Chapter 213: Human Body Painting Scroll Created!
Wu Xian and the club members only truly appreciated Xue Zhengying’s terrifying popularity from back then at this moment.
Time flies, and the old fans from those days have long since entered middle age, becoming fathers and mothers.
Many old fans have even achieved very high social status.
But what remains unchanged is the love and worship they once had for Xue Zhengying, as well as the regret over Xue Zhengying’s “accidental death” back then.
“Hiss~ Is this the spending power of the older presidential fans?”
Feeling waves of aura of wealth converging, Wu Xian secretly marveled.
Yes, even he, the scroll painter of this club, was riding on Xue Zhengying’s popularity.
While many presidential fans were splurging money wildly, a batch of sky-high buyout【Department of Punishing Evil-Zhong Kui】 wanted posts also popped up on the gacha pull trading platform, just to use the same scroll painting as their former idol.
That’s right, this is the charisma of a top star player.
At the same time, Master Sister also received a large batch of sponsorship and endorsement commercial orders.
Xue Zhengying, on behalf of the Underworld Club, released a thank-you video, and his personal fan count skyrocketed.
Subsequently, the Underworld Club welcomed numerous presidential fans coming for pilgrimage.
They had to hold several grand fan meet-and-greets.
Even Yaoyang City’s tourism and economy were boosted somewhat.
Many Yaoyang City businesses also received investments from various places in Tianfeng Province, and the entire Yaoyang City was in high spirits, almost treating Xue Zhengying like a god to worship.
It took a full three days for this craze to gradually subside and return to stability.
But the name Underworld Club has been thoroughly established.
Fortunately, his two good disciples, Chen Xu and Yao Xue’er, can now independently produce copper axis scroll paintings.
As the main source of sales volume, having two disciples help him produce copper axis scroll paintings undoubtedly reduced Wu Xian’s workload by more than half.
This also allowed Wu Xian to settle down and immerse himself in his own exploration and research.
“Plant Element…”
The previous battle with Hu Yunlei made Wu Xian start thinking about strategy scroll paintings in this aspect.
Normally speaking, fire attribute scroll paintings are undoubtedly the optimal strategy against plant element scroll paintings.
But that bit of attribute restraint was far from enough for Wu Xian.
Therefore, these past two days, he has been trying to personify the【Bihai Flower】 missing from mythological legends in his previous life.
Just because it didn’t exist in his previous life doesn’t mean it can’t exist now.
Some spirit herbs he collected from the Abyssal Realm before were just right to use, but still not quite enough.
He got a few plant element-related divine power factors from Third Master Xue, and along the way came to Boss Hu’s place, whom he hadn’t seen in a while.
Not having come for a month or two, the current storefront really gave Wu Xian a scare.
This renovation, this facade, and the dazzling array of high-quality materials of various elements inside once made Wu Xian suspect he had walked into the wrong place.
It wasn’t until Boss Hu enthusiastically came over to greet him, “Oh my, why didn’t you tell me you were coming? Just send me a message if you need anything.”
“When did your store upgrade?” Wu Xian asked in surprise.
“It’s been almost a month since the upgrade. Thanks to you, Yaoyang City’s economy is developing in all aspects now. We’ve shifted from an import-based economy to an export-based one, and with the performance up, headquarters naturally raised the level and tier of this store,” Hu Delu said cheerfully. “In the future, if you need anything, I can directly pull stock from headquarters.”
“Really?” Wu Xian’s eyes lit up slightly.
He immediately purchased some plant element-related materials from Boss Hu.
Sure enough, whether in level or quality, they were different from before.
And Boss Hu, as an old friend, gave Wu Xian the maximum discount possible.
“By the way, Master Xiao Wu, after your club establishes the otherworld outpost, can Hu get a share of the subsequent otherworld materials trade?” Boss Hu asked with expectation on his face. “Otherworld materials have a very high weight in our Wanrong Chamber of Commerce’s internal performance assessments.”
“Of course, I’ll mention it to the president later. You can just go over for a face-to-face talk.”
