Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

Two weeks later, on a gloomy morning, the sky was filled with dark, heavy clouds. In a courtyard house in Beijing, in the corridor in front of a wooden room, stood a man in a black suit and a man in a gold-trimmed blue suit.

Call ~

He took several deep breaths and stood in front of the door, his eyes darting between the man beside him and the closed door.

"Little Henian~ Is the mute's aptitude really that good? The toxins in his body haven't even been completely cleared, yet he's already undergoing the tribulation before me. Won't the lightning strike my house later? This is all the blind man has left, sob sob..."

Looking at the dark clouds in the sky, Hei Xiazi thought about his first time cultivating and the process of being crushed by strength over the past half month. Just thinking about it brought tears to his eyes!

What's even more upsetting is the "Beast Proof" tribulation that Qin Henian mentioned. The Beast Proof Tribulation is a hurdle for every human with divine beast bloodline to truly become a divine beast. Generally, it requires a very high purity of divine beast bloodline, and only those who have awakened their true form can successfully prove their divine beast status. He and Zhang Qilin awakened their true forms at the same time, so how come this guy got to experience it first?

That's infuriating!

Then Hei Xiazi thought back to last night when he was alone in his bedroom, and how envious he had been when his true form reminded him that Qilin needed to prove its beasthood! Sigh, his time to prove his beasthood was only a couple of days away, but that mute Zhang Qilin beat him to it! Sigh...

"Alright, alright, you blind man, stop acting like a scoundrel! Look at your appearance! I've already removed your spirit, your eyes are healed, and you're quite talented, yet you still wear sunglasses and wander around aimlessly every day!"

"With this time to wander around, you might be proving your beast skills with Zhang Qilin in the room right now! That way I wouldn't have to help you with the tribulation twice!"

Qin Henian was speechless. He had been here for half a month and had gotten to know the personalities of the two cubs.

These two are practically worlds apart! The blind man on the other side is a complete chatterbox and a miser, constantly scheming about which jobs to take to make the most money. Zhang Qilin, on the other hand, is simply a mute! He speaks less than his great-great-great-great-grandmother! Furthermore, he's quite a repressed flirt and knows a lot about things! If he hadn't sensed the other man's inner thoughts, he might have been completely fooled by his appearance!

One is secretly passionate, the other is greasy. Anyway, Qin Henian's feelings for these two kids went from having a cute, innocent filter at the beginning to having that filter shattered later... It's like he's wasted a lot of his brain cells!

"Hehe...that's not impossible! He Nian! It seems like the blind man is also about to undergo...that...that...he's about to undergo the Beast Tribulation!"

Black Bear's voice began to fade as he spoke, followed by two loud noises.

boom!

boom!

Black Bear kicked open the tightly closed door and dashed inside, not forgetting to turn around and close the door behind him.

Well... I was completely dumbfounded!

"These two little devils! They're really using me like a cheat code, aren't they!"

Qin Henian's handsome face was marred by a pair of deep, bitter eyes filled with resentment! Had he known raising a child would be so difficult, he would never have come here!

"Little Crane! Little Crane! I'm about to start thundering! Would you like to move away a bit? I can't hold it in any longer!"

Just then, the voice of the Little Heavenly Dao, who had been with him for a thousand years, suddenly appeared in Qin Henian's mind.

"I've activated the protective shield! Slash away as you please! The harder the better! Let these two brats have a good time!!!"

“…”

While Qin Henian and Tiandao were having a lively chat outside, the two inside were not feeling so good, both enjoying the "pleasure" of being struck by lightning.

The room was supposed to be in an antique style, mixed with some modern household items, but now it was a complete mess. The bed, stools, tables and everything else were gone, leaving only a cloud of colorful dust on the scorched floor, where only multicolored black powder could be seen.

"Tsk tsk tsk... My goodness! My house is beyond repair! How much will it cost to renovate it?! Let me, a blind man, do the math... Two thousand... Three thousand... Five thousand... Nine thousand... Ahhh!"

"Dumb man! Your tribulation came first! You have to pay me back!"

At that moment, a wail rang out from inside the room. Inside, apart from the dust, were two men whose shirts had been chopped off!

The two men were Hei Xiazi and Zhang Qilin, who had both safely survived the Beast Tribulation. Hei Xiazi had just opened his eyes when he saw his house had been blasted into dust. Enraged, he clutched his heart with both hands, shouting in grief and indignation.

"You got struck by lightning too."

Hearing what Hei Xiazi said, Zhang Qilin didn't hold back and replied directly.

"I'm recycling! I was struck by lightning after you were struck, so it doesn't count! Because when you were struck by lightning, everything in the house had already been damaged!"

"..."

Zhang Qilin didn't answer, coldly staring at the other person's pupils, which had turned from grayish-white to grayish-black. Then he turned and walked outside, ignoring the other person completely.

"Hey hey hey! Hey mute! Did you even hear what I, the blind man, said?!"

Creak...

Bang! The door opened.

At this moment, Qin Henian, who had already learned of the two's success while guarding outside the door, was looking at the door that had opened from inside the house with a smile on his face.

Thankfully, he was smart enough to direct the lightning directly inside the house! Otherwise, if the lightning had struck from the sky, the whole courtyard would probably have been ruined!

"Did it all succeed, young official?"

Qin Henian looked at Zhang Qilin as he came out of the house and asked him a question.

"Um"

Zhang Qilin nodded in agreement.

"That's good, that's good! You can rest for today, and I'll teach you how to switch to your original form tomorrow!"

The thick, dark clouds in the sky dispersed, revealing a hint of azure blue beneath the gray sky, while the sun shone brightly, radiating warmth and light.

Just as the weather changed, the sun shone brightly, and the air was filled with the fragrance of flowers, which instantly lifted my spirits.

"My two little brats got struck by lightning and need to recover for a few days. I should be able to start a new painting in the style of an ancient wall while they're still recovering!"

Red tiles and green roofs, carved beams and embroidered doors, a fragrant aroma filling the air—ah, what a beautiful scene! Add to that the bright and warm sunshine, the sky as blue as a mirror, and the beauty captured in that fleeting moment would surely be beautifully captured on paper!

As he was thinking, Qin Henian unconsciously waved his hand.

Creak! Bang! Bang!

Suddenly, the door to another room in the courtyard opened, a gust of wind blew in, and the painting tools quickly floated out of the room and were placed in front of Qin Henian, arranged in categories.

Such beautiful scenery is rare; let's begin!