The Rebirth of the Lazy Nobles Woman
Chapter:70

Wu Hongwen easily passed through the crowd with his thin figure and immediately stood beside Gu Xiqiao, placed the equipment on the table, as well as placed down a smooth writing paper roll for him.

The young girl was about to protest the change, but when the tall and handsome Wu Hongwen appeared under the sun, she was suddenly at a loss for words as her cheeks turned red. He forcefully swallowed the words threatening to come out of his mouth, wanting to maintain his image.

The young girl was the daughter of the dean of the Academy of Fine Arts, and would be considered a scholar. However, he had always had an unusual behavior since he was a child. Due to his status as an artist, his half-eccentric attitude was accepted by those around him.

“What painting do you want, and what is your need?” Gu Xiqiao said as he held the brush loosely in his hand, looking at the young girl.

“Potret, with me being the model. Said the girl, glanced at Wu Hongwen before adding, “Make it prettier.”

“Alright, please sit.” Said Gu Xiqiao while grinding the ink slowly. He looked at the girl who was obediently sitting down, and thought of some ideas before starting work.

Figures in Chinese painting involve capturing the outward appearance of the subject, as well as the inner essence. This makes it relatively deeper and has more depth than ordinary landscape paintings. This requires careful brush strokes, as well as expressive and free brush strokes, along with a decent mastery of calligraphy.

Gu Xiqiao deliberately chose Chinese paintings to study when he was in the virtual room, but his level was only almost Intermediate, and he could only do his best in painting portraits.

He closed his eyes, entering a meditative state for a moment. When he opened his eyes shortly after, it was as if he was giving off a mysterious aura, lifting his brush and starting to work. The tip of the brush danced on the paper, as if it had a soul of its own. As a Chinese phrase ‘while connoisseurs recognize the art, laymen simply enjoy the show’, passers-by who walk around the place can't help but stop to see the girl who is painting, the, their eyes were mesmerized by his movements.brush on the paper, stunned by the painting he produced.

What shocked the assembled audience was the fact that the painting only used black ink, yet the figure in the painting was bright, dashing, graceful, as well as clearly displaying its feminine aspect.

Everyone who stopped to look had forgotten the passage of time.

Finally, Gu Xiqiao finished the final scratch of his painting, and seemingly out of his amazing state, his mind was swept away by the system.

[Mission done! Got 20 points.]

[Dig! Congratulations, Beauty Qiao, your Chinese Painting has leveled up to Intermediate. The system has given 50 points!]

[Dig! Congratulations, Beauty Qiao, your Chinese Painting has leveled up to Advanced. The system has given 50 points!]

[Dig! Congratulations, Beauty Qiao, your Ancient Martial Arts have leveled up to Bone Refinement. The system has given 500 points!]

‘System, what is this?’ Gu Xiqiao was a little surprised, it was similar to the night when the system upgrade was successful.

The system materialized slowly in human form from the void, its shape was now more realistic after the upgrade, as it raised its flesh hand with claws to scratch its head. [Beauty Qiao, I don't know what happened. But when you first start painting, it attracts the spirit of heaven and earth. I think you can get a higher insight through painting as a route, and that's why you can achieve such an improvement. No matter how it happened, this was an incredible thing. Don't worry too much about it.]

If Gu Xiqiao were to guess, obtaining a path to a form of enlightenment through painting and Bone Refinement did not seem like something he could accomplish even once easily. The fact that he was lucky was most likely because he left the Gu family, being able to let go of his past life and successfully break through his state of mind first. That was the most likely reason for him to do so. This kind of opportunity.

“I'm done, here it is.” Gu Xiqiao said as he withdrew from his thoughts, extending the painting to the young girl in front of him.

The spectators watched Gu Xiqiao handle the delicate painting so casually, and the same thoughts flowed through their minds. This girl treated the peak of this painting with an indifferent attitude, didn't this girl appreciate it at all?

