I am just a mortal, why do you all worship me as a saint?

Chapter 161: So bored I drew stick figures

Luo Yu left quickly. Gu Heng had wanted to keep her there, at least to share some of his medicine with her.

But since he's already gone, there's no way he can catch up.

That's enough; she's more than capable of protecting herself.

Gu Heng took out the snake meat, put it into the pot, and then sat and waited for the delicious snake soup to be ready.

After working for half an hour, Gu Heng ate and drank his fill, rested for a while, and then took out the colored ink and drawing paper he had brought from his system backpack.

These are all gifts from the system's in-game store.

Without further ado, I found an open space and started painting.

Gu Heng's painting skills were also at the "divine" level. In just the time it takes to drink a few cups of tea, the outline of the mountains and forests appeared on the paper. His fingers flew and continued to outline.

As time passed, the mountains and forests gradually took shape, and finally a lifelike and exquisite painting was presented to Gu Heng.

The mountains soar into the clouds, their branches and leaves lush and verdant.

The scenery in the painting seems to come alive, full of vitality.

Gu Heng put down his pen, admiring his masterpiece, feeling quite pleased with himself.

Needless to say, the works trained by the system will definitely not be bad. After all, when it comes to painting, it is good as long as it looks good. Although it is not like a cultivator who enters the Dao through painting, who can draw thousands of mountains with a casual wave of his hand and crush his opponent.

Gu Heng considered many ways to make a living. At first, selling paintings was his choice, but...

They have been unable to shake off the predicament of having no buyers.

After all, one can't expect ordinary people to appreciate his amazing paintings. And those who do appreciate them won't spend a lot of money to buy the works of this unknown and obscure newcomer.

Therefore, Gu Heng's painting now is merely a form of self-indulgence and self-appreciation.

Suddenly, Gu Heng thought, why don't I draw a portrait of the little girl? She's still young and inexperienced; when she grows up, we can compare the portraits, and that scene will definitely be quite interesting.

The more Gu Heng thought about it, the more his lips curved into a wide smile.

However, just as he was packing his things and preparing to leave...

Looking down from the mountainside, Gu Heng saw hundreds of wild beasts charging wildly out of the forest!

There were also geese and eagles flying overhead, skimming the treetops; their presence was truly terrifying!

Gu Heng quickly stepped back.

He could handle three or four at a time, but if there were hundreds, he had no choice but to retreat. He couldn't possibly shoot a hundred arrows at once.

"So many... but there don't seem to be any demonic beasts. Let's wait and see."

Gu Heng sat cross-legged on the ground, deciding to observe the situation first. After waiting for about fifteen minutes, the roars of the beasts around him were still quite close. With no other choice, he took out a sketchbook, dipped his brush in ink, but didn't know what to draw.

This sketchbook is a special item that can only be purchased once in the system store.

The so-called special feature is that this paper can absorb ink and can be used for repeated drawing.

It's just like a picture book with unlimited practice opportunities.

Of course, as always, the items in the system store either have fancy names or are very ordinary. This picture book is the kind with a fancy name.

This is what's known as the "Secret Chart for Creating Destiny." It sounds very strange.

Anyway, no matter what you draw on it, it will eventually disappear. Once, Gu Heng was bored and deliberately waited for it, and in the end, he actually saw the pattern he drew slowly disappear.

Now, he's a little bored.

So Gu Heng began to unleash the strange dynamism within his mind, his brush moving freely, and in no time at all, a lifelike figure emerged…

A stick figure with a funny smiley face.

"..."

Gu Heng looked at the comical smiling stick figure he had drawn and sighed helplessly.

Since we've already started painting, we might as well paint more.

Thus, the picture book now features a sweating soybean stick figure and a quietly smiling stick figure.

"...What am I doing?" Gu Heng suddenly laughed.

Have I become so bored that I'm drawing stick figures with emoji heads to relieve my boredom?

He shook off the jumbled thoughts in his mind, put down the picture book, and thought of that girl, Luo Yu.

Before, she said that some kind of demon had locked her location and was coming to find her. She didn't know how it was now... Although it was just a simple accidental encounter with her, and we only exchanged about ten words, we were very unfamiliar with each other.

However, Gu Heng still hoped that she could escape safely.

……

In the woods, Luo Yu was struck hard from behind again, spitting out a mist of blood as she staggered and fell into a stream.

But she couldn't stop. Enduring the pain, she immediately got up and continued to escape.

Behind her, the white wolf demon was grinning savagely, its gaping maw gaping wide. "Hahaha! You little human wench, keep running!"

It approached with heavy, awe-inspiring strides.

Luo Yu covered her wound and squeezed out the last bit of Dao power from her dantian.

However, how could her speed compare to that of the white wolf demon spirit who had already reached the Fusion stage?

When a Nascent Soul cultivator faces a Spiritual Beast in the Integration stage, there is only one outcome: death. The only difference is whether the death is swift or slow.

Now, the white wolf demon spirit clearly just wants to have some fun with this prey that is doomed to die.

Luo Yu knew she was going to die, but being toyed with by the demon beast made her feel increasingly humiliated!

However, despite her best efforts, she was intercepted after only a few steps.

The white wolf demon spirit transformed into a blur and arrived in front of Luo Yu in the blink of an eye. It lowered its body, revealing sharp fangs, and stared fiercely at the woman in front of it, whose body was half-stained with blood, yet whose eyes still held an indomitable spirit.

"Can't outrun me?"

"That's a pity. I summoned quite a few demonic beasts. I'll take the first bite, and the rest you can share among them!"

It smiled sinisterly.

Luo Yu gritted her teeth and gripped the sword tightly. Her right hand, which was holding the hilt, was already covered in a fine layer of cold sweat.

Behind them, the commotion of demonic beasts could be heard; there must have been at least a hundred of them.

Is her fate to be devoured alive by these monsters?

In Luo Yu's desperate eyes, a final battle ignited, a fury like a dying ember!

Even if I have to die, I'll trade my life for a few beasts! "I hope you've already left..."

Luo Yu recalled that ordinary young man.

He had attracted so many demonic beasts; hopefully, this would at least give her a chance to leave safely, and at least prevent her from having any regrets before she died.

boom--

A heavy sound shook the earth!

Luo Yu nearly lost her footing, and the bloodthirsty, cold-smiling white wolf demon spirit opposite her also trembled violently!

That wasn't the sound it made.

"what happened?!"

The white wolf spirit looked around, trying to find the source of the sound.

But by the time it was found, it seemed a little too late.

The heavy thud was actually the sound of footsteps. Just as the white wolf spirit saw those two black legs that were almost as thick as tree trunks, a shadow fell over its head!

It also carried a strong gust of wind.

It looked up and saw only... a pitch-black pillar, like a human arm?

Whose arm is that?

There are no more white wolf spirits to be seen.

Because it had been crushed into a pile of bloody foam.

Hiccup~