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

Chapter 447 Monkey King Fragments, Mani Jewel

Judging from the strength that Monkey King has shown so far, the other members simply cannot compete with him.

Only Wu Xian himself could fight against Monkey King and easily defeat this hidden boss.

Before the club members possess the "God-level Transformation" scroll, they won't be able to fight the hidden boss here, Monkey King; encountering him will only result in a total wipeout.

Of course, the older generation of strong individuals are still fine.

The mechanics might be a little lacking, but the sheer power of the numbers is enough to crush the Monkey King here.

Take old man Wu Mingchang for example; he could easily defeat this monkey by fighting bare-knuckles.

After all, the Monkey King here is essentially just a product of the condensation of otherworldly energy from a fourth-tier dungeon, not the real Monkey King.

Seeing everyone being tortured to death by Monkey King's clones, Wu Xian felt a sense of helplessness.

Before they knew it, Du Yifan, Wang Xiaocong and the others had been sent out of the dungeon, and they were all beaten to a pulp.

Only Xue Lingling, Tang Beng, and Zhou Qi could hold on for a while longer.

But it only lasted a little longer.

Soon after, all three were also sent out of the instance.

At this moment, only Wu Xian and Monkey King are still fighting in the Dragon Palace instance.

"Interesting," Monkey King said, growing more and more vigorous with each battle, clearly enjoying himself. "But you don't seem to be from the Dragon Palace?"

"Whether it is or not is not important," Wu Xian chuckled, a slight smile playing on his lips. "What is important is that we will take down this mischievous monkey today."

You're the Monkey King over at Flower Fruit Mountain.

But in the Dragon Palace instance, it needs to be called something else.

It's a pity that the title "弼马温" (Bima Wen) hasn't been unlocked yet, otherwise the mockery and damage would be even greater.

To be honest, having the chance to fight against the "Monkey King's" power incarnation is pretty exciting.

"Ok?"

Monkey King's eyes flickered, but he didn't seem angry.

On the contrary, the nickname "mischievous monkey" made me think of something else.

"Hehehe," Monkey King chuckled mischievously, "I, Old Sun, would like to see how you manage to take me down!"

As he spoke, he unleashed all sorts of supernatural powers, almost to the point of directly activating the Heaven and Earth Transformation Technique.

Unfortunately, it still fell short in the face of the Mechanical Dao Ancestor.

The mechanical Tai Chi array combined with the mechanical Qiankun array trapped it, though it was somewhat difficult to suppress it.

But it's harmless.

When the God of Wealth appeared, the five-colored light of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl instantly disoriented him.

"It would be quite interesting to deal with this mischievous monkey if I had the chance," the God of Wealth chuckled jokingly. "From now on, let me handle these kinds of things; it'll be a good way to relieve boredom."

As he spoke, the Golden Dragon Scissors flew out.

With a flick of his steel whip, thunder roared.

In no time at all, they easily subdued the mischievous monkey.

The clone of the mischievous monkey collapsed in a daze, turning into a golden fragment the size of a fingernail, which slowly drifted into Wu Xian's hand.

The materials and divine power factors are different from those obtained from normal dungeon bosses.

This fragment appears to have been formed from some kind of exquisite law power, containing extremely complex and mysterious law power.

“It’s like fragments of that mischievous monkey’s divine power,” the God of Wealth analyzed. “Although it’s still a little short of perfection, and it’s the divine power structure before he became a Buddha, once you’ve collected a certain number, it will be enough for you to draw that mischievous monkey.”

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian couldn't help but breathe rapidly and feel a surge of emotion.

Can you start accumulating "Monkey King Fragments" now?
"Speaking of which, can this fragment of divine power be directly regarded as the core of the jade scroll?" Wu Xian asked.

“Of course,” the God of Wealth laughed, “it is essentially the same thing as the fragments of divine power condensed by the great demons of other worlds, only more specific and superior.”

Wu Xian nodded excitedly and silently put away the fragment of Monkey King.

It seems I'll have to visit the Dragon Palace dungeon more often in the future.

Unfortunately, Monkey King is a hidden boss that spawns randomly, so you might not encounter him every time.

In contrast, the Flower Fruit Mountain instance is quite stable, but he's not really suited to directly take action.

Later, we can let the old man bully Monkey King at different stages more often to help him collect some fragments.

Everything was done to create Monkey King as quickly as possible.

Monkey King won't blame me, right?
With a slight thought, he withdrew from the instance space and returned to the club's main hall.

Master Sister and her group were still feeling frustrated after being brutally beaten by Monkey King.

"So, did you manage to get it?" Xue Lingling asked curiously.

“Okay,” Wu Xianxin nodded with a smile, “Remember to let me know when Monkey King respawns in the Dragon Palace.”

"Did some materials for making the Monkey King scroll fall out?" Zhou Qi and the others' eyes lit up.

Wu Xian smiled but remained silent.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but feel hopeful.

"Speaking of which, it seems that Huaguo Mountain has also successfully advanced to five stars," Xue Lingling reminded her.

