Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 302 A Real Rascal

Zhao Yifu brought the blood droplet, which was sealed by ice, to the Ninth Heaven Prison.

He made no attempt to greet any acquaintances along the way, instead pushing open the gates of the Nine Heavens Prison and heading straight for the center of the prison's summit.

It was the same pillar that had once suppressed the Blood Demon. With a wave of his hand, Zhao Yifu summoned chains that bound the frozen blood droplets.

He sensed it and the seal reopened; it worked as expected.

Then he glanced around at the other two big shots on the Nine Heavens Prison... He first leisurely walked up to the huge dragon.

The dragon kept its eyes closed, seemingly indifferent to everything, but when Zhao Yifu approached, it couldn't help but say, "When the warden left last time, he was only at the level of an immortal, but now he's already a golden immortal... What a formidable young man!"

Zhao Yifu could now sense that the eldest prince of the East Sea Dragon Clan was also a Golden Immortal, but his talent and bloodline were so strong that he could not be taken lightly.

Zhao Yifu said, "Greetings, Your Highness. The Old Dragon King misses you dearly."

The eldest prince of the Dragon Palace suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Yifu, asking, "What do you mean by that?"

Zhao Yifu said, "Over the years, I have made many friends in the outside world, one of whom is the old Dragon King of the East Sea."

As he spoke, Zhao Yifu reached into his sleeve to grab something...

He was immediately embarrassed because he had left his scholar's robe, which he used to store things, at Baiyun Mountain.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly waved his hand, creating a gap in front of the Dragon Palace's eldest prince, and then reached in to grab him...

The next moment, he pulled the scholar's robe out of the gap.

He discovered that his situation in the Heavenly Prison this time was completely different. The longer he stayed in the Heavenly Prison, the more authority he seemed to gain.

He draped the scholar's robe over his body, then reached into his sleeve and took out the secret treasure he had obtained from the Dragon Palace, the 'Azure Crystal Chain'.

The eldest prince was overcome with grief upon seeing it, saying, "This was my mother's favorite piece of jewelry!"

Zhao Yifu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: the old Dragon King had long anticipated this day and was just waiting to pull this trick!

The eldest prince, however, remained unconvinced and asked, "Father would not easily give this treasure to outsiders, so what exactly are you..."

Zhao Yifu immediately said, "I exchanged it for a Bamboo of Life-Creating Treasure."

Upon hearing this, the eldest prince suddenly realized what was happening and asked, "Second brother, how is my second brother?"

Zhao Yifu said, "I suppose it's all better now."

The Crown Prince suddenly realized that Zhao Yifu was a benevolent connection to his dragon clan!

So he stood up and said, "Please forgive me for my previous neglect of the warden."

Zhao Yifu chuckled, then waved his hand...

The next moment, the Crown Prince felt the sealing power binding him weaken greatly, leaving only a little bit.

"This……"

He looked at Zhao Yifu in disbelief.

Zhao Yifu said, "This will make you feel better. By the way, your father has also been trying to find a way to save you."

"But we can't really release you right now, because once you leave the Heavenly Prison, you'll only incur divine punishment."

Upon hearing this, the eldest prince replied with understanding, "In that case... being able to stretch one's body to one's heart's content is already excellent."

As He spoke, He began to stretch His body, looking very comfortable.

Just then, the headless giant sitting at the other end suddenly said, "Boy, are you going to untie me too?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yifu walked over and said, "The Great Witch Xingtian, that is indeed the case."

Xing Tian sat upright without moving, and said disdainfully, "Then tell me first, what karmic connection do you have with me?"

Zhao Yifu said, "I have some karmic connection with the remaining witch clan, the Nine Phoenix Great Witch, she..."

Xing Tian pressed, "What happened to her?"

Zhao Yifu said, "It's obvious that she's working very hard."

Xing Tian fell silent, not uttering a word, but his imposing aura subsided considerably.

Clearly, the fact that 'Nine Phoenixes have had a tough time' deeply moved him.

He said, "She has indeed had a tough time... How is the witch clan doing now?"

Zhao Yifu said, "They hide in the secret realm of the Wu tribe and rarely come out. They spend their days indulging in old dreams and gradually become unwilling to pay attention to anything in reality."

He briefly summarized the current situation of the Wu tribe.

Xing Tian was furious upon hearing this: "How did the Wu Clan fall into such a decadent and dissolute state while I was away?"

"No, untie me right now, I need to go check on the clan's territory... I will not let these brats off easily!"

Zhao Yifu started to have a headache.

Goodness, that's just how the witch clan is—very self-centered, reckless, and easily out of control.

