Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 1092 Qing Family
"Bang!" Qingkun kicked the chair away. The chair flew rapidly over everyone's heads, slammed into the wall with a thud, and then crashed to the ground and broke apart.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat.

The middle-aged man took a deep breath and said, "Young Master Qingkun, no matter how angry you are, there's nothing we can do. After all, you know how difficult it is to create new spiritual techniques these days!"

“If those spiritual painters have an inspiration, they’ll be too busy keeping it to themselves to participate in the competition.”

"As for the other painters, they probably wouldn't even consider such a small reward." The middle-aged man was named Qing Wenli, a member of a collateral branch of the Qing family and one of the stewards of the main Qing family.

"So you mean this competition I spent so much money on is completely meaningless?" Qing Kun's face turned ashen, and he stared at Qing Wenli with hostility.

“Don’t rush, listen to me. Although most of the works we collected are rather immature, quite a few of them have good ideas,” Qing Wenli said. “Although they can’t be used directly, we can give them to the artists or creatives in our clan as references, which may inspire them.”

Qingkun felt that there was some truth to what he said, and his anger subsided slightly. "Then let's do as you say."

Qing Wenli breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had agreed.

"You will continue to be in charge of this matter. Make sure the artwork is completed before Sister Yu Rui receives the blessing of the painting spirit!" Qing Kun said in a serious tone.

Qing Yurui is the daughter of the Qing clan chief. Despite her young age, she possesses exceptional painting skills and a spiritual affinity value of 90, making her highly likely to awaken as a spiritual painter. The Qing clan places great hopes on her.

Therefore, the Qing clan began preparing fantasy paintings, or spiritual arts, for Qing Yurui a year before she came of age!

However, not all fantasy paintings can be imbued with spiritual magic by a spirit painter. Therefore, after awakening, each spirit painter must try to copy different creative paintings until they can imbue them with spiritual magic.

With less than a month left until Qingyu Rui reaches adulthood, she has collected fewer than 10 works, which is far from enough.

Qing Wenli nodded, about to say something, when he heard a shout from outside, "Butler Qing, there's a letter for you."

"My letter?" Qing Wenli was puzzled. Who still writes letters these days?
"Yes, it's written here: To Mr. Qing Wenli, organizer of the Fantasy Art Design Competition." A security guard walked in carrying a large envelope.

Qing Wenli took the envelope and suddenly realized, "It's not for me, it's for my entry." In addition to submitting electronic entries online, entries could also be mailed in.

But these days, if you can enter a competition electronically, who would still mail it in?

Qing Wenli was puzzled. His gaze fell on the mailing address: No. 52, Maple Leaf Street, Red Eighth District, Sun Yu!
"The Red Zone?" Qing Wenli was even more surprised. There were actually participants from the Red Zone? Although he hadn't restricted the participants, this was the first person from the Red Zone to participate so far!
He became interested and immediately opened the envelope, pulling out the artwork inside. The moment he saw the large banyan tree, he was stunned by its imposing presence. "This—"

"Butler Qing!" Qing Kun called out unhappily when he saw Qing Wenli standing motionless outside.

"Ah? Young Master Qingkun, look, the entry for the competition just arrived." Qing Wenli excitedly ran in and showed Qingkun the painting of the large banyan tree.

Qingkun frowned. It was just an ordinary banyan tree painting, mediocre in both quality and creativity. "Are you seeing things because you've been looking at too many paintings? It's just a tree, is it really worth getting this excited about?"

Upon hearing this, Qing Wenli became somewhat anxious, "Young Master Qing Kun, didn't you feel the immense aura emanating from this banyan tree?"

"What kind of aura is that?" Qingkun, seeing his reaction, patiently waited. Well, he was still a member of the Qing family, having worked hard and devoted himself to the family. Even if he hadn't achieved great things, he had still put in the effort…

"Its grandeur is boundless, and its glory will last forever!" Qing Wenli said.

Qingkun looked at him like he was an idiot.

“Really, look closely!” Qing Wenli said even more anxiously. “Look, although the painting skill is average, it has captured the characteristics and grandeur of the banyan tree.”

