Library of Heaven’s Path

A prerequisite for beast tamers and apothecaries to attain a promotion to 2-star is to possess Zongshi realm cultivation and to reach 3-star, they have to possess a Zhizun realm cultivation.

On the other hand, one’s cultivation realm is irrelevant to his status as an official painter. Regardless of whether he is at Tongxuan realm or Pixue realm, as long as one has reached a level of enlightenment and is capable of painting a fifth level work, he would be eligible to become a 3-star painter.

That being said, those who are capable of produce a fifth level painting tend to have a rich experience in life, most of them already in their seventies and eighties. In addition, given the huge amount of money they could earn from each of their painting, they wouldn’t lack resources. Thus, even if they weren’t able to reach Zhizun realm, they would be at minimum Zongshi realm pinnacle. Thus, on the whole, there wasn’t too large of a difference between painters and the other occupation.

It was extremely rare for a quirk such as Zhang Xuan to appear. To paint a fifth level painting before the age of twenty, he had already broken all of these underlying assumptions.

Back in the Painter Guild, he didn’t display his strength, and the Heaven’s Path zhenqi allowed him to conceal his cultivation realm perfectly. Thus, no one was able to tell how high his cultivation realm was. However, based on his age, it was unlikely for him to exceed Pixue realm. Thus, Ji Mo gongzi thought that these few experts would be more than enough to give him a punishment.

”There are too many people here. I should look for somewhere remote to play with them!”

Zhang Xuan chuckled.

Since his transcension, even though he has been trying his best to raise his cultivation all along, he didn’t have much of a chance to try out his moves, and his fists had been itching for an opponent. Since these fellows were here to cause him trouble, he could make use of them to test his techniques.

Acting as if he didn’t notice the other party, he glanced around to look for a remote alley. To his frustration, he realized that Tianwu Kingdom was way too prosperous. Given that the sun had just set not too long ago, the streets were still filled with crowds, so he was unable to find any suitable locations.

”Time to go out of the city then!”

Besides, he was on the outskirts of the city and wasn’t too far from the city gates. Thus, he began walking with widened strides.

”Why is this fellow heading out of the city?”

The group of pursuers, upon seeing Zhang Xuan stride past the city gates, became dumbfounded.

There were too many people in the city, and if a conflict occurs, it was highly probable that it would blow out of proportions. Just as they were in a dilemma about how they could bring this fellow to an isolated location, this fellow took the initiative to leave the city, all by himself.

Isn’t he acting too obediently!

”Who cares, he’s just a young lad. Don’t tell me that you’re scared of him?”

”That’s true. Even if he were to have started cultivating even from inside his mother’s womb, he can only have attained Tongxuan realm at best. It is impossible for us to lose!”

The few men hesitated for a moment before nodding simultaneously.

Even though the environment and resources for cultivation in Tianwu Kingdom were much better than that of Tianxuan Kingdom, a Tongxuan realm cultivator could already be considered an expert.

Given that not one but five such experts were at once sent to deal with an insignificant young lad, it was no wonder why they were so confident.

”I shall remind all of you once more, the young master has instructed us not to kill that fellow. No matter what, he’s a 3-star painter. If he were to die, the Painter Guild headquarter would definitely look into the matter, and this would bring the young master a lot of trouble! What we’ll do is to humiliate him. I trust that you know what you should do!”

A Tongxuan realm expert, who appeared to be the leader of the group, instructed the others in a suppressed voice.

”Rest assured, we know what to do!”

The others nodded simultaneously.

Because of his status as a 3-star painter, the Painter Guild headquarter would definitely send someone to investigate if he were to go missing.

Even though the Ji Clan was one of the Three Great Clans of Tianwu Royal City, it was impossible for them to withstand the Painter Guild’s rage.