Chapter 654: 654
When Lu Sheng returned home, he found the house deserted . Nobody else was there . Zhuo Siqing sat alone on the couch, puffing on his cigarette . This did not seem to be his first cigarette .
Even when Lu Sheng closed the door, he ignored the sound .
“You seemed to be burning with anxiety when you called me . What’s the matter?” Lu Sheng walked up to the couch and sat down .
Zhuo Siqing glanced at him .
“It’s nothing . I missed you, that is all . ”
“Hehe, I’ll be leaving, then,” Lu Sheng said . He felt speechless .
“You don’t have to know too much about this matter for now . I’ll take care of it . You should work hard in your university studies,” Zhuo Siqing added .
“Mm-hm, I know . The Marine University recruited a huge batch of students again . The numbers are almost twice compared to last year . That’s how universities are these days . They’re not as valuable as you thought,” Lu Sheng remarked casually .
“It’s alright . Just do your best in your studies . ” Zhuo Siqing said no more . However, he stopped smoking as well . He stood up and crushed the cigarette butt . “I’ll cook something nice for you . Your journey must’ve been tough . You should eat up at home . ”
“Alright . I want pickled vegetables with fish,” Lu Sheng said with a smile .
Zhuo Siqing went into the kitchen . Lu Sheng lay back on the couch and switched to a comfortable posture . He took out his phone, pressed a few buttons, and brought it to his ear .
Soon, a melodious female voice was projected .
“The investigation is complete . The Zhuo Family wants to bring Zhuo Siqing back to take over the family’s enterprise . They had been where you are right now just a few moments ago . ”
Lu Sheng patiently asked several questions that seemed inconsequential . He quickly shoved the entire matter to the back of his mind .
This Zhuo Family was quite powerful . They would be more than welcome to bring this undependable father of his back .
If that happened, he would not even have to make up lies . He would just say that he was attending a university in another city .
After busying himself for a long time, a pickled vegetables with fish and other dishes were served before him .
“Eat up . I might be away in the next few days . If you can’t find me here, you can reach me with this number . ” Zhuo Siqing passed Lu Sheng a note with a handwritten phone number .
Lu Sheng had no time for the trivial matters of the family . As long as they did not stand in his way, he couldn’t care less about what his father was going to do .
The two of them ate the lunch without much conversation . After Zhuo Siqing washed the plates, he went into his room and slept .
Lu Sheng inspected his current cultivation base . He had cultivated the East Park Autumn Dew Fertilizing Method to the second level .
Combined with his three crests, this skill formula was based on fertility, while it brought with it wonderful effects on fertilizing soil and the spirit .
Lu Sheng felt that no matter what he did, his spirit’s Heart World would still expand swiftly . Also, he gradually gained more authority over the dimension .
Large clusters of buildings were erected, and streets were formed .
Lu Sheng started bringing in livestock .
The Heart World could only absorb immaterial objects, save for a few exceptions . The livestock would be in their soul form .
Currently, Lu Sheng designed everything within his Heart World .
With the three crests formed on the radiant disc, when they were activated, Lu Sheng gained more powerful control over his Heart World .
Before this, he was only capable of bringing his own corpse around . Now, he could control the terrain to some extent .
He continued absorbing some insects, rabbits, and other animals into his Heart World . They were having the time of their lives in the Heart World . For the time being, they would not be facing any threats from their natural enemies .
Lu Sheng snapped back to the present, and glanced through Zhuo Family’s information . He did not notice anything problematic . After the meal, he left the house again in the afternoon .
The God’s Eye launched a grand extermination mission against the Silver Hand . Both sides suffered great losses .
He had to take control of the situation from the shadows .
Lu Sheng left the town and continued investing most of his attention into gathering insights on the rules . He organized another themed painting competition .
Currently, almost all of his 100 rules were close to perfection . However, since he had a huge and free workforce, he could not find any reason not to use it .
Hence, he continued to use the other rules which he could think of as themes . He wanted to see if he would be able to incorporate them into his Heart World .
If he wanted to break through the Confusion Realm, he needed nine cornerstone rules . However, Lu Sheng intended to condense as many rules as he could . He was curious to see how it would turn out .
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In the blink of an eye, half a year passed .
Lu Sheng had now gained insights on more than 300 kinds of rules . He practically covered all the basic rules .
Basic physics, basic astronomy, basic biology, and others . He had gained insight on various subjects .
His entire Heart World grew more natural and complete .
The God’s Eye and the Silver Hand had fought fiercely several times, yet none could get the better of the other . In the end, the two organizations decided not to meddle in each other’s business as they went about organizing their own competitions .
To go against the God’s Eye, the Silver Hand came up with a Devil’s Tooth . The competitions progressed further along both extremes . Every year, countless painters would join the two grand international competitions just to win the prizes and benefits .
Everything went smoothly . Lu Sheng was almost done with gathering insights on his rules . The basic rules were also practically taken care of with the massive workforce he amassed . He began having people collect antiques or ancient objects again .
Now that his cultivation base was taken care of, he had to start stocking up on Mental Energy .
The days passed him by .
A drizzle pattered against a small umbrella on the streets .
