Chapter 165: Dragon-binding Rope
Don’t tell me, judging from how Xue Zhengying heterized the Soul Devouring Ghost King today, the Insectoid Race style Scroll Painting might really unleash even greater effects in his hands.
Find an opportunity later to let him try 【Zhenshui Xingjun】.
However, the Twenty-Eight Mansions clearly cannot be simply viewed as “demons” anymore; they are all proper Heavenly Court Doubu True Gods.
The Twenty-Eight Mansions under the Investiture of the Gods system perhaps still carry some “Demon Race” attributes.
But if elevated to the orthodox Star God system, the Twenty-Eight Mansions have absolutely no connection to “demons” at all; their original animal forms are not Demon Race entities, but rather incarnations of star constellations.
Just like the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—they are not divine beasts in the ordinary sense, but the Four Spirits of Heaven, with dragon, tiger, bird, and tortoise merely their externally manifested spirit body images.
Therefore, 【Zhenshui Xingjun】 may not perfectly suit Xue Zhengying.
But Wu Xian has more than just this Scroll Painting concept; in his previous life’s mythology, there were still many Insectoid system Demon Race big shots.
“I thought the Xue Family had run into some big trouble,” Zhou Qi let out a light sigh of relief, “After all, I saw that Zhao Qinghe from the Zhao Family seemed a bit petty; he’s definitely going to cause trouble later, far inferior to Bai Shiqi.”
“Agreed!” Wu Xian deeply concurred.
Although Bai Shiqi came aiming to “deal with” them, he was at least a decent and proper person; competition is competition, but it didn’t prevent him from becoming friends with Wu Xian.
This is the demeanor and style a proper noble family disciple should have.
“How’s the new round of recruitment auditions going?” Wu Xian inquired.
“One word: explosive!” Zhou Qi said cheerfully, “Among the registrants, I saw a few with Brother Wu’s Chicken King and Guardian Tiger; they must be close to Brother Wu—want to give them a backdoor?”
Wu Xian glanced at the list; it seemed to be Blondie and his gang of shantytown trash underlings.
Knife-scar bro Zhao He and Blondie were both determined to join the army, with no interest in the club side, but their henchmen were quite suitable for club development.
“No need for a backdoor; just slightly lower the standard a bit—after all, our goal is to select high-quality players,” Wu Xian responded thoughtfully.
The club itself is competitive; without some strength and potential, they’d just be there to make up numbers and get eliminated.
But considering the cultivation environment and cultivation resources of those shantytown folks, it was fine to appropriately lower the standard and pick a few top talents.
Once they joined the club and got the resources and conditions, they might accumulate and release.
Just like our dear little brother Zi Hao; ever since entering the club, he’s made rapid progress in all aspects, and he’s very diligent in cultivation—it’s got Master Sister drooling.
After giving some simple instructions and arrangements, he returned to his vice president “palace.”
He began to bury himself in studying the 【Divine Power Fragment】 in hand, as well as that peculiar Collar Artifact Scroll.
“Divine Power Fragment?”
Now it seems that Third Master Xue’s ultimate research goal is to synthesize this kind of thing.
Once successfully developed, it would not only reduce casualties for Xue Family disciples, but also become a huge assistance when the Xue Family returns to the Undead Divine Realm later.
It feels like generation after generation of the Xue Family has been striving for the same goal.
For such a family, future rise is almost inevitable.
Even without Wu Xian’s appearance, it wouldn’t affect the Xue Family’s rise.
He tried cultivating with the Divine Power Fragment, and the effect left Wu Xian dumbfounded.
Just like the spiritual power provided in the Scroll Painting Instance, the power in the Divine Power Fragment could be directly converted into spiritual power cultivation.
The spiritual power provided by this small Divine Power Fragment was equivalent to Wu Xian running the Sacred Spirit Island Instance two or even three times.
And after absorbing the spiritual power, a complex aggregate of Divine Power Factors remained, which could be refined and comprehended into Divine Diagram condensation degree, with quite impressive effects.
“It’s truly a good item!”
After a moment of sigh, he took out that Collar Artifact Scroll.
After some research and preparation, he tried directly extracting useful spiritual substances and Divine Power Factors from the Scroll Painting.
