A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 69: Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear

"Xueqing, go and get my Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear!" Xia Shuangshuang said to Xueqing in the pavilion with a calm smile.

Xue Qing knelt down, bowed, and walked out of the pavilion!

After a while, Xue Qing came back holding a gun wrapped in a moon-white holster. The gun seemed to be quite heavy. Xue Qing crossed her arms and held it horizontally in her arms. Her steps seemed to be a bit strenuous!

Xue Qing walked in front of Xia Shuangshuang, and Xia Shuangshuang grabbed the gun and the holster. With a sudden pull, she took off the holster and put it in Xue Qing's hand!

I saw Xia Shuangshuang holding a gun in her right hand, and her whole temperament seemed to change suddenly!
The spear was almost as tall as her. The blade was curved and sharp like a phoenix feather. Various bird patterns were engraved on the spear shaft. The snow-white tassel floated beside the phoenix feather blade.

Duan Rong sat in the pavilion, his eyes lit up! What a good weapon!
"What Shuangshuang is practicing is the Bishui spear technique. I would love to hear from you, sir!" Xia Shuangshuang held the spear in his hand, completely sweeping away his daughter's demeanor. He suddenly became full of heroic spirit and a fierce aura!
As soon as Xia Shuangshuang finished speaking, she swung her spear out suddenly, stabbing and slashing horizontally. Suddenly, her skirt was like waves and her spear was like a boat!
Xia Shuangshuang suddenly turned over and leaped up, using a move called "white rainbow piercing the sun" to pierce the air, causing Duan Rong's breathing to stagnate!
Xia Shuangshuang's Green Water Spear Technique has already reached the minor success level of the third level of Inner Breath Realm!

Once it is launched, the spear intent will overlap one after another, and each move will be more ferocious than the last!
Xia Shuangshuang started with a routine, put away her gun, stood sideways, smiled coolly, and looked calm and composed!

After reading it, Duan Rong felt a lot of pressure. Are all the children from noble families so powerful?
Duan Rong hesitated slightly and did not start painting immediately. Instead, he stood up and stood beside the pavilion, looking at the pond in front of the pavilion, pondering motionlessly.

Xue Qing's eyes were filled with doubt, and she looked at Xia Shuangshuang inquiringly. Xia Shuangshuang raised her hand, indicating that she didn't need to say anything more!

She knew that Duan Rong was thinking about this!
But, talent has never been about carving words and phrases. Such excessive thinking sometimes backfires and makes it difficult to create a masterpiece!

"This gentleman is young after all, and his level is probably just average!" Xia Shuangshuang felt even more disappointed.

Duan Rong stood for a long time, suddenly turned around, walked to the stone table, bent down, picked up the pen and dipped it in ink, and started painting while standing!

Splashing ink and freehand brushstrokes!
It only took a few breaths to complete the painting!
Duan Rong stood in the pavilion, smiled slightly, and said, "Please take a look, young lady!"

"Is this all right?" Xue Qing was slightly surprised.

Xia Shuangshuang, however, looked indifferent and didn't care. She walked slowly into the pavilion, stood in front of the stone table, and tilted her head to look.

On the white rice paper, there is a large blank area, with only a woman in purple in the painting, dancing with a gun in hand!

The sleeves are like clouds, and the spear is like silk!
Apart from this woman, there is almost nothing in the painting. There is only a clump of weeds in a lonely corner on the lower right side of the picture, and a black chrysanthemum sticks its head out from the weeds, swaying gently in the wind...

Xia Shuangshuang took a first look and shook her head slightly.

Although this painting technique is skillful, the composition is too monotonous and unbalanced, so it can hardly be called a masterpiece!
Xia Shuangshuang immediately saw the title of the painting, which was called "Dancing Spears in Heaven and Earth"!
"Spear Dancing with Heaven and Earth?" For some reason, Xia Shuangshuang's heart trembled slightly when she saw the title of this painting.

Subconsciously, she looked at the woman in the painting again, and suddenly felt a chill all over her body.

"world?"

The black chrysanthemum among the weeds represents the earth, and the large blank area in the painting represents the endless sky!

That woman was dancing between heaven and earth!
When she dances with the spear, apart from the heaven and earth, nothing else matters to her!

The artistic conception of this painting is a manifestation of the woman’s state of mind at the moment!

