Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 329 Visitors Arrive One After Another
It turns out that Master Taiyi really only came to find Zhao Yifu for the sake of his disciple.

Zhao Yifu didn't make any demands on him and just got to work.

After several attempts, Zhao Yifu realized that Lady Yin was ultimately a mortal who had been deified, and her true spirit was greatly misled by the Investiture of the Gods. He feared that she would not be able to break free on her own.

Therefore, Taiyi Zhenren's goal can only be considered to have been half achieved...

Half of the success was that Nezha could meet Lady Yin in his dreams every night.

That's enough; at least Li Jing's physical existence is largely guaranteed.

Taiyi Zhenren finally said helplessly, "That's not so bad. At least Nezha will still have a chance to see his mother."

Zhao Yifu neither confirmed nor denied it, but said, "It's never quite perfect. I'm sorry I didn't do what I promised my seniors."

Master Taiyi quickly said, "It's already very good, young friend, don't blame yourself."

He hesitated for a moment, then added, "If you have time, young friend, you can visit my Golden Light Cave. However, with demons running rampant in the mortal realm these days, I don't have many disciples to serve me in my cave..."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yifu felt a sudden realization and immediately understood that the Qingwei Sect, which Taiyi Zhenren had established after the Investiture of the Gods, had actually descended to the mortal realm to slay demons and monsters.

He is indeed a person who is eager to help others and is always ready to help others.

He said, "It's alright. I wonder how you contact your disciples in the mortal realm? I happened to have been a member of the Chunyang Sect and have a good relationship with the Demon Subduing Path. How about we three families look out for each other in the mortal realm?"

Taiyi Zhenren was immediately intrigued upon hearing this, but a look of hesitation appeared on his face.

Zhao Yifu asked, "Senior, is there anything else you're worried about?"

After he finished speaking, he looked towards the back of his house as if he had sensed something.

Then, the elegant and dashing Chunyangzi, dressed in flowing white robes, stepped out and said with a smile, "I'm afraid Senior Brother Taiyi doesn't trust me, the source of the Chunyang Sect, does he?"

At this moment, the Pure Yang Patriarch's eyes were clear, and he carried a refreshing and free immortal aura. He was simply an 'immortal among immortals'. No one could say that he was still a demon.

Taiyi Zhenren was astonished upon seeing this. He said, "Could it be that Fellow Daoist Chunyangzi can truly enter and escape demonic possession at will?"

Chunyangzi smiled and said, "Senior Brother Taiyi, you flatter me. We are actually just using the demonic realm to train our minds, but our Dao hearts have not been moved. Now that Senior Brother Taiyi has something important to discuss, I naturally have to rectify my Dao heart and come to discuss it with you."

Master Taiyi was quite amazed upon hearing this. He said, "I have never heard of such a cultivation method before, but I can assure you that if my eight junior brothers can cultivate it successfully, they will probably be able to completely escape the Demon Realm!"

Chunyangzi smiled but remained silent.

Upon seeing this, Taiyi Zhenren understood what was going on, and he couldn't help but ask, "But what is the name of this method?"

Chunyangzi looked at Zhao Yifu and saw that he was humble and unwilling to say more, so he pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps it can be called 'The Great Method of Planting Demons in the Dao Heart'!"

The Dao Heart refers to one's own Dao Heart, and 'planting a demon'... before they cultivate, don't they all have to 'plant' one of Zhao Yifu's avatars into their spiritual aperture?

Upon hearing this, Taiyi Zhenren was filled with envy and said, "Indeed, one should not underestimate the people of the world. I never expected that even the Taiqing lineage would have such a secret technique."

He seemed somewhat tempted, but quickly stopped himself from thinking about it.

Although the Yuqing lineage possesses immense power and profound accumulation within the same realm, the problem lies in its truly slow cultivation speed.

Otherwise, the Twelve Golden Immortals would not have been so helpless after having their three flowers on their heads cut off and their five qi in their chests blocked by the Hunyuan Golden Cauldron.

After all, this meant they would practically have to start their cultivation journey from scratch...

Starting over, even with previous experience that can save a lot of trouble, can still be discouraging.

Therefore, after the Investiture of the Gods, four Golden Immortals went to the West to seek a way to quickly restore their cultivation.

The remaining Golden Immortals secluded themselves to cultivate the immortal path again, and gradually disappeared from the Three Realms.

The Chan Sect's victory in the Investiture of the Gods battle feels almost like a defeat.

Take Taiyi Zhenren for example. He had already attained enlightenment long ago, but he had wasted a lot of time cultivating the immortal path, so he was still only at the Golden Immortal level.

As for the four who went to the West, they have probably already made further progress.

