Chapter 42: A Faint Melody of the Guqin

  Lu Yu Feng returned to the sect and found that it was extremely lively today, with almost all the disciples gathered in the square of the sect. Lu Yu Feng looked towards the square and saw a huge object parked there, which he could see from afar.

  Seeing this majestic creature, Lu Yu Feng's only feeling was that the monk's methods were truly extraordinary.

  This is a large ship, and there are no sails on the boat. Lu Yu Feng learned from other fellow disciples that this large ship was actually a magical instrument to send San Jie Er Xian for a trial. The distance from Yun Yang Zong to Yu Jian Men is extremely far. Originally, in the past thousand years, there were array formations that connected between sects. At that time, the battle between righteous and evil was intense, and the transmission arrays between sects made it convenient for sects to rescue each other when they were attacked. However, the current situation in the cultivation world is that the righteous and evil have put aside their differences and are supporting each other together. Therefore, the transmission arrays are no longer useful. Moreover, in today's cultivation world, any sect does not have the luxury of using spiritual crystals on transmission arrays.

  So, the Yun Xiao Fei Zhou was born. This kind of Yun Xiao Fei Zhou is used for long-distance transmission after all, and it requires a certain amount of power to fly such a distance.

  Three Heroes and Two Saints, as the leader of the sect, boarded the flying boat first, followed by some disciples, including Feng Chen. Lu Yu Feng had known that apart from Three Heroes and Two Saints, there were others who would go with the flying boat, but those who could board it were all part of the sect's elite. Lu Yu Feng didn't have the qualifications to get on. When Feng Che learned that Lu Yu Feng was going, he originally wanted to find a senior in the sect to make arrangements, as it wasn't difficult for Feng Chen to bring someone on board with his identity. However, Lu Yu Feng did not agree, as he had always wanted to go out and gain experience on his own, and following people from the sect would not achieve that effect.

  Everyone had boarded the airship, and it slowly took off, then "whooshed" away in an instant. Lu Yufeng watched as the airship flew far into the distance, then slowly made his way to the place where he would pick up his travel mount within the sect. He was going to retrieve a speedy Wind Chaser horse, and then set off towards Yu Jian Men, believing that if he hurried over slowly, he definitely wouldn't miss the most exciting part.

  Lu Yu rode his Wind Chaser horse slowly and left the sect without notifying anyone, or rather, there was no one to notify.

  ....

  Lu Yu Feng has been away from the sect for over a month, and he had already left the Cloud Sun Sect's territory. Now Lu Yu Feng didn't even know what territory he was in, but he knew that he hadn't gone in the wrong direction. As long as he continued walking in this direction, he would definitely be able to reach the Sword Emperor Gate.

  Lu Yu Feng walked into a town, casually found an inn, handed the horse over to the shopkeeper, and then stepped inside. Lu Yu Feng planned to rest here for two days, replenish some necessities. Moreover, Lu Yu Feng was not afraid of missing the great battle of the Imperial Sword Sect, after all, with so much time left, he would definitely make it.

  "Sir, what would you like to eat?" A young waiter walked up to Lu Yufeng as soon as he entered the inn, asking with a smile.

  "Bring me a few small dishes, and bring me two good wines." Lu Yufeng often drank with Feng Chen, so he was used to drinking a little wine. Even when he drank alone, he would savor it happily.

  "Alright! Coming right up, sir! Just a moment!" The waiter said and went to the back. Before long, he brought out many side dishes and two jugs of wine for Lu Yufeng.

  "Have you heard? Tonight, Qingxianzi will be playing on the Wuching River, I wonder who will become a honored guest this time!" At the time when Lu Yufeng was drinking alone, he overheard a conversation from the next table. This wasn't because Lu Yufeng was eavesdropping, but rather that a cultivator's hearing is much stronger than an ordinary person's.

  "Yes! I don't know who will be lucky this time, Qing Xianzi's piano playing is really too good, but not everyone can hear it. Qing Xianzi only chooses three people to board the boat each time, and this rule is indeed a bit unfair for us ordinary people." A person at the next table said.

  "This world doesn't have fairness or unfairness, good things can only be enjoyed by those who possess considerable strength." Another person said.

  "Never mind, what's the point of saying all this? Let's go take a look together tonight. Even if we can't get on the boat, it's still nice to hear the voice of the Qingxianzi by the river."

  "Yes, yes! The voice of Qingxianzi is really too good to hear!"

  Lu Yu Feng didn't listen anymore and instead asked for a room to rest in, planning to go take a look at this Qing Xian Zi tonight to see what kind of absolute beauty she was.

  .....

  Wu Qing River is a large river next to this city, and it's extremely wide. At least among the big rivers that Lu Yu Feng has seen, only the one in front of Feng Yun Cliff can compare to it. Of course, Lu Yu Feng hasn't talked about many big rivers either.

  When Lu Yu Feng arrived at the Wuling River, it was not yet dark, but on the side of the Wuling River, there were already countless people standing densely, some were high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants, all of whom were standing by the Wuling River, waiting for Qing Xianzi to appear.

  "It seems that this Qing Xianzi is indeed a stunning beauty, relying on her as a lone woman in the wind and dust, she can make so many people wait, which is quite impressive." Lu Yufeng thought to himself.

  After it got dark, one by one, people waiting lit up their lanterns, making the Wucheng River as bright as daytime.

  At last, after a long wait, Lu Yufeng and the others finally saw Qingxianzi's flower boat. Lu Yufeng saw that it was slowly rowing from upstream of Wuchang River, with two lanterns hanging on the boat, and the word "Qing" written on the lanterns.

