Ying Xuanzi and the other two saw Fang Yi muttering something in the sky before pulling Ying Huanhuan away, and thought something had gone wrong.
"Old man, the Great Desolation Tablet says Ying Huanhuan isn't suited to comprehending the Great Desolation Scripture..."
When the three heard Fang Yi's voice transmission, Chen Zhen and Wu Dao looked at Ying Xuanzi. Had Ying Huanhuan failed the Great Desolation Tablet's test?
But Ying Xuanzi had a rough idea of what was going on.
He then looked at Chen Zhen and Wu Dao and asked, "Should we summon a personal disciple from the Desolate Hall?"
Although Ying Huanhuan couldn't master the Great Desolation Scripture, as long as someone did, it would be an enormous boon to the Dao Sect.
Ying Xuanzi naturally had no objection. As he saw it, the disciples of all four halls, Tian, Di, Hong, and Huang, were members of the Dao Sect; it wasn't as though only his daughter could comprehend it.
"Don't. If this were an ordinary chance at comprehension, that would be one thing, but an opportunity like this, which is akin to comprehending it directly, wouldn't be appropriate to give to anyone."
"It's not scarcity we fear, but unequal distribution."
Wu Dao rejected Ying Xuanzi's suggestion. Chen Zhen nodded and said, "How about this? Could we ask the young sect master to discuss it with the Great Desolation Tablet and save this opportunity?"
"Once it opens again, we can make a choice based on the Great Desolation Tablet's judgment. If none of them are capable of mastering the Great Desolation Scripture, we'll keep waiting for the next generation."
"Now that the Great Desolation Scripture has reappeared in the world, we're no longer so obsessed. Of course, we hope whoever masters it will be as strong as possible. If they're too weak, they'll only tarnish the Great Desolation Scripture's reputation!"
Ying Xuanzi relayed their words to Fang Yi, who passed them on to the Great Desolation Tablet.
"If that's what you want, of course." The Tablet Spirit didn't refuse. As far as it was concerned, this was no great matter.
That surprised Ying Xiaoxiao and the other two.
What exactly was the relationship between Fang Yi and the Tablet Spirit? Why did it sound as if the Tablet Spirit listened to everything Fang Yi said?
"Let's begin. You need to come in too. I'm worried that fellow will try to take advantage of the opportunity to do something."
The Tablet Spirit "looked" at Fang Yi, and Fang Yi nodded.
At once,
Fang Yi, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Gu Mo sat cross-legged before the Great Desolation Tablet, their minds entering it.
Ying Huanhuan sat down as well, propping up her smooth chin as she said speechlessly, "Stupid Ice Master, why can't I master the Great Desolation Scripture?"
"Big sister has mastered it, Fang Yi has mastered it, but I haven't. We can't be together for life anymore."
"Oh, but that big fellow said to go to the far north. I'll have Fang Yi go with me when the time comes."
Ying Huanhuan muttered under her breath.
She wasn't disappointed because she couldn't master the power of the Great Desolation Scripture. It was just that her sister had mastered it, and Fang Yi had too.
She alone hadn't, as if she'd been left out.
Then when Fang Yi and her sister discussed the Great Desolation Scripture, wouldn't she be unable to join in?
Damn it!!
Stupid Ice Master, if I'd known, I wouldn't have reincarnated. Couldn't you just let me be Ying Huanhuan?
The Yuan Sect.
Inside the Ren Yuan Hall,
Ren Yuanzi listened to the report from the disciple below and frowned slightly. "Turning heavenly lightning into pills? There's such a miraculous technique?"
The Yuan Sect had long been keeping an eye on Fang Yi, though they hadn't actually had much information on him before.
But afterward, word came from the Dao Sect that he had comprehended the Four Great Mysterious Scriptures in a matter of days. The Tian, Di, and Hong Scriptures were one thing.
The Yuan Sect's Three Emperor Scriptures were on the same level, even holding a slight edge. That was why the Yuan Sect's disciples had always been able to suppress the Dao Sect's disciples.
But the Great Desolation Scripture was an exception.
Aside from Zhou Tong, the Dao Sect had produced disciples of the Great Desolation Scripture before. Without exception, whenever someone mastered it, the Yuan Sect's disciples of that generation were no match for them in a fight to the death.
Zhou Tong had taken that situation to the extreme, suppressing the Little Three Kings of his time single-handedly at the Sect Competition.
