"I knew that she, a beauty who loves to be clean, would not leave without taking a shower." This was what Alvin was thinking just now, so he let her go easily, because he had already made up his mind. Now, prepare to take a look at it from a distance to satisfy your interest.
Even though he was frightened by Onian's electric fire and climbed to the shore, the curiosity in his heart still prompted him to look back.
But when he turned around and looked around, a rotating wall of water had already formed around him. Through the blurred water lines, you can only vaguely see the graceful figure. The moment I saw her long hair raising the water curtain, even though the water mist was hazy, I could vaguely make out her tall and proud figure. The graceful and graceful figure in that moment really fully interpreted the word "style". This scene really made Alvin's mouth go dry.
In addition to the restlessness unique to men, he also felt it was a pity that he could not record this vivid moment because he had no canvas or paint at hand. This was the first time in his life that he missed oil painting. He could even imagine how high the effect of this painting would be in the changing light and shadow, without the need for heavy academic elaboration. Be wild, be vivid, and capture that moment of excitement that comes from the depths of your soul. A desire to create burst into his mind.
So he raised his two fingers and set off an instant firework at a thick poisonous honey tree. With a "bang", the tree trunk exploded from the middle, and many pieces of bark splashed out, while the sap contained in the center of the trunk flowed down.
He quickly sat down under the tree, took out the "Laws of Space and Time" hidden behind him, turned directly to the page on the back cover, dipped his hand in the juice and composed a picture on the blank page. He was thanking him in his heart at the moment. The black mist that brought them here did not tear this book into pieces, but it did not feel any guilt towards the sages who created this magic book. Because he had long believed that this book was written by his mother, he thought that if his mother knew that he used this back cover to draw such a beautiful girl, she would not blame him.
The sap of the poisonous tree showed an ocher color when it reached the paper, which was acceptable for use in composition. Alvin traced the outline with his index finger and smeared it with his little finger to separate the boundary between light and dark. The injury to his right hand caused some shaking when he drew the line, which gave him a unique style. From these few strokes, it can be seen that Alvin has a solid foundation, and it can be seen that what he said to Lan Yu at that time was not nonsense.
Of course, I can only make a rough draft at the moment, and I will have to wait until I have the painting materials in the future to expand it.
When the wall of water fell, Onian had already put on her skirt and was twirling her long, wet hair. She just noticed Alvin sitting quietly under the tree when she was inside, and she couldn't help but be a little surprised. She originally thought that he was holding back his bad intentions again and what was his plan there.
Even though they were so far apart and blocked by the wall of water, she didn't have to worry about him seeing anything. But when she saw Alvin with his head buried, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
While Alvin was immersed in his creation, Onian walked lightly onto the shore. Someone has not realized that the person in his painting has walked out of the painting.
"What are you drawing?" As Onian approached, a girl's fragrance hit her.
Alvin handed her the sketch he had just finished tracing.
Onian looked at the woman in the painting, and the disappointment she felt just now disappeared without a trace.
Although there was a look of surprise in her eyes, her compliments to him always stayed at the right level, "Well, not bad."
"You're stingy with your words, but they're not bad?" Alvin asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Wait until you finish the finished product." Onian smiled and handed the book back to him. Only then did she notice the cover of the book, which was the "Laws of Space and Time". "Why did you draw on it?"
"I really can't think of where to draw it," Alvin said with a wry smile. "Besides, the back cover page was originally empty."
Onian was a little stunned. She was always unpredictable about his behavior. He thought this was an extremely important book to him, but he casually traced such a painting on the back cover. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but blush on her cheeks, thinking that every time he read this book in the future, he would turn to the back cover and take a look at it. . .
"Don't worry, I've recorded it all here," Alvin pointed at his head, "As long as it's a scene that's deeply remembered, I can never forget it. This is a gift."
Onian didn't know whether he saw through her own thoughts and said this deliberately, or whether he was saying that he would definitely be able to complete this painting well in the future.
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"Huh? What is that? Why is there smoke?" Alvin said in surprise when he saw the wisp of smoke rising over the dense forest.
Onian came back to her senses and looked down at the smoke, "Judging from the direction, that's where we came from."
"Let's go and take a look."
The two of them followed the path they had just taken and cautiously used the levitation technique. After all, the noise was too great when running in a forest covered with dense leaves and overgrown weeds.
Before reaching the location of the dragon heart, hundreds of steps away, I saw a dozen "human figures" surrounding the huge dragon heart.
