"Oh right, I almost forgot, do you want to return to Earth now? I can help you," Zhang Bairen asked.
Upon hearing this, Pang Bo replied shyly, "Could you wait a moment? I'd like to follow you and see the ruins of the Great Thunderclap Temple."
Zhang Bairen nodded slightly and replied calmly, "Okay, but you should be careful about your safety."
"Okay, I understand!" Pang Bo rubbed his hands together and followed Zhou Yi.
Beyond the ruins in front of you lies the true Great Thunder Temple.
About fifty meters ahead, there is an ancient temple, sitting quietly there, with a dim lamp and a Buddha statue, the light of which is as small as a bean.
In front of the ancient temple, a Bodhi tree stands as vigorous as a writhing dragon, its entire body withered except for five or six green leaves scattered about two meters from the ground. Each leaf is crystal clear, shimmering with green light, like a piece of jade.
At the end of the ruins, an ancient temple appeared, silent and small in scale, far from magnificent.
The ancient hall contained only a stone Buddha statue, covered in thick dust, with a bronze lamp beside it casting dappled light.
Standing beside the ancient temple is a vigorous old Bodhi tree, so large that six or seven people could not encircle it. The ancient trunk is hollow, and if it weren't for five or six shimmering green leaves, the whole tree would look as if it were dead.
The ancient temple and the Bodhi tree stand side by side, exuding an ancient charm that seems to allow one to feel the hazy passage of time and the relentless changes of the years, bringing endless tranquility and antiquity.
Being here gives one a sense of tranquility and returning to one's true nature.
"The ruins of the Great Thunderclap Temple are just ahead. There is a great formation set up by Shakyamuni here. If you enter rashly, you will destroy the structure of the formation and release the ancient demons from the eighteen levels of hell beneath the Great Thunderclap Temple." Zhang Bairen looked at the temple in front of him and kindly reminded him.
No wonder in the original storyline, after the group arrived on Mars, they encountered the situation of Crocodile Ancestor escaping.
It was precisely because they first casually took various Buddhist artifacts from the temple, then the energy of the great formation was absorbed by the five-colored altar, and then Ye Fan went even further, directly taking out the most precious Bodhi seed.
With such immense destruction, the Buddhist formation, which had been maintained for countless years, was naturally broken, and the ancient demons that had been suppressed were thus freed.
It can only be said that every cause has its effect!
The destruction of Buddhist artifacts was the cause, the students were attacked by the Crocodile Ancestor, and Ye Fan encountered the divine thoughts of the Great Accomplished Holy Body; this was the effect.
In this way, it aligns with the Buddhist concept of cause and effect.
“The Buddhist artifacts in the temple still possess spiritual power.”
"If you want these Buddhist artifacts, you must deal with the demons and monsters sealed in the eighteen levels of hell," Zhang Bairen said to the crowd.
Most of the Buddhist artifacts here are damaged, and very few are truly valuable.
However, some forbidden Buddhist artifacts are priceless even if they are taken to the Big Dipper Burial Emperor Star.
Zhang Bairen waved his sleeve, and an invisible current surged around him, causing the dilapidated temple to collapse completely and the withered Bodhi tree to turn to ashes.
At the location of the Bodhi tree, five or six emerald green Bodhi leaves floated in mid-air, surrounding a Bodhi seed with a natural image of Buddha.
Inside the ruined temple, dozens of Buddhist treasures slowly floated up.
Among these Buddhist treasures, the most complete are a bronze lamp that burns eternally, a stone Buddha inscribed with the six-syllable mantra, and the spotless plaque of the Great Thunder Temple.
Apart from these three items, all the other treasures were slightly damaged.
None of the people present dared to underestimate these things.
Because this is a Buddhist treasure from the Great Thunderclap Temple!
Even an inconspicuous, broken Buddhist artifact could be a forbidden artifact belonging to a quasi-emperor!
