan hadn't been protecting you, a loser, I would have killed you three years ago."
He sat down sadly, not wanting to become a reckless man who only bullies the weak in the heart of his goddess Cao Shanshan.
"Weak?!"
Ye Fan swayed slightly, with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth. It turns out that in Cao Shanshan's heart, she has always been the image of such a pitiful person.
Fortunately, I had always naively thought that I had some status and affection in Cao Shanshan's mind. It seems that it is all wishful thinking.
"Have you had enough trouble?"
Wang Mei slapped the desk, shocking the young people. She scanned the crowd with a pair of phoenix eyes and shouted in a sharp voice, "Ye Fan, answer the question I just asked. I will now choose a publicly recorded deed in the life of King Wu from a neighboring country for you to recite! This is a very simple question. The adventure department assessment questions test your knowledge, and the more detailed your answers are, the better."
The human race in the Shenwu Continent is divided into nine major professional departments: martial arts, runes, beast control, business, sacrifice, medicine refining, weapon refining, adventure, and city master.
Among them, the adventure department focuses on extensive knowledge, not combat.
A very important assessment aspect of the adventure department lies in the mastery of profound knowledge of the world, such as biographies, history and geography, etc. These are the basic skills of the adventure department.
If an adventurer doesn't understand the world, then there's no point in taking risks!
Ye Fan took a deep breath, calmed down, and said slowly:
"There are currently thirteen Martial Kings alive in our Canglan Kingdom, there are 13,273 Martial Kings alive in the eight hundred vassal states, and there are 41,302 Martial Kings in the Zixuan Dynasty of Shenwu Continent. I don't know how to teach. Which Martial King are you interested in? In other words, do you want to hear the life story of the Martial King who has passed away in the past thousand years? Of course, you can choose any one among the Beast King of the Beast Tribe, the Ghost King of the Ghost Tribe, and the Spirit King of the Spirit Tribe. You choose, I answer!"
In Ye Fan's sea of consciousness, the ancient book "Sorrow" is suspended.
He injected a piece of his spiritual power into the book.
The pages of the divine book were turning rapidly.
The billions of pages of "Shang" are extremely profound and profound knowledge and memory, easily covering the information of all the martial kings in the Shenwu Continent from ancient times to the present.
Not to mention the human race's Martial King.
Even if you are taking the exam for martial kings from other races, so what!
The young martial arts students in the class were waiting for Ye Fan to make a fool of themselves, but all of them had their eyes widened.
A scene of shock and astonishment, complete silence!
Ye Fan asked this question in order to openly challenge Wang Mei's mastery of knowledge?
Before Wang Mei taught at Nanchen Martial Arts Academy, he was a serious and experienced adventurer. He had been training in various places in Canglan Kingdom and only returned to Nanchen Martial Arts Academy a few years ago to teach.
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