Covering the Sky: I, Wang Teng, truly lack the bearing of an emperor.

Chapter 437 Earth Cultivators, Family Reunion
Upon hearing this title, Wang Teng couldn't help but laugh.

He never imagined that he would be called "Grandpa Immortal" by others.

Even if you add up his past and present lives, he's only in his thirties. In this era, he'd probably be worrying about his son's middle school entrance exam results. But now he's being called "Grandpa Immortal" by a group of people who look quite old. It's a rather strange feeling.

However, from the other party's perspective, Wang Teng could understand.

After all, in many old novels, the gods and immortals were often presented to the public in their youthful form.

From the moment they appeared in outer space, they were constantly being watched. Even after they landed on Mount Tai, they did not deliberately conceal their presence. The Mercedes that had been parked in the parking lot for several years but suddenly started could also serve as evidence to find them.

Therefore, Wang Teng was not surprised that he had been found.

The only thing that surprised him was that the person who found him was actually a cultivator, although his cultivation level was very low, only at the Life Spring Secret Realm, but he had indeed embarked on this path.

"Do you represent the official authorities of this star?" Wang Teng asked.

"Yes and no." The leader shook his head. "We are not officials, but belong to a certain worldly sect. We were entrusted to contact you and find out why the seniors came here."

The disparity in strength between the two sides is too great; concealment and lies will serve no purpose. It would be better to explain everything early on, which might even bring the two sides closer.

“Don’t be too nervous. We’ve come with no ill intentions. We’re just bringing an old friend back to our hometown to visit relatives,” Wang Teng said.

“Okay, if there’s anything we can do to help, we will do our best,” the cultivators said.

“You probably won’t need it, but if you need any help, you can let us know and maybe someone will help you out,” Wang Teng said.

Although it wasn't his hometown as he remembered it, he still felt a sense of familiarity upon arriving here. If the people here were in any trouble, he wouldn't mind lending a hand.

As for the so-called cause and effect...

The greatest causal forces in the world of "Covering the Sky" have already gathered around him. Even if he is not currently at the very center of these forces, he is still absolutely capable of influencing the most significant causal events in the world of "Covering the Sky".

The biggest causes and effects in Shrouding the Heavens are nothing more than the Shrouding the Heavens trio plus the Azure Emperor.

Among the three members of the Shrouding the Sky trio, Ye Fan is almost like his little brother, owing him too many favors. The Ruthless Great Emperor is his grandmaster, the Wushi Great Emperor and the several imperial weapons left by his master have communicated across eras, and his relationship with the Black Emperor is also very special. Without exaggeration, his relationship with the trio is not ordinary.

Another variable in Shrouding the Heavens, the Azure Emperor, is already practically his father-in-law.

To put it in a classic way, the referees are all on our side, so what is there to worry about?
"Help us?" Upon hearing Wang Teng's words, the cultivators who had come to his door were taken aback.

They hadn't expected this powerful figure from an unknown land to be so easy to talk to.

When they first saw the video provided by the official team, they thought that these individuals would be difficult to negotiate with due to their high-profile appearance. Therefore, they assumed that only these individuals had come, and no more powerful figures had arrived, in order to minimize potential losses.

"Yes." Wang Teng nodded.

However, in his impression, there didn't seem to be any major troubles on Earth. Most of the cultivators on Earth were reclusive cultivators, and many of them lived in seclusion and did not have any impact on society.

"We need to go back and consult our sect leader about this..." the leading cultivator said.

No one expected that these powerful figures from outer space would be so easy to talk to. When they were sent here, they were already prepared to sacrifice themselves. If these powerful figures had bad tempers and were difficult to communicate with, they would have been the sacrifices.

But no one expected that this powerful figure would be so easy to talk to.

This was something neither their sect leader nor anyone else in the sect had anticipated.

“Okay, it’s alright. We should stay on this star for a while,” Wang Teng said with a light laugh.

