Chapter 45: Found A Treasure
Wu Xian looked at Black and White Impermanence’s five-dimensional scores and was quite satisfied.
With the skills honed from being a workhorse in his previous life, his artistic skill definitely wouldn’t be lacking, but he hadn’t expected Black and White Impermanence’s five aptitudes to be so top-tier.
As for the color score of 43 and detail score of 60, they were probably dragged down by the pigments.
Once he piled on better materials later, the color and detail scores would naturally improve.
“No wonder Huaxia scroll paintings are all so powerful,” Wu Xian realized in his heart.
Now he had intuitively seen the awesomeness of Huaxia scroll paintings.
In the end, it was still that same point.
Huaxia scroll painting concepts naturally had high prestige from the start, with a naturally strong foundation in five-dimensional aptitudes, so it was reasonable for their combat power to be strong.
On the other hand, Wu Xian’s painting level was also excellent.
Looking at Elder Chen and Xue Lingling nearby, they were already dumbfounded.
“How is this possible, you… how did you do it?” Xue Lingling had an expression of utter disbelief.
“It’s just a bit higher numerically, is that strange?” Wu Xian put on an innocent and harmless look.
But Elder Chen said meaningfully, “Color and detail are affected by pigments and material piling, but charm and art style require skill and time to polish. For a young friend of your age to have such artistic skill, as well as the precipitation and understanding of scroll painting concepts, is truly…”
“This junior has liked painting since childhood, perhaps… quite talented?” Wu Xian grinned guilelessly.
Xue Lingling found it unbelievable, her eyes flickering uncertainly. “How long has it been since you made this scroll painting, and you’ve already grasped such precise charm and such compatible art style?”
Elder Chen nearby also cast a curious gaze.
To put it bluntly, charm and art style best showcased a scroll painter’s talent.
They not only required artistic skill but also time for precipitation and polishing, to further perfect and comprehend scroll painting concepts, thereby gaining a deeper understanding of one’s own scroll painting concepts.
Little did they know, Wu Xian’s scroll painting concepts had already been polished and precipitated by generations of Huaxia ancestors for thousands of years.
And Wu Xian, as a citizen of China in his previous life, had been immersed in it from childhood, naturally having a profound understanding of these scroll painting concepts.
It could even be said to be etched in his bloodline.
“Um…” Wu Xian thought quickly on his feet. “This junior has liked drawing fantastical things since childhood. This scroll painting concept has been in my mind for a long time; it’s just now that I’ve made it.”
Hearing this, the two were slightly stunned.
This reason seemed fine at first glance, but upon closer thought, it was still a bit outrageous.
“You mean you’ve been pondering scroll painting concepts since childhood?”
Xue Lingling stared straight at Wu Xian, confirming again.
“It’s not quite pondering concepts; I just like fantasizing, like immersing myself in my fantasy world,” Wu Xian replied without hesitation, his gaze sincere because it was all true. “After starting to self-study scroll painting, I drew out these fantasies from my mind, and they formed scrolls.”
Wu Xian said it lightly, but to Xue Lingling and Elder Chen, it was like a thunderbolt.
Liking fantasy from childhood was understandable; kids are always innocent and fanciful, imagining wild things.
But pure fantasy was far from a scroll painting concept.
The key was that his childhood fantasies could even be recognized by world laws.
Could this be the legendary “scroll painting talent”?
“…” Elder Chen scratched his head and ears for a long time. “So you mean there are actually many more wild ideas in your head?”
“Not bad, just a little bit.” Wu Xian smiled modestly and smoothly took out 【Brother Pillar】 and placed it into the testing instrument. “For example, this one is my childhood imagination of mechanical life and the mechanical world.”
Moments later, the test results emerged, shocking the two again.
【Autobot Leader-Optimus Prime】 Copper Scroll Two Stars
Type: Character Scroll Painting
Color: 27
Detail: 29
Charm: 36
Art Style: 38
Overall: 40
Though much inferior to Black and White Impermanence, it was already a quite excellent mechanical scroll painting.
The key was that this was just a “scroll painting concept” from Wu Xian’s childhood fantasy.
“And these two; I liked animals a lot as a kid…”
Then, he smoothly placed Chicken King and Guardian Tiger into the instrument one after another, freeloading some tests.
