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

"Don't!!!"

Ye Fan and Sha Xiao reacted quickly, grabbing Pang Bo's collar before he could bite him.

"Cough cough cough!"

Pang Bo rubbed his neck, his eyes wide open. "Are you two training a dog? Are you trying to provoke me?"

Sha Xiao and Ye Fan knew they were in the wrong, so they smiled sheepishly.

Pang Bo glanced at the divine spring and, after a moment's thought, knew why.

"Hmph! You didn't complain when you wore my signature sneakers and drank my Gatorade, but now you're complaining? Men, not one of them is any good!"

He made a delicate gesture with his fingers and spoke in a high-pitched voice, sounding rather affected.

"Someone's causing trouble!" Ye Fan rolled up his sleeves.

"Catch the demon immediately!!!" Sha Xiao shouted, pulling out the bowl that the Transformation Gu had transformed into with one hand.

They slammed the bowl onto Pang Bo's head, and the two of them bounced the bowl around with a clang.

The buzzing sound made Pang Bo dizzy and lightheaded, and he repeatedly begged for mercy.

"Master Ye, Master Sha, please stop reading! I know I was wrong, I won't do it again!"

After playing around for a while, the three of them sat on the ground, looked at each other, and laughed softly.

"It's been a long time since we've done this much together."

Ye Fan looked up at the sky, which was covered by vines and resembled the bottom of a well, and felt a long-lost sense of ease.

Leaving behind the troubles of the mortal world, we bravely venture into another world with our long-lost brothers, roaming freely, laughing and joking, having a wonderful time.

For a moment, he felt that this unexpected turn of events wasn't so bad after all.

"Who says otherwise? Life is like that..." Looking at the burly Pang Bo, he sighed softly, as if he had seen through all the flavors of life.

Sha Xiao rolled her eyes, took out a few mineral water bottles, and stuffed them into the arms of the two men.

"No Li Xiaoman, no girls, stop being so artsy, get to work."

"Oh, capitalists!"

Ye Fan and Pang Bo laughed in unison, and began filling mineral water bottles with the divine spring water and divine sand.

In no time, the three of them had filled more than thirty bottles with the divine spring water.

Only after they heard everyone returning did they reluctantly hand it over to Sha Xiao to put into her spatial belt, and then quickly walked out.

The Space Belt is a deadly move combining the Belt Gu and the Void Gu. It is not affected by the spirit absorption of the Ancient Forbidden Zone, so it is very safe to put it inside.

As soon as they went outside, Ye Fan and the others saw Liu Yiyi lingering outside, leaving a trail of grass on the ground.

Upon seeing them emerge, Liu Yiyi's face lit up with joy, and she headed straight for Sha Xiao.

"Tsk tsk, Yiyi is a good girl, don't let her down."

Ye Fan shook his head, turned his legs away, and looked on with a face full of reminiscence of the past.

"Tsk tsk."

Pang Bo shook his head, caught up with Ye Fan, put his arm around Ye Fan's shoulder and walked forward, occasionally letting out a couple of lewd laughs.

Sha Xiao rolled his eyes, then, looking at the timid Liu Yiyi, he switched to a gentle expression: "What's wrong, Liu Yiyi?"

Liu Yiyi awkwardly reached her hand out from behind her back and handed the Buddhist prayer beads made of six relics to Sha Xiao:

"Sha, you've saved us so many times along the way, I don't know how to repay you."

"Since you need these Buddhist treasures as materials for your spiritual practice, then I'll give this to you."

Looking at Liu Yiyi, who was timid and afraid, yet determined to push the relic toward herself, she resembled a reed that remained steadfast despite being blown down by the wind.

"Her body swayed like willow catkins in the wind..."

A line of poetry flashed through Sha Xiao's mind, and he immediately understood why Ye Fan in the original story was willing to keep helping these classmates who didn't have much talent for cultivation.

For some people, not eliminating them is already an act of friendship.

Some people do deserve our best to help them.

Sha Xiao reached out and took the Buddha relic bracelet from Liu Yiyi, then handed Liu Yiyi a red divine fruit, and said in a low, serious voice:

"This is indeed very useful to me. You can eat this fruit as part of your payment."

"Isn't this too precious?" Liu Yiyi looked up in surprise, embarrassed as she tidied her hair, a purplish-blue mark flashing across her neck.

