This Is What a Villain Is Like

Chapter 175: Chapter 94: Four Saints Ancient Celestial Skill

At first, everyone managed to restrain themselves. But when they saw even more precious Medicine Kings growing everywhere in the nearby Medicinal Soil, no one could turn a blind eye any longer. A scramble began.

Some of the older-generation cultivators with keener insight set their sights on the Spiritual Soil within the Ancient Medicine Garden, attempting to take it with them.

Such actions undoubtedly enraged the Demon Beasts guarding the area.

Fierce battles erupted, plunging the area into chaos. Some of the surrounding mountain peaks even collapsed.

Amidst the chaos, some cultivators noticed a thatched cottage deep within the Ancient Medicine Garden.

It was situated next to an ancient forest, with a stone cliff at its back. A small Lake Heart Pavilion could be faintly seen nearby.

Viewed from a distance, the island was lush with vegetation, wreathed in a green haze, and shimmering with a vibrant, flowing light.

Many of the stones looked as if they were carved from jade. Mist swirled around them, suffused with an ethereal Immortal Charm.

A squarish, green stone tablet stood there, inscribed with the name ’Guiyuan Residence’. Behind it lay a vast rear mountain, with rolling ranges and overlapping peaks.

Of course, what was most important was that some cultivators saw what appeared to be the blurry, seated phantom of a Daoist inside the thatched cottage.

Dao Rhyme wove around it, making it seem almost alive.

Some even heard it let out a long, weary sigh. "Dare I ask the heavens, is there such a thing as eternal life?"

The older-generation cultivators who rushed to the scene declared that it was the phantom of the Purple Mist True Monarch from a bygone era. He had once meditated there for ages, seeking the Dao.

The Dao Rhyme he left behind had not dissipated, condensing in the present age into a lingering will that took his form.

Many cultivators who heard the news rushed over. A few bold ones stepped forward, kowtowing outside the cottage and performing the rites of a Disciple before speaking up to request a Daoist Technique.

They thought it was an absurd, extravagant hope, but to their utter astonishment, the phantom actually offered guidance and bestowed a Daoist Technique.

Once the news spread, it quickly sent tremendous shockwaves throughout the Secret Realm.

What fortuitous opportunity could possibly compare to receiving personal guidance from the Purple Mist True Monarch himself, across the vast river of time?

In an instant, streaks of light and Divine Rainbows shot through the sky as everyone rushed toward the location.

Outside the thatched cottage, a dense crowd of figures knelt and kowtowed, all of them having come to seek a technique.

Faced with this scene, the phantom of the Purple Mist True Monarch’s lingering will was unperturbed. It remained utterly serene from start to finish before speaking plainly.

He stated that he had once brought a Chaos Stone Wall out from the Kunlun Immortal Ruins. The Qi of Chaos within it had long since been expelled through his Refinement.

The remaining stone wall was located in the rear mountain. Inscribed upon it was a Celestial Skill called the Four Saints Ancient Celestial Skill, whose ancient origins were impossible to trace.

Upon mastering the Four Saints Ancient Celestial Skill to the stage of Great Success, one would gain the protection of the Four Saints. It was like having an Ancient Emperor descend upon the mortal world; your words become heavenly edicts, your divine might is unparalleled, and you are Innately invincible.

All who are fated may go to the stone wall to comprehend it. Even gaining the recognition of a single Saint would be a tremendous fortuitous opportunity.

After saying this, the phantom of the Purple Mist True Monarch’s lingering will let out a soft sigh, gazed toward the heavens, and slowly dissipated.

Every cultivator present erupted into a frenzy, rushing toward the stone wall in the rear mountain. They all wanted to be the first to comprehend the so-called Four Saints Ancient Celestial Skill.

The personal endorsement from the Purple Mist True Monarch himself was enough to prove the power and mystery of the Four Saints Ancient Celestial Skill.

The sensation caused by this news was no less than that of the Purple Mist True Monarch’s Cave Mansion appearing earlier.

Many cultivators immediately dropped what they were doing and rushed toward the depths of the Ancient Medicine Garden.

’The Four Saints Ancient Celestial Skill, huh?’

When Jiang Lan received the news, he wasn’t surprised. This part of the story had indeed been in the original plot, though no one had managed to obtain the complete Four Saints Ancient Celestial Skill.

He was currently leading his people toward that same Ancient Medicine Garden, since the true Dark Mansion was located there.

He planned to use the Token to take what he came for first before dealing with anything else.

’Besides, the best part of the show is about to begin. Once the news is out, Ye Ming will definitely be unable to restrain himself and will rush over there.’

Li Daoyi, Ao Xu, Luo Ying, and the others were also quite astonished by the Four Saints Ancient Celestial Skill.

However, this kind of fortuitous opportunity depended entirely on one’s own fate. If they managed to obtain it, it would be their own lucky encounter, and the Prime Minister’s Mansion wouldn’t force them to hand it over.

’In the original plot, aside from the Four Saints Ancient Celestial Skill, when night falls in the Secret Realm, a type of Celestial and Earthly Treasure called the Glazed Seven-leaf Lotus might appear in the middle of the lake.’

’The Glazed Seven-leaf Lotus is useless to me right now, but it would be of great benefit to a young Celestial Pride like Li Mengning.’

Jiang Lan recalled the relevant plot points, making sure he hadn’t missed any details.

’Fixed opportunities like the appearance of Celestial and Earthly Treasures are unlikely to change, even if the plot has been altered.’

He planned to have Li Mengning wait in the Lake Heart Pavilion. With her strength, no one would be able to snatch it from her anyway.

As for Li Daoyi, Ao Xu, and the rest, he couldn’t be bothered to manage them. Whether or not they could seize any opportunities would depend on their own individual fortunes.

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’Where in the world is the Purple Mist True Monarch’s Cave Mansion?’

On a mountaintop, Zixia Daoist’s expression was grim. After failing to hunt down Ye Ming, he had shifted his entire focus to finding the Purple Mist True Monarch’s Cave Mansion.

Unfortunately, in the entire vast training ground, he hadn’t found a single correct location.

Instead, all he found were a few crude cave dwellings.

But they were clearly just the former residences and training spots of ordinary cultivators who used to live here. They had absolutely nothing to do with the Purple Mist True Monarch’s Cave Mansion.

Fortunately, the news of the Four Saints Ancient Celestial Skill had now given him a new idea.

’If I want to refine a true Purple Mist Pill, I must have the Purple Mist Pill Fire that the Purple Mist True Monarch left behind. That crucial cluster of pill fire was inside that Pill Furnace... but unfortunately, that little thief Ye snatched it away...’