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

Chapter 423 The Old Man's Regret
The script you design may not unfold as you envision.

This is absolutely fucking ridiculous.

"Hiss~" Wu Xian suddenly realized something, "Huaguo Mountain or Tiandi Huijuan, does that mean that if the plot deviates from its original direction, it will also affect Huaguo Mountain City in the future?"

"Theoretically yes."

Xue Lingling was slightly taken aback, clearly realizing the special nature of Huaguo Mountain.

The key point is that, so far, nothing like this has ever happened before, and no one can predict what strange changes might occur in the future.

Fortunately, the permissions of the human world are now monopolized and blocked, and Huaguo Mountain cannot be transformed into a human realm. Even if there are any major changes in the future, they will only be changes to the scroll itself and will not affect the human world.

What she didn't know was that Yaoyang City would soon become Huaguoshan City.

This gave Wu Xian a secret headache.

After all, Huaguo Mountain is where the people of Yaoyang City will live in the future. This unpredictability will also bring many unforeseen situations to the future "Huaguo Mountain City".

At this point, we can only take it one step at a time.

After setting up several temporary outposts of "Flower and Fruit Mountain" around the outpost of the underworld, I took the opportunity to discuss with Grandpa Wu Mingchang to see if we could find a breakthrough in the area of ​​tattoo ink.

"Where's Second Brother?" After discussing it, Wu Xian asked curiously, "Didn't he join you for training today?"

“He asked me for leave yesterday, apparently something happened with You Niang,” Wu Mingchang chuckled. “Young people, I can understand.”

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian chuckled, assuming that Xue Zhengying had gone to cuddle with the Empress.

Perhaps this topic triggered something, for the old man suddenly fell into deep thought and hesitated before saying, "Grandpa is thinking about whether I should leave for a while."

"Leave? Why?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled.

"This... um..." The old man seemed a little embarrassed.

Upon seeing this, Wu Xian was greatly shocked. "Go find your old flame?"

The old man remained silent.

"Then go find it! It would be best if you could take it over directly," Wu Xian encouraged enthusiastically, "while you're still young!"

Wu Xian had no objection to the old man going to see his old flame.

After all, the elderly also have their own emotional lives.

Moreover, he knew from the beginning that he was most likely not the old man's biological grandson. In fact, based on the few bits and pieces he had heard from the old man, it was highly likely that the old man, who had lived a tumultuous life, had no children.

I had always thought that I was an orphan picked up by the old man during the war, and that we were a grandfather and granddaughter family formed by two refugees who depended on each other for survival.

However, recent events suggest otherwise.

The old man not only met his parents, but also treated them as his own children.

This suggests that the old man may have risked his life to carry him out of the disaster at Ziyun and Hongta back then.

"Young?" Wu Mingchang chuckled self-deprecatingly.

"With your lifespan of hundreds or thousands of years to come, aren't you still young now?" Wu Xian joked.

Wu Mingchang was speechless. "But times have changed, and she may not want to see me now."

"How will you know if you don't try? What if my grandmother also wants to see you?" Wu Xian encouraged.

The old man had so many regrets in his life, and now that he still has a chance to make up for them, he naturally wants to do his best to make up for them.

Moreover, with him around, the two of them won't become a pair of star-crossed lovers nearing the end of their lives; instead, they can rekindle their romance and have a passionate love affair.

Upon hearing this, Wu Mingchang fell silent, a hint of unease creeping over him.

"By the way, does my future grandmother have a family?" Wu Xian analyzed seriously, "If she already has a family, it's fine to meet her, but there's no need to disturb her too much."

"According to what I've heard, he's probably not married." Wu Mingchang's eyes were filled with sadness and guilt.

"Then what are you hesitating for?" Wu Xian said righteously. "She has never married in her life. If you don't go, you're not a real man!" With that, he shoved all the longevity pills he had in his hand into the old man's hands.

"Go, Grandpa! Bring Grandma back!" Wu Xian's eyes were full of praise and encouragement. "Your grandson will take care of you in your old age and see you off when you die!"

Wu Mingchang opened his mouth, but was momentarily speechless.

Not long after, he got a brand new "Luofu" from his master sister and personally saw the old man off.

This time, there was no sadness of parting, only blessings and expectations for the old man's fulfilling life.

"I wonder what Grandma looks like?" Wu Xian muttered curiously.

The woman who could be with such a prominent figure as the old man must be an extraordinary person herself.

As for the old man's tattoo ink problem, we have some new ideas after this discussion, and we estimate that it will be almost ready by the time the old man returns.

Just as I was about to go back to continue my research, I unexpectedly saw a group of Xue family tattoo warriors return defeated.

"What's going on? Did you encounter a powerful demon?" Wu Xian asked curiously as he stepped forward.

It should be noted that the Xue family's tattooed warriors are now the backbone of the Underworld's military. Their bodies are covered with tattoos of Ghost Emperors and Yin Generals, and when they join forces, they are incredibly powerful.

Ordinary lord-level monsters are no match for them.

“My uncle is here too,” the leading member of the Xue family said solemnly. “He was just reporting to my second uncle that during their campaign around the underworld, they encountered a strange and powerful monster.”

And there was more than one. We suspect something is amiss, and it might be related to an evil god.

"An evil god?" Wu Xian frowned. "Where is it? Take me to see it."

The Xue family members didn't waste any words and led the way directly.

Soon after, they arrived at the western part of the underworld outpost, a dark area crisscrossed by ravines.

It doesn't look like a proper place at all, but most eerie abysses have this kind of terrain.

"There's nothing sinister about it. Are you sure it's a monster modified by an evil god?"

After investigating, Wu Xian did not detect the evil aura unique to the evil god, and the surrounding distorted and polluted aura was relatively stable.

It doesn't seem like there has ever been any evil god power around.

"Well..." The Xue family member scratched his head awkwardly, "We're not entirely sure about the specifics, but those monsters are indeed quite strange."

Puzzled, Wu Xian released Xiao Dizi to investigate.

"Oh, you've come back to my hometown?"

Xiao Dizi teased and joked, then activated his Hell Ear to listen and investigate.

"How is it? Is there any trace or aura of an evil god?" Wu Xian asked.

“No,” Xiao Dizi said with a strange expression, “but I did find some strange creatures from the bizarre realm, like monsters whose divine power is in chaos, but not completely chaotic, which is very strange!”

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian also became interested.

Soon, guided by Xiao Dizi, they tracked down the trail of one of the strange and unusual creatures.

The moment Wu Xian saw the strange creature clearly, he was startled.

"Hiss~ Why does this give off a bit of a virus monster vibe?"

At first glance, it really does look a bit like those dirty data virus monsters in the Gate of Creation.

However, upon closer inspection, they are not entirely the same; they are only similar in appearance, but their power essence and core are completely different.

After all, the virus monsters in the Gate of Creation were formed from the condensed essence of the Chaotic Laws.

(End of this chapter)