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

Chapter 439 The Beauty and Strength of the Monsters of Flower Fruit Mountain
Wu Xian clicked his tongue in amazement, "Are there corresponding people guarding each one?"

“Of course,” the God of Wealth replied without hesitation, “Otherwise, what do you think all the gods and Buddhas are for? How can you expect to get the incense offerings from all living beings in the Three Realms by just sitting there eating and waiting to die?”
Take the Heavenly Court for example. The main reason for maintaining so many heavenly soldiers and generals is to resist the invasion of demons from beyond the realm.

There are so few minor conflicts and disturbances within the Three Realms that the Heavenly Court usually doesn't need to send troops.

"Even the gods and immortals at all levels can easily solve this."

Wu Xian understood, but couldn't help asking curiously, "You must have dealt with those extraterrestrial demons before, right?"

"Of course, without earning some military merits, how could I have achieved my current status?" the God of Wealth joked. "Fortunately, I no longer need to personally take charge. Managing the world's wealth on a daily basis is quite a pleasant job."

"Uh, aren't you the Thunder God?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled. "You've completely stopped leading troops?"

“The Thunder Department also has civilian positions, right?” the God of Wealth said calmly. “We are civilian positions now. Of course, if there is any major turmoil, switching to a military position is just a matter of changing clothes.”

"Understood. Once you've achieved success, you'll retire behind the scenes," Wu Xian said.

"That's exactly what I mean," the God of Wealth laughed. "You have to give young people some room to grow. If you take all the credit, who will want to work for you?"

Wu Xian chuckled and began to seriously feel the suppressing power beneath the Four Seas Dragon Palace.

Not only could the Four Seas Dragon Palace outpost faintly sense that threat, but within the power of heaven and earth in the Domain Scroll, there also existed a trace of inexplicable power that did not belong to the "Three Realms and Four Continents".

"Strange, if that's the case, why don't we feel this way in the eighteen levels of hell in the underworld?" Wu Xian wondered.

"I reckon it's that Abyss Demon Lord who's covering for you," the God of Wealth joked. "The Ghost Realm is called the Abyss, and that True God is in the deepest part of the Ghost Abyss."

"what?"

After being taken aback, Wu Xian was left speechless, unsure whether to laugh or cry.

So it turns out the Abyss Demon Lord was the one covering up that loophole in the Underworld for him?
This is really...

The Abyss Demon Lord is a good person. I should treat people better in the future. After all, even if he hasn't done anything great, he has still put in a lot of effort.

As they spoke, the Fang of the Vast Ocean slowly floated down beside Wu Xian, clearly sensing the potential threat beneath the Dragon Palace of the Four Seas.

“It’s a good place, but I feel like some evil god is spying on your territory,” Canghai Zhiya said with a strange expression. “Young friend, could you have been subtly influenced by this evil god?”

"A demon god?" Wu Xian exclaimed in shock. "You mean the unsettling aura beneath the Four Seas Dragon Palace comes from a demon god?"

The author of this article, Canghai Zhiya, remains noncommittal.

Wu Xian was secretly alarmed, but then he thought about it again and it didn't seem like there was anything wrong with it.

Judging from the characteristics revealed by those evil gods and demons so far, they do indeed fit the traits of "extraterrestrial demons".

What was unexpected was that the establishment of the Four Seas Dragon Palace also incidentally revealed the "weak point of heaven and earth" hidden in the deep sea abyss.

However, with the Four Seas Dragon Palace guarding it, this "weak point" is still quite secure.

The power of the demon god cannot directly invade the Endless Sea.

However, in the subsequent dungeons of the Four Seas Dragon Palace, extraterrestrial monsters from the deep sea abyss are very likely to appear.

Or to put it another way.

The subsequent battles between the club members and the extraterrestrial monsters in the [Four Seas Dragon Palace] dungeon were aimed at weakening the power of those extraterrestrial monsters beneath the Four Seas Dragon Palace.

However, this does not mean that there are no threats at the Four Seas Dragon Palace outpost.

At the very least, the Four Seas Dragon Palace will definitely need to be a key focus of defense. If the Four Seas Dragon Palace is damaged by thieves, it could potentially open the "abyss at the bottom of the sea".

"To be honest, this junior's domain concept was originally designed to guard the deep sea abyss," Wu Xian said solemnly. "Or rather, the area beneath the Four Seas Dragon Palace is naturally a weak point in the power of the sea and the heavens."

"The deepest abyss?" The Fang of the Ocean was both surprised and doubtful. "My endless sea also has hidden abysses?"

“Obviously,” Wu Xian said solemnly. “For safety’s sake, it would be best if your avatar stayed here for a long time. If this place is destroyed, the Endless Sea might have to be renamed the Endless Abyss Sea.”

Canghai Zhiya frowned slightly and immediately closed his eyes to carefully sense it.

Damn, it seems that's really true.

