Chapter 620: Pitiful

A portrait of a person composed of scar-like connective tissue began to extend from below Lady Xu's collarbone, until it disappeared into her lower abdomen.

The brushwork of the picture was clear, not inferior to any master's work, and the style was not freehand, but an extremely rare fine-brush painting.

Wide robes and large sleeves, high crown and broad belt.

Although the face was blurry, judging from the outline, Master Monk should be a feminine man with thin cheeks and clear eyebrows, with an otherworldly temperament, floating like an immortal.

Seeing Li Miao staring at it, Lady Xu showed anger, pulled over her damaged clothing to cover her chest, and coldness flickered in her eyes.

Li Miao squinted slightly.

For him, a veteran Imperial Guard, even if the face was blurry, it was enough for him to analyze a lot of information about Master Monk from the painting.

For example, the divine paintings containing the Supreme Sword Art were all from the hand of Master Monk, so this was a self-portrait—a self-portrait often has some distortion, but it also tends to express the true thoughts of the person who painted it.

Master Monk's attire looked like a Confucian scholar, but his demeanor and actions were more like a Daoist priest.

"Master Monk was in Japan when he painted this, and this painting was meant to be the foundation of the Shinto inheritance, yet he painted himself in Confucian scholar's clothes..."

Li Miao's thoughts turned like lightning.

"So, these Confucian clothes are either clothes he was used to wearing, or clothes he expected himself to wear... After returning to the Great Shu, I will check the ancient books and combine them with the time to deduce them. I should be able to screen out a few suspects from the Confucian scholars at that time."

"If Sect Leader Ji still has other clues in her hands, combining them, I might be able to infer his true identity."

"Also, did Lady Xu blurt out a sentence 'Supreme is heartless' before? Judging from the context, this sentence is likely from the mouth of Master Monk."

"There is a saying 'Supreme forgets feelings' in Daoist classics, but I haven't heard of 'Supreme is heartless.' It should be Master Monk's original creation... Judging from Master Monk's past actions, it is worthy of the word heartless, but what does Supreme mean..."

The contemplation was long. For Li Miao, who had engraved investigation into his instincts, it only took an instant to deduce his train of thought to this point.

The struggle had not yet ceased.

Li Miao temporarily interrupted the deduction and looked at Lady Xu.

"Angry?"

"Just because I said he was disgusting?"

Lady Xu's expression was cold and hard, and she said nothing.

Calmness is often because the core has not been touched.

Injuries, pain, and even death would not shake this Heaven-Man who was older than Zheng Anqi. Although she was wearing the skin of a young girl, her inside was a heart that had experienced thousands of years of struggle and had likely fought with Bodhidharma and Zhang Sanfeng.

But Li Miao just scolded Master Monk for being disgusting, even if it was just a casual remark without knowing the true situation of the painting, it had already shaken her state of mind.

"A bit strange."

Li Miao rubbed his chin.

"Xu Fu, Zheng Anqi, you."

"Three Heaven-Men who have lived for thousands of years, the shit they have eaten is more than the imperial meals I have eaten, and the life and death they have experienced should not be few... Why are they all so devoted to him?"

"Not to mention Zheng Anqi, the lunatic who made himself schizophrenic."

He pointed at Lady Xu from a distance.

"You are clearly clear-headed, and Xu Fu was able to cheat three thousand boys and girls and a huge fleet from the First Emperor, so he should also be a smart person."

"Why are you two so devoted to a person who hides his head and shows his tail?"

"Reality is not a storybook, and loyalty is not rootless duckweed. There must be a foundation... Just preaching and teaching is not enough to serve for thousands of years, right?"

Li Miao paused suddenly.

"Wait."

"Nature Cultivation."

"Zheng Anqi had his memory about him erased, so can he also tamper with memory or emotion... Tsk."

Li Miao raised his head.

"Hey."

"Do you think your sanity is normal?"

He was just habitually talking trash, and he didn't think his casual deduction would hit any truth, but as the words fell, his eyes narrowed.

Lady Xu's reaction was a bit strange.

Normally, hearing Master Monk being casually manipulated by Li Miao, she should have developed murderous intent like before.

Lady Xu's reaction was indeed like this. ===== CHAPTER 621 =====