Build my sanctuary

Compared to Ye Chen's heavy burden, Xiao Fan was incredibly relaxed and at ease.

He hummed a tune, feeling refreshed, and returned to his Saint Child Palace.

A Cultivation life consisting only of Dual Cultivation is unreasonable!

One must intersperse meditation and quiet cultivation within Dual Cultivation.

Work and rest combined!

As soon as he returned to Saint Child Peak, before Xiao Fan could even stand firm, Xin Xi's graceful figure suddenly appeared before him.

Xiao Fan couldn't even react.

Xin Xi wore a standard smiling face and asked, word by word, “Saint, where did you go during the more than ten days between completing your Undergoing Tribulation and returning to the Palace?”

Xin Xi asked with a smile, but her eyes held an unnamed rage, and the chill radiating from her made Xiao Fan's body tremble.

“What the heck, when did you come out? How did I not even react?”

“I went sightseeing with a friend,” Xiao Fan said.

“Damn it, why am I afraid to tell the truth and lie to Xin Xi?”

Although he didn't know why, he had an ominous premonition that if he told the truth, he would at least be half-dead today.

“Which friend?” Xin Xi still wore a smiling face, speaking word by word.

Danger!

A warning rose in Xiao Fan's heart; if he couldn't come up with a good reason, he was doomed.

When in doubt, let the System solve it.

“System, what should I do?”

[Ask under the Master's command: “You, a mere maid, dare to question this Saint's affairs? Do I need to report to you where I go?”]

[Trust me!]

He decided to try anything, even if it was a long shot.

Xiao Fan took a deep breath, his eyes hardening, and with a lofty expression, he coldly said:

“You, a mere maid, dare to question this Saint's affairs? Do I need to report to you where I go?”

As he said this, Xiao Fan's heart was in his throat; he knew that Yu Yue and Xin Xi, the two sisters, had extraordinary backgrounds, and if he angered them, would they devour him?

Listening to his cold and domineering words, Xin Xi's delicate body trembled, her cheeks flushed, and her breathing became rapid.

She softly and weakly said, “Your… your servant knows her mistake, and hopes the Saint will not punish her.”

“Holy crap!”

Xiao Fan exclaimed inwardly, “So you're this kind of person.”

Having understood Xin Xi's situation, Xiao Fan's courage grew.

He walked towards Xin Xi, who timidly lowered her head.

Xiao Fan raised his right hand, gently lifted her fair, flawless, alluring chin, and stared into her beautiful eyes.

Xin Xi was momentarily flustered, her gaze darting away.

Xiao Fan lowered his head, his other hand stroking her waist-length hair, and lightly touched her cherry lips, separating instantly.

He said indifferently, “I'm a bit tired now, so please don't ask me anymore, okay?”

Xin Xi felt her mind explode, her entire consciousness dazed.

A burning blush rose on her face, and she nodded blankly, saying:

“Good, good, your… your servant will leave now.”

“You may go.”

“Yes.” After her initial blankness, Xin Xi's reaction was one of immense excitement.

She said, “I won't ask you about going out anymore, but Saint, will you take me with you when you go out in the future, please?”

She asked expectantly.

“If you're obedient, I'll take you out,” Xiao Fan said indifferently.

“Xin Xi, Xin Xi will listen to the Saint.” Saying this, she exited the Palace, her jade hand gently caressing her cherry lips, the smile at the corner of her mouth no longer concealable, as if she was savoring something.

Her heart was filled with longing.

Watching Xin Xi's retreating figure, Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief, having finally escaped a predicament.

Calming down, he seemed to recall something.

Life Script!

“System, why don't Xin Xi and Yu Yue have Life Scripts above their heads?”

All this time, he had only paid attention to the scripts above the Child of Destiny's head, but had neglected the people around him.

Only just now did he realize that, in his memory, these two sisters had no scripts!

[If there isn't one, there isn't one. Why so many questions?]

“There must be an explanation.”

