Chapter 233 (1/2)
Chapter 233
Chapter 233: Competition prize!
Watching Li Muyang surprisingly accept Chu Ning’s challenge, Qiandu could not help but feel concern
She pulled Li Muyang over to under a peach tree, persuading hi class? The royal fa has been studying the exquisite skills of painting fro the Starry Sky Acade With years of experience, she should be acco before, although you have started studying a few days ago, it’s not a skill that one canfor a few years, if you don’t ht not necessarily win, but there shouldn’t be a wide gap between us”
“That’s right Matching your weak points against the eneet hit where it hurts“ Lin Canghai added “Let Qiandu coainst Qiandu You need to know, Qiandu is——awesome”
“I appreciate your kindness, I know you’re worried aboutsaid, looking deeply ht that, even if I lose, what do I lose?”
“You’re not afraid of losing face?” Lin Canghai asked, pointing to the spectators ere eagerly looking forward to the competition
“The way of painting, wide-ranging and profound, is not inferior to the way of cultivating pill I’inner who has not even started Even if I lose, what can it prove? That I don’t know a single thing? But I really don’t know a single thing”
“Then why do you want to compete with her?”
Li Muyang looked over in the direction of where Gu Huangwu, the Double Wall of Painting and Calligraphy, was having a conversation with other students “To be able to present my work to Teacher Gu for comments at the first lesson, even if I loses, it’s worth it A word fro me with his perfect wisdoains conificant people, which is more important?”
“Besides, if I lost to that unruly West Wind princess, perhaps her hatred of er disturb e onthis tiht or even ten times?”
“Advance or retreat, each has its rules; there is a basis for each action Devising a good battle strategy beforehand wins the battle froht looking at Li Muyang as she praised him sincerely
She then turned to Lin Canghai and said aloud: “Muyang classmate has considered it very carefully, you and I don’t need to persuade hi classmate success”
“Yes” Lin Canghai said, nodding “Brother Muyang you can bow and subame, in my heart, you’re the winner”
Li Muyang serate I only said that towhen I lose If I lost too badly, wouldn’t these words be the loudest slap on my face?”
The three of thehter
The surrounding crowd, attracted by their laughter, glanced over blankly Thinking to they?
Gu Huangaved his hand,to come over
Gu Huangwu looked at Li Muyang, then at Chu Ning, asking: “Are you ready?”
“Teacher Gu, I’m ready I will certainly perform well and not disappoint Teacher Gu” Like she was rather fa spoke extremely affectionately and casually, and sometimes in a cute and coquettish manner
Li Muyang also wanted to act coquettishly and win over the teacher But he orried that it would have the opposite of the desired result Moreover, he really couldn’t bring hi like that Instead he respectfully bowed to Teacher Gu with one hand cupped in the other “Thank you Teacher Gu for the assessment, student will certainly work hard Also Teacher Gu, please give me a lot of advice and comments”
Gu Huangwu shook his head “Discussing poe the wording and purpose of what one writes, are all elegant and refine activities What assess us joy, we should thank you instead”
“——” Li Muyang thought that, this Gu Huangas peculiar and brash, and behaves differently from normal people
Of course, he ht have said that as a refusal to comment on his work
Li Muyang for the tiorried that he was bribed by the royal family of the West wind and was intentionally biased
“Prepare the painting table” Gu Huangwu shouted
Two youngsters dressed in black outfits ca tables, the Four Treasures of the Study displayed across the table
With everything ready, the only thing contestants Chu Ning and Li Muyang needed to do was put their brush to paper and start painting
“You can choose the brush and ink that you’re fao to wu knew that some painters were very particular about the pen and ink they use
“Thank you, Teacher Gu, I like to use Xuanzhou brush thatink thatstated with a smile
Li Muyang’s eyes panned across all the brushes displayed across the table, before he said: “I use the Hu Brush1 Also I use chicken painting ink”
[TN Note:Writing brush produced in huzhou]
During this period of ti every day, the brush that he used was precisely the Hu Brush It was oat hair as the brush tip
He had never cared about what brush he used write with, because no matter what brush he chose, he did not write well