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Sha Xiao, observing the wary, surprised, and intense gazes directed at her, calmly said:

"As this little fairy said, I am nearing the end of my life, and my only thought is to continue the bloodline of my clan."

As he spoke, he grabbed Ye Fan and pushed him toward the cave.

The people in the cave hurriedly helped Ye Fan up, afraid that he might get even a scratch.

Sha Xiao shook her head and sighed:

"This child of my clan, though blessed by our ancestors and fortunate enough to awaken his sacred body... but..."

"Well, you'll see when you see it..."

Upon hearing Sha Xiao's invitation, the group of eager old men immediately forced smiles and reached out their hands to Ye Fan.

Jack Ma, with his flowing hair, smiled gently, a warmth he had never shown even towards his own grandson.

"Don't be afraid, child, it won't hurt at all."

While enduring the groping and touching of a group of elderly men and women, Ye Fan quietly gave Sha Xiao the middle finger.

"What! What's going on?"

"The Wheel of Fate has appeared, but the Sea of ​​Suffering is pitch black and as hard as divine iron. How can it be opened?"

"His blood and energy are like a dragon's; he should be a potential immortal being. What kind of physique is this?"

Apart from the thoughtful Jack Ma, the group of people, after investigating, exclaimed in disbelief and looked at Ye Fan with pity and regret.

Despite such strong vital energy and blood, there is such a hard and strange sea of ​​suffering.

To put it bluntly, this person's aptitude is even worse than that of an ordinary person.

At least if ordinary people are given one or two times more resources, they can still embark on the path of cultivation.

With Ye Fan's constitution, even if you gave him ten times the resources, it's uncertain whether he could even embark on cultivation.

"How is this possible?" Zhou Yi couldn't believe it.

"How could Ye Fan be a cripple?"

Lin Jia completely disbelieved the others' judgment.

"Exactly, he killed such a huge beast in just three blows, how could he be a cripple?"

The students chattered excitedly, their eyes involuntarily drawn to Sha Xiao.

They lacked confidence in themselves, but had absolute faith in Sha Xiao, who had navigated the challenges with ease all along.

Jack Ma channeled his divine power and looked at Sha Xiao: "Would you be so kind as to give me another chance?"

"Of course," Sha Xiao nodded in agreement.

Under the tense gazes of everyone, Ma Yun's gleaming right hand carefully examined Ye Fan from head to toe, down to the fine hairs on his toes.

After a long while, Ma Yun withdrew his divine power, stroked his goatee with his right hand, and looked at Sha Xiao with admiration and a touch of regret:

"Fellow Daoist, you've used such skill. You knew he possessed the Ancient Sacred Body all along, didn't you?"

Sha Xiao shook her head and smiled: "I don't know that. In my dialect, it should be called the Indestructible Golden Body."

"It's a pity. According to ancient records, ever since the emergence of the Nine Sacred Bodies of the Ancient Era, this kind of physique seems to have been envied by the heavens. As soon as they reach the four extremes, they will be subjected to calamities by heaven and earth, and die and their cultivation will be destroyed."

As he spoke, he recounted the experiments conducted by the Nine Sacred Bodies and the Ancient Aristocratic Families on the Sacred Bodies.

"The resources required for its cultivation are enormous, ten or even a hundred times that of other divine bodies. Moreover, it's difficult to progress further, hence it's called a useless body. If the world doesn't change, alas..."

Jack Ma shook his head and regretfully handed Ye Fan back to Sha Xiao.

"Ah, I see..."

"Then he'll never be able to..."

"It seems that's how it is. Oh well, what a pity..."

The students couldn't tell whether they felt sorry or gloated, and they all sighed deeply.

Hearing what the others were saying, Pang Bo, dissatisfied, spoke up in defense:

"So what if he can't cultivate any further? Isn't he still a Holy Body?"

"How many people in this world can cultivate to the point of transforming into a dragon, or reaching the Immortal Platform?"

Yes! That's absolutely true! They themselves spend their entire lives wandering around the Dao Palace. What more could they ask for if they could at least cultivate to the Four Extremes?

The other people in the caves instantly came to their senses and glared angrily at Jack Ma.

"You old geezer, trying to trick me, trying to ambush me?" The old man from Lingxu Cave Heaven spat at Ma Yun without any politeness.

Jack Ma paused abruptly, stroking his beard, and turned his head away somewhat embarrassedly.

Sha Xiao smiled smugly, "Fellow Daoists, you understand now, right?"

Once the barrier of perception is broken, they are all old foxes who have cultivated for hundreds of years; who wouldn't know Sha Xiao's opinion?

Jack Ma sighed helplessly and cupped his hands in greeting to Sha Xiao: "Fellow Daoist, please don't take offense, I'm just too eager to nurture talent."

As he spoke, he took out a small jade pendant and handed it to Ye Fan, patting his head:

"Little Holy Body, please don't blame me. Your future is bright; I was just exaggerating. This plaque holds the power of my strike; consider it compensation."

"Haha, fellow Daoist, you're too kind," Sha Xiao said with a smile, giving Ye Fan a wink.

