The moment the Bodhi Seed fell into his palm, warmth rose from it, as though some inexplicable divine power were circulating within, giving it a particularly unique feel.
On the Bodhi Seed was also a small Buddha-shaped pattern, with an extraordinary charm that made it look quite remarkable.
This was the Bodhi Seed, the seed left after the Bodhi Immortal Medicine underwent nirvana and reincarnation.
"Is this the legendary Bodhi Tree where the Buddha entered nirvana?"
Standing to one side, Ye Fan gazed at the sight before him, deeply shaken.
To him, the scene felt like witnessing a myth.
The Bodhi Divine Tree was a divine object from the myths and legends of enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree, and today he had actually seen it with his own eyes.
Moreover, that Bodhi Seed was clearly extraordinary as well. It had been absorbing the essence of the Bodhi Divine Tree to undergo nirvana, so it was clearly something special.
Still, he entertained no fanciful thoughts about it and merely watched quietly.
The Daoist before him seemed easy enough to talk to, but his extraordinary abilities were genuine.
Under ordinary circumstances, the man might offer them some care on account of their shared origins, but if they angered him, all sorts of bad consequences would surely follow.
Ye Fan certainly did not think the man was some obliging pushover.
He was not that naive.
Yet something unexpected soon happened.
In front of him, Chen Yu glanced his way, then held out the Bodhi Seed in his hand.
From the look of it, he seemed to be signaling for him to take it?
"This..."
Looking at the Bodhi Seed being offered to him, Ye Fan was stunned and could not help hesitating.
Without question, this was a genuine divine object.
As the legendary Bodhi Tree beneath which the Buddha attained enlightenment, it was suspected to be connected to the actual Buddha and was certainly the most precious divine object in the Great Thunderclap Temple.
Even a mortal like Ye Fan could see that, let alone someone of the other man's caliber.
But what did he mean by this gesture?
"Take it."
Chen Yu spoke softly. "This can improve comprehension and Dao resonance. It's very useful to you right now."
"I can't accept it."
Ye Fan waved his hands repeatedly. "You discovered it first, Daoist. Naturally, it belongs to you."
"Then just consider it a loan."
Chen Yu smiled, unsurprised by Ye Fan's refusal. "This divine object was here, and the fact that you could make your way here means you share a karmic connection with it."
"It's of no use to me for now, so I'll lend it to you first."
Had he not obtained the Bodhi Heart through checking in, the Bodhi Seed would indeed have been very useful to Chen Yu.
But now that he had the Bodhi Heart, this thing was of little use to him.
Of course, no one ever complained of having too many good things.
But the Bodhi Seed could not be described as merely a good thing.
It was certainly a fine object, but unfortunately, the Buddha's divine sense was attached to it.
If it were Chen Yu himself rather than Ye Fan, he truly had no confidence that he could keep it suppressed.
If something went wrong and the Buddha's divine sense influenced him, turning him into a Buddhist devotee, Chen Yu would have nowhere even to cry.
He might as well do a favor that flowed with the current and hand it back to Ye Fan this way.
For Ye Fan, who had been utterly penniless in the early stages, this thing was extremely important, counting among his greatest fortuitous opportunities.
If possible, Chen Yu still did not want to ruin that.
As for the future, if he ever truly needed it, he could simply ask for it back.
After all, he had only said he was lending it, not giving it away.
With Ye Fan's character, there was no way he would pocket someone else's divine medicine seed.
"In that case, thank you, Daoist..."
Looking at the Bodhi Seed before him, Ye Fan hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not refuse again.
"You're merely leaving this with me for safekeeping for now, Daoist. If you need it someday, you can take it back from me at any time."
He said this with great solemnity.
"Good."
Chen Yu smiled and said nothing more.
He turned around, then put away the Ancient Bodhi Tree before him right in front of Ye Fan.
Although the Ancient Bodhi Tree before him was merely the remnant body left after the Immortal Divine Medicine underwent nirvana, it had once been a complete Immortal Divine Medicine, after all, and its body was bound to be extraordinary.
Moreover, six Bodhi Leaves still remained on the tree, indicating that it retained one final trace of vitality.
Chen Yu put the ancient tree away, intending to see whether he could find an opportunity in the future to revive this ancient tree that still held a little vitality.
If so, he could obtain a living divine medicine. Although its effects would not be as powerful as those of an Immortal Divine Medicine, few things in this world could compare.
"Let's go."
Having finished all this, he left with Ye Fan and returned to the Great Thunderclap Temple.
The Great Thunderclap Temple was already different from before.
Although the process had changed, Pang Bo had still failed to find any ancient artifacts.
There was no helping it. The number of ancient artifacts here was limited, and this time Chen Yu had swept through in advance, taking away the finest few beforehand, so naturally everyone else gained even less.
In the end, just as in the original course of events, he set his sights on the Great Thunderclap Temple's plaque.
The instant the Great Thunderclap Temple's plaque was taken down, the entire Great Thunderclap Temple turned to dust.
It seemed to have lost its reason for existing, and the entire enormous building collapsed in an instant.
"Let's go."
Chen Yu was not surprised by this sight and merely offered a warning. "With the Great Thunderclap Temple's collapse, ominous things will emerge from within. You should all leave quickly."
Beside him, the expressions of Ye Fan and the others changed as they too recalled the legends of demons in the Great Thunderclap Temple.
The group quickened their steps, heading swiftly toward the Bronze Coffin.
A moment later, something unexpected happened after all.
Divine Crocodiles appeared one after another, attacking the mortals around them.
Boom!
A golden divine light appeared.
An ancient bronze lamp appeared in Chen Yu's hand, radiating brilliant light that enveloped the surroundings and sheltered the mortals within.
Unlike Ye Fan and the others in the original course of events, Chen Yu was a genuine cultivator.
As mortals, Ye Fan and the others could not activate Buddhist artifacts and could only passively rely on their divine power to block attacks, but Chen Yu could actively unleash the power of Buddhist artifacts to protect those around him.
Although, given his cultivation, this protective power was not particularly strong, it was sufficient.
After all, judging by the original course of events, these Divine Crocodile descendants were not particularly powerful either. They might merely have been lives casually created by the Crocodile Ancestor, their strength not worth mentioning.
As long as the divine power nurtured within the Buddhist artifacts was activated, they could easily be killed.
"Gather around, quickly! We'll follow behind the Daoist!"
The surrounding mortals panicked and hurried behind Chen Yu, trying to avoid the attacks under his protection.
A few people discovered the Buddhist artifacts' function and began clutching them tightly, even using them to drive back the Divine Crocodiles around them.