Chapter 3 makes a brilliant appearance

Who! The sudden sound reverberated, instantly shaking the middle-aged man in the mountain gorge to his core, causing him to momentarily falter in his rapid hand gestures, and he abruptly turned to look in the direction from which the sound came.

"Calculating the Five Fingers?" Yang Fan was taken aback, and only then did he remember that before ascending to the divine realm, he had only created up to the fifth finger, while the last three fingers were developed after he entered the divine realm

Yang Fan looked down at the scene and couldn't help but exclaim softly: "The finger techniques of this person are actually part of the third finger method from my original creation, the 'Eight Fingers of Calculating Heaven.' Could it be that my earlier work, 'The Earth Book,' has been passed down to this day? Indeed, I did pass 'The Earth Book' to Li Qiankun, one of the four children. Could this person be a descendant of Li Qiankun or a disciple of his?"

At the time he set up this grand feng shui formation, he had already entered the realm of the extraordinary and the sacred. Although the power of the formation was considerable, if this middle-aged man fully mastered the fourth finger, he would be able to quickly deduce the core of the formation—namely, the position he currently occupied—making survival a non-issue.

The middle-aged man was left speechless.

However, this kind of deviation cannot be determined by conventional Feng Shui methods for site selection. The location of the entrance is entirely dependent on the thought of Yang Fan from the books.

In his previous life, after Yang Fan reached the Yuan Ying stage of cultivation, he discovered that the path ahead was completely blocked, making it impossible to advance to the realms of transformation and integration as recorded in ancient texts. Ultimately, he forged a path of extraordinary sanctity, overcoming numerous obstacles, and became the first person in history to achieve this.

But as time continued to pass, despair finally began to show in his eyes, and he murmured to himself: "It's over! What kind of geomantic formation is this? Even the [Five Fingers of Heaven] cannot deduce the location of the entrance?"

This middle-aged man would never realize that Yang Fan is the focal point of this feng shui formation. As soon as Yang Fan moves, the entire formation undergoes a complete transformation, and the position of the entrance shifts instantaneously.

A raggedly dressed youth was plummeting from the sky, his gaze as cold as a frigid spring water fixed upon me

Only by entering the gateway of innate potential, achieving harmony within and without, can one be considered to have entered the foundation-building stage

As the middle-aged man continued to speculate, a strange scene was unfolding.

It is important to note that even the "Five Fingers of Calculating the Heavens" is a creation that draws upon the wisdom of predecessors during his time on Earth. Its profound depth integrates the essence of classic texts such as the "I Ching," "Mei He Tu Shu Hua Yi Shu," and "Qi Men Dun Jia," simplifying complexity into clarity. It represents a grand achievement that bridges the past and the future, capable of calculating both, and can only be described as defying the heavens.

Not right, he is not a practitioner. Compared to the true essence of a practitioner, it is too weak, too scattered, and too mixed... I understand now, he is a martial artist, cultivating internal martial arts.

However, Yang Fan did not appreciate the words of the middle-aged man

Zhi ! ''

As Yang Fan's eyes revealed a moment of enlightenment, there was also a hint of surprise: "Could it be that in this later age, the once-declined martial arts have become popular again? However, it is not entirely unexpected. The current concentration of the world's vital energy on Earth is dozens of times richer than that of the era before my ascension, and the difficulty of cultivation has also decreased by dozens of times. It can barely be considered a suitable environment for cultivation, so it is no longer a delusion to even think about entering the path due to the depletion of vital energy..."

Although he could not clearly observe the biological field of the middle-aged man due to the great distance, Yang Fan, having traversed the divine realm and encountered countless powerful beings, possessed his own methods of observing energy and breath. At a glance, he discovered that the middle-aged man was executing the third finger of the "Eight Fingers of Celestial Calculation." The energy within him was operating at high speed, leaking power, and his mental strength was boiling, subtly emanating a formidable aura that caused the surrounding weeds to bow down. He was indeed a practitioner.

With a dissatisfied cold snort, Yang Fan unexpectedly leaped from the edge of the small peak, falling into the ravine with a vertical distance of over 100 meters: "When problems arise, first look for the reasons within yourself; do not blame the Earth for lacking gravity just because you are constipated!"

In the valley below, where weeds grew abundantly, a gaunt middle-aged man, looking even more like a beggar with his disheveled hair, was sitting cross-legged. In his left hand, he held a bronze compass, his eyes fixed intently on the constantly rotating needle, while his right hand was making intricate gestures.

In a previous life, Yang Fan had a brief encounter with martial arts

Because life and death can change in the blink of an eye

The area within a radius of fifty meters around him was originally overgrown with weeds, but now, from the edges, a strange and chilling aura began to permeate the surroundings, causing the green weeds to rapidly turn yellow. It was as if something had drained their vitality, resulting in the diminishing green expanse gradually encroaching towards the man's location. In less than ten minutes, the entire patch of greenery would become desolate.

Many internal cultivation methods circulated on the internet, which he had also attempted to practice. Among them was https://m.hetushucom.com, which he later found to be questionable. He discovered that these methods were overly simplistic compared to the profound teachings of the Daoist canon, and the internal energy cultivated from them was too weak, leading him to lose interest in martial arts altogether

There was no time to ponder why such a young boy appeared here. The middle-aged man suddenly inhaled, and the surrounding energy surged into his mouth. His chest swelled high, resembling a ball on the verge of bursting, before he forcefully exhaled!

The fact that he can think of saving someone at the first moment indicates that he is not of bad character, but he seems to be somewhat overly accommodating. If it were him in this situation, he would definitely first observe to see whether this sudden emergence would result in a fatal fall, and then make calculations accordingly

A faint glimmer of appreciation flashed in Yang Fan's eyes.

A sound reminiscent of a blade slicing through the air echoed in the space, as a white wave of energy erupted from the middle-aged man's mouth, extending outward like a bridge of air, spanning over ten meters, directly targeting the final point where the young man was about to fall. At the same time, the middle-aged man's once inflated chest rapidly deflated.

He could tell at a glance that this young man was clearly an ordinary person with no cultivation. Falling from such a height, not to mention this young man, even he, who had a postnatal cultivation level of six, would suffer severe internal injuries and possibly internal bleeding from the violent impact, even if he did not end up with shattered bones.

When it comes to middle-aged men, it transforms into a bridge of exhalation, not for the purpose of killing, but for the sake of saving lives

The middle-aged man was clearly becoming more anxious, his fingers moving increasingly faster, while his peripheral vision kept darting towards the bronze compass in his hand. Sweat dripped from his forehead into his eyes, and despite the intense sting, he dared not blink.

Since there is this relationship, this middle-aged man can barely be considered one of his disciples, and he cannot be ignored any longer

Yang Fan did not rush down to save the person; instead, he observed for a moment. He roughly confirmed that this man had not even entered the Innate Gate, which in the realm of cultivation could only be classified as being in the Qi Refining stage, belonging to the foundational phase.

Exhaling becomes a sword

Immediately, Yang Fan's gaze became focused once again

At this moment, the withered weeds at the periphery were already less than five meters away from the middle-aged man

Further on, there are the Golden Elixir Stage and the Nascent Soul Stage

At this moment, the middle-aged man, drenched in sweat, could not conceal his anxiety. He was screaming internally: "How could this happen? According to my previous calculations, the day of the change at the point of life was clearly ten days from now. How could the point of life have suddenly changed? Where is it? Where exactly is the point of life?"

As for the notion of exhaling into a sword, in Yang Fan's view, it is simply not significant