"Okay, okay, it's definitely better than those pieces of garbage, but I want a fantasy painting! Spirit painter, do you even know what a spirit painter is?" Qing Kun was speechless. Aura? What aura can an ordinary painting have!
"Yes, it's the spirit painter, Young Master Qingkun! Come and see the design of this banyan tree!" Qing Wenli said excitedly. "Look at this big banyan tree, it can attack, defend, and even heal!"

He quickly flipped the artwork over; it was covered with densely written instructions. Qingkun frowned after reading the instructions, not optimistic about the painting. A spirit painter's spiritual arts weren't simply about drawing an object and writing down various magical functions to successfully materialize spiritual arts.

"It does look somewhat creative, but it's still quite far from meeting the requirements of a fantasy painting," Qingkun said casually.

Upon hearing this, Qing Wenli's excitement instantly cooled. Yes, if it weren't for the imposing aura emanating from the banyan tree, and if one didn't consider the background setting, it would just be an ordinary painting.

However, he still remembered the feeling of his heart pounding just now. He thought for a moment and said, "Young Master Qingkun, why don't we show it to Miss Yurui first?"

"I think healing, attack, and defense are perfect for Miss Yu Rui. After all, very few creative artists can reasonably combine these three abilities into one spiritual technique."

Qingkun was somewhat tempted by this suggestion. After thinking about it, he thought that perhaps he could show it to Yurui in advance. If Yurui liked it, that would be even better; if she didn't, it wouldn't matter.

"give it to me."

The courtyard where Qing Yurui lived was very large and was called Cuiyu Residence. The interior was exquisitely decorated, with small bridges, flowing water, artificial hills, and pavilions.

At this moment, Qing Yurui was sitting on the bluestone slab in front of the pond, sketching the koi in the water. The little girl was beautiful, with almond-shaped eyes, a delicate nose, and cherry lips—she had everything, except that her face was a little thin. She lost four out of five points of cuteness, and instead gained three points of sorrow and one point of restlessness.

"Sister Yu Rui, are you resting?" Qing Kun called out from outside the courtyard.

A hint of annoyance flashed in Qing Yurui's eyes, but she quickly composed herself, put down her pencil, stood up, crossed the stone bridge, and arrived at the courtyard gate.

"Squeak~"

"Brother Kun? Is there something you need?" Qing Yu Rui asked with a smile as she led Qing Kun inside.

"Yu Rui, you seem to have lost even more weight than you did a few days ago." Qing Kun looked at the girl with concern. "Are you worried about the awakening?"

Qing Yurui nodded. "Yes, the day of awakening is coming soon, but we still don't have a suitable fantasy painting."

Seeing this, Qingkun was also very anxious. "Uncle, what did Aunt and Uncle say?"

“Father, Mother has searched for many paintings for me, but I don’t feel much when I see them. It seems unlikely that I can materialize them.” Qing Yu Rui sighed with her eyes lowered. “The other day, Mother said that if she couldn’t find any new fantasy paintings, she would let me materialize those paintings that other spirit painters had successfully materialized.”

The Land of Paintings does not have any rules exclusive to spiritual arts. As long as you have the original painting, you can copy it and manifest spiritual arts, but whether you can succeed depends mainly on the individual.

However, most spiritual practitioners are unwilling to share their materialization spiritual works.

"But I... I don't want someone else's magic!" Qing Yu Rui's eyes were filled with tears as she stubbornly looked at Qing Kun. Seeing this, the latter wished he could present her with all the paintings in the world for her to choose from.

“Sister Yu Rui, I know! You are the most talented spirit painter in our Qing family…” Qing Kun comforted her.

"Yes, thank you, Brother Kun." Qing Yurui's mood improved considerably. "Brother Kun, you still haven't told me why you came to see me?"

"Ah, I've come to deliver a painting to you." Qingkun suddenly hesitated, wondering whether he should show the painting to his sister Yurui. But it was just an ordinary painting.

"A painting? Let me see it."

Qingkun hesitated for a moment before handing the painting to Qingyu Rui.

Qing Yurui took the painting without much concern, opened it, and the next second her breathing quickened and her eyes lit up.