Chapter 1009: Nice emoticons, do you believe in my drawing skills?

Under the candlelight of the snowy mountains,

Paimon poses on the warm snow as a model.

"What's my usual expression in Ying's mind?" she asked.

"Well... silly but cute..." Ying answered while moving the pen.

"Eh?" Paimeng hadn't expected that this was how he was perceived in Ying's mind. "Then...what about my overall image?"

"High-quality emergency food." Ying said without hesitation.

Amber and Eula looked at the drawing board in front of Ying with subtle expressions.

Paimon was already used to this hateful nickname, but at this moment, facing the creation of her own portrait, after hearing Ying's answer, she felt inexplicably a little nervous.

"I always feel that this won't be a happy work..." Paimon's eyes met with Ying's who was drawing. Ying was observing very seriously. Was he overthinking it?

Jiang Yi had already finished drawing a snowman over there. It was an ordinary big round snowman with a hat and a carrot nose.

The background of the picture is a snowy field. Snow is falling from the sky. It looks very cold, and all the streams and lakes are frozen.

He came over and admired Ying's painting skills.

"I'm done." Ying put down her pen, stepped aside, and showed the entire painting.

Paimeng flew over impatiently: "Let me see, let me see..."

In the picture, Paimon has a flat head, a golden crown with a question mark on it, and his eyes are bulging like white dumplings. The small black dots that serve as his pupils are crooked up and down, which is quite funny.

With his mouth stupidly open and wrapped in a scarf-like cloak, he half-sticked his body out of a cauldron with a blazing fire, looking quite intoxicated as if he was soaking in a hot spring.

"Ah! What is this!!" Paimon widened his eyes.

Eula and Amber wanted to speak up to defend Ying's painting skills, but they found Ying confidently with her hands on her hips: "Not bad, right?"

"……"Eula and Amber were confused when they heard this.

"You call this good?" Eula was a little doubtful about her own aesthetic taste. Was it because the aesthetic taste of nobles was different from that of commoners, and was she out of touch?

"Ahahaha——" Amber scratched her head and smiled, "It should be... not bad, right? Right, Jiang Yi!"

Ying looked at the surprised crowd strangely: "Why do you look so good? It's obviously very good."

Jiang Yi nodded: "I agree! It's a very good emoticon package!"

"Emoji?" Eula crossed her arms.

"Emojis!!" Amber remembered the funny emojis in the jade slip.

Looking at it from a different angle, it seems really good.

Ying became more and more confident: "Look, Paimon! It has met your requirements perfectly..."

"What do you mean perfect?" Paimon stamped his feet and stared at the portrait on the drawing board. "You, you...how can you say hello to me? Really, the lines are smooth and the layout is professional, but why did you draw my expression so stupid! And that look! It's so ordinary! It's soulless!"

Albedo felt his soul tremble: "... smooth... professional?"

Jiang Yi took two photos of the drawing board and said, "It's perfect for publishing a collection of Paimeng's emoticons on the jade slip!"

Over there, Albedo asked Ying whether she had received relevant art education elsewhere.

"I can't say... absolutely not..." Ying's eyes moved downwards. No matter what the painting looked like, even if Jiang Yi praised her again, she still had self-awareness and had to make an explanation.

"Art is... from the heart..." She was very confident, and 90% of it came from Jiang Yi.

Before drawing, she had never thought of the emoticon angle, but after Jiang Yi mentioned it, she found it surprisingly suitable.

"Ah——?" Paimon was not really stupid, and stamped his feet, "It's obvious that you haven't received any systematic training, otherwise you wouldn't draw me like this. Also, you drew me like this from the bottom of your heart, is that true?"

Ying raised her head and said in a voice more gentle than ever before: "Paimon, you are very special!"

The eyes are sincere and pure.

How strange!

But Paimon was fooled in an instant: "Special? Hmm... Is this what you consider cute? I'm a little unconvinced, but I can't seem to refute it..."

She suddenly rolled her eyes and said, "How about, Ying, you try drawing other people!"

"For example, Jiang Yi, Amber, and Youla..."

"?!" Ying's face stiffened for a moment. Paimon wanted to roast her over the fire!

"Ah!" Amber took a step back in horror, "It's...it's not impossible! Haha!"

Her smile was forced.

"Want to draw me?" Eula asked, "Maybe it will be a rare experience."

Jiang Yi glanced at Ying, but Ying didn't dare to look him in the eye.

"Do you believe in my painting skills?" Ying turned her head away, her voice faint.

“Uh! This isn’t a question of whether to believe it or not.” Jiang Yi sighed, “Paimon… I’ll remember this grudge.”

"Pfft!" Amber tried to hold back her laughter.

It’s so interesting to see Jiang Yi learning to speak like Eula!

But saying this doesn't make it clear that I don't believe in Ying's painting skills!

I was afraid that I would be drawn ugly.

Ying had a frown on her forehead and she would definitely not pay any attention to Jiang Yi tonight.

"Hmm?" Eula crossed her arms, "Your attitude changed really quickly! You were praising me before..."

"Ying, Ying, Ying, he doesn't believe you." Paimeng was overjoyed.

"But he didn't stop me from drawing..." Ying Youyou said, "I'd better practice on you first..."

"Ah! Why is this happening!" Paimon's mood fluctuated greatly.

