Chapter 924: Master of the Generation

Duke Scola was irritable and blew his beard and glared.

He waved his hands like a child and shouted loudly: "This is not a matter of whether to consider or not. You are threatening me with the Dingguang Tathagata statue. You turned the noble artistic creation into a transaction. No, no! I won't consider it!"

Shi Lei spread his hands with regret and said: "Since Duke Scola insisted, then I can only express my regret. I will still draw this Dingguang Tathagata statue on the spot, but please forgive me for not being able to give this painting to you." Shi Lei walked to the drawing table and called up the painting card from his mind.

Duke Scola was still roaring: "How can this be, how can this be! I want to find Chen! Her godson is so bad, it really disappoints me. This is not what people who pursue art do. How can Chen teach such a son?"

Jenny couldn't bear it anymore. To be honest, she didn't understand it at all. Shi Lei just wanted to look at these calligraphy and paintings and wanted to study them carefully. This is also the most normal behavior of an art lover.

"Grandfather, Shi just wanted to borrow our family's treasures for a look, but he will give you such a precious copy..."

"What do you know! He is threatening, and this is tarnishing art." Duke Scola refuted with his eyes wide open.

Crawford also smiled and came forward and said: "Let's put these things aside for now, father, you should take a look at the Dingguang Tathagata painted by Shi first. If you keep making such a fuss, I'm afraid Shi won't be able to complete this painting smoothly. If his mood is affected, or his emotions are affected, I'm afraid his painting will not reflect the essence of Zhang Sengyou."

Upon hearing this, Duke Scola shut up immediately.

He stared at Shi Lei, and seemed to feel that something was wrong. He squeezed out a smile on his wrinkled face.

"Shi, I will consider your request. Now, you just need to paint this painting well, and don't be affected by the friendly and peaceful conversation between us just now..."

Hey, aren't you too disrespectful to the elderly? You almost kicked Shi Lei out just now, but now you say that you just had a friendly and peaceful conversation? Where is the friendliness?

Crawford and Jenny looked at their old naughty boy in silence, but Shi Lei just smiled slightly, and his mood did not seem to be affected.

He said: "Duke Scola, don't worry, I will do my best to restore this Dingguang Tathagata statue as completely as possible, but don't think that after I finish painting, you can say that these drawing papers and pens and ink are all yours, so the property rights of this painting should belong to you. If you think so, or even do so in a while, then you are really too ungentlemanly."

Duke Scola's old face turned red, and he said angrily: "Why would I think so, how much is a piece of paper and a little ink worth? Shi, don't judge a gentleman by your own mean heart!"

Shi Lei laughed, Crawford and Jenny also smiled knowingly. From the performance of this old man, they can also see that Duke Scola may have made such a plan from the beginning, but he was exposed by Shi Lei and he could no longer say it.

On the painting card interface in his mind, Shi Lei searched for Zhang Sengyou and then chose to confirm.

When he picked up the pen, his aura had changed completely. Even Jenny, who didn't know much about calligraphy and painting, could clearly feel the difference in aura.

There is no doubt that Shi Lei had entered a state of selflessness at this moment. This is a state that every painting master must enter, otherwise, he can't draw a masterpiece that will be passed down for centuries.

Duke Scola and Crawford looked at each other and nodded secretly. With the aura that Shi Lei suddenly possessed, even if he couldn't completely restore Zhang Sengyou's work, what he drew must be a very good masterpiece.

At least, you can get a glimpse of Zhang Sengyou's essence from Shi Lei's paintings.

Shi Lei has been possessed by Zhang Sengyou. He has completely entered the state of the originator of sparse brushwork. The brush in his hand slowly fell and the first stroke fell on the paper.

Done in one go!

Flowing like clouds and water!

Shi Lei's entire painting process can only be described by these two words.

Shi Lei splashed ink and swiped his brush, using all his energy for each stroke. His whole form was simply amazing.

And the lines that appeared under his brush were also amazing...

More than 20 minutes passed, and Shi Lei finished the painting with his brush flying. When he finally wrote his name in the lower right corner of the painting, he almost subconsciously wrote Zhang Sengyou's signature.

After all, he was possessed by Zhang Sengyou. He was Zhang Sengyou at this moment, and of course he would sign in the way Zhang Sengyou signed.

Fortunately, he realized this at the last moment, so he turned his brush and wrote that Shi Lei imitated the work of Zhang Sengyou.

After finishing the painting, Shi Lei gently put down the brush. He could feel that the momentum belonging to Zhang Sengyou had not left his body yet.

He looked at the painting on the table and was very satisfied, because this was Zhang Sengyou's masterpiece. That is to say, this Dingguang Tathagata image has been lost. Otherwise, if someone compares the original with this painting, they will definitely find that even the smallest details are exactly the same.

Letting out a sigh of relief, Shi Lei raised his head, looked at Duke Scola and Crawford, and said with a smile: "Okay, please judge it."

After that, he left the table and stood aside.

Duke Scola and Crawford squeezed forward at the same time. After just one look, they were completely attracted by the painting, just like Mr. Bai and other masters of calligraphy and painting that day, they were deeply attracted by the essence of the painting.

Even though they had not seen Zhang Sengyou's original painting, they could see that this painting had captured the essence of Zhang Sengyou. The brushstrokes were completely in the style of Zhang Sengyou as rumored.

A simple Dingguang Tathagata image shocked Mr. Bai and Chen the Mute last time, but this time it shocked Duke Scola and Crawford who were far away across the ocean.

"Perfect! So perfect! This is simply Zhang Sengyou's reincarnation. No wonder Chen praised Shi's work so much, no wonder she said it was Zhang Sengyou's return to the world. Sure enough, it was indeed! If I hadn't seen Shi create this work with my own eyes, I would have thought it was Zhang Sengyou's original work!"

Crawford exclaimed again and again, and Duke Scola stared at the painting intently, wishing to integrate every stroke of ink into his mind.

"Relaxed and happy! This is what you Chinese people call relaxed and happy! You are indeed a master of your generation! This painting is simply... Shi, you are also a master of your generation, you must leave this painting to me!"

Duke Scola almost lay down on the table, looking like he wanted to eat the painting to satisfy his taste.

Shi Lei smiled faintly and said, "Duke Scola, I still have the same request. If you let me see the collection of the Scola family for seven days, I will give you this painting."

Duke Scola stamped his feet and said with great sorrow, "You guy! You little guy! You are tarnishing art! How can such a brilliant art be conditional? You disappoint me so much!"

Shi Lei folded his arms and ignored Duke Scola's pretense.

Duke Scola finally sighed and said, "Well, whatever, seven days is not enough, five days at most!"

Shi Lei smiled...

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