Lu Sheng was standing at the center of a retro-looking town . He looked at the sparsely scattered townspeople who were sheltering themselves from the rain under the eaves .
This was his Heart World . Currently, the world was at least several hundred times larger than it once had been . Lu Sheng had created everything from nothing . He had also gained many living spirits .
These living spirits were of animals and humans . After Lu Sheng gained more control over his Heart World, they were given the ability not to be devoured by the Heart World .
Many of them were actually people on their deathbed . Some of them had contracted terminal illnesses . Some of their bodies were wasting away . However, their souls were still intact, and could live on for many years .
The Heart World could only contain minimal amounts of substance . Lu Sheng specifically pulled the souls of these people into his Heart World since it would not do him any harm .
After pulling in several hundred individuals, his Heart World started to flourish .
It did not appear like the barren and peculiar small world it had been before . It was more like a mysterious haven, a place where secluded cultivators gathered .
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‘I’ve gained complete insight on the basic rules of light and warmth . However, I have yet to understand the nature of combustion . I can’t seem to understand it . Much is still lacking here . ’ Lu Sheng looked up at the skies . The thick layers of dark clouds appeared like lead .
He could faintly feel the minute changes in the dimension .
“Isn’t that painting mended yet?” Lu Sheng asked softly . “It has to be done soon…” He had personally cultivated the devil painting . It was only natural for him to clearly sense its movements .
Currently, he could derive the nine cornerstones with Deep Blue any time he wanted to . Once the nine cornerstones were established, the entire world could officially form its own circulation . When that time came, the world’s nature would experience a great change .
It would eventually become a nurturing place with his own powers as the core .
This was how the Confusion Realm was formed . An Army Raising expert would receive constant nurturing and experience substantial changes during his slumber in the nurturing place, and eventually reach sublimation .
Then, the main body would be nourished by the Heart World . This was the crucial step in attaining the Confusion Realm .
‘I should attain a natural cycle first . Then, I’ll need time to speed up the derivations…’ With a thought, Lu Sheng instantly left the Heart World . He returned to reality .
In the real world, he was sitting alone in a mansion he bought in the federal capital .
In the study, there were two others with him .
These two individuals had their heads lowered as they knelt on the ground before him reverently . One of them was a middle-aged man with white hair . He dressed like an old gentleman . The other one was big and tall . His muscles bulged all over his body and he had a crew cut . He looked fierce .
“You’re still here?” Lu Sheng glanced at the two of them .
“You haven’t given us the word, Master . We dare not leave, Master . ”
“We’ll follow your orders, Master . ”
The two of them answered him in deep voices .
Lu Sheng smiled .
“There’s no reason why there can’t be another addition to the Silver Hand’s five grand painting saints . However, as the elders, the two of you have disappointed me . ”
Beads of sweat were already forming on their foreheads . The beads of sweat kept sliding down their faces and dropped onto the floor, but they dared not raise their hands to wipe them away .
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They were both among the most powerful peak painters of the current world . With their prowess, they had the right to be regarded among the second batch . They even established their own great organization called the Black Light Hand .
The Black Light Hand was a subsidiary of the Silver Hand . Their criteria for selection were not as strict as the Silver Hand . However, they had greater control over the secular forces .
These two in charge had been summoned here because of the serious conflicts with the God’s Eye . There were even signs suggesting that they had provoked the God’s Eye on purpose .
This led to a great fight between the two organizations . Special combat personnel trained by the organization, the bloody garment agents, led the vanguard . They even deployed two divisions of mechas . It nearly escalated to an international war .
With things at that scale, Lu Sheng had no choice but to swiftly suppress his own forces . He killed off the managing officers of the organization . With their heads rolling on the ground, nobody dared make another reckless move .
It should be known that there were originally 13 members among the upper echelons of the Black Light Hand . Currently, only these two were left .
“Society needs stability . The human heart needs peace . If the God’s Eye did not taunt us, there’s no reason for us to attack them,” Lu Sheng said drily . “You two should know what to do about the international alliance . Donate some money to the various governments and have our own council member speak up . Lock down as many public opinions as you can and manipulate those that you can’t . Three days . I want this entire affair to be ended in three days . ”
“Understood!” The two of them hastily nodded their heads and voiced their understanding .
Lu Sheng felt sick just by looking at them .
After he strengthened the bodies of these painters with his spirit-prompting threads, he created a set of simple killing techniques which they could cultivate . It worked in tandem with the supernatural abilities the painters had while painting, and the product was a formidable and complete assassination technique .
Some painters started to turn their most powerful works into various patterns which they tattooed onto their bodies, clothes, weapons, and other items .
Their paintings could trigger the human heart, fool the five senses, and enrage the others . With all these properly used, the dark painters’ strength improved tremendously .
However, it was precisely because of this that the dark painters’ ambitions soared . Recently, even Lu Sheng found them difficult to suppress .
He could control the higher-ranked peak painting saints . However, it was impossible for him to personally attend to everything that went on with the middle ranks . There were too many middle- to low-ranked painters . Their ambitions were swiftly ballooning as well . When the higher-ups gave the orders, they would somehow take on a more radical meaning when they reached them .
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