The Beginning of Panlong: In the Name of the Father

Chapter 83 Stone Sculpture'Inheritance'

Hogg gave Wharton three days' leave.

After all, Wharton hasn't seen him or his mother in more than a year.

Although Wharton has a lively personality on the surface, he is softer and more fragile than Lin Lei on the inside.

For three days, Hogg and Linna did nothing else but took Wharton to play in the Red Flame City, just like an ordinary noble couple playing with their children.

And this is the “reward” Wharton deserves for studying far away from home.

However, after three days, although he was a little reluctant to leave, Hogg still sent Wharton back to O'Brien College to continue his difficult educational journey.

Hogg, on the other hand, also has to carry out his "work" in the O'Brien empire, which, in short, is the exchange of formal stone carving art.

There are four stone carving masters in the O'Brien Empire.

Hogg will visit and communicate with them one by one through the Proulx Hall.

Of course, not all of these stone carving masters are willing to communicate, and the Proulx Hall only serves as a platform. . .Of course, Hogg will not be hot-tempered.

In the final analysis, the so-called "exchange of stone carving skills" is just a pretext for tourism.

Of the four stone carving masters, two lived near the imperial capital, while the other two lived in the northeastern and southern provinces of the empire.

And if you don't count the distance, the time spent communicating with each master is only seven or eight days.

There are two stone carving masters around the imperial capital circle, one is the bald and strong Master Philippa, and the other is Master Chinoka who looks like a rigorous old professor.

Like his appearance, Master Chinoka is a very rigorous master in stone carving. He also has a deep study of history, especially the history before the Magnolia Calendar, and can be regarded as a master of "retro" stone carving.

Compared with Master Philippa, Master Chinoka is not so easy to deal with.In Hogg's words, it's an old fuddy-duddy.

The stone carving skills are pretty good, but there is no innovation or development.

Instead, it was Master Philippa, who also formed a deep friendship with Hogg.

The two parties discussed stone carving techniques and exchanged some stone carving methods and techniques.

Even Hogg also gained a lot.

In the second week of Scarlet Flame City, Hogg locked himself in a stone carving room in the Proulx Hall, trying to leave what he saw and felt during his time in the O'Brien Empire through stone carvings.

Then he succeeded.

"The "inheritance" of stone carving... I dare say that even if this piece of Master Hogg's work is not as good as the top ten stone carvings, it is almost the same." However, the old-fashioned Master Chinoka had a confused look in his eyes, looking at this with some obsession. Stone sculpture.

"Indeed, the value of this stone sculpture is higher than my best works... Hogg, but what surprises me most is that you carved this stone sculpture in ten days." Master Philippa Also full of shock.

Stone carving "inheritance".

A life-size stone sculpture depicting two figures.

The middle-aged father and the young child have similar but different appearances.

The father's appearance is more "rough" and the child's appearance is more "immature".The most special thing is my father's hands, which are a pair of hands used to carving stone sculptures. They are rough and have deep marks, but they are very stable.

This stone carving depicts a stone carver teaching his children to carve step by step.

The stone carver frowned, but he was relieved and relieved to pass on his skills to the child, as well as hesitant about choosing this difficult path as a child, and other complex emotions concentrated on that old face.

"This is at least a top-notch master-level work. If sold, it would be worth at least 80 gold coins." Curator Terrence finally came to the conclusion that he himself may not be too high in stone carving skills, but his appreciation The level is very high, and his conclusion is also very authoritative, "With this statue alone, Master Hogg's status in the stone sculpture world will not be shaken in the future."

Among the "Top Ten Stone Sculptures" in Magnolia Continent, the highest value one is worth more than 500 million gold coins, while the lowest price one is also worth [-] million gold coins.

The "heritage" value of the stone sculptures carved by Hogg is nearly one million gold coins, which can be regarded as second only to these ten stone sculptures.

If Hogg carved ten stone sculptures that exceeded this level in his lifetime, he would not be considered a master of stone sculpture, but should be called a master of stone sculpture.

Hearing these comments from these people who were also considered important figures in the stone carving world, Hogg showed a reserved and proud smile.

Strength can be said to be the accumulation of past lives, but even if he didn't start from scratch in terms of stone carving skills, he didn't have much accumulation from past lives.

Being able to reach this point makes him even more proud than having understood the rules of life.

Of course, the reason why he was able to carve this stone sculpture was actually because of his understanding of "life".His stone sculptures still focus on the expression of "life".

And "inheritance", whether it is blood or thought, is essentially a direction for the continuation of life.

"Master Hogg, I have a gracious request." After admiring the stone sculpture, Curator Terrence said hesitantly, "Can this stone sculpture be kept in our Proulx Guild Hall in Red Flame City? Medium? Of course, the Proulx Guild Hall in Red Flame City will pay the fee according to the rules."

Logically speaking, Hogg is a member of the Holy Alliance.

If Hogg wants the Proulx Guild to return this perfected stone sculpture to the Holy Alliance, the Proulx Guild has no reason to refuse.

However, Curator Terrence is from the O'Brien Empire, and he also hopes to keep this stone sculpture here.You know, this stone sculpture can be ranked among the top three in the Master Exhibition Hall of the Proulx Hall in the O'Brien Empire.

Hogg did not refuse this request.

In fact, he had hoped so.

At least, this will allow Wharton to see the works left by his father when he comes to Chiyan City. . .There are still expectations.

Hogg readily agreed to Director Terrence's request, but only asked him to help take care of Wharton.

Director Terrence naturally had no reason to refuse.

For a while, it was fun.

The day after the Proulx Guild Hall in Red Flame City announced that Master Hogg's stone carving works "Inheritance" would be publicly displayed in the master's exhibition hall, Hogg and Linna left Red Flame City and headed to the O'Brien Empire. To the east of , there is another Proulx Hall in O'Brien's empire.

It was also the oldest city in the O'Brien Empire, an ancient city that had been established before the Magnolia calendar, the ancient city of Harpat.

It is also the provincial capital of what is now the eastern province of O'Brien's empire.

In addition, this ancient city also has a comfortable climate and is a very famous tourist city.

(End of this chapter)