Seeing this, Ye Fan accepted the jade token without any embarrassment, pretending to be a twelve-year-old child, and said sweetly, "Thank you, Grandpa Ma. May you live a long and healthy life."

Upon hearing this, Jack Ma's face immediately darkened.

"Hahaha, good, good, that's it! Old Ma, you liar deserve to live to be a hundred! Hahaha!" The other people from the cave all burst into laughter.

Ye Fan then realized that he had said the wrong thing.

Those who cultivate themselves certainly live much longer than ordinary people. To wish someone a long life of a hundred years is tantamount to cursing them to die young.

"Alright, be careful next time." Sha Xiao suppressed a laugh, pulled Ye Fan behind her and gave him a word of advice, considering it a lesson learned.

As everyone watched, a thought struck them, and they began to devise a plan.

Looking at the people from the various grotto-heavens, Sha Xiao pulled Pang Bo over and gave his opinion.

"My lifespan is limited, and I need to focus my energy on gathering resources for the two of them."

"After much thought, since Weiwei has invited me, I will shamelessly stay at Lingxu Cave Heaven for a period of time."

The people of Lingxu Cave were overjoyed.

"I can't have it, I can't have it."

"Fellow Daoist Sha, what are you saying? Everyone has their moments of hardship. You're willing to bring two promising young immortals to stay temporarily in our grotto-heaven; who would stop you?"

Sha Xiao smiled, pointed at Zhou Yi and the others, and continued:

"The others are also seeds I painstakingly collected. Although they haven't officially joined my family, they are, after all, my fellow villagers."

"I am unable to take care of everything myself. If you are willing, you may each take one of them to take care of one or two."

"The Yan Kingdom isn't very big. Once they've completed their cultivation, it will be easy for them to meet."

Upon hearing this, Liu Wanshan, Li Ying, and the others' eyes immediately lit up.

Compared to the two immortal seeds, they were more worried about Zhou Yi and other cultivation seeds joining the Spirit Ruins Cave Heaven.

They believed that with Sha Xiao around, the two immortal beings would eventually go to the holy land like Weiwei.

To be honest, it won't have much of an impact.

On the contrary, ordinary cultivators like Zhou Yi, once they join, will most likely spend their entire lives in the sect, becoming the main force in their mutual struggles.

"Fellow Daoist Sha is absolutely right!"

"I think Fellow Daoist Sha is right. Our six great grotto-heavens in Yan have always been closely connected. Although they cultivate in different places, it will not be difficult for them to meet again in the future."

"Fellow Daoist Sha's considerations are thorough; these are indeed wise words. Spreading them out will also help with the inheritance."

Upon hearing this, the people from the other grottoes immediately echoed his sentiment.

Seeing this, the elder of Lingxu Cave Heaven still wanted to try.

But seeing Weiwei calmly press down her hand, he could only grunt and remain silent.

Liu Wanshan looked at the crowd, waved his hand to summon a divine light, and laughed loudly:

"Gentlemen, how about the battle on the opposite hill? Let our disciples show us what it's like, but we'll stop short of a decisive victory."

Li Ying snorted coldly, and together with the others, they summoned divine light and flew over without saying a word.

Jack Ma smiled, and finally, without much haste, he drove the Divine Light to catch up with Li Ying.

Zhou Yi and the others stared wide-eyed, their hearts pounding with anxiety as they looked at the opposite mountain peak.

In the blink of an eye, various divine lights shone from the opposite mountaintop, air waves flew, sonic boom clouds collided with each other, and sand and stones flew everywhere.

In no time, the lush green mountains opposite looked as if they had been plowed by an artillery regiment for three days and three nights.

There wasn't a single patch of green to be seen; it was all just uneven, muddy soil.

After a while, the smoke and dust cleared, and several beams of divine light broke through the smoke and flew over.

The first to arrive was Jack Ma, looking relaxed and covered in nothing but dust.

Liu Wanshan followed closely behind. Although his long gown was stained with blood, it was clearly someone else's.

Li Ying followed behind with her left arm tucked behind her back and a displeased expression on her face.

As for the others, their expressions were even more unpleasant.

Along their journey, many more people died because of Liu Yunzhi's leadership.

In the end, there were only twelve or thirteen people. After deducting Ye Fan and Pang Bo, there were just enough for five families to share.

"In that case, I will make my choice first. Rest assured, fellow Daoist, I will take good care of them."

As he spoke, Jack Ma led Zhou Yi and Zhang Ziling away.

Sha Xiao clicked her tongue in amazement. This old man truly lived up to his reputation as the one who saw through Ye Fan's physique in the original story, and then, unable to obtain it, set a trap for Lingxu Cave Heaven.

It can be said that Ye Fan's previous decline in status and cultivation resources was the result of this person's few words that sowed the seeds of disaster.

They are eloquent, but they do have a keen eye. Zhou Yi and Zhang Ziling are indeed the most spiritually gifted among them.

Liu Wanshan took Kaide and Li Changqing away.

Li Ying took two girls, Li Xiaoman and Lin Jia, away.

Wang Ziwen, Zhang Wenchang, Liu Yiyi, and Wang Yan were taken away by the remaining two families respectively.

