Chapter 955 - 864: Wan Shan Ju Long Tu Reappears
In the courtyard.
The sound of the zither was melodious, as Nan Feng, clad in a light white winter dress, played the strings elegantly and melodiously.
Lu Rang was pulling radishes from the ground; the radishes would become sweeter after withstanding the chilly winter air.
As he pulled up the radishes, he tossed the smaller ones wholesale into Little Gold Bull’s mouth, who devoured them with great delight.
Long Zixuan sat by the pond, wearing a thick coat and baring an arm, fishing in the pond.
The little blackfish had grown as thick as an arm and occasionally darted past Long Zixuan’s hand. With swift movements, he exchanged dozens of slaps with the blackfish.
He grew up with Kunpeng, and his Kunpeng Technique developed alongside his Hunting Heaven Six Arts.
Zi Ling’s landscape paintings had become more fluid and transparent after this period of practice. At the moment, she was creating a mountain range scene imbued with an extraordinary aura, the mountains lofty and continuous.
Finally, Zi Ling exhaled—a long breath. She put down her brush; her slender, jade-like fingers were a bit sore, and her beautiful eyes felt a bit stinging. Yet, she was incomparably happy.
The painting was complete!
“Sister, this looks very much like… ‘Wan Shan Ju Long Tu,’ the painting Master created when we first met him, doesn’t it?”
Nan Feng stopped playing the zither and came over, a hint of surprise flashing in her beautiful eyes.
Because Zi Ling’s current painting was indeed the Wan Shan Ju Long Tu they saw when they first became disciples of Li Fan.
Back then, the small village was located in the Netherworld Xuantian Realm’s Cangli Mountain Range, and the Wan Shan Ju Long Tu, painted by Li Fan after observing the Cangli Mountain Range, had an imposing momentum and was extraordinary.
Later, Wan Shan Ju Long Tu was bestowed upon the Holy Maiden Huo Linger and others of the Lihuo Sect. Huo Linger and others, holding the Wan Shan Ju Long Tu, entered deep into the Cangli Mountain Range.
“Yes, sister, this is an imitation of the painting our Master created back then.”
Zi Ling nodded and spoke.
Nan Feng looked at the painting with a focused gaze; it possessed both spirit and form, already showing a hint of the charm of Li Fan’s original “Wan Shan Ju Long Tu” from years past.
For a moment, she couldn’t help but smile slightly and said,
“Congratulations, sister Zi Ling. Your Art of Painting has advanced even further!”
Jiang Li, however, was quite surprised and said,
“I feel like… there’s a real world hidden within this painting?”
He cultivated the path of chess and was very sensitive to space…
“It indeed feels like… this world could be brought out and merge with the outside world!”
Lin Jiu Zheng also spoke with great solemnity. He had just realized that when a painting reached a certain level, it naturally formed a kind of Heavenly Talisman!
“It seems I should also learn more about painting…”
He felt he had gained a lot.
But Zi Ling just shook her head and said,
“It won’t work.”
“Master’s painting from back then was infinitely detailed and exact, so it was a complete real world.”
“But the world in my painting is still too thin. In a sense, it’s still just a flawed product. If it were to merge with the outside world, it would cause spatial chaos and create a Lost Realm.”
She was very clear that although her painting looked similar to her master’s, she was still far from matching the detail.
In the details, the world of her painting was still blurry!
Upon hearing this, Nan Feng couldn’t help but frown slightly.
The Art of Painting… can actually create a separate world?
So real…
The Yin Realm had been utterly destroyed, but now that Zi Ling had painted the Cangli Mountain Range of the Yin Realm, didn’t it mean that the mountain range had been salvaged from destruction, and that the past had been brought back?
Are today’s Cangli Mountains, and the Cangli Mountains of the past, still the same?
For a moment, she seemed to think of something and suddenly turned her head subconsciously to gaze at Li Fan and Yun Xi, who were playing chess under the peach tree.
“Master…”
She murmured.
At this moment, Li Fan had also noticed Zi Ling’s painting, and couldn’t help but smile slightly, saying,
“Not bad, there’s progress!”
Zi Ling’s landscape painting had officially reached a masterful level!
