Chapter 153: Laurel Tree Rubbing Takes Form
It’s hard to imagine how Master Sister has maintained her inner peace in the Undead Dojo’s “vanity fair” over these years, emerging from the mud unstained.
But looking at Master Sister’s demeanor, she seems to have long since seen through all of it.
“Speaking of which, is your Spiritual Object Scroll Painting concept reliable?” Xue Lingling asked seriously.
“Guaranteed reliable.” Wu Xian was full of confidence.
If it weren’t for the Laurel Tree original’s current effects being too astonishing, he could release the Laurel Tree on the spot to give them an eyeful.
The subsequent Laurel Tree Rubbing would have greatly discounted effects, but it would still absolutely be more useful than that crappy Ink Jade Bamboo Forest.
“Brother Xian, I believe in you!” Wang Xiaocong took the lead in showing support.
“Even if it’s only half the effect of the Ink Jade Bamboo Forest, we can accept it,” Du Yifan chimed in: “After all, it’s our club’s own Spiritual Object; no need to put up with that aggravation.”
“It’s just… for the subsequent Cultivation Pods’ fees, could you give us a slight discount, hehe?”
Wu Xian shook his head with a smile, “Don’t worry, it’ll definitely be much cheaper than the Ink Jade Bamboo Forest.”
Given the Wang Family’s utterly corrupt ways, plus subsequent maintenance costs and such, the fees wouldn’t be low.
“Alright, alright, everyone disperse.” Xue Lingling waved for the crowd to scatter, “Good Disciple, Little Zhou, please put in some effort so I can retreat and cultivate in peace for a few days.”
“Today’s incident was purely an accident. President, feel free to retreat and cultivate without worry.” Zhou Qi patted his chest in guarantee.
Wu Xian also stated his stance righteously.
At least in his view, there shouldn’t be anything subsequent that would require Master Sister to step in.
After seeing Xue Lingling off, he called for everyone to clean up the chaotic scene.
He was just about to go research the Laurel Tree Rubbing when he saw Wang Xiaocong sneaking up, “Brother Xian, where did you learn that Spiritual Power Circulation Method you just used?”
Wu Xian was slightly taken aback.
Linking it to Old Master Wang’s identity, realization dawned in his mind instantly.
“Go ask your grandfather when you get home.” Wu Xian feigned mystery.
“Huh?” Wang Xiaocong was stunned in shock, “Brother Xian knows our family Old Master? No, Brother Xian has met our family Old Master?”
Before he could finish asking, Wu Xian had already strode into the room and closed the door.
Wang Xiaocong grew more and more suspicious the more he thought about it.
The first thing he did after getting home was to excitedly find his grandfather Wang Fengnian.
“Grandfather, do you know that genius Wu Xian from our club?”
Wang Fengnian furrowed his brows without a second thought, “Did that little guy run into some trouble?”
“Not at all, but today I accidentally discovered that Brother Xian seems to know our Wang Family’s Spiritual Power Circulation Method too,” Wang Xiaocong was full of doubt, “Grandson curiously asked him about it, but Brother Xian told me to come back and ask you?”
Hearing this, Wang Fengnian finally understood what was going on, “So that little guy is also cultivating the Spiritual Power Circulation Method?”
He had originally thought that with Wu Xian’s such excellent Scroll Painting Talent, he shouldn’t be distracted by this kind of cultivation.
As expected of the Leader’s grandson; truly outstanding.
“Indeed, Grandson saw it with his own eyes.”
“That might be some descendant of Grandfather’s old comrade from back then. When you have time, invite him to come sit at our home.” Old Master Wang Fengnian said ambiguously.
“Your old comrade?” Wang Xiaocong was secretly surprised, “No wonder I have such a connection with Brother Xian.”
“Get along well with him. If you discover any difficulties he’s facing, remember to report to Grandfather immediately,” Wang Fengnian said righteously: “As the descendant of an old comrade, Grandfather will definitely take good care of him.”
“Don’t worry~ Even if you didn’t say it, I’d do the same. Brother Xian is my guiding light.”
“Oh?”
“Hehe, take a look at Grandson’s latest work; it’ll absolutely make you see him in a new light!”
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The next day, Wu Xian went to the Association and various shops in the city to procure a batch of Dimensional Spirit Grass and Plant-type Monster Materials.
He also “borrowed” some suitable Divine Power Factors from Third Master Xue along the way.
After a series of attempts, he still couldn’t succeed no matter what.
In the end, he broke off a branch from the Laurel Tree and added it in, finally managing to produce the Laurel Tree Rubbing.
Fortunately, the Laurel Tree itself wasn’t afraid of being broken.
