Chapter 42: Little Brother, You’re Pretty Sly!
He was just surprised when the cat monster entangled with Black and White Impermanence suddenly lunged at him.
Its speed was so fast that Wu Xian had no time to dodge at all. Fortunately, after condensing the God of Wealth’s Natal Divine Diagram, he could directly call upon the God of Wealth’s Aura of Wealth, immediately raising Aura of Wealth Protection to block it.
The cat monster’s piercing shriek exploded beside his ear.
The fierce sneak attack was blocked by a layer of Aura of Wealth and Treasure Light.
“Damn it, you like picking on soft targets, huh?”
Wu Xian’s anger surged from his heart, and he circulated Spiritual Power to smash a furious punch over.
To be fair, the physical training during this time wasn’t in vain, plus the Spiritual Power “Cultivation Technique” taught by the Old Master—the cat monster was instantly smashed flying by one punch.
Although the cat monster wasn’t seriously hurt, it was enough to show the power of this punch.
You know, Wu Xian only had Tier 2 Spiritual Power, while the opponent was a Third Order elite mutated monster with double buffs.
Black and White Impermanence immediately came to support, suppressing with the Soul Summoning Banner and capturing with the Soul Restraining Chain, but once again the cat monster dodged.
“I’ll have to get some self-defense gear later.”
He hadn’t felt much in the Beginner Instance before, but now that the Instance difficulty had increased, the disadvantages of the Scroll Painter himself were showing.
Reality isn’t like anime or novels, where enemies won’t be dumb enough to finish off all your summoned beasts before killing you.
Although Scroll Painters have Spiritual Power Cultivation to support themselves, it’s clearly not enough against powerful Dimension creatures.
Especially in high-end battles, the enemy could casually wipe you out with a big move.
In summary: to forge iron, you still need to be strong yourself.
“Fast speed, like to show off, huh?”
Looking at that slippery-as-an-eel cat monster, Wu Xian was full of resentment.
With a slight movement of intent, Mental Power surged, and the 【Ten Great Yin Marshals】 Divine Diagram strongly unfolded above his head.
The powerful might, combined with the Soul Summoning Banner, further suppressed the cat monster’s speed.
The cat monster let out a terrified shriek, but it was already a turtle in a jar.
It was instantly firmly bound by Black Impermanence’s Soul Restraining Chain. Although it couldn’t fully suppress it, it could continuously devour its Yin Soul power.
Then, the God of Wealth appeared and taught it a lesson with Lightning Magic.
Boom!
The cat monster wailed miserably, its Yin Soul aura rapidly wilting, completely subdued by Black and White Impermanence.
“Yo~ pretty valuable.”
He collected the cat monster’s Yin Soul materials, and his Aura of Wealth increased quite a bit, finally satisfying Wu Xian.
But the God of Wealth seemed to notice something, his majestic gaze slowly glancing backward.
Wu Xian also keenly sensed a vague “killing intent” and hurriedly turned to look, freezing on the spot.
Only to see not far behind in mid-air, a familiar Underworld woman stepping on a familiar redwood coffin, not speaking, just quietly staring at him, her beautiful eyes revealing some shock and anger.
Wu Xian silently withdrew the Divine Diagram above his head; embarrassment was destined to be tonight’s Cambridge.
After a long time, with a honest expression, awkwardly yet politely, he spoke, “Senior, you’re here too?”
“Little Brother, pretty slippery—!”
Xue Lingling responded coldly, her voice clearly squeezed through gritted teeth.
As she spoke, Mental Power surged from her body, and the dazzling Soul Divine Diagram slowly unfolded.
The vast might unreservedly pressed toward Wu Xian.
Wu Xian was momentarily speechless, but fortunately with the God of Wealth’s Aura of Wealth Protection, he wasn’t afraid of the Divine Diagram’s might, “Ahem, that… the previous matter was also for self-preservation, I hope Senior can forgive me.”
“Hmph!” Xue Lingling clearly had no malice, just simply unhappy about being fooled by Wu Xian last time, “Last time, these two Painted Spirits rubbed off so much Painted Spirit experience from me, right?”
Wu Xian smiled awkwardly, “I didn’t expect that gray mist to be Senior’s handiwork, I just thought it was a special Abyssal Monster killed in the Factory Area.”
Xue Lingling didn’t speak, silently retracting the Divine Diagram’s might, slowly landing beside Black and White Impermanence.
