Chapter 27: Chance Encounter

"Liuli Street No. 19 Apartment Building, Unit 2, 401, Nathan Hawar, I've got it."

After obtaining the address and name of the editor-in-chief of the Frostfall City Weekly from the young attendant, Yun Mu left the Painter Association.

In the end, she still accepted this commission.

After all, unlike those commissions that were mostly just one-off deals, if this commission succeeded, it would be a stable job paying eight Gold Frost Coins every week.

Moreover, the content of the comics published in the newspaper did not need to be colored, so she could save a sum on the paint costs that coloring would have incurred.

She truly had no reason to refuse such a business deal.

Of course, the premise of all this was that she could pass the other party's screening.

As for that, she would know once she went to the other party's home in the afternoon to communicate with him.

If it works, it works; if it doesn't, she'll just run off.

It wouldn't waste much of her time in total, but if it succeeded, the harvest would be quite gratifying.

As for why she had to go in the afternoon, nonsense, the person was still at work during the day.

"What should I do next?"

The editor-in-chief in Frostfall City hadn't finished work yet, and the white-haired young girl at Frost Bank had said to come find her only after twelve o'clock at night.

This rare bit of free time actually left Yun Mu, who had been busy non-stop since transmigrating, feeling a bit at a loss.

"Let's go buy some things for painting first," she thought.

As a 【Painter Apprentice】, how could she not even have tools for painting?

What difference is there between this and a soldier on the battlefield having a gun but no bullets?

She strolled around the streets near the Painter Association, and unsurprisingly, there were indeed shops nearby that specialized in selling painting supplies.

"Boss, are you in?"

Yun Mu pushed open the door to the art supply shop, and a faint smell of oil paint rushed into her nostrils.

"I'm here, I'm here."

Not long after she finished speaking, an elderly man who looked quite old walked out from behind the cloth curtain behind the counter.

"What would the customer like to buy?" Under the lenses of his gold-rimmed glasses, the old man's gray and white pupils gazed at Yun Mu and asked softly.

"I've come to buy some painting tools, mainly brushes like nylon brushes, oil painting brushes, and writing brushes, as well as a palette, paints, canvas and sketchbooks, pencils, erasers, oh right, and a carving knife for sharpening pencils, plus varnish, a palette knife, tape..."

"Stop, stop, stop." The old man interrupted Yun Mu and said, "In short, painting tools, right?"

"I've almost memorized the things you people from the Painter Association come here to buy. I have a complete list of painting items here; take a look, and if you have any requirements, you can bring them up."

As the old man spoke, he handed Yun Mu a sheet of white paper, which was filled with the names of all sorts of painting tools.

"Hmm, this is about it, but the quantity of canvas is a bit low; add two more rolls."

"Can do." The old man nodded, then said, "These items total two Gold Frost Coins; I'll waive the extra change."

Good heavens, he wants half my net worth just like that!

"Um, can it be cheaper?"

Yun Mu acted cute in a somewhat awkward way; elderly people usually fell for this, and she believed she could definitely save a lot of money!

"Hmph." The old man gave a disdainful snort.

"1 Gold Frost Coin plus 18 Silver Frost Coins."

"1 Gold Frost, 15 Silver Frost, how about it~"

"Alright, alright, I've never seen a painter as stingy as you." The old man waved his hand in annoyance, then turned and ducked into the room behind the cloth curtain.

About two minutes later, the old man walked out from behind the curtain carrying a cardboard box filled with painting tools.

"Here you go, the things you wanted."

With a heavy thud, the cardboard box was placed on the counter.

"Boss, are you the only one in this shop?" Seeing the other party looking so tired that he was gently pounding his back with his hand, Yun Mu asked while taking money from her bosom.

"The kid I hired had something come up at home today and didn't come," the old man explained, putting the Gold Frost and Silver Frost Yun Mu placed on the counter into the cash register.

"If you can't carry it, you can tell me where you live, and I'll hire someone to send it over for you later," the old man said, looking at her slender limbs.

"It's fine, I can carry it."

Yun Mu lifted the cardboard box with great ease and, under the boss's slightly surprised gaze, left the art supply shop.

"Now I really have to find a place to live."

After leaving the art supply shop, she looked at the cardboard box in her hand with some helplessness.

The fifteen Gold Frost Coins she had obtained from the Guard Hall had been spent down to just three Gold Frost and two Silver Frost in less than three days.

She didn't know whether to lament that money didn't last or that she was too good at spending it.

Fortunately, three Gold Frost was actually not a small amount; at the very least, it was more than enough to rent a relatively comfortable house for a month.

And a month's time should be enough for her to complete a few commissions for the Painter Association.

Or even, thinking positively, perhaps the task that white-haired young girl wants her to do tonight is very simple, and she could directly agree to it and receive that 50 Gold Frost Coin advance fee.

After becoming a Transcendental, she felt her confidence had increased quite a bit, and she even had the illusion of being different while walking on the street.

She knew this kind of mindset was not good, but that didn't stop her from feeling happy about it.

Suddenly, Yun Mu saw a familiar figure on the side of the street.

"Miss Lita?" she asked, looking with some hesitation at the young girl standing before her with her back turned.

"Hmm?"

Hearing Yun Mu's voice, Lita was a bit puzzled as to who would be calling her at this time.

She turned around, looked at the girl in front of her who looked somewhat familiar, and asked with both surprise and confusion: "Are you Miss Yun?"

It wasn't just Lita who felt puzzled; Yun Mu, looking at the young girl in casual clothes before her, also felt very surprised.

Lita was currently wearing a beige knitted sweater, with a navy blue long-sleeved coat over it, and on her lower body, a pair of slim light blue jeans and a pair of heavy, long leather boots that wrapped all the way up to below her knee joints.

Both sides looked at each other with a hint of unfamiliarity; after a long while, it was Yun Mu who spoke first: "Is your Guard Hall on holiday?"

It was clearly still broad daylight, so why was Lita, a member of the Supernatural Guard Reserve, not working at the Guard Hall, but instead appearing by the street?

After she asked this question, a very obvious, somewhat dejected expression appeared on the Young Girl's face.

"The Dried Corpse Murder Case involves too many things; my strength isn't enough, so I was kicked out by the captain."

"Currently, this case has been completely taken over by Transcendental."

"You still haven't become a Transcendental?" Yun Mu looked at the Young Girl with a somewhat subtle mood.

When the two met last time, the other party was still an unreachable existence to her; she never expected that after meeting again today, she herself had actually become a Transcendental.

"Soon, no later than two days at most!" A blazing fighting spirit suddenly ignited in Lita's eyes.

"Once I become a Transcendental, I'll be able to act together with the captain!" she said.

PS: There is a specialty in every trade, and abilities differ between different professions.

For example, the Supernatural profession 【Swordsman】 that Lita is about to take up is a profession with Swordsmanship as its main core.

The combat ability of this kind of profession is obviously higher than professions like 【Painter Apprentice】 or 【Scholar】.

But in terms of variety, it is clearly not as good as the latter.

By the way, the requirements to become a 【Swordsman】 are: exquisite Swordsmanship, needing to reach at least lv4 level, and using a sword to kill an enemy in a life-or-death battle; besides this, one must also have a robust physique.

Lita has already completed the first two and has also mastered a domain; she is currently considered half a Transcendental, only lacking the physique to meet the standard to take up the profession.

Oh right, there is also a type of Supernatural profession that does not require a physique to take up, named 【Sword Guest】.

The requirements are exceptionally harsh, so I won't go into detail here.

(End of this chapter)