Chapter 270: Nine Great Yaoyang Divine Guards
The key lies in the fact that the Earth Temple can integrate into the Yaoyang City Heaven and Earth Scroll Painting.
And Yaoyang City itself exists within the Heaven and Earth Laws of the human world, unconsciously forming a kind of transfer interface.
“There’s a chance, I feel there’s a chance!” Chen Shilong said excitedly, “Why didn’t I think of it before? Integrating into the Yaoyang City Heaven and Earth Scroll Painting works too?”
“Integrating into Yaoyang City should have some enhancing and maintaining effect on Yaoyang City, right?” Wu Xian pondered.
“Very likely,” Chen Shilong grew more excited the more he thought about it, “I’ll have the research institute continue monitoring. If it really works, there’s no need to rely on those Evil God Scroll Painters.”
“So that’s it, you don’t have to shoulder this alone,” Wu Xian teased, “There’s always a way forward when the time comes.”
Chen Shilong was still immersed in excitement, “Should we build more Earth Temples?”
“We definitely have to build them, best to distribute them evenly throughout Yaoyang City,” Wu Xian mused: “I happen to have another similar scroll painting concept called City God Temple, which can also be promoted later.”
“City God Temple? Can it also purify the land?” Chen Shilong’s eyes lit up.
“Uh, probably not,” Wu Xian shook his head with a smile, “The City God Temple has its own functions.”
To be honest, he really wasn’t sure what special effects the City God Temple could produce.
Restraining demons, evil, and abyssal monsters was certain, but the key was the City God Temple’s influence on the Yaoyang City Heaven and Earth Scroll Painting.
“By the way, is there any way for me to get close to the power or aura of the Yaoyang City Heaven and Earth Scroll Painting?” Wu Xian asked seriously.
“This… once the Heaven and Earth Scroll Painting integrates into heaven and earth, it becomes part of heaven and earth, essentially no longer a scroll painting,” Chen Shilong frowned, “We can only sense its operation roughly through some indirect methods.”
“What methods?”
“For example, changes in spiritual energy aura within the city, spatial fluctuations emitted after dimensional leak points appear, and some data fluctuations from the Dimensional Gate Seal.”
Hearing this, Wu Xian felt a silent helplessness.
“If I had to say, I can sense some general changes through the Yaoyang Guard.” Chen Shilong said.
“Yaoyang Guard?”
Chen Shilong explained: “It’s the two nine-star gold scrolls passed down through generations of mayors. Originally, there were nine Yaoyang Guards, known as the Yaoyang Nine Guards, left behind by the creator of Yaoyang City as guardian deities.
Unfortunately, with the passage of time, only the last two Yaoyang Guards remained by the time they reached me.
As Yaoyang City’s guardian deities, the Yaoyang Guards have some mysterious connection with the Yaoyang City Heaven and Earth Scroll Painting.”
Wu Xian’s eyes brightened slightly, “Can I take a look?”
“This… inheritance scroll paintings are quite special; they require soul binding to sense their power, and outsiders can only get a rough feel.” Chen Shilong said enthusiastically: “How about this—I’ll formally pass the two Yaoyang Guards to you, and you can take over as the next mayor.”
“No~” Wu Xian quickly waved his hands, “The Mayor is in his prime; he can serve for another ten or twenty years no problem.”
Joking aside, he had no interest in being mayor.
Developing the Underworld Club was already giving him enough headaches.
“Sure you won’t reconsider?” Chen Shilong promoted, “Our Yaoyang City may be poor, but its development momentum is pretty good now. Soon, the entire city’s economy and resources will be at your disposal.”
Wu Xian laughed wryly, “Let me see those two Yaoyang Guards first.”
Chen Shilong sighed lightly with regret, then immediately summoned the two Yaoyang Guards beside him.
Wu Xian examined and probed them carefully, growing more shocked the more he looked.
The first time he saw these two nine-star gold scrolls, he felt they were extraordinary; now upon closer inspection, he was even more amazed.
Although he couldn’t see the specific law network due to soul binding, he could still make out some general details.
At least from the drawing techniques and construction principles, they were completely different from modern character scroll paintings.
