Chapter 252: Shrimp Soldiers And Crab Generals
Yes, this update to the “Three Gods Version” has subtly improved the overall strength of the Spirit Tamer community.
After all, at the price of normal Scroll Paintings, one can now buy even better Scroll Paintings than before.
As a result, many people online are thanking the three Demon Gods.
No matter how you look at it, this is undoubtedly a good thing for human society.
The only ones feeling uncomfortable are the former mid- and low-level Scroll Painters and family forces. Previously, they could easily make money with low-cost low-level Scroll Paintings, but now they have to use expensive high-tier Scroll Paintings to sell as low-level Scroll Paintings.
At first, this group of Scroll Painters tried to raise prices, but unfortunately, they couldn’t sell them at all.
Instead, high-quality Scroll Paintings from some folk Scroll Painters began to gradually enter the public eye.
A large number of Scroll Painting test videos flooded the internet at once.
And it formed a trend online of digging up various high-quality, potential Scroll Paintings.
Naturally, the Underworld series was not absent from this.
Sure enough, a blogger in a certain first-tier city somehow got hold of a 【Bronze Scroll – Fish Gill Marshal】 and conducted a detailed test in the local beginner Abyssal Realm instance.
As soon as the review video was released, it immediately sparked heated discussion locally.
“Holy crap, real or fake? A Bronze Scroll three-star has this kind of combat power?”
“Easily handling level six Abyssal Monsters? The star quality ratio feels close to three to one.”
“The key is it can resolve the Immortal Yin Soul characteristic of low-level small monsters in a unique way.”
“Gosh~ What kind of divine Scroll Painting is this?”
“Could it be a new product from some Noble Family Prodigy at the Undead Dojo?”
“The blogger has good connections. Recently, the prices of Scroll Paintings from the Undead Dojo series have skyrocketed; you can’t buy them even if you want to.”
“Have you all not noticed that this Fish Gill Marshal also incorporates the power conception of the Ocean System?”
“Quick quick quick, share the Teleportation Gate!”
Soon after, under the strong demands of netizens, the blogger released the link for 【Fish Gill Marshal】.
It stirred up waves upon waves.
“Underworld Club? Never heard of it?”
“Looking at the info, it seems to be a newly rising Gold Medal Club from Tianfeng Province.”
“Haha, another niche high-quality Scroll Painting? I like it~!”
“Just don’t know about the price. If it’s reasonable, I’d be willing to get one to test the waters.”
“I just checked the Underworld Club official website. Um… all I can say is I’m greatly shocked.”
“What the heck? Selling Scroll Paintings via lottery gacha pulls?”
“Though there are guaranteed draws and a Trading System, this operation is a bit too weird, isn’t it?”
“The key is, there really are people willing to spend money.”
“I see the club community is mostly local netizens from Tianfeng Province. The reputation of the Scroll Paintings is basically fine, but there’s widespread criticism of the Scroll Painter and Gacha System.”
“Any big shots wanna test the waters?”
“Ten Consecutive Draws for just 1,600 Spirit Crystals. I’m in~ I’m in~!”
“Upstairs is awesome. Waiting online for results.”
Soon, the netizen upstairs posted the gacha results: “Seems okay. Ten Consecutive Draws guarantee, so the price isn’t bad in the end. Unfortunately, it’s not Fish Gill Marshal, but the same series’ Leopard Tail Marshal. Not sure if it’s any good.”
As soon as the news came out, the backend received a private message from the blogger.
“Brother, hello. After the Scroll Painting arrives, could you let me help test it?”
In fact, the moment he finished testing Fish Gill Marshal, he knew this video was going to go viral.
Having tested it personally, he naturally knew how excellent the 【Fish Gill Marshal】 Scroll Painting was. Unfortunately, last night he emptied his savings and barely scraped together the Silver Scroll for Fish Gill Marshal.
“No problem, no problem. I’m your old fan. Just let me show my face on camera then.”
“Thanks so much, brother. Add me: ******”
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Yaoyang City, North Street District, small villa.
Wu Xian naturally noticed this recent trend as well. After completing White Tiger Seven Mansions, he also made some “Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals” to ride this wave and promote the low-level players in the Four Seas Dragon Palace system.
Although the term Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals has a bit of a “small fry” vibe, the real Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals are not weak at all.
