Chapter 581: Musical Instruments
Yu Yin now deeply regretted coming to the Melody Secret Realm. If she hadn’t come here, she wouldn’t have encountered Jiang Li. If she hadn’t encountered Jiang Li, she wouldn’t have teamed up with him. And if she hadn’t teamed up with Jiang Li, she wouldn’t have ended up singing children’s songs.
After finishing one children’s song, Yu Yin’s cheeks remained slightly flushed, as if she had just drunk alcohol.
Yu Yin had poor alcohol tolerance – her face would redden after just a little drink, and then she would start acting drunk.
Worried that Yu Yin might go crazy, Jiang Li secretly took a small step sideways, but Yu Yin firmly pressed down on his shoulder and pulled him back.
“That song was quite good, catchy and easy to remember. Did you write it?” Music Immortal’s divine sense asked Jiang Li with a smile. She could tell if someone was lying about musical matters.
“I adapted the latter part.”
“Why adapt it? Do you think you’re better than the original composer?”
Jiang Li said seriously, “Because I couldn’t remember the lyrics for the later part.”
“……”
Music Immortal’s divine sense allowed the two to pass the second test.
“From ancient times to the present, the development of musical arts hasn’t only been reflected in composition and singing. Musical instruments are also a very important part of the path of music.”
“Bells, sheng pipes, chimes, large drums, konghou harps, qin zithers… The emergence of musical instruments has given the path of music more diverse forms of expression.”
“This third test requires each of you to create a new musical instrument.”
“Any ideas?” Jiang Li secretly asked Yu Yin, but Yu Yin, still remembering the humiliating scene from earlier, decided to temporarily ignore Jiang Li.
And that stinky gourd fanning the flames on the side too.
Yu Yin stepped on the Wishful Gourd, looking at it with garbage-like eyes, warning that if it dared do something like that again, there would be even harsher punishment than this time.
Seeing that Yu Yin wasn’t paying attention to him, Jiang Li could only rely on himself.
Soon, he came up with a method.
……
The time specified by Music Immortal’s divine sense quickly passed, and she asked everyone to present their results.
“Immortal, please look, this is the tape recorder I invented. It can replicate any sound it hears. Not only that, this thing can also process audio afterwards, fixing those out-of-tune voices.”
“Do you think the Immortal Realm has never seen technological products?” Music Immortal’s divine sense felt this person had some misunderstanding about the Immortal Realm.
Even though she didn’t have most memories of the Immortal Realm, she remembered that as the core of the myriad heavens and worlds, there were quite a few people in the Immortal Realm who used technological products.
Someone seeing this quickly hid their calculator behind their back.
“Next.”
“This is the new instrument I found.”
That person held a leaf in their hand and said, “Leaves are the most common natural instruments in nature. With just a little technique, you can play beautiful music. And the leaf in my hand is something predecessors have never tried before.”
Music Immortal’s divine sense watched him holding a cactus thorn, momentarily unsure what to say.
“Play it for me to see.”
No matter what method that person used, they couldn’t make the leaf in their hand produce sound.
Finally, their efforts showed results. That person gathered energy in their dantian, using all their strength to blow, and the cactus thorn flew out like a hidden weapon, sticking into a tree. The tail of the thorn vibrated rapidly, producing sound.
“Immortal, please look, this is the instrument I invented.”
Luo Ying displayed a row of frogs at his feet.
“These are seven frogs I found by the river with different pitches. After training, as long as you press them, they can call out with corresponding tones.”
Luo Ying pressed one frog, and the frog made a croaking sound, its pitch similar to “gong.”
He pressed another frog, and this frog made a croaking sound, its pitch similar to “shang.”
“Xiao Liang, Xiao Ming, Xiao Guang, Xiao Ke, Xiao Hua, Xiao Mei, Xiao Li, let the immortal see our training results.”
Luo Ying commanded the frogs, and the frogs croaked chaotically. After Luo Ying’s training, these frogs’ singing level wasn’t much different from Luo Ying’s own.
After the performance ended, the seven frogs and Luo Ying all looked expectantly at Music Immortal’s divine sense.
The thought that after Luo Ying left, these well-trained frogs would remain in the secret realm made Music Immortal’s divine sense’s scalp tingle.
“You pass. I only have one request.”
“Please speak, Immortal.”
“Take these frogs with you when you leave.”
“Immortal Sister, this is the instrument I invented.” Luo Zhu was very polite, and what she invented was quite normal – a section of refined thunder-struck wood.
Luo Zhu used Palm Lightning, striking the thunder-struck wood. Different strengths produced different sounds.
“Much better than your brother. Pass.” With Luo Ying preceding her, Music Immortal’s divine sense found everyone qualified.
“This is the instrument I invented.” Yu Yin took out something half a person’s height, similar to a bow. The bowstring was thick at the top and narrow at the bottom. Plucking the bowstring with different strengths and at different positions produced different sounds.
“This thing of yours shouldn’t be just a simple musical instrument, right?” Music Immortal’s divine sense’s intuition told her this thing wasn’t simple.
Yu Yin nodded, plucking different positions on the bowstring: “This is also a weapon that needs to be activated with spiritual energy.”
As the bowstring was plucked, seven elemental attacks of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder struck toward Jiang Li.
“Hey hey hey, don’t use me as a target.” After receiving the attacks, Jiang Li complained to Yu Yin.
“Mistake.” Yu Yin responded coldly, then aimed at Jiang Li and plucked the bowstring a few more times.
“If charging energy, it can create spiritual energy arrows.”
Yu Yin drew the bow, her eyes sharp. As the bow reached full draw, arrows appeared, mounted on the bow, emitting terrifying energy fluctuations.
Yu Yin aimed at Jiang Li, thought for a moment, but still didn’t shoot.
The spiritual energy arrows dissipated.
Music Immortal’s divine sense marveled at this – spiritual treasures that could both perform music and fight were rare: “Creative, you pass.”
Music Immortal’s divine sense came to Jiang Li’s side, seeing him empty-handed, and asked puzzledly, “Where’s your instrument?”
“My instrument is my body.”
“What do you mean?”
“Wait for me to prepare.” After speaking, Jiang Li found the Wishful Gourd, whispered a few words, then disappeared into a thick fog.
Following Jiang Li’s instructions, the Wishful Gourd spoke in a narrator’s voice:
“Bai Hongtu was attacked by Outer Realm Demons. Using all methods, he couldn’t match their strength. Just as Bai Hongtu fell into despair, a figure appeared…”
The thick fog made it hard to see ahead. A figure flickered in and out of view in the fog, looking very reliable.
Accompanying the figure’s appearance, intense background music sounded, giving people an uplifting, confident feeling that the appearing person was extremely powerful.
Jiang Li appeared, and the sound was coming from within his body.
“What principle is this?” Music Immortal’s divine sense didn’t understand.
Jiang Li took out a cultivation method: “This is a cultivation method I wrote called ‘Entrance Technique.’ It’s simple and easy to learn – even pigs can master it.”
“Cultivating this technique allows you to mobilize your body’s blood, muscles, and other parts to make them produce sound.”
“When others are in danger and you appear to rescue them, you can activate this technique to make yourself appear particularly impressive.”
“……”
Music Immortal’s divine sense admitted her knowledge was limited.
Even the Immortal Realm didn’t have something like this.
With his transcendent talent in the path of music, Jiang Li successfully passed all three tests.