Chapter 31: Soul Divine Diagram And Scroll Painters
“Something’s not quite right; it feels pretty orderly.”
“Have you all noticed that since we got here, the monsters have decreased.”
The young boy and young girl muttered as they walked over, and the people on the street side cast curious glances, without the excitement of being saved as imagined.
Wu Xian just quietly watched the group pass by the main gate, his expression odd.
Running into those two little crybabies again?
“It’s you?”
The two little crybabies naturally also spotted Wu Xian.
Several people from Pang Dahai’s team earlier also recognized Wu Xian, each one surprised and uncertain.
Wu Xian smiled and cupped his fists, “Thanks for your trouble, everyone.”
“No need to be polite,” seeing Wu Xian so polite, the two little crybabies smiled awkwardly, “It’s what we should do.”
No wonder it’s so stable here; turns out this guy is around.
After walking far, the other teammates couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Do you know that guy just now?”
“Yeah, we met him inside the instance; he’s pretty powerful.”
“He looks about our age; how powerful can he be?” The other teammates scoffed, “I don’t know what Teacher Liang was thinking; why not go to the urban area? He had to make us come to this rundown backwater place.”
As they spoke, faint battle fluctuations came from ahead.
“Haha, time to show our value; let’s go!”
The bored young boy and young girl instantly got excited and quickly went to provide support.
They saw a middle-aged scarred man controlling a fierce tiger painted spirit, easily encircling and suppressing three Tier 2 insectoid monsters with the cooperation of a group of poor spiritual energy cultivators; it didn’t seem like they needed their help.
“Yo~ Even a rundown place like the shantytown has an expert like this?”
“What’s that scroll painting? It’s pretty fierce!”
“Elf system or exotic beast system? It seems comparable to my【Red Flame Tiger】?”
“Never seen it; can’t find it on the scroll painting network either. Probably some no-name scroll painter’s trash scroll painting; nothing to worry about.”
In contrast, the little crybabies and the others looked at each other in bewilderment; this tiger-form scroll painting looked a bit familiar~!
……
Meanwhile, Wu Xian’s side also welcomed an unexpected visitor.
Tang Beng gracefully rode a mechanical power skateboard, hovering above the small courtyard, “Seeing you’re fine puts me at ease.”
“Why is Brother Tang here?”
Wu Xian was secretly surprised; Tang Beng clearly couldn’t have come specifically to save him.
“Rare opportunity; after the urban area stabilized, I came over right away.” A sharp glint flashed in Tang Beng’s eyes.
“Opportunity? What opportunity?”
Wu Xian couldn’t help but think of the special ingredient in the mirage monster materials.
Just as Tang Beng was about to speak, Wu Xian’s phone suddenly rang inappropriately; coincidentally, it was Sister Tiao calling.
“Hey~ Little Xianzi, are you okay? Sister Tiao brought people to save you; aren’t you touched?”
“……” Wu Xian was amused and helpless, “I’m at home.”
“Got it; I’ll be right there.”
Tang Beng clearly overheard something and said with a face full of black lines, “Tiaotiao?”
“Yeah.”
“She’s really a girl who doesn’t let anyone worry,” Tang Beng showed slight helplessness, “But that’s good; you can all go together to try your luck.”
As he spoke, a familiar【Lynx Generation 4】 sped over; besides Tang Tiaotiao on the vehicle, there were also several other art studio top students.
“Brother, why are you here too?”
“On the way to check on Little Xianzi’s safety,” Tang Beng said irritably, “You too; if you’re fine outside, why come here?”
Tang Tiaotiao pouted reluctantly, “There’s no challenge outside.”
“Look at you acting all capable; you’ve only been at the art studio a few days and your tail’s already up in the sky?” Tang Beng said irritably, “Alright, come with this brother; Little Xianzi too. This dimensional mirage is a pretty good opportunity for us scroll painters.”
……
Above the shantytown, outside the sealing barrier.
The art studio dean and several leaders overlooked the scenes in the shantytown below, chatting and laughing.
“Not bad~ This batch of trainees is decent; at least they have courage and drive.” The dean squinted and smiled, expressing approval.