“Alright, then we won’t disturb you and your partner any longer. This is my personal communication account. If you need anything, please feel free to ask. Although our cultivation is not high, we still have certain privileges in the mortal world and can solve some minor problems.” The leading cultivator said, handing Wang Teng a business card with both hands.

Their biggest concern was that if someone who had never encountered a superhuman offended this powerful figure, it could lead to an irreparable situation. That's why they rushed over to approach this powerful figure and express their goodwill.

Fortunately, the powerful figure before us did indeed come with good intentions.

"Okay." Wang Teng nodded.

Several cultivators respectfully departed. They had been sent to make contact with this powerful figure, but that was all they were there for; they dared not linger for too long, lest they incur his displeasure.

Even if the other party came with great goodwill, they were ultimately too powerful and could only look up to them. No one knew whether their few words would diminish the goodwill of this senior.

After they left, Yan Ruyu looked at Wang Teng and said, "The way this star develops is indeed different. They are just a group of ordinary people with low cultivation levels, yet they were able to see our traces in the universe and track our movements."

Although this was also related to the fact that they hadn't concealed their presence, it still surprised Yan Ruyu.

“When technology develops to a certain level, it may not be inferior to cultivation,” Wang Chen said.

He recalled a place on the ancient starry road, a place where technology had been pushed to its limits, and with the help of technology, they could even possess combat power comparable to that of ancient sages.

While Earth today certainly doesn't have such advanced technology, it can certainly impress cultivators in certain aspects.

After seeing those people off, Wang Teng and Yan Ruyu had no intention of continuing to play in the amusement park. For ordinary people, the amusement facilities here are exciting and fun, and it is a good place to promote the relationship between couples. Some of the exciting rides will make the female partner take the initiative to throw herself into his arms.

However, for Wang Teng and Yan Ruyu, this was just a place for them to experience the fun of ordinary people. The seemingly thrilling and exciting entertainment projects were not boring to them, but they were not amazing either; they were just somewhat interesting.

After leaving the amusement park, the two went to a restaurant.

"Try the food here," Wang Teng said with a smile. When the food was served, Wang Teng took a bite and found it tasted almost exactly like the food in his previous life. The two worlds were practically identical, even more parallel than parallel worlds. Perhaps the only difference was that this world had cultivation and Emperor Ye, while the other world did not.

As she tasted the food in her mouth, Yan Ruyu nodded slightly.

"Although the ingredients here are not as good as those back home, the cooking methods here are very different from ours, and the seasonings are also very different, so it tastes quite unique," Yan Ruyu said.

As a princess of the demon race, what kind of delicious food hasn't she eaten?
She had eaten many rare and precious fruits and delicacies, but the food here still gave her a unique feeling.

Or perhaps it was the atmosphere here and the people opposite her that gave her a unique feeling.

“It’s quite good. When we leave, we might take some spice plants with us and nurture them with life-giving substances to see if we can cultivate spices that are more suitable for our local area,” Wang Teng said with a chuckle.

When he used to read fantasy novels, he was always curious why goddesses and saintesses would fall in love with each other just by tasting ordinary wild game from the mountains, even though the quality and taste of the game and the seasonings used by the male protagonist were both very poor.

To use a somewhat inappropriate analogy, it's like a Chinese person who, even if they are starving, would only take a couple of bites of Indian food to fill their stomach. They wouldn't suddenly fall in love with an Indian who makes curry by hand.

Yan Ruyu nodded; she also felt that it would be better if the quality of these seasonings could be higher.

They enjoyed a candlelight dinner to their heart's content. With their current cultivation levels, they naturally didn't need to go back to rest like ordinary people. Wang Teng took Yan Ruyu to the movie theater, randomly picked a movie, and the two of them sat together and watched it for more than two hours.

"This is a novel thing. This method of taking photos is something that ordinary people can master, so it can be considered a benefit to ordinary people," Yan Ruyu said.

In fact, many technological creations can be explained from the perspective of the cultivation world.

For example, movies are just replays of images captured by crystals; cars and airplanes are just low-spec versions of war chariots; and communication devices are not even as good as telepathic communication.

