I, the Destined Villain, Start by Controlling the Saint

Fishing in troubled waters, a wild treasure troveFor many Prodigies, these three days were a torment.

Because the Holy Temple only informed them just before the start that they could possess multiple tokens and even gift excess tokens to others.

This made them anxious, scratching their ears and cheeks, desperately trying to improve themselves, just to obtain a few more tokens in this training session.

These people felt three days were too short because it was difficult for them to improve their strength in that time.

The strength of these Prodigies was at least that of a Golden Immortal.

At the Golden Immortal level, trying to improve one’s strength within three days is as difficult as ascending to heaven!

Even if it could be done, it would require a huge price!

Some people who had a clear understanding of themselves felt three days were too long.

They knew their strength was insufficient and only wanted to enter the Battleground Forbidden Land as soon as possible to seek an Opportunity and survive the great calamity better.

Letting opponents develop for three more days, wouldn’t that increase the difficulty of their training journey?!

So they felt three days were too long; it was no exaggeration to say that each day felt like a year.

Finally, an Elder from the Holy Temple walked out; this time it was a different person, not the Grand Elder.

The Elder of the Holy Temple said, ”Those participating in the training stay; all other idle personnel, please exit.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the bustling crowd outside the Holy Temple’s gate receded, leaving only a group of young men and women with extraordinary temperament and vibrant energy.

However, a small portion of them were dressed simply, either wearing gray robes and straw hats with rain cloaks, or silently bowing their heads, each different.

But they all shared a common characteristic: their eyes were like torches, full of hope and ambition, with a heroic feeling of ’who else but me’.

The crowd receded, but the Elder of the Holy Temple still reiterated.

”Do not attempt to sneak through. The names of those participating in the training have already been registered. If you are not marked on the list and try to fish in troubled waters, you will bear the consequences.”

That Elder said coldly.

Miao Xiaoqing sent a message to Xiao Fan, telling him to move closer to her.

Then, she took out ten yellow talismans and pasted one on each of her people. The yellow talismans shimmered with golden light, like a brand on their bodies.

Xiao Fan’s Divine Sense probed, and he actually saw his blood seal and name on it.

Good heavens, there’s even an admission ticket!

Looking around, many people, like them, had yellow talismans pasted on them.

The Elder of the Holy Temple saw that no one had left and said:

”Let’s begin.”

Above the Holy Temple’s sky, seven supreme existences slowly rose. The seven formed a regular dipper shape, aligned with the Big Dipper constellation, their Saintly might immeasurable.

The seven recited scriptures, the Dao echoed, heavenly sounds drifted within, and dazzling Holy Light emanated from them, illuminating all directions.

As time progressed, the originally dazzling and irregular Holy Light began to condense into chains, flying out of the sky and reaching the vast starry river.

Under everyone’s gaze, a continent, immeasurable in size, was slowly dragged down. It was shrouded in mist, containing many mysteries within its blur, making it impossible to see through the mist for a time.

”Is this the Battleground Forbidden Land, dragged back from the depths of Chaos by the power of the Seven Saints?”

”The rules above are chaotic; is it really a place for people?”

”I feel that adapting to the rules above will be a considerable challenge.”

”The Holy Temple’s training is indeed not simple.”

The power of the Seven Saints held this boundless heaven and earth above the Central Immortal Domain.

They jointly cast a spatial portal, which landed in the Holy Temple’s main gate. The previously empty gate, used for entering and exiting the Holy Temple, now had a sacred golden formation.

The presiding Elder shouted, ”The passage to the Battleground Forbidden Land has been opened.”

”Please note the time. The Battleground Forbidden Land will only be open for one hundred years. If you do not come out within one hundred years, this continent will drift back into Chaos.”

”Chaos is full of dangers; even a Saint can be injured if careless. You’d best weigh your own capabilities.

If you haven’t come out in a hundred years, then may you be blessed.”

”Go in.”

Before he finished speaking, someone immediately soared into the sky, wanting to be the first to enter.

Others followed their steps, sticking closely to them, practically inseparable, but they were concealed, so unless one looked carefully, they couldn’t be seen at all.

The people in front passed through, but those who followed, wanting to sneak in by riding on their coattails, were blocked by the great formation and bounced back forcefully.

They vomited blood, severely injured and on the verge of death.

These were precisely the people who wanted to sneak through.

The Holy Temple Elder said calmly, ”I just gave you a chance.”

He casually unleashed several divine lights, and the dazzling rays shot into the bodies of those few people. Their already scattered pupils completely unfocused, and their remaining consciousness vanished with the wind.

There was no other path but death.

As these few people who tried to fish in troubled waters died, hundreds of people below broke out in cold sweat, their eyes darting around, their breathing rapid, probably much like these dead people.

Run!

These people didn’t hesitate; after seeing that fishing in troubled waters wouldn’t work, they immediately tried to escape.

But there was no Opportunity.

The Elders of the Holy Temple had already surrounded the area outside, making it impenetrable.

Those who wanted to escape had nowhere to go but death.

”Senior, spare us, Senior, spare us, we were just momentarily deluded.”

”We truly had no intention of causing trouble; it’s just that the training was too tempting, and we just wanted to try.”

They knelt and begged for mercy, but the Holy Temple had already given them a chance; only death awaited them.

