I Should Not Have Wasted Eighty Million Gold Taels
Wait! It's great that he could play all six musical instruments by himself. But, how did he do it? Except for the bamboo flute he is holding, the rest are playing by itself.
"Could it be ghosts?"
"Well, there are no other explanations. How do you think he did all of this?"
"I can't believe this! This Feng Ao Xiu's Number One Fan calls ghost to play music for him!"
Feng Ao Xiu keeps playing the bamboo flute while moving around the stage. He begins to dance around and doing some weird moves.
"Is he dancing? Isn't this supposed to be a musical performance?"
"But he did it while playing bamboo flutes, I guess it's fine!"
Feng Ao Xiu lies down on the floor. Then he starts to roll around.
"Is that also his dance performance? Is it fine?"
"..."
Even though Feng Ao Xiu's Number One Fan's movement could not be comprehended, the musical performance he did can't be denied. It's beautifully amazing! The harmonic melody along with the mesmerizing beat. This was the first time they ever heard of such amazing music.
The song comes to an end. No one was booing or angry. However, no one shouted or clapped either. Yes, they were speechless.
Finally, Kong Ling Jue stands up and gives a big loud clap. "Amazing! A beautiful musical performance!"
The audience also stands up and starts to clap loudly.
"Amazing! Beautiful! Marvellous!"
"You truly are Feng Ao Xiu's Number One Fan!"
"Ah... My eyes deceived me! How could I judge a book by its cover?"
The Emperor was also impressed. He had heard a lot of musical performance at the Emperor's Palace, but none of them was as good as this. Furthermore, the one who performs was Feng Ao Xiu himself.
Appearing as a special judge at the Scholars Association Four Arts Contest was the right choice. Ever since he made that previous embarrassing mistake, the Emperor decided to keep marriage proposal off for the moment. But, he still could use this moment to get close to Feng Ao Xiu and create a good relationship with him.
Once again, Mo Tie Yang jumps from his seat, he couldn't help but ask, "Ho... How did you do it?"
Bu Liang arms and legs were shaking, "Don't tell me it was ghosts!"
Feng Ao Xiu shook his head, "There were no ghosts!"
This statement initiates everyone's curiosity. What is it then?
"It's Six Melodious Destruction Array Formation."
The three judges became shocked. Especially Mo Tie Yang, "It's an array formation? Are you saying that this musical performance is because of array formation!"
An array formation was good and strong, but also rare and unpopular. Only about two or three in ten thousand people want to study array formation. Within those that study array formation, about eight or nine decided to quit.
It's a simple explanation. Array formation was just too expensive. In order to create a protective wall with a size of a room, at least one million gold taels are needed, and that is just for supplies. It was known that Emperor Fu Sheng Jian spends about eighty million gold taels to create the best array formation in the country to protect Princess Ming's chamber. And that array Formation could only hold off against Iron Sky Realm Expert, someone higher than Iron Sky Realm could easily break the formation.
Array Formation was also too complex. An example, to create that same protective square wall, a green flag banner is needed on the south, a golden phoenix statue must be put on the northeast corner of the room, and many more. When the room is a circle, the situation changes and many additional supplies are needed.
Is what Feng Ao Xiu's Number One Fan really did an array formation? He just placed six different musical instruments on the stage, and the array formation is done. It's so different from an array formation they always knew about. Furthermore, they never heard of an array formation to play music.
Mo Tie Yang himself studied the array formation for a long time. He was one of the Array Formation Expert. Among all of them here, Mo Tie Yang knew about array formation the most. He asked, "What is this Six Melodious Destruction Array Formation?"
Feng Ao Xiu explained, "Six Melodious Destruction Array Formation is an array formation where the person in the centre plays an instrument, then the Qi surrounding the instrument will spread out and plays the other five musical instruments. To create good music, the person plays in the centre must follow a set of movement in order to direct the flow of Qi."
Nobody understands except Mo Tie Yang.
