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Lively, but... silent.

After the surprise at the first glance, there was an inexplicable feeling rising in my heart, as if something was pressing on my heart, I couldn't breathe, and I couldn't feel the beauty that should exist.

It is obviously a very quiet and beautiful scene, with blooming lotus, stretched lotus leaves, and butterflies that seem to have a bit of agility, but if the lotus is about to die, if the lotus leaf is about to sink to the bottom of the water, even That lone butterfly is like a fallen leaf that is about to wither, revealing a deadly smell.

Although Ji Mo's paintings are written by elementary school students, they are naive and monotonous, with no difference in strong colors, no artistic conception, and no vitality, but when I look at them now, they can only be said to be rigid, not "dead" Even after the comparison, compared to the lifeless atmosphere caused by Chang He's painting, this one of his was suddenly compared with countless vitality.

Children who are ignorant can still grow up.Old and frail, about to die.

The former may still have a hope, but the latter can only be slanted towards the west, that kind of helpless despair pervades, like a sunset glow in the sky, it seems beautiful but it makes people feel the kind of desire to pour everything into this moment The impact of strong emotions will also lead to despair without knowing it.

Suddenly, Ji Mo understood why Chang He's senior brother's paintings were not allowed to be seen, and they were destroyed immediately after they were painted. Maybe he also knew how such paintings would affect some people.

Perhaps Ji Mo had been looking at it for a while, and Chang He's senior brother suddenly took a pen to the ink that was still wet, and quickly smeared it on the painting. After a few strokes, the painting turned black.

Ji Mo pulled his eyes away and looked at Senior Brother Changhe. The other party also looked at him. There was a rare fluctuation in his eyes, and his emotions seemed to become stronger for a while, making it difficult for him to tell whether he was worrying or trying to defend himself. His lips squirmed, but didn't say anything.

"Brother's paintings are really good!"

Ji Mo's words broke the silence between the two of them looking at each other. Chang and senior brother seemed relieved when they heard him speak, and the expressions on their faces were not so stiff.

"I haven't asked the teacher's name yet."

If it was just a sliver of hope before, now Ji Mo is [-]% sure that this senior brother Changhe is Wang Zichu. This kind of painting skills is beyond the reach of those paintings he has seen before.

In terms of the difficulty of the first-order world, it seems a bit high?

Paper making, sword casting, carving, violin making, medicine planting, wine brewing, mechanisms... Even the metaphysical elements of witchcraft are not "enchanted" to such a degree, and the artistic conception in the painting does not seem to be talent up.

Could it be that after going to the second-order world, the difficulty will be secretly increased when you come back?Or is it that my understanding of "painter" is too superficial, and I was misled by modern inertial thinking, or that the concept of "teacher" originally meant something unusual?

In short, this depressive effect should not be what I need to learn, right?

"Prince Chu."

Brother Changhe's answer gave Ji Mo the feeling that his boots had landed on the ground. Sure enough, if he was not the rightful owner at this level, then he really didn't know what the rightful owner would be like.

Based on previous experience, Ji Mo has always inferred that the candidate selected by the system as a master is considered to be the top of a certain skill in this world. They may not know this ranking themselves, but after being quantified by the system, they become intuitive master candidates , It can be understood as "If you want to learn, you must learn from the best".

In the past, except for Wu Zhu, who has touched the threshold of the second generation of officials, those in front of them are only at the level of craftsmen. According to the general rules of the ancient world, the honor is limited. Even when they are swordsmiths, they are also swordsmiths. When the times are falling...

Uh, at the time of decline, so, is the artist the same this time?

Don't see the peak, see the trough first?

Wait, there are not many paintings circulating on the market, but they are not in decline. What's more, the profession of painter has not yet been concreted, so why is it declining?

Or, is this genre of painting declining?

I have never heard of such a genre of painting that is so strong that it renders the viewer so emotional, so...

A lot of thoughts popped up in Ji Mo's mind at once, and it appeared that he was stunned looking at Wang Zichu.

The other party seemed to be a little worried, he hesitated and stretched out his hand to push Ji Mo, as if to wake him up.

Ji Mo came to his senses and hurriedly gave a salute: "This kind of painting skills are amazing, I would like to worship you as my teacher, learn to paint, and please teach me."

Another salute, long bow with sincerity.

"Apprenticeship?" Wang Zichu was startled, as if he didn't understand the meaning of the word, looked at Ji Mo, neither helped him to straighten up, nor replied, and remained silent for a while.

Long bows are really tiring, Ji Mo saw that Wang Zichu seemed to be unfamiliar with etiquette, so he straightened up and said: "Exactly, I have always been yearning for painting, and now I can see this kind of painting , It’s really shocking, it’s not to be missed. It’s presumptuous to rush to ask for a teacher, and I’ll make it up later, please forgive my sincere heart.”

