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

Chapter 62 Mineral Vein Depletion Incident
This discovery surprised and delighted Wu Xian.

Does this mean that he can cultivate and recruit a group of ghosts and monsters to form a ghost army?
Before they could even celebrate, a terrifying aura swept across the sky above the mining area, followed by a furious roar.

"Who is causing trouble here?!"

A figure was seen hovering high in the air above the mining area, with a divine image of the soul above its head.

Even from a distance, the terrifying aura sent chills down Wu Xian's spine.

Fortunately, he made his escape in time and got away.

For safety's sake, it's best to avoid the eerie abyss for the time being.

……

Deep in the mine.

Mr. Yang and the mayor's team were covered in dust and still shaken.

After confirming that the monsters had dispersed, the group finally breathed a sigh of relief and took out spirit crystals and medicines to restore their spiritual power.

"Damn it, what happened to those monsters? They looked like a swarm of insects, it was terrifying."

"If it weren't for the boss's amazing painting, we would probably all be doomed here today."

The leader, a level-five spirit master, looked grim. As the saying goes, something unusual must be going on, and his intuition told him that something was definitely wrong.

At this moment, Master Yang suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "No, no, look!"

The survivors then discovered that the mineral veins inside the mine had all turned into gray, murky rocks.

"The mine over there has turned black too!"

The group looked around in disbelief.

"What on earth happened? How come the mine is all gone?"

"Could it be the work of those monsters from earlier?"

"not good!"

The leading Level 5 Spirit Master looked surprised and uncertain. Suddenly, he had a bad feeling and hurriedly returned to the Thunder Fiend Stone Snow Zone.

Within the entire Thunder Fiend Stone Hidden Snow Zone, all the Xuan Yin and Di Sha mineral veins withered and turned into ordinary stones.

There are still many traces of fresh excavation in various places.

Most importantly, Master Yang sensed the residual energy fluctuations of the Thunder Fiend Stone from the mining marks.

……

Wu Xian, who had escaped from the eerie abyss, acted as if nothing had happened.

Calmly, I returned to the North Street area and went to Mr. Hu's shop.

We purchased some materials that Master Ma needed, as well as some common mechanical monster materials, to fill any gaps in our supplies.

"By the way, Mr. Hu, do you have any high-quality bull-shaped monster materials? Rare materials would be best," Wu Xian asked casually.

“Yes! Exactly, yes,” Hu Deyou said excitedly, pulling out a bull’s head from a strange beast. “It was just delivered from Dongyang City yesterday. It’s a fourth-tier elite Destroyer Bull. Unfortunately, I only got the bull’s head. The most valuable part, the bull’s horn, was bought on the spot by a craftsman.”

Give me a fair price.

Wu Xian's eyes brightened slightly; the bull horn meant little to him.

The head of a Tier 4 elite monster is enough to make Silver Axis Bull Lord.

"188,000," Hu Deyou quoted.

"180,000," Wu Xian bargained.

After some hesitation, Hu Deyou agreed to the price, considering Wu Xian's status as a young scroll painter.

After all, for those of them who are in the materials business, scroll painters are always high-quality customers.

Go home.

He carefully took out the three Thunder Fiend Stones and pulled out the scroll depicting the God of Wealth.

Spiritual energy permeates it, guiding the God of Wealth to absorb the spiritual substances within.

The three Thunder Fiend Stones directly raised the God of Wealth's spirituality to 81 points, showing a trend of condensing a second life mark.

This greatly enhances the various functions of the God of Wealth.

Unfortunately, due to the special nature of the God of Wealth, it is not convenient to have his five-dimensional performance tested at the association.

"It would be great if we could build our own five-dimensional detection instrument."

I checked the price of the instrument online, then silently closed the page, giving up on the idea.

The cheapest one costs 23 million per unit, which is absolutely outrageous.

While pondering, he sent a message to Xue Lingling: "Master Sister, besides the Association, where else can I get the five-dimensional scroll tested?" "You want to get the five-dimensional scroll tested?" Xue Lingling replied quickly.

