Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 257 What is the weakness?
A 'White Cloud Mountain' appeared a hundred miles south of Liaocheng. The upper half of the entire mountain was covered in white clouds, like a fairyland.

The spring water winding down from the mountain has become the greatest gift to Liaocheng. For this reason, the people of Liao tribe would worship the "White Cloud God" facing Baiyun Mountain every morning and evening, who brought them the clear spring water.

No matter how this name came about, Zhao Yifu was worshipped as a god.

This was quite new to him.

He felt the power of the incense and vows of the incense Shinto.

Although incense is poisonous, if the incense comes from pure gratitude without any other request, then the nature of the incense and vows will be infinitely close to yang and spiritual energy.

The blessing of the incense and vows also made Zhao Yifu realize an extremely important role, which is that it can help him understand all things in nature!

This is extremely important, as it is the key for him to transcend the ordinary immortal level and become a celestial immortal.

No wonder even though there are many restrictions in the Heavenly Palace, there are still many immortals flocking there.

The incense and offerings provided by the Heavenly Court are the key!
Zhao Yifu couldn't help but try it.

He discovered that Yang and spiritual energy, or extremely pure willpower, was actually an excellent medium for communicating with heaven and earth. His soul could use it to form a channel between it and the obscure mysteries of heaven and earth.

And what's even better is that he only needs to gain some insights, and then he can go and argue with Taixu Forbidden Book.

After a quarrel, he would reflect on the problem, and then quarrel again... This cycle could quickly help him perfect his reflection without any omissions.

Logic closed loop, perfect.

This made Zhao Yifu begin to pay attention to the resource of willpower, and he became more and more concerned about the Liao people who sent him a lot of willpower.

In particular, he discovered that these Liao people had actually begun to clumsily attempt to reclaim the land for cultivation, which was unbearable for him, a person who had compiled agricultural books.

I simply wrote a lot of basic knowledge about land reclamation and farming, and then asked Yiyi to carry it down.

Who would have thought that just like that, Yiyi, the fire-breathing kitten, would be worshipped as a "God's Messenger" by the Liao Clan. It was an unexpected gain.

On this day, Li Wenqing, who had settled down on the other side, came to visit his friend.

He landed on the top of Baiyun Mountain on a cloud, looked around, and said with a smile: "Brother Junxin, your place is too desolate. And in this desolate mountain, a mountain covered by white clouds is too conspicuous."

Zhao Yifu smiled and shook his head when he heard this, saying, "It doesn't matter. No one comes here usually anyway. You can enjoy the scenery by yourself."

"Brother Yunzheng, please take a look. My Baiyun Mountain has also undergone many changes."

When Li Wenqing stepped onto the top of the mountain, he found that the top of the mountain was covered with a thin layer of soil, and between the rocks and the soil, there was a lot of green.

He said in surprise: "This mountain seems to have come alive because of your arrival."

Zhao Yifu didn't think there was anything wrong with this. He just laughed and said, "This is where I want to build my cave. What if it remains bare?"

Li Wenqing laughed, and then his face twitched because he saw hundreds of kittens busying around on the hill.

Some were moving stones, some were watering, and some were planting saplings...

The most important thing is that the cultivation of these cats is not weak, and they all have the cultivation level equivalent to that of Yang God. There are even several immortal-level ones.

Wow, so many cat monsters?
He asked with a somewhat tense expression, "Brother Junxin, what's going on with these... these spirit cats?"

After all, we are still good friends, so I will speak to you to show my respect.

However, it is not wrong to say that the cats are spirit cats, because these cats have been devoted to cultivation since they followed Zhao Yifu and have never done anything wrong, so their cultivation is also extremely pure.

Zhao Yifu laughed heartily and said, "They are all cats I have raised since I was in the mortal world. I couldn't bear to part with them even after becoming immortals, so I simply brought them all up here."

Li Wenqing was a little confused after hearing this. He suddenly felt that he had to re-evaluate Zhao Yifu's attitude towards monsters.

He originally thought that the flower demon would be the only special existence around Zhao Yifu, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Hua Ruirui's pure magical power and innocent mind are indeed precious, but do these cats have bad intentions?

To Zhao Yifu, Hua Ruirui is not special at all, and even seems mediocre.

Look, Li Wenqing scanned with his mind and finally found a peony flower basking in the sun in a flower garden on the top of the mountain.

So, the person they worked so hard to train just became mediocre?
Li Wenqing was a little unwilling to accept this, so he emphasized, "What about the flower demon?"

Zhao Yifu pointed to the courtyard behind him and said, "I was just daydreaming there, but I found it quite useful. It can naturally gather water and wood spiritual energy there, which is why our mountain has changed so quickly."

Li Wenqing discovered that Hua Ruirui really had no status in Zhao Yifu's heart, she was just a useful "plug-in".

If that’s the case, how can he let Zhao Yifu return to the Demon Realm?
He couldn't help but feel a headache.

Originally, using the "pure demon girls" to kill upright cultivators was the most effective method, but now there are too many demon girls on Zhao Yifu's side.

