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

Chapter 76 Gods and Mortals

"I want to see which competitor has a problem!"

Li Zhanying's expression hardened, clearly indicating that he was determined to get to the bottom of the matter.

Tang Tiaotiao already knew about the existence of the Evil God Scroll Painter. Upon learning that her family's mine might be targeted by the Evil God's minions, she was immediately furious: "I don't care about any Evil God or anything like that. If they dare to bully my family, I'll kill them!"

"Don't act rashly," Li Zhanying solemnly reminded him, "You're still young and no match for that evil god's minions."

"Hmph, once I've fully conceived the Twelve Heavenly Riders, I'll make them take care of me with one hand!" Tang Tiaotiao said ambitiously.

Wu Xian then tentatively inquired, "Has Auntie ever fought against the servants of the evil god?"

“When I was young, I was fortunate enough to participate in a campaign against the evil scroll makers,” Li Zhanying nodded and said, “Their scrolls are strange and powerful, and ordinary spirit tamers have a hard time dealing with them. Only some powerful Taoist scrolls can contend with them.”

"The Golden Scroll of the Dojo?" Wu Xian was secretly shocked.

It's important to understand that the Golden Axis is a huge watershed moment. A scroll painting concept that can reach the Golden Axis is already quite powerful.

Ordinary scroll designs don't even qualify for the Gold Scroll category.

Any scroll that can be promoted to the Golden Axis must have a certain law or pattern behind its divine image.

Conversely, only scrolls with the potential to be constructed according to certain rules can be upgraded to the gold scroll level.

Therefore, the measure of whether a scroll is top-notch is whether it has the potential to build upon the principles of the Golden Scroll.

The Autobots are a prime example.

The underlying divine diagram contains very few laws and has almost no power at the law level, making it virtually impossible for it to be upgraded into a golden scroll in the future.

However, the research of his good brother Tang Beng seems to have brought some turning point.

In contrast, the Ten Yin Marshals are the kind of people with the potential to become Golden Scrolls, with rich and clear patterns of laws within their divine diagrams.

In Wu Xian's view, the Golden Axis is like the watershed between gods and mortals.

Being able to be featured on a gold scroll indicates a "divine" scroll design.

If it can't reach the gold level, it's just a "mortal" level painting concept.

Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that some excellent "mortal-level" scrolls, through the efforts of the scroll artist, undergo a transformation and accumulate strength to advance to the "golden axis" level. This situation is similar to a cultivator ascending to immortality and transforming from mortal to god.

The fact that only the Golden Scroll of the Dojo can counteract the evil scrolls is enough to demonstrate their power.

The reason Wu Xian was able to kill that evil god's servant was largely because the scroll in his hand was a "god-level" scroll design.

boom! boom! boom!
Li Zhanying advanced with unstoppable momentum, taking down the raiders one by one with each shot, and successfully reunited with the prospecting team.

"Where are the Commander-level Raiders?" Li Zhanying asked immediately.

"They are drilling for rare [Ingenious Crystals] in the plundered vein," the prospecting team leader hurriedly reported, quickly pointing out the approximate location, "The drilling activity over there is quite obvious."

"What a nuisance of locusts!"

Li Zhanying was inexplicably angry. He had finally discovered such a rare mineral vein, only to have it fall into the hands of these mechanical raiders.

He immediately threw out a six-star silver mechanical scroll, which transformed into a large laser device with a series of clicks.

Li Zhanying jumped into the control position, frantically poured in spiritual power, and after sensing and aiming, he...

boom--!
The cave trembled, and terrifying shockwaves rippled outwards through the interconnected mine shafts.

Giant laser beams surged out like a dam releasing floodwaters.

A straight tunnel was forcibly blasted through the ore vein and cave walls ahead, and the laser cannon accurately hit the fourth-tier commander-level raider, slamming it into the ore vein wall hundreds of meters away. Its body parts twitched and malfunctioned, leaving it half-dead.