In comparison, the dreamy witch clan members of Jiufeng are just too adorable.

Zhao Yifu looked at Xing Tian and thought to himself that he couldn't let this guy leave.

He said, "I'm sorry, I can't let you leave."

Xingtian roared, "How dare you!"

His rage unleashed boundless killing intent, which was unaffected by the seal and directly pressed down on Zhao Yifu.

He laughed, completely unfazed by the pressure.

He himself didn't care, but the seal was starting to break down.

It's not that the seal of the Heavenly Prison is useless, but rather that it has been neglected for many years... No matter how good the seal is, it will gradually weaken if no one maintains and repairs it regularly.

At this moment, Xing Tian suddenly exerted his strength, and the chains binding him tightened all at once, making a cracking sound as if they were about to break at any moment.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a chain binding Xing Tian's arm broke.

Then the chain on his other arm broke, and it looked like he was about to be completely free...

Zhao Yifu strode forward, and his body rapidly expanded in the process, quickly transforming into the form of the Primordial Giant. He appeared even taller and more imposing than Xing Tian!
Then he pressed his hands down on Xing Tian's shoulders, his strong arms pinning Xing Tian's rising body back down little by little. The headless body of Xing Tian immediately erupted with indomitable fighting spirit, roaring furiously, "You won't make me submit!"

Zhao Yifu was shocked by the sudden increase in power he felt in his hand... What the hell was this? He was perfectly fine and easy to talk to when he wasn't around, but he went berserk as soon as he heard about the Witch Clan...

Moreover, as his fighting spirit increased, his strength seemed to be rapidly rising as well... Is it really that idealistic?
Zhao Yifu felt that he couldn't suppress it with his physical strength alone. He was horrified by the great shaman's divine power and at the same time unleashed his true killing move.

A large, finely bound book quietly appeared beside him. This was none other than the Forbidden Book of the Great Void!

Similar chains suddenly emerged from the forbidden book of the Great Void, covering Xing Tian's body with chains.

Xingtian roared in fury: "You jailer, you lackey of the Heavenly Court, don't even think about making me submit!"

Zhao Yifu, however, felt something was amiss.

Something seems amiss. When the chains of the Forbidden Book of the Great Void touched the chains of the Nine Heavens Prison, he felt his divine sense completely connect with the prison.

He soon sensed some information being transmitted to him by the Heavenly Prison...weakness, extreme weakness.

He sensed the weakness of the Heavenly Prison, a result of years of neglect and accumulated flaws, slowly being abandoned by the Heavenly Dao...

Zhao Yifu wondered if he had made a mistake, why would he have such a feeling coming from the Heavenly Prison?
However, he soon touched the core of this Heavenly Prison...

This Heavenly Prison is actually a supreme treasure that can connect to the Heavenly Dao!

It embodies the rules of punishment in the Way of Heaven.

However, the problem is that as time goes by, the number of punishments that Heaven can transfer is decreasing, and correspondingly, the replenishment of these punishments is also decreasing.

This is a cyclical pattern, and Zhao Yifu could easily guess that this pattern was related to the accumulation and eruption of an ancient grudge.

In other words, the Heavenly Way has been tainted by the ancient resentment since very early times, and this taint is slowly changing some of the rules of the Heavenly Way.

This is surprising; the way of Heaven is not immutable.

With such a deviation from the rules, the Heavenly Prison, which originally upheld the most impartial and selfless punishments in the world, gradually fell out of favor.

Why would the original Heavenly Prison need a 'Warden' or 'Warden Envoy'?
Imprisoning people in the Heavenly Prison will naturally result in corresponding punishments. There is no need for the Thunder Department to impose lightning punishments from the outside world; the Heavenly Punishment of the Five Elements will be assigned to punish them on its own.

As the Heavenly Dao shifted, the power of the Heavenly Prison weakened, forcing the Heavenly Emperor to arrange for the Thunder Department to take turns guarding it, as well as the Prison Suppression Camp and the Prison Warden's Office to manage it...

The more administrative bodies surrounding the Heavenly Prison there are, the weaker the Heavenly Prison itself becomes.

Zhao Yifu sighed. In fact, this Heavenly Prison still contained a law of punishment, but unfortunately it was an outdated law of the Heavenly Dao, a remnant of the old era.

Suddenly, Zhao Yifu realized that once the ancient grudge was fully unleashed, the most terrifying enemy in the world would probably be the Heavenly Dao, which had been completely corrupted by the ancient grudge.

What will it be like then?
No wonder even saints, in their most pessimistic view, would reverse the world back to chaos and then create anew...

