Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 291 Let's all write a script together!
On his first day of letting loose, Zhao Yifu was in a very good mood.

"This is what freedom feels like."

He stretched out a big yawn and then decided to do nothing for the next few days and just stay at home.

Lying down freely is also a form of freedom, and it's the most comfortable kind of freedom Zhao Yifu could imagine.

Moreover, he wasn't actually lying flat; in the dark void, his dream clone was still thinking.

It's just that the body is tired and wants to rest.

However, at this very moment, something rather frustrating happened...

Old Zhang, dressed in his opulent attire, swaggered in.

He greeted Zhao Yifu with a smile, "What are you having for dinner today?"

Zhao Yifu:!!!

He sat up in astonishment and said, "Grandmaster is gone!"

Old Zhang said, "I know, that's why I greeted you directly."

Zhao Yifu covered his face in distress; this guy really had him cornered.

But there's no other way; as the price for his theft from Heaven, a meal wouldn't hurt...

Zhao Yifu quickly reassured himself and said, "Please wait a moment, I'll go ask Brother Food God right away."

Old Zhang casually added, "Oh, by the way, there are still some peaches left unpicked in the orchard. You can go and pick a few more."

"By the way, let me remind you, that woman runs the Peach Garden, and she's very petty."

Zhao Yifu: ...

He suddenly didn't want to go anymore.

But what else can we do?

Go ahead.

So he took a step and went straight to the Heavenly Court.

This was the 'Mayfly Universe' technique that the monkey taught him. Theoretically, it shouldn't allow direct access to the Heavenly Court, but he discovered that his access level seemed a bit too high, and he could use it and go there at will without any problem.

He first went to the God of Food's residence. This guy had been in a much better mood lately, and even his five signs of decay had been alleviated.

It's true that a good mood can heal everything.

Zhao Yifu greeted him, "Brother, I've come to pick up the vegetables."

The God of Cookery said in surprise, "Why are you coming to collect it in person today? Don't you usually send your white cat to collect it?"

Ah Chou was very familiar with the Heavenly Court, and most importantly, it seemed that he had received some instructions from the East Heavenly Gate, so no one ever stopped him from entering or leaving.

Zhao Yifu said, "I have other matters to attend to at the Heavenly Court today, which is why I came in person."

The God of Cookery said, "Is that so? Then I'll cook your dishes first, and you can come back to pick them up when you're done."

Zhao Yifu nodded repeatedly after hearing this, then said goodbye and walked outside.

However, just as he was leaving, the God of Cookery specifically instructed him: "Young man, other places are not as carefree as this place, be careful."

The God of Cookery probably thought Zhao Yifu was a petty thief and was worried that he would run away and get caught, so that no one in the world would want to eat his cooking anymore.

After bidding farewell to the God of Food's residence, Zhao Yifu headed towards the Peach Garden, following his previous memories.

This made him quite uncomfortable. What was this? Was he being ordered to steal?
When Zhao Yifu arrived at the entrance of the Peach Garden, he felt something was amiss as he looked at the strict guards.

If he were to foolishly rush in like that, what if he were discovered and had no way to defend himself?
Besides, given Old Zhang's character, he definitely wouldn't come to bail him out if he were discovered.

After much deliberation, Zhao Yifu decided it was time to put his painstakingly developed illusion techniques to use.

As the saying goes, "the greatest truths are the simplest." He used to cast layers upon layers of illusions around himself. While these illusions were certainly effective in deceiving people, why would one need so many layers if the illusions were strong enough?
So he grinned and put on a disguise illusion, transforming himself into Old Zhang's appearance.

He was confident in his illusion technique, and with his current cultivation level, he was even confident that only a Great Luo Golden Immortal could see through it.

But the problem is, with so many secret treasures in the Heavenly Court, who knows which one might be able to discover his illusion?

Zhao Yifu was not afraid.

He concealed his presence and used illusion magic to cover his figure, sneaking in with an extremely thieving and monkey-like appearance.

There was nothing unusual at the entrance, but once inside, the numerous restrictions were terrifying to behold.

However, since he could see these restrictions, he could naturally try to avoid them as well.

They even gracefully and leisurely dodged it.

He seemed to know this place very well.

This is mainly because his primordial spirit is strong enough to distinguish enough restrictions and perform path calculations at the same time.

'Universal True Numbers' also made contributions.

More importantly, he discovered that by combining the 'Mayfly Universe' and 'Boundless Universe Technique', he could completely 'overtake on a curve' at the spatial level!
Only then were they able to enter the Peach Garden without any incident.

However, after fully entering the Peach Garden, Zhao Yifu discovered that the space here was completely locked, or rather, it was more like a completely enclosed secret realm.

Zhao Yifu became cautious, using illusion magic to conceal his presence throughout, and then completely impersonating Old Zhang.

At the same time, the movements are full of a thieving and monkey-like feel.

I'm absolutely certain you can see through the outermost layer of concealment, but you'll never see through Lao Zhang's outward appearance.

Even if you want to doubt Lao Zhang's appearance, you should suspect that monkey...

He strolled through the peach orchard and saw many peach trees standing there in a staggered pattern.

