I'm Really Going to Become an Immortal
Chapter 151 - 128 Oops, Am I Outwitting the Air?_2

Chapter 151: Chapter 128 Oops, Am I Outwitting the Air?_2

"The organizers said the arrangement is random. They might not have placed the better ones by the entrance, or perhaps they have already put the best ones there. Shall we go further inside?" Chen Yun recollected yesterday’s research as he pointed deeper into the venue and spoke to Bai Shi.

Let’s not mention that we’ve only seen one painting.

Just standing here, he couldn’t see the number 92 exhibit in the southeast corner on the second floor with his Transparent World Perception; after all, the scale of Jinjiang Art Center was not small.

He would need to move forward at least another few dozen steps, roughly to the next exhibit.

"Okay, let’s go."

Bai Shi nodded and took the lead, continuing forward.

And Chen Yun, following behind, began to pay attention with his divided focus to his Transparent World Perception, which was making incremental advances.

Everything around him came into view.

Not just the first floor, but everything on the second floor was covered by Chen Yun’s perception ability.

The bustling level on the second floor was much higher than the first floor.

If the first floor is an elegant exhibition with only artworks and staff,

The second floor was more like a marketplace.

Each booth not only occupied a small area, but they were also practically adjoining.

In the same space, the first floor housed twenty exhibits, while the second floor crammed in one hundred and eighty.

However, the second floor had its advantages.

The majority of exhibits on the second floor were the works of art students and talented individuals from various sectors of society, with none of the authors having the airs of the renowned artists on the first floor.

Basically, all the artists sat at their respective booths, performing live painting.

Therefore, many visitors who were not deeply versed in art actually preferred watching the painters on the second floor rather than staying in the chilly first floor.

Quickly,

Chen Yun’s Transparent World Perception reached the southeast corner of the second floor, capturing all the booths, artworks, authors, and tourists in his sight.

Exhibit number 92 contained a series of brilliant paintings and a nameplate with the name "Cui Zixuan" placed on the exhibit.

But...

There was no one at exhibit number 92.

This made Chen Yun more cautious.

Where are they? Have they come for me?! How was I discovered?

But within a 200-meter radius, there was no presence obviously approaching me! Not even the two hundred meters underground, which was nothing more than ordinary concrete foundations and layers of soil lacking in life.

After scanning his surroundings warily, a multitude of thoughts flitted through Chen Yun’s mind.

Had it not been for the extremely vivid painting displayed on exhibit number 92 and some tourists appearing to wait nearby, he would have felt like leaving immediately.

After ruminating for a moment, Chen Yun, calmed down by a rational balancing mechanism, began to pay close attention to the discussions among the crowd around exhibit number 92.

From their words, he learned that the author had gone to the restroom.

Chen Yun decided to wait patiently a little longer.

In the meantime,

He began observing the series of paintings displayed at exhibit number 92.

Chen Yun could say that, compared to any other painting in this exhibition, the paintings at exhibit number 92 were filled with spirit.

Ordinary people could only feel that they were beautiful and novel, but they couldn’t pinpoint what made them beautiful. They just felt that the use of colors differed from other painters on some subjects.

But with a view that could see more colors, Chen Yun could discern,

These paintings were as if peering into a true corner of the world.

Especially a few images of roses, they seemed to be painted with the same embellishment A Zi used to describe red roses.

These paintings were just richer in color to others.

But to Chen Yun,

They were the work of someone who could see more truths of the world and was attempting to depict the true world in a way common people could understand, yet essentially failing to do it perfectly.

A sense of loneliness as if misunderstood surged from within.

While he was in his silent reverie,

Movement nearby grabbed the fully engaged Chen Yun’s attention, causing him to retract some of his focus from the southeast corner of the second floor.

He saw Bai Shi mysteriously leaning in, whispering, "See these works on the face? They’re by someone I know. Even though he himself didn’t come, his paintings did. One of my main reasons for coming here was to see how much he’s improved."

At these words,

Chen Yun looked at the works on the exhibit in front of him; a series of watercolor paintings of a person walking in the rain, signed by Martin Redrado.

"An acquaintance? In what sense?"

Chen Yun couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow upon hearing this.

Bai Shi’s acquaintances were not necessarily all good people.

One could even say that most of them weren’t the most savory characters.

After all, Bai Shi was wanted by multiple countries and had once attempted to collapse the economy of the Lighthouse Federation in league with an international criminal syndicate.

His social circle before returning to the country was bound to be a mix of all sorts.

"What are you thinking? This is the internationally known painter Martin Redrado, not some shady character."

"I’ve dealt with him before, sold him Van Gogh’s ’People Walking in the Park in the Rain.’ Though that was a forgery I created, I’ve been keeping the original after stealing it from a museum."

"He didn’t realize it was a fake at the time and really bought it from me. But later, he got a girlfriend with tetrachromatic vision who had seen the original of ’People Walking in the Park in the Rain,’ and the forgery couldn’t fool them any longer."

"I heard that he’s only painted scenes of walking in the rain ever since, trying to reach the level of my forgery. It’s a pity, now that I look at it, he’s ultimately just a clumsy imitator, and after breaking up with that girlfriend with tetrachromatic vision, his recent progress obviously lacks much."

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