To the east of the city, there is a single courtyard.
Li Yizhi devoted all his efforts and spent ten days to finally complete the painting.
At this time, he felt exhausted all over, even more tired than after a fight.
However, although his mind was haggard, Li Yizhi smiled with joy when looking at the self-portrait.
Because in terms of charm, this portrait is infinitely close to the Great Buddha.
Looking at it, it is as if countless Confucian scriptures have been transformed into the sound of reciting aloud, ringing in people's ears, which can make people understand.
Although in terms of charm, it is still somewhat lacking compared to the Big Buddha.
But in terms of detail, his self-portraits are naturally the winner, with the characters' figures appearing in every detail.
If you look at it with a magnifying glass, you can even see the tiny wrinkles on the skin, like thousands of ravines.
Especially in the eyes of the portrait characters, countless classics and texts are reflected, forming a sea of Confucianism, Taoism and classics.
After rolling up the portrait, Li Yizhi fell on the bed and quickly fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, the sun rose three poles high.
Li Yizhi woke up slowly. He felt full of energy and all fatigue was gone.
After getting up, he went out with the portrait and came to Wenchang Street, where he was going to find a bookstore to sell on consignment.
Logically speaking, when consigning paintings, it is best to find a calligraphy and painting shop.
However, Li Yizhi's self-portrait is defined as a portrait of a Confucian saint. Only Confucian scholars can truly understand the value of the portrait and can best sell it for a good price.
Wenchang Street is a unique street in Yujing City. All the streets on this street sell pens, inks, paper and inkstones, various books, calligraphy and paintings, and seals. It is more than 20 miles long.
At the same time, there are also many shops and inns, which are specially used for the residence of all the people who come to Yujing for scientific examination.
After asking someone about it, Li Yizhi came to the largest bookstore, Yunkong Pavilion.
This Yunkong Pavilion is not only very large in area, covering more than 300 square meters, but also has four upper and lower floors. It is the largest bookstore in Yujing City.
On both sides of the first floor, there are a row of tall bookshelves against the walls; in the middle, there are basically low bookshelves at waist height, which are also filled with densely packed books.
As soon as Li Yizhi walked into Yunkong Pavilion, a clerk came up to him quickly and asked enthusiastically, "I don't know what kind of books you need, I will guide you to find them."
There are so many books in Yunkong Pavilion that it is difficult to find the books you want without the guidance of a store clerk.
Li Yizhi said calmly, "Your shopkeeper is here. I have a business and I want to talk to him."
The clerk saw that Li Yizhi was dressed in fine clothes and had an extraordinary bearing, so he hurriedly said, "Young Master, please invite me to the backyard. Go sit in the living room for a while, and then go and inform the shopkeeper."
Following the clerk through the store, he came to the living room in the backyard. Li Yizhi took a few sips of tea, and an old man in Confucian clothes walked in.
"I don't know what you call the young master or what your responsibilities are. I am the shopkeeper of Yunkong Pavilion."
The shopkeeper bowed slightly, with a kind smile on his face.
Li Yizhi stood up and said in return, "Li Yizhi, the shopkeeper, please take a look at this painting first."
A look of doubt flashed across the old shopkeeper's face. He took the scroll, placed it on the table aside and slowly opened it. Then his breathing seemed to have stopped and his eyes widened.
Hiss!
After a long time, a faint sound of coolness came from the old shopkeeper's mouth.
He was shocked in his heart, and felt as if looking at the portrait, he was swimming in endless Confucian and Taoist classics, and the loud recitations were telling the true meaning of Confucianism and Taoism in his ears.
It seemed that in an instant, the old shopkeeper felt that many things he had not understood before suddenly became enlightened and he felt enlightened.
"Hey, the person in this painting is actually Li Yizhi!"
"Hey, what a real portrait. It's just like a real person. Every detail is visible. How is this possible?"
The old shopkeeper had countless questions in his mind, but he was also extremely surprised.
He raised his head and said excitedly and eagerly, "Master Li, I want this portrait. Please give me a price!"
The old shopkeeper is a person who loves painting. Let’s not talk about the charm of this portrait. This painting technique alone is unique and reaches its peak.
Li Yizhi shook his head and said, "Shopkeeper, I am here this time to put this painting on consignment in Yunkong Pavilion and auction it. Within ten days, the highest bidder will win. If you want, you can bid."
If you just sell paintings, how much can you make?
Only those from Confucian and Taoist families would bid at any cost.
This is like Wang Tong in the Tang Dynasty who wanted to keep the portrait given to him by Li Yizhi as a family heirloom and would not give it away no matter how much money he gave.
The old shopkeeper gave a bitter smile and said, "I am greedy. This portrait is not something I can collect. I understand what Mr. Li means. Give me one day and I will notify all the great scholars in Yujing City and invite them to come and see it."
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Li Yizhi chuckled and said, "Okay. I wonder how much the shopkeeper's commission is?"
"There is no need for any commission. We, Yunkong Pavilion, are willing to promote and operate Mr. Li for free. But I only hope that if Mr. Li's paintings are leaked again in the future, he can ask us, Yunkong Pavilion, to consign them."
The old shopkeeper shook his head and said that he had regained his businessman's shrewdness.
Not to mention that consigning this painting will cause a sensation in Yujing City and make Yunkong Pavilion famous; Li Yizhi himself is worthy of his favor.
Because judging from this painting, it should be Li Yizhi's self-portrait.
With such a painting of Taoist masters, Yunkong Pavilion will naturally want to fawn over him.
"If so, thank you very much, shopkeeper."
Later, after signing a contract with the old shopkeeper, Li Yizhi left Yunkong Pavilion.
The old shopkeeper also hurriedly shouted outside, saying, "Quick, go and invite the big boss to come!"
Yujing City was the capital of the Daqian Dynasty, and there were countless great scholars gathered there. Naturally, the old shopkeeper did not have the ability to inform them, and only the big boss could.
Because the big boss himself is from a Confucian and Taoist family.
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After settling the matter of consigning the portrait, Li Yizhi returned to Chengdong Duyuan and began to concentrate on practicing martial arts.
He re-trained in martial arts, starting from the most basic level of meat refining.
Although Li Yizhi's physical body has been tempered by Xu Dan and Blood Dan, it is already extremely powerful.
However, this kind of tempering is not actually a real tempering. It only sublimates the cells throughout the body and improves the level of the cells, but it has not yet fully tapped the potential of the physical body.
The essence of martial arts in the world of Yangshen is to tap the potential of the human body to its limit.
Li Yizhi stood in the yard and began to practice the "Ox Demon Powerful Technique".
This boxing method can not only train the flesh and skin, but also train the muscles. It can be regarded as a relatively comprehensive and superior boxing method.
When practicing boxing, Li Yizhi does not just simply practice boxing. He also activates the blood pill and releases pure blood energy to temper the body, thus replacing the elixir.
Moreover, because the blood energy is pure and flawless, it works better than any panacea.
In this way, Li Yizhi completed the meat refining in just five days.
Then, I started practicing skin mask.
While Li Yizhi was concentrating on practicing martial arts, his self-portrait had already caused a sensation in Yujing City.
Countless students and Confucian scholars flocked to Wenchang Master just to see the portrait.