Strange Happenings in the Blood Rock Land, Teaching the Befuddling the Mind and Bewitching the Soul Method

Three days had passed since Ying Xiaoxiao and the others mastered the Great Desolation Scripture.

But the Pill River's closure for over ten days had indeed sparked much discussion in the Desolate Hall.

There was all manner of speculation, but no one asked about it. Some people in the Desolate Hall did notice that their cultivation seemed to have gone much more smoothly lately.

In the end, Chen Zhen and Wu Dao stepped forward to explain that the Great Desolation Tablet had undergone some changes, making it easier to cultivate Desolate Force from now on.

The people of the Desolate Hall were instantly ecstatic, while those from the other three halls were envious. Why hadn't the same thing happened in their halls?

For the time being, that put the speculation to rest.

On the platform by the Desolate Hall's Pill River.

Ying Huanhuan and Fang Yi stood on opposite sides. Her slender, supple figure traced captivating curves beneath her clothes. The disciples watching around them only dared steal a glance before hastily looking away.

Everyone knew that the young sect master was close to the Dao Sect's twin beauties.

"Endless Ice Seal!"

Ying Huanhuan gave a delicate shout, and the ancient cyan zither she used most often appeared in her hands. Her flawless jade hand plucked its strings.

Sound waves mixed with endless ice rushed toward Fang Yi.

Seeing the sound waves and ice blades coming at him, Fang Yi extended a finger and casually flicked them aside. "Fusion is right, but you've only mixed the two forces together. You haven't made them amplify each other."

"Fuse the intent of ice into the sound waves, freeze the mind directly and slow the opponent's movements, then combine that with your ice blades..."

Fang Yi gave her pointers.

Ying Huanhuan sent out wave after wave of sound, but Fang Yi blocked them all.

And as Ying Huanhuan kept trying to follow Fang Yi's instructions, fusing the intent of ice into yin and yang, the sound blades that had originally seemed like a mixture of ice blades and sound waves changed.

The sound waves became layer upon layer of icy blue ripples, carrying an icy intent that froze the mind. Within those icy blue ripples were numerous ice blades.

"Your comprehension really is good, but you've neglected your music for a long time, haven't you? Why doesn't it sound as pleasant as it used to?"

Fang Yi continued to casually slap the ice blades away. As for the icy blue ripples, he let them pass through his body, and they had no effect on him whatsoever.

"How are you fine?!"

Ying Huanhuan rose to her feet, her face full of indignation. She put the zither back in her Universe Bag, came over to Fang Yi, and examined him.

She even felt around his body. "You aren't wearing some kind of spiritual treasure, are you?"

"Don't go feeling me up in public. With that little bit of power you have, how could you possibly hurt me?"

Fang Yi caught Ying Huanhuan's wandering little hands. Did she really not think of him as a man? Though he hadn't come of age yet, a cultivator had abundant Qi and blood.

Being felt all over by this pretty young girl, the only reason he didn't react was that he had done a fairly good job of cultivating in seclusion.

"First, figure out how to cultivate your Mental Energy. When you have time, go ask Martial Uncle Mo for guidance..."

Fang Yi grasped Ying Huanhuan's hand and chuckled. Just then, a figure hurried over from the distance.

"Young sect master!"

A disciple arrived, dressed in gray robes, his long hair hanging in disarray down his back and a massive black sword strapped behind him.

"Wang Yan."

Fang Yi looked at the newcomer. It was indeed Wang Yan. Thanks to Fang Yi's warning, Wang Jie had survived. Though her foundation had been destroyed, at least her life had been saved.

So Wang Yan had not left the Dao Sect either. As for whether he would obtain the Yama Devil Art later, that would depend on his own fortune.

After all, Fang Yi couldn't very well drive Wang Yan out of the Dao Sect. And though Ying Xiaoxiao was now the Heaven Hall's senior sister, among the current generation,

Wang Yan's talent was no weaker than Ying Xiaoxiao's. Determined to avenge Wang Jie, he had cultivated even harder, and his cultivation was above Ying Xiaoxiao's.

But it couldn't be helped. Fang Yi had given Ying Xiaoxiao a cheat, guiding her in mastering the Heavenly Emperor Scripture. Wang Yan had received no such treatment.

