Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 252 A Taoist Fellow

After hearing what Zhao Yifu said, Yiyang Sword Master paused for a moment and asked, "Who took away Gu Fan's body?"

Zhao Yifu said, "I don't know yet, but I'm trying to simulate the characteristics of his spiritual thoughts. Maybe I can ask Senior Yiyang to identify them then."

Yi Yang Sword Master was surprised and asked, "You can also simulate the characteristics of divine thoughts?"

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "There are many traces left here. I only need to calculate and summarize all their directions of action, and then I can roughly simulate the appearance of this divine thought at work."

Yi Yang Sword Master was greatly surprised when he heard this. He said, "You are indeed a great talent. No wonder your mentor and all the uncles and aunts are so optimistic about you."

When the people around heard this, they realized that Zhao Yifu was a direct descendant of Chunyang, and was different from those wandering ghosts who wanted to enter Chunyang Palace for further training through the Sword Immortal Alliance and further join the Chunyang sect.

Zhao Yifu humbly said, "This is actually the knowledge passed down by my teachers, especially my mentor Liang Fengzi. He saw through the illusions of the world and reminded me to start looking for clues from the most basic measurements in this world."

“Sure enough, this is very useful.”

Everyone was amazed after hearing this, thinking that Liang Fengzi had such ability. No wonder he had achieved such remarkable results in just twenty years as an instructor in the Sword Immortal Alliance.

Upon hearing this, Yi Yang Jian Jun understood instantly. He vaguely remembered that he had learned similar knowledge, but he had never thought of using it to do such a thing... In other words, this was actually a difference in thinking.

Thinking of this, he said sincerely: "You and your disciple are both very capable people."

"So can you simulate one or two now?"

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "At present, we can only simulate it to be 50% to 60% similar. If we study it for a while longer, we may be able to get better. However, as time goes by, the traces here will naturally change, so further deduction will not be very effective."

As he spoke, he simulated a state with his divine consciousness, then enveloped the entire surrounding area, and then stirred it slightly...

The next moment, the surrounding large areas of flowers and vegetation were twisted violently, revealing a messy scene.

Yi Yang Sword Master sensed it, then took a deep breath and said, "What a powerful way to use your divine consciousness!"

Zhao Yifu said, "I only imitated 50% of the appearance. If he performed it in person, it would probably be more than twice as strong. There are so many talented people in this world."

He seemed a little down.

Yi Yang Sword Master said, "Don't underestimate yourself. It's already quite good for you to have achieved this at your age."

"If there's a chance in the future, perhaps you and I can become...disciples of the same generation."

Zhao Yifu blinked, and after listening to Yi Yang Sword Lord's vague yet suggestive words, he instantly understood what he meant.

He laughed and said, "Senior, that's still a long way off. Let's just focus on the present."

Yi Yang Sword Lord nodded, then looked at the situation before him and said, "It seems that the demonic barrier has actually been invading our Sword Immortal Alliance for a long time. I wonder how much of it has been infected."

At this moment, Zhao Yifu's expression shifted slightly, and he lowered his head to look at the words on the spiritual paper: [I checked the Black Feather Elder who issued the task, and there is definitely something fishy about this person.]

Zhao Yifu was slightly moved. He showed a corner of the spiritual paper to Yiyang Sword Lord, and then wrote with his mind: [Why do you think so?]

Answer: [I have carefully analyzed Gu Fan's mission trajectory. In seven years, he went on 46 missions, 33 of which were to places within a certain range of the Southern Sky. This behavior is actually very suspicious.]

[Now that we can't question Gu Fan himself, Elder Heiyu, who assigned him the mission, becomes a suspect.]

Yiyang Sword Master immediately realized the seriousness of the matter. He suddenly raised his head and said to the people around him, "The clues to this matter have been cut off. You can all return to the peak forest first. I must go to Chunyang Palace again to seek medicine."

At the same time, Yiyang Sword Lord sent a message to Zhao Yifu: "I'm going to Chunyang Palace to seek a method to effectively identify demonic obstacles. Please lend me the golden hoop. You can continue to investigate this matter."

He paused, then continued, "My mentor said you can do what's appropriate for you."

Zhao Yifu nodded after hearing this, knowing that this was the master giving him some freedom.

It is obvious that someone has set up a very disgusting trap against the Chunyang Sect, but the other party has been hiding behind the scenes and not revealing his true identity, which is very troublesome.

Faced with this situation, there is actually no good way except to wait for the other party to show up... unless, send someone undercover.

However, the decision of whether to go undercover actually lies in Zhao Yifu himself.

The ancestors did not force him, but just let him do what was convenient for him.

