There were also two types of private museums, open and closed. The former bought tickets for visitors, such as the Red Sandalwood Museum, the Guanfu Museum, and the Dragon Art Museum.
The other type was not open to the public. Visitors had to be invited by the museum owner. Fortunately, Elder Yan's Centenarian Museum belonged to the former.
Wang Keyi bought the ticket and entered the museum. There were many visitors in the Centenarian Museum. The museum was divided into the front, middle, and back halls. The items were also divided into Strange, Elegant, and Chic.
"The Nine Appearances of the Cloud Dragon should be Strange." Wang Keyi thought about it. Since ancient times, not many people could successfully carve an ice sculpture. No matter how it was done, as long as it could be carved, it was definitely a wonder.
Wang Keyi went straight to the Strange Department Hall. He was not stupid. He would not search the entire hall. The hall was not small.
Therefore, he looked at the table of contents at the entrance.
"Huh? Is the Nine Appearances of the Cloud Dragon in the Strange Department Hall? " Wang Keyi looked around. There were many visitors and few staff, so it took him a while to find it.
"Excuse me, which hall is the Nine Appearances of the Cloud Dragon in?" Wang Keyi asked.
"The Nine Appearances of the Cloud Dragon is not in the three halls. It is in the special hall at the back," the staff said.
Special hall? Wang Keyi immediately filled in the answer. He asked, "Is it special because the ice sculpture is stored in a special place?"
"No, the curator said that because the words' Strange and Elegant 'do not describe the ice sculpture, it is in the special hall." The staff could not explain it clearly. In the end, he said that he would know when he saw it.
Strange, Elegant, and Chic. Strange was unique, Elegant was elegant, and Chic was exquisite. These three categories could cover almost all collections, but they could not describe the Nine Appearances of the Cloud Dragon. Wang Keyi was even more curious.
The main three halls were arranged in a "Pin" shape. The special hall was at the back. Wang Keyi walked straight to it.
[Eternal Heaven's Eye Tea Bowl]
Introduction: Song Dynasty black glaze fine tea bowl. Although it is not as rare as the Obsidian Heaven's Eye Porcelain, it is also a rare fine product in the kiln.
Curator's Comment: Elegant and Chic
As soon as Wang Ke saw an expensive bowl, he finally understood why Yun Long Jiu was now in a special hall. In other words, if it couldn't be described with just one word, it would be in a special hall.
"Then what is the Nine Appearances of the Cloud Dragon? Wang Keyi guessed in his heart.
Senior Yan's collection was very diverse. Not only were there antique paintings, but there were also many strange stones and strange treasures. Even if he was just looking at the flowers in the special museum, it was still a feast for his eyes.
When he reached the innermost part, it was a little cold. The environment in which the ice sculptures were preserved was definitely not as good as the others, so Wang Keyi knew that he was almost there.
"This is the most exquisite ice sculpture I've ever seen. Even the champions of the Ice City Ice Sculpture Competition weren't this exquisite."
"Indeed, every dragon is vivid and lifelike. This master is called Yuan Zhou? Never heard of it. Let me check. "
"What's there to see? Use a machine to carve it. Not to mention nine dragons, even ninety dragons would not be a problem."
When Wang Ke got closer, he realized that there were three students looking at it. Two of them were amazed by the ice sculpture, but the yellow-clothed student was obviously a contrarian. No matter what was said, he would refute it.
"What do you know? Machines are cold."
"This kind of art can't be mass produced. Look, this is so detailed that every scale is clearly carved. What kind of machine would be needed to do this?"
The other two students immediately retorted, but it was impossible for the contrarian to admit defeat. He even muttered a few words.
The contrarians of the new era were much scarier than the actors.
When strangers were talking, Wang Keyi naturally didn't interrupt. He looked at the Nine Cloud Dragon from another angle.
"It's really …" Wang Keyi couldn't find the words to describe it at first glance.
"I originally thought that in order to complete the Nine Cloud Dragon, I would have to sacrifice some of the details. I didn't expect that it would be the best of both worlds."
Especially when Wang Keyi stood on the chair behind him and saw the ninth dragon formed from the eight dragons.
It combined the advantages of the other eight dragons and was extremely lifelike and ingenious.
"Boss Yuan is really an ice sculptor who has been held back by his cooking skills." This was the only thought in Wang Keyi's mind.
Thinking this way basically meant two things. First, if Zhou Shijie and Zhang Yan found out about it, they would definitely beat him up.
Second, Wang Keyi had never eaten at Yuanzhou shop before.
Nine Cloud Dragons Appear
Introduction: This is the most difficult ice sculpting technique. It has been decades since anyone has completed it. Regardless of its historical status or artistic achievement, this work of Yuan Zhou's has reached a peak.
Curator's Comment: Strange, elegant, elegant.
"It has all three. What a high praise." Wang Keyi couldn't hide the shock in his eyes. But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that the three aspects of strange, elegant, and exquisite had indeed reached the pinnacle.
Just as Wang Keyi was quietly admiring the sculpture, the contrarian spoke again. He only heard him say, "They said it's some Nine Cloud Dragon, but I looked at it for a long time and there are only eight dragons. How can there be nine?"
"What are you talking about? If he said it's the Nine Cloud Dragon, then it must be nine. You didn't count it clearly."
"Look, this is one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight … Uh."
Naturally, the two students didn't believe that there were only eight dragons, so they immediately refuted.
The other one wanted to slap his face with reality, but it seemed that there were really only eight dragons. He didn't believe it and lost again, but the result was the same.
"Look at it yourself. Are there only eight dragons? Nine Cloud Dragon? That's amazing." The contrarian was excited.
"What's going on?"
The young student loudly called the staff in the museum. Because the temperature of the ice sculpture needed to be checked when it was being preserved, there were staff nearby.
As soon as the call was made, the staff came over. The staff asked, "What's the matter?"
"Isn't this ice sculpture called the Nine Cloud Dragon? Why did I count only eight dragons? "While saying that, the young student even counted to the staff.
Suddenly being asked such a question, the staff was also a little confused. How did he know this?
"Wait, let me ask our curator about this." The staff thought for a while. He remembered that the curator said that if the tourists had any questions about the collection, they should tell him immediately.
The staff said this through the internal walkie-talkie. After hanging up, he said, "Please wait a moment. Our Curator Yan will come right away."
Senior Yan came in a hurry. Hearing this from the other end of the walkie-talkie, he immediately rushed over. After all, this ice sculpture was created in front of him, so he had a special feeling for it.
After counting three times, Senior Yan found that there were really only eight dragons. Suddenly, he was also dumbfounded.
"It seems that even Senior Yan didn't notice the ninth dragon." Seeing this situation, Wang Keyi thought to himself.
Don't think that Senior Yan didn't notice it until now. It was something that could be known by counting casually.
Senior Yan didn't notice it because he knew the ice sculpture too well. He looked at the overall structure, the details of the ice sculpture, and the different postures of each dragon.
The ice sculpture had been kept in the museum for a long time, so he really didn't count how many dragons there were.
Of course, some tourists might have noticed it, but they didn't take it seriously and asked the staff …
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