“Achoo…”
“Why does it feel like my philtrum is itchy?”
Li Mo sneezed, then curiously touched his nose, before gathering his spirit to paint seriously.
The wind was strong at this height, and it was just the beginning of autumn.
Autumn wind rustled the green vein jade paper fiercely.
With every stroke Li Mo made on the paper, the ripples on it would settle down.
The seven stars guided his brushstrokes!
Each stroke was infused with his immense spirit; if not for his current observation of the divine form through the three orifices, his spirit would have long been overdrawn.
After the final stroke, the paper seemed as heavy as lead, completely still.
“It’s finally done.”
Li Mo opened his eyes tiredly, and in front of him, the peculiar stone leaped onto the paper, as if he could reach out and touch its ancient patterns.
Judging from the divine fluctuations within, this should be a medium form diagram.
But to be honest, Little Li felt a little proud.
If it were a high form diagram, he might not have been able to finish it all at once; copying this peculiar stone must be done in one breath, stopping midway means starting over.
Elder Brother Ouyang probably couldn’t do it either.
“Although it is derived from the peculiar stone, I painted something of my own…”
Li Mo gradually understood why painting requires talent.
When copying the same reference object, different people produce entirely different scenes.
For example, if he and Ouyang were to copy the same thing, what they drew would definitely be different.
“Did you really draw it?”
Wei Zhaoliu leaned in, looked at it, and exclaimed softly, surprised yet somewhat unexpectedly.
“How could such a mysterious peculiar stone only be a medium form?”
In Hengyun Sword City, there are many high forms, even extreme forms of divine observation diagrams preserved.
But the foundation of the sword city has always been this peculiar stone.
“Even though it is only a medium form, its effects surpass those of some high forms.”
“That’s true…”
Wei Zhaoliu looked further.
She noticed that although Li Mo copied the peculiar stone, it slightly differed from the real one nearby.
Moreover,
At first glance, the picture seemed ordinary, but gradually, it gave people a sense of enlightenment, a clear and transparent feeling.
This feeling became clearer with time…
She had been practicing sword techniques diligently recently, and looking at this picture now made her feel numerous insights surging in her mind.
[Congratulations Host, successfully investing in ‘Wei Zhaoliu’, helping her accumulate and burst forth.]
[Investment Feedback: Ancient Bronze Seal.]
“Accumulate and burst forth?”
Seeing Wei Zhaoliu quickly sit in front of the peculiar stone, Li Mo realized.
It wasn’t because the ink was still wet that the divine observation diagram was so shocking, allowing people to suddenly understand just by seeing it.
If Wei Zhaoliu’s accumulation was enough,
A single point of enlightenment, this painting merely provided that ‘spark of inspiration’.
“Right on time, I just got an ancient bronze seal.”
“I also have a silver alloy seal.”
Li Mo held the divine observation diagram.
His body’s seven stars continued to rotate, conveying the budding anticipation to his heart.
In terms of insight, he had martial arts insights, except for practicing the sword which was a bit difficult, other times he rarely felt strained.
Therefore, he wasn’t afraid that the divine observation diagram would lose its original effects after being interpreted.
“Alright.”
Li Mo made up his mind and took out the small seal with flowing bronze color.
Without hesitation, he directly stamped it on the corner of the painting.
Immediately, the small tadpoles on the seal swam onto the scroll and quickly covered it.
The scene changed, being rapidly altered.
Soon.
The flow of ink slowed down.
In a daze, Li Mo seemed to see the peculiar stone in the painting quickly absorbing the tadpole patterns, gradually cracking, and soon cracks spread everywhere.
It seemed something was about to be born…
Buzz!
In the next moment, with the last tadpole pattern successfully merging, the peculiar stone in the painting exploded.
[Congratulations Host, successfully using the ancient bronze seal to upgrade the medium form divine observation diagram to a high form.]
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[Divine Observation Diagram of the Spirit Stone evolved into: Birth of the Monkey King!]
“??”
Ke Mo stared intently.
However, the peculiar stone originally in the picture was gone.
It was only a little monkey… standing n*ked in the world.
Clearly just a painting, yet you could see it picking wild fruits in the forest, soaring through the sky and diving into the earth, even running happily on the beach…
“Did a monkey king really appear?”
Ke Mo muttered to himself.
He seemed to understand something.
Then he took out a silver alloy seal.
The seal was getting closer to the paper, and slowly stamped on it.
Almost the instant it was stamped, the little figure inside his orifices began to tremble!
His body gradually emitted a murky aura, forming a qi mechanism surrounding him, carrying the tadpole patterns from the silver alloy seal, drilling into the scroll together.
It was a celestial body!
Ke Mo finally understood.
It was the celestial body guiding the interpretation of this creation seal!
Making something impossible to exist in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths descend onto the scroll!
Ke Mo suddenly raised his head.
But on the ever-changing scroll, ink flowed, outlining something. He couldn’t tear his gaze away. His consciousness soul released its spiritual intent, enveloping him in a glow, with tranquility and mystery wrapping both him and the scroll.
Before his eyes.
Ink had already formed a greenish stone staircase, the surroundings blurred, but the plaque stood out clearly:
‘Slope Moon Three Stars Cave’
Under the plaque, the monkey in the high form diagram had changed into a dry Daoist robe.
The monkey in the Daoist robe stood on the stone steps, looking back.
His gaze crossed endless years and vast space.
In the middle of the night, no one around.
A man and a monkey facing each other.
In the depths of his heart, he clearly knew that this gaze was directed at him, seeing him through indescribable obstacles, even clearly seeing the monkey’s hair under the moonlight, as if flowing sunlight.
The Daoist robe monkey was the embodiment of worldly spirituality, and anyone would think of this.
Buzz—
The resonance of the celestial body’s qi grew stronger.
Seemingly utilizing this gaze, establishing some kind of connection.
A moment later.
The Daoist robe monkey nodded imperceptibly, lifted his hand, and gently waved it three times in mid-air, towards someone far away.
Dong—
Dong—
Dong—
…
Ke Mo’s three heartbeats were exceptionally loud.
In an instant, a flood of insights surged into his brain.
‘Tumbling Cloud’
‘Unbreakable Body’
‘Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earth Demon’
…
This understanding was too complex, flashing before his eyes.
Ke Mo felt like he was sitting at the bottom of a well, floating to see the blue sky. Apart from being shocked, he couldn’t understand the content at all, only vaguely knowing the names.
That could no longer be described as martial arts.
It was a technique!
Just as Ke Mo’s mind was in chaos, like a tiny boat adrift in the sea, the clear light of Taiyin in his consciousness soul shone brightly again, freeing him.
Thus.
The resonance of the celestial body slowly imprinted the previous insights, along with the creation seal, onto the painting.
[Congratulations Host, successfully using the silver alloy seal to upgrade the high form divine observation diagram to an extreme form.]
[Birth of the Monkey King diagram evolved into: Seeking the Dao with Wukong!]
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PS: Sorry for the late update, finally slowly unfolding the setting of the celestial body, writing it carefully.
Introducing the celestial body too early, I’ve never written fantasy material before, and due to my writing style, I don’t like to use settings and items that are discarded once used, leading to poor perception. Thank you for the audience’s tolerance, please continue to watch here orz.
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