When Qingyi walked into the drawing room, he found several more skeletons wearing scholar's robes. Master Patra stood among the skeletons, discussing something with them, pointing at a model of a house made of bones on the table.

"Master Patra, are you busy?" Qingyi greeted first.

The skeletons were shocked, and they hurriedly bowed down and saluted the Necromantic King. Pushing the lenses, Patra smiled happily: "These are old students, who were resurrected under the cloud of death not long ago, and now they continue to learn from the old and contribute to His Majesty's empire." ”

Qingyi suddenly realized. This is the special effect of Master Patra: because of his fame in the industry, it attracts NPCs from other architectural specialties to vote. It seems that the master is really powerful, and he only needs fame to make those engineers flock to him, which is simply a business!

"Your Majesty, when the old man falls into Alzheimer's and can't work, you tell them to do things, after all, except for them, the old man is not at ease to hand over the construction team to anyone. Speaking of which, they are also somewhat material, and you can rely on them. ”

Hearing Master Patra say this, Qingyi was a little sad. An old man, knowing that he is sick, can still face it calmly and share the worries of others...... I don't know what kind of mentality I should have to do this? After casually agreeing a few words, Qingyi hurriedly found a topic, pointed to the model of the house on the desktop and asked, "This building is very beautiful, why don't you use drawings instead, but models?" ”

"That's because there are some unsuccessful guys among the old students, and the sense of space is not very good." Glancing faintly at one of the skeletons, Master Patra snorted, quite majestic.

Another skeleton distinguished: "Teacher, your attainments in architecture are so great that you don't need to draw drawings in advance, so even if there are drawings, they are all sketched, only marked with scales and some key points." In this case, if you don't make a model, you ......"

"Idiot!" Master Patra said angrily: "Why do you think the old decay is only marked with key points? That's because if all the details are drawn by the old ones, it becomes the 'old work', and even if you build it according to the drawings, it will not become 'your work'! If you have only learned 'the same thing' after learning from the old man for so many years, then the old man is very disappointed in you! ”

Not only the reprimanded students, but also several others nodded their heads in a hurry, and they were really afraid of Patra. Qingyi looked funny, so he drove them out so that he could save them from the reprimand.

"Really...... If we hadn't been able to carry on the past and innovate, we would still be living in the house of King Saramonro I! Master Patra sighed deeply and smiled bitterly at Qingyi, "Let me make you laugh, Your Majesty." ”

"It's okay, they still have a long time to learn, don't they?" Qingyi pulled out a chair for Master Patra and sat down himself, carefully observing the model of the house.

"Yes, almost eternal time. By the way, Your Majesty, ever since I heard you talk about the kind of buildings on the 'Eternal Home', I have been yearning for old age. ”

Master Patra stroked his long beard, an action that reminded Qingyi of Robert.

"The old man believes that architecture of all races, countries, and eras has merit, and that it is precisely because of a kind of 'common beauty'. But isn't music beautiful? Isn't painting beautiful? Isn't dancing beautiful? There must be a higher level of commonality in these beautiful things. The old decay is exploring in this direction, hoping to establish a building that represents 'beauty', which can be used as a carrier to encompass the essence of art in various fields to achieve an ultimate, common and unsurpassable beauty. ”

Qingyi smiled, "It's hard, master. Music is not a substitute for painting, it can only be pleasant; Painting is not a substitute for music, it can only be pleasing to the eye. As you know, the expression of art is different, so the 'common beauty' can only be a theory, and it is almost impossible to operate in practice. There is no such thing as perfection in this world. ”

"Although 'perfection' only exists in the gods, the old decay still has to try, after all, having such a long life and no longer being able to make progress is really painful for the old decay." A hint of loneliness flashed in Master Patra's eyes, and he smiled: "Old decay also needs some breakthroughs to prove its worth. It is not an extravagant hope to encompass the beauty of various fields of art, but to extract 'beauty' to touch the soul...... Anyone who walks through an old building can stop and feel the 'common beauty' from the depths of their souls, which is what the old man is pursuing. ”

Qingyi nodded.

Master Patra suddenly asked, "So, what is your favorite building, Your Majesty?" ”

"What do I like? What I like is simple. ”

Qingyi closed his eyes and remembered the big mansion in China. The interiors are magnificent, and the furniture is one of the world's most luxurious; Outside, there is also an open-air sports field and a large swimming pool, with several expensive sports cars; The servants who are always on call make the house seem to be very popular......

He thought again of Mrs. Green's small and uncrowded room. Shell wind chimes, lily pattern wallpaper, Italian landscape paintings make people feel warm, the room is always filled with warm colors, the smell of food wafts during meal time, and tango music plays in the afternoon; There's always a lazy kitten on the couch, and a reddish-brown striped sweater that hasn't been finished knitting......

"I love a living building. Well, more of a 'home' feel. Qingyi opened his eyes, scratched his head childishly, and smiled at Master Patra. I don't know how to say it, but it's not an existence that only has 'beauty' but no 'vitality' like 'eternal destination'. Of course, it's not just architecture, and it might be too difficult for you—"

"It's not hard at all, Your Majesty! Architecture involves a lot of knowledge, and I will do my best to do it for you! Master Patra was so excited that his nose lit up, and his wrinkles widened.

Perhaps, let the elderly not be too idle, but it will be good for them? Qingyi ghost thought to the gods.