Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 623: A Scroll of Eternal Heavens
Neon lights illuminate the night scene of the streets, and the crowds of tourists add a bit of vitality to the bustling city.

Inside the antique jewelry store, the clerk stared boredly at the girls outside the door who were wearing cool clothes.

Perhaps it is the old-fashioned decoration style and the overly luxurious and slightly outrageously priced goods that make this boutique located in a bustling neighborhood have extremely few customers.

Even if there were customers who stopped by for a while, they would be driven away by the clerk's sloppy service attitude.

Perhaps tired of sitting, the young clerk lay down in the rocking chair behind the counter and picked up a large novel that had been scribbled beyond recognition.

Judging from the thickness of the book, it definitely has several million words, which is enough to put those beginners who can only write novels of 200,000 or 300,000 words to shame.

With the help of the slightly dim light in the store, one can vaguely make out the words "遮天" (Zhetian) on the cover.

The shop assistant seemed to be so fascinated that he even forgot the passage of time. There were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street, and the originally bustling street gradually became deserted.

"This doesn't make sense, how can it be okay?"

Suddenly, the clerk made an annoyed questioning sound.

It seems like a loophole in the plot has been discovered.

And because of the existence of the loophole, it makes people feel uncomfortable, just like a pile of bird shit suddenly appeared on a famous painting.

"If there's anything that doesn't make sense, point it out to me and maybe I can help you solve it."

At some point, a short man wearing rimless glasses stood outside the counter and spoke to the clerk curiously.

The clerk did not suspect anything and immediately pointed to a scene of gambling on stones and said, "Look here. Ye Fan won an astonishing fortune by gambling on stones, and he was able to leave the stone shop alive and well. This is not a world full of darkness and turmoil, but a place full of naive people."

"Then what kind of trouble do you think Ye Fan is likely to encounter?" the man with glasses suddenly asked.

"At least you have to avoid the sight of passers-by. This kind of behavior of showing off wealth will definitely not last more than three episodes in the world of mortals cultivating immortals." said the clerk.

"Then where do you think the biggest loophole of Zhutian is?" the man with glasses asked again.

"The dark turmoil is like child's play." The clerk said after thinking carefully for a moment.

"The Supreme in the Forbidden Zone regularly devours billions of lives to prolong his life. Isn't that dark enough?" said the man with glasses.

"What kind of darkness is this? Look through history. Every change of dynasty resulted in bones being exposed in the wild, no roosters crowing for thousands of miles, and only one out of a hundred people surviving. Moreover, the Supreme in the forbidden area regularly devours the life essence of all living things. According to the setting, with the Supreme's practice, ordinary creatures cannot feel any pain. After all, killing someone instantly is never torture, but a relief." said the clerk.

"According to your understanding, what is darkness? Isn't death dark enough?" asked the man with glasses.

"What kind of darkness is death? And look at those cultivators. They often fight bloody battles in the world and kill countless lives, but no one feels despair. Even the Quasi-Emperor Sect, which is suppressed by the Supreme of the Forbidden Zone, does not feel how dark the world is. The real darkness should be that all spirits know that there is a way ahead, but they can't touch it no matter how hard they try. This is darkness. Also, various paths to promotion are completely blocked. Even the protagonist must break the shackles of the world and completely overturn that world to truly achieve enlightenment. This is darkness." said the clerk.

"What you said makes sense. Ye Fan's experience does not seem to be dark enough, and he has enjoyed all the benefits of the dark world." said the man with glasses.

"After reading the whole article, I didn't see any darkness. I only saw the process of krypton gold players fighting monsters and upgrading. Ye Fan's life has nothing to do with darkness, or it can be said that he himself is synonymous with darkness." said the clerk.

"Hehe, it seems that you look down on Ye Fan's life." The man with glasses seemed a little displeased.

"All in all, Ye Fan's life experience is indeed not pleasing enough. When he was weak, he relied entirely on the protection of the big guys. After growing up, apart from eating people from time to time, he is no different from those supreme beings lurking in the forbidden zone of life." said the clerk.

"Do you have to suffer to be likable?" The man with glasses looked a little displeased.

