Mythical Scroll Artist: Starting with the God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming

Chapter 140 Ancient Evil God Scroll?

After a long while, Shiraishi Qi finally calmed down. "Let me formally introduce myself. I am Shiraishi Qi from the Dengfeng Dojo and the Shiraishi Clan."

“Wu Xian, courtesy name Gongming,” Wu Xian replied with a light laugh.

Bai Shiqi looked at Pleiades Star Lord beside Wu Xian and became more and more alarmed.

For some reason, the more he looked at this golden scroll painting, the more he felt that it was extraordinary. Whether it was its natural charm or its unique and powerful aura, it made him feel ashamed of his own lack of skill in painting scrolls.

Even the most exquisite paintings by his family elders had never given him this feeling.

He opened his mouth for a long time, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Wu Xian, on the other hand, remained calm, curiously examining the dog-headed painting spirit beside him. "Brother Bai, this golden scroll is quite something! What's its name?"

“Desert Death God,” Bai Shiqi said, “a god of death from an ancient desert kingdom.”

"Oh, no wonder its aura is so powerful."

Wu Xian nodded in realization, his mind already filled with complaints.

He now strongly suspects that the Peak Dojo has another scroll called "Desert Butcher".

"..." Bai Shiqi smiled awkwardly, "Wu Xian's golden scroll is still more surprising."

Born into a prestigious family, he was always proud and arrogant, but he couldn't be "arrogant" in front of Wu Xian at all, and even felt a little inferior.

“Hey~ My amateur skills are just small-scale,” Wu Xian waved his hand and laughed, “How can I compare to the level of a martial arts school like Young Master Bai’s?”

Bai Shiqi gave a stiff smile. "Speaking of which, Brother Wu, what is the name of this golden scroll?"

"Lord of the Pleiades".

"Pleiades... Star Lord...?"

Bai Shiqi murmured softly, pondering to himself.

Although he didn't understand the concepts of "Mao Ri" and "Xing Jun," the two words together had a strange sense of nobility and high-class feel.

"Why would Brother Bai appear in a shantytown like this?" Wu Xian asked, his curiosity tinged with a hint of unease.

At least in his view, it was highly unlikely that a young nobleman like Bai Shiqi would come to such a run-down place as the shantytown.

Upon hearing this, a hint of embarrassment flashed in Bai Shiqi's eyes. "Now that Yaoyang City is in trouble, I naturally cannot sit idly by. In the process of searching, I came here."

"Oh, right," Wu Xian nodded, "Brother Bai, you must have come to a small place like ours because of the Evil Scroll Painter, right?"

Bai Shiqi neither confirmed nor denied it, but there was nothing to hide.

"I just didn't expect that a villain like Hong Xiao would actually escape to a lower-level city. No wonder we haven't heard from him all these years."

"Hong Xiao?" Wu Xian's eyes brightened slightly. "Brother Bai, do you know that villain?"

“Of course,” Bai Shiqi replied without hesitation, “this person is the youngest wanted criminal on the bounty list, and also the most valued evil god scroll painter by various guilds in recent years.”

"The youngest serious criminal?" Wu Xian inquired curiously, "What's so special about this person?"

Bai Shiqi pondered for a moment, then solemnly said, "On the one hand, it's because he's young and has a lot of room for growth; on the other hand, it's because this person's Evil God Scroll is quite special."

"Oh?"

"Brother Wu, have you ever heard of the ancient method of painting scrolls?" Bai Shiqi asked in return.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian's heart skipped a beat. "You mean, this person's Evil God Scroll is the legendary ancient scroll?"

Bai Shiqi nodded solemnly, "Although it is only speculation from various parties and cannot be fully confirmed yet, based on the information we have gathered over the years, Hong Xiao is probably an evil god scroll painter who has mastered the ancient scroll painting method."

"Hi~!"

Wu Xian took a deep breath and secretly clicked his tongue in amazement.

Unexpectedly, there are also ancient scroll painters among the evil god scroll painters.

Based on his current understanding of ancient scroll painting, the guy who could create an ancient evil god scroll must be a born bad seed.

“There are probably still quite a few hidden servants of evil gods in Yaoyang City right now. Why don’t we act together?” Bai Shiqi suggested.