The young girl was stunned as she looked at him. “You.... You actually gave this to me?”

“Yes, this is for you. Try not to trouble anyone again in the future. ” Gu Xiqiao said, shoving the painting into his hands when it became clear that the young girl would not move to retrieve it. He then followed Wu Hongwen through the crowd, giving no time for anyone to stop him at all.

Shen Nianzhi took the painting from his hand, looking up and down for a very long time. He could not return himself to the real world, but he felt his mouth move. “Li Li, let's solve any of our problems in the next day. You go after him, I'll come back to tell the dean! ”

Li Li snorted in annoyance. “Hey, you made it sound like I had no choice but to have a problem with you ..”

Facing such a huge incident, the two of them put aside their old grudges for a while and worked together to cooperate.

The Academy of Fine Arts is also divided, with the Chinese painting department getting colder with time, and with oil painting winning the last championship, it makes the survival of the Chinese painting department even more difficult. During this time the younger generation of Chinese painting is only supported by Shen Nianzhi only.

He felt excitement as he ran, the people he passed by looked hazy. With the painting of this person, there was hope for the Chinese department of painting. It would also make a group of people in the art world not to underestimate the style of Chinese painting!

Gu Xiqiao planned to go out today to visit Mu Zong. After the Nine Heavens Network company was established, he never went to see it. However, the improvement of his martial arts had made him change his mind. His body was deep and turbulent, and he needed to enter the virtual space to stabilize his level and get used to it.

As he took a breath to regulate the chi flowing roilingly in his body, he also had to talk to Wu Hongwen at the same time. Wu Hongwen started the conversation after he had painted a Chinese painting, and had not stopped raving since then.

When he reached the manor area in the city, he was silent as soon as they entered the villa.

Finally there was silence in his ears.

Gu Xiqiao who followed him from behind looked relaxed. But Wu Hongwen froze in his steps, and his entire body suddenly looked stiff. Following his line of sight, Gu Xiqiao met a pair of cold black eyes.

No wonder Wu Hongwen held back the expression he did. From their last brief contact, Gu Xiqiao realized that Wu Hongwen had a healthy fear of Jiang Shuxuan. He will be frightened stiff, and tongue tied in front of other men, and if he speaks his tone will also be lower than usual.

“Brother Jiang, Brother Yin.” There was another middle-aged man sitting opposite Jiang Shuxuan, beside Yin Shaoyuan. Gu Xiqiao did not know who it was, so he could only greet the other two obediently.

Yin Shaoyuan narrowed his almond-shaped eyes as he smiled, muttering a soft compliment as he gestured Wu Hongwen forward. Wu Hongwen showed a bitter expression as he dragged his feet to where they were sitting.

Jiang Shuxuan nodded his head at the remark, a hint of warmth seeping into his cold eyes as it softened slightly. He saw Gu Xiqiao turn around to return to his room, and suddenly said, “Wait.”

Gu Xiqiao stopped on the stairs with a hint of confusion, noticing as Jiang Shuxuan approached him. He did not walk in a hurry, but it seemed like he was by his side in an instant. His lips curved slightly, emitting an aura around him that made people want to stay away from him.

That's frightening.

Jiang Shuxuan naturally did not say anything, but he placed his hand on the acupuncture point on his lower back, which was the gate of vitality.

His fingers seemed to have touched a piece of ice, a chill still lingering on his fingertips.

Gu Xiqiao looked at the hands in slight surprise, his sleeves folded neatly and rolled up three times, revealing thin arms. His arms up to the tip of his finger were as pale white and thin, looking fragile. It seemed to be no different from what others expected from scholars, but he knew what explosive power was hidden within it, he could not help but feel horrified and amazed at the same time at his realization.

He suddenly recalled that the system once said that Jiang Shuxuan's level in ancient martial arts might be above Fleet Foot, but now it seemed to be higher than that?

Maintained essence, white mist floating in the air, he should be at least at the Xiantian level, at the very least!