A Small Profit of 800,000

"Haha, just like that, I've earned 200,000! Just this single haul makes the trip worth it!"

In the Third District, a primitive battlefield of such vast scale, Bai Yixin had scavenged 18 Treasure Bones of varying quality, netting a tidy profit of 200,000.

Just then, the tens of thousands of youths in the Third District were all astonished, sensing that the difficulty had suddenly plummeted. They were incredibly excited, charging forward with all their might, and soon appeared within Bai Yixin's line of sight.

"Ah, this..."

He had been too busy making money, and in his excitement, Bai Yixin had forgotten that this was an examination ground set up by others. He had essentially dismantled the test questions; wouldn't the organizers come looking for him to settle the score?

"I need to think of a way... I've got it!" After a moment of contemplation, a flash of inspiration struck Bai Yixin, and he slammed his right fist into his left palm.

"I'll just muddy the waters further. I'll sneak into the other examination grounds and loot their Treasure Bones too. As long as problems arise everywhere, it won't be easy to pinpoint that it started in the Third District."

"Besides, the deed is done; it can't get any worse. Hehe, money, here I come!" With his plan set, Bai Yixin got to work. He activated his breath-concealment technique and darted rapidly toward the neighboring examination ground.

The exam lasted for three full days, giving Bai Yixin plenty of time to slip into another zone that hadn't been compromised yet.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Bai Yixin, there was another bandit just like him in the Eighth District.

In the Eighth District, the Little One Shi Hao was carrying a massive Beast Skin bundle on his back, filled with crystal-clear Rune Bones that shimmered with radiant light and intricate runes.

It seemed his harvest was not small either.

Back to Bai Yixin, he quietly dismantled a layer of runes used to partition the examination grounds, successfully slipped through, and began digging up the Rune Bones in this area with practiced ease, as if he were pulling radishes in his own vegetable garden.

As time ticked away, many people outside were growing anxious, wondering exactly how many would remain by the end of this round.

"Hmm, the difficulty of this year's trial is quite high. I estimate many tribes will be frustrated and disappointed; not many children will make it through," a Heaven-Mending Pavilion elder whispered.

Beside him stood several others whose status and standing were clearly not low. They nodded one after another, and one said, "After all, so many geniuses are coming, occupying a large portion of the quotas; it can only be this way."

"I wonder which district is the strongest and will have the most people coming out."

"It's been quite a while. If they are outstanding enough, some children should have already broken through. We should head to the exit to wait and lead those who succeeded into our Heaven-Mending Pavilion's mountain gates."

An elder frowned, feeling a bit worried, and said, "I truly fear that some districts might see their entire group wiped out. After all, that final barrier is truly difficult; it was prepared for geniuses."

Even so, they set off toward the exit, preparing to welcome the children who had succeeded.

If Bai Yixin could hear their conversation, he would pat his chest and say, "Don't worry, with me here, I've installed a cheat code for them; they definitely won't be wiped out."

On this side, Bai Yixin, having quietly stolen the Rune Bones from four different examination zones, finally put an end to his banditry.

"There are more and more people now, and time is running out. I can't keep being greedy; it's time to head to the second round of the assessment."

He watched as quite a few people stood at the exit, attempting to break through the barrier to enter the second level of the examination.

Bai Yixin silently merged into the crowd, then stood out with great fanfare. Right in front of everyone else, he directly blasted open the exit barrier and leaped through.

This was a much more primitive region, with ancient trees reaching the sky and the cries of birds and beasts echoing. As soon as he entered, he felt a sense of desolation and antiquity rushing toward him.

"Is this the second-level battlefield for testing geniuses? Roar, let me find the requirements for passing the assessment, and then I'll go check if there are any 'unclaimed' treasures left here."

Having spent a year in the Great Wilderness, Bai Yixin felt right at home here. He instantly concealed his figure and moved rapidly between the branches and leaves.

There were ferocious beasts here, and although they might be "domesticated," since they had said that life and death were up to fate, he still needed to be a little careful.