They just seem very weak in the stories of big shots like Monkey Brother and Third Prince.
Of course, some of the Shrimp Soldiers are indeed lackluster and not worth drawing into scrolls. This time, it’s mainly the major Crab Generals, Sea Yaksa, Eel Warriors, and so on from the Four Seas Dragon Palace.
As for Shrimp Soldiers and such, they can be directly “enlightened” and incorporated later, positioned the same as Yin Soldiers and Ghost Soldiers.
As for the Dragon Princes and Dragon Princesses, they’re really not easy to handle right now.
After all, in previous life mythological texts, there aren’t many records of the Four Seas Dragon Kings’ offspring. The more famous ones are Third Prince Ao Bing from the Dragon King of the East Sea family, and the East Sea Little Dragon Girl 【Good Fortune Dragon Girl】 from folklore, who is also one of the child attendants under Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Then there’s Prince Moang and little white dragon Ao Lie from the Dragon King of the West Sea family.
Beyond that, the other children of the Four Seas Dragon Kings basically have no records, at most just a name.
This is where the importance of disciples comes in.
He doesn’t have the time and energy to conceive all these dragon sons and daughters. He’ll handle the known ones, and leave the rest to his two disciples.
Moreover, in “conceiving from nothing,” he might not even be better than the natives of the Scroll Painting World.
Arriving at the club side.
He first handed over a batch of Scroll Painting sketches for Crab General, Sea Yaksa, Eel Warrior, etc., to the Network Department, and opened a new Four Seas Dragon Palace card pool.
Then he came to the Scroll Painting studio and called Chen Xu and Yao Xue’er to his side.
Under his influence, the two little workhorses have shown significant improvement in their Scroll Painting outsourcing skills.
After all, while learning his Scroll Painting concepts, they are also subtly absorbing the influence of previous life Huaxia culture, sparking their thoughts and enhancing their understanding of Scroll Painting conceptions.
This is why Scroll Painters place great emphasis on master-disciple relationships.
To put it bluntly, being an “outsourcing apprentice” for a top-tier Scroll Painter is indeed an honor.
While learning and outsourcing Scroll Paintings, they are also absorbing the Scroll Painting concepts and thought patterns from their master.
Currently, Chen Xu is still as meticulous and methodical as ever, strictly following Wu Xian’s standards and knowledge. His understanding of the Ten Great Yin Marshals has improved significantly, and he is vaguely touching the threshold of Gold Scroll Yin Marshals.
Yao Xue’er is slightly behind in this aspect, only just able to produce Silver Scroll Ten Great Yin Marshals, but her divergent thinking under the inheritance concept framework is extremely excellent. She has already created her initial version of Yaksa.
With his guidance later, some optimization, and it can basically be included in the Underworld card pool.
Therefore, the perfection and completion of Four Seas Dragon Palace offspring will focus on Chen Xu, with Yao Xue’er assisting.
And he handed the authorized original copy of 【Sea Yaksa】 to Yao Xue’er, letting her further expand her thinking and perfect the entire Yaksa tribe.
“Huh~ Your Sea Yaksa looks a bit like disciple’s Ghost Yaksa~!” Yao Xue’er said in surprise.
“Just a bit like?” Wu Xian squinted and smiled. “In my view as master, Yaksa is more like an independent tribe, rather than scattered individuals.”
“Tribe?” Yao Xue’er’s eyes flickered.
Carefully feeling the Scroll Painting concept of Sea Yaksa, she suddenly felt enlightened.
At the same time, she deeply realized the gap between herself and her master.
Compared to her master’s Sea Yaksa, her own 【Ghost Yaksa】 conception seemed incredibly immature and rudimentary.
“What about you, little Chen? Haven’t gotten your original concept going yet?” Wu Xian turned to ask Chen Xu.
“Um… I’ve basically settled on it, but it always feels like there’s still some flaw.” Chen Xu clearly had a perfectionist personality.
“There’s no such thing as a perfectly flawless concept in this world. Try making it first, and optimize and perfect it gradually later.” Wu Xian smiled. “Got any sketches? Let master take a look.”
Chen Xu nodded obediently and handed over a few preliminary draft diagrams.
Wu Xian took a close look and couldn’t help but be stunned.
Three heads and six arms, ferocious face, massive build, covered in eyes all over the body.
