Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 69: The Overly Indifferent Sect (Two in One)

What kind of sect is it that only peerless masters can barely reach?
Zhuo Yan's expression suddenly changed.

Zhao Yifu smiled and said, "It seems like you've figured it out, but..."

Before he could finish his words, Wu Zhong, who had been standing silently beside him, suddenly walked out.

He walked very quickly to Zhuo Yanbing's side, leaned over and stretched out his paw...

Zhao Yifu shouted in surprise: "Uncle Wu, what are you going to do..."

He wanted to stop it, but then stopped.

When Wu Zhong stepped aside and walked away, only Zhuo Yan was left on the ground with his throat crushed, his eyes wide open and his breath barely fading.

Wu Zhong bowed to Zhao Yifu and said, "Master, these things are for the benefit of family members, but they are not suitable for outsiders to know."

Zhao Yifu had never doubted his loyalty, but this time his ruthlessness made Zhao Yifu somewhat shocked.

Wu Zhong quickly glanced at Zhao Yifu and then lowered his head: "Master, I did this. I won't dirty your hands."

"The young master is still the scholar with a promising future. The dirty thing is..."

Zhao Yifu quickly pressed his shoulders to stop him from speaking, "What are you talking about? You killed this man for my own good, why should I blame you?"

"Uncle Wu, I should be the one reflecting on this. I shouldn't be so soft-hearted at a time like this. If he were alive, it would be dangerous. Our plans in Moyang City would be exposed."

Zhao Yehe nodded in relief and said, "You are worthy of being a member of the Zhao family. Third Uncle's love for you is not in vain."

Hong Shu shook his head and said nothing more.

She said, "It seems the situation has become much clearer now. It turns out that Shenhe Villa was also affected by the disaster."

"I will go to Shenhe Villa immediately and pass on all the information I got today. Let Yunhe decide on his own what to do next."

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "Then I wonder how Sister Hongshu plans to get there? And how did you get hunted down?"

He is quite cautious about this.

Zhao Yehe said embarrassedly: "I must have accidentally exposed myself, causing Sister Hong to be exposed as well."

"They must be keeping a close eye on everyone in Shenhe Villa. I must have been targeted not long after I left the villa."

Zhao Yifu was stunned, only then he realized that Zhao Yehe actually called Hongshu "sister".

This is awkward. It seems inappropriate for him to call her 'sister' again.

But who is Zhao Yifu? He came from a place where etiquette is the most important.

What's wrong with Third Uncle calling someone sister?
To each his own.

So Zhao Yifu said, "Sister, please be careful on the road!"

"If possible, it's best to avoid crowds along the way, otherwise there's a risk of being exposed."

Hong Shu felt happy for some reason when she saw his shameless look, after all, he called her "sister".

Being called "sister" by such a young and energetic person, Hongshu herself felt full of energy.

She said, "Don't worry, I'm your sister. I've long been accustomed to living outdoors. This little difficulty is nothing."

Zhao Yifu thought about it, then took out another jade bottle and carefully poured out a herbal fragrant pill from it.

"Sister, please take this fasting pill. It will allow you to go without food for fifteen to twenty days."

Hong Shu looked at the pill in surprise and asked, "Bigu Pill? Is this...real?"

Zhao Yi Fu nodded, but he was actually struggling with how to get Hong Shu to take it.

But after seeing him confirm it, Hong Shu actually threw the fasting pill directly into his mouth and savored it carefully.

She said, "It really is the rich aroma of grains. This fasting pill is actually made from refined grains. No wonder only one pill is enough to stave off hunger for so many days."

She muttered to herself, looking inquiring.

I almost forgot that this is a doctor. This touches upon the professional field.

Hong Shu savored it for a while before looking at Zhao Yifu and saying, "It's not easy. You've really made it. You've even been exposed to things at that level..."

"Well, with you here, the Zhao family is no longer afraid of decline."

"To avoid any further complications, I'll be leaving now. The third child will stay here for you to take care of."

Then she said goodbye and left very decisively, without any hesitation.

Zhao Yifu turned his head to look at Zhao Yehe and couldn't help asking, "Uncle San, who is this sister? She looks so cool."

Zhao Yehe sneered and said, "Sister? Did you know that she was the one who delivered your eldest brother?"

Zhao Yifu widened his eyes.

However, Zhao Yehe did not rush to speak out. Instead, he waved his hand at Wu Zhongyi and said, "Old Wu, I'll leave this corpse to you."

