188: Chapter 188 Shouldn't you join the game too?

Jiang Shuyue's cultivation was only at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refinement Stage. Trying to treat the injuries Medicine Dust Child sustained from the backlash of the Heavenly Dao was truly like a small horse pulling a giant cart; she simply couldn't save him!

Jiang Lan took out a pill bottle, retrieved a [Top-Grade healing pill], and fed it into Medicine Dust Child's mouth.

"Shuyue, I know a mid-tier healing technique. Let me try to see if I can save Medicine Dust Child!"

"Oh~"

Jiang Shuyue wiped the tears from her beautiful eyes and responded with a pursed-lip murmur. She stood up, her face blushing, and walked slowly to Jiang Lan's side.

Jiang Lan rapidly formed hand seals with both hands, his internal wood-element spiritual energy circulating wildly, and cast a [Spring Return Art] toward Medicine Dust Child!

That's right! It was the healing skill from the Heaven Rank wood-element Cultivation Technique, [Withered Wood Meets Spring Art].

Jiang Lan usually used the other two skills of the [Withered Wood Meets Spring Art] more often: [Thousand-Hand Guanyin] and [Earth Prison Technique].

This was the first time Jiang Lan had ever used the [Spring Return Art]!

Suddenly! A large patch of emerald-green lotus leaves visibly grew beneath Medicine Dust Child.

In the center of the lotus leaves, an immortal white lotus flower emerged, suddenly swelling to a size of a hundred zhang!

Damn! Wasn't this [Spring Return Art] just a mid-tier technique? Why is it so cool? It looks just like an immortal art!

[Ding! Congratulations Host, you have successfully shocked Jiang Shuyue, shock value + 300.]

Damn! Shuyue added 300 points of shock value to his total, bringing it to 3500 points. Once he earns another 1500 points of shock value, he'll see what kind of good stuff he can get from the 5000-point-per-draw lottery!

The hundred-zhang immortal lotus emitted a faint moon-white immortal light, suspending the blood-covered Medicine Dust Child above its heart!

Suddenly! Dense moon-white immortal light erupted from the immortal lotus, shooting up into the sky and drilling frantically into Medicine Dust Child's body.

Medicine Dust Child's injuries began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Heaven Rank wood-element Cultivation Technique, [Withered Wood Meets Spring Art], was truly Heaven-Defying. Although [Spring Return Art] was just a common minor skill of the [Withered Wood Meets Spring Art], its display still gave Jiang Lan a start!

Its healing ability was simply too astonishing! It could even treat Medicine Dust Child's Dao injuries.

On the other side of the battlefield, Carefree Master, dressed in white robes and carrying an immortal sword on his back, left several afterimages in the Void Realm as he tore the ghost mist to shreds and charged in front of Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect.

Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect's eyes were completely rolled back. His left and right legs were uneven, one twisted inward and one outward, winding around several times, supporting his entire body in a bizarre posture.

Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect held a ghost brush in his right hand, using extremely bizarre and stiff movements to paint a disheveled, white-clad female ghost in the Void Realm!

The white-clad female ghost had disheveled hair that completely obscured her face, making it impossible to see any features! Two ghostly hands with vibrant red nail polish had nails that glinted with a cold, metallic sheen!

Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect was only a few strokes away from finishing the painting of the female ghost!

Carefree Master of Shu Mountain felt a chill run down his spine instantly, cold sweat "hissing" as it poured down his back!

The main thing was that this painting Cultivator before him was too terrifying! Was this even human? Did he have any human appearance left at all?

Carefree Master's eyelids twitched wildly, and he had a very bad premonition in his heart! If this female ghost were painted into existence, he would likely really die here today!

Thinking of this, Carefree Master no longer hesitated. He suddenly exerted force with his feet, turning himself into a streak of white light, shooting toward Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect like a bullet leaving the chamber!

In the instant Carefree Master brushed past Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect, a crisp metallic clashing sound rang out: "Clang!" Carefree Master drew his immortal sword and slashed Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect's head off with a single strike!

Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect's head spun a dozen times in the air before crashing heavily onto the ground, kicking up a circle of dust.

Warm blood, steaming, sprayed from the severed neck and splashed onto the cold ground, congealing into cold blood beads. The air was instantly filled with a pungent, bloody stench.

A generation of Prodigy painting Cultivators, Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect, had died!

Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect originated from the Hanlin Academy of the Central Province Dynasty and was originally an editor responsible for recording the national history of the Central Province Imperial Family.

By a stroke of luck, the national history he compiled was glanced at by the Imperial Preceptor. That one glance completely changed Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect's fate!

The reason was simple: the illustrations drawn within the national history compiled by Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect possessed an extremely high artistic intent!

The Central Province Imperial Preceptor, Daoist Shen Gui, was actually also a painting Cultivator. He immediately felt an appreciation for his talent, accepted Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect as his Personal Disciple, and cultivated him into the later Ancestor of the Danqing Sect.

In reality, the so-called nine great immortal sword Sects of the Central Province were, in the end, just an extension of imperial power. Behind every major Sect, there was backing! It was just that each major Sect had different backers, and the relationships were intricate and complex.

In the Northern Region of the Central Province, ten thousand meters underground in a hidden cavern, an old man wreathed in Death Qi with a withered body once again slowly opened his gaunt and somewhat terrifying eyes.

The old man slowly turned his head to look at a dust-covered painting on the right wall.

The painting depicted a white-clad Cultivator drawing an immortal sword from his back and slashing Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect's head off in one stroke, with blood splattering everywhere!

"Sigh~ It seems Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect has died too!"

A trace of disappointment and sadness appeared on the old man's face, and then he slowly turned his head to look at the three paintings on the wall directly in front of him inside the secret chamber!

"Both of my Disciples are dead; isn't it time for you to enter the game too?"

That's right! This old man was none other than the Central Province Imperial Preceptor, Daoist Shen Gui.

The reason Daoist Shen Gui could become the Central Province Imperial Preceptor and assist the Central Province Imperial Family in ruling the Central Province for over ten thousand years relied on two things. The first thing was the [Divine Judgment Ghost Killing Technique]!

Yes, Daoist Shen Gui was also a painting Cultivator, and Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect's painting Cultivation Techniques were also taught by him.

Daoist Shen Gui could step into the [Painting God Realm] to predict the future, or step into the [Painting Ghost Realm] to paint endless spectral ghosts to slaughter enemies.

However, Daoist Shen Gui only taught Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect the [Painting Ghost Realm] killing techniques. Therefore, Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect did not know that this battle in the [Taixu Realm] would be his death tribulation!

In fact, a hundred years ago, Daoist Shen Gui had already painted the death tribulations of his two Personal Disciples, Ghost Doctor Daoist and Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect, which would occur precisely during this invasion battle in the [Taixu Realm].

But Daoist Shen Gui did not intervene, because this invasion battle in the [Taixu Realm], besides being the death tribulation for Ghost Doctor Daoist and Ancestor Dan Yunzi of the Danqing Sect, might also be the death tribulation for another person.

That's right! That person was [Azure Eagle]!

This battle in the [Taixu Realm] might also be [Azure Eagle]'s death tribulation!

Hanging on the wall directly in front of the secret chamber of Daoist Shen Gui were three dust-covered paintings.

All three paintings depicted a white-haired eunuch dressed in python robes with a capable appearance!

Yes! The person in these three paintings was [Azure Eagle].