Honglui's Past

Alex presented all the paintings he had made during the past two weeks that he had been on his own. "How are they?" he asked.

Tian Honglui stood to his side, looking at the paintings with eyes full of awe. "Are you sure you have only been practicing for 2 weeks, your majesty? This is the art of someone that has at least been painting for a year or so."

"That good huh? I'm not sure if your flattering me or not, but I'll take the compliment," Alex said.

"No, no. No flattery at all. I mean what I said," he said. "Look at the paintings. You can see your talent in painting evolve throughout the paintings. You much have made practiced day and night."

"I did practice every day," Alex said.

"Amazing," Tian Honglui said again. "You don't need me to teach you must at all. You can just practice on your own and learn from now on."

"Still, I would love to hold this own training," Alex said.