The Rebirth of the Lazy Nobles Woman
Chapter:103

Gu Xiqiao was unaware of the thoughts flowing in Tang Qinghong's mind. Turning his eyes, he turned to look at the courtyard.

Tang Qinghong had not finished arranging the items in her hands, and she had never felt more embarrassed than now in her life. When this was all over, he would return to Jing Capital and immediately remove his seal, this feeling was truly shameful!

“What's with my house?” Gu Xiqiao asked, still looking around. He glanced at the sunset and the reddish-orange sky as he took out a bamboo tube from last night. “I don't feel anything.”

“You've just been at the Bone Repair level, right?” Tang Qinghong said, straightening up, thinking that he would give her a basic understanding of the ancient martial arts world. He felt it last night, when his chi surged, it was even comparable to some disciples at the Tendon Forging level. “In normal circumstances, you will not be able to see the evil aura, yesterday was an abnormal occurrence. You may not know about the matter in your home, but on the first day I came here, the evil aura here was ten times stronger than the one on the mountain! ”

“Which is even stranger, your house was built on this land, and it seems to have been on purpose. The evil aura left behind here, an ordinary person would definitely die in about half a year without knowing the reason. Ignoring the fact that you are not affected because of your chi, but how can the people who live around this area also not be affected? ”

Gu Xiqiao looked around the small courtyard again in surprise. He knew more about this place than he did, of course. Yu Man had died two months ago, and he had left that place. Back two months later, he discovered that the people who lived closest to him — Li family and the village chief, they had been caught in various kinds of accidents. According to his memories from his past life, the entire village had moved from this place soon after.

“I don't know why I can't see it,” Gu Xiqiao said, as he continued to look around. He could not sense anything was wrong, and he always felt that Yu Man had something to do with it. “My mom also never said anything about it.”

Tang Qinghong put the last piece of jade from his hand down, and suddenly there were ripples tearing through the air. Tang Qinghong's face paled slightly, but nothing else happened. He turned to Gu Xiqiao, looking at him with a serious expression. “You are also part of the ancient martial arts world, I need your help in this!”

“You don't even need to ask,” replied Gu Xiqiao, taking a deep breath. “Tell me what you need.”

Her bright eyes narrowed slightly as she looked around again, accurately showing some of the jade that Tang Qinghong had placed. Without waiting for him to say anything, Gu Xiqiao reached out to change the positions of some of them. Waves of energy rippled through the air, and then there were waves of energy that remained circulating in the area.

“This is ... array Eight Small Trigrams?” Tang Qinghong's shocked expression pierced through her soft mask again, feeling a little numb as she asked, “How did you know this?”

Even for him, it would take a lot of effort to set up a small formation, and the entire process would take away all the energy he had in his body, otherwise, he would have done something by now. But how could he casually move his hands and form an array, which seemed to require no effort at all with the look on his face?

I just practiced. Gu Xiqiao said, looking at him. Then he lifted the bamboo tube that was shaking from the formation, and coldly said, “If you keep moving, I will burn you.”

Vigilant spirit in bamboo tube: “..”

If it finally calmed down after Gu Xiqiao looked at him for a while, then he turned his attention back to the page, ‘System, I can't find a reason for this, can you scan it?’

[Please wait a minute, Beauty Qiao.] The spirit system put down the data in his hands, a serious expression on his face. He knew that the mission for Gu Xiqiao this time was not easy, and had searched through all the accessible files in his database, hoping to find a record that could help them.

The transparent panel appeared again in front of Gu Xiqiao, this time displaying a map in the three-dimensional arrangement of the house and the courtyard. From what he could see in the picture, nothing was extraordinary anywhere.

[Beauty Qiao, look at the bottom.]

The map shifted downwards, and Gu Xiqiao could see at least ten meters underground, but after that everything was black on the screen.

[There really is something wrong with your house, I can only go down ten meters. There's something blocking my censorship, I think your foster mom is more than you think.]

Building a house on this land, and being able to guarantee there had been no incidents over the past ten years, Gu Xiqiao could also guess that there was more to it than he looked when it came to Yu Man, who had been living in the city, but what's going on? And the death of Yu Man, was it really due to a brain hemorrhage? Why didn't he leave any information to her?

All these thoughts swirled in Gu Xiqiao's mind as he continued to stare at the black screen, not having any clue how to understand it.

In Tang Qinghong's eyes, the girl stared at the air in confusion, her eyes unfocused. Fortunately, she had a very beautiful appearance. Even though she was standing there in a daze, she was still an unsightly beauty.

