Chapter 26: Commission

"This thing is useless to me now."

Yun Mu shook the small green bottle in her hand.

After becoming a Transcendental, she no longer needed to rely on this kind of thing to enter the so-called state of Perception.

"Maybe I can find a place to sell this thing?"

She suddenly remembered what Sixin had said before; this thing seemed to be very valuable.

But she also remembered that the other party had said it was a contraband item, so it couldn't be sold through regular channels.

"Forget it, I'll just keep it for my own use." Shaking her head, Yun Mu tucked the small green bottle containing the Tonggan Liquid into the lining of her coat.

Aside from helping ordinary people enter a state of Perception, drinking a small amount of Tonggan Liquid could also enhance one's Focus.

As a Transcendental profession that relies on Painting to fight, the 【Painter Apprentice】 finds increased Focus quite useful.

Speaking of painting, Yun Mu looked at her only Supernatural Painting currently in existence, 【Falling.】

Unlike the temporary works created using the 【Spiritual Painting】 skill, 【Falling】 is an item that has itself triggered a Path reaction.

According to the Supernatural knowledge that had appeared in her mind, this phenomenon should be called Ether Resonance.

It is very difficult for mortals to trigger Ether Resonance, because this thing has little to do with whether one's technique is exquisite or not; it depends more on what you are doing, the surrounding scene, and factors like emotions, and whether you can mobilize the Ether vibration of the corresponding field of information.

When an item undergoes Ether Resonance, it becomes a Supernatural Item.

When a human triggers Ether Resonance, they become entwined by the field's Ether, forming a Path such as 【Scarlet】, 【Cat】, or 【Oil Painting】.

And to become a Transcendental, one must trigger an Ether Resonance that has recorded various professional information.

This professional information was carefully selected by humans after long historical accumulation; it has high adaptability to humans and can merge with a human after resonance.

This is why, although fields and professions are essentially the same thing, they must be counted separately.

With a thought from Yun Mu, 【Falling】 immediately transformed from a physical object into pure Ether, rotating around her Ether Body.

This is a characteristic that all Supernatural Items possess; furthermore, as long as a connection is established with it, one can directly perform remote control using one's mind.

And the distance of remote control depends on the area her Perception can reach.

Currently, her range of Perception can cover about five meters around her; any further than that, and it won't work.

Pinning the Senior Painter Certification Medal of the Painter Association onto the chest of her shirt, Yun Mu followed the spiral staircase back to the first-floor lobby of the Painter Association.

Although there had been some small accidents along the way, she had not forgotten the purpose of her visit to the Painter Association.

With only four Gold Frost Coins left in her pocket, it would be hard to forget!

Huh, why did I say "again"?

Yun Mu arrived at the counter where the attendant lady was; the other party noticed the Senior Painter Certification Medal hanging on her chest at a glance.

She was stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting that Yun Mu could actually obtain a Senior Certification Medal, which was second only to the Master level.

Subsequently, a professional smile immediately appeared on her face as she looked at Yun Mu and said, "Congratulations, Miss Yun, on obtaining our Painter Association's Senior Painter Certification Medal."

"Is there anything you need help with right now?"

The change in the other party's expression was clearly seen by Yun Mu; after becoming a Transcendental, her observational ability had also been greatly improved.

"Are there any commissions I can take?" she asked.

"You are a Senior Certified Painter; you can take most of the commissions in the Association," the attendant lady said with a smile.

She took out a stack of commission certificates from under the counter and said, "These are all the current commissions that require a Senior Painter to take."

"May I take a look?" Yun Mu said, looking at the commission certificates piled on the counter.

"Please," the attendant lady said, gesturing with her hand.

After receiving an affirmative answer from the other party, Yun Mu picked up the commission certificates on the counter one by one and began to read them carefully.

Unlike Earth, where the internet is highly developed and there are a large number of requests for various types of drawings on painting websites, the vast majority of painters in this world create casually and then auction off the paintings they have created.

As for those who have a need for painters, it is less that they need painters and more that they are looking for designers.

Yun Mu looked at three commissions in a row and found that they were all requests to create trademarks for their own products.

Only the fourth commission piqued her interest slightly: providing a column related to painting for the *Frostfall City Weekly* of Frostfall City.

The requirement for the column is that it must be related to painting; what it specifically is does not matter, even if it is a column explaining painting knowledge that is published in the newspaper at that time.

The reward is 8 Gold Frost Coins for every issue of the newspaper published.

But the premise of all this is that the provided content must pass the review of the editor-in-chief of the *Frostfall City Weekly*, who is the client.

"Interesting."

Holding this commission certificate, Yun Mu asked the attendant lady behind the counter, "What is the size of this column?"

"One column."

"One column, huh..." After hearing the attendant lady's words, Yun Mu rubbed her chin.

One column refers to a vertical area on the newspaper page from top to bottom.

Looking at it this way, couldn't she draw a comic on it?

Anyway, comics are also painting; it's not like she would really go and publish a short essay popularizing painting knowledge.

Or perhaps, she could just draw a super large lewd picture and print it on it; that would also count as returning to her old profession?

"This *Frostfall City Weekly*, which day of the week is it published?" she asked again.

This world, like Earth, also has the concept of seven days a week, and because each month is thirty-five days, the day of the week is the same every year.

"Every Sunday."

The attendant lady looked at her a bit strangely, seemingly wondering why she didn't even know which day of the week the *Frostfall City Weekly* was published.

"Today is October 3rd, which is Wednesday; there are four days left until Sunday."

"I have to purchase equipment for drawing comics, and it might not even pass the review..." Yun Mu hesitated.

At the end of the day, she was just someone who drew lewd pictures before she transmigrated; where would she get the ability to draw comics?

Even if she wanted to copy the works from the world before she transmigrated, she wouldn't know how to copy them; after all, who could remember every single detail of the works they had once seen without missing anything?

"May I ask what kind of column the editor-in-chief actually wants?" She looked at the young attendant and asked.

They only said it had to be related to Painting, with no restrictions on the specific content, but it is precisely this lack of requirements that is the greatest requirement, you bastard!

"I am not sure about that either," the young attendant first shook her head, then informed Yun Mu: "Actually, several painters within the association have already taken this commission, but in the end, none of them were able to satisfy that editor-in-chief."

"If you would like to take this commission, I can tell you the location of the client's home."

PS: Uh... I am so sorry!

I squandered my stockpile of drafts, and then spent the day addicted to playing games.

I always have this mysterious confidence that I can finish the manuscript.

It is already five in the morning now, and I have only just finished writing this chapter; I really cannot stay up any longer and need to sleep.

Therefore, the second chapter cannot be updated at eleven o'clock as usual.

I swear, as soon as I wake up, I will immediately start typing.

Starting from today, I am going to save back the stockpile I squandered, bit by bit!

(End of this chapter)