Anyway, the ancestors have already given him enough things to save his life, and the compiled "Eight Immortals' Answers to Their Disciples" is equivalent to an "official endorsement", so he can really do anything without any psychological burden.

Zhao Yifu couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

This matter really cannot be decided all at once, he needs to think more about it.

After everyone dispersed, Zhao Yifu sent a message to his master via spiritual paper: "Yiyang Sword Master has gone to Chunyang Palace to seek a method to identify the demonic obstacles. Master, please find a way to stabilize Elder Heiyu first."

Liang Zhongzhi replied, "Well, this Sword Immortal Alliance is truly riddled with problems. I guess the Grandmaster anticipated the seriousness of the situation and sent you here."

Zhao Yifu shook his head. He felt like a disaster. How could he encounter such troubles as soon as he came to the Sword Immortal Alliance?
After everyone left, a white cat jumped back into his palm.

She wrinkled her nose proudly, then slipped into his sleeve.

Achou has returned, which means that the flower demon named Ruirui has gone far away.

This is an innocent little demon, and he has no intention of implicating innocent people.

The only valuable clue here is the mysterious man's method of using his spiritual power, but it is worthless if we can't see him or don't see him use it again.

Come to think of it, maybe he should ask that flower demon again...

But when I thought about how stupid that flower demon was, I couldn't feel any interest at all.

He returned to the town outside the forest and suddenly thought of something. He went to the rice shop in the town and bought a large bag of rice, and then walked towards the house of the old woman who met the flower demon.

I don’t know what the relationship between the old woman and the flower demon is, but it is true that the old woman is very old and will probably die soon without care.

He did not forget the old woman.

However, when he came to the old woman's house again, he looked silently at the curling smoke rising from the yard and the busy little woman he saw through the low wall.

"Cough cough!"

He coughed dryly, which frightened the young woman who was making a fire and cooking.

Then the little flower demon came over tremblingly and said, "Sir...Sir, I'm afraid my mother-in-law will be hungry..."

He looked aggrieved, as if he had been abused.

Zhao Yifu could feel the pure kindness in her, which was extremely beautiful. No wonder Qingfeng was temporarily lost.

However, Qingfeng's selfishness prevailed in the end, and he put the blame of Gu Fan's murder on this innocent flower demon.

Thinking of this, he raised his chin and said, "Your fire is almost out, go add some wood."

Ruirui cried out "Ah" and then hurried to break off some firewood.

It can be seen that she is very skilled in farm work.

Zhao Yifu simply jumped over the wall, leaned against the inner wall and asked, "How long have you been taking care of the old lady here?"

Ruirui timidly looked up at Zhao Yifu and said, "I was originally a flower planted by my mother-in-law's family. When I was born with intelligence, she was still a little girl. After waiting for a long time for me to gain the magical power to transform, she has already become my mother-in-law."

Zhao Yifu was moved by this. It's said that all things have spirits. While this might not be so profound or obvious in the mortal world, it's a fact that's been proven countless times in the heavens.

Perhaps Ruirui developed intelligence because of the old woman's love for her when she was young...

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "I told you it's time for you to go."

Ruirui shook her head stubbornly: "No, my mother-in-law needs me to take care of her."

Zhao Yifu laughed and said, "If you insist on doing this, I won't stop you."

He decided to ignore it because he knew that this was what the flower demon wanted.

Just as he was about to push the door open and leave, he suddenly heard the sound of someone passing by outside.

The man stopped outside the door and exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Such pure spiritual energy is gathering here. It must be a spiritual being that has appeared."

As he spoke, the man knocked on the door gently and asked, "Is anyone home?"

Zhao Yifu was quite surprised. He turned around to look at Ruirui who was looking at him timidly, and nodded silently.

Ruirui then called out in a clear and loud voice, "Please wait a moment, my dear. I am cooking."

The person outside the door heard this and said, "I, Li Wenqing, am being reckless. I believe that young ladies should be plant spirits, so why would they be cooking for others?"

Zhao Yifu was not surprised by this because he felt the man's spiritual thoughts penetrating into him.

Ruirui was stunned for a moment, then said aggrievedly, "I just want to see my mother-in-law to the end of her life. You can do whatever you want with her after that, okay?"

When I say this, I feel really pity for myself.

Li Wenqing, upon hearing this, said politely, "Young lady, how could you humiliate yourself like this? I was just worried about someone enslaving you, and hearing you say this, I'm relieved."

After saying that, he no longer asked to come in, and then he heard footsteps going away.

Zhao Yifu was quite surprised. He didn't expect that Li Wenqing was so upright.

