7 The Recruiter Meet Superstar

"Is your master in the house?" Charles asked one of the guards.

"Oh, Elder Charles. I have been told about your visit by my master. Please follow me!" It seemed the guards were familiar with Charles. As a guard of an important person, the face and name of other important people in the city had been taught to them.

Charles, Trevon, and their entourage were guided into a house in the middle of a small lake. The house was a very beautiful classic one with another lake inside. Behind those tall walls, there was a beautiful scenery of the lake and the house. Numerous goldfish could be seen from the lake.

"My master is waiting for you inside." The guard stopped his path. Trevon and Charles continued to the house. While their bodyguards were waiting with the guard on the way.

An elderly man was waiting inside the room while drinking some tea. He had a bald head with a thin mustache. He had a small and short body with some wrinkle in his face. He wore a beautiful blue robed made from special silk.

"Trevon, Greets Grand Master Painter Vale!" Charles introduced Trevon. "He is a famous painter in Redwood. You will study for 1 week in his house."

"Trevon greets Grand Master Vale." Trevon showed a hand and palm salute.

"What is this about, my old friend Charles?" The old man asked Charles.

"This is my Nephew Trevon from Bluestar. I have told you about him. I want him to study on drawing facial features with you."

"You know. I do not easily accept an apprentice. My level of facial drawing is not something a young master like him can learn." Grand Master Vale only continued his tea time.

"Give some face my friend! I will share with you my special wine from the capital." Charles gave a smiling face to his painter friend.

"Clap... Clap..." Grandmaster Vale clapped his hand, "Bring my special tea!" He ordered someone inside the house outside.

A beautiful maid came and brought a small pot of tea with 3 small cups. She then conducted a beautiful tea ritual. Finally, she gave Grand Master Vale, Elder Charles, and Young Master Trevon, each a cup.

"What do you think about my tea young man?" After drank the tea, Grand Master Vale asked his quest about his tea.

"This has a flowery smell. The taste truly shows the beauty of the flower garden." Trevon said his opinion. The taste is nice since especially as it was made by a beautiful girl. Unfortunately, the portion was too little.

"What do you mean by that? This is clearly the famous bitter tea of Grand Master Vale." Charles felt it was strange. [This nephew of me, perhaps he wants to woo that beautiful maid, how can this bitter tea have a flowery smell.]

"Some people may have a different perception of this tea, buddy. This is the beauty of this tea." Grand Master Vale explained to Charles.

"I don't prefer a male apprentice. Since I am friend with your uncle, I will give you an exception. I will start my lesson today, you can stay in the house."

"Say thank you to Grand Master Vale!" Charles told his nephew.

"Trevon thankful to Grand Master." [Who is thankful to be your student? If it was not to be a recruiter and want to recruit beautiful girls everywhere, I won't study under you.]

"Not bad." Grand Master Vale only spoke a little to Trevon. This showed that Trevon still a kid in front of Grand Master such as himself.

"Let's us old buddy, drink some tea, while the kid waiting beside!"

The two grandpas happily drank some tea and talked about useless old people things. Something liked the competition between two successors of Redwood clans, about the new tea from Redwood Forest, and so on.

Trevon almost fell asleep. That cousin of his totally worked him until late-night. For those readers who dream about some male-female exercise. You are half correct. The exercise was only for the female.

During the entire 2 hours, he became a moving target for Raina practice. Trevon was a lazy person, and thus didn't have any good movement martial arts, while Raina had practiced some. He received some punches because of this.

"I think I need to leave you with my nephew problem, buddy." Charles bid his farewell.

"What is the problem with the young kid. Hahaha."

"I definitely will visit you with the wine after this kid gets a bit better at drawing. Hahaha."

"Just don't regret inviting me to your wine. Hahaha." Grand Master Vale spoke another pleasantry.

"Trevon, you should listen to Grand Master Vale and study well."

"I will uncle, sorry for troubling you, Grand Master."

Charles and his bodyguard left the house after that. While he wanted, Trevon was capable to act dignified. He was trained in the family etiquettes with the tear. Of course, that was the teacher tear and not Trevon.

"Now stay behind my back and I will show you some of my paintings." Trevon and Grand Master Vale returned into the house. A beautiful servant brought lots of painting to the table. "These were my famous and treasured painting. Can you see the character in the painting?"

Trevon started to open one scroll, and suddenly he felt jolted. There was a picture of a female knight, but...

"What is this farce? How dare you copy the great painting of the only painter who can capture the beauty of a woman?" For this plagiarism, Trevon didn't want to save Grand Master Vale's face.

"What is plagiarism? These pictures totally drew by yours truly, Me." Grand Master Vale turned angry, he threw the expensive teacup in his hand.

