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

Chapter 55 Enforcement Dies in the Mountain Town

"Knowing they'd be targeted, why create a club in the first place?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled.

"Of course, it's for my dream!" Xue Lingling replied without hesitation.

Wu Xian looked at Zhou Qi with a strange expression, "Brother Zhou, what brings you to the Ghost King Club as a student of Dengfeng Art Studio?"

“Like the president, I’m doing this for my dream.” Zhou Qi smiled, a flame burning in his eyes. “Yaoyang City is like a stagnant pool, devoid of any vitality. I… don’t like it.”

"As expected of a son of the Zhou family, he has ambition!" Xue Lingling nodded approvingly.

The two exchanged a smile, their expressions revealing a mutual appreciation and shared values.

Although Wu Xian didn't understand, he expressed his respect.

He now has only one dream: to make money and then become powerful.

Let's set a small goal first: like becoming the richest person in Yaoyang City?

"Get ready," Xue Lingling enthusiastically mobilized, "All the profits from this [Tier 1 Dead Mountain Town] are yours to keep, and how much you get depends on your own abilities."

Upon hearing this, everyone was instantly energized.

"Does Auntie keep her word?"

Xue Qingyang was the first to raise his hand and touch the scroll of [Dead Mountain Town]. He was instantly enveloped by the scroll's light and sucked into it.

The other members stopped talking and rushed into the scroll instance.

Xue Lingling, Zhou Qi, and Wu Xian entered last, taking their time.

Spacetime distortion.

Before my eyes, endless, dazzling colors distorted, and when my vision cleared again, I was already in a familiar town.

Unlike the Dead Mountain Town outpost, the Dead Mountain Town themed dungeon in front of us is filled with a strong atmosphere, permeated with eerie and resentful energy, making it chilling.

"You can team up or go it alone, it's up to you." Xue Lingling stepped onto the mahogany coffin and ascended into the air, activating her high-altitude observation mode. "This guild leader won't compete with you for the profits."

The club members quickly dispersed to observe, some alone, others in small groups.

"Together?" Zhou Qi sent out a team invitation.

"It's more fun to explore on your own the first time."

Wu Xian politely declined and chose to act alone.

Zhou Qi didn't say anything and rode away alone on his motorized skateboard.

Walking through the eerie and terrifying town feels like being in a horror-themed escape room, only more realistic and thrilling.

Unlike monsters from other dimensions.

The dangers and monsters in the scroll dungeon come from the scroll's background and are generally much stronger than ordinary dimensional monsters.

To put it simply, the [Domain Scroll] is formed by condensing absorbed and refined extradimensional energy into extraordinary monsters that appear in the background theme of the scroll.

These extraordinary monsters often produce higher quality materials and higher quality spiritual substances.

For example, if Wu Xian draws out [Huaguo Mountain] later and unlocks the Huaguo Mountain instance, then the monkeys and their offspring, or even the "real" Monkey King, will appear in it.

Of course, these images are all special monsters created from the scroll.

Or it can be understood as a kind of extraordinary creature similar to a "painting spirit".

The more energy the scroll accumulates, the more powerful the "extraordinary monster" it condenses will become.

Wu Xian chose to act alone because he wanted to experience the background of [Dead Mountain Town] by himself.

They had only explored a few steps when screams echoed from all over Dead Mountain Town.

Looking up at Xue Lingling shaking her head and rubbing her forehead, it's clear that someone has already died.

"Dying so quickly?"

Is it really that strong, being only at the first tier of [Dead Mountain Town]?

Or are those club members just too incompetent?
"Young man, buy some steamed buns, they're delicious."

An old man selling steamed buns appeared out of nowhere at a roadside stall. The buns on the stall were steaming hot and smelled delicious.

In short: It's like an NPC in an escape room.

However, Wu Xian remained vigilant and decisively summoned the Black and White Impermanence for self-defense.

How much are the steamed buns?

Wu Xian approached with interest and struck up a conversation. He had expected the old man to raise his head, reveal a terrifying, blood-soaked face, and then transform into a vengeful ghost to torment him.

But the plot seemed to be different from what he had imagined.

