Chapter 46: Resonating with Joy!

  "Hey, you haven't apologized to us yet!"

  Lu Qing shouted, but Wang Tong was furious at this time and didn't hear Lu Qing's shout at all. He ran out of the yard in a few strides, apparently going to find Qin Yu and others to settle accounts.

  Watching Wang Tong leave, Meng Xiaobao smiled and shook his head, then turned to Xiao Yun with a apologetic expression, "Actually, Brother Wang is not bad, it's just that sometimes he's too straightforward and can't turn corners, easily deceived by others. If there's any offense, I hope Brother Xiao will forgive him."

  Xiao Yun shook his head and didn't take it to heart, but that Qin Yu made Xiao Yun feel a bit annoyed. Last time in the back mountain, he couldn't kill him, which was really a great loss.

  "Xiao Shixiong, who are these two?" Meng Xiaobao asked Xiao Yun, his eyes falling on Lin Chu and the other woman.

  Xiao Yun introduced the three to each other, then turned to Lin and Chunyin and said, "You two haven't decided who to take as your master yet? It just so happens that Xiaobao is a disciple of the Elite Academy, you can ask him!"

  "Huh? The two of you haven't decided who to take as your master yet?" Meng Xiaobao asked.

  Lin Chunyin nodded, "We don't know much about several musicians, so we haven't thought it through yet."

  "We have four musicians in our elite academy, apart from my master Yuan Jizhen, there are also two masters, Yuan Hua and Yuan Ling, and Master Yuan Fang. Among them, Master Yuan Hua has the highest cultivation level, with a late-stage musician's realm. Next is Master Yuan Ling, who has a mid-stage musician's realm. My master and Master Yuan Fang also have mid-stage musician's cultivation levels, but they are slightly inferior to the two masters. Master Yuan Hua is very strict in selecting disciples, and her disciples are extremely important for their roots. My master's temper is not very good, and Master Yuan Fang is often troubled by worldly affairs. If you two sisters want to become apprentices, I suggest you choose Master Yuan Ling."

  "Master Meng, if we want to ask Yuan Ling Shibo to be our master, will it be difficult?" Lin Chu Yin asked, this was her most concern, after all, this was a two-way choice, they could choose who to ask as their master, and the other party could also choose whether or not to accept them as disciples.

  "Meng Xiaobao said, 'You can rest assured on this point. Yuan Ling Shibo is a female cultivator and is very easy to talk to. More than half of the female disciples in the Elite Academy are under her tutelage. This time, the first place winner of the Elite Conference, Xu Shijie, is also one of Yuan Ling Shibo's most favored disciples.'"

  "That's good, thank you, Master Meng!" Lin Chu and Yu Ru exchanged a smile, clearly having already made up their minds.

  Meng Xiaobao shook his head, turned to Xiao Yun and said, "Xiao Shixiong, the Master asked me to find you. Are you free now? Come with me for a trip?"

  "Huh?"

  It should be looking for the score itself, Xiao Yun was stunned, and immediately nodded, bid farewell to the two women, and followed Meng Xiaobao out of the Elite Academy, heading towards the Elder's Academy.

  ——

  "Xiao Shixiong, this time at the Elite Conference, you really surprised me!" Meng Xiaobao said with a smile as they walked.

  Xiao Yun's performance at the Elite Conference was indeed unexpected. On that day, he personally led Xiao Yun up the mountain, and at that time, he had not thought that Xiao Yun, who was arranged to do miscellaneous chores, would not only suppress the Elite Academy but also almost took the top spot.

  "You're also quite unexpected!"

  Xiao Yun also smiled back, he didn't expect that the young man who led him up the mountain that day was not only a disciple of the Elite Academy, but also one of the best among the younger generation.

  "I heard from our sect's founder that Shao Shifu's attainments in music are unparalleled, and now he is also a disciple of the Elite Academy. In the future, I hope you can give me more guidance." Meng Xiaobao said with a smile.

  Xiao Yun humbly shook his head, "But being the sect leader is an overstatement, I haven't even reached the Realm of Music Workers, how can I dare to be considered a master of the four words 'reaching the pinnacle'?"

  Meng Xiaobao smiled and said, "You don't know, last night the Master and the Second Master were in their room trying to compose a piece based on your 'Anxious Heart', but they couldn't finish it until midnight. I also tried in my room, but I couldn't even put pen to paper. You've managed to perform a common tune to a level that's not inferior to a battle hymn - this is no ordinary skill, and even the Master feels inferior to you."

