Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts

Name: Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts
Author: On Jiufeng Mountain

聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼

by On Jiufeng Mountain (九峰山上)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 125k Words
Genre: Eastern Fantasy
Subgenre: Eastern Cultivation
Updated: 7mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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352Reads

5.8Score

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[Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush that can paint skin, bones, flesh, and souls! With Xi Rang as my flesh and demons as my ink, in this man-eating world, what I paint is even more sinister than monsters! Zhong Xun transmigrates into the book as Zhong Xiaowu, a young page. From the start, he faces a Painted Skin ghost intent on killing him, and a mysterious paper hand that forcibly demands repayment. To stay alive, he takes up the White Bone Brush and fights his way through this broken world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. At Lanruo Temple, he paints “A Leaf to Blind the Eye” and toys with Tree Demon Granny; in Huayin County, he paints a “Ten-Thousand-Catty Millstone” to crush a shapeshifting chicken demon; in the Rakshasa Sea Market, he paints “Two Faces of Joy and Sorrow” and steals the Ghost King's power. He thinks he's working hard to cultivate immortality and repay his debt, never realizing that he has long since fallen into a world-shaking game of strategy. The blurred writing on the IOU, the original Zhong Xiaowu's one soul and three spirits, and the body known as the “Immaculate Immortal Embryo”... The truth is, he is not a transmigrator. He is a “sacrifice” raised in captivity, the perfect vessel for that evil ghost's return! “Third Master Bai, you want to collect this debt, skin and soul included?” Zhong Xun stands at the rift between the worlds of yin and yang, the blood of gods and demons dripping from his brush. The corner of his mouth curls up. “Fine. If you dare come and claim it, I'll paint you into my Myriad Spirits Scroll, as the one hundred and eighth evil ghost guarding the gate!” In this life, I don't seek immortality. I only want to paint this topsy-turvy world of yin and yang into utter ruin!

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