46: Life Scar, Hornets General

Chapter 46: Fate Mark, General Wasp

“Tearing a monster apart with bare hands?” Wu Xian was secretly startled.

One must know that monsters are generally ethereal beings, inherently possessing high immunity to physical damage.

Tearing a monster apart with bare hands was clearly not something that could be achieved by mere Spiritual Energy Cultivation.

“Exactly! It’s too outrageous! Zhang Mazi and his gang definitely have a problem,” Zhao He said with a serious expression, “So I had my brothers keep an eye on them for a few days and found that they kept running to one place, but they didn’t dare to go in and investigate.”

“What place?”

“Near the Rat’s Den in the North District.”

Wu Xian silently noted down the address and motioned for Zhao He and the others to leave.

It could only be said that Du Yifan was right; the North District indeed harbored hidden talents, with all sorts of people.

Someone was actually capable of such miraculous feats as integrating spiritual substances into the human body. He wondered how they managed to do it.

Opening the door, he returned home.

The Old Master was still wandering outside, living a proper retired life.

After a simple meal, he began to “burn” various Materials, refining and upgrading his Soul divine scroll.

Over a million rare spiritual Materials were invested, and in just over an hour, they were automatically refined and absorbed by his Natal divine scroll.

During the refining process, the God of Wealth scroll also seemed to undergo some kind of change.

He quickly retrieved the God of Wealth scroll from the divine scroll; the dark red blood-colored scroll was noticeably more exquisite than before. A golden-red pattern permeated from the inside out within the scroll, and a wisp of swirling golden-red light appeared around the scroll, looking very cool.

“This is… an upgrade?”

He immediately summoned the God of Wealth, and its overall aura was indeed much stronger.

As he pondered, he logged into that niche Big Boss forum again, where there were still private messages from the Big Bosss from last time in his backend.

Wu Xian was too lazy to read them and directly edited a post: “Does the blood-colored scroll not have specific Rank distinctions?”

Shortly after the post was published, he received warm replies from the Big Bosss.

Old Zhou of Beihai: “Here he comes, here he comes, this swindler is back again!”

Four Generations Under One Roof: “Inner piety, sincerity brings spirituality? Is Your Excellency being funny?”

Man Sanquan: “Someone actually dared to fool us; today, there must be an explanation!”

Ye Ao Nai Wo He: “Stop with these pretentious tricks; if you’re so brave, post a picture!”

Old Zhou of Beihai: “Do you really think us old geezers are easy to talk to?”

Being lambasted so thoroughly right off the bat, Wu Xian felt a bit stiff. It seemed that without revealing something, it would be difficult to extract any useful information.

So he casually took a photo of the God of Wealth scroll and posted it in the thread, with the caption: “???”

After the photo was uploaded, the Big Bosss instantly changed their tune.

Man Sanquan: “Holy cow, is that really an Ancient Scroll?!”

Ye Ao Nai Wo He: “May I ask Your Excellency’s esteemed name?”

Old Zhou of Beihai: “I spoke a bit loudly just now, Senior, please don’t mind me. I’m looking for a connection~!”

Four Generations Under One Roof: “Just condensed a Fate Mark? It’s probably newly made, knows nothing, and doesn’t seem like an old geezer, more like a young person who got incredibly lucky.”

Old Zhou of Beihai: “Makes sense!”

Ye Ao Nai Wo He: “Little Senior, where are you from? Interested in developing at Dengfeng Dojo? Uncle will give you the green light.”

Man Sanquan: “Private message, private message, there will be a generous reward~!”

Four Generations Under One Roof: “Young friend, do you believe in fate?”

Ye Ao Nai Wo He: “Damn, he ran away again!”

Seeing Wu Xian go offline, the group of Big Bosss almost went crazy.

At this moment, Wu Xian was looking at the golden-red light on the blood-colored scroll, lost in thought, “So Ancient Scrolls are categorized by this thing called a Fate Mark?”

Indeed, these old Seniors knew more.

With the Ancient Scroll in hand, he could still bait these old Seniors a few more times in the future.

“With the certificate in hand, it’s time to further my studies in the Scroll Master forum.”

He took out his Apprentice Scroll Master certificate and used the number on it to register and log into the Scroll Master forum.

A brand new world opened its doors to him.

Although the information in the forum was disorganized and certainly couldn’t compare to the formal education of an art studio, it was enough for Wu Xian.