  "Is it that exaggerated?" Xiao Yun said.

  "Otherwise, Master would not have asked me to come and find you so early in the morning. Let's hurry up, if we're late, Master won't mind, but Master's wife will probably scold us." Meng Xiaobao smiled slightly, but quickened his pace a bit.

  Xiao Yun followed closely behind, but in her heart, she was somewhat puzzled. Looking at Meng Xiaobao's smiling face every day, he seemed quite optimistic and didn't appear to have any sorrowful thoughts. So why did he compose such a melancholic piece like "Lí Shāng"?

  ……

  ——

  Study room.

  As soon as they entered, they saw Mu Tian'en and Xie Tianci standing behind a desk. Xie Tianci was holding a pen in his hand, frowning and writing something on the paper on the desk. Mu Tian'en stood beside him, shaking his head straight away.

  The ground next to them was littered with crumpled up white paper, it seemed that the two had been here for a long time.

  "Master ancestor, Master paternal grandfather, Xiao Yun Shixiong has arrived." Meng Xiaobao said respectfully.

  The two were extremely focused, just like two students concentrating on solving a problem, seemingly unaware of Xiao Yun and Meng Xiaobao's arrival.

  He walked over to take a look, and on the white paper were scribbled corrections, it turned out that they were actually silently translating "Terror", Xiao Yun couldn't help but laugh, two masters of the music sect, were actually stumped by a common tune, if word got out, nobody would believe it.

  The difficulty of this piece, Xiao Yun has a deep understanding of it. If he didn't have the score in his memory, he definitely wouldn't be able to write it out.

  "Wait a minute, something doesn't seem right here!" Mu Tian'en pointed at the messy musical notes on the white paper and said to Xie Tianxi.

  Xie Tian let out a long sigh, somewhat displeased. "Elder brother, can you please not speak? You've disrupted my train of thought. I was just about to translate this sentence."

  "Huh? When did you guys arrive?" Turning his head, he saw Xiao Yun and Meng Xiaobao standing beside him, and Xie Tianxi couldn't help but be surprised for a moment.

  "It's been a while since we arrived. The two of you were too focused and didn't wake up even when I called out to you several times," said Meng Xiaobao.

  Mu Tian'en also discovered at this time that there were two more people beside him. Seeing Xiao Yun, he immediately asked, "Where's Qu Zi? Did you bring her?"

  The tone is somewhat impatient, looking at the two of them, it's likely that they were tortured by this song and spent a lot of effort.

  Xiao Yun nodded and took out the score she had written last night.

  "Bring it over!"

  Mu Tian'en snatched the score from Xiao Yun's hand and placed it on the desk, studying it directly.

  "So it was like that!"

  "Good grief, this tune's changes are too irregular, is this still a song?"

  "Geez, this melody is truly ever-changing, yet it connects so perfectly, and it can even be like this!"

  ……

  After waiting for a whole night, I finally saw the real score. The places that had been puzzling me before were suddenly clear when I saw the sheet music. There were even many places that went against their understanding of melody, which really broadened my horizons. From the moment I got the score, my eyes couldn't move away from it. I completely ignored Xiao Yun and Meng Xiaobao, leaving them in a state of limbo, not knowing whether to stay or leave.

  "There's difficulty, huh? Why aren't there any words?"

  After a while, Xie Tianci suddenly looked up at Xiao Yun.

  Xiao Yun shook his head, "This song itself doesn't have lyrics!"

  "Didn't you sing it yesterday?!" Mu Tian'en furrowed his brow, thinking that Xiao Yun was being dishonest and hiding something from them.

  "Indeed, there are no lyrics!" Xiao Yun said, "This song requires a wholehearted devotion, when the melody reaches its depths, the cultivator will involuntarily sing out words from their very soul."

  "Is it really that amazing? You're not deceiving us, are you?" Mu Tian'en said with some disbelief.

  "If you don't believe me, just try it yourself. As long as you fully immerse yourself in it, you'll completely lose control and start singing along with the piano sound. As for what exactly is being sung, I have no idea!" Xiao Yun nodded firmly.

  Last night, Xiao Yun tried again, and when he reached the climax, he couldn't help but sing out loud. It was a kind of resonance between humans and music that was completely uncontrollable. Moreover, he really didn't know what he was singing about. In his past life on Earth, hundreds of millions of people listened to this song, but no one could make out what the lyrics were actually saying. Everyone had their own understanding and way of singing it, and if you asked Xiao Yun to explain it, he truly couldn't do it.