Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 206 Animation Production
The newly dead souls on the battlefield and the wandering spirits wandering in the county town were all taken to the ghost gate by Zhao Yifu.

At this time, the killing knife played a key role. For those ghosts who were full of resentment and unwilling to go to the underworld, Zhao Yifu only needed to stab them...

In particular, he found many ghosts who had committed heinous crimes and had strong resentment. When they were sent to the underworld, the Netherworld Messenger Order on Zhao Yifu's body emitted a charming halo.

It's upgraded again!
This was pure accumulation of merit, which allowed his status as a ghost catcher to be elevated again, making him a mid-level ghost general.

It can be said that his promotion speed is rare in the underworld.

Of course, the identity of a ghost catcher now adds almost no real strength to Zhao Yifu. He just needs this identity to be able to interfere in the affairs of the underworld.

At this time, his Yang Shen continued to patrol the area and take away all the wandering ghosts.

The main body went to visit the wounded.

Not only the wounded soldiers from Fenglin, but also those from Liao Kingdom.

The 'Renshui Breaking Evil Technique' that Zhao Yifu learned in his early years came into play again. The so-called 'Renshui' is 'water with yang attributes'. The function of this magic is to create Renshui, nothing more.

Nowadays, this has become the best method for cleaning wounds and preventing infection. In his opinion, it is even more economical than alcohol.

There are external injuries on the battlefield. In fact, just having a way to clean the wounds can greatly increase the survival rate.

What Zhao Yifu did next was still shocking in this era.

He cleaned some serious wounds and then sewed them up with a sewing needle just like sewing clothes!

In particular, since the Fenglin soldiers were only slightly injured, they only needed to clean and bandage their wounds, but many of the Liao Guo soldiers who were eventually captured were seriously injured. They watched as Zhao Yi Fu sewed them up like rag dolls, with only fear in their eyes.

Zhao Yifu didn't know how others controlled their prisoners, but his prisoners were very obedient.

As for the lightly wounded captives, he let them clean their wounds with Renshui and then said, "I'll give you one day's rations. Let's go."

He was actually prepared to release the prisoners.

The captives looked at each other in confusion.

Zhao Yifu said, "Let's go. You have parents and relatives in the north, right? If you die here, won't your relatives be sad?"

"We are of the same clan and race. It is unavoidable for us to meet on the battlefield, but now the battle is over."

After saying this, he opened the camp gate and let them leave on their own.

Yang Zaixuan asked, "What do you mean, sir?"

He actually felt that Zhao Yifu was just trying to gain fame.

However, Zhao Yifu said, "I bet Commander Na Liao Hu won't kill them all in one go. I want to make these ordinary people who were forcibly enslaved understand one thing, that is, don't fight so hard on the battlefield. If you really can't do it, you can surrender and go back to see your wife and children."

As he spoke, he patted Yang Zaixuan's shoulder and said, "Now, when you fight in the future, remember to just go after those barbarian leaders."

Yang Zaixuan was shocked when he heard this. He thought that Zhao Yifu really had no military strategy this time, but now he realized that Zhao Yifu's military strategy was not just a simple military command, but had reached a higher level of application.

Yang Zaixuan had doubts again and said, "Sir, but we are still too few in number. I'm afraid..."

Zhao Yifu said, "Quality is more important than quantity. Isn't there only 10,000 soldiers stationed in Xiangyang? Yet, they have withstood the attack of an army of 300,000."

He thought for a moment and said, "But that's true. We can't just sit there and wait for death. We have to take some proactive defense."

Active defense...Yang Zaixuan was confused by this new term.

Zhao Yifu said, "Alright, listen to me. Now let's take a break and then we'll leave the city."

Although Yang Zaixuan had doubts in his heart, since Zhao Yifu said so, he immediately reorganized his men.

The Fenglin soldiers started on their journey again.

Thanks to Zhao Yifu's adjustment and re-refining of their armor, the weight of their armor is only 30% of normal infantry armor, but the defense power is doubled!

