"Why?"
Nangong Wan's eyes were filled with confusion. This was a Great Emperor's cultivation technique, so why did her senior brother refuse it again?
"Senior brother, you have already rejected me twice."
Last time she wanted to use her Immortal Bone to repay her senior brother, but he refused her. Now he rejected her again, which made her a little unhappy, her small mouth pouting unconsciously.
"Wan'er, your senior brother isn't rejecting you on purpose. It's just that this cultivation technique doesn't suit me."
Mo Tianxiao replied with a serious face.
Just by looking at the complex runes on it, he knew how difficult it would be to practice this technique.
Given what he knew about himself and his meager talent, he didn't know how much time it would take just to get started.
From the fact that it took him over fifty years of practicing the Demon Emperor Sutra to break through the first level, he knew that a down-to-earth cultivation path didn't suit him. Relying on cheats was what he should be considering.
"Wan'er, to tell you the truth, the technique I practice is no worse than yours. You don't have to worry about your senior brother. Our master certainly wouldn't play favorites."
He still felt that the Demon Emperor Sutra was more suitable for him. The cool armor was quite attractive. Moreover, practicing just one technique already consumed almost all his villain points. If he added another Great Emperor technique, it would probably just gather dust.
"Really?"
Nangong Wan's eyes carried a trace of suspicion as she carefully observed her senior brother's every move. She always felt like her senior brother was deceiving her.
"Of course it's true. Cultivate well and strive to become a Great Emperor expert as soon as possible. By then, your senior brother will be able to rest easy."
Mo Tianxiao couldn't help but imagine the future. When his junior sister became a Great Emperor, and his master also became a Great Emperor, he would have two Great Emperor experts protecting him. Wouldn't he be able to walk sideways then?
Children of destiny, heaven-mandated protagonists—they would all be trash.
"Alright then, senior brother, you'd better not let me leave you too far behind."
Nangong Wan gave a mischievous smile and put the Void Tome away.
"Oh, I see. I was wondering why you put on this whole show today. It turns out you're afraid I won't be able to keep up with your cultivation progress, right?"
Mo Tianxiao realized what was going on and immediately reached out his large hands to vigorously rub Nangong Wan's cheeks. "Wan'er, remember this well: your senior brother will definitely not fall behind you."
"Oh, oh, I believe you, senior brother." Nangong Wan's face was squished together, her mouth pouting as she struggled to speak.
"Alright, in a few days I will place the Time Pagoda within the sect, and you can go inside to cultivate. During this time, you are not allowed to leave the sect."
Nangong Wan's cheeks were like soft dough, making him want to rub them more and more. Mo Tianxiao reluctantly let go and gave his instructions.
"Your current task is to focus on getting stronger. Only when you are powerful will no one dare to covet your Immortal Bone and Great Emperor inheritance, understand?"
"I understand, senior brother. I will definitely work very hard on my cultivation and become super strong!"
Nangong Wan clenched her small pink fists with a determined look. "When the time comes, I will be my senior brother's solid backing!"
"Good, I'll be waiting for you to be my backing."
Mo Tianxiao smiled, chatted with Nangong Wan for a bit longer, and then left.
Although there wasn't the surprise he had imagined, this seemed pretty good too.
His relationship with his junior sister was getting better and better.
What puzzled him, however, was why the system hadn't yet prompted that he had gained the complete trust of the child of destiny. What exactly did it take to gain complete trust?
It felt like the difficulty of this path was on par with killing the child of destiny.
Over the next few days, Mo Tianxiao ran back and forth between the library and the alchemy room, planning how to earn villain points.
Soon, Mo Tianxiao spent all of his remaining twenty thousand or so villain points to upgrade his alchemy skills, directly pushing his advanced alchemy to the perfect stage.
Using his superb alchemy skills, he began to research and innovate. Finally, under his relentless efforts and pondering, he developed a brand new cultivation pill without a single trace of pill toxins!