These words are a bit of a rogue, and he has to make the established facts first, and then make up for the ceremony. Ji Mo's understanding of Wang Zichu is only what the little Taoist said, and what he sees now, the furnishings in this room are scarce, so it is difficult Determine what kind of background and status Wang Zichu is, and what kind of existence he has in this Taoist temple.

He doesn't seem to be the kind of person who doesn't get along well with people, but not all the people around him are easy to talk to. If he doesn't settle for a system-recognized master-student name first, something will happen afterwards. That would be troublesome.

"Do you think I draw well?"

Wang Zichu seems to have only understood this sentence in a long passage, and he has put down the pen in his hand. When he asked this sentence, he couldn't help stroking the ink-stained paper, the way he rubbed the corners repeatedly, like There are many unfinished meanings.

It would be difficult for Ji Mo to empathize with other small actions, but it is easy for him to empathize with his works.

Whether my works are good or bad, I don't want to destroy them easily.Every work is born with high expectations. That kind of expectation is no less than the desire for an heir, or a child. If it is not a last resort, how can creators like them destroy it so easily? it?

When a violin made with poor workmanship is unsustainable, it is better to spend more time dismantling and modifying it one by one. If there are items that are really unusable, they will be replaced. Not only does it save materials, but it is also reluctant to throw it away.

The brewed wine is not very tasty at the beginning, sometimes it is very difficult to drink at the beginning, and it does not meet the expected standard, or the fermentation time is increased, or some additions and subtractions are made, it is really unpalatable. I don't want to throw it away directly, and I will store it in a cellar, hoping that it will become better someday in the future.

Otherwise, this kind of "bitterness" is sold as a characteristic.

Even if it's really bad, and you can't see people, you will hide it privately, and you don't want to waste these and waste your hard work.

Not to mention whether it is easy or not for Wang Zichu to draw such a painting, he has focused and put his heart into it. Such a painting, but it has just seen the light of day, is directly blacked out and destroyed. As a creator, doesn’t he feel heartbroken? ?In particular, the reason for the destruction is not because the painting is not good enough, not good enough.

The moment the rare treasure was smashed, many people must have heard the sound of heartbreak, and they couldn't let go of it for a long time.

And for creators to destroy their own works, it is not only heartache, but also a sense of suffocation.

Under the influence of this kind of emotion, Wang Zichu can continue to create, insist on painting, and then destroy repeatedly. If Wang Zichu either intentionally abuses himself, or loves painting so much that he can't extricate himself.

His paintings are already so depressing, and after experiencing this repeated process of self-destruction, it is almost conceivable that his next painting will be even more depressing and deadly.

"Very good, such a painting is really a pity."

Ji Mo looked at the drawing paper again, the center part had been painted black, only a few corners, and some traces remained, but it was incomplete, and he could no longer feel the artistic conception, but the aftermath of the impact just now remained in his heart, It is still difficult to calm down.

Before this, Ji Mo never thought that a painting could make people feel so much. He really has no talent in art. Looking at those national treasure-level paintings, he just feels that some celebrities are good at painting everything. They're all great, but what's so great about them? Maybe it's because they look like them?

What kind of artistic conception, the grass and trees must be calm, the mountains and rivers must be dangerous, the things must be like their shapes, the rooster must be majestic, but the horses are more vigorous, the fish swim in the water with their tails alive, the monkeys leap over the mountains and forests, and their eyes are clever... People must be like their appearance, laughing It’s laughing, crying is crying, there is loneliness when you travel far, there is joy when you gather in the crowd, the winding corridors are slow, and you laugh with a fan and walk slowly... In short, the painting scene is like a thing.

What you see is what you see, the so-called artistic conception you feel is mostly what the painting has already expressed, whether it is lonely or prosperous, it all depends on the combination of the scenery and the characters in the painting, the so-called borrowing the scenery to express emotions, giving birth to emotions from the scenery in the painting Come.

This is like a math problem with known conditions. If you list the above scenery, whether it is mountains, rivers, vegetation, flowers, birds, fish, insects, or people, you will get a unique answer, that is, the same emotion.

Even people who don’t understand paintings can think of some words such as “momentum” and “spirit” when they see the torrent, and they can also think of words such as “tranquility” and “tranquility” when they see snow scenes. It seems that it has been limited to death, it can only be so, just so.

Wang Zichu's paintings are different. They are obviously beautiful, but they can see the depressive effect. It seems that a sick world is distributing all its depressive emotions among many scenes to form such an effect.

If all his paintings are like this, this question is really a bit big. Is the world in the eyes of a genius really like this?

"Okay." Wang Zichu squeezed a corner of the drawing paper, the edge was wet with sweat...

[Main task: Painter. 】

[Current progress: Wang Zichu (Master) - completed. 】