“Indeed, quite a few people have already rushed over, even many of this year’s new students.” The elder beside him chimed in, “It depends on whether they can seize this opportunity.”
“Tsk tsk~ Dimensional mirage, such a great opportunity. How come we didn’t get lucky like this back in the day?” Another elder sighed.
“Each generation has its own opportunities,” the dean said with a smile in his eyes, “The dimensional mirage is just a trigger; whether they can condense the soul divine diagram ultimately depends on talent.
Without that talent, even if you throw him into the wind, he won’t fly.”
“That’s true.”
……
At this time, Wu Xian was already approaching the trash processing plant under the lead of the Tang siblings.
Along the way, Wu Xian and Tang Tiaotiao couldn’t help but ask curiously.
“Brother, what did you mean by the opportunity you mentioned earlier?”
“The dimensional mirage monsters, due to their special nature, contain a substance called mental source essence,” Tang Beng explained, “And this substance can stimulate and assist us scroll painters in condensing our own soul divine diagram.”
Wu Xian’s eyes flickered slightly.
Tang Tiaotiao exclaimed excitedly, her eyes full of excitement, “Ah~ Just the day before yesterday, the teacher told them about it, saying the soul divine diagram is hard to condense, and only by condensing the soul divine diagram does one count as a true scroll painter.”
“That’s right,” Tang Beng nodded, “Without the soul divine diagram, one can only forever be an apprentice scroll painter.”
“Brother hasn’t condensed it yet?” Tang Tiaotiao asked with expectation in her eyes.
Tang Beng’s mouth twitched, and he shook his head awkwardly, “Condensing a soul divine diagram isn’t that easy. The art studio trains so many apprentice scroll painters every year, and you can count those who condense a soul divine diagram on one hand.”
“I thought Brother was super powerful.” Tang Tiaotiao pouted slightly, a bit disdainful.
“……” Tang Beng felt a slight sting, his gaze gradually firming, “Now I’ve fully integrated our family’s mechanical scroll painting inheritance. With this opportunity, I’ll definitely replicate our Tang family ancestors’ soul divine diagram and restore the Tang family’s glory!”
“Cheer up, Brother; you’re the best!”
Tang Tiaotiao generously gave her brother blessings and encouragement.
While Wu Xian was pondering, he weakly asked, “I wonder how exactly to condense this soul divine diagram?”
“Uh,” Tang Beng suddenly realized Wu Xian hadn’t received formal scroll painter education, and smilingly explained, “The so-called soul divine diagram is a special scroll painting drawn in one’s own soul sea of consciousness with mental power as ink and will as brush; it is the foundation for a scroll painter’s level advancement.”
“Scroll painting imprint?” Wu Xian asked doubtfully.
“No no no,” Tang Beng shook his head with a smile, “The scroll painting imprint is just the certification imprint left by the scroll painting law, while the soul divine diagram is the product of scroll painting concept combined with mental power cultivation.
Of course, the scroll painting imprint can also be considered the prototype and starting point of the soul divine diagram. To condense the soul divine diagram, one needs to use a certain scroll painting imprint as foundation, expand and derive a complete system, then communicate with heaven and earth laws to perfect and enrich the power of the entire system.
It can endow the scroll paintings within that system with power at the law level, equivalent to building and perfecting the foundation of the painted spirit.
The top-tier scroll paintings in the major dojos are powerful precisely because their generations of inheritors have already built them to a terrifying height at the law level.
Of course, not all scroll painting concepts are worth building a soul divine diagram for; the more powerful the painted spirit concept, the higher the upper limit for building the soul divine diagram.”
Wu Xian nodded in understanding, his heart already surging with excitement.
Simply put, the soul divine diagram determines the prestige and height of the painted spirit within the scroll painting world law framework.
【Extraordinary Scroll Painting】 are just terminal carriers with different configurations.
After the previous retouch, Black and White Impermanence failing to advance to silver scroll was likely due to this aspect as well.
Not only does computer hardware need updates and upgrades, the system also needs continuous iteration, upgrading, and perfection to create more powerful computer terminals.
At this thought, the “special ingredient” in the【Black and White Impermanence】 scroll painting imprint in his mind began to stir.
A complete system, huh?
That’s the one thing we’re not short of.
