He and It

"Ah, what this young man is talking about, I can't understand a word," Eros, the god of love, lamented, "Looking at him immersed in the brush and paint, it's like he's possessed!"

"Like love, the power of anger and hatred is also huge." Aphrodite said, "Sometimes they lurk in a long stream, and sometimes they explode like a volcano. You can't say that the fierce hatred cannot be completely reshaped. One’s body and mind.”

During the process of completing this painting, Xie Ning seldom slept and even less rested. He mixed the purple and red of the sunset, overturned the blue and black of the sea, the gold of the sun, and the silver of the moon. They were all too light and shallow. He instead went to the lava to get the burning red gold, to the unyielding hardness. In the ice, a more piercing mercury is concentrated.

The concepts of winning and losing were temporarily far away from his mind. Xie Ning's only thought was to complete this work, his hard work. Even though there was a distance between the abyss and the Kingdom of God, he hoped that the touch on his soul would still be effective, and that Echidna could still feel his love and longing when the brush moved.

On the day he finished painting this painting, Xie Ning threw away the paintbrush stuck in his hand. He had lost a lot of weight and was shaky when he walked, but his eyes were still shining, like eternal lamps in the dark night.

"Dolos, take a rest," Aphrodite couldn't help but dissuade him, "You can't despise your body so much. In this case, how will you complete the next two paintings?"

"I can't rest," Xie Ning said, "I'm holding this breath... I have to wait for the results to come out before I can spit it out."

The dissuasion was ineffective, and the God of Love could only shake his head helplessly: "Oh, this is exactly what everyone looks like when they are crazy in love."

She had no choice but to report to Zeus that Xie Ning had completed the first painting. Not long after, Apollo drove a golden carriage to the temple of Olympus.

"Since the human being has finished painting, I have finished painting too." The Sun God announced loudly. Soon, the temple was crowded with gods of all kinds. They all came from all over the world to prepare for this strange competition. own opinions.

Putting Xie Ning's paintings and Apollo's paintings together, the blindfolded Themis personally stepped forward and lifted the curtains covering them one by one.

The first thing to be opened was Xie Ning's painting.

In an instant, the restless wind god stopped flying, and the waiter who served the wine forgot to put away his glass. The gods were silent, each with shock and surprise, looking at the scene without blinking.

——Echidna, the half-human, half-snake demon.

His long hair flows like an earthly river, with a winding snake tail, and his eyebrows are lowered. He lies across the universe and the spiraling planets, with comets orbiting around his complicated golden tattoos. The vacuum is dark, the stars are like sand, and on his fingertips there are soft flowers that are bigger than the celestial body.

He seemed to be asking it questions, but no one can ask questions about a poem, no one can ask questions about a dream, or a kiss, and of course no one can ask questions about a flower.

This is great love and great beauty. Because there are too many, they simultaneously transform into great sadness and silence.

"Ah," Aphrodite said softly.

She had never seen this painting before.

"I think... the victory has been decided." Dionysus murmured. "The love and beauty it interprets are impeccable, making me feel dizzy as if I was drunk. What about you, brother? In order to fight against this great force, you are preparing to fight again." What kind of work did you create?”

He asked Apollo, and saw the sun god's eyes fixed, his expression mixed with habitual contempt and unexpected confusion.

"Perhaps, this is indeed a remarkable work." The Sun God squeezed the wine glass and said slowly, "Goddess Themis, please open my painting."

The goddess of justice nodded. She could not see these two works, but she could sense the power of the first painting from the swallowing reaction of the gods.

Then, she opened the second one.

At this moment, Aphrodite's expression changed, and the temple buzzed, completely different from the previous reaction. The gods were talking a lot. Sitting on the throne, Zeus frowned and leaned forward.

Apollo's paintings are indeed beautiful. He painted the golden and blue sky with transcendent brushwork. The clouds are flowing, and the evening stars are looming behind the translucent canopy. On the arc of the horizon, a bright moon is falling into the sparkling sea along with the fading night.

The technique of painting the gods is unlike any other in the world. It looks so spectacular, vast and majestic on paper - but no matter how magnificent it is, it is just the sky, and has no other meaning beyond that.

Athena frowned. She represented the thoughts of many gods and said reproachfully: "The sky is magnificent, and it is naturally the beloved homeland of the sun, moon and stars. But here, I only see your determination to despise your opponent, Apollo."

"Apollo, do you so despise my mother, the god who is the same god as you?" Eros stood up angrily, "Didn't you swear by the Styx River? Don't you understand the glory of the competition? , and the weight of the promise? You fooled this game, it is really an act worthy of shame!"

Some gods were outraged by his actions, while others understood him perfectly. "It was my fault," Apollo looked at Xie Ning inquiringly. "I thought that this young man was also a member of the group seeking fame and reputation. He just challenged the gods rashly out of anger, so he did not use his full strength. Now it seems that he is Someone with real talent and learning.”

After saying that, he turned to Aphrodite and apologized sincerely: "Ah, you, the most beautiful goddess in the world, please don't resent me or be angry with me for my offense. You know that I love you the most among the gods. Whenever As you walk on the earth, I will illuminate your path with bright sunlight. Please forgive me for my recklessness. I am willing to leave a place for you in the temple of Delphi so that you can know that this is not me. true intention."

Aphrodite smiled sweetly at him, then ignored him and turned to Xie Ning.

"What about you, are you angry, Dolos?"

Xie Ning stared straight at the two paintings, with bloodshot eyes, and said bluntly: "I don't have the energy to be angry. I just want to know, did I win?"

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