Painting of the Nine Immortals

Translator: _Tat_ Editor: Rundi

Ten years ago, a mission appeared on the Hall of Missions' screen.

The general request was: how does one increase a ninth realm treasure's defensive abilities enough to stop the strike of a foundational cultivator?

In other words, how do you make a ninth realm treasure have the defense power of an eighth realm treasure?

Within the crafts' world, the rules with realms were far stricter with cultivations. Ninth realm goods would always be ninth realm goods. No matter how rare or well made, it could not be compared to those of the eighth realm and could not compete in power with those of the eighth realm.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything. Logically speaking, a treasure of the ninth realm may be equal in power of something of the eighth realm.

But as for how to make this theory practical - nobody knows.

According to legends, there have been treasures who ignore the science of realms and emit powers that surpass its capabilities.

However, those kinds of treasures are far too difficult to make. The power of Heaven, Earth, and Crafter were the three absolute essential components. Even when all three are present, luck will be required in order for it to work.

Therefore, as time went on, the problem of how to make a ninth realm weapon unleash the power of the eighth realm became an unsolvable problem.

Majority of the craftsmen would not waste their time and energy on this problem.

However, a small portion of craftsmen was still determined to make it work. They thought that if he could figure out a way to solve this problem, they could change the law of Taoism!

The person who generated this mission was one of them.

Sadly, this mission had been hanging up there for a decade. It wasn't that nobody had tried, it was that nobody could solve it. Whether it was the newbies who were fearless or grandmasters with great skills, all of them had attempted it.

There was even a rumor that the grandmaster of crafts from this Sect had attempted.

But without an exception, every single attempter had failed.

As time went on, more and more people decided to try and more and more people failed.

Slowly, this mission acquired the nickname "the impossible mission" and remained on the mission board.

Today, a decade had passed. This alone proved just how complex this mission was!

Yet today, someone had completed this mission. Just how unbelievable was this?

How could everyone here not be surprised?

If this was anyone else, their first thought must be "this is impossible". However, after they saw how the mission was completed by the mysterious figure, the entire Hall of Mission fell into dead silence.

If this was others, they would be suspicious and they wouldn't believe them. But Ling Xian had proven himself with his nearly fearsome abilities.

Therefore, everyone was staring wide-eyed. They wanted to argue but they couldn't find any words.

Or in other words, they already believed that this was done. Despite all unbelievable is this whole thing.

"Unbelievable! A mission that's been up there for a decade was completed by someone!"

"Based on what I know, the mission asks for: how to make a ninth realm treasure possess the might of the eighth realm. It is a difficult problem with no answer!"

"It is true. What it asks for is far too unbelievable. But, since it was completed by the mysterious omnipotent master, I am willing to try and believe it."

"Yes, that person is multi-talented and gained a perfect rating with every mission. Perhaps he really did it."

Everyone chimed in and disbelief was written all over their faces.

The people inside the great hall weren't the only ones. Even the Elders of the Hall of Missions were in awe.

"Just who is that person? How come I have never heard of him?"

"To continuously acquire a perfect rating of over 100 missions cannot be someone unnamed. But no matter how much I search my brain, I cannot find any information related to him."

"We can ignore how he is multi-talented, we can ignore how he had 100 perfectly rated missions, the most important thing is that he completed the task assigned by the Elder Dong Fang. This is far too unbelievable!"

"Yeah, I cannot believe he found a solution. To make a ninth realm treasure comparable to one of the eighth realm. Doesn't this mean he solved a question that's been unsolvable for the history of crafts?"

The four to five Elders of crafts all discussed. Other than shock in their eyes, there were passions.

Before them, a design made out of Qi was suspending. Just like the designs earlier, this drawing also appeared simple but was full of secrets.

To these masters of arrays, it mimicked the laws of the universe.

They could naturally tell just how intricate this design was and they were very certain that Ling Xian had completed this mission.

But in terms of what rating to give, these people fell into silence.

The importance of this design was far too important. Even the highest level of accolade, the perfect level, wasn't even enough. It would even be an insult.

Therefore, these people merely sent out the message that the mission had been completed and did not give out a ranking.

But because of the rules, they had to give a ranking, which posed a challenge for them.

Luckily there was nobody else around other than them. If anyone heard that a perfect level rating would be an insult, they would be passed out from fear.

The perfect level!

If that level is considered an insult, then what level, what vocabulary, could describe this design?

"Oh right. Wasn't the mission assigned by Elder Dong Fang? Why can't we just wait for him to give it a rating?" An Elder suddenly remembered this fact.

"Yeah, we shouldn't have to struggle so much with this."

An Elder had a realization and smiled, "Since he was the one who asked for this and someone had completed it. Then this rating should be assigned by him."

"That's right. In terms of position and in terms of societal etiquette, he should be the one rating it." A grey-haired elder stroke his beard and said, "Someone goes get Elder Dong Fang."

"There's no need. I am here."

A voice arose from afar. It was calm but there was a trace of excitement that couldn't be concealed. Then, an elderly wearing a white robe appeared in everyone's sight.

Though his expression looked very collected, his trembling hands revealed the emotion he was feeling.

This person was the prominent elder of the path of crafts, Dong Fang Bi.

He was the one who assigned this impossible missions a decade ago.

He had a wide range of knowledge regarding crafts. Therefore, his position in the path of crafts was very high and was only below some of the elders.

Therefore, upon his arrival, all the other elders paid their respect and said in unison, "Elder Dong Fang, a pleasure."

"There's no need for such politeness."

Dong Fang Bi flapped his sleeve. After receiving the news that the missions had been completed, he rushed over. Then, his entire being was in a complex realm of excitement and unsettlement. Who had the energy to go through all these useless etiquettes with these people?

Therefore, the moment he arrived, his gaze gravitated towards the design in the air and he never moved it again.

There was only this one drawing in his eyes. This design that he had desired for 10 years.

As he admired it, tears began to roll down his cheeks.

"Hahaha, the gods have spoken. The day for me has finally come!"

Dong Fang Bi's tears continued to roll down as his entire body quivered from excitement.