Wandering Gods of Day and Night-Chapter 433 - 231 Causality Map

Mo Tingsheng saw that Qing Feng seemed intent on using force, and in the end, he cowered.

He put down the feather duster and said coldly, "Justice resides in the hearts of people. I am not a criminal, and even if you want to capture me, I am unafraid."

"Mr. Mo, you must be insulting the word ’justice.’"

Qing Feng stepped aside and gestured towards the street with a "please" motion.

Mr. Mo entered the ranks of the City God disciples and surrendered quietly.

"Zhang Yifeng, go and invite Young Master. Tell him Mo Tingsheng has been brought in, and ask him to help uncover Mo’s secrets."

"Understood, Second Master."

Zhang Yifeng received Qing Feng’s orders and went to the parking spot to drive over and invite Zhou Xuan.

...

The sunlight today was particularly pleasant.

Zhou Xuan was in a good mood. He opened the windows of the first-floor hall, adjusted the wooden notches on his recliner to raise it by two levels, and sat researching the tattoos of the seventh layer.

To make himself more comfortable and to protect his back, he stuffed two pillows behind his waist.

The seventh layer contained three tattoo designs:

The first design was a silkworm pupa, with a stunningly beautiful woman painted on its shell.

The second design was a robust black dog, with inscription patterns on its body.

The third design depicted an ancient town—Peng Town. frёeωebɳovel.com

To gain incense fire, Zhou Xuan needed to work on tattoos, but not all the tattoos of each layer had to be completed. He could select one or two designs from the layer to craft. For this layer, the "Ancient Town" tattoo representing Peng Hou seemed too ominous to him, so he decided not to make it.

"This silkworm pupa tattoo looks quite nice; I’ll do this one."

He took out the Bone Teeth, laid a palm-sized piece of human skin flat, and began crafting.

The tattoo was proving difficult to make. The design was intricate, especially the woman atop the silkworm pupa; her details were numerous, even down to the individual eyelashes, which were sharply defined. Even though Zhou Xuan had mastered the use of Bone Teeth quite skillfully, when using the tool to tattoo human skin with ink strokes for the eyelashes, he had to proceed with utmost caution...

"Another piece ruined."

Beside Zhou Xuan were already three stacked pieces of human skin, all failed attempts and now discarded.

At this time, Yun Ziliang stepped out from the painting, leaned close to Zhou Xuan, examined the situation, and said, "Climbing incense fire levels again, are we?"

"Lao Yun, the tattoos on the seventh layer are really difficult to make," Zhou Xuan replied.

"Difficulty is to be expected." Yun Ziliang held a failed tattoo in his hand, inspecting it as he spoke: "The true essence of the Tattoo Clan’s craft lies in the Bone Teeth. You can think of the tattoo map as a type of Magic Artifact.

The further you progress, the harder the tattoos become to craft. This is meant to refine the resonance between you and the Bone Teeth. Given enough time, when you and the Bone Teeth reach complete harmony, you’ll truly become a Tattoo Master."

At this point, Yun Ziliang added, "Has Peng Sheng shown you his tattooing skills? Do you recall how he worked?"

"I remember. He could use a Bone Needle to create a tattoo map in mid-air, imbued with Divine Aura."

"Exactly. That’s the Bone Needle resonating perfectly with him."

Yun Ziliang placed the failed tattoo map on the table and said, "But you’re already quite impressive. These mistakes are all due to parts that are incredibly hard to control. The precision required for the strokes is too demanding."

"Does that mean I’m already quite in sync with the Bone Teeth?"

"Sync, yes, but it’s mainly your Perception being extraordinarily strong." Yun Ziliang said while Zhou Xuan continued crafting with the Bone Teeth.

"Be satisfied. Peng Sheng is a rare genius in tattoo artistry, the youngest High Priest of the Tattoo Clan. When he advanced from six incense sticks to seven, he failed hundreds of times while crafting his tattoo, before finally mastering the resonance with Bone Teeth. You..."

Yun Ziliang was still comforting Zhou Xuan, but Zhou Xuan suddenly held up his tattoo with both hands, inspecting it under the sunlight: "Finally done."

"You mean it’s finished?"

Yun Ziliang grabbed the tattoo from Zhou Xuan’s hands and examined it closely.

"The tattoo design is lifelike, every detail seamlessly connected. The overall composition feels complete and impressive; it’s unmistakably correct."

"Bang."

Lao Yun slapped the tattoo onto the table, stared at Zhou Xuan, and demanded, "How did you do it?"

"You’ve said I have strong Perception."

"Perception gives you excellent control over the Bone Teeth, but that’s just skill. To truly maneuver Bone Teeth for such fine and intricate strokes, you must cultivate resonance with them. There’s no shortcut for this.

Only through repeatedly working alongside the Bone Teeth, failing tens or hundreds of tattoo maps, can you truly achieve harmony.

That’s why members of the Tattoo Clan treat their Bone Teeth as their closest allies."

"Oh, I haven’t cultivated resonance. I just infuse all of my Perception into the Bone Teeth and force them into submission."

"Force them?"

"Exactly."

Zhou Xuan explained, "With Perception enveloping its Spirit, the tooth becomes part of my body—like my hands or feet. Wherever I command it to go, it obeys. Using Ya Zi’s words, it’s a case of ’point and strike.’"

"So you don’t treat the Bone Teeth as an ally but as a servant."

"Is there a problem with that?" Zhou Xuan pointed at the Bone Teeth, which flew wherever his hand gestured, though its movement was limited by the incense fire level and couldn’t travel far.

"This..." Yun Ziliang was stunned for quite some time before commenting, "Maybe there’s nothing wrong."

Whether it’s a servant or an ally, the ultimate goal is to use the Bone Teeth to craft tattoos.

If the tattoos themselves have no issues, it suggests Zhou Xuan’s method of "forceful control" over the Bone Teeth is indeed effective.

"Even so, something still feels off." Yun Ziliang felt uneasy.

"What feels off?"

"The ancestral methods shouldn’t be defied."

Zhou Xuan: "..."

Zhou Xuan asked, "Lao Yun, has anyone in the Tattoo Tree Clan ever had Perception as strong as mine?"

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