"I mean, we should find a place to bury it in the yard first. It would be troublesome to deal with it outside the city now."

Wu Zhong happily agreed: "Okay, Third Master, don't worry."

Zhao Yehe nodded with satisfaction and said, "Jun Xin, from this point of view, your father still cares about you. After all, he sent such a capable subordinate to your side..."

It seems that he wants to help Zhao Yunhe make amends.

Zhao Yifu nodded and interrupted, "Father naturally cares about me. I've always known that."

Of course he knew, after all, there would be yang and spiritual energy coming from time to time.

Zhao Yehe sighed softly, seemingly unsure that Zhao Yifu truly 'understood'. He could only say, "Help me in to rest. I'll explain to you the connection between this red bouquet and your father."

When Zhao Yifu heard this, he felt that there was indeed something wrong.

He hurriedly helped Zhao Yehe into the house.

They really supported him with great effort, after all, Zhao Yehe went in with his feet almost off the ground.

Zhao Yehe looked at Zhao Yifu speechlessly and said, "Jun Xin, your strength has increased a lot, right?"

Zhao Yifu said, "Don't talk about my strength, tell me the story of my father and Sister Hongshu."

Zhao Yehe felt a headache when he saw his nephew moving him around like a rag doll.

He said helplessly, "The matter between the two of them can actually be traced back to my grandfather, your great-grandfather."

"Back then, your great-grandfather and Hong Shu's grandfather were close friends. They both shared a love for nature, just as you scholars say..."

Zhao Yifu said, "A close friend?"

Zhao Yehe said, "That's probably the case. Later, your father was born, and not long after that, Sister Hong was also born. The two old men simply decided to make it a closer relationship and arranged a marriage between your father and Sister Hong..."

Zhao Yifu almost forced himself to listen to the following plot.

It's just a conflict between dreams and life, a struggle against being controlled by others...

In short, the relationship between Zhao Yunhe and Hong Shu is very complicated. They once traveled together like lovers, but in the end, Hong Shu left the world, while Zhao Yunhe returned to his hometown to marry and have children.

But Hong Shu would often come back to visit Zhao Yunhe and never treated herself as an outsider. In fact, when Grandpa Zhao Yifu was still alive, he always treated her as his own daughter, and she was like the mistress of Shenhe Villa.

Zhao Yifu summarized it and said that this red bouquet is actually the white moonlight that his father has been longing for?
This greatly satisfied his gossipy nature.

Next, Zhao Yehe rested, while Zhao Yifu returned to his room with some worries.

After a brief pause, he suddenly thought of something, then pinched off a piece of ink with two fingers and crushed it.

He gathered a ball of ink from the brush washer and then quickly mixed it into a thick ink.

He suddenly became interested, and the ink splashed out, but it did not fall on the paper. Instead, it condensed into an article in the void.

But that's not all. He used the Eight Styles of Renshui and the Mysterious Art of Mirage at the same time to bring this ink painting together, forming a vivid ink kitten.

This ink-and-wash kitten looks very similar to Yiyi. After all, Yiyi is the one he is most familiar with.

But at this moment, he condensed all the techniques he learned in Danqingmen into the Ink Kitten.

Splashing ink to form words, controlling water to shape, creating a hazy mirage, and then he got inspiration from the 'origami letter delivery' and transformed it into the 'flying ink letter delivery'!
Even in Zhao Yifu's research, directly transmitting letters with ink dots is much more reliable than "transmitting letters by folding paper."

After all, the 'Origami Letter' can be intercepted, so wouldn't that allow the enemy to prepare in advance?

But the "Flying Ink Letter" is different. If others intercept it, they will only get a meaningless ball of ink in the end.

At this time, the ink-and-wash kitten was jumping and running around Zhao Yifu, and with a finger from him, it flew into the air and flew towards the north.

Zhao Yifu took a deep breath.

To be honest, this 'Flying Ink Letter' consumes a lot of energy, almost draining away 15% of his true energy.

But anyway, Zhao Yifu felt it was worth it.

He had already discovered that if he seriously reported to a guy like Liang Zhongzhi, he would only end up being ignored.

After all, his disciples were too lazy, and they would just let things go as long as they were not in danger.

But if you give them some stimulation, the results may be different.

Literature and art is a disease, but the damn Danqing Sect is full of severe patients of this disease.

