PS: The Stone Alliance Leader has updated it, and it’s still one chapter away. I’ll try to pay him back today.

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Seeing that Mr. Liu suddenly changed his face, Zhong Haoqing smiled slightly and continued:

"However, although this painting is a imitation, its author is even more powerful than the original author. This is the work of Wu Changshuo, the master of the Shanghai School in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China! Congratulations, this painting is of great collection value!"

Boss Liu breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but look at Zhong Haoqing with a little complaint. Can we not breathe so much when we talk? Just now, if it were a heart problem, it would be possible to thrust!

"Then... Teacher Zhong, can you estimate the price for me?"

"This is no problem! Wu Changshuo is best at flowers and birds, so the hottest works are also the themes of flowers and birds. If you have high-quality works, they should be sold for millions per square foot. It is hard to say about ordinary works. Not only does it depend on the buyer, but also on the quality of the painting. Six or seven hundred thousand is not expensive, and three or four hundred thousand is not necessarily cheap. Specifically, although yours is a imitation, such a large size should be between 16 million and 18 million!"

The person Mr. Liu invited before was not sure that this was actually Wu Changshuo's work, so he only gave an estimated price of about 5 million yuan. Unexpectedly, just accompanying Li Yi for a while, an additional 13 million yuan was suddenly released, which not only proved that the star who gave the painting did not lie, but also gave him a big surprise.

"Ah, thank you so much! Teacher Zhong and these two Teachers Hu, if you have time, I will definitely invite you to have tea!"

As he said that, he took out a thick red envelope from his bag and handed it to Zhong Haoqing.

Zhong Haoqing waved her hand with a smile.

"It's okay, sir, actually Li Yi has already seen your painting, but he is a little unsteady. I just want to confirm it for him. If you want to thank him, just thank him."

When Li Yi saw that Mr. Liu was going to give him the red envelope, he hurriedly told him that they were all neighbors, and he was also thinking about the other person's painting, so why did he have the nerve to ask for the appraisal fee?

In the end, Mr. Liu collected the painting and threw the red envelope on the table. Then he left the door as if he was flying. Everyone arrived outside the door before the voice came.

"Xiao Li, I'll come to my house to play when I have time! Thank you!"

Several people shook their heads with a smile, and then their faces became serious. Hu Zhiyuan had been enduring for a long time, and then asked first:

"Xiao Yi, you just said that you felt that the sword technique has made great progress. What is the specific method?"

Li Yi thought about it and didn't know how to describe it.

In fact, although his sword skills have improved rapidly before, he has never felt any substantial progress. But since he was able to see through, it is amazing. It is as if he had pierced a layer of window paper, and his sword skills have immediately entered a new realm!

Having broken through a layer of window paper and entered a new realm? Has he already entered the house?

This kid's carving knife skills are even better than calligraphy? Isn't that possible?

Hu Zhiyuan and the other two looked at each other, and they all saw a noun in each other's eyes, "The Peerless Monster"!

Li Yi glanced at the three masters with similar expressions, scratched their scalp.

"I don't know if I feel it, anyway, it's just the place I felt a little astringent, and now I can pass it smoothly. I also used to get the wood, so I always have to think about it before using it, but now it seems that I can achieve the same effect as before with just one knife..."

Li Yi was still talking and trying to describe his feelings. Hu Zhiyuan, who was awake, couldn't wait to interrupt him.

"Have you brought something? Let me see!"

Li Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head. I don’t know why you always have a lump of wood with you? But I brought my calligraphy homework here.

"Leave homework, hurry up and take the things over, and bring all the carving knives over..."

Hu Zhiyuan is still talking about it, Hu Jinquan slapped him hard,

"Are you so confused? Why do you let him run away? Can't we just go there?"

"Yes, go straight over! Look at me so hard! Let's go! Take these two words!"

Several people hurriedly put on their coats and followed Li Yi to the downstairs. When they got on the car, Zhong Haoqing glanced at Li Yi's homework casually and found that it was not much different from what was sent from Yangon, so they ignored it. The most urgent task now is to confirm as soon as possible whether Li Yi's carving knife technique was really like he felt, and he had already entered the room.

There was no traffic jam on the road at night, and a few people rushed to Yanyuan quickly. Although Zhong Haoqing and others were here for the first time, they had no intention of visiting anything. They followed Li Yi straight to the study.

