Chapter 56: Recruited?
Thick Treasure Light suddenly appeared beside Wu Xian.
The God of Wealth mounted on the Black Tiger made a dazzling entrance, holding a Steel Whip in one hand and a Gold Ingot in the other, with Aura of Wealth and Treasure Light enveloping his body, forcefully dispelling the surrounding Yin Energy and Malevolent Energy.
The Black Guardian Tiger under him roared, making all the Bandits tremble in fear.
The Lost Soul Horses under the Bandits neighed in panic.
Zhou Qi nearby was startled by the God of Wealth’s entrance, “Such strong might and aura! Already Silver Scroll Four-Star?”
He had seen the God of Wealth before, but his attention had been on the Chicken King at the time.
Only now did he realize that this majestic and imposing humanoid Painted Spirit was Wu Xian’s true main force.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The God of Wealth raised his Steel Whip, and thunder rumbled in the sky above the dilapidated Mansion.
Bolts of Thunder struck down, repeatedly injuring the Bandits in the chaotic melee.
“Indeed, is Lightning Magic the nemesis of evil things?”
One sentence summary: When power within the rules can’t suppress the opponent, use power outside the rules.
After condensing the first Life Mark, the God of Wealth’s strength was already incomparable to before.
Plus the boost from condensing【Five Paths of Wealth God】 Divine Diagram, his combat power was astonishing.
Seeing that thunder-attribute attacks were effective, Zhou Qi’s eyes lit up, and he immediately unleashed his Silver Scroll Three-and-a-half Star Mechanical Scroll Painting. Though it was a humanoid machine, it was more like a mobile turret.
Under Zhou Qi’s control, the mechanical turret fired beams of electrical Energy, with considerable power.
Facts proved that lightning attacks indeed had significant damage against these Bandits.
However, compared to Wu Xian’s Scroll Painting’s lightning attacks, the effect was clearly much weaker.
“Strange, both are lightning attacks, why is the gap so big?”
Watching Bandits one after another screaming in agony from being electrocuted by the God of Wealth, then subdued jointly by Black and White Impermanence, Zhou Qi was envious to death.
“Could it be that those falling thunder attacks also carry Law Power that counters Yin Souls?”
Thinking of this, Zhou Qi was secretly shocked.
In contrast, Wu Xian here had killed so many monsters his hands were sore, feeling strands of Spiritual Power merging into his body, and looking at those high-quality Scroll Painting Monster Materials, he grinned from ear to ear.
Xue Lingling, who was spectating from high in the sky, naturally noticed this astonishing scene.
During the previous Dimensional Mirage, she had noticed this Scroll Painting was quite powerful, and now it seemed even more so.
“Good Disciple, where does all those weird Scroll Painting Concepts in your little head come from?”
In her doubt, the last Lost Soul Bandit below had been taken down by Wu Xian.
A total of eight Bandit monsters; in the end, Zhou Qi only got the revenue from one Bandit, with the remaining seven all falling into Wu Xian’s pocket.
The gap was too big.
And as the last Bandit fell,【First Order Death Mountain Town】’s Energy was also exhausted.
The surrounding scenery began to blur rapidly, and the remaining people were teleported out of the Instance.
In the club inner hall grand hall.
Members who had been eliminated early sighed, still having lingering fear from their death experiences in the Instance.
Seeing everyone suddenly teleported out, they thought they had been wiped out by the BOSS.
“What’s the situation?” Xue Qingyang, who was teleported out, was baffled. “We were just about to take down that Lost Soul Bandit, how were we suddenly teleported out?”
“First Order Instance Energy exhausted.” Xue Lingling explained calmly.
Simply put, it had already been “cleared” ahead of time.
Everyone finally understood.
“Alright, this team-building event ends here.” Xue Lingling announced: “Everyone should have felt the intensity of the Scroll Painting Instance. Did you feel your own powerlessness and insignificance?”
The members were all dejected, their faces bitter.
Only Wu Xian, Zhou Qi, and Xue Qingyang were relatively calm.
Seeing this, Xue Lingling waved her hand, and twelve Copper Axis Instance Scroll Paintings floated before everyone. “Come on, claim your Ghost King Scroll Paintings. With this President’s Ghost King Scroll Paintings, I guarantee you’ll breeze through Scroll Painting Instances in the future!”
The twelve Club Members’ eyes lit up, stepping forward one by one to claim their respective Scroll Paintings.
“Why isn’t it the Soul Devouring Ghost King?”
Xue Qingyang seemed dissatisfied with the Ghost King he received.
“You’re more suited to the Many Evil Ghost King.” Xue Lingling said calmly.
“Alright then.”
