Time continued to pass.
Even Ying Xuanzi came by to take a look, and when he learned from Mu Lan what Fang Yi was doing,
He was not particularly surprised.
Even if Fang Yi told him now that he was actually the Symbol Ancestor reincarnated, Ying Xuanzi would be able to accept it.
Another two days passed.
Fang Yi, who was sitting cross-legged in the air, suddenly opened his eyes, and as he did,
A vast surge of vitality erupted from his body, billowing blue sweeping outward and spreading madly like waves.
But the blue continued to gather around him, until at last it transformed into wisps of vibrant cyan.
Cyan came from blue, yet surpassed it!
Behind Fang Yi, a seed quietly appeared. It seemed to breathe, and the rolling cyan around it rose and fell with each breath.
Finally, it began to flow back, and all the cyan vanished into the seed.
"It's done."
Fang Yi let out a breath. Before he could rejoice, he met Mu Lan's complicated gaze.
"You really did it?"
There was a note of disbelief in Mu Lan's voice. For so many years,
Ever since the Lord of Life and Death had created the Immortal Heaven Derivation Technique, countless geniuses among the Immortal Sacred Whales had tried to improve it, but all they had managed to change were minor details.
The Immortal Heaven Derivation Technique had even fallen into the hands of others before. After all, quite a few people coveted it.
Yet no one had been able to modify it directly into a martial art suited to human cultivation.
What Fang Yi had done was a little too outrageous.
"Would you like me to teach it to you, Senior Mu Lan?"
Fang Yi did not think the modified technique belonged entirely to him just because he had completed it. After all, the martial art was an improvement built on the foundation of the Immortal Heaven Derivation Technique.
"There's no need for that..." Mu Lan instinctively refused. After all, he was still a member of the demon race, and even if Fang Yi had succeeded in modifying it,
There was no way for him to switch to cultivating it.
But then he had another thought. This was a good chance to see how Fang Yi had modified it.
"But I could learn a little from it..."
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Mu Lan's handsome face, but Fang Yi thought nothing of it.
"Then please excuse me, Senior."
Fang Yi landed in front of Mu Lan and touched a finger to the space between his brows.
A moment later,
Mu Lan opened his eyes, which were filled with a storm of shock he could scarcely conceal.
The amount of information in a Heaven martial art was naturally nothing to him, but he had compared the techniques very carefully.
Its power had not diminished in the slightest. It had even grown stronger!
That was right-it had grown stronger.
Rather than having an inner world bear damage and generate vitality, it now let heaven and earth as a whole store vitality and bear damage for the user.
From the fourth level onward, it was completely different. The original fourth level derived a world of vitality, while this fourth level was the Seed of Life.
Fang Yi had even deduced the fifth level. It was called the Heaven and Earth Divine Tree, rooted in heaven and earth: so long as heaven and earth endured, he would endure; so long as heaven and earth lived, he would live!
Compared with Heaven Derivation, the fifth level of the Immortal Heaven Derivation Technique, its conception was loftier and its power greater!
Just what kind of existence was Fang Yi, to be able to deduce such a martial art?
"The younger generation is to be feared, the younger generation is to be feared..."
Mu Lan murmured. He had never said those words before. In his view, potential was always just potential.
That remained true if it had not been turned into strength, and he had never met anyone whose talent alone could make him marvel, or even alarm him.
Now he had.
Fang Yi was teaching Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao the modified martial art he had named the "Immortal Heaven and Earth Scripture."
A martial art better suited to the constitutions of human babies.
"I wonder if it meets with your approval, Senior," Fang Yi said with a smile.
"I'm in no position to judge it."
Mu Lan did not put on airs in front of Fang Yi either.
Now, in his view, as long as Fang Yi grew up safely, reaching the Reincarnation Stage was inevitable.
It no longer had anything to do with fortuitous encounters. Fang Yi could reach the Reincarnation Stage through his own abilities alone.
"Yinyin should continue cultivating the Immortal Heaven Derivation Technique for now. I've found that there's some kind of connection between them. If the two of them cultivate different martial arts, it may no longer have that effect."
