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

Can Chapter 119 still create bonds?
Two weeks ago, Wu Xian would definitely not have dared to come to the advanced map.

But things are different now. With the popularity and best-selling of the Ghost King Scroll and the Yin General Scroll, the level of the original scrolls in their hands has already soared to an astonishing level.

To put it simply, even the worst-selling of Wu Xian's top ten Yin Marshals, [Fish Gill Marshal], is now at five stars.

Other Yin Shuai characters with average sales are mostly at the six-star or six-and-a-half-star level.

The best-selling Black and White Impermanence and Ox-Head and Horse-Face have all entered the Seven Stars stage!

Black and White Impermanence

Version: Original (with gold embroidered border)

Grade: Silver switch

Painting Spirit: ★★★★★★★
Spirituality: 75
Innate Trait: Summoning and capturing souls, rewarding good and punishing evil.

【Bull's Head】

Version: Original (with gold embroidered border)

Grade: Silver switch

Painting Spirit: ★★★★★★★
Spirituality: 47
Innate Trait: Netherworld Divine Power, Suppressing Souls and Eradicating Evil

【Horse Face】

Version: Original (with gold embroidered border)

Grade: Silver switch

Painting Spirit: ★★★★★★★
Spirituality: 55
Innate Trait: Yin-Yang Eye, Soul Suppressor and Judgement of Evil

It's important to know that after a character reaches four stars, leveling up becomes increasingly time-consuming.

Wu Xian thus truly experienced the nobility and power of the scroll painter.

Once you've created and sold the scroll, you can simply wait for the upgrade to complete.

For a Spirit Master, upgrading a scroll to six or seven stars is quite difficult.

But for the scroll painter, it's just a matter of time.

As they gain a deeper understanding and condense the power of the Divine Map Laws, and as they enhance the scroll's grade, spirituality, and five dimensions, the combat power of the Ten Yin Marshals will become even stronger.

At this moment, Wu Xian didn't need any other Yin Marshals to take action; the Seven Stars' [Black and White Impermanence] alone were enough to handle most situations.

Beside her, Master Sister's Soul Devouring Ghost King was already seven and a half stars, and it was a gold-axis seven and a half stars.

These two spirit paintings alone are enough to allow the two of them to run rampant outside the high-level defense line.

Even an eighth-tier elite monster could only struggle in vain and wait to die in front of the two of them.

As he watched as he acquired high-level monster materials, Wu Xian was filled with emotion.

"So, now you know the difference between a scroll painter and a spirit tamer, right?"

While teasing the strange creature below, Xue Lingling asked with a smile.

Wu Xian sighed and nodded, his feelings complicated.

When his master told him that scroll painters and spirit tamers were not on the same level at all, he didn't really understand.

Now, I truly understand it.

If it weren't for the limitation of his level three spiritual power cultivation, which prevented him from running the Seven Stars [Black and White Impermanence] at full power, ordinary level five or six spiritual masters would be no match for him.

No wonder the scroll painters at the dojo don't consider themselves ordinary people.

This significant increase in power brings not only changes in combat strength, but also changes in mentality and self-awareness.

"Your spiritual power cultivation is just a little lacking right now," Xue Lingling teased as she analyzed. "Once your spiritual power cultivation reaches level four or five, ordinary spirit masters would only have the option of waiting to die in front of you."

This doesn't even include the improvements brought by the subsequent divine diagrams. Speaking of which, your Ten Yin Generals set should also have system synergy capabilities, right?

"Linkage capability?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled.

“Scrolls within the same system can develop synergistic capabilities through the laws of divine diagrams,” Xue Lingling explained. “Just like in the third-tier Dead Mountain Town dungeon, my nine Ghost Kings formed an array to cooperate, which could boost the Soul Devouring Ghost King’s combat power by a level.”

This is one of the reasons why scroll painters are far superior to spirit tamers.

Later on, the spirits within a single divine painting would work in unison, easily annihilating a group of spirit tamers with a mere wave of their hand.

Wu Xian gasped in surprise.

I couldn't help but recall the formation the other eight ghost kings formed around the Soul-Devouring Ghost King when we fought against the "god" of Dead Mountain Town. Good heavens, so it turns out there are bonds between scrolls from the same series?

