"Alright, we surrender. We hope you will keep your promise."
The leader of the two Mystics from the Heart Research Society quickly nodded.
Suddenly!
His right hand, like a venomous snake, grabbed a pitch-black dagger and ruthlessly plunged it into the back of his companion!
"You... "
The companion wanted to say sothing, but a look of intense pain appeared on his face.
The leader released the dagger and dug his hand directly into his companion’s back, as if searching for sothing.
Soon, a blood-red book with shimring starlight on its cover was pulled out by him, and he respectfully handed it to Fang Xing.
"The Secret Ritual of Heart Dreams?"
Fang Xing nodded and opened the first page, seeing a distorted and pained face.
Judging by the features, it was the person who had just been backstabbed.
Compared to the dissipated companion, this face seed even more ferocious, with slightly stiff and upturned corners of the mouth... as if mocking sothing.
[The backstabbed, yearning for the appearance of the next one... ]
A line of text appeared on the title page.
Then followed so basic knowledge about the ’heart’, which was quite decent.
"Sir, can I leave now?"
The remaining leader asked nervously.
"Give the market coordinates, and you can go."
Fang Xing nodded and watched as the figure of the deep one disappeared.
To him now, there was no concept of good and evil in this world, only what benefited him.
"Hajis is truly evil... He chooses the fastest thod to create secret transmissions."
The girl beside him spoke with a trembling voice, looking at Fang Xing: "You... you won’t try to do that, right? This is a unique ability of our Heart Path. It’s impossible for you."
"It wasn’t possible before, but now it might be."
Fang Xing shook his head.
He wasn’t planning to turn the little girl into a secret transmission.
But he was considering using the wonders of the Heart Path to create Esoteric Martial Arts as secret transmissions and then spread them. Of course, the transmissions would certainly co with initiation and various precepts and restrictions...
"This thod of instantly generating secret transmissions, although it requires killing a person, is quite useful..."
Fang Xing chatted with the girl for a bit: "Has there been a rebellion in your Heart Research Society?"
"Yes, my father was prepared, but unfortunately, the Deep Sea Gate sohow had an outbreak, which caught many extraordinary people..."
The girl looked sullen: "Otherwise... I wouldn’t have been tracked by Hajis and the other three..."
"Deep Sea Gate?"
Fang Xing knew that it was his fault, but he didn’t plan to reveal it. Instead, he silently contemplated the secret transmission of the ’heart’ he had just obtained.
In the girl’s eyes, his image suddenly changed.
Then...
Fang Xing punched out: "Magic Fist!"
The girl was imdiately dazed, seeming to fall into one illusion after another...
"Heart Departnt Martial Arts focus on the mind, it’s mind-based martial arts! Combining the mind with the world... creating endless wonders in a single thought."
Fang Xing looked at the dazed girl and spoke calmly: "Tell everything you know about the Heart Research Society... Also, did you tamper with the coordinates just now?"
"No..."
The girl’s eyes were dazed as she answered: "But, my father is coming soon. He is the ’enlightener’ of the Heart Path and has cultivated the ’Reverse Birth Ritual’. Through the ’Cocooned Person’ ceremony, he will undergo a ’mythological relic’ transformation, his forr ’cocoon’ being the skin of a fierce large black dog... which has now turned into the mythical Cerberus..."
"Oh? Tell more."
Fang Xing was intrigued.
Through the girl’s explanation, he learned that her na was ’Ying’ and she ca from an extraordinary family.
This family had long held power in the Heart Research Society until a recent rebellion severely weakened them.
The extraordinary people of the Heart Path must perform the ’Cocooned Person’ ceremony before entering dreams, creating a ’cocoon’ suitable for the Ether Realm.
Most people can only create ordinary auxiliary items, more advanced ones include Ying’s wings and the pupae of those deep ones.
Ying’s father had used a large black dog’s skin.
It was said the black dog was extrely fierce, and during the reverse moon ritual, it bit and killed its eight siblings to survive by eating their flesh, then had its skin peeled to create a ’cocoon’.
In the Ether Realm, it was a black dog the size of a bull, unstoppable, once killing an enlightener!
After Ying’s father ascended as an enlightener, he perford a ceremony to mutate the bloodline of the black dog, transforming it into the mythical Cerberus!
This mythical creature’s body was infused with rich ether power, not living in the mortal world, but occasionally intruding into mortal dreams, becoming renowned and feared...
The enlightener of the Heart Path in an ether environnt remains fearless even when encountering longevity practitioners of other paths.
That’s the unique specialty of the Heart Path.