I always thought their endless sea was naturally "watertight" and there was no such place, but I didn't expect it was just that it hadn't been developed yet.

Now, Wu Xian's Four Seas Dragon Palace has essentially secured the potential "abyss" entrance in advance.

As for the exact location of that opening, if I'm not mistaken, it should be right under that gleaming golden iron pillar.

"Is that huge iron pillar the seal that suppresses the rift in the abyss?" Canghai Zhiya asked curiously.

"That's one way to understand it," Wu Xian nodded.

Subsequently, the Fang of the Ocean realized the seriousness of the matter and decided to have this avatar stay here year-round.

Wu Xian also gave him a lot of face, letting him stay in the East Sea Dragon Palace, which made this true god quite happy.

……

Upon returning to the club, they immediately began taking inventory and dispatching personnel.

Yao Xueer is not suitable to be "Meng Po" on the other side of the Naihe Bridge all year round, but Chen Xu, her disciple, is very suitable to guard the Four Seas Dragon Palace.

Moreover, Chen Xu has a very stable personality, which makes him very suitable for this job.

The only disadvantage is that their strength has not yet truly matured.

Fortunately, with various elixirs at hand, improvement is quite rapid.

"Work well with Senior Canghai Zhiya over there; it will benefit you too," Wu Xian earnestly advised.

"Of course." Chen Xu smiled awkwardly.

Working with the true God, how could He not cooperate? Does He have the ability to not cooperate?
After settling Chen Xu in, Wu Xian also realized a serious problem: the club was short of personnel.

Strictly speaking, the Underworld Club is already quite large in terms of size and number of members.

However, as he built more and more outposts in his territory, the club's personnel and scale could not keep up with the pace of his development.

Let's have our mentor post a job advertisement first, and find more high-quality candidates.

I'll decide later whether or not to join the Divine Realm system of the Fang of the Azure Sea and jointly govern the Four Seas Dragon Palace outposts with the great demons of the Endless Sea, just like in the Spider Cave.

Currently, this approach appears to be the most suitable for the current situation.

As the number of outposts increases, the club's manpower alone will definitely not be enough to handle the workload.

Cooperating with powerful demons from another world is undoubtedly a good choice.

Just like the insectoid demons led by Second Sister-in-law in the insect world, and the copper-scaled snakes in the underworld and some underworld "tenants" they recently recruited, it can be considered a mutually beneficial cooperation.

The great demons can obtain better conditions for cultivation and enlightenment at the outpost.

The arrival of the powerful demons will also provide the outpost with a strong security force, making it a win-win situation.

Anyway, the copyright is in his hands, and no one can take it away even if they want to.

"By the way, we can also bring over Captain Hai Dafu from Binhai City."

Wu Xian couldn't help but think of that old captain, so he immediately found Xue Zhengying and asked him to help make the connection. He originally thought that Hai Dafu would have a family to support, making it difficult to reach an agreement.

Unexpectedly, things progressed much more smoothly than they had anticipated, and Hai Dafu readily agreed.

After further inquiry, it was learned that undercurrents are surging and chaos is emerging all over the world. Hai Dafu's family is also feeling somewhat uneasy in Binhai City. Rather than living in fear, it would be better to move to Yaoyang City as soon as possible.

After all, compared to other cities, Yaoyang City has always been quite "safe".

“Why don’t you come over first? Don’t worry about your family and such,” Wu Xian said with a strange expression. “There will be some instability in Yaoyang City during this period, but things will be relatively stable after this wave of threats is over.”

“Alright,” Hai Dafu said knowingly, “I wonder what trouble Yaoyang City has encountered?”

"It's nothing, it's mainly some evil scroll painters causing trouble," Wu Xian didn't hide anything, "and we're planning to wipe them out in one fell swoop."

……

After arranging the matters related to the Four Seas Dragon Palace, Wu Xian personally opened the Four Seas Dragon Palace instance to experience it.

As he expected, compared to the sea monsters and shrimp soldiers and crab generals, the main enemies of the Four Seas Dragon Palace dungeon were indeed those strange extraterrestrial demons.

These monsters are all bizarre and ugly, each one vying for attention with its own unique ugliness.

Its power is also strange, like a combination of an otherworldly "disorder" monster and a creation gate virus monster.

Place a copy of the [Four Seas Dragon Palace] in the Domain Hall for members to experience.

In the following days, with an interdimensional outpost, the efficiency of collecting interdimensional energy at the Four Seas Dragon Palace was still very high.

The club is very satisfied with the two new dungeons, [Four Seas Dragon Palace] and [Flower Fruit Mountain].

Meanwhile, the official licensed version of [Huaguo Mountain] has been formally incorporated into the [Hero Tower] system, initiating an optimized conquest path within the Hero Tower's large database.

The Underworld and Flower Fruit Mountain have been combined to update and optimize the Hero Tower to seventy-one floors in one go.