So many insights flooded Zhao Yifu's mind, and he immediately sorted out the many errors in the Heavenly Prison according to his understanding, so that it could return to a smooth operation.

Outwardly, the chains that Xing Tian had broken quickly reconnected and continued to wrap around his body, binding him tightly.

At this point, Xing Tian was completely unable to escape. No matter how high his fighting spirit was or how strong his physical potential was, there was still an end to it.

Although he was a great shaman, he had been imprisoned in the Nine Heavens Prison for tens of thousands of years, and his body had always been in a state of decline...

Gradually, Xing Tian's momentum waned.

But he remained unyielding, as if he had an irreconcilable hatred for Zhao Yifu.

It's truly a pity.

Zhao Yifu originally wanted to talk to him properly, thinking that there would be no problem because of the relationship between Jiufeng and the Wu Clan.

But who knew this thing was so stubborn, it could explode at anything that didn't conform to its understanding.

How could Zhao Yifu let him go?
Releasing such a dangerous thing out, not to mention the impact it would have on the outside world, the more important thing is that as the warden who inherited the Heavenly Prison, he will undoubtedly be marked by the Heavenly Dao!
It's alright for him to hide in the Heavenly Prison, but once he leaves, he'll definitely run into trouble... But there's nothing he can do until the ancient grudge erupts.

However, Xing Tian didn't care what trouble his stubbornness would cause Zhao Yifu. In his view, everything was perfectly reasonable; at worst, he would just help Zhao Yifu when he was pursued by the Heavenly Court. He never considered that if he had just been a little more patient and allowed Zhao Yifu to continue his plans, there would have been a much better solution.

Zhao Yifu sighed, then activated his Dark Source, pouring a continuous stream of dark energy into the 'Forbidden Book of the Great Void'.

The primordial chaos rooted deep within the 'Forbidden Book of the Great Void' rapidly decomposes these dark source energies into boundless spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

When the dark source energy transformed into the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it expanded by more than a thousand times!
This is also the strongest power that Zhao Yifu currently possesses.

The surging spiritual energy of heaven and earth was injected into the Heavenly Prison through the Forbidden Book of the Great Void, which caused the Heavenly Prison to rapidly regenerate and also caused the chains binding Xing Tian, ​​the Blood Demon, and the Dragon Prince to grow thicker at an alarming rate.

Under these circumstances, the permissions that belonged to others and were originally embedded in the prison were removed one by one, and Zhao Yifu became more and more able to use them as if they were his own limbs...

He's refining the Heavenly Prison!

Good heavens, it seems that the Heavenly Prison will now belong to the Zhao family!

A long time, perhaps a day, or perhaps ten days.

Xing Tian's headless body was finally slammed to the ground, and he couldn't stand up.

Even now, he did not admit defeat and continued to roar like a battle cry.

Zhao Yifu slowly let out a breath; he had already refined half of the Heavenly Prison.

It is possible to continue refining it, but it cannot be done in a hurry.

Just then, a voice came to his ear: "He's starting to make a racket again, so noisy."

Zhao Yifu turned his head and saw a handsome and extraordinary young man with dragon horns on his head, who was none other than Ao Jia, the eldest prince of the Dragon Clan.

When Ao Jia saw Zhao Yifu looking over, he clasped his hands and said, "Ao Jia greets the warden. Thank you for your kindness, warden."

Zhao Yifu nodded in satisfaction. As expected of the Dragon Clan, their words were indeed pleasant to hear.

He said, "No need for formalities. I'm good friends with Old Dragon, so I'll naturally take care of you... By the way, since you find it noisy inside, you can go downstairs and stay there. The sea creatures on the seventh level should all be your subordinates, right?"

Upon hearing this, Ao Jia said gratefully, "Thank you, Warden. They are indeed my former subordinates, but... alas... I am ashamed to face them!"

Seeing his reaction, Zhao Yifu was quite moved and said, "Alright, I've taken care of the Heavenly Prison. The Crown Prince can move around freely, just don't let the shackles on his hands come off."

Ao Jia nodded, glanced at the stairwell with a heavy heart, and then walked over.

Having been confined here for thousands of years, He naturally wanted to see a change of scenery.

Only then did he breathe a long sigh of relief. He glanced again at Xing Tian, ​​who was still causing trouble in the Nine Heavens Prison, and at the Blood Demon, who seemed to have calmed down for the time being. Then he pushed open the door and went downstairs.

Next, he needs to tidy up the environment inside the prison. At least the environment can't be bad now that the Goddess Huayue is living here, right?

(End of this chapter)