Chapter 353: Bodhi Seed

"Just as Pang Bo said, a peerless powerhouse must be buried in here."

Yin Qi did not correct him.

He knew about the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, and could still use the excuse of "having seen it in ancient books."

But if he said that the Harmony Flower was buried inside, once they reached the Burial Emperor Star and leaked it, the entire universe would likely boil over, and he didn't know how many quasi-emperors would personally hunt him down.

This Harmony Flower was prepared by the Ruthless Great Emperor for her reincarnated brother.

As for whether it was Ye Fan, that remained a mystery.

One could only say they were the two most similar waves in the long river of time.

"Clang!"

The bronze coffin vibrated violently, as if it had hit something, causing a terrifying impact.

Everyone was knocked off balance, nearly falling over.

When they saw the world outside, everyone was stunned.

Pang Bo was the most excited, pulling Ye Fan to be the first to climb out of the bronze coffin.

"We've arrived!"

Yin Qi said softly, looking outside the coffin lid.

In the ruins of the Great Leiyin Temple, there were not only numerous Buddha artifacts but also the seeds of the undying divine medicine, the Bodhi Tree; he naturally could not miss them. Moreover, the bronze coffin needed to continue its journey, which required essence blood to nourish it and replenish its energy.

Fortunately, the carvings on the inner walls of the bronze coffin emitted a faint light, instantly neutralizing this unimaginable impact force; otherwise, given the physical constitutions of Ye Fan and the others, they would definitely have been killed by the impact.

If the Crocodile Ancestor wasn't released, where would the energy come from?

Precisely because of this, he reminded everyone not to follow, so as to avoid accidents.

Li Ruoxi still followed closely by Yin Qi's side, her voice trembling as she said: "Yin Qi, where is this? How can it be so desolate?"

He said this and then leaped down, light as a swallow.

Why did she have a feeling like she had come to hell?

Everyone was shocked.

Although everyone was a stranger and he had no obligation to be responsible for their safety, he was not a cold-blooded and heartless person who could watch people die miserably with indifference.

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

Yin Qi secretly calculated, and after determining the direction of the Great Leiyin Temple, he quickly rushed over.

"This is Mars!"

Another loud clang, the coffin lid was actually shaken open, and dark red light shone in.

This speed was too fast; in the blink of an eye, they had reached an extraterrestrial planet?

The light between heaven and earth was dim, gloomy, and deathly still, as if a faint black mist lingered in the twilight.

The earth looked as if it had been stained by blood, presenting a reddish-brown color, cold, hard, and desolate. As far as the eye could see, it was barren and empty, with sporadic huge rocks standing on the ground, looking like tombstones when viewed from afar.

"We've arrived!"

Yin Qi said indifferently: "This should be Yinghuo Star, also known as Mars, a stop on the bronze coffin's interstellar journey. A piece of advice: Mars is very dangerous. I am going to look around; you had best not follow."

"My God, a feat the country hasn't completed, we've done it so easily!"

"Where is Yin Qi going? He wouldn't be trying to ditch us, would he?"

"Let's go, shall we follow?"

"Better not, didn't Yin Qi just say it's very dangerous!"

"Hey, there's a five-colored altar under our feet too!"

Everyone was discussing heatedly.

Some wanted to follow, some didn't want to leave.

"Ye Zi, let's go!"

Pang Bo was thick-skinned; he greeted Ye Fan and jumped down.

Ye Fan also silently followed.

He believed that if they really encountered danger, Yin Qi would definitely not stand idly by.

Li Ruoxi pursed her lips, still restraining the urge to chase after them.

Li Xiaoman, Lin Jia, and other girls, as well as most of the boys, also chose to wait for Yin Qi and the others to return.

Liu Yunzhi, however, gritted his teeth and said: "That guy is mysterious and must know many secrets. He left without even saying hello; he must have ulterior motives. Let's follow and see."

