Chapter 20: Musical Notes!

  However, after listening to Zhong Kui's explanation, Xiao Yun couldn't move his feet. This thing was not only novel but also had a great attraction to him. With this storage bag, it was equivalent to carrying a piece of space with him. Although the space wasn't very large, it was already enough to hold many things. In the future, even if Old Man Mu asked him to go up the mountain to cut firewood, no matter how much he had to carry - hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands of pounds - he would be able to do it.

  Thinking and thinking, he actually thought of chopping firewood, and when he came back to his senses, Xiao Yun couldn't help but smile wryly. He really wanted to buy this bag, but unfortunately, he didn't have enough money!

  "Master Zhong, I have a set of scores here, would you like to take a look?" After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Yun turned his face towards Zhong Kui.

  "Huh?"

  Zhong Kui was stunned for a moment. He could also see that Xiao Yun had taken a liking to the storage bag, but the price was really too high. If it weren't for someone else putting it here for sale, he would have wanted it himself.

  A set of sheet music, how many spirit crystals can it sell for? He didn't think Xiao Yun could produce high-level sheet music unless they took out their sect's sheet music to sell.

  "This isn't a black market, we don't accept just any score," Zhong Kui reminded.

  Generally, a sect only gives its disciples a simplified manual. Even if the simplified manual is leaked out, it won't have much impact. However, some disciples may still come into contact with the detailed manual. If these disciples take out the detailed manual and sell it, not only will they make a lot of money, but they will also offend those sects.

  He didn't get to eat mutton, but instead got into trouble, this is something he doesn't want to do!

  Xiao Yun understood Zhong Kui's meaning and immediately said, "Don't worry, Master Zhong, the sheet music I gave you is a rare copy, only this one family has it, there are no other branches."

  As he spoke, Xiao Yun took out two pages of rough paper from his package and handed them to Zhong Kui. They were the score for "Wandering Carefree".

  "This is a heavenly music piece, Master Zhong can identify it." said Xiao Yun.

  "Song of Heaven?"

  Zhong Kui was taken aback, took the score and carefully read it through, then casually picked up an ancient zither from the shelf, sat down on the floor, plucked the strings, closed his eyes in contemplation for a moment, and his ten fingers flew quickly over the strings.

  A leisurely tune, slowly emanating from the Music Hall, pleasant zither sounds, soon enveloped the entire district, lingering in the air above Mount Jinyun for a long time.

  "What's this tune? I've never heard it before?"

  "You've never heard of such a wonderful tune, this melody is so pleasant, it really makes one feel heroic!"

  "I seem to have seen my youth!"

  "Is it coming from the Music Hall? It can't be Master Zhong practicing his tune?"

  "It must be Master Zhong, this piece is absolutely sublime, how can an ordinary person play it so perfectly?"

  "Heavenly music, it's absolutely heavenly music!"

  ……

  The entire street was just bustling, but as soon as the piano sound came out, it immediately became quiet. Almost everyone stopped what they were doing and stood still to watch. Gradually, some people whispered to each other, some closed their eyes to listen carefully, and some unconsciously moved closer to the direction of the concert hall.

  ——

  "Clang......"

  The sound of the qin came to an abrupt halt, but Xiao Yun remained with her eyes closed, savoring the music. The musician was indeed a master, his realm far surpassing his own. He could distinctly feel the spiritual energy around him rapidly converging towards Zhong Kui, stirring up a gentle breeze.

  Although relying on the profound understanding of music from his past life, he could still play this heavenly melody with the weak body of a music prodigy, but it was still far from being comparable to Zhong Kui.

  "Great song, great song, indeed it's a great song!"

  After a sip of tea, Zhong Kui opened his eyes, and a sharp light flashed in his pupils. He said "good" three times in a row, with joy all over his face.

  The sound of the zither had long since ceased, but the moving melody still lingered in his ears. Xiao Yun came back to himself and stepped forward, asking, "Senior, how much do you think this piece is worth?"

  "Mid-tier Heavenly Music, it's really hard to come by!" Zhong Kui praised and put the guqin back on the rack, facing Xiao Yun, "How about this, we exchange goods. I know you've been eyeing that storage bag. If you're willing, I'll give you three hundred top-grade spirit crystals for this song, and throw in five third-tier music scores. What do you say?"

  "Thank you, Master Zhong!"

