Chapter 82: The Method of Ripening the Ancestral Sound Fruit!

  "Huh?"

  The old man was surprised to hear this, his gaze fell on Xiao Yun's body, and it had softened a lot. They were all people who had fallen to the ends of the earth, yet there were still those with worse roots than himself.

  "May I ask your surname and given name, senior?" Knowing that the other party had the same experience, their relationship suddenly became closer. Xiao Yun asked the old man.

  "What?" It had been a long time since anyone asked his name, and it seemed that he had almost forgotten. The old man paused for a moment before saying, "I dare not claim to be of high surname and great name, my surname is Ji, and my given name is Yunwen!"

  "Mother?"

  Hong Ke Xin was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "Senior, you believe in Ji? I don't know which Ji?"

  "Good!" said the old man.

  "What's with the surname Ji?" Hong Ke Xin was shocked, "The surname Ji is the royal surname of my Great Xia Empire!"

  "Senior, are you a member of the imperial family?" Xiao Yun was also somewhat surprised to hear this. This person had entered the Sacred Trace a hundred years ago, relying on his extremely poor innate talent to obtain a spot in the Sacred Trace, so it was clear that his identity shouldn't be ordinary.

  Xian Yunwen shook her head slightly as if in agreement but actually wasn't, and suddenly fell silent. A pair of turbid eyes, no one knew what she was thinking about.

  It's clear that Ji Yunwen didn't want to bring up the past, and Xiao Yun didn't press the issue either. Instead, he steered the conversation back on track, saying, "Senior, you just mentioned using a melody to nourish the ancestral fruit. What exactly does that mean? The Sacred Gate is going to close again in eleven days, and we don't have much time left."

  Xiao Yun had planned that if he couldn't find Zuoyin Guo, he would stay in the Holy Realm to continue searching. However, the experiences of these past few days made Xiao Yun realize the dangers within the Holy Realm. Staying here until the next hundred years was simply unimaginable.

  The old man in front of him is a very good example. Listening to his explanation, he's probably at least 120 years old. The lifespan of the Realm of Joy can reach up to 150 years at most, but this old man has spent more than half of his life waiting, and now that he's already in his twilight years, he's still waiting. Xiao Yun doesn't want to end up like him.

  Yan Yunwen snapped back to reality, turning to Xiao Yun, "Ten or so days? I think you'd better give up on that idea. Those three Zuyin fruits won't be ripe for at least fifty years. If you want to shorten the ripening period from fifty years to ten or so days, unless you have a divine melody, or even a heavenly tune, it's absolutely impossible!"

  "Huh?"

  Xiao Yun was shocked to hear this, and he couldn't help but feel that the limit of what he could play now was only heavenly music. Even if he had a lot of songs in his memory and could pick out some excellent ones, he might not be able to play them, and selecting songs was also extremely time-consuming.

  Yan Yunwen sighed, "I've used countless melodies to nourish it, spending a hundred years, just to ripen it three hundred and fifty years. Unless there's a divine melody or a magical tune, it's absolutely impossible to ripen the fruit in such a short time. If you really want the Zu Yin Fruit, why not stay here? You and I can work together, and I believe it won't take long to ripen it."

  Looking at Xiao Yun, Ji Yunwen's gaze was somewhat eager. In the past hundred years, he didn't have much lifespan left. The hundred years of time had already exhausted his compositions, and now almost all were used to nourish the Zu Yin fruit with his own creations. However, in his later years as a musician, it was difficult for him to create good compositions. Now, with Xiao Yun's arrival, he saw hope. If he could get Xiao Yun's help, perhaps he could still ripen the Zu Yin fruit before his lifespan ran out.

  "Excuse me for being presumptuous, but shouldn't your lifespan be almost exhausted by now? Even if Zu Yin's fruit ripens and you successfully change your root bone, with the sacred seal suppressing you, you still can't break through Le Shi's extended lifespan. How can you possibly wait until a hundred years later when the sacred seal reopens?" Xiao Yun hadn't even responded yet when Hong Ke Xin raised her doubts.

  Xiao Yun's face was also filled with doubt. Once the Sacred Mark closed, it would take a hundred years to reopen. This old man wouldn't be able to wait that long, unless he was willing to leave the Sacred Mark now and break through to the Musician Realm outside of it, increasing his lifespan to three hundred years, then come back in a hundred years to pick the fruit.