“Sister Zi Ling’s painting is already perfect, but… it’s missing a bit of radiance, isn’t it?”
Yun Xi blinked her large eyes and spoke.
Hearing this, Zi Ling’s eyes sparkled with surprise and said,
“Sister Yunxi… Yes, you’re right, it lacks light!”
“I wanted to paint a sunset, but… Master’s sunset paintings are hard to imitate. I can’t do it yet.”
Of course, a real world needs light!
With light, all things come alive.
Back in the Xuantian Realm, Li Fan often went to the Cangli Mountains to observe the world and paint sunsets.
“But the Sunset Painting… is even more difficult than the Wan Shan Ju Long Tu!”
The paintings of the Sun, Moon, and Stars rank very high among the Creation Nine Scrolls; she is still far from ready to study them.
Upon hearing this, Li Fan couldn’t help but look at Yun Xi with admiration. This silly girl’s talent for painting is not inferior to Zi Ling’s.
However, she doesn’t work hard and is carefree.
Yet, Li Fan didn’t feel it was a pity. Perhaps it was exactly because Yun Xi lived so carefree and unblemished that she was able to maintain a pure heart, which gave her keen talent.
“The painting is initially complete, but it lacks concrete details and vitality; you can practice the second volume now.”
Li Fan spoke to offer his critique.
Hearing this, Zi Ling became even more excited.
The extreme of the Art of Painting—the second volume of the Creation Nine Scrolls was about the painting of flowers, birds, bamboo, and rocks!
Such as “Sunflower Rock Painting” and “Still Life of Treasure Zither Painting.”
If landscape painting allowed her to grasp the outline of a world, then the painting of flowers, birds, bamboo, and rocks would teach her how to infuse this world with details!
By then, perhaps the world within her painting could project into the outside, forming a real territory!
“Master, we’re back!”
At this moment, voices came from outside, including that of Dugu Yuqing and others.
Instantly, Li Fan and the others turned around.
They saw Wu Dade and Dugu Yuqing had already pushed the door and entered.
“Greetings, Master!”
Dugu Yuqing stepped forward to pay his respects.
Li Fan smiled and said,
“No need for such formalities. How did it go? Did you find the person you were looking for?”
“Any progress in the path of calligraphy?”
Dugu Yuqing nodded and said,
“Using his path to corroborate my own, I’ve had many insights!”
Just like Long Zixuan and Nan Feng, who observed the past life’s Sword Dao and Sword Ancestor Yin Xu’an’s Sword Dao, when he triggered the Ultimate Celestial Phenomenon, he also retread the path of the Sword Dao.
For him now, breaking through the realm is no longer a difficult task.
He has reached the pinnacle of the Six Storages and can enter the Spiritual Platform Realm at any time.
Li Fan nodded and said,
“That’s wonderful.”
Dugu Yuqing continued,
“Right, Master, we also found someone you’ve been looking for… a lunatic!”
Upon hearing this, Li Fan was surprised and delighted.
Another one?
Great news!
The third one now!
Closer to the Golden Core… one more step!
“Where is he?”
Li Fan immediately asked.
Dugu Yuqing replied,
“He has gone with Ming Tianbei and the others to help pick up firewood.”
“Also, we hunted a large wild boar and have already given it to Uncle Zhang!”
Wu Dade said with longing,
“Master, let’s go quickly, I bet the villagers have almost finished making braised pork!”
He craved it!
A large wild boar?
Li Fan couldn’t help feeling even more satisfied; they had recently been running a bit low on meat!
“Let’s go have a look!”
At once, Li Fan led all of his disciples out of the small courtyard.
Meanwhile, the Big Black Dog was just about to leave when a voice rang in its mind:
“Bring some back to taste; those little mudfish from last time had no flavor.”
Big Black Dog turned its head to see an old hen casually watching it!
Last time, when Martial Honor emerged, Long Zi Xuan brought back many Eternal Ring Demon Serpents with the broken wooden basin from the small courtyard, which ended up being a feast for the Earth Chicken and the Koi.
Upon hearing this, the Big Black Dog immediately wagged its tail, saying,
“Don’t worry, Sister Feng, I’ll make sure to save some for you!”
Saying this, it also turned and ran off.
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