Other Dao Paths have their own supernatural traits.
For instance, the Path of cha, where even low-rank practitioners can create high-rank chanical artifacts.
Soone like Fang Xing could even build a cha, allowing a wanderer to challenge enlighteners or even longevity practitioners!
The Blood Path is just as formidable, strengthening the body and enticing desires...
"But all these essences will be absorbed by my Esoteric Martial Arts, transforming into my form and shape!"
Fang Xing waited a bit longer, seeing ether waves not far away and black dog fur floating in the void.
Then, a massive Cerberus climbed out, with its body covered in dense ether power forming a layer of erald-green hellfire, burning fiercely.
"Release Ying!"
Cerberus sniffed and saw Fang Xing and the girl, then spoke in a deep male voice.
"Where are you from? Do you know the rules? I’m a kidnapper... naturally, I need ransom. One secret transmission, or I won’t let her go..."
Fang Xing sneered.
Cerberus was clearly cautious.
Suddenly, it raised a paw and struck the leftmost dog head hard.
Smack!
A blood-stained tooth fell, transforming mid-air into a pale bone book: "Release her!"
"Oh? As expected of an enlightener..."
Fang Xing briefly checked then patted the girl’s head.
"Ah!"
Ying scread loudly and ran to hide behind Cerberus, shouting: "You bad guy! What did you do to ?"
It seed Fang Xing had done sothing unforgivable to her.
"Damn it!"
Cerberus’s fur bristled.
It roared and spat out ball after ball of dark green fire.
These flas contained ether elents, flowing like liquid and possessing both corrosive and burning properties.
In the outside world, such a Cerberus would be troubleso even for a small army.
"What did I do?"
Fang Xing’s palm technique flew, his ’Steam Palm’ force exploding the erald green fireballs mid-air.
Occasionally, a spark landed on him but was blocked by a grayish-white layer of stone skin, precisely ’Stone Statue Skill’!
The extraordinary of Stone Path are silent, introverted... Moreover, stone ether is the most stubborn, unchanged ether, being exceptionally effective in defending against other ether forces!
"What did I do to her?"
Fang Xing smiled slightly: "Probably the sa thing you’ll experience next."
He closed his right-hand fingers into a fist.
It was Heart Departnt Martial Arts’ — Magic Fist!
As this fist struck out, a great sun appeared behind Fang Xing.
Its vastness spanned thousands of ters, and its enormous corona nearly lit up the entire ether layer!
Compared to this red sun, Cerberus looked unbearably small.
Seeing this sun rise, all ether realm creatures trembled from their souls, their minds filled with one thought — submit! Submit! Submit!
’Sure enough, in the ether realm, using the power of the Heart Path as a bridge, I can finally reveal so of my essence... ’
Fang Xing felt a surge in his heart, seeing his Magic Fist descending, imnse pressure falling upon Cerberus, causing the big dog to moan in grief, its other two heads curling up, then quickly shrinking until it turned into just a newborn puppy.
"Whimper!"
The little black puppy hadn’t even opened its eyes, rely whimpering.
"Dad?"
Ying, seeing this, was almost in tears.
Just then, she noticed the little black puppy was whimpering while cuddling against Fang Xing’s shoes, affectionately rubbing them.
"Those struck by my Magic Fist beco my slaves automatically."
Fang Xing lifted the puppy and casually tossed it into Ying’s arms: "Only I can undo this effect."
"What... what do you want? More secret transmission? I’ll give you everything..."
Ying, seeing her invincible father in the ether realm reduced to this, was scared stiff.
"Yes, I like your compliance."
Using the hidden knowledge he gained from controlling Ying earlier, Fang Xing visualized Heart Departnt Martial Arts in his mind, and an extraordinary secret scripture appeared in his hand.
It resembled a red brick, covered with iron and blood sll, and bore iron rust markings.
"I am the master of Esoteric Sect; this is a secret transmission of Esoteric Sect. I gift it to you two."
Fang Xing’s silhouette flashed, arriving before Ying, pushing the secret transmission into Ying’s arms, and pressing both her and the puppy’s heads with his hands.
True ’head-rubbing’ ritual!
"This dog seems promising, tied to my Esoteric Sect, deserving the ’Vajra Mouth of Doghead’ initiation... and you too."
Esoteric Martial Arts have always been open to both genders for learning.
Since Fang Xing planned to spread his Esoteric Martial Arts widely, he would certainly treat everyone equally.
"You... I..."
Ying’s eyes were full of panic, unable to do anything but watch Fang Xing’s big hand descending...
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