Chapter 73: The Ode of Huang Zhong!

  "You look like you're still quite reluctant, but I'm your lifesaver, okay?!" Hong Kexin saw Xiao Yun's hesitant appearance and suddenly became somewhat displeased.

  "I've been searching for it in vain, where is the reluctance?" Xiao Yun wiped his sweat, but in his heart, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. Others were all accompanied by beauties, while he was stuck with this chubby girl.

  After hearing what Xiao Yun said, Hong Ke Xin's chubby face bloomed with a smile, and she followed Xiao Yun out of the small woods. As they looked around at the surrounding mountains, both of their faces showed some confusion.

  "We're in trouble, we've lost our way. How are we going to find the valley we came from? What if we can't get out?" Hong Kexin suddenly thought of a very serious problem.

  Xiao Yun shook his head and said, "It's only been two days, there's still plenty of time, let's take care of the main business first and then find a way out later!"

  "What's up?" Hong Kexin asked curiously.

  Xiao Yun shook his head and didn't answer, picked up a stick from the nearby grass, stuck it in the ground, let go of his hand, and the stick fell to one side. Xiao Yun looked at the direction the stick was pointing, "Let's go, we're going that way!"

  This method is really simple and rough, Hong Kexin's chubby face shook lightly, wanting to ask again, but Xiao Yun had already thrown her away and left.

  "Hey, why are you walking so fast? Wait for me!" Hong Kexin shouted loudly and hurried to catch up.

  ——

  The slanting sunlight was still shining, and another day had passed.

  Three days into the Holy Trace, I saw the sun for the first time. It's truly rare to see the sun in the midst of the Holy Trace Array. The afterglow of sunset spilled across the vast wilderness, making it look so desolate.

  "Oh no, it's getting late and the sky is almost dark, let's find a place to spend the night!"

  A desolate mountain slope, a large stone slab, Hong Ke Xin patted her leg and sat down with a thud, her face full of grievances. From morning till dusk, she had hardly rested at all. Xiao Yun was still in high spirits, but with her heavy build and being a woman, she could barely hold on.

  Xiao Yun raised her head and looked at the sky, then climbed onto a stone package, with her hands shading her eyes, looking around in all directions, as if searching for something.

  "Hey, can you tell me what you're looking for?" Hong Kexin asked again, she had no idea how many times she had asked Xiao Yun this question, but every time Xiao Yun remained tight-lipped and avoided the topic.

  Still silent.

  "I'm your lifesaver, and this is how you treat me?" Hong Ke Xin was unhappy, pounding her leg and pouting. "You're the one talking, tell me, maybe I can help you find something, I don't want to follow you around like a fool." Xiao Yun turned back, his eyes falling on Hong Ke Xin's face, his gaze shifting as he squatted down beside her. "Have you heard of Zuyin Guo?" "Zuyin Guo?"

  Hong Kexin heard this, her eyes were filled with confusion, and after a while, she shook her head and asked Xiao Yun, "What does Zuoyin do? Can he eat?" As soon as she mentioned eating, a rumbling sound came to Xiao Yun's ears. Following the sound, Hong Kexin was covering her stomach, her face full of embarrassed blushes.

  Xiao Yun wiped the sweat, this chubby girl really only knew how to eat, on this road, she had already added countless meals, just an hour ago she ate two big buns, and now she was hungry again.

  "Of course, the fruit can be eaten, but... forget it, you wouldn't know even if I told you!" Xiaoyun suddenly stopped talking mid-sentence. She had thought that Hong Kexin, as a disciple of the Dà Mén Pài sect, might have known something about the Zuò Yīn Guǒ, but it turned out she was completely clueless. It seemed that the Zuò Yīn Guǒ was indeed a secret, and even someone like Hong Kexin, who was a disciple of the Dà Mén Pài sect, had never heard of it. If Xiaoyun wanted to find out more about it, it would definitely be even harder for her.

  "Hey, you're the one who's talking, but what's going on? Who talks like that and stops halfway?! Hong Ke Xin's appetite was piqued, she wasn't about to let Xiao Yun off so easily. She immediately grabbed Xiao Yun's shoulders and started acting coquettishly, almost making Xiao Yun get goosebumps."

  "Stop shaking, you're going to shake my hand off! I said it's not okay?" Xiao Yun hurriedly asked her to stop, this chubby girl's strength was really not ordinary, and her arm almost got twisted off.

