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

Chapter 165 Dragon Binding Rope

To be honest, judging from Xue Zhengying's ability to mutate the Soul-Devouring Ghost King today, the Zerg-style scroll might actually have an even more powerful effect in his hands.

I'll find an opportunity to let him try out the [Zhen Shui Xing Jun] later.

However, the Twenty-Eight Mansions can no longer be simply regarded as "demons"; they are all legitimate gods of the Heavenly Court's Dipper Department.

The Twenty-Eight Constellations in the Investiture of the Gods system may also have some "demon" attributes.

However, if we elevate it to the orthodox star god system, the Twenty-Eight Mansions have absolutely nothing to do with "demons." Their animal forms are not demonic beings at all, but rather celestial incarnations.

Just like the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, they are not mythical beasts in the ordinary sense, but rather the Four Symbols of Heaven. The dragon, tiger, bird, and tortoise are merely their outward manifestations as spiritual beings.

Therefore, the character 【轸水星君】 may not be a perfect match for Xue Zhengying.

But Wu Xian's ideas for the scroll go beyond just this. In his previous life's mythology, there were many powerful insect-type demons.

"I thought the Xue family had run into some big trouble," Zhou Qi breathed a sigh of relief. "After all, I think Zhao Qinghe from the Zhao family is a bit petty, and he'll definitely cause trouble later. He's nowhere near as good as Bai Shiqi."

"I agree!" Wu Xian wholeheartedly agreed.

Although Bai Shiqi came with the intention of "dealing with" them, he was at least a decent and respectable person. Competition was competition, but it did not affect his friendship with Wu Xian.

This is the demeanor and style that a proper scion of a distinguished family should have.

"How's the new round of recruitment and auditions going?" Wu Xian asked.

"One word: wildly popular!" Zhou Qi said cheerfully. "I noticed that some of the people who signed up brought Brother Wu's Chicken King and Divine Tiger. They must have a close relationship with Brother Wu. Should we give them special treatment?"

Wu Xian glanced at the list; it seemed to be the group of garbage collectors from the shantytown under Huang Mao's command.

Scarface Zhao He and Yellow Hair are determined to join the army, their goal is not the club, but their gang of underlings are quite suitable for developing in the club.

“There’s no need for a back door. We can just lower the standards a little. After all, our goal is to select top-notch contestants,” Wu Xian replied thoughtfully.

There is competition within the club itself; without some strength and potential, you'll just be a bystander and be eliminated.

However, considering the cultivation environment and resources available to those people in the shantytowns, it would be appropriate to lower the standards a bit and select a few top talents.

Once they join the club and have the resources and conditions to catch up, they might be able to achieve great things from their accumulated experience.

Take our beloved little brother Zihao for example. Since joining the club, he has made rapid progress in all aspects. The key is that he is also very diligent in his training, which makes his master sister very envious.

After giving some brief instructions and arrangements, he returned to his vice president's "bedroom".

He began to bury himself in studying the [Divine Power Fragment] in his hands, as well as the peculiar collar artifact scroll.

"Fragments of divine power?"

It now seems that Master Xue's ultimate goal in his research was to synthesize this kind of thing.

Once successfully developed, it will not only reduce the casualties among the Xue family members, but will also be a huge help to the Xue family when they return to the Realm of the Dead.

It feels like the Xue family has been striving for the same goal generation after generation.

For such a family, a future rise is almost inevitable.

Even without Wu Xian's appearance, it wouldn't have affected the rise of the Xue family.

Wu Xian tried cultivating with the fragments of divine power, and the results astonished him.

Just like the spiritual power provided in the scroll dungeon, the power in the divine power fragments can be directly converted into spiritual power cultivation.

The spiritual power provided by this tiny fragment of divine power is equivalent to Wu Xian completing the Holy Spirit Island instance two or even three times.

After absorbing spiritual energy, a complex polymer of divine energy factors remains. Refining and comprehending this polymer into a divine diagram yields remarkable results.

"This is truly a wonderful product!"

After a moment of reflection, he took out the scroll depicting the necklace and its accessories.

After some research and preparation, I attempted to extract useful spiritual substances and divine power factors directly from the scroll.