After assigning the disciples, Ma Yun looked at the Buddhist treasures in everyone's hands that were not completely destroyed, and then asked Sha Xiao:

"Fellow Daoist Sha, there's one more thing. What do you think of the Buddhist treasures they're carrying?"

Sha Xiao's lips curled into a smile, as if the Buddhist treasure was not worth mentioning:

"Our Qingmao Mountain has a small population, but our ancestors produced one or two immortal figures."

"Since these opportunities have chosen them, I naturally won't try to seize them."

Sha Xiao pondered for a moment, then chuckled to herself. "Great Love Immortal Venerable, Wonderful Girl, and Fang Zheng—there are indeed three immortal figures."

"Immortals? Even the greatest emperors in this world cannot find immortals!" someone exclaimed.

"You're stupid. Isn't the Sendai master one?" The person next to him quickly tugged at him and whispered.

"Yes, yes, I forgot. That's really something!" The man suddenly realized and apologized repeatedly.

Despite saying that, the people from these grottoes looked at Sha Xiao with a strange sense of superiority.

Small places are small places; they have no worldly experience. They think someone from Sendai is an immortal.

They said that no matter how they looked at it, Sha Xiao seemed weak and frail, like an ordinary person.

I originally thought it was because he had just come out of the forbidden area and his life force was weak, causing him to temporarily lose his strength.

It now seems that his strength wasn't as great as we thought.

The aura that had just made them feel dangerous was nothing more than a secret treasure passed down from his ancestors.

They had seen many cultivators who relied on external aids.

Poisoning, ambushing, setting traps, and waging a war of attrition to deplete the cultivators' resources.

Or perhaps they could use overwhelming power to eliminate the cultivator before he could react; without the cultivator's control, no magic weapon would be of any use.

Dealing with them is very easy; there are countless ways to do so.

These cultivators, who rely solely on treasures, each possess vast resources, and very few of them meet a peaceful end.

Thinking about this, many people started to have ideas.

Regardless of how others viewed Sha Xiao, Jack Ma did not change his attitude.

As the oldest among them, he only trusted his own previous judgment.

Since Sha Xiao possesses something capable of killing him, then he is someone who can be considered an equal to him.

In the face of life, all are equal.

He still bowed respectfully to Sha Xiao, saying, "Fellow Daoist, you are very righteous. I will definitely have a good drink with you sometime."

Seeing how respectful these immortals were to Sha Xiao, everyone understood that their current status was all earned by Sha Xiao.

As long as Sha Xiao is still around, they will always have a powerful backer within the sect.

No matter how many complaints or resentments there were along the way, as parting was imminent, the group of classmates couldn't help but say goodbye to each other.

"Keep cultivating! With Ancestor Sha... protecting you, and being immortal seedlings, your cultivation will definitely be faster than ours. We'll have to rely on you to help us through the Four Extremes cultivation period."

Zhang Ziling walked over and couldn't help but ruffle Ye Fan and Pang Bo's hair with a smile.

"Pfft." Li Xiaoman couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh when she saw Ye Fan's expression of utter despair.

At this moment, she felt that she had finally understood, that she had left her hometown and embarked on a spiritual journey, and that all past grievances had become worldly matters.

"From now on, we are just fellow cultivators. If I achieve success in my cultivation, I will definitely find a way to help you find a path of cultivation."

She stepped forward, pinched Ye Fan's chubby cheeks, and turned to leave.

Although she was old and frail, she exuded a strong sense of confidence.

With a gentle smile and graceful figure, she resembles a withered lotus in winter, possessing a unique charm.

After bidding farewell, the people from the various grotto-heavens departed on rainbows.

"Fellow Daoist Sha, shall we set off too? Once we return to our grotto-heaven, the sect leader will surely choose a place for you personally."

"Our Lingxu Cave Heaven boasts beautiful scenery and a wide variety of attractions. We are sure to find a place similar to your hometown, guaranteeing your satisfaction."

"Oh? I'm intrigued by your words. If it doesn't seem right, I'll definitely ask you for three cups of wine," Sha Xiao said with a smile.

Several elders from the Spirit Ruins Cave confidently waved their hands and said, "If we can't find it, we'll treat you to three days of drinks without any problem."

"Good!" Sha Xiao laughed heartily, his aged voice shaking the fallen leaves. "That's right, my cultivation methods rely on external objects, and the artifacts originally used to ride the rainbow were completely destroyed by the forbidden zone."

"May I ask if my friend Weiwei could give us a ride?"

The old people from the Lingxu Cave Heaven were stunned upon hearing this.

This is completely beyond their common sense regarding spiritual practice!

How could any cultivator who has opened up a life spring be unable to ride a rainbow?

This is as absurd as telling them that a fish can't swim or a bird can't fly.

In their minds, this was simply impossible.

Unless! Unless! Unless Sha Xiao is really about to die!

Indeed, how could something have happened to someone who traversed planets and protected so many mortals as they emerged from the desolate forbidden zone?

Thinking of this, the group exchanged glances, all feeling that they had found the key.

"Of course, Weiwei, you take them under your wing," the leader of the Lingxu Cave Heaven said with a smile.