Chapter 39

Li Hao pulled Jiang Wei out to stroll around, originally intending to look for business opportunities in the inner city; however, once Zhou Xue proposed her "inner city proxy shopping" plan, it received unanimous approval and was immediately finalized. As a result, the subsequent stroll turned into Jiang Wei watching the young couple show off their affection. The longer they strolled, the more uncomfortable Jiang Wei felt.

"Damn, you two are showing off your affection without considering my feelings as a lonely soul?" Jiang Wei cursed inwardly; of course, he wouldn't directly express his thoughts in front of Zhou Xue.

"Xiao Hao, you two go ahead, I'll go back first!" Jiang Wei said dejectedly, utterly bored.

"Alright, you go back first!" Li Hao, who was experiencing his first passionate romance, had no time to consider Jiang Wei's feelings.

...

As soon as Jiang Wei returned to the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion alone, he was summoned by his master, Elder Bai. What Jiang Wei never expected was that his master was leisurely painting at home.

"Master actually knows how to paint!?"

What was even harder for Jiang Wei to accept was that Master's posture while painting was elegant, and every movement exuded a graceful and fluid aura. Sneaking a few glances, Jiang Wei found that the mountains and rivers in the painting were vivid and had a unique charm. Although Jiang Wei didn't understand painting, he knew that such a painting was not something an amateur could produce; clearly, Master was a true connoisseur of art.

"Is this still my 'fighting maniac' master?" Jiang Wei felt very incredulous, "This is clearly a very fresh and artistic old man!"

Elder Bai's aura when painting was completely different from when he talked about fighting, almost as if he were two different people.

"You're here? Sit down first." Elder Bai, clearly still immersed in his painting, casually greeted Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei didn't sit down but stood silently on the side, watching his master paint, seemingly wanting to see if his master had gone crazy or was experiencing a "ghost personality split."

After a long time, the painting was completed.

Elder Bai stared at the painting for a while, then suddenly burst into a lewd laugh: "Hehehehehe..."

Jiang Wei felt a chill run down his spine, hesitating whether he should advise his master not to give up on treatment...

Suddenly, Elder Bai's laughter paused: "My obedient disciple, what do you think of this painting?" Elder Bai seemed proud of his new masterpiece.

Jiang Wei honestly said, "I don't understand... but I feel that this painting seems different from ordinary ones!"

"Oh? You can see the difference?" Elder Bai was surprised, "It seems your insight is really not ordinary! ——Don't misunderstand, I'm talking about your insight in fighting!" As he spoke, Elder Bai, seemingly in a fit of madness, picked up the just-completed landscape painting and tore it with both hands.

"Master, what are you doing..." Jiang Wei was naturally very puzzled, wondering why his master would tear up such a good painting. However, before Jiang Wei could finish his sentence, his confusion turned to shock.

Jiang Wei was horrified to see that as his master tore the painting, a mountain spanning several dozen miles suddenly descended from the sky above his head. Jiang Wei saw clearly that the mountain's appearance was exactly the same as the one in the painting his master had just drawn.

"Damn, if such a huge mountain falls on me, how can I survive!?" Jiang Wei tried to dodge, but with the mountain spanning several dozen miles, where could he go? Even digging a hole in the ground wouldn't be fast enough!

Just as Jiang Wei was terrified, Elder Bai waved his sleeve, and the dark mountain that Jiang Wei saw suddenly disappeared.

"Th-this... this..." Jiang Wei was stunned for a long time before hesitantly asking, "Master, is this an illusion attack?" Jiang Wei had heard of illusion attacks long ago in the human world but had never seen one.

"Exactly!" Elder Bai said proudly, "In the entire Original Sin City, only two ghosts can perform illusion attacks; one is me, and the other is your senior sister! ——And the landscape painting just now was not an ordinary painting but my famous technique — 'Illusion Painting.' " Elder Bai's act of painting and tearing the painting in front of Jiang Wei was actually to show off.

"Master, can I learn it?" Jiang Wei asked eagerly.

Jiang Wei had already experienced the terrifying power of "Illusion Painting"; if he could tear a couple of "Illusion Paintings" during a fight with an enemy, the results would be unimaginable.

"You?" Elder Bai shook his head, "Not to mention you, even your senior sister has only learned the basics of illusions and is far from being able to create 'Illusion Paintings'! If you want to learn 'Illusion Painting,' you should first focus on improving your fighting skills!"

When Elder Bai took Lin Nianluo as a disciple, Lin Nianluo was arrogant due to his talent. Elder Bai showed this skill, and Lin Nianluo immediately submitted and showed great respect to Elder Bai from then on. Today was Elder Bai's first formal lesson for Jiang Wei, so he deliberately showed off his special skills to impress Jiang Wei and prevent him from being as rebellious as Lin Nianluo was at the beginning.

"Fighting?" Jiang Wei weakly said, "Master, I'm actually quite good at fighting..." This wasn't Jiang Wei boasting; his "fighting ability" was indeed strong, as evidenced by the several Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion seniors who had been beaten up, such as Long Tao and Jiang You.

"You're good at fighting?" Elder Bai laughed disdainfully, "Do you know that fighting is a very profound art? I have been studying fighting for decades and only dare to say I have learned the basics. How can you claim to know how to fight?"

"Um..."

Seeing that Jiang Wei seemed somewhat不服 (unconvinced), Elder Bai shook his head, "Then I'll ask you a very simple question — how can you ensure you never lose in a fight?"

Never lose?

Jiang Wei thought for a moment and said, "By making myself very powerful!"

"Wrong — no matter how powerful you are, there will always be a ghost more powerful than you!" Elder Bai said, "The best way to ensure you never lose is to only fight ghosts weaker than you and never fight those stronger than you! Don't worry, even if you are very weak, there will definitely be ghosts weaker than you!"

"Um..." Jiang Wei was speechless, "Master, isn't this bullying the weak and fearing the strong?"

"Can you bully the strong? And will you fear the weak? Bullying the weak and fearing the strong is normal for ghosts. 'Bullying the strong and fearing the weak' is a ghost whose true spirit was damaged at birth!" Elder Bai said matter-of-factly.

Jiang Wei countered, "But Master, when we fight, we can't always encounter ghosts weaker than us, can we? We will also encounter ghosts stronger than us!"

Every ghost wants to fight those weaker than them; no ghost would be foolish enough to seek out those stronger. However, in the ghost world, how can one avoid being beaten? When you mix with ghosts, you will inevitably encounter those stronger than you.

"This is a very profound question!" Elder Bai praised, "But think about it, which secret manuals have I asked you to study?"

ps: Kneeling for collection and recommendation~~~

Thank you, yu迷nghao, for the tip~ I'm so confused, this name is similar to a reader's name from the previous book, and I made a mistake... Also, Hollywood, the update ticket is too high, it's really out of reach...

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