NOVEL WEB Ch. 93
Chapter 93: Nine Rings of the Dao Bell, Shocking the Entire Audience
"Just striking the bell? I’ll show you right now!"
Gu Fan let out a cold laugh. He would never back down from these people.
In their eyes, the ranking of a small world likely represented the strength of the disciples it produced.
That might apply to most worlds, but to Gu Fan, it was utter nonsense.
Though he appeared to be at the early stage of the Primordial Yang Realm, which spelled certain defeat against many here,
his true combat strength could easily slay even a beginner of the True Yang Realm!
Of course, the others didn’t think so. Upon hearing Gu Fan's bold words, they all burst out in laughter.
"This guy is really the ignorant and fearless kind. If you can make it ring three times, I’ll kneel and call you grandfather!"
"Hahaha, yeah! If you can ring it three times, I’ll be your battle servant from now on!"
Gu Fan snorted coldly, immediately pointing at the ancient bronze bell. A burst of spiritual energy shot out!
Dang!!
Ripples visible to the naked eye spread from the bell.
Everyone’s expressions changed simultaneously.
Many had struck the bell just now, but none had ever caused ripples to appear!
"How is this possible?! Someone actually stirred the Bell Wave!"
That mysterious voice rang out again.
But compared to the earlier contempt and disdain, this time, Gu Fan’s toll had truly shocked him!
His tone became anxious, as if he had encountered something unbelievable.
Gu Fan’s spiritual energy surged once more. With a buzzing sound,
the ancient bell situated in the center of the plaza actually trembled slightly.
Dang!!!
Another bell toll resounded!
This time, wild winds kicked up, and waves of the bell’s resonance rippled outward.
Seeing how easily Gu Fan rang it twice, the few who had just spoken instantly became uneasy.
Especially the ones who had shouted about calling him grandfather and becoming his battle servant—they now looked visibly flustered.
"N-No… He’s from the same small world as Lin Yi, and that place ranks near the bottom. How could there be two prodigies from it?!"
"I don’t get it either. For such a small world, even producing a Five Chimes Core Disciple would be heaven-defying!"
"But this Gu Fan… actually caused the ancient bell to react abnormally!"
Listening to them, Lin Yi sneered:
"Ignorant fools. If even I can make it ring five times, how could Brother Gu be any lesser than me?"
At that moment, Gu Fan struck the third toll of the ancient bell!
Dang!!
Now, no one dared to look down on Gu Fan anymore.
Regardless of anything else, three tolls were already enough to qualify as an Inner Sect Disciple.
This achievement had already surpassed eighty percent of the disciples present.
Yet while everyone remained stunned, Gu Fan’s expression grew strange.
When he had just established a connection with the Dao Bell, he suddenly realized—it acted as if a subordinate meeting its master.
Incredibly obedient, even expressing a desire to leave this place and go with its master.
That gave Gu Fan quite the fright.
This was only the first day of his arrival in the Upper Realm. If he lured away such a sect-protecting treasure, he might get hunted down to death.
Only after carefully appeasing the emotions transmitted from the Dao Bell did Gu Fan tentatively request it to ring once.
And sure enough, without hesitation, the Dao Bell let out a single resounding toll, even causing Bell Waves—immediately alarming the examiners!
Before Gu Fan could stop it, the Dao Bell let out two more tolls, one after another.
Gu Fan was completely unprepared!
He could only calm himself down at once.
He issued a command in his mind.
"Dao Bell, just ring six times—no more! I can’t explain it if you overdo it!"
Soon, a strand of divine sense echoed within the Dao Bell. Gu Fan somehow understood its meaning instinctively.
"Understood. I’ll stop after six tolls!"
Gu Fan’s pupils dilated, and before he could stop it—
the Ancient Bronze Bell suddenly shook violently, as if it cost nothing to ring!
Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!!!
Six continuous tolls echoed, and instantly, the entire floating island's winds and clouds changed.
It was as if a great upheaval was occurring between heaven and earth!
At that moment, a black-robed figure appeared at the assessment site.
Gu Fan saw that this man wore a look of astonishment, his expression filled with fear and confusion.
He stared blankly at the Ancient Bronze Bell and Gu Fan!
"Impossible! How could this be!"
"Nine Rings of the Dao Bell! That’s someone at the level of a Holy Son!"
At this moment, the reverberation from the continuous tolling of the Dao Bell had not yet ceased.
Heavenly phenomena surged without end. The entire floating island trembled as though it would collapse at any moment.
All the disciples on the island now had pale faces.
They were so shaken by the pressure released by the Dao Bell that they could not move!
"Damn it, just what kind of person were we mocking earlier…"
"Say no more, I’m preparing to flee back to the small world. Offending someone like that means certain death!"
Meanwhile, Gu Fan wore an expression of embarrassment mixed with a blank stare.
This disturbance was too big!
Before coming to the Upper Realm, Zhu Yang had told him to display his abilities as much as possible—the better the talent, the more attention one would receive.
Looking at it now, he had definitely overdelivered on that mission.
This scale of disturbance—no one else could match it.
If he had known earlier that the Dao Bell was such a brainless idiot, he wouldn’t have bothered for convenience’s sake to communicate with it at all!
He had clearly said only six rings were enough, yet that thing just struck another six times!
It went straight to the maximum!
Only after a full incense stick’s time did the Dao Bell finally quiet down.
The tremoring Bell Waves gradually settled, allowing the crowd to slowly stand up straight again.
At this moment, the black-robed man slowly floated down in front of Gu Fan and grabbed his wrist in one move.
Gu Fan’s expression shifted, and he instinctively struck back with a palm.
Spiritual energy clashed, and neither of their strikes succeeded.
The black-robed man was slightly surprised by Gu Fan’s strength and smiled at the corner of his mouth:
"Such powerful cross-realm combat ability!"
"You seem to be at the early stage of the Primordial Yang Realm, but your true strength could likely wipe out every other disciple here."
Once these words were spoken, the expressions of Gu Fan and the other disciples all changed.
Gu Fan felt as though his bottom card had been exposed and immediately grew annoyed.
With his secrets revealed, who would dare come cause trouble for him anymore? That meant a huge loss in earnings!
As for the others, hearing this sentence sent waves of shock through their hearts!
This black-robed man was clearly someone in charge of the assessment from one of the Four Major Sects, at the very least an Elder-level bigwig.
Such a person wouldn’t speak carelessly.
If he said Gu Fan could easily kill everyone here, that naturally confirmed the vast disparity in strength.
Thinking of this, the crowd recalled how they had just offended him, and their faces instantly turned pale.
Cultivators were never the talk-it-out type. Gu Fan might’ve already been taking mental notes on them!
Even scarier was that Gu Fan was only in the Primordial Yang Realm, while among the disciples here, there were no shortage of late-stage Primordial Yang experts.
This meant—this guy had terrifying combat strength that could leap across an entire major realm!
Gu Fan looked at the man before him and curled his lip.
"Who are you? Why would you expose my trump card for no reason?"
The black-robed man froze, then chuckled.
In front of a disciple who could ring the Dao Bell nine times, his tolerance naturally differed.
"I am an Elder of the Brahma God Sect, one of the Four Major Sects. Are you a disciple from the Qingxie World?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Fan immediately changed into a smiling face.
"Please do not take offense, Elder. This disciple indeed hails from the Qingxie World!"