"Do you see this usage of brush? Only Grand Master Byeontae can do it. This line, this choice of color, this lifelike expression. The girl in the picture might be different, but as one of the top collectors of Grand Master Byeontae's works, I can say for 1.000% sure this is his work." Trevon slapped the table.

"Look at these paintings! These are two of Grand Master Byeontae's masterpieces. Do you see the similarity?" Trevon took his Margareth and Cecillia painting.

"Oh... Margareth, and also Cecillia." Suddenly the Grand Master Vale lost his composure. His smile turned very large. Two big love symbols could be seen from his eye. At least, that was the feeling from his aura.

"Do you know them?" Trevon was surprised.

"Of course, I know them. This painting, we need 8 hours together. Look at this curve, behind this dress Margareth has a swan birthmark. Hwehwehwe." Now there was no longer Grand Master aura from the old man Vale.

"You know, that too? Do you know that she had a mole on this part of her?" Trevon didn't want to be outdone. Trevon told about his Margareth knowledge while pointed at one part of the drawing.

"Yes, there is also a pink mole on this part." Grand Master Vale pointed into other parts.

"This part of her, she had a bigger one on the left." Trevon tried to outdo the Grand Master Vale. He pointed to her left ear. Hopefully, the reader also thought the same.

He might lose in other competitions. But any kind competitions about Margareth, if he claimed number 2, nobody dared to claim number 1.

"I know that. Hwehwehwe. Look at this pupil of her, her right eye is actually 0.5 millimeters bigger than her left eye."

"You know about that too, old master? Do you know her left nostril is 1.5 millimeters bigger?" Trevon started to put his ace card on the table.

"Of course, I know, do you think I am called the Grand Master for a show. She has thinner skin in this part of her."

"Damn... You even managed to see that part of hers too? Do you know this is the sweet spot of hers? Hwehwehwe." Didn't want to lose, after using his Ace, Trevon used his secret card.

"Let me teach you the difference between Grand Master and amateur. Hwehwehwe. That scroll of painting only the first part of the painting duration." Mr. Vale pulled one of the side lamps. A hidden room appeared.

"This is the biggest secret in Redwood." Mr. Vale started to enter the hidden room. "Enter, if you dare young man. Hwehwehwe."

"Who is afraid? I bet you didn't know the last thing that I say. Hwehwehwe... Wait what is this?" After entering the hidden room, Trevon stopped and shocked. There were numerous cabinets inside the room. Each cabinet had numerous partitions. Those partitions separated many scrolls.

"I didn't want to show this treasure to you. But from your knowledge about those two girls, I can say you have a potential to walk the correct path. Welcome to the Palace of Byeontae!" He started to lead the way.

"Follow me! It should be cabinets 10, row 5, and column 2. You should prepare to lose." He took the scrolls from the cabinet. There were 19 scrolls in his hand.

"We will go to the observation room." He took Trevon to a special room. There were a small table with 4 cushions as seats, 20 special places to hang 20 scrolls of painting, an incense burner to create the relaxing smell, and finally a set of wine drinking utensil on top the small table. All of them was clearly cleaned regularly.

"Look at the glory of Margareth, Hwehwehwe." He spread those 19 scrolls and Trevon's painting on the observation wall, before sitting on one of the seats.

"No... It can't be..." Trevon cried for real this time. He learned an important lesson. There was a far higher sky above the high sky.

"Grand Master Byeontae was my pen name, every member of Byeontae school of painting uses the same pen name." Grand Master Vale pour himself a plate of wine.

"Let me teach you the essence of Byeontae drawing." After drinking some wine, which Trevon didn't know where Grand Master Vale obtained from. Grand Master Vale pick Trevon's Margareth painting and put it as the first drawing.

"Your Margareth picture is the first of the series. Since the beginning of time, every Byeontae draw in series of 20 scrolls. My school of painting is called the Byeontae. In the area of Heavenly Phoenix, only me who are the official Byeontae painter. I had taught some people, but they were in other countries." He continued to pour some more wine.

"Our mission is to educate clueless young man like you into the correct path." He sat back into the seat and pour the wine into a small saucer and drank the wine again. "Ah... This is life." He looked into the 20 paintings on the wall and drank again.

"Look into the second painting." He pointed Trevon into the second painting while he kept pouring wine into the small saucer.

"I have never seen this face from her." The drawing of Margareth in the picture was different from the usual Margareth. She wore a fiery robe and from her eyes, there is a deep tear. Behind Margareth was the painting of a fiery dragon firing its fire to the world.

"What do you feel from it lost lamb?" Grand Master Vale kept drinking the wine.

"There is sadness. Wait, there is also anger, there is frustration. This is the perfection of desire and revenge. But, there is also a beauty inside of this picture, a beauty of Margareth that I didn't know."

