Very soon.
News of what had happened in the main hall spread.
The news that Chu Jiang and Li Huatian would compete in the Dao of Painting swiftly spread throughout the entire Prison-Suppressing Sacred Land.
Everyone found it hard to believe.
"Competing with Li Huatian in the Dao of Painting?!"
"Is this some kind of joke? The Nine Heavens Painting Palace entered the Dao through painting, and Li Huatian is the current Saint Son who wields the Nine Heavens Creation Brush. It is said that his attainments in the Dao of Painting have already reached the Extraordinary Saint realm. Senior Brother Chu may be unrivaled in battle, but the Dao of Painting..."
"It's over, it's over. Senior Brother Chu is acting on impulse! He could have crushed him directly with military might, so why did he agree to compete in the Dao of Painting?"
"He was too careless. Li Huatian was obviously digging a pit for him—how did Senior Brother Chu just jump right in?"
Discussions broke out everywhere.
Nearly all the disciples, deacons, and even quite a few elders felt that Chu Jiang had acted far too impulsively.
"The Dao of Painting is not like fighting. It requires skills and insights accumulated over years and years. Li Huatian first held a brush at the age of three, copied Saint-grade paintings at eight, and at thirteen, he stirred Dao Charm across a hundred li with a single Cold River Solitary Fishing painting. No matter how monstrous Senior Brother Chu is, could he really surpass him in the Dao of Painting?"
"The Dao of Painting requires a terrifying reserve of spiritual power far beyond that of cultivators at the same realm, in order to support intricate compositions, massive infusions of energy, prolonged precise control, and withstand possible backlash."
Those who cultivated