Chapter 138: Animated books.
The fatty in the Azuremist sect always felt off to Lee. The guy seemed natural and all, but his thin face ... was not. Fat people have fat cheeks. Both – lower and upper. But since the guy’s face was slim, he was fake. Now Lee was sure of it.
He didn’t know what the whole thing was about, but if the fatty was fake, the girl was as well. After all, the fat guy was the one who asked for her message addressed to a non-existent Elder Mu.
The characters they played may have been fake, but it didn’t mean the people behind the masks, the actors, were. And judging by how good they were, they couldn’t be random nobodies.
Lee paused and put the drawing aside. He closed his eyes again, and slowly, piece by piece took off the girl’s make-up, then long hair, changed into different clothing.
’This is fun!’ Lee thought to himself, and went back to drawing. He hadn’t been this excited in a long time.
One after another different pictures appeared, but the confusion on the faces of the three spectators grew. They were quickly loosing patience, but Lee’s calm attitude prevented them from interrupting him.
Besides, the way the kid drew was nothing they had seen in their lives. Obviously they had seen artists at work, but Lee didn’t intend to make an art. He was copying pictures he saw in front of him. And he was doing it at incredible speed.
"So this is why the Hall of Knowledge wanted to poach him." Shen Rouya mumbled.
"Maybe this will lead somewhere ..." The man said, but Chi Yanzhen’s eyes grew wide.