Chapter 407 The Flute Player Still Exists

Chapter 407 The Flute Player Still Exists (1/2)

Three hundred years later, Wei Ying finally obtained another chance at reincarnation.

She speculated that during these three hundred years, Ji Yan should have been alive, but she had no knowledge of who he was in this life.

Three hundred years ago, during the Sun-Moon Cave Battle, Ji Yan always wore an evil Buddha mask. Even whether Ji Yan was male or female at that time was unclear to Wei Ying.

In fact, if the Boundless One had appeared one second later that day, the Wine Immortal could have lifted Ji Yan's mask, and in the end, she could have successfully sealed him.

The outcome of that night was rewritten because the Boundless One suddenly appeared and disrupted everything.

Therefore, Wei Ying hated the Boundless One even more than Ji Yan.

At this moment, Song Yuan looked around and saw that some people took out their own alcohol, looked at the Wine Immortal at the bottom of the pond, and drank alone to commemorate this former Wine Immortal.

There were also many people who took out musical instruments—there were string instruments, flutes, and xiaos—and played them, producing a sense of sorrowful melody.

Among them, there was a flute sound, melodious and beautiful, standing out from the multitude of instruments. Other musicians stopped playing and just listened to this particular flute sound.

Following the sound, Song Yuan saw a white-haired, wrinkled old man playing the flute. He was slightly hunched, holding the flute with both hands.

After finishing the piece, someone sighed, "Although there is no one who understands wine, there is still a flute player today!"

The phrase "understands wine" referred to the Wine Immortal, and the "flute player" naturally referred to the Flute Immortal.

The hottest pair in the mortal realm, known as "Wine and Flute," one was now dead, and the other had disappeared.

The one who had died had visitors every day, while the one who was still alive had not been seen by anyone for a long time.

"Old sir, your flute playing is comparable to the Flute Immortal of today." Someone praised the old man.

The old man lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "It's too much praise. This old man's humble skills cannot be compared to the Flute Immortal."

"Old sir, play another tune!"

"Yes, play another tune."

More and more people noticed the exceptional flute player. The old man seemed a bit shy, took a few steps back, suddenly waved his sleeve, and turned into a gust of wind, flying away, breaking the rule that flying was not allowed in this area.

At this moment, Song Yuan suddenly heard Wei Ying's voice in her mind.

"Hurry up and catch that old man; he may be the Flute Immortal!"

Rumored to be extraordinary, the Flute Immortal was known for his exceptional appearance. It was unlikely that he would be an old man with a hunchback.

"'Extraordinary' is recorded in the records of immortal figures. The Flute Immortal doesn't look like this." Song Yuan asked Wei Ying, "How do you know he is the Flute Immortal? I have read 'Records of Immortal Figures,' and the Flute Immortal doesn't look like this."

Wei Ying said, "Three hundred years ago, I heard many tunes played by the Flute Immortal. This person's flute style is exactly the same as the Flute Immortal's. The old man's appearance is probably just a kind of illusion."

Song Yuan had thought that the hunchbacked old man was in front of her, being chased by her. But suddenly, the voice of the hunchbacked old man came from behind her. 

Chapter 407 The Flute Player Still Exists (2/2)

"Why is this fellow Daoist chasing after this old man so persistently?"

Song Yuan immediately turned around, standing in midair at a safe distance from the old man.

The hunchbacked old man also stood in midair, holding a jade flute in his hand.

"I wonder if the Daoist is the Flute Immortal," Song Yuan asked.

The hunchbacked old man smiled and said, "I happened to be playing a tune on the Wuyi Ice Mountain just now out of a sudden interest. I never expected to be suspected as the Flute Immortal by you. This can be considered the highest affirmation of your praise for my flute skills. However, I can honestly tell you that I have no connection with the Flute Immortal, let alone being the same person."

"Test him." Wei Ying's voice in Song Yuan's mind said, "But don't use the power of immortality, and don't use the Wei Clan's techniques."

Using the power of immortality or the Wei Clan's techniques would easily expose Song Yuan's identity as Wei Ying. Wei Ying couldn't casually display the Wei Clan's techniques in front of outsiders.

"Understood!" Song Yuan responded in her mind.

Song Yuan's current demonic cultivation had reached the level of the Chaos Divine Demon Realm, equivalent to the level of a Demon Sovereign.

For her identity as the Holy Abyss practitioner, reaching this level at the age of forty-six was barely passing.

It wasn't because Song Yuan's demonic cultivation aptitude was ordinary or her understanding was lacking, but because her divine spirit belonged to the realm of celestial cultivation. It conflicted with the demonic cultivation spiritual veins in her body, causing her cultivation progress to be far less than expected.

Originally, Wei Ying wanted Song Yuan to give up demonic cultivation and focus on cultivating her power of immortality. That would have been sufficient.

However, Song Yuan always felt that the power of immortality belonged to Wei Ying and not to herself. Therefore, she never gave up demonic cultivation.

Moreover, Song Yuan's identity as the Holy Abyss practitioner, the successor to the next leader of the Vanyuan Sect, required her demonic cultivation to be of a certain level to gain the trust of others.

After awakening her undying divine spirit, Song Yuan could still reach the level of a Demon Sovereign, which surprised Wei Ying. Wei Ying initially thought that due to the repulsion between the celestial and demonic elements within Song Yuan's body, her demonic cultivation would only progress to the Gloomy Profound Realm.

Now, it seemed that, through Song Yuan's efforts, a delicate balance was achieved between her celestial and demonic elements, without significant repulsion.

Perhaps, as the Wine Immortal firmly believed, the unity of immortals and demons, different paths leading to the same goal, was true.

Or maybe, millions of years ago, there was no division between immortals and demons, and there was only one path of cultivation in the world.

The existence of the Peak Three Realms seemed to confirm this theory because whether immortal cultivators or demonic cultivators, when breaking through to the first realm of the Peak, their realm names were the same—Ancient Supreme Darkness Realm. This was equivalent to saying that they were converging on different paths.

At this moment, Song Yuan used her demonic cultivation and formed a seal.

The 19th technique of the water system—Ice Coffin!

The hunchbacked old man seemed unprepared for Song Yuan's sudden attack. He was caught off guard, encased in ice by the ice coffin.

But soon, he mobilized his cultivation from within, breaking free from

 the ice, and swiftly moved north.

"Don't let him escape!" Wei Ying shouted, "If you can't do it, let me take over."

Wei Ying proposed to use Song Yuan's body.

For many years, Wei Ying had always called Song Yuan "Little Wei Ying." After all, there needed to be a distinction between the two. Wei Ying didn't want to use Song Yuan's original name, as she wanted to constantly reinforce Song Yuan's awareness that she was also Wei Ying.

"Don't worry; he can't escape." Song Yuan said confidently. She didn't seem willing to hand over control of her body to Wei Ying.