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

Chapter 285 Second Sister-in-law's Palace Isn't Quite Right

Wu Xian was initially quite looking forward to it, but when he saw the "palace," he froze.

"This is your palace, Your Majesty the Empress?" Wu Xian looked at Kun You Niang in astonishment.

"What, is it not grand enough?" Kun You Niang asked in confusion.

"Um... whatever makes you happy."

Wu Xian smiled awkwardly, not wanting to directly call the palace trash.

But in his view, it was more of a nest than a palace.

Looking at it, it resembles a nest built from the remains of various insects.

It's understandable that the Zerg would like this style of nest, but Kunyouniang is already a transformed demon.

In the myths and legends of the past, which great demon did not have its own cave?

Looking back along the way, the construction around the Queen's "palace" is still basically in its original state.

"Hey, what is this place?"

During the visit, Wu Xian was drawn to the ruins of a human building amidst the insect remains.

“That… that’s an outpost left behind by you human scroll painters,” Kun Youniang explained. “It seems to be quite old.”

"Can you give it to me?" Wu Xian's interest was instantly piqued.

After all, the materials from the ancient outposts were still very useful to him.

"Take it if you want it," Kun You Niang said indifferently.

Wu Xian quickly thanked him and happily put every blade of grass, every brick and tile in the ruins into his Qiankun bag.

Then, they followed Kunyouniang into the palace.

Compared to the "Zerg-style" exterior of the palace, the interior finally reveals some of the features a palace should have. Directly in front is a throne made from the bones of a high-ranking Zerg, and the interior of the palace shows a slight hint of "humanity".

I reckon it must be Xue Zhengying's doing.

"So, are the palaces and caves of you great demons from another world all like this?" Wu Xian asked curiously.

"Otherwise what?" Kun You Niang replied without hesitation, "We beings from another world don't have the leisure and elegance that you humans do."

"Understood, as long as it's a place to stay, that's fine." Wu Xian said knowingly.

Xue Zhengying jokingly chimed in, "You can't use our human mindset to look at beings from other worlds. To them, such a palace is already quite luxurious."

Many powerful demons in the surrounding area have long coveted the palace of the young lady.

"Really?" Wu Xian couldn't help but chuckle. "How about I build a decent cave dwelling for my second sister-in-law?"

Clearly, the powerful demons from other worlds also have this kind of desire, they just haven't had the chance to eat anything good.

Therefore, Kunyouniang's cave dwelling became a highly sought-after prize in their eyes.

"Isn't this a good thing?" Kun You Niang asked, puzzled.

"It's good, but it doesn't reflect your status as a royal-level demon!" Wu Xian analyzed seriously. "As the saying goes, clothes make the man and a saddle makes the horse. You're already a transformed demon, you can't still be the same as before, can you?"

“That’s true.” Kun You Niang said thoughtfully.

Xue Zhengying interrupted helplessly, saying, "I had thought about this before, but I later realized that it was not very practical. In a place like the insect world, the facilities and buildings that we humans build simply cannot be preserved."

Wu Xian naturally understood this.

“What I mean is, to create a cave dwelling in the form of a domain scroll,” Wu Xian explained.

"This..." Xue Zhengying's expression was strange. "Isn't this a bit inappropriate? Besides, beings from other worlds might not be able to accept it."

"Why can't we accept it?" Wu Xian asked with a smile. "Isn't the underworld unsuitable for a life of monsters?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Zhengying was speechless for a moment. Having been stationed at the outpost in the underworld, he had naturally noticed this as well.

In fact, within the territory of Taozhi Mountain, one can often see some strange creatures secretly settling down, and living quite comfortably.

This shows that the otherworldly realms created by humans using scrolls are actually suitable for the corresponding types of otherworldly beings to thrive and multiply.

Because of the hostile relationship between humans and otherworldly beings, and because the otherworldly beings have no need for this kind of thing, no one has ever tried it before.

In addition, there is another very important point: Domain Scrolls are not commonplace, especially those that can take root in other worlds. They are the apple of the eye of all factions, and they don't even have enough for themselves.

Kun Youniang, after living in the human world for a while, although she didn't say it, had obviously developed the idea of ​​renovating her cave dwelling.

“I’ve heard that in the far-off central part of the insect world, many powerful demons take pride in occupying your human outposts,” Kun Youniang said. “But there aren’t actually many human outposts that are truly suitable for our insect race to live on.”

Wu Xian was waiting for her to say this: "Don't worry about that, you'll definitely never want to leave once you've stayed."

“But my insect realm might not be able to gather all the materials you need,” Kunyouniang said hesitantly.

"Bartering, you know."

“Okay, it’s settled then,” Kun You Niang said happily. “Oh right, I happen to have some plant-based materials here, you might be able to use them.”

As she spoke, she opened her small mouth and spat out a bunch of miscellaneous materials.

"Where did you get so many plant-based materials?" Wu Xian exclaimed in amazement.

"There are many areas infiltrated by plant aliens throughout the insect world. We also joined forces with some powerful demons in the surrounding area to go to the plant dimension before."

Wu Xian was suddenly struck by a sudden realization and couldn't help but feel excited. "In that case, you can give me any similar materials you have in the future, and I'll arrange for a laurel tree in your cave to make rubbings."

"really?"

Kunyouniang was overjoyed and for a moment forgot her imperial demeanor.

"Would I lie to you?" Wu Xian replied cheerfully, his heart already bursting with joy.

To put it simply, this pile of plant-based materials alone is enough to make a fortune.

Perhaps this is the value and charm of "trade".

Many things are worthless in your hands, but become priceless treasures in another place.

Afterwards, they followed Kun Youniang on a brief tour of her "palace," and then, under Kun Youniang's guidance, went to collect mineral resources from several veins within the territory.

"Speaking of which, Xiao Xian's scroll painting ideas really impressed me," Kun You Niang said during the journey, inevitably bringing up the Spider Fairy's scroll painting ideas. "How did you do it?"

“Just like what my second brother said to me before, the scrolls of you otherworldly beings and humans are essentially pursuing the same goal, so there are naturally some things in common between you,” Wu Xian said with a smile.

Kun Youniang understood, "So, in other words, the fact that we beings from another world can improve ourselves by devouring scrolls is essentially because we draw nourishment from the ideas behind your scrolls?"

"More or less," Wu Xian analyzed, "but the idea behind the scroll itself doesn't have any substantial power; it's more about guiding your cultivation and evolution."

"Wouldn't it be better if you just made this scroll and let me eat it?" Kun You Niang's eyes sparkled.

"..." Wu Xian was both amused and exasperated: "Theoretically it would be better, but it's not very realistic."

"Why?" Kunyouniang asked, puzzled.

Wu Xian's lips twitched as he said, "Unless you can find a spider-shaped demon as excellent as yourself, whose divine power core's law framework must be similar to yours, or you can directly give me your own divine power core as material."

"Don't your human scrolls come in different grades? Why not just make one with a copper axis or a silver axis?"

"It's possible, but that probably wouldn't improve your chances much."

To put it bluntly, Kun You Niang, as a royal-level spider demon, possesses a core divine power similar to that of the Spider Fairy.

The low-level scrolls simply couldn't reach the level that would elevate her.

(End of this chapter)