[The explanation is that they can control their own destiny; their Life Scripts are written by themselves.]

Hiss!

Xiao Fan gasped, “What the heck, their Life Scripts are written by themselves!”

These two sisters' backgrounds were much greater than he had imagined.

“Can you reveal their identities?”

[Yes, they are beings whose names cannot be spoken. Once you know their names, they will sense it. Please confirm if you wish to know.]

[Please answer “Yes” or “No”.]

Xiao Fan felt as if he had touched an unknown Domain; “names that cannot be spoken” had appeared. Did it have to be this serious?

“No.”

“They aren't going to raise me and then harvest my kidneys, are they?”

[They are indeed quite interested in your kidneys, but they won't harvest them. It's just that if you don't work hard now, you'll be like a small horse pulling a large cart in the future, and it's uncertain if you can pull it.]

Xiao Fan: …

Forget it, I'll just Cultivate diligently. As a qualified villain, profound Cultivation is indispensable.

It's not about pulling a cart!

However, before going into seclusion, he clicked open Ye Chen's Life Script, which he had collected for a long time.

“Let me see this guy's progress.”

[Ye Chen is diligently completing the Pill Formula in the Dan Pavilion, and the progress has already exceeded eighty percent.]

“Holy crap, that fast.”

It felt somewhat unreasonable, so Xiao Fan continued to read, and upon doing so, it felt reasonable.

[Ye Chen used his Lifespan to deduce, thoroughly understanding the Spirit Medicine, dosage, sequence, and medicinal effects required for the Pill Formula, losing thirty years of Lifespan.]

“He's really going all out, even sacrificing his life. Amazing.”

But it was exactly what Xiao Fan wanted. “Go all out, sacrifice your life for my Holy Land, heh heh heh heh…”

Xiao Fan went into seclusion to Cultivate.

On the other side, Ye Chen's eyes were hollow, with dark circles under them, as if he had over-indulged.

In half a month, he worked twenty-four hours non-stop, and in addition, sacrificed thirty years of his Lifespan, finally completing all the Pill Formulas in the room.

From small details like substitute Spirit Medicine to the usage and dosage of Spirit Medicine required for Medicinal Pills, he compiled them into detailed explanations and compiled them into a Pill Dao classic.

It contained his insights from refining countless Medicinal Pills over a hundred thousand years; it was no exaggeration to say that this was the Legacy of an Immortal Emperor of Alchemy.

“Not only have I organized it, but I've also added many conceptual theories that don't exist in the Mortal world.

Once this classic is released, I will definitely receive the full support of the Dan Pavilion.”

“At that time, they will surely support me and let me become the Saint!”

Ye Chen wasn't stupid; he wouldn't do something thankless.

To gain support and overthrow Xiao Fan, he had to pay some price.

Moreover, with his strength, as long as he Breaks Through his Realm and advances to Golden Core, his Lifespan would increase by several hundred years, so a mere thirty years of Lifespan was nothing worth mentioning.

Ye Chen, full of anticipation, walked out of the small dark room, ready to receive cheers and applause.

“It's done so quickly?”

“Hmph, how could a small task like organizing Pill Formulas stump me?”

“Here, take it.”

As soon as he stepped out, he handed the compiled Pill Dao classic to a Dan Pavilion Disciple.

The Dan Pavilion Disciple was stunned, clearly a bit suspicious, “You're not trying to fool me, are you?”

“How could that be? It's just a small task, nothing to mention,” Ye Chen said as a matter of course.

If he didn't have dark circles under his eyes, he would have sounded even more confident.

He anticipated applause, exclamations, recognition, envy—that feeling of being revered by thousands of people.

“Don't hold back, shower it all on me.”

“Oh, received.”

“The Disciple from the Scripture Pavilion is waiting for you outside, hurry up and go.” The Disciple was only slightly surprised and accepted the compiled Pill Dao classic.

Ye Chen was stunned, “Where's your shock, your admiration? Show it!”

The Disciple urged, “What, do you want me to invite you in?”

