This was something he had never encountered before.
Previously, he would see disciples from the Taiyi Sect who came to preside over the Taoist Grand Competition every year. Although these disciples seemed very powerful to him, he was not entirely without the ability to fight them.
Having cultivated for many years, even though he doesn't know the profound arts of the Taiyi Sect, his Taoist skills are still very powerful, giving him the ability to protect himself.
But just now, he really felt so insignificant.
Even if a young girl has been cultivating since birth, and even if she has extraordinary talent and encounters with fortuitous events, she could never reach this level.
"Could it be... could it be that this is the legendary possession?" Feng Daozhi asked, somewhat absent-mindedly.
When he was young, he heard elders in the Taoist sect talk about some secrets from ancient times, but he didn't know if they were true or false.
It is said that in ancient times, some powerful cultivators, whose souls were strong in old age, were unwilling to enter the underworld to be reincarnated. Instead, they used evil magic to possess the bodies of young people, thus gaining a new life and transforming themselves from an old person who was about to die into a young person.
However, doing so would lead one down the path of evil cultivation, eliminating any possibility of ascension. No matter how powerful one becomes, one will never be able to ascend to immortality.
Moreover, anyone who possesses another's body is seen as a great demon by the world, and everyone has the right to kill them.
Ye Xianya was taken aback upon hearing this!
She was indeed reborn as a soul that entered this body, but it wasn't that she stole someone else's soul; rather, it was that the other person's soul was scattered, and she became who she is now by some twist of fate.
This doesn't count as possession!
But she is definitely not the original Ye Xianya.
Her physical body was temporarily unable to withstand the powerful soul force.
Ye Xianya herself didn't know why such a change had happened. After she repaired her soul power, she was supposed to reincarnate, but in the blink of an eye... she became who she is now.
“I…I know, you must be an elder of the Taiyi Sect. You have been cultivating for one or two hundred years, but you have made no further progress and are about to die of old age. That’s why you possessed this little girl’s body and were reborn!” Feng Daozhi suddenly said.
That must be it, otherwise why would this little girl have such a powerful soul?
This is definitely not the kind of power a teenage girl could have.
If the spiritual energy contained within the body is too strong, it is very likely that the person has encountered a fortuitous event and absorbed too much energy.
The power of the soul is different; it requires one's own cultivation.
"Senior, I have offended you. Please forgive me," Feng Daozhi said while bowing.
When you encounter an old guy like that, there's no other way but to back down.
Although everyone has the right to kill an old demon who possesses another's body, he simply doesn't have that power.
Unless the Taiyi Sect arrives, no one can do anything to this old devil.
Moreover, only elders of the Taiyi Sect can come; otherwise, they are simply being sent to their deaths.
Feng Daozhi was frightened. Seeing that Ye Xianya didn't say anything, he quickly left with several disciples.
"Sister!" Zhengzheng called out softly when she saw Ye Xianya still in a daze.
"Hmm!" Ye Xianya responded, and when she turned her head, she found Qi Chengshuo and Zhengzheng staring at her.
"Sister, don't listen to his nonsense. You didn't possess anyone at all," Zhengzheng quickly said.
My sister told it about her past life; she was reborn, but not through the evil cultivation technique of possession.
“You are who you are, and you don’t need to care what others say,” Qi Chengshuo also spoke up.
From the moment he met Ye Xianya, she became who she is now.
He was certain that he liked Ye Xianya as she was now, and that he didn't need to care about anyone else.
"Okay." Ye Xianya nodded: "I was injured while trying to kill Fang Yuzhen. Let's go back first. I need to take some pills to recuperate for the next two days."
“I’ll take my sister back,” Zhengzheng volunteered.
"Xianya, are you badly injured?" Qi Chengshuo asked with great concern.
"It's not serious. I'm much stronger than before. I just suffered a minor injury, it's nothing." Ye Xianya shook her head.
Qi Chengshuo breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. After watching Ye Xianya and Zhengzheng leave, he also headed back the way he came.
Qi Chengshuo went out with guards, who were waiting not far away with their horses.
After they left, Ma Fangyu and Zhong Yun, who had escaped in the chaos, cautiously came over.
"Master." Seeing the corpse on the ground, the two knelt down abruptly, tears streaming down their faces.
After crying, the two took Fang Yuzhen's body away.
"Senior sister, how are we going to explain this to the people in the temple when we get back?" Zhong Yun asked with a worried look on her face.
“Tell the truth.” Ma Fangyu sighed and said, “This kind of thing can’t be hidden, and besides… people from Xuantian Temple were also present at the time. If the elders and disciples of the temple have any objections, we will ask people from Xuantian Temple to testify.”
"Should we...should we avenge our master?" Zhong Yun asked cautiously.
“Revenge? Do we have that ability? Besides… Master has made many mistakes over the years, why should we go along with them? And Qingzhu and Fu'er, they were the ones who made mistakes first, which is why they were killed. Master lost his life trying to avenge them. Neither of us wanted to come today, but we couldn't disobey Master's orders. Besides… that Miss Ye killed Master in one move. Even if we cultivate for a lifetime, we would not be her match.”
"What Senior Sister says is true." Zhong Yun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She really didn't want to die.
"As for our Biyun Temple, whoever wants revenge can go on their own. My fellow disciples and I can just focus on our cultivation," Ma Fangyu said.
With their master dead, the position of abbot is unlikely to fall to them; the elders in the temple will definitely fight for it.
They should just live their own lives.
...
Inside the Xuantian Temple, Feng Daozhi was still somewhat shaken after sitting down in a chair.
"Fortunately, that senior didn't care about us, otherwise my master and I would probably be dead there today."
"Master, are you mistaken? Miss Ye doesn't seem like a possessed demon to me," Tao Zhixuan couldn't help but say.
"Lust makes one lose their mind." Feng Daozhi glared at his disciple fiercely: "Don't think I don't know, you've taken a fancy to that young lady."
Feng Daozhi's lips twitched as he spoke: "She's not a little girl, she's an old hag. She's probably lived for two or three hundred years. I've heard that the powerful elders of the Taiyi Sect, who have cultivated to the extreme, can live for two or three hundred years even if they haven't transcended tribulation to become immortals. Some can even live for four or five hundred years and can be called earth immortals. There are quite a few old antiques in the Taiyi Sect."
"I..." Tao Zhixuan didn't know what to say for a moment.
He didn't realize that Miss Ye was an old witch; she was clearly just a young girl. But since his master was so frightened, he didn't dare to say anything.
"Just wait, the people sent by the Taiyi Sect will arrive in another half month. Then we'll see how they handle things."
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