Still, as one of the Heaven Hall's current personal disciples, the resources he received were hardly poor.

"Young sect master, someone has set their sights on the Blood Rock Land. The sect master sent me to ask how you think we should handle it."

Wang Yan spoke respectfully. Within the Dao Sect, the person he trusted most was the young sect master.

If not for the young sect master's warning back then, his elder sister would have died in the Sect Competition.

Though she had lost much of her cultivation afterward, she had gradually recovered over the past two years of recuperation. What was more, after facing a life-and-death crisis,

she had reportedly gained an understanding of how to condense Life Qi. Once she recovered, she would be able to break directly through to the Life Profound Realm.

Though it was a blessing in disguise, they would surely take revenge on the Yuan Sect for their hatred.

It had also left Wang Jie and her younger brother immensely grateful to Fang Yi.

"The Blood Rock Land?"

Fang Yi frowned. The place lay where the territories of several super sects met, so it had become a chaotic no-man's-land.

It was normal for all sorts of people to come and go there. Unless there had been a major disturbance, how could someone have set their sights on it?

"Who?"

"Some time ago, a man named Yao Ling came to the Blood Rock Land. I heard he used to be a Yuan Sect deacon, but he committed some offense."

"The Yuan Sect hunted him down, and he fled here. Several Yuan Sect disciples died at his hands."

"I hear he's at Eight Yuan Nirvana. Some time ago, his men accidentally stumbled upon the forest we've been keeping watch over in secret. Now he seems to be planning to gather people to investigate it."

"Yao Ling?"

Fang Yi raised his brows slightly. Had the man arrived in the Blood Rock Land so early?

He naturally knew Yao Ling had already been there in the original timeline. He simply hadn't expected him to be in the Blood Rock Land this soon.

"The Yuan Sect?"

Fang Yi stroked his chin. Could this be a probe by the Yuan Sect? He had never let his guard down around the Yuan Sect. Compared with the other super sects,

the Yuan Sect's arrangements in the Eastern Xuan Region were on an entirely different level. Besides strength, it also had schemes.

Honestly, if not for Lin Dong in the original timeline, the Yuan Sect might have been the one to unify the Eastern Xuan Region in the end, even without colluding with the Yimo.

Yao Ling certainly wasn't a defector. He was probably just one of the Yuan Sect's pieces placed outside its walls.

"I'll go take a look."

Fang Yi spoke casually, then looked at Ying Huanhuan. "Come here!"

"Huh?"

Puzzled, Ying Huanhuan walked over to stand in front of Fang Yi.

Fang Yi extended a finger, Mental Energy swirling around it, and touched it to the center of Ying Huanhuan's brow. "You didn't comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture, did you? Consider this something for you."

"Fuse it into your sound waves. It's very useful for disrupting the mind."

What Fang Yi taught her was a portion of the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture, called the Befuddling the Mind and Bewitching the Soul Method. Even in the Great Thousand World, it reached the level of a Lesser Divine Ability.

If Ying Huanhuan could fully comprehend it, it would certainly greatly enhance her sound-wave attacks.

Ying Huanhuan probably had a special constitution in this life as well, just like Mu Qianqian. It simply hadn't been developed and had instead been obscured by the Ice Master's power.

Now that she had opened a Second Origin and diverted some of the Ice Master's power into it, Ying Huanhuan's own constitution had instead developed further.

Fang Yi didn't think Ying Huanhuan had to follow the Ice Master's path. It would indeed let her gain power as quickly as possible, but its upper limit wasn't high.

He didn't need Ying Huanhuan to sacrifice herself, either.

So he did his best to have Ying Huanhuan combine the paths of sound and ice. With the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor's inheritance, that was enough to free her from the Ice Master's influence.

Ying Huanhuan sensed the vast flood of information, but compared with the Ice Master's memories,

she soon digested it.

Her beautiful eyes filled with surprise.

What kind of martial art had Fang Yi mastered? Even the many martial arts among the Ice Master's,

when faced with the martial art Fang Yi had taught her, were like a toddler learning to walk.

Many of her martial arts, after all, had been taught to her by the Symbol Ancestor.

"Fang Yi, who exactly are you?" Ying Huanhuan couldn't help asking.

"What kind of question is that? A man, of course!"