In the world of "Covering the Sky," my cultivation technique is not right.

"That's the Holy Maiden of a Hundred Flowers?" Lu Yao suddenly grabbed the elder brother's sleeve tightly, unwilling to give up, and asked again.

"Would I lie to you? Such unparalleled beauty is unmatched in Hundred Flowers City and even the entire Qinling region." The cultivator just now flicked his sleeve and rolled his eyes.

Then he exclaimed in admiration, "Even so, she is already the ninth most beautiful woman in Zhongzhou. If she were to remove her golden mask, I wonder how captivating she would be."

Take off that one-third of the golden mask? I advise you not to look; the mask is covered with red birthmarks.

As for how I know, I saw her by chance in a valley in the Qinling Mountains; it seemed like she wasn't wearing any clothes.

Oh no, we have to get out of here right now. This Hundred Flowers Saintess's cultivation is alright, only at the third level of the fourth realm.

But now he is surrounded by two Dragon Transformation Elders of the Hundred Flowers Sect!

Oh no! Why is everything going wrong and causing trouble everywhere I go since leaving the Yao Guang Holy Land?

Or maybe we shouldn't be afraid of the Ruthless Clan and should just go back and lie down. As long as I don't cultivate, the Holy Son of Yao Guang definitely won't devour any Dao Palace-level trash.

I wonder what the attitude or reaction of the Yao Guang Holy Land is now that they know I'm wanted by the Ji family.

"Ye Zi." Lu Yao tugged at Ye Fan, but the guy was staring blankly at Li Xiaoman.

"Ye Fan!" Lu Yao slapped him on the head.

"Hey!" Ye Fan snapped back to reality. "What are you doing?"

"Hurry, we're in trouble."

"What's the trouble?"

I, Ye Fan, have not killed anyone or caused any trouble in Zhongzhou, so why am I in trouble again?

"Don't ask any more questions, hurry up and leave. We'll talk about it outside. If we're recognized, we're dead." He was really getting involved in the Hundred Flowers Sect's territory.

Lu Yao quickly turned around and left with Ye Fan, the two of them going against the flow of people towards the outer edge of the island.

Just then, the Holy Maiden of a Hundred Flowers seemed to sense something, her brows furrowed, and she looked towards where Lü Yao was, just in time to see the two of them leave.

The back view of one of the boys looked somewhat familiar.

It's him?

The Holy Maiden of a Hundred Flowers suddenly remembered the day she went to bathe in the valley outside the Qinling Mountains, and the lecherous thief who soared into the sky from the woods. The two figures then merged into one.

But it seems uncertain.

So the Hundred Flowers Saintess said something to the elder of the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm beside her, and the elder nodded in agreement and hurriedly left.

"This Flying Immortal Stone was obtained by my sect's old sage in a bet with a certain holy land in the Eastern Wilderness. All the source masters say that it contains an unparalleled divine object."

On the surface, the Holy Maiden of a Hundred Flowers appeared calm and collected, chatting and laughing with Jue Youqing as she introduced several unusual stones in the stone workshop, but her heart had already wandered off.

As soon as Lü Yao and Ye Fan stepped out of the stone gate, they headed towards the outskirts of the city. On the way, Ye Fan hurriedly asked, "Old Lü, what exactly happened?"

Lu Yao pursed his lips, unsure how to explain. He couldn't very well say that he had seen the Hundred Flowers Saintess bathing and was afraid of being recognized by her, could he?

He assumed those small formations were set up by strange beasts guarding divine objects, and that the techniques were crude, unlike those set up by cultivators.

I never expected anyone to be taking a shower in there!

However... Lü Yao said righteously, "Ye Zi, isn't this all your fault? Ever since we arrived in Beidou, you've been causing trouble every time."

This is called taking the initiative and overwhelming the other party with your momentum. No matter who is to blame, whoever complains first and has the stronger momentum is right.

"I......"

"What do you mean, 'you'? Did you already know someone was bathing in that valley? Did you see through my ability to break those minor formations without making a sound, just to satisfy your voyeuristic desires? Let me tell you, Ye Fan, you've mistaken me for someone else!"

"I didn't." Ye Fan was dumbfounded. What was going on here? Why was the topic of watching people bathe in the valley brought up again? What was Lü Yao talking about?

"Then prove you didn't."

Let the other party prove it themselves; if they can't, then it's true. If they can prove it, then say they don't consider you one of their own, and always keep evidence.