“I…” Ye Chen wanted to say something, but the Disciple from the Scripture Pavilion outside the door had already started calling out, “Hurry up, I'm wilting here waiting for you.”

Ye Chen felt a surge of frustration in his heart.

His original intention was to greatly shock the Elders, make them succumb to his talent, and take him in.

He didn't expect to not even meet the Elders.

“Damn it!”

“It doesn't matter,” he sneered inwardly. “As long as this book reaches the Dan Pavilion Elder, they will see those heaven-defying insights and will surely beg me to come back.”

Ye Chen left the Dan Pavilion.

Next stop, the Scripture Pavilion.

The second he left, a middle-aged man with an ethereal aura walked out.

“Elder, here.” The Disciple who had just sent Ye Chen away handed him the Pill Dao classic.

“Hmm.” The Elder took it and began to curiously flip through it.

For a full hour, he stood there, engrossed in reading.

His gaze grew hotter the more he read; many of the concepts and Alchemy techniques were unheard of.

“Interesting, someone from a small place actually knows so much. You're truly amazing.”

This Dan Pavilion Elder didn't believe it. He had been in the Dan Pavilion for thousands of years and had seen many Genius Disciples, but none in their teens could thoroughly grasp Alchemy knowledge and write a magnum opus.

This Alchemy knowledge was accumulated through experience; there were thousands of types of Spirit Medicine in the Cultivation world, and just memorizing the names of the Spirit Medicine would take a long time.

It was unreasonable for someone in their teens to know so many methods and Spirit Medicine; it was completely unreasonable.

He suspected that a ten-thousand-year-old monster was hidden within this Disciple's body, because that's how the Grand Elder had passed down the information.

“It's a good thing the Grand Elder warned me beforehand, otherwise I might have truly fallen into his trap and been detrimental to the Saint,” the Dan Pavilion Elder secretly thought.

It was just a pity he couldn't capture him and make him write Pill Formulas for him indefinitely.

Yes, when the Grand Elder sent messages to the Dan Pavilion, Scripture Pavilion, Artifact Refining Pavilion, and Formation Pavilion, he had already arranged the time Ye Chen was to spend in each Pavilion.

Equal distribution, no exclusive possession.

Ye Chen quickly realized something was amiss.

Upon arriving at the Scripture Pavilion, it was the same rhetoric; he was locked in a small dark room to improve Cultivation Techniques and complete Incomplete Manual Cultivation Techniques.

This confinement lasted for half a month.

It was still the same when he went to the Artifact Refining Pavilion.

They only made him improve Artifact Refining methods and write down the differences between various methods.

No matter how slow he was, he understood the trick.

“They want to secretly make things difficult for me, how cruel! These Disciples must have been bribed.

How dare he act against me behind the Elders' backs.”

However, he only understood half of it; what he didn't know was that the Elders were also on Xiao Fan's side.

“I knew he couldn't be that kind-hearted to arrange good places for me; it turns out he's using me as a tool.” Ye Chen sneered inwardly.

“But I don't care!”

“How could a dignified Immortal Emperor be restrained by a Mortal like you?”

“Your methods are too despicable and cannot escape my eyes. Since that's the case, I'll play along!”

He thought that Xiao Fan's methods were merely to make him work hard, not fatal.

As long as he completed them quickly and used the time to Cultivate, as soon as someone used his methods, they would surely be noticed by the Elders, and after thorough investigation, he would definitely be found out.

At that time, he could use this matter to impeach Xiao Fan.

“Kid, you've left a handle,” Ye Chen thought triumphantly.

As for Xiao Fan's difficulties, he had a plan: he would play along.

He meticulously carried out the writing: Formation arrangements, Formation explanations, Artifact Refining methods, Artifact Refining techniques.

He wrote with extreme diligence.

“The Holy Land will be mine sooner or later. I'm working hard to build my Holy Land!” Ye Chen thought.

Little did he know.

Xiao Fan was thinking the same thing.