"Once Yinyin no longer needs LingShan's help to cultivate, switching techniques won't be difficult."
"Mm."
Mu Lan did not object either. Suddenly, his lips moved, and Fang Yi frowned slightly. Mu Lan had sent him a voice transmission about Ying Xiaoxiao's unusual behavior earlier.
Fang Yi sighed inwardly.
No matter how hard Ying Xiaoxiao worked, and even though she had unlocked her second origin, she still fell far short of Ying Huanhuan and Jiang Yinyin.
Of course, that shortcoming was only relative.
In the entire Eastern Xuan Region, Ying Xiaoxiao was still the most dazzling disciple.
But if things continued as they were among them,
He worried that Ying Xiaoxiao would go to extremes and develop a heart demon-what was known as a shattered Dao heart.
As for anyone else, Fang Yi could not be bothered with them. If you were weak and untalented, there was nothing to be done about it.
If your talent was lacking and you were bad at handling pressure too,
Then you deserved to have your Dao heart shattered.
But Ying Xiaoxiao had grown up with him, so naturally he could not be so coldhearted. He smiled and said, "Huanhuan, try to comprehend it first. Xiaoxiao and I have something to discuss."
Ying Huanhuan hurriedly asked, "What is it that even I can't know? Are you trying to leave me out again?"
"This martial art has some connection to the Great Desolation Scripture. I'm planning to have Xiaoxiao try to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture. Perhaps that will help her understand the Immortal Heaven and Earth Scripture better."
When Ying Huanhuan heard that it had to do with the Great Desolation Scripture, she could only curse inwardly.
It was because she was the Ice Master reincarnated that even the Great Desolation Tablet would not teach her the Great Desolation Scripture.
Ying Xiaoxiao looked at Fang Yi in confusion. What was there that could not be said here? Even if it concerned the Great Desolation Scripture, surely there would be no problem.
But since Fang Yi had said so, she could only follow behind him and fly away.
A moment later,
The two arrived on a mountain peak.
Ying Xiaoxiao looked at the somewhat desolate scenery around them and said, "Here? There doesn't seem to be much vitality here."
"I asked you out here not to talk about the Great Desolation Scripture, but because you seem to be under a little too much pressure."
Fang Yi himself had mastered the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture, and his Mental Energy was far stronger than Ying Xiaoxiao's, so he easily noticed how tense she was.
That had been especially true since she cultivated the Second Origin Art.
Ying Xiaoxiao was about to deny it, but she realized that the person before her was one of those closest to her.
The strength and aloofness she forced herself to maintain before the many Dao Sect disciples did not need to be hidden in front of Fang Yi. She let out a breath and said, "I just feel like I'm too weak."
"I've already heard the general situation from Huanhuan. I don't want to be able to do nothing but watch you fight when the Dao Sect faces a true calamity."
The Yimo?
Fang Yi had not expected Ying Huanhuan to have told Ying Xiaoxiao even about the Yimo. That would indeed put her under a great deal of pressure.
After all, Huanhuan was the Ice Master reincarnated and had a clear way to improve her strength, while Ying Xiaoxiao was merely a relatively talented disciple.
In the original timeline, Ying Xiaoxiao's generation had played no part at all in the war against the Yimo. They had merely been there to make up the numbers.
Unless they were like Tang Xinlian, who was a genius even by the standards of the entire Tianxuan Continent.
"I can't even match Huanhuan and Yinyin when it comes to comprehending martial arts."
Xiaoxiao sighed and murmured, "I'm such a failure, and I'm supposed to be the eldest senior sister!"
Fang Yi comforted her. "There's no need to compare yourself with them. One is the Ice Master reincarnated, and the other is the Lord of Life and Death reincarnated."
Ying Xiaoxiao sounded increasingly aggrieved. "Yinyin aside, even if Huanhuan is the Ice Master reincarnated, she hasn't awakened yet. Is her talent really that much greater than mine?"
Hearing Ying Xiaoxiao's words, Fang Yi knew she had already begun to doubt herself.
That would not do.
"Actually, I have a martial art called the Heart Seal Method. It can help you master martial arts faster, though it may have a slight drawback."