In the world of "Covering the Sky," one can refine Gu (a type of poison) to become an immo

"Oh my god~~~"

Liu Yunzhi and the others held their heads and gaped.

"Is this Mars?"

Zhou Yi walked a few steps away, stood on the five-colored altar, and squatted down to observe the reddish-brown soil.

I could vaguely see a patch of undulating shadows ahead, like a jumble of rocks connected together, uneven and jagged.

"Have we really left Earth?"

The others breathed in disbelief, their hearts filled with shock and questions.

Even after Sha Xiao gave them psychological counseling, they had expectations in their minds.

However, there is always a chasm between seeing is believing and imagination.

Only now, looking at the two slightly smaller moons overhead and at the fiery red earth, did they realize in a daze that they could never go back.

"I have a feeling this place has suffered a terrible disaster? How come it's so dilapidated?"

Li Xiaoman stared intently at Sha Xiao, speaking in a barely audible voice.

When his gaze met Li Xiaoman's, Sha Xiao smiled. He was somewhat surprised, but also felt that it made sense.

If you didn't have that kind of aptitude, you wouldn't have caught the eye of that crocodile under the Great Thunder Temple.

Li Xiaoman looked at Sha Xiao's smile, narrowed her eyes, and nodded in return.

"I'll go check on the situation."

After saying that, Sha Xiao covered ten meters in one step and jumped onto a twenty-meter-high rock in front of the altar in a few quick movements.

He took out a telescope-shaped spying device and began searching for the Great Thunderclap Temple.

Before long, he found the distant Great Thunder Temple.

The light emanating from the dilapidated temple flickered and gradually faded.

Sha Xiao's expression changed, and she immediately patted her belt: "Xiao Qing, get up."

"Hiss?" The sleepy green snake wobbled as it crawled up his arm to his shoulder, yawning as it continued to nod its head.

"Drip, drip!"

As the light became increasingly stable, Sha Xiao felt a chill run down her spine.

This is not a good sign!

Two monsters were being suppressed beneath the Great Thunderclap Temple. The fact that things have stabilized doesn't necessarily mean the suppression is complete; they could have already escaped!

In her haste, Sha Xiao grabbed Xiao Qing by the tail and swung it around.

With a series of loud bangs, a huge pile of messy materials was thrown out of two large trucks.

Ignoring Xiao Qing's hissing reproaches, Sha Xiao took out a mask-like Attitude Gu and put it on his face.

Next, he took out three Gu worms from the hollow orifice.

One inch long, entirely green, resembling bamboo joints, it is a Gentleman Gu.

One of them, which looked dusty and like a clod of dirt by the roadside, was a fake Gu made by Sha Xiao based on the core of the Heaven Stealer.

There's also one that looks like a Chinese knot; that's a "love-binding gu".

Holding three Gu worms, Sha Xiao activated them one by one.

These venomous insects attached themselves to the mask, adding several marks to it.

The two source stones also turned into wisps of green smoke and lingered on the mask.

Sha Xiao put on the mask, and in an instant, the mask seeped into his face like ripples of water, and a red thread was held in his hand.

This is the Pinduoduo version of "seemingly familiar upon meeting" that he improved by using the memories of the Celestial Stealer – "Not a Gentleman".

This deadly move can induce the Mandela Effect, making people subconsciously believe that they are gentlemen and will not feel anger or murderous intent towards those they have befriended.

Suddenly, the light emanating from the distant Great Thunder Temple stabilized.

With a "whoosh," Sha Xiao's vision was filled by a black shadow.

The moment the black phantom peered through the spying Gu and met his gaze, a strong sense of unease and fear caused his body, except for his hands, to tremble uncontrollably.

Sha Xiao tossed aside the red rope and binoculars, wrapped his left hand around his right, and respectfully bowed to the black phantom a step in front of him, holding the red rope and looking down at it.

"Human Sha Xiao pays respects to the Great Accomplished Holy Body!"

