Inside the Dao Sect.
Fang Yi gave the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed to Ying Xuanzi, asking him to nurture it for a while. Once the Pill River's formation was ready, they would plant it.
Fang Yi then went to Heaven Hall's Pill River, where Ying Huanhuan had been waiting. She turned into a streak of light and came to his side.
Before Fang Yi could say a word, Ying Huanhuan began feeling him all over.
Fang Yi looked helplessly at Ying Huanhuan as she ran her hands over him and reached out to stop her. If he didn't, she would start stripping off his clothes.
A young man in the prime of his vigor, being felt all over by a charming girl.
How could he not stand at attention?
If not for his loose Daoist robe, Ying Huanhuan would have noticed something amiss long ago.
Fang Yi caught Ying Huanhuan's hands, the kind every man would covet, and smiled. "I'm fine. What could an old dog do to me?"
"What old man? That was someone in the Life Profound Realm!"
Only after Ying Huanhuan saw that Fang Yi truly had no wounds and wasn't pretending to be fine did the tension finally leave her pretty face.
"Didn't you say you were only going to deal with the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree? How did you end up fighting someone in the Life Profound Realm?"
When Fang Yi went to find the Demon Seal Faction, Yuan Fang had hurriedly sent word to the Dao Sect.
At first, Ying Xuanzi hadn't been particularly alarmed when he received the message. He knew the boy's strength better than anyone.
But afterward came news that Fang Yi had slain someone in the Life Profound Realm.
Ying Xuanzi fell silent for a moment, then announced the news to the entire Dao Sect. At once, the whole sect erupted in cheers.
They all knew Fang Yi was strong, but no one knew exactly how strong he was. Had he already reached the level Senior Zhou Tong once had?
Or was he still a little short?
After all, Zhou Tong's record was the real thing. Back then, he too had slain someone in the Life Profound Realm while at the Nirvana Realm.
Fang Yi usually kept a low profile in the Dao Sect. The most astonishing thing he had done before this was fight a fierce battle against someone at eight yuan nirvana while he was at three yuan nirvana.
That had established his position as the strongest senior brother of his generation.
Even so, what left the deepest impression on everyone was still Fang Yi's talent for comprehending all four great wondrous scriptures at once.
Not his strength.
Now that news of his slaying someone in the Life Profound Realm had reached them, they finally realized how strong Fang Yi was.
Fang Yi had yet to reach nine yuan nirvana. That meant he had already surpassed Zhou Tong completely, whether in talent or in strength at the same realm.
When Ying Huanhuan heard from Ying Xuanzi that Fang Yi had defeated someone in the Life Profound Realm, she had been worried sick.
Had he been gravely injured? Had he used some irreversible secret art? Ying Huanhuan had even wondered whether he had taken so long to return because he had died of his injuries.
If the message hadn't said Fang Yi was still handling things, she would have gone to the Blood Rock Land herself.
"Wasn't I going to deal with the Demon Seal Faction...?"
Fang Yi explained what had happened afterward.
"Don't push yourself so hard again."
Ying Huanhuan rolled her eyes at Fang Yi helplessly.
If it had been any other Dao Sect disciple, she would only have felt proud, even admiring.
But when it happened to Fang Yi, she only wanted him to stay as far away from danger as possible. What did challenging someone above his realm matter anyway?
As long as Fang Yi was safe.
"Senior brother, you're amazing!"
Jiang Yinyin, standing nearby, raised her hand prettily to let Fang Yi know she was there too.
Fang Yi smiled. "Have you been diligent in your cultivation lately, Yinyin?"
"Yes! I've already reached the Heavenly Yuan Realm."
"The Heavenly Yuan Realm already?"
A trace of surprise flashed in Fang Yi's eyes. It hadn't been long at all, and Yinyin had already gone from body tempering to Earthly Yuan and then Heavenly Yuan?
Was this the talent the Eight Ancient Masters once possessed? In particular, as long as they had enough resources, even if they couldn't recover their cultivation that quickly,
the spirituality hidden within the Reincarnation Seal would still grant them exceptional talent.
"Master found me some suitable resources, and he even designed a set of martial arts for me..."
Jiang Yinyin felt somewhat overwhelmed by the favor. Since joining the Dao Sect, she had learned through the explanations she received from day to day just what kind of sect she had joined.
