“Even though it’s the auditions, you can’t reveal all your skills,” Master Wang Shu advised as they entered the car.

Wang Lei held the door open until they were both inside and then entered the passenger seat.

Although it was just the audition, the other two brothers also went with them in another car.

“This time, don’t do oil painting, you can try another technique.”

Master Wang Shu knew that some other countries would want to see their countries representatives using the audition and so he didn’t want her to release all her cards.

“Is it the same venue that would be used for the Art Gathering?”

Rong Yue had a faint recollection of the Art Gathering. Since Tong Yue had used her identity as a painter in the past but didn’t really have a lot of skills, she would always avoid the Art Gathering regardless of how many times she was invited.

At a point, it became obvious to people and people started to complain about it. After all, their country had lost so many times, and yet, one of the thriving painters in their country didn’t want to go out there to bring back some honor.

Now that she was the face of her own work, Rong Yue felt like she wouldn’t have a problem winning for the earlier ones.

Wang Lei also told her about some of the other talents that were in the Art association.

“This time, I heard that the second student of Master Pei Wu, Du Yating, would also be there.”

“He’s the top undefeated person and also has some international awards under his belt. According to what people are saying, he has been able to find a perfect blend between Chinese styles and foreign styles…” Wang Lei recounted everything he knew carefully.

“You already met Bai Xiang, she’s from the Bai family and is also ranked as the second person. The other time, I suspect that she didn’t take the competition seriously and she would now be guarded against her…”

“As for Luo Yunxi and Ning Li, you don’t have to worry as even me who isn’t an artist knows that they can’t stand beside you when it comes to skills or ability.”

Wang Lei didn’t think Bai Xiang was better than Rong Yue but he also knew that she was competitive and didn’t know how to take a loss.

He was also worried that Rong Yue would paint things too casually and give them an opportunity to win her.

As he thought of all these, he couldn’t help but advise her.

After giving her a rundown, Master Wang Shu patted Rong Yue’s shoulders.

“Don’t mind Wang Lei, he doesn’t know that this old man’s requirements for talent is extremely high.”

“Although that Du Yating has some accomplishments, he can’t stand beside you if you train for one year or more.”

“Also, the soul of your painting is very fierce. It’s hard for anyone to make their paintings come alive.”

Rong Yue smiled at his praise but didn’t say anything.

Before they set off at all, she already made plans and had checked the previous works that won the Art Gathering.

As for the auditions, she didn’t plan to go above and beyond in getting the first place.

As long as she got one of the top five spots, that was more than enough.

“Thank you, Master, this student understands.”

“Thank you, brother Wang Lei, I’ll keep everything in mind.”

After that, the car became silent and the four of them were lost in their own thoughts.

By the time the car stopped at the Capital headquarters of the Art association, the whole place was already packed full.

Rong Yue’s brows arched upwards in surprise as she hadn’t expected that a lot of people would show up here.

However, it didn’t change anything and she wasn’t too disturbed.

Not only was the car park full, even the entrance was full with people lining up to enter.

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“The people from the Art Association don’t need to go through a basic check at the door, we would go through the side door.”

The check at the door was very simple, anyone that wanted to partake in the auditions needed to show one of their paintings.

More importantly, it had to have their signature or something that could prove that they owned the work.

Since people from the Association already had their works submitted at one point or the other, they could easily skip that step.

However, even when they entered, the crowd was not any less. After all, although there were four main masters in the Art Association because of their reputation and skill level, there was still several others that had joined at one point or the other.

Some of them planned on entering the auditions while some brought their students to enter the auditions.

Rong Yue looked around the hall briefly and made a rough estimate that about hundred contestants were already inside.

The ones outside was ten times that number but there was also no guarantee that all of them would be allowed into the hall.

As soon as they saw Master Wang Shu coming in, a lot of people stood up to greet him and show their respects.

Rong Yue also noticed that four young people stood up and also walked towards them.

“Master Wang Shu,” Bai Xiang greeted with a small smile and then stepped back. However, her gaze stayed on Rong Yue for a second before she stepped back.

“Master Wang Shu, you look really happy today, it must be because of younger sister right?” Luo Yunxi asked as he glanced at Rong Yue with a knowing glance.

“Haha.. you know me best. It’s nice to finally have my own student compete with all her seniors. She’s still learning so you must go easy on her okay?” Master Wang Shu said, his smile wide enough to go from ears to ears.

After that, Ning Li greeted Master Wang Shu and stepped back for the last person.

“Brother Luo said junior sister’s painting was as beautiful as she was. I thought it was a tricky way to describe art but it is only now that I have seen her that I understand him.”

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