Chapter 405 - 168: Era Calamity, Dharma Eye Divine Techniques, 8 Trigrams Furnace

"Yes, I am Chen Shaoyou... huh?"

Chen Shaoyou answered subconsciously when he heard Su Bai call his name.

But as he heard the rest, he felt as if he’d been struck by lightning. His Heart Spirit, which had been somewhat dazed, instantly tensed.

If Ye Xiaoyu’s Magical Power hadn’t been restraining him, he would have jumped to his feet.

’He knows I’m from the future!?’

’How does he know?’

Chen Shaoyou froze. His mind was buzzing, and for a moment, he was so dumbfounded he couldn’t speak.

’Try to bluff my way through?’

’Impossible!’

Even ignoring that Su Bai’s Divine Spirit was powerful enough to perceive the tiniest details, or that this senior was the Elder Celestial Master’s own master...

...the supreme might he’d just displayed when he slew that old toad was enough to ensure that no one would dare lie to his face.

Besides, although Su Bai had phrased it as a question, his tone had been utterly certain.

He had clearly already found the answer through some means that Chen Shaoyou couldn’t comprehend.

’The future?’

Cui Yanliang and Ye Xiaoyu both frowned slightly, a little confused.

Su Bai looked at Chen Shaoyou, his gaze penetrating right through him—his bones and sinews, his flesh and skin, his organs, his soul...

He even saw the countless microscopic particles that made up his soul.

It was as clear as the lines on his own palm; nothing could hide from his sight.

Before him, anyone whose cultivation was so far beneath his own could have no secrets.

To say nothing of Chen Shaoyou, who wasn’t even at the Feathered realm. Before Su Bai, his Divine Spirit and Sea of Consciousness were less than a single speck of dust.

Even with the aid of Celestial Secret Confusion, it was impossible to hide anything from him.

Unless the "Heaven" of this world itself personally intervened.

After five years of silent meditation, his Divine Spirit could cover all the mountains and rivers of the world. His perception of the Ten Thousand Spirits and all of creation far surpassed that of any Feathered True Master.

"S-Senior..."

Chen Shaoyou’s lips trembled. His voice was so hoarse it startled even himself.

"Teacher."

Cui Yanliang bowed slightly and spoke in a low voice.

"This man is the only son of the Dingyang Marquis of Ling Province. When I was implementing the new laws in Ling Province, the Dingyang Marquis made great contributions on the battlefield. Three of his four sons died in service."

"Therefore, I taught him the introductory Chapter of the Fist Scripture and made an agreement with him. If he could step into the Extraordinary Realm, I would accept him as my disciple..."

He trailed off, not continuing.

His meaning was clear enough.

"Teacher."

Gratitude welled up in Chen Shaoyou’s heart as he kowtowed respectfully before Cui Yanliang.

"Thank you for your great kindness, Teacher. I will certainly not deceive the Grandmaster..."

With that said, he performed another deep kowtow, this time before Su Bai.

"The Grandmaster is correct. I am indeed from the Twenty-first Era, which comes after the end of the Twentieth Era."

"It’s just... it’s a long story..."

WHOOSH!

With a casual wave of his hand, Su Bai gathered the surrounding clouds and mist, forming them into a Cloud Ship that held them all.

He flicked his sleeve, sat cross-legged on the deck, and gestured.

"Sit. Take your time. We’ll listen."

Su Bai’s expression was calm, neither rushed nor impatient.

His gaze seemed to drift, sweeping over the distant Sealed Space, into the void over a hundred thousand li away.

There, his eyes fell upon the Celestial Secret Sect Master and Monk Taixuan, their faces grim, caught in a dilemma.

"Yes."

Cui Yanliang, looking thoughtful, shook his head with a small laugh and also sat down cross-legged.

Ye Xiaoyu took a long look at Chen Shaoyou, vaguely recalling the instructions Su Bai had given her when she left the Da Yu Capital City.

’Could it be that Teacher had his eye on this person even back then?’

’The Boxing Saint Daoist, the Elder Celestial Master before he achieved the Dao, and the Elder Celestial Master’s junior martial sister... ’

Chen Shaoyou looked at the three seated figures, his heart pounding. He was so nervous that he tried to sit down several times without success.

His hands were shaking too much.

Every one of these three people was a monumental figure, someone he could only admire from afar but never hope to reach.

"Sit down."

Cui Yanliang sighed softly, his voice calming the boy’s anxiety and fear.

"It’s all right."

"Thank you, Master."

Chen Shaoyou took a deep breath and finally managed to sit down.

He gathered his thoughts for a moment, then began to tell his story.

"The so-called Twenty-first Era refers to the twenty-one great calamities our world has experienced since the beginning of recorded history..."

"One era, one calamity. And starting from the Tenth Era, one era also gives birth to one Fiend."

"This is the Twentieth Era of Da Yu. The time I came from was the Twenty-first Era..."

"Twenty great calamities? You’re from the Twenty-first Era?!"

Ye Xiaoyu was shocked.

Only then did she understand the meaning of the "Twenty-first Era."

But this understanding only made it seem more incredible to her.

’How could someone with such low Cultivation, who can’t even fly, possibly travel through time?’

She didn’t doubt whether Chen Shaoyou was lying, because she trusted her teacher’s judgment.

Cui Yanliang was also astonished, but his focus wasn’t on Chen Shaoyou’s origins. It was on the great calamity!

"’One era, one calamity. Starting from the Tenth Era, one era also gives birth to one Fiend...’"

"Does that mean that in the Twenty-first Era, an eleventh Great Demon on the level of the Seven Heroes and Three Li will be born?"

Cui Yanliang asked, looking at Chen Shaoyou.

"Are the so-called great calamities also related to the Seven Heroes and Three Li?"

"According to the legends, they are related, but as for how, no one knows. I don’t know either..."

As Chen Shaoyou spoke, he glanced at Cui Yanliang.

’If anyone knew the truth of the great calamity, it would only be the future Elder Celestial Master, after he achieved the Dao.’

’Besides him, no one else—not even in the future, in the Twenty-first Era—knew why the Era Calamity occurred, or if it was truly related to the Seven Heroes and Three Li.’