Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 145: Demon's Gaze

Zhao Yifu was unconscious, but actually very conscious.

Even after forcibly pulling Wu Zhong back, his thoughts became clear, and his soul involuntarily ran out to have fun.

He could "see" his body being moved back to the illusion array by the cats, and he could also see his master's anxious look.

So he said hello to his master...

To his surprise, his master did not notice him. Only Sect Leader Qiu Yuzi glanced at him as if he had noticed something.

Then the headmaster understood and said, "This opportunity is rare. Why not travel the universe and experience its wonders?"

Zhao Yifu was awakened, and immediately opened his mind and began to travel the world with his current state of mind.

This is neither the primordial spirit nor divine consciousness, but more like a state of mental resonance with the heaven and earth. In this state of mental resonance, distant objects are actually presented in front of his eyes, rather than his thoughts going to that place.

Anyway, it's pretty much the same.

His perspective was infinitely far away, overlooking the earth from a high vantage point.

He saw the great river that ran across the land and divided the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and he also saw the infinite vastness of the entire world.

I even saw many ethnic groups different from the Chinese living in the distance on the other side of the desert and mountains...

However, just as his thoughts were expanding infinitely, he suddenly felt a gaze coming from above his head.

He subconsciously looked up... At this moment, he stared into the void, and the scene in front of him suddenly changed. A figure wearing a simple cassock with a muscular upper body appeared.

The figure had a pair of curved horns on his head, and his eyes were looking in the direction of Zhao Yifu with infinite meaning. He didn't say anything, but Zhao Yifu suddenly had countless thoughts in his mind that he wanted to express.

"Be careful not to meet His eyes."

Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of Zhao Yifu, blocking his way.

This is a handsome scholar wearing a white robe.

But Zhao Yifu recognized the person at a glance.

He said, "Ancestor?"

He is indeed the ancestor.

The Patriarch turned his back without looking back, and simply said to the image of Mara in front of him: "Don't embarrass my junior. He is not the person you are looking for."

However, a voice that sounded like a man or a woman came from the front: "He ruined my plan, so I must punish him."

"Even you, Miao Dao Tianzun, fell down in front of me, didn't you?"

Huh?
Zhao Yifu was in high spirits. He seemed to be able to hear the dark history of his master!

The ancestor was very embarrassed by this. He waved his hand and a sword light flashed, and then the sky was torn apart, completely isolating himself from the gaze of Mara.

Zhao Yifu also felt relieved and returned to the real world.

But before I could breathe a sigh of relief, I suddenly felt a chill...

"Hehehe, I'm still watching him here!"

Zhao Yifu turned around suddenly and saw a tall, broad and mighty man wearing a green battle robe and holding a crescent-shaped sword blocking behind him.

In front of him is the ancestor, and behind him is... To be honest, he can be considered a disciple of this incarnation in terms of knowledge. I don't know if this can be considered a master-disciple relationship?
Zhao Yifu was quite touched.

At this time, the voice of Mo Luo came to his ears again: "The Great Emperor Fu Mo of the Heavenly Court? Interesting, I didn't expect that not only Miao Dao, but even Fu Mo is guarding him... This makes me even more interested."

"You can't protect him forever, but I can watch him all the time and see the weaknesses in his heart... Haha, this is so interesting. The thought of being able to seduce the descendant of Miaodao and Fumo into corruption makes me tremble with excitement."

Zhao Yifu only felt that his ears were filled with evil sounds, and something extremely unpleasant was chanting in his ears repeatedly, making him feel dizzy and want to vomit.

"Bah!"

Suddenly, the Demon-Subduing Emperor roared angrily, rebuking, "This is a man of great affection and righteousness. How could he be deceived by an evil demon like you?"

Moluo laughed shrilly, "To have affection and loyalty is to have desires, and to have desires is my Demonic Kingdom... He cannot leave it, just like you. Even the Demon-Subduing Emperor of Heaven is also in my Demonic Kingdom."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

There was another burst of unbridled shrill laughter before it faded away.