It's the Auto Chess game, right?
"Can copies and rubbings also be used?" Wu Xian asked curiously.

“A rubbing won’t do, but a copy will, provided you develop it at the divine map level first,” Xue Lingling nodded and said, “This is also one of the core selling points of a system-type scroll.”

Many teams of spirit tamers who have been working together for many years will try their best to assemble a scroll lineup that can interact with each other.

This will also help boost the sales of our scrolls to some extent.

Wu Xian clicked his tongue in amazement. It seemed he would have to study and understand the bond effects of the [Ten Great Yin Marshals] properly later.

"How exactly does it work? Is it just about comprehending the laws and patterns within the divine diagram?"

"No, no, no, we still need to refine the overall concept and fill in the details of the relationships between them, etc. You'll have to figure that out for yourself."

Wu Xian's eyes brightened slightly, and he secretly understood.

Previously, each Yin Marshal was created individually, but after the ten Yin Marshals were put together as a whole, the overall details and settings still need to be completed.

If the entire underworld system were to be built in the future, with layers of interconnectedness and interaction, I dare not even imagine it!

During the subsequent hunt, Wu Xian clearly felt that his "mana was insufficient".

Even when not running at full power, the spiritual energy of the Black and White Impermanence is still consumed extremely quickly, and the spiritual energy consumption of the Seven Star Painting is ridiculously high even when in standby mode.

In comparison, my senior sister, who has a level five spiritual power, has it much easier.

"Is there any way to quickly improve one's spiritual power?" Wu Xian inquired.

“Of course there are,” Xue Lingling replied without hesitation. “The medicines and spiritual items that usually assist in cultivation are all low-end products. There are also many high-end products that ordinary people cannot access, including good things that can directly improve spiritual power cultivation.”

But the most cost-effective option is still the scroll copy.

"Oh right, how could I forget about the scroll copy!"

Wu Xian suddenly slapped his forehead, his eyes shining.

Now, not only can you freely enter Dead Mountain Town, but you can also freely enter the scroll dungeon at the association.

It seems I'll need to stay in various scroll dungeons for the foreseeable future.

"Shall we go to Holy Spirit Island together tomorrow?" Wu Xian suggested.

“Hehe, that’s exactly what I was thinking too,” Xue Lingling said with a hint of relish in her eyes. “Now that I have the [Ghost Emperor] in my hands, it will definitely be very satisfying to absorb it.”

Ever since she experienced "absorbing" the power of the Holy Spirit, Xue Lingling has been craving it.

The divine diagrams of the Ten Great Ghost Emperors have just been formed, and it is precisely the time when the refinement of the divine diagrams is lacking.

With Wu Xian's help, it's much easier to absorb the nutrients.

"I'll cover the dungeon fees tomorrow, so let's run it a few more times!"

Now, my mentor sister is a genuine little rich woman, and her "generous" personality is gradually showing.

"Master Sister is so generous!" Wu Xian said with a smile, showing off his special pass: "But Master Sister doesn't need to pay for it, I have a free pass here."

Xue Lingling, being a worldly person, was stunned for a moment before letting out a scream as loud as boiling water.

"Holy crap, God of the Dead! This...this isn't the legendary special pass for the association?" Xue Lingling leaned close to Wu Xian in disbelief. "Where did this come from?"

"Given by Chairman Cui."

"Huh?!" Xue Lingling exclaimed again, "You've been tricked into joining the association?"

“No, not at all,” Wu Xian shook his head and explained, “I gave the association a big gift yesterday, so this pass is a kind of reward.”

Xue Lingling was well aware of how difficult it was to obtain this special pass; unless you made a significant contribution to the association, no matter how capable you were, you couldn't get it.

"Could it be that you passed on the concept of the 'Ten Great Yin Marshals' to the association?" Xue Lingling asked with a strange expression.

"..."

Wu Xian was both amused and exasperated. How could he possibly donate his scroll-making heritage?
He then gave a brief account of the situation of the tattooed guy and his gang, leaving Xue Lingling stunned.

"What? A tattoo? A body painting art?"

Based on her understanding, she naturally knew the value of the tattoo artist's skills.

"Tsk tsk, I never expected that there was such an extraordinary genius hidden in Yaoyang City. I must take this genius to meet me tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)