The name of the [Huaguo Mountain] domain has also appeared in the top 100 of the domain rankings without anyone noticing.

Although it is still at the bottom for now.

However, judging from some online reviews, Huaguo Mountain has already begun to gain popularity due to its "extremely high dungeon difficulty".

In addition, the previous endorsement from the Underworld has given Huaguo Mountain considerable attention since its debut.

Given the excellent quality of [Underworld Domain], netizens are naturally eager to experience the new work from Underworld Club.

Then, I was brought to tears by the difficulty of Flower Fruit Mountain.

"What the hell? It's only level one difficulty, and it destroyed my scroll in one hit?"

"Are you kidding me? This difficulty level is ridiculously absurd!"

"Have the values ​​been adjusted?"

"Don't be ridiculous, how could the values ​​of the domains within the Hero Tower framework be adjusted? It's obviously inherently too difficult."

"Those numerical experience dungeons that we usually create are all made using domain scrolls and special instruments."

"If you ask me, the difficulty of Huaguo Mountain is even more outrageous than some numerical experience dungeons."

"The key is that the name is also very harmless, which makes people lower their guard, making it seem like it was done on purpose."

"The master who created this scroll painting has a rather wicked sense of humor!"

"Wu Gou's work? Then it makes sense. Wu Gou never does anything human."

Who is Wu Gou?

"Nothing much, just a disgusting bastard. It's best if you all don't know him, lest you fall into a deep pit."

"To be honest, the scenery of Huaguo Mountain is really good. It's obviously a place with excellent feng shui, but the difficulty is a bit disgusting."

"High-difficulty dungeons are more interesting. Nowadays, those domain dungeons offer no challenge at all. I personally find Flower Fruit Mountain quite exciting."

"Yeah, yeah, that feeling of dying at the slightest mistake is so damn exciting!"

"Dude, I'm already working on Tier 3 difficulty. Anyone interested in teaming up?"

"In comparison, I am more interested in the strange and wonderful monsters in Flower Fruit Mountain. If they could be made into a scroll, it would be amazing."

"Finally, someone else has the same idea as me? So many excellent monster designs, it would be a shame not to turn them into a scroll."

As the popularity of Huaguo Mountain grew, the Underworld Club also began to receive some petition posts.

At first, Wu Xian didn't care much.

After all, he has his own creative rhythm, and he has too many things to create, not to mention a whole host of other troublesome things waiting for him to do.

It wasn't until several high-ranking members of the alliance and association personally called him to express their greetings that he finally understood.

"No, are those demons and monsters from Flower Fruit Mountain really that alluring?"

Everyone was clamoring for the scrolls depicting the great demons of Flower Fruit Mountain, but not a single person noticed the handsome Monkey King.

Perhaps no one has reached level four difficulty yet.

Just as I was pondering this, Xue Zhengying called, also talking about the powerful demons of Huaguo Mountain.

“I recently joined some discussion groups for league players, and I’ve seen many top players and retired elite players discussing the difficulty of Huaguo Mountain,” Xue Zhengying said. He was clearly not just idly chatting; he was here to discuss serious matters. “Weren’t we looking to expand our manpower recently? I think this is a good opportunity.”

“It’s possible,” Wu Xian said with a strange expression, “but I don’t understand why everyone’s attention is focused on those powerful demons?”

“Awesome, cool, and fierce,” Xue Zhengying laughed. “To be honest, the great demons in Flower Fruit Mountain, whether in terms of ability design or appearance design, far surpass most of the current beast-type scrolls.”

Even a random little demon is of higher quality than those beast-themed scrolls on the market.

Humans, after all, admire strength, especially those who enjoy beast-themed scrolls. To them, the monsters of Flower Fruit Mountain aren't monsters at all, but a group of beautiful celestial beings.

Wu Xian's lips twitched for a long time before he finally understood.

In short: Strength is beauty!

"Aren't the Twenty-Eight Mansions also animal-shaped scrolls?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled.

“That’s different. The Twenty-Eight Constellations have too upright aura, lacking the wild beauty unique to the Beastman Scroll,” Xue Zhengying explained with a chuckle. “Moreover, the Twenty-Eight Constellations are usually in human form, unlike the simple and brutal half-beastman forms of the Great Demons.”

Although Wu Xian didn't quite understand, he respected it.

Different people have different tastes, just as everyone has their own preferences.

Just like Master Sister's underworld aesthetics.

"In addition, according to information provided by an old friend of mine, it seems that the Divine Beast Dojo has also taken notice of those monsters in Flower Fruit Mountain," Xue Zhengying reminded him.

"Mythical Beast Gym?" Wu Xian asked in surprise, "Second Brother has friends over there?"

"That scroll artist from back then is now working at the Divine Beast Gym and doing quite well," Xue Zhengying said.

(End of this chapter)