"I don't believe you!" Liang Xiao Rou rolled her eyes at Ye Yong. "If you're so skilled, play a piece for us to hear."
"What instrument would Liang Senior Sister like to hear?"
Seeing how calm Ye Yong was, Liang Xiao Rou became a little confused. Could he really play?
"Anything, flute, xiao, guzheng."
Joining the Music and Painting Hall required an instrument, and Ye Yong could buy one now that he had professional knowledge of all instruments. However, considering the female cultivator in the Music and Painting Hall, he chose the flute.
A high-grade level five flute wasn't expensive, only three hundred Transcend Points.
Pulling out a brand-new flute, Ye Yong smiled slightly as he caught everyone's attention.
Pretending to be cool was like the wind, always with him.
"Hoo~" A long, clear note rang out. Because he had mastered the entire series of "Comprehensive Music Theory," Ye Yong could play a beautiful melody without sheet music.
In the vast mountain valley, only the sound of the flute echoed.
Ye Yong closed his eyes, his black hair and white clothes forming a striking contrast, swaying in the evening breeze.
At first, he was just testing the waters, but soon Ye Yong began to add spiritual energy to the flute's sound. The already beautiful melody seemed to be infused with a layer of magic.
Cleansing the soul.
If there was a mortal killer who had taken many lives present, they would put down their weapons and weep in repentance.
This was because Ye Yong's cultivation was not yet high enough. If it were stronger, he could even affect cultivators.
Music was just that magical. Perhaps it didn't have an obvious attacking power, but it could evoke emotions in living beings. If a battle song were played on the battlefield, it could completely boost our morale and strength.
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Long Tian listened from behind the crowd, feeling very calm. If he were to gain insight now, his speed might increase.
The old meteor immortal in the jade pendant also exclaimed, "Not bad, not bad. There is already a hint of Dao in it. I didn't expect a Foundation Establishment
cultivator to be able to play such a flute, truly rare. It seems he has a very high talent for music."
"Really amazing." Long Tian couldn't help but sigh.
Although he and Ye Yong were both 18 years old, Ye Yong was already at the tenth level of Foundation Establishment, with seven colors in his Foundation Establishment, and even the meteor immortal praised him for his broad vision. On top of that, he came from a big clan.
With so many excellent conditions combined, even Long Tian couldn't help but envy him. But he didn't fall behind, because he had the meteor immortal and his own talent, and he believed that he would catch up to Ye Yong in the future, or even surpass him.
If Ye Yong could know what was going on in Long Tian's mind at the moment, he would surely marvel at this be son of the plane, the self-cultivation of a protagonist.
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After the song ended, Ye Yong opened his eyes. His gaze was deep, like a mysterious starry sky, coupled with that handsome face, the female cultivators around him were going crazy.
Cool! So cool! Really f*cking cool!
Ye Yong's heart was beating fast, undoubtedly, he had successfully shown off again.
Despite his inner excitement, Ye Yong still maintained a calm and indifferent appearance. He looked at the stunned Liang Xiao Rou and asked, "How was it, Senior Sister Liang?"
"You, you…." her shocked tone changed, and you call that "okay"?
But Ye Yong just liked to see the other party act strong, a tsundere loli, how cute? "Is it okay for me to join the Music and Painting Hall now?" Ye Yong asked again.
"Barely passable…, but I still recommend that you join the Sword Pavilion. If a male cultivator wants to join the Music and Art Pavilion, they still need to pass the assessment of the pavilion master. As for the content of the assessment, you are very likely to embarrass yourself."
"Yes, yes, Young Master Ye, come to the Sword Pavilion." The new female cultivators who had already joined the Sword Pavilion spoke up.
"No!" The female cultivator from the Music and Art Pavilion refused. But she was the only one, and with so many people looking at her, she didn't have much confidence in her words. "You, you have great talent. Joining the Music and Art Pavilion can definitely take your accomplishments in music to the next level. As for the assessment, I can apply to the pavilion master to exempt you."
