Gu Weijing tried using the Muse's blessing candle and chose the art of calligraphy and painting appraisal.
As expected,
Sure enough, a message prompt that the upgrade could be done immediately popped up on the virtual panel.
"Do you want to activate the small candle of the Muse to upgrade the quality of calligraphy and painting appraisal from excellent to master level? [Note: Current option, skill duration (336) seconds]"
Gu Weijing now understands that the system's skills are divided into six levels from low to high, including entry, ordinary, sophisticated, master, perfect and legendary.
Upgrading the quality of the calligraphy and painting appraisal technique from excellent to master can be used for 336 seconds.
The duration is less than the 551 seconds that can be achieved by upgrading a second-level professional oil painting to a third-level professional, but it is much longer than the short and feeble 2.3 seconds that Menzel's basic painting experience can last when he upgrades to the perfect level.
About five minutes is already within the scope of practical use.
"I don't know what kind of effect the master-level appraisal technique has. Is there enough time to complete an appraisal?"
If you think about it carefully, Gu Weijing has never acquired master-level skills.
Based on the results of his current use of the Menzel and Hua Dao Hua skills, he actually has some rough judgments on how valuable skills of this quality level are.
If it is a field directly related to painting,
Legendary painting skills belong to super heroes who can be recorded in the history of art.
You should easily have a place at the top of the pyramid in this field of painting around the world.
At least the final result of the legendary Hua Dao Hua was a bit shocking to Gu Weijing.
After acquiring the skills, he also searched online for the works of some famous knife painters.
Even Professor Boggs, who is known as the world's first person to draw swords and paintings, seems to be less effective. It is hard to say whether he is legendary or not.
The perfect level effect is slightly worse.
He is roughly at the top level among master painters.
The painting skill is approximately equal to the limit of lv.9 that ordinary living beings can achieve with their hard work throughout their lives.
Usually, a country with a strong art power may only have a few people with this level.
As for countries and regions that are relatively marginalized on the art map.
Don’t say lv.9,
An owner who can achieve master-level techniques may not even be able to come up with it.
The writing skills of this level of skill can be said to be flawless, as perfect as its name.
If it were changed to a Japanese comic-style plot,
Usually those with skills of this level must be strong men who live in seclusion in the mountains and have a stubbled face. Before writing, they will burst into clothes and shout some passionate words, accompanied by glittering special effects.
The specific painting style should probably be - "Hey young man, watch out! This is the dividing line between the so-called skills of humans and gods. Above that is the realm of heaven and humans that only one in a million talented people can touch occasionally!" !! Let your boy see... what is the ultimate in this world!"
The protagonist needs to find the right moment to bow his head and bow. The next page cuts to a few years later when the protagonist has achieved success in his studies. The strong uncle duly tells the story of how he competed with a certain evil painter in the competition for the best painter in the world. When I was competing for the Holy Title, I regretted losing because the octopus balls I ate before the game were poisoned, which led to the root cause of my illness.
After waiting for the strong uncle to hold the protagonist's hand and say something like "Now that you are no longer under me, take back what I lost for my master", the protagonist received the lunch as a matter of course, and the protagonist buried his master. , you can carry a small baggage and hum a song down the mountain to start a new plot.
Gu Weijing judged based on the first two and the duration of the small candle of the Muse.
Excellent level skills and master level skills,
If it comes to pure painting skills, the final painting effect should be stuck at the level of the best professional painters and entry-level master artists.
Think so,
It is actually quite profitable to use the Muse's small candle to improve the art of calligraphy and painting appraisal to the master level.
Under normal circumstances, Gu Weijing needs to use the calligraphy and painting identification technique a thousand times, spending 50 free experience points each time, for a total of 50,000 experience points, before he can upgrade.
According to the exchange rate conversion on the exchange panel, Gu Weijing must donate at least US$500,000.