"A black chrysanthemum represents the earth, and the endless blank space represents the sky. Your painting has such a broad mind and spirit!" Xia Shuangshuang raised her head and looked at Duan Rong again, already admiring him.

"This is the spirit of the young lady dancing with a spear. I was just happy to see it, so I recorded it on paper." Duan Rong smiled slightly and said lightly.

"There is no false reputation under a great name! Sir Gao Yi!" Xia Shuangshuang's praise at this time truly came from the bottom of her heart.

How could she, when she danced with the spear, only see the world and not the mundane world?

The excellence of Duan Rong's painting lies in his freehand style!

But Duan Rong has put a lot of thought into this painting, and he has almost exhausted all his skills. His brushwork has improved slightly recently, but it is basically insignificant.

The success of this painting lies in its conception.

However, the conception of the artistic conception of heaven and earth was indeed something I happened to hear by chance by the pavilion!
Painting is just a reflection of the heart. Doesn’t the majestic artistic conception of heaven and earth expressed by the brush tip come from the vastness and breadth of the mind?

Duan Rong's state of mind in his two lives is indeed different from that of ordinary people!

The two were talking in the hall when a little maid suddenly came running over with her skirt lifted up, saying in a panic, "Miss, Miss Shen is here! She's almost at the rockery!"

Xia Shuangshuang's expression suddenly changed when she heard this. She turned to Xue Qing and said, "Xue Qing, hurry up! Take the gentleman out through the side door over there!"

She immediately rushed out of the pavilion and went to the rockery to block Shen Mizhi.

Xia Shuangshuang rushed to the rockery and almost bumped into Shen Mizhi. She pulled Shen Mizhi and said with a smile, "Sister, the housekeeper bought a few new birds from the city! Let's go over there and see the new birds..."

Xia Shuangshuang pulled Shen Mizhi to the other side...

Shen Mizhi's clothes were pulled out of place by her, and she glared at her, saying angrily, "Girl, why are you so clumsy?"

Xia Shuangshuang pulled Shen Mizhi and looked over her shoulder. From a distance, she saw Xue Qing leading Duan Rong into a corridor and disappeared. She felt relieved and loosened her hand, saying, "You blame me for being clumsy? I don't know who it is. A few days ago, she suddenly lost her temper for no apparent reason. She ran to look for you, but you wouldn't even let her in!"

Shen Mizhi was slightly startled, and she also knew that she seemed to have been a little too radical a few days ago, so she smiled and said, "Look at you, you still hold a grudge? Aren't I here to apologize to you?"

"Okay, come on." Xia Shuangshuang suddenly sat down on a stone on the rockery and said, "Apologize! Call me auntie!"

"You shameless Xia Shuangshuang, I'll tear your mouth apart." Shen Mizhi's face turned red after hearing what Xia Shuangshuang said. She pounced on him while scolding him with a smile, and the two of them immediately started fighting.

Duan Rong came out from the side door of the backyard of the Xia Mansion. The midday sun cast mottled shadows of the trees into the alley beneath his feet.

He unfolded the banknotes in his hand and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Xue Qing hurriedly stuffed this banknote into his hands when he was leaving the house just now.

"Five hundred taels!"

"The little God of Wealth is the little God of Wealth! It's worth all my thinking!"

Duan Rong was in a good mood and prepared to go to the street to have a good meal to improve his diet.

Although Duan Rong practiced diligently every day, the canteen in the central courtyard of Yuanshun Escort Agency was still well-fed, and he hadn't eaten out properly for a long time.

"Oh my god, you are blessed today!"

Duan Rong thought so, then turned and walked out from the other end of the alley.

The restaurants on West Street are too expensive. Although Duan Rong has quite a bit of assets now, his stingy habits from his previous life have not changed!
As the saying goes, when you ride a bike to the bar, you should save where you should and spend where you should!

It's just a way to satisfy your internal organs, but there's no need to go to a big restaurant with bright shop frontage and exquisite decoration on West Street. It's so expensive and you want to show off. Who are you trying to show off to?
Duan Rong came to a small street not far from West Street and found a run-down and greasy tavern.

I ordered two main dishes, three sesame cakes and a pot of rice wine!
I took a sip of rice wine and swallowed a large piece of pork belly covered with sauce along with the sesame seed cake. The satisfaction of my appetite immediately rose up...

Duan Rong chewed with big mouthfuls, feeling every taste bud in his mouth moaning...

(End of this chapter)