"There's no need for that. I will prove with my strength that I have the qualifications to enter the Music and Art Pavilion." Ye Yong said, and the female cultivator was stunned.
So confident and handsome! He must become a junior brother in the Music and Art Pavilion!
Before she could say anything to Ye Yong, a group of female cultivators rushed to join the Music and Art Pavilion. She was immediately overwhelmed by the crowd and hastily took out a messaging stone to request help from the pavilion.
Music and Art Pavilion –
Compared to other pavilions with hundreds or thousands of members, the Music and Art Pavilion had less than a hundred cultivators, and they were all female. Because there hadn't been many new recruits in several years, even the weakest cultivators had formed their golden cores, and the strongest had reached the level of the upper levels of Golden Core.
The age of the cultivators didn't mean much. Despite the fact that the average age of the female cultivators in the Music and Art Pavilion was over 50, in reality, they were no different from mortal women in their twenties, and their looks were not inferior, either. Therefore, the Music and Art Pavilion was also known as the place that male cultivators most longed to join.
"Xiao Xiao said that there are many new disciples vying to join our Music and Art
Pavilion. I wonder if she's gone mad from reading too many books." A female cultivator with a Golden Core at the eighth level and a good appearance set down the messaging stone and shook her head.
When a cultivator reached a certain level of cultivation, they didn't need to sleep and could cultivate simply by meditating. Today happened to be the monthly exchange of music and art in the Music and Art Pavilion, so most of the cultivators were in the pavilion.
"Sigh, I really want to bully the new recruits." A crystal cultivator lazily lay on the table.
"Why are there so few cultivators with talent in music and art?" Another female cultivator sighed.
At this point, the messaging stone lit up again, and the first Golden Core cultivator picked it up impatiently. "Xiao Xiao, come back soon. Don't daydream."
"Senior Sister Bai! I'm not daydreaming! I'm about to be crushed to death! Come and help me! If you don't come soon, you'll have to collect my body!" Xiao Xiao's scream came through the messaging stone.
"You all heard that." The female cultivator put down the messaging stone. She had just turned on the loudspeaker. "Just find two people to help her."
No one wanted to do the troublesome task, so the two crystal cultivators at the lowest level of cultivation "volunteered" to go.
The two female cultivators were gone for about half an hour, and then the messaging stone lit up again, this time with the voices of Xiao Xiao and the two female cultivators.
Thousands of words condensed into one sentence: "Come and help us!"
"What's going on?" If one person had gone crazy from reading, it wouldn't be so strange, but two people at once?
"Let's go and see." So, all the female cultivators in the Music and Art Pavilion went out, like a group of fairies descending to earth.
When they arrived at the open space in the valley where the new recruits were, they found that at least a thousand female cultivators were crowded there, with several male cultivators with impure motives behind them.
"Although we asked you to recruit, isn't this too many?" Lu Xiao Xiao, the quiet female cultivator who registered Ye Yong to the pavilion, wiped the sweat from her pretty face. She had forgotten how many years it had been since she last broke a sweat.
"What's going on?" The female cultivator with the strongest cultivation, at the Golden Core eighth level, looked puzzled. "Are they all trying to join the Music and Art Pavilion?"
"Yes."
"Are the new recruits all brain-dead?" The words she spoke were like she herself was a brain-dead person who had joined the Music and Art Pavilion, she quickly responded, "Ahem! Whether it's music or painting, you need to persevere, we don't want people who are just trying join with impure motives."
"That's right." The rest of the female cultivators nodded, they did desire newcomers, but they didn't want to ruin people's future, the path of sound and painting was very difficult.
However, seeing that the crowd didn't disperse, it seemed that they wouldn't let up easily, so the female cultivators of the Music and Art Pavilion divided up the work, and made it look like some kind of competition for the auditions.
"Those who want to join come here to show off their music and painting skills, and only those who qualify will be eligible to join."