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"My classmate is now threatening suicide, and Xia Dongqing has disappeared without a trace. He must have taken that painting!"
"I heard that painting is an ancient one, and quite valuable!"
"Logically speaking, Xia Dongqing isn't that kind of person. I don't understand why he would steal the painting!"
Li Yang shook his head. "That's not an ordinary ancient painting, but a ghost painting. A female ghost is living inside it, and she's the one who bewitched Xia Dongqing's soul!"
"Let's go visit Holly's house."
soon.
The two arrived at Xia Dongqing's rented room.
Inside the room, Xia Dongqing lay unconscious on the bed, with a painting beside him.
"What's that smell?!"
As soon as she entered the door, Wang Xiaoya frowned and covered her nose with her hand.
Li Yang smiled and said, "This smell is a bit unpleasant for you women. It's like using perfume to cover up body odor. The scent of perfume mixed with body odor creates a very strange smell!"
Wang Xiaoya's eyes lit up, and she nodded vigorously, "That's right, that's the taste!"
Li Yang added, "But for men, this scent is intoxicating... That's why Dong Qing stole the painting; he simply couldn't resist the temptation!"
A portrait of Yang Guifei at night!
When Wang Xiaoya saw the painting, she was so frightened that she hid next to Li Yang.
"General Yang, is this the ghost painting you were talking about?"
Li Yang nodded, looking at the ancient painting with burn marks next to Xia Dongqing.
"Clouds remind me of her clothes, flowers of her face; the spring breeze caresses the balustrade, the dew is heavy..." This poem by Li Bai describes the scene of Yang Guifei dancing the Rainbow Feather Dance!
"Bai Juyi's 'Song of Everlasting Regret' beautifully tells the love story between Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Guifei!"
Chapter Sixty-Four: The Welfare Girl's Demonic Painting! Animal Control Bureau Investigates!
Li Yang looked at the painting of Yang Guifei in her nighttime makeup on the bed.
"This painting is the work of a Japanese artist. The architecture is from the Tang Dynasty, but the background is Mount Fuji, and the foreground is cherry blossoms. It's a complete mess!"
"According to my guess, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, a Japanese envoy to Tang, in order to please Emperor Xuanzong, used magic to exhaust Yang Guifei's flesh and blood after her death, ground her bones into powder, mixed them with pigments, and created this painting!"
"From then on, Yang Guifei's soul resided in the painting, becoming a spirit within it!"
"Emperor Xuanzong was able to meet Yang Guifei again in the painting, which led to the story of 'On the seventh day of the seventh month, in the Hall of Eternal Life, when no one was around, they whispered to each other at midnight!'"
"Later, someone stole this painting from Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and took it to Japan. It remained there for over a thousand years until it was brought back by your classmate!"
Wang Xiaoya was about to touch the ancient painting when she heard that it was made from women's bones, and she felt so disgusted that her arms got goosebumps.
"Ugh, how scary! How disgusting! How are we supposed to save Holly?"
"It's super easy, just watch me!"
Li Yang was too lazy to go through the trouble of being like Zhao Li in the original story, so he pulled back Xia Dongqing's soul from the painting.
He has a simple and brutal method!
And it works very well!
Li Yang slapped the tattered ancient painting.
The ability to be immune to all evil is activated!
Black smoke billowed from the ancient painting, accompanied by the screams of a woman!
Sudden.
Xia Dongqing, who was lying on the bed, opened her eyes, sat up abruptly, and gasped for breath.
But the ancient painting suddenly burst into flames!
A wisp of black smoke emerged from the palace in the painting and fled out the window.
"Come back!"
Li Yang roared, and the black mist in mid-air trembled a few times before condensing into a human figure kneeling on the ground.
This is a woman, with a plump figure and delicate features, who does indeed have some of the charm of Yang Guifei, one of the Four Beauties of ancient China!
"Great God, spare my life!"
Li Yang sized up the woman.
"What the hell are you?"
"The little demon is a painting demon!"
Wang Xiaoya, who was standing to the side, was stunned.
"Aren't you Yang Guifei's ghost?"
Li Yang smiled and said, "It couldn't possibly be Yang Yuhuan. Think about it, how famous was Yang Guifei in history? If her soul hadn't gone to the underworld, the underworld would be in complete chaos!"
"Can it stay peacefully in Japan for over a thousand years?"
The demon prostrated itself on the ground, saying, "Great Sage, I am indeed not Yang Guifei, but my birth is indeed related to her!"
"In terms of relationships, Yang Guifei can be considered the little demon's mother!"
"I heard you explain the origin of the painting clearly, and you are absolutely right!"
"Among the Japanese envoys to Tang China, there was a highly skilled sorcerer. Seeing that Emperor Xuanzong was depressed after ordering Yang Guifei to commit suicide at Mawei Slope, he mixed Yang Guifei's bones with pigments and used a secret technique to create a painting!"
"This painting contains a fragment of Yang Guifei's spirit, and is also the origin of the little demon!"
"The little demon was originally confused and only had a part of Yang Guifei's memories in her mind. Later, the little demon kept absorbing the essence of men, and that's when she developed her mind and self-awareness!"