Chicken King and Guardian Tiger, as folklore guardian figures, naturally couldn’t compare to Black and White Impermanence, but they both broke past the 40 mark in five-dimensional scores, with charm, art style, and overall all surpassing the 50-point mark.
Four axis scroll paintings in total: one heaven-defying, two top-tier, and one excellent.
An ordinary scroll painter exhausting their lifetime to produce such four axis scroll paintings would be enough to die content.
Yet the Wu Xian before them was just a newbie who had just entered the field.
Genius truly was something mortals couldn’t comprehend, huh?
Looking at the female examinee watching nearby, she had already fallen into self-doubt.
She looked at the 【Seed Beast】 in her hand, then at Wu Xian’s heaven-defying scrolls around, gradually coming to terms with it. Perhaps she really wasn’t suited to be a scroll painter?
“Little brother, are you interested in developing at the association? Our association is…” Elder Chen’s eyes burned with eagerness.
Unfortunately, before he could finish, Xue Lingling interrupted.
“What are you up to, Elder Chen? This is my disciple!”
With that, ignoring Elder Chen, she directly dragged Wu Xian off to get his Apprentice Scroll Painter Certificate.
After finishing, she slipped away immediately, with Elder Chen’s shouts of retention audible from behind.
On the coffin board, Wu Xian looked at the Apprentice Scroll Painter Certificate in his hand and the badge representing his apprentice scroll painter status, filled with emotion.
Just not long ago, he was someone who couldn’t even afford the registration fee.
In the blink of an eye, he had become a esteemed apprentice scroll painter.
“Good disciple, where does your family live? Your master will send you back.” Xue Lingling grew fonder of Wu Xian the more she looked at him, secretly sighing that she had truly found a treasure.
“Ah~ no need, no need. Just drop me off at North Street District; I still need to procure some things.”
Moments later, dropping Wu Xian off at North Street District, Xue Lingling looked at him reluctantly. “Master’s club will be completed soon. When that happens, you’ll be our club’s vice president.”
“Thank you, Master.”
“Also, don’t listen to those old guys from the association sweet-talking you,” Xue Lingling reminded seriously. “Later, Master will introduce you to join the Undead Dojo. It has way more future than that lousy association, right?”
“Got it.”
Watching Master Sister leave, it felt like a dream.
No wonder so many people liked hugging thighs; the feeling after hugging one was truly different!
Turning around, he cheerfully arrived at Boss Hu Deyou’s material shop.
“Boss, do you have rare spiritual materials?”
“Yes, of course,” the sharp-eyed Boss Hu spotted the badge on Wu Xian’s chest at a glance. “Holy crap, in just a few days, little brother has become a Master Scroll Painter?
Tsk tsk, I knew little brother was no ordinary person.”
“Apprentice~ just apprentice.”
Wu Xian waved his hand with a smile. Looked like it was better not to wear this thing; too high-profile.
Gotta say, rare spiritual materials were truly damn expensive, and the higher the content, the pricier.
Moreover, Boss Hu didn’t have every rare spiritual material; many were out of stock.
After a bout of procurement, he directly spent over a million, which made Wu Xian’s heart ache plenty.
But no choice; after condensing the divine diagram, a scroll painter had truly embarked on the path of burning money.
Ding ling ling…
“Little boss, where are you?” Zhao He called. “Grandpa Wang said you moved? Where to?”
Wu Xian immediately sent Zhao He the new address.
Moments later, they met in front of the new home, stunning Zhao He and Blondie and the others.
But thinking about it, with Wu Xian’s background, living in a place like this seemed fine.
After bundling up the scrap materials accumulated over several days and selling them to Wu Xian, Zhao He and Blondie spoke again: “Normal materials? Price is up to little boss.”
“Of course.” Wu Xian simply tallied their materials. “Yo~ quite a lot!”
After condensing the divine diagram, materials were absolutely something where more was always better; never enough.
“Heh heh~ thanks to you, Blondie and I have finally made it through. We’re preparing to join the army recently,” Zhao He said gratefully. “Oh right, guess who we saw yesterday when running the instance?”
“Who?”
“Zhang Mazi’s gang,” Zhao He described in astonishment. “Good grief, those guys straight-up tore abyssal monsters by hand, leaving us two dumbfounded.”