  Lu Yu Feng then heard a melodious zither sound coming from the boat, this zither sound can be called heavenly music, at least Lu Yu Feng had never heard such a pleasant zither sound before. As the boat gradually drew closer, he heard a beautiful singing voice coming from the boat.

  Three lifetimes under the stone, a promise was made

  Together they went to the Yellow Springs.

  A smile and a brush of shoulders

  Carved in the heart

  Only when I die will I know how to guard the Peach Garden.

  Two generations of war horses

  Pointing to the mountains and rivers

  Suddenly looking back, memories linger.

  Three Lives of Devotion

  Blood is thicker than water

  Sudden rain stops, it's hard to be thorough.

  Three Lives Stone

  Shi Sansheng

  Three lives on the stone, three lives of fate.

  Don't you see?

  Alas, on the other bank, flowers bloom profusely.

  This voice is extremely pleasant to listen to, but what's pleasant isn't the singing skills, it's that Qingxianzi sang out a story. Lu Yufeng had never seen the couple who were destined to be together until death and for three lifetimes, but after hearing this song by Qingxianzi, their images thoroughly appeared in his mind, extremely clearly. Such qin artistry and musical talent truly shocked Lu Yufeng.

  Lu Yu Feng came to from his shock, and saw that the people around him were still entranced by the music from earlier, unable to extricate themselves. At this time, Qing Xian Zi's boat had already stopped in the middle of the Wu Qing River, dozens of zhang away from the riverbank.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, the young lady has arrived. However, only one of you with real strength can board the ship to have a chat with her. Please excuse us!" With that said, he turned back into the boat.

  Everyone heard this voice and woke up from their shock. Lu Yufeng had already understood that the Qingxianzi's so-called "having the power to board the ship" meant not relying on anything to reach the ship, of course, you could use water to board the ship, which was allowed. Lu Yufeng looked at the distance and estimated that from the shore to the ship, this distance, if one really relied on borrowing power from the water, would require at least the strength of a cultivator in the early stages of Huayuan, only those who could wield such power would have this ability.

  In the mortal world, there are also cultivators who have entered a cultivation sect but lack talent and are sent back to secular life. These people return to secular life with low cultivation levels, roughly around the first or second layer of Qi Refining. The number of such individuals is increasing, giving rise to another system in the mortal world. However, compared to the many ordinary people, this type of person is still relatively rare. Many choose to settle near their former sects after leaving, hoping to break through to the Houtian Boundary one day, as breaking through to the Houtian Boundary would allow them to return to their sect.

  Then, there was the birth of the outer gate.

  After everyone woke up, they found that the boat parked in the Wuching River had some people looking at it with a gloomy face, while others looked at it with excitement. Anyway, the reactions were not uniform. Lu Yufeng quietly watched these people, and he didn't think about getting on the boat, but just came to join in the fun and take a look.

  After a moment of silence, someone finally jumped out from the riverbank and tapped his toes on the surface of the Wuling River, borrowing force to jump again, leaping towards Qingxianzi's boat. Basically, this person would borrow force once every few feet or so, about one zhang apart. Borrowing force on the water's surface was extremely exhausting for one's internal energy, dozens of times more than borrowing force on land. So, Mu Feng and Lu Yuefeng knew that this person wouldn't make it to the boat. According to Lu Yuefeng's assessment, this person probably only had a cultivation base of three layers of Qi Refining. Indeed, when he was still over ten zhang away from the boat, his internal energy gave out, and with a "splash", he fell into the water.

  The people by the river saw him fall into the water and burst out laughing.

  "This guy is too arrogant, with this little strength, he still wants to get on Qing Xianzi's boat!"

  "Yes, yes, once you've set foot on it, don't retreat, or you'll become a laughing stock!"

  ....

  These people who are laughing loudly are just ordinary people, they don't know what it means to comprehend the three layers of Qi, comprehending the three layers of Qi means that with just a little opportunity, one can break through to the stage of transforming the origin and become a young generation's core strength in a sect.

  So some people with a bit of strength by the river showed a serious expression, asking themselves if they were not as good as that person just now, and none of them prepared to get into the water.

  At this time when everyone was laughing, another person jumped into the water. This person's strength was much stronger than the previous one, and basically only needed to borrow force every two zhang (a unit of length).

  "This person should be able to ascend!" Lu Yu Feng saw that this person was already wandering on the edge of the Hua Yuan realm, and his body had already shown some signs of true yuan.

  After several mentions, this person approached the ship and was about to board it. Lu Yufeng saw a hint of joy on his face.

  Suddenly, just as the man was about to board the boat, a faint sound of a zither came from within the boat. Then, it was seen that this person hesitated in mid-air and directly fell into the Wucheng River.

  Hahaha...

  The people on the riverbank burst out laughing again. They didn't have the strength to go up, but they could mock those who thought they could go up and ended up falling into the river.

  "What's going on?" Lu Yufeng was extremely puzzled. This person had clearly reached the top, but in the last moment, his body suddenly stopped and fell into the water.

  "Could it be..." Lu Yufeng thought back to the situation at that time, and the only explanation was that the uniform sound of the qin was playing tricks on him. According to Lu Yufeng's speculation, this strand of qin sound should have a disturbing effect on one's mind.

  Suddenly, Lu Yufeng noticed a person. This person was dressed in black and standing by the river. Lu Yufeng saw that he had reached the initial stage of Huayuan, and it should be a stable initial stage of Huayuan. After everyone fell into the water, this person slowly walked to the water's edge, then took a leap and jumped towards the flower boat.