Immortality begins with meditation puppets

"The world within the painting is unknown; it is either born from the painting itself or moved from the original world into the painting."

However, there is no doubt that this painting is not as simple as a second-order symbol painting.

"Hiss, this painting seems to contain Daoist patterns?"

Taotie's intuition was indeed remarkable. This talisman, which formed its own world within the painting, would have been completely undetectable to Yao Guangquan if he hadn't sensed it. Yao Guangquan would have taken it back to appease his wife and children without even realizing it. Of course, even if Yao Guangquan had obtained this talisman, he probably wouldn't have discovered its subtleties in his entire life.

Dao patterns!

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Only when Su Qing has seen more Dao patterns and has more Dao patterns imprinted on his body can he discover the Dao pattern aura hidden in the landscape of this talisman.

Without any hesitation, Su Qing immediately focused his mind on the talisman, following the patterns of mountains and rivers and the veins of the Dao, intending to make this Dao pattern his own.

However, to his dismay, the talisman contained an immeasurable sky and an immeasurable distance. It seemed that his divine sense had only swept over a few strokes of landscape painting on the talisman, but in reality, it had searched the endless rivers and mountains for thousands of miles. As a result, even his divine sense, which was comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, was overwhelmed and could not continue.

Exhausted by his spiritual energy, he had only managed to search a tiny fraction of the landscape talisman, not even a fraction of it.

The Dao patterns hidden within, wandering through these mountains, rivers, and lakes, are even more difficult for him to capture.

Just as he was about to extend his divine sense and end this attempt, intending to ponder it more thoroughly at a later time.

Suddenly, a seven-colored python leaped out of a shallow river in the painting and tried to follow his divine sense out of the painting.

"How dare you, you bastard!"

According to Su Qing's perception, this seven-colored python has an aura of about the fourth level. Although it occupies not even a small portion of the painting, if it were to escape into the outside world, it would definitely be a frightening sight.

That would be quite a shock.

Because after he cleverly followed me out of prison.

Before it could even open its mouth, it was about to bite its own escaped benefactor.

It was then attacked by Tiger Egg, who had been waiting outside, along with other third-tier puppets, who stabbed and bombarded it until it was smashed to pieces.

It's pitiful that this seven-colored python, in its prime, might have been no less imposing than the fish-headed shovel I encountered near the sea years ago. However, it has been trapped in that painting for many years and is not very adapted to the outside world, so it is unable to unleash its full power.

The main reason was that Su Qing, a mere Golden Core cultivator, had more than ten or twenty fourth-tier Lu Wu puppets and other strange-looking third-tier puppets outside.

What a magnificent seven-colored python! Even with its flesh torn to shreds, it could still transform its primordial spirit into a small snake, its tail coiled around the golden core, its snake-like head and body ready to escape.

Unexpectedly, it was about to face the sword might of the tiger egg, the dragon might of the Taotie, Su Qing's fourth-order Mountain and Sea Capture, and more than twenty third-order puppets that had already formed a tight encirclement around it.

It truly leaves it with nowhere to go, neither to heaven nor to earth.

To Su Qing's surprise, even so, the seven-colored snake had no intention of burrowing into the landscape talisman to survive.

"A mere Golden Core cultivator dares to lay a hand on a disciple of my Snail Emperor Palace? Didn't your master teach you that when you encounter disciples from the Three Mountains, Two Palaces, and One Island, you must bow three times and kowtow nine times, prostrating yourself to greet them?"

Having suffered a great loss, and after scanning its surroundings and realizing that escape was not an easy task, the colorful little snake began to threaten others with bluster but a weak heart.

However, its ancient identity as a second-generation palace servant poses no threat to Su Qing in the present world.

"I do know about the Snail Palace from ancient classics, but after the great calamity of antiquity, very few of the ancient texts have been passed down to later generations. As for the Snail Palace, I have only seen a few scattered fragments."

All that is known is that it was built by a powerful being who had attained the Dao, and that it had the grace of lighting and guarding the fire for the human race. However, countless tens of thousands of years have passed since the Snail Emperor Palace established its lineage in the Tianyuan Realm. Even if we consider the ancient calamity, more than ten million years have passed since then.

"I hope you will forgive my bluntness, fellow Daoist. With your fourth-tier Nascent Soul cultivation, your lifespan is at most ten thousand years. Even among demons who attain enlightenment, lifespans are longer than those of humans. For non-divine beasts, even the Xuan Turtle lineage only reaches a maximum of one hundred and twenty thousand years. Such a lifespan is truly hard to believe, fellow Daoist, that you are a disciple of the Snail Emperor Palace, and have lived from ancient times to the present!"

