Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 235

Chapter 235 Cloud and Water Secret Realm

. Qin Luan’s painting skills proved difficult to describe. He supposedly drew a circle, but to Jiang Li, it looked more like an egg.

Qin Luan was aware of his own abilities. They hadn’t come to the Cloud and Water Secret Realm specifically, but had accidentally stepped into a random teleportation array in the previous secret realm and been transported here.

Since they were already there and it was free, why not give it a try? Qin Luan decided to go in and try his luck.

Jiang Li thought that after entering the secret realm, Yuan Wuxing would be left alone, which would be pitiful, so he asked, “Should I take you in?”

Yuan Wuxing thanked Jiang Li for his kindness but still declined, “Unlike someone else, it’s important to know your own limitations. With my mediocre painting skills, I won’t go in and show off.”

Qin Luan felt his master was talking about him.

Li Er felt Yuan Wuxing was talking about him.

Jiang Li felt Yuan Wuxing was talking about him. Jiang Li felt Yuan Wuxing was talking about him.

Jiang Li laughed dryly and stopped talking about taking them in. There was a commotion in the crowd, as if some important figure was approaching.

“Look! That’s Lin Ruling, the young master of the reclusive mountain family!”

“What? That genius, Lin Ruling, who learned to read at three, recited poetry at five, and composed poetry at seven!”

“Who else could have such an aura? His confident demeanor suggests he must have a deep well of poetry!”

“And his looks—gentle, elegant, handsome, and unrestrained—the dream lover of countless young girls!”

“His cultivation speed is also astonishing. He’s only twenty-five, but he’s already in the late Jindan stage, a feat few of his generation can match.” “His combat prowess is incredible, too.

With his various skills, he could outlast an early Yuanying cultivator by fifty moves!”

Lin Ruling waved his hand, signaling a need to be more discreet and less ostentatious.

The more he acted like this, the more amazed people became. It was truly shameful that such a talented person could be so low-key.

Qin Luan and his group were bewildered.

Who was Lin Ruling? Why did so many people know him?

Was a late Jindan cultivator at twenty-five that rare? Qin Luan was twenty-three, already at the peak of Jindan perfection, poised to break through to the Yuanying stage at any moment.

What kind of combat power

could possibly defy the heavens? So far, no one in the early Nascent Soul stage who had fought Qin Luan had managed to last more than fifty moves against him. “Do you know him?” Li Er didn’t know Lin Ruling, but he had heard of the Shanlin Family, a renowned reclusive family.

They frequently secluded themselves, retreating every three to five years.

The Shanlin Family, led by a Fusion Stage cultivator, was a millennial family.

However, this Fusion Stage cultivator relished fame. He considered himself mediocre at Fusion Stage, with nothing to show for it.

So, he decided to retreat and use this seclusion to build his reputation. The Gu Clan is a prime example, having lived in seclusion for centuries, yet everyone remembered their name.

Fusion Stage cultivators were nicknamed Shanlin Jushi, meaning they enjoyed seclusion and long periods of mountain life. However, after retreating, these monks worried that their seclusion would become too real, leading to people forgetting them. So, they found a new name to come out, like temporarily retiring to celebrate their grandson’s full moon, then returning to seclusion after the full moon.

This repetitive pattern led to the Shanlin Family regularly asserting their presence.

“They’re all shills.” Jiang Li guessed it when he saw a group of people introducing Lin Ruling in exaggerated tones. This tactic was all too familiar to him.

To prove his point, he stepped into the crowd and spoke in a similarly exaggerated tone.

“Is this the legendary Lin Ruling, the reincarnation of a true immortal, a banished immortal descended to earth, born with the divine will?!” “It’s

said that he’s a master of all arts: composing poems in seven steps, playing the Qiankun chess game, reciting the classics backwards, and painting with mastery. Any one of these skills alone is enough to make him an immortal, let alone mastering all four. He’s truly a prodigy unseen in centuries!”

“His cultivation talent is truly exceptional. He levels up like flowing water, inflicting casualties without blinking an eye. Many say he possesses the potential to become a Human Emperor, and it’s only a matter of time before he surpasses the current one.”

The shills turned to look at Jiang Li in surprise. They had never met a newcomer, but he had such good eloquence.

“Well said! You can receive two more spirit stones when this is over.”

The shill leader was very pleased with Jiang Li.

But Lin Ruling broke out in a cold sweat. This was a show of praise to her own detriment.

The family had promoted her to spread the family’s reputation, and since Lin Ruling was a flamboyant cultivator, she had come to the entrance of the Yunshui Secret Realm to promote it at the family’s request.

Who would have thought that the person the family had invited would be so boastful, saying that surpassing the Human Emperor was only a matter of time. Is that even possible? If he had the ability, he wouldn’t still be the heir of some secluded mountain family, and he would have come out to worship the Human Emperor Jiang as his teacher.

Lin Ruling quickly lowered his head. This time, he really wanted to keep a low profile.

“See, I told you it was a shill.” Jiang Li returned with two spirit stones.

“Look, the Yunshui Secret Realm is about to open,” someone in the crowd shouted, pointing ahead.

Unlike other secret realms, the Painting Immortal could create a world within a painting, and the Yunshui Secret Realm was a world within a painting.

A suspended scroll slowly descended, revealing a majestic ink landscape painting before everyone. Its vastness and power, its mastery unmatched, demonstrated the depth of the Immortal Painting’s artistic path. No one in Kyushu could reach this level.

A host of geniuses, including Jiang Li, a former prodigy, stepped into the painting.

The scroll had hung there since ancient times, untouchable, a symbol of the Immortal’s will. If Jiang Li so desired, he could even remove the scroll, a scroll hung there for eternity, let alone enter the secret realm.

Li Er could also enter the secret realm.

Having survived the immortal tribulation, his power wasn’t equal to that of an immortal, but he could still break through the rules of the scroll.

“Is this the Cloud and Water Secret Realm?” Except for Jiang Li, everyone else was entering the Cloud and Water Secret Realm for the first time, and Li Er had never been there either.

The Cloud and Water Secret Realm featured mountains, water, cities, streets, houses, and people… everything was composed of black and white, and even unsophisticated individuals like Jiang Li and Li Er could sense its subtle elegance.

The mountains are high and the forests are lush, the stream is gurgling, old cows are plowing, children are playing, and young women are washing clothes. It looks unreal, but it is more beautiful than the real scene.

“You’ve turned black and white.” Song Ying looked at Qin Luan and felt that he was a gentle gentleman who walked out of a painting. Every move he made would leave an ink-colored afterimage, which gradually dissipated over time, which was very charming.

“Everyone is black and white.” Qin Luan rolled his eyes. Everyone has changed, why are you focusing on me alone? As a cultivator, if you don’t listen to all directions and observe all directions, you will suffer in future battles.

“Aguna hasn’t changed much.” Qin Luan added.

Aguna has brown skin, which is unique to southern Xinjiang. Now it has changed from brown to black, which is indeed not a big change.

This is the truth, but Aguna always has the urge to hit Qin Luan.

Some things in the secret realm are painted, and some are real. If someone can find out that something is real, the camouflage color will fall off and reveal its original appearance. This

is how the realm-breaking grass is disguised.

And according to Jiang Li’s observation, the realm-breaking grass is not here, it should be in the small world where other levels are located, and it needs to pass the test to reach it.

(End of this chapter)