Chapter 291: Chapter 291: Wall Painting World
Colorful clouds drift, fragrant scents linger.
Celestial music faintly heard, divine charm long-lasting.
Beside him is a radiant-horned white deer, lowering its head to graze, with eyes gentle and soft.
In the distance lies a grandiose Celestial Palace, shimmering with golden light.
What a splendid immortal scene!
"What the hell!" Lu Zheng complained, "Is this the realization of the Metaverse?"
The Paradise Heavenly Maiden’s Bewitching Divine Realm feels more like an Advanced Illusion Technique, but this Painted Wall indeed draws one’s Spiritual Power, creating a Spiritual World.
Isn’t this just like gaming?
Furthermore...
Lu Zheng was surprised to find that the time flow in the Wall Painting World was extremely fast, almost ten times faster than reality, somewhat like the Dream-Entering Skill.
A dream of twenty years.
Lu Zheng felt that his thinking in the Wall Painting World was also much quicker, "I wonder how vast this world is, and if I can use my Spells here?"
As Lu Zheng pondered in his heart, he suddenly heard voices coming from nearby, so he quickly performed a Seal Technique with his hands and cast the Invisibility Technique.
"Swoosh!"
With a faint sound, Lu Zheng’s form vanished from this world.
"Huh? I thought I heard someone speaking here just now, and thought it was some immortal friend taking a stroll here, was hoping to invite him for a game of Go."
"You must have heard wrong, isn’t there only a white deer here?"
Two white-haired elders emerged together from the woods, looked around, then proceeded in this direction without turning back.
"Let’s go find the Three Friends of Qingxi, it’s been several days since we last saw them, today is a good day for a visit."
Their feet moved like the wind, swiftly departing.
...
Seeing the two elder figures walking away, Lu Zheng did not lift the Invisibility Technique.
Hmm, this Wall Painting World is truly magical.
Lu Zheng touched his own body, feeling that this world seemed to construct a virtual body based on the invested Spiritual Power, and could also use True Qi and Spells.
Standing outside, Lu Zheng’s true body carefully sensed himself, finding nothing amiss.
"Young Master Lu?" Du Yuru asked worriedly.
"Don’t worry, I’ve already entered, I’ll find them," Lu Zheng nodded and said, then shifted his perspective back.
Returning to the Wall Painting World.
While still invisible, Lu Zheng proceeded toward the glimmering Celestial Palace.
Since Madam Du and her daughter entered, they don’t have my invisibility skills, they will definitely be detected and taken to the Celestial Palace for questioning... right?
As Lu Zheng moved toward the palace, he saw flowing streams and springs, pavilions and towers, purple bamboo and green pines, mist and colorful dew.
Along the way, two white cranes were leisurely strolling, an azure ox lay beside a rock.
He also encountered several palace-dressed women playing joyfully, and a few learned in blue and white robes were drinking and playing music.
None of them noticed Lu Zheng, and Lu Zheng didn’t disturb them. The closer he got to the Celestial Palace, the more people he encountered on the way.
"Someone has entered the Immortal Realm."
"Wasn’t it said that the Immortal Realm had been sealed? It’s been over a hundred years, how could someone enter?"
Turning his head, Lu Zheng saw a pair of women dressed in purple and pink heading to the palace.
"I heard it’s two women, and Sister Shaoyao already took them to the Celestial One Hall to meet the Divine King."
"Let’s go have a look, wonder if they’ll be kept by the Divine King."
Lu Zheng blinked, then silently followed the two women, stepping into the precincts of the Celestial Palace with them.
Around him, the architecture grew more numerous, with green bricks and jade pillars, halls and corridors, silver-armored Immortal Soldiers stationed everywhere, and gold-armored Guards patrolling the Four Directions.
Turning past a few palaces, a vast square appeared before Lu Zheng.
The mural naturally depicted this White Jade Square before the Celestial Palace Hall, but how could a wall painting capture even a fraction of the real sight?
The vast square, over a hundred feet wide, encircled by water corridors, with marble railings, and at its center grow lush green trees, with tables and desks set at the Four Directions, furnished with fruits, tea, and wine, and in the deepest part stood a tall White Jade platform.
An elegantly dressed middle-aged man sat high on the divine platform, while dozens of graceful men and women sat below. The celestial maidens who were performing their music had retreated to the side, revealing two rather constrained figures in the center of the square, namely Madam Du and her daughter.
When Lu Zheng followed the two women to the square, Madam Du and her daughter were just finishing recounting their origins.
"Your Excellency, Divine King, my husband is still outside the Celestial Palace, please show mercy and send us back out," Madam Du bowed and pleaded.
The Divine King on the high platform had a solemn expression, but looked kind, "Since the two of you could enter my Celestial Palace, it shows we are fated, leaving is but a trivial matter, there is no need to rush."
"Thank you, Divine King! Thank you, Divine King!" Madam Du repeatedly bowed, pulling Du Yueyao along to also bow.
"Please offer seats to the two of them to enjoy a glass of exquisite wine from the Immortal Realm," the Divine King said to Madam Du and her daughter with a smile, "Time in the Celestial Palace is not as outside, one year here is less than a month outside, you may sit without too much worry, an overnight stay in the Celestial Palace would hardly be a moment outside."
Several celestial maidens approached, guiding Madam Du and her daughter to take a seat at a side, with fresh fruits, green pots, and jade cups placed before them.
One poured the wine while another offered the cup, the clear and bright wine poured into the cups, then handed to Madam Du and her daughter.
"Please drink it all!"
"Thank you, Divine King!" Madam Du and her daughter raised their cups, about to drink.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
With two soft sounds, the jade cups were knocked to the ground, and Lu Zheng suddenly appeared from behind them, "This wine must not be consumed."
"Young Master Lu?"
"Young Master Lu!"
The two women turned abruptly, and were both surprised and delighted to see Lu Zheng.
"Another outsider!"
"This person can perform Spells! An Abnormal Person!"
The crowd around the square exclaimed in surprise, rising from their seats and looking at Lu Zheng cautiously.
The Divine King’s expression also changed, his eyes fixed on Lu Zheng, "Who are you?"
Lu Zheng did not answer, only stating, "You actually added a Spirit Seal in the wine, treating ordinary mortals this way, isn’t that rather dishonorable?"
The reason Lu Zheng dared to reveal himself was because he could see through the Divine King’s reality.
First, using the Breath Concealment Technique and Invisibility Technique, he had been lurking to the side, and nobody noticed him at all.
Second, to deal with Madam Du and her daughter, the Divine King couldn’t directly cast Spells, needing the wine as a medium to secretly cast a Curse, showing his power was not too high.
So...
The mystery of this Painted Wall likely isn’t just the wall itself, right?
"How dare you!"
The Divine King’s eyes narrowed, his face serious, shouting sternly, "Ignorant mortal, offending the majesty of the heavens, you ought to die!"
With these words, the Immortal Realm changed colors, strong winds began, white clouds dispersed, stars flickered in the sky, and the ground shook in waves.
Lu Zheng: ???
The next moment, the Divine King squeezed his hand, and Lu Zheng felt his body being seized, as if gripped by an invisible giant hand.
Lu Zheng: !!!