Dragon's Origin

Chapter 468: The All Grandmaster Band (Part 2)

Bathing in the ocean of beautiful music, some things become involuntary. Cultivation is like that, breakthroughs are like that, and even playing music is like that.

The breakthroughs of two grandmasters, their bodies tempered by spiritual energy, didn't interrupt their music. Instead, relying on instinctive muscle memory and their understanding of the music, they continued to play without stopping. Even more impressively, in this state, the instruments in the hands of the two grandmasters were frighteningly precise, without a single mistake.

Wang Sheng and Mei'er both entered a state of breakthrough. This time, the commotion was too great, and the theater was too small, so even Master Yu, who was facing away from everyone, noticed something was wrong.

In this situation, there was no better option than to continue playing. Forcibly interrupting would definitely harm both them and others. In fact, even Master Yu was unconsciously circulating spiritual energy. The lineup of all grandmasters, coupled with the spiritual energy fluctuations from the formation, had ineffable benefits for everyone in the small theater.

The breakthroughs of the two old friends were also a pleasant surprise. Among everyone, they were the two with the lowest cultivation levels. The others had all entered the Legendary Realm, although they had all broken through in recent years, they were still genuine Legendary experts. The fact that two friends weren't meant that the overall cultivation level and performance level had an unbalanced weakness. Now, that was resolved. Once they finished their breakthroughs, the entire band would be able to maintain the level of all Legendary Realm.

Taking such a band out, whether for performance or combat, would be first-class. Walking outside, whether facing those who admired high cultivation or those who admired artists, everyone would have to look up to them. All of this stemmed from the changes after Wang Sheng invited him out of retirement.

In a cheerful mood, Master Yu once again concentrated all his attention on the performance in front of him. He was the conductor, and could be said to be the master of everything here. He had to ensure that everyone safely completed their breakthroughs before stopping the music, even if it meant repeating some pieces at the end.

Old Taoist Lingxu was the happiest. Wang Sheng not only used a band of all grandmasters to verify the spiritual energy fluctuations he had previously discovered, but also combined these spiritual energy fluctuations with cultivation. Being in this vortex of spiritual energy allowed Old Taoist Lingxu to replenish the losses from his twenty-plus days of closed-door cultivation almost all at once with the sound of the music, no longer needing to spend more time slowly nurturing himself.

That wasn't all. Because of the losses from his closed-door cultivation and his unfamiliarity with the Taiji Daoist Canon mental cultivation method, Old Taoist Lingxu couldn't fully achieve the state of yin and yang harmony. He would need some time to cultivate before he could smooth out his breath and slowly achieve yin and yang balance. Of course, that was according to the general process, but after listening to a concert here today, everything changed.

The losses were replenished, and the Taiji Daoist Canon mental cultivation method flowed incomparably smoothly, twice as smoothly as when Old Taoist Lingxu actively cultivated. What made Old Taoist Lingxu even happier was that the massive spiritual energy surged in madly, allowing him to achieve the yin and yang balance that would have taken at least three months. Now, with the performance of the music and the rotation of the spiritual energy, the gap was shrinking and restoring balance bit by bit.

At this rate, as long as the performance could continue for another two hours, everything would reach perfection. Old Taoist Lingxu calmed down and felt the faint cultivation experience of the familiar Daoist Canon mental cultivation method in the spiritual energy. He knew that it was the cultivation insights of several disciples from the Qing generation. Only those who had cultivated the Daoist Canon mental cultivation method for at least twenty years could sense it. At least Wang Sheng couldn't do it now, but Old Taoist Lingxu definitely could.

This was also a surprise for Old Taoist Lingxu. If a lineup of all grandmaster musicians could achieve this level, then as long as the Old Lord Temple could cultivate a group of music experts of this level, the disciples of the Old Lord Temple would cultivate many times more efficiently than others in the future.

Old Taoist Lingxu's cultivation was much higher than others, so he could perceive things that others couldn't. For example, because of the harmony between the small theater's formation and the music performance, the people in the small theater and the theater itself had actually merged into one as a whole. This was also the reason why they could mobilize the surrounding spiritual energy using the theater as a unit.

However, it wasn't possible to merge from the beginning. It required performing several pieces of music to slowly merge this harmonious rhythm before achieving this effect. Therefore, after the performance was over, he could discuss with Wang Sheng which sequence of songs was the best combination to trigger this effect.

Wang Sheng was also enjoying the wonderful feeling of breakthrough. Even more wonderful was that Mei'er next to him was holding his hand, and the two were simultaneously enjoying the beauty of this spiritual energy tempering. For a moment, there seemed to be a hint of telepathy, which was extremely pleasant.

Similarly, Wang Sheng enjoyed the music even more than everyone else. Now, it wasn't just the grandmasters playing music, but the grandmasters and the music becoming one. This feeling was even more wonderful than at the beginning, and his ears seemed to be drinking mellow wine. The wine didn't intoxicate people, but people intoxicated themselves!

Unlike the musicians in the band who were immersed in the music, Wang Sheng always maintained a sense of clarity because he was constantly using the Four Word Formula of the Nine Character Incantation. This clarity was even more detached than Master Yu as the conductor, giving him a feeling of being in the midst of the situation, with his heart following the music, his mind wandering outside the world, yet seemingly like an outsider.

The band's music had reached the end. If they didn't want to interrupt it, Master Yu would probably have to repeat the performance. Wang Sheng had just thought this in his heart when Master Yu said only one sentence at the end, and a group of grandmasters immediately continued playing. Wang Sheng heard clearly that this was clearly Master Dan's country tune.

The emotions of the tune were fulfillment, happiness, and joy, which were only beneficial to cultivation and not harmful. Wang Sheng continued to appreciate it. Apart from the Four Word Formula being actively used, he didn't care about anything else and left everything to the spiritual energy to dominate.

The country tune wasn't very long, only a few minutes. Then, Wang Sheng was pleasantly surprised to find that Master Yu was conducting everyone to start playing "Following Fate." It seemed that these grandmasters had practiced all of Wang Sheng's songs.

However, the greater surprise wasn't the music, but Old Taoist Lingxu next to him, who actually began to sing softly along with the music of "Following Fate." While singing, Old Taoist's understanding of Taoism and Taiji naturally mixed with the effect of the Nine Character Incantation, and the entire spiritual energy suddenly became incomparably pure because of Old Taoist's actions. Countless mixed spiritual energies were rejected, and everyone felt even more refreshed.

Then, Wang Sheng heard the prelude to "The Way," and Old Taoist Lingxu's suddenly inspired and hearty singing.

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