Chapter 83: The Two Fruits of Wind and Thunder!

  "That's for sure!" Ji Yunwen nodded with a smile, "The higher the level of the melody, the more intense the musical theory it contains, and the more beneficial it is to its growth. Ordinary popular songs cannot provide nourishment from it, and some extremely bad popular songs may even have the opposite effect, causing the Zuyin fruit tree to grow backwards."

  "In that case, if I want to get out before the Holy Seal closes, the only way is to use the Immortal Melody to feed it?"

  Xiao Yun felt that his brain was already two sizes too big, and with his current state, creating an 8th rank Heavenly Music was almost at the limit. Previously, when he composed 'Hao Qi Jue', he was already struggling. In his memory, there were so many tunes, some of which should have reached the realm of Immortal Music, but even if he had the score in his heart, he probably didn't have the ability to play it out!

  "Are you sure you didn't deceive us?" Hong Kexin asked Ji Yunwen.

  Yan Wen shook her head helplessly, "What's the point of deceiving you? Just now, Zu Yin's pipa playing was incredibly beautiful. I think your music has already reached a heavenly level. Why don't you go try it out and see if what I said is true?"

  "Music of Heaven?"

  Both of them were stunned, and Xiao Yun was even more amused to tears. That tune "Little Apple" was just something he had played on a whim, although it wasn't bad, but it was only a common melody at best. It was actually being treated as heavenly music by Ji Yunwen!

  However, the fact that the tune made Zu Yin Guo emit a strange fragrance was indeed true. Xiao Yun thought for a moment, and instead of waiting around, he decided to try it out himself. He still had a few heavenly tunes up his sleeve, so he would use those as a temporary substitute for now, and figure out the rest later.

  ——

  Under the cliff, under the Zuyin fruit tree.

  Hong Kexin and Ji Yunwen stood on either side, Xiao Yundian sat on the ground, took out the Nine Heavens, and placed them on his knees.

  "Huh? Seven strings?"

  Her gaze fell on the Jiuxiao, and Yan Wen's pupils shrank, her eyes revealing a look of shock, even some incredulity. The expression was even more astonishing than when Hong Kexin first saw the Jiuxiao. The reason was simple: the Seven Strings Zither had been lost for many years, it was something that existed only in legend on the mainland, and no one could even confirm whether it had ever really existed.

  "What's all the fuss about!"

  Hong Ke Xin gave Ji Yun Wen a white eye, she didn't have much good feelings towards Ji Yun Wen to begin with. Knowing that Xiao Yun disliked the Guqin and letting others know made her somewhat resentful of Ji Yun Wen's big mouth.

  Yan Wen pressed her lips together, still wanting to ask more questions, but Xiao Yun had already plucked the strings and started playing a melody, so she temporarily suppressed her curiosity and prepared to wait until Xiao Yun finished playing before asking him again.

  "Can he really play the guqin?"

  Her ten fingers moved deftly on the strings, and a lively melody flowed out. Yīn Wén saw this and was greatly shocked - Xiāo Yún actually knew how to play the guqin, and played it so fluently! However, the tune he chose was somewhat disappointing; asked to play "Tian Lai", he instead played a common folk song.

  "You're my ancestor, Zuyin Guo, no matter how much I love you, it's not enough..."

  Xiao Yun let out a loud roar, and Ji Yunwen almost fell over and spat blood. What kind of tune is this? It's too ridiculous!

  But what surprised him even more was yet to come, the music sounded, and the ancestral sound trees on the cliff wall emitted a strong fragrance, with seven-colored halos swirling non-stop, extremely dazzling. The leaves and branches of the tree swayed gently to the rhythm of Xiao Yun's song, as if dancing along with the music.

  The surrounding spiritual energy quickly gathered towards the Zuyin fruit tree, and the fruits burst out with a seven-colored halo, and they actually started growing up. Even the two Wind and Thunder Fruits that were obviously much smaller also began to grow.

  Xī Yu?n Wén's eyeballs almost popped out, such an unexpected scene completely overturned Xī Yu?n Wén's understanding. A common tune achieved an effect comparable to heavenly music, it was simply unbelievable.

  Yan Wen stood foolishly in place, her eyes fixed on the radiant ancestral sound tree on the cliff wall, her mind a complete blank, as if her thoughts had all come to a halt.

  After a few gasps, the music stopped abruptly. Xiao Yun raised her head to look at the cliff wall. In just a short moment, the fruit hanging from the tree had clearly grown slightly larger, and the air still lingered with the unique fragrance of Zu Yin Guo.