After chatting with Zhao Yifu for a while, Taiyi Zhenren took his leave, as there was nothing he could do if he stayed. However, before leaving, he left behind a precious elixir, which he had refined from the seeds of the Seven-Colored Lotus.

This precious elixir has many uses. When taken using secret methods, it can reverse life and death, regenerate flesh from bones, and can even be used as a projectile to specifically destroy the human body. When refined, it can also dispel poisonous miasma and break illusion arrays…

It has to be said that Taiyi Zhenren is really reckless, but he is absolutely qualified as a friend.

Zhao Yifu didn't chase after it to return the treasure or anything like that; doing so would have been inappropriate. He considered this a favor, a case of becoming friends through a misunderstanding.

To his surprise, no sooner had Master Taiyi left than someone else came knocking on his door.

This time, the people... also didn't pay attention to his illusion array.

Goodness, why don't people take his illusion array seriously anymore these days?
Only after seeing the person clearly did they realize what was going on... wasn't that Marshal Nezha of the Central Altar?

This guy is a physical body reshaped from the lotus root of the Seven-Colored Lotus, so he is not afraid of any mental attacks and is therefore immune to illusions.

Zhao Yifu was puzzled, as his illusion technique seemed to have a rather narrow range of applications in high-end fields.

Fine, I'll make do with the illusion ability for now. If all else fails, I still have my muscles, right?

Zhao Yifu took it all in stride.

For him, illusion was just something to play around with.

When Nezha came up to him, he asked in a very good-natured manner, "Marshal Zhongtan, we meet again."

Nezha looked at Zhao Yifu, then suddenly looked around and said, "My master is gone?"

Zhao Yifu nodded: "He just left. I thought you came after you saw him leave."

Nezha nodded, then suddenly became shy and hesitant.

Seeing his expression, Zhao Yifu had no desire to waste time with him, so he asked, "Is it about Madam Yin?"

Nezha nodded immediately.

Zhao Yifu said, "It's not that I'm unwilling to help you, but the true spirits of all those who were deified after death are suppressed by the Investiture of the Gods."

“Look at those disciples of the Jie Sect, aren’t they also constantly suppressed? They have only recovered a portion of their true selves, and only a very few have been able to fully awaken.”

"Lady Yin is merely a mortal with a weak spirit; she probably wouldn't be able to resist the suppression of the Investiture of the Gods..."

Nezha gritted his teeth and said, "I know all that you're saying, so what I want to ask is, are you still accepting people here?"

Zhao Yifu: "???"

He wondered if he had misheard. What was that saying?

"No, Marshal Zhongtan, what are you talking about?"

Nezha said, "Since Mother can't return because of the Investiture of the Gods, then I'll rebel against Heaven and tear up the Investiture of the Gods!" "So, do you need more people?"

He repeated it again.

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "Come on, let's pick a cave on that mountain. Your neighbors are Golden Horn and Silver Horn, you should get along well."

Nezha breathed a slight sigh of relief, then asked, "When are we going to attack the Heavenly Court?"

Zhao Yifu said with a smile, "The Grand Marshal of the Expeditionary Army is not in place yet, don't rush."

Nezha frowned: "Grand Marshal of Heaven's Extermination? Who is that?"

Zhao Yifu said, "Even Chenxiang, only he can simultaneously command Youquan and other rebellious forces in the Three Realms."

"At the same time, he is also the one destined to end the rule of the Heavenly Emperor."

Nezha found this rather troublesome and asked, "Where is he?"

Zhao Yifu said, "He is currently fulfilling his filial duties in the mortal world. Once he has fulfilled his earthly wishes, he will naturally ascend to heaven to complete his mission."

Nezha looked annoyed, and Zhao Yifu had initially thought he would lose patience with this. But to his surprise, despite his annoyance, Nezha didn't say much.

He turned and headed deep into Liaoshan, saying, "Then I'm off. If you want to fight, find me, but don't look for me at night!"

Zhao Yifu nodded to indicate that he understood. But then he added, "But is it really alright for you not to return to Heaven? After all, you don't have any excuse to become a demon."

Nezha turned to look at Zhao Yifu, then chuckled and said, "Why would I need to become a demon? Just consider me a demon to begin with!"

And so he decisively and cleanly betrayed the Heavenly Court.

Seeing this, Zhao Yifu didn't mind. After Nezha left, he didn't delay any longer and quickly studied the mountain gate formation of his own Baiyun Mountain.

Although his original mountain gate formation had already kept out many unruly visitors, he still didn't like the feeling of people casually barging into his home.

So he thought for a moment, then suddenly reached out and grabbed the spirit brush. He didn't use the spirit ink, but instead used the tip of the brush to bring out various spiritual energies, using reality as his canvas, and wielded the brush with great skill!
The next moment, a stunning seven-colored glow suddenly lit up Baiyun Mountain.

