Bei Feng's children's painting class ran smoothly.
She is really good at painting. Even if she is not an artist, she is at least an excellent painter. What's more important is that she has absolutely no intention of being perfunctory about teaching children to draw. Instead, she takes it very seriously and does it meticulously.
She is not like those scammers who tinker with so-called "children's paintings" on earth, making some simple graphics for children to copy. Instead, she really talks about the basic skills of painting - structure, lines, colors, layout... and so on.
The first lesson she taught was "Sketching Squares".
The so-called sketch refers to using pure black to draw things. A powerful painter, such as Sui Xiong, only needs a pencil to draw paintings that make readers clearly feel power, speed, temperature and even emotion, while ordinary enthusiasts can at least draw some paintings that are not too complicated. The things are drawn in such a way that people will know "Ah, so this is it" at a glance.
What Bei Feng is talking about is the simplest sketch, which is to draw a square.
She put a square piece of wood on the plate and taught the children how to draw the square to look like it.
This is easier said than done. Bei Feng taught them one by one almost step by step. After teaching for almost a week, only four or five children could draw squares with a slight look, so that people would not think of them as something else.
These children are either relatively talented or have a certain foundation. Overall, it's a great achievement.
As for other children, it's far behind. In some of the worst paintings, even the basic framework is distorted and messy, making it impossible to tell what it is.
If it were another irritable teacher, he would probably be able to kick them out. But Bei Feng didn't do that. She showed patience that amazed Wood, dividing the children into three parts according to their progress and providing them with targeted education.
Needless to say, those children who made fast progress were no problem, and those who made medium progress were no problem. Only the slow progress cost her a staggering amount of time and energy.
In Bei Feng's painting classroom, there are not those lazy people on earth who "eat all day long and have nothing to do", and there are no naughty children who not only don't work hard, but also make trouble for others. Every child who comes to learn painting is very serious and attentive, and they practice hard after returning home - this can be seen from those children who make rapid progress.
As for those children who progress slowly, they have neither foundation nor talent. The reason why their drawings are not in shape is because they have difficulty constructing "shapes" in their minds, so their writing is so messy.
The basic skills of horizontal lines, vertical lines and arcs can be mastered through hard practice, but how to construct them in your mind is definitely not something that can be explained clearly in one sentence.
When Bei Feng was studying painting, the teacher never told her how to teach others to master this ability - people without this talent are not suitable to be painters at all and will be eliminated directly.
But she didn't want to. She hoped that she could do things beautifully and establish her status in Huishi City.
The social status of an ordinary teacher and a respectable good teacher are completely different!
For a spy, being a respected teacher is almost the best disguise.
Of course, if you can become a high-level person in a certain country, this disguise will definitely be better. But this kind of thing is something that comes only by chance, and even something that Wood can't do, Bei Feng doesn't think he can do.
However, becoming a respectable teacher means paying more than being an ordinary teacher.
More time, more energy, more effort.
Seeing that she was working so hard, Wood advised her not to be too stubborn. After all, the teacher's identity was just a disguise. If this identity was too good, she might get into unexpected trouble.
"Look at me, I originally planned to be a carpenter, but then Felix saw my wood carvings and I became a wood carver. Then I became an artist, and now I am a great artist..." Wood sighed with a wry smile, " Do you think I can still be a good spy in my current situation?"
Bei Feng looked at him calmly and shook his head.
"Yeah, no more." Wood sighed. "The best cover for a spy is not an outstanding identity, but the feeling of obscurity. If I were just a carpenter who didn't excel, I might be better at espionage work. outstanding."
Bei Feng frowned slightly. She knew that what Wood said made sense, even though it was different from what was taught in the spy training class.
"When we first received training, the instructor said, 'A good identity is the best cover.' There is certainly nothing wrong with this statement, but while a good identity plays a protective role, it also requires more time and energy to operate. At the same time, It will shoulder greater social responsibilities." Wood said, "Our intelligence station is not the type with sufficient manpower. Just the two of us, how much can we do?"
Bei Feng thought for a moment and nodded.
"You are right, you have been occupied with too much time from wood carving work. If I also spend too much time on painting education, the intelligence collection work will indeed be greatly affected."
Then she became ill, very ill. According to the doctor, it was caused by overwork.
"You have worked too hard during this period and need to recuperate for a few days." The doctor who was born in the medical major of New Oriental Comprehensive Technical School made a brief diagnosis and confirmed Bei Feng's condition. "It is not troublesome to recover from this disease, but remember that in the future Don’t work too hard. If a situation like yours persists over and over again, it can easily accumulate into a serious illness. Then... it will be really troublesome!"
After the news spread, parents of children whose progress was slow came to our door one after another, saying that they wanted their children to drop out of school and stop learning to draw. Even many parents of children with ordinary progress came to talk about this matter.
"Why?" Bei Feng asked in surprise, "Although their progress is relatively slow, they study very hard!"
But she was just making a gesture, specially using secret drugs to make herself "sick from overwork", wasn't that just for this!
A few days later, Bei Feng recovered from her illness, but only about half of the students in her painting classroom were left.
(This is enough.)
Looking at the more than twenty children, Bei Feng looked sad, but secretly smiled in his heart.
Without the burden of those children who lacked talent, Bei Feng would find it much easier to teach. In only two or three months, the children with faster progress have almost completed the "Simple Still Life" course, and it's time to take them outdoors to learn colors and drawings.
This is also the most fundamental reason why she started this painting classroom - with this group of children as a cover, she can spy on certain places and draw some pictures without being suspected.
When a person sits there painting, anyone who looks at it will be suspicious. But the painting teacher was leading a group of children to paint, and even the most vigilant person would not suspect anything.
A few days later, she gave it a try. This time I went to the South Gate of Pyroxene City, and of course it was the South Gate that was painted.