Su Qing had no respect for this seven-colored snake; otherwise, he wouldn't have uttered that word "beast," nor would he have prompted the tiger egg puppets to act when necessary, turning it from a seven-colored python into a seven-colored snake.

However, since this little snake came from the landscape talisman, he still needed to ask it some questions about the secrets of the talisman. Therefore, he was being polite and courteous at this moment.

He was met with indifference despite his polite words, but the colorful snake opposite him thought he was easy to bully. Upon hearing that he doubted her, the snake's tail stood on end in anger, almost causing its golden core to fall off.

"What do you know, young man! This Mountain and Sea Map is a primordial spiritual treasure, a natural treasure. Once a living being falls into it, it has no connection with the outside world. Even after ten thousand years, it is just a dream and an awakening."

Wait, what did you just say? The ancient calamity has passed? It's only been a little over ten million years, and the ancient calamity has already passed?
What is the ancient era? Was our time the ancient era? No, wait, the Snail Queen said this calamity will last for over a thousand years, only tens of millions of years, how long is that?

Are we still in the midst of calamity in this world? You youngster, let me ask you: do you know if the Human Emperor is still alive, if any disciples of the Primordial Beginning have descended the mountain, if any disciples of the Tushita Palace have lit the Heavenly Lanterns, if the Heavenly Emperor has returned to his throne, and if the stars are in order...?

Even when the seven-colored snake's physical body was destroyed, it showed no sign of panic. But when it heard Su Qing say that the ancient calamity was only a little over ten million years away, its primordial spirit was so anxious that it was practically steaming.

Su Qing was also completely baffled by the question.

Are you asking me or am I asking you?

Oh, I haven't even asked you that yet.

But if you ask me, I can tell you without reservation.

"None of that. What is the Primordial Palace? What is the Tushita Palace? I've never even heard of them. The throne of the Human Emperor is being fought over by a group of princes. Maybe in a few million years, we'll see who wins. The Heavenly Emperor certainly hasn't returned to his throne yet. But fellow Daoist, take a look at this Lu Wu puppet of mine. Does it have the potential to become a lackey of the Heavenly Emperor?"

The colorful little snake didn't have time to discuss the tiger egg's potential with him; it simply coiled its body in the air, talking to itself:

"I've really messed up! I've really messed up this time. The Spirit Sealing Ring I got through connections back then only worked once and it's no longer effective. Now that I've come to the mortal world and been tainted by its energy, the Mountain and Sea Map will no longer allow me to enter. This great calamity isn't over yet, the biggest one hasn't even truly arrived, and my life is really going to be ruined by this calamity!"

After a moment of panic, the seven-colored snake's eyes emitted a dazzling seven-colored light, seemingly possessing the ability to capture souls and stabilize people's minds. The instant it landed on Su Qing, Su Qing felt his whole body turn ice cold, and his blood, flesh, spirit, and magic power could hardly move at all.

"It's all your fault, you junior! If you hadn't probed the map with your divine sense, how could I have mistakenly thought the calamity was over and the opportunity to escape had arrived? I left the protection of the Mountain and Sea Map so early! You deserve to die!"

The seven-colored snake, perhaps a naturally unique species, seemed to have little use for the physical body. It was only through its unique technique of seven-colored pupils that it managed to control Su Qing, who thought he had the situation under his control.

Unfortunately, in its rage, it failed to consider that most of Su Qing's puppets were actually inscribed with intelligent runes. When their master's consciousness was controlled and they could no longer manipulate them, these puppets possessed independent thinking and the ability to save their master on their own.

Phew!
In the blink of an eye, just as the seven-colored snake subdued Su Qing, before it could do anything to him, the fiercely protective Tiger Egg extended its nine tails and unleashed nine sword strikes, piercing nine holes in Su Qing's primordial spirit. In its pain, Su Qing was freed from the control of its pupil technique.

"You beast! How dare you hurt me!"

Having suffered a loss, Su Qing no longer bothered to be polite with the little snake. Together with Hu Dan, they unleashed the Heavenly Nine Swords, a Heavenly-level combat technique. One man and one tiger each wielded nine swords with nine hands and nine tails with one tiger, totaling eighteen swords. The display of Heavenly-level power was overwhelming, and the sword aura was so magnificent that it could change the color of the wind and clouds. The entire Shipwreck Bay was alarmed by this commotion.

