Chapter 193: Underworld, No Living Allowed
After seeing off several Alliance big shots, Wu Xian couldn’t help but feel curious.
“Second Brother, why do I feel like these guys are different from normal Spirit Tamers? Is it my illusion?”
“Spirit Tamers who have rolled and crawled their way through the Alliance are naturally incomparable to ordinary Spirit Tamers,” Xue Zhengying explained. “Otherwise, what do you think gives the Alliance the right to be mentioned in the same breath as the Nine Great Dojos?”
“They can’t be stronger than Scroll Painters, right?” Wu Xian asked curiously.
“Ordinary Scroll Painters really aren’t their match,” Xue Zhengying said noncommittally. “The elites selected layer by layer by the Alliance are all forged in the major otherworld battlefields. Many otherworld areas can only be traversed by them because they have the experience and ability.
Even Scroll Painters from the Nine Great Dojos inevitably have to rely on these top-tier Spirit Tamers from the Alliance to collect materials.”
Wu Xian nodded with a tsk-tsk.
It could only be said that any profession, once reaching the top level, would undergo a qualitative change.
Ordinary Spirit Tamers were like ants before Scroll Painters, but top-tier Spirit Tamers were existences that even Scroll Painters had to beware of.
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After Master Sister came out of seclusion, Wu Xian was finally completely liberated.
He returned all the way to the North Street District Small Villa.
He could still vaguely feel the power of many Day and Night Patrol Gods patrolling every corner of Yaoyang City.
According to Du Yifan, the Defense Teams were now all equipped with Day and Night Patrol Gods, which greatly reduced their work pressure.
Strange abyssal leaks that were hard to handle before could now be easily resolved.
During this time, there had been almost no news of dimensional leaks.
But this didn’t mean a reduction in dimensional leak incidents; it was just that the Defense Teams could often resolve the troubles at the first moment.
Moreover, according to Du Yifan, dimensional leaks within the city had been noticeably increasing recently, suspected to be Evil God Followers stirring things up in secret.
At the Association’s Evil Extermination Temporary Command.
They were now also equipped with Day and Night Patrol Gods, but they rarely detected traces of Evil God Followers.
It was unknown whether the Evil God Followers were hiding very secretly or had indeed restrained themselves a lot recently.
On the contrary, traces of Evil God Followers were occasionally found outside the various dimensional defense lines.
He stopped by to visit Third Master Xue next door and found that Tattoo Brother was also there.
In casual chat, he learned that Tattoo Brother’s difficult problem had been solved. Recently, Zhang Mazi and his group had been transformed by him into great killing machines, constantly capturing Evil God Followers outside the various dimensional defense lines.
Wu Xian specifically took a look at Tattoo Brother’s advanced version “tattoo patterns.”
They were basically some mysterious and peculiar decorative patterns.
“Never thought of tattooing some character patterns?” Wu Xian probed.
“This…” Tattoo Brother scratched his head awkwardly. “You know my level; I really can’t produce any usable character patterns. I can’t even do beast-shaped patterns.”
“Didn’t Xu Lu and the Association provide you with this kind of scroll painting patterns to try?”
“They did,” Tattoo Brother said. “But none succeeded. The spiritual structures and Law Networks of character and beast scroll paintings seem very hard to construct on human skin.
According to President Cui’s contemplation and feeling, any scroll painting with a background concept will produce serious conflict with the human body.
But some scroll painting patterns have less conflict with the human body.”
“The power of the scroll painting concept conflicts with the human body?” Wu Xian mused.
It made sense. The essence of a scroll painting is to condense a special “soul” like a Painted Spirit. To achieve a “human scroll painting” is equivalent to injecting an external soul into the human body.
In comparison, Tattoo Brother’s tattoo patterns, which only have power concepts, don’t have this conflict.
Clearly, Tattoo Scroll Paintings cannot be approached with the thinking of normal scroll paintings; a different approach is needed.
“What if we discard the background concept of characters and only have power-level concepts, or change the concept method of normal scroll paintings?” Wu Xian suggested.
