I, the Destined Villain, Start by Controlling the Saint

Three tips for the aggrieved catFrom the moment one entered, Opportunities were everywhere, and all the pavilions and gates in the Eternal Immortal Palace were wide open.

The pervasive Medicinal Pill aroma was refreshing, wafting through the streets and stirring one’s heart.

Heavy scriptures exuded the fragrance of ink, and the Cultivation Technique Dao Rhythms inscribed on them made one want to embrace and devour them.

Sparkling fires clanged, and within the glowing hot furnace, a supreme sword was being forged, taking shape through repeated tempering.

Alchemy Halls, Scripture Pavilions, Artifact Refining Towers—everything imaginable was present, and far more.

Xiao Fan had already collected enough treasures, so upon stepping into the Eternal Immortal Palace, he did not linger for these things; he went straight to the main objective, solely for the Legacy.

This seemed to be a tranquil Immortal Palace.

It was silent all the way. Walking on the road, the ground was paved with bluestone slabs, and willows swayed by the roadside. A gentle breeze blew, rustling them.

A stream stretched before them, spanned by a bluestone bridge with vermilion railings on both sides. The banks were adorned with various exotic flowers and plants, lush green vines, and a riot of blossoms.

Beyond the stream was a rock garden, where occasionally two crickets chirped at its base, perched on a green leaf, sawing at it with their claws, emitting intermittent rustling sounds.

After walking a bit further, the two arrived before a Lingxing Gate, dozens of feet high, with a stone plaque above it carved with several grand, sweeping characters: ”Immortal Palace.”

Through the Lingxing Gate was a luxurious temple.

Golden-studded vermilion doors, red walls, and green tiles, with glazed green bricks covering the pavilions and terraces.

Red pillars were adorned with coiling Dragons and dancing Phoenixes. Inside the grand hall, auspicious light and countless auspicious colors abounded. Windows were half-open, and wisps of clear fragrance drifted out, creating a delightful scene.

Xiao Fan couldn’t help but be slightly lost in thought. Such an arrangement truly showed great elegance. Even a Mortal would know this was the residence of Immortals.

”Eternal Immortal Palace, Immortal Palace.”

”Presumably, this is the place of Legacy,” Xiao Fan murmured to himself.

Passing through the Lingxing Gate and entering the Immortal Palace, Xiao Fan didn’t even encounter a single illusory human consciousness.

”Strange, why is there no one here?”

Pushing open the great door, Xiao Fan walked into the Immortal Palace. What greeted his eyes was a yellow futon, an incense table, and on it, a purple incense burner with half a stick of yellow incense still burning.

But there was no one enshrined above it, which was quite peculiar.

”Master, look.”

Miao Xiaoqing tugged at his sleeve, motioning for him to look at the three brocade pouches placed on the incense table.

Xiao Fan walked forward, simultaneously pushing Miao Xiaoqing out.

”You go take a look.”

”Ah? Me?!” Miao Xiaoqing was stunned, not quite understanding.

”Yes, you.”

”Master, what if it’s an Opportunity? It wouldn’t be good if I took it,” she said weakly.

She was still wary. After all, she hadn’t even entered the door yet, just reading the two couplets on it had made her feel somewhat trapped. To her, everything here was very dangerous.

”If it’s an Opportunity, then it’s yours,” Xiao Fan pushed her out, wanting to see if there was any danger.

Truly, when there’s trouble, the cat girl handles it; when there’s no trouble, he handles the cat girl.

Miao Xiaoqing was pushed out, feeling a bit scared, but she still mustered her courage and approached to look.

She closed her eyes, took the three brocade pouches, and just held them blankly without any action. After a good while, she finally opened her eyes.

”No danger!”

She couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief.

”Why are you just standing there? Open them,” Xiao Fan urged.

”Master, why don’t you open them? If it’s an Opportunity and I take it, you’d be at too much of a loss,” she wanted to throw away these hot potatoes but had no excuse.

Xiao Fan said nothing, just smiled at her.

Knowing she had no choice, she selected one and opened it.

As soon as the brocade pouch was opened, a yellow paper with golden runes immediately floated out.

Neither of them had learned the script on it, but it didn’t prevent them from understanding it, as if they were born knowing these divine characters.

”Master, there’s a piece of paper here with many small characters on it,” Miao Xiaoqing said.

Xiao Fan: ”Read.”

”Okay.”

Miao Xiaoqing immediately began to read.

She said:

”I was born in a rural mountain village. At the age of eight, I was fortunate to be taught the Dao by my esteemed master, who imparted to me the method of Immortal Ascension and longevity. From then on, I left the Mortal world and entered the Immortal Dao.”

”The Immortal Dao is long and arduous. When I first entered the Immortal Dao, I was also young and reckless, determined to defeat all enemies under heaven. I traveled far and wide, and for thousands of years, I never tasted defeat.

Invincibility, how lonely it is.