The two old heroes, Master Liaode, Ying Jueshen, and Lü Wentian, were visibly shaken and hurriedly headed towards the Bixi on Dragon Island.

However, they knew that the opponent that Su Qing could deal with using a Heaven-level sword technique was definitely not a third-order Golden Core cultivator, but a fourth-order Nascent Soul cultivator, and one of the more difficult fourth-order Nascent Soul cultivators to deal with!

"Protect the Emperor! Master Su is in danger! Brothers from Wanghai, come with me, Yao Guangquan, to the Bixi Mountain on Dragon Island to protect him!"

Yao Guangquan, a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a wide network of connections, was intimidated by the overwhelming and immeasurable sword aura. Knowing that it would be futile for him to go up against such a force, he still said, regardless of whether it would be useful or not, his attitude towards going up was very important.

A huge crowd swarmed toward the Bixi (a mythical creature) on Dragon Island. They all understood that if Su Qing were to be in trouble in this vast Western Sea, none of them would be able to return alive.

Just as they were extremely anxious, they saw Su Qing, who was activating a Heaven-level sword skill and presumably dealing with a formidable enemy, calmly stand on the top of the dragon island's Bixi.

He simply waved to them casually and said:
"I have gained some insight and practiced my swordsmanship. It's nothing serious. Don't make a fuss. Go back to what you need to do and dig this Shipwreck Bay up to the bottom. Don't leave the pirates with even a single spirit crystal!"

Master Su's words brought a sigh of relief to the group of cultivators who were looking towards the sea.

"That's normal, I understand. If I create a Heaven-level sword technique, I'll have to show it off every now and then, so people know how powerful I am!"

"Wasn't this Heaven-level sword technique supposed to be just a prototype, not yet fully created? Judging from this, it seems that Master Su has already mastered it?"

"No wonder Master Su dared to lead us to Langya to fight; he truly is a once-in-a-million swordsmanship prodigy!"

As Yao Guangquan and the other cultivators from Wanghai retreated, muttering amongst themselves.

Master Liaode looked thoughtfully towards the captain's cabin of the Bixi on Dragon Island.

"There seems to be an eerie aura?"

"So what if there's demonic energy? Since Master Su thinks he can handle it and doesn't need our help, let's just pretend nothing happened!" The old man, Lü Wentian, shook his head and said.

"A Heaven-level sword technique! My Ying family also has a Heaven-level combat technique in its lineage, but no one has ever successfully cultivated it. I originally thought it wasn't because my descendants were incompetent, but because Heaven-level combat techniques were too difficult to cultivate. Today, seeing Master Su, who has not only mastered a Heaven-level combat technique, but also created it himself, this... this is infuriating!"

The old hero Ying Jue Shen sighed deeply, lamenting that he was not Su Qing, nor had he ever fathered a child like Su Qing.

Hearing this, Shao Delong was extremely excited.

"Father-in-law, my Ying family also possesses Heaven-level combat techniques? Why didn't you tell me about them!"

"Do I need to talk to you!" Ying Jueshen glanced at him. A second-tier body cultivator, all he could do was help the Ying family produce offspring. He wanted a Heaven-level combat skill? Dream on! "Then why didn't you tell me? After my father-in-law dies, won't I inherit this thing? If you ask me, it'll be given to me sooner or later. Why not give it to me now? Delong can see what this Heaven-level combat skill is all about!"

"You should take care of yourself first. If you don't advance to the third rank soon, you won't even have as much lifespan as I do. I might even have to see you off in your old age!" Ying Jueshen ignored Delong's words, mainly because he was worried that if he gave the family inheritance to Delong, Delong would sell it to Su Qing.

Seems good?
No one in his family can cultivate this Heaven-level combat skill for the time being, so letting Su Qing cultivate it is at least a favor.

No! Why should he? The Ying family is doing quite well now, why would they go to such lengths to offer their family inheritance to Su Qing? Even if they wanted to give it to him, Su Qing would have to come to the Ying family and beg him!

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Inside the Bixi (a mythical tortoise-like creature) on Dragon Island.

After sending away the cultivators who had shown loyalty, or pretended to be very loyal, from the sea.

Su Qing coldly stared at the colorful little snake on the ground, which had been mangled beyond recognition and was neither snake nor insect.