Sha Xiao shoved the fruit into her hand and said firmly, "Eat it when I tell you to, but don't let anyone else know."

Liu Yiyi turned around and stared blankly at Sha Xiao, who was quickly catching up with Ye Fan. A fleeting shadow flashed in her haggard and hopeless eyes, and the corners of her mouth, which hadn't smiled in a long time, unconsciously turned up.

She lowered her head, wiping away her tears as she slowly ate the fragrant and seemingly extraordinary fruit.

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"Tsk tsk, some people seem harmless, but actually, they're quicker to act than anyone else when it comes to dirty work. Look at her, she must have been caught cheating and got beaten up!"

"She's so smart. Sha Xiao is such a good person, she definitely wouldn't want that piece of junk. She'll just get a good impression for nothing."

Several female classmates hid in the bushes, watching from afar as Liu Yiyi walked towards Sha Xiao with Buddhist implements, and made sarcastic remarks.

"Holy crap? What's going on?! Sha Xiao really accepted it?"

Some people saw Sha Xiao accept the relic bracelet and wear it on her wrist, and were so surprised that they dared not speak loudly, and subconsciously touched the Buddhist artifacts beside them.

Their confidence in spreading rumors stems from the fact that Sha Xiao still seems like the same person she was in college—upright and pure.

Now Sha Xiao actually accepted the Buddhist artifact they used to save their lives so easily?

This was just as shocking to them as seeing a tiger in a zoo eat someone right in front of them.

In an instant, everyone who was gossiping lowered their heads instinctively, afraid that Sha Xiao would notice them.

Seeing that Sha Xiao and the others returned empty-handed, Zhang Ziling took out two Snickers bars and handed them over:

"Here you are, our guardian angel, you can't go hungry."

"Wow, Lao Zhang, I didn't know you had such a good thing hidden away."

Ye Fan grinned and put his arm around the last of their four-person dorm roommates. As he took the Snickers bar, he discreetly slipped the Divine Fruit into his hand.

Seeing Xiaoying and Ye Fan fighting over the Snickers bar, blocking Sha Xiao behind him, Zhang Ziling immediately understood. He seized the opportunity and swallowed the divine fruit in one gulp.

Seeing that Sha Xiao and the others had not found anything, everyone felt a sense of frustration and could only lower their heads and share the meager amount of food.

While everyone was sharing the meager amount of food, Sha Xiao stood alone before the boundless abyss, channeling his true energy and reaching out to grab Ye Fan's shadow.

In an instant, he sensed a trace of the remnant divine will.

With the most essential materials, Sha Xiao quickly crafted a Gu worm that was as light as a feather yet as heavy as a thousand pounds.

This is a low-end version of the legendary Gu worm, the Belief Gu, the Three-Turn Righteousness Gu.

After throwing the feather-like Mindfulness Gu into the abyss, Sha Xiao led the rested group toward the direction where the flying eagle had appeared.

The ancient forest, untouched by any living creature for countless years, grew wildly and recklessly. Fortunately, with three strong men, Sha Xiao, Ye Fan, and Pang Bo, leading the way, their progress was not too slow.

Deeper into the forest, although they didn't see any small animals that they could eat, they did see some wild fruit.

Soon, as everyone trudged on, night fell silently.

The students lit a fire and huddled together.

Some silently reminisced about their families on Earth, while others pondered how to escape the desert after seeing human habitation and become immortals.

"Clang," "Clang"...

Suddenly, a violent crashing sound and the trembling of the bronze coffin resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

Everyone looked in alarm toward the source of the sound.

Sure enough, the sound came from the abyss beside the mountain where they had come down during the day.

"Is that the source of the danger?" someone huddled up, teeth chattering.

"Sha Xiao, we'll be alright, right?" The person who had just been dreaming of becoming an immortal asked Sha Xiao anxiously.

"Crackling, crackling."

Sha Xiao casually poked at the fire with her right hand, turning her head to look expectantly in that direction.

"Don't worry, our flight isn't simple. We won't be a target until something happens to it."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the mountain peak with a mixture of curiosity and fear.

"boom!"

Suddenly, boundless black mist surged into the sky, like a curtain covering the sky for countless miles.

"Hey, are you sure everything's okay?"

Looking at the black mist covering their heads, someone couldn't help but ask.