"Huh?" Wu Xian was both surprised and delighted. After confirming that Flower Fruit Mountain had been upgraded to five stars, he couldn't help but feel a little confused. "Does that mean that while establishing a connection, they won't affect each other?"

On second thought, it seems to make sense.

After all, it's just a scroll drawn within the realm of this world, not the real Flower Fruit Mountain or the Dragon Palace of the Four Seas.

Currently, it seems that different timelines can coexist in this world.

In his excitement, he immediately returned to the Flower Fruit Mountain instance.

As expected, Monkey King had returned from the East Sea, fully equipped with a phoenix-winged purple-gold crown, a golden chainmail armor, lotus-silk cloud-walking boots, and the Ruyi Jingu Bang (Monkey King's staff), thus completing the first stage of his complete transformation.

Only then can the subsequent storyline of the fourth-tier Flower Fruit Mountain be considered to begin.

The club members were somewhat surprised to see the Monkey King from Flower Fruit Mountain again. As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and the Monkey King looked incredibly handsome in his Great Sage outfit.

This made the three Huang sisters infatuated with him.

"So that towering iron pillar in the Dragon Palace is our Monkey King's weapon?" Zhou Qi and the others marveled, naturally recognizing the divine weapon in the Monkey King's hand.

“It makes sense for a monkey to use a stick,” Wang Xiaocong pondered. “But Monkey King’s armor is really cool. I’ll make one for myself later.”

Or I could just give myself a stick as a weapon.

Clearly, Wang Xiaocong is already thinking about how to cosplay as the Monkey King.

Monkey King was naturally very welcoming to Wu Xian and his companions, and happily showed them his haul.

Wu Xian couldn't help but ask Monkey King about his experiences in the Dragon Palace, especially whether there had been any disturbances caused by extraterrestrial demons after he took the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

However, according to Monkey King, there was no invasion from extraterrestrial demons in the Dragon Palace.

Therefore, I specifically consulted the God of Wealth.

"Don't worry~ everything has been arranged in advance," the God of Wealth said meaningfully, "Even without that sea-stabilizing needle, there are naturally other ways to suppress the deep sea abyss."

"I was wondering," Wu Xian said suddenly, and then asked, "So, it turns out that everything was really arranged for Brother Monkey back then?"

“Otherwise,” the God of Wealth joked, “it’s almost like we’re feeding him directly. It’s only comparable to the scene with Erlang Shen’s eldest nephew later on.”

Wu Xian clicked his tongue and nodded. "Why does it have to be like this?" "Everything has to follow a procedure and rules. If those above don't follow the rules, who below will take them seriously?"

“That makes sense.” Wu Xian chuckled.

Then comes the real content of the fourth stage of Flower Fruit Mountain, where Wu Xian and his group begin to cooperate with Monkey King to reorganize the demon race of Flower Fruit Mountain and eliminate those hostile demon groups.

In the process, he made many friends and became sworn brothers with great demons such as the Bull Demon King and the Lion Camel King.

The chaotic and polluted Huaguo Mountain has now entered a relatively stable and prosperous phase.

After leaving the fourth level of Flower Fruit Mountain, the club members were still somewhat reluctant to leave.

Although they only played minor roles, the feeling of fighting alongside Monkey King was still very exciting and enjoyable.

Anyway, this trip yielded a huge amount of high-quality demon race materials.

"What's the approach to the fifth stage?" Xue Lingling inquired curiously.

"The underworld."

Xue Lingling's expression was strange. "Does that mean the Monkey King will also randomly spawn in the subsequent Underworld instance?"

"Yes, and he's the Monkey King in full armor."

Upon hearing this, everyone present became eager to try it out.

Although they were badly beaten by the Monkey King, it also ignited their fighting spirit and gave them a challenge to test their strength.

"My dear disciple, do you think that if I create the Ghost Emperor later, I can defeat Brother Monkey?" Xue Lingling asked curiously.

“There’s an opportunity, but you need to be well-trained,” Wu Xian said with a smile. “You’ll benefit a lot from leading troops at the Underworld outposts more often.”

……

The fourth stage of the Huaguo Mountain storyline has come to an end.

After the fifth stage begins, it will be time for Monkey King to "die a natural death".

Because of the special connection between Huaguo Mountain and the Four Seas Dragon Palace, Wu Xian inevitably had to come to the Four Seas Dragon Palace outpost to check on the situation and changes.

Fortunately, there haven't been any major changes at the Four Seas Dragon Palace outpost.

However, the Fang of the Vast Ocean noticed some "strange" changes in the power of heaven and earth, and suspected that the upper world was secretly playing tricks.

Wu Xian knew, of course, that this matter had nothing to do with the upper world, but it was also difficult to explain.

Let the upper class take the blame.

Back to the small villa in the North Block.

Holding the fragments of the Monkey King in his hands, he looked at them again and again, as if he could never get enough of them.

"Is that monkey really that charming?" the God of Wealth couldn't help but quip. "Why is it so popular in your mortal realm?"