"You little beast, now I'm asking you a question, so answer me! Behave yourself, do you hear me!"

"Master, please speak, I dare not conceal anything!" The seven-colored snake had also come to terms with reality. Regardless of whether it was ancient times or the present world, in this world, might makes right. And regardless of whether it was still undergoing tribulation, if it didn't deal with this monster that could create heaven-level combat skills with its golden core today, it would definitely face a terrible tribulation!

"Why didn't you do this earlier? All my efforts have been in vain. Let me ask you, what's the secret behind this Snail Palace, Yuanshi Mountain, and that so-called Heavenly Emperor's return to his throne? And what's so mysterious about this Mountain and Sea Map?"

Su Qing, who originally only wanted to acquire a talismanic treasure, was now more interested in the ancient secrets known to the seven-colored little snake.

You should know that if what it says is true, then this is a very serious matter.

The Snail King it spoke of was a supreme being who had attained the Dao, capable of creating or destroying the world with a single thought, and able to manipulate the universe with his bare hands.

His prediction of how long the ancient calamity would last was certainly not as unreliable as Master Tong's calculations of heavenly secrets.

If they were still in the midst of the tribulation, Su Qing couldn't imagine who or what force in the present world could compare to the countless gods and Buddhas of the ancient times. If all the gods and Buddhas of the ancient times were destroyed, how could these grotesque and mediocre cultivators in the present world possibly survive such a tribulation? They would all be doomed.

The seven-colored snake lay limply on the ground. After being dealt with by Su Qing, it was now as docile as could be. Its forked tongue flicked out as if to say:
"The Snail Emperor once said that when the Great Calamity arises, the Dao Ancestor will scatter the Dao, and all creation will be divided. Those who unite with the Dao will see their Great Dao collapse and disappear into the dust. This calamity will last for 50,000 Yuanhui, and each Yuanhui will last for 129,600 years."

When we entered the Mountain and Sea Map for refuge, the great calamity had already passed by more than 40,000 years. At that time, the Great Demon Yuanzhong, the Great Demon Taishang, the Great Demon Zhutian and other demons led countless evil spirits to wreak havoc on the world.

All the great beings of the heavens, including the Snail Emperor, are no longer in this world. The Primordial Beginning has returned to the primordial chaos, and the heavenly lanterns of the Tushita Palace have remained unlit for a long time.

Without the guidance of powerful Dao-merging beings, how could we, the ancient cultivators, possibly withstand the great demons? As a result, the Snail Emperor's Palace collapsed, the Primordial Mountain cracked, and the Tushita Palace spun and fell into the chaotic void—all sorts of terrible things that we never dared to imagine in the past happened.

When these powerful lineages and their disciples were almost all killed or wounded in their struggle against the demons, and all living beings in the world completely lost their ability to resist the demons, the heavens and the earth collapsed, the Heavenly Court crumbled in the wilderness, the ancient Buddha fell in the Western Desert, the Kunlun Immortal Vein was severed, and the Northern Sea dried up and crumbled.

We, the disciples of the Snail Emperor Palace, received the Snail Emperor's words of wisdom at the very beginning of this great calamity, knowing that this calamity was beyond our ability to resist. Therefore, we sought refuge in the Mountain and Sea Map and waited for the calamity to pass.

As for when the great calamity will end, there are various signs. If an outsider breaks through the blockade of the Mountain and Sea Map and probes into the map with their divine sense, it will be a sign that the outside world has already accommodated the return of the mountains and seas in the map, and we can leave the map.

As for the disciples of Yuanshi Mountain descending the mountain, the lighting of the heavenly lanterns in the Tushita Palace, the presence of the Human Emperor, and the return of the Heavenly Emperor to his position, these are all omens of an impending great calamity.

But right now, apart from you, sir, probing the Mountain and Sea Map with your divine sense, not a single other sign has appeared. And according to my calculations, there are still about nine hundred more days until the day the Snail Emperor spoke of when the calamity will occur!

The seven-colored snake became more and more excited as it spoke. Thinking of the great demons and evil spirits it had encountered in ancient times, it felt an instinctive fear. Any one or two of those beings could easily crush this fourth-order snake into a ball, something it could not possibly resist.

Hearing its words, Su Qing felt heavy-hearted.

I originally thought that the Mountain and Sea Map was a prison that deprived the little seven-colored snake of its freedom, but I never expected that the map would be a refuge in the apocalypse.