“Great~” Hu Delu laughed excitedly, then pulled out a few ancient and worn city bricks and roof tiles from his spatial bracelet. “Oh right, these are some good items I got from headquarters. You should be able to use them. Consider them thanks to you.”
“Hiss~!” Wu Xian was instantly attracted to those peculiar city bricks and roof tiles. “Are these otherworld materials?”
From the aura emanating from the bricks and tiles, they were clearly from the Abyssal Realm, and the spiritual aura inside was very unique.
Hu Delu nodded with a smile: “A few materials from ancient otherworld outposts. They don’t sell well and aren’t of high value. Take them if you can use them.”
Wu Xian took a deep breath and thanked him solemnly, happily accepting them.
So-called ancient outpost materials refer to special materials produced by some lost and destroyed outposts in the otherworld.
For example, after the【Underworld】 takes root in the Abyssal Realm, it essentially becomes part of the Abyssal Realm, and these materials shaped jointly by domain scroll paintings and otherworldly power often have very high value.
It’s just that due to their complex internal spiritual structure and characteristics, ordinary scroll painters find it hard to make the best use of everything.
But Wu Xian was different. The moment he saw these city bricks and roof tiles, ideas and thought processes came to mind.
An Earth Temple wouldn’t be quite right, but a City God Temple would be perfect.
Later, he could link it with the【Underworld】 side, perhaps opening a passage between the two, directly connecting the otherworld outpost to the world where people live.
Additionally, for subsequently drawing Hall of the King of Hell, Fengdu City, and other underworld buildings, these city bricks and roof tiles would also be good materials.
“Does your chamber of commerce have more things like this?” Wu Xian followed up.
“Our chamber of commerce are all businessmen and doesn’t produce materials,” Hu Delu said awkwardly. “If you need them, I can keep an eye out for you and collect any such materials for you.”
“Thanks for the trouble.” Wu Xian took a deep breath and thanked him solemnly.
“You’re too polite~!”
…
Leaving Boss Hu’s store, he prepared to go home and research the personification of the Bihai Flower.
But he unexpectedly received a call from Tattoo Brother.
“Gongming brother!” Tattoo Brother on the phone was emotionally excited. “It’s a success! My human scroll painting has finally succeeded!”
“Wait, I’ll be right there.”
Wu Xian was both surprised and delighted, immediately stepping on his flying sword to rush to the association.
In a secretive workshop inside the association, Cui Wenxuan, Xu Lu, Tattoo Brother, and others were all on site, excitedly surrounding a “little guinea pig” to examine and inquire.
And that “little guinea pig” was none other than the long-unseen Zhang Mazi.
“Little Grand-Disciple, you’re here,” Cui Wenxuan said enthusiastically. “Come take a look at this magical human scroll painting. It’s truly divine.”
Tattoo Brother, Zhang Mazi, and the others also nodded to Wu Xian in greeting.
On Zhang Mazi’s bare back was tattooed the image of an Evil Suppressing Guard. The lines and colors were somewhat monotonous, but the scroll painting fluctuation integrated with Zhang Mazi was incredibly clear.
“You really did it?” Wu Xian marveled. “How did you achieve it?”
“Just following the thought process you mentioned before, discarding and adjusting the scroll painting concept as much as possible, performing the tattooing in a fuzzy state of half-concept half-no-concept to avoid the direct formation of the painted spirit,” Tattoo Brother explained. “After countless attempts and verifications, we finally found the right degree.”
Nearby, Xu Lu analyzed while feeling it: “From what I can see now, this human scroll painting bypasses the extraordinary scroll painting as an intermediary carrier, directly acting on the human body’s power structure, and forming a soul resonance-like connection with my divine diagram law network.”
While Wu Xian marveled in surprise, he couldn’t help but start inquiring about Zhang Mazi’s feelings.
“It seems like I can activate the tattoo on my back to imbue myself with the Evil Suppressing Guard’s power, allowing me to use some abilities unique to the Evil Suppressing Guard.” Zhang Mazi described his feelings in detail.