And the master she had taken was one of the strongest people in the Eastern Xuan Region.
Above all, she still didn't quite understand why Ying Xuanzi had taken her as his disciple.
When she asked her father, he had looked as though he wanted to say something but held back.
Her father always said that senior brother was her great benefactor and that she must always remember how he had helped her.
It was all very strange. Of course she would remember senior brother!
Senior Sister Huanhuan and Senior Sister Xiaoxiao were also very good to her. In particular, she always felt that Senior Sister Huanhuan was very familiar, and she had even asked her about it.
Senior Sister Huanhuan had smiled and rubbed her head, saying that perhaps they had been fellow disciples in their previous lives, which was why she felt so familiar.
"One day, you'll be just as amazing as your senior brother."
Fang Yi reached out and rubbed Jiang Yinyin's head, smiling faintly as he spoke.
"How could I...?" Jiang Yinyin said, pouting. Senior brother was just trying to cheer her up. She was no longer the little girl who knew nothing about cultivation realms.
How could she possibly fight someone in the Life Profound Realm while she was in the Nirvana Realm?
"Cultivate diligently. If there's anything you don't understand, come and ask me."
"What about me? What about me? I've almost learned Befuddling the Mind and Bewitching the Soul, but there are still some things I don't understand."
Ying Huanhuan spoke up at once.
Fang Yi glanced at Ying Huanhuan. She was pouting. Was this girl even jealous of Jiang Yinyin?
Jiang Yinyin was so young. She looked no more than twelve.
Hm?
Perhaps she wasn't that young. At least, to some people, she was just right.
"I'll teach you both, all right?"
Fang Yi thought it over. There was nothing particularly urgent to deal with lately. The most pressing matters were the Fire Ancestral Talisman and the power of space.
Fang Yi felt the Fire Ancestral Talisman could wait until he had made contact with the Immortal Sacred Whale clan. Ying Xuanzi didn't know about fire-attribute demonic beasts, but Ying Xiaoxiao, who had gone there to train before, had told him there were indeed quite a few.
Fang Yi figured he could make a trip, but there was no great hurry. Using demonic beasts to perfect the power of fire was a last resort, after all.
The best option was naturally the Fire Ancestral Talisman, followed by the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove.
The former was in Mo Luo's hands. The latter had long been recorded by the Dao Sect and was an ancient treasure trove that was highly sought after even in Yimo City.
But without a way to open it, no one could force their way in. The method seemed to be in the Yuan Sect's hands, and obtaining the Burning Heaven Cauldron required the Burning Heaven Elder's permission.
It might not even appear.
For the former, asking Ying Huanhuan to inquire on his behalf might offer a better chance.
After all, opening the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove depended too much on chance. But neither matter could be resolved in a short time.
As for the power of space,
Ying Xuanzi had said that very few things contained the power of space, apart from the spatial crystals Talisman Masters used to lay formations.
The purity of those spatial crystals made them completely useless to Fang Yi.
Without the aid of spatial power, forming the Tower of Great Space would take him far too long.
If only Senior Brother Zhou Tong were here. By borrowing his Space Ancestral Talisman to study, Fang Yi could quickly form the Tower of Great Space.
But he still hadn't thought of a way to find Senior Brother Zhou Tong. He only knew that the Yuan Sect had hidden Zhou Tong away.
As for the exact location, that depended on whether Ying Xuanzi could discover it.
This was a good time for him to sort through his own powers.
So during this time, he taught Ying Xiaoxiao, Ying Huanhuan, and Jiang Yinyin while integrating his own martial arts.
Fang Yi shook his head.
As Fang Yi was teaching Ying Xiaoxiao and the other two in Heaven Hall's great hall, he suddenly received a voice transmission from Ying Xuanzi.
"Come to Daoxuan Peak at once. People from the Immortal Sacred Whale clan are here!"
Fang Yi raised an eyebrow and said to Ying Xiaoxiao, "Look after our two junior sisters. The old man wants me to come over."
"Mm."
Ying Xiaoxiao nodded.
Fang Yi took a step and vanished from the spot. To better comprehend the power of space, he now used his Mental Energy to communicate with space whenever he traveled.
He was trying to form the Tower of Great Space as soon as possible.
His speed was no slower than when he used Origin Energy, and was even faster. It simply consumed more Mental Energy.