Similar to Death Mountain Town and Holy Spirit Island, they were products from the early explorations of the first generation scroll painters.
“I heard these scroll paintings can autonomously evolve and improve?” Wu Xian asked curiously.
“That’s right, but the conditions are quite harsh, and it depends a bit on destiny.”
Wu Xian nodded with a tsk, “Strange, I seem to sense a bit of divine diagram aura. Could it be that this kind of scroll painting is a product of merging a divine diagram with a scroll painting?”
“You could understand it that way,” Chen Shilong neither confirmed nor denied, “That’s also the fundamental reason the Yaoyang Guards can be inherited.”
“No wonder they’re so miraculous,” Wu Xian said enthusiastically, “By the way, these two Yaoyang Guards should have their own titles, right?”
Chen Shilong smiled and nodded, raising his hand to introduce: “The one on the left is the Yaoyang Divine Guard, and the one on the right is the Moon Gazing Divine Guard.”
Wu Xian’s heart trembled slightly, “What abilities do they have?”
“As the names imply, the Yaoyang Divine Guard is like the sun, possessing fire attribute abilities as blazing as the sun, while the Moon Gazing Divine Guard is like the moon, with clear, cold dark yin power like the moon—quite effective against weird monsters.”
“Hiss~!” Wu Xian inhaled sharply, “What about the other seven? What are their names?”
“Although the other seven have died in battle, their power imprints remain in the mayor lineage’s copyright imprint,” Chen Shilong introduced: “They are: Gold Iron Divine Guard, Grass and Wood Divine Guard, River Divine Guard, Fierce Flame Divine Guard, Ground Divine Guard, Twilight Divine Guard, and Ferocious Evil Divine Guard.
Unfortunately, these seven Yaoyang Divine Guards have long vanished into the river of history, causing considerable damage to the Yaoyang City Heaven and Earth Scroll Painting.”
Wu Xian took a deep breath, his heart unable to calm for a long time.
After just learning the titles of the Yaoyang and Moon Gazing Divine Guards, he had a faint sense of familiarity.
Now, upon learning the names of the other seven Yaoyang Divine Guards, he could basically confirm it.
These nine great divine guards of Yaoyang City were clearly the prototype of the Nine Stars!
“Couldn’t generations of mayors think of restoring them?” Wu Xian asked, suppressing his inner excitement.
“We don’t have that ability,” Chen Shilong shook his head with a bitter smile, “A few previous mayors did consult some powerful scroll painters, but the drawing methods for these ancient scroll paintings have long been lost.
Moreover, there’s an issue: these ancient scroll paintings are in a state where the divine diagram and scroll painting medium are undifferentiated, and the copyright imprint is bound to the inheritance soul, so other scroll painters can’t easily intervene.
How about… you give it a try?”
“Let’s talk about it later.”
Wu Xian took a deep breath; of course he was tempted.
But there was no need right now, since Chen Shilong was doing a fine job as mayor.
Taking over Yaoyang City now would be like inheriting a mess.
“I’ll go back and make the City God Temple first, and have the research institute monitor on your end,” Wu Xian said solemnly: “Once confirmed effective, immediately launch a cleanup of those Evil God Scroll Painters.”
“Got it,” Chen Shilong nodded, “But regarding Yaoyang City issues, it’s best not to let it spread, to avoid causing panic.”
Wu Xian smiled slightly, naturally understanding this.
After returning to the North Street District Small Villa, he immediately began preparing the drawing of the City God Temple.
And he was filled with doubt and curiosity about this new concept of Heaven and Earth Scroll Painting.
“Hey, hey, Senior Yu Boling, are you there?”
Wu Xian tried calling with his mind, but unfortunately got no response from Yu Boling.
Could it be the wrong way to call?
“Great Demon God of Knowledge and Truth, please respond to my summons, uh… that doesn’t work either? Looks like he’s really not here.”
Helplessly, he could only turn to his direct disciple Xu Cunxin for information.
Ever since witnessing the power of the tattoo warriors yesterday, Xu Cunxin had gone to the association to curiously inquire and research.