The vibrant colors are actually due to the rearrangement of spiritual particles of various attributes.

And when all the wonderful light and shadow returned to calm, Baiyun Mountain seemed to be the same Baiyun Mountain again.
No, things are completely different now.

Because Baiyun Mountain has been covered with a dreamlike atmosphere.

This is still an illusion, but it is the 'Endless Dream Forbidden Zone' that Zhao Yifu understands!
From the moment anyone enters the area covered by this illusion, from the very first step they take, they are torn into an independently operating dream world.

And with any action, choice, or even the duration of a pause here, a completely new dream world can be torn apart!

In other words, anyone only needs to exist within the illusionary realm for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to have countless dream worlds torn apart layer upon layer in front of them.

This is not a psychological attack, but rather a 'mental maze' created for the intruder.

The intruder could naturally escape the predicament by virtue of the strength of his own primordial spirit, but that would only be one layer of illusion, with endless layers of illusions waiting for him.

Therefore, this illusion does not attack the intruder's mind, but it can rapidly deplete their primordial spirit...

The solution is simple: just back off.

With each step back, the endless illusion created earlier dissipates by one layer, until it leaves the illusion's range and everything returns to normal.

This can be described as an incredibly benevolent protective barrier, but no one can deny its power.

Because this is even a restriction that can withstand a saint!
So what are its drawbacks?
Of course, there are also drawbacks. This 'Infinite Dream Forbidden' can be said to have reached its peak in a certain aspect, but its weaknesses are equally obvious.

That means all someone needs to do is unleash a powerful attack from a distance outside the illusion's range...

Therefore, the 'Infinite Dream Restriction' is actually a restriction spell with a serious imbalance.

The problem is that Zhao Yifu has combined with the real protective formation on the mountain!

That's pretty awesome.

The true protective formation on Baiyun Mountain is the Primordial Qi Talisman, personally crafted by the Sage of Taiqing, and the Two Elements Micro Dust Formation, personally arranged by Grand Master Xuandu.

Originally, the Two Elements Micro Dust Array was fine as long as it wasn't triggered, but if it was attacked by external forces, it would definitely have to start operating.

That would be the complete system of formations in Baiyun Mountain.

Of course, if the other side could even break through such a mountain-protecting formation, then Zhao Yifu would definitely wave his sleeves and take the cats and run to Taiqing Heaven immediately.

As soon as he finished perfecting the formation, someone fell into it.

Who is it?
He scanned the area with his divine sense and saw a handsome monk with long earrings and a somewhat sinister appearance walking quickly inside.

Zhao Yifu blinked. Could this be another expert?
He quickly calculated with his fingers and knew the person's origin: the Buddha of Dipankara in the Western Buddhist tradition!

Regardless of the character of this Buddha of Dipankara, just considering his rank, he is equivalent to a Great Golden Immortal!
However, Zhao Yifu felt that his cultivation level was not even comparable to that of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, let alone a Taiyi True Person...

Oh, and there was that monkey too. He was also a Buddha, but now that I think about it, his strength was only higher than that of a Golden Immortal, but he couldn't be considered a true Great Luo Golden Immortal.

It felt like standing on the threshold of becoming a Great Immortal, yet vaguely falling short.

He thought of his dream world and wondered what the inner world of this Long-Eared Immortal was like.
Zhao Yifu was quite curious.

He felt that even within Buddhism, the status of a Buddha could fluctuate considerably.

Most importantly, although Ajita was only at the Bodhisattva level, his strength far surpassed that of Dingguang Huanxi Buddha, making him a true Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Zhao Yifu thought about it and realized that perhaps this was what made Buddhism so appealing.

He observed the Dipankara Buddha for a moment and felt completely bewildered.

In his eyes, the other party was like a headless fly wandering aimlessly at the foot of the mountain.

He was very curious whether the Buddha of Dipankara had realized that he had fallen into an illusion.

At this moment, he called Yiyi over, casually drew a table and chairs in front of him, and then sat down at the table and asked Yiyi to pour him wine.

He then asked Ah Chou to fetch some snacks to go with the wine.

He wanted to see how long the Buddha of Dipankara would spend in his 'Infinite Dream Forbidden Zone'.

And then a month passed...

Good heavens, this guy has been wandering around in these mountains for a whole month!
Zhao Yifu even suspected that the other party had never discovered the mechanism of this 'Infinite Dream Restriction', meaning they had never even sensed this illusion with their primordial spirit...

This has presented Zhao Yifu with a good problem.

He realized he needed to leave a backdoor for such extreme situations, otherwise what if someone starved to death in his own illusion?
Of course, he hasn't patched the hole yet, since he's quite curious about how long this Dipankara Buddha, who is said to be a Buddha, can be trapped...

(End of this chapter)