As Spiritual Master Painting's howl faded away, Chuchu, Yu Meiren, and the others finally came back to their senses. They looked around with fear and trepidation, only to find that the former Beauty Restaurant had disappeared. In its place was a broken building that had grown on an exploding vine.
It looked like it had been violently torn apart by countless branches and vines. The back half of its body was torn and swollen while the front half was still intact. However, it was already heavily tilted and sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The guests curled up into a ball, cowering in a corner of the sinking building in fear. Then, they screamed and fell with the building.
However, the falling half of the building quickly stopped as Li Chengfeng controlled the tree vines to 'tie' the other half of the building together.
When this half of the building stopped sinking, all of this was considered to have been settled.
Li Chengfeng looked at Beauty Yu helplessly and smiled bitterly. "I'm sorry, Master Yu, I destroyed your Beauty's Restaurant."
Right now, Li Chengfeng did not dare to ask for compensation, because he was not sure how much the building's true cost was.
However, Beauty Yu was indeed a person who had seen great storms. She quickly came to her senses and forced herself to calm down. She bowed gracefully and said, "Thank you for your help, Zhenren Li. Otherwise, today would have been my death anniversary!"
Li Chengfeng shook his head. "No, no, if it wasn't for me, Master Yu would not have to suffer such a tragedy."
Beauty Yu smiled. Her smile was helpless and poignant. She said softly, "Zhenren Li, you are kind-hearted, and I deeply admire you.
However, when humans fight, why would they care about the lives of the ants beneath their feet?
As the saying goes, when immortals fight, mortals suffer. The fact that the immortals are willing to save mortals is enough for us to be grateful! "
Her words were clear but when he thought about it carefully, Li Chengfeng felt that it was filled with tears of blood and helplessness.
This helplessness was the despair of a blood feud!
Just like before the Taiyang incident, when two great cultivators fought in the wilderness, causing the river embankment to collapse, further triggering floods and subsequent tragedies.
How innocent were the people who lived nearby?
Why did such an undeserved calamity fall upon their heads?
At the end of the day, these people should hate them to the core!
However, not a single person thought that way!
Why?
Because all of them were already used to it!
When immortals fought, mortals suffered!
It was not the immortals who fought and destroyed everything, but the mortals who got too close to the immortals!
Who asked you to be so close to a deity?
So you deserve to die!
Yes, this was the conclusion and logic that mortals in the mortal world came to after experiencing despair and helplessness, and this set of conclusions and logic had been accumulated for thousands of years to form their helpless way of thinking.
Beauty Yu was extremely intelligent. After calming down and thinking about it, she realised that Li Chengfeng was being compassionate. If it was someone else, he would have killed them all to clear his suspicions.
But Li Chengfeng did not. Not only did he not, he even apologized to her for destroying the Beauty Pavilion!
This was something that shocked her greatly, because in her knowledge, this was something that should not have happened.
Would humans apologize to ants for killing a nest of ants?
Li Chengfeng instantly understood Beauty Yu's logic. He felt even more helpless because this reminded him of the people who died in Tong 'an City and the people who survived the disaster.
If this was any other young man, he would have been full of himself, gleefully accepting the world's most beautiful woman's gratitude. He might have even kissed her and carried her onto the bed.
But Li Chengfeng did not. Not only did he not, he did not even feel the slightest joy of a hero saving a damsel in distress. Instead, his expression darkened, his brows furrowed and his eyes filled with worry.
To him, if the world's most famous prostitute, Beauty Yu, felt the same way, what kind of attitude did the rest of the world have?
When everyone thought the same way, he could save them for now, but how could he save them for the rest of their lives?
At that moment, Li Chengfeng's values were greatly impacted!
Was he wrong to stand up for the people who died in Tong 'an?
But it only lasted for a split second. Liu Sumei quickly noticed Li Chengfeng's strange expression and seemed to understand what he was thinking. She stepped forward and changed the topic. "This magical weapon is very strange. I wonder what it's made of."
Li Chengfeng snapped out of his daze and looked at the pile of ashes on the ground, his attention drawn to the completely destroyed magical artifact. "What a pity!"
Out of curiosity, Little Bell poked at the ashes with the tip of its foot. "Hey, Li Chengfeng, did you really let him escape back to the painting on purpose?"
