"Another team-based treasure hunt plot?"
Li Yu sat upright in the void, a strange smile appearing on his face. "Then... let's play a new game."
With a flick of his hand, a writing desk appeared before Li Yu. It was fully stocked with brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones.
"I once came from Cangwu Academy on South Li Island. The four arts of qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting were all required skills! It's been so many years since I last did any of this that I nearly forgot I came from the Confucian Sect!"
He spread out a scroll, picked up a brush, dipped it in ink, and Boss Li began to paint with broad, sweeping strokes.
"The plot of A Chinese Ghost Story still needs an ending."
His brush danced like dragons and snakes, applying dark ink and pale washes. In mere moments, a painting scroll was born beneath Li Yu's hand.
The entire scroll was shrouded in darkness. Most of it was filled with layered black clouds splashed in thick ink, with only an enormous black mountain towering from its center.
"All right, the backdrop is complete."
Tossing aside his brush and ink, Li Yu turned toward the Great Xia Dynasty and smiled. "Young man, let's play a game!"
He grabbed the scroll and flung it out with a wave of his hand.
Soundlessly, the scroll tore through the void and descended into a vast mountain range within An Tan County of the Great Xia Dynasty.
The scroll slowly unfurled. The pitch-black ink flashed faintly, instantly transforming into an endless black canopy.
The scroll gradually descended, and an immortal estate amid the mountains below was silently and unknowingly drawn into it, becoming part of the painting.
Within the dark scroll, a scene of palaces shrouded in black mist emerged.