27: Black and White Impermanence

Chapter 27: Black and White Impermanence

While finalizing the draft, Wu Xian perfected the scroll settings in his Sea of Consciousness, ensuring they corresponded with the drawing.

Next was the pigment mixing stage.

The Materials collected along the way were mostly eerie, containing extremely rich spiritual substances: death, Revenant, Yin Qi, bones, flesh… and a series of other complex spiritual substances.

Coupled with the simple color requirements of these two, mixing was quite easy.

The only difficulty lay in how to infuse richer spiritual substances into the pigments.

“What’s going on?”

During the extraction of spiritual substances, he clearly felt strands of power flowing into his body, yet he couldn’t feel their presence at all.

He continued to try and found that every Material contained similar energy.

However, Materials produced in normal copies did not exhibit this special energy.

It was like a unique component exclusive to Dimensional Mirage monsters.

“Monsters invading through the Dimensional Mirage are indeed different.”

He just wasn’t sure what these “special components” were or what their function was.

Unconsciously, the pigments were successfully mixed.

He pulled out the drawing paper and immediately began to draw, his mental conception and settings simultaneously taking shape.

Gradually, two ghost messengers, one black and one white, appeared vividly on the paper. The White Impermanence was tall and thin, dressed in a white robe, holding a soul-summoning banner, smiling with a long tongue protruding, and wearing a tall white official hat with the four characters “ Make money at first sight” (Wealth at First Sight) written on it.

The Black Impermanence was broad and fat, dressed in a black robe, holding a soul-hooking chain, with a fierce black face, and wearing a black official hat with the four characters “ Peace on earth” (Peace Under Heaven) on it.

The two ghost messengers held hand Card for rewarding good and punishing evil, their eerie and terrifying images exuding a mysterious majesty.

These were precisely Black and White Impermanence, the two underworld messengers from the netherworld, respectfully called Lord Wuchang by the common folk, also known as Seventh Lord and Eighth Lord.

The moment the brushstrokes finalized the draft, the Law of heaven and earth locked in, and Yin Qi gathered, framing it into a scroll.

The figures of the two ghost messengers were also deeply imprinted in his Sea of Consciousness, certifying his ownership of the copyright.

And those special components from the earlier Materials also merged into the scroll imprints of the two ghost messengers, making their imprints clearer and more vivid.

“What exactly is that energy?”

In his confusion, the freshly created scroll slowly fell into Wu Xian’s hand.

【Black and White Impermanence】

Type: original (Golden Embroidery)

Grade: bronze scroll

painting spirit: ★

Spirituality: 39

Innate Traits: Summoning and Capturing Souls, Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil

“Only a one-star bronze scroll?” Wu Xian secretly wondered.

He had originally thought that Materials from the Dimensional Mirage would produce higher quality scrolls, but it seemed he had overthought it.

That special energy component in the Materials seemed to only affect the scroll imprint in his Sea of Consciousness, and no particular effect was visible for now.

At the same time, the strange creatures wandering outside the small courtyard seemed to sense something, and one by one, they fled in panic.

When Wu Xian walked out of the room, Old Wang and the others were wondering about this.

“Huh? Why did all those strange creatures run away?”

“It seems they were scared away by Xian Wazi.”

“Old Wu is blessed to have such a promising grandson.”

“Xian Wazi, you’ve come out at just the right time,” Old Wang stepped forward, “We just took in some neighbors from nearby, and at this rate, the courtyard might not be big enough.”

“No matter.”

Wu Xian smiled calmly and immediately began to paint on the spot.

In one go, he drew ten simple 【chicken king and divine tiger】 on practice paper and distributed them to the Old Wang and the others, telling them to post them on their doors.

After settling the Old Wang and the others, it was time to take the freshly created Black and White Impermanence out to level up.

As soon as he stepped out the door, he saw a familiar group of figures charging in, led by a fierce Divine Tiger painting spirit. The roars of the tiger echoed, tearing several strange creatures blocking the way to shreds.

After recognizing them as Zhao He and the gang, Wu Xian was both surprised and delighted.