  Yanwen indeed didn't deceive herself, this fruit tree not only likes listening to pleasant tunes, but also seems to like hearing good words. By changing the small apples into "ancestral sound fruits", the effect is quite good, it's just unknown how much time this tune can shorten the maturation period?

  Turning around, Ji Yunwen and Hong Kexin were staring blankly at the fruit trees on the cliff wall, both with a dull expression. Xiao Yun smiled and waved his hand in front of their eyes.

  The two of them shook their heads vigorously, waking up from that empty feeling. Ji Yunwen looked at Xiao Yun with a serious expression, "What's the story behind this tune?"

  "Huh?" Xiao Yun was taken aback, then smiled and said, "Just something I came up with casually, just a common tune. Didn't expect this fruit tree to be so fond of flattery."

  "This tune is probably not as simple as a common melody!" Ji Yunwen shook his head, turned around and looked at Hong Kexin, who was visibly suppressed.

  "What's wrong?" Xiao Yun asked with some curiosity.

  "Your tune, if the listener is not careful, can easily lead them to fall into a trance, inducing empty thoughts. Unless something external intervenes, it's hard to break free, just like a binding spell."

  "Fixed melody?"

  Xiao Yun was slightly surprised, turned to look at Hong Ke Xin, Hong Ke Xin didn't think much of it at first, but after Ji Yun Wen pointed it out, she suddenly came back to her senses and nodded repeatedly towards Xiao Yun. This kind of experience had happened many times before when Xiao Yun played this piece, and previously she just thought it was because she wasn't good enough and got distracted.

  "This tune of yours, I'm afraid it's not just about physical restraint, but also spiritual restraint. It can trap people's thoughts and minds. Fortunately, my realm is higher than yours, otherwise, it wouldn't be as simple as just losing focus." Ji Yunwen said.

  "Is it that exaggerated?"

  The previous song "忐忑" was just that, but according to Zhu Mo Tian'en and Xie Tian Ci's words, "忐忑" could be considered as returning to simplicity. However, this song "Little Apple", in his opinion, is just so-so.

  Is this 'brainwashing divine melody' really going to brainwash people or what? Xiao Yun was somewhat skeptical.

  Hong Ke Xin couldn't help but nod continuously, "This tune of yours is too eerie, as you play on, I find myself involuntarily singing along. I think it's better if you don't play this tune in the future."

  "Never mind that for now!" Xiao Yun shook his head, throwing these trivial matters to the back of his mind, and asked Ji Yunwen, "Senior, can you see how ripe this fruit will be when I play this tune?"

  Yan Yunwen heard the words and also put down his surprise, raised his head to look at the Zu Yin fruit tree. The light halo on the fruit tree was flowing like a rainbow, very dazzling, apparently still digesting Xiao Yun's song.

  "It should have accelerated for three years, right? Ah, the two fruits of Feng Lei actually grew up too!" His gaze fell on the fruit tree, and Ji Yunwen's eyes were filled with surprise.

  In this hundred years, he used countless tunes, and the two fruits of Feng Lei did not grow. Today, I heard a tune from Xiao Yun, and it actually started to grow, which is really strange.

  "Seven Fruits? Seven Strings? Seven Sounds? So this is the purpose of the two fruits of Wind and Thunder!"

  Yan Yunwen seemed to have thought of something, slightly opening her mouth, with a look of surprise in her eyes, as if she had discovered a new continent.

  "Senior, what's wrong?" asked Xiao Yun.

  "This little guy has brought him too many surprises, Ji Yunwen closed his mouth and turned to Xiao Yun, "Xiaozi, is this the legendary seven-stringed zither?""

  Qin had shown it to him, and Xiao Yun didn't hide anything either. He nodded slightly towards Ji Yunwen. The seven-stringed qin was not something he would easily show to others, but in order to ripen the Zu Yin fruit, showing it to Ji Yunwen was also a necessary move.

  Xiao Yun nodded, and Ji Yunwen's heart surged with a huge wave. After a while, he nodded repeatedly, "No wonder, no wonder, so the two fruits of Wind and Thunder were used for this purpose!"

  "Senior, what are you talking about?" Hong Ke asked in confusion.

  Yan Yunwen was somewhat excited, "It turns out that the Tian Di Zu Yin has seven souls, it's laughable that for thousands of years, we all thought there were only five souls. Even in ancient books, the records of the Tian Di Zu Yin fruit's wind and thunder two fruits said they were useless things, eating them would bring harm without benefit. Yet, they didn't know that the wind and thunder two fruits are two of the seven souls. It's laughable! Since the Tian Di Zu Yin tree can give birth to the Tian Di Zu Yin sound soul, how could the wind and thunder two fruits be useless?"