234: Chapter 234 Blue and White Porcelain

Soon, the chorus arrived.

And this time, Lu Li and Shen Qingxue exchanged a glance and spoke simultaneously with great tacit understanding.

"The azure sky waits for the misty rain, and I am waiting for you."

"Wisps of cooking smoke rise, separating the river by thousands of miles."

"Writing in the clerical script on the bottom of the vase to imitate the elegance of the previous dynasty."

"Just consider it as my foreshadowing to encounter you."

"The azure sky waits for the misty rain, and I am waiting for you."

"The moonlight is fished out, blurring the ending."

"Like handed-down blue and white porcelain, beautiful in its own right."

"Your eyes carry a smile."

As soon as the chorus began, their voices intertwined, one high and one low, one clear and one soft.

Shen Qingxue's bright timbre provided the foundation, while Lu Li's youthful vocal cords laid on top; combined, it was simply too beautiful.

Everyone subconsciously held their breath.

[The azure sky waits for the misty rain... How can these lyrics be so beautiful? I can literally remember them for a lifetime.]

[Are you sure these are written as lyrics? Not poetry?]

[Oh my goodness, how on earth did Lu Li think of the imagery "foreshadowing to encounter you"?]

[I declare that this year's song of the year has already been booked in advance!]

[The previous few national style songs were already top-notch, but this "blue and white porcelain" is completely something from another dimension.]

After the chorus ended, the interlude sounded.

Shen Qingxue stepped back half a step, leaving the center of the stage to Lu Li for a moment, her gaze falling on his profile.

After the interlude passed, Lu Li continued to sing.

"The white color and blue flowers, the koi fish, leap vividly onto the bottom of the bowl."

"Copying the Song typeface, when signing off, yet missing you."

"You are hidden in the kiln firing, a thousand-year secret."

"Extremely delicate, like an embroidery needle falling to the ground."

"Outside the curtain, plantains provoke sudden rain, and the door knocker provokes verdigris."

"And I passed by that Jiangnan small town, provoking you."

"In the splash-ink landscape painting."

"You are hidden away from the depths of the ink color."

After singing this verse, Lu Li's performance once again drew exclamations from many netizens.

[This sounds so good, full of national style, definitely at the ceiling level.]

[Not to mention the ceiling, this is already a realm above the ceiling.]

[We are all human, why is the gap so big?]

[Give me ten brains and I wouldn't be able to write lyrics like this.]

[Not to mention writing it, asking you to memorize it would probably be a stretch; this is simply another manifestation of poetry.]

After waiting a moment, Lu Li and Shen Qingxue sang in chorus once again, breathing even more life into the upcoming chorus section.

Those at the scene who had still held a trace of contempt for them couldn't help but fall silent at this moment.

Because the song "blue and white porcelain" no longer needs to prove anything extra nowadays.

It just needs to be there to prove that this is definitely the ceiling of national style, and a god-tier existence among the ceiling levels.

On stage.

The song's progress bar gradually reached its conclusion.

"Like the handed-down blue and white porcelain, beautiful in its own right..."

Lu Li sang the last line, lightly ending the trailing note, then turned his head to glance at Shen Qingxue.

The two of them looked at each other for a split second across a half-step distance.

Then they sang out simultaneously.

"Your eyes carry a smile..."

At this moment, the entire audience fell silent for a full three seconds.

The host quickly reacted and walked onto the stage with a smile from the side wing.

"Thank you! Thank you very much Teacher Shen and Teacher Lu for bringing this song "blue and white porcelain"!"

He took a deep breath, turning to the audience off stage and the camera.

"To be honest, I've heard so many wonderful performances tonight, but this one really gave me a kind of... feeling of being struck."

"Yeah! Extremely breathtaking!"

A wave of kind laughter and applause sounded from off stage.

The host turned to the two of them again, his tone carrying curiosity.

"Teacher Shen, Teacher Lu, would it be convenient to share with us the creative inspiration behind the song "blue and white porcelain"?"

Shen Qingxue glanced at Lu Li and handed the microphone to him.

Lu Li took the microphone, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

"Actually, there's no special inspiration. It's just that one night while writing a song, an image suddenly popped up in my mind."

He paused and continued speaking.

"Then I wrote the feeling from that image into a song, and so this song came to be."

Another wave of applause sounded from off stage.

Seeing this, the host didn't continue asking any further.

After this interview segment, the show was not yet over.

Under the fine-sounding pretext of facilitating communication and creation among various national style singers, the organizers forced them to gather in one place.

Several people sat on sofas forming a circle, and in the end it was just looking at each other.

At most, they awkwardly chatted with each other a few times.

Anyway, Lu Li felt like his toes were about to dig out a three-bedroom-two-living-room apartment.

He didn't know what there was to communicate either. After all, as the saying goes, competitors are foes, and that applies here too.

Therefore, you couldn't possibly ask the other party, have you eaten today?

Fortunately, this interaction session was short; he and Shen Qingxue quickly withdrew from the stage.

At this point, this leg of the journey could be considered successfully concluded.

...

Backstage of the exchange meeting.

Lu Li and Shen Qingxue walked down from the side wings, then walked through the corridor, and went to the rest area to sit down.

A staff member brought two cups of warm water. Lu Li took it, took a sip, and then turned his head to glance at Shen Qingxue.

"Tonight's show can be considered completely over, and the National Style Solitaire series can also be considered officially concluded. It's quite nice."

Shen Qingxue nodded, her gaze falling on his face.

"Yeah, it has finally come to an end for now."

She paused, looked down at her fingers, straightened out her thoughts, and then raised her head again to look at Lu Li.

"Then for the next arrangement, should we take advantage of tonight to release the MV for "hair like snow"? Anyway, the footage has been edited long ago, and Jiang Cheng's side has also confirmed it."

Lu Li thought for a moment, took out his phone and glanced at the time.

"Sure, it's not too late to release it now. Right now tonight's hype is still here, so we can just borrow some momentum."

He paused and added another sentence.

"Moreover, I was thinking, after the MV for "hair like snow" is released, we can strike while the iron is hot and shoot the MV for "blue and white porcelain" as well. Anyway, tomorrow we will still be in Suzhou, and Jiang Cheng can be in place at any time."

Shen Qingxue nodded, obviously this arrangement suited her wishes.

"Then I'll tell Jiang Cheng now."

She took out her phone, typed a few words with her head down, and quickly received a reply after sending it out.

"She said no problem, see you at the old place tomorrow morning, and she has already prepared the equipment."

"That's fine."

Lu Li leaned against the back of the chair and let out a long breath.

"The competition is over, the exchange meeting is over, and the National Style Solitaire series has also concluded. Next, besides the MV for "blue and white porcelain", the only thing left is writing a song for Xu Ran."

Shen Qingxue turned her head to look at him, her gaze carrying a hint of curiosity.

"Then when do you plan to make the demo for that song?"

"Tomorrow after shooting the MV for "blue and white porcelain", I suppose, and then find a time to ask Xu Ran and the others out to let them listen to the feel first."

"After listening, we can adjust the arrangement according to their actual situation."

Shen Qingxue nodded and didn't ask any more questions.