Chapter 452: Chapter 158: Infinite Growth of the Ancestral Talisman, Li Yuan’s Dark Side

Then, using "Thousand-Mile in a Line" to harshly confront the Lotus Sect and the Emperor, which provokes increasingly terrifying entities, he resentfully shouts ’Thirty years on the east bank of the river, thirty years on the west bank’, and later, he trains arduously to improve himself, then returns for revenge.

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Li Yuan felt extremely conflicted at that moment.

For the first time in his life, being a greedy behind-the-scenes villain, he was quite unaccustomed.

He pondered for a while, then returned to Cloud Mountain Path.

He increasingly understood himself.

His heart was not large, it only accommodated himself and his closest kin. If it were not Cheng Mao there, but Xiaozhao, Yan Yu, Xue Ning, Tang Nian, Li Ping’an, or even Princess Consort Yin, Yaojue, Jing Shuixiang, or the former Master Li, or later, Master Zhu, he would have acted...

The former are family, the latter, mentors.

But if he could truly, completely save those people and not become embroiled in a destructive undercurrent, he would save them, and afterward, he would establish a new Wendao Palace, recruiting heroes from all over the world.

These heroes might go mad when breaking through, but as long as he absorbed the Ancestral Talisman, those people could live well, like Zhao Chunxin, Xu Sheng, and others.

But is it possible?

He didn’t have that many resources, nor would he be so high-profile.

He wasn’t a hero, so he wouldn’t recklessly save others.

He wasn’t a demon, so he wouldn’t watch with peace of mind as others were treated this way.

He wasn’t a hermit, so he couldn’t just let go of all this.

Therefore, he couldn’t completely align with the Thousand-Mile Knight Painting, South Mountain Ghost Rain Painting, Gentleman Riding a Deer Painting...

He was just an ordinary person with a bit of baseness, a bit of heroic spirit, a bit of desire, a bit of conscience, and a bit of hypocrisy.

Human nature has its darkness, and so does he, that’s all.

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The next day. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

A Fifth Grade Exotic Beast appeared in the Miracle Beast Canyon.

The sky was dark, cold.

Li Yuan seemed like a tiger or leopard, clearly with terrifying claws yet reluctant to expose them, extremely patient, and with greed in his heart, lurking and waiting.

He wasn’t bright, but he was terrifying enough.

No one would want to be his enemy.

Finally, the Fourth Grade Sect Leader Guang left the place, and at a certain moment, the guards became three Sixth Grade and one Fifth Grade individuals.

Li Yuan still didn’t make a move.

Several more days passed...

Falling warm snow, cascading down, made this ugly earth bloom like lush, gorgeous flowers.

On this day, the exotic beasts in the Miracle Beast Valley seemed to have received some task and moved out in droves, bizarre black shadows swarming across the mountain like raging dark waves, furiously advancing far away.

Li Yuan moved along with these exotic beasts.

Soon, the exotic beasts arrived at a certain mountain domain north of the Wendao Palace.

This mountain domain still belonged to Xiao Mo Mountain, but Xiao Mo Mountain was already vast, making it difficult to find someone hidden within.

The Lotus Sect releasing exotic beasts might be for searching, or it might be for training.

In an instant, the exotic beasts drilled into the mountain domain entrance, dispersing like rivers into the ocean.

Li Yuan moved like a black panther skimming the ground, quickly catching up to a Fifth Grade Exotic Beast in a hidden mountain hollow.

Without much ado, with a thought, the Ancestral Talisman Ball was instantly pressed into his heart, his form turning into an afterimage, instantly pulling a hundred feet apart, the white snake in his sleeve faintly glowing, Celestial Thunder erupting, piercing his surroundings, temporarily pushing him to the Fourth Grade Early Stage...

Under such formidable power, that mere Fifth Grade Exotic Beast with a "1200" battle force was like a baby facing a strong adult.

Li Yuan effortlessly pressed it into the dirt with one hand.

The exotic beast writhed, unable to move.

A blood-red saber-shaped Ancestral Talisman emerged from the heart of the Fifth Grade Exotic Beast.

Li Yuan lifted his hand to grab it, the talisman flew into his palm, then quickly moved towards the Ancestral Talisman Ball in his heart, turning the "Three-blade Ancestral Talisman" into the "Four-blade".

After completing this, Li Yuan let go, his form darting away, disappearing once more...

The exotic beast, pushed into the dirt like a dog eating dirt, lifted its head, its battle force unchanged on its side, but compared to its former craziness, it seemed slightly more rational, its tiger head swiveling, tossing its odd snake-like long nose left and right before continuing to run forward.

Li Yuan did the same repeatedly, using the cover of the night and the spread of these exotic beasts, easily getting his hands on the remaining six Ancestral Talismans, in an instant... his Ancestral Talisman became the "Ten Blades Ancestral Talisman".

He glanced at himself.

The stats actually changed from "2600~31638" to "2600~33536".

’This... the benefits are truly visible to the naked eye...

If I absorb a few more Ancestral Talismans, I could become stronger than Qing Hancheng.’

Li Yuan was slightly shocked.

However, the "Ten Blades Ancestral Talisman" compared to the original "Three Blades", added elements of chaos and madness, he had to focus his mind more so as not to be affected.

Li Yuan removed it with a thought, then re-sat in a dark area, linking with the surrounding flying birds, then began observing what these exotic beasts were going to do.

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Flying birds soaring through the dark clouds and remnant moon, casting their gaze upon this land.

Before a cliff, a man had been forced into a dead-end, his right hand gripping a fine blade, glaring viciously at the surrounding exotic beasts.

However, his blade was not aimed at the exotic beasts but at what he held in his left hand...

It was a painting scroll.

"Let Xu Lan come! Otherwise... I will destroy the South Mountain Ghost Rain Visualization!!"

Hoarse voice, sharp eyes, an eerie smile...

The man was fierce and resolute.

Li Yuan recognized his appearance, it was exactly Xu Sheng.

It seemed Xu Sheng had stolen the Visualization Image to threaten the Lotus Sect.