Chapter 237 – A Wisp Of Spring Breeze! (1/2)

Chapter 237: A wisp of spring breeze!

This scene was too absurd and too frightening to hear!

Gu Huangwu, a genius since a young age and had been famous for a long time and named as 'the double walls of calligraphy and painting' was gulping down strong alcohol and yelling that his skills are not as good as him——What was he playing at?

Is Li Muyang really an illegitimate child of Gu Huangwu? Otherwise, how could he had been so willing to laud him?

It should be said that, if this matter was to spread out, Li Muyang might at once become famous in the divine continent. When that happens, even if he drew a painting of 'chicken pecking rice' with his eyes closed, countless people would still madly fight over it.

That must be it, they had heard that Gu Huangwu is good in calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and is handsome, and this Li Muyang is also a handsome man, which means his mother is also a beauty. Maybe when Gu Huangwu came to a small town to sketch he met a woman and she became pregnant out of wedlock, then many years later that woman raised the son and sent him to meet his father. He would also want his illegitimate son to achieve fame——artists are all lecherous, right?

This is a set-up!

Everything had been arranged!

The provocation of the West Wind Princess was fake, Gu Huangwu's proposal of a painting contest was fake, the fact that Chu Ning's painting techniques are exceptional was also false and Li Muyang is superior is also false——Everything is fake, all to bring out Li Muyang's greatness and for him to be worthy of admiration.

Chu Ning's greatness was to accentuate Li Muyang's brilliance; Chu Ning's stunningly impressive piece of work was to accentuate Li Muyang's miracle painting.

Look at that arrogant expression on Gu Huangwu, look at his pompous acting, oh, he still smiling——Although his smile is very subtle, but I still see the secret hidden in his heart.

Now he must have been very proud of his scheme?

“Teacher Gu——” The first reaction came from Chu Ning, her face had gone and the shock in her eyes had not completely dissipated. Looking at Gu Huangwu, she questioned: “Teacher Gu, what you said is true? That Li Muyang——his painting is really that amazing?”

“Huh?” There was a huge question in the eye of all the spectators. “Aren't they working together? Why did Chu Ning suddenly asked Gu Huangwu? Yes, for the plot. With Chu Ning's question, wouldn't it make the story more realistic? It would even be better with some crying scene, the West Wind Princess bust out sobbing from being defeated by a poor commoner——no one would suspect that this was all an act. That must be it.”

Gu Huangwu poured another mouthful of alcohol into his mouth, bleary-eyed from the alcohol, looked at Chu Ning and shouted, “Do you think teacher would deceive you?”

“Student does not dare.” Chu Ning hastily apologised. “Just that, student really does not see what is so good about this painting.”

Chu Ning pointed to the students around. “I think we're all puzzled.”

“Yes Teacher Gu, we all think Li Muyang's painting is rough and clumsy, unsightly. Compared to Chu Ning's painting, there is a great difference between the two. Why did Teacher Gu give such high complimentary remarks to him?”

“Student is stupid, Teacher Gu please guide us——”

Numerous students spoke out at the same time, asking Gu Huangwu to give them an explanation, a reason.

They did not care that Li Muyang was better than Chu Ning and had won the gamble. What they cared about was that even the world famous Teacher Gu was not as good as him. This was too shocking for them to accept.

Only Qiandu looked at Li Muyang with a glint in her eyes and a slight but evident smile curling her lips.

When they looked each other eye to eye, she simply nodded slightly and did not ask anything.

Lin Canghai caught them looking into each other's eyes, which made him inwardly gloomy.

“There must be something between these two.” Lin Canghai thought.

Gu Huangwu gulped another mouthful of wine before strode over to the painting 'Shower of Spring Suns.h.i.+ne'. “I just told you about the ten realms of painting, then do you know, which of the ten realms is Li Muyang's 'Shower of Spring Suns.h.i.+ne'?”

The crowd shook their heads.

There were many students who had not knew what the ten realms of painting that Gu Huangwu referred to were, how was it possible for them to determine which realm Li Muyang's was?

“The realm of simplicity.” Gu Huangwu said, loud and clear. “We painters always like to use many complicated lines and rich colours of ink. We always think that, with more strokes, with more ink, the more we can express the mood and scene of what we want to show, and the person or scenery would also be particularly vivid——”

Gu Huangwu went over to Chu Ning's painting, pointing to her 'The boy racing in spring'. “Take this picture for example, Chu Ning used the complicated Iron Line Technique, repeatedly, impenetrable. Of course, the effect is an image of perfection, every detail is commendable.”

“The way of painting, is to do addition, and then subtraction. To be able to have the ability to recognise and master complex things, then it can be more clearly expressed. This is the reason why I asked Chu Ning to observe the boy and observe the person or scenery described. Because only when you enter into his heart, you would be able to show his spirit.”

“However, when your level reaches a certain extent, you should try omit as much as possible, pare down to the fewest possible brushstrokes or lines needed to paint the image, resist the urge to fill the paper with ink, or even limit the content, because many meaning are beyond words, the outside reality is not shown in the picture.”

“This 'Shower of Spring Suns.h.i.+ne' has not a single peach tree in sight, but a profusion of flower petals above the stream. We cannot help but produce such an a.s.sociation: since there are so many falling flowers in the stream, the riverbank of peach blossom had flourished to what extent? Don't draw it out. Can't draw it out. If it was drawn out, the painting has a tail, has many flaws. Because all things in the world are flawed, but human imagination is flawless. It is close to infinite perfection.”