Seeing the looks Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xuanzi gave him, Fang Yi shrugged. "Uh, I do know a little, actually. As for the details, the Great Desolation Tablet told me."
"It said it sensed a familiar presence here. At first, I thought it meant Senior Brother Zhou Tong's Space Ancestral Talisman, but it said it was someone it knew..."
That was what Fang Yi said. He could just pin everything on the Great Desolation Tablet anyway; it had already taken the blame for plenty.
"After I saw that Huanhuan had a Reincarnation Seal, I started looking through all sorts of records, especially any scraps of information about the Eight Ancient Masters."
"Of the Eight Ancient Masters, only the Lord of Devouring was confirmed to have fallen. Of the other eight masters, some died and some were injured, but according to the Great Desolation Tablet, only two truly reincarnated."
"One was the Ice Master, and the other was the Lord of Life and Death."
"That's how I determined she should be the Ice Master's reincarnation."
Fang Yi stretched. "I only kept it from you because I was afraid you wouldn't be able to accept it, old man."
"I thought Huanhuan would have to reach Nine Yuan Nirvana and try to condense her Yuan Spirit before she showed any changes. I didn't expect the Second Origin Art to cause a change like this..."
Fang Yi truly hadn't expected it. Perhaps because the Second Origin Art had been derived from the Great Origin Technique, its origin involved spirituality.
Opening up the second origin had happened to touch that hidden spirituality.
"So the Great Desolation Tablet also directed you to find the Lord of Life and Death?"
"Uh, yes." Fang Yi nodded. It wouldn't hurt for the Great Desolation Tablet to take the blame one more time.
Ying Xuanzi frowned slightly. "But in that case, shouldn't we restrict the Second Origin Art?
If word gets out, what will we do if several reincarnators turn up in the Dao Sect?"
"Restrict it for what? We should definitely promote it. So what if there are more? Reincarnators are reincarnators."
Fang Yi chuckled.
"Old man, do you think a few more reincarnators could shake my position?"
"Even the Ice Master lost to me!"
Fang Yi reached out and ruffled Ying Huanhuan's hair.
Ying Huanhuan pouted and slapped his hand away. "Stop it, you've messed up my hair!"
"Hmph, I've already awakened part of my power. When the time comes, I'll suppress you good and proper and make you, the young sect master or whatever, lose face!"
Fang Yi raised an eyebrow. Had she awakened her bratty girl attribute too?
Ying Xuanzi thought about it and agreed. That was exactly what he had been worried about.
After all, they had once been at the Reincarnation Stage. Even if they had only left a little something behind, it would be enough for many people to stand out.
But even a reincarnated Reincarnation Stage expert was nothing much before Fang Yi.
Even Ying Xuanzi had to admit that neither Zhou Tong back then nor Hua Chen, the Yuan Sect's genius, had been so dazzling in cultivation at Fang Yi's current age.
"All right, then. Speaking of which, you aren't a reincarnator too, are you?"
Ying Xuanzi looked at Fang Yi suspiciously. Fang Yi had mastered many methods he had never even seen before.
If he really was a reincarnator, that would explain it.
"No."
Fang Yi shook his head. He really wasn't a reincarnator. Surely a reincarnator wouldn't reincarnate from Blue Star to the Tianxuan Continent.
As for his true identity, he still had no information about it. At present, there were only two possibilities.
One was that Fang Yi was the last surviving member of his family.
The other was that there was a strong possibility he came from the Great Thousand World.
It was perfectly normal for people from the Great Thousand World to appear in various planes from time to time.
For example, there were already two on the Tianxuan Continent.
The Ice Master and Lin Qingtan.
"All right."
Ying Xuanzi sighed. Ying Huanhuan being a reincarnator and Fang Yi's origins had always weighed on his mind.
Now that Ying Huanhuan's identity had been settled, only Fang Yi's origins remained.
"Sigh, I never told you before, but when I found you, there was something else with you."
"Wait, old man, you should've told me sooner!" Fang Yi had thought he had crossed over alone, but it turned out things were even more melodramatic: there had been something else with him.
And under the circumstances, it was likely something that represented his identity.
"I was worried you'd put your mind on this and be unable to cultivate properly. Now that you've grown up, it's time I gave it to you."