Don’t say that they are all cats. When a cat turns into a human, isn’t it more graceful and charming than a silly and naive flower?
What's more, Zhao Yifu has all kinds of cats here, it's simply a huge harem of evil women!
To be honest, his opinion of Zhao Yifu has been greatly challenged. He feels that this man is actually a licentious and immoral person, right?

Zhao Yifu was once again shrouded in the halo of "dissolute and immoral".

At this time, the two cats, Yiyi and Achou, one black and one white, were always by Zhao Yifu's side. They looked around and meowed in unison.

Zhao Yifu smiled and nodded when he heard this, saying, "Okay, Ah Chou, go heat up the dishes, Yiyi, go warm up the wine, and we'll treat Brother Yunzheng to a good meal."

Li Wenqing was also very surprised when he saw this, thinking that he had unique cultivation level and could see through Achou's transformed body at a glance.

The only cat demon in human form here is actually a proud and cold woman... No, she can even be said to be a goddess.

But it chose to show itself in its original form, as if it had completely abandoned the human form it had worked so hard to cultivate.

A moment later, Ah Chou rolled up a large bowl of spicy seafood with his tail and presented it.

Li Wenqing looked at the huge basin of tentacles, pincers, or soft limbs, and felt that his sanity value dropped significantly.

Wow, these are the limbs of a big monster, right?

Although it was cleaned very well, its origin can be seen at a glance.

He couldn't help but look at Zhao Yifu and said, "Brother Junxin, these ingredients...are a bit excessive."

Zhao Yifu said, "Don't worry, they are all cleansed with calamity energy, so they are clean, nutritious, and delicious."

As he spoke, he picked up a tentacle and put it into his mouth as if to demonstrate.

I immediately started chewing it with a crunching sound, and it looked very delicious.

At this time, Yiyi was cooking wine beside her. A small flame came out of the cat's mouth and slowly heated the wine. Soon the aroma of the wine was mouth-watering.

Li Wenqing felt a little relieved, at least the wine was normal.

However, at this moment, a dark cloud suddenly rolled across the sky and fell towards the direction of Liaocheng.

Zhao Yifu frowned slightly because he sensed a bad aura in the dark clouds.

He remembered what Yi Bo of Liaocheng had said before, that they had been blackmailed by a demonic cultivator.

So he frowned and said, "You come with bad intentions."

Li Wenqing's eyes lit up slightly, and then he said, "What can I do?"

Zhao Yifu put down the warm wine glass and said, "I'll go meet this person."

As he spoke, he put down the Pure Yang Demon Subduing Sword beside him, then stood up and flew up to the clouds, blocking the way in front of the black cloud and said, "I don't know who you are, please take the time to talk."

Li Wenqing looked at the sword that Zhao Yifu put down, and felt the pure yang energy released when the sword returned to the sheath. He couldn't help but sigh that his good brother was still too pedantic.

The demonic energy in the black cloud was swirling, and then he snorted coldly: "Get out of here..." The demonic cultivator made a contemptuous sound, but it stopped abruptly.

Because an extremely sharp knife light shot out from Zhao Yi Fu's sleeve, and at this moment a majestic momentum that seemed to be about to collapse the sky and split the earth suddenly burst out from his body.

"Qiang!"

The blade flashed by, and the demonic energy didn't even react at all, only a faint slash appeared in the middle...

And the next moment, astonishing icy spiritual energy surged out from the gap, and the devil cloud was quickly frozen into ice, and then shattered in the air.

One knife, it's over!
Zhao Yifu's hand was still in his sleeve, but he had already put away the knife.

Then, without even looking at the ice flowers that were constantly breaking, withering and scattering in the air, he returned to the top of Baiyun Mountain in front of Li Wenqing's stunned expression, picked up the warm wine whose temperature had not yet changed, and drank it happily.

Then he said to Li Wenqing: "Brother Yunzheng, I'm sorry to have made you laugh, but this official dared to cause trouble with such little cultivation. Let him die."

Li Wenqing struggled to suppress his surprise, then smiled bitterly and said, "When I saw you leaving this sword behind, I thought you were going to have a good talk with that person."

Zhao Yifu said: "I tried to negotiate, but it didn't work out."

Good guy...

Li Wenqing recalled what had just happened. It seemed that it was Zhao Yifu who took the initiative to say hello, and then the demon cultivator was a little rude, and then he was chopped by Zhao Yifu.

Wow, is this how everyone in Chunyang Palace talks?

Zhao Yifu seemed to sense his shock, and then he explained, "That man is obviously not a good person, and he doesn't seem willing to talk properly, so I'll give him a blow to test his strength."

"In the end, he didn't catch it. So there's no need to talk about it anymore. It saves me the trouble."

This is what I said...

Li Wenqing thought about it and found it quite reasonable.

Then he realized that Zhao Yi Fu was actually a very decisive person. Most people in the magic world didn't even have the qualifications to speak in front of him... Only those who could block his knife could speak properly in front of him.