While on the road, Yang Zaixuan suddenly understood something.

He said, "Sir, I understand. It's just like what we did in Yuzhou, right?"

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "In my opinion, there is not much difference between these Northern Dynasty soldiers and the rebel army."

Indeed, after those defeated soldiers returned, more Northern Dynasty soldiers immediately marched south, apparently preparing to destroy the Manshan County in the south.

Zhao Yifu's Yangshen saw all of this from a high vantage point, and then marked everything he saw on the map.

He didn't say anything, but just threw the map to Yang Zaixuan.

This time, Liao Guo’s army of 30,000 men marched south, divided into ten groups, each separated by several miles, sweeping across the border like a sieve.

A troop mobilization of this scale is really excessive for a small Manshan County.

No one thought that 30,000 people would not be able to take over Manshan County... In fact, the previous 3,000 people were enough to do it!

Of course, since the other party is composed of 3,000 people divided into ten groups to attack, there will naturally be some disconnects.

He quickly marked the positions of the ten groups of people on the map, and after a slight pause, he marked each of the ten groups of people separately.

This mark is a "正" character. Only one "正" character is complete, while the others are either "一" or "丅", and there is rarely a "下".

Yang Zaixuan asked, "Sir, what does this mark mean?"

Zhao Yifu said: "The character '正' represents the strength of the mind of the commander. A complete character '正' represents a firm and unshakable will. The fewer strokes a character has, the weaker its will."

He tossed the updated map to Yang Zaixuan and said, "I'll leave it to you. The enemy underestimated us and advanced rashly. They're easy to deal with."

It's easy to say this, but don't forget that there are only two hundred people on their side!

Yang Zaixuan thought about it and said, "My Lord, what you said makes sense. This battle is easy."

His eyes were bright and he seemed to have everything planned out for him.

Seeing him like this, Zhao Yifu smiled and said, "This battle should be handed over to you to command. Come on, your talent will not be buried."

He's apparently going to start playing 'live broadcast' again.

Yang Zaixuan nodded cautiously.

He already had a feeling that the 'young master' he served was not an ordinary person, but a true 'cultivator of both Confucianism and Taoism'.

These two hundred people now are actually his original team, and this war is a good opportunity for him to make achievements.

But his first order was, "Sir, I want everyone to cook and rest now."

Zhao Yifu didn't even raise his eyelids when he heard this and said, "It's up to you to decide."

Yang Zaixuan bowed to Zhao Yifu and then went out to make arrangements.

But at this moment, Ying Cong on Qianli Painting asked in confusion: "Everyone rest? The enemy army is approaching and everyone is resting now? I thought he would order a night raid or something."

Zhao Yifu replied: [Before a major battle, one must rest well, eat well, and sleep well so that one can have the strength to defeat the enemy.]

Ying Cong said: [Okay, I look forward to your good news.]

That night, Ying Cong slept very uneasily.

The next morning, he woke up early and asked the person next to him, "Is there any news on my painting?"

Hong Zhongnu bowed beside him and said, "Yes, I have the picture."

After the previous incident, the old eunuch no longer dared to act recklessly, but he also gained more trust from Ying Cong. At least they could share the secret.

Ying Cong didn't even bother to wash up, and quickly spread out the Qianli painting to look at it...

As a result, we saw the scene of Fenglin soldiers marching out to the battle fully armed.

This painting is very detailed, and the faces of the two hundred Fenglin soldiers are clearly depicted.

Especially the young general in silver armor riding a white horse in the front, he was so majestic and heroic.

Hong Zhongnu was a considerate servant, and at this moment he sighed, "It is truly magnificent. It is a pity that the Manshan Camp is not here, otherwise the Master would have ten times more soldiers available."

Ying Cong's face darkened. He raised his pen and wrote: [Little Taoist priest, what did Xi Ling from the Manshan Camp say?]