  However, this old man obviously won't leave after all. The fruit is only three strains, once mature, it will definitely attract many monsters. After a hundred years, the fruit will probably be gone, so in Xiao Yun's view, Ji Yunwen guarding the Zuoyin fruit here has no meaning at all.

  Yan Yunwen heard the words, but shook his head, "I'm now suffering from being too weak in my foundation, and before my lifespan is exhausted, I won't be able to break through as a Musician. However, once the Ancestral Sound Fruit ripens, I'll have a way to break through in this Sacred Land."

  "How is this possible? The sacred mark has an almost abnormal suppression on all musicians above the realm, unless you want to die, otherwise, once you choose to break through as a musician, you will definitely be suppressed by the sacred mark and die." Hong Kexin first expressed her disbelief.

  In response to Hong Kexin's questioning, Ji Yunwen simply shook his head mysteriously and remained silent.

  Xiao Yun believed it a bit, this old man was likely to have a big background, and might really have some means. Although the sacred mark suppressed the music repair of the musician realm, nothing is absolute. In this sacred mark, there were many demon cultivators who could compare with the musician realm, or even surpass them.

  "Please advise me, senior, how should I feed Zuoyin?" asked Xiao Yun.

  It would be best if they could leave before the holy relic closed, but if they couldn't make it in time, Xiao Yun, although very reluctant, had no choice but to stay behind.

  Hong Ke Xin furrowed her brow, her gaze falling on Xiao Yun's body. She knew what Zong Yin meant to Xiao Yun, but if they missed these dozen or so days, they would have to wait a hundred years! In one's lifetime, how many hundreds of years could there be?

  She wanted to persuade Xiao Yun, but didn't know how to start.

  It seems that Xiao Yun is going to stay, and Ji Yunwen hears Xiao Yun's question. A hint of joy flashes in his eyes as he explains, "The reason why the Zuoyin fruit tree is called Zuoyin is because it can give birth to the ancestral sound spirit of heaven and earth. For the Zuoyin fruit tree, music is the best nutrient. Different levels of songs have different effects on the Zuoyin fruit tree's ripening process. A heartfelt song can nourish the Zuoyin fruit tree for up to three days, a lingering tune can last for three months, and a heavenly melody can last for three years!"

  "What if it's a celestial melody?" Xiao Yun asked with some impatience.

  Xian Yunwen shook her head and asked in return, "Do you think that with my current level of cultivation, I can play a divine melody?"

  Yan Yunwen is not even close to the realm of Le Gong's later period, and it's probably still difficult to play Tian Lai, let alone a fairy tune above the 9th level. Hearing him say this, he must not have tried before.

  "A melody, the Zuyin fruit tree can only listen to once, listening a second time, the effect will be greatly reduced. Take Tianlai's song for example, even if you play it a hundred times in front of it, it can only provide three years' worth of nutrients at most. Moreover, regardless of its quality, the Zuyin fruit tree can only digest one melody per day. If you feed it with your heart's song every day, its growth rate will increase by at most threefold, and the remaining fifty-year maturation period can be shortened to about ten years." said Ji Yunwen.

  Xiao Yun was taken aback, "Then if I use a heavenly melody to nourish it every day, wouldn't that mean one day is equivalent to three years?"

  "That's right!" Ji Yunwen nodded, "But can you bring out so many Tian Lü songs? Even if you can bring them out, it will take about twenty days. By then, the fruit will be ripe and the Holy Gate will be closed."

  Xia Yun's words undoubtedly poured a basin of cold water on Xiao Yun, and from head to toe, he suddenly felt cool. The twenty heavenly songs, relying on memory screening, he had some grasp that he could complete within twenty days. However, as Xia Yun said, by then, even if the fruit grew smoothly, he would have to wait another hundred years before leaving the Holy Realm.

  A hundred years, just thinking about it is unbearable! Not to mention being in this place where monsters lurk and dangers are everywhere.

  Seeing Xiao Yun's expression, Ji Yunwen smiled, "The Tianlai melody I'm talking about is the ninth-level Tianlai. The seventh-level Tianlai can only ripen for half a year at most, and the eighth-level Tianlai is equivalent to one year at best. The Tianyin fruit tree is very picky, it prefers to listen to Lianqu, whether it's Lianxinqu or Liangti Qu, both have a good effect. As for other battle songs, array songs, and miscellaneous songs, it doesn't like them as much."

  "Isn't it just a tree? Must you be so picky?" Xiao Yun was speechless.