Chapter 14: Just One Battle Song!

  What level is this song? A celestial melody or a divine melody?

  At the initial stage of Zile Le Tong, he could use this battle song to release his heroic spirit. The level of this battle song was absolutely off the charts. As soon as he forcibly played the ninth note, the seven divine statues on the spiritual platform shook a few times, almost cracking open.

  After panting for a while, the dizzy feeling gradually faded away. Xiao Yun checked her body and couldn't help but feel a lingering fear in her heart. She had been too reckless just now. If she had damaged her foundation, she really didn't know where to cry about it!

  Picking up the score and taking a look, Xiao Yun's heart stirred up another stormy wave. With his current state, he would definitely find it difficult to control.

  "Shao Shixiong?"

  Just as he had put away the score, a gentle voice came from behind him. He turned around to see that Xiao Yun's eyes flashed with a hint of brightness, and Lin Chuyin and Luo Qing were walking towards him, carrying a wooden zither.

  The eyes of both women showed a hint of surprise and astonishment. Xiao Yun stood up, "So it's Lin Niang and Luo Niang, I thought you two weren't coming?"

  Two women walked closer, and after hearing Xiao Yun's words, Luo Qing said, "This is something we should say. Didn't you say you would come here the day after tomorrow? You ended up making my Shifu and I wait here for several days in vain."

  "Uh..."

  Xiao Yun heard this and dryly laughed, his eyes falling on Lin Chunyin's face, somewhat apologetically saying, "Sorry, there have been too many miscellaneous things these past two days."

  Lin Chuoyin gently shook her head, her eyes falling on Xiao Yun's broken-stringed paulownia wood zither. She asked with some puzzlement, "Xiao Shixiong was just refining a melody, why such a big commotion?"

  They had just walked out of the forest when they heard a faint beast roar coming from the lake, followed by a strong gust of wind that almost knocked them to the ground. They couldn't help but feel surprised and suspicious, wondering if Xiao Yun had already reached the realm of Le Gong.

  "It's just one battle song!" Xiao Yun laughed and said.

  "What's this 'war song' you speak of? It seems to be quite powerful, can you tell us about it?" Luo Qing was the type of girl who would say whatever came to mind, and upon hearing Xiao Yun mention "war songs", she immediately asked with great interest.

  War Chant, that's something only a Musician Realm cultivator can cultivate. For an outer sect disciple like her, and still just a minor cultivator in the Music Child Realm, it's very hard to come into contact with.

  For this junior sister's straightforwardness, Lin Chunyin had nothing to say, but she also felt some curiosity in her heart.

  Xiao Yun smiled wryly and pointed to his paulownia wood zither, "I'm also just starting out, it's hard to control, nothing much to say, look, the strings are all broken by me."

  Luo Qing heard this and couldn't help but curl her lip, "You didn't let us learn from you, so what's the harm in telling you? Let me tell you, my shifu knows a lot of things, if you say it out loud, maybe my shifu can even give you some references."

  "Huh?" Xiao Yun heard this and her gaze fell on Lin Chu Yin's face.

  Lin Chunyan rolled her eyes at Luo Qing, "Who's being so exaggerated!"

  Xiao Yun suddenly became interested, "Lin Niang, do you know that there is a melody in this world called 'Wo Long Yin'?"

  "Sleeping Dragon Song? Why ask this question?" Lin Chuoyin heard this and her eyebrows furrowed in puzzlement.

  Xiao Yun chuckled and said, "Yesterday, I heard a senior mention this song, and I was curious about it. Do you know this song, miss?"

  "What's with the 'le'?! Take it back! " Luo Qing raised her chin and nudged Lin Chu Yin, "Sister, tell him quickly!"

  Xiao Yun couldn't help but want to laugh, it seemed that this little girl was eager to show off in front of her, as if she could confirm that her Shifu would definitely know this "Wò Lóng Yīn".

  Regarding "Wò Lóng Yīn", I've only heard some legends! Lin Chuoyin smiled and turned to Xiao Yun, saying: "Legend has it that over 8,000 years ago, the first of the four barbarian tribes, the Quan Rong tribe, waged a great war against our human tribe. At that time, the Quan Rong had a great general who led an army of 800,000 soldiers to launch a surprise attack on the capital of Xia, all the way to Fei Xiang Guan in Huang Zhou Ling Nan Prefecture. Meanwhile, the Xia army was fighting elsewhere and couldn't come to their aid in time. The defenders at Fei Xian Guan were vastly outnumbered and unable to put up a fight. At that time, there was a music god in Xia named Wo Long Zi, also known as Zhuge Sheng Hou, who received an order from the king of Xia to defend against the enemy at Fei Xiang Guan. Legend has it that Wo Long Zi wore a crane cloak and a linen hat, held a feather fan, and brought two young boys with him, carrying a zither. He sat on the parapet in front of Fei Xian Guan, opened the gate, burned incense, played the zither, and sang loudly. One melody of 'Wo Long Yin' destroyed over 300,000 Quan Rong soldiers, ultimately forcing them to retreat."

