Painter

Chapter 28: Chapter 28

In the old house in Lixi Lane, Li Chan put the small black sword on the table, and the paper-cut figurine by the window flew down. Sao Qingniang appeared by the table and asked, "Has Shaolang accepted the demon again?"

Li Chan held down the hilt of his sword, "It's an iron spirit born from the belly of someone, but it only gave birth to spirituality, not wisdom." money."

Sao Qingniang said: "Shaolang don't have to worry about making a living. Hongyao's younger sister, Nuhong, learns very quickly. In the past two days, I have transcribed ten volumes of "The Sutra of Disaster Relief", and I can earn about six qian."

Hong Yao admired: "My sister's handwriting is beautiful and elegant, and it is elegant, and it is considered excellent among Confucian scholars."

Li Chan smiled and said, "We still have to rely on you. Qing Niang, help me bring Danqing."

Sao Qingniang agreed, and took out several porcelain cups from the table and cabinet, which were filled with orpiment, cinnabar, green market, flower blue, rouge and other pigments.Among the four arts of piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting that are popular in Dayong Kingdom, the painting art does not pursue craftsmanship very much, and the artistic conception is the most important. Therefore, there is no special paint workshop in Xuandu City, and Li Chan's paints are all self-made.Some of these pigments are very expensive, and they are easily reluctant to use them.

He took some powder from the porcelain cups and mixed them on the porcelain plate.After getting ready, he stood in front of the table, hung his pen and looked out the window.

In the narrow courtyard, the two pictures of yakshas hang beside the damp old wooden door of the West House. Under the wooden door, Xu Da is playing with Dai Zhu. He raises his paws and stares at the candle on the crown of Dai Zhu. When the candle lights up, Just swing your claws and kill it.

One cat and one chicken had a great time playing.

Li Chan started to stipple and outline on the paper, and a moment later, a picture appeared on the Shuzhou hemp paper.

Under the half wooden door, the white cat raised its claws to fight the fire.Dai Zhu, who was originally holding a candle, was changed by Li Chan into a candlestick with copper green.

After finishing the painting, Li Chan wrote the three characters "Cat Playing Candle" on the right half of the painting.

After thinking about it, he wrote next to the three characters "Mao Xizhu": "Runzi doesn't know the hardships of life, so he only uses candles as fireflies."

Hong Yao said: "Ah Lang can also compose poems?"

But Li Chan tapped the cinnabar mud with a brush, and drew four seal characters "Xu Yingqiu Seal" on the bottom, which were tightly arranged into a one-inch square, exactly the same as the printed ones.

Hong Yao was stunned: "Xu Yingqiu, is this A Lang's pseudonym?"

"No." Li Chan put away his pen and smiled meaningfully, "Haven't you heard of the famous Xu Banyu?"

Hong Yao remembered this nickname. There was a guy in Dayong who always only wrote half a paragraph of lyrics. He was called Xu Banyu. She finally understood what Li Chan wanted to do.

"You, you... are you, fake?"

"Scholar's work, can it be counted as fake?" Li Chan lifted the painting, "Qing Niang, please take it out to dry, when you sell scriptures, you should also sell them."

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In the main house at night, Li Chan looked down at the blue pattern on her left abdomen.

The method of refining the 24 gods comes from the "Huang Ting Ben Jing" of Qingque Palace. Although the "Huang Ting Jing" is widely circulated in the market, what is circulated in the market is only the scriptures, and there is no real practice method.But "Huang Ting Ben Jing" is one of the top methods of Taoism, and the method of seeing the Tao is particularly outstanding.

According to the concept of "Huang Ting Ben Jing", people are born with flaws, even if they return to the innate, it is difficult to match the heaven and the earth.In the method of refining 24 gods, every time a body god is condensed, the degree of compatibility between the human body and the heaven and earth will increase by one point. When 24 body gods are condensed, they will enter the "Xiao Wu Que Realm". From then on, the foundation is solid and the road is smooth .

Li Chan picked up the green between the eyebrows and looked with his alchemy eyes, only to see dark blue flowing around the black sword, with a little gold mixed in between the dark green.

This sword is a natural god, and it is born into a human womb, with a higher level of spirituality.It's just that the stronger the monster is innately, the harder it is to give birth to wisdom, just like a child remembers things at the age of three, and sparrows leave the nest in one month.

With a blink of Li Chandan's eyes, that blue-gold demonic aura was stripped out and submerged into his chest.His expression was solemn, and a phantom of a villain faintly appeared in his blue eyes.

The phantom of the villain is similar to that of Kai Juntong, but it is blue-gold. His face is blurred and he has no facial features. He wears a crown of clouds on his head, and shoes on his feet. The Taoist robe is embroidered with crane and dragon patterns, and he holds a sharp sword. .

There was faint sweat on Li Chan's forehead, and as he recited the formula, with the help of Kai Juntong, he could already sense that the energy mechanism in the world was disturbed by these syllables.

After reciting the formula, he called out in his heart:

"Su Lingsheng!"

"Su Lingsheng!"

In an instant, facial features appeared on the villain's face.

The demonic energy from Danyan's eyes also condensed into the appearance of Su Lingsheng, and penetrated into Li Chan's chest.

Li Chan was already sweating profusely. He opened his clothes and looked at his chest. There was a line of green-gold rune strokes tattooed on his upper chest.He straightened his clothes and got up from the bed.

The gatekeepers of Qingque Palace have to exhale Qi to take a bath and change clothes before practicing body and spirit, and then light tranquilizing incense in the small room of the cloud room, and sit quietly and meditate, but he does not have this condition, and the main room smells of wood mold that cannot be avoided in rainy seasons , The sound of monsters playing outside is also endless.

After getting up and greeting Dai Zhu, Li Chan walked out the door. It was already dark, and it was estimated that she had practiced for nearly an hour.

In the kitchen, Sao Qingniang had already prepared the meals. After eating, Li Chan and Sao Qingniang copied scriptures under the lamp.

Xuandu specializes in buying calligraphy and painting scriptures, and those who write neatly can be sold for money. Li Chan is proficient in painting, and his handwriting is of course not bad. some money.

Sao Qingniang was copying and doing calculations: "A volume of 130-character scriptures can be exchanged for 60 yuan. After deducting the cost of paper, the profit is also more than [-] yuan. Copying [-] volumes is just one or two copies. There is no need to worry about livelihood." gone."

Li Chan dipped his pen in the ink and said without raising his head, "Copied out twenty volumes tonight, and sold them together with the paintings tomorrow."

Sao Qingniang asked: "How much does the painting sell for?"

Li Chan copied the scriptures with her head bowed, without raising her head: "I won't sell it if it's lower than three taels."

Sao Qingniang hummed, and bowed her head to copy the scriptures.

The night in Xuandu is not quiet, people's voices can be heard from time to time in the streets and alleys, but in the main house there is only the occasional rustling of sleeves rubbing against paper.

On the roof, the white cat bathes in the moonlight and licks its fur. The moonlight like silver flakes disappears into the fur. Pedestrians can't see the white cat. There is a girl in red sitting beside the white cat, stroking the white cat and looking at the night view of Xuandu. .

(End of this chapter)