Said to be human figures, they are actually a group of winged leopard men. They have strong and slender limbs and walk upright on two legs like humans, but they are much taller than ordinary people. Their faces look fierce and unusual, which can be seen from such a distance. The hair on the eyebrows extends all the way to the forehead. The wide and raised nose wings and the iconic nose of the cheetah all highlight the appearance of this group of animals. The primitive wildness of monsters. At this time, their wings are still folded and have not been fully opened. I don't know what they will look like when they spread their wings.
"What kind of monster is this? It doesn't look easy to mess with?" Alvin asked in a low voice. At this time, the two of them were hiding behind a towering ancient tree, secretly watching the group of leopard men.
"I don't know, I've never seen it before." Onian said, shaking her head.
"You haven't seen it either? Doesn't your teacher often take you to hunt monsters in the mountains?" Alvin looked surprised, "Or is it not mentioned in your pile of classics?"
Onian glared at him, "Do you know how many kinds of monsters there are in the Traledi Mountains? There are not ten thousand, but thousands. How can anyone know them all? By the way, speaking of monsters, what are we doing now? Where is it? Is it possible that it's still in the mountains?"
Alvin thought of Onian's words about the poisonous honey tree that can only be found in the north, and the monsters that appear in groups can only be found in the mountains. "I heard Kui Qing say that to the north of the mountains is a vast forest, which is weird and gloomy." , inaccessible. From the looks of it, we should be in this forest sea now."
"Look at them, do they look like a variant of cat people?"
"Whatever the cats and leopards are, I think they are very interested in the dragon heart." Alvin said with an unhappy look, "But this thing belongs to us."
"What do you think they are doing? They seem to be setting up a temporary sacrificial platform." Onian looked at Dragon Heart and said strangely.
When Alvin heard what she said, he took a closer look. Unexpectedly, these leopard men were really picking out strong branches of moderate length. Looking at the way they stacked the branches, it seemed that they were planning to build a circular structure just as she said. Sacrificial altar, "I would say that these monsters have very high intelligence. Look at them, they can offer sacrifices, which means they also have faith."
"Yeah, you can't always look at them like monsters. I suddenly felt that maybe they are also civilized?" Onian said after thinking about it.
Alvin was stunned by what she said. The word "civilization" broke his common sense. Monsters also have civilization?
"Then why are there no books recording the civilization that existed in the Traledi Mountains?" Alvin retorted.
"Perhaps their civilization was born in our era?" Onian turned around and glanced at him.
"What a coincidence?" Alvin teased with a smile.
"The fact is happening right in front of your eyes, you can't help but believe it."
Alvin thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed as she said. They would all conduct collective sacrifices. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were civilized. If he continued to refute it, it would appear that he was narrow-minded, so he smiled and said: "Then what you mean is that they and We are actually the same, just different species?”
"If you put aside the arrogance that is unique to humans, don't you know the answer?" Onian looked at the busy leopard men again and said lightly. She actually knew what he meant.
Alvin watched her say this in an understatement, and finally asked: "Is there no distinction between high and low civilizations?"
Onian turned around and looked at him quietly, "Then how do you know that our human civilization is more advanced than theirs?"
Alvin looked at her, stuck there, unable to answer for a while.
He was not hypocritically ashamed of his shallowness, but was shocked by Onian's transcendent wisdom. It turns out that sometimes when thinking about a problem, you can separate yourself and look at it. For example, if he is neither a human nor a monster, you will not be able to get the answer at all if you just think about which of the two civilizations is more advanced. Because the original human values locked in him can no longer be used as the standard of judgment.
"Earlier you said there were weird things in this mountain range. Now think about it, is there something in this mountain range that is urging these monsters to give rise to civilization?" Onian asked in a second thought.
In fact, Alvin has thought about this question raised by Onian many times. He had always imagined that these monsters would think like humans, with astonishingly high IQs. Today, he was shocked by Onian's theory of civilization.
"You mean falling crystals?" Alvin couldn't help but ask, "But doesn't that thing only slow down the passage of time? Is it possible that you want to say that falling crystals can also speed up the flow of time?"
"Who knows." Onian said, "Didn't you ask Juan Yun how many boxes of that thing he bought? You'll know if you test it later. Anyway, you are also a time and space mage, and you have studied time a lot."
"Hey, I don't know what happened to Xia Ye and the others." Alvin thought about how much of a blow it was to Xia Ye and Lang Yun that his life and death were unknown and his traces were suddenly lost. Thinking of this, he felt quite worried.
O'Ni'an knew what he was thinking, "Don't worry, that little girl Kui Qing is very clever. If she can't find you for a while, she will definitely find another way to find you. Those brothers who are following you, she will definitely be able to find you too." Take care of it.”
"I hope so." Alvin nodded.
While the two of them were whispering to each other, some leopard men had already surrounded them.
