36.Chapter 36 Ranchi’s Artistic Insights

Chapter 36 – Ranchi’s Artistic Opinions

The expansive gardens of the Magic Engineering Academy to which it belonged were lush and green, and the plant branches and leaves were dripping with dew, glittering with a crystalline light.

At this moment, along with the arrival of the employees of the Magic Engineering Academy, the automatic irrigation system in the garden was in operation.

And Ranqi and Vivian were still not far from the entrance of the old Liberal Arts Building.

Everything was because of Vivian’s sudden question.

When he was in the South Vantina Border Territory, Ranch hadn’t met anyone who would talk to him about this kind of topic.

Although Hans, the butler, and Francine, the maid, had both expressed high appreciation for his paintings, they hadn’t discussed professional art-related issues with Ranchi either.

Rancic thought about it and smiled as he replied:

“To say differently …… the statue of the goddess is carved to life, her eyes are gentle and loving, immersed in this rippling and jagged starry bottom surface, sometimes vast, sometimes returning to the wind and waves, falling deeper and deeper in the embrace of serenity, and yet it seems to be surfacing and lifting up the water. ”

“Indeed.”

Vivian heard Ranch’s answer and nodded in recognition.

She agreed with Ranch though.

But this kind of insight, which was much different from that of the celebrities, made her feel a hint of mediocrity even after hearing it more than once.

Soon, however.

She heard Ranch’s continued words again.

“But to say why it is possible to make the whole of this work so moving, I think it starts with the constellation of the Southern Cross behind the statue of the goddess.”

“Why?”

Vivian asked with a slight frown.

Often with this work, people’s comments were praising the goddess, and the background part as the base color, even though the carving of the background was also outstanding, it was not the main body of the work, and was more meaningful to set off the goddess.

“The astrological image carved out by Mr. Jera actually has a very slight deviation from the official school emblem in fact, not a mistake of course, but simply a difference in the angle of observation ……”

Ranch looked once again at the carving in the dome, his clear and focused emerald green eyes seeming to be able to accurately penetrate the orientation of each star, and sighed, rather mesmerized, that
“I randomly guess …… could it be that the sculptor, Mr. Jera, improvised this piece of work that night based on the starry night? That night’s starry sky may be like the Creator’s answer, gave Mr. Jera to make this work of spiritual nature, in this sense, he looked at the starry sky poured his mind, in the end, it is difficult to say whether he was carving lapis lazuli, or carving the starlight. It is this starry sky behind the goddess that makes the whole work one, and sets off the statue of the goddess to its fullest extent without dividing her from her touching splendor.”

“!”

Ranchi’s oblivious statement clearly startled Vivian.

The subtle eye and insight into the carvings was unique and profound.

Vivian remembered that, according to the records of the Ichorite Academy, the magical artisan Jera had indeed finished this work at night.

Although there was no way to verify the late Master Jera Zelt’s state of mind when he was creating it, it just happened to match up with Ranch’s statement.

Vivian also couldn’t help but raise her head and stare at the carving again, feeling more and more that Ranchi had a point.

“You ……”

She then gazed back to the side of Ranch’s face.

It seemed to be somewhat skeptical that Ranchi was really seeing this carving for the first time.

“I’ve made Your Highness Vivian laugh, perhaps my guess was not well thought out, if I have offended Master Jera, please bear with me.”

Ranchi felt Vivian’s line of sight and turned his head sideways, smiling smiling smilingly.

“I heard that your family’s ancestors were merchants, and because of that you’re good at connoisseurship?”

Vivian looked back and nodded gently before asking again.

Despite Ranch’s good connoisseurship, Vivian didn’t know what genres Ranch specialized in and how good his own creativity was.

“Just a little bit of interest.”

Ranchi replied modestly.

Vivian knew that Ranchi had always spoken in such an unsharp manner, but it was true that if Ranchi himself had extremely high artistic attainments, it was impossible for him to remain completely obscure in this field until now.

“I won’t hide it from you, the treasury of the royal palace likewise has a collection of works by the magic artisan Jera, and each and every one of them, can be called a national treasure.”

Vivian’s tone did not have the slightest hint of bragging, it was just that it was rare to meet a peer who was able to chat, and she couldn’t help but introduce some of them.
“If my royal brother Ainor sees you, maybe he will invite you to take you to appreciate some …… Forget it, you’d better not know him, and in the future, if you meet a third year student of the Magic Engineering Academy named Ainor, be sure to walk around.”

Vivian said in the middle of the sentence then hastily braked the words, and turned her face a little bit bad as the words changed.

“Isn’t His Royal Highness, Prince Ainor, as easygoing as Your Highness Vivian?”

Ranch asked curiously.

He hated people who only spoke halfway and riddlers.

But out of politeness, he posed his question in more appropriate terms.

“Am I approachable? Well …… brother he is indeed approachable as well, but his problem is that he’s too approachable.”

Vivian nodded as she fell into a moment of thought before explaining again.

Her elder brother, the second prince of the Houghton country, was a person with a very unique personality.

As a member of the royal family, he rather disdained power and status, but only loved elegance and art.

And he loves to show off in front of people.

If Ainor found out that Ranqi has a lot to say about art appreciation, he will invite Ranqi to travel with him to the palace, to appreciate his many collections, and to show Ranqi the way of pretending to be a pussy.

“Like this. Then Prince Ainor is also a very good person, I will take care to avoid him and not cause him any trouble.”

Ranchi probably understood.

It was that this prince was so enthusiastic that he couldn’t control himself when he met someone he could talk to.

“Well, there’s not much to worry about.”