“Don't worry too much, nothing will happen here. If you don't want the villagers to leave, then I should have a way to make it happen, ” Tang Qinghong said as he sighed. Thinking of that person, he frowned deeply, “There is someone who can definitely solve this problem perfectly, so if we can't handle it, we will contact him.”

Although, he was very reluctant to admit that he was unable to gauge that person.

“Thank you.” Gu Xiqiao sighed, and ignored the panel silently. He returned the bamboo tube to his bag, and raised his head to look at the beautiful sunset in the sky, a bright bright color spreading everywhere. He felt a jolt in his heart after staring at that scene. “I'll be out for a while.”

Tang Qinghong did not know what she was planning, so she just watched her as she went upstairs to take the drawing board before going back down and coming out.

***

There is a small hill not far from his house, and you can see the whole village from there. Gu Xiqiao had taken out his oil painting tools, which were easier to carry than his Chinese painting tools. After setting up the drawing board, he sat down on the hill and started drawing.

Instead of using the Alla Prima method, which is a direct style of painting in which paint is applied without letting the previous layer dry, he chose to use the Glazing method, which is a style of painting, that is, spread a layer of paint on the canvas first, and apply it. Another layer only after the first one dries and so on. The main purpose of doing this is to make it appear like colors are optically coupled, without the pigments actually mixing. This creates a monochrome underpainting that gradually builds a glaze on it to show a more jewel-like effect on it. This technique tests the painter's abilities, as well as the depth of understanding of color.

He applied various colors to each other, using mostly warmer colors. Looking down at the board after a while, he rubbed his chin seriously before picking up the brush that had been dipped in a colder tone that was blue in color. Cold and warm hues are the core of oil painting, and you will use a warm hue for a closer look, and a cool hue for a further look, the cold and warm contrasts are easy to explain. The thickness of the coating is also very special, with the closer look having to be thicker than the others. The thickness of the coating can also make the difference in painting distance.

***

Currently, most of the people have returned from the pond area. Shi Tou brought a large number of fish to Gu Xiqiao's door. Seeing the hated Tang Qinghong sitting there, not him, he put down the fish and ran away.

Tang Qinghong who had been rejected: …

Other than Gu Xiqiao, this was the second person who disliked him with such obvious actions.

The jade-like soft face showed a stunned expression for now. He did not understand, why did the two of them dislike him so much?

***

Shi Tou stood at the gate, looking around for a moment, before looking at Gu Xiqiao, who was sitting at the top of a hill. Her eyes sparkled, and she ran towards him, “Sister Little Gu, what are you doing?”

“Picture.” Gu Xiqiao replied, as he stopped.

Gu Xiqiao: this is where our friendship ends.

Shi Tou was still blabbering, and Gu Xiqiao took a deep breath, took out his phone and handed it to him. Shi Tou picked up the item on offer, unlocked the phone with a familiar gesture and opened the game that Gu Xiqiao often played. Five minutes later he died, try again, two minutes later.

Gu Xiqiao's:…. This is the effect I want.

Once the spirit system changed the game, it became a game that deceived the children. The spirit system sat in void space, mimicking the act of wiping away Shi Tou's tears. He only had to provoke her when she was in a bad mood, it was really an entertaining scene to watch!

***

Su Wen and his group also caught some fish, and it was all thanks to the boys from the group. They decided to make a complete fish banquet campfire for dinner at night, and Su Wen naturally did not want to dampen their plans. However, he also did not dare to light a bonfire at Gu Xiqiao's place, so gathered everyone to organize beside the pond instead. Some of them will stay there to clean and prepare the fish, while others will collect the needed items and materials.

Walking along the path, you could clearly see two figures sitting at the top of the hill.

The reddish color of the sky clearly depicted the figures, and the creamy white color of the girl's skin glowed softly, her long eyelashes covering a pair of melancholy eyes. The slender fingers hold the brushes that dance around on the canvas, like the brush strokes used in dynamic ink painting.

Although they could not see his face clearly from afar, they could not help but lighten their steps in an attempt not to disturb him.

Su Wen stood on his back a bit far away, and could only see the messy color. He had never learned anything about painting before, but he still saw it in silence. Bao Xinyi was not so meek, and she raised her chin haughtily to one of the other boys who was beside her, “You have studied art before, what do you see?”

The boy stared into space, immersed in his own thoughts. “Beauty..”.

Bao Xinyi: Go to hell!