Feng Ao Xiu continues, "Everyone who hears the Six Melodious Destruction Array Formation will have their ears explodes with a high chance of death. But, no need to worry! This array formation is incomplete, only the music is playing, but the destruction part is gone."
Mo Tie Yang became astonished, "Such a destructive array formation. I've never heard of such an array formation before. Who made this array formation?"
Feng Ao Xiu replied, "I don't know, but I'm the one who disassembled the Six Melodious Destruction Array Formation to create the incomplete one."
[Dare to disassembled such a dangerous array formation, are you seeking death? Wait!]
Mo Tie Yang arms were trembling in disbelief, he slowly points to Feng Ao Xiu, "Are you... an Array Formation Master?"
The crowd grew from silent to frenzy.
An Array Formation Master? This Feng Ao Xiu's Number One Fan is an Array Formation Master!? From the thousands of Array Formation Expert, who dare to claim he is a master in the array formation? From the tough competition, their skills are not that much of a difference between one another. No one can claim he is better than the other. No one can point someone as a master either.
But suddenly, an Array Formation Expert claims someone as Array Formation Master. This means that the young man's skill is several steps than Mo Tie Yang. This is historic!
Feng Ao Xiu scratches the side of his head, "I guess I am..."
"How big, how strong, and how expensive can you create a protective wall array formation?". Mo Tie Yang asked a simple question. Protective wall array formation was fairly quite straightforward to make and not dangerous, this array formation has been the measurement for Array Formation Expert's skill.
"Give me two hundred gold taels, and I'll protect a whole building from a Jade Sky Realm Expert", replied Feng Ao Xiu.
[What the hell!? Only 200 gold taels and you can protect the whole building! A Jade Sky Realm Expert also can't get through it! Are you lying?]
The crowd whispered to one another, they can't believe such a young man would be an Array Formation Master.
Emperor Fu Sheng Jian gnashed his teeth in regret.
[I should not have wasted eighty million gold taels, I could have just asked Feng Ao Xiu to do it]
The hosts continued, "I see thank you to Feng Ao Xiu's Number One Fan. You truly proved yourself!"
The host picked up a paper from the name box. "The next one is Yu Leng, please give applause to Yu Leng!"
Even before, the audiences began to clap to welcome the next contender, a young scholar ran up to the stage and whispered to the host. The host nodded.
"Dear guests, I'm sorry! Yu Leng has withdrawn from the contest! Let's call the next one!"
He picked another name from the box, "It's Wang Jian! Participant Wang Jian, please come up to the stage!"
Another young scholar came up from behind the stage and whispered to the host.
The host wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled. "It appears Wang Jian also withdrawn from the contest."
"Let's move on to the next contest, the Go Contest!"
What!? It ends? Just like that!? No more Music!?
Yes, the other contestants have withdrawn from the contest. They simply couldn't beat Feng Ao Xiu's Number One Fan. A group of musicians may have a chance of beating him, but this is a solo contest, one musician can't possibly win against six, or an array formation. Might as well withdraws and wait for the next contest.
Feng Ao Xiu laughs. Get three pure coloured spirit stones!
Meanwhile, He Min who was also a participant in the contest bites his finger. He believed he was the one who should have won this contest. His plan was to get the stones for himself and give some of them to the young man to earn his trust. It turns out the young man was actually an Array Formation Master. Even if he tried his best in music, it was inevitable that he would lose.
It does not matter, the fact that the young man knew array formation only prove that He Min's choice was not wrong. Could the stones be the supplies item for a greater formation? In that case, he should earn it himself and sell it to the young man tenfolds.
He may have lost in the music, but the next contest was Go, array formation will be useless. Not just the contest for Go, but also the rest of them. He Min would be sure he will win, after all, he has some help.
He Min's master was the second-in-command of the Silver Hands Owl. Right now, he was sitting in the judge's area. With the help of his master, He Min would not fail, because his master was none other than the so-called Walking Library, Kong Ling Jue.