Mythical Scroll Artist: Starting with the God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming

Chapter 29 The Legendary Xue Lingling

"Hey, there seem to be other people inside the factory area." The short, thin young man noticed something.

Du Yifan nodded, "I sensed it just now, such a strong aura, I wonder what kind of scroll it is?"

"He seems to be a senior scroll painter," Wu Xian said.

"A scroll painter?" Du Yifan and the other two's eyes lit up, and they excitedly asked, "Which master? What did he look like?"

"A woman, in her early twenties, was using a mahogany coffin as a vehicle. She looked rather sinister... um... rather unique." Wu Xian described simply, "With this senior here, there shouldn't be any problems at the factory."

"A woman? In her twenties?" The slightly chubby young man was completely bewildered. "I've never heard of a scroll painter like this in Yaoyang City. Have you heard of her?"

The short, thin young man looked bewildered.

Du Yifan vaguely realized something, "A redwood coffin? Could it be the one guarding Death Mountain Town?"

"You know Brother Du too?" the slightly chubby and short man asked in surprise.

“Hmm,” Du Yifan said quite seriously, “I had the pleasure of meeting that young lady from the Xue family in the North District a couple of days ago, but unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to speak with her.”

Upon hearing the name Xue, the fat and thin men were greatly surprised. "Xue Lingling? The legendary beauty from heaven?"

Du Yifan neither confirmed nor denied it.

"Hiss~ I haven't heard from her since she was exceptionally admitted to the Peak Dojo," the slightly chubby young man sighed. "I never expected her to return to Yaoyang City."

"I wonder if Xue Lingling accepts followers?"

The short, thin young man's eyes lit up; after all, that was the scroll artist from the Peak Dojo!
"Whether we accept her or not, it's always good to get acquainted with her first," the slightly chubby young man said, unable to hide his anticipation. "Besides, as her fellow villagers, we have some advantages."

"Makes sense."

Du Yifan wholeheartedly agreed, his eyes burning with enthusiasm.

The three of them were already eager to rush into the factory area and become familiar with Xue Lingling.

Wu Xian saw everything and was secretly amazed.

Is this the appeal of a dojo scroll painter?
"Xue Lingling?"

The Xue family is a top-tier aristocratic family in Yaoyang City. Wu Xian had heard that the Xue family had produced a prodigy many years ago who was exceptionally admitted to the Dengfeng Dojo at a young age. Her legend still circulates in Yaoyang City to this day.

I never expected that the legendary Xue Lingling would look like this, like something out of the underworld.

"Let's go, let's go!" Du Yifan and the other two were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. "The time has come to fight for our future and destiny."

As he spoke, he tried to pull Wu Xian along to charge in.

"Oh? I won't go." Wu Xian quickly refused.

"Brother, are you stupid?" the slightly chubby young man said earnestly. "There aren't many opportunities to stand out in front of the dojo's scroll artist. Why don't you go?"

"I'm afraid of dying," Wu Xian said honestly.

"..."

Du Yifan and the other two were speechless.

Seeing that they couldn't persuade Wu Xian, Du Yifan and the other two stopped talking and enthusiastically ventured deeper into the factory area.

Wu Xian pouted sullenly and continued to hunt in the vicinity of the factory area.

He had never really grasped the prestige of scroll painters before, but today he has witnessed it firsthand.

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. For this world, the [Extraordinary Scroll] is a real source of productivity and combat power.

Mastering the [Extraordinary Scroll] is equivalent to mastering productivity and combat power. The more advanced and powerful the scroll, the higher one's status will naturally be.

Fortunately, Wu Xian has no shortage of these things, only money and resources.

There's no need to fawn over the scroll painter.

……

Sanzaigang, Old Town.

Because of its proximity to the three major dimensional ports, the situation here is clearly more severe.

Fortunately, Sanzaigang was a gathering place for emerging spirit masters and adventurers, and with the army's immediate intervention, the situation remained relatively stable.

Tang Tiaotiao led her team through the battle, growing stronger with each fight.

Along the way, they also visited some of the younger brothers they had taken in during high school. The Jade Rabbit and the Moon Goddess Rider had also improved without them realizing it, attracting the attention of countless spirit tamers wherever they went.

