Soul Painter

After returning from the nursing home in STK.

Gao Fan felt a sense of urgency.

Mystery has already started roaring unscrupulously around him.

The system task also reminds this.

The four demons... is still a continuous mission.

Gao Fan ignored it and concentrated on completing the sixteenth painting that was not scheduled for his mask group.

It was already the end of the year, and in mid-December, Lawrence came over twice to see Gao Fan working hard at painting, but instead reminded Gao Fan to pay attention to his body. The solo exhibition scheduled for January could be postponed or cancelled. The health is the most important thing.

Gao Fan wanted to say that I wasn't doing it for a solo exhibition, but he didn't bother to explain, so that's all.

This sixteenth painting, Gao Fan originally wanted to name it "Hope", but felt that it was inappropriate, so he changed the name to "Origin".

The sixteenth painting is very large.

It is 120X180, which is twice the size of other mask groups.

In the process of creating this painting, Gao Fan encountered some difficulties.

The most critical problem is that although he found the object of copying, the one before the death of the Great Elder, which gave him inspiration for creation, but Gao Fan's "world" skills are a bit low, he can't find this inspiration and the one from Bengka Village. Connection—that is to say, this painting, as a separate mask painting, is qualified, but if it wants to resonate with the other fifteen mask paintings in the hearts of the viewers, then you have to work harder.

Gao Fan lingers in the Hall of Inspiration day and night, trying to find more traces of the Great Elder’s past through her already high level of occultism, how the Black Tree grows, whether the Great Elder’s predictive ability is true or not, she claims to be the one under the Black Tree What is a prison, why is it certain that the end of the world will come... and so on and so on.

26 points of mysticism, and 55 points of investigative skills, reflect each other, and we can indeed see some things clearly. For example, what the Great Elder said is true. If the Great Elder has never given up on his future, then the Great Elder will indeed become a "pillar". And the Great Elder gave up the future of becoming a pillar, that is, the prison she said was created for the black tree...

But what did the Great Elder give up?

What does Heishu want the Great Elder to be?

If the connection between these clues cannot be found, Gao Fan will not be able to integrate the last mask painting called "Origin" into the mask group painting, and he has to find its "meaning".

So there is only one way.

late December.

Gao Fan on a bright day.

He is lying in the center of the studio floor on the first floor, surrounded by thirteen paintings of masks that have been completed.

There was only a little snowfall yesterday.

The world is all white.

The bright white sunlight with coldness penetrated through the window and shone on the floor, leaving a large spot of light. Gao Fan was lying here, and God was lying beside him, and Gao Fan held a That big Bunka mask.

Gao Fan once wore this big collapse card, but just like what he said to the Great Elder, he couldn't see the future from it.

However, the Great Elder also replied, and with a weird 'crack' sound, he told him that this big collapse card would only work when she died and circulated mysteriously.

Gao Fan has never seen or heard of it. The old seal or command spell that works in this way seems to be the only one that fits such a lively and mysterious form.

Did the Great Elder use his own life to create a 'law'?

Gao Fan thought so, and then covered his face with the big collapse card.

It was dark immediately.

Different from the Bengka mask described by Gao Fan in the painting, the real Bengka mask covers the entire face without openings for eyes, ears and mouth. In order to express emotions in the painting, Gao Fan opened the eyes of the mask, Think of it as the 'eyes' of a person wearing a mask looking at the world.

in the darkness.

Gao Fan heard the sound of 'Bengka' and 'Bengka', but the sound was no longer weak, but a thumping sound like a war drum.

Mystery flows like a brook.

If the mystery from a great existence came down to the world as vast as the Milky Way, then the mystery that Gao Fan heard at this moment is like a stream of water.

A ray of sky light slowly appeared before Gao Fan's eyes.

As if the curtain was drawn, Gao Fan saw a young girl with long black braids, an oval face, and a cold demeanor.

She said to 'Gao Fan': "Tomorrow I will inherit the position of elder. I am a little nervous. I don't know if I can become a wise elder... Well, I can do it. My mother-in-law said that my talent is unprecedented. right?"

This is when the Great Elder was young.

The object of her speech is a mask.

This mask was called Bengka, but there was only one at that time, and only those who became 'elders' could wear it, because 'elders' could prophesy about the future.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Fan saw different fragments of her life. It seemed that the Great Elder of Bengka Village was a legend that had been passed down longer than the Black Tree. The Great Elder had the ability to prophesy. The emperor who asked for help, including some well-known names in history, sent envoys to Bunka Village to seek prophecies about the future.

Until the Great Elder, the most talented 'elder', met Hei Shu.

Gao Fan watched it in more detail. The encounter between the Great Elder and Hei Shu also learned from the few words of the Great Elder that her fate with Hei Shu was entangled.

Through the power of prophecy, the Great Elder saw that the black tree was an alien creature, some people who were abandoned by some mysterious people who could travel through time. , Abandoning some of the clansmen so that they can escape the danger more conveniently.

But when he realized this, it was already too late. The black tree had already infected the Great Elder and the entire Bunka Village through his huge life essence. He began to produce a huge number of Bunka masks from the tree. Anyone who puts on the mask will become His vassal.

It's not intentional to harm humans, but this is Heishu's survival instinct - it should be the same instinct from the great Yisi shell, Gao Fan thought.

The reason why Heishu chose Bunka Village is because he needs to hold on to a "pillar" so that the people of the clan can find him in the lost era.

pillar.

The word comes up again.

Gao Fan had a deeper understanding of its meaning at this time. The Great Elder was one of the "pillars" of that era. Although the Black Tree was trapped in the era, he had a vision similar to the great existence. In their eyes, time did not flow in an orderly manner. , human society is like a group of fuzzy bubbles, and only the "pillars" are the clearly visible coordinates in this group of bubbles.

A pillar is a person who can influence an era, whether it is a good or a bad influence.

The Great Elder has the ability to become a pillar. If her life is not entangled by the black tree, according to her prophecy to herself, she will be able to help the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so that the civil fort change that shocked China will not happen, which is enough Let the Ming Dynasty prolong its life for decades, and thus have a greater impact on the future.

However, in order to reject the Black Tree invasion and refuse to become a puppet, the Great Elder chose to give up becoming a pillar.

Refusing to be a puppet of a foreign race is not the only reason. The Great Elder has seen the end through her incomparable talent.

Chapter Two~