Chapter 224: It's Easy to Paint the Tiger's Skin but Hard to Paint Its Bones (Request for Monthly Votes)

"Have you found any leads after searching for so long?"

Emperor Xiping, Zhao Shu, dressed in his habitual round-collared crimson robe, stood behind a broad rosewood desk, leisurely waving a fine brush with one hand behind his back, casually dabbling strokes on the paper. Yet the "Picture of the Crouching Tiger Under the Pine Tree" beneath his brush was vivid and lifelike. Although not displaying ferocious claws or teeth, the noble beast seemed poised to leap forth from the paper, its imposing aura surveying all directions!