Chapter 510

Wang Zhong's expression changed wildly.

Cui Xinghe said with a complex face, "This 'Smoke locks the pond willows' looks simple, but it hides mystery!"

"Because these five characters represent the most basic elements of the world: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth!"

"Using the five elements as radicals to form characters, and its artistic conception is also first-class; as Lord Gao said, smoke curls, covering a silent pond, and the willow tree by the pond appears and disappears in the smoke!"

"This 'lock' character is so good that I want to kneel!"

As the words fell, Wang Zhong was full of shock.

Using the five elements to form a sentence, composing an absolute couplet for the ages with excellent artistic conception!

He couldn't help but look at Wei Laoyezi, his gaze filled with pity.

It's over!

Wu Zhao clenched her fists, also full of disbelief.

This Gao Yang actually had such talent in couplets!

"What a 'Smoke locks the pond willows,' what a Gao Yang!"

Wu Zhao couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

She looked at Gao Yang's back, and the curiosity in her eyes could not be covered no matter what.

Gao Yang was like a huge treasure, inexhaustible, making her want to dig into him!

Gao Yang ignored everyone's expressions; he turned to look at Wei Laoyezi with a look of shame.

"I am untalented, and these two first lines have made Wei Laoyezi laugh; I ask Wei Laoyezi for instruction!"

"Lord Shangguan, take the hourglass and start timing!"

"I have prepared to die calmly."

Shangguan Wan'er heard this, and her expression was strange.

She was also convinced by Gao Yang; he was worthy of being Great Qian's number one Poisonous Scholar, truly too steady.

Two first lines, both absolute couplets for the ages; "Lotus flowers on the painting, the monk paints" was already invincible.

But Gao Yang still wasn't at ease, and actually pulled out "Smoke locks the pond willows"; if this Wei Laoyezi could match it, it would truly be a ghost.

Let alone him alone, even if all the scholars of Great Chu were counted, they couldn't match it in a short time.

Two absolute couplets for the ages, must be answered within half an hour, and must have similar artistic conception and neat structure!

There are thirty thousand ways to live in the world, yet he didn't leave a single one for Wei Laoyezi.

And like "Smoke locks the pond willows," such an absolute couplet for the ages, even if Wei Laoyezi was truly a literary star reincarnated, he couldn't make a barely acceptable second line in half an hour, but Gao Yang was still invincible!

Because artistic conception is something that, whether it is "Lotus flowers on the painting, the monk paints" or "Smoke locks the pond willows," is a top-tier work!

No wonder Gao Yang dared to bet his life!

Shangguan Wan'er's expression was strange, but she still quickened her pace to get the hourglass.

Soon, the sand inside began to flow, and time passed bit by bit.

Wei Laoyezi had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, and his brain began to run at high speed.

But the more he thought, the more desperate he felt.

Difficult!

Too difficult!

Let alone half an hour, even if he were given half a month or half a year, he could hardly make a second line that could compare!

Let alone that Gao Yang didn't play by the rules and directly brought out two, each more terrifying than the last!

Wei Laoyezi felt desperate in his heart.

If these absolute couplets for the ages were spread, they would spread across the seven kingdoms, but he had never heard of them.

The only explanation is that Gao Yang was truly playing the pig to eat the tiger; he could have been famous when young and respected by thousands, but he chose to hide his talent and pretend to be a playboy!

But it was useless to think about these things now; the urgent matter was these two second lines, how to make them within half an hour.

"Lord Gao..."

Wei Laoyezi hesitated for a moment and said with difficulty.

He wanted to be thick-skinned and delay a little more time.

But before he could finish, he was interrupted by Gao Yang.

"Worthy of being the world-renowned Wei Laoyezi, have you already made the second line?"

"Wei Laoyezi, don't worry about me, just say it; I have always valued the bet more than my life; as long as Wei Laoyezi provides the second line, I will die immediately!"

"In my heart, the reason a human is a human, the most spiritual of all things, is because humans know integrity and keep promises!"

"Delaying time and fearing death, how is that different from livestock?"

"Wei Laoyezi, rest assured; in front of everyone, if I go back on my word, then I will be hit by a carriage when I go out, stabbed to death by a knife, choke to death on water, rot to death from a rotten butt, be squeezed to death by one hundred buck-toothed ugly women each weighing over two hundred pounds, and all my descendants will be sent to do corvée labor, and the women will be sent to the music bureau for generations!"