Vivian was sure that even if her stupid royal brother did meet Ranchi and become instantly familiar with him in the future, he wouldn’t pester Ranchi much.

Obviously, at Ranchi’s age, there was no way that he could be any kind of real art master.

Then the king’s brother would at most show off with Ranqi and there wouldn’t be any follow-up. While chatting.

Seeing that the old Liberal Arts Building had begun its normal work.

The two of them then walked into the building to start the enrollment procedures.

Traveling with Vivian, everything was very easy.

It felt like I was becoming a minister too.

In less than half an hour, Ranchi happily left the Magic Works Academy and headed towards the dormitory.

The student service center would then take the students’ temporary luggage and send it directly to the appropriate dormitory.

Ranchi was quite satisfied with the school’s services.

“Do you have a team in mind right now? If you don’t join a team, I’m afraid you’ll have a hard time challenging the Shadow World.”

Vivian strolled with her arms wrapped around her, her fingertips tapping her elbows.

She stopped by with Ranch and asked while on her way.

She was likewise going to check out the dormitory building today, and they would be classmates at the Sage Academy later on.

Students who were granted the Registered Challenger status by the Southern Continent Shadow World Management Association would be able to challenge the real Shadow World, and, of course, team up.

And so in the school, there were quite a number of powerful teams that were quite prestigious.

The school had an explicit rule prohibiting first year students from participating in the Shadow World Challenge alone.

So often, even if there were students who had gotten their Registered Challenger licenses as early as first year, they would join teams and team up with upperclassmen for challenges.

“That said, if I go find a fellow first year to team up with for a challenge can’t I?”

Ranch asked curiously.

He actually wanted to go for a real Shadow World challenge as soon as possible and didn’t want to waste a bit of time.

Because after opening the Shadow World there would be a rejection time when you couldn’t re-enter the Shadow World, as the saying goes, play early and CD early.

And joining the team, there were still all sorts of bonding, arranging, and preparation periods, as a newcomer, I’m afraid it would be difficult to get on the field quickly and directly.

“That is pure death seeking behavior.”

Vivian looked at Ranch and said coldly.

She didn’t want Ranchi to destroy himself due to excessive arrogance and ignorance, he was a rather promising talent in the Houghton Kingdom.

“Uh.”

Ranchi felt that Vivian’s attitude became a bit scary, but he also knew that Vivian was worried about his safety.

His knowledge of the Real Shadow World only rested on some actual combat records and analyzed literature, and Vivian, as a king’s daughter, knew quite a few formidable challengers, so she surely knew more about the actual situation than he did.

“That said, the difficulty of the real Third Order Shadow World compared to the difficulty of the third round of examination ……”

“The difficulty of the Third Order Shadow World is far greater than the Second Order’s [Infinite Phantom Canyon], and even with the addition of even more stringent words, they’re not on the same level.”

Before Ranqi’s words were even finished asking, Vivian answered directly and decisively.

She found that Ranchi apparently didn’t even realize the danger of the Real Shadow World.

How could an artificially simulated fragment of a second-stage Shadow World compare to the difficulty of a third-stage Shadow World!
If Ranchi really became complacent just because he passed the entrance exam and got his license without taking the test, sooner or later he would cause serious trouble in the Shadow World.

Vivian took a deep breath and felt that even if she became a bad person, she had to scold Ranchi severely to wake him up.

Before she could organize her words, however, Ranch asked again:
“What if, I mean what if, adding ‘small hill terrain’, ‘examiner rank four to five’, and ‘examiner starting distance halved’ to the [Infinite Phantom Canyon] exams ‘ these three negative phrases, would it be able to compare itself to a third-order Shadow World?”

After hearing that, Vivian froze.

What devil’s words, is this something a human could come up with?
Then the nature of the exam had completely changed.

“…… Are you kidding me, if we add these three phrases, I believe it’s impossible for any new student to pass the exam, it’s already close to the third-order Shadow World of the Riotous State.”

Vivian murmured with hesitant words.

Generally speaking, if there was a serious mistake during the process of the Shadow World, resulting in the inability to overcome the final enemy through the mechanism smoothly, or even being hunted by the final enemy first, it was often said that the Shadow World had entered the “Rampage State”.

In a third-ranked Shadow World that is in a state of rage, a third-ranked challenger may have to face a fifth-ranked final enemy.

After saying that, Vivian looked at Ranch with confusion.

It couldn’t be that Ranch and Huberian were the two people who had encountered this kind of phrase, could it?

Then if both of them gave the test, how perverted must Ranchi be?
“Then I probably have a good idea in my mind about the difficulty of the Third Order Shadow World.”

Ranchi nodded as he rested his chin.

Then as long as he pulled in his old teammate Huberian, the real Shadow World that the team matched into, the two of them were ranked two and three respectively, and it wouldn’t be a surprise that it would also be a second- or third-order Shadow World.

Instead, it was much easier than joining a team to team up with a third and fourth order senior.

“You …… wouldn’t have encountered those three words with Huberian, would you?”

Vivian asked with a skeptical sideways glance, staring at Ranch.

Though she didn’t think it was possible.

But at that moment just now, she felt that there seemed to be an inexplicable calmness and steadiness in Ranchi, and even though she had a good eye for recognizing people as a king’s daughter, she felt a little unclear about the depths of Ranchi.

“Of course not, how could it be these three.”

Ranchi smiled and waved his hand, shaking his head.

He had come across the phrases “plains terrain”, “angry ferrat”, and “one-third distance”.

It was a bit different from what he had just told Vivian.

In the next few days, the chapters will have more words than usual, and will be updated every day with 5,000 or 6,000 words, so thank you for your willingness to read this book, and Yuzuki thanks you!

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