Li Chengfeng nodded slightly. "That's right, this magical artifact is too strange. I really want to capture it and study it."
Rather than say study, it was more like Li Chengfeng wanted to 'kill and steal the artifact'.
In Li Chengfeng's plan, he wanted to force the Enlightened Master Painting into a pocket world and surrender to them. Then, in exchange for the Ruyi Painting, they would let him go.
To Li Chengfeng and the rest, without the Ruyi Painting, the Enlightened Master Painting was as good as useless. This was the Divine Capital and he had caused such a huge commotion. If the Cosmos God Sect came, he would have nowhere to run even if he escaped with his Yang Spirit.
What Li Chengfeng did not expect was that the Enlightened Master Painting had already seen through all of this. He had the guts to destroy himself rather than surrender to Li Chengfeng and hand over the Ruyi Painting. He would rather destroy this magical artifact himself than give it to Li Chengfeng.
If this magical artifact fell into Li Chengfeng's hands, his powers would reach an unbelievable level. At least he could easily defeat a golden body cultivator!
This was the power and value of a top-grade magical artifact!
Little Bell squatted down curiously and touched it with her hand. Then, she rubbed her thumb and forefinger against her fingertips, sniffed it, and licked it. Then, she said, "I don't know. I can't tell what kind of powder this is."
Liu Sumei thought for a moment and said, "I remember two magical weapons that are similar to this magical weapon."
Little Bell and Li Chengfeng looked at her. "Which two magical artifacts?"
Liu Sumei said, "Life and death, the Yin Yang Brush!"
Little Bell clapped her hands in realization. "That's right!"
Li Chengfeng's eyes widened. "One brush determines life and death, two brush determines Yin and Yang.
I'd rather meet the Nine Celestial Emperors than touch King of Hell Zhang!
The Spiritual Mountain Sect's Grandmaster, Zhang Qianqiao? "
Liu Sumei nodded and said, "When I was reading the books in the Tower of Scrolls in the Phoenix Hibiscus Court, I saw records of these two treasures. It was written that these two treasures come with their own small worlds, and they can attack at will according to their owner's wishes."
Little Bell said excitedly, "Yes, yes, yes!
I've seen it too!
I remember now!
It says that whatever the Yin Yang Brush draws on the Judgment of Life and Death, the magical artifact will attack according to what happens in real life! "
Liu Sumei said, "This Ruyi Painting is most likely a magical artifact modified from the Judgment of Life and Death and the Yin Yang Brush, or it's the same type as these two magical artifacts, from the same world."
"From the same world?" Li Chengfeng looked at Liu Sumei in shock, his heart thumping.
Liu Sumei nodded. "That's right.
Legend has it that the Judgment of Life and Death and the Yin Yang Brush were left behind during the ancient War of the Gods. They were later obtained by the Underworld King but somehow ended up in the human world. After a few twists and turns, they landed in Zhang Qianqiao's hands and he became the strongest cultivator in the world. However, after a few years of glory, he suddenly disappeared, and so did the Judgment of Life and Death and the Yin Yang Brush.
Everyone says that these two magical artifacts came from the world where the gods lived. They don't belong to the human world, not even the Immortal Realm.
Because they only belong to the Immortal Realm, that's why they possess such unimaginable power! "
Li Chengfeng nodded. "That makes sense!"
This was a fantasy reasoning, but it was the most logical reasoning.
The logic behind this magical artifact's operation was completely beyond the logic of cultivation in the human world.
After Li Chengfeng entered the Spiritual Mountain Sect to cultivate, he discovered a truth. Whether it was magic or immortal energy, magic or immortal arts, they were all based on science, logic, conservation of energy, and the four great powers. He could even use scientific methods to explain the logic and operation of magic and immortal energy.
But not the Ruyi Painting!
This was completely beyond Li Chengfeng's understanding!
It really did look like a magical artifact used by the gods!
But he did not know how it ended up in the hands of the Immortal Painting. It was also because of the Immortal Painting's darkness, wretchedness and arrogance that made this magical artifact a lowly killing tool.
If it ended up in Li Chengfeng's hands, he was confident that it would become a top magical artifact on par with the Yin Yang Brush and the Judgment of Life and Death.
Li Chengfeng heaved a long sigh. "What a shame!"