If Fang Yi had not chosen the Great Five Elements Technique, he might have chosen the Willow Deity Precious Technique or the Phoenix Precious Technique instead.
After all, staying alive mattered.
But with the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor's inheritance and the restorative power of the Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Art within the Great Five Elements Technique, the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique was certainly the best fit for him.
With the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique, he quickly mastered the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor's inheritance and even began trying to master part of the power of the Peerless Divine Ability, Netherworld Demon Thunder.
When he reached the Form Creation Realm, another choice of three appeared.
This time, the choices also came from a world Fang Yi knew fairly well.
The Yang God Great World. This time, all three choices concerned the path of spiritual cultivation.
[Two Scriptures of Space and Time], [Past Amitabha Sutra], [Mystic Heaven Dark Record].
Fang Yi did hesitate, but in the end, he chose the Two Scriptures of Space and Time. In terms of the Dao traditions themselves, it was the strongest.
If the Future Lifeless Sutra had been an option, Fang Yi might have had to think it over. After all, its nearly limitless deductions were simply too tempting.
But the Two Scriptures of Space and Time was no weaker than the Past Amitabha Sutra. As for the Mystic Heaven Dark Record, it was also formidable, but it did not fit his path, and the Eternal Night Primordial Spirit it eventually cultivated was too dark.
He did not like things all black.
Just when he thought the Qi Creation Realm would further increase his potential on the Great Dao, no choice of three appeared at either the Qi Creation Realm or the Creation Realm.
Not until half a year ago, when he broke through to the Nirvana Realm,
did it appear again.
And once again, it was a world he knew well.
[Great Chaos Technique], [Great Heart Demon Technique], [Great Origin Technique].
This made Fang Yi hesitate again.
The first two could take his combat power a step further, while the Great Origin Technique could bring him to nearly nine times the level of others in the same realm.
That kind of stacking was not so simple.
It was a ninefold stacking of his origin. In other words, his Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo could become nine times as powerful.
It was just that, compared with the Great Chaos Technique and the Great Heart Demon Technique, this thing consumed far, far too many resources. And this was not the Eternal Life Great World, where anything could be eaten!
Here, no one made use of the Qi of slaughter, resentment, and other things that could be used to open up one's origin.
To become even more invincible, he already had enough in terms of combat. Next came preparing for the longer road ahead.
His goal was not merely to reach the Ancestor Realm, but to go to the Great Thousand World and step into the Dominator Realm.
Without a few more cheats, he might really be unable to surpass Cheat Mu.
You think using cheats is outrageous? Could it be more outrageous than Cheat Mu?
So over the years, he had set aside a portion of his resources to open up his origin, leaving him at Three Yuan Nirvana even now, at fourteen or fifteen years old.
If Ying Xuanzi had not seen Fang Yi growing stronger and stronger, he might have thought something was wrong with him.
"Young Sect Master, those are the rules. Besides, this old man volunteered. I only ask that, when the time comes, you avenge Senior Brother Zhou Tong!"
Gu Mo's tone was calm, yet tinged with sorrow.
None of the disciples of that generation could forget the humiliation and pain of those days.
"Don't worry. It won't be long."
Fang Yi nodded. Zhou Tong could be considered his senior brother.
Although he knew Zhou Tong was not dead yet, the nearly hundred years of torment and the attempt to refine him into a puppet made this hatred reach the heavens.
Suddenly, a beam of azure light descended into the courtyard. When it faded, it revealed Ling Qingzhu, who had hurried over from the Tianyan Mountain Range.
As soon as Ling Qingzhu landed, she saw the Nirvana Heart in Fang Yi's hand. It really was this guy. Her cherry lips parted.
"I'm here. Give me that thing. What do you want? If it's another marriage proposal, forget it!!"
Why did Ling Qingzhu not want to see Fang Yi?
It was because this guy had actually asked Sect Master Ying to propose to her master on his behalf, saying he wanted to marry her.
Come on.
He had only been twelve at the time, and the art she cultivated did not allow her to lose her virginity. What if he flew into a rage out of humiliation when the time came?