Time has worn away my fervor. Cultivation is not as carefree as imagined.

Cultivators risk their lives for a mere Opportunity. When I was young, I was fortunate to be favored by heaven, with my esteemed master’s help, and my Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters treated me extremely well, repeatedly helping me escape danger. Gradually, I began to ponder the meaning of Cultivation.”

”I had asked my esteemed master several times, ’What exactly is Cultivation for?’ At such times, my esteemed master would always smile and say:

’Cultivation has no meaning. No one can define the meaning of your Cultivation. If you must have a reason, then it is to follow your true heart.’”

”After Immortal Ascension, I dared not be negligent and cultivated even harder, enduring countless hardships and dangers. It took millions of years for me to finally become a Saint. The difficulties involved are beyond words for outsiders.”

”After millions of years of Cultivation, I entered the Dao with my body, descending into the Mortal world. I observed the myriad aspects of life, tasted the bitterness and sweetness, witnessed partings of life and death, experienced joys and sorrows, and from this, I comprehended the Eternal Dao, fortunately cultivating the Saintly Way.”

”All Mortals suffer. I made a grand vow to deliver all sentient beings from the sea of suffering. Thus, I founded the Eternal Dao, spreading its Dao Lineage to bless all beings. This is my Saintly Way.”

”However, unforeseen events can occur. I glimpsed a trace of heavenly secret: in the near future, whether ten or eight years, or thousands of years, a great calamity will sweep through the Immortal Realm, causing all sentient beings to wither.”

”Therefore, I established the Eternal Gate, sending out large quantities of Cultivation treasures every ten thousand years, hoping that the beings of the Eternal Immortal Domain can make good use of them, strengthen themselves, and survive the great calamity.”

”It’s just that those who gained Opportunities in the Eternal Gate, after strengthening themselves, only sought revenge and completely disregarded my teachings. Alas, with the calamity approaching, why do you slaughter each other?”

”When I became a Saint, I made a grand vow to deliver all sentient beings from the sea of suffering.

This plan is not working, so I will find another way. This is the last time the Eternal Gate will open.

The path of Cultivation is nothing more than wealth, companions, Cultivation Technique, and land. In these three brocade pouches, wealth, Cultivation Technique, and land are all present. As for companions, I will not randomly pair people up.”

”I hope that the one who receives this Legacy can make good use of these things. I do not ask you to follow the same Dao as me, but I ask that you do not incite conflict among sentient beings. If you have the strength, I still hope you can protect all beings.”

”I’m done, Master.”

After Miao Xiaoqing finished reading the letter, the timidity in her eyes completely disappeared, replaced by eager longing. Looking at the three brocade pouches in her hand, she wished she could pocket them all.

But.

Before they had even warmed up, Xiao Fan took the three brocade pouches from her hand, holding them himself.

”Master, didn’t you say that if an Opportunity was revealed, it would be mine?” she said weakly.

Xiao Fan glanced at her and said, ”Haven’t you heard that a man’s words are like a ghost’s lies?”

”I was just talking, and you actually took it seriously.”

”I...”

Miao Xiaoqing hesitated, on the verge of speaking. You are truly a scoundrel!

Ignoring Miao Xiaoqing’s words, Xiao Fan began to examine the brocade pouches.

He checked them one by one.

In the first brocade pouch was wealth.

The Immortal Stones within were as numerous as the stars in the sky, countless. And this was just the lowest grade!

Above them were Immortal Veins of various attributes. Xiao Fan just roughly scanned them and counted eight million Immortal Veins.

Each one was ten thousand li long and a hundred li thick. They seemed like living creatures, constantly exhaling ethereal Immortal Qi.

One of these Immortal Veins alone was enough to support a large Sect. From what Xiao Fan knew, the Yaochi Immortal Palace only had three hundred twenty-eight Immortal Veins, and among them, Immortal Veins that were ten thousand li long and a hundred li thick barely exceeded a hundred.

Although Immortal Veins were not very useful for high-level Cultivators, such as those above the Grand Unity Realm, they were absolutely invaluable for cultivating low-level Disciples.

”I’m rich!”

Xiao Fan’s heart bloomed with joy. He planned to build independent palaces for each of his women, and now he had the wealth for it!

Besides these two basic Cultivation resources, there were also countless bottles and jars of Medicinal Pills, their quantity almost on par with the number of Immortal Stones.

Truly countless, inexhaustible!

Not only that, but there were also countless Cultivation Techniques, various divine weapons and sharp blades, similarly vast as the sea, billions and trillions could not describe even a fraction of them.

”A Saint’s casual gift of treasures is a height ordinary Cultivators can never reach.”

However, Xiao Fan was somewhat curious about how these things came to be.

So he asked in his mind:

”ATong, why are there so many treasures? Could it be that he has a treasure sign-in System?”

”[Your imagination is too rich. It is not recommended that you continue imagining.]”