The study room, which is more than 30 square meters, is brightly lit. Li Yi bent down and picked up a lump of wood from the big box in the corner, turned around and handed it to Hu Zhiyuan.

He still remembered his instructions, so he was basically practicing sword techniques with various hardwoods and softwoods, and he didn't try to carve objects. This time, because he felt progress and had the urge to take the knife, he took the initiative to talk about this.

Hu Zhiyuan took the wood lump and only glanced at it, he knew that his disciple, the demonic Li Yi, had indeed entered the room with his basic sword technique!

Moreover, this entry into the hall is not just one or two skilled in knife skills, but the six basic knife skills that have reached this level!

It’s true that you can start trying to carve!

No art is simple, isolated. Just like calligraphy, it does not mean that if you practice strokes and radicals well, the characters will definitely look good, because it also involves more complex issues such as font structure and proportion.

The same is true for carving, and knife skills are just the most basic requirement. Moreover, compared with calligraphy and paintings that only express levels on a plane, carving requires more stringent and more three-dimensional requirements on structural levels.

Therefore, a good calligrapher and painter may not be able to carve, but a master of carving will definitely be a master of calligraphy and painting!

"Not bad, really good, you can start trying to carve objects."

Hu Zhiyuan handed the wooden block to Hu Jinquan, bent down and took out a piece from the box.

Hu Jinquan and Zhong Haoqing both know a little about carving, but they are all finished products. For example, they can't see the basic knife technique by holding a lump of wood directly.

However, seeing Hu Zhiyuan's self-depressing and excited expression, the two of them understood that Li Yi's carving skills were really above his calligraphy! In other words, his basic skills were already in the hall!

When surprises come again and again, they can't be called surprise. Therefore, the two of them were very calm. They found a place to sit down and watched Hu Zhiyuan squat on the ground and rummaged through boxes.

After a moment, Hu Jinquan seemed to suddenly remember something. He called Li Yi to his side and asked:

"By the way, Xiaoyi, you just mentioned the feeling of swordsmanship, so I want to ask you, what about calligraphy? Do you have any special feelings when practicing calligraphy?"

Li Yi nodded, this can be there! Must be there!

"I have always written it very smoothly, and I can clearly feel that I am improving. But I don't know what happened these two days, but I always feel that the words I wrote seem to be missing something. It feels like... It's like an office worker who seems to be working very hard but has long been thinking about where to go. I lack a spirit. Yes, it's this feeling, lacking energy!"

Hu Jinquan and Zhong Haoqing looked at each other and found it so quickly! You know, if some people don’t have the guidance of their master, it may take a year or two to realize this feeling!

"So do you have any ideas, how can you keep your words from lacking energy?"

"This...it's mainly because my accumulation is not enough, right? Also, I'm still wondering if I'm too mentally exhausted during this period? Anyway, I'm going to let it go, and start with the basic skills steadily. I think one day, I will do it!"

Zhong Haoqing nodded. Yes, Li Yi has experienced a lot of stimulation during this period. Therefore, although there is no problem with his physical condition, he should have been mentally numb to stimulation. This state is not conducive to his breakthrough. It seems that the method they discussed before should not be used.

But this also made her feel a little uncomfortable. It turned out that you, a kid, had a limit! They were still very nervous for a while, and they thought he would always push over at such a terrifying speed until he caught up with them and surpassed them!

"Then, let's have a good rest in the next period of time. Don't go to the class first. I'll give you an indefinite holiday. Do whatever you want, raise fish, all kinds of flowers, and relieve your nervousness... By the way, the peony flower meeting in Luoyang is about to begin. You can go and take a look, and learn sketching and fine brushwork by the way."

When a road is blocked, turning to other simple and related things should also have a good promotion effect. This is something they have experienced back then.

Li Yi nodded. In fact, he had already started practicing secretly when Hu Jinquan gave him the basic picture album. However, the time every day was not enough, so he felt that he had not made any progress, so he never mentioned it. Otherwise, let the master give me some advice now?

After thinking for a while, he took out a thick stack of rice paper from the drawer and handed it to Hu Jinquan silently. These are some of the basic techniques of ink and water landscapes he practiced in snatching.
Chapter completed!