"I believe that Ying will become a master painter in the future!" Jiang Yi pointed at the painting and said, "I can see your potential from this painting."

Albedo listened for a while and smiled: "If Paimon thinks this painting is not ideal, I can help to modify it. Ying, what do you think?"

The rescuer arrived, Ying turned around and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."

When Albedo took action, naturally... eraser crumbs fell down.

The charcoal pencil made a scratchy sound on the sketch paper.

The colored pencil drawing of Paimon disappeared.

Perfect wiring, smooth lines, black, white, gray and light and dark are pleasing to the eye, the layout is reasonable, and the picture is full.

Albedo stopped writing and said, "Okay, Paimon. Is this okay?"

Paimon went to be a model for a while, and when he flew back, his eyes widened again.

With a mixture of joy and shyness in her eyes, she said shyly, "This...this...is a complete redraw! Is this really me, this beautiful me..."

The Paimon in the painting is dignified and elegant, with her hands placed in front of her like a lady, revealing a mysterious and romantic smile, and her slightly upturned mouth corners, showing her extraordinary intelligence.

It's beautiful and artistic, but it seems to have nothing to do with Paimon.

"Where is Paimon's smile?" Jiang Yi looked at the painting and suddenly thought of a joke. It would be nice if Lisa was there.

This is how the masterpiece, Mona Lisa's Smile, was created.

Draw Paimon, Mona, and Lisa.

"Albedo is so awesome!" Amber clapped her hands.

"It captures both form and spirit, the brushwork is delicate, and the visual effect is extremely good!" Eula commented.

"Artistic processing is an important part of fine arts." Albedo looked at the doubtful Paimon, "This sentence does not mean that you are different from the painting, but that you present different styles of beauty."

"The basic source of the painting is still you." He stretched out his hand to Paimeng, who didn't dare to step forward to take the painting, and said, "So Paimeng, you can accept this painting with peace of mind and hang it where you like."

Ying, Amber, and Eula looked at Paimon together.

Paimon jumped up in the air: "Wow... Thank you, Albedo!"

"I want to hang it in my bedroom so that I can see it the first thing when I wake up every morning." She happily took the drawing board and admired it intoxicatedly. "The more I look at it, the more I like it! Hehe, I have my own portrait now."

Ying looked at Paimeng's useless appearance, and thought that the painting he drew was also very charming!

However, Albedo's powerful painting skills really made her feel the baptism of art.

"Actually, I should thank Ying!" Albedo smiled and said, "I just made some small embellishments."

Although he did almost repaint one, eh!

But you see it but don’t say it out loud!

"Albedo is so humble!" Amber looked at the painting, it was indeed very beautiful.

"Should this painting be named?" Eula asked.

"Paimon..." Albedo asked Paimon.

Soon, a name was decided upon.

"Portrait of Paimon, Ying's dearest friend, chief assistant, top gourmet, and first guide of Teyvat." Paimon repeated it twice with a loud voice, but found that he couldn't remember it. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Let's just call it 'Portrait of my dearest friend Paimon'. Hehe!"

"Next time I'm going to take it out and show it off!" She put her hands on her hips proudly.

“Then you can definitely post it on the jade slip and show it off to everyone in Mondstadt and Liyue.” Jiang Yi said, “I also saved the previous painting. Do you want to show it off too? That’s a portrait of your dear friend!”

"That's right!" Paimeng excitedly took out the jade slip, "Take a picture, take a picture!"

"Jiang Yi, give me back the previous drawing, I deleted it!" After she sent the photo, she chased after Jiang Yi. How could she send out such an ugly drawing?

"Paimon? Oh my! Was it that Mond boss in the group who helped draw it?" Hu Tao, a day and night owl who is full of energy and doesn't sleep all day long, was the first to see the message sent by Paimon.

“Oh? The techniques and expressions of foreign paintings are different from those of Liyue ink painting. Although I don’t know much about it, I can see that this painting is very good.” Zhongli looked at the photo. Paimon Fei was smiling happily next to the portrait, with a vast snowy field behind him.

It’s also interesting to watch other people’s lives from a small screen!

Group members popped up one after another.

Paimeng soon stopped chasing Jiang Yi and looked at the news inside, so happy that he didn't know which way to go.

Make loud shouting sounds.

Albedo shook his head. It was a bit noisy and lively on the snowy mountain, which was rare.

He promised to draw a picture for everyone as a souvenir when he had the chance, and walked towards the easel where Jiang Yi had placed his painting.

The wind and snow in the world seemed to be surging towards the painting.

Painting is like a talisman.

The ghosts of the snow-capped mountains all seem to want to live in it.

"Your painting skills have improved a lot..." Albedo only looked at the technique.

"Of course, because I have been working hard secretly..." Jiang Yi looked at the ghostly shadows that appeared on the snowman, stretched out his hand and tapped lightly to drive them away.

"If you go down the mountain tomorrow, I will let this snowman take my sword and escort you down the mountain together." He said, "I will continue to stay in charge of your camp."

Over there, Amber, Ying and Eula were packing up their paintbrushes and helping Paimon take the painting back.

Albedo pondered for a moment and said, "So that's why Bennett and his friends have been so unlucky these past few days!"

After Jiang Yi said this, he understood the hidden danger of going down the mountain.