Dragon's Origin

Chapter 454: A Little Theater (Part 1)

It had been a long time since the old Daoist had experienced such enlightenment, and Wang Sheng was pleasantly surprised to hear about it. However, Wang Sheng wasn't in a hurry to ask what the old Daoist had realized. He quickly arranged for him to seclude himself, lest the inspiration should vanish.

As for Wang Sheng's safety, frankly, there was no need to worry in the capital for the time being. Even if Uncle Li from Worry-Free City were to pursue him, those masters from the Qing generation could hold him off for a while, giving Wang Sheng enough time to set up a death trap.

After hurriedly arranging things for Lingxu Old Daoist, Wang Sheng returned to Master Yu's side. Master Yu was very satisfied with one of the two pieces of music and unable to evaluate the other, but all in all, Wang Sheng had presented two new pieces, which made Master Yu very happy. Moreover, Master Yu and the musicians had gained insights, so Wang Sheng didn't disturb them further, only reminding them not to forget the performances in the next two days, and then returned to the Duke's mansion with Mei'er and Sister Qiangwei.

Lingxu Old Daoist went into seclusion, and Wang Sheng continued to practice using the Multi-Word incantation of the Nine Syllable True Words. Two days later, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's second official performance began. This performance had tickets available for pre-sale three days in advance, and the news was released four days in advance.

As a result, on the very day the news was released, servants from the capital's powerful and wealthy families were already lining up, with the line exceeding three hundred meters. This number was close to the number of seats in the entire Royal Grand Theater. Many people who got the news a bit late, arriving about an hour later, knew they had no chance when they saw the number of people.

One could only imagine what kind of punishment these servants responsible for queuing would receive for not buying tickets. But the sight of the queue alone was enough for the people of the capital to talk about for days.

If Wang Sheng saw this scene, he would definitely shake his head and sigh. Earth had its Apple fanboys, and this world had similar groups of people.

The cheapest tickets for the second performance, at ten gold coins each, were sold out in less than half an hour. Except for the one hundred tickets specially reserved for the royal family at the request of Steward Zhou, all other tickets were sold out. Wang Sheng didn't give the tickets reserved for the royal family for free, but directly deducted the cost from the profits of Qianshengyuan and Runzifang that were due to the Emperor.

Wang Sheng didn't go, but according to the news from the Grand Theater's manager, two of the Royal Three Great Offerings went. It was said that they listened to the music with great concentration, probably because Wang Sheng's words to Steward Zhou had worked.

Basically, at this point, some nobles in the imperial court had begun to slightly change their views. At least they no longer regarded musicians as ordinary servants, and they had a little more respect for those musicians who were truly skilled.

Of course, it was only a little bit. Just two concerts were not enough to spread the influence throughout the country. It was already very difficult to form such a concept in the circle of dignitaries in the capital, and there was still a longer road ahead.

But Master Yu and others were already very satisfied with this. They had never imagined that there would be such a day when those dignitaries would smile and nod when they saw them, instead of looking at them with the kind of eyes that summoned them at will.

In response, Master Yu specifically approached Wang Sheng to express his gratitude again.

"It's because you guys are doing well!" Wang Sheng didn't take all the credit, smiling and responding to Master Yu, "Master, it will get better and better in the future, you must believe that."

"Of course I believe it!" Master Yu laughed heartily, and incidentally told Wang Sheng good news: "That day, Duke, you said that the theater had a spiritual energy vibration effect. These days, Old Liu and the others have been working hard and have completed the Duke's mansion's theater. Would you like to try it out?"

"Of course!" For Wang Sheng, this was truly a surprise. He originally thought it would take a month, but he didn't expect it to be so fast. Master Yu must have worked hard these days, but Wang Sheng kept some words in his heart and didn't say them.

This small theater wasn't big, and the stage couldn't accommodate all the members of the orchestra. There were only two rows of seats in the audience, totaling ten. Master Yu seemed to have deliberately requested this, and his explanation to Wang Sheng was that he had listened to Wang Sheng's words and implemented a principal system. In addition to the principal, there were also second and third seat positions. To be able to perform in the Duke's mansion's small theater, one had to be at least a third seat.

Everyone in the orchestra knew that Wang Sheng had a keen ear. After being instructed by both Wang Sheng and Master Yu, they could benefit a lot, and everyone was frantically practicing to improve. Of course, so far, only less than fifty orchestra members could perform a special performance for Wang Sheng in the small theater. Being able to perform in the small theater was second only to becoming the orchestra's principal.

Wang Sheng, Mei'er, Sister Qiangwei, and several old Daoists from the Qing generation of the Daoist sect sat in the audience seats of the small theater, waiting for the performance to begin.

This wasn't a rehearsal-like performance, but a truly serious performance. The theater wasn't big, and not many formations were used, but Master Yu had adjusted it to the limit. This performance was to verify the spiritual energy vibration effect that Lingxu Old Daoist had mentioned.

Master Yu and others were ready, Wang Sheng led everyone to stand up and applaud, and then sat down quietly to prepare to listen. With Master Yu's conducting, the small theater concert began again.

Wang Sheng didn't feel the spiritual energy vibration effect for the time being, but Wang Sheng was able to continue to practice the skill of using the Three Syllable incantation simultaneously with Master Yu's rhythm. However, several old Daoists of the Qing generation listened with fascination, and vaguely felt some spiritual energy vibration effect.

After all, it was a small theater, not a large theater with a thousand people. The space was small, and the spiritual energy was naturally sensed deeply. Besides Wang Sheng, who was cultivating with Master Yu's rhythm, only Mei'er and Sister Qiangwei had too low cultivation levels to feel these.

A surprise followed. Wang Sheng had been practicing the simultaneous use of the Three Syllable incantation proficiently these days. When he was cultivating with the rhythm of the music, a surge of spiritual energy came, and the familiar feeling of the body being tempered by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth struck again. In the process of enjoying the music, Wang Sheng advanced again.

Several old Daoists of the Qing generation stared blankly at all this, unable to even care about sensing the spiritual energy vibration. Wang Sheng actually advanced in the process of enjoying music. No matter how one looked at it, it seemed like a fantasy story, but this story clearly happened before everyone's eyes.

Master Yu was single-minded when performing, and the band members were also very serious. No one noticed that Wang Sheng was upgrading right under their noses.

Vast spiritual energy rushed into Wang Sheng's body, acupoints, and the Yuan Soul space. The acupoints expanded from the size of a peach pit to the size of a ping pong ball. Everything felt the same as when he had advanced before.

However, there was still a small difference. In the Yuan Soul space, in the pool that had been silent for a long time, with the tempering of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, suddenly there was a drop of clear liquid.