Li Chen did not find it strange. "You really want to go through with this? It won't be cheap. Although a full-body painted skin is easier to make than a mask, it still costs over a thousand."
"A facial painted skin is an even more intricate magical artifact. That will cost another thousand or more."
"And that's just my labor fee. If you want to add condensed gang defenses or other divine ability effects, you'll have to provide your own spirit materials. I suggest buying them from the Black Market here. They can deliver on the spot."
"But then the cost will range from several thousand to tens of thousands..."
There were many different kinds of Skin-Painting Art.
They ranged from disguises made with the most basic human-skin magical artifacts to the Transformation Art, and even divine transformations comparable to "Womb Transformation and Form Shifting."
The level Li Chen now worked at involved transformations through divine abilities and spells, but he would not readily perform them on others, since their permanent enhancements were almost comparable to puppet modifications.
The transformation itself was not difficult for him, but the planning and design beforehand required time and effort.
Naturally, the more exquisite a Shape-Stealing Skin-Painting modification was, the more expensive it became. He had to charge enough for his labor to make an intervention by a Foundation Establishment cultivator worth the price.
The burly middle-aged man waved his hands repeatedly and hurriedly said, "No need, no need. Just... just the cheapest kind will do."
"And make it the kind I can change back from myself... absolutely, positively no permanent modifications!"
Li Chen gave him a long, searching look. "Then I'll charge you five hundred for materials, for a total of twenty-five hundred. Go lie down on that wooden platform."
This time, the