In the courtyard where the Inner Court Disciples lived at the Incense Accumulation Mountain headquarters in the Que Luo Immortal Abode, Luo You, a sixth-generation True Disciple, listened openmouthed to his prized pupil's report, disbelief written all over his face.
Mo Qingheng clearly failed to understand his shock. Brimming with enthusiasm, he demonstrated what he had learned through his research, then circulated his dharma power to show it in action.
"Eight Methods of Famous Incense!"
Light appeared all around him. Eight masses of energy, visible to the naked eye, rose like flames. Within them flickered lights and shadows resembling talismanic scripts, or perhaps dao patterns and restrictions, gleaming brilliantly.
Luo You sensed a certain essence of the Incense Path within them, and vast quantities of incense essence emanated from them. Yet for the moment, he could not identify precisely what they were.
Just as he was about to ask, the flow of energy abruptly shifted. The masses Mo Qingheng had summoned began circling his body.
Clear, clear-sweet, sweet, sweet-fresh, fresh, fresh-subtle, subtle, subtle-clear...
Special incense essences encompassing eight qualities and eight impressions, covering virtually every characteristic of Incense Path incense essence and every affiliation of the five elements, were generated in an unending stream. They then drew one another together and mingled, blending like red, green, and blue into a quality extremely close to that of the incense Mo Qingheng had cultivated before.
Then, driven by his dharma power, they transformed completely.
"This transformation method is even more sophisticated than the Myriad Wonders Incense Transformation Art. It controls changes in the properties of the Incense Path from virtually the pinnacle of technical mastery, achieving the ultimate in transformation without needing the power of laws or an origin dao fruit!"
Luo You had immersed himself in the Incense Path for many