But the Scroll Painting’s spiritual structure was perfectly integrated; as soon as he extracted, the entire spiritual structure began to collapse, the Scroll Painting dimmed, the golden axis rapidly cracked, and it gradually shed into a sheet of drawing paper.
Fortunately, Wu Xian’s skills were solid; before the Scroll Painting completely shattered, he extracted several rare high-quality spiritual substances, as well as some very scarce Divine Power Factors.
Then, combining some rare ore recently acquired from Old Brother Mo, he began painting on the spot.
The Natal God of Wealth’s Divine Diagram and concept were already prepared.
Soon after, a bundle of exquisite rope gradually appeared on the drawing paper, with Heaven and Earth Law power gathering and locking, but it ultimately stalled right at the moment of forming the scroll.
Wu Xian smiled slightly and released the God of Wealth’s natal blood-colored Life Scroll, suspending it above the drawing paper.
Soon, the rope pattern on the drawing paper, along with the paper itself, turned into points of flowing light, merging into the blood-colored Life Scroll.
“Congratulations to the God of Wealth for acquiring a new piece of equipment~!”
He unfolded the God of Wealth Scroll again, and indeed, at the God of Wealth’s waist in the painting, there was now an additional bundle of exquisite rope.
Looking at the God of Wealth Scroll’s data, it seemed to have undergone some changes.
【Xuantan True Lord – Zhao Gongming】
Version: Original （Gold Embroidery Border）
Rank: Blood-Colored Life Scroll （Three Life Marks）
Painted Spirit: ★★★★★☆
Spirituality: 159
Talent Traits: Wealth Summoning, Aura of Wealth Protection, Thunder Control, Dragon Capture Immortal Binding
First was the increase in spirituality, second was the new Talent Trait 【Dragon Capture Immortal Binding】, clearly the matching skill for the Dragon Binding Rope.
Besides that, the five-dimensional attributes also saw significant improvements.
“It’s strange; it’s been so long, yet it still hasn’t generated the fourth Life Mark.”
He needed to ask 【Four Generations Under One Roof】 big shot about that middle-aged Scroll Painter anyway, so he might as well ask about this too.
Thus, he logged into the forum again and privately messaged 【Four Generations Under One Roof】.
Four Generations Under One Roof: “What instructions does little senior have? Could it be you’re preparing to join my Divine Beast Dojo?”
“Not quite,” Wu Xian replied with a chuckle, “I just want to inquire with senior about a Scroll Painter; from his attire, he seems to be under your Divine Beast Dojo.”
Four Generations Under One Roof instantly perked up: “Oh? Tell me about it—where did you encounter him?”
“Insectoid Otherworld.”
He then briefly described the man’s Divine Diagram, Scroll Painting, and appearance features.
“Little senior’s already mixing in the Otherworld? Looks like we underestimated little senior~!” Upon hearing Insectoid Otherworld, Four Generations Under One Roof was surprised and inwardly regretted it; he had hoped to trace the vine to find little senior’s city.
Four Generations Under One Roof: “But I really have no impression of the person you described; probably a Scroll Painter from some subordinate family. I’ll ask around for you.”
“Oh right, that guy ended with a wave of 【Luoshen】, which shocked me plenty,” Wu Xian added. “And he had a peculiar dark red Collar Artifact Scroll—very tricky.”
“Luoshen?” Four Generations Under One Roof was clearly startled, “For a family with a Divine Position under the Divine Beast Dojo, old man couldn’t possibly have no impression—not right, what did you just say? Dark red collar? Golden Axis?”
“Yeah.”
“Hiss~” Four Generations Under One Roof seemed somewhat suspicious, “This family’s existence is quite special; little senior, best not to provoke that person—stay as far away from them as possible.”
Hearing this, Wu Xian was both surprised and puzzled, “Does this family have a big background? Or does that collar have a big origin?”
Four Generations Under One Roof: “Many things are inconvenient to say much about; it benefits neither you nor me.”
“So powerful?” Wu Xian was secretly alarmed.
Four Generations Under One Roof: “It’s not that the Wang Family is all that powerful—in old man’s eyes, not worth mentioning; the key is the people behind them are not to be trifled with.”
“There’s even someone you dare not provoke?” Wu Xian was surprised, inwardly complaining.
Looks like this Four Generations Under One Roof doesn’t have a very high status in the Divine Beast Dojo either~!
