Mr. Yue Ming's expression was solemn and earnest.
After speaking, he directly unfolded the calligraphy copybook in his hand.
One brilliant large character after another emerged.
Though it was still Way of Calligraphy at the Greater Achievement Realm, these large characters were completely different from the earlier Wei Qing Style.
It was Running Script!
Each stroke was no longer bound by perfectly level horizontals and upright verticals, but slanted and crooked, large and small.
Yet within it lay a beauty unlike that of the Wei Qing Style.
—The spirit of unrestrained grace and carefree spontaneity leapt from the page.
"This is... a new style?"
Han Zhe and Mr. Han Zhangping, as instructors at Yuelu Academy, had naturally seen much.
They had observed Wei Qing Style calligraphy at the Greater Achievement Realm and even the Perfection Realm.
But every stroke of the Wei Qing Style was rigorous and orderly. At most, it possessed the beauty of majestic Aura; it was rarely as freewheeling as Running Script, flaunting such effortless abandon.
"Different. Completely different from the Wei Qing Style, yet it truly is at the Greater Achievement Realm of the Way of Calligraphy..."
Han Zhangping could not help stepping closer. Ignoring the Artistic Conception radiance on the copybook, his gaze fell upon the paper itself.
"I had long heard of Qingzhou's New Style Characters. Seeing them today, this trip has not been in vain."
He looked at Chen Yi and praised him. "No wonder you could teach students accomplished in the Way of Calligraphy. This single pioneering hand of New Style Characters surpasses the calligraphy masters Great Wei Dynasty has produced over two hundred years."
Chen Yi smiled and bowed. "It is merely a clever trick, unworthy of your praise, sir."
At this, Mr. Yue Ming finally smiled, with a faint trace