Zhao Ya and the Others Arrive
"The winter plum blossoms are using spiritual energy from the surroundings to grow, is this... a painting of the fifth level?"
"Just by spurting some water, it became a fifth level painting?"
"Does it have to be so exaggerated?"
The faces of everyone present distorted in shock as they became dumbfounded
It was merely a savage beast playfully running and rolling about on the paper, so they thought that the painting would be nothing at all. Yet, with a mere shake, it transformed into a third level painting.
And that wasn't the all. By heating the painting with a fire torch, it was immediately elevated to become a fourth level painting... Then, with a spurt of water, it created the effect of snow, allowing the painting to reach the fifth level...
The heck!
Are you a painter... or are you a street performer?
A fifth level painting is something that only a 3-star painter is capable of creating. Yet, to be able to reach that level with a savage beast...
What is this craziness?
Everyone turned to look at Zhang Xuan once more, and they couldn't help but doubt if he were human.
A moment ago, they thought that he was just an arrogant, boastful, and ignorant lad. But now, they realized how wrong they were. He was actually a grandmaster possessing skills beyond their imagination.
A painting that seemed to be scrap was forcefully raised to become a painting of the fifth level!
It was just like magic, leaving the crowd present thoroughly bewildered and dizzied.
"This... This..."
The lips of the two vice guild leaders quivered in astonishment.
This is beyond incredible!
For a child who isn't even twenty to create a fifth level painting... Even in the headquarter, he would be considered as one of the top geniuses!
More importantly, anyone else, even if it were a 3-star painter, would have to abstain from meat, meditate, and conduct several types of preparations to adjust their state of mind before they were able to create a painting of the fifth level. Yet, this fellow achieved this with just a spurt of water...
When did creating a fifth level painting become so simple?
"Did I actually challenge a fellow who is capable of creating fifth level paintings?"
Ji Mo gongzi's face paled, wishing to knock himself dead on a pillar at this instant.
After scolding the other party, the other party took out a savage beast to challenge his skills.
After mocking the other party's painting, the other party immediately brought the painting up to the third level with a shake.
After saying that the other party's work was a collaboration and that the result shouldn't be a draw, the other party immediately raised the level of the painting to the fourth level.
And now, it has been raised to the fifth level.
Are you here with the purpose to slap my face?
If I knew that you are a grandmaster capable of producing a fifth level painting, no matter how foolish I may be, I wouldn't have dared to provoke you!
Now, my attempts to make my name known has made me a fool, and I have become a laughingstock. Needless to say flirting with ladies, I would be too embarrassed to walk in the streets...
"Give it a check, ascertain whether it is a fifth level painting!"
Ignoring the shock that the crowd was going through, Zhang Xuan turned to the two vice guild leaders.
"There's no need to check, it is definitely a fifth level painting!"
The two vice guild leaders were astonished beyond words.
A fifth level painting is capable of absorbing spiritual energy to materialize its own contents. Even though the painting didn't yet possess wisdom, it was capable of leaving the original dimension of the painting and creep outward. One didn't require a deep understanding of painting in order to identify a fifth level painting, only requiring that one not be blind...
As the vice guild leaders of the Painter Guild, 2-star pinnacle painters, how can they possibly be unable to tell a fifth level painting!
"Then... Am I eligible to claim the 3-star painter emblem?" Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.
"This..."
Vice Guild leader Wu forcefully calmed down the agitation rippling within his mind, and after hesitating for a moment, spoke, "Going by logic, you are eligible as a 3-star painter. However, our guild leader is the only 3-star painter at our branch, and he is absent at the moment... We don't have the qualifications to confer this rank upon you!"
"You don't have the qualifications?"
"Grandmaster Zhang, there's no need to panic..." Vice Guild Leader Wu waved his hands immediately to placate him.
His method of addressing Zhang Xuan had changed from 'brother' to 'grandmaster'.
Since the other party was able to create a painting of the fifth level, this showed that his skills had far surpassed theirs. Even though they were much older than him, they didn't dare to overstep their boundaries and call him 'brother'.
It would truly be indecorous for them to do so.
They would be disregarding order and hierarchy.
"As long as we send your painting to the headquarter and have someone to examine and verify it, the emblem should be issued soon." Vice Guild Leader Wu added. "This will take... around ten days!"
"Ten days?"
"Yes. However, while we are unable to give you the 3-star emblem, for the time being, we can present you with the 2-star emblem on the spot!"
Vice Guild Leader Wu gestured, and an apprentice walked forward to receive instructions. Very quickly, an emblem with two shining and brilliant stars on it was brought out.
2-star painter emblem! It signifies one's identity as a 2-star painter.
"Un!" Zhang Xuan was delighted.
He didn't expect the painter examination to be so simple, that one is able to directly obtain a rank just by producing a piece of work. It is unlike the other occupations which conduct all kinds of troublesome tests in order to assess one's skills.
"Since Grandmaster Zhang has successfully produced a fifth level painting, even though you have not obtained the actual emblem, you already possess the authority of a 3-star painter!"
Vice Guild Leader Cheng Feng interjected.
"Can I already exercise the authority of a 3-star painter? Very well, this Painter Ji Mo has provoked me time and time again, and I hereby declare that he is permanently banned from the Painter Guild!"
Zhang Xuan turned to the crowd as he spoke.
Hearing those words, Ji Mo gongzi's face turned pale, and he collapsed to the ground.
The other party had become a 3-star painter, and he had gained to authority to issue bans. Once this ban was filed, all of the branches of the Painter Guild would receive the order, and he would be unable to enter any single one of them.
Any attempt to circumvent this ban would be taken as an act of provocation against the Painter Guild, and the offender could be killed on the spot!
Ji Mo thought that he use this countryside bumpkin as a stepping stone to make his name known. Never in his dreams did he expect to instead knock into a tough boulder, leaving himself with a smashed head...
"Painter Ji, you may leave now!"
Hearing Zhang Xuan's orders, Vice Guild Leader Wu shook his head, having no choice but to drive the other party away.
Even though he thought that it was a little too harsh, it was an irrefutable fact that Ji Mo had lost the competition, and thus, the wager. Hence, there was nothing more he could say about the situation.
Besides, in Zhang Xuan’s presence, Ji Mo gongzi's talents amounted to nothing at all.
There was no need to think about whom they should support.
"Yes!"
Albeit reluctant, Ji Mo gongzi knew that the ban had been issued, and there was no point of reconciliation. Unless his skills surpassed that of the other party, he would never be able to overcome this ban.
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