At this time, Li Wenqing's attitude towards Zhao Yifu changed again: this man looked like a harmless scholar on the surface, but when the need arose, he would be a madman who would draw his knife and chop people at any time!
Li Wenqing felt even more troubled.

He originally thought that Zhao Yifu was a decent person in the traditional sense, and could be lured into corruption by many fixed routines, but now it seems that Zhao Yifu is very untypically decent and clearly has the demeanor of a hero.

This is difficult to handle.

He said, "But isn't it extreme to act like this?"

Zhao Yifu blinked, then smiled and said, "Don't forget that I'm a sword cultivator from the Sword Immortal Alliance. My extremism is just the extremism of a sword cultivator. It's okay."

Li Wenqing was speechless again. It was really a dead end to meet such a guy with a flexible bottom line... No, why did the boss Bo Xun expel this guy from the Demon Kingdom?
It's obvious that this kind of person is born bad. If he were still in the Demon Kingdom, he would be very easy to control.

As a result, Zhao Yifu's flexible Taoist heart made Li Wenqing feel completely helpless. It was really too difficult.

At this moment, the cats started calling one after another, as if they were celebrating their owner winning another fight.

Zhao Yifu felt happy listening to everyone's singing and he laughed happily.

Yiyi was also rubbing his trouser leg gently, and then he suddenly picked her up and rubbed her in his arms.

Li Wenqing was moved when he saw this and asked, "It seems like you particularly like cats?"

Zhao Yifu smiled and said, "Yiyi is the first cat I ever raised and my favorite."

"And everyone else has been with me all along the way... To be honest, I've even spent more time with them than with my fellow Taoists."

Taoist companions...are you still here?
Li Wenqing was shocked. It turned out that Zhao Yifu had a Taoist partner.

He had always thought that Zhao Yi Fu was a very upright cultivator who devoted himself to cultivation, but he didn't expect that he actually had everything he should and shouldn't have.

Li Wenqing asked, "Why haven't I heard of your sister-in-law?"

Zhao Yifu smiled and said, "People come together because of fate, and they disperse when fate ends. That's all."

This gives off a fairy-like, carefree vibe, but it also sounds really despicable.

Li Wenqing suddenly realized that perhaps in Zhao Yifu's heart, his Taoist partner's position was even lower than that of a cat...

He couldn't help but take a closer look at these cats, especially Yiyi.

Then he said sincerely, "My dear brother, I think you should be careful. Demons are rampant right now, and you act rather righteously. I'm afraid you might implicate these little guys."

Zhao Yifu was completely unconcerned. He said, "I carry them with me. If I encounter an enemy I cannot match, I will leave my sect. If they don't even fear my sect, I will run away. If I can't run away, I won't care about them anymore."

Still as straightforward and free-spirited as ever.

Li Wenqing nodded and said, "I'm just giving you some advice. After all, there are so many curses and secret methods in this world. I'm afraid... That's all. There's no point in saying more. Just keep it in mind, my dear brother."

Zhao Yifu still sincerely thanked Li Wenqing for the reminder, and then the two chatted for a while and agreed to visit Li Wenqing next time, and then they said goodbye to each other.

……

About half an hour later, Li Wenqing appeared somewhere thousands of miles away, still setting up a magic array at an underground spring to summon the mysterious Demon Lord.

"Master, the disciple is back."

The Demon Lord asked, "What's the situation?"

Li Wenqing said, "Zhao Yifu may seem gentle and refined, but he's actually a ruthless killer. The demon cultivator he led over was beheaded before he could even utter a second word, while he himself remained calm and was still drinking with his disciples."

The Demon Lord said, "In that case, this person is indeed a talent. It would be the best outcome if we could recruit him for our own use."

"What else? I've been asking you to explore his weaknesses for such a long time. I hope you can get some useful information."

Li Wenqing hesitated for a moment.

The Demon Lord snorted coldly and said, "Why, is there anything you can't say to me?"

Li Wenqing's forehead immediately broke out in sweat. He quickly bowed and said, "Master, please forgive me. I'm just not sure if that's his true weakness."

The Demon Lord's tone softened slightly. "I will make the final decision. Just tell me."

Li Wenqing then bowed respectfully and said, "When I was drinking with him, I heard that he cared a lot about the people of Liaocheng..."

"Even the death of that cultivator was related to his intention to target the people of Liaocheng."

The Demon Lord laughed out loud after hearing this: "So that's how it is. He has tasted the wonders of the power of faith!"

"If that's the case, then it's easy to deal with... The more he relies on the power of faith, the more the Liao Clan will become his weakness... I understand."

Li Wenqing's heart tightened upon seeing this, and he bowed and asked, "Then what about the disciple..."

The Demon Lord said, "You don't need to show up again. You are the trump card in my hand and the key to dismantling the Eight Immortals. There is no need to take too many risks of exposure on this kid."

"Alright, step back. I'll let someone else handle the rest."

Li Wenqing calmly clasped his hands and left.

As he came out of the cave, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and a worry that he shouldn't have felt emerged in his heart.

What's the point of just worrying?
He has done everything he can, and now it all depends on how Zhao Yifu will deal with the situation.

(End of this chapter)