Fang Yi felt it wasn't yet time to let the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace sense Supreme Power.
If he wanted to win over the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, he couldn't rush.
He had to start with Ling Qingzhu, drawing her in gradually and patiently, at a measured pace and according to a plan.
"Why?"
Ying Xuanzi was puzzled. Fang Yi had always accompanied him before. After all, Fang Yi was the young sect master, and he had to handle such negotiations sooner or later.
Could it be that Ling Qingzhu had hurt him, and he didn't dare face her again?
"I gained some insight."
"What have you figured out this time?!" Ying Xuanzi frowned. What did that have to do with whether he attended the meeting?
"Not long ago, I mastered the Supreme Induction Art. Uh, mastered probably isn't the right word. I incorporated it into my own martial arts."
That single sentence left Ying Xuanzi dumbfounded. What did he mean, he'd incorporated the Supreme Induction Art into his own martial arts?
The next moment, Ying Xuanzi sensed a strange fluctuation spreading from Fang Yi's body.
It was as though he were facing heaven, earth, and all things. It was much like the presence of the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace, except hers seemed true at first glance but wasn't quite right.
Fang Yi's, on the other hand, was utterly orthodox.
"This should be Supreme Power."
Fang Yi also spoke of the mysterious place where his consciousness had appeared when he first opened up his Second Origin.
The more Ying Xuanzi heard, the more speechless he became. He naturally knew about the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, and because of the relationship between it and the Dao Sect,
he knew quite a lot.
What Fang Yi had described was probably the Supreme Land that the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace mentioned from time to time. He'd heard that it was where the Supreme was born.
"So what is the Supreme?" Even Ying Xuanzi was puzzled now. Fang Yi pondered the question.
As he understood it, Supreme Power was actually Plane Power, or it could also be World Power. It encompassed all things, which was also why the Extraterritorial Evil Clan couldn't suppress it.
In terms of magnitude, Supreme Power was comparable to the Spiritual Energy of the Great Thousand World, and perhaps even surpassed it.
"You can think of it as a higher-order power, a little higher still than Essence Energy."
Fang Yi put it in simpler terms.
Ying Xuanzi nodded.
"Then it really wouldn't be suitable for you to appear, given the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace's obsession with the Supreme Induction Art."
"If she sets her sights on you, I'm worried I'll have to go to the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace one day and demand your return."
Ying Xuanzi didn't even know what to say. Fang Yi had only recently come back and said he'd used certain means to obtain part of the Supreme Induction Art.
Now he was suddenly telling him he'd mastered the Supreme Induction Art and even incorporated it into his own martial arts.
This was just too absurd.
How could this brat have epiphanies as casually as eating and drinking? Was he really not the Symbol Ancestor reincarnated?
But... would even the Symbol Ancestor reincarnated be this outrageous?
Ying Xuanzi involuntarily sized Fang Yi up again, until Fang Yi felt a little unnerved.
"All right, then I'll just have Xiaoxiao come with me." Ying Xuanzi waved a hand, then suddenly gave a soft chuckle.
"The Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace treats it as something so important, going on about remaining a virgin and keeping a pure mind. How did you manage to master it?"
Ying Xuanzi felt a surge of satisfaction. Fang Yi truly was worthy of being his adopted son.
"Well... old man, do you want to learn it? If you do, I can teach you."
Fang Yi spoke up suddenly.
Ying Xuanzi had been about to tell Fang Yi to leave when he heard those words, and a puzzled look crossed his face.
"You'll teach me?"
Fang Yi nodded and produced a jade slip with a turn of his hand. His Mental Energy flowed into it, imprinting part of the Supreme Dao Scripture he had comprehended.
This was the part in which he had combined the Two Scriptures of Space and Time, the Supreme Induction Art, and the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture.
The Great Five Elements Technique and the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique were not included.
This part concerned inner cultivation, pursuing the Supreme Dao: free of thought and desire, at ease through the ages, unchanged by space and undiminished by time...
There was no requirement to remain a virgin; one merely needed a little comprehension.
When he finished imprinting it, the jade slip floated into Ying Xuanzi's hand.
Ying Xuanzi froze for a moment, then heard Fang Yi say, "Although these are only some insights, they should help you draw parallels, old man. With them, you might be able to break through to Reincarnation."
"Only then will the Dao Sect be safe."
Fang Yi couldn't grow strong enough to contend with the Reincarnation Stage quickly, and the Yuan Sect was already keeping a close, wary eye on the Dao Sect.
Previously, there had been Senior Brother Zhou Tong, and the old man had returned empty-handed. Only then had the Yuan Sect quieted down considerably.
But that had only been a compromise.
If he rose to prominence again, he would surely strike a nerve with the Yuan Sect and its desire to dominate the Eastern Xuan Region.
Even though he had neither father nor mother and wouldn't have as many weaknesses as Zhou Tong, the Yuan Sect's influence in the Eastern Xuan Region meant it could certainly find an opportunity to ambush and kill him.
Those old things in the Yuan Sect wouldn't care about morality. After all, the Yuan Sect and the Dao Sect had long since torn all pretense of cordiality to shreds.
What if the Heaven, Earth and Human Three Yuan Masters found him too great a threat and joined forces to wipe him out?
Would he have to flee the Eastern Xuan Region in defeat too?
So Fang Yi had to help Ying Xuanzi grow stronger as quickly as possible, nurturing him into a great tree that could shelter him from wind and rain.
If Ying Xuanzi knew what Fang Yi was thinking, he could only sigh that heaven's order had been turned upside down.
Since when did the young sect master have to urge the sect master to cultivate?
Of course, in Fang Yi's previous life, this was called managing upward.
"Old man, don't feel pressured. A disciple doesn't necessarily have to be inferior to his master."
Seeing Ying Xuanzi still in a daze, Fang Yi assumed he was too proud to accept it and comforted him in the manner of a wise old elder.
Ying Xuanzi glared at Fang Yi. Everything about this fellow was fine, except that whenever he opened his mouth, he loved to get under people's skin.
"I know. I'll study it." Ying Xuanzi put the jade slip away, and seeing that there was nothing else, Fang Yi turned into a streak of light and left.
Ying Xuanzi gazed after Fang Yi's departing figure, marveling that fortune had truly favored him back then. He had merely gone out for a stroll on a whim,
and picked up Fang Yi.
Otherwise, there was no telling how long it would have taken for the Dao Sect to flourish again.
Ying Xuanzi took out the jade slip from earlier and sent his consciousness into it. Sensing the many profound passages within, he grew more and more astonished.
This had actually been comprehended by someone in the Nirvana Realm.
Ying Xuanzi soon became absorbed in it. Before long, Ying Xiaoxiao pushed the door open and came out, the pain that had occasionally flashed across her face now gone.
"Father?"
Ying Xiaoxiao saw Ying Xuanzi gazing at a jade slip, utterly entranced. What divine art could engross even her father so completely?
Seeing that Ying Xiaoxiao's presence was no longer fluctuating, Ying Xuanzi was relieved. He replied, "It's a martial art Fang Yi developed. I'll see if I can cultivate it successfully, and if I do, I'll teach it to you all."
"Huh? Did I hear you wrong? Or is there a Stillness Divine Tablet in your bamboo hut, and Xiao Yi is already the master of the Dao Sect?"
Ying Xiaoxiao's pretty face went blank for a moment. Ying Xuanzi was going to study Fang Yi's martial art, and he wasn't even sure he could master it?
One was at the Samsara Stage, and the other, however gifted, was only at the Nirvana Realm.
Why did this sound a little like heaven's order had been turned upside down?