"Interesting, such a novel method despite such low cultivation level."

The Great Accomplished Holy Body deity held the red rope in his hand, and his eyes became clearer.

As he spoke, he looked at Ye Fan, who was beginning to climb up from below the boulder, and a surge of madness and greed overwhelmed his clarity.

"resurrection!"

"No, no! The Great Accomplished Holy Body, I am the Great Accomplished Holy Body!?"

"Wait, which Great Accomplished Holy Body am I? Ah, none of that matters anymore, what matters is the Great Accomplished Holy Body!"

In an instant, trillions of thoughts collided in the mind of the deity.

But in the end, a mask was placed on his soul along the red thread.

That's right, Sha Xiao's move was prepared from the very beginning for the Great Accomplished Holy Body Divine Thought!

In terms of combat power, the people of the Gu Realm were beaten from the first to the eighth level by the people of the Shrouding Heaven.

Do you even know what it means to be the most reckless brute in the world, the allure of "die without fighting"?

But when it comes to mastering the Great Dao?

People from the Gu realm have a unique advantage!

After all, there are very few places in the entire Chaos where the essence of the Great Dao directly manifests as a Gu worm, or even a single drop of water contains a world containing the true meaning of the Great Dao.

The Gu cultivators have truly been playing with the Great Dao since they started playing with mud.

Immortal Gu is a corner of the Great Dao, and its appearance is a manifestation of a part of the Great Dao's origin.

Without sufficient strength and without understanding the art of Gu, one cannot undo the killing move no matter how hard one tries.

The divine essence of the Great Accomplished Holy Body is extremely high, but as for how much remaining power it possesses...

Since he could be suppressed by Shakyamuni, a quasi-emperor, and even placed at the same table as the Great Sage Crocodile Ancestor...

Haha, it's better not to talk about this then. If we don't, we can still be good brothers.

Gradually, the killing move persisted until the very end, etching the thoughts of a hypocrite into the mind of the deity.

Even just a fleeting thought is far better than his previous state of complete confusion and a single obsession.

This was enough for him to rediscover a sliver of his true self, that heart that yearned to protect all living beings.

"Heh heh, the important thing is that he hasn't yet achieved the Great Perfection of the Holy Body. Even if he takes over the body, he can't cleanse the universe, so it's meaningless."

The Great Accomplished Holy Body divine sense sensed the thoughts that welled up in its heart when it looked at Ye Fan, and it chuckled.

He reached into his head, forcefully pulled the mask off the face of his soul, played with it for a while, and said with satisfaction:

"Making people hypocrites? Interesting! Hypocrites are better than living in a daze. This thing is wondrous; I'll borrow it for now. Once I've attained my Dao fruit and slaughtered all the people in the world, I'll return it to you."

Having said that, the divine consciousness of the Great Accomplished Holy Body vanished.

"Holy crap, I'm so scared!" Sha Xiao's legs went weak, and her language system completely collapsed.

Face the quasi-emperor head-on and be yourself.

Looking down at Xiaoqing, its eyes were tightly closed, and its body was twitching as it pretended to be dead.

"Haha, who do you think you can fool with that?"

Sha Xiao laughed. Sure enough, the smile didn't disappear; it just shifted.

He patted Xiao Qing's head: "Alright, the important person has left, no need to pretend anymore."

With a "whoosh," Xiaoqing slipped back into Sha Xiao's belt and wouldn't come out again.

"It's so high, how did you jump up there in just two moves?" Ye Fan was the first to climb up the giant rock.

He turned around and pulled his classmates up: "After looking for so long, have you found anything?"

"Look."

Sha Xiao picked up the spying Gu and handed it to Ye Fan, pointing it in the direction of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

"The Great Thunderclap Temple!??? The myth isn't just a myth? How could it be here?" Ye Fan exclaimed in disbelief.

The others looked in the direction Ye Fan was looking, but could see nothing but a faint light.

