Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains!
With the five grand characters veering like dragons and serpents, their power piercing through the paper, as if inherently possessing the majesty of ruling the world, once hung, they dominate the entire scene!
The stance of a king!
Once this painting makes its debut, words become unnecessary, and the other ninety-nine paintings must bow down, as if they pale in contrast.
As the painting revealed itself to everyone, it unabashedly radiated its unmatched allure!
The audience was stunned!
The wealthy were stunned!
The top ten masters on the painting leaderboard were stunned!
Even Ling Feng, who had scrutinized this painting for days, could not conceal the fervor of infatuation deep in his gaze!
The whole room went silent.
And in this deathly silence, even the audience in the back rows, who couldn’t see as clearly, tiptoed forward eagerly.
Glass display cabinet.
A grand scroll unfurled beyond the transparent barrier.
The boundless rivers and undulating mountains formed a magnificent freehand landscape painting!
Fishing Village Wild Market.
Water pavilions and terraces.
Water Grinding Long Bridge.
Within the serene scene of lush mountains and clear waters, dynamic scenes of fishing, sailing, playing, and bustling stand out.
Static and dynamic come together.
Like ultimate perfection.
The depiction of characters in this piece is incredibly detailed and lifelike, each expression vivid and alive, a mere dot with the brush transforms birds into creatures taking flight, a true masterpiece of landscape painting!
An indescribable sensation suddenly rose in everyone’s hearts, as if everything around rapidly changed and transformed.
As if time flowed backward.
When people’s minds were fully immersed in this painting, their consciousness seemed to traverse space, arriving at another world.
Oh, what a beautiful world!
At the start is a mountain peak reaching into the clouds, followed by layer upon layer of mountains stretching endlessly, an awe-inspiring landscape crafted by divine hands!
Step and view change.
On the opposite shore, mountains stand deeply and solemnly, like serpentine dragons, while below them expansive rivers roar and surge majestically.
It’s the crashing waves!
It’s the angry tides!
It’s the sound of nature reverberating through the valleys with ceaseless cascades of echoes!
At the center of the valley.
Waves dance gracefully on white silk, like water spirits, prompting waterfalls to resonate along.
And in the heart of the waters.
Iron locks cross the river, silk sails surf the waves.
The bird of freedom soars across the sky, its vast wings beating through the clouds, unshaken by roaring winds, standing proudly with the pine trees on steep cliffs!
The long bridge connects water and sky like a rainbow, within the misty expanse lies the hint of a pavilion.
Beyond the double layers of mountains, a secluded residence awaits, through the winding cliffside path leading to the depths of the verdant courtyard.
But as another corner of the painting slowly unfolds, from the bridge spanning the river, one steps ashore.
Through a ruined temple, past scattered thatched roofs and towers, across mountains, through valleys to find a village.
In the Water Village Wild Market.
Houses are clustered neatly, village edges adorned with bridges and waterwheels, a few fishing boats docked on the riverbank, echoing the hoarse cries of fishermen from afar.
The fishing boats sail into the distance, as if across the water two mountains respond to each other, like the distant separation of the cowherd and weaver girl across the Milky Way, leaning towards each other yet unable to touch...
It’s just the earthly world.
Mountains and rivers beneath our feet;
Heaven and earth within our hearts.
Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains like a painting.
No one knows when they became immersed in the world within the painting, perhaps it was just a fleeting moment.
Just as none can pinpoint the moment they snapped back to reality, perhaps it was only the sudden dryness and fatigue of the eyes.
Who can withstand staring at a painting without blinking?
And when people gradually regained their senses, the shock within them surpassed any moment today!
"The world as the axis, the heart as the brush!"
"With heaven and earth within, the canvas expands!"
"Such exquisite artistry is unheard of!"
"Is this Shadow’s masterpiece?"
"If in my lifetime I could create such a piece, I would die content."
"This is Painting Soul!"
"Comparable to a perfect Painting Soul!"
"With profound composition techniques, integrating near, middle, and far landscapes, the vastness of mountains and rivers, and the indistinct line between the earthly realm and paradise. With this painting, the genre of landscape art reaches its pinnacle."
They were discussing.
They still gazed at the painting.
Feeling that missing even a glance would be a great loss.
At this point, whether it was the ten painting masters or those top billionaires capable of influencing world economy combined, or simply ordinary viewers who came on a whim, essentially there was no difference.
Among the ten masters.
The crowd didn’t look at Li Yanfeng, but the words emerged: "Does Ol’ Li believe now?"
Li Yanfeng remained silent in amazement.
This painting nearly made him bow.
Although he could technically analyze all aspects of the painting:
Shadow employed scatter perspective, segmenting the theme into six parts, each primarily showcasing extensive mountain bodies, naturally and seamlessly.
Sometimes linked by bridges.
Sometimes traversed by flowing water.
Each segment of mountain and water is relatively independent yet interconnected, cleverly integrated into one, adeptly illustrating the artistic effect of "scenery shifting with steps."
Cleverly organizing space.
In terms of composition, Shadow alternates between the uses of high, deep, and flat perspectives, making the painting more dynamic and rhythmic, captivating...
So what if it’s analyzed?
The mind understands, but the hand doesn’t.
Li Yanfeng knew this was a realm he would never reach in his lifetime.
Thinking of this made Li Yanfeng feel an inexplicable heartache, mixed with the excitement of discovering treasure:
"The painting exhibits myriad grand and spectacular scenes, with endless mountains and rivers, resembling scattered stars across the landscape. In terms of the grandeur and magnificence of the landscape portrayed, this painting is unmatched by history, furthermore evoking emotions of longing for the high mountains. Just gazing at this painting felt as though I entered another world, possibly the world within the painting, an aspirational world."
Li Yanfeng felt a complex mix of emotions.
And as he began to critique.
The surrounding crowd gradually became quiet again.
Savoring the words of this top Blue Star master painter, not a single person found fault.
If they had not seen this painting themselves, they might consider Li Yanfeng’s praise exaggerated, as "unmatched by history" is not a phrase to be used lightly, especially by a master like Li Yanfeng?
Yet at this moment and scene.
Who dared to say Li Yanfeng was wrong?
Especially when Li Yanfeng mentioned that simply looking at this painting made it feel like stepping into its world.
Who among us didn’t feel the same?
Recalling the immersive atmosphere and the soul-shaking impact in our minds, replicated by no other painting.
And half an hour later.
As Li Yanfeng and dozens of other masters walked out of the exhibition hall, eagerly awaiting reporters surrounded them, hoping for an in-depth interview.
The ten masters looked at each other, yet none spoke first.
Reporters felt puzzled, not knowing what transpired inside.
They couldn’t enter because such exhibitions strictly forbid any photography.
Li Yanfeng broke the silence, almost definitively: "Shadow is indeed the world’s number one!"
The words proclaimed!
PS: This measly word count took nearly two hours to write, it’s quite an effort to avoid being criticized as a Chapter-cutting dog, so please be forgiving.