The city walls and gates of Huishi City were all designed by Sui Xiong. He adopted the ancient Chinese architectural style. The city walls and gates were extremely thick. Coupled with the existence of the urn city, the structure was not complicated, but it had an impressive sense of security.
Of course, it was impossible for a group of children who had just learned painting for a few months to draw a city gate that looked exactly like it, so Bei Feng drew a demonstration picture for them.
This demonstration picture uses sketching techniques. Because the description of light and shadow is relatively omitted, there are still some shortcomings if you look closely, but it is already an excellent example for children.
Sui Xiong, who was hiding in the air, looked at the painting and shook his head, saying, "It's not good at this level."
With his ability, there are probably not many painters in the world who are qualified enough to make him nod and say, "This painting is of good quality." Most of them are concentrated in the Kingdom of the God of Literature and Art...
In fact, Sui Xiong and the God of Literature and Art often exchanged painting techniques, and both sides learned a lot. The God of Literature and Art even directly stated that "your understanding and attainments in the art of painting are fully qualified for this priesthood."
Sui Xiong has no objection to becoming the "God of Painting". On the contrary, he feels it is very honorable - for a person who loves painting, being able to become the God of Painting is of course an extremely glorious thing.
But he is no longer a simple painter. Now he is the leader of a large force, responsible for the rise and fall of a church and a country. His core ideal is no longer the same as before the time travel. He just needs to be a good painter, make some money, and live a stable life. He now wants to lead these people who believe in him and worship him to move forward together and build their homeland better; he also wants to promote the progress of this society, change those unreasonable and unfair phenomena, and make this society more full Vitality allows most people to live and work in peace and contentment and pursue their own ideals.
This is an ambitious goal. For this, it requires countless time and energy, and it requires a lot of dedication from him. Therefore, although he was once tempted, he finally rejected the proposal of the God of Literature and Art and did not choose to become the God of Painting.
"I want to be the god of development and progress." He said, "Painting is my hobby, and promoting the development and progress of the world is my ideal!"
"What's wrong with turning your hobby into a priesthood?" asked the God of Literature and Art. "Most gods are like this."
"Maybe, but compared to ideals, hobbies are not that important." Sui Xiong said with a smile, "This is the relationship between the primary goal and the secondary goal. I can't confuse the priority."
The God of Literature and Art was silent for a while and asked: "Have you ever thought about how much resistance you will encounter if you really want to promote the development and progress of the entire world—or at least the entire main plane?"
"I've thought about it." Sui Xiong said with a smile, "Progress is not something you say with your mouth, it has to be done with your hands. In this process, there will inevitably be blood and fire, and there will inevitably be swords and swords... these I have been mentally prepared for a long time."
"Even if the whole world becomes enemies?"
"It won't come to that."
However, not long after that conversation, a war broke out in which the evil gods besieged the "sanctuary" of the Void Masked Kingdom.
Sui Xiong didn't think there was anything wrong with it at the time. Anyway, eradicating evil would not be a bad thing. But when this time, many kind gods appeared among his enemies, he felt a little uncomfortable.
"Maybe... I really should have chosen to become the god of painting..." Thinking of the original discussion, he couldn't help but mutter to himself.
In fact, he was just talking.
If you want to become a painting god, you can do it anytime, even now.
But his ideal is not here, so he will not make this choice.
Just like Bei Feng, she could be a truly pure painting teacher and a respectable figure, but she chose to be a spy.
Just like Wood, he is obviously a respected great artist. As long as he has a reason, the Northwest Republic will give him strong protection, and no one can use his past spy career to attack him.
But he still insisted on his identity as a spy and his loyalty to the Secret Tower Federation.
Even if it hurts the people who have cared about him and taken care of him over the years, he will not hesitate!
Bei Feng's painting class went very smoothly. After more than half a year, the people in Huishi City had completely adapted to her presence, and they were also used to her disappearing and disappearing with a group of children from time to time, collecting and sketching everywhere.
Not only that, she often posted everyone's paintings outside the painting classroom for people to visit.
From those works, the progress of the children can be clearly seen. Their painting skills are still immature, but they are gradually becoming more mature. Even people who don't understand art can feel that they are indeed getting better and better at painting.
This gave Bei Feng more support, and even her request to paint "Miners After get off work" was approved by Mr. Reif Cavat.
Of course, it was impossible for Reiff to let her take the children to paint in the underground mines. It would be too dangerous. He just made an appointment for Bei Feng to take the children to observe the miners when they were off work.
However, this is already a huge improvement.
Before this, not even a single spy could sneak into the vicinity of the negative energy crystal mine, let alone come around the mine to observe the miners off duty at close range.
When Bei Feng sent this information back, he was praised by the Secret Magic Tower Federal Intelligence Agency.
"Finally another piece of decent intelligence!" The intelligence chief looked at the information with pictures and text, and said with a smile, "Sending someone to take over the job of No. 97 is indeed a good idea!"
"That's true, but I still suggest that the matter of clearing Wood... should be delayed a little longer?" His deputy advised, "At least until now, Wood has not caused any hindrance to Beifeng's work. On the contrary, he has helped It’s been a lot of work.”
The intelligence director thought for a while and nodded.
"What you say makes sense. Regardless of whether he has rebelled or not, being able to send this information back shows that at least he has not completely turned against us. There is really no need to rush to eliminate him now."
After their discussion, they decided to ask intelligence officers to send an order to suspend the operation to eliminate Wood.
As for the channel for transmitting orders, of course it will not be as exaggerated as directly using the teleportation array.
Anyway, Beifeng and Wood are getting along very well during this period, so there is no need to worry too much.
However, even they themselves did not expect that while this order was still being passed on the road, Bei Feng took action...