"When I looked at the doctor, he shook his head and said, 'Brother, I understand what you mean.'"

"I can swear to you that I will do everything I can to help you slay the immortal."

The doctor looked at me and said, "Are you still wondering why I don't want to become an immortal?"

The doctor looked at the sky and said, "The path of immortality is too far away for me."

"What's so good about becoming an immortal? Compared to the immortals who have no desires, no love, and no hate, I'd rather be a mortal. To see the person I want to see. We agreed to meet again in the next reincarnation."

"Even if she doesn't remember me, I have to fulfill our promise!"

I nodded and said, "I understand!"

"Leng Gou, it's up to you!"

Ye Yang took out the scroll and said, "The secret to breaking the path to immortality is right here!"

"Since this person is Ning Kang, then we need to find a way to break her Five Elements Tribulation."

"Although they killed five people, the Five Elements Tribulation wasn't fully activated. We can use the same method to apply the Five Elements Tribulation to Ning Kang."

"Ning Kang and Luan Jingfan are twins, one body and two lives. If we get rid of Ning Kang, Luan Jingfan will definitely be severely injured."

"If Luan Jingfan wants to become an immortal, you must personally perform bingjie (disassembly and liberation) on her."

"After she is severely injured, if you attack, you won't be helping her bingjie; you'll be slaying an immortal."

Ye Yang paused slightly before saying, "But the Five Elements Tribulation must be activated simultaneously!"

"We have four people here, plus two ghosts."

"Five people correspond to the Five Elements Tribulation. You go in to find Luan Jingfan. That's just enough people."

So, Ye Yang had this devious plan in mind!

No wonder he insisted on having the doctor and Cang Jian swear!

However, Ye Yang's method was too clumsy, his intentions too obvious. Wouldn't that make it easy for people to see through?

I coughed dryly, slightly embarrassed, and said, "What do you want me to do?"

Ye Yang said, "Do you know how to peel paintings? If not, then we have to find a way to copy this painting four times!"

The "peeling paintings" that Ye Yang mentioned is a forgery technique used in the antique business, which involves peeling a painting apart horizontally to create two paintings.

The two paintings that are peeled apart can both be called genuine paintings, but they can also both be called fakes.

This is one of the most brilliant forgery techniques in the antique business.

It is said that peeling two layers is not considered a master skill. A true master can peel five, or even nine, layers.

I touched the painting and said, "This won't work. This painting wasn't done on jiaxuan (paper used for peeling paintings), so it can't be peeled."

Peeling paintings has one prerequisite: the painting must be painted on jiaxuan; otherwise, it can't be peeled.

Jiaxuan is also called shuangxuan (double xuan paper). It refers to xuan paper that has two or more layers.

Ning Kang's portrait was painted on danxuan (single layer xuan paper), so it can't be peeled.

Ye Yang said, "Then let's copy it! I know you can do it! But if we copy it, the effect might be a little worse."

Gui Ba (Eighth Ghost) the Killer King, Lie Huo (Raging Fire), also has a nickname called "Painting Demon!"

He might paint flowers, birds, insects, and fish for leisure and relaxation, but when he paints people, it's definitely to kill them.

Gui Ba just so happens to be best at painting people.

I thought for a moment and said, "Do you have a place here where I can paint? Take me there, and maybe I can think of another way."

"This way!" The doctor led me into a meditation room. It seemed that the original owner of the meditation room was obsessed with calligraphy and painting, and the room was fully equipped with writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones.

I said, "Ye Yang asked me to peel the painting earlier because he wanted to preserve the aura of the original painting as much as possible."

"Actually, I can do it without peeling the painting!"

I took out my knife and said, "I can divide the painting into five parts, stick them on different pieces of xuan paper, and then paint the remaining parts according to the original painting."

"I'm not doing this to create a fake, so I won't be too meticulous. As long as it works."

"Five paintings!" I looked at my watch and said, "I won't be able to finish it tonight. I'll have to wait until tomorrow!"

Ye Yang said, "As long as you can finish it before zi shi (11 PM-1 AM) tomorrow, it's fine. We'll make our move at zi shi."

Ye Yang looked at the doctor and said, "Do you have any watches here? Get us a few watches!"

Only I in Liangjie Tang (Two Worlds Hall) have the habit of wearing a watch. We can only find watches from the Luan family.

Ye Yang, holding the watch that Cang Jian brought over, said, "I'll engrave a formation on the watch. After you go in, you definitely won't be able to reason with Luan Jingfan. So, we'll activate the Five Elements Tribulation twenty minutes after you enter."

"Can you guarantee that you can delay Luan Jingfan for twenty minutes?"

Actually, these twenty minutes can't be considered a delay. We came to Ning Kang Temple for the map, not to slay demons and eliminate evil.

I at least have to get the map from Luan Jingfan before I can take the next step. What if I really beat the other party into oblivion? Who would I ask for the map from?

I pondered for a moment and said, "It's best to give me half an hour. I'll be as quick as possible!"

Ye Yang said, "When you enter the main hall, your cultivation will be sealed, and you can't bring any magical artifacts with you. If you can't delay them and you start fighting, can you save your own life?"

I said in a deep voice, "That depends on how quickly you can come to rescue me. I can hold on for about half an hour. But how will you know if I've started fighting with someone?"

The doctor interjected, "The people inside the main hall can't come out, but the sound can travel out."

"That's good. Half an hour should be enough for us to deal with Ning Kang." Ye Yang frowned and said, "Half an hour after the Five Elements Tribulation is activated, regardless of whether you can destroy the painting, don't worry about that painting anymore. Use all your strength to rush into the main hall to rescue Li Po!"