Within Deathless Temple.
Fang Qing tried using the Dragon-Elephant Ghee to temper his body. Its effects far surpassed those of the Golden Vajra Ghee, and he could not help realizing that Jin Ling'er had most likely been swindled by the Esoteric Treasury Monks before.
Before entering seclusion, he had specifically returned to Jade Island and handed back the Mystic Ice Skyveil Formation.
After all, Qin Ruxue was bearing an enormous burden of responsibility for him. If this matter were discovered, the best possible outcome would be for her to be stripped of her position as Jade Island's mistress.
Naturally, Fang Qing did not want that. He still hoped that Ruxue would one day become a Third-Order formation master and serve him even better.
As he slowly sorted through Sangji's True Disciple inheritance, Fang Qing gained much greater insight into the Esoteric Treasury's methods.
"The Great Snow Mountain lineage truly is bizarre and unparalleled... It even touches upon reincarnation. Though it is limited to the Esoteric Treasury alone, that is still exceedingly remarkable."
"That Great Sun Tathagata was equally formidable. He actually subdued several beings above the Golden rank as his followers..."
"And the Esoteric Treasury's methods emphasize control layer upon layer. Without a position, advancement is difficult; without an elder master's promotion, one remains at the very bottom for life... It is rather friendly toward those at the top."
In Fang Qing's view, the most extraordinary of the Esoteric Treasury's methods were naturally the two great arts of "empowerment" and "reincarnation."
There was no need to say more about the former. The latter drew upon the power of Great Snow Mountain to preserve all one's memories through another reincarnation. If word got out, who knew how many cultivators on the other side of Little Ai Sea would turn green with