Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 119: Discussion on the Wheel of Revelation
The two-wheeled cart was pulled by a donkey and slowly walked out of Fenglin County and headed south or southwest.

Walk southwest for a while and you will find Fengmen Town, which is closest to Prison Mountain in the south.

The name of the town means that it is the gateway to Fenglin County.

Zhao Yifu was driving the car from the driver's seat. He had to be the one driving the car, after all, the girl sitting in the car was Hua Da Niu...

However, not long after he left the city and was admiring the lush green rice fields around him, he saw a sloppy man standing upright in the middle of the road, blocking his way.

Seeing this, Zhao Yifu stopped the car, jumped down from the driver's seat, and reached into his sleeve to grab the knife...

The slovenly old man said quickly, "I am the Taoist monk Bai Na, and I am honored to meet the Magistrate of Fenglin County."

Zhao Yifu had already pulled the hilt of the knife out of his sleeve, but seeing this, he had no choice but to put it back... Now he could talk properly.

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "Greetings to the Taoist monk Bai Na. Taoist monk, why did you stop the county magistrate's carriage here?"

Seeing this, Taoist Bai Na was a little annoyed. He rubbed his swollen forehead and said, "Zhao County Magistrate is so strong that he almost smashed my head."

Zhao Yifu said calmly, "Yes, I also want to ask how the Taoist escaped from the prison."

Taoist Bai Na said awkwardly, "A mere secular prison cell naturally cannot stop me. However, I have more important matters to discuss with Master Zhao, so I can only leave the cell and come here to find you."

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "I wonder what you want to say?"

The Taoist monk Bai Na asked in return, "Before that, may I ask Lord Zhao?"

Zhao Yifu frowned. He didn't like this question very much.

However, Taoist Bai Na had already said, "If my guess is correct, then Lord Zhao should be of the Pure Yang lineage, a disciple of the Danqing School?"

Zhao Yifu realized that a wise man had come and nodded, saying, "Senior Bai Na is right. I am a disciple of Danqing, and I studied under Master Haoran."

Taoist Bai Na was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "He's Crazy Liang's disciple! No wonder he's so crazy too."

Zhao Yifu remembered Liang Zhongzhi saying that when he was walking in the world a hundred years ago, he did have the nickname "Crazy Liang", but the Taoist name he used at that time was "Liang Fengzi".

Taoist Bai Na sighed and said, "No wonder you couldn't move when I hit you with my palm lightning. You guys from the Danqing Sect aren't very good at fighting, but your defense is terrifyingly strong. I don't know how you trained it. It's really disgusting."

Zhao Yifu remained calm.

This evaluation is very consistent with the general understanding of the Danqing Sect in the spiritual world. Thanks to his master, he was mentally prepared for this.

He simply clasped his fists and said, "I am Zhao Yifu, a disciple of Danqing Sect. Nice to meet Senior Baina."

Since he has a good relationship with the master, he will not hesitate to show courtesy.

This made Bai Na Taoist feel completely different. The polite Zhao Yi Fu always gave people a warm and welcoming feeling, and his emotional value could be maximized.

Of course, he can be very annoying when he is arrogant, as evidenced by the big bump on the head of the Taoist monk Bai Na.

The Taoist monk Bai Na said, "Don't you have a Taoist name?"

Zhao Yifu shook his head and said, "I am a rookie and have not yet come into contact with the world of cultivation, so I am not in a hurry to take a Taoist name."

"But Senior has reminded me. When I have time, I will ask Master for advice on what Daoist name I should choose."

Taoist Bai Na felt very depressed when he heard this. He was just a rookie and he got beaten up?
This leaves him with no reason to reason.

He said, "Nephew Zhao, I see you're heading south, but would you like to visit Fengmen Town?"

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "That's right. My first duty as an official here is to redraw the Yellow Book of Fish Scales, so I have to survey the farmland in each village and town."

Taoist Bai Na curled his lips in disdain.

Because the function of the fish scale yellow book is to record the amount and outline of the land of each household, which is the basis for the government to collect land taxes in the future.

But in the eyes of those who practice cultivation, this is a tool for the government to plunder the people's wealth, and it is a great evil.

He said, "That's the problem with you in the Danqing Sect. Wouldn't it be better to be a carefree scholar, a hermit, and indulge in the beauty of nature? You could also practice in the world and experience the suffering of the people, but you choose to become an official..."

"Aren't you afraid of incurring karma and ruining your cultivation?"

"You must know that the fate of your sect leader and that generation of practitioners who entered the officialdom a hundred years ago is a warning to us!"

