Le Baiyi lightly said, "He's just pretending to be decent! Even if he has a bit of status and background, I'm afraid his painting skills are just average. It's just that he's young and impetuous. He deliberately wants to show his face because of jealousy. He'll know how to make a fool of himself after he loses. "
Professor Hu laughed, "You really don't favor him at all?"
Le Baiyi sneered, "Favor him? What qualifications does he have to make me favor him? If he can really beat Zhu Xiang, I'll agree to sell him the Wintertide Fluorite and the Star Fragment Stone! No … I'll give them to him for free. "
Professor Hu forced a smile and said, "Old Le, don't be impulsive."
Le Baiyi sneered, "You know my character, Old Hu. I've always been a man of my word. If he really beats Zhu Xiang, I'll immediately return to Shanghai and take those two ores and give them to him."
Bai Yu and the ten judges, who were proficient in calligraphy and painting, shook their heads upon seeing Tan Xiu's fast painting. They thought that Tan Xiu was deliberately mystifying things. In fact, he didn't have any real talent.
In their hearts, the scales of victory had tilted towards Zhu Xiang. Among them were Bai Yu, who was very tired of Zhu Xiang, and several other painting masters.
Fifteen minutes later.
Tan Xiu put away the brush and gently blew on the landscape painting twice. Then, he took out a piece of white paper and spread it on the painting.
"I'm done!"
Tan Xiu looked around and his eyes finally fell on Bai Yu's face.
Bai Yu nodded and said, "It's not time yet. Wait for Zhu Xiang."
"Alright!"
Tan Xiu replied and then stood in front of the table and quietly waited.
Nearly 30 minutes later, Zhu Xiang finally finished the landscape painting he wanted to paint. He raised his hand to wipe off the sweat on his forehead. A satisfied smile appeared on his handsome face as he said in a clear voice, "I've also finished my painting. And this painting is definitely the one I'm most satisfied with."
Bai Yu nodded and asked, "Two gentlemen, which one of you will show the painting to everyone first?"
Zhu Xiang arrogantly said, "I'll show my painting to everyone first! After I'm done, I'll make you feel that looking at paintings is the same as eating. It's absolutely tasteless to eat a poor one after eating a good one. "
"What do you think, Mr. Tang?" Bai Yu asked.
"Whatever!"
Tan Xiu said indifferently.
Bai Yu nodded and brought the ten judges to the center. They surrounded Zhu Xiang's painting table and began to size up the painting Zhu Xiang had just painted.
"Good foundation, the lines are clear and distinct. Green mountains, clear waters, waterfalls, and birds perched on the branches. The most satisfying thing was that in the pond at the foot of the mountain, there were actually beautiful lotus flowers blooming. Looking at this painting, one can imagine the beautiful scenery in this landscape painting. "
"That's right! Look at the color combination. It's exquisite and warm, and the colors are especially bright. The birds on the branches opened their mouths as if they were singing a mountain song. I've seen a lot of paintings, but not many are better than this one. If I had to score it, I'd give it at least 80 points. "
"Elegant, this painting actually gives me an elegant feeling. It's really not bad. I give it 81 points. "
"80 points!"
"…"
Bai Yu's eyes revealed a complicated expression as she listened to the judges' comments. Although Zhu Xiang's character and character were very bad, his painting skill was indeed amazing. There were a lot of paintings in her Lotus Blossom House, but there were no more than ten paintings that were better than this one.
At this moment!
She couldn't help but secretly worry about Tan Xiu.
Bai Yu secretly sighed inside. She then looked at Zhu Xiang and said, "Take your painting and let everyone have a look! Wait until everyone has finished looking at Tan Xiu's painting, then I'll judge the winner and loser for you. "
"Alright!"
Zhu Xiang picked up his painting and slowly walked in front of the crowd. After a few minutes, he returned to the table and put his landscape painting on the table. He then looked at Tan Xiu and said with a sneer, "An ugly daughter-in-law has to see her parents-in-law. My painting has been shown to everyone. Now it's your turn. Of course, if you really think you have no chance of winning, I'm willing to give you some face. You can directly admit defeat now, so you don't need to show us your painting. "
Tan Xiu shook his head and smilingly said, "I really don't know where your confidence comes from. Zhu Xiang, right? Don't tell me you don't understand the truth? "
Zhu Xiang raised his brows and sneered, "What truth?"
Tan Xiu said, "The higher you stand, the harder you fall. You're clamoring for jubilation now, but in case you lose later, the degree of disgrace will be even higher! "
Zhu Xiang contemptuously said, "Relying on you? You want to beat me? Dream on! Cut the crap and take out your painting. Let everyone have a look! "
Tan Xiu took a step back and made a 'please' gesture to Bai Yu.
Bai Yu came to the table in front of Tan Xiu and gently took away the white paper covering the landscape painting. When her eyes fell on the painting, her eyes narrowed and her wrist trembled. Immediately, her pupils suddenly shrunk and disbelief burst out from her eyes.
"This painting …"
At this moment!
