My 'bird'?
What 'bird'?
All of the master teachers in the room hadn't realized that the birds had disappeared without a trace. Thinking that Elder Yun was referring to something else, they glanced at his crotch and felt a chill run down their spines.
It seemed like... Zhang Shi had only conducted a lecture. What did it have to do with your 'bird'?
Furthermore, it seemed like it was still there!
For a 4-star master teacher to ask another person for his' bird 'in public, this was really... too embarrassing!
The faces of many female master teachers reddened in embarrassment. Elder Yun was an outstanding painter, and he had an elegant demeanor. He looked like a dignified and elegant person, but to think that he was actually a shameless old man!
"No, Elder Yun might be referring to those birds!"
Someone realized.
"Hmm?" Everyone was taken aback.
"Those birds seemed to have come to life after listening to Zhang Shi's lecture, and they broke free from the shackles of the painting... and flew away!" That person reported his discovery.
"Flew away? This [Soaring Birds Painting] is made up of birds, and the most valuable part of it is these intelligent birds. Once they fly away... all that's left is a blank piece of paper... "
"Indeed. That's precisely the reason why Elder Yun went berserk! This is a painting that possesses intelligence, and it's worth a fortune... "
"For something as precious as his life to be reduced to a blank piece of paper... Anyone would go insane!"
...
Only after hearing the explanation did the crowd understand what was going on. Everyone stared at one another, and their mouths twitched uncontrollably.
By the wall, Elder Wu and Elder Bai also glanced at one another, and their faces warped.
They were only injured, and they would recover after recuperating. However, this painting was Elder Yun's lifeblood. For it to be destroyed, it was already a blessing that he didn't tear that fellow apart on the spot...
"His lecture caused the intelligence to fly away..."
Ruohuan gongzi, who was still gleeful a moment ago, thinking that it would be easy for him to obtain the first place, burst into tears.
Previously, he had calculated that if he were to conduct a lecture, he would be able to allow the intelligence to survive for more than ten minutes. But this fellow... allowed the intelligence to fly away, never to return...
F * ck your lungs!
Do you need to be so vicious?
How can others compete with you if you play like this? If you keep doing this, you won't have any friends left...
"Cough cough, Elder Yun, calm down, calm down …"
Seeing that his old friend, who had always been calm, was on the verge of killing someone, Elder Su quickly stepped forward to stop him.
"Calm down? Calm my ass! This was left behind for me by my teacher, and I was hoping that I could study it every single day so that I could become a 4-star painter... How am I supposed to achieve a breakthrough in my current state? "
Lowering his head to look at the white paper on the table, Elder Yun gritted his teeth.
Who said that it was a test and that it was very simple?
Come out, see if I don't beat you to death...
Just as Zhang Xuan was on the verge of going berserk, the young man before him suddenly asked doubtfully, "I haven't even finished my lecture yet, but you already scared those birds away … How can you tell me the time?"
In fact, not only was Elder Yun angry, but Zhang Xuan was also a little depressed.
This old man was too unreliable!
He had imparted the Heaven's Path Painting to the Spiritual Wisdom Phantoms to gather their strength. Logically speaking, once their metamorphosis was complete, they would be able to fly freely, and they would be able to stay for as long as they wanted. Who could have known that … before he was done, the fellow would bellow for him to stop, scaring the birds away.
Now, the sky is high and the birds are free to fly. I don't even know where I am now. How can the results be calculated?
If I were to lose because of this, what a loss it would be!
After all, I have put in quite a bit of effort into it...
"What time... The Painting of Soaring Birds is gone, what time can you tell me?"
Elder Yun nearly spurted a mouthful of blood.
Calculate your head!
Not only do you not feel the slightest guilt for destroying my treasure, you are even thinking about your own test... Is your heart big, or is there something wrong with your head?
"Cough cough, Zhang Shi, you should stop talking. The Painting of Soaring Birds is only valuable to these birds. Now that they have flown away, it means that the treasure has been destroyed. It is only natural that Elder Yun would be in a bad mood!"
Walking forward, Pavilion Master Kang tried to persuade Zhang Xuan.
"The treasure has been destroyed?" Zhang Xuan shook his head. "Since the painting is still here, why don't you just paint the birds on it? What's there to be conflicted about?"
"That is a sixth level painting, something that only a 5-star painter is capable of producing... There is only one such painting in the Myriad Kingdom City. You sure make it sound easy! "
Seeing an opportunity, Ruohuan gongzi clasped his fist and turned to Pavilion Master Kang. "Teacher, since the Painting of Soaring Birds has been destroyed, the people behind us won't be able to take the test anymore. Why don't we change the format of the test..."
Just by lecturing the other party, the other party had already achieved Spiritual Wisdom. If they were to continue with the test, there was no way he would be able to win. Since that was the case, he might as well make use of this opportunity to reject it.
"Un, that's true... There is only one painting in the Myriad Kingdom City that possesses Spiritual Wisdom. Now that it has been destroyed, the few of you won't be able to take the test anymore..."
Pavilion Master Kang nodded.
If only he knew that this would happen, he wouldn't have allowed that fellow to take the test first. Now that the painting was gone, the people behind him wouldn't be able to take the test anymore.
Preserving Spiritual Wisdom was the best way to conduct the test. Changing it at the last moment was truly a tough nut to crack.
"If it comes down to it, we can just have our students cover their eyes so that they won't know who we are. In fact, even our voices can't be heard. That should be fair too..."
Ruohuan gongzi said.