A line of text quickly responded: [No big deal! Once I'm through this, I'll naturally find ways to deal with him. If I were to ask you to intervene directly against such a small-time figure, your imperial decree would seem too cheap.] Hong Zhongnu was sweating profusely at this, thinking that only this person could speak to the Great Xu Emperor in such a way.

But Ying Cong was not displeased, and simply responded: "I have to go to court, I hope I don't miss this wonderful scene."

Zhao Yifu replied: [Don't worry, I will describe it to you in detail. You won't miss it.]

So Ying Cong could only go to court with anticipation and anxiety.

At the morning court, all civil and military officials felt that the emperor was somewhat uneasy today.

But no one cared. After all, he was the emperor, and there were always a few abnormal days every month. This was normal.

Originally, the morning court session would last at least an hour, but now it was hastily concluded in half an hour. Then Ying Cong returned to the study and asked, "Old man, any news from over there?"

Hong Zhongnu immediately clasped his fists and shouted excitedly: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, on this great victory!"

Ying Cong hurried to Qianli's painting and saw a scene that delighted him: a young general on a white horse with a silver spear stabbed a Northern Dynasty general dressed as a Liao noble off his horse with one spear.

The two hundred Fenglin soldiers behind him bravely rushed up, and the Liao army was instantly in chaos.

Ying Cong quickly picked up his brush and wrote in the blank space beside the painting: [What's next? Anything else?]

Then a magical scene happened, the picture actually moved by itself!
The ink on the screen seemed to come alive and began to transform into a series of moving pictures... Oh, animation.

The subsequent plot unfolds.

It turned out that the young general on the white horse did not stab the enemy general to death, but only knocked him off his horse. He deliberately let him escape for a distance and then led his troops to pursue him.

The Liao noble had lost his courage and fled for his life. The Liao soldiers around him saw that their general was still alive and naturally didn't care about the camp. Of course, they followed the commander and ran away.

So a big chase began... Two hundred people were chasing three thousand people!

But just as Ying Cong was watching with excitement, a line of words suddenly appeared in the blank space next to him: [Rich man, the pursuit will start from the left and right, so I will give you a break for now.]

Ying Cong quickly said, "Don't stop, I'm really enjoying it!"

Zhao Yifu said, "But now that you've seen it, it's over. If you want to see it again in the future, do you think you'll have to ask me to draw it for you again? I don't have that much free time."

"Let me research and see if I can add some playback functionality to this Qianli Painting."

Ying Cong immediately changed his stance and said, "Then go quickly."

Zhao Yifu was following behind the battlefield, collecting the spoils with the cats along the way.

At this moment, his Yang Soul suddenly left his body and went to the Yin and Yang realm.

Don’t think that his body will be very weak now that his Yang Shen has left his body. In fact, what his Yang Shen has taken away is only the power of his soul, but the power of his physical body is still there.

In other words, the Shouren Law running in his body is still there, and he is still an invincible "berserker".

Yang Shen entered the Yin-Yang Heaven and shouted directly: "Master, I come to see you again!"

At this time, Master Yuanxiu would probably show disgust.

But He showed a worried look and said, "You're here? I just wanted to contact you."

"The Yin-Yang Sky is shrinking rapidly. I suspect it will disappear completely within a year."

Zhao Yifu was stunned when he heard this and quickly asked, "What will happen in the human world then?"

Grandmaster Yuanxiu said, "Souls that enter the underworld won't experience any changes, but souls wandering the wasteland may return to the living world...but it's hard to say when that will happen."

"Evil spirits can manifest directly in the mortal realm and wreak havoc, while vengeful spirits may randomly seek out locations to wreak havoc. But they ultimately have a trail to follow."

"The most troublesome thing is those unconscious spirits that roam the wasteland year-round. They'll probably instinctively seek a carrier to be reborn in the world of the living!"

Zhao Yifu felt a chill down his spine when he heard this. He asked, "Could it be possible to revive a soul by possessing a corpse?"

Grandmaster Yuanxiu nodded in agreement.