"Hmm, the scroll has been reconstructed and polished, but I wonder how much the five dimensions have been improved?"

“Hehe, you’ve reminded me. How can an excellent club not have a 5D detector?” Xue Lingling sent a smug grin emoji. “I’ll order one right now, and it will arrive in a couple of days.”

Overjoyed, Wu Xian replied with a thumbs-up.

"And the training pods and such, we'll have to arrange those gradually," Xue Lingling continued. "A club has to look like a club."

No wonder he's a scroll painter who "studied" at the dojo; he's got money.

I wonder when I'll be able to be as carefree as my master?
After his usual worship of the God of Wealth, he stared thoughtfully at the few pieces of Xuan Yin Refined Iron.

"What kind of weapon should we get?"

If you want to directly draw various divine artifacts from myths and legends, relying solely on Xuan Yin Refined Iron is definitely not enough.

Why not start with a flying sword like those in fantasy novels, one that can both fight and fly?

Having participated in so many game projects in my past life, I have countless images of flying swords in my mind, but the background conception and setting are quite troublesome.

"No rush, let's get Ox-Head and Horse-Face out first."

After all, the concept and materials for Ox-Head and Horse-Face had already been prepared.

After listing all the materials, spiritual energy is used to extract various spiritual substances in sequence. Through the framework of the divine diagram's laws, the corresponding spiritual pigments are then formulated.

Once everything is ready, gather your thoughts in your mind and begin to draw on the canvas of your inspiration.

Under the cover of night, the two scrolls took shape one after another.

【Bull's Head】

Version: Original (with gold embroidered border)

Grade: Silver switch

Painting Spirit: ★★

Spirituality: 47
Innate Trait: Netherworld Divine Power, Suppressing Souls and Eradicating Evil

【Horse Face】

Version: Original (with gold embroidered border)

Grade: Silver switch

Painting Spirit: ★★

Spirituality: 55
Innate Trait: Yin-Yang Eye, Soul Suppressor and Judgement of Evil

The materials produced in the Dead Mountain Town Scroll instance are of significantly higher quality, so the Horse-Face has a higher spiritual value.

These two brothers have similar abilities, especially their second innate talent, which, like the Black and White Impermanence, allows them to cooperate.

After adding Ox-Head and Horse-Face to the "Ten Great Yin Marshals" divine diagram, he began to devote himself to researching the creation of flying swords.

Time flew by and it was already the next day.

Wu Xian stayed home as if nothing had happened, studying weapon scrolls.

Little did they know, the entire city of Yaoyang was in an uproar over the mining area.

Yesterday, news of the mysterious depletion of the Abyss No. 7 mine spread rapidly, causing heavy losses to major mining companies, who are all demanding an explanation from the mayor.

The mayor took this matter very seriously and launched an investigation in conjunction with the Scroll Painters Association.

Rumors spread like wildfire throughout Yaoyang City, causing widespread panic.

Wu Xian, who was studying the scroll of tools, was interrupted by a WeChat message from his motorcycle driver: "Something terrible has happened, bro. Yesterday, the mining area was like a ghost town. Most of the vein dried up instantly, and the whole mining area is in chaos."

"Really? Such a huge mine, just gone like that?" Wu Xian feigned surprise.

“That’s right,” the motorcycle taxi driver replied. “Brother, I just finished my questioning and almost got arrested. Do you think the mayor might be behind this?”

Wu Xian asked, puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"The people we encountered in the Thunder Fiend Stone Snowfield yesterday have been arrested. I noticed that the mayor didn't look too happy at the time."

"Maybe."

Wu Xian replied briefly and ended the chat.

He continued to bury himself in studying his flying sword scroll. The creation of artifact scrolls was far more complicated than he had imagined, and it seemed to require a method similar to mechanical principles.

At least for now, it's clear that just having ideas and concepts isn't enough.

(End of this chapter)