After all, their Laurel Tree was known as the “undying Divine Tree.” Back in the day, Wu Gang swung his axe on the moon until it smoked and still couldn’t scratch the Laurel Tree’s bark.
This bit of damage was completely negligible to the Laurel Tree now.
“Tsk tsk, the production cost of this Spiritual Object-type Scroll Painting is indeed a bit high.”
Setting aside that Laurel Tree branch, just the other Dimensional Spirit Grass and Plant-type materials alone cost nearly a million.
A large portion of the cost was spent on the Dimensional Spirit Grass.
Gotta say, Dimensional Spirit Grass is truly expensive.
Remnant·Innate Laurel Tree
Version: Rubbing
Rank: Copper Scroll
Painted Spirit: Two and a Half Stars
Spirituality: 46
Talent Trait: Taiyin Spiritual Root
Trying to release the Rubbing Laurel Tree, the Spiritual Energy gathering speed was decent.
Although it was just a Copper Scroll two-and-a-half-star Rubbing, the boost to Spiritual Power Cultivation Speed had already reached over ninety percent, almost equivalent to doubling the cultivation speed improvement.
It even came with a tiny bit of boost to Law Comprehension.
From this, it was evident that the Law Comprehension trait didn’t act on the Laurel Tree Scroll Painting itself, but rather on the Scroll Painting Imprint in the Sea of Consciousness that resembled a Divine Diagram.
Next, he called good big brother Tang Beng to have the Tang Family Factory help design a matching Cultivation Pod.
This thing itself had no technical complexity and could be easily produced.
In the blink of an eye, it had gotten lively outside the door.
After all, today was the weekly Battlefield Match time again.
Over these two days, the Club Members had seen their win rate improve considerably under the boost of the new generation Ghost King Scroll Painting.
“Everyone here?” After Wu Xian arrived, he looked around at the crowd, “Our great President isn’t here today, so I won’t be competing with you all. Give it your all; don’t embarrass our President.”
The Club Members responded confidently one after another.
Wang Xiaocong, meanwhile, was happily distributing his Netherworld Ghost Sword on the side, “Come on, one for each person. Also, help me test the user experience to make improvements later.”
“No problem~ No problem.” The members gladly accepted with smiles.
Free Scroll Paintings—why not take them? Besides, Wang Xiaocong’s Appliance Scroll Painting was indeed pretty good.
Soon after, the Battlefield Match officially began, and the members arrived at the battlefield at once.
As Acting President, Wu Xian stayed at the club rear, monitoring the members’ performances via the League Device across the field.
This Battlefield Match’s map was an Exotic Beast battlefield, teeming with all sorts of bizarre and ferociously abnormal Exotic Beasts rampaging across it.
Fortunately, the members were all battle-hardened, and with the High-Quality Scroll Paintings boosting them, they handled it quite easily.
They occasionally clashed with teams from other clubs for some show effect.
The live broadcast room’s popularity was as hot as ever.
But as he watched, the situation suddenly started feeling off.
“Hm?” Wu Xian quickly noticed the anomaly with a War Heaven Club squad, “Has Bai Shiqi released a new work again?”
The Scroll Paintings this team was using were unfamiliar; they looked like some kind of Undead-type Scroll Painting.
At first, Wu Xian didn’t pay much attention, since they had the Ten Great Yin Marshals as backing.
But when this squad clashed with the Ghost King Club, Wu Xian realized something was wrong—War Heaven Club’s new Scroll Painting was in no way inferior to the previous Emperor Mummy Series.
In fact, on certain Undead-type abilities, it even surpassed that Emperor Mummy Series.
“Why do those few Painted Spirits feel somewhat familiar?”
Wu Xian looked at those peculiar Undead-type Scroll Paintings in the footage—the style, the appearance grew more and more familiar the more he looked; it didn’t seem like Bai Shiqi’s style or approach either.
He immediately called Master Sister to harass her.
They had just agreed yesterday not to disturb Master Sister’s retreat, and here he was slapping his own face today, “Master Sister, why don’t you come over? War Heaven Club has a new Scroll Painting in today’s Battlefield Match; it’s clearly aimed at us.”
“…” Xue Lingling in the video looked a bit mentally exhausted, “Can’t beat them?”
“Not at all, but it looks a bit off; doesn’t seem like Bai Shiqi’s handiwork,” Wu Xian aimed the camera at the live footage, “Take a look; do you recognize it?”
“?!” Xue Lingling’s gaze sharpened, “Wait a moment; Master is coming right away.”
Seeing Xue Lingling’s huge reaction, Wu Xian was also stunned, “What’s the situation?”
“It’s Zhao Qinghe; that’s Zhao Qinghe’s Yin Yang Abyssal Monster Series!”
Xue Lingling’s voice carried shock, hatred, and a hint of excitement.