Zhao Yifu quickly asked, "Doesn't the underworld care? Aren't those wandering unconscious spirits supposed to return to reincarnation?"

Grandmaster Yuanxiu said, "I'm afraid it won't work. We don't have enough manpower."

Zhao Yifu asked, "But the question is, where do so many wandering souls come from?"

"Since there are ghost messengers guiding people in the human world, then theoretically there shouldn't be so many unconscious spirits wandering in the underworld."

Grandmaster Yuanxiu said, "I only recently discovered that these wandering souls are not from the Yang world, or rather, not from the Yang world we know..."

This is a lot of information. The souls in the underworld don't just come from the world they know. Doesn't that mean that the underworld is actually connected to the unknown world?

For a moment, Zhao Yifu felt as if a cat's claws were scratching his heart, making it itchy.

But now he has a lot of things to do in the human world, so he has no time to bother with these things.

He could only return to the topic and ask, "Master, do you still remember the 'Thousand Miles of Smoke and Clouds Painting' you created back then?"

He mentioned his needs, but he didn't know that Master Yuanxiu had already considered them carefully when he made this painting.

This Qianli Painting can not only call up the content that was previously created, but the mother painting can theoretically call up the content passed by all the child paintings at will.

But turning on this 'Administrator mode' requires a little trick...

Zhao Yifu's yang spirit returned, and he naturally told Ying Cong this little trick.

[You only need to inject your true energy into the Qianli Painting scroll, and all the content you have previously viewed will appear on the scroll. Then, concentrate your true energy on your fingertips, touch the picture with your fingertips, and you can make a selection.]

Zhao Yifu was also quite surprised when he learned this. It turned out that the concept of "touch screen" had already been invented by Master Yuanxiu?

He suddenly became interested in the craft of refining weapons. After all, it seemed that as long as he became proficient in refining weapons, he would be able to bring out some of the things in his memory.

However, Ying Cong did not respond for a long time, and finally replied: [But, I don’t have any true energy.]

Zhao Yifu said: [Your royal family has so many cultivation secrets and elixirs, it shouldn't be difficult to cultivate some true qi, right?]

[What's more, the old eunuch next to you is also a cultivator. If you have any questions about cultivation, you can ask him, or of course, you can ask me.]

……

Ying Cong looked at Hong Zhongnu thoughtfully.

Hong Zhongnu immediately knelt on the ground and said, "This slave deserves death!"

Ying Cong asked speechlessly, "What capital crime have you committed?"

Hong Zhongnu quickly said, "I didn't tell the emperor that I have martial arts skills."

Ying Cong said, "If you don't have any martial arts skills, how can I be at ease wearing your White Dragon Fish Suit?"

"Get up, this is a good thing."

Hong Zhongnu wiped the sweat off his face and stood up. As a top master, he was really humble.

Ying Cong then said, "Now try to see if this scroll can control the image."

Hong Zhongnu immediately tried it nervously...but it was obvious that this Thousand Miles of Smoke and Clouds Painting was originally prepared for Emperor Dao Zong, and the operation method was very "foolproof", so Hong Zhongnu could naturally operate it.

Ying Cong was happy. While Hong Zhongnu was constantly switching the screens, he was also lost in memories as he watched the screens one by one... He really liked this painting of Thousand Miles of Smoke and Clouds now.

He said, "Old man, you have to teach me how to practice martial arts from now on."

Hong Zhongnu quickly said, "My skills are not suitable for Your Majesty..."

Ying Cong said, "Nonsense, I will naturally not learn your eunuch's martial arts, I just want you to teach me some principles. Our Taizu originally established the country through military force."

Hong Zhongnu wiped his sweat and quickly agreed.

And at this moment, a new picture appeared.

The young general with a white horse and a silver spear drove a group of defeated soldiers into the formation of another group of Liao soldiers.

At this moment, the horrified expressions of the Liao generals were clearly portrayed...

(End of this chapter)