Royal Master Painter

Chapter 68

After knowing the location, Jiang Greed rode an old donkey towards Musu Mountain outside Qingdu City.

Lingyue Mountain is one of the two major mountain systems in Qingdu. There are more than a dozen remaining veins, each of which has its own characteristics, and the most famous one of Musu Mountain is Huangshi.

Jiang Li even heard from Huang Wuling that a piece of high-grade chrome yellow was found in this Clifford Mountain decades ago. Most of the top painters in the 23 cities of Yunzhou joined the ranks of the competition, and even six of the prefects came!
Pigment has a fatal temptation for painters. There was a fierce battle in the Clifford Mountain. In the end, the master of Wenfu Mansion came forward to calm the matter, and the piece of chrome yellow was also stored in Wenfu.

Although the Caimen donkey looks bad in appearance, the speed of the old donkey is not satisfactory, and it is habitual to ride the donkey backwards and half lie on the donkey's back.

The painting spirit and the master of the painting are in the same mind, even if Jiang Li closed his eyes, he would know where the old donkey was going.

Colored stones are similar to treasures of heaven, materials and earth. Those who have difficulty making a living in Qingdu will choose to enter the Clifford Mountain, and many of them have found colorful stones and made a fortune overnight.

After several hours of driving, I finally came to the vicinity of Musu Mountain. Although the colored stones produced by Musu Mountain and Shimen Mountain are only different in color, other characteristics are very similar.

Colored stones can absorb the aura of heaven and earth, so places rich in colored stones usually have less vegetation and more exposed mountains and rocks.

According to the direction indicated by Huang Wuling, Jiang Li was going to get the mid-grade Yellowstone first, and then try his luck.

Along the way, I met many people who went into the mountain to dig for colored stones. Without much experience, they could only carry out carpet digging with shovels and various tools in their hands.

When Jiang Gu was heading towards the destination Huang Wuling had told him about, he didn't forget to look around the sides of the mountain to see if he could find a piece or two by chance.

Facts have proved that luck cannot always be as good as it was in Shimen Mountain, but all the places where colored stones may appear have been dug more than three times, and it is basically impossible to miss them.

Forty miles was almost approaching the hinterland of Mt. Mushu. The old donkey was very fast, and it took only an hour to reach the place where the middle-grade Huangshi was.

The water of Jingshuichuan flows through Musu Mountain. After hearing the sound of water, Jiang Li knew that he should not be far away.

When Jiang Greed was about to approach the water, two strong men blocked his way.

"The Wuling Chamber of Commerce in this area is mining, please go elsewhere"

"My name is Jiang Greed, and Huang Wuling asked me to come here."

When the two heard this, they hurriedly saluted.

"It turned out to be Painter Jiang, our brother has been waiting for you for several days"

"Just the two of you?"

"To tell you the truth, that evil ape went crazy two days ago, except for our two other brothers who were killed or wounded, and just withdrew from Clifford Mountain."

"Take me to see"

Under the leadership of these two people, Jiang Greed finally found the giant ape. The giant ape was nearly three feet tall when it stood upright with white hair. Now it was resting on a boulder with its eyes closed.

And not far from the giant ape, there was a pit dug by the Wuling Trading Company, and a golden corner of the yellow stone was exposed inside. Judging from the fluctuation of spiritual power, it was undoubtedly a middle-grade yellow stone.

Colored stones are treasures formed by collecting the essence of heaven and earth. If they are found and cannot be collected in time, once the breath of the colored stones leaks, it will attract some powerful beasts to guard them, and the more refined the colored stones, the stronger the beasts will be.

"Painter Jiang, according to our observations in the past few days, this giant ape will leave for a while at noon every day to go fishing in Jingshui Lake. This should be the best time for us to do it."

Sure enough, as the two said, the giant ape woke up from sleep just after arriving at noon, touched its stomach, and left Huangshikeng hungry.

After taking the giant ape far away, Jiang Li quietly sneaked towards the place where Huangshikeng was.

Time was running out and Jiang Li moved very quickly. When he came to Huangshikeng, this piece of yellowstone should not be small. Such a large piece of middle-grade yellowstone can even be sold for a high price of 10,000+ taels.

Without time to think about anything else, Jiang Greed took out the digging tools.

Colored stones are rooted deep in the soil like trees, and it is difficult to dig them out with bare hands without special tools, but this piece of Jiang Li was already a little loose after just knocking on it.

Just as he was about to take it out in one go, a blue python swam quickly along the mountain wall.

Seeing that Huangshi could be obtained in a short while, but now that the python was attacking, Jiang Lian could only abandon the Huangshi that was at his fingertips, and took out the picture scroll from his waist somewhat unwillingly.

The boa constrictor arrives, the fierce tiger appears, and a roar shakes the hills!
The boa constrictor took the lead in attacking first, and its waist as thick as a bucket directly entangled the fat tiger.

"Painting Spirit!"

Jiang Li saw at a glance that the cyan python was an excellent painting spirit, and his master, a middle-aged man with gloomy eyes, was standing not far away.

"I discovered this Yellowstone first, there must be someone who comes first, first come first," Jiang Greed said.

"It's the first time I've heard that such treasures are for those who can live there, first come, first served," said the middle-aged man coldly.

"Painter Jiang, this person is Xue Zhong, a painter raised by Tongbao Pavilion," the person from Wuling Commercial said in a low voice.

"It's all about enlightenment, since you know it's me, just go, I won't make things difficult for you"

"Don't think you've got me"

Jiang Greed's spiritual power was injected into Fat Tiger's body, and Fat Tiger was not easy to provoke. His sharp claws and sharp teeth continued to resist, tearing off a large piece of flesh and blood from the boa constrictor.

The battle between the boa constrictor and the fat tiger was extremely fierce, and Jiang Li had also fought against Qian Tong, who lived in the spirit realm, but it could not be compared with the present.

Xue Zhong entered the Lingling Realm more than ten years ago. Although many years of polishing were limited by his talent, he could not go any further, but he was very skilled in fighting in the Lingling Realm, so the python also had the upper hand.

If it was normal, Jiang Greed would have tolerated it, but a middle-grade Yellowstone was right in front of him, and his heart would hurt to death even if he took a step back.

Since you can't win, then find a way to win. Jiang Greed thought of the giant ape that went to Jingshui River to hunt.

After realizing Jiang Li's intentions, Fat Tiger also began to retreat gradually, and the battle with the python began to move closer to Jingshui River, and deliberately created a great momentum.

Hearing a roar from the vicinity of Jingshuichuan, it sounded like thunder and the forest trembled, presumably the giant ape had discovered the movement near Huangshikeng.

Xue Zhong didn't know that there was a giant ape living in the spirit realm nearby. Before he could react, the vigorous giant ape leaped down from the sky with all his strength.

Jiang Greed had been prepared for a long time, and the moment the giant ape appeared, the fat tiger withdrew from the painting and chose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!
The fat tiger disappeared out of thin air, and the giant ape that descended from the sky directly trampled the python on the ground, stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust.

This giant ape was extremely brave and especially powerful, he stepped on the blue python with his foot, and his thick palm got stuck in its seven inches, and the python couldn't break free no matter how much it tossed.

The giant ape broke off another big rock from the cliff, and smashed it on the boa constrictor with all its might.

(End of this chapter)