Wu Xian readily agreed and flew with Bai Shiqi over Yaoyang City.

"Brother Bai, do you know anything about his Evil God Scroll?" Wu Xian continued to inquire.

“I don’t know much,” Shiraishi Qi said, stepping on a peculiar leaf at a fairly fast pace. “It seems to be called the Evil Insect Goddess. The scroll itself is extremely powerful, and what those servants have should only be lower-ranking offspring of the Evil Insect Goddess.”

Wu Xian understood. No wonder it was so easily defeated; it hadn't even encountered the real culprit yet. But as long as it's an insect-type evil god, who cares about a divine mother or anything like that? Using the Pleiades Star Lord to deal with it is definitely the right thing to do.

In short, just do it!
During the subsequent search for the evil god's servants over Yaoyang City, Shiraishi Qi was once again utterly shocked by the power of Pleiades Star Lord.

Good heavens, with one shout, the infection of evil insects in a large area was instantly cleared, and Hong Xiao's evil god servants had nowhere to hide.

It was a one-sided massacre.

Holding the "Desert Reaper," he was just a bystander.

It wasn't that he wanted to just stand by and do nothing; it was that he simply didn't have the opportunity to get involved.

"Brother Wu, did you really conceive these scrolls on your own?" Bai Shiqi finally voiced his doubts.

"Otherwise what?" Wu Xian remained calm.

"..." Bai Shiqi was speechless. "I wonder if Brother Wu would be interested in developing his career at our Dengfeng Dojo? Don't worry, Dengfeng Dojo will definitely give you the best resources and the best training."

Wu Xian shook his head and smiled.

Just kidding, he doesn't even want to go to the Necropolis Gym, so naturally he wouldn't go to the Summit Gym either.

As for cultivation, does he need to cultivate anything?

……

In the Zerg dimension, somewhere in a crypt outside the advanced defense line.

A young man in his thirties with an eerie appearance had a sinister insect-themed image above his head.

In the divine diagram, the strange laws and patterns crisscrossed like worms, constantly surging.

This man was none other than the infamous Hong Xiao.

The Lord-level monster material he obtained yesterday gave him a significant boost, so he took the opportunity to gather a batch of prey from Radiant Sun City.

However, things didn't seem to go as he expected.

"What's going on? We haven't collected much spiritual matter, so how come even those hidden servants are starting to expose themselves?"

As he witnessed the successive deaths of his servants, Hong Xiao's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty.

This reminded him of the rooster-shaped cavalry battalion of the Yaoyang City military when he made his move yesterday. The rooster-like spirit in the painting was very strange and gave him a sense of fear from the depths of his soul.

Otherwise, he would have definitely taken advantage of those people present at the time.

"Hiss~ another one died?"

"We can't all be identified, can we?"

"Damn it, what's going on in Yaoyang City?"

Seeing that his hard-won servants were about to be wiped out, Hong Xiao's face was filled with shock and disbelief.

Combined with the recent frenzied expansion of Yaoyang City's dimensional defense line, he realized that something must have happened in Yaoyang City recently.

I just can't figure it out no matter how hard I try.

How could such a small, underdeveloped city suddenly rise to prominence?

"Could it be that the various martial arts schools have intervened? That shouldn't be the case. Didn't the Evil God say..." Hong Xiao's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty, "...that the Evil God himself could have deceived us all, right?"

Hong Xiao was completely baffled, and had a vague sense of unease, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Seeing that his servants were about to be wiped out, Hong Xiao became increasingly agitated and decided to personally investigate the past to find out what was going on.

He conjured out a blood-red scroll radiating an evil aura, surrounded by five flowing lines of life marks.

With a slight thought, the crimson life axis flowed into his body, and his thoughts merged with the divine image above his head.

……

Meanwhile, Yaoyang City, under the radiant light of the Pleiades Star Lord, was rapidly recovering from the calamity of the evil insects.

More than a dozen evil insect servants were forcefully exposed by the Pleiades Star Lord, and in the process, two other evil gods' servants were also exposed, which could be considered an unexpected gain.

"Found it," Wu Xian said, locking onto the aura of another evil god's servant. "This should be the last one!"

(End of this chapter)