Wang Xiaoya suddenly realized.
But Li Yang frowned.
"If that's the case, why aren't you staying in Japan? Why did you run back to China?"
"Don't tell me you randomly picked Hu Ming. If you don't tell me the real reason, I'll make you disappear without a trace!"
Hu Ming is Wang Xiaoya's classmate who returned from studying in Japan.
The demon trembled again, banging its head on the ground, "This lowly demon dares not deceive the great god, this lowly demon has come to China to escape disaster!"
"Avoid disaster?"
The painting demon hurriedly explained:
"Although the little demon's true form is just a painting, it has at least a thousand years of cultivation and has long since broken free from the constraints of the painting, allowing it to move freely!"
"Therefore, the little demon often left the painting to go out and play, and made a lot of connections in the Japanese demon circle!"
"A legend has been circulating in the Japanese yokai community recently... It is said that the era of the Japanese Night Parade of One Hundred Demons is about to begin!"
"The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons will turn Japan into a land of carnage, with all sorts of demons, monsters, and evil spirits appearing. Not only will the living be harmed, but even we monsters, who are not good at fighting, will not be spared!"
"At that time, the whole of Japan will become a world where demons eat demons, ghosts eat ghosts, and people eat people!"
"Although this little demon has a thousand years of cultivation, she is not very capable and is not good at fighting. She only wants to have sex with men and steal some of their essence for her cultivation!"
"So, I thought about leaving Japan and finding a safer country to hide in. After thinking it over, I decided that China was the best option!"
"After all, China is my homeland, and in recent years, I've seen the rapid development, prosperity, and strength of our motherland online..."
Wang Xiaoya exclaimed in shock, "My God, you can even use the internet?"
The painting demon looked up and gave her a fawning smile.
"Xiao Yao is not only good at surfing the internet, but she is also an internet celebrity with millions of followers on foreign websites!"
Wang Xiaoya was completely stunned.
Even Li Yang was starting to lose his composure.
This scene wasn't in the original Soul Ferry storyline!
But then the painting demon said:
"Painting demons are monsters born from paintings, and they inherently possess the spirit of calligraphy and painting!"
"But this little demon is no ordinary painting demon. She inherited Yang Guifei's memories, so she is proficient in all the arts, including music, chess, calligraphy, and painting!"
Wang Xiaoya's eyes lit up as she asked, "So, you share your dancing and piano playing videos online?"
"Could I see your video?"
I'm so curious!
Hua Yao nodded, then looked at Xia Dongqing with deep affection.
"Sanlang, could I borrow your computer?"
Xia Dongqing couldn't help but shiver, and jumped to Li Yang's side in a flash, looking like a timid young man.
Li Yang poked his forehead with her finger and pushed him away, annoyed. "At a time like this, what are you still afraid of? Isn't this the time to hug her and call her 'little cutie'?"
Xia Dongqing was almost in tears.
"Brother Yang, I'm a victim too. Besides, I never called her 'little cutie'."
Hua Yao nodded from the side, "He never called Xiao Yao 'Little Cutie,' he always called her... 'Beauty,' 'Darling,' 'Sweetheart!'"
Xia Dongqing's face turned bright red, even redder than a monkey's bottom!
Wang Xiaoya almost burst out laughing.
Li Yang was also amused.
Good heavens, Xia Dongqing's social death scene is huge!
To cover up her embarrassment, Xia Dongqing quickly found her laptop.
Hua Yao skillfully bypassed the Great Firewall to access the internet and opened a video she had previously shared.
When Li Yang took a look, he was shocked to discover that this painting demon was actually a welfare girl!
Wearing a kimono with a slit up to the thigh, she dances the "Rainbow Feather Robe Dance".
The screen is filled with long, snow-white legs!
Wearing a very low-cut maid outfit and playing guitar?
With his huge chest resting on the guitar, he bounced and jumped around!
She even went so far as to wear a bikini while playing the piano!
Or you can look in the mirror and paint your own body!
Li Yang was truly astonished, staring at the painting demon in shock.
"Is this how you share the arts of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting?"
Hua Yao nodded shyly, "Before, I was a proper streamer, but no one watched my videos. Later, I changed to this style, and my number of fans skyrocketed!"
"Moreover, there's another advantage to what the little demon is doing!"
"The expert can take a look at Xiao Yao's fan ranking. It's mostly men, and the higher up the list, the more lust-driven they are!"
"This little demon can just choose him as her target to absorb his life essence!"
Wang Xiaoya suddenly discovered a blind spot.
"So, my classmate Hu Ming was once your fan?"
Hua Yao nodded, "Hu Ming used to be my biggest fan, spending a million yen on me every month!"
Wang Xiaoya curled her lip, "Tch, men!"
Li Yang chuckled and said, "So, that's how you chose Hu Ming and had him bring you to China?"
"But why did you insist on coming to China? I think neighboring South Korea would be a better fit for you!"
After all, the Viagra in South Korea is above the legal limit!
"Moreover, compared to China, a small country is safer for a monster like you!"
After all, small countries don't have that many cultivators, and their strength is probably not that great.