Yan Ruyu is currently experiencing these new things and trying to find the corresponding information on the Beidou system. For her, this process is quite interesting.

After the movie ended, Wang Teng and Yan Ruyu disappeared and went up to the clouds, where they looked down at the scene below.

“Those places with dense light are human settlements. Compared to cultivation, technology might be more suitable for benefiting ordinary living beings,” Wang Teng said after thinking for a moment.

However, some places are simply not suitable for developing science and technology.

For example, BeiDou.

Even without powerful beings fighting, a battle between two experts from the Dao Palace Secret Realm could easily destroy an area. This means that infrastructure linked to technology cannot be preserved for long, unless more precious and powerful materials are used to build the infrastructure. However, that would be a losing proposition, and no one would do that.

Moreover, BeiDou's existing resources do not support doing that, and if the resources used are too precious, it will easily attract the covetousness of others. In the end, the power poles and wires might be dug up by others before the electricity is even connected.

Instead of wasting time and effort thinking about using technology to benefit the beings in Beidou and other cultivation worlds, it would be better to improve cultivation techniques or simply transfer the immortal matter from the Immortal Realm to this more expansive star field. These approaches would be far more reliable than developing technology in Beidou and other highly developed leisure civilizations.

As for the Eternal Starfield, that place is too special to be of any reference value. Moreover, the technological development there might not necessarily be a good thing for the lowest-level cultivators and beings.

“Yes, but so-called technology is not omnipotent, and it is destined to be difficult to develop in some places,” Yan Ruyu nodded and said.

She was a very intelligent woman, so she naturally knew some of the things involved.

While Wang Teng and Yan Ruyu were experiencing the star together, Ye Fan was also trying his best to explain his situation to his parents.

"We didn't die initially. The Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin descended upon Mount Tai, and we happened to fall into that coffin. Then began a miraculous journey. That coffin carried us across the universe, and we arrived at the Big Dipper..."

Ye Fan sat on the sofa and spoke to the two people in front of him, whose eyes were red.

He had been back for a while. When his parents first saw him, they were filled with surprise and shock. They had even attended their son's funeral and had been depressed for several years, but now they actually saw their son appear in front of them again.

If Ye Fan hadn't been constantly monitoring his parents' condition and secretly transmitting life essence to them, the two elderly people would probably have fainted many times by now.

Even so, they still couldn't believe it. Ye Fan had no choice but to tell his parents many things that only the three of them knew, which finally convinced them that he was their son.

After his parents calmed down a bit, Ye Fan began to recount his experiences over the years.

"There I came into contact with cultivation, which is the immortal cultivation in novels, and I also encountered many opportunities, which led me to where I am today. It is precisely because of cultivation that I was able to return here," Ye Fan said.

He didn't talk about the hardships and setbacks he experienced in his cultivation, but only about his various achievements, including breaking the curse that prevented the Ancient Sacred Body from entering the Four Extremes Secret Realm for ten thousand years, as well as the many people and powerful forces he met.

In short, he only talked about his own good deeds, trying his best to show that he had no crises in his cultivation process, but rather many opportunities.

"It's good that you're back safe and sound, it's good that you're back safe and sound..."

However, Ye Fan's mother seemed not to care about any of this. She looked at Ye Fan with joy on her face.

Ye Fan's father's eyes were red, but he didn't shed a tear. He looked at Ye Fan and asked, "Did any of your classmates come back with you? Did they go to see their parents?"

When Ye Fan and the others disappeared, Ye Fan's father had many conversations with the parents of Ye Fan's classmates, asking if there was any news about their children. Now that Ye Fan has returned, if those people's children have not returned, he simply doesn't know how he would face them.

"I brought back some people, but not all of them, because they are also cultivators, and some of them have wicked intentions. If I brought them back, it would cause a lot of trouble," Ye Fan said.

Upon hearing this, Ye's father remained silent and nodded.

Before he could speak, the phone next to him rang, and the caller ID showed it was Pang's father.

(End of this chapter)