[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-ink-saint-of-great-zhou":3,"chapter-the-ink-saint-of-great-zhou-the-ink-saint-of-great-zhou-chapter-11":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Ink Saint of Great Zhou",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2291974,4481,"Chapter 11","the-ink-saint-of-great-zhou-chapter-11",11,"\u003Cp>Bai Jiaoying stood motionless in midair, his eyes filled with contempt and disdain, regarding Lu Fang as nothing more than an ant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fool!” Hu Wei’s green eyes sharpened, and demonic energy instantly spread across the distant water’s surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several zhang high water spouts exploded beside Lu Fang as he fled; the splashing water merged with the rain, forming dozens of “roaring” water foxes that leapt toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ten Swords of the Ten Thousand Swords Art!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Chixia formed a sword seal, and the Yingyue Small Sword split into ten beams of light, each piercing through a water fox’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua la la…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water foxes shattered by the sword beams dissolved into pools of water, crashing heavily back into the river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yingyue Small Sword forged ahead for Lu Fang, piercing through each water fox in its path with unstoppable force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the last water fox exploded on its own; Hu Wei stepped out with a cold sneer, swatting the incoming Yingyue Small Sword away with one palm, his ghostlike form appearing before Lu Fang in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did I give you permission to leave?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Wei’s eyes turned icy as he struck out with one palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pu!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Lu Fang could react, the blow struck him; he spat blood and was flung backward, crashing onto the water’s surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He floated like a light “water skimmer,” sliding all the way back until he stopped before Li Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I knew it wouldn’t work, but I couldn’t bear not trying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Fang spoke, blood continuously seeping from the corner of his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave a self-deprecating smile and simply lay still, arms and legs spread in a large “X” on the water; his injuries were severe—if Hu Wei hadn’t held back, he’d already be dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Useless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu shook her head with a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was intelligent; she knew Lu Fang had provoked Bai Jiaoying and fled alone to give her a chance to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the gap between them was too vast—escape was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Bai Jiaoying not been toying with them, she and Lu Fang would already be corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you full of bravado just now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Jiaoying sneered, extending his talons to snatch through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Fang, like a puppet on strings, shot swiftly toward Bai Jiaoying; no matter how Li Yu tried, she could not stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a powerful voice rang out across heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How dare you act recklessly in the Great Zhou? Since you’ve come, don’t leave!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rainbow of light slashed across the sky, brighter than lightning, landing directly before Bai Jiaoying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newcomer was a tall old man in a white robe and jade crown, his square face expressionless; with a flick of his sleeve, Lu Fang, suspended midair, drifted slowly back to Li Yu’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father!” Li Yu cried joyfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was Li Mao, a Great Confucian of the Great Zhou, one of the three leaders of this demon-slaying campaign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Jiaoying stared at Li Mao and growled, “I’ll handle this old fool—you kill his daughter and that boy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Wei obeyed, his demonic energy flaring before vanishing from sight; when he reappeared, he stood before Li Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mao kept his focus entirely on Bai Jiaoying, never once turning back, as if certain his daughter was safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gong long long!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning arcs, claw-shaped, tore across the sky; thunder exploded with deafening force!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scroll unfurled across heaven and earth, its frame the heavens, its canvas the mortal realm; the ninth-rank demon Hu Wei had no time to act before the opening and closing light of dawn pierced him like a sieve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dawn light burned like an inferno; Hu Wei, like a human-shaped sheet of paper, turned to ash the moment it touched him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Semi-Sage’s Ink Treasure—Scroll of Heaven and Earth!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Jiaoying recognized the artifact, his face darkening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A supremely arrogant voice rang out: “Dare to touch my beloved disciple? I’ll kill you beasts!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within the Semi-Sage’s Ink Treasure—Scroll of Heaven and Earth—stepped a thin, tall, vigorous old man; he squinted at Bai Jiaoying and said, “I’ve eaten roasted chicken—wonder what roasted eagle tastes like.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing reinforcements arrive, Lu Fang was overjoyed; these two men clearly possessed at least Great Confucian-level power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just thought this when he felt his body lift; Li Yu grabbed him and ran toward the tall old man, saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I knew you’d come, Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Wang Fu nodded with satisfaction, but Li Yu rushed over and snatched his waist pouch, urgently demanding: “Master, quickly give me your healing pills!