On this day, a massive black ancient pagoda hundreds of meters tall appeared in the huge plaza of the Nether Demon Sect. It was named the Cultivation Pagoda.
The plaza was densely packed with disciples of the Demon Sect. Hearing that their eldest senior brother had snatched a quasi-emperor artifact and was letting them use it for free, they had been excited for a long time.
"Senior brothers, senior sisters, junior brothers, and junior sisters, please don't be hasty!"
Li Yu stood on the high platform in front of the pagoda, loudly addressing the numerous disciples.
Facing so many disciples, including senior brothers and sisters who were far more powerful than him, he showed no stage fright. His eyes were full of pride.
The reason was simple: working for Senior Brother Mo brought prestige. Others could only envy him.
"This pagoda behind me is the quasi-emperor artifact that Senior Brother Mo brought back. From now on, it will be our Demon Sect's Cultivation Pagoda. The flow of time inside is ten to one compared to the outside world!"
"What?! This pagoda actually has such an effect!"
"Doesn't that mean cultivating inside for one year is equivalent to ten years in the outside world?"
"This is simply a divine artifact for cultivation!"
"Senior Brother Mo is so generous! Truly worthy of being our Demon Sect's eldest senior brother! To let us use such a treasure for free!"
"With a figure of Senior Brother Mo's broad-mindedness in our Demon Sect, how could we not prosper!"
Hearing the effects of the Time Pagoda, the cultivators in the plaza were instantly thrilled. Even for Saint Realm experts, such a treasure would be of immense help. They never expected that their eldest senior brother would let all the disciples of the sect use it for free.
For a moment, Mo Tianxiao's image grew increasingly magnificent in the hearts of many disciples.
"Everyone, listen to me finish. This Cultivation Pagoda has nine floors in total. Considering the different numbers of disciples at various cultivation levels in the sect, our eldest senior brother has specially divided the areas.
The cultivation area for those below the Profound Passage realm will be the first five floors. Those above the Profound Passage realm can go to the sixth, seventh, and eighth floors to cultivate. As for the ninth floor, it is temporarily not open to the public."
Li Yu announced the rules for opening the Cultivation Pagoda.
In any sect, the largest group consisted of lower-level cultivators. Even in a top-tier faction like the Demon Sect, cultivators below the Profound Passage realm were the most numerous, accounting for nearly more than half.
The higher the realm, the fewer the people.
Moreover, the cultivation cycles for cultivators at each stage were different. For example, a Qi Condensation stage cultivator might come out after cultivating in the pagoda for a month and see obvious improvement.
But for cultivators at the Soul Formation or even Profound Passage realm, they might need to enter secluded cultivation in the pagoda for ten years just to break through a minor realm.
"Although the Cultivation Pagoda is permanently open for free, Senior Brother Mo said that everyone cannot just focus on cultivation. You must not delay the sect missions you are supposed to complete, nor can you lack the necessary worldly experience. Only then can you ensure that you go further and higher!"
"Don't worry! We definitely won't delay our missions!"
"The path of cultivation requires not only cultivation base but also experience and knowledge. Senior Brother Mo has considered things so thoroughly."
"Why else would he be the eldest senior brother? The eldest senior brother has far-sighted vision. No wonder he could snatch such a treasure from so many geniuses. These are all the experiences the eldest senior brother has gained along his journey."
Many disciples of the Demon Sect sighed inwardly.
Even quite a few peak Soul Formation cultivators felt a bit ashamed. Previously, they had held some minor grievances about their eldest senior brother, who was only at the Nascent Soul stage, taking up a spot to go to the Void Emperor Secret Realm. Now it seemed that their perspective was too narrow.
"Everyone quiet down, there's one last thing."
Li Yu pressed his hands downward, signaling for everyone to quiet down. Next, he was about to carry out the most important task his Senior Brother had entrusted to him.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
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ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
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