Zhao Yifu was stunned for a moment, then heard the ancestor in front of him sigh: "I'm afraid your path of cultivation will be uneasy from now on. Every breakthrough in your realm may require you to endure the test of your inner demons. And everything you do in the world, any impact it causes, will only breed inner demons..."

The ancestor paused and said, "But this is also a kind of tempering. If you can overcome it, you will surely be able to join the ranks of immortals like us."

Zhao Yifu nodded heavily after hearing this.

Then he felt that everything he saw suddenly became false and skipped frames, and then everything in front of him collapsed into pieces, and darkness returned to his eyes.

But in the darkness he could feel the flow of his blood and the pulsation of his organs.

Then light appeared in the darkness and he opened his eyes.

All he could see was a round sun rising from the clouds in the sky. It seemed like it had just rained, and a rainbow hung high in the sky.

Zhao Yifu asked, "How long have I slept?"

"Not long, just one night."

Akiyuko's voice came from the side.

Zhao Yifu asked in surprise, "Master, why are you here?"

Qiu Yuzi smiled and said, "If something happens to the most outstanding disciple in my sect, I, as the sect leader, must protect him. Moreover, your master and his yin spirits cannot move during the daylight hours. I'm afraid these little demons around you are not strong enough to protect you."

Zhao Yifu came back to his senses at this moment. He stood up and asked, "Where is my Uncle Wu?"

"Master, I'm here."

Wu Zhong's voice came from the side, and the old servant was seen kneeling beside Zhao Yifu, his face full of regret.

Zhao Yifu laughed and said, "It seems my method is working. Why are you kneeling? Help me up quickly."

Seeing that Wu Zhong didn't move, he said again: "You can't ask my head to help me, right?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Zhong quickly stood up and helped Zhao Yifu to stand up.

Qiu Yuzi asked with concern: "Fu Yinzi, is there anything wrong with you now?"

"Golden elixir is the result of a cultivator's lifelong cultivation. What you did is really reckless."

Zhao Yifu felt his body and felt...

not bad?
The main reason is that although the golden elixir is no longer in the dantian, the inertia of long-term practice has already gathered some true energy.

He circulated the Qi and first performed the Shou Ren method on himself, then felt it and said, "Not bad, the Shou Ren method is still useful. It shouldn't take long to form a new pill."

Is it so easy to form a pill?

Where will this put the cultivators in this world who are stuck before the Golden Elixir stage?

However, Zhao Yifu had his own reasons. He said, "When I was forming the elixir, I felt that some aspects were not perfect. After all, I just wanted to give it a try. I didn't expect it to be successful directly."

"This time I can start over and correct all the things I didn't like before."

At this time, even Qiu Yuzi felt a little inferior. He found that Zhao Yifu was really practicing seriously.

This young person never thinks about what kind of results he will get, but rather enjoys the process of cultivation and practice.

This is a truly pure practitioner.

Qiu Yuzi said, "Alright, I originally wanted to bring the younger generation in the Golden Core Stage to the Three Veins Conference next year... but regardless of whether you have recovered your cultivation or not, feel free to go."

"If you don't go, then Danqing Sect won't go to this Three Veins Conference either."

This is a very high evaluation, or it can be said that it is equivalent to promising Zhao Yifu a high position in the Danqing Sect.

Then, seeing that Zhao Yifu probably had a lot to say to Wu Zhong, he took the initiative to say goodbye and said, "Train your servant well. He has been blessed with great fortune this time. I will go ahead."

As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared from the spot.

Zhao Yifu laughed and shook his head, then turned and asked, "Uncle Wu, how are you feeling now?"

Wu Zhong said with emotion: "Everything is fine with me...thanks to the young master..."

He choked up a little as he spoke, but Zhao Yifu waved his hand and said, "Uncle Wu, I'm hungry. Please prepare something for me to eat quickly."

