"Wrong! If this poor Daoist's guess is correct, this is the Lesser Brush used by Divine Brush Ma Liang!" Jade Slip Xiao Hua nodded thoughtfully.
"A brush?" Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua frowned slightly. "If this Lesser Brush was used by Painting Sage Ma Liang, then it ought to be a magic artifact!"
"The reason Painting Sage Ma Liang was called the Divine Brush was precisely because everything he painted could become real, become alive! Could a magic artifact achieve such an effect?" Jade Slip Xiao Hua explained. "And surely, Fellow Daoist has heard the tale of painting a dragon and adding the finishing touch?"
"Of course. Zhang Sengyou painted four dragons upon the wall of Anle Temple in Jinling, yet left their eyes unpainted. Each day, he said, 'If I paint in their eyes, they will fly away.' People took it for absurd nonsense and insisted that he add the eyes. Before long, thunder and lightning shattered the wall. Two dragons rode the clouds and soared into the heavens, while the two whose eyes had not been painted remained behind," Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua said.
Jade Slip Xiao Hua nodded. "Exactly. The brush Zhang Sengyou used to paint the dragons was an ordinary one, but the brush with which he added the finishing touch was the Lesser Brush!"
"Then Ma Liang and Zhang Sengyou must have understood soul cultivation as well?" Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua seemed to have grasped something.
Jade Slip Xiao Hua looked at the Lesser Brush in his hand and smiled bitterly. "If this poor Daoist's guess is right, Xiaoyu Continent was originally connected to the Three Great Continents. Since Xiaoyu Continent has the soul cultivators of Million Meng Mountain, it is hardly strange for people on the other three continents to understand soul cultivation as well!