  Xiao Yun's face flashed with a hint of joy, although he didn't know if Zhong Kui had taken advantage of him, but at least his goal was achieved, and he successfully got the storage bag.

  Zhong Kui burst out laughing, put away the score, took down the storage bag and handed it to Xiao Yun, "Bite your middle finger, drip a drop of blood on it, this thing will be yours from now on."

  Xiao Yun heard this and immediately bit his middle finger, a drop of blood seeped out and dripped onto the tattered cloth bag, instantly soaking in.

  At the same time, Xiao Yun felt a subtle connection with the bag, and his consciousness could probe into the bag to find a piece of dark space. The mouth of the bag was facing the Fengming Xiao in his hand, and with a thought, he put the Fengming Xiao away.

  The next moment, Feng Ming Xiao quietly lay in that black space, and with another thought, the long flute reappeared in Xiao Yun's hand. Xiao Yun was overjoyed and couldn't help but try it several more times.

  Zhong Kui's face flashed a hint of a smile, and he took out five jade tokens, handing them to Xiao Yun. The tokens were a pale yellow color, with many mysterious symbols etched onto their surface.

  Musical notes, this is something that can only be refined when one reaches the realm of a musician. When a music cultivator reaches the realm of a musician, they no longer need to borrow musical instruments, and can release their inner majestic energy outwardly. Musical notes are what high-level musicians use to seal the power of battle songs within jade symbols, and when facing an enemy, they only need to stimulate it with a bit of majestic energy to unleash a powerful move.

  Although the music notes are troublesome to refine, they are convenient and effortless to use. Most musicians will refine a few music notes to carry with them or give to their juniors for self-defense. The level of these five music notes is not high, only three levels, and the released power is equivalent to that of a late-stage musician.

  "This is a musical note I've refined using the advanced Heart Chord 'Wind Kill', once activated, it can transform into dozens of wind blades, its power is quite considerable." Zhong Kui explained to Xiao Yun.

  "Thank you, Master Zhong!"

  Xiao Yun took it over and directly put it into his storage bag. Now his boundary was too low, these five music symbols could be used for self-defense just in time.

  Zhong Kui smiled, "Are there any more scores to sell? I have some music treasures refined by the Music Sect's top masters here. Look at this green wood sword, it was refined by a mid-term senior of the Music Sect from Daoling Mountain, and it only costs 100 high-grade spirit crystals!"

  Xiao Yun wiped the sweat, this old man really treated him as a secret library, although he still had several sets of high-level scores, but now they couldn't be taken out again. A music child, able to bring out a heavenly melody, was already enough to surprise people, if he brought out several more, it would be hard not to attract attention.

  "Master Zhong laughed and said, 'What sheet music do I still have? I don't want any of these things. Would you please just settle the bill for me?' Xiaoyun shook his head."

  Zhong Kui heard this and wasn't overly disappointed. Being able to obtain the score of a Tian Lai melody was already extremely rare. The Tian Lai melody was a piece cultivated by masters who had reached the Music Sage realm, and for him, it was also greatly beneficial.

  "Alright!" Zhong Kui walked behind the counter, "There are still six top-grade spirit crystals left, right?"

  Previously, selling the melody got eleven top-grade spirit crystals. One branch of Fengming Xiao cost five, leaving six remaining. Xiao Yun nodded, "You give me five, leave one, and exchange for some miscellaneous ones."

  Zhong Kui nodded, and soon a pile of spirit crystals was placed in front of Xiao Yun. There were five golden high-grade spirit crystals, ninety green medium-grade spirit crystals, and the rest were white low-grade spirit crystals.

  "Click it!" said Zhong Kui.

  "It's okay!"

  Xiao Yun said with a refreshing tone, and immediately moved his mind to put all the crystal stones into the storage bag, hung the storage bag on his waist, light and easy, but it was much more convenient.

  "If you have any more good scores in the future, you can come find me and I'll definitely give you a good price." Zhong Kui said to Xiao Yun.

  Xiao Yun nodded and bowed slightly towards Zhong Kui, "Farewell!"

  Zhong Kui came out from behind the counter and saw Xiao Yun off downstairs.

  As he went out the door, watching Xiao Yun disappear into the distance, a young woman from the shop walked over and looked ahead, "Zhong Shi, what are you looking at?"

  Zhong Kui sighed slightly, "The Realm of Joy can create its own heart song, this young man is not simple at all, but I don't know which sect's disciple he is?"