"I... Lao Lü, you have to tell me why you ran away just now, right?" Ye Fan was on the verge of tears. What kind of person was this?

"Does the Saintess of a Hundred Flowers look familiar to you?" The two had already left Hundred Flowers City and were heading towards the Qinling Mountains.

"No, I've never seen her." Ye Fan thought back and realized he had never seen this woman before.

Judging from his figure and the appearance of half of his face, if you saw him, you would definitely have a deep impression of him.

"She's the one bathing in the valley," Lü Yao revealed an answer that Ye Fan hadn't expected.

After a moment of silence, Ye Fan suddenly leaped onto Lü Yao, and the two tumbled into the woods, crashing into an ancient tree with a thud.

"Ouch, what are you doing?" Lu Yao glared angrily as Ye Fan pinned him down.

Ye Fan laughed angrily: "You, Lü Yao, you used to play tricks on me on Earth, and now you're still playing tricks on me in Beidou, huh? You clearly spied on the Hundred Flowers Saintess taking a bath, but you're blaming me for it."

"How did I ever mess with you before?" Lü Yao performed a death roll, pinning Ye Fan to the ground, and the two switched positions.

But a white glint flashed in his eyes, and then a faint barrier enveloped the two of them, capable of blocking sound, because Ye Fan had mentioned Earth.

Ye Fan gritted his teeth and spat out each word: "You took me to get a foot massage, you made me do a Thai massage on the second floor, and you went to the third floor for a gentle massage. When you came out, you insisted that you didn't have any money and made me pay with my college living expenses. I ate steamed buns for half a month that month."

"Ha!" Lu Yao sneered, "Li Xiaoman went abroad in her senior year, and I returned to school to visit you. I saw that you were so sad that you couldn't even eat. I took you out to cheer you up, and it's my fault? If I don't take your money to do things for you, whose money should I take?"

Besides, you couldn't eat a single bite of rice before, but then you ate thirty steamed buns in half a month. Do you think that solved the problem?

"You f***ing..." Ye Fan was on the verge of tears, lamenting his poor choice of friends. How did he end up knowing this guy?

"Besides, if I didn't take you out to get foot massages regularly, how could you become desensitized to her?" Lü Yao added.

Mentioning Li Xiaoman, whom he had just met, Ye Fan suddenly asked, "Old Lü, how did Li Xiaoman end up in the Western Desert?"

Lu Yao said, "How would I know? She grew legs and maybe she walked there from the Eastern Wilderness."

Ye Fan pushed Lü Yao away, stood up, and pondered the matter carefully. Lü Yao's lame joke did not amuse him.

"Something's wrong with Li Xiaoman. She gives me a sense of unfamiliarity." He knew the depth of Li Xiaoman's relationship with him and they had been lovers for a while, so he was naturally more sensitive to changes in Li Xiaoman than others.

Lü Yao said, "Of course something's wrong."

Ye Fan quickly asked, "You also feel something's wrong? What's wrong with it? I just have a gut feeling, but I can't quite put my finger on it."

"I'm asking you, are there many Buddhists in your hometown?"

Ye Fan shook his head: "Not many."

"How many Buddhists are truly well-versed in Buddhist principles, or even possess Buddha-nature?"

"It's rare that Li Xiaoman was not a Buddhist."

"You could say almost none. I just saw Li Xiaoman talking to Jue Youqing, and her words revealed a deep-seated Buddhist understanding, which is completely unlike her usual self. Could she have learned it here?"

This group of people has been with Beidou for less than two years.

"So you mean, that wasn't Li Xiaoman?" Ye Fan asked.

"Do you remember what happened to Pang Bo?" Lü Yao asked.

"I remember," Ye Fan said through gritted teeth. His good brother hadn't even been saved before he was driven out of the Eastern Wilderness by the Ji family.

"It is likely that a primordial spirit, or a wisp of divine consciousness, resides within Li Xiaoman's body."

Ye Fan suddenly realized: "Li Xiaoman encountered a Buddha's primordial spirit or divine consciousness in the Big Dipper, and was guided in cultivation by it."

What? A female version of Xiao Yan? Ye Fan, have you been reading too many novels?

Lu Yao sneered: "Do you remember when I told you not to go out randomly at Yinghuo? Pang Bo said that Li Xiaoman went out with another girl to take care of her physiological needs."

This was something buried deep in his memory, but a single sentence from Lü Yao reminded him of something he had said back then:

An ancient demon may be sealed beneath the Great Thunderclap Temple.