Afterward, he had ambushed and killed others several times, fighting Life Profound Realm experts to the death while he was only at the Nirvana Realm.
It was then that the Yuan Sect finally set its sights on the Great Desolation Scripture. From some information he knew, Ren Yuanzi also knew that Zhou Tong possessed a Heaven and Earth Divine Object.
So they used certain means to make him come charging into the Yuan Sect.
They had intended to capture him with the sect's great formation, yet he had forcibly killed three Death Profound Realm elders. Only then had Ren Yuanzi's senior brother lost patience and personally intervened.
It appeared that Zhou Tong had been killed, but in truth, he was imprisoned deep within the Yuan Sect. They had wanted to control him using that secret technique, but the divine object within him was simply too formidable.
They had been wearing him down for so many years, yet they still couldn't fully control him.
A trace of helplessness flashed through Ren Yuanzi's world-weary eyes. The Yuan Sect might appear glorious now, but it had become very difficult for it to produce a Samsara Stage expert.
Generation after generation of the Little Three Kings had reached their limit at the Death Profound Realm.
Otherwise, why would they go to such lengths to control Zhou Tong? He alone had any hope of advancing to the Samsara Stage.
Once they succeeded in controlling him, even the seven great super sects together would be no match for the Yuan Sect.
"You may leave."
Ren Yuanzi dismissed the disciple, then suddenly spoke to the empty air. "How are things at the place we've been keeping under watch?"
"I've had Yao Ling keep a close eye on it, but to avoid alerting the Dao Sect, we haven't probed it."
A young man of about twenty or thirty wore a pale cyan Daoist robe, with the character "Xun" embroidered on his sleeve.
The young man emerged from the void and spoke respectfully.
"Have someone harass them. The Dao Sect has been sending people to watch that place all these years. There must be something there."
Ren Yuanzi was naturally speaking of the Blood Rock Land. They had people keeping watch on the other seven great super sects, and they had also noticed some of the Dao Sect's unusual movements back then.
At the time, the Yuan Sect had been preparing for the Sect Competition, so it had merely watched some of the Dao Sect's movements without probing recklessly.
These were all just bargaining chips, to be moved when needed so the Yuan Sect could obtain the information it wanted.
And now,
It was time to put their arrangements in the Blood Rock Land into motion. Yao Ling was a piece Ren Yuanzi had sent out. The story spread was naturally that Yao Ling had violated the sect's taboos, but the real purpose was to clear him of any connection to Ren Yuanzi and the Yuan Sect.
To sever Yao Ling's apparent ties to the Yuan Sect, Ren Yuanzi had even sent a few disciples with little potential straight to Yao Ling to be killed.
Of course, only Ren Yuanzi, who oversaw the Xun Division, his two senior brothers, and the Xun Division head from just now knew the exact nature of Yao Ling's relationship with the Yuan Sect.
"Even a prodigy like Zhou Tong fell to our schemes back then. What's this young Dao child? Is he truly an immortal or a god in this world?"
After watching the Xun Division head disappear, Ren Yuanzi gave a cold snort.
Yao Ling had already reached eight yuan nirvana, just one step away from nine yuan nirvana.
The Dao Sect's Life Profound Realm elders certainly wouldn't appear.
If that young Dao child truly was as miraculous as they said,
There was a good chance he would take part in this operation.
If he appeared, it would be the perfect chance to test his strength.
If he was all show and no substance, he wouldn't be worth mentioning.
But if another Zhou Tong had appeared, they would have to find a way to take him down.
If he didn't appear, they could find out why the Dao Sect was keeping watch on that place.
They could accomplish many things in one stroke.
The Dao Sect still wanted to fight them?
A flash of black light passed through Ren Yuanzi's world-weary eyes.
If it weren't for those fellows from the Southern Xuan Region and the Western Xuan Region constantly watching the Yuan Sect-this was also why the Yuan Sect had never made a move.
Once the Yuan Sect became mired in the quagmire of war, they would surely swarm in.
Now that the Yuan Sect had taken first place and possessed so many resources, countless eyes were on it, and it had many external enemies.
Without overwhelming strength, if it found itself besieged from all sides, even the Yuan Sect could be destroyed.
"You only have yourselves to blame for not knowing what's good for you. Wouldn't things be better if you obediently joined the Yuan Sect?"
Ren Yuanzi muttered to himself and returned to quiet cultivation. The great hall fell silent once more.