No one could understand Bai Yu's shock. Her eyes were fixated on the landscape painting on the table, and her heartbeat was a few beats faster than usual.
The ten judges looked puzzled after seeing Bai Yu's appearance. When they came to the table and saw the painting on the table, they immediately showed the same expression as Bai Yu.
Dead silence!
The entire scene was extremely quiet. At this moment, even if a needle were to fall on the ground, everyone would be able to hear the sound. However, the ten judges and Bai Yu were shivering at this time with disbelief in their eyes.
"What's going on?"
Finally, a middle-aged man in the crowd waiting in the periphery asked aloud.
In a flash!
The ten judges and Bai Yu's body trembled violently, but they also sobered up from their stupor. The eleven people turned their heads with tacit understanding and angrily looked at the man who spoke.
The middle-aged man looked confused and scratched the back of his head. He didn't understand how he offended the ten judges and Bai Yu. Why did they look at him with angry expressions?
Bai Yu took a deep breath and looked at Tan Xiu with a complicated expression, saying, "I never thought that I would be able to see such a landscape painting in my life! I want to say that this is not a shock, but a fright. Tan Xiu, you really scared me. "
One of the ten judges also said with a bitter expression, "I'm also scared! I really can't believe that there's someone in this world who can paint such a landscape painting. "
Zhu Xiang was somewhat baffled by Bai Yu and the ten judges. He couldn't even tell whether Tan Xiu's painting was good or not. After hesitating for a moment, he said aloud, "Manager Bai and the ten judges, is that brat's painting too horrible to look at? If that's the case, then tell everyone loudly and let him make a fool of himself! "
"SHUT UP!"
Shouted a judge angrily.
"Ugh …"
Zhu Xiang looked blank and a bad premonition involuntarily arose inside his heart.
Bai Yu shot a deep look at Tan Xiu and asked, "Mr. Tang, can you let me show your painting to everyone?"
"I'll have to trouble you then!" Tan Xiu nodded.
Bai Yu nodded and carefully picked up the landscape painting painted by Tan Xiu and slowly walked step by step. She walked very slowly, almost every two steps, she would stop for half a minute. It took her seven or eight minutes to finish walking around the painting.
Everyone!
After seeing the landscape painting painted by Tan Xiu, all of them became extremely silent and looked at Zhu Xiang with an indescribably complicated expression.
Including!
Professor Hu, Le Baiyi, and the First Beauty of the Imperial Capital, Mu Wanying.
Finally, Bai Yu carefully put the landscape painting on the table in front of Tan Xiu. After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "Mr. Tang, I don't know if you're willing to sell this painting? Just name the price. I won't bargain as long as I can afford it. "
Tan Xiu lightly shook his head. He then looked at Mu Wanying and said, "Since she chose to believe me and is willing to use her Wang Xizhi's authentic work to make me bet with others, then I'll give this painting to her after the competition is over. As a matter of fact, it's very easy for me to paint such a thing. If I want to, I can even paint hundreds or thousands of them. However, I'm very lazy and slow, so my paintings will be very rare. It's very rare now, and it will be very rare in the future. "
"You … you want to give this painting to me?" Mu Wanying asked with a dumbfounded expression. "No, no, no. This … this is too precious!"
Tan Xiu indifferently said, "Dancing with words and showing off elegance. That's my evaluation of those literati. Therefore, painting can only be the spice of life and not the main track of life. It's fine to like it, but don't be obsessed with it, else the rest of your life will be very boring. Take it! There's no reason for me, Tan Xiu, to take back what I've given out. "
An extraordinary splendor flashed in Mu Wanying's eyes. Tan Xiu's words made her heart palpitate inexplicably. After a moment of silence, she slowly nodded and said, "Thank you!"
Zhu Xiang stood at the side. He hadn't been able to see what kind of landscape painting Tan Xiu had painted. But at this moment, a bad premonition arose in his heart, and it was getting stronger and stronger. Taking a deep breath, he saw that Tan Xiu and Mu Wanying only cared about talking and didn't pay attention to him at all. He immediately angrily said, "It's not certain who will win or lose. Is there a need to act mysterious like this? I want to see what kind of garbage you're painting! "
After that!
He dashed to the table in front of Tan Xiu, and his eyes also fell on the landscape painting Tan Xiu had painted.
"This is …"
The moment Zhu Xiang saw the painting, a chill quickly rushed into his heart. This chill did not come from the outside, but from the depths of his soul.
Good painting!
A peerless painting!
Even though he had seen thousands of paintings, he had never seen a better painting than this one.
It was like a towering mountain peak of a giant dragon, continuous and endless, crisscrossing and crisscrossing. On the summit of those mountain peaks, there were towering palaces. The richly ornamented palaces were shrouded in faint clouds and mist. Under the blue sky and white clouds, red-crowned cranes danced gracefully and white birds jumped in joy.
A small boat was floating in the middle of a turbulent river. An elegant young man sat alone at the bow of the boat, holding a book in his hand and quietly reading it as he floated downstream.
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