"Please help yourselves, gentlemen, it's free~ it's free." The old man, seeing the Black and White Impermanence, acted like a poor old man selling goods at a street stall seeing city management officers, obediently offering them steamed buns, looking rather pitiful.

Wu Xian would never eat this bun; who knows what kind of meat it's made of?

The key point is that the old man was very proper and didn't show any intention of "transforming," which made him feel a little embarrassed to take action.

Hesitating for a moment, he saw the Black Impermanence beside him wave the Soul-Binding Chains in his hand.

"Yes, sir!"

The old man obediently stepped forward and voluntarily got handcuffed. The Black and White Impermanence waved the soul-summoning banner to help him pass on to the afterlife. The entire law enforcement process was filled with respect for the "law-abiding citizen".

In the end, the old man selling steamed buns transformed into a wisp of spiritual energy and a blood-stained rag.

The spiritual energy surged into Wu Xian's body, transforming into a wisp of spiritual power cultivation. It wasn't much, but it was very useful.

This is another benefit of the scroll dungeon: defeating monsters within the scroll dungeon can increase your spiritual power cultivation.

As for the blood-stained rag, it exuded a strong spiritual energy and contained various high-quality spiritual substances related to the spirits of the dead.

"This……"

Wu Xian's expression was strange, and it took him a long time to come to his senses.

How did the expected fierce battle in the dungeon turn into "police enforcement"?

Of course, for every law-abiding citizen, there will be a lawless troublemaker.

After "capturing" several innocent souls, he encountered a butcher who "illegally detained" him, who grabbed a kitchen knife and started hacking without saying a word.

He transformed into a demon at a visible speed, from a burly butcher into a monster with its intestines ripped open and a hideous pig's head on its head, exuding murderous intent and malevolence.

Wu Xian took a step back to avoid the attack, and the Black and White Impermanence stepped forward to enforce the law together.

I must say, the scroll monsters are indeed much stronger than ordinary other-dimensional monsters.

Unfortunately, he was facing two Yin generals, Black and White Impermanence.

After a struggle, it was quickly restrained by the soul-summoning banner and soul-binding chains, and finally a piece of pig's jawbone fell out, which was quite eerie.

But Wu Xian could sense that the scroll monsters he was currently encountering were just minor monsters.

The real monster should be hiding at the epicenter of the tragedy in Dead Mountain Town, but the background setting of Dead Mountain Town is not yet clear.

I only gleaned a few words from those "law-abiding citizens".

It seems to be a small town "abandoned" by the gods, punished and cursed by them.

This also shows that the background of Dead Mountain Town is not bad. However, in a [First-Order Dead Mountain Town], it is impossible to form a real behind-the-scenes BOSS. At most, it can only form some minor leaders.

"Is it really a horror mystery?"

Wu Xian was eager to find out more.

Before they knew it, they had arrived at the dilapidated mansion where the town mayor was located.

The dilapidated mansion was littered with corpses, a gruesome sight, filled with a thick atmosphere of gloom and resentment.

However, someone had clearly beaten them to it. A giant centipede exuding a strong aura of death was slithering through the mansion, fighting against a group of ferocious and malevolent bandits.

It is Zhou Qi's original illustrated scroll, "The Netherworld Centipede".

Upon seeing Wu Xian arrive, Zhou Qi immediately extended an invitation: "The scroll of the Netherworld Centipede is still a bit too low-level. Shall we go together?"

Wu Xian remained noncommittal, but decisively led the Black and White Impermanence into the battle.

As the summoning banner waved, the bandits' spirits were clearly suppressed and affected to some extent. However, there was a mysterious power within the bandits that was empowering them; the power of their spirits was extremely strong.

Like Zhou Qi's Netherworld Centipede, the Black and White Impermanence's current "hardware" is ultimately too poor.

They couldn't suppress these band of undead bandits at all. Even with the help of Commander Hornet, it was still difficult to control these powerful bandits.

But the more this is the case, the more it demonstrates the "value" of these bandits.

If nothing unexpected happens, the high-quality materials provided by these bandits will be enough to reconstruct the Black and White Impermanence on the silver axis.

The key point is that they were riding horses, and they even had materials about the horse groom.

Fortunately, once the God of Wealth places his natal deity image, it can be released directly even without revealing the scroll.

(End of this chapter)