They Laughed When a Starving Orphan Claimed He Could Paint a Phoenix—Then It Flew Out of the Scroll and Left Them Speechless

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00:00The boy only painted the eyes of the phoenix on the scroll.

00:03He never expected the phoenix to come to life.

00:13It turned out that the boy was the apprentice of an immortal master of art.

00:16At just six years old, he had already far surpassed his teacher.

00:20Using just a few strands of his master's beard to scribble,

00:23he managed to paint a vivid scene of blooming flowers in competition,

00:27realizing he had nothing more to teach him.

00:29The master instructed the boy to descend the mountain and find his mother,

00:33making it clear that she had her reasons and had not abandoned him willingly.

00:36Hearing this, the boy took the portrait of his mother and descended the mountain.

00:40As he wandered, he was shocked to see a woman by the roadside

00:43who looked exactly like the one in the portrait.

00:45Overjoyed, he ran toward her, calling her mother.

00:48But a man nearby mocked him, saying the woman hadn't hired an artist

00:51and had therefore attracted a stray beggar child.

00:54The boy tried to defend himself, but his stomach growled loudly.

00:57The woman immediately noticed his hunger and secretly gave him a steamed bun.

01:02At that moment, the boy felt deeply hurt that his own mother mistook him for a beggar.

01:07Proudly, he turned to leave, but the woman gently stopped him by the arm.

01:11Seeing his sad and worn little face, she gave him her last bun and even offered him a place to sleep,

01:16though he would have to leave the next day.

01:18The woman explained that her second uncle coveted her ancestral home

01:21and had challenged her to a painting duel.

01:23She had spent all her wealth searching for a lost child and could no longer afford to hire a great artist.

01:28Little did she know that her act of kindness would not only reunite her with her long-lost son,

01:33but also help her shine in the competition.

01:35The day of the duel soon arrived.

01:37When the boy awoke, he noticed that the phoenix in the scroll still had no eyes.

01:41Gently, he added a stroke, and the phoenix flew out of the painting, stunning everyone present.

01:46Only immortals of the highest level could bring their paintings to life.

01:49The crowd respectfully asked to see who was inside the room, and it was the boy who stepped out slowly.

01:55But no one believed that such a young child could possess such talent.

01:58They accused him of stealing the phoenix painting and tried to arrest him on the spot.

02:02Luckily, the woman arrived just in time to stop them.

02:05The second uncle's family took the opportunity to threaten the boy and proposed a multi-round painting contest.

02:11Before it began, they used martial arts to injure the woman's hands, rendering her unable to compete.

02:16Just as she was about to lose, the boy stepped forward and picked up the brush.

02:21Everyone began to mock him.

02:22The painting master used his towering height to intimidate him, and the audience laughed as the child was harassed.

02:28The master, impatient, lifted the boy into the air to throw him aside.

02:32As the boy hovered on the brink of death, the woman surrendered the deed to her property.

02:37She could not let the boy die for her.

02:39But at that moment, the boy touched the master's head with his brush, causing the master to cough up blood.

02:44The boy had merely been waiting for the perfect moment.

02:47With one strike, he blocked the master's internal energy.

02:50Yet he didn't stop there.

02:51He wanted to humiliate the master through art.

02:54They began to paint the phoenix.

02:55The master got serious immediately, while the boy lay casually across the paper, scribbling as if carefree.

03:01Both finished at the same time, and when the paintings were revealed, everyone was shocked.

03:06The boy's was identical to that of their revered ancestor.

03:08But the master pointed out that the boy's painting lacked eyes, and unwilling to accept defeat, mocked him.

03:14The boy then calmly explained that if he drew the phoenix's eyes, it would soar into the highest skies.

03:20His words only brought laughter from the crowd.

03:22Then, the boy boldly declared that he was greater than the immortal art master.

03:26Seeing no one believed him, he had no choice but to paint the eyes of the phoenix right then and there.

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