"It's not that he has to endure hardships, but Ye Fan's experience is very similar to those big names who rely on resources to ascend. Apart from his identity as the protagonist, ordinary people simply cannot empathize with him. First of all, his physique, the Ancient Saint Body, is the world's top physique. Then let's talk about his cultivation resources. It's simply that senior masters are lining up to feed him. The name of "Zhantian" is well-deserved." said the clerk.

"Oh? What do you mean?" The man with glasses seemed a little curious.

"His success represents the success of a small group, which directly obscures the sky for billions of ordinary creatures in the universe. It makes it impossible for them to ever have the chance to become emperors again," said the clerk.

"You're talking nonsense. Ye Fan is not that kind of person. He protects all living beings in heaven." The man with glasses seemed irritated.

"Why are you so excited? Why are you yelling at me? Whether Ye Fan succeeds or not is none of your business." The clerk then turned his head and looked at the man with glasses and said.

Then, he seemed to realize that the other person was a customer, and quickly put on a smile and asked, "Sir, what would you like to choose? The products in our store are all one-of-a-kind pieces."

“Don’t look at the things first. Tell me, isn’t Ye Fan great enough?” The man with glasses seemed to want to argue with the clerk.

"Great? How can you see his greatness? The so-called ending of the dark turmoil is considered great? In addition to regularly reaping the life essence of all spirits, what other dark things have those Dark Supremes done? You can't guess. Ye Fan is just a vested interest within the rules. And he is the biggest vested interest in the world. Originally, those emperors who didn't want to die were divided into factions, but since he became the Emperor of Heaven, future generations no longer have the opportunity to become immortals. There are even not enough emperors, and when the road to becoming immortals is opened, those who have achieved enlightenment in the world cannot become immortals." said the clerk.

“Is this all your idea?” A cold aura suddenly emanated from the man with glasses, as if he wanted to eat the clerk alive.

"Ye Fan is great. He is willing to sacrifice himself to fight against darkness. That's okay, right?" The clerk seemed not to want to have a conflict with the customer and quickly said what the other party was thinking.

"You'd better give me an explanation today, or I'll smash your store." The man with glasses threatened.

"Customer, you are being unreasonable. You are not welcome in my store. Please leave. Otherwise I will call the police." The clerk was frightened and almost wet his pants, then shouted loudly.

"Forget it. Why would I argue with a small person like you?" After seeing the panicked look of the clerk, the man with glasses suddenly sighed, then turned and left.

"What a weird guy." The clerk watched the man with glasses disappear at the end of the street, then closed the store door.

The next day, the morning sun shone on the earth, and the streets, which had been quiet for just a few hours, became bustling again.

The ancient style jewelry store is also open to customers again.

However, the person who opened the store in the morning was not the same clerk as last night.

However, the business in the store was similar to yesterday, with few customers coming.

However, unlike the clerk who was reading the novel yesterday, the clerk who came to open the store in the morning, after opening the novel "The Great Ruler", started to make changes directly with his pen.

Many annotations were added to many chapters, and finally the two words "Zhetian" on the cover were crossed out and changed to "Ye Tiandi".

"It looks much more comfortable now. Why would such a promising young man have to perform a play called 'My Empress Sister'?" After the clerk finished the modification, he was very satisfied with his results.

Time ticks by, but the business of the antique jewelry store still shows no signs of improving.

The clerk who changed the name from "Zhetian" also slacked off and started typing on his tablet computer.

Chapter One: A giant bronze coffin in the starry sky.

Life is the greatest miracle in the world, and wisdom is the greatest miracle of life. The universe is vast and boundless, and the years are endless.

Since the birth of intelligence, humans on Earth have, after hundreds of thousands of years of development, finally have the ability to turn their gaze to the deeper universe, rather than being limited to the earth beneath their feet.

With the launch of one extraterrestrial civilization probe after another, mankind's vision has finally left the solar system.

When the Pathfinder probe passed through the heliopause, it sent back shocking images to everyone.

In the starry universe filled with interstellar radiation, nine huge dragon corpses lay there quietly.

When the clear picture was analyzed, everyone saw that there was an ancient bronze coffin behind the dragon corpse.