It only requires 10,000 experience points to upgrade an oil painting to one level. Upgrading two levels in a row, filling up all the experience slots from the second level of the profession to the first level of the master, only requires a total of 40,000 experience points.
Upgrading costs five times the experience points, while using candles only reduces the burning time by two-fifths, making it extremely cost-effective.
"Can a master-level appraisal of calligraphy and painting be used to authenticate books?"
With this doubt in mind, Gu Weijing tinkered on the virtual panel for a while.
He found that the three words "master level" in the sentence "Promote the quality of calligraphy and painting appraisal from sophisticated to master level" are light blue, which is different from the fonts of other words.
Gu Weijing tried to click.
The system immediately popped up a concise prompt very considerately.
[Calligraphy and Painting Appraisal Technique (Master Level): After use, it will build a link of inspiration and communication between you and the creator of the work. It is not limited to paintings, but cannot be used directly in unfamiliar knowledge books. It only works if you already have a strong understanding and understanding of the work and are very familiar with the text. 】
[Remarks: The art of calligraphy and painting appraisal improved by using blessing candles. This use does not consume any free experience points, nor is it calculated into the total number of uses.
at the same time,
The effect after temporary improvement is slightly different from the real calligraphy and painting appraisal technique (master level), and some special effects such as "triggering limited tasks" are castrated or restricted. 】
"It only works after you have already established a strong understanding and understanding of the work and are very familiar with the text. Which means I must have read the book beforehand?"
Gu Weijing read the instructions on the system panel. Although he was happy that it could be used, he also felt a little regretful: "What a pity... It makes sense when you think about it. If any unfamiliar book can be used after identification, it can be used." It’s too perverted to achieve the effect of direct empowerment like a knowledge card.”
If only it could be used directly on unfamiliar text.
Then in the future, when this skill has been accumulated a thousand times, it will be truly upgraded and can be used casually.
Gu Weijing prepared like Neo in "The Matrix" typing the program into his brain, and put this skill into various teaching materials whenever he had time every day.
Think about it for a moment.
Other students were still studying various painting technique tutorials there.
He said "Shua!", threw away his skills, and finished learning all the contents of an unread textbook.
How cool that would be!
He studied painting in the morning, relativity theory in the afternoon, and took his lunch break to learn how to fly a helicopter. It is estimated that in a few months, he will be able to happily fight aliens.
"I don't know if my understanding of "The Little Prince" is considered a strong level of familiarity in the eyes of the system?"
Gu Weijing was not sure yet, and was already preparing canvas and paint.
"The Little Prince" is one of his most familiar reading works.
Even without the help of Mr. Sloth, Gu Wei went through it many times over the past month in order to draw well.
If there is any book that Gu Weijing thinks he knows the plot of well, "The Little Prince" is definitely one of them.
With this known information,
He felt that he could take a gamble.
The total skill only lasts five and a half minutes.
In order not to waste, Gu Weijing took the lead in preparing all the canvas easels and placed the internal preview white paper of "The Little Prince" on the desk.
Then he chose the calligraphy and painting appraisal technique and lit the blessing candle.
On the virtual panel, a beating candlelight mark began to appear above the small candle that was only an inch long, and the Arabic numerals above the flame gradually decreased in the form of a countdown.
【336】、【335】【334】……
"Buzz!"
At the beginning,
After activating the skill, Gu Weijing didn't notice any big changes.
He just felt that he suddenly heard a soft buzzing sound in his ears, like a tight cotton thread flicking quickly between his fingertips.
Gu Weijing turned his head subconsciously.
As far as the eye can see,
I found that it was a colorful scarab beetle the size of the thumb knuckle of my hand, gently hitting the window.
The translucent wings quivered rapidly, and under the dim light of the bedroom, the insect's hard brown horny shell revealed a beautiful gradient sheen like molten gold.
Scarab beetles pursue the biological instinct to trace light from ancient genes.
It rushed toward his bedroom over and over again, and was blocked in vain again and again by the criss-crossing fiberglass threads on the screen window.