”I just gave you a chance.”

”Kill them all.”

The Elder presiding over the Holy Temple said calmly.

Immediately, a slaughter began.

It wasn’t even a crushing defeat; it was merely a cleanup of some flies.

Xiao Fan looked at these people who tried to fish in troubled waters and shook his head slightly. Are there really people who aren’t afraid of death, thinking that the Holy Temple is full of benevolent people?

However, he could also understand that great benefits could make people take risks.

”Master, let’s go in too,” Miao Xiaoqing whispered.

”Alright, let’s go.”

Xiao Fan blended into the Eternal Holy Temple’s team and surged into the Battleground Forbidden Land with the crowd.

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”Is this the Battleground Forbidden Land?”

”Gray and misty, shrouded in fog, using the word Chaos to describe it is truly apt.”

Looking at the foggy jungle with visibility of less than a hundred li, Li Sheng felt no fear in his heart, but rather excitement and thrill.

For these Prodigies, a hundred li distance was practically face-to-face.

”I cultivate a pupil Divine Ability; my gaze can only reach about a hundred li, so others probably can’t see as far or as clearly as I can.”

”This is my Opportunity!”

Li Sheng wore a faint smile on his face, and faint purple light emanated from his pupils.

He skillfully took out a Yin and Yang twin object similar to a compass, which contained one black and one white spherical bead.

Taking out the white bead, he recited an incantation and formed mysterious hand seals.

The originally pure white bead gradually became transparent under his manipulation.

Finally, it transformed into specks of starlight, dissipating with the wind.

After doing all this, Li Sheng leisurely sat beside a tree, holding the compass in his hand, his eyes occasionally staring at the black bead.

Before long, the black bead reacted.

The black bead shattered into powder, forming a mass of black dust.

The black powder actually twisted and turned on the compass, and in a short while, it automatically etched a topographical map with varying colors and heights.

And at the very center, the black powder solidified into a lump, like a nail driven in.

”Treasure-Seeking Compass, my companion for many years, you truly didn’t disappoint me.”

Looking at the map above, Li Sheng’s face showed a knowing smile.

This was his greatest reliance in growing from a useless son-in-law to who he was today.

This was a Treasure-Seeking Compass. The white bead transformed into starlight to scout the way.

Upon finding news of treasure, the black bead would sense it, scatter into powder, and outline a map.

Working together, the black and white beads allowed him to find treasures that others couldn’t.

It was by relying on this Treasure-Seeking Compass that Li Sheng quickly went from weak to strong; it was no exaggeration to say that this compass was his lifeblood.

Following the map displayed on the compass, his journey was smooth, encountering no dangers at all.

”As expected of my companion, there hasn’t been a single danger along the way.”

”Your ability to plan routes is truly invincible.”

Li Sheng praised the compass.

The compass, as if sentient, trembled slightly upon hearing the praise.

As he walked, getting closer and closer to his destination, Li Sheng put away the compass, keeping it safe.

He restrained his aura, cautiously creeping into the jungle, afraid of making even the slightest sound.

He even crawled on the ground, slithering in a cold, twisted manner.

Finally, he reached his destination.

It was a dark cave, surrounded by dense jungle on all sides, but the cave entrance was bare, with traces of wild beasts inhabiting it.

Li Sheng held his breath, his eyes slowly gazing into the cave. He saw countless treasures within, various Immortal Ores and divine materials, piled up like mountains.

”That gem is so hazy, yet it shines with an incredibly clear orange light. Could this be Chaos Orange Origin Ore!”

Before entering the Battleground Forbidden Land, Li Sheng had made preparations. He specifically consulted ancient texts to recognize various treasures in Chaos, so as not to overlook any great treasures.

And this Orange Origin Ore was one of the precious ones among them.

This was a divine material that Alchemists dreamed of; adding a little to a furnace of Medicinal Pills could greatly increase the success rate and quality of the finished Pill.

An Orange Origin Ore the size of a fist was worth a second-grade Immortal Artifact, and it was still in short supply!

”Holy crap, so much! I’m rich!”

He roughly estimated that these mountains of Orange Origin Ore must weigh hundreds of thousands of tons.

If he took all of this out, those Alchemists would gladly be his dogs.

Li Sheng swallowed, the fervor in his eyes completely undisguised. He had just arrived and already encountered such a huge treasure; his luck was too good.

”No wonder those people risked their lives to sneak in. Even if they don’t get a token, finding these treasures is a huge profit.”

”As expected of the Holy Temple’s training, what a grand gesture.”

This wasn’t all; Li Sheng’s gaze shifted slightly, and he saw even more breathtaking treasures.

”That is, the Hun Tian Star Spirit Immortal Plant, essential for refining Hunyuan Pills!”

He looked at that vast expanse of continuously shimmering, star-like Immortal Plants, his eyes wide as copper bells, his heart unable to calm down for a long time.

The Hun Tian Star Spirit Immortal Plant was a main ingredient for refining Hunyuan Pills; even if Cultivators who didn’t cultivate Hunyuan consumed it, it would still be greatly beneficial to their bodies.

And these were just two of them!

Li Sheng continued to scan, discovering more than a dozen other treasures even more valuable than these two.

What was the difference between this and a wild treasure vault?!

Li Sheng frowned, preparing to launch his ownerless treasure collection plan!