Hearing Fang Yi's question, Ying Xuanzi pressed his lips together awkwardly.
He had never told Fang Yi because he had his own selfish reasons.
Fang Yi was his adopted son, and his talent was outstanding.
In his eyes, Fang Yi was the hope for leading the Dao Sect to a revival. He had worried that if Fang Yi found out, he would leave in search of his origins and never return.
But it wasn't fair to Fang Yi to keep hiding it, and now Huanhuan's origins had been settled.
It was time to tell Fang Yi about this too.
Ying Xuanzi then brushed his Universe Bag, and a token appeared in his hand. He passed it to Fang Yi, who raised an eyebrow, took it, and examined it.
The token appeared to be made from some unknown kind of jade. The important thing was that there was a yin-yang diagram in the middle of the jade token.
"I've tried all sorts of ways to test this thing. It's extremely hard; at the very least, someone at the Nirvana Realm can't break it."
"I also tried to trace its source through the material and use that to find your origins, but I've searched the Eastern Xuan Region for over ten years without finding anything."
Ying Xuanzi's usually calm voice was a little tense now. He worried that Fang Yi would resent him for it.
"Hey, old man, you kept it from me all these years. You don't think I'd leave you all, do you?"
Fang Yi studied it for a moment. A yin-yang symbol?
Was there a faction like that on the Tianxuan Continent? The only possibilities were the Kunpeng Clan or the Undying Holy Whale Clan.
That covered too much ground. Surely it couldn't be the Maha Ancient Clan of the Great Thousand World? Their symbol was yin and yang.
But if he really was a member of the Maha Ancient Clan, what on earth had caused his parents to abandon him on the Tianxuan Continent?
"Whatever reason my parents had for abandoning me, whether they had some unavoidable difficulty or whatever else, that's something to deal with after I find them."
Fang Yi casually stuffed it into his Universe Bag and said calmly, "If you hadn't taken me in back then, old man, I'd probably have died long ago."
"I wouldn't have what I have now."
"Relax. Even if I do look for them, it won't be now. Once everything that needs dealing with is dealt with, I'll naturally go looking."
Fang Yi really didn't take it to heart. He had lived all these years already.
Why needlessly burden himself with worries? Seeing that Ying Xuanzi was still silent, he suddenly smiled. "If you feel bad about it, old man, why not marry Huanhuan and Xiaoxiao to me?"
"You! Get out, get out, get out! One is bad enough, and you want two! I don't want to see you, and don't bother them for the time being either."
"Let them cultivate properly."
The silence on Ying Xuanzi's face instantly gave way to fury. Was this fellow some kind of womanizing radish? One was bad enough.
And he wanted two.
It was true that fertile water shouldn't flow into outsiders' fields, but it was going too far to let none of the water flow out at all.
With a casual wave, he sent a vast, irresistible force blasting Fang Yi straight out of the bamboo hut, leaving him with Ying Xuanzi's irritated words.
Fang Yi climbed to his feet and dusted himself off. The old man was already so old, yet he still had such a temper.
He hadn't even finished speaking.
He had also meant to give Ying Xuanzi a pill refined from a Yimo King to try, to see if it could help him touch upon reincarnation.
"I got some good things from the Great Desolation Tablet. See if they're useful!"
Fang Yi flicked his wrist, and a Yimo Pill turned into a streak of light and flew into the bamboo hut. He then turned into a streak of light and stopped halfway.
"Oh, right, remember to tell Huanhuan and Xiaoxiao to get ready to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture."
Fang Yi wasn't about to let the most capable take the places. What a joke. This was a benefit he had secured himself, and Huanhuan and Xiaoxiao could be said to have the highest talent in the Dao Sect.
If he didn't give the places to them, who else would he give them to?
As for Gu Mo, his talent wasn't weak either. It might even have surpassed Zhou Tong's back then.
Zhou Tong had not dared to attempt the Desolation Demon Eye back then, but Gu Mo had tried it and even found another way to succeed.
Zhou Tong had only comprehended the Great Desolation Scripture because he had the Space Ancestral Talisman. Comprehending the Great Desolation Scripture had something to do with talent, but not that much.
It all depended on whether the Great Desolation Tablet's spirit thought you were worth investing in.