But at this moment, the footsteps stopped, and Li Wenqing's voice came from outside again: "By the way, would you like to chat with the fellow Taoists in the courtyard?"

This surprised Zhao Yifu, because Li Wenqing had discovered his existence!
He wasn't afraid at all, and said loudly, "That's what I wish."

As he said that, he pushed open the gate and walked out.

"Chang Immortal!"

Ruirui suddenly cried out.

Zhao Yifu looked back at her again, but saw that she already looked a little frightened.

It turned out that although she was afraid when Zhao Yifu was around, she was afraid of making Zhao Yifu angry, not afraid of him as a person... On the contrary, she felt inexplicably at ease when she saw Zhao Yifu appear in the yard.

But at this time, Zhao Yifu was about to leave, and she felt uneasy again.

Zhao Yi Fu laughed, but didn't give in. He closed the door and left.

...Outside the yard, he saw a Taoist priest wearing a plain Taoist robe and with a fresh face.

The first impression this person gave Zhao Yifu was very good, a simple and friendly feeling.

He couldn't help but ask, "Friend Li, where have we met before?"

Li Wenqing replied, "What's your name, fellow Daoist? If I remember correctly, this is the first time we've met."

Zhao Yifu also laughed and shook his head, saying, "I have indeed never seen him... I am Taoist Fu Yinzi, but I have met Fellow Daoist Li."

Li Wenqing smiled cheerfully and said, "Thank you for your courtesy, Daoist friend. I wonder if Daoist friend Fu Yinzi has any master?"

Zhao Yifu didn't think anything of it when he heard it, it was just a normal greeting.

He replied, "I am a disciple of the Chunyang sect. Where is my fellow Taoist?"

Li Wenqing was moved and exclaimed, "So you are a senior disciple of the Chunyang Sect. I am different. I have only practiced on my own using some of the cultivation methods left by my father. Naturally, I cannot compare to the vast and profound teachings of my fellow Taoist."

Zhao Yifu praised him, "So you have a family background in Daoist learning. I guess your father is also a virtuous and virtuous man, right?"

Li Wenqing shook his head and said, "I don't know if he is a noble man. I lost my biological father when I was a child, and only my mother raised me until I grew up."

Zhao Yifu was filled with awe and said, "Your mother is truly remarkable. I have great respect for her."

Li Wenqing laughed heartily upon hearing this and said, "That was all in the past. I'm sorry to have made you laugh, fellow Taoist."

"It is surprising that fellow Daoist, who is of Pure Yang origin, can be so kind to demon spirits."

Zhao Yifu was surprised and said, "How can this be surprising? All things have spirits, and that flower demon isn't evil, so I naturally won't make things difficult for her."

Li Wenqing shook his head and said, "Fellow Daoist, are you from the Sword Immortal Alliance?"

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "I just arrived at the Sword Immortal Alliance the day before yesterday."

Li Wenqing continued, "Do you know what the cultivators in the Heaven Realm think of the Sword Immortal Alliance?"

Zhao Yifu shook his head and said, "To be honest, fellow Daoist, I have been cultivating in a secret place since I ascended to the heavens. I am not familiar with the affairs of this heavenly realm."

Li Wenqing said: "Since that's the case, I can't say much..."

Zhao Yifu said cheerfully, "It's okay. It won't be anything nice anyway."

Li Wenqing: “…”

It seems like I've been talking to myself a lot today.

He was stunned for a moment, then praised: "Daoyou are free and easy."

Zhao Yifu said, "It's not that I'm being carefree, but an organization like this that caters to all sword cultivators is bound to be a mixed bag."

"Honestly, just looking at what I've encountered in the Sword Immortal Alliance over the past two days...if it weren't for Grandmaster Chunyang's respect, I really wanted to walk away."

Li Wenqing said, "Fellow Daoist is truly a man of character, but we can't simply judge things in this world. There are some people in the Sword Immortal Alliance who act in an extreme way, but there are also good people."

Zhao Yifu nodded and continued chatting with Li Wenqing.

He found that this man was extremely knowledgeable and many of his ideas coincided with his.

Judging from the limited experience, Zhao Yifu could feel that this mysterious Li Wenqing's cultivation level was probably no less than his own... no, maybe even higher.

So far, Zhao Yifu is still not sure what Li Wenqing's origins are, and what's the point of meeting him.

Maybe it's just a coincidence, or maybe it's intentional.

But no matter what, Zhao Yifu would not refuse such contact.

If it's just a coincidence, wouldn't it be great to make friends with such an interesting fellow Taoist?
If it was done intentionally, then it would be exactly what they wanted.

(End of this chapter)