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

Chapter 179 Formal Rebellion Against the Heavenly Gang
Last time Zhao Qinghe took him to the hospital, this time he took Zhao Qinghe to the hospital.

After a while, the two brothers in the same boat were finally even.

However, judging from Zhao Qinghe's appearance, he has clearly suffered an unprecedented blow to his mentality, and he certainly won't be able to recover for a while.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Wu Xian and his two companions had returned to the Ghost King Club and were celebrating their victory with the club members.

After giving Zhao Qinghe a good beating, Xue Lingling felt refreshed and clear-headed.

After the celebration banquet, Wu Xian was solemnly pulled to the president's bedroom, along with his second brother, Xue Zhengying.

"My dear disciple, did you really create that divine scroll?" Xue Lingling's voice was filled with disbelief.

Wu Xian remained noncommittal.

From the moment he sensed the changes in the Destruction Demon King and the Aye Demon King, he knew this was going to happen.

"It seems Uncle San was right, Brother Wu is truly a lucky star for the Xue family!" Xue Zhengying could not hide his excitement. "To be honest, the underlying ideas and framework of your scroll seem to coincide with my sister's Ghost Emperor series."

The reason I've brought you here is to establish a connection between our divine diagrams, so that our divine diagrams can mutually reinforce each other.

"A connection to the Divine Map?" Wu Xian's expression was strange.

“That’s right,” Xue Lingling explained solemnly, “The so-called divine map connection is a common method used by powerful families to promote their younger generations. The divine realm is essentially a collection formed by the connection of many divine maps.”

This results in a mutually beneficial and optimizing effect.

Wu Xian understood. "The question is, will establishing this link affect our respective copyrights?"

“At least before we condense the divine position, it won’t have any impact,” Xue Lingling explained. “Similar to different approaches to the same problem, although they will eventually converge and merge, it is still unknown whether you and I can reach that point.”

"What if a godhood is formed? Who owns the copyright then?"

"It's still about sharing, but generally, whoever has the better and more assertive ideas will have more control," Xue Lingling said.

Wu Xian suddenly realized that it was just like those jointly published papers in his previous life.

Many great studies are not the work of one person alone.

In this world, a grand conception of a divine position cannot be accomplished by one person alone.

Of course, Wu Xian is undoubtedly an exception.

Even without Xue Lingling, he could still create a perfect divine status, since his thinking itself was complete.

However, in the future, the construction of the Underworld God Realm will inevitably require the incorporation of the master's sister and the Xue family's inheritance system, and the present moment is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity.

Anyway, his concept for the artwork is absolutely powerful, so powerful that even his mentor sister might not be able to get the qualification to "co-sign" it.

This has already been verified in the previous Ghost King Divine Diagram.

"How exactly do we do it?"

“Simple, establish a connection with your mental energy, and then create a link between the divine diagrams.” Xue Lingling’s eyes were filled with excitement and anticipation as she proactively opened her mental sea, and the [Ghost Emperor] divine diagram appeared above her head.

As Wu Xian did as instructed, he secretly wondered about his master's [Ghost Emperor] divine diagram.

Shouldn't there be ten Ghost Kings? But judging from the current scale of the Ghost King Divine Map, there are almost twenty Ghost Kings.

"I haven't yet condensed the Ten Kings of Hell's Divine Diagram. Can I use the copyright imprint?" Wu Xian asked.

"Of course," Xue Lingling said noncommittally.

Wu Xian nodded slightly, and then began to establish a connection with his master sister through the divine diagram. In his mind, he vaguely heard the Ghost Emperor's thoughts from Xue Lingling's side, as well as some information about the framework of laws.

It's okay if they're not related, but once they are, it'll be a shock.

No, no, Master Sister's Ghost Emperor set doesn't seem to correspond to the Ten Kings of Hell.

In particular, several of the main principles, while seemingly similar to those of the Ten Kings of Hell, were fundamentally different. Combined with this vague line of thought, Wu Xian suddenly realized something.

The underlying concept of Master Sister's [Ghost Emperor] Divine Diagram seems to be closer to that of the Five Ghost Emperors, but it is not the Five Ghost Emperors themselves, but rather a law network derived from the Five Ghost Emperors.

They are similar to a group of generals under the Five Ghost Emperors.

This discovery sent chills down Wu Xian's spine.

The Xue family's concept of inheritance is indeed deeply related to the Chinese underworld system, but the way it is related is completely different from what he expected.

"That's it...that's it..."

Wu Xian's mind suddenly opened up, and he suddenly understood something.

It's important to understand that the background and system of the underworld in the previous life of China were quite complex. Many people thought that the Five Ghost Emperors were the superiors of the Ten Kings of Hell, but strictly speaking, they cannot be viewed in such a simple and crude superior-subordinate relationship.

Because the Five Ghost Emperors and the Ten Kings of Hell belong to two different systems within the Underworld.

To put it simply, the Ten Kings of Hell belong to the administrative official system, while the Five Ghost Emperors are the underworld's military system, equivalent to the commanders of the five major war zones of the underworld, under the control of the Fengdu Emperor. They belong to a system that was formed in the early days of the underworld.

The Xue family's lineage is an exploration of the early order of the underworld, leaning more towards the system of the Fengdu Emperor and the Five Ghost Emperors.

To put it bluntly, the Xue family's approach to succession is somewhat primitive and outdated.

They were essentially a group of "natives" before the establishment of the underworld's administrative system and the six realms of reincarnation.

Previously, the Ten Underworld Generals recruited the Soul-Devouring Ghost King, which was equivalent to giving this native to the administrative system a position. This symbolized the later underworld system's recruitment and co-opting of the "Ghost King" group of natives.

It's worth mentioning that there are indeed gaps in this aspect of the mythology of the previous life.

Aside from the Five Ghost Emperors, it's difficult to find information about their various subordinates, let alone the "natives" of the original underworld.

From this perspective, it seems that the lineage established by Master Sister and the Xue family may indeed help to complete and perfect the underworld system in the future.

It will become an important piece of the puzzle for the future "Underworld God Realm"!

My cheap master sister is a real talent!
The only awkward thing is that the connection between the two people in the divine image is not going very smoothly at the moment.

"Strange, they're so similar, why can't we build it up?" Xue Lingling frowned, beginning to doubt herself. "Could it be that my idea isn't perfect enough?"

Seeing this, Xue Zhengying also looked completely puzzled.

But Wu Xian had already figured everything out by now. "If I'm not mistaken, there must be an even more powerful and higher-ranking being above the Ghost Emperor, right?"

“Of course,” Xue Lingling replied without hesitation, “but we are still far from being able to comprehend that level of existence. It would be quite an achievement if we could even conceive of it in our lifetime.”

“That’s right,” Wu Xian smiled. “By then, we should be able to truly connect and bind together.”

"Huh?" Xue Lingling and Xue Zhengying were stunned and bewildered.

No way~ This is nothing! My dear disciple, have you already planned that far ahead?

Before the siblings could react, Wu Xian continued, "I will provide some ideas later, which should be of great help to you, Master Sister. Also, your current concept of the Ghost Emperor may need some adjustments."

In his view, Xue Lingling's Ghost King strategy had gone astray under his influence.

"Huh?" Xue Lingling remained bewildered.

But Wu Xian looked serious and began to tell her the story in a slow and deliberate manner.

Xue Zhengying listened from the side, completely bewildered. After all, he was only naturally close to and sensitive to the laws, but he knew nothing about the conception of the scroll. Otherwise, the Xue family would have risen to prominence under his leadership.

On the other hand, Xue Lingling listened with increasing rapt attention, just like a well-behaved and studious student.

(End of this chapter)