Especially his voice—she had a nagging sense that it sounded familiar, as though she had heard it somewhere before.
"This time, I'll have to trouble Miss Linghua to lead the way."
Seeing the thoughtful look on her face, Yang Lingrui's internal alarm bells immediately rang. He hurriedly spoke up to interrupt her.
As he spoke, he casually slipped in a slight southern Dynasty accent.
"Ah! Alright, Young Master Yang, please follow me."
Once business was brought up, Feng Linghua temporarily set aside her thoughts and led Yang Lingrui into the academy.
"Our Chengtian Academy is divided into the Qin Academy, Chess Academy, Calligraphy Academy, and Painting Academy. I'm a disciple of the Painting Academy, so I'll show you around there first!"
"Alright, no problem."
Over the course of the day, Feng Linghua took Yang Lingrui on a tour of the entire Painting Academy.
What truly opened Yang Lingrui's eyes were the Seven-Colored Corridor and Dianjing Pavilion within the Painting Academy.
These two locations were places of enlightenment reserved for cultivators of the painting Dao.
The Seven-Colored Corridor was built between three mountains. Like a heavenly bridge piercing the clouds, it linked the three towering peaks together.
Within it lay Spirits of Ink and Brush, treasures incomparably precious to cultivators of the painting Dao. If one could comprehend them, one's painting skill would improve greatly.
Dianjing Pavilion stood atop the main peak of the Painting Academy.
It housed collected paintings by many renowned masters since Chengtian Academy's founding, for later generations to admire.
Every painting contained a portion of the Essence of Painting Skill.
Ever since Dianjing Pavilion had been established, the academy had set down a rule: any disciple who obtained a portion of the Essence of Painting Skill from within could directly become a Direct Disciple of the academy.