Lin Jin had experienced entering a painting before but this time, it was much more dangerous. Because he was sure that the Rank 9 immortal devouring beast might be inside the painting.
Even if it was fake, who could say for sure what was going on inside the painting?
"This Shu Xiao Lou only knows how to cause trouble!" Lin Jin sighed. However, complaining was useless now. He might as well find Shu Xiao Lou and bring her out of this painting world.
Lin Jin rode on the cloud and looked around.
What surprised him was that this painting world wasn't small at all. The sky was vast, the forest was dense, and the mountains were steep.
However, Lin Jin could vaguely tell that this place was similar to the mountains in the painting.
Although it looked realistic, if one were to look closely, they would be able to tell that it was fake.
After all, it was just a painting.
Just then, Lin Jin saw a woodcutter on the mountain path below. The woodcutter had an axe slung over his back as he walked forward.
Lin Jin's heart stirred and he immediately landed on the cloud.
He landed in front of the woodcutter, but the woodcutter merely glanced at Lin Jin before continuing on his way.
Lin Jin knew that this woodcutter must be a character in the painting. Shu Xiao Lou had mentioned that characters in paintings had their own spirituality, but this couldn't be considered a painting spirit. It was even more impossible for someone like her to have one.
Usually, a beginner painting spirit like this could only act according to the artist's artistic conception.
For example, when the artist drew this woodcutter, he wanted the woodcutter to walk through the forest. That was all the woodcutter could do, just like a puppet, a dummy.
This was how the woodcutter acted. He continued forward, and other than glancing at Lin Jin, he ignored him.
Lin Jin suddenly had an idea so he asked, "Brother, this is my first time here. May I know what this mountain is called?"
Lin Jin was just asking casually to see if the woodcutter would answer.
In his opinion, there was a high chance that it wouldn't.
However, to Lin Jin's surprise, the woodcutter chuckled and answered, "This is the Grassy Continent's Red Earth Mountain, also known as Blood Earth Mountain."
Having said that, he continued forward.
He actually answered.
Lin Jin was surprised, musing, 'Could this woodcutter be sentient as well?'
Lin Jin quickly chased after the woodcutter to ask other questions. But no matter what Lin Jin asked, the woodcutter only replied with the same, 'This is the Grassy Continent's Red Earth Mountain, also known as Blood Earth Mountain.'
There was nothing left.
Lin Jin understood that this was probably the only line the woodcutter knew. Perhaps this was the only line the Daolord could think of when he was painting.
It was even possible that Dao Monarch had asked him the same question back then and Woodcutter had replied in this way.
As such, the woodcutter that the Daolord drew only had one sentence.
Despite it being a simple statement, it was very important to Lin Jin. This meant that the Daolord now knew where the Rank 9 immortal-devouring beast was.
However, another question popped up in Lin Jin's mind.
Why did the Daolord choose such a location?
Was it a coincidence, or was there an ulterior motive?
Just then, Lin Jin sensed a sudden change. He whipped his head around to see the woodcutter standing there without him noticing. His honest face was now wearing an eerie smile.
"Dao Lord, you and I have no enmity so why do you have to do this? Do you really think that I, Patriarch Xue Pao, am afraid of a junior like you?" The woodcutter's voice was old and malevolent as if he was a different person.
Lin Jin was inexplicably terrified.
A Daolord?
How did he resemble a Daolord?
Moreover, this woodcutter called himself Patriarch Xue Pao. Wasn't Patriarch Xue Pao one of the five patriarchs? That Yang Qingshi who was lurking in Jade Dragon City was his disciple. Lin Jin had even fought the man's blood refined beast clone and formed a grudge.
Lin Jin had never forgotten about this but he never expected to hear Patriarch Xue Pao's name in a painting.
This painting didn't seem to have anything to do with Patriarch Xue Pao.
Lin Jin's mind raced but he couldn't figure out the crux of the matter.
At that moment, the woodcutter was still speaking in an eerie tone, "Dao Lord, your cultivation has reached the immortal realm. I advise you not to attack or else you'll surely invite disaster upon yourself."
Lin Jin didn't move but he was already on his guard.
At this point, the woodcutter went silent as if he was frozen in place. The atmosphere was extremely eerie.
At this moment, the woodcutter looked like a painting without any signs of life.
Just as Lin Jin was deep in thought, a person descended from the sky.
Lin Jin turned to see a graceful figure with long hair and a Taoist robe. He wore a mask with the word 'Dao' on it.
In an instant, Lin Jin recognized who this person was.
Dao Lord.
Strange. Very strange. Lin Jin had seen that painting before. There were mountains and rivers on it but most of it was a depiction of a Rank 9 immortal devouring beast.
The woodcutter and Dao Lord weren't in the painting.
This was something Lin Jin couldn't figure out. He thought he would encounter the immortal devouring beast right after entering the painting but things were completely different from what he imagined.
'Could something have happened to this painting?' Lin Jin could only make wild guesses.
The Daolord descending in front of him definitely wasn't real either. It was most likely just an image that the Daolord had drawn when he was painting. Because Little Book Pavilion had some sort of Spirit Painting divine ability, it was able to transform the painting into something like this.
'Right, where's Little Book Tower?' Thousands of ideas popped up in Lin Jin's mind but he still had to be careful. Although he was sure that everything here was fake, he still had to be cautious.
The same went for the Dao Lord. Although he knew it was fake, it would be nice to witness the elegance of a fellow transmigrator.
After landing, the Dao Lord glanced at the woodcutter who was frozen in place, then at Lin Jin. He asked, "May I know where this place is?"
Lin Jin suddenly had an idea and chuckled. "This is Grassy Continent's Red Earth Mountain. Some people call it Blood Earth Mountain."
Lin Jin applied what he learned on the spot and used the woodcutter's words to answer the Dao Lord's question.
The Dao Lord nodded and said, "Patriarch Xue Pao, there's no need for you to put on an act. You've committed so many evil deeds that I shall kill you today to serve justice."
Lin Jin didn't know how to respond.
In fact, he had already guessed that the woodcutter's strange words were meant for the Dao Lord but Lin Jin had interjected.
Now that he thought about it, the Dao Lord must have gone to Patriarch Xue Pao's hideout to slay the monster. In the end, he used an immortal's skill and attracted the Rank 9 immortal devouring beast.
When the Dao Lord painted this painting, this was the sequence of events.
After that, the Dao Lord must have been injured but he didn't manage to kill Patriarch Xue Pao. In the end, he died of depression?
While Lin Jin was still in a daze, the Dao Lord had already made his move.
His attack immediately shook the heavens and the earth.
Then, Lin Jin saw a familiar scene. A huge rift was torn open in the sky and a giant beast claw descended from above.
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