Zhao Yifu shook his head and said nothing. He could hear the prejudice in the words of the Taoist monk Bai Na and was unwilling to argue with him.

The Danqing Sect was indeed in a miserable state a hundred years ago, but hasn’t it recovered now?
It is indeed easy to be contaminated by karma when one becomes an official to practice, but it is also easy to gain merit and the will of the people.

Just like now, even though Zhao Yifu has not released any works recently, a lot of positive energy and spiritual energy naturally float into the letter seal.

Zhao Yifu discovered that if Mu Shou served as an official well, he could earn a good amount of Yang and spiritual energy without even having to work hard to write works... Of course, this might also be because he had never seen the world.

After all, when a work like that of my own master or other elders in the sect is published, no one knows how much yang and spiritual energy it can gain?
Zhao Yifu immediately changed the subject and asked, "Where's the senior? Are you going to Fengmen Town for something as well?"

Taoist Bai Na nodded and said, "I was invited by a good friend from the Xieyue Sect in Prison Cell Mountain to come here to exchange weapon-refining skills. I also happened to hear that the Lunzang Temple, which was destroyed years ago, showed signs of resurgence, so I took the opportunity to investigate for my old friend."

Zhao Yifu remembered the Xieyue Sect, which was an evil weapon-refining sect on the outskirts of Prisoner Mountain.

So he looked at the Taoist priest sideways.

Taoist Bai Na understood immediately upon seeing this. He said, "Although the Xie Yue Sect is considered an evil sect, it just means that their blood sacrifice and weapon refining method is rather unorthodox."

"In fact, they don't use human blood sacrifices. Instead, they prefer to hunt demons in Prison Mountain for blood sacrifices. The more ferocious the demon, the more powerful the blood sacrifice instrument."

He paused and continued, "What's more, blood sacrifice is also a very important method in weapon refining. Especially if you want to forge a divine weapon, blood sacrifice is basically used to sharpen the blade."

Zhao Yifu was quite inspired by what he heard and felt that he had learned new knowledge.

So he extended an invitation, "Senior, would you like to join me? I think if I were to explore various places in the county, I would definitely run into something about the evil spirit Lunzang."

Taoist Bai Na asked curiously, "It seems you have anticipated this?"

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "A month ago, I arrived here penniless and first raided the local Qian family to establish my government. I discovered that the Qian family's treasury contained the evil instruments of the Wheel of Revelation, and I knew this place was in turmoil."

The Taoist monk Bai Na was immediately startled and asked, "What kind of magical instrument is this? Can I see it?"

Zhao Yifu didn't care after hearing this and nodded, "It's a magical instrument called 'Qingxin Fulu Xiangpi Drum'. I think it's been sealed temporarily by the evil sect."

As he spoke, he took out from his sleeve the brocade box that he had completely sealed with the Five Elements Seal.

Seeing the five elements seal depicted with spiritual ink on spiritual paper, Taoist Bai Na couldn't help but praise it, "This seal is quite impressive. I never saw your master being good at it back then. Did you learn it on your own?"

Zhao Yifu was surprised, then shook his head and said, "Of course it was Master who taught me. Even when I only found three of the five elements seals within the sect, it was Master who specially created and completed the remaining two seals, allowing me to perform this five elements seal."

Taoist Bai Na felt something was amiss; this person seemed different from the 'Crazy Liang' he knew. He asked, "Could it be that your master has recently acquired the ability to seal things? But wasn't he always so focused on his calligraphy and painting, never minding these techniques?"

Zhao Yifu also felt strange after hearing this. Could it be that they were not talking about the same person?

He said, "But in my eyes, my master is omnipotent. He not only taught me calligraphy and painting, but also taught me many wonderful methods. Those wonderful uses really opened my eyes."

"It seems to me that there is nothing that Master can't do."

The Taoist monk Bai Na was stunned for a moment, then said calmly, "Perhaps we are not talking about the same person."

Zhao Yifu also felt the same way, so he didn't say much on this topic.

He simply unlocked the five elements seal on the brocade box and revealed the rattle inside.

At the same time, the sweet smell that was supposed to be emitted became a distinctly foul smell this time.

"This……"

The Taoist monk Bai Na immediately looked horrified.

He said, "The resentment that is hidden so deeply is indeed a very evil thing."

He didn't dare touch it again and said, "Seal it up quickly. If it's exposed like this, I'm afraid there will be big problems."

Zhao Yifu quickly sealed it up again, then said, "Strange, why is it a little different from when I first saw it?"

