After the monks left, Gongbo City became even more deserted than before.

Mu Nanjin, who was visiting Gongbo City for the first time, looked at the streets that lacked festive atmosphere and said, "Counting the days, it's almost the New Year, right?"

Guang Liu said quickly, "The New Year is only seven days away, but Gongbo City is still deserted and there is no New Year atmosphere at all. Don't the monks celebrate the New Year?"

"However," Jiang Xuan explained to him, "As long as we practice in seclusion, it will take more than ten years or even decades, so it is difficult to get together with relatives and friends during the New Year."

Mu Nanjin said to them, "They don't celebrate, but we do. You go prepare the New Year's goods, and I'll buy red paper to write couplets and draw door gods."

"good."

Everyone dispersed.

Mu Nanjin bought some red paper and immediately went back to her uncle's study to write the couplets.

It is easy to write couplets. You can just write two auspicious words and stick them on both sides of the door, but it is difficult to draw door gods.

Mu Nanjin had never painted seriously before, so it was impossible for him to paint door gods. In the end, he had to give up.

Little Cloud, who had been waiting for her to start painting, asked: "Didn't you say you were going to paint the door gods? Why didn't you paint anymore?"

Mu Nanjin said honestly: "I don't know how to draw door gods, so I can only find someone else to draw them."

"..." Little Cloud was silent for a while and then asked, "Can you draw a dragon? It doesn't matter if you can't draw a dragon, you can also draw a red bird."

Mu Nanjin stared at it for a moment and said, "I can barely draw a Q version dragon."

Little Cloud was confused and sweaty: "What is a Q-version dragon?"

Mu Nanjin couldn't explain it clearly, so he had to pick up the pen.

"Wait." Little Cloud produced a small bag out of thin air, poured some powder into the inkstone, mixed the powder with ink, and then bowed to the viewing platform again and again.

Mu Nanjin asked: "What are you doing?"

"You should also pray quickly, and then use your spiritual power to paint."

Mu Nanjin: “…”

Little Cloud urged, “Hurry up.”

Mu Nanjin bowed to the inkstone and then dipped the brush in ink.

Little Cloud said urgently: "Concentrate your spiritual power on the tip of the pen."

Mu Nanjin didn't know what it wanted to do, but he still did what it said.

While gathering her spiritual energy, she recalled how to draw a Q-version dragon, and then began to draw.

Little Cloud watched her draw a circle first, then two small circles inside the circle, two dragon whiskers under the small circles, and then draw pointed horns on the head.

The more it looked at it, the more it felt something was wrong. It compared the picture she drew with the real dragon, and the difference was too great. In its memory, a dragon had a majestic long body, sharp claws and huge horns, but what on earth was this short thing in front of it?

Mu Nanjin put down his brush and said, "It's done."

Little Cloud stared at the picture on the red paper with eyes wide open in disbelief and asked, "Is this a dragon?"

"Um."

Little Yun Duo was so angry that she almost died on the spot: "How could the mighty Azure Dragon look like this..."

I don’t even know how to describe it.

Mu Nanjin ignored its anger and said, "It's just a painting, why are you so angry?"

"You..." Little Yunduo took a deep breath to calm himself down, and suddenly he knelt down in front of Hua, crying loudly, "Senior Qinglong, I'm sorry."

Mu Nanjin: “…”

[It's just a painting, but you're making it sound like you're crying at a grave and feeling grief-stricken.]

"I thought Miss Gongbo's painting skills were good, but who knew... Senior Qinglong, please don't blame us. I will paint a majestic picture for you after Miss Gongbo has mastered the skills."

Mu Nanjin frowned: "What was the powder you put in the inkstone just now?"

Little Cloud took a breath and said, "It's Senior Qinglong's ashes."

"!!!!" Mu Nanjin was speechless: "How can you use ashes to paint?"

"I have my intentions, but I didn't expect your Q-version dragon to be so..."

"Put it on display?" Mu Nanjin looked at the Q-version dragon that exuded a terrifying power and said, "It would be a bit of a waste to put it on display."

Little Yun Duo jumped up in anger and said, "How can it be a waste? You must have earned the respect in your previous life by serving Senior Qinglong."

Mu Nanjin patted its head and said, "Don't worry. Not only will I let the people of Gongbo City worship it, but I will also make it play its greatest value."

Little Cloud put away his anger: "What are you going to do?"

Mu Nanjin stood up and walked out.

A quarter of an hour later, a piece of red paper with an unidentified object drawn on it was pasted on the door of Gongbo's house.

The gatekeeper pointed at the painting and said to everyone, "The young master has ordered that anyone passing by or entering Gongbo's house must pay respect to it."

This attracted many people to watch, including many passers-by.

"What's that drawn on it?"

"It looks a bit like the cub of some monster."

"Master Gongbo, why do you want us to salute it?"

"We can't guess what the young master is up to, so we'd better pay our respects quickly, otherwise we don't know how the young master will punish us."

Everyone quickly bowed to the painting.

The elder who had just returned from outside saw everyone bowing to the Gongbo Mansion, and asked the gatekeeper with a puzzled look on his face, "What are they doing?"

The gatekeeper told him what Mu Nanjin had instructed him to do.

After hearing this, the great elder was furious: "This is simply nonsense."

He pointed at the painting and said, "It's not a god, why should we worship it? Tear it down quickly and don't leave it here to embarrass ourselves."

A painting that is neither fish nor fowl is really worthy of being considered elegant.

The gatekeeper shrank his head and whispered, "This was posted by the young master. We dare not tear it off, otherwise we will be punished by the young master."

"If you don't dare to tear it, I will do it."

The elder strode forward and was about to reach out to tear the painting. Suddenly, the little dragon in the painting flashed with golden light.

With a thud, the Great Elder couldn't control his body and fell to the ground.

Boom boom boom——

Under the surprised gaze of everyone, he kowtowed three times to the painting, and even broke his head.

The great elder was also frightened, and quickly stood up and asked, "What is drawn on this paper?"

The powerful pressure emanating from the paper just now made him unable to help but surrender to it. It seemed that this was not an ordinary painting.

The gatekeeper said, "Young Master said it was a blue dragon."

The elder's eyes widened, and he raised his voice and asked, "Qinglong? The Qinglong among the four sacred beasts?"

"Yes."

The Great Elder: “…”

How could Qinglong look like this?

Gong Bo Nanjin is too disrespectful to God.

The little cloud flying high in the sky saw this scene and said, "The painting didn't fall off, which means Senior Qinglong is satisfied with you sticking it on the door."

Mu Nanjin said calmly: "As long as you are satisfied."

Little Yun Duo watched the Great Elder walk into the Gongbo Mansion with his hands covering his forehead. "How about you draw another picture of Senior Suzaku? It would be more symmetrical if there were one on each side of the gate."

Mu Nanjin: “…”

Half an hour later, another painting appeared on the gate of Gongbo Mansion, and on it was a "chicken".

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