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

Chapter 410 Darkness and the Funeral Curse
Wu Xian joked, "Her Highness the Goddess is offering a friend's price; you can't compare."

"Fine," Ma Tengyun said with a sullen purse, "Speaking of which, how did Brother Wu come to know Her Highness the Goddess?"

"By chance and with shared interests."

Ma Tengyun was completely confused.

"Now that my Twenty-Eight Constellations have officially entered the Holy Spirit Realm, do you understand?" Wu Xian calmly explained, "If Brother Ma is interested in the future, he can try out the Falling God effect of the Twenty-Eight Constellations."

Upon hearing this, Ma Tengyun was instantly stunned. "What? Brother Wu has already joined the Holy Spirit Dojo?"

"Sort of, but not entirely from the Holy Spirit Dojo."

"Unofficial special personnel?" Ma Tengyun's eyes widened strangely. "Unofficial personnel can join the Holy Spirit Realm?"

"Maybe my Twenty-Eight Constellations are just better," Wu Xian said, pursing his lips.

“That’s true. Brother Wu’s Twenty-Eight Constellations series is indeed excellent,” Ma Tengyun nodded thoughtfully. “I just didn’t expect that the Twenty-Eight Constellations would be a Holy Spirit series of illustrations. But upon closer inspection, it does seem somewhat similar.”

Now that he has three copies of the Star Scrolls, he can take this opportunity to experience them.

The divine cabinet behind him opened with a click, and three golden scrolls representing the constellations appeared together.

Since Ma Tengyun had only seen the [Seven Mansions of Vermilion Bird] Holy Spirit, he was more interested in the Seven Mansions of Vermilion Bird and asked Wu Xian to create three of them first: Ghost Golden Sheep, Chariot Water Earthworm, and Well Wood Han.

The strength of the Three Star Gods' Golden Scrolls is beyond doubt, and now that they have joined the Holy Spirit Divine Realm, their performance in all aspects has also made a qualitative leap.

In particular, the effect of [Vermilion Bird's Blessing] has been more than doubled.

At this moment, with the blessing of the Spirit-Nourishing Pill, all three Star Lords have reached the five-star level.

"Can you manage to control three golden scrolls at the same time? Can your spiritual power handle it?" Tang Beng couldn't help but wonder.

“It’s alright,” Ma Tengyun grinned, “My [Divine Cabinet] can adjust and optimize spiritual energy consumption to a certain extent, which is much more energy-efficient than controlling it directly.”

"That's amazing?" The three couldn't help but be surprised.

Ma Tengyun secretly gloated, "After spending so much money, it's bound to be worth the price."

Currently, Ma Tengyun's "Divine Cabinet" is undoubtedly a pinnacle of modern technology and mechanical craftsmanship.

Similar to a super-intelligent auxiliary storage central controller, it is specially designed for collecting scroll paintings.

Or it can be understood as "a" technological masterpiece created by artificial intelligence.

Aside from lacking the power of divine diagrams, the [Divine Cabinet] has all the practical functions that a divine diagram should have, and in some aspects it is even more useful than a divine diagram.

For example, the "AI" intelligent power consumption optimization feature is something you won't find in a normal, high-quality image.

"Speaking of which, why does Brother Ma collect so many scrolls? Can you even use them all?" Xue Lingling asked, puzzled.

"Don't you feel a great sense of accomplishment in collecting so many scrolls?" Ma Tengyun asked eagerly. "Whether we need them or not is secondary; the important thing is that we have everything."

Wu and Xian exchanged a smile, not understanding but respectful.

In other words, if all consumers in the world were such collectors, then those scroll painters would be making a fortune.

This is what a high-quality consumer is.

In short: It deserves encouragement!

"They're here! The beast tide is coming!" The bodyguard on Ma Tengyun's ship shouted in alarm, alerting everyone.

Wu Xian looked over, and his eyes lit up with excitement.

"It's just a small horde of beasts, their level is average, so there's not much pressure." Xue Lingling said with a smile, silently preparing for battle and maneuvering the Luo Feng to dive at extremely low altitude.

Soon, swarms of flying monsters descended from the sky.

Wu Xian and his two companions fought against Ma Tengyun, each displaying their unique abilities.

