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

Chapter 144 Might as well just marry him directly.

Xue Lingling nodded solemnly and introduced: "A special crystal produced from the depths of another dimension, which can use mental power to record and preserve some inspirations and ideas at the level of consciousness."

You can think of it as one of the initial blueprints for building the realm of the dead.

Wu Xian was amazed and clicked his tongue in wonder, never expecting such a magical crystal to exist.

Upon closer inspection, it appears to be some kind of special substance similar to a "soul".

"I invited you here today so that you could experience the legacy of my Xue family ancestors," Xue Lingling said solemnly, "and see if you can glean any powerful ideas about painting from it."

"This...isn't that a bit inappropriate?" Wu Xian feigned reluctance.

"Since you're already here, just look at it." Xue Lingling said irritably, "My third uncle told me that your brain is definitely not normal. Most importantly, the sense of fit revealed in your idea of ​​the 'Guardian Chicken King' seems to be more in line with the framework and standards left by our ancestors than my Ghost King series."

“But I’m not a member of the Xue family after all,” Wu Xian said, feigning concern. “If I were to comprehend something extraordinary, whose credit would it be?”

Third Master Xue took it in stride and teased enthusiastically, "Isn't that simple? Just marry her over there, right, little Lingling?"

"..." Xue Zhengheng stood aside speechlessly, rubbing his forehead.

But to be honest, such an outstanding young woman would seem like a pretty good match if she could marry into the family.

Wu Xian froze upon hearing this.

I'm not watching anymore, I'm not watching anymore, I'm not watching anymore no matter what.

"What are you saying, Third Uncle? Xiao Xianzi is my disciple!" Xue Lingling glared at Third Master Xue with a black line on her forehead, then looked at Wu Xian seriously. "Don't worry, you are my disciple, so you can be considered half a member of the Xue family."

"Are you sure you don't want to marry into this family?" Wu Xian asked again to confirm.

"What are you thinking, you brat!" Xue Lingling glared at him righteously. "Just look when I tell you to, stop talking nonsense."

After confirming that he didn't need to marry into the family, Wu Xian had nothing left to worry about.

Take a deep breath, slowly probe your mental energy, and gradually sink your consciousness into it.

“What a strange feeling.”

Inside the crystal was a peculiar space resembling a sea of ​​consciousness, containing numerous complex and blurry images, as well as a series of intricate divine thoughts.

It's like some kind of peculiar "memory crystal," but it can preserve more than just human memories.

Even thoughts and feelings can be preserved in this crystal in a mysterious way.

Those complex yet blurry images are like the prototypes of "scroll imprints," or even less than prototypes, but more like recorded thoughts and inspirations.

All ideas and inspirations seem to follow a certain framework and standard of thinking.

The whole process felt like experiencing another person's thoughts through some kind of telepathy.

While Wu Xian closed his eyes to sense the sensation, he was unaware that the three members of the Xue family beside him were staring wide-eyed in disbelief.

The primordial core was radiating dazzling light, and the light within the crystal was flowing rapidly.

"What's going on?" Xue Zhengheng asked in surprise, "Why is there such a commotion?"

"I told you this kid's brain is extraordinary, didn't I?" Third Master Xue said meaningfully, his eyes filled with undisguised anticipation.

Xue Lingling couldn't help but look on with rapt attention, holding her breath and staring intently.

Meanwhile, Wu Xian was rapidly integrating and sorting out the lineage of thought passed down by the Xue family ancestors.

It was a grand conception of necromancy, interspersed with many fragments of information that were crucial to Wu Xian, including some related to the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra.

The Xue family might not know, but he could clearly see that this information and these concepts came from the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra.

In other words, the founder of the Xue family likely read the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra, or at least a part of it.

Besides these, there are many other concepts and information related to past life myths, folk customs, and legends, but they are not very complete.

This discovery sent chills down Wu Xian's spine.

According to the grand vision of the Xue family ancestors, the Realm of the Dead should be a system of one superpower and many strong powers, with a complete structure that governs the laws of reincarnation and rebirth of all living beings. In a sense, it already has the flavor of a simplified version of the "Underworld".

Although it is unclear where these concepts and information came from, Wu Xian is capable of perfecting these ideas and initial inspirations.

In his eyes, the Xue family's ancestors' concept of inheritance was like a series of "fill-in-the-blank" exercises that were haphazardly pieced together.

After a long while, Wu Xian slowly opened his eyes, his heart still unable to calm down.

The three members of the Xue family stared at him expectantly.

"So, doesn't the ancestor's thinking coincide with some of your underlying ideas for the scrolls?" Xue Lingling asked excitedly.

“It is quite similar,” Wu Xian nodded slightly, pretending to be mysterious, “but I always feel that it is missing something in many aspects.”

To be honest, it's quite impressive that the Xue family ancestors were able to conceive such a framework of thought with limited and incomplete information.

It's just that they can't compare to him, a time traveler who comes with a complete system and cultural background.

"You've found a solution and inspiration?" Master Xue was overjoyed.

“Hmm,” Wu Xian continued, feigning profundity, “and some of the ideas coincide with some of the ideas in my mind, so it feels like I can follow my approach completely.”

"Really?" Xue Lingling was both surprised and delighted. "Tell me quickly."

Wu Xian pondered for a moment before speaking, "For example, Master Sister's Ghost King approach, according to my understanding, has many aspects that need to be supplemented and improved."

"How to say?"

Wu Xian smiled slightly and immediately combined his concept and ideas about the Ghost King in the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra with Xue Lingling's ideas, making simple additions and improvements, and implanting some special concepts into Xue Lingling.

For example, hell, Jambudvipa, the six realms of reincarnation, and so on.

Xue Zhengheng and Third Master Xue were completely confused.

But Xue Lingling became more and more excited as she listened, her beautiful eyes sparkling, as if she had been enlightened.

"My God, how did you think of these details?" Xue Lingling exclaimed, covering her mouth.

"Isn't this just following the thinking framework of your ancestors? Of course, in my opinion, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the thinking framework of your ancestors."

Subsequently, Xue Lingling began to overturn and rebuild her concept for the scroll painting.

Wu Xian left the Xue family, filled with shock and confusion.

After this wave, it will be easier to "recommend" and "incorporate" Master Sister's amazing pictures in the future.

The question is inspired by and perfected from the traditions passed down from your ancestors.

But what really concerned Wu Xian was the source of the information and concepts from the Xue family ancestors.

Based on the information currently available, it is not possible to deduce a reasonable explanation.

Either this world has some connection with the previous Earth, or a group of time travelers had already come here during the era of cataclysm a thousand years ago.

Or perhaps, Earth itself once invaded this world as an "other dimension"?

"Forget it, it's more practical to calm down and focus on making money."

Wu Xian shook his head, trying to shake off these meaningless thoughts.

At least for now, this matter means nothing to him.

Several days followed.

Wu Xian's orders for the painted scrolls were increasing day by day, and he simply couldn't keep up with them, which forced him to make the difficult decision to raise prices.

Even so, it still couldn't dampen consumers' enthusiasm.

With the help of Shiraishi Sai, the "reinforcement from heaven," the other clubs gradually returned to normal and were no longer limited to the Emperor Mummy series. Instead, they tailored different types of high-quality scrolls for each club according to their style and characteristics.

(End of this chapter)