  "Speak quickly!" Hong Ke Xin released Xiao Yun, her face full of curiosity.

  Xiao Yun rubbed his arm and said, "Zu Yin Guo is a legendary fruit that can change the root bone of a music cultivator. It only ripens once every 500 years, and my purpose for coming to Sheng Ji is to find it!" "Change the root bone?" Hong Ke Xin was taken aback, then immediately lost interest. "What's the point of finding it? Is your root bone that bad?" This remark struck a sore spot in Xiao Yun's heart, and he smiled wryly. "It's not that it's bad, but rather... I don't have one at all!"

  "How is it possible?"

  Hong Ke Xin let out a cry of surprise, and immediately looked at Xiao Yun with a face full of doubt. "Just now I still heard you play three heavenly tunes, how is it possible that you don't have the foundation of music cultivation? Don't deceive me, those three songs of yours, one was a 7th rank body method song, one was a 7th rank refinement song, and one had at least an 8th rank refinement degree. 7th to 8th rank songs, even in my later stages of music cultivation, I found it difficult to practice. If you didn't have the foundation of music cultivation, how could you play them?"

  "Why would I lie to you?"

  Xiao Yun shook his head, he was able to refine these few tunes completely with the help of the merits of music, and had the merits of music to help him understand the profound meaning in the tunes, only then could he barely display it with the realm of a music child, otherwise, this level of tune, he would have been absolutely unable to play.

  Looking at Xiao Yun's expression, it didn't seem like she was pretending. Along the way, although they hadn't spoken much, Hong Ke Xin could also sense that Xiao Yun wasn't a hypocritical person.

  "That day in Echo Valley, Lu Jianfeng said you could compose a heavenly melody, is that true? Were the three songs you played all composed by yourself?" Hong Kexin suddenly asked curiously after a moment of silence.

  "Do you think it's possible?" It was that sentence again. Xiao Yun neither denied nor acknowledged, but let Hong Kexin guess for herself.

  "Not honest at all, you're so boring!" Hong Kexin pouted and gave Xiao Yun a big white eye.

  Don't mention the heavenly music, even if it's a lingering melody, all of which require the soul to stir up heaven and earth, to understand the rhythm from heaven and earth, and occasionally trigger the Taoist machine. This is the only way to write it out. Since Xiao Yun doesn't have the bones, he can't become a musician, let alone condense into a sound spirit and write heavenly music. That's even more impossible. Hong Ke Xin thought for a moment, unless Xiao Yun intentionally deceived her, otherwise, he must not be able to make heavenly music. Lu Jian Feng's words that day were more likely to be joking.

  Xiao Yun let out a long breath, turned around, and took out Jiu Xiao again, starting to refine the melody.

  "Hey, how did you pop up again? You'll attract the demonic beasts this way!" Hong Kexin said, her voice ringing out.

  "Clang!" The sound of the guqin came to an abrupt halt, Xiao Yun pressed down on the strings and turned to face Hong Ke Xin, "Zu Yin indeed likes listening to music, only beautiful music can lure him out."

  "Is it really that amazing?"

  Hong Ke Xin's eyes lit up, "Your meaning is, you've been playing the tune all along, wanting to lure out Zu Yin Guo, then find Zu Yin Guo and change your root bone?" "A child can be taught!" Xiao Yun's mouth curved into a smile, and he snapped his fingers.

  "You should have said so earlier, I can help you too! My big yellow bell will definitely sound louder than your zither!" Hong Kexin suddenly became enthusiastic and took out her big yellow bell, placing it upright beside Xiao Yun with a loud clang.

  Xiao Yun's face twitched as he looked up at Hong Kexin, whose face was filled with excitement. "Can this yellow bell produce heavenly music?"

  "I'm studying solo music, but solo music also has its own playing method. I happen to have a seven-level refinement song 'Huangzhong Song'!" Hong Kexin said.

  "Alright, you try it!" Xiao Yun said, turning to Hong Ke Xin.

  Hong Keyi is right, the sound of the bell will definitely travel farther than the sound of the piano, and Hong Keyi's realm is also much higher than Xiao Yun's. Whether it succeeds or not, let her try without harm.

  Xiao Yun finished speaking and immediately jumped down from the big stone and hid away, afraid of being shocked by the bell.

  Hong Ke Xin however did not respond to Xiao Yun, took a deep breath, closed her eyes and pondered for a moment, then slapped the clock with her chubby right hand.