"You don't understand, Monkey King was my childhood idol," Wu Xian joked.

"Am I not welcome in your mortal realm?"

"You are naturally loved by everyone, but you are different from Monkey King."

The God of Wealth didn't bother with these matters and instead reminded Wu Xian to check on the Treasure-Spitting Rat.

After Wu Xian released the treasure-spitting rat, he discovered that it had already completed the digestion process and returned to its lively and adorable state.

With a slight thought, the little creature spat out five unique, flawless pearls in succession.

"This is the Mani Jewel?" Wu Xian examined it curiously, feeling its pure power of the Great Dao. It was definitely a treasure among treasures. "Give one to Xiao Dizi, one to that little spider, and I will refine and absorb the remaining three."

"Uh, aren't we leaving one for Monkey King?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled. "Won't Monkey King need one for future upgrades?"

The God of Wealth said irritably, "That mischievous monkey is still a long way off. We can give him the rest after he produces more."

"Fine then," Wu Xian said, pouting sullenly.

He then summoned Xiao Dizi and gave him a Mani Jewel to refine.

Xiaodizi had no idea what the Mani Jewel was, but his intuition told him that it would be of great benefit to him.

"Where did this good stuff come from?" Xiao Dizi's eyes lit up.

"Hey, this was produced by your little furball."

"Really?" Little Dizi swallowed the Mani Pearl with great interest and started playing and frolicking with the treasure-spitting mouse. "Hehe, you really are my little furball, my little cutie."

Come here~ let me give you a lick, ouch~ don't dodge~!

Wu Xian shook his head silently to the side.

Just as he was planning to go to the insect world outpost [Spider Cave] to give the Mani Jewel to his second sister-in-law Kun You Niang, he unexpectedly received a video call from Xu Qingshan.

"Brother Wu, tell me the truth, are you serious about how difficult your Flower Fruit Mountain dungeon is?"

In the video, Xu Qingshan is full of resentment.

"What do you mean 'seriously'? Flower Fruit Mountain is inherently difficult; there's nothing we can do about it," Wu Xian said with a shrug and a laugh. "What's wrong? Did the monkeys torture you?"

“Well…” Xu Qingshan nodded bitterly, “In short, the younger students at the dojo have a lot of resentment towards you these days. Fortunately, I graduated in the first half of the year, otherwise graduation would have been a problem.”

"What do you mean?" Wu Xian asked in astonishment. "You really treated Flower Fruit Mountain as your graduation exam?"

Xu Qingshan helplessly spread his hands, "It was my grandfather and father who made the decision. They mainly valued the quality of the monsters in Flower Fruit Mountain, which should give the younger students some inspiration for their beast-themed picture scroll designs."

"alright."

"Speaking of which, those great demons in Flower Fruit Mountain are so outstanding, Brother Wu, don't you plan to turn them into a scroll? I think netizens are quite looking forward to it."

"It's all ready, and it will be officially released in a couple of days." Wu Xian said with a smile, "If Brother Xu is interested, you can come and support us then."

Xu Qingshan was puzzled: "Can't I just pre-order from you? What's with the support? Do I need to support the release of a picture scroll?"

“It seems Brother Xu is not quite familiar with our club’s methods. Our scrolls are sold in a different way,” Wu Xian joked. “If Brother Xu is interested, he can prepare more spirit crystals.”

Xu Qingshan was puzzled and decided to go back and find out.

"Speaking of which, Brother Xu, has there been any progress in your research on the Bifang bloodline?" Wu Xian asked, taking the opportunity to inquire.

"It's only just begun research, what progress can we expect?" Xu Qingshan was speechless. "However, my maternal grandfather is also quite interested in the Bifang bloodline. He asked me to buy you a copy of Bifang so he can also study it."

"Really?" Wu Xian was speechless. "Give me an address, and I'll send it to you later."

"How much? I'll transfer it to you."

“No need,” Wu Xian said with a smile, “Consider it tuition for Senior Lu.”

Wu Xian held the deepest respect for the senior researcher, Mr. Lu, who had studied blood vessel architecture technology.

"That's really inappropriate?"

"Just accept it as I please," Wu Xian said with a smile. "I'd like to have the chance to learn more from Senior Lu sometime."

Upon hearing this, Xu Qingshan no longer declined. "Speaking of which, after the Bifang bloodline makes some progress, Brother Wu, do you have any requirements for its use? After all, it comes from your bloodline structure, so we should at least ask for your opinion."

"Whatever, use it however you want," Wu Xian replied jokingly.

I just didn't expect Xu Qingshan to be so particular, asking for my opinion before using it.

They actually respect copyright.

“Speaking of which, I’ve been researching the Bifang bloodline recently and have gained some insights,” Wu Xian said enthusiastically. “Would you like to share and discuss it with me?”

Wu Xian was even more anxious than Xu Qingshan about the spread of the Bifang bloodline in the Divine Beast Dojo.

(End of this chapter)