"Sister Jump, where are we going?"

As the group moved further away from the city, the teammates couldn't help but wonder. "The shantytowns!" Tang Tiaotiao exclaimed excitedly, brimming with enthusiasm. "I wonder how Xiao Xianzi is doing?"

Although Xiaoxianzi's two painting spirits should be in no danger, she was still a little worried.

Of course, the main reason is to show off my Luna Sky Rider, hehe.

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, his teammate exclaimed in surprise, "I heard it's very dangerous over there, and everyone's been quarantined."

"What, are you scared?"

……

Wu Xian made a fortune by scavenging near the garbage disposal plant.

So much so that even the [Subspace Bracelet] couldn't hold it all.

"Looks like I need to get a bigger backpack."

Seeing that there were still so many monsters nearby, Wu Xian had no choice but to give up regretfully.

Just as they were about to leave, a terrifying scream suddenly came from the factory area. Sensing something was wrong, Wu Xian rode away on Chicken King.

Looking back, one sees black mist swirling above the factory area, from which a divine light emerges, unfurling a familiar projection.

Then came a series of intense battle sounds.

Soon after, the terrifying and eerie aura gradually faded, clearly indicating that Xue Lingling had taken control of the situation.

"I wish we could be that good someday."

With the crisis averted, Wu Xian breathed a sigh of relief.

But just a few seconds after I relaxed, a chilling sensation came from behind me.

"what's the situation?!"

Looking back, a dark, gray mist, like a toxic gas leak, spread from the factory area.

Within the gray fog, ghosts howled and wolves howled, churning up hideous and terrifying waves of smoke, as if countless wronged souls were struggling within.

In the blink of an eye, it spread to Wu Xian's eyes.

Fortunately, the Black and White Impermanence guardians were powerful enough to block the eerie gray mist that surged in like a tide. With a soul-summoning banner in one hand and a soul-binding chain in the other, they continuously purified the surrounding gray mist.

Wu Xian, relieved that he had just escaped, quickly became excited. "The level of the Painting Spirit has increased so quickly?"

"Quick, quick, inhale more!"

Feeling the rapid rise in the level of the [Black and White Impermanence] painting spirit, Wu Xian couldn't stop smiling.

This isn't danger at all; it's practically a free experience package delivered right to your doorstep.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Xue Lingling was standing on a coffin lid with a divine scroll above her head, controlling a giant fanged monster to devour everything in its path.

Ouch——!
The fanged monster's ferocious maw, like a black hole, sucked back the spreading gray mist.

"Huh~" As she devoured the food, Xue Lingling seemed to sense something and looked in surprise at a certain spot outside the factory area. "How dare you steal my prey!"

The gray fog that had been spreading outwards began to shrink into the city and was gradually devoured by the fanged monsters.

"Wait, why is so much missing?"

Xue Lingling's mind went blank; she was both surprised and suspicious.

The experience and spirit of the entire fourth-tier commander-level monster were reduced by nearly a quarter.

It's important to understand that once the [Wraith Mist Spirit] is broken into a state of suspended animation, it can recover by devouring other strange monsters through the gray mist. Without some specific methods, it's difficult to deal with that gray mist, let alone disintegrate and transform it.

Ordinary two- or three-star spirit paintings, once entangled in the gray mist, are doomed to die.

However, someone actually stole nearly a quarter of the [Resentful Mist Spirit]'s profits from her [Soul Devouring Ghost King].

"It's like the aura of some kind of undead spirit, but not quite the same..." Activating her powerful spiritual energy to probe the area, Xue Lingling's beautiful eyes flickered slightly. "Hehe, it ran pretty fast~!"

Just then, Du Yifan and his two companions, still shaken, came over.

"Senior Xue truly lives up to his reputation, we..."

However, Xue Lingling didn't even glance at the three of them, and sped away on the coffin lid.

To put it simply, if it weren't for those three hotheads in the defense team getting in the way, the Vengeful Mist Spirit wouldn't have had the chance to dissipate into a state of apparent death.

(End of this chapter)