The Heaven-Mending Pavilion elders led the way toward the exits of the eight districts. They arrived quickly, waiting there for the children who had successfully passed the trial.

"The First District is truly pitiful. How is it that only nine children have succeeded so far? It seems the difficulty of this year's trial is truly too high."

As soon as they arrived, the faces of the tribal elders from the major clans turned dark. This was too harsh; out of ten thousand people, only this few had come out?

One had to know that the people sent here had been carefully selected and were already very outstanding within their own tribes. How could they be so incompetent when they reached the Heaven-Mending Pavilion?!

The crowd was very dissatisfied, knowing full well what was going on. Some descendants of princes and even offspring of Primordial Remnants had come, occupying too many of the genius quotas.

Therefore, when selecting disciples this time, the Heaven-Mending Pavilion had raised the difficulty ceiling, causing many children who had hope to return in defeat.

"There is no help for it; there are too many powerhouses this year," Elder Xiong Fei of the Heaven-Mending Pavilion said. Although he sounded apologetic, it was not enough to satisfy the crowd.

"There aren't many people in the Second District either; counting them up, there are only sixteen. Sigh!" People sighed.

But when it came to the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th districts, they were absolutely stunned.

In each district, there were ten thousand people, and out of those ten thousand, only about one or two thousand had failed to come out; everyone else had succeeded!

The exit was packed with a massive crowd of people walking out with their arms around each other's shoulders, as if they hadn't even undergone an examination in front of the mountain gate at all.

Half an hour later, the elders who went to check on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th districts returned in a state of fury, and Elders Xiong Fei and Zhuo Yun nearly vomited blood on the spot.

"God-damned thief, who did this!?"

Hearing these miserable and indignant cries, the elders of the major tribes looked at each other in dismay, truly unable to imagine what kind of stimulation those few had received.

A moment later, the higher-ups of the Heaven-Mending Pavilion received the report, and one by one, they all looked up at the sky, remaining silent for a long time.

"What happened?" the elders of the major tribes asked cautiously.

In the end, those higher-ups all turned and left. Watching their backs, the people could not fathom their thoughts or moods.

"There is a little thief who stole the Treasure Bones from the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th districts and destroyed the trial grounds!"

Finally, the news leaked out. The elders of the major tribes were stunned, then petrified, all of them looking foolish. In the end, their mouths twitched, and they suppressed an urge, remaining silent.

"Who exactly did this?!" an elder roared.

"Who else could it be? It must be that Bear Child. He said he didn't come, but now it can be confirmed—he definitely arrived," Elder Xiong Fei said, tears streaming down his face. This was just too much trouble to deal with.

"Don't let me catch him. If he enters the Heaven-Mending Pavilion, the first thing I'll do is smack his backside into eighteen pieces!" Elder Zhuo Yun said viciously.

"Achoo!" Shi Hao sneezed and muttered.

"Why do I feel like someone is talking about me?"

Shi Hao, who had originally only raided the eighth zone, was now saddled with an even bigger scapegoat, while the other culprit, Bai Yixin, who had pocketed a cool eight hundred thousand, was still leisurely searching for the stele recording the clearance requirements in the second-tier examination area.

Finally, Bai Yixin found the stele. It was wreathed in shimmering light and auspicious mist, clearly a treasure. As soon as he approached, a black stone flew out from it and landed in his hand.

There were a few lines of text on the stele: Those who possess two Heaven-Mending Stones pass the trial; those who possess ten or more will be key candidates for cultivation by the sect.

"Striving for perfection, are we? As expected, this kind of assessment can't be without PvP. Hehe, but this suits me just fine. Let's see what level these other 'geniuses' are at."

Bai Yixin raised an eyebrow as he watched the extraordinary stele speed away immediately after giving him the Heaven-Mending Stone.

"Running so fast, and I was just thinking about selling you!"

"It must be afraid that people would camp out by the stele."