"Calm down, let me discuss this with the other elders first... Ah? What's going on... "
Nodding his head, Pavilion Master Kang rubbed his glabella. Just as he was fretting over how he should proceed, he suddenly caught sight of something and leaped in shock.
"Teacher, what's wrong?"
Seeing Pavilion Master Kang lose his composure, Ruohuan gongzi was taken aback. Following the other party's gaze, he nearly leaped up and fainted on the spot.
Unknowingly, the young man whom he had just berated was already standing before the scroll. Holding a brush in each of his hands, the previously blank Painting of Soaring Birds was now filled with the chirping of birds.
"Have all of the birds returned?"
His voice was a little hoarse.
"It's not that they can't return... Rather... Zhang Shi just painted it!"
Fu Xiaochen's throat went dry.
"Just painted it..." Ruohuan gongzi's body swayed.
That was a painting of Spiritual Wisdom, a masterpiece that only 5-star master painters were capable of producing... To be able to draw it with just a brush... Are you for real?
More importantly... Even a 5-star grandmaster would require several days of conceptualization and several months of sculpting to create such a painting... Yet, this fellow actually managed to finish it before I even said a word or two...
Did he have to be so fast?
"What kind of brush technique did he use?"
Unable to hold himself back any longer, Ruohuan gongzi asked.
To be able to finish a painting within dozens of breaths... What kind of technique could be that fast?
"Dual Traversing Dragons..." Fu Xiaochen replied.
"The Dual Traversing Dragons used by street craftsmen..." Ruohuan gongzi nearly fainted.
If you had used some kind of profound technique, I would have been in awe...
The Dual Traversing Dragons used by street craftsmen to produce... a painting of the sixth level... Brother, you aren't a 3-star painter, but a 6-star painter!
It was laughable that he nearly leaped in joy upon hearing that the other party had retained Spiritual Wisdom...
If only he had known that the other party was such a formidable painter, he wouldn't have acted so arrogantly!
"Alright, Elder Yun, I've redrawn your painting for you. It doesn't seem … too difficult!"
Keeping the brush and ink back into his storage ring, Zhang Xuan said impassively.
Seeing Elder Yun yelling and shouting, he thought that it was something serious. But wasn't it just a painting? Since the birds had flown away, all he had to do was paint another one. Was there a need to make such a fuss?
"This..."
Hurrying forward, Elder Yun lowered his head to look at the painting before him.
A moment later, his lips quivered as he stared at the young man before him as though he was looking at a monster.
This painting was identical to the one he had drawn previously. If not for the fact that the ink had yet to dry, he would have really thought that he had been dreaming.
To be able to replicate it with just a glance, not only was the painting identical, even the amount of ink used, the distribution of ink, and the concept was identical...
How in the world did he do it?
One must know that every painter had their own understanding of painting, and when imitating another's work, they would usually incorporate their own style into it. As such, it was difficult for them to replicate it perfectly. Yet, not only was the brush strokes and ink of the painting identical, even the concept was flawless... This was already an incredible feat.
Not even a 6-star painter would be capable of such a feat!
Actually, given Zhang Xuan's current situation, he was still able to replicate a painting. However, if he were to paint, he would only barely be able to produce a painting with Spiritual Wisdom. It would still be difficult for him to achieve the concept of the Painting of Soaring Birds.
After all, even though he had learned quite a few Heaven's Path Paintings, his true prowess was only at 4-star pinnacle and 5-star primary stage.
The reason why he was able to replicate it perfectly was due to the Eye of Insight.
The Eye of Insight allowed him to see minute changes that were invisible to the naked eye. When the other party took out the painting, Zhang Xuan had taken a closer look at it, and it was easy for him to replicate the details.
If not for copying, it would have been difficult for him to do it purely by painting.
However, Elder Yun was unaware of this, so he was even more astonished.
"How is it?"
Pavilion Master Kang walked up.
"It's the same as before. You can proceed to the next test now..."
Recovering from his shock, Elder Yun swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said.
"Elder Yun said that there's no problem. Zhang Shi is already done with the test, so you all can continue!"
Heaving a sigh of relief, Pavilion Master Kang turned to the crowd.
Since the Painting of Soaring Birds had been restored, there was no need for them to go through the trouble of changing the rules anymore.
"..." Ruohuan gongzi was on the verge of tears.
In the end, it was all for naught. If only he had known that this would happen...
Feeling stifled, Ruohuan gongzi gritted his teeth and took the test. In the end, due to a problem with his state of mind, his performance went haywire, and he only lasted for eleven minutes before his Spiritual Wisdom dissipated.
Behind him, Fu Xiaochen, Feng Mosheng, and the others also took the test.
To think that Luo Xi would be able to last for twelve minutes, a result even higher than Ruohuan gongzi's.
"Alright, I'll announce the final result. Zhang Shi, through his lecture, caused his Spiritual Wisdom to fly out... Even now, it hasn't returned yet. I believe no one has any objections to him taking first place, right?"
After the test was over, Pavilion Master Kang scanned the crowd.
"No objections..."
Everyone's mouths twitched. To cause his Spiritual Wisdom to fly out while lecturing, and even casually produce a painting of the sixth level... If he wasn't first place, who would dare claim to be first?
"Alright, second place Luo Xi, third place Ruohuan, fourth place Fu Xiaochen, fifth place Feng Mosheng, and sixth place Du Hu..."
After announcing the results, Pavilion Master Kang continued, "Now, we'll proceed to the fourth test, comprehension of cultivation!"
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