Mysterious Visualization Diagrams! Ironblood Giant Dragon

"Xiaoqi, you did well."

Su Ziyu affectionately ruffled Xiaoqi's hair and spoke softly.

The Rage Knight beside them watched enviously. It had rushed over with great difficulty to help, yet its master had not praised it. For a moment, it felt rather aggrieved.

"Rage did well too."

"Stand guard upstairs. Oh, right—restore your disguise first. There was such a huge commotion here just now. I don't know whether the Special Affairs Department will come over."

Su Ziyu smiled faintly and headed upstairs.

Watching Su Ziyu's retreating figure, Rage dropped to one knee. The soul fire in its eye sockets flickered as it said respectfully,

"I shall obey your will!"

Ruan Xiaoqi followed Su Ziyu to the second floor and, familiar with the way, made her way to her grandfather's former room.

The door was locked, but Su Ziyu easily broke it open. The moment he pushed the door open, a musty smell wafted out—the scent of a place that had been unoccupied and uncleaned for far too long.

It seemed that after Grandpa left, Su Jingtian's family had not paid much attention to this room. It would not have taken much effort to have a servant clean it.

Click!

Su Ziyu flipped the switch on the wall, and light immediately filled the room. Everything inside had grown old and worn, with many items covered in thick layers of dust. They were also arranged in a complete mess, many simply tossed about carelessly. It seemed Su Jingtian had thoroughly searched this place as well.

Su Ziyu activated the All-Seeing True Eye. After confirming that there was nothing unusual inside, he began searching for the Visualization Diagram his grandfather had left behind.

He searched through many large boxes, from beneath the bed to the wardrobe, but found nothing. Just as he wondered whether Su Jingtian had hidden it away, Ruan Xiaoqi let out a soft "Huh?" that drew his attention.

"What is it, Xiaoqi?"

Su Ziyu turned around and asked.

Ruan Xiaoqi was standing in a corner, looking at several paintings placed on the floor.

They were all set in frames. Since no one had cleaned the room for so long, they were covered in dust, but it was still faintly apparent that the paintings were worth a great deal.

Su Ziyu walked over for a closer look. Three paintings, each over a meter wide and sixty centimeters tall, were stacked together in the corner. The topmost one seemed to depict some exotic beast. After wiping away part of the dust with his hand, he finally saw what it looked like.

It was a creature resembling a toad, with thin limbs and a large, flattened head. Its green, lizard-like tongue protruded from its mouth, studded with sharp spikes. It had a vicious gaze and vertical pupils, as though it were screaming at some creature with an enraged expression.

A line of text beneath it gave the painting's name:

Venomous Toad!

"What a strange painting."

Su Ziyu muttered, but then Ruan Xiaoqi gripped his shoulder and pointed at the painting as she said coldly,

"Painting... useful."

"Hm?"

Su Ziyu rubbed his chin and studied the strange toad painting again. Gradually, his eyes widened as he quietly activated the All-Seeing True Eye.

With a single glance, countless fine lines appeared on the painting, glowing with green spiritual motes that continuously wriggled and combined before gathering into the shape of that toad.

This was...

A spiritual reaction!

It was a Visualization Diagram!

Su Ziyu realized it at once and hurriedly sent a thread of spirituality toward it. The surrounding space seemed to twist, and everything appeared to have been sliced across by a cross-section as the phantom of a massive toad slowly emerged.

Once he withdrew his spirituality, all the strange phenomena vanished.

Everything before him returned to normal. Su Ziyu's eyes gleamed. These paintings really were Visualization Diagrams!

However, what puzzled him was why something so important had been casually left here.

Then, after giving it some thought, he understood.

Su Jingtian had most likely dug these paintings out while searching for the secrets of advancing to Morning Star. Yet he had not mastered the Spiritual Visualization Method, so he had no way of knowing that Visualization Diagrams existed.

Furthermore, he did not possess a divine ability like the All-Seeing True Eye that could see through the essence of all things, so naturally he could not detect anything unusual about these paintings.

Su Ziyu could not help admiring his grandfather's boldness. He had simply left something so important in the room. After all, those who could not recognize its worth would only think that Grandpa had some strange collecting hobby.

Reining in his wandering thoughts, he turned his attention back to the paintings. After moving aside the first toad portrait, Su Ziyu looked at the next one. It depicted a flower spirit like a little girl. Her lower body was a flower, while her upper body was that of a woman. Her soft golden hair was tied into two small braids at her temples, hanging naturally down and making her look both lively and adorable.

A line of small text beneath it stated the painting's name:

Flower Fairy.

"Flower Fairy?"

Su Ziyu shook his head and moved aside the next painting. What it depicted was actually a spider!

A huge web had been densely woven into a vast net, and a giant spider crouched upon it. Its body nearly filled all the blank space. Its terrifying head bore three pairs of compound eyes, and even from within the painting, its scarlet eyes conveyed hatred and malice.

A line of small text beneath it read:

Coldplain Purple Spider!

The moment this painting was revealed, Ruan Xiaoqi could not take her eyes off it. She examined it curiously, seemingly sensing something. She looked weakly at Su Ziyu, and understanding what she wanted, Su Ziyu smiled and handed her the spider painting.

Ruan Xiaoqi received it like a priceless treasure and carefully examined it in her arms. Slowly, the corners of her mouth lifted, revealing a broad smile. It seemed that Ruan Xiaoqi liked this painting very much as well.

Su Ziyu nodded in satisfaction and turned his gaze to the final painting.

Since this painting had been pressed beneath the others, it had the least dust on it. With a light wipe, the image within became visible.

Its body was covered in scales, and its massive frame rivaled a tank. Yet it was curled up at the moment, without losing its ancient majesty. Behind it were a pair of degenerated bone wings. Its hard chest was covered in scales as tough as steel, and every part of its body was so perfect. If it fully stretched out, every part of it would surely become a terrifying weapon of slaughter.

Most captivating of all was its enormous head. Even a single glance made one want to kneel and submit.

"Whew..."

Su Ziyu took a deep breath. He knew his grandfather would leave him some good things, and this painting before him was so mesmerizing that he could not help being captivated by it after only one look.

The creature within had always possessed an ancient name.

It was called...

A dragon!

Visualizing a dragon would certainly not be bad.

As Su Ziyu thought this, he noticed the name written on it.

This painting was called:

Ironblood Giant Dragon!

The name alone sounded imposing. Su Ziyu rubbed his chin and began considering which painting he should use for visualization.