It seems to be telling the story of the grand funeral of gods who were exiled to the depths of the starry sky after their death.

Countless experts and scholars were called together to decipher the mysterious celestial body of the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin.

"The corpse dragon ascends to heaven."

Some experts in tomb research exclaimed in surprise when they saw nine dragon corpses pulling the coffin and traveling in the dark universe.

……

When the images transmitted back from the universe caused a group of experts and scholars to go crazy.

In an ordinary courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, Ye Fan closed the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine in his hand.

"In ancient times, people lived to be a hundred years old and were still active."

Ye Fan was full of curiosity about the era described in the book.

In ancient times, Huangdi called it the ancient times. What kind of secrets are hidden in it?

……

Just as the clerk was typing intently, an ordinary-looking young man suddenly came into the store.

After seeing the clerk typing, the young man immediately walked up to him and knocked on the glass of the counter.

The young man who had been typing away finally came to his senses. After seeing the young man, he subconsciously said, "Boss, why are you back?"

"Shouldn't I come back?" After seeing the words on the screen, the young man immediately laughed and said, "Why, are you planning to change your career and become an online novelist?"

"Boss, I'm just idle and have nothing to do. Instead of doing nothing, I might as well concentrate on my work here. At least let the customers know that I, the shop assistant, am not lazy." The shop assistant argued.

Then the clerk turned the topic to the boss across the street, "Boss, didn't you say you were going to Kunlun for a self-driving tour this time? Why are you back so soon?"

"If I don't come back, you two will ruin my store." said the young boss.

“Based on the prices you set, I don’t think this store will last long. I haven’t sold a single thing this month, and Xiao Liu didn’t make any orders. You see, we have actually read through the novel you left in the store several times.” As he spoke, the clerk handed the messy copy of “The Great Ruler” that he had scribbled over to the boss.

After the boss flipped through the densely packed comments in the book, he was immediately delighted.

Then he smiled and said, "Good boy, you are going to change Ye Fan's personality."

The clerk also laughed and said, "It's because their personality is out of touch with reality. You know how much people hate those resource freaks now. If we let them mess around, there will be no hope for ordinary people like us to get promoted."

"What you said makes sense. "The Great Ruler" is indeed not suitable for this era." The young boss smiled.

Afterwards, he took away the messy copy of "The Great Ruler".

"Boss, don't take it away. Wait until I finish writing before you take it away." Seeing this, the clerk hurriedly shouted.

"Let me take a look at it for two days and I'll return it to you in two days." The boss, who had already left, said from a distance.

The bustling street did not seem to be disturbed by this old-fashioned shop.

But after returning home, the young boss revealed a smile that was not that of an ordinary person.

Then he went to the restaurant, took out a bottle of fine wine that he had treasured for a long time, and poured two glasses.

But he was clearly the only one in the room.

"Since you're here, come in and have a drink." The young boss suddenly said towards the door.

The next second, ripples appeared on the steel security door as if it had turned into water surface, and then a burly man wearing glasses walked out of the ripples and appeared in the room out of thin air as if he could pass through objects.

"You are quite elegant, actually living in seclusion here." The young man with glasses said after looking around the room.

"Unlike you, the great Emperor Ye Tian actually came to my store to argue with the clerk." The young boss smiled and handed a glass of wine to the man opposite.

"Li Zhi, I still can't see through you." The young man wearing glasses was Ye Fan who had returned to his true self.

"Why do you feel that my clerk is wrong? Don't you think I have a sister who is an emperor?" Li Zhi said with a smile.

"Yes, times have changed." Ye Fan sighed.

"What? You don't want to meet your son who is now the Black Emperor?" Li Zhi teased.

"After meeting him, it means that I have a son who is the Emperor of Heaven." Ye Fan glared at Li Zhi, then drank the wine in the glass.

"If it were now, what would you do?" Li Zhi suddenly asked.

“Perhaps, we won’t leave the Earth.”

Ye Fan knew what Li Zhi was asking, and after thinking for a moment, he spoke.

"The universe is a scroll of painting. Since you have changed from a person in the painting to the painter, why not try to paint a painting without the influence of that person?" Li Zhi suggested.

Ye Fan nodded and said, "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)