"Good. You are still salvable. Do you know Margareth's story?"

"Which story?"

"The story of her clan destruction?" He drank the wine again. Trevon could only admire the painting, there is a real beauty in the expression. Yet, he didn't ever see it from Margareth during their interaction. "Aih... You didn't know. This is the story behind that painting..."

One old teacher and one young student spoke about 19 paintings of a beautiful girl.

"Now, we moved into the last painting. Hwehwehwe." The old man and his student watched a painting. This is the painting of Margareth in her pure glory. This is totally pure, without any speck. There was a satisfied expression on her face. "Do you see the image?"

"This is totally the best of the best master. This totally captures the image of Margareth." Trevon had to admit this painting was the best picture that could capture her beauty.

His first painting was totally out of competition compared to this painting. There was only beauty in elegance in the first painting, but there was a satisfied beauty in the last painting. He personally had seen this facial expression countless time, but to capture it in a painting. That was the real class.

"This is the most difficult painting to capture. I need to use lots of technique to create it. She didn't even work in the house for 1 week after this painting."

"Ah... that's why Margareth was gone for a week 2 year ago?"

"Hwehwehwe." The old master drank his wine again. "What a beautiful girl." He drank another plate of wine.

"I agree. Her voice at this time was like an angel." Trevon added.

"It is an immortal song." The teacher added.

"An immortal scenery." The student added.

"The god miracle." The teacher added. "You are truly a cultured young man. You were worthy of being a descendant of a great family. Allow this old man to drink this plate of wine for you." The old man drank his wine again.

"While I can't drink wine for you, but allow this young man express his respect for a Grand Master like you." Trevon gave the old man a respectful bow.

"Good. Good. Good. Are you interested to join the Byeontae school of painting or do you want to study the normal one?"

"Of course, Byeontae school of painting. This was the best drawing in the world."

"Good. Good. Good. Now I will show you, this beauty of the capital. I spent 3 months just to make her agree to be my model." After collecting the scrolls back, Grand Master Vale returned Trevon first painting and went to the cabinets. A few minutes later, he returned and hanged another set of scrolls.

"This is Teressa from Flower Pavilion in the capital. What is the most important part of her?"

"This girl's eyes are shining; her nose is a sculpture of god. The small lips totally complement the beauty." Trevon answered.

"Do you see her moles? How many are there?"

"Yes, there are 5, the first one..."

One master and his apprentice continued the happy observation lesson. At the same time in McArthur pavilion.

"Where is that stinky young master?" A girl in red clothes asked an unlucky servant.

"Sorry, Young Master Raina. Young master Trevon still practiced painting in Grand Master Vale's house." The servant answered.

"That stinky young master must run away from me. Wait until I captured him!"

Meanwhile, in the deep of Redwood forest.

"We have checked the area around the meteorite, there is lots of Star Stones." Cyde reported his research to Alvaro. Alvaro was meditating when Cyde reported the report.

"What about the new demon beast?"

"There are some trails, there must be more than 1 of this demon beast. However, ..."

"Is there something you want to say?"

"I think the beasts are very powerful. The radiations aura was very high, there was a possibility of a Rank 3 or Rank 4 demon beast."

"There are no Rank 4 demon beasts in Redwood forest. At least any creatures above Rank 3 would move to a better location." Alvaro dismissed the Rank 4 possibility.

"There is also a trace of people. It seems that we are not the first one here."

"Eh? It may be one of the rogue warriors, but how can they reach this deep?" Alvaro wondered.

"Even our team needs to wait for you, a Peak Rank 2 warrior, to enter this forest. Redwood family also had their Rank 3 warriors made the blockade.

"I found these accessories nearby. Based on the condition, it seems the brooch is new." Cyde took a brooch and gave it to Alvaro.

"This is similar to what Raina said to us yesterday. This is also Nigel's family product. However, this brooch's spiritual energy is totally destroyed."

"What do you mean young master? This must be just a coincidence, right?"

"It might be a very small coincidence. Send our spy inside Red Hand group to tell us information about the treasure box! Also, ask whether there was any robbery done to cultivator Rank 2 around here! To survive here, there must be a Rank 2 and most likely at least one or more Rank 1 members. If there are any treasures from this meteorite, most likely that group of cultivators already obtained it. Judging from the leftover Star Stones, there must be better treasure here. Perhaps, these treasures are in Red Hand group right now."

"I will send a messenger spirit beast to the pavilion."

"Wait! We also need to increase the search area. We may get more information here. The most important thing was to protect the Star Stone mining. The mining squad of the family will arrive here tomorrow. We must build the first mine before other families here."

"Yes, Young Master."