"Rumble rumble rumble!"

Suddenly, the black mist was sucked into the boundless abyss, and the stars in the sky shone briefly for a moment.

But the next second, a terrifying scene left everyone stunned.

A dark shadow, indistinguishable as human, beast, demon, or monster, swung a thick iron chain that seemed to reach the heavens and roared towards the sky.

Even though the monster was still bound, its immense pressure, even from such a distance, made everyone vaguely see the figure of a giant from mythology.

"boom---!"

The deafening roar bombarded everyone's eardrums even before the sound waves, causing everyone to stumble and fall to the ground.

In their stunned silence, apart from Sha Xiao, no one else noticed that such a massive shockwave had swept by without even breaking a single leaf.

The dark figure was bound by huge iron chains and shackled.

But with each breath, it dances across the heavens and earth, shaking the firmament.

Its ferocity was overwhelming. As if gathering its strength, it let out a mournful roar and then plunged back into the abyss.

"Clang," "Clang"...

The sound of the bronze coffin being smashed rang out again.

"It...it's not going to open that small coffin, is it?" Lin Jia asked, trembling.

"No, really? Didn't Sha Xiao say that thing suppressed the danger?" A male student exclaimed, confused.

After a while, the clanging sounds continued steadily, like the sound of a morning bell and evening drum.

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It shouldn't break, right?"

As the night deepened, amidst the rhythmic background noise of the monster smashing the coffin, the group succumbed to exhaustion and fell into a deep sleep.

In the dead of night, Sha Xiao suddenly opened his eyes. Just now, he had felt a strong sense of being watched.

Sha Xiao took out the Blinding Immortal Gu and placed it on his head. After looking around, he found no danger.

Suddenly, he sensed something was wrong. When did the sound of the coffin being smashed stop?

He stammered as he raised his head, only to see a dark figure bound by nine chains standing silently atop the mountain where they had been during the day, watching him.

Although they were separated by an unknown distance, and shrouded in darkness.

But Sha Xiao knew clearly that the other person was looking at her.

Feeling the gaze that looked down at him so intently, Sha Xiao almost wanted to jump up and throw a punch!

It worked! The Gu worms he gave me were effective!

Suppressing her surging emotions, Sha Xiao bowed deeply to the dark figure.

Having read the original work and knowing many secrets, he naturally knew the other party's identity.

He is not some monster, but a supreme figure who dedicated his life to this universe—the original master of the Ancient Forbidden Zone, a living Great Accomplishment Holy Body!

"It really works..."

A divine thought that sounded extremely weak, as if it would dissipate at any moment, exploded in his mind.

"Unfortunately, too... weak..."

"Wait, Great Accomplished Holy Body! I..." Before Sha Xiao could finish speaking, the Great Accomplished Holy Body fell into a daze again.

"Waiting for you... Ugh—!!!"

The Great Accomplished Holy Body glanced deeply at Sha Xiao and the unconscious Ye Fan, then leaped back into the abyss.

"Sigh..." Sha Xiao shook her head regretfully.

If the other party could persist a little longer, and the two sides could communicate a little more, he might be able to obtain some materials to help the Great Perfection Holy Body refine more Gu worms that resist the curse.

However, this is good enough!

As long as the other person doesn't fall into the deepest slumber during this period, he is confident he can wake him up!

Sha Xiao lay relaxed on the grass, one hand behind her head, the other raised to block out the starlight.

He slowly clenched his fist and whispered, "Covering the sky with one hand," his mind flashing with the immense power of the Great Accomplished Holy Body exhaling to cover the sky, his heart filled with anticipation.

The next morning, unaware of what was happening, the group set off early while the dew was still fresh.

After crossing one mountain after another, the group could clearly feel that they were getting closer to the palace.

Climbing over another low hill, I gazed at the distant peak, where the buildings became increasingly clear.

With its carved beams and painted rafters, the ancient and grand palaces stretch out in a continuous line, like a celestial palace fallen to earth.

"Why do I feel hot all over..." someone suddenly said.

"I feel that way too."

Just then, everyone noticed each other's abnormality; their skin was horribly red, as if it were about to bleed.

Everyone felt an intense burning sensation, as if flames were rising within their bodies.

This wasn't caused by the hot weather at all; it was a physical problem. Everyone felt an increasing burning pain in their skin.

