Dragon Tamer

Chapter 525 -527: Forest in the Painting

Stove Dragon…

Isn’t it just a big, portable copper pot!

If Fang Niannian likes it, I don’t mind giving it to her, since the Stove Dragon will ultimately improve everyone’s quality of life in the future!

Besides, if Fang Niannian goes shopping, you can’t have the Refining Ash Black Dragon, which could crush the streets, carry supplies. That’s no different from riding an Azure Dragon to buy vegetables!

“Little Glow Spirit and Little Jiao Spirit, take care of them for me, I’m going to be off to war in a few days,” Zhu Minglang said.

“Sure thing, I guarantee that when you come back, Little Jiao Spirit’s cultivation base will have greatly increased,” Fang Niannian’s smile never faded from her cheeks, it seemed that she really liked that little Stove Dragon.

“The Little Glow Spirit can store spiritual energy, make sure you keep an eye on it, it could accidentally drain a spirit vein,” Zhu Minglang cautioned again.

“Okay, oh, have you told Sister Lingsha or Sister Yu Suo that you’re back?” Fang Niannian asked.

“Not yet, where is she?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“At the academy. They don’t like living with the Nan Family; you can’t just think about the Female Monarch, you have to take care of Sister Lingsha and Sister Yu Suo’s feelings as well.”

“My relationship with them is pure and clear!”

“I’m not saying your relationship is ambiguous, Sister Lingsha is a Divine and Mortal of our team, and Sister Yu Suo is also one of us. Are you planning on abandoning them?”

“The matter of the Stove Dragon, let’s put it aside for now…”

“I was wrong, Eldest son of the Zhu,” Fang Niannian cutely stuck out her tongue.

…

Whether out of courtesy or for some other reason, since I had returned to Li Chuan, it was natural to inform them.

Upon arrival at the academy, Duan Lan and the others were still studying at the High Court, and it would be some days before they returned to Li Chuan Dragon Taming Academy. Although there were some acquaintances in the academy, Zhu Minglang did not go to greet each one.

Stepping into the bamboo forest, Zhu Minglang roughly guessed that Nan Lingsha must be practicing her painting.

The bamboo forest exuded a sense of coolness, and a breeze flowed through, gently swaying the black silk and veil, occasionally revealing a delicate and fair chin, as well as those alluring and sensual red lips.

Her graceful figure was slightly enchantingly alluring; a dark crystal hair accessory elegantly bundled her hair into a dignified and noble lily bun, with strands elegantly parted at her smooth forehead, falling next to her exquisite earlobes. A pair of bright eyes was focused on the rice paper…

Zhu Minglang walked up the steps, and before reaching her, caught a faint scent of orchid. Initially, he thought it came from the special colored ink beside her painting case, but as he approached, he realized that it was probably the body fragrance of the painting artist.

“Miss Lingsha, I’m back,” Zhu Minglang said.

“Mm,” Nan Lingsha answered faintly.

Zhu Minglang was used to Nan Lingsha’s undistracted demeanor. He approached her painting case, curious to see what she was drawing, only to be surprised to find a painting of a man on the rice paper!

Before he could ponder, Zhu Minglang noticed that the man Nan Lingsha was painting bore a resemblance to himself.

Most importantly, he was holding a sword with flame billowing around it, standing proudly in the city. How handsome and extraordinary, brave and domineering!

“Are you painting me?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“I can draw Li Yunzi wielding a sword, and bestow a sliver of a painting spirit, allowing her to walk out of the painting. However, for some reason, the you I paint always lacks spirit, lacks life, and can’t become the painting shadow to fight for me,” Nan Lingsha seriously scrutinized Zhu Minglang for a moment, then glanced back at the swordsman in the painting, as if trying to see what was wrong.

“Miss Lingsha, you’re really interesting. If you want me to fight for you, just give the order, and I will personally take care of whoever annoys you, ensuring they never ascend to divinity,” Zhu Minglang laughed.

“You’re not as obedient as it,” Nan Lingsha said.

“…”

Nan Lingsha set down her brush and casually tossed the lifeless painting into a basket.

Zhu Minglang saw this scene, and couldn’t help but feel some heartache.

After all, it was a painting of himself, but to just discard it like waste paper? The painting depicted him as handsome and dashing, exuding an air of confidence. How could Miss Lingsha bear to throw it away as trash? You could have treasured it, taking it out to look at when you feel lost and annoyed, and it would surely have calmed your mind!

“What does Miss Lingsha know about the World Dragon Gate incident?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“Let’s talk about that later,” Nan Lingsha replied.

Just as Zhu Minglang was about to ask further, he suddenly detected a strange aura wafting from the depths of the Bamboo Forest. It felt like several pairs of eyes watching him, similar to an uncontrollable surge of murderous intent!

There were people in the Bamboo Forest!

And they had been watching this place all along!

With ill intentions!

Zhu Minglang frowned, sensing that the aura coming from the forest was very powerful, certainly not from any of the teachers at the Li Chuan Academy.

It seemed that they were also targeting Nan Lingsha.

Zhu Minglang employed his keen perception and suddenly noticed a detail he had previously overlooked.

In springtime, this Bamboo Forest should have been a vibrant green, yet for some reason, it appeared somewhat dull and dark. Most importantly, the shadows of the bamboo leaves should flutter with the wind, yet while the leaves flew about, their shadows did not stir at all.

Looking back towards the Painting Pavilion, Zhu Minglang noticed a lamp inside it, with the flame perfectly still within.

The flame wasn’t flickering at all!

Glancing around once more, Zhu Minglang gradually realized that this Bamboo Forest, the Painting Pavilion, all of the scenery—it all bore tiny differences from the real thing. If one didn’t carefully discern, they would entirely believe they were in a normal space.

“Am I in your painting?” Zhu Minglang whispered to Nan Lingsha.

Nan Lingsha nodded slightly.

This was a forest within a painting!

From the moment he stepped into this Bamboo Forest, Zhu Minglang unknowingly entered Nan Lingsha’s painted forest, where the surrounding bamboo, the pavilion behind him, and everything he could see, were all scenes painted by Nan Lingsha.

Just like the Painted City of Red Lotus City before, this was Nan Lingsha’s strongest realm of painting, blending reality and illusion as if with a stroke of her ink brush, creating a dream world that completely deceived those within it!

Of course, this painted forest was not specifically aimed at Zhu Minglang.

Zhu Minglang had simply happened to arrive.

The people Nan Lingsha was dealing with were in the bamboo forest ahead, thinking they were well concealed, unaware that they had already stepped into Nan Lingsha’s trap set within the painted world!

“Who are they, to dare act so brazenly in broad daylight??” Zhu Minglang asked.

No wonder Nan Lingsha had just spoken of killing the enemy; the enemy was already before her eyes.

“I took their Sect’s Cultivation Fruit at the base of North Utmost Ridge,” Nan Lingsha said.

“…”

So the niece was the real big bad wolf.

“The entire Li Chuan Continent belongs to your Li Family and the Nan Family. How can it be called stealing! They are the ones who have come here to plunder; you are merely defending what is rightfully yours,” Zhu Minglang said righteously.

Nan Lingsha glanced at Zhu Minglang and beneath her thin veil, an enchanting face blossomed into a gentle dimple.

That dimpled smile, a bit hazy, was enough to topple cities and nations!

Zhu Minglang liked the way he put it very much.