The boy returned to himself after a while, and seeing the fire in Bao Xinyi's eyes, he blushed in embarrassment. “That beautiful girl uses the ancient glass painting method, it requires a high level of skill. No matter how the image turned out, it was already incredible with the fact that he could use this method. “

Bao Xinyi stared at him in silence for a while, before turning her gaze to the unfinished painting, and laughing coldly. “Are we still not gone? The painting's level is worse than an amateur like me. “

Su Wen frowned, but did not say anything. However, he also had no indication that he was going to move, and the others were even more reluctant to leave because of that.

Hearing Bao Xinyi's words, Shi Tou turned to look at them, and said to himself, “Teacher once said that crows are the most annoying creatures, and I don't believe it, Teacher once said that crows are the most annoying creatures, now that I think back, it seems like I was too immature to understand it. “

“...” Bao Xinyi's face flushed in anger, she couldn't even win against a small child?

So they stayed where they were, waiting to see how Gu Xiqiao would finish him off. However, he felt like he was given a slap on his face immediately after.

As more layers were added to the color mess, the messy and intricate oil painting immediately began to show the right lines. Gu Xiqiao added a red color similar to raging flames, and the sky seemed to burn on the canvas. Shrouded in bright sunlight, the scenery of the entire village was a peaceful and serene sight, and it was as if you could see the relaxed life of the villagers through the painting.

Shi Tou had been playing the game beside Gu Xiqiao with a bored expression, sometimes grabbing and plucking the grass on the ground, and sometimes counting the insects he could. He moved languidly, and when he finally looked up when Gu Xiqiao's painting was about to finish, his eyes widened as he stopped his actions, staring in shock.

With one look, he knew that the painting was a painting of their village. The village looked majestic, bathed in golden radiance from the sun. Although he did not understand oil painting, he could still feel the charm of the painting, and was fascinated by it. He reached out his hand to touch her, and felt like he could go further, and touch the cold of the setting sun.

The boy standing beside Bao Xinyi smiled triumphantly. “I know that the skills of this beautiful girl are very good, and even our teachers will not be able to match her. Incredibly, his surreal approach and vivid fresh colours, stunning compositions, this is testament to how great his understanding of colour is. ”

Most of the words from the boy's mouth were not understood by the others, and they were all confused by him, but that did not hinder their appreciation of this painting.

The wrinkle on Bao Xinyi's face deepened, and looked at the boy who was still babbling and thinking, ‘Why do I really want to strangle him?’

Gu Xiqiao was aware that there was a person behind him, and by the time he finished his drawing, the day was already late. He packed up his equipment, and had Shi Tou help carry the items. When he turned around, he discovered that Su Wen and the others were still standing there without moving, “Did you have nothing to do?”

“Yes, we do it. We were just about to leave, “Su Wen replied with a smile on his face, and could not help but say,” Your painting is very good. “

Some of the boys standing next to him nodded in agreement.

Bao Xinyi spoke up only after Gu Xiqiao left. “What's great about, she's just a pretty face, unlike anything you've never seen before. You don't even know how many people have.. ”.

Xiny! Su Wen snapped, a cold expression on his face. He looked at her with a cold look. “You've never been this stupid before!”

Although Bao Xinyi previously knew nothing, she would only act childishly about it, she was not too evil to throw wild speculations about others. He had changed so much recently, to the point that he thought if it was a mistake that brought him?

“Stupid?” Bao Xinyi said, her lips turned into an ugly grin. “You are the one who is blind because of your interest in others!”

Therefore, Bao Xinyi turned around and left, two of the group rushed after her. One of them turned to Su Wen before they left, disapproval clearly visible in his eyes. “Xinyi is right, Su Wen. This girl is young and orphaned, yet she has a very expensive branded car. If it's only a temporary interest, then it doesn't matter. Money and stuff are one thing, but don't break your relationship with Xinyi just because of this. Beautiful women can be found anywhere! “

The other people who remained were people who were on good terms with Su Wen, and they looked at each other. They were not sure how the situation became like this. The art student who commented on Gu Xiqiao earlier raised his hand. “Then, I want to say something about it. Su Wen, don't listen to them. I took the subjects and learned the art, and I can say with confidence that the beautiful girl has great skills, I would not be wrong about that. The painting he just finished, if you market it, could sell for at least seven figures. “

“Seven numbers ?! That's a very good amount! ” One of the group said, their eyes sparkled in wonder.

However, Su Wen ignored them. He never questioned Gu Xiqiao's ability, just something they said made him think of something, “You said the girls discussed this matter all afternoon, could it be that the whole village knew about it?”

“Based on the amount of gossip these people are doing, most likely,” others replied gently.

Su Wen's attractive face darkened as she glanced at the dimming sky, and sighed softly. This was a situation he did not want to see happen.