In the original storyline, Li Xiaoman accidentally found a broken bronze Buddha statue the size of a fist, covered in cracks. However, it was recognized by the Buddhists of the Western Regions as a quasi-emperor forbidden artifact personally refined by Shakyamuni, which was enough to withstand the laws and erosion of time in the desolate ancient forbidden land!
After Zhang Bairen took out the treasures here, the seal on this place was broken. Looking at the super sandstorm that rose from the ground, Zhang Bairen said, "Don't worry, the reason I took out the Buddhist treasures here is because I need to take action against the two demons who are about to break free."
"With my own strength alone, I might not be able to deal with them; only with these Buddhist ritual implements can I be absolutely certain of victory."
Originally, Zhang Bairen intended to take the Bodhi seeds and leave the remaining magical artifacts to these old Taoist priests as a chance encounter.
But then it suddenly occurred to me that besides the Crocodile Ancestor, who was at the Saint level, there was also a Divine Thought of a Greatly Accomplished Saint Body that I needed to deal with.
Therefore, the ownership of these Buddhist artifacts can only belong to Zhang Bairen for the time being.
If we're talking about plot holes in Chen Dong's work, the most unique one is probably the Martian Sacred Body.
The Martian Holy Body in life must have been extremely powerful, because the birth of a divine thought is very demanding. In the section about Ziwei Star, it is written that not only must all living beings remember him, but his strength must also "surpass the gods". In the book, apart from the Martian Holy Body, the Undying Emperor and the two Human Emperors, no other Great Emperor Supreme Beings have been born with a divine thought. These two Human Emperors are generally considered to be among the best of the Great Emperors.
And the divine thought of this Martian sacred body was mistaken by the Supreme Being for the Great Emperor of the Human Race.
He even claimed that he had swept across the nine heavens and ten earths, reversed the cycle of heaven and earth, and was invincible in heaven and earth.
Ye Fan was invincible in his realm. After two hundred years of achieving Great Perfection, he finally attained Dao in a different way. This was his realm during the Flying Immortal Star era. Logically speaking, a Saint Body that also attained Dao in a different way should not be as good as Ye Fan. However, according to what the Ancient Spirit Emperor said, there must be another Saint Body whose overall combat power is close to Ye Fan's in Flying Immortal Star. Apart from the Great Perfection of the Saint Body, this Saint Body must have also attained Dao in a different way based on his cultivation alone. Perhaps his realm is slightly deeper than Ye Fan's, and then his combat power can be similar. This is understandable, after all, a Great Perfection Saint Body can live to be six thousand years old and still be at its zenith, so his accumulation may be deeper. Because there are too few candidates, it is very likely that it is a Great Perfection Saint Body from Mars.
Because this person, even without a physical body, was mistaken by the Supreme Being for an Emperor. The self-severed Supreme Being of the Primordial Ancient Mine also claimed that he could have half his life taken away by this divine thought.
Even Shakyamuni, at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm, was unwilling to confront the Holy Body Divine Thoughts, which had borrowed the Dao Fruits of his previous life, head-on.
Against this backdrop, the Martian deity appears remarkably powerful and unique.
In fact, even tens of thousands of years later, the Azure Emperor's murderous intent could still instantly kill a Holy Spirit who was just a hair's breadth away from the Great Perfection.
What does this mean? A single killing intent can instantly kill a high-level Quasi-Emperor who is nearly at the Great Perfection of Quasi-Emperor realm.
This level of power is probably comparable to the Azure Emperor's true form.
This suggests that the murderous intent and divine intent within the world of Shrouding the Heavens may be no weaker than the original body.
In fact, if Zhang Bairen did not possess the legacy of Shakyamuni, and if there were several quasi-emperors at Hangu Pass on Earth, and if he did not currently possess several forbidden Buddhist artifacts, he certainly would not be willing to directly confront the Holy Body Divine Mansion's thoughts.
Even the newly revived Holy Body Divine Thought is definitely not easy to deal with.
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