NOVEL NEXT Chapter 73 The Swindler Comes
Qing Shan said, "The Book Mountain Realm has suffered severe damage, and the news of the Book Sage's death is bound to spread, inevitably more Saints will come to cause trouble. Stowing everything away is the best option."
Tang Sanzang stroked his chin, "More Saints causing trouble... um..."
It seemed he was brewing some sort of mischief again.
Tang Sanzang suddenly turned around and asked everyone, "Uh... does many people know about the Painting Saint's death?"
Everyone collectively shook their heads. How could other people possibly know of the Saint's death so soon?
Tang Sanzang nodded with satisfaction, smiled, and then shouted at the top of his lungs, "The Painting Saint is dead! Just died! Still warm!"
His roar, powered by all his strength, directly dispersed the Chaos Qi within thirty million miles, and his voice travelled even further...
The shock nearly brought several Saints to their knees, clutching their heads and almost crying from the pain.
Chess Saint quickly yelled, "Master, what are you doing?"
Tang Sanzang spread his hands and said, "Nothing much, just... getting everyone to exercise a bit. Let's go, we'll quietly head to the Painting Saint's world and hide. In a while, you all need to keep your eyes wide open, recognize the Saints who go there, and find out where they live!"
Chess Saint, Qin Se, and Qing Shan immediately understood the bald one's intentions, exchanged looks, and had the same thought, "To come up with such a cunning, stealthy plan, you really need to have quite the nerve."
While the Book Saint's world was being attacked, two figures stealthily poked their heads out in the Painting Saint's world.
Zhu Ganglie pointed at a scroll of painting rising and falling in the Chaos and asked, "Is that a world?"
As a pig who had never left Pan Gu World, he was very curious about everything in the Chaos, naturally asking many questions.
The rabbit was different, as he was obviously a frequent visitor to the Chaos. His eyes lit up, "That's right, this is a world! Hmm... it looks like it's the Painting Saint's world, let's just call it the Painting Realm. Finally, I've caught one, Pig Head, pack your things, get ready for a robbery!"
Zhu Ganglie said with some concern, "Rabbit, are you sure we should make a move? This is a world made by a true Saint. If we really go down there, can you handle it?"
The rabbit gave him a dismissive glance, "Your Rabbit Lord here is the ancestor of con artists, and what I'm best at is gathering intelligence. This world's Saint power is clearly weakened, there's definitely no Saint inside. If there was a Saint, this world wouldn't be in this state... Let's go, while the cat's away, we'll make a big score! Damn it, they always want to rob our worlds, so we'll take down their lair first, give them a good laugh!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Ganglie immediately got excited, though still a bit apprehensive, "Rabbit, let's make it clear, my strength is only that of a Primordial, once inside I may not be able to help you much."
The rabbit gave him a look, "Don't worry, if you follow Rabbit Lord me, you'll be a Semi-Saint by the time you come out."
"Really?" Zhu Ganglie was surprised.
The rabbit looked at Zhu Ganglie as if looking at a dirt leopard, "This is a world, after all. Not to mention the natural treasures in it, just drawing out a portion of the world's essence for you, to help you take that final half-step, do you think that's hard? Stop dawdling, the earlier we rob, the better; if people come back later, it'll only complicate things."
No longer hesitating, Zhu Ganglie followed after the rabbit and charged straight towards the Painting Realm.
At this very moment, the Painting Realm was in a state of peace and prosperity.
Unlike other worlds, the Painting Realm did not have many sects; everybody belonged to the same sect, the Paint Sect.
The Sect Master of the Painting Sect also served as the Painting Saint, and he established six elders to help him manage the sect, all of whom were Semi-Saints. Below the Semi-Saints, there were more than a dozen assistants of the Primordial Chaos...
The entire world operated like a well-oiled machine, running very smoothly, but it lacked many joys and was somewhat dry.
Now, at the Painting Saint Lake, several individuals sat above the lake, using the surface as a mirror, waving their ink brushes to leave behind streaks of ink. The lake, disturbed by the wind, rippled and flowed with the ink, which gradually formed into a painting, astonishingly revealing a dragon!
"What a fantastic painting, what a fantastic painting! The Jin Yi lady's skills are becoming more and more lifelike. I've seen those who paint with heaven and earth, but this is the first time I've seen one following the flow to create art, except... this dragon seems to lack eyes," an elder applauded while voicing his doubts.
The woman in front of them wearing Jin Yi gave a slight smile and said, "Mr. Sang, don't be hasty, just look..."
As soon as her voice fell, a large fish leaped from the lake, piercing through the ink before submerging back into the water, causing waves to splash and push the ink aside, creating a blank white for the eyes.
The ink on the fish's body remained on the water's surface when it dived back in, forming a black pupil in the midst of the white.
With eyes completed, the black dragon's body shone brightly, and after emitting a roar, it soared into the sky, transforming into a real black dragon that danced and circled in the air. Read new chapters at My Virtual Library Empire
"Fish Leap for the Eye-dotting! Excellent, an excellent Fish Leap for the Eye-dotting!" Several people clapped and cheered in unison.
Just then, two figures appeared in the sky.
The crowd looked carefully and saw a man wearing a White Crane Cloak, with a scroll on his back, descending from the heavens with a pig-headed demon.
His features were somewhat unfamiliar to them, but that was not important; the feeling he gave off was very familiar!
They knew that due to the Painting Saint's origins in the art of painting, he often changed his appearance, but that particular feeling would not deceive them, and the Three Mountains and Two Realms Map he carried on his back was one of his signature items.
Most importantly, the Painting Saint had a small quirk known only to them; he always wore a red thread tied around the little finger of his left hand.
All these traits were present in the man before them, so naturally, he was undoubtedly the Painting Saint!
The people hastily stood up to pay their respects, saying, "We welcome the Painting Saint's return, the Painting Saint's return!"
Of course, this Painting Saint was not the true Painting Saint but the transformation of the super con artist, Qin E.
Qin E had several special talents; the first was his terrifying ability to observe. He could see every inch of a person's body at a glance and analyze their habits from various details. Additionally, he could open the Eyes of Origin Tracing and see all of their past... That's how he could reveal many of their secrets when he conned them.
Second, he possessed a potent ability to transform, not only into the likeness of others but even to imitate their magical artifacts, so that even the person themselves would have difficulty telling real from fake.
Third, he had an extraordinary ability to mimic and even copy others' Divine Skills.
These were the three supreme tricks of Qin E's deception.
At this moment, his transformation into the Painting Saint was not just similar, but identical!
Even Saints could not tell the real from the fake, much less several Semi-Saints?
Imitating the Painting Saint's character convincingly, Qin E raised his chin haughtily, said nothing, descended with Zhu Ganglie, and then began to scrutinize the six Semi-Saints one by one.