Liu Yunzhi looked at the binoculars in Sha Xiao's hand, a flash of realization and greed in his eyes.

Sha Xiao patted his belt, activating the Three Transformation Gu, and the armor transformed back into a motorcycle.

He called to Ye Fan, "Ye Zi, get in the car, Dad will take you to brave the Great Thunder Temple."

"Don't call me, General Curtain Roller."

Ye Fan pinched the numb tendon on Sha Xiao's shoulder hard with his right hand, and Sha Xiao immediately felt a soreness in his arm.

"Hey, when did you learn that?"

"Old Sha, this is like Ye Zi beating his own father, it's practically turning against the Heavenly Gang, how can you tolerate this?"

Pang Bo, hands in his pockets, cheerfully shoved the fire.

Watching Ye Fan and Sha Xiao playfully bickering, with Pang Bo egging them on, everyone couldn't help but laugh.

A few years ago in college, Sha Xiao and his two friends would come here every now and then.

Although they were in danger, seeing Sha Xiao and the others still the same as before made everyone feel much more relaxed.

It seemed that this confusion and bewilderment wasn't so terrifying after all.

"We two will go ahead and scout ahead, you guys just follow."

Seeing Ye Fan already twisting the accelerator and preparing to sneak away, Sha Xiao jumped into the back seat and waved to everyone.

"Whoosh!" Ye Fan shouted as he rushed down the mountain.

Pang Bo shrugged and shouted as he chased after him, "Wait for me! I haven't gotten on the bus yet! I haven't gotten on the bus yet!"

The crowd looked at each other and quickened their pace to catch up.

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Despite being the shortest of the three at only 1.8 meters tall, Ye Fan has a refined and approachable appearance. Wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a suit, he can seamlessly perform "Goodnight, Miss".

But in reality, he was stronger than Pang Bo, whose arms were as thick as a man's thighs, and only slightly weaker than Sha Xiao. He was a complete hypocrite.

Ye Fan gripped the motorcycle firmly with both arms as if it were a rock, speeding along the road, where countless rubble and ruins were lifted from the dust by the wheels.

Along the way, we passed ancient pavilions that had collapsed under the erosion of time, and circled the ruins of a huge palace.

Ye Fan exclaimed in surprise, "I saw the temple directly through my binoculars just now, how come there's a wall here?"

"That's the effect of the spying curse. It allows you to bypass multiple defenses and see the target directly from a close-up perspective."

"But terrain like this, which poses no threat, is easily overlooked," Sha Xiao explained.

Ye Fan smacked his lips in the rearview mirror, looking like a disappointed old father: "If a son is not taught, it is the father's fault."

"It's my fault for not teaching you well, which led you down this wrong path. From today onwards, I will take care of your spying curse."

Sha Xiao rolled her eyes: "Come on, if you gave it to me, that would be truly disastrous. Who was it that proactively sought out the photography club and offered their critique?"

"Ahem, this is a forbidden Buddhist area. We won't discuss it."

Ye Fan coughed twice, then swerved and smoothly parked the motorcycle in front of the small temple.

Looking up, an ancient temple sits quietly in the center of the ruins, its splendor covered by a thick layer of dust.

Only an ancient tree, a stone Buddha, a flickering lamp, and a sigh remain.

The ancient Bodhi tree in front of the temple is as vigorous as a writhing dragon, but its entire body is withered.

Only a few green leaves were scattered about two meters above the ground, each one crystal clear and shimmering with green light, like jade.

Sha Xiao led Ye Fan inside. The temple was covered in dust, with only the ancient lamps on the table accompanying the stone Buddha.

He first took out an incense burner and placed it in front of the stone Buddha, then took out a bundle of incense, and then a copy of the Lotus Sutra published last year.

Sha Xiao flicked his left hand, and the incense stick ignited in the wind. He respectfully opened the scripture:

"After the World-Honored One had spoken this verse, he addressed the assembly, saying thus..."