"When you go back, will you take Xiaodao with you, along with his companions and relatives? There won't be many people, maybe only about a hundred?"

The Mountain and Sea Map was so mysterious that Su Qing suddenly had the idea of ​​taking the witch and the others to take refuge in it. Even if they didn't go now, it would be a way out if something terrible happened in the future.

"I dare not utter such nonsense in front of the Mountain and Sea Child. How could such a priceless treasure as the Mountain and Sea Map be allowed to enter and exit so casually? I only gained entry in the past by using connections—no, by performing meritorious service and obtaining the Spirit Sealing Ring—and thus earned the Mountain and Sea Child's approval. Now, neither of us possesses a Spirit Sealing Ring; entering this map is simply impossible..."

"Heavens above, what are you doing!"

The colorful little snake was shaking its head, saying that Su Qing's idea of ​​using the Mountain and Sea Map as a mobile shelter was interesting, but not worth considering. Then, the snake's eyes widened and it saw Su Qing dart into the Mountain and Sea Map!

They actually dashed inside!

Could it be that after so many years, the Mountain and Sea Child could no longer bear the lonely and tedious work and started to slack off, which is why this person was able to enter the painting with his divine sense and now even his physical body and soul have entered the painting!

The more the colorful little snake thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Its despair was replaced by hope, and it mustered its strength and darted toward the picture.

Bang!
A phantom image of a sacred mountain flashed by, striking the seven-colored serpent's primordial spirit, causing it to sway and tremble, on the verge of disintegration.

"The Shanhaiguan gate is still there, and it doesn't allow people to come and go as they please. So what's with that man Xiu? How can he treat the Shanhaiguan gate as if it doesn't exist?"

The colorful little snake was confused and bewildered, and could only curse Su Qing, who had brought it out.

What kind of person is he? He brought me out of this apocalyptic world, but he went and got trapped inside!

However, the Mountain and Sea Map contains two worlds, one inside and one outside. If this child falls into the map, his divine sense should no longer be able to control the puppet outside.
Let's run away first!
The seven-colored snake coiled up the golden core, its body forming a spherical shape. With a bounce on the ground, it was about to escape this place of trouble. Although the great calamity had not yet passed, it knew of several other places to avoid it besides the Mountain and Sea Map.

For example, that old yellow pagoda, that hapless clock, and those four chuunibyou swords!
What makes it unbelievable is that after the great calamity of antiquity, it was thought that powerful cultivators and countless gods and Buddhas had perished, and many lineages had been severed, so that the cultivation world in the present world would never recover and would never regain its former glory.

Little did they know that the Heavenly Talisman Wall had shed its Dao patterns, and that generations of cultivators, in the process of comprehending the Dao patterns, had gradually developed rune techniques, embarking on the path of deriving runes from Dao patterns and using runes to comprehend the Great Dao.

simply put.

The times are changing too fast, so fast that these ancient snakes and the seven-colored little snakes can no longer keep up or understand this cultivation world!
For example, Su Qing's puppets, despite not being controlled by their master's divine consciousness, can still obey their master's commands and lock them in place.

After being bombarded by a round of Spirit Explosion Fire Cannons, the seven-colored little snake finally calmed down.

It can't be dishonest either. Although it uses its primordial spirit as its power, its physical body is like clothing to an ordinary person. It's better to have it, but it's better not to have it!

However, without the protection of a physical body, and with his primordial spirit having just been severely injured by a Heaven-level combat skill, his strongest ability to intimidate and immobilize was completely ineffective against these puppets that seemed to have brains but were actually mindless!
This puts it in a predicament where, even when Su Qing is not present, it can only be held at gunpoint by the puppets!
"Let's see who can outlast whom. I just don't believe you have enough backup resources to outlast me!"

The seven-colored little snake was quick-witted. No matter how things develop in the future, the principle remains the same: as long as the puppets do not awaken independent will and become puppet demons, they cannot cultivate themselves and absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth. All their actions must be powered by spirit stones!
"These puppets are truly remarkable. They exist between having and not having a spirit, and the probability of them developing intelligence is hundreds of thousands of times higher than that of ordinary puppets. This is already quite a feat of creation. This is the work of the Snail Queen. That kid has received the Snail Queen's true teachings."