He called two lackeys and hurriedly followed.

Zhou Yi, Wang Ziwen, and others exchanged glances, then steeled their hearts and followed as well.

Employing the Heavenly Human Leap, Yin Qi arrived before a large area of ruins a moment later.

Broken walls and ruined pillars, rubble everywhere.

There must have been a magnificent palace complex here once, but now it was incomparably desolate, silently recounting past glories.

At the end of the ruins, there was a broken wall, and a faint light flickered behind it.

Yin Qi did not stop, continuing forward, and finally arrived before an ancient temple.

Before the ancient temple, a Bodhi tree was as vigorous as a coiled dragon, its entire body withered, with only five or six green leaves sporadically adorning it two meters above the ground, each one crystal clear and shimmering with green light, like jade divine gems.

This ancient temple was very small and could not be called magnificent at all.

It only had one ancient hall, enshrining a stone Buddha. Before the stone Buddha was an ancient bronze lamp, its light flickering; one didn't know how long it had been burning, as if it had existed since time immemorial.

Yin Qi's eyes revealed joy. He came before the ancient Bodhi tree and saw the green leaves casting a hazy radiance that sank into the ground.

Thus, he began digging at the spot where it had landed, and very quickly, he unearthed a bodhi seed.

This Bodhi seed was the size of a walnut, gray and dim overall, covered with natural patterns, but it actually formed a compassionate Buddha image, as if carved by heaven.

The gray Buddha image was simple and natural, with a faint Zen charm emanating from it.

Holding the Bodhi seed in hand had the effect of opening wisdom.

If it could be cultivated, it would be an undying divine medicine; sitting under the Bodhi tree to cultivate would yield twice the result with half the effort.

"Obtained Bodhi seed, fortune blessed!"

Yin Qi's consciousness reached deep into his mind and saw the three-foot-high white fortune on the Fortune Altar rapidly rise to one zhang.

This was both the blessing of the Bodhi seed and the interception of the protagonist's opportunity.

After the Yang God world, he no longer had psychological pressure about intercepting the protagonist's opportunities; at worst, he would just save Ye Fan a few more times in the future. The early-stage Ye Fan often encountered danger.

Putting away the Bodhi seed, Yin Qi walked into the ancient temple again and took the bronze ancient lamp into his hand.

This was the best-preserved Buddha artifact in the entire temple.

With the bronze ancient lamp in hand, Yin Qi seemed to hear a faint Zen chant, as if coming from the horizon, and the Buddha sound became increasingly vast, like a yellow bell or a great chime vibrating, solemn, vast, profound, and mysterious.

"Om, mani, padme, hum!"

The Buddha sound was the six-syllable mantra of Buddhism; each mantra had unimaginable effects, almost comparable to the Nine Secrets of the Dao Sect.

At the same time, Yin Qi also felt the vast energy contained within the bronze ancient lamp.

In the original work, Ye Fan, a mere mortal, could use it to slaughter in all directions, killing hundreds of small crocodile demons.

Now that it had fallen into his hands, its power was naturally incomparable.

Based on Yin Qi's deduction, this bronze ancient lamp was at least at the Saint artifact level; otherwise, it would have been impossible to suppress the Crocodile Ancestor, burn for thousands of years without extinguishing, and it might even be a Great Saint artifact.

Subsequently, Yin Qi also obtained a complete string of prayer beads on the head of the Buddha statue.

Although there were only six beads, each one was crystal clear, pale gold, as translucent as crystal, and also contained vast energy within, although not comparable to the bronze ancient lamp, it could not be underestimated.

"Holy crap, how could there be such a massive building complex on Mars!"

Outside the ancient temple, Pang Bo's exclamation came from afar.

Such a massive building complex, one could fully imagine the prosperity of the past.

But this was Mars, a forbidden zone for life.

Who exactly built it here, and what kind of glorious past did it have? ===== CHAPTER 354 =====