A small, shimmering crystal remains within the sharp, complex mechanical mouthpiece.

In this situation, Wu Xian felt his scalp tingle.

Good heavens, if this were to be hit by a cannon, there probably wouldn't even be any bone fragments left.

With the fourth-tier commander and several elite raiders dead, the other raiders posed little threat and were quickly wiped out by the group.

Led by Li Zhanying, Wu Xian arrived at the fourth-tier commander-level monster. "Little Xian, come and take a look," Li Zhanying said seriously.

Wu Xian released his spiritual power to investigate deeply, and Tang Tiaotiao, standing beside him, also began to imitate him in a similar manner.

“The spiritual structure is quite different from that of ordinary raiders,” Tang Tiaotiao said abruptly in surprise, “But why do I feel that this is a spiritual structure unique to commander-level monsters?”

Elite monsters are elite monsters because their spiritual structure undergoes a qualitative change, distinguishing them from other monsters of the same kind and making them stronger individuals. The same applies to leader monsters.

But the key point is that the spiritual structure within these raiders is not very "natural".

“Take another look at those ordinary raiders,” Wu Xian reminded him.

Tang Tiaotiao hesitated before turning to an ordinary raider. After examining it, she exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! Even ordinary raiders have a tendency to form elite monster spiritual structures, and they even have some rare spiritual components."

Further investigation revealed similar conditions within the bodies of these ordinary raiders.

It's impossible for so many raiders to evolve into elite individuals, right?
This is obviously not reasonable.

"Auntie, may I take it back and study it carefully?" Wu Xian asked tentatively, after all, the materials from this fourth-tier commander-level monster were quite valuable.

"Don't be so polite with Auntie, just take it." Li Zhanying nodded readily.

Compared to the daily output of the mine, this commander-level monster is nothing, not to mention that Wu Xian is her family's lucky star.

"It was just a rare mineral vein, but these locusts have ruined it. I wonder how much is left."

Wu Xian smiled slightly, "There should be quite a few left."

He had just used his wealth aura to sense the wealth emanating from many rare minerals.

"Hopefully."

Li Zhanying shook her head and smiled bitterly, thinking that Wu Xian was just comforting her.

"To be honest, I recently learned a skill from a prospector, and even he praised me for my talent in prospecting." Wu Xian said confidently, "Based on my initial observation, there should still be quite a few rare minerals remaining."

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned.

The prospecting team members chuckled, "Young man, don't be silly. You've only been here a short time, how can you tell how many rare ores are in this vein?"

"If the elders don't believe it, just take it as a joke."

Wu Xian didn't bother to argue and silently collected the looters' corpses.

Li Zhanying and the prospecting team didn't take it to heart.

However, as he was leaving with Li Zhanying, he suddenly stopped in front of a rock wall, thinking, "It looks like there might be some rare minerals here."

"Really? How did you tell?"

Tang Tiaotiao examined the rock wall with curiosity and a look of doubt on her face.

Several prospecting team members joked, "Don't be silly, how could you possibly tell at a glance?"

But one of the experienced workers stared at the rock face for a long time and said, "You know what, it's actually quite possible."

As he spoke, he summoned Brother Zhu to start digging on the spot.

A moment later, a cleverly crafted crystal appeared before everyone's eyes, and instantly, all eyes focused on Wu Xian's face.

"Really? How did you figure that out? Teach me, I want to learn too." Tang Tiaotiao's eyes lit up.

"Observe the changes in the direction of rock strata and veins, and then judge based on your intuition."

Tang Tiaotiao was completely confused.

"Young man, you're quite capable. Are you interested in joining our prospecting team?" The experienced worker was eager to recruit talent.

"Alright, Lao Liu, Xiao Xianzi isn't suited for this."

Li Zhanying interrupted with a light laugh. Although she was also surprised, bringing Wu Xian to the prospecting team was a bit of a waste of his talents.

(End of this chapter)