Wu Zhong was stunned for a moment and seemed to understand something.

"Ugh!"

He responded and then went off to find something to cook with great interest.

Zhao Yifu once again sat cross-legged, meditating and practicing Qigong seriously. Although he had said it lightly before, it was an indisputable fact that the thief in his body was now empty.

Renovation...

In fact, it is really fast.

Because he found that the speed at which he refined his true qi had hardly changed from when he was in the Golden Core Stage!
Observe the law of benevolence.

His Shouren method was actually playing a similar role to the golden elixir at this time.

Refine the vital energy of the outside world for your own use, and then use the true energy to nourish the primordial spirit, thereby strengthening the primordial spirit step by step.

Even his Yuan Shen was not damaged at all after this time, but seemed even stronger.

Why is this?

Because he followed his heart and took the path he should take!

Therefore, when one's inner heart is open and complete, it will naturally fill up the primordial spirit and make it full.

Zhao Yifu was a little confused by this change. The ultimate goal of cultivating the golden elixir is to nourish the primordial spirit, and now his primordial spirit has become stronger. Does he still need to cultivate the golden elixir?
Of course it's still necessary, but it's not that important...

Zhao Yifu actually felt that the golden elixir was not that important. This was simply outrageous.

But he was just thinking about it. After all, he didn't have the ability to form his own system. If he didn't take the Golden Elixir Path, he really didn't know how to practice next.

While he was meditating and practicing Qi, the cats around him gathered around him to protect him.

The main reason was that when Zhao Yifu was practicing, he would naturally absorb the surrounding spiritual energy, and then spit out some spiritual energy that was roughly refined by his Pure Yang True Fire but still contained impurities and was not completely refined.

But even these refined spiritual energies are the pure spiritual energies that the fairies desire extremely.

The cultivation of demons is most likely to be affected by the spiritual environment of the area where they live. Therefore, demons that become spirits in poor mountains and bad waters are mostly ugly, while demons that become enlightened in blessed places are mostly handsome.

The spiritual energy that Zhao Yifu had refined in this way and exhaled around was enough to ensure that all the cats in his family would be lively and energetic in the future.

When it was time for dinner, Zhao Yifu counted the number of cats and felt something was not right.

He asked, "Where's my big girl? Where did she go?"

He actually likes the chubby feel of Hua Da Niu.

The feeling of holding it in the palm of your hand and applying a little force will make it shake, and the soft and elastic feeling when you pinch it is simply amazing.

The mustache was squeezed into various shapes in Zhao Yifu's hands. At this moment, his voice trembled as he said, "Master...Master, Big Girl...Ahem, Grandma has captured a survivor of the Xieyue Sect. She is taking that person to reforge a weapon for the Master."

Zhao Yifu: "..."

He didn't care what happened to the survivor. After all, he was definitely not a good person.

But he suddenly began to look forward to what kind of weapon the other party could make for him?

He thought of something and asked, "What's the situation at Xieyue Sect?"

The man with the mustache quickly said, "My subordinates have investigated and found that after the inner demon ravaged the Xieyue Sect, no one is left alive. However, a lot of gold and silver treasures and some precious spiritual materials are still intact."

We have brought out all the valuables in batches. Would you like to take a look, Master?
Zhao Yifu waved his hand and said, "There's no rush. Just keep it for me for now."

He really trusted the cats. After all, these cats would expose their bellies to him without reservation. How could they possibly have bad intentions towards him?
Two more days passed like this.

Zhao Yifu has been practicing diligently to restore his true energy.

Because at this time, the Shouren Method was like a golden elixir that helped him to directly refine the vital energy of heaven and earth into true energy, so his cultivation recovered very quickly.

His cats have been staying by his side all these days, and Wu Zhong has been busy running around without saying a word, making sure that Zhao Yifu gets the best service when he takes a short break from meditation.