  As she spoke, Lin Chunyin paused and looked at Xiao Yun, "I only know this much, I don't even know if what Shao Shixiong said is the same as the 'Wò Lóng Yīn' I mentioned. Legend has it that it's a divine melody, but over the past few thousand years, no one has ever seen it, and it seems to be just a legend."

  Xiao Yun was stunned, what Lin Chuoyin said seemed similar to the play where Zhuge Liang sang "Empty City Strategy" to scare off Sima Yi in his memory.

  "Lord Zhuge?"

  Repeating these four words, Xiao Yun suddenly remembered that the old man who left that day said he had the surname Zhuge. Could it be that the old man was actually the Sleeping Dragon or perhaps a descendant of the Sleeping Dragon?

  Carefully thinking about it, Xiao Yun felt that it was impossible. Not to mention that for thousands of years, the mainland had rarely seen a master of the Music God Realm walking around. How could a dignified Music God Realm existence transform into an old man and specially send himself across the river? Moreover, he even sent such a precious secret script, which was simply unbelievable. The more he thought about it, the stranger it felt.

  "Xiao Shixiong, what's wrong?" Seeing Xiao Yun spacing out, Lin Chuoyin hastily called out.

  Xiao Yun snapped back to reality, hastily casting aside his distracting thoughts, and shook his head. "Nothing, just thinking about some things."

  Lin Chunyin was hesitant and uncertain, but Luo Qing said with a smile, "See, I told you my Shifu knew!"

  "Lin Gong Nang is indeed knowledgeable about both past and present, I admire her!" said Xiao Yun.

  Lin Chunyun humbly shook her head, "My father used to be the historian of Xia Guo, so I've heard some legends since I was a child."

  Xiao Yun was taken aback, Luo Qing leaned in close to Xiao Yun and said, "Sister Shuang said your cultivation is very high, just now Sister Shuang also answered your questions, shouldn't you also give us some pointers? In a few days it will be the Elite Assembly, whether or not my sister and I can smoothly enter the Elite Academy depends on you!"

  Her eyes turned to Xiao Yun, and Lin Chuoyin beside her was also full of expectation. Without a famous teacher's guidance, they could only settle for second best.

  "It's an honor I don't dare accept, let's mutually sharpen and verify each other!" Xiao Yun smiled slightly, looked down, "It's just a pity that my zither is broken."

  "Didn't you say last time that everything in the world can be used as a musical instrument?" Luo Qing asked.

  Xiao Yun shook his head, "I couldn't possibly teach you all how to blow leaves, could I?"

  Luo Qing thought for a moment and then immediately pushed his wooden zither in front of Xiao Yun, "Then use mine!"

  "Never mind!" Xiao Yun waved his hand, reached into his pocket and pulled out a few sheets of rough paper. "This is the score I wrote down, you study it yourselves, if there's anything you don't understand, I'll explain it to you again!"

  "Huh?"

  The two women were stunned, originally thinking that Xiao Yun would give them some pointers, but they didn't expect Xiao Yun to so readily pull out the sheet music, this was a bit too generous, wasn't it?

  The two women were shocked and couldn't react for a moment. Xiao Yun's hand was stretched out for half a day, and Lin Chuoyin hesitantly took the few pages of grass paper.

  Two heads leaned in together, Lin Chuoyin lowered her head to look at the sheet music again, then raised her head to look at Xiao Yun, and couldn't hide the surprise in her eyes.

  This tune is indeed High Mountain and Flowing Water, but the dense three pages of characters are many times stronger than the simplified score they obtained. It's very clear that Xiao Yun's sheet music for them is no longer a simplified score, it's likely to be a detailed score.

  Such a precious score was given to them just like that, which really made Lin Chuoyin feel unexpected. Such a great gift was so valuable that she didn't dare to accept it.

  "Xiao Shixiong, this score..." Surprised and with a hint of doubt, Lin Chuoyin couldn't help but suspect Xiao Yun's motives.

  "You guys take your time to study, I'll see if my guqin can be fixed!" Xiao Yun threw out a sentence and then squatted on the ground, fiddling with her own broken-stringed guqin.

  Lin Chunyin had wanted to ask something, but seeing Xiao Yun's nonchalant expression, she didn't know where to start. The opportunity to study the score was extremely rare, and it was undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime chance. Gradually, Lin Chunyin also put aside her reservations and walked over to one side, studying together with Luo Qing.