"Your Highness, may I ask why you insist on me studying sculpture?"
Having drunk half a bottle of Lafite Vintage, Justin looked at Velen in confusion.
"Then why are you so against studying sculpture?"
Velen didn't answer directly but asked in return.
"Is it because your mentor studied sculpture that you hate it?"
"No!"
Justin suddenly became agitated and took a deep swig of the wine.
"Because sculpture leads nowhere!"
"Take my mentor for example—just to sculpt a single piece, he has to pay a huge price just to convince an Ascended Rank swordsman to agree to be the subject."
"And for what? Even if the sculpture is finished, it only lets others observe a hint of sword intent through it!"
"When it comes to combat, sculptors are easily the weakest among all professions—absolute bottom-tier, the trash of the trash!"
"Those lousy statues are useless! People just laugh at how foolish you are!"
