This scene was simply too absurd, too horrifying to believe!
A genius prodigy since childhood, famous for years and hailed as one of the Twin Peaks of Calligraphy and Painting, Gu Huangwu had downed strong liquor and shouted that his skills were inferior to another's. What on earth was this supposed to be?
Could Li Mu Yang be Gu Huangwu's illegitimate son? Otherwise, why would he lower himself so shamelessly to praise and flatter the other man?
Everyone knew that if word of this got out, Li Mu Yang might become famous throughout the Divine Land overnight. Even if he painted a "Chick Pecking at Grain" with his eyes closed, countless people would fight to buy it at exorbitant prices.
It had to be like that. Everyone had long heard that Gu Huangwu loved calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, and beautiful women. Li Mu Yang was quite the handsome and talented-looking young man, which proved that his mother must also have been an extraordinary beauty. Perhaps Gu Huangwu had met some virtuous young woman while traveling to a small town to paint from life, then consummated the relationship and secretly sired a child. Years later, that woman had sent the son she raised to acknowledge him, and he had shamelessly come to make his illegitimate son famous. Weren't all artists lustful by nature?
This was a setup!
Everything they had experienced had been arranged in advance!
The Xifeng Princess's deliberate provocation was fake, Gu Huangwu's proposal for a literary contest was fake, Chu Ning's superior technique was fake, and Li Mu Yang's godlike performance was fake. Everything was fake. It had all been done to highlight Li Mu Yang's excellence and greatness.
Chu Ning's excellence was meant to highlight Li Mu Yang's even greater excellence, while Chu Ning's brilliant work appearing