After all, what he lacked was merely a basic understanding of Scroll Master common sense and some general knowledge.

For several days in a row, Wu Xian was completely immersed in the Scroll Master forum.

He didn’t post; he just scrolled through posts, frantically absorbing knowledge from them.

As he gained a deeper understanding of the Scroll Master profession, he also developed a clear appreciation for the true value of Shifu-jie, the Dojo Scroll Master.

Of course, he didn’t neglect his Spiritual Energy Cultivation either.

Under the dual blessings of the Laurel Tree and Spiritual Energy Amplification Fluid, his Spiritual Energy Cultivation smoothly entered Rank Three, his total Spiritual Energy directly doubled, and his physical fitness also received a significant boost.

Inside the cozy new home, the Laws of heaven and earth slowly converged.

“Three thousand per sheet for superior quality painting paper really makes a difference, huh~!”

Spiritual painting paper is divided into four grades: good, superior, exquisite, and special. The higher the quality, the greater its capacity to bear spirituality, and the more stable the process of combining the “System” and “hardware” will be.

The more complex and high-end the scroll, the more it requires high-quality painting paper.

Most importantly, high-quality painting paper itself possesses extremely high spirituality and spiritual energy, which can, to a certain extent, increase the initial Rank of the painting spirit.

Theoretically, the limit for superior quality painting paper is a three-star painting spirit, but in actual operation, it’s difficult to perfectly preserve all of that spirituality and spiritual energy.

How much can be preserved depends on the Scroll Master’s skill.

On the shimmering spiritual painting paper, a humanoid Wasp gradually took shape, interspersed with black, yellow, and brown colors. A pair of translucent bee wings were folded behind its back, two eerie antennae on its head, a ferocious mouthpart, developed segmented limbs, a venomous stinger at its tail gleaming with cold light, and it held a bug net resembling a Soul-summoning banner.

Its overall image was eerie and terrifying, definitely the kind of aesthetic Shifu-jie would appreciate.

In the Sea of Consciousness’s Ten Yama Generals divine scroll, the figure of General Wasp gradually lit up.

The painting paper before him was continuously locked by the power of Law, divine light shimmered, a silver scroll slowly condensed, and wisps of golden light transformed into golden threads, embroidering a golden trim onto the scroll.

【General Wasp】

Type: original (Golden Trim)

Rank: silver scroll

painting spirit: ★★

Spirituality: 53

Innate Traits: Soul-Devouring Poisonous Sting, Soul-Capturing Shadow

“Tsk tsk, the quality is truly different when you use good Materials.”

Wu Xian was very satisfied with the finished General Wasp.

Four-Rank insect Materials, combined with several rare spiritual substances, the paints for General Wasp were undoubtedly the pinnacle of Wu Xian’s current blending ability.

And for the superior quality painting paper, being able to retain a two-star painting spirit Rank was already a very good result.

“I’ll get some good Materials later and reconstruct Lord Wuchang as well.”

He was just considering taking General Wasp to the insect race dimensional copy for a test run when his phone suddenly rang.

“Oh right,” Wu Xian slapped his forehead, “I almost forgot about the main business!”

Tang Beng’s excited voice came from the other end of the phone, “Brother, the car show is about to start, hurry over!”

“Okay.”

After hanging up, he quickly went out.

As soon as he stepped out, he heard a complaining conversation near the trash can by the door.

“What the hell? Isn’t anyone living here? How come there’s not even a single valuable piece of trash?”

“Probably another poor Spirit Master, boring, let’s go, let’s go.”

As the two complained, their eyes met Wu Xian’s, and their embarrassed gazes held a hint of shock.

The atmosphere was slightly awkward.

Wu Xian also recognized the two; they were two of Zhang Mazi’s subordinates. He immediately joked, “I haven’t seen Big Brother Zhang Mazi much lately. Where did he go to make a fortune?”

“Boss… Boss… no longer needs to pick up trash.”

The two subordinates stammered and trembled.

“No wonder,” Wu Xian took the opportunity to inquire, “Speaking of which, I think your human body modification is quite impressive. Who did it for you? Could you help me get an introduction? I’m quite interested.”

“What human body modification? That is the great art of human body scrolls!”

The two subordinates seemed to care deeply about this point and bravely emphasized it to Wu Xian.