“Old Zhao, weren’t you outside? How did you get in?”

When Zhao He and the others saw Wu Xian, they instantly felt much more at ease and quickly explained, “According to Sir (Military) outside, our Shantytown can only be entered, not exited now.”

“Only entered, not exited?” Wu Xian secretly rejoiced.

Although he couldn’t leave for now, his grandfather, Wu Mingchang, could return.

“What’s the situation outside now?” Wu Xian asked.

“It was chaotic at first, but it’s already stabilized…” Zhao He briefly described the situation outside.

Hearing what Zhao He said, the yellow-haired people nearby couldn’t help but curse the official decision regarding the Shantytown and various forms of discrimination.

Compared to the chaos in the Shantytown, the city outside was heavily militarized and exceptionally stable.

The army and various Spirit Masters controlled the situation immediately, with only the North District being relatively chaotic.

In contrast, the Shantytown was immediately sealed off and isolated, and they only sent three young people to put on a show.

At this moment, Wu Xian finally understood what Zhang Mazi meant.

They simply didn’t treat the people of the Shantytown as human beings!

“Alright, I have the chicken king and divine tiger Painting for warding off evil here. You all stay here and guard, I’ll go outside and take a look.”

With Zhao He and the others staying behind, Wu Xian felt much more at ease. After all, he wasn’t sure of the upper limit of the 【chicken king and divine tiger】 evil-warding Painting.

“Little Boss, you be careful too!” Zhao He bid him farewell with concern, “Saving your life is the most important thing.”

Wu Xian smiled knowingly, feeling completely confident.

After leaving for a distance, he decisively released the two ghost messengers, Black and White Impermanence.

Several strange creatures wandering nearby scattered and fled like startled birds.

However, White Impermanence raised the soul-summoning banner in his hand, and gusts of Yin wind blew.

Several low-level strange creatures seemed to be dragged by some force, slowing down uncontrollably and being pulled towards Wu Xian.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Black Impermanence’s soul-hooking chain shot out, stringing several strange creatures like candied hawthorns.

The moment they were touched by the soul-hooking chain, the strange creatures seemed to “lose connection,” falling into a dazed, compliant state.

But from the constantly flickering eerie light of the chain, the strange creatures were clearly putting up some resistance, but it was in vain.

In just a moment, several strange creatures strung like candied hawthorns gradually lost their eerie aura, becoming “dead” empty shells.

“Tsk tsk, professional matters really do require professionals.”

Although the God of Wealth was powerful, with one lightning spell, the strange creatures often had their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, turning to ashes, leaving only some dregs.

However, when Black and White Impermanence acted, they could achieve a perfect kill without any loss, preserving 100% of the strange creature’s value.

Thus.

While others were still hiding and fighting against Dimensional Mirage monsters.

Wu Xian had already started chasing strange creatures all over the world.

“Over there ~ Over there ~!”

Two phantom figures, one black and one white, flew ahead, with Wu Xian riding the Chicken King close behind.

It must be said that the “experience points” from Dimensional Mirage monsters were indeed generous. Unconsciously, Black and White Impermanence had already leveled up to one and a half stars and were steadily advancing towards two stars.

Along the way, the rescued civilians were all grateful, but they couldn’t help but be a little scared by the terrifying appearance of Black and White Impermanence.

“Garbage Disposal Plant?”

Wu Xian looked at the terrified Garbage Disposal Plant employee in front of him, deep in thought.

It should be known that Garbage Disposal Plant employees were the “Brahmins” of the Shantytown; those who could enter the plant were basically spiritual Cultivate practitioners. Even they were scared to this extent, which showed how severe the situation at the Garbage Disposal Plant was.

He had noticed before that after seeing Black and White Impermanence, the strange creatures all fled in the same direction. His pursuit along the way had also been continuously approaching the Garbage Disposal Plant.

Clearly, there was a problem at the Garbage Disposal Plant.

Coupled with the official attitude towards the Shantytown, it was easy for him to come up with some conspiracy theories.