Wei He swept his gaze over them. Every one was a landscape painting of mountains and rivers, with the names of various painters written beneath.
'Wang Xincheng,' 'Liu Tan Zhi,' 'Zhou Yun,' 'Anonymous.'
"The best one is Master Wang Xincheng's Heart Lamp Moon Chart. Take a look at this one."
Xiao Jingyun stood to one side, smiling as he introduced the largest antique painting among them.
Though it was merely a rough copied sketch of an ancient painting, one could still see the effort that had gone into it.
There was quite a bit of information written beside it.
But that was not what Wei He wanted.
"Earlier, I asked for paintings of whales. Do you happen to have any?" Wei He asked.
"Whales... those enormous sea fish?" Xiao Jingyun thought for a moment. "When I was selecting goods from this batch, I did see one. The scroll had clouds, mist, a bright moon, and an enormous sea fish. It was called the Moonlit Whale Chart. But since the painter had no reputation, I did not take it."
"Moonlit Whale Chart?" Wei He's heart jolted. Wasn't that precisely the clue to the Whale Breath State that Nine Shadows had found for him!?
Though delight surged within him, his expression remained perfectly still, as though he were only mildly interested.
"That does sound rather good. I am somewhat interested. Could you help me acquire that scroll?"
"Well... it was brought here to sell by two half-grown boys. They did not get the price they wanted, and now I do not know where they have gone. I bought paintings in a remote place outside the city at the time. Right now, for the moment..." Xiao Jingyun immediately hesitated.
"That is no problem. So long as you can obtain the painting, my words