Her beautiful eyes stared straight at the two lords, looking left and right, as if she couldn’t get enough.
Her mouth occasionally tsk-tsking, with a fangirl face.
“Truly two beautiful Scroll Paintings,” Xue Lingling raised an eyebrow at Wu Xian, “Your own original creation?”
Wu Xian neither confirmed nor denied, secretly complaining about this woman’s aesthetics.
Although he respected Black and White Impermanence the two lords very much, he really couldn’t associate the word “beautiful” with Black and White Impermanence.
Upon hearing this, a sly glint flashed in Xue Lingling’s eyes, “Little Brother likes this style too?”
“Not bad.” Wu Xian’s mouth twitched slightly.
“Promising!” Xue Lingling narrowed her eyes with a smile, praising repeatedly, “Art Studio Scroll Painting Student?”
Wu Xian shook his head, “More like a personal Scroll Painting Student.”
“?!” Xue Lingling was clearly shocked, “Little Brother is getting more and more interesting to Sister. Put away these two Painted Spirits and let Sister take a look.”
Wu Xian breathed a light sigh of relief, withdrawing Black and White Impermanence into Scroll Painting Form, secretly relieved in his heart.
Good thing this woman only likes this Underworld style and didn’t take interest in the God of Wealth.
“Copper Scroll Three-Star?!” Xue Lingling’s beautiful eyes widened, paired with her Underworld makeup, somewhat scary, “No, the Spirituality Fluctuation doesn’t seem very high either.”
From Black and White Impermanence’s performance just now, and the situation of rubbing off a large amount of my experience last time.
This Scroll Painting should at least be Silver Scroll Four-Star.
But it was actually just Copper Scroll Three-Star? Even the Spirituality wasn’t very high.
For a moment, her gaze toward Wu Xian became even more shocked.
“Oh my god, self-taught to conceive such an excellent Undead-type Character Scroll Painting, even able to condense a Divine Diagram,” Xue Lingling’s eerie eyes sparkled, “Sure you don’t have any master?”
Wu Xian shook his head honestly.
“How about I teach you? Such an excellent Scroll Painting Concept, it would be too much of a pity if it goes astray later.”
At this moment, Xue Lingling was like discovering treasure, her eyes burning.
“Huh?” Wu Xian was a bit dazed.
“Believe me, your talent in Undead-type Scroll Paintings rivals your master’s,” Xue Lingling’s words carried approval and excitement, “In the future, you’ll definitely leave a heavy mark in the Scroll Painting world together with your master!”
Wait, just like that, I’m the master?
But thinking about it, although he entered through self-study, he was ultimately fumbling across the river by feeling the stones. If someone guided him, that would be perfect.
Especially regarding the Soul Divine Diagram, he was purely clueless.
Although Xue Lingling wasn’t much older than him, as a Scroll Painter who returned from “studying abroad” at the Dojo, she definitely had the ability to guide him.
Additionally, if he could latch onto Xue Lingling’s thigh, it could help him avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.
After all, behind Xue Lingling was not only the Xue Family, but also the Undead Dojo’s background.
And as Xue Lingling’s Disciple, being excellent would be normal, right?
The only thing to be cautious about was that this woman might have other intentions?
“Thank you for thinking highly of me, Senior. Please accept this Disciple’s bow!”
After weighing it, Wu Xian decisively became the disciple.
Wait, why does this suddenly give a déjà vu of “If Gong doesn’t abandon, willing to be adopted as righteous father”?
“Very good,” Xue Lingling was overjoyed, “Come to your master’s club later, and we’ll master and disciple make the club big and strong together.”
“Huh?” Wu Xian hurriedly shook his head, “This Disciple just wants to steadily research the Way of Scroll Painting, not too fond of competing with others.”
“Uh, Matches are for the Spirit Tamers below. Only in special situations or shortage of manpower do we Scroll Painters need to personally step in,” Xue Lingling chuckled dumbfoundedly: “We Scroll Painters don’t need to show our faces to gain Popularity; our works are our best calling cards.”
“Oh, like that?” Wu Xian understood, “Then it’s fine.”
“Right, I still don’t know my good Disciple’s name?”
“This Disciple is Wu Xian, courtesy name Gongming.” Wu Xian said: “You can call me Little Xianzi or Gongming.”
“Good Disciple.”
Xue Lingling nodded contentedly. First time taking a Disciple, it felt pretty wonderful.
She then gestured for Wu Xian to get on the coffin and go with her.
