Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 223: Borrowing. (First update!)

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que frowned, but considering that this was the other party's territory, he dared not say anything more. He immediately took out two ghosts from the soul-summoning banner, used them as ink sticks, turned them into ink, found a blank piece of paper, and continued to paint.

This time, he only drew a large cube as the body and a small cube as the head, too lazy to even draw the hands and feet.

After all, in the battle just now, "Painting Ghost" didn't use his hands or feet at all!
As long as you possess the rune of the gavel, you won't lose no matter how you fight!

Soon, Zheng Que finished drawing the main body of the "Ghost Painting". Then, just like before, he put his right hand into the painting and began to draw the runes of the gavel.

Because his spiritual energy was not as abundant as before, it took him about half an hour to finally finish the second painting of the ghost.

This painting looks even simpler than the previous one.

Two cubes, one large and one small, are stacked together. The large cube is covered with regular and complex patterns, making it look like some kind of incomplete part, not even humanoid.

Just like before, Zheng Que first tested the runes on the gavel on the "painting ghost" to make sure there were no problems before he said, "I'm done!"

No sooner had the words left her lips than a voice came from the side, emanating from a figure in a yellowish-brown dress: "This immortal has finished painting too!"

"Come quickly and let's settle this!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que did not hesitate. He immediately took the scroll in front of him and strode toward the figure in the ivory-yellow dress.

He rushed over to the figure in the ivory-yellow dress and looked at the scroll in front of her. On the vertical scroll, which was taller than a person, was a "painting ghost" that he was very familiar with.

This "painted ghost" has a rectangular body, a round head, wavy hair, and no eyes, nose, or mouth. Each of the four corners of the rectangle extends a line segment, seemingly serving as limbs, and it has a tail that is looped around its back.

Zheng Que was stunned when he saw the "ghost painting" created by the figure in the ivory-yellow dress.

This is the "ghost painting" from his first painting!
Whether it's the size or the body proportions, it's almost an exact replica!

Even the crooked lines were copied perfectly!
There were only two differences. One was the runes on the gavel. The other party hadn't copied them correctly. His runes were lifelike, with every line intricate and neat. But the runes drawn by the figure in the ivory-yellow dress were just a blot of ink, blurry and indistinct.

The second one is that it has an extra tail...

Looking at the rectangular "ghost painting" in front of him, Zheng Que frowned and said, "Sir, your painting..."

Before Zheng Que could finish speaking, the figure in the yellow dress said calmly, "This humble immortal has carefully examined your painting and found that it does have some merit."

"So, this time, my painting borrowed a little inspiration from your 'ghost painting'..."

"We, the literati and scholars, gather under the trees to make friends through painting, so that we can learn from each other, complement each other's strengths and weaknesses, and improve our skills."

"Therefore, when painting, it is common for people to learn from each other, taking the essence and discarding the dross."

"As long as it's not an exact copy, it's considered a creative work."

"The 'ghost painting' I'm about to create may seem somewhat similar to the 'ghost painting' you just created, but in reality, they are fundamentally different."

“My ‘Painting Ghost’ has a tail, but yours doesn’t…”

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que understood that this so-called "borrowing" meant that it was not a complete copy... Fortunately, the other party didn't know what was going on, and the most crucial runes were simply drawn randomly!
So, without saying a word, he took out his painting and handed it over.

Upon receiving Zheng Que's painting, the figure in the ivory-yellow dress immediately began to examine it carefully.

Unlike his initial disdain, this time he looked at the painting very carefully, almost meticulously tracing and pondering the intention behind every line and every stroke.

In her field of vision, the second "ghost painting" drawn by the human cultivator had no hands or feet, and its head had become square. The middle part of its body was still the same as the first "ghost painting," and it was unclear what it was. After seeing Zheng Que's "ghost painting," the figure in the yellow dress was immediately full of confidence.

The opponent's "painting ghost" didn't add anything new. Given equal strength, whoever has more hands and feet is naturally more powerful!

Thinking of this, the figure in the ivory-yellow dress did not hesitate and immediately pasted Zheng's painting onto her own.

The two "ghost paintings" were immediately merged into one scroll.

Immediately afterwards, the figure in the ivory-yellow dress took out her seal, just like before, and stamped a gourd-shaped mark on the blank space of the scroll.

The moment the mark was applied, the two ghostly figures in the painting, whose movements were originally extremely slow, instantly became like those in the normal world.

Zheng Que's square "ghost" has no hands or feet, it just stands still, only the small square on top representing the head rotates around.

The long-tailed rectangular "painting ghost" with the ivory-yellow dress was extremely aggressive. Upon noticing another "painting ghost," it immediately rushed towards the cube "painting ghost" and simultaneously extended its lined arm to strike the cube "painting ghost."

Boom!
The next moment, the long-tailed rectangular "ghost" exploded, turning into a viscous blob of ink.

Just like the previous game, the ink dripped down the scroll, turning into ordinary ink that had nothing special about it in the blink of an eye.

The square "painting ghost" was unaffected, except that the runes on its gavel became very dim.

Seeing the scene exactly the same as the first game, the figure in the yellow dress suddenly became gloomy.

what happened? !
How did I lose again?!

Her "ghost drawing" is exactly the same as the other person's first "ghost drawing"!
In a flash, the figure in the yellow dress cut out the square "ghost" and examined it carefully. She suspected that Zheng Que had definitely cheated!

But she quickly realized that the "painting ghost" had not used any other means besides ink.

There is no problem with drawing the "ghost" in the square.

It's purely drawn!

brush!
The figure in the ivory-yellow dress tore the cube "Ghost" in two, tossed it into the wind, and said in an icy voice, "You win this round."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que was overjoyed and immediately said, "Best of three, I have already won two. Can you keep your promise and let me leave?"

Upon hearing this, the figure in the ivory-yellow dress immediately replied coldly, "What best-of-three?"

You must have misheard!

"What I said was clearly best of five!"

"You've only won two games so far, the outcome is still uncertain, how can you talk about leaving?"

"We need to win at least one more round before this battle of paintings can be considered a winner!"

"You human cultivator, don't let your two lucky victories make you so arrogant."

"No matter how hospitable I am, I will no longer show mercy!"

(End of this chapter)