Chapter 41: Ancient Elvish

"After you went back yesterday, did you use the abilities of a 【Painter Apprentice】?" Sixin looked at her and asked.

"This..." Yun Mu tilted her head, recalled for a moment, and then said: "I suppose... I did."

It seemed she had only used the skill 【Falling】 from her painting last night when she was dealing with those thugs.

As for the 【Spiritual Painting】 and 【Mental Shock】 she gained after becoming a 【Painter Apprentice】, she had not used either of them.

"Find opportunities to use them more. Being able to settle your mind is a good thing, but if you drop the ball at a critical moment because you aren't familiar with your abilities, the loss will outweigh the gain."

"Only by using the abilities of a 【Painter Apprentice】 more can you accelerate the speed at which your Ether fuses with the 【Painter Apprentice】 profession."

"Fusion?" Yun Mu noticed the key information.

"Hmm, how should I put it?" Sixin rubbed his chin, seemingly organizing his words. After a long while, he finally spoke:

"It's like a stereotype. Ether will imprint different stereotypes onto you based on what you do."

"If your swordsmanship is superb, then you are a 【Swordsman】. By the same logic, someone with superb painting skills will also be imprinted with the 【Painter】 impression."

"Your current profession, 【Painter Apprentice】, is the impression mark the Ether has placed on you. As long as you use the abilities of a 【Painter Apprentice】 more, this impression will gradually deepen."

"Once you have completely fused with the Ether of the 【Painter Apprentice】 profession, you can prepare to advance to a Second-tier Elite 【Painter】."

"Oh~ so that's how it is!"

Yun Mu had been somewhat confused before about how to continue improving herself after becoming a professional, wondering if it would be like in novels, where one needs to meditate to increase mental power or cultivate something like Battle Qi.

She hadn't expected that she just needed to use the corresponding professional Supernatural abilities more.

"I will practice diligently," she said.

"By the way, can I take those special commissions within the Association now?"

"Of course you can, but remember to act according to your ability when choosing commissions."

"An apprentice-tier 【Painter Apprentice】 doesn't have much combat capability. It's best not to take those commissions for clearing out monsters in the sewers, wilderness exploration, or subjugating Monsters."

Sixin explained to her with a gentle expression the things she needed to pay attention to when taking commissions, as well as the various pitfalls she might encounter and the unexpected situations she needed to guard against.

And after stating about a dozen situations she might encounter, Sixin recommended to her: "After you have earned enough contribution, you can go exchange for a book on Introduction to Ancient Elvish."

"Ancient Elvish?"

What kind of thing is that?

Seeing Yun Mu's confusion, Sixin explained to her: "You should have heard that the original magic was created by the Elves, right?"

"Mm."

Seeing that Yun Mu knew this, Sixin continued: "The original, and also the most ancient Elves, are different from the current Elves. I don't know the specific differences, but those Ancient Elvish words used by the ancient Elves naturally possessed the power to mobilize Ether."

"An apprentice-tier 【Painter Apprentice】 doesn't have any techniques that can immediately form a painting; one can only try to shorten the painting time and the complexity of the image. In this situation, you can try Ancient Elvish."

"For example, fire."

As Sixin spoke, he picked up a Paintbrush and casually outlined a symbol with only two strokes on the Painting Paper.

Boom!

A raging fire suddenly ignited on the Painting Paper. However, strangely, this flame did not spread; it merely burned the Painting Paper on the canvas into ashes.

"This is the effect of Ancient Elvish," Sixin said to her with a smile.

Originally, to summon fire, one would need to at least draw the appearance of fire, but using Ancient Elvish, one only needs to write the character 'fire'.

Yun Mu looked at the scene before her in surprise, and in her heart, she decisively added Ancient Elvish to her study plan.

"That is all I have to say."

Sixin stood up and walked toward the Gate. As he walked, he said: "If you want to take commissions from inside the Association, just show your ID card to Miss Rose at the front desk."

"I still have work to attend to, so I will take my leave."

"Is this his standard line every time he leaves?" Yun Mu muttered softly after Sixin left the painting room.

She recalled that the last time he left, he also seemed to say he had work to attend to.

She wondered what urgent matters he, as the president of the Frostfall City Painter Association, could possibly have that required his personal attention.

Shaking her head, Yun Mu stopped thinking about this matter.

She returned to the lobby on the first floor of the Painter Association and handed her ID card to the female attendant at the front desk, who was Miss Rose.

"Oh, it's a colleague!"

Miss Rose let out a cute sound, then, noticing the strange looks from the people in the lobby, she immediately covered her mouth.

"Ahem." She coughed lightly, and the expression on her face returned to its usual state.

"Please come with me." She walked out from behind the counter and then led Yun Mu to a room behind the lobby on the first floor of the Painter Association.

"This is where all the commissions in the Painter Association that require a Transcendental to step in are kept."

Miss Rose turned on the Gas Lamp in the room, illuminating the various commissions hanging on the bulletin board.

Hmm... how should she put it? The number of commissions was pitifully small. Although Yun Mu hadn't counted them in detail, a rough glance suggested there were only about thirty or forty of them.

She wondered if this number of commissions was high or low compared to other Transcendental forces.

Yun Mu looked carefully at the various commissions on the bulletin board and found that, just as Sixin had said, there were indeed commissions similar to clearing out monsters in the sewers.

"Where do these commissions come from?" Yun Mu asked curiously, pointing to the commission contents that seemed out of place for the Painter profession.

"These commissions, well..."

Miss Rose could probably guess Yun Mu's thoughts, because she had thought the same thing when she first came here, so she explained to her:

"Most of these are commissions jointly issued by the Guard Hall. Basically, you can see these commissions in any legitimate Transcendental force."

So they were issued by the Guard Hall, no wonder they looked so strange...

Yun Mu thought to herself.

Let's look at other commissions.

Five minutes later.

"Damn it, why is it that apart from the commissions issued by the Guard Hall, almost everything else requires a Third-tier 【Painter】 to transport supplies!"

"And what kind of ridiculous commission is 'wanting to summon the goddess of one's imagination'?"

"Requesting the creation of a 【Slime】 monster card for research. This one actually looks quite normal, but I don't know how to do it!"

"Aren't there any commissions that an Apprentice-rank 【Painter Apprentice】 can do?"

"Actually, there are."

Miss Rose, who had been holding back laughter for a long time from the side, finally spoke; she took a slightly yellowed piece of white paper from the corner of the bulletin board and handed it to her.

"What is this?"

Yun Mu took the white paper from Miss Rose's hand with some curiosity.

PS: The Painter Association is an organization with a long history.

The room where commissions related to Supernatural power are accepted was actually the main hall of the Painter Association in the past.

It could be said that it has been quite a long time.

However, with the continuous improvement of industrialization and modern laws.

The backward guild system gradually could not keep up with the times.

This is also the main reason why Supernatural commissions within the Painter Association are becoming increasingly scarce.

In fact, the money earned from Supernatural commissions is no longer as much as the handling fees collected from ordinary painters.

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The weather has turned cold recently, and the heating hasn't arrived yet.

It's really freezing to sit in front of the computer and type.

It's uncomfortable to type while wearing thick clothes; it's really hard to bear.

I hope the readers will be understanding.

I will definitely guarantee normal updates.

(End of this chapter)