At this time, there were still more than three hundred years until the next Peach Banquet, and there weren't many trees still bearing peaches.

That old Zhang is really something, he didn't even say which tree's peaches he wanted to pick.

He thought for a moment and decided to walk a bit and pick some.

However, he wasn't as greedy as the monkey from back then. He picked a dozen or so and stopped when he felt that was enough. He stuffed the peaches into his sleeves and then strolled outside leisurely.

Little did he know that as he left, a white-haired man with a troubled expression appeared on his face.

Behind him followed a divine general guarding the Peach Garden. It turned out that Zhao Yifu was discovered as soon as he entered; his outer layer of invisibility was useless, and his disguise was immediately seen through, revealing Old Zhang's true nature.

The divine general held a divine mirror in his palm, displaying Zhao Yifu's face. However, the image in the mirror was somewhat blurry; only a figure resembling Old Zhang could be seen, but it was not clear.

It seems that the divine general's magic weapon can only reflect Zhao Yifu's image, but cannot completely see through his illusion.

"Lord, this man is not His Majesty. Why won't you allow me to arrest him?"

The kind-faced local deity stopped the divine general, saying, "No, no, General, didn't you see that person's true form?"

The divine general paused for a moment, then said, "Even if it's the Victorious Fighting Buddha... that's not enough..."

The local deity said, "Not bad. Great Sage has become much more restrained than last time. It seems that his years of training have not been in vain. It's just that a dozen or so peaches were lost. Let's just consider it a natural loss. If the Queen Mother asks, we don't need to hide it. We can just say that someone came in to pick peaches in His Majesty's appearance."

The general pondered for a moment and said, "But this Victorious Fighting Buddha is incredibly audacious, actually impersonating His Majesty to steal... If we let him go, it might be detrimental to His Majesty's prestige."

The local deity said, "You know that the Great Sage is incredibly audacious, it could only be Him... But His Majesty shouldn't mind, otherwise, with His Majesty's Haotian Mirror, what wouldn't He know?"

Upon hearing this, the god general was convinced and said, "That's right, no wonder the senior always taught me to turn a blind eye... Indeed, this can save a lot of trouble."

The local deity had a look of 'this child is teachable' on his face. As the local deity of the Peach Garden, he was definitely the most prestigious among all the local deities in the Three Realms.

How could someone who has been able to hold such a high position for so long not have some tricks up their sleeve?

……

Zhao Yifu quickly returned home with the peaches and other food, and when he got back, the wine he had prepared for Old Zhang was still warm. He took out the dishes and placed them on Old Zhang's table, then took out two large peaches.

Old Zhang's face twitched and he said, "You used my skin to steal peaches, and all you got were two?"

Zhao Yifu had long since figured out this guy's temperament, and asked with a smile, "Didn't Master Zhang plan to give the rest to your grandnephew?"

"And the teacher also needs to be comforted, after all, they really put their heart into teaching."

Old Zhang sighed helplessly, "Yes, it's a pity that I had to block that monkey's way before I could even prepare food for my own nephew's grandson... What a mischievous monkey!"

He then pointed to the dishes in front of him and said, "Take this braised pork knuckle and roast chicken to my good grandson, and these two vegetarian dishes and the peaches to the monkey."

"Oh, and take this roast lamb with you too. That damn pig must be a reincarnation of a starving ghost; it's the best-tasting."

After hearing his arrangements, Zhao Yifu went to deliver the vegetables.

That's right, he was in seclusion for the past ten years, while the monkey pulled off some crazy moves.

The reason was that the pig-headed man was addicted to taking care of children and couldn't help but stay a little longer. As a result, he accidentally exposed his pig-headedness when he was drunk... So he simply admitted to Xiao Chenxiang that he was the Clean Altar Messenger.

Then came the troublemaker. Pighead knew that his actions would ruin Monkey's plans, so he simply suggested that Chenxiang go and become a disciple of his senior brother, Sun Wukong.

Thus, the monkey, who was able to fight Yang Jian to a draw, once again became Chen Xiang's master... and because he no longer had the alias "Thunderbolt Immortal," he was finally able to stand on the stage.

This infuriated the monkey, who vented his anger by frequently hitting the pig's head.

After all, He originally taught Chenxiang under a disguise, and could have been indifferent and playful. But seeing Yang Jian's family make a fool of themselves...

But now that this child has really become His Great Sage Equal to Heaven's disciple, if he is still so weak, wouldn't that ruin His own reputation?
So recently the monkey has been very distressed, and bald patches have appeared on the hair on its head.

When Zhao Yifu served the delicacies and peaches, the monkeys looked gloomy and had no interest in glancing at the food.

Goodness, is he anxious?

The pig-headed man snatched the food and, without caring whether it was meat or vegetables, stuffed it directly into his mouth.

They didn't even want to miss out on the pork knuckle.

Fortunately, Zhao Yifu quickly snatched it away, saying, "Let's leave this for Chenxiang."

This is how it avoided the tragedy of cannibalism.

"You're so boring!"

Old Pig was a little angry, but he was quite intimidated by Zhao Yifu, so he just muttered something and then shut his mouth.

Why?

