Chapter 60: Chapter 60 Astonishing Effects Chapter 60: Chapter 60 Astonishing Effects This time, Chiang Xiao directly painted a plate of ginger-scallion crab.
She loved to paint, and her style was versatile and unrestrictive. When she was calm, she could even copy great works like the “Along the River During Qingming Festival,” and when her mood was off, she would even paint ants.
Moreover, thanks to Deng Qingjiang’s patronage, she had almost been able to paint whatever the buyer wanted, so her subject matter was quite varied.
Hence, transitioning from flowers and plants to delicious foods was a breeze for her.
Of course, painting this took a bit more time than painting a lily with perfume fragrance.
As soon as she put down her brush, a scent of fresh spices invaded Chiang Xiao’s nose, and instantly, her craving was triggered.
The plate of ginger-scallion crab had an appetizing color, with red chili peppers, golden ginger strands, green scallion segments, and the deep red shell of the crab. The oil glistening on the succulent crab roe, paired with that tempting aroma…
Chiang Xiao’s mouth was watering.
She couldn’t help but touch her forehead and laugh. She had never imagined that one day, she would be drooling over a plate of ginger-scallion crab that she painted herself.
And she had stared at the crab for slightly too long.
By the time she became aware of the abnormality, she was so startled she almost jumped.
She had eaten porridge for lunch, and the vegetables were just plain, without much oil. She had gone out to dig herbs for over an hour, and now, almost two hours had passed, and she had been feeling hungry again.
But after staring at the plate of ginger-scallion crab for so long, she surprisingly didn’t feel as hungry anymore?
Chiang Xiao’s eyes widened, and her black, gem-like eyes whirled around before she picked up her brush to paint a big bowl of beef noodles.
She thought she might be going crazy.
But after looking at the bowl of beef noodles for five minutes, she actually felt as though she had eaten too much.
She even had to stand up, feeling uncomfortable with how stuffed her stomach felt.
After a while, Chiang Xiao sat back down to continue experimenting.
She spent the entire afternoon experimenting.
But later she discovered that the magical effects of her paintings only lasted for about an hour.
After an hour, the flowers were no longer fragrant, the food lost its taste, and looking at it no longer gave a sense of satiety.
However, the paintings remained lifelike and attractive.
But at least all the previous sensations had been real.
Still, getting full from looking at pictures was ultimately a deceptive feeling of satiety, quite different from the sensation of actually eating the food, and moreover, this sense of fullness only lasted for ten minutes, after which hunger returned twofold.
She even painted a cup of water, which did indeed have the effect of quenching thirst, but ten minutes later she felt even thirstier.
Today’s discoveries deepened Chiang Xiao’s understanding of and expectation for this brush—maybe it had other magical uses waiting for her to unearth?
Chiang Xiao felt that the reason why the paintings were so magical might be related to the Space’s Black Land. Because in her previous life, she hadn’t discovered the Space, so the paintings hadn’t been magical.
Or it might also have something to do with the herbs she planted.
With this discovery and speculation, she was even more eager to head to Bai Gu Mountain.
She needed to find good medicinal herbs!
She wanted to see if the paintings would have even more astonishing effects after planting good medicinal herbs.
It was also possible that the effective time of the paintings could be extended, right?
So far, these functions didn’t seem to have much use, but Chiang Xiao always felt that with careful contemplation, they could be of great use.
Chiang Xiao spent the entire afternoon in her room painting and experimenting, because previously she had lost her temper so fiercely that Chiang Songhai and Ge Liutao had really been scared, and they really didn’t dare to call her out.
After they rested for a while, Chiang Songhai, afraid that his older brother might rush him to go to Widow Liu’s house again, simply went out to dig medicinal herbs.
And Ge Liutao closed the door of the main room, seeking some peace and quiet.
In the evening, the tranquility of the village was once again disturbed by another astonishing event.