Hearing Xie Chengzu's words, Li Yan and the others exchanged glances.
To be honest, the old man looked born with a crow's beak. Everything he said sounded both unpleasant and ominous.
Yet judging by his appearance, he seemed genuinely frightened.
Zhang Si Bei was frightened too. The young man had no mind of his own, trembling all over and utterly at a loss.
"Fast Boat Zhang," however, was an old hand in the martial world. He cupped his hands solemnly and said, "Sir, please explain yourself clearly. Even if we must die, let us die knowing why!"
Xie Chengzu glanced at Li Yan, gritted his teeth, then turned to his disciple. "Go fetch that God Covering Cloth."
"Yes, Master."
The disciple hurried away and soon returned with a piece of red cloth.
Li Yan and the others had seen this sort of thing before. When offering worship to a god statue, red cloth was used to cover it before it had been consecrated—or when it was too ferocious.
But this piece was different.
Judging by its material, it seemed to have been dyed with a special pigment mixed with cinnabar. It had also been used for a long time, scorched by smoke and flame until it was badly worn.
Heavenly Spiritual Treasure!
Li Yan narrowed his eyes, surprised.
The instant the object was carried inside, the Great Luo Dharma Body within him developed a hunger, as if it wanted to swallow it.
That had become a rare occurrence lately.
His Great Luo Dharma Body was now complete. Not only were the Three Fires on its head and shoulders burning, there was not even a crack across its body.
Ordinary Heavenly Spiritual Treasures were absorbed merely to repair it. Only objects capable of strengthening the Dharma Body could cause such a