The wealthy young ladies and gentlemen present, along with some of Bai Feifei's classmates, started discussing the spectacle once again.
"Who do you think will win this bet?"
"I don't know, but I personally think Dongfang Bai and his team will win. Although I haven't studied calligraphy, the Slender Gold style can stand alone as a distinct style, which shows that it takes time to master it."
"Great minds think alike, I feel the same way."
Most of the people present were not optimistic about Liu Xiaoyuan, believing that he had dug his own grave and buried himself in it.
As a fan of the Slender Gold style of calligraphy, Bai Feifei naturally knew that to imitate it to an eighty or ninety percent degree of similarity, one would definitely have to put in a lot of hard work.
Bai Feifei has put in a lot of effort in copying the Slender Gold style of calligraphy, but now he can only achieve a 40-50% resemblance. He is still a long way from achieving an 80-90% resemblance.
Therefore, in Bai Feifei's opinion, Liu Xiaoyuan would have to wait for the sun to rise in the west to win this game!
Liu Xiaoyuan didn't care about other people's opinions or comments. He walked to the table and said to Li Chenggong, "Please take this calligraphy away!"
Just as Li Chenggong was about to make a move, Bai Feifei immediately interjected, "******, let me do it, let me do it!"
Bai Feifei carefully placed the calligraphy aside, afraid of damaging it in the slightest. She treated it with the same care as a national treasure!
Seeing Bai Feifei's cautious expression, Liu Xiaoyuan wondered what would happen if he summoned Emperor Huizong of Song and wrote the true Slender Gold style calligraphy. Would Bai Feifei kneel down and ask him to take her as her disciple?
“******, I forgot my writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone. Could I borrow yours for a moment?” Liu Xiaoyuan asked with a smile.
Li Chenggong still had a bit of a master's demeanor. Upon hearing this, he immediately said, "It's fine, but I'm afraid you won't be used to it!"
Liu Xiaoyuan arrogantly said, "For me, there's no such thing as being used to it or not, because the Slender Gold style of calligraphy is a piece of cake for me!"
Hearing Liu Xiaoyuan boast like this, everyone present couldn't help but give him a disdainful look. This guy's boasting was too far-fetched.
Li Chenggong shook his head, thinking that Liu Xiaoyuan was too unreliable. He dared to say such big words. Li Chenggong knew that even his master Zhao Qianhai would not dare to say such things. Liu Xiaoyuan, a mere kid, dared to be so arrogant and didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth.
Liu Xiaoyuan took a sheet of Xuan paper and laid it on the table, then weighed it down at both ends with paperweights. He picked up a calligraphy brush and said to Tan Wanyi beside him, "Wanyi, come and help me grind the ink."
"Okay!" Tan Wanyi nodded obediently and walked to the table to slowly grind ink for Liu Xiaoyuan.
Although Tan Wanyi had never done anything like this before, she had never seen a pig run even if she hadn't eaten pork. Grinding ink was something that was very common on TV.
Seeing this, Dongfang Bai was furious. He thought to himself, "Liu Xiaoyuan, let's see how you get out of this. I'm going to record you barking like a dog on my phone and then humiliate you properly!"
Upon seeing that Tan Wanyi had finished grinding the ink, Liu Xiaoyuan immediately summoned Emperor Huizong of Song through the God-level Invincible System!
When Emperor Huizong of Song appeared in his body, Liu Xiaoyuan immediately felt that his artistic talent had increased considerably.
After Liu Xiaoyuan picked up a brush, dipped it in ink on the inkstone, and wrote the line "Spring sleep is so sweet that one does not notice the dawn" on the Xuan paper.
At first, Li Chenggong and Dongfang Bai didn't take it seriously, thinking that Liu Xiaoyuan was just putting on a brave face. But when they found out that Liu Xiaoyuan had written this poem, they were all dumbfounded.
Although people like Dongfang Bai who don't understand calligraphy can't tell whether Liu Xiaoyuan's handwriting is better than Li Chenggong's, judging from these five characters alone, they are indeed comparable to Li Chenggong's handwriting, and perhaps even better!
As the saying goes, the layman sees the spectacle, while the expert sees the details!
For Li Chenggong, an expert in the field, this was utterly shocking! His eyes nearly popped out of their sockets; it was as if he had witnessed the most unbelievable thing in the world!
"This...this is impossible...how can he write the 'Slender Gold' style so well..." Li Chenggong could hardly believe his eyes, because in his expert opinion, even his teacher Zhao Qianhai could not reach the level of Liu Xiaoyuan's calligraphy.
In Li Chenggong's view, Liu Xiaoyuan's Slender Gold style calligraphy was not just similar in spirit, but exactly the same, as if it were written by Emperor Huizong of Song!
Because Liu Xiaoyuan's five characters are written with unrestrained and vigorous strokes, revealing his sharpness and proud spirit. They are like cutting gold and jade, with a unique charm. They can be called a masterpiece of the Slender Gold style of calligraphy!
Upon seeing that Liu Xiaoyuan's handwriting was comparable to Li Chenggong's, Dongfang Bai and Ye Ziqi looked constipated. Then, they both turned their gaze to Li Chenggong's face.
When the two men saw the look of astonishment on Li Chenggong's face, which was practically popping out of his head, they immediately sensed something was wrong. From Li Chenggong's expression, they could tell that Liu Xiaoyuan's handwriting was even better than Li Chenggong's; otherwise, Li Chenggong wouldn't have looked like that.
The thought of having to bark like a dog sent both Dongfang Bai and Ye Ziqi's faces turning deathly pale, as if they were witnessing their wives having sex with the neighbor.
After writing the poem "Spring slumber unaware of dawn," Liu Xiaoyuan looked around and, seeing the expressions on Dongfang Bai and Ye Ziqi's faces, said with a smile, "Gentlemen, there's no need to be so surprised. It's just imitating three dog barks, nothing serious. At worst, people will just call you Three Dogs!"
Upon hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's words, one of them asked his companion, "Why is he called San Gouzi?"
"Are you stupid? After barking like a dog three times, you'll naturally be called 'Three Dogs'!" his companion explained.
After Liu Xiaoyuan dipped his wolf-hair brush into the inkstone and was about to write the line "Everywhere the birds sing," he felt that it was too unoriginal. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind: he remembered a modified version of "Spring Dawn" from his school days!
So Liu Xiaoyuan picked up his pen and wrote "Sexual harassment everywhere"!
Those present were completely dumbfounded when they saw the poem on the Xuan paper. What was going on? Was this still Meng Haoran's "Spring Dawn"?
Liu Xiaoyuan didn't care about other people's opinions at all and continued writing.
"The sound of wind and rain at night, a virgin becomes a sister-in-law!"
Seeing these twenty characters on the rice paper, it's simply a work of art.
"Phew!" Liu Xiaoyuan let out a long sigh of relief, then placed the brush on the inkstone. He stretched lazily and said pretentiously, "Hmm, it's been a while since I've written anything, my hand is a bit rusty. If it were before, I guarantee I would have written even better!"
The wealthy young men and women who didn't understand calligraphy appreciated Liu Xiaoyuan's revised version of "Spring Dawn" because they found the poem interesting and easy to read aloud.
Li Chenggong, an expert, was shocked, because even if he spent another ten or twenty years copying Liu Xiaoyuan's twenty characters, he would not be able to reach that level!
(End of this chapter)
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