The Post Sky Tipping Era

The woman in plain clothes who suddenly appeared must be the Evolver from Earth who Smart Brain Xiaomei mentioned had crossed over to World No.17.

Li Yi stared at this person for a moment, then said, "I remember you. You and I participated in the Golden Academy's examination together, and you successfully entered the academy. Later, you even sought me out, but after the Sky Tipping event on Earth, the situation changed dramatically, and I haven't seen you since."

"I never expected you to still be alive, and that you also made it to World No.17."

The woman in plain clothes showed a smile. Her smile revealed compassion as she spoke, "Li Yi, I heard about your battles at the Earth Defense Line and knew you had hidden in World No.17, so I specially opened the Cross-border Gate to find you in this world."

"Hmm?"

Li Yi looked somewhat surprised, "You came specifically to find me? I recall we didn't have much interaction, and I don't owe you any money either."

"Li Yi, you and I have a karmic connection." The woman in plain clothes slowly began to speak.

"Karmic connection? What do you mean?" asked Li Yi.

The woman in plain clothes slowly approached and continued, "The mind creates all beings. People can become Buddhas. All laws are empty. Karmic ties are long-standing, and only over eons are they resolved."

Li Yi felt a headache coming on and said, "I'm not very well-read or cultured, so if you want to say something, just say it directly. Don't speak in ways I can't understand, okay?"

At this moment, he felt the disadvantage of being uneducated once again.

"You and I have past-life connections. In this life, we need to resolve this karma," said the woman in plain clothes, looking at Li Yi.

"Past-life connections? What kind of practices have you been into? How did you turn into a mystic? The Sky Tipping event wasn't that many years ago; how could there be past lives and present lives? You've clearly been fooled by someone. Hurry and take down the person who tricked you. Be careful not to fall into a scam." Li Yi kindly reminded.

He had been working since childhood, and was well acquainted with these tricks; he was very much on guard against them.

The woman in plain clothes, with a smile on her face, neither angered nor upset, said, "Have you ever practiced the White Bone Temple?"

Li Yi raised an eyebrow, "Why should I tell you what I've practiced? You and I are not familiar."

"If you are willing to enlighten me, I can help you open the Cross-border Gate and let you leave this world. The Demon King at the Earth Defense Line has not retreated; temporarily, they don't want to bring you back. While it's for your safety, I assume you wouldn't want to stay in this world for long," said the woman in plain clothes.

"You have a Cross-border Machine?"

Li Yi immediately asked, but quickly realized: "Yes, if you didn't have a Cross-border Machine, how could you have come alone to World No.17? If you're willing to send me back to Earth, I can answer some questions of yours."

He still had many things to do. Without the Cross-border Machine, he couldn't do anything.

"Then, Li Yi, please answer my previous question: have you practiced the White Bone Temple?" said the woman in plain clothes.

"The White Bone Temple, I once learned it from a mural," said Li Yi.

The woman in plain clothes continued to walk forward. Approaching Li Yi, she said, "You practice the White Bone Temple, seeing people as white bones, while I practice the Bodhisattva Observation, seeing people as Bodhisattvas. When you and I unite, it becomes the White Bone Bodhisattva Observation, an unparalleled discipline for realizing the White Bone Bodhisattva."

"White Bone Bodhisattva Observation?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yi understood something. He immediately said, "So you were missing the other half of the Observation Skill. You should've said so earlier. You should go to Tianchang City. That Bone Mural should still be there... well, maybe it's not anymore, because there was a disaster there, and even the Investigation Bureau is gone. But I can teach you."

"The White Bone Temple cannot be taught; it can only be understood from the Bone Mural, Li Yi, you should know this,"

At this moment, the woman in plain clothes reached out a fair hand and placed it on Li Yi's shoulder, then closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Haven't you noticed that your body is emitting the fragrance of lotus flowers? This is a sign of achieving physical Enlightenment, just like the sandalwood scent emitted from my body, which is also a sign of achieving the Bodhisattva body."

"My blood flows with flames and thunder; lotus fragrance? I think you've misunderstood." Li Yi frowned slightly, roughly figuring out where the lotus fragrance on his body came from.

That should be the scent of the Supreme Treasure Red Lotus.

Emitted from the Primordial Spirit Dharma, it was elusive.

However, it's normal for cultivators to have some fragrance. When cultivation reaches a certain level, the physical body transforms. It is no longer ordinary flesh, and naturally emits a special aroma.

"Li Yi, I want you to assist me in cultivation."

Despite this reasoning, the woman in plain clothes opened her eyes and very earnestly said.

"Assist you in cultivation? That wasn't part of the previous deal. I only promised to answer some of your questions in exchange for you opening the Cross-border Gate." Li Yi frowned and said.

"Helping me achieve the White Bone Bodhisattva position will also lead you to physical Enlightenment, with endless benefits. This is our destiny in this life, and no one can escape it. Haven't you felt that our souls are resonating with each other?"

At this moment, the woman in plain clothes emanated the light of the soul.

Li Yi vaguely saw a Bodhisattva Dharma Image emerge. This Bodhisattva had a serene presence, full of compassion, forming a Treasure Seal with its hands, looking almost identical to the woman.