Again and again,
Just like the lone knight charging at the windmill in Cervantes's work, or the night elves flying among the grass on a midsummer night.
Gu Weijing's heart moved slightly.
"When Joshua Reynolds, the greatest academic painter in the British Isles in the 18th century, was painting the famous painting "Puck," did he happen to see a scarab beetle flying by the window? ( Note)"
he muttered to himself.
(Note: "Puck" is the name of the elf who gathers potions in Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". This refers specifically to Joshua Reynolds's work in 1756 for the flying elf in this play. An oil painting painted by Elf. The painting uses a lot of hazy green-gold pigments and is the most outstanding masterpiece of Reynolds' career.)
"What a very beautiful and adorable little guy."
Gu Weijing blinked, and this thought came to his mind.
Wait a moment,
He suddenly realized something was wrong.
Hey, honestly, what's so cute about scarab beetles?
This is the most common pest in Southeast Asia.
There are a large number of various flying insects in Myanmar. These insects will not only reduce the yield of crops, wheat and fruit trees, but also cause allergies by powdery scales on their wings.
More importantly,
They can also be very noisy at night when sleeping.
Sometimes when I wake up in the morning and open the curtains, I can find three or four live, dead, or half-dead chafers and various other flying insects in the sliding rails of the window.
Gu Weijing is not a compassionate eminent monk who sweeps the floor for fear of killing ants and cherishes moths and lights.
I have never felt that they were worth getting close to before.
He would just shake his head and use toilet paper to clean up all these gadgets in disgust, wishing he could spray insecticide on the windows to relieve his anger.
strangeness!
If it weren't for the fact that the little bug in front of him now looks particularly in line with his aesthetic taste.
So……
The answer is already obvious.
It was Gu Weijing who became more sensitive and sentimental. Even a small insect would attract his attention.
Even the sound of a scarab beetle flapping its wings is supposed to be an annoying noise.
At this time, in Gu Weijing's ears, it was like a soft night sonata coming from the double bass strings of a symphony orchestra.
"Inspired special effects?"
Gu Weijing calmed down and felt his own state. It seemed that it was no different from what he was just now, and it seemed that everything was different.
Change to a more straightforward way of understanding.
If the virtual panel of the system at this time has a function like an RPG online game, all the values of a person will be marked out in the form of data.
Taking care of the current state,
The numerical value corresponding to his [Perception] ability is simply unbelievably high!
It was clear that the outside world had not changed, yet Gu Weijing was so clear-headed.
He was not hallucinating, not seeing distorted rainbows on the walls or mistaking the dark floors for burning flames, as drugged or neurotic patients do.
But everything has become completely different.
Gu Weijing's eyes can easily catch the traces of fine dust floating in the lamp wire, and he can hear the chirping of insects and birds outside the window.
Even the uneven and grainy texture of the paint putty on the bedroom wall a few meters away can be clearly seen.
All this feeling was so novel, it was as if Gu Weijing had gotten to know this familiar yet strange, wonderful and beautiful world for the first time.
It is like a person who has closed his eyes for ten years and opens his eyes again to adapt to the sunlight, or like a chaotic and ignorant fetus reincarnated.
The five senses are strengthened like never before, and inspiration and thoughts flow like a spring.
He could hear the famous lines of Shakespeare's plays from the flapping wings of scarab beetles, and he could also imagine the ginger curves on the wall accidentally painted with crayons when he was young as a hazy waning moon, with Li Taibai standing on it. Drunk for three thousand chapters, three people formed opposite shadows.
The beauty of the world,
All brilliance,
All in between.
Gu Weijing suddenly felt the urge to cry.
"It turns out that this world is so beautiful, but I have never discovered it."
Gu Weijing stared greedily and listened to everything he could see and hear.
Everything can bring him a new and unique feeling.
The brain receives information from the outside world at an unprecedented speed, and thoughts rotate like light and electricity.
