The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 225 - 120 Playing the Flute (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 225: Chapter 120 Playing the Flute (Please Subscribe)

At night, after Xu Qing had healed Fayue, her master immediately entered meditation, regulating her Qi-Blood.

Xu Qing stepped out of the room, to find Feng Wu guarding the courtyard.

In the courtyard autumn trees, the moonlight melted away.

Feng Wu, clad in the fox fur given by Xu Qing, appeared exceptionally beautiful. Along with the yet-unhealed wounds of her Divine Soul, there was an added hint of a desolate and profound grace.

The hazy moonlight also lent her figure an aura of delicate charm, so compelling and touching.

Xu Qing couldn’t help but gaze in wonder.

"Does it look good?"

"Beautiful," Xu Qing sincerely complimented.

Girls at this age, just beyond their girlhood, entering the prime of their youth, gradually stepping into the most beautiful period of their lives.

Of course, during the developmental period of puberty, girls change day by day. Some become less pleasant as they age, others become increasingly beautiful.

Undeniably, his young female master belonged to the latter.

Feng Wu giggled, "Let’s walk to the lakeside."

Inside the Heavenly Capital, there’s no shortage of lakes, big and small. If one were to look down from high above, the reflection of stars and moonlight made them appear as though stars had fallen into the mortal realm, dreamlike and fantastic.

The two strolled out the door.

Feng Wu said leisurely, "My master traveled all over Jiangnan, inside and outside the Great Wall when she was young. She once went to Qinghai, talking about a picturesque spot called Xingxiu Sea. Her description was so enthralling, it left me intoxicated. Since then, I’ve been thinking, with the world being so vast, I really should go out and see it."

Xu Qing: "Life is like a fleeting steed, it passes in a flash. If there’s something you want to do and you have the capability, just go and do it. The key is to not do it and then have regrets."

Feng Wu said playfully, "Then I’ll count on you. I’m banking on brother Gongming to become both a great military leader and a high-ranking official one day, to ride across Chile River, pursue the enemy to the north, visit Xingxiu Sea, go beyond the grasslands outside the border, and to bring me along."

Xu Qing said earnestly, "When going on a military campaign, one can’t bring family along."

Feng Wu’s face reddened: "That’s not fun at all."

Xu Qing smiled gently, "May I borrow your Jade Flute? On this beautiful night, it’s only natural to be accompanied by delightful music."

"As part of the six arts of a gentleman, music follows ceremony. Let this maiden witness brother Gongming’s skills."

She untied the Jade Flute from her waist and handed it to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing took it, though he wasn’t very proficient in music, as a master of Refining Internal, coupled with the ingenious use of Heavenly Repairing Tribulation Hand, his hold on the flute appeared flawless.

However, when he started playing...

Feng Wu barely suppressed her laughter.

But soon she was surprised.

At first, Xu Qing’s flute was not very melodious, and the pitch was off.

However, it wasn’t long before Xu Qing found his groove.

It was difficult to say his technique was particularly good, but the mood and sentiment came through.

Slowly, the sound of the flute wafted along the lakeshore, elevating the listeners as if seated among the clouds.

Immersed in the melody, Feng Wu couldn’t help but recite slowly:

"In the new year, barely five days pass, my life journeys to rest... Though modest in the splendor of the nine layers, when I contemplate, none can compare... As I drink deeply, releasing distant emotions, I forget those millennia of worries. Let’s exhaust today’s pleasures, for tomorrow’s desires remain unattainable."

Within the flute and singing, there was a touch on the fleeting nature of time, the impermanence of life, the joy of traversing mountains and rivers, the bliss of nature’s beauty, and a hermit’s yearning to transcend the secular, distancing oneself from quarrels.

The artistic conception was profound and lingered on.

Unaware of when, the flute sound gently ceased, the singing also came to a rest.

Feng Wu felt her Divine Soul lighten, an ineffable sense of crispness and relief. She exclaimed, "Did you just use the flute music to heal my Divine Soul?"

Xu Qing smiled. He had, in fact, seized this opportunity to clear the last Star Official Acupoint in her Divine Soul’s Hidden Veins, specifically the Azure Dragon Kang Meridian, thereby connecting the first two of the Seven Azure Dragon Constellations.

This represented the Dragon’s head and neck of the Eastern Azure Dragon.

Feng Wu: "Thank you very much."

Xu Qing waved his hand, saying, "This is just the beginning. It will take about seven days to completely remove the hidden injuries in your Divine Soul. I didn’t mention it earlier to prevent you from being preoccupied with this thought, which might tense your spirits and hamper the treatment of your Divine Soul."

After Divine Soul Manifestation and Refining Internal, coupled with the medical theories of Elder Dan Xi and the Xuantian Visualization Method’s Hidden Veins theory, Xu Qing crafted a plan to heal Feng Wu’s Divine Soul injuries.

The attempt just now indeed proved effective.

However, this also required Feng Wu to be completely unguarded, entirely open-hearted, in order for Xu Qing to penetrate her Divine Soul with the flute music.

If she had always been on guard against Xu Qing, then this method would not have been effective.

Xu Qing himself was also surprised; he thought that Feng Wu would always have a sliver of wariness against him.

This was actually projecting his own feelings.

Because Xu Qing had a strong sense of self-protection.

Feng Wu, on the other hand, was not like that. To cross the threshold of ’Annihilation Dao entering emotions,’ one had to fully immerse oneself without distractions. If the mind harbored scattered thoughts, one could not truly step into the realm of emotions.

This bore a resemblance to the wonders of the Great Zen Temple’s Arhat Demon-suppressing Visualization and the Taoist Wordless Heavenly Scripture.

In Buddhism, it is to "discard worldly thoughts and attachments, maintaining an unoccupied mind."

In Taoism, it’s the "heart of a newborn."

In Confucianism, it’s the so-called "path of utmost sincerity."

Annihilation Scripture employs "emotions" to enter the Dao, which is quite clever.

After all, for adults with complex emotions and numerous thoughts, returning to the "heart of a newborn" is nearly impossible.

Entering the Dao through "emotions," discarding other scattered thoughts, makes it easier to achieve.

Feng Wu: "You better prepare well for the civil examination. Take your time with my situation."

Xu Qing: "As for the quality of my essays for the civil examination, I’ve reached a level where I can’t see any room for improvement over a short period. Whether I can become a Top Scorer, that’s a matter of fate."

Feng Wu smiled: "Aren’t you worried you won’t even make the Five Classics Leader?"

Xu Qing smiled without a word.

At his level, if he couldn’t make the grade of a Five Classics Leader, that would mean the Court’s central authorities intended to discard him.

That wouldn’t be his loss, but the Court’s.

Xu Qing was very clear about this, the Five Classics Leader was a baseline. If he couldn’t make the grade, it would show those he had offended that the big shots above had no plans to support him.

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