This is actually the same reason why Pigsy doesn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Yang Jian... He is the famous God of War of the Three Realms, and even Monkey King loses more often than he wins when he sees him. Pigsy is just making a scene in front of Monkey King.

While Old Pig was bringing food to Chenxiang, Zhao Yifu asked Monkey, "Brother Monkey, what's wrong with you? Did something go wrong with Chenxiang's teaching?"

The monkey replied sullenly, "The agarwood is good, and the cultivation speed is also acceptable, but it's not enough..."

Zhao Yifu asked in surprise, "Isn't that enough?"

The monkey said, "Back in my day, I only studied under my master for ten years. It was only in the last three years that I began to learn supernatural powers such as the 'Great Celestial Immortal Technique' and the 'Seventy-Two Transformations.' By the time I returned to Flower Fruit Mountain, I was already able to fight the Demon King and dared to call myself the 'Great Sage Equal to Heaven.'"

"But this child has cultivated the 'Great Celestial Immortal Technique' for ten years and still hasn't reached the Celestial Immortal realm, which is... sigh."

Zhao Yifu realized the problem: one cannot use those nine golden pills without reaching the Celestial Immortal realm.

The best use of those nine golden pills would be to replenish the mana of a Celestial Immortal.

Combined with the miraculous power of the 'Grand Celestial Immortal Technique', it can completely fill the agarwood with magical power when it first enters the Celestial Immortal realm, thus achieving a ripening process without any side effects.

But now that the celestial being is not here, there are some problems.

He wouldn't be able to process so much magic power; it would only result in a huge waste.

Zhao Yifu asked, "Where did the problem lie?"

The monkey said, "It's because his character is not good enough."

“He started cultivating with me at the age of 8. He hasn’t had much experience in life. If he were to force himself to continue cultivating, it would be fine, but I’m afraid it would be very easy for him to develop inner demons.”

Zhao Yifu seemed to understand something upon hearing this.

He said, "That's not difficult. Don't we still have 'Drunken Dream Immortal Rain'? We can use that."

The monkey said, "I've already tried it. That time, when he got drunk, he would dream about his mother. When he woke up, instead of growing up, he lost a lot of ambition."

Zhao Yifu said, "That's a matter of method. Has Brother Monkey forgotten that we can travel in the Dream Realm?"

"How about we let Chenxiang dream first, and then we can weave a life dream for him together?"

The monkey perked up instantly upon hearing this... It sounded really fun and was right up his alley.

He was delighted just thinking about it, grinning for a while, but then suddenly realized something was wrong: "Brother, weaving dreams is quite difficult, isn't it?"

Zhao Yifu nodded with some annoyance and said, "Yes, a little. After all, the key to the dream is to get him 'into the game' himself. If the story is too far-fetched and he notices the problem, then it won't be good."

The monkey started scratching its head in frustration again, and then clumps of its fur were pulled out.

Zhao Yifu glanced at the bald patches on the monkey's head and couldn't help but say, "Brother Monkey, this is such a technical matter, why don't we discuss it with someone else?"

The monkey nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right, let's find Yang Jian, let's discuss this with Yang Jian!"

"This is his nephew. There's no reason for me, Old Sun, to go through all this trouble while he can drink and have fun!"

As he was saying this, a simple, honest voice suddenly rang out from the side: "Me too, I, Old Pig, can help as well."

It seems everyone is very interested in this.

Zhao Yifu said, "In that case, let's go to Guanjiang Estuary tonight and discuss it together."

The monkey said, "Old Sun doesn't want to go to Three-Eyed's place... Let's go to your place and call Three-Eyed to come over too."

Pighead hesitated and asked, "If we all go, what will happen to Chenxiang?"

Without any hesitation, the monkey turned around, walked around, and dragged over the bald man with a scraggly beard and a golden sheen.

He is a golden-bodied Arhat.

The old pig chuckled upon seeing him and said, "Junior brother, you've come too! Perfect timing, you can keep an eye on this kid; he's our disciple."

The golden-bodied Arhat nodded woodenly, showing no anger at being suddenly pulled over, and simply said, "Brothers, don't worry, leave this place to Old Sha."

The monkey and the pig were relieved.

Zhao Yifu had no objection to this, and they returned to Baiyun Mountain together.

During the break, Zhao Yifu also used a communication spell to call Yang Jian from the Erlang Temple in Guankou.

At the same time, he arranged for Ah Chou to go to the Heavenly Food God's Palace to fetch some more food, since these people would definitely drink and eat when they got together.

After a flurry of activity, everyone arrived, and the food and drinks were all prepared. But when they all looked at the bright moon, they were suddenly stunned.

If it were a group of scholars at this moment, they would surely compose a poem to express their feelings, but the problem is that the people gathered here are all 'killers'.

Although Zhao Yifu was also a scholar, he was a 'killer' among scholars.

So after some hesitation, everyone decided that it was more important to drink the wine and eat the food first.

As for the creation of dream scripts?

Let's put that matter aside for now.

It's not that they're being lazy, it's that they genuinely don't know where to begin.

When I pick up a pen, I'm overwhelmed with thoughts and don't know where to begin.

(End of this chapter)