"I...can't take it...it hurts so much!" A female student squatted on the ground in excruciating pain, crying out, "It hurts so much, it feels like my flesh is drying up..."

She wept uncontrollably, collapsed to the ground, and kept rolling around in agony.

Immediately afterwards, the second and third place students fell to the ground one after another.

"What on earth happened, Sha Xiao? What happened?!"

Everyone realized the seriousness of the situation and turned to look at Sha Xiao.

Sha Xiao turned around, and everyone was devastated to find that his whole body was also red, like a red-skinned duck.

Despair gripped their hearts; at that moment, no one could stand, and almost everyone collapsed to the ground.

The crowd roared in agony, as if their flesh was being peeled away, and their bodies ached as if being cut by a knife.

The power of the ancient forbidden zone permeated everyone, and from a perspective unseen by the public, the traces of time seemed to fall freely.

"Sha Xiao, save me, I don't want to die..." someone cried out in terror.

Apart from Sha Xiao, no one knows why this disaster happened.

No one was aware of their own condition; they only felt as if their bodies were being slowly tortured.

"Let me die! I'm in so much pain..."

Struggling, crying, rolling around, screaming, many people were almost in despair, their loud roars and the excruciating pain gradually blurring their minds.

Everyone's body was enveloped in a layer of blood energy, as if the blood energy was burning intensely.

"Sha Xiao! I want to cultivate! You promised me, even if it means death, I want to die on the path of cultivation!"

Zhou Yi's eyes were bloodshot as he glared at Sha Xiao through gritted teeth.

"Now is the time. Remember, the longer you persist, the higher your talent will become."

Sha Xiao looked at Zhou Yi, who had already entered the state of mind, and nodded.

He was waiting for the moment when the forbidden land would extract the cultivation seeds from everyone.

Even if there are conflicts in the cultivation methods, Zhou Yi will not die if he continues his cultivation at this time.

As long as the person doesn't die, he has plenty of ways to make amends later.

As long as Zhou Yi can achieve enlightenment while demonstrating the Wheel of Life, he dares to enlighten Ye Fan and the others as well.

He flicked his finger, and a glimmer of hope flew toward Zhou Yi.

The Gu worm merged into Zhou Yi's body, and he only heard a "pop" sound from his heart lake as a world between illusion and reality was born from within him.

The blood energy that had been burning throughout Zhou Yi's body was instantly withdrawn. In the blink of an eye, he saw his empty acupoints, his true essence, and his potential.

"Hahaha, very good, very good! Having heard the Dao, I have no regrets even in death!" Zhou Yi laughed wildly, his whole body trembling as he endured the burning sensation of his blood.

One second, five seconds, ten seconds, until forty-seven seconds later, Zhou Yi finally lost consciousness.

"Is it successful? It's not certain yet, but the talent for Gu cultivation is indeed quite good, 98% of the time it's top-tier."

Sha Xiao silently endured the licking flames, calmly assessing the situation.

"Hiss hiss hiss!"

The timid Xiaoqing, who had been hiding in the belt, also twisted in pain and turned back into her original form.

The three-meter-long emerald green snake body rubbed against Sha Xiao's body, causing the old skin to peel off continuously, and Xiao Qing's tears flowed uncontrollably.

This is a transformation, but also an unbearable form of torture.

Enveloped in raging flames of blood, Sha Xiao summoned a mercury-like shape-shifting Gu to envelop himself and Ye Fan.

The shape-shifting Gu seeped into everyone's pores, sensing every change in their bodies.

The decay and reconstruction of bones, the aging and rejuvenation of flesh and blood, the shedding and regeneration of scales and skin.

Sha Xiao endured pain far exceeding that of self-immolation, looking at herself, Ye Fan, Liu Yiyi, and Xiao Qing with an excited expression.

Aging, rejuvenation, the elixir of immortality, and the power of ancient forbidden zones were all laid bare before his eyes.

Sha Xiao's lips curled up exaggeratedly; this was the first time he had seen the time so clearly.

"Xiaoqing, can I borrow your secret stash of money?" Sha Xiao's aged voice produced a harsh, grating sound.

"Hiss hiss hiss!!!" Xiao Qing, who had just been wailing during the torture, instantly stopped crying.

It stared at Sha Xiao in disbelief and loudly questioned her.