However, the scroll's spiritual structure was perfectly integrated. With the slightest extraction, the entire spiritual structure began to collapse, the scroll became dull and lifeless, the golden scroll quickly cracked, and gradually transformed into a piece of paper. Fortunately, Wu Xian's skills were superb, and before the scroll completely collapsed, he extracted several rare and high-quality spiritual substances, as well as some very rare divine power factors.

Then, using some rare minerals he had recently acquired from motorcycle taxi drivers, he began painting on the spot.

The image and design for the God of Wealth of one's birth year are already ready.

Soon after, a delicate rope gradually appeared on the drawing paper, the power of the laws of heaven and earth gathered and locked, but it was ultimately stuck at the moment it was about to be rolled up.

Wu Xian smiled slightly and released the scroll depicting the God of Wealth's natal bloodline, which was then hung high above the painting.

Soon, the rope pattern on the drawing paper, along with the paper itself, transformed into scattered streaks of light, merging into the crimson life axis.

"Congratulations to the God of Wealth on receiving a new piece of equipment!"

Unfold the scroll depicting the God of Wealth again, and you'll see that there's now an exquisitely crafted rope around his waist.

Looking at the data in the scroll depicting the God of Wealth, it seems that some changes have also occurred.

【Zhao Gongming, the True Lord of the Mysterious Altar】

Version: Original (with gold embroidered border)

Rank: Crimson Lifeline (Three Life Marks)
Painting Spirit: ★★★★★☆

Spirituality: 159
Innate Traits: Attracting wealth and treasures, protecting the body with wealth, controlling lightning and electricity, capturing dragons and binding immortals.

First, there's the enhancement of spirituality; second, a new talent trait, "[Dragon-Capturing and Immortal-Binding]," is added, which is clearly a complementary skill to the Dragon-Binding Rope.

In addition, there has been a significant improvement in the five-dimensional attributes.

"It's strange, it's been so long, yet a fourth life mark hasn't appeared yet."

I was just about to ask the big shot of "Four Generations Under One Roof" about that middle-aged scroll painter, so I'll ask him about it while I'm at it.

So, I logged back into the forum and contacted [Four Generations Under One Roof] via private message.

Four Generations Under One Roof: "Young senior, what can I do for you? Are you perhaps planning to join my Divine Beast Gym?"

“No, that’s not it,” Wu Xian replied speechlessly. “I just wanted to ask you about a scroll artist. Judging from their clothes, they seem to be a scroll artist under your Divine Beast Dojo.”

The four generations under one roof immediately became interested: "Oh? Tell me, where did you meet them?"

"The Zerg Otherworld".

Then, he briefly described the person's divine image, scroll, and physical characteristics.

"So, even a junior senior can go to another world? It seems we misjudged him!" Upon hearing about the insectoid alien world, the four generations under one roof were surprised and secretly regretful. They had originally thought they could follow the clues to find out where the junior senior was located.

Four generations under one roof: "But I really don't remember the person you're talking about. I guess he's a scroll painter from some family down below. Let me ask him for you."

"Oh right, that guy also used [Fallen God] at the end, which really startled me," Wu Xian added. "There was also a strange dark red collar artifact scroll, which was quite troublesome."

"A fallen god?" The four generations under one roof were clearly surprised. "I couldn't possibly not remember a family with a divine position in the Divine Beast Gym. Wait, what did you just say? A dark red collar? With a gold axis?"

"hold head high."

"Hiss~" The four generations seemed somewhat surprised and uncertain. "This family's existence is rather special. It's best if you don't provoke that person, young senior. Try to stay away from them."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian was both surprised and suspicious. "Does this family have a powerful background? Or is that collar something special?"

Four generations under one roof: "There are many things that are inconvenient to say, as it would not benefit either of us."

"So powerful?" Wu Xian was secretly shocked.

Four generations under one roof: "It's not that the Wang family is so powerful; in my eyes, they're nothing. The key is that the people behind them are not to be trifled with."

"There's someone you wouldn't dare mess with?" Wu Xian thought to himself in surprise.

It seems this four-generation family doesn't have a very high status at the Legendary Pokémon Gym!

(End of this chapter)