"Hahaha, this is just the right time for me to experience the power of the Star Scroll," Ma Tengyun laughed excitedly. "Jingmu Star Lord, turn off the lights first!"

With Ma Tengyun's command, the star array behind [Jingmu Han] swirled, and the light in a large surrounding area instantly dimmed. This was Jingmu Han's innate characteristic [Darkness of Heaven and Earth], where boundless darkness enveloped the entire area, not only isolating the enemy's visual perception but also significantly weakening their spiritual perception abilities.

Wu Xian and his teammates were not affected by the darkness, but they felt that the surrounding light had become much dimmer.

The surging beasts seemed to have rushed into a dark fog, unable to see their target at all, and flew around in a chaotic manner like a swarm of headless flies.

"Holy crap, the effect! The range!"

At this moment, Ma Tengyun had only one thought in his mind: What kind of garbage had he been using before?
Apart from those few top-tier jade scrolls, none of the others can compare to the Twenty-Eight Constellations.

"The effect and scope have indeed been improved significantly."

Wu Xian naturally noticed the change in the [darkness and gloom] as well; perhaps this was one of the advantages of joining the Divine Realm.

Then, Jingmu Han activated its true form, transforming into a giant wild dog with billowing black energy and a ferocious appearance, pouncing and biting at the "headless and chaotic" flying beasts.

"So even the true form of the Star Constellation has changed?" Wu Xian clicked his tongue in amazement.

At this moment, Jingmu Han's true form is still the same as before, but the body of the painting spirit presents a strange luster like the starry sky of the universe. It is clearly a physical entity, but it seems not to be a physical entity.

Looking at the attack power and damage capabilities displayed by Jingmu Han, it is even more astonishing.

Although I had anticipated that the Holy Spirit Realm would greatly amplify the Twenty-Eight Constellations, I did not expect it to be this significant.

It's only a five-star gold scroll, yet it has already demonstrated overwhelming power against numerous level 20+ beasts.

The monster-slaying scenes were incredibly brutal.

"Is the improvement that significant?"

Xue Lingling and Tang Beng couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

It can only be said that if one has a good foundation, the effect of divine blessing will be stronger.

Even if the trash scroll were added to the Divine Realm, it would still be a hopeless case.

However, for high-quality scrolls, adding the divine realm is like a fish in water, or a tiger with wings.

The saying "A golden carp is no ordinary fish; it transforms into a dragon when it encounters wind and clouds" perfectly illustrates this point.

The Twenty-Eight Constellations were already very strong before, without the blessing of the Divine Realm. Now that they have the blessing of the Divine Realm, they are even stronger than before.

"Hahaha, this is so awesome—!"

As a user, Ma Tengyun has had an amazing experience.

"Ghost Venus Star Lord, Zhen Water Star Lord, gather the monsters together, pull them in one place, yes, yes, that's it!"

Under Ma Tengyun's control, many strange beasts trapped in the dark mist were attracted to a group. Then, the Ghost Golden Sheep was seen shining with a ghostly light, branding each monster with a peculiar rune pattern.

Subsequently, the Zhenshui worm transformed into countless streams of water, swimming through the celestial streets, its poisonous waters corroding the fur and armor of the beasts.

boom!
With the force of a rainbow, the twin blades in Ghost Golden Sheep's hands, resembling ram horns, pierced towards one of the strange beasts.

With the death of this strange beast, the [Funeral Curse] on its body was detonated.

What followed was a series of explosions, and the funeral curse on the monsters that were killed in the explosions caused further explosions.

With a deafening roar, dozens of strange beasts gathered together were blasted into corpses scattered all over the ground, and Ghost Golden Sheep was instantly promoted to five and a half stars.

Ma Tengyun's face was flushed, and he was so overwhelmed with pleasure that he couldn't speak.

As a super-rich second-generation heir, his happiness threshold is very high, and very few things can make him happy.

But this scene at that moment made him feel the same pleasure he had when he transformed from a boy into a man.

So cool!
However, just when he thought he had had a good time, he didn't expect Wu Xian to have an even better time.

The one-legged firebird swept through the beast horde with strange, calamistic flames. Without any special maneuvering, the beasts spontaneously combusted, their bodies bursting into flames and howling in agony.

(End of this chapter)