Absolute Great Teacher

Chapter 67: Three Grand Rewards

Ding!

"Congratulations. You obtained the grandmaster-grade 'Character Painting Technique'."

"Note: This is one of the three great branch techniques of Traditional Painting!"

Upon hearing the remainder of the system, Sun Mo had a dumbfounded look on his face. "What? You feel that I have no future on the path of being a masseuse; hence, you want me to become a painter? When I cannot stay in school any longer, do you want me to peddle my art on the streets for a living?"

Sun Mo understood that although great teachers in Middle-Earth encompassed many types of occupations, the occupations could be classified into different grades.

There were great teachers proficient in painting, but they were considered mid to low-tier. After all, the painting was simply too non-mainstream.

In the ancient eras of China, the best painter could become a court artist and create a portrait for the emperor.

A few hundred years after the death of the emperor, that portrait might become popular and could be sold for millions or billions of dollars. However, this no longer had anything to do with the painter. Besides, it might not be because the artist had drawn the portrait well, the portrait might simply be a means for the wealthy merchants to launder their money.

In the various countries of the nine provinces, due to spirit qi existing, the status of painters was slightly higher. The painting they created might occasionally have some extra effects that could influence the heart of those looking at it.

Naturally, only an extremely rare few could achieve such a high level as a painter.

The majority of the time, things such as appreciating art were the interest of the rich and powerful and also a method to display their 'elegance' and 'unique taste'.

"It isn't bad to have more skills. Even if you won't be able to use it in your entire life, there wouldn't be any negative points that come from learning it."

The system's words were correct. With an additional skill in hand, one wouldn't hunger to death regardless of how difficult life was. In addition, this was a grandmaster-grade 'Character Painting Technique'.

What was known as the grandmaster grade?

It meant that one had very deep and solid expertise in this domain and was worthy of being called a grandmaster by everyone.

If Sun Mo mastered it, there would be no problems for him to setting up a dojo and accept disciples. If someone came to challenge his drawing dojo, given his grandmaster-level of mastery, it should be sufficient to handle all sorts of challenges.

"What are the other two techniques?"

Actually, Sun Mo was very satisfied. When he was younger, interest classes were very popular. His family was poor and he couldn't afford to join any, but he could still manage to buy some ink, paper, and brush. Hence, he practiced drawing on his own for a little while. Sadly, he didn't have much talent in this field and eventually chose to give it up.

However, as for calligraphy, he did manage to persevere, and his works could be considered not too bad. After he became a teacher in the No.2 High School, his beautiful works were deeply loved by the old headmaster as well as the students. His works helped him and deepened the impression of him in the eyes of others.

Now, as long as he read the skill book, his painting skill would be at the grandmaster level. This was just too wonderful.

"Mountain and River Painting and the Flora and Fauna Painting Technique. Other than this, there's still Western painting and traditional Chinese painting," the system explained.