Because his mind was moving too fast, inspiration grew like weeds in spring without money, and even time seemed to slow down.
Gu Weijing had so many thoughts running through his mind, ranging from British drama to Chinese poetry.
The countdown on the virtual panel has just passed five seconds.
In this state,
He feels that if he draws anything in any way, the final emotional rating should not be lower than "feeling in the heart".
"It's time to get down to business."
Gu Weijing reminded himself quietly.
With a slight regret, he no longer thought about those precious inspirations that were like jingling pearls just thinking about them. He separated his eyes from the extremely beautiful things around him and focused on the white cover of "The Little Prince".
Moved by your heart.
A light yellow light curtain pops up from the virtual panel.
[Title of work: "The Little Prince"]
[Author: Saint-Exupéry]
[Familiarity with works: High (calligraphy and painting identification techniques can be used)]
"You can use the identification technique!"
Gu Weijing quickly glanced at the other two books on the table, a page and a book to be precise.
On that page was a poem, Wang Wei's famous five-character quatrain "Painting": "Looking at the mountains from a distance, they are colorful, but hearing the water up close is silent."
The thick tome is Dickens' longest book, "Dickens: Bleak House".
Before Gu Weijing lit the blessing candle, he made a red heart and prepared both hands.
You only get one chance to light a candle.
If the system requirements are too high,
It was judged that if Gu Weijing was not familiar enough with "The Little Prince" to use calligraphy and painting appraisal techniques, time could not be wasted.
Gu Weijing planned to apply his appraisal skills to Wang Wei's poems.
This poem "Painting" was the first poem he learned when he was a child. It only has twenty words in total. Gu Weijing could memorize it when he was four years old. It should be the most familiar text, and he would not be incompetent at all.
Dickens's "Bleak House" is among the recommended reading books in English grammar classes for students in Grade 10 and above at Dulwich College.
For some classic passages, they had specially rehearsed the drama in groups during class, but there were too many chapters in the whole text, and Gu Weijing only flipped through it hastily.
Belongs to the type of people who have a rough impression of what they have read.
Hmm... maybe it's roughly similar to the understanding of "Dream of Red Mansions" by ordinary students in second-rate middle schools in East Xia with average Chinese scores and no literary plot?
The reason why Gu Weijing specially selected this book was to take a look at the specific criteria for the system to have a "strong understanding and understanding" of a book.
In the future, if small blessing candles continue to be found in the treasure chest, he will have a criterion for judgment.
As his eyes quickly swept over,
Two khaki virtual panels also appeared in front of Gu Weijing's eyes.
Similar to what he thought at first, Wang Wei's "Painting" can be used for identification, and the degree of familiarity is also high.
And "Desolate House" is even more miserable.
The familiarity level didn't even get a "medium" rating, just a pitiful "low". The option of whether to use the calligraphy and painting appraisal technique was gray and unselectable.
"That is to say, ordinary reading is not enough. You must have a thorough understanding before you can further use the calligraphy and painting appraisal technique."
Gu Weijing basically had the idea.
The quiz took him another ten seconds.
At this time, there are 320 seconds left in the countdown on the virtual panel.
Time was precious, and Gu Weijing didn't have time to think about it. He directly used the expert-level appraisal technique on the white paper.
The next moment,
Bang!
The book "The Little Prince" was an explosion.
[…If someone loves a unique flower that blooms in the vast sea of stars. Then, when he looks up at the stars, he will be satisfied...]
[...He will tell himself: "My beloved flower is there, on the distant star."]
[...But if the sheep eats the flower. Then, for him, all the stars will be dimmed in an instant! 】
[...When you really like someone, you will think a lot, and it will be easy to do stupid things and say stupid things...]
The fairy tale written by Saint-Exupéry was instantly broken into hundreds of words and sentences. These jumping letters rushed into Gu Weijing's mind like a broken sea.
He suddenly clenched his fists.
(End of chapter)