After reciting two lines, he lit incense, bowed three times, and murmured:

"May Buddha protect us..."

Seeing Ye Fan looking at him helplessly, he handed Ye Fan incense:

"Come on, Yezi, let's bow together."

Does he know that Shakyamuni Buddha was a genuine Quasi-Emperor at the peak of his power? If you cause trouble in his temple, what if the big shot hears you?

The Tathagata has a karmic connection with the Holy Body lineage, but not with him.

"You know I don't believe in this stuff. Besides, you're cultivating immortality, why are you here worshipping Buddha..."

Ye Fan couldn't help but complain.

"Oh, it won't hurt to pay your respects. Besides, you only realize how powerful these gods are after you start cultivating. Just think of it as paying respects to a senior, like those math students who worship Planck and Fourier."

Sha Xiao pulled Ye Fan aside and handed him the incense.

"You're right."

Ye Fan smiled, took the incense, and began reciting the entire scripture without looking to the side.

Although he felt no respect for her and only believed that she could be replaced, he at least seemed much more serious than Sha Xiao.

Shaking her head, Sha Xiao went outside and leaned against the Bodhi tree to wait.

After waiting a while, looking at the Bodhi tree, Sha Xiao couldn't help but hum a soft hum:

"I will dedicate my entire life to serving you..."

"Under the Bodhi tree, quietly contemplate..."

Ye Fan took the Buddha lamp and came out, asking in confusion:

"What song are you singing? Who's singing it? It's quite nice. I've never heard it before."

Sha Xiao burst out laughing: "Ahem, a song related to Bodhi, 'Offering of Love,' and then 'Suicide.'"

"Are you out of your mind again?" Ye Fan retorted.

Over the years, he's gotten used to it. Sha Xiao often says things that only he understands. But if you ask him, he'll just smile and remain silent.

"Good heavens, you just stole someone's lamp while you were offering incense. You're something else, Ye Zi."

Sha Xiaochao gave Ye Fan a thumbs up.

Ye Fan didn't mind this kind of thing. He shook the ancient lamp and laughed:

"It's better for me to have it than for it to sit here gathering dust."

After speaking, he turned his gaze to the Bodhi tree behind Sha Xiao, looking thoughtful.

Bodhi itself bears witness to the Buddha's enlightenment and represents the Buddha's wisdom.

The fact that such a large tree could exist in a place full of ruins and dust, and that people could easily overlook it, speaks volumes about its extraordinary nature.

"Old Sha, didn't you notice this Bodhi seed?" Ye Fan asked, somewhat puzzled.

"What Bodhi?"

Halfway through her sentence, Sha Xiao suddenly realized something was wrong.

When did he forget about this precious tree?

He looked up at the Bodhi leaves that blocked out the sky above him.

"Blinded by a leaf?"

"Om Mani Padme Hum..."

I don't know when, but the chanting that had been lingering in my ears gradually grew louder, like the resounding of a great bell, solemn, vast, sublime, and profound...

"Splash..."

Six Bodhi leaves fell silently, covering Sha Xiao's eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and mouth.

A bright green light shone, and for a moment he fell into a state of great wisdom, free from thought and desire, and quickly comprehended the Gu-refining techniques that he could not understand in the memories of the Venerable One.

A ray of light flew out from Sha Xiao's mind, and the Bodhi leaf merged into one in the light. At the same time, a leaf floated out from his orifice and overlapped with the Bodhi leaf.

The light gradually faded, and everything returned to normal.

Only the withered Bodhi tree branch behind Sha Xiao and the naturally formed leaf above his head proved that something extraordinary had indeed happened.

Suddenly, the sound of hammering pulled him out of his blissful reverie.

"Sha Xiao? Old Sha? Old Sha! I told you religions are all bad, you damn Bodhi tree, if you don't release Old Sha, I'll uproot you!"