What is he? He's not even a snake. How could he possibly have received the true teachings of the Snail King?
But if you think about it that way, it makes perfect sense that he was able to enter the Mountain and Sea Map. He's practically one of the Empress's family, so shouldn't the Mountain and Sea Child turn a blind eye to it?
"Forget it, he's already inside the Mountain and Sea Map, so he's escaped this calamity. I, on the other hand, still need to survive this calamity. These semi-Creation Puppets were rare items even in ancient times. I'll pack them all up and take them with me!"

The seven-colored little snake's cunning eyes darted over the group of puppets outside, thinking that if it presented these puppets as a greeting gift, it might be able to get the old Yellow Bell and the Hunzi Bell to protect it with their merit energy.

It's pitiful, being an ancient snake, it has never seen anything good in the modern world. It doesn't know about the development of modern intelligence and bionic runes. Although Su Qing's puppets are not bad, in the modern world, they only cost a little over a thousand spirit stones. They are far inferior to the creation puppets that it had in mind, which were worth about the same as acquired spiritual treasures in ancient times!

Even if it were over a thousand spirit stones, it wouldn't be something it could take away in one go!

A series of hurried footsteps sounded as Huodan, carrying Qinghe, and Xiong Er, leading Huodan, rushed to Su Qing to share the spoils—no, to show their master the haul. If their master was in a good mood, they would be extremely grateful if he gave them a few coins.

But upon entering the captain's cabin, all one could see was a group of puppets surrounding a small, colorful snake that looked like a wronged young wife and had a cunning, thieving appearance!
"Where is my boss? Where is my boss?!"

Inside the captain's cabin, a group of puppets were armed with guns and cannons, their tension palpable. There was also a strange little snake emanating a Nascent Soul-level pressure that made her tremble. However, she couldn't see her master, Su Qing. Qinghe was immediately filled with anxiety and cried out urgently.

"Woof woof woof!" Qinghe was still barking when Huodan immediately bit the seven-colored snake.

Fire Egg's dog mouth was too easy to dodge, but as soon as the Seven-Colored Little Snake moved, it was bombarded by Spirit Explosion Flame Cannons, nunchucks, tornadoes, two-headed mirage dragons and other puppets.

It simply stopped dodging and let the fire egg tear at it. These third-tier dog mouths couldn't break through its fourth-tier primordial spirit!
"No, no, where are you going to bite? Biting my tail is already going too far, but biting my golden core is really crossing my line!"

Whose core isn't fragile? The little snake's golden core is its lifeblood. When Fire Egg tried to touch its core, the seven-colored snake couldn't help but react. Its snake eyes flashed with seven-colored light, making Fire Egg, who really had a dog's brain, tilt its head and mouth. If it weren't for Xiong Er stopping it, it would have gone out to find its poop to eat!
"You actually have a brain? A true creation puppet?"

The seven-colored snake looked at Xiong Er, its eyes glowing red. As a disciple of the Snail Emperor Palace, it had the good fortune to see several Creation Puppets under the Empress's command in the past. Such puppets were a unique secret of the Snail Emperor Palace that even the Primordial Mountain and the Four Heavenly Masters could not obtain, and they were not easy to see even in ancient times.

Unexpectedly, not long after arriving in the mortal world, I was able to meet one.

No, there's more than one. Lu Wu, the Nine Swordsman who was next to that kid earlier, also seems to be a Creation Puppet!
That kid's got guts!
The seven-colored snake increasingly felt that Su Qing, who had tricked it out of its predicament, was far more capable than it had imagined.

Alas, if it hadn't been included in the Mountain and Sea Map, it would have been a powerful figure to rely on.

Just as the colorful little snake was feeling regretful, it suddenly felt dizzy. It was because Xiong Er, who had somehow gotten behind it, had given it a hard whack with his vajra.

One blow followed by another. Before the seven-colored snake could use its mind-controlling light to make Xiong Er lose his mind, the ruthless Xiong Er struck again and again, knocking the snake unconscious. Only then did he have Qing He, along with Huo Dan and all the puppets, keep an eye on the seven-colored snake and the captain's cabin.

But the bear itself, with a single step, darted into the Mountain and Sea Map, a place where even green lotus leaves and fire eggs could not enter.

Su Qing may not be a good owner, but Xiong Er is a good Xiong Er!

"Waaaah! (No matter who you are, using this talisman to harm my master, if you don't release my master immediately, don't blame me, Master Xiong Er, for not warning you!)"

Holding a vajra, Xiong Er, who had descended into the world depicted in the painting, stood with his sword drawn and shouted loudly. (End of Chapter)