”[Everything exists in the Great Chaos World. These things are a lot for you, but for a Saint, they might not even be worth a single strand of their hair.]”

”I see,” Xiao Fan nodded.

No wonder Ye Tian could rise. Even if these many treasures were used on a pig, they could pile it up into a Grand Unity.

”I originally thought the sea of medicine and the dust world were already immense wealth, but my perspective was still too small,” Xiao Fan sighed in his heart.

At the same time, he inwardly thanked the Eternal Saint King, ”You are the most straightforward and sincere person I’ve ever met, directly stuffing Opportunities into my pocket.”

He then opened the other two brocade pouches in turn.

One contained billions of Immortal Techniques, encompassing Cultivation Techniques, spell Formation, Alchemy methods, and Artifact Refining methods—everything that should exist, nothing was missing.

Naturally, Dual Cultivation methods were not absent.

Xiao Fan calmly added them to his essential learning directory, preparing to seriously study and critique them in the future.

The last one was ”Land,” which was somewhat unremarkable, containing only ninety-nine plump, smooth, jet-black seeds and ninety-nine plump, smooth, bright white seeds.

There was also a note written inside: ”[Yin and Yang are born from alternating light and darkness. This is the method for creating worlds. If the Immortal Domain shatters in the future, a new world can be opened with this.]”

”Perhaps the Eternal Immortal Domain was created using this method,” Xiao Fan speculated.

It was a bit regrettable that there was no method for becoming a Saint, but overall, he was quite satisfied.

Coming here, his money pouch was bulging, making it convenient for him to support his women.

His learning materials also increased significantly, making it convenient for him to study with his women.

He also gained more treasures, making it convenient for him to raise an army and protect his women.

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As expected of him, his mind was full of women.

However, amidst his joy, he remembered the words of the Eternal Saint King in the letter.

Did the great calamity mean a world war in the Immortal Domain?

Never mind. What he needed to do was strengthen himself and protect his women.

As for this great calamity, whoever wanted to fight could fight; he certainly wouldn’t. Fighting and killing were meaningless, not as good as traveling with beauties.

He put away the items and prepared to leave.

Turning his head, he realized that Miao Xiaoqing by his side was already gone. Hadn’t he told her not to wander off?

Just as Xiao Fan was about to say something, he saw Miao Xiaoqing take out a Storage Pouch and start packing.

The stone lions at the entrance, the green glazed tiles on the roof, the meditation futon, the incense burner—anything that could be dismantled, she dismantled and put into her Storage Pouch.

Not only that, she thought the flowers and plants here should also be quite valuable. So, she somehow found a few shovels and was digging there.

Fortunately, there were no fish in the water, otherwise Xiao Fan would have thought she was going to dive into the water to catch fish.

”Hey, are you tearing the place down?”

”You’re not really planning to dismantle someone else’s place, are you?”

Hearing Xiao Fan’s shout, Miao Xiaoqing stopped and said, rather aggrieved, ”Master, you’ve taken everything, can’t you allow me to make a little bit of money?”

After speaking, she continued digging, racing against time.

Truly, wherever she went, not a blade of grass remained.

Suddenly, she let out a surprised cry, as if she had dug up a treasure, and a flower-like smile bloomed on her face.

”Could it be that heaven pities this little cat?” Just as she was about to reach out, someone was faster than her and took away the blade-shaped fragment.

Her smile froze somewhat. Perhaps all smiles in the world had a transfer spell; happiness didn’t disappear, it just moved from her face to Xiao Fan’s.

”Broken blade fragment!”

Xiao Fan snatched it like that, of course, because it was important.

Because the gap perfectly matched the half-broken blade he had found. He immediately took it out and put them together, and the form of a divine blade emerged.

The only imperfection was that the end of the blade was still missing a piece.

”Master, you can’t do this. You even snatch a piece of scrap metal I dug up. That’s too much bullying,” Miao Xiaoqing looked on the verge of tears, truly feeling greatly wronged.

When there was danger, she was pushed forward. When there were benefits, he took them first, and she said nothing. She finally dug up something, hadn’t even touched it, and it was snatched away.

The little cat had endured too much grievance. Her eyes welled up with tears, just short of bursting into sobs.

Xiao Fan also felt it was a bit excessive. Although he treated her as a pet, she was also one of his women.

He walked over, wiped away the tears overflowing from the corners of her eyes, kissed her forehead lightly, and made a promise: ”I’ll let you be a Saintess. I mean what I say.”

Miao Xiaoqing, who was about to cry, instantly stopped her tears and instead put on a smile, her charming eyes staring intently at him and saying, ”Really, really? You’re not lying to your servant, are you?”

”Of course, I, Xiao Fan, never lie to women,” he said with certainty.

Miao Xiaoqing beamed with joy, shyly snuggling into his embrace, her delicate jade hands possessively wrapping around his strong waist, utterly tender. The saying ’a pampered woman has the best life’ was absolutely true.