Chapter 235 – Not Ready! (1/2)

Chapter 235: Not ready!

“Teacher Gu, what is the sixth realm? What are the other realms?”

“Teacher Gu, which realm are you at? Is it the legendary tenth realm?”

“Everyone be quiet, listen to Teacher Gu explain——”

At Gu Huangwu's side was a mixture of cheers and shouts, so loud that Li Muyang words could not be heard at all.

As one of the contestants, he was completely ignored by all.

But Li Muyang also did not care, because compared to Gu Huangwu, such an influential person, he was just a new student. The divine continent has more than billion people, how many can be of an equal to Gu Huangwu, a national master of this level?

Even he was jumping with excitement when he knew he was coming to attend Gu Huangwu's lecture, let alone this group of people——and he was the king of millions of dragons.

“Again!” Li Muyang sighed gently.

Arrogance is a disease, to be cured!

The atmosphere was lively, bustling with noise and excitement, and students were eager to learn, causing Gu Huangwu to be in a very happy mood.

He waved his hand, explaining: “Students, no need to be anxious. The ten realms of painting, is something every painters should understand. I will tell you one by one in the future. But let's watch the contest first today. Let'r take a look at the two fine paintings of our two contestants and judge them together. What do you think?”

Everyone agreed; no one would be so foolish to retort and disagree with anything Gu Huangwu said.

After Chu Ning added a few meticulous finis.h.i.+ng touches to the painting, she then left five words on an empty place on the piece of white paper 'The boy racing in spring'.

Chu Ning used regular Chinese calligraphic style and her handwriting not only showed her knowledge of the fundamentals, it was easy to tell that she practiced often and diligently.

There was a popular proverb in West Wind Kingdom: people of good birth are more hardworking than you. Just what can you compete in?

Chu Ning was a member of the West Wind Royal family, a precious princess. But whether it was calligraphy or painting she still worked just as hard as other people, it really was impressive.

Chu Ning once again carefully inspected her painting, before setting down her brush on the ink stone and said with a cheerful face: “Teacher Gu, fellow cla.s.smates, my peach blossom painting is finished. Teacher Gu and cla.s.smates please give me valuable advice. Chu Ning will definitely keep it in mind to motivate myself to improve to even more.”

Gu Haungwu made an inviting gesture with his hand. “Students, come look at it. See whether this painting 'The boy racing in spring' is good or bad, and what are the good points.”

A young man dressed in a silk robe came forward, studying the painting with penetrating eyes. “Genuine and sincere, bold colours that delight children. Chu Ning dug us a hole, she painted an orchard of densely packed peach trees, which made us mistaken that peach blossom would emerge in this peach garden——Look at the peach blossom in the boy's hand, the buds are getting ready to burst, that makes people feel the vitality and vigour of spring.”

“The brushwork is bold and experienced, it seems she put in a lot of effort in painting. She is a princess of West Wind, but the fact that she could settle down to practice writing and painting is very admirable——”

“Iron Line drawing method perfectly captures the essence of Teacher Gu's, look at the boy's clothes, it seems like the clothes creases as he runs, like being blown by the wind——”

Every person who stepped forward to examine Chu Ning's painting 'The boy racing in spring' gave positive evaluation, the praises never stopped.

Lin Canghai finally came forward and only cast a few glances at it before saying aloud: “it's so-so, is it as good as they say?”

“You're too loud.” Qiandu said.

“Why?”

“Look and see if the people around will attack you.” Qiandu pursed her lips into a tight smile.

“I'm telling the truth, who dares to attack me.” Lin Canghai said unconvincingly. “I admit it, her brushwork is bold and skilled, the lines are strong and striking. And she is an expert in conveying the spirit with lines, a cla.s.sic Iron Line drawing technique, there are indeed some skills——However there are a lot of omissions. Let alone compared to you, she is far worse than me.”

“Her princess's ident.i.ty increases the glamour around her.” Qiandu whispered. “If this painting was created from other people's hands, although everyone would think that this picture is good, but it will not raised to such a height. However, the picture was painted by a princess. She not only knew how to draw, more importantly she is a princess, so everybody naturally thinks this princess is amazing and very remarkable. Her works would also raise a level as a result of her ident.i.ty.”

“Humph, I think those people just want to please Teacher Gu.” Lin Canghai was extremely contemptuous of those shameless boot lickers. “This Chu Ning is too cunning, she deliberately chose to use the Iron Line drawing technique that the ancestor of Teacher Gu created, and adding to this the pen and ink she used were also ones that Teacher Gu especially likes. Such a painting, would other people dare to say it's not good? If they had not complemented it, isn't that disrespecting Teacher Gu? If they all say that Chu Ning's painting is good, then wouldn't Li Muyang lose?”

Qiandu took a glimpse at Li Muyang and noticing that he was smiling at her, the corners of her mouth naturally curved into a smile. “It doesn't seem so.”

After the students' comments, it was time for Gu Huangwu's evaluation.

Gu Huangwu went over to Chu Ning's side, carefully studied the painting before he commented: “The good points have all been mentioned, I will no longer talk about the good points. Because what has been said is exactly what I want to say. Now, I will only discuss the flaws of the painting.”