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

Chapter 417 The Extreme Difficulty of Flower Fruit Mountain
Enjoy the scenery along the way, and keep an eye on the naturally growing treasures of this blessed land.

I wanted to follow in the footsteps of the Monkey King and have a proper spin around.

In the end, however, they were disappointed to discover that the Monkey King was still a stone with nine orifices and eight holes, bathed in the essence of the sun and moon.

Clearly, the primary goal now is to upgrade [Flower Fruit Mountain] and patiently wait for the Monkey King to be born.

Before this, Huaguo Mountain was a "medicine garden" rich in resources, nurturing all kinds of spiritual herbs, medicines, and rare treasures.

Of course, such a blessed land, rich in spiritual energy, inevitably gives birth to some powerful native monsters.

There was always some difficulty involved in the exploration process.

I tried to find a demon king and had a brief battle with it; the monster's strength was decent.

After all, it's just a first-tier trial instance.

After leaving Flower Fruit Mountain, head straight to the club and set up Flower Fruit Mountain in the domain instance lobby for club members to experience and learn how to play.

As for where to locate the [Huaguo Mountain] outpost, that's proving to be a bit of a challenge.

The realm of elves and the realm of beasts are both suitable, and even the green desert of the Azure Tree King would be a good fit.

If placed in the Green Desert, the subsequent production of spiritual herbs and medicines will definitely be more. If placed in the Elf Realm or the Beast Realm, the strength of the dungeon monsters and the output will be better.

The realm of mythical beasts is currently in turmoil and is not a suitable destination.

That leaves only the Elf Realm and the Green Desert as options.

Or perhaps we could consider other small to medium-sized otherworldly realms?

Upon learning that Wu Xian had a new work in the Domain, the club members were naturally very excited, and more and more people gathered in the Domain Hall, all wanting to go in and experience it for themselves.

"Come on, let me do it! I'm incredibly strong now!"

"Although the Yin General's Scroll is powerful, this is not a necromancy-related domain instance after all, so it's better to be cautious."

"Hehe, is it finally time for our Netherworld Monster series to shine?"

"I think there are seas depicted on that scroll, so the Dragon Palace series should have some advantages."

"Let's go together and start with Tier 3 difficulty to clear the initial area!"

“At times like this, it’s still up to us Star Gods to take the lead,” Huang Lili and the others joked, “The brothers can just lie back and relax.”

"Our little Yaksha and little Shura have not fared badly either."

Disciples Chen Xu and Yao Xueer also came to join in the fun.

Soon after, the master sister arrived upon hearing the news. The moment she saw the Flower Fruit Mountain scroll, she was shocked. "No, no, how come this domain scroll is like this... My dear disciple, you, you, you..."

"I tried it, and I didn't expect it to actually work." Wu Xian was completely harmless.

"..." Xue Lingling could not hide her shock, but fortunately she was already used to it.

Subsequently, a group of new and old members ventured into the third-tier difficulty of Huaguo Mountain to experience its challenges.

Wu Xian then chatted with his master about the future arrangements for the Huaguo Mountain outpost.

“The Elf Realm and the Green Desert are undoubtedly the best choices,” Xue Lingling analyzed. “Moreover, the Domain Scrolls made by the first generation of craftsmanship have a greater demand for and consumption of otherworldly energy. In the future, we need to make more copies and rubbings and distribute them in major cities.”

Unlike the underworld and the Spider Cave, where one can simply focus on development.

"Are our current club points enough? Let's build the portal to the entire Pokémon world first."

As for the Green Desert, there's a shortcut to the Insect Realm, so there's no rush at the moment.

“It’s just enough. I’ll contact the alliance later to apply and also arrange for Huaguo Mountain to be included in the Hero Tower system.” Xue Lingling nodded and said, “Speaking of which, our Underworld realm’s ranking has been steadily improving recently, and its popularity remains high. Some scroll painters from the Necromancer realm have already inquired about joining our Underworld scroll system.”

"Really?" Wu Xian's eyes brightened slightly. "That's great! From now on, we'll accept all scrolls related to the necromancy realm." "Huh?" Xue Lingling was taken aback. "The quality of scrolls varies greatly. Aren't we going to filter them?"

“No need,” Wu Xian said with a smirk. “Our Underworld has a large capacity. I’m worried that it won’t be able to fill up in the future. As long as someone is willing to join, we can accept them all. Anyway, as long as they are integrated into the Underworld, we can optimize them into the style and quality of the Underworld.”

Especially your master's side, don't you think your territories are quite empty?"

"It seems somewhat hollow." Xue Lingling nodded thoughtfully.

The expansion and expansion of the underworld will mainly be handled by my master, since the underworld itself is already a complete governing body and is quite well-established.

There isn't much space left for other necromancy-themed scroll painting franchisees.

In contrast, the map of the underworld, which serves as a large map of the realm of the dead, still needs a lot of content to be filled in with details.

Just then, the club members who had been pioneering the area evacuated, each looking lingering fear.

"Holy crap, what the hell is this dungeon? The monster stats are way too high!"

"If it weren't for the Star Scroll being backed by the Holy Spirit Realm, it wouldn't be able to withstand it."

"Compared to the third-tier difficulty of other areas, the difficulty is indeed ridiculously high."

"Is it really that difficult?" Wu Xian wondered to himself.

Logically speaking, the club members are already quite strong, so they shouldn't be unable to handle even the third-tier difficulty Huaguo Mountain, right?
"What do you mean? Didn't God Daddy feel it himself?" Huang Lili was stunned.

"The difficulty of the first level seems pretty normal to me."

Upon hearing this, everyone was speechless.

It turns out Wu Xian only went to experience the first-level difficulty test after all.

“We don’t know about the first level difficulty,” Xue Qingyang said with a serious expression, “but the third level difficulty is really outrageous. All kinds of monsters roam around, and it’s terrifying.”

"Yes, yes, especially those monkeys, they're both troublesome and hard to beat."

The other members chimed in, expressing their agreement.

"Hiss~ I almost forgot about that!"

Wu Xian suddenly slapped his forehead. He had gotten so used to the new-style domain scrolls that he had almost forgotten the characteristics of this first-generation domain scroll.

Each difficulty level represents a different stage in the story's development.

I had only tried the first-level difficulty before, and subconsciously thought that the Monkey King had not yet been born.

"Let's go, let's go inside and take another look."

Having said that, filled with excitement and anticipation, they plunged back into the Flower Fruit Mountain, which was at the third-tier difficulty level.

As soon as I entered, I could smell a different scent.

The blessed land is still the same blessed land, and the scenery is still as magnificent and beautiful as ever. However, a strong sense of demonic energy has been added to the layered mountains and rivers.

The native monsters lurking in the dungeon are all incredibly powerful, making it far more difficult than a typical Tier 3 dungeon.

"See, we didn't lie to you, did we?" Huang Lili said, pouting.

Wu Xian ignored everyone and excitedly headed in a certain direction, saying, "By the way, have you guys encountered a special monkey? The kind that looks human, with bright and piercing eyes."

Although the Monkey King in the original story is a bit ugly, and even a bit scary.

However, when Wu Xian was drawing and designing the background, he specially added some "optimizations" to the image of the Monkey King, so the young version of the Monkey King in the Flower Fruit Mountain instance is definitely much more handsome than the other monkeys.

(End of this chapter)