Even Yiyi began to try to do things within her ability.

Driven by this atmosphere where all living beings around are trying to serve one person, a somewhat foolish woman begins to imitate everything instinctively like a child.

Li Nuer actually began to clumsily try to help do some things to serve Zhao Yi Fu.

Originally, her movements were very clumsy, and anyone who saw them would feel uncomfortable watching them.

But she was just learning to serve people from a group of cats...

Then she is a genius!

Sure enough, everything needs to be compared.

Wu Zhong was quite pleased to see this scene.

Zhao Yifu had almost recovered and was finally in the mood to check the spoils.

He asked the cats to take out all the spoils they had collected so that he could see what good things they had.

It's amazing to say, cats actually take things out from between the hair somewhere on their stomachs, as if they have a dimensional pocket on their stomachs.

Zhao Yifu didn't ask much about this, just thinking it was their common secret.

However, each cat can only hide a few things, and the most common ones are some precious minerals.

These things are of little use to Zhao Yifu, at least not now.

After all, he had never practiced refining weapons...

As soon as he finished speaking, Yiyi brought over a book called "Refining Equipment and Hundreds of Things".

Then, the cats each brought some books, which were obviously the inheritance of the Xieyue Sect.

Zhao Yifu's brows twitched, and he thought to himself, okay, this is a good way to try to get started with refining equipment.

Then he put the things aside and began to rummage through some of Chengping's spoils.

He ignored some of the things that were obviously from Lunzang Temple, as they were all weird and not his cup of tea.

But he didn't expect that the magic instruments and weapons refined by the Xieyue Sect were equally evil, and the instruments made from blood sacrifices were almost all filled with resentment.

So much so that Zhao Yi Fu had to spit out a breath of real fire to burn these things along with the magic tools of Lunzang Temple, in order to liberate the resentful souls above so that they could be reincarnated.

Most of the magical instruments were not worthy of attention by upright people like him, but there was one thing that was very interesting.

He saw a scroll.

His background in Danqing Sect made him very sensitive to things like scrolls, and he immediately sensed that this was a good thing.

I quickly unfolded it to find out.

When he opened it, all he saw was a blank space.

The scroll was largely blank, with only a single line of words at the end that served as a commentary: [Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers separate us, yet the smoke of war is only a fragment of paper away.]

Then there was another signature seal that made Zhao Yifu scratch his head.

This chapter leaves a mark: distant peaks.

Zhao Yifu gently stroked the mark and couldn't help but think of the unfortunate leader from a hundred years ago. It seemed that his Taoist name was "Yuanxiu Taoist".

He had occasionally heard Liang Zhongzhi mention this unfortunate leader.

Originally, he just wanted to go out into the world on a whim, but by chance he took a prince as his disciple.

According to Liang Zhongzhi, Zhao Yifu's senior prince did have excellent talent in calligraphy and painting, and was obsessed with it, which made the head of Yuanxiu very fond of him.

But who knew that the prince's brother who was the emperor would suddenly pass the throne to him because he had no children!

As a result, the apprentice was not mentally prepared to be an emperor, and the master was also unable to teach the psychological preparation of an emperor's disciple.

It was a first time for everyone, but the master and apprentice crossed the river by feeling the stones and messed it up...

As for the origin of this blank scroll with the seal of "Yuanxiu"?
Zhao Yifu asked, "Where did this scroll come from?"

The cats looked at each other and meowed.

It was the man with the mustache who dominated the whole scene, saying, "It was found on the body of a nun from Lunzang Temple."

There are actually nuns in this Lunzang Temple...

But it's a decadent place anyway, so it's not surprising what happens.

Zhao Yifu seemed to understand something after hearing this.

He looked at the sky and saw that it was almost dusk. He planned to invite the leader to come and see after dark whether this belonged to the former leader.

And Hua Da Nv, I don’t know when she will come back.

(End of this chapter)