Mythical Scroll Artist: Starting with the God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming

Chapter 146 Zhao Qinghe

“It can indeed be cheaper.” The treasure vault elder nodded. “These materials have been in the treasure vault for quite some time.”

Wu Xian was satisfied and happily paid the bill.

"Are there similar stocks in other places as well?" Wu Xian asked casually.

“It depends,” Elder Baoku analyzed. “In places where tools and machinery are thriving, these kinds of materials sell quite well.”

Wu Xian understood and said nothing more.

If that's the case, I think we could go and check out associations in other cities.

After all, the special pass is valid for the entire association.

They walked out of the treasure vault together with Xu Lu.

"Is Tattoo Guy settling in well with the association these days?" Wu Xian asked with concern.

“Great, everyone’s been very kind to me,” the tattooed guy said shyly, scratching his head. “It’s just that I’ve run into some minor difficulties with my research lately, and I’m a bit lost right now.”

"Oh~ Tell me about it?"

The tattoo artist said with a worried look, "The president and Sister Xu Lu gave me several normal ideas and drafts for painting scrolls, but I still can't get them to work on the human body. As soon as I put them on the human body, the spiritual structure of the pigments immediately collapses."

"Didn't you mix the paint according to your method?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled.

"I used it," the tattoo artist said helplessly. "I feel there's still a lot of room for improvement in my tattoo ink."

Wu Xian understood. "Speaking of which, I do know an expert in pigments who might be able to help you find the problem."

"A pigment expert?" Xu Lu, standing to the side, also cast a curious glance.

"Sister Xu Lu should know the Third Master Xue of the Xue family, right?"

"Third Master Xue?" Xu Lu's expression was strange. "I've heard that Third Master Xue has been researching spiritual pigments, but I don't really know his level."

"Believe me, Master Xue's skill with paints is absolutely top-notch," Wu Xian said.

"Really?" Xu Lu asked, still somewhat skeptical.

A moment later, he returned to the North Street area with the tattooed man and introduced him to Master Xue.

Xue Sanye, who was engrossed in his research, was clearly not very willing. The reason he was willing to teach Wu Xian in the first place was entirely because he was interested in Wu Xian's divine diagram law lineage, plus his status as Xue Lingling's disciple.

Moreover, judging from his appearance, the tattooed guy certainly doesn't look like a "decent person".

It wasn't until Wu Xian mentioned the tattooed man's "human body scroll art" that Master Xue finally took it seriously.

"What? He's the tattoo artist Lingling mentioned?"

“That’s right,” Wu Xian nodded and smiled, “The tattoo artist’s tattoo ink is quite different from normal ink, which may inspire your research.”

Master Xue was clearly intrigued. "Let me see your tattoo ink."

"Yes, senior." The tattoo guy respectfully handed over several bottles of tattoo ink.

After examining it for a while, Master Xue's eyes flickered slightly. "You know what, this paint is quite interesting. It seems to be closer to the spiritual structure of the human body than normal paint, but it is still in the early stages of exploration."

"Come on, let me become your apprentice first. I don't understand your tattoo art, but I can help you with your paint problems."

The tattooed guy hesitated and looked at Wu Xian.

"Can it really be solved?" Seeing Xue Sanye's confident demeanor, Wu Xian couldn't help but be curious.

“It’s a minor problem,” Master Xue said confidently with a smile. “This kid just lacks understanding of the spiritual structure of the human body. He can easily solve that problem by learning from me for a few days. But if he wants to go further, he definitely needs to thoroughly study the spiritual structure of the human body.”

"The spiritual structure of the human body?" Wu Xian clicked his tongue and nodded.

The tattooed guy wasn't stupid; he immediately knelt down and became his apprentice.

"Get up~ Get up, you definitely won't lose out by becoming my apprentice," Master Xue teased. "If nothing unexpected happens, when your tattoo art develops to a certain stage, you will encounter another, even bigger problem, and only my skill can possibly help you solve it."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian and the tattooed guy couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Master Xue said slowly, squinting his eyes, "High-end scrolls will inevitably use divine power factors in the end, but the divine power factors produced by the scroll copies may not be suitable for the human body."

The tattooed guy was completely confused, but Wu Xian understood instantly.

Yes, the tattoo artist's human body scroll art is essentially still a "scroll". If he wants to upgrade the "tattoo scroll" to a higher level, he will inevitably have to add various divine power factors.

The divine power factors produced by the scroll copy may not be suitable for the human body, but the divine power factors synthesized by Master Xue have the potential for "adjustment." Thinking about it this way, these two are truly a match made in heaven!

Afterwards, the tattooed guy stayed next door to learn about paint mixing from Master Xue.

Wu Xian returned to his villa and began making the Four Little Gods of Wealth.

……

Slum area.

Ever since Wu Xian's shack next door was rented out at a high price, Grandpa Wang has been secretly observing and keeping an eye on the young tenant next door.

Judging from his fair and delicate skin, he must be from a wealthy family.

Grandpa Wang just couldn't understand why this kid insisted on coming to the shantytown to suffer this hardship.

Meanwhile, Bai Shiqi had also become familiar with the local elderly men over the past few days.

"Grandpa," Bai Shiqi pointed to the design of the "Guardian Chicken King" on the door and inquired, "Is this the inspiration sketch that Master Wu left behind when he was researching the 'Guardian Chicken King'?"

"I guess so, but I don't really know the specifics," Grandpa Wang replied awkwardly.

Bai Shiqi smiled knowingly and continued to ask, "Speaking of which, what was Master Wu's life like before he became a scroll painter?"

"Why do you ask this?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted to experience Master Wu's past life and feel his journey."

"Are you sure?" Grandpa Wang asked with a strange expression.

"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have rented this place."

Master Wang smiled knowingly, "That's perfect. A few of us old buddies are just about to set off. You can come along."

Bai Shiqi asked with great interest, "I wonder what we're going to do?"

"Collecting scraps, what else can I do?"

"what?"

……

In the evening, after chatting and laughing with the old men, Bai Shiqi returned to the shed, his whole body stiff.

With his level 5 spiritual power cultivation, he was naturally not tired physically, but he was exhausted mentally and psychologically.

Looking at her dirty reflection in the mirror, she instinctively wanted to take a shower, but found that the dilapidated shack didn't have the facilities for that.

After asking Grandpa Wang next door, I discovered that the simple shed in the yard was where they took a bath.

At this moment, Shiraishi Qi's mentality completely collapsed.

Fortunately, the trip wasn't entirely fruitless. The old men seemed to be collecting scraps that others didn't want, saying that Wu Xian would pay them to buy them.

Bai Shiqi immediately realized what was going on, so he decisively spent money to buy the scraps from the old men.

"Could it be that Wu Xian started his journey into painting scrolls using these scraps?"

This discovery both surprised and delighted him.

They immediately began experimenting with mixing pigments using these scraps.

"Hiss~ Is it really that full of impurities?"

In the past, let alone scraps like this, any material with even a little bit of impurities would not have met his standards.

But now, in order to follow in Wu Xian's footsteps, he can only grit his teeth and persevere.

A moment later, a phone call interrupted his attempt.

"Hey, Brother Bai, where are you? I'll be in Yaoyang City soon." It was Zhao Qinghe's voice on the other end of the phone.

Bai Shiqi, still in a daze, replied, "You really came?"

"Otherwise what?" Zhao Qinghe teased. "Don't worry, I'm not trying to steal your credit. I'm just checking in on my junior sister. By the way, how have you been lately, Brother Bai?"

(End of this chapter)