"It was very strange at the time, but things seem to be different now."

Taoist Bai Na said, "If you understand what happened in the Lunzang Temple back then, you will know why this happened."

Zhao Yifu looked around and said, "Please get in the car, senior. We'll talk while we go."

The monk Bai Na smiled casually and said, "I am used to measuring the earth with my own feet, and I am not as pretentious as you scholars from the Danqing Sect."

When Zhao Yifu saw that this had become a matter of face for his sect, how could he tolerate it?

He said, "Then I will go with my senior."

As he said that, he jumped off the donkey cart.

Then he said to the back: "Big girl, you drive yourself, I will walk with the senior."

A helpless "meow" was heard from Hua Da Niu inside the donkey cart.

Then the donkey seemed to understand and walked forward on its own without Zhao Yifu leading it.

Zhao Yifu was quite impressed when he saw this. He found that Hua Da Niu might also have special talents. At least this ability to make animals obedient was very good.

Taoist Bai Na looked at the donkey cart and said helplessly, "My dear nephew, why do you want to hang out with such a powerful demon? It will not benefit you."

Zhao Yifu asked, "Where did this come from?"

His attitude seemed quite disapproving.

Taoist Bai Na said, "Didn't your master tell you that 'humans and demons have different paths'?"

Zhao Yifu said, "No."

Taoist Bai Na: “…”

Well, this topic is dead.

He also realized that cat matters were obviously a taboo for Zhao Yifu, and Zhao Yifu simply refused to listen to anyone's advice on this matter.

Taoist Bai Na could only speak as he walked, "The Lunzang Temple was once extremely prosperous. Of course, it wasn't because of the power of their skills at the beginning, but because they were good at deceiving people."

"They spread the faith of the evil god Lunzang, and then harvested the people's incense to strengthen themselves."

"But even so, Lunzang Temple still has no advantage against Xieyue Sect and the Five Poison Cave. After all, one of these two sects uses poison, and the other is good at refining weapons. They both have special skills. So what about Lunzang Temple?"

"In the end, they came up with a very vicious method, which was to use various extremely evil means to refine evil weapons."

"Evil weapons are powerful but can easily backfire. Therefore, they use the faith and willpower of their believers to suppress them, preventing them from backfireing on their masters."

"This situation has become increasingly serious, even reaching a pathological level. Those in Lunzang Temple have even set their sights on other passing monks, using their remains to forge even more powerful evil weapons."

"Eventually, they incurred public wrath and were wiped out by the cultivation world."

Taoist Bai Na spoke in quite some detail. He explained the whole story of the Lunzang Temple, and then he went into detail about the "Qingxin Fulu Xiangpi Drum".

He said: "This drum is made from the smoothest and most delicate skin peeled off from a young girl's back. In order to enhance the power of this magical instrument, the girl is usually skinned while still alive, and then she watches helplessly as her hands are cut off. The two thumb joints are made into drumsticks, and the forearm bones are used as poles to support the drumhead..."

"Of course, the girl can't die at this time, because the materials on her body can be used to make two leather drums."

"Even this isn't the most vicious part. The real viciousness lies in the fact that they will extract the girl's soul and refine it into one of the leather drums. They will then burn the girl's body and make a fine incense powder from the ashes to smear on the drums."

"This way, you get two incense drums, one main and one secondary. If you shake the secondary drum alone, incense powder will be sprinkled, making you feel like you are floating in the clouds."

"But if you shake the main drum, anyone who has heard the secondary drum will be influenced and even controlled by the main drum."

Zhao Yifu was quite surprised when he heard this. He said, "Controlling people's hearts is really weird."

Taoist Bai Na shook his head and said, "If that's all, it can't be called evil. There's another point: if someone who has heard the sound of this evil drum doesn't hear it again for a long time, they will develop inner demons and slowly be tortured into madness."

"If the person has already been completely controlled, the situation will be even worse. They will gradually lose their self-awareness and become a walking corpse."

Zhao Yifu felt quite scared after hearing this. Fortunately, he put the things away when he saw the situation was not good, otherwise the current situation would be unimaginable.

As for those people from the Qian family...

Anyway, they are all locked up in jail now, so let them be. They can be crazy if they want, but they will be executed anyway.

They talked as they walked, and before they knew it they had walked a long way.

The county was very small, and they arrived at a village with high wooden walls before dark.

This is Fengmen Town.

　Two chapters are here today. I have recovered some blood after taking a break on the weekend, but I will have to continue to lose blood at work in the next week. It's so pitiful.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)