“That could be worth a try.” Tattoo Brother’s eyes flashed.
He then excitedly returned to the Association for research and attempts.
Wu Xian turned his gaze to Third Master Xue. “Third Master, any progress recently?”
Third Master Xue smiled without speaking, a hint of confidence and pride in his eyes.
He then took out a Divine Power Factor and asked with a smile: “Take a look at this Death Divine Power Factor. Is there anything special about it?”
“Don’t tell me you synthesized this?” Wu Xian felt it carefully, incredulous.
Because this Death Divine Power Factor showed no traces of synthesis at all; it was just like a “natural” Divine Power Factor produced in a Domain Instance, even purer than those from Death Mountain Town.
Third Master Xue smiled faintly, noncommittal.
“Impressive, Third Master!” Wu Xian couldn’t help but give a thumbs up.
He felt that at this pace, synthesizing Divine Power Fragments was just a matter of time.
He returned to his own Small Villa.
Wu Xian also began his long-brewed Domain Scroll Painting project.
Domain Scroll Paintings like the ancient-style ones from Death Mountain Town were still not quite safe for now, so he started with Normal Domain Scroll Paintings to gain some experience.
From what Master Sister said, she seemed to be preparing to draw a special world where Undead and Yin Souls live, which was basically the Underworld.
On his side, he also planned to first create a proper Underworld Domain Scroll Painting.
Things like Fengdu City definitely couldn’t be done yet, as just the materials and ingredients to depict Fengdu City would be an astronomical sum.
He didn’t have many Domain Materials on hand now, so starting from the shallow and going deep was the best choice.
For the Underworld, it naturally had to start from the Ghost Gate.
The foundational thirteen stations that Lost Souls pass through to the Underworld were also the core of the entire Underworld system operation.
As for how far he could draw, it would depend on how far the materials in hand could sustain him.
He closed his eyes to rest and organize the concepts in his mind, adjusting his state.
Then, according to each step’s concept, he prepared the corresponding pigments. Just the two Divine Power Factors of life and death would require quite a few.
The moment he put brush to paper, a grand pass straddling the boundary between yin and yang appeared in his mind. Above the eerie city gate hung a giant plaque with the seven large characters “Ghost Gate of the Underworld.”
Inside the pass was a desolate wasteland, with yin energy and black fog swirling, cold winds and torrential rain, and howling bloody gales.
After entering the pass, the next station: Yellow Springs Road.
Heaven Dark Earth Dim, no sun or moon, nor stars.
The road full of withered bones and strange rocks stretched endlessly.
Beside the road, eerie yellow mist pervaded, countless Lone Ghosts and Wild Spirits wandered within, and on the surging, wailing shores of the Yellow Springs, large patches of fiery red Bihai Flowers quietly bloomed.
Next station: Wangxiang Terrace.
On the eerie and grand terrace tower, Yin Souls looked back at the mortal realm, bidding final farewell to the world.
Then came the legendary Evil Dog Ridge where vicious dogs tore and bit, and Golden Rooster Mountain where the golden rooster pecked at the eyes, settling lifetime misdeeds and desires, with countless Yin Souls wailing and screaming again.
Finally, the scene stopped at Golden Rooster Mountain; the advancing materials could no longer support drawing the next station, Wild Ghost Village.
Helplessly, he stopped there.
Buzz~ Laws completely different from character scroll paintings gathered on the Drawing Paper, as if a power from Heaven and Earth was infused into it, making the depictions on the Drawing Paper vivid and lifelike.
Soon, a Silver Scroll condensed, and under the infusion of Heaven and Earth Power, it mounted and rolled up the Drawing Paper.
The gathering Heaven and Earth Law Aura around also presented a special state of “to be continued,” then slowly dissipated and hid.
Underworld To Be Continued
Version: Original Gold Embroidery Border
Rank: Silver Scroll
Domain Level: ***
Domain Characteristics: Underworld, No Entry for the Living, Nether Forbidden Land, Ghost Mansion Yellow Gate, Eerie Yellow Springs Howl, Purge of Sins.
