Chapter 134: Chapter 81 Giant Whale Divine Intent Picture! Furious Waves Skyrocketing!_3
Second, if a Hall Master-level figure had secretly made a move, given Liu Geng’s abilities, he really wouldn’t have had much chance to resist. The fact that the other party didn’t go all the way to catch him red-handed suggests that they were also afraid to offend him too much.
“Now there are two Hall Masters left in the gang. Was it Lei Jie or Zhao Tianhuo who made a move last night?”
Meng Sang fell into thought, almost certain that it was one of the Giant Whale Gang’s Hall Masters who had taken action, and he did not consider that a young man could be responsible!
The burning of the Xuanwu Pavilion in the Giant Whale Gang triggered a certain amount of turmoil within the gang. From the high ranks to some disciples and menials of the Giant Whale Gang, everyone had their speculations about the incident, but they also dared not talk about it recklessly. The storm was gradually subsiding.
And Su Changkong also discovered that two days later, Liu Geng returned to work in the Pill Refining Room as usual.
“Why didn’t you come the past two days?” Su Changkong thus feigned confusion and asked.
Liu Geng gave a wry smile and said, “Isn’t it because of the incident the day before yesterday? I got up at night to enjoy the cool and ended up being knocked out by a thug. I was then taken away for personal questioning by the Deputy Gang Leader, and it only ended today. I was almost scared to death.”
Hearing this, Su Changkong offered sympathetic comfort, “This is a great misfortune that you have survived; surely great fortune will follow.”
“Ah… let’s not talk about it, Master Su, let’s continue with the alchemy. The gang needs a batch of Gold Recovery Pills recently.”
Liu Geng obviously did not want to talk more about the matter and shifted the topic.
Seeing Liu Geng’s reaction, Su Changkong knew that Liu Geng had no idea that the person who had knocked him out was none other than himself standing right before his eyes!
The two continued their alchemy, and the uproar within the Giant Whale Gang gradually calmed down, but everyone knew that another round of open and secret strife had begun within the Giant Whale Gang!
But this was none of Su Changkong’s concern.
In the blink of an eye, five days had passed since the Xuanwu Pavilion was burned.
In the evening, Su Changkong strolled in the courtyard, seemingly taking a walk, but in fact, he was observing to see if anyone was watching him. After confirming that no one was, Su Changkong returned to his room and closed the doors and windows.
“Let’s see… The stuff that group stole from the Xuanwu Pavilion is very likely some Martial Arts Secret Manual. I wonder if it will be of any use to me!”
Su Changkong took a deep breath.
The Xuanwu Pavilion was where the Giant Whale Gang stored their Martial Arts Secret Manuals, and the item stolen by Meng Sang’s people was likely a Secret Manual of considerable level!
Su Changkong opened his mouth, breathing in and out, his abdomen undulating as a corner of a scroll emerged from his throat.
Indeed, Su Changkong had swallowed the scroll from that day and stored it in his belly!
The scroll was made of an extraordinary material, impervious to damage from being soaked in liquid, so Su Changkong swallowed it and wrapped it in True Qi to prevent it from being digested by gastric juices.
Beyond that, it was a measure of last resort. He could neither carry it on his person nor leave it in his room; if someone were to search him or rummage through his room while he was out, it could be discovered.
Hidden in his stomach, unless someone was to cut him open, it would be impossible to find!
“Fortunately… the scroll was folded into a cylindrical shape, so I could swallow it. If it had been a thick book, this wouldn’t be possible,” Su Changkong thought to himself as he pulled out the scroll.
At the same time, Su Changkong fetched a basin of water to clean it before he could examine the scroll closely.
The scroll’s material alone was exceptionally extraordinary, solid, impervious to fire and water, so Su Changkong began to slowly unroll it, expecting it to be a Martial Arts Secret Manual.
“A painting?”
But as he laid the scroll flat, Su Changkong was momentarily stunned, for it wasn’t a Martial Arts Secret Manual at all, but a painting!
On the scroll was a shade of azure blue, depicting a vast sea of raging waves, with the faint outline of a gigantic whale in the ocean, tiny rocks surrounding it like pebbles, accompanied by thunderbolts. The entire painting was crafted with a divine touch, filled with a bold and unbridled Intent Realm.
Although Su Changkong was not an art connoisseur, he could tell at a glance that this painting was a rare masterpiece that some would pay a fortune to own.
However, Su Changkong frowned slightly. Meng Sang’s people burned down the Xuanwu Pavilion just to steal this painting?
“Hm?”
Su Changkong thus concentrated on the painting and was immediately stunned!
“Whoooosh!”
Su Changkong heard the sound of surging waves in his ears, as the whale in the painting seemed to come to life, tumbling and leaping through the raging waves, stirring up towering billows.
This sight shocked Su Changkong’s heart, nearly making him drop the painting. But as his attention dissipated, the painting returned to its usual stillness, just an ordinary painting.
“Is this… a Divine Intent Picture?”
This bizarre moment widened Su Changkong’s eyes as his heart pounded. He instantly thought of something legendary, his heart racing!
It was said that many profound martial arts often became lost or incomplete primarily because of Divine Intent Pictures!
A lot of profound martial techniques were difficult to record or express in text, which led to the creation of Divine Intent Pictures.
A Divine Intent Picture is drawn by a martial artist who has reached a very high realm in a particular skill, combining their True Meaning and Intent Realm with their own insights. That is a Divine Intent Picture.
Only with text combined with a Divine Intent Picture could one comprehend the practice of that martial art and successfully cultivate it!
Text could be copied and transcribed, but a Divine Intent Picture imbued with a martial artist’s True Meaning was difficult to replicate. Outsiders, even with prints or tracing, could only obtain a plain image, unable to capture its essence.
A Divine Intent Picture could only be drawn by someone who had cultivated a martial art to a very high realm, combined with personal insights!
The painting before him was precisely a Divine Intent Picture of a profound martial art!
“But… there’s only one Divine Intent Picture here! Where are the cultivation methods?”
However, Su Changkong soon found his lips twitching slightly.
The cultivation methods recorded in text, when paired with the Divine Intent Picture, would form a complete Martial Arts Secret Manual. Yet Su Changkong discovered that this scroll contained only one Giant Whale Divine Intent Picture with not a single word!