……

Moshan, the backyard of Molu Academy.

Liang Zhongzhi was looking at the early autumn scene in the mountains with a little literary melancholy, brewing the emotion of everything gradually becoming bleak, and then preparing to paint it.

As for the rats from Midnight Kingdom?

Well, anyway, Zhao Yifu's painting has been uploaded, and everyone says that it is quite interesting, so that's all.

As for whether there is someone behind the Midnight Kingdom?
Liang Zhongzhi understood it at a glance, but didn't want to think too much about it.

However, just when he felt that his emotions were almost ready and he could start drawing a picture.

Suddenly, I saw a small black figure tumbling and rushing towards me in the forest where the leaves were beginning to turn yellow.

"what?"

Liang Zhongzhi looked over in surprise, and soon the black shadow came in front of him.

He subconsciously spread out his palm, and the ink-painted kitten jumped onto his palm.

Liang Zhongzhi is a master in the Danqing Sect. With his sharp eyes, he can naturally see the true and false of the ink-and-wash kitten at a glance.

The body of this kitten is made up entirely of ink-colored characters. This is an encrypted communication spell!

Liang Zhongzhi's heart suddenly felt itchy. Who could refuse a cat?

He hurriedly took the ink-painted cat into the house, walked to the drawing paper spread out for his own painting, and pointed.

Then the ink cat suddenly jumped out of his palm and landed lightly on the drawing paper.

The next moment, many words appeared around the cat's body, and it also disintegrated all of a sudden, becoming a piece of text information that fell on the drawing paper.

Liang Zhongzhi felt a little disappointed when he saw this, but he still looked at the message sent by Zhao Yifu very attentively.

……

Zhao Yifu felt a little touched and a little proud. He thought that he was able to combine all the secret techniques he had learned so far to refine such a technique of 'Flying Ink to Transmit Letters', which was simply amazing.

There is no need to mention lethality or anything like that. In a sect like Danqingmen, talking about lethality and power would definitely be the most despised thing.

He was looking forward to Liang Zhongzhi's response.

At this moment, he suddenly looked up at the sky and saw an ink-and-wash crane flying leisurely. Its expression was lifelike and its movements were elegant, just like a beautiful painting of a crane.

Or, did the crane in the scroll suddenly appear in reality?
When Zhao Yifu saw the familiar magic, the little bit of pride that had just arisen in his heart disappeared in an instant.

Well, the combined use of this kind of spells should be a very common thing. Didn’t you see that his master Liang Zhongzhi could learn it just by taking a look?
Even Liang Zhongzhi's tactics are more outrageous.

The crane suddenly came in front of Zhao Yifu, and then its entire ink-and-wash body spread out, forming an ink-and-wash subtitle in the air in front of him.

My goodness, this looks like adding a narration to Zhao Yifu's life...

However, the content of this text made Zhao Yifu feel a little better.

This technique is very elegant, and it comforts me greatly.

The first sentence talks about Zhao Yifu's "flying ink to deliver letters", which is finally a good word.

The rest of the text is about instructing Zhao Yifu on his painting skills, commenting on the strengths and weaknesses of his ink-and-wash cat. He really is like a good teacher.

Zhao Yifu's actions did indeed make Liang Zhongzhi perk up and start paying attention to this side.

But the question is, why are they just talking about paintings, which is what he really wants to ask?

He quickly read through the long paragraph and finally saw the last part.

[The Zhao family's affairs are ultimately the result of the karma of the Danqing Sect. However, since you are the guardian of the outer sect, you can leave this matter to the outer sect to handle.]

Once it’s gone, it’s gone.

Even the ink floating in the air scattered after the true energy was exhausted.

Zhao Yifu blinked, feeling that he would be finished sooner or later in this sect.

How could he not know what the outer sect looks like today?

To put it bluntly, the outer gate of Danqingmen is the Molu Academy.

The outer sects of other sects all have certain abilities to handle worldly affairs, but this is totally unnecessary in the Danqing Sect. After all, the big men of the Danqing Sect are good at worldly power.

As for the so-called 'outer gate protector'... Zhao Yifu suspected that this was a position Liang Zhongzhi had created specifically for him.

It's very questionable.

The mastermind behind the scenes is stirring up trouble in Mozhou, and the military force is heading straight for Danqingmen.

But goodness, these old scholars were too lazy to even move or turn over, and simply handed the authority to handle this matter to him...

(End of this chapter)