Moreover, in terms of Primordial Spirit cultivation, the other party seemed to have progressed further than Li Yi.

But just as Li Yi was observing the other's Primordial Spirit, his own Primordial Spirit Dharma seemed to also get stirred, with Primordial Spirit Power spilling uncontrollably.

This was an unprecedented situation.

"Sorcery." Li Yi suddenly shouted, the sound of dragon and tiger reverberating, forcibly repelling the other party, simultaneously stabilizing his Primordial Spirit Dharma, preventing it from being influenced by that Soul Light.

The woman in plain clothes momentarily withdrew dozens of meters with a flicker and said, "This is not sorcery, but our souls resonating. Just now, I vaguely saw your Dharma Image; indeed, it was a Buddha, seated on a Lotus Platform."

"These are all ironclad evidence, are you still going to go against your conscience?"

However, Li Yi was unwilling to listen to these words, he said, "There is no enmity between us, don't entangle with me. For the sake of us both once being students of the Golden Academy, let's end this matter here. Open the cross-border gate and send me back to Earth."

He found this woman very peculiar, instinctively on guard, and preferred not to have any interaction with her, best if they never met again in the future.

"Li Yi, even if you return to Earth this time, I will find you again. The karma between us is unfinished and will always entangle," the woman in plain clothes said; "If you don't believe, you can follow me to another world to meet my master, she will answer all your doubts."

"You actually have a master in another world?" Li Yi's expression shifted.

This woman was already so strange; how much more bizarre must her master be.

He was about to refuse, but suddenly another thought popped into his mind. Would it solve this issue if he went and killed her master so she would no longer be bewitched?

Or perhaps, take action now, kill this woman, and seize the cross-border machine?

These two thoughts emerged in Li Yi's mind.

"Li Yi, you have murderous intent, it seems you really need to follow me once, only then can you resolve the evil in your heart." With that, the woman waved her hand, and a cross-border machine appeared in front of them.

On the machine were placed three miraculous items, two of which were incomplete, but there was one miraculous item that was intact.

The miraculous item looked like a stone, yet it emitted colorful light, crystalline and translucent, surprisingly sealed with a golden swastika inside.

"That is..." Li Yi watched and vaguely heard Brahmic sounds echo.

"That is a Buddha relic, cultivating beside the Buddha relic can evolve the primordial spirit and eliminate distracting thoughts." The woman in plain clothes voluntarily explained at this moment.

And at this moment, the cross-border machine activated.

The energy of the three miraculous items converged, erupting into a terrifying energy beam, forcibly opening the cross-border gate, but the connection was not to Earth, but to a vast unknown world.

That vast world was rich in cosmic energy, very suitable for cultivation.

"I'm not very interested in the world you're headed to, but I'm quite interested in the cross-border machine in your hand." Li Yi said seriously after finishing.

He didn't seize it.

Because each cross-border machine is controlled by a smart brain, if the opponent's smart brain level is very high and his Red Girl couldn't crack it, even if seized, it would be unusable.

"If Li Yi, you are willing to accompany me to meet my master, I am willing to give you this cross-border machine. In the future, you can cross dimensions and go wherever you want, once I've finished what I need to do, I will leave."

The woman in plain clothes spoke, and to show her sincerity, directly threw the cross-border machine to Li Yi, but took the miraculous items from it.

Then she took advantage of the cross-border gate still being maintained, immediately flying towards that world.

Li Yi looked at the cross-border machine in front of him, frowned, "Xiaomei, is there a smart brain in this cross-border machine?"

"No other smart brain system detected." Xiaomei in the base scanned it and immediately said.

"It actually didn't use a smart brain."

Li Yi immediately collected this cross-border machine, then looked at the cross-border gate about to close, hesitating.

The other side was sincere, directly sending the cross-border machine away.

This way, with the miraculous items in his hand, he could indeed return to Earth at any time.

"Well, since you are so sincere, I'll help you get rid of your master's bewitchment." Li Yi thought he couldn't be petty either, so he decided to send that master who bewitched people's hearts on the road for free.

After all, he's not good at chatting, but beating people is his specialty.

Then, he moved his foot, and as the cross-border gate was about to close completely, he also entered the vast world.

Very quickly.

The surrounding scenery changed drastically.

Li Yi appeared in a desolate mountainous area, the environment around was beautiful, with chirping birds and fragrant flowers, fresh air, it wasn't likely a modern world, but probably a world where cultivation was prevalent.

"Li Yi, you really came." And not far away, the woman in plain clothes hadn't left, waiting there.

"Just treating it as a stroll." Li Yi said calmly, "At least the cosmic energy in this world is abundant; it's better than staying in World No. 17. Oh, by the way, what's your name?"

"You can call me Zhang Fanyin." The woman in plain clothes smiled.

Li Yi asked again, "Where is this place?"

He looked around, seeing some broken walls and ruins, including half of a damaged giant Buddha statue leaning against the mountain, looking peculiar.

"The ruins of the Heavenly Dragon Temple." Zhang Fanyin said.

Li Yi asked, "What kind of world is this?"

"A world where bodhisattvas dwell and Buddhas manifest their spirits, I named it Brahma Realm." Zhang Fanyin said.