Yan Shouyi did not become blindly confident due to his increased strength.
He also did not forget that he was in the study of the current Heavenly Master.
Yu Luming had inherited the mantle of the old Heavenly Master Zhang Yin, and he was meticulous and well-read. Yan Shouyi would not be surprised if anything strange happened in this study.
The beauties in the four paintings were clearly problematic. Yan Shouyi dared not be careless. He and Liu Yiren stared at the paintings, even touching them, but found no other clues.
Were the beauties in the paintings just able to move, like a liquid crystal display, with no other hidden mechanisms?
As Yan Shouyi looked, he suddenly thought of the two magazines hidden under the futon.
Hmm... the figures of the beauties in these four paintings were all excellent. They had the aura of older sisters, and indeed, they were made by Yu Luming.
In just a moment of distraction, the beauties in the paintings all moved a few steps closer to the outside of the painting.
Whenever Yan Shouyi and Liu Yiren's gazes left the paintings simultaneously, the beauties in the paintings would move, and their target was clear: to walk out of the paintings.
But Yan Shouyi and Liu Yiren could only stare at two paintings at most. They had no control over the beauties in the remaining two paintings.
"This is a bit bad," Liu Yiren said with some worry.
She approached the paintings, wanting to carefully search for hidden mechanisms.
But in the next second, she suddenly realized that all the beauties in the paintings had disappeared.
She immediately felt a chill down her spine and instinctively formed a hand seal, ready to defend herself at any moment.
Yan Shouyi was also searching for the whereabouts of the beauties. These four beauties would not disappear without reason; they must still be hidden in the paintings.
At this moment, Yan Shouyi noticed that many black lines had appeared in the paintings, directly destroying the aesthetic appeal of all of them.
"This is..." Yan Shouyi suddenly realized and immediately pulled Liu Yiren back!
"These black lines are the hair of those four beauties!" he shouted.
The four beauties had not yet left the paintings, but they were only a stone's throw away from the world outside the paintings!
As expected, when Yan Shouyi and Liu Yiren stepped back, four disheveled, pale-skinned heads slowly emerged from the top of the four paintings!
Even Liu Yiren couldn't help but shiver when she saw this scene.
Yan Shouyi was accustomed to terrifying scenes and was not scared. He couldn't help but complain, "Damn it, is Yu Luming a pervert? Why would he hide these four terrifying things in his study!"
The four beauties crawled out of the paintings, their limbs twisted unnaturally, clinging to the wall like spiders. Under their messy hair, their pitch-black eyes were staring at Yan Shouyi and Liu Yiren.
Liu Yiren gritted her teeth and said, "The more the Heavenly Master guards, the more problematic the study is! I'll hold them off, you quickly find clues!"
With that, five talismans appeared around Liu Yiren, each as long as her arm. All the talismans surrounded her like armor.
The four beauties were not to be trifled with either. They lunged at Liu Yiren with their arms flailing.
Liu Yiren's right hand passed through the talismans in front of her, her skin covered with a layer of golden light. With just one palm, she repelled the four attacking beauties.
At the same time, her left hand passed through another talisman, and four streams of light shot out from her palm, transforming into a large net that trapped the four beauties on the wall.
Yan Shouyi couldn't help but take a few more glances. Liu Yiren's progress had been remarkably rapid recently. She was now at the very top of the younger generation in terms of strength.
Seeing that Liu Yiren had enough strength to deal with these four beauties, Yan Shouyi had no more reservations.
Moreover, since a fight had already broken out, their sneaking into the study was probably beyond concealment. It was better to investigate with all their might.
So he directly turned the study upside down, searching for clues, as if he were digging three feet into the ground!
Liu Yiren fought fiercely with the four beauties, but the four beauties combined were no match for Liu Yiren. They were beaten back step by step.
In just two minutes, Yan Shouyi had searched the entire study, but still found no clues.
At this time, Liu Yiren had already beaten the four beauties until they were covered in wounds. One of the beauties, fearing annihilation, had even retreated back into the painting.
"Paintings? Right, the paintings!"
Yan Shouyi suddenly realized that the only things left in the entire room were these four paintings, and he hadn't investigated them thoroughly yet.
If there were any hidden mechanisms in the study, they must be hidden in these four paintings!
So he directly ran to the "Plum Blossom" painting on the wall. When he flipped it over, he found a dried plum blossom stuck to the back!
"There's a formation in the study, and these plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum are the formation eyes!"
Yan Shouyi figured everything out. When he flipped over the other paintings, he found no orchids, bamboo, or chrysanthemums.
He immediately turned back and said to Liu Yiren, "Yiren, drive the other beauties back into the paintings so I can get the formation eyes!"
"Okay!"
Liu Yiren responded, gathered the power of the five talismans, and then struck out with a palm.
The remaining three beauties screamed and retreated, being forced back into the paintings!
Yan Shouyi flipped over the paintings again and found the orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums.
After removing these four plants, the four paintings immediately returned to normal, and the beauties in the paintings became still.
"Yu Luming's skills are truly extraordinary!" Yan Shouyi couldn't help but exclaim. "These four paintings he casually drew have such capabilities, and neither of us discovered any clues about them before."
Liu Yiren had dealt with the four beauties without even breaking a sweat, showing that she was far from her limit.
However, she also greatly admired Yu Luming's abilities.
The beauties in these four paintings were not ghosts, but manifestations of Yu Luming's power. That's why they couldn't sense any Yin energy or death energy, and they were almost caught off guard.
After obtaining the four plants, Yan Shouyi looked around and found empty vases in the four corners of the study.
When the plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum were placed into the vases in sequence, the study trembled slightly. Then, the futon where Yan Shouyi had just sat collapsed, revealing steps leading downwards.
Seeing this, Yan Shouyi and Liu Yiren exchanged a glance.
It seemed they were about to discover the Heavenly Master's secret.
"Old Yu, Old Yu, you'd better not do anything foolish," Yan Shouyi sighed softly.
He was very unwilling to become enemies with Yu Luming, but if Yu Luming stood in his way, he would have no choice but to act.
The truth lay at the end of these descending steps, concerning whether Yan Shouyi and Yu Luming's friendship could continue.
"Let's go, let's go down and find out," Liu Yiren seemed more eager than Yan Shouyi to know the truth.
At this moment, Yan Shouyi seemed to sense something and couldn't help but turn back.
He saw that from the crack of the tightly closed study door, a wisp of soul drifted out, quickly condensing into a human form before their eyes.
Zhang Shantong, an elder of Longhu Mountain and Yan Shouyi's sworn grandfather, appeared, his face stern, and questioned the two:
"Why are you two not sleeping in the middle of the night and sneaking into the Heavenly Master's study?"