Wu Xian watched everything, deep in thought.
Xue Lingling clearly wasn’t distributing the Ghost King Scroll Paintings randomly, but based on each person’s characteristics and their performance just now in Death Mountain Town, assigning different Ghost King Scroll Paintings.
“Tsk~ This President really went all out this time,” Xue Lingling seemed a bit heartbroken: “You all better perform well in the upcoming Bubble Matches. My future sales of this set of Ghost King Scroll Paintings will depend on you—don’t let me down.”
She thought the Registration Fees from the previous Audition would cover it, but in the end, she had to subsidize quite a bit.
“Please rest assured, President!” Du Yifan took the lead.
“Very good!” Xue Lingling nodded in satisfaction. “In your daily activities, go more to the various levels of Death Mountain Town Instances in the Abyssal Realm to accumulate【Death Mountain Town】 Energy.”
“Understood.”
Everyone responded in unison.
Zhou Qi followed up, “Anyone interested in this set of mine can come find me. Club Members get an 80% discount.”
As a Scroll Painter, Zhou Qi’s relationship with the club was more like a special cooperation.
In the future, he would develop his own branch within the club.
“What about the Vice President?” Xue Qingyang looked expectantly at Wu Xian. “List a price menu, so everyone has something to aim for.”
“Um,” Wu Xian nodded with a smile, “I’ll set the prices later and send them out to you.”
“Vice President is awesome!”
Xue Qingyang led the cheers.
No way around it—Wu Xian’s Undead-type Scroll Painting that had thoroughly beaten him had him drooling.
At this moment, he had set his next struggle goal as【Black and White Impermanence】.
As soon as Wu Xian published the price list, he would place an order immediately.
“Meeting adjourned, remember to check the group updates,” Xue Lingling announced the end. “Good Disciple, come with me.”
The members chatted and laughed as they dispersed, many already eager to experience the power of the Ghost King Scroll Painting, forming groups of three or five to head to the Dimensional Gate for Instances.
Wu Xian followed Master Sister to the President’s “Palace” within the club.
“How’s your learning of the Scroll Painting Concepts I gave you?” Xue Lingling gradually assumed the demeanor of a Master.
“Not bad.”
“This set of Scroll Painting Concepts from your Master is quite profound, no rush~ take it slow.” Xue Lingling smiled knowingly. “Ask me if there’s anything you don’t understand.”
Little did she know, Wu Xian had already mastered this set of Scroll Painting Concepts.
“Here, this is the【Soul Devouring Ghost King】 Authorized Original Copy. Treat it well.”
“Definitely,” Wu Xian curiously examined the Scroll Painting in his hand. “Why is it a Silver Scroll? Shouldn’t it be a Golden Axis?”
“…” Xue Lingling said irritably: “Do you think Golden Axis Materials are that easy to gather?”
“Fine.”
Wu Xian pouted reluctantly.
He then probed his Mental Power into the Soul Devouring Ghost King Authorized Original Copy. The “Copyright Grant” Scroll Painting Imprint followed the Mental Power and merged into his Sea of Consciousness.
Then, a bizarre scene occurred.
The【Ten Great Yin Marshals】 Divine Diagram, converged in his Sea of Consciousness, seemed to sense something, automatically unfolding and swiftly absorbing the Soul Devouring Ghost King’s Authorization Imprint into the Divine Diagram with thunderous speed.
Wu Xian only felt the Ten Great Yin Marshals Divine Diagram stir restlessly.
Moments later, the discomfort vanished. The Soul Devouring Ghost King’s Authorization Imprint had actually merged into the Yin Commander Ghost King’s Imprint, bringing tremendous enhancement to the Ten Great Yin Marshals Divine Diagram.
This sudden change secretly startled Wu Xian.
“This is… incorporation?”
There was such a magical operation?
Looking at Master Sister Xue Lingling, she seemed unaware of this change.
While secretly breathing a sigh of relief, it also gave him a deeper understanding of this world’s “copyright authentication.”
The Soul Devouring Ghost King’s Copyright was clearly still with Xue Lingling, but after merging into the Ten Great Yin Marshals Divine Diagram, it formed a peculiar dual copyright.
From his impression, the Ghost King image among the Ten Great Yin Marshals did have some origins with Buddhism.
Could that be the reason?
“Come on, say any questions you have while studying the Scroll Painting,” Xue Lingling had an expression bursting with teacherly glow. “With your Master’s guidance, you’ll surely quickly become a qualified Scroll Painter.”
Wu Xian’s eyes flickered as he carefully asked: “Do you think under different Scroll Painting Concepts, similar or close images might appear?”
“There is that possibility.” Xue Lingling nodded thoughtfully.