Besides, if those fellows from the Yuan Sect learned that the Dao Sect and the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace were joining through marriage, it would likely stir up even more trouble.
After she rejected him in person, he actually challenged her outright. Then she lost. She had never even seen the Five Elements martial arts he used.
He even... even left a mark on her wrist. He said it was called the Five Emperor Great Demon Seal, and unless Ling Qingzhu removed it,
the proposal would remain in effect.
She had been trying all these years, but failed every time.
She had also tried challenging Fang Yi, intending to figure out his martial arts and find the right counter. But every time she lost, the mark on her wrist became harder to remove.
In the end, she gave up. She was not going to marry anyone anyway, so she did not have to worry about a future husband discovering the mark.
"No, Ling Qingzhu, if this is a trade, then surely I get to name my terms first. Besides, I'm not actually that interested in you."
Fang Yi smiled. Back then, he had wanted to secure a fallback for himself. Although he thought that as long as he grew strong enough, Otherworldly Demon Emperor or whatever, be a good boy and let me refine you into a pill.
But what if?
So he planned to get his hands on the Supreme Induction Art, and the only people cultivating it now were the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace and Ling Qingzhu.
Surely he could not propose to the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace. He naturally wanted to as well; compared with the curvaceous, shapely palace master, Ling Qingzhu had been just a little girl back then.
Even with the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique, he did not want to be struck by lightning.
But there was nothing he could do. He had still been rejected.
"Then why did you propose so many times?" Ling Qingzhu's beautiful eyes glared at Fang Yi from behind her veil. Was this guy really telling blatant lies?
"If I proposed to the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace, I'm afraid she'd slap me to death right now.
"I'm interested in your Supreme Induction Art. Who told you to make the way to obtain it so strange?!"
Fang Yi's words made Ling Qingzhu even angrier. "You're even lusting after my master, you lecher!"
Ling Qingzhu was like a kitten with its fur standing on end, hissing furiously.
"All right, all right, I'm a lecher. Do you still want this Nirvana Heart or not?"
"I do!"
"You'll even take something from a lecher?"
"One thing has nothing to do with the other!"
Fang Yi casually tossed the Nirvana Heart in his hand to Ling Qingzhu. She froze for a moment. Had he just given it to her like that?
But Fang Yi's words left Ling Qingzhu somewhat puzzled.
"There's a little something extra in that Nirvana Heart. If you absorb it rashly, I'm afraid you'll end up wheezing and gasping."
"What do you mean, wheezing and gasping?" Ling Qingzhu asked in confusion. She sent her Origin Energy into the Nirvana Heart, but found nothing amiss.
"There's yin and yang Origin Energy inside. Once you absorb it, you can only use yang Qi to forcibly bring it into balance. At present, even if you forcibly extracted it, I'm afraid there's no one in Yan City who could satisfy you."
"When the time comes, I'll be the only one."
Fang Yi did not say it outright, but Ling Qingzhu understood.
She frowned deeply. Fang Yi would not go so far as to tell a lie like that, but she currently had no way to resolve it.
"Of course, I can help you, but I have one condition."
"Say it."
"I want to brand the Five Emperor Great Demon Seal on your lower abdomen!"
At those words, Ling Qingzhu's face instantly turned bright red. It was not from embarrassment, of course, but anger.
Did this guy think of her as his property? Leaving a mark on her wrist was not enough, and now he actually wanted one on her lower abdomen!!
Her lower abdomen was already an extremely private place.
A little higher was private, and a little lower was private too.
"You bastard, don't even dream of it!!"
"Then just wait. Oh, right, I also left some restrictions inside it. At the very least, someone has to understand the Five Elements, yin and yang, and a little lightning technique. Otherwise,
"even if the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace tries to break them, the Nirvana Heart will lose more than half its effect at the very least."
Fang Yi folded his arms and smiled. "Otherwise, did you really think there was such a bargain under heaven? Besides, this condition isn't excessive. You're not going to marry anyone anyway."
"Are you worried your future husband will see it?"