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These are precious elixirs… this boy seems like an idiot?” Wang Fu glared disdainfully at Lu Fang, who was still sucking his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Fang wasn’t stunned—he’d been prepared to die, but now that salvation had come, he was using the book-scent on his fingers to heal his wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he left any lingering injury, it would be a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Book-scent was essentially a potent tonic—it could heal wounds too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, he wrote the ‘Exorcism Verse’—if he dies, how will you answer to His Majesty?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu cried anxiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Truly, a daughter grows too attached.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Fu sighed, pulling a porcelain vial from his waist pouch; just as he was about to pour out a pill, Li Yu snatched the entire vial and fed Lu Fang three pills in a row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small vial held only three pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those are ‘Vast Righteous Qi Pills,’ my little ancestor! One pill is enough to save this boy’s life!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Fu’s face twisted in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast Righteous Qi Pills could only be refined by Great Confucians above the ninth rank; each required three years of effort and was extremely precious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially beneficial to those below the ninth rank—they could nurture Vast Righteous Qi…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So full!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the Vast Righteous Qi Pill entered Lu Fang’s mouth, it dissolved in his saliva; a powerful energy surged into his body, rapidly healing his wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the medicine took effect, thick streams of blue Vast Righteous Qi radiated from his skin, gathering and not dispersing—he glowed like a light source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Bai Jiaoying and Great Confucian Li Mao clashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Jiaoying wielded a black iron rod that, when thrust, swelled into a mountain peak; with each swing, space collapsed and illusions multiplied, its power terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mao was no less formidable; with two fingers, he traced horizontal, vertical, and slanting strokes—each brushstroke shook heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll help you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Fu moved to join the battle, aiming to capture Bai Jiaoying alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blood-red demonic aura descended from the sky, blocking Wang Fu’s path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the aura emerged a wolf demon with wild “crimson eyes”; standing tall several zhang, it had thick limbs, razor-sharp claws and toe-talons, and a long tail hanging behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white tuft of beard hung from its chin; its golden fur gleamed with oily luster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From it spread a solid, yellow mist; any plant that touched it withered instantly, becoming part of the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Scroll of Heaven and Earth—Annihilate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, Wang Fu unleashed the Semi-Sage’s Ink Treasure—Scroll of Heaven and Earth; as it unfurled, beams of dawn light shot straight at the Crimson-Eyed Wolf King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Demon Pagoda—Muddiness!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Crimson-Eyed Wolf King opened his fanged maw and spat out a seven-tiered demon pagoda; the spinning tower swelled with the wind, becoming a mountain-sized seven-tiered structure in moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grotesque, demon-like carvings on its surface seemed alive, shrieking with piercing, ear-splitting wails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One tower gate opened; thick yellow-black muddiness collided head-on with the dawn light from the Semi-Sage’s Ink Treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive shockwave rippled outward, reducing trees within range to dust and shattering rocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu and Lu Fang were untouched, but anything capable of resisting the Semi-Sage’s Ink Treasure must be a quasi-Demon Sovereign treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without looking, just the sound of the clash was beyond their current realms to endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wind Surge—Speed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu seized Lu Fang and fled on the wind; the battlefield now belonged to demon kings and Great Confucians—staying here served no purpose and would only make them a burden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After fully channeling Vast Righteous Qi for two watches, they stopped in a deep mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu looked weary, barely able to stand, clearly severely injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re hurt?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Fang asked anxiously; though he’d been badly wounded, after swallowing three Vast Righteous Qi Pills and absorbing ample book-scent, his injuries were nearly gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu did not answer; instead, she turned her pale face back toward the direction they’d come from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following her gaze, Lu Fang looked back—but saw nothing amiss. “What’s wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1431,"2026-06-20T03:56:21.568Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","86469d4975cb7b38b647ff60b575956b862b1b62de0a3b632fb838000e898671","the-